Connectionists: VISMAC2020 Phd summer school - REGISTRATION OPEN AND FINAL PROGRAM AVAILABLE

[Fabio Bellavia]

Call for Participation - VISMAC2020

=== Apologies for multiple posting ===
Please distribute this call to interested parties
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V I S M A C (VISione delle MACchine)
[in English, "Machine Vision"]

International Summer School
September 21st - 24th, Palermo, Italy

https://math.unipa.it/vismac2020
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=== Aim & Scope ===

The international summer school VISMAC "VISione delle MACchine" (in 
English, "Machine Vision") is organized every two years by the 
"Associazione Italiana per la ricerca in Computer Vision, Pattern 
recognition e machine Learning" (CVPL - ex-GIRPR) affiliated to 
International Association for Pattern Recognition (IAPR). It represents 
a stimulating opportunity for doctoral students, young researchers from 
universities, research institutions and industry. The primary objective 
of the Summer School is to provide a common scientific and cultural 
background on the subjects of computer vision and pattern recognition.

This edition of VISMAC will mainly focus on four renowned research 
topics: Bio-imaging, Automotive, Cultural Heritage, Image forensics.

The school will be from the 21st to the 24th of September 2021 as a full 
online event through Microsoft Teams. At the conclusion of class, 
students will be required to perform successfully an online exam to 
obtain a final certification.


=== List of Speakers ===

Bio-imaging
- Carlo Sansone, UNINA Federico II
- Elena Casiraghi, UNIMI
- Paolo Soda, UCBM
- Francesco Tortorella, UNISA
- Joseph Stancanello, Elekta

Automotive
- Sergio Saponara, UNIPI
- Roberto Vezzani, UNIMORE
- Alessandro Rizzi, UNIMI
- Alberto Broggi, VISLAB/AMBARELLA

Cultural Heritage
- Gabriele Guidi, POLIMI
- Carlo Colombo, UNIFI
- Andrea Fusiello, UNIUD
- Francesca Odone, UNIGE
- Fabio Remondino, FBK Trento
- Alessandro Dal Colle, Klain Robotics

Image forensics
- Francesco De Natale, UNITN
- Gian Luca Marcialis, UNICA
- Luisa Verdoliva, UNINA Federico II
- Jerian Martino, Amped Software


=== Program ===

Final program with daytime schedule is available here: 
https://math.unipa.it/vismac2020/markdown/

Book of abstracts can be downloaded here: 
https://math.unipa.it/vismac2020/resources/VISMAC2020-2021-BoA-Onine.pdf


=== Registration ===

School registrations are limited to forty participants, on a FIFS basis. 
The registration fee is 100 Euro.

Accepted students can submit a poster to present their research 
activity. The best poster selected by the school committee will receive 
a prize sponsored by CVPL.

Registration form and info are available here: 
https://math.unipa.it/vismac2020/markdown-2/


=== Scientific Committee ===

- Domenico Tegolo, UNIPA
- Cesare Valenti, UNIPA
- Roberto Pirrone, UNIPA
- Filippo Stanco, UNICT


=== Local Committee ===

- Marco E. Tabacchi, UNIPA
- Fabio Bellavia, UNIPA


=== Sponsors ===

- CVPL (ex-GIRPR) - Associazione Italiana per la ricerca in Computer 
Vision, Pattern recognition e machine Learning
- Universita' degli Studi di Palermo
- Universita' degli Studi di Catania
- CITC - Centro Interdipartimentale di Tecnologie della Conoscenza, 
Universita' degli Studi di Palermo
- DMI - Dipartimento di Matematica e Informatica, Universita' degli 
Studi di Palermo
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Contacts
https://math.unipa.it/vismac2020
vismac2020 at gmail.com