Connectionists: [CfP] [New Submission Date - Nov. 30] 1st Gaze Meets Computer Vision (GMCV) Workshop at WACV 2025

[Alex Karargyris]

Dear all,

We extended our paper submission deadline to November 30th for the 1st Gaze
Meets Computer Vision (GMCV) Workshop. It will take place at WACV 2025
in Tucson,
Arizona (either Feb 28th or Mar 4th).

Building on the success of our two previous gaze workshops at NeurIPS 2022
 and 2023, which attracted a diverse array of experts from neuroscience,
machine learning, reinforcement learning, and more, the GMCV workshop will
explore the vast potential of visual attention across various applications.

>From enhancing data collection and annotation processes to advancing visual
causality in diagnostic medical imaging, our past workshops have
demonstrated the pivotal role of gaze in several domains. The GMCV 2025
workshop aims to continue this momentum by fostering collaboration among
experts in neuroscience, machine learning, computer vision, medical
imaging, natural language processing (NLP), and other related fields, with
a strong focus on computer vision applications. Together, we will explore
how bridging human and machine attention can drive more efficient, reliable
solutions for computer vision tasks.

For more details, please refer to the Call for Papers below.

Sincerely,

The GMCV Workshop Organizing Committee

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The 2025 Gaze Meets CV workshop in conjunction with WACV 2025

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Webpage: https://sites.google.com/view/gmcv-workshop-wacv2025

Twitter Handle: https://twitter.com/Gaze_Meets_ML

Submission site:  <https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/OpenEDS2019> CMT
(available soon)

Submission deadline: November 22nd, 2024

Date: Feb 28th – Mar 4th

Location: Tucson, Arizona, USA

** Overview **

We are excited to host the 1st edition of the Gaze Meets Computer Vision
(GMCV) Workshop, in conjunction with WACV 2025 (Feb 28th – Mar 4th). The
workshop will take place in-person at Tucson, Arizona! We’ve got a great
lineup of speakers.

** Background **

The rise of big data and human-centered technologies has brought exciting
advancements and challenges, such as data annotation, multimodal fusion,
and enhancing human-computer interaction. Wearable eye-tracking devices
like Meta Quest 3 and Apple Vision Pro promise to revolutionize the field
by enabling eye-gaze data collection in real-world settings, offering new
ways to study human cognition and develop gaze-aware ML models.

Eye gaze is a cost-effective way to gather physiological data, revealing
attentional patterns in various domains like radiology, marketing, and UX.
Recently, it's been used for data labeling and analysis in computer vision,
with growing interest in using gaze as a cognitive signal to train models.
Key challenges remain, including data quality and decoding, but
advancements in eye-tracking are opening new possibilities for egocentric
perception, embodied AI, and multimodality. This workshop aims to bring
together experts to address core issues in gaze-assisted computer vision.

** Call for Papers **

We invite submissions to the GMCV Workshop at WACV 2025. The workshop seeks
original research contributions, as well as surveys and position papers,
that focus on the integration of gaze data with computer vision tasks. We
welcome papers addressing a broad range of topics, including but not
limited to:


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   Gaze-Informed Visual Understanding
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   Gaze-based Human-AI Interaction
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   Attention Modeling in Vision Systems
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   Gaze-Driven Annotation and Labeling
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   Egocentric Vision and Embodied AI
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   Gaze Enhanced Medical Imaging
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   Understanding Human intention and Goal inference
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   Eye-tracking in Visual Search and Navigation
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   Explainable AI and Trustworthy Vision Systems
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   Ethical Considerations of using eye-tracking data
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   Gaze Data Quality and Integration
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   State-of-the-art method integrating Gaze in ML
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   Gaze applications in cognitive psychology, radiology, neuroscience,
   AR/VR, autonomous cars, privacy, etc.


Submission Tracks:

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   Full Paper Track: Archival research papers presenting novel
   contributions, published in the conference proceedings. Workshop papers
   will be included in IEEE Xplore but indexed separately from the main
   conference.
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   Extended Abstract Track: Non-archival submissions presenting preliminary
   results, late-breaking research, or position papers.


Submission instructions:

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   All submissions must adhere to the WACV template and guidelines.
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   Submissions will be handled via the CMT portal and a submission link
   will be made soon available on our website.


** Awards and Funding **

We are offering two GP3 SD UX eye-tracking devices from Gazepoint as Best
Paper Awards and, depending on funding availability, we will cover the
registration fees for presenting authors, with a focus on supporting
underrepresented minorities.

** Important dates for Workshop paper submission **

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   Paper submission deadline: November 30th, 2024
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   Notification of acceptance: December 18th, 2024
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   Camera-ready: January 10th, 2025
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   Workshop: *Feb 28th *or* Mar 4th*


** Organizing Committee **

Dario Zanca (FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg)

Ismini Lourentzou (Illinois Urbana-Champaign)

Joy Tzung-yu Wu (Stanford)

Bertram Emil SHI (HKUST)

Elizabeth Krupinski (Emory School of Medicine)

Jimin Pi (Google)

Alexandros Karargyris (MLCommons)

Amarachi Mbakwe (Virginia Tech)

Satyananda Kashyap (IBM)

Abhishek Sharma (Google)


** Contact **

All inquiries should be sent to dario.zanca at fau.de or akarargyris at gmail.com
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