__________________________________________ Call for Participation (apologies for multiple copies) __________________________________________ International Computer Vision Summer School From Fundamentals to Applications Sicily, Italy, 13-19 July 2014 APPLICATION DEADLINE: 31 March 2014 http://svg.dmi.unict.it/icvss2014/application.htm TENTATIVE PROGRAMME: http://svg.dmi.unict.it/icvss2014/programme.html FINAL LIST OF SPEAKERS • Frank Dellaert, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA • Andrew Fitzgibbon, Microsoft Research Cambridge, UK • Yasutaka Furukawa, Washington University in St. Louis, USA • Leonidas Guibas, Stanford University, USA • Masayuki Inaba, University of Tokyo, JP • Shahram Izadi, Microsoft Research Cambridge, UK • Larry Matthies, NASA, USA • Gerard Medioni, University of Southern California, UK • Ryuzo Okada, Toshiba Research and Development Center, JP • Maja Pantic, Imperial College London, UK • Florent Perronnin, Xerox Research Center Europe, France • James Philbin, Google,USA • Marc'Aurelio Ranzato, Facebook, Menlo Park CA, USA • Stefano Soatto, University of California, Los Angeles, USA • Ming Yang, Facebook, Menlo Park CA, USA • Larry Zitnick, Microsoft Research Redmond, USA DIRECTORS • Roberto Cipolla, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom • Sebastiano Battiato, University of Catania, Italy • Giovanni Maria Farinella, University of Catania, Italy MOTIVATION AND DESCRIPTION The eighth edition of the International Computer Vision Summer School aims to provide both an objective and clear overview and an in-depth analysis of the state-of-the-art research in Computer Vision. 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 real Computer Vision problems as well as examples of their successful commercialisation. The school aims to provide a stimulating opportunity for young researchers and Ph.D. students. The participants will benefit from direct interaction and discussions with world leaders in Computer Vision. Participants will also have the possibility to present the results of their research, and to interact with their scientific peers, in a friendly and constructive environment. MORE INFORMATION Web: www.dmi.unict.it/icvss Email: icvss@dmi.unict.it