-- INTERNATIONAL COMPUTER VISION SUMMER SCHOOL 2007 --

Acitrezza - Sicily - 9-14 July 2007

www.dmi.unict.it/icvss

icvss@dmi.unict.it





-- MOTIVATION AND DESCRIPTION --



A fundamental and challenging problem in Computer Vision is the semantic interpretation of a scene captured by a camera. Several algorithms have been proposed to achieve automatic detection, recognition and segmentation of object classes in still images and videos. Recent studies have pointed out the importance of local and global context in solving these problems satisfactorily. State-of-the-art results have been obtained by principled modelling of the various and often hierarchical types of contextual interaction that are present in images and videos.

The first edition of the International Computer Vision Summer School is aimed to provide an objective, clear and in-depth summary of the state-of-the-art research in Detection, Segmentation and Recognition in Context. The courses will be delivered by world renowned experts in the field, from both academia and industry, and will cover both theoretical and practical aspects of the effective use of context in solving computer vision problems.

The School is especially aimed to provide a stimulating space for young researchers and Ph.D. Students. The participants will benefit from direct interaction and discussions with world leaders in computer vision and machine learning. The students will have also the possibility to present the results of their research on the topic of the school, and to interact with their scientific peers, in a friendly and constructive environment.





-- SCHOOL COURSES --

http://svg.dmi.unict.it/icvss2007/speakers&Syllabus.htm



Speaker: Serge J. Belongie, University of California, San Diego, USA

Lecture Title: Matching with Shape Contexts

Syllabus: Shape Context, Shape Distance, Feature Correspondence, Deformable Templates, Thin Plate Spline

Abstract:



Speaker: Christopher M. Bishop, Microsoft Research Ltd, Cambridge, UK

Lecture Title: Graphical Models and Approximate Inference

Syllabus: Graphical Models, Approximate Inference

Abstract: http://svg.dmi.unict.it/icvss2007/Abstracts/C_M_Bishop.pdf



Speaker: Andrew Blake, Microsoft Research Ltd, Cambridge, UK

Lecture Title: Coming soon.

Syllabus: Graph Cuts

Abstract: Coming soon.



Speaker: Michael Brady, Oxford University, UK

Lecture Title: Coming soon.

Syllabus: Medical Imaging

Abstract:  Coming soon.



Speaker: Sanjiv Kumar, Google Research, Carnegie Mellon University, USA

Lecture Title: Discriminative Graphical Models for Classification

Syllabus: Graphical models, Discriminative methods, Image classification, Image context, Markov Random Field, Conditional Random Field, Discriminative Random Field

Abstract: http://svg.dmi.unict.it/icvss2007/Abstracts/S_Kumar.pdf



Speaker: Pietro Perona, Computational Vision, Caltech, USA

Lecture Title: Coming soon.

Syllabus: Recognition

Abstract: Coming soon.



Speaker: Cordelia Schmid, INRIA, FR

Lecture Title: Recognition and Matching Based on Local Invariant Features

Syllabus: Scale and affine invariant keypoint detectors, Image description, Object recognition, Image matching, Image classification

Abstract: http://svg.dmi.unict.it/icvss2007/Abstracts/C_Schmid.pdf



Speaker: Stefano Soatto, UCLA, USA

Lecture Title: Image and Shape Matching

Syllabus: Image and shape matching

Abstract: http://svg.dmi.unict.it/icvss2007/Abstracts/S_Soatto.pdf





Speaker: Philip Torr, Oxford Brookes University, UK

Lecture Title: Coming soon.

Syllabus: Markov Random Fields, Video Segmentation, OBJCUT, Applications in Computer Vision

Abstract: Coming soon.



Speaker: Antonio Torralba, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA

Lecture Title: Coming soon.

Syllabus: Gist, The role of Context

Abstract: Coming soon.



-- STUDENT APPLICATION --

http://svg.dmi.unict.it/icvss2007/application.htm



The school will be open to about 100 qualified, motivated and pre-selected students. Ph. D. students, post-docs, young researchers (both academic and industrial) or industrial professionals are encouraged to apply.

The expected school fee will be in the order of 600,00 . for Phd students and 700 . for others. The application should be done before 1 February 2007. The fee will include, all courses, handling material, coffee breaks, a social guided tour to Taormina and the social dinner to Catania. Late registration and on-site payment can be done with an extra payment of 100 ..

Accepted students may submit a poster to present their research activity. A selected subset from the submitted poster will be selected by the school committee for a short presentation. A best presentation prize of 600 . (supported by industrial sponsor) will be given to the best presentation selected by the school committee.





-- DEADLINES --

http://svg.dmi.unict.it/icvss2007/deadlines.htm



Student Application: 1 February 2007

Notification Acceptance: 20 Feb 2007

Registration and Poster Submission: 31 March 2007



-- SCHOOL LOCATION--

http://svg.dmi.unict.it/icvss2007/SchoolLocation.htm



The school will be hosted by hotel Galatea Sea Palace
(http://www.galateaseapalace.it/eng/index.htm ) in Acitrezza, Sicily
from 9-14 July 2007. Sicily is one of the most beautiful island of the
Mediterranean Area. The island is very rich in archeological sites
from various Ancient Civilizations. The sea, weather, food and the
wine are excellent.

In particular Acitrezza is located on the coast of the Ionian Sea in
the Mediterranean Area and is one of the most popular resort for
Italian vacationers in the summer. In front of the coast of Acitrezza
there are three tall, column-shaped islands called "I
Faraglioni". According to local legend, these great stones are the
very same thrown at Ulysses in The Odyssey. The islands are referred
to as the "isole dei ciclopi" (islands of the cyclopes), and they are
a little natural protected marine paradise. The Odissey tells that
these were hurled by Polyphemus against Ulysses who had blinded
him. Acitrezza was chosen by the writer Giovanni Verga to set his
celebrated novel "I Malavoglia" and Luchino Visconti shooted his move
"La Terra Trema".





-- School Committee --



Directors

Roberto Cipolla, University of Cambridge, UK

Sebastiano Battiato, University of Catania, IT



Co-Directors

Giovanni Gallo, University of Catania, IT

Giovanni Maria Farinella, University of Catania, IT



Laboratory, Demonstrations and Academic Assessment

Gabriel Brostow, University of Cambridge, UK

Jamie Shotton, University of Cambridge, UK

Arasanathan Thayananthan, University of Cambridge, UK



Speakers

Serge J. Belongie, University of California, San Diego, USA

Christopher M. Bishop, Microsoft Research Ltd, Cambridge, UK

Andrew Blake, Microsoft Research Ltd, Cambridge, UK

Michael Brady, Oxford University, UK

Sanjiv Kumar, Google Research, Carnegie Mellon University, USA

Pietro Perona, Computational Vision, Caltech, USA

Cordelia Schmid, INRIA, FR

Stefano Soatto, UCLA, USA

Philip Torr, Oxford Brookes University, UK

Antonio Torralba, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA



Local Arrangements

Filippo Stanco

University of Catania, IT



Gaetano Impoco

University of Catania, IT



Local Organizers

IPLAB Staff, University of Catania, IT



-- Enquiry and Information --



ICVSS 2007 WEB: www.dmi.unict.it/icvss

ICVSS 2007 EMAIL: icvss@dmi.unict.it