The British Machine Vision Conference (BMVC) Call for Papers

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CALL FOR PAPERS

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The British Machine Vision Conference (BMVC)

23-26, Nov, 2026, Lancaster, UK https://bmvc2026.bmva.org
Contact: j.liu81@lancaster.ac.uk

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The British Machine Vision Conference (BMVC) is one of the major
international conferences on computer vision and related areas.
It is organised by the British Machine Vision Association (BMVA).
BMVC'26 will be hosted by Lancaster University on 23rd - 26th
November 2026. Top papers from BMVC 2026 will be invited to submit
extended versions to a special issue of the International Journal
of Computer Vision (IJCV).


Key Dates (23:59 AoE)

Abstract Submission Deadline: 22 May, 2026o

Paper & Supplementary Submission Deadline: 29 May, 2026

Rebuttal Period: 3 - 10 Jul, 2026

Author Notification of Decisions: 7 Aug, 2026

Camera-Ready Paper Deadline: 28 Aug, 2026


* Please note that the Abstract and Paper/ Supplementary deadlines
will not be extended.


Topics of Interest

Authors are invited to submit high-quality papers in image processing,
computer vision, machine learning and related areas including,
but not limited to:

* 3D from X, Shape Modeling and Processing
* Action, Event, and Video Understanding
* Adversarial Attack and Defense
* Biometrics
* Computational Photography and Photogrammetry
* Computer Vision Theory
* Datasets and Evaluation
* Deep Learning Architectures and Techniques
* Document Analysis
* Embodied Vision: Active Agents, Simulation
* Explainable, Fair, and Ethical AI
* Generative Models
* Humans: Face, Gesture, Pose, and Body Movement
* Image and Video Retrieval
* Low-level and Physics-based Vision
* Medical and Biological Image Analysis
* Motion Estimation and Tracking
* Multimodal Learning (Vision + Language, Audio, etc.)
* Recognition, Segmentation, and Scene Understanding
* Representation, Self-supervised, and Transfer Learning
* Uncertainty
* Vision Applications, Systems, and Robotics
* Visual Reasoning
* Brave New Ideas (novel approaches or theories, not necessarily benchmark gains)

Submission Guideline

Main papers must not exceed 14 pages (excluding references).
Supplementary information (e.g., appendices, videos, additional
results) can be submitted as a single .zip file by the deadline.
All submissions must be made through the OpenReview system.
BMVC'26 employs a double-blind review process. Work submitted
to BMVC'26 must be original and cannot be under concurrent
review for another peer-reviewed conference or journal.

Organising Committee

General Chairs

Jun Liu Lancaster University
Majid Mirmehdi University of Bristol


Advisory Chairs

Ming-Hsuan Yang UC Merced; DeepMind
Stan Sclaroff Boston University
Mubarak Shah University of Central Florida


Programme Chairs

Bryan M. Williams Lancaster University
Hossein Rahmani Lancaster University
Bohyung Han Seoul National University
Jianfei Cai Monash University
Gabriela Czanner University of Southampton
Michael Yang University of Bath


Technical Programme Chairs

Qiuhong Ke Monash University
Ping Hu UESTC; VinUniversity
Haoxuan Qu Lancaster University
Zhuoling Li Lancaster University


Workshop Chairs

Richard Jiang Lancaster University
Guosheng Hu University of Bristol
Ziquan Liu QMUL
Emma Wilson Lancaster University


Industrial / Keynote Chairs

Mark Nixon University of Southampton


Doctoral Consortium Chairs

Ali Cheraghian Macquarie University


Website Chairs

Xiaofei Hui Lancaster University


Proceedings Chairs

Yakun Ju University of Leicester
Jian Hu QMUL
Qiuchi Xiang Lancaster University
Yu Xue Lancaster University


Publicity Chairs

Kosta Derpanis York University
Qian Zheng Zhejiang University
Ritesh Vyas PDEU
Zhengxin Yu Lancaster University


Sponsorship Chair

Ziquan Liu QMUL


Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Chairs

Emily Winter Lancaster University
Yujun Cai UQ


Sustainability Chairs

Adrian Friday Lancaster University


Local Arrangement Chairs

Miles Walker Lancaster University


BMVA

Toby Breckon Treasurer
Neill Campbell Chairman
Andrew Gilbert Payments Master General

Further Information and Updates: https://bmvc2026.bmva.org

Contact: j.liu81@lancaster.ac.uk