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ESSAY
COMPETITION -
The Social Impact of Computer Vision
Deadline for
submission is: 15 June 2013
This essay competition reflects the importance of considering the “real
world” social impact of technology alongside the fundamental goals
of basic R&D.
Computer Vision is an area of scientific and technological development
that will continue to have a profound impact on society. It will redefine
the way in which information technology intersects and interfaces with
medicine, it will play a key role in the care of an ageing population
and it is already a fundamental aspect of modern security technology.
Participants in the competition may write a piece of original work on
the topic reported below.
There are no style guidelines, or “correct answers”. You may
reference any sources you wish (from any field of thought / endeavor).
There
is a strict word limit of 1,500 words, excluding citations and footnotes.
Through an entirely subjective, qualitative and irreproducible selection
process, the successful essayist will have his €500 attendance fees
at the ICVSS 2013 reimbursed.
Submissions
should be sent in PDF or Word format to icvss@dmi.unict.it.
Your name, email address and university/ organization should be written
at the top of your essay. Deadline for submission is 15 June 2013. The
winner of the competition will be announced on 19 July 2013. The essays
will be shared with fellow summer school attendees.
Essay Topic:
The Visually Impaired and the Ageing Society: the beneficial
use of computer vision in these contexts. Discuss.
All reports submitted for the essay competition will be accessible on
15 July 2013.
The
prize was assigned to:
Rina Rudyanto, University of Navarra, Spain
Bharath Sankaran,
University of Southern California, USA
Chong Wang,
Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Darya Trofimova,
University of Heidelberg, Germany
Fabio Narducci,
Università degli Studi di Salerno, Italy
Filip Radenovic,
University of Montenegro, Montenegro
John Thiessen,
University of Trento, Italy
Lakshmi Prabha
Nattamai Sekar, University of Rome, Italy
Marian George,
ETH, Zurich
Mauricio Hess-Flores,
University of California, USA
Núria
Cirera, Computer Vision Center, Spain
Olivier Canevet,
IDIAP, Switzerland
Rina Rudyanto,
Centre for Applied Medical Research, Pamplona, Spain
Safoura Rezapour
Lakani, RWTH Aachen University, Germany
Samuel de
Sousa, Vienna University of Technology,Austria
Soumyabrata
Dev, Nanyang Technological University Singapore, Singapore
Valsamis Ntouskos,
University of Rome, Italy
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