IMVC Posts

23.3.17

IMVC2017 is giving back to the community! We are dedicating space to four exceptional volunteer organizations to foster the next generation of tech talents:

1. Shiur Acher – encourages students to achieve five point bagrut exam in math.
2. HelpApp – an app that matches volunteers to those in need.
3. GreenBlitz 4590 – an alliance between FIRST Israel and the Lego Group, this robotics team from HaKfar HaYarok also promotes robotics education for under-privileged youth.
4. Yuvalim Youth Village – a boarding school in Kfar Saba for at-risk children that uses mentors to help children reach their potential. 

We have twelve exceptionally talented students competing this year and the winner will be carefully selected by a panel of distinguished judges from academia and industry.

critical technology and its contribution to improved healthcare. MedyMatch CTO Dr. Koby Cohen will also be participating as IMVC co-founder and co-chair.

• Prof. Ilan Shimshoni, Dept. of Information Systems at Haifa Univ. – “Using Spatial Order to Boost the Elimination of Incorrect Feature Matches”
• Yochay Tzur, Technical Lead for 3D Vision and Augmented Reality at IBM Haifa Research Lab – “Augmented Reality for the Enterprise: Anchored, Marker-free and Connected”
• Yaki Tebeka, Distinguished Engineer at NVIDIA – “Multi-Resolution and Lens Matched Shading for VR Rendering”

14.3.17

The 8th Israel Machine Vision Conference (IMVC 2017) to be held on March 28 at the David Intercontinental, will focus on the exciting trends driving the explosive growth of the machine vision industry.

Speakers:
This year’s A-list speakers span the spectrum from seasoned MV tech heavyweights to young disruptive startups from Israel and China. They include:

• Yaniv Taigman, AI Research, Facebook
• Gene Saragnese, CEO, MedyMatch
• William Joy, CEO, Video++
• Dr. Aya Soffer, Director of Cognitive Analytics & Solutions at IBM Haifa
• Matteo Shapira, Senior Dir. of Innovation & Technologies for Immersive Video at Intel Sports Group
• Shai Dekel, Head of AI at Wix
• Ananth Kandhadai, Senior Dir. of Eng. in the Multimedia R&D Group at Qualcomm

Mr. Hanani will be discussing FDNA’s unique, computer vision-based software platform, “Face2Gene,” which uses an AI engine of suggested syndromes and genes based on the facial images of patients to facilitate the detection of rare diseases. He will present FDNA’s solution, challenges and research aspects of the phenotype analysis.

7.3.17

IMVC2017’s DEEP VISION track will feature experts from Visualead, Trax Image Recognition and FDNA to discuss the innovative applications of deep learning algorithms in computer vision. Gerson Panitch, Partner at top-tier IP law firm Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP will serve as chair of the Deep Vision session. Speakers will include:

• Gilad Sharir & Eddie Smolyansky, Visualead – “Physical to AR – Spatiotemporal Object Representation using CNN Video Segmentation”
• Eran Goldman, Trax Image Recognition – “Employing Context for Fine-Grained Object Recognition in Crowded Images”
• Yair Hanani, FDNA – “How Computer Vision Helps Kids with Genetic Disorders”

His presentation will examine the motivations for incorporating vision into diverse products, present case studies that illuminate the current state of vision technology in high-volume products, and explore critical challenges to ubiquitous deployment of visual intelligence.

1.3.17

The “Computer Vision & Deep Learning in Medical Imaging” track promises to be one of the highlights at IMVC 2017 on March 28 in Tel Aviv. We’ll be exploring exciting advances in cancer detection, diagnosis and pediatric care with experts from Medtronic, Zebra Medical Vision and Essence Group:

• Dr. Dori Peleg, Medtronic – “Big Data-Small Data: Image Classification for Colorectal Cancer Diagnosis”
• Eldad Elnekave, Zebra Medical Vision – “Malignancy Detection on Mammogram Using False-Color Enhancement via Contrast Limited Adaptive Histogram Equalization”
• Nir Regev, Essence Group – “A Simple, Remote, Video Based Breathing Monitoring for Babies”

Using a mammography detection algorithm based on machine learning techniques using both public and proprietary training datasets, Dr. Elnekave and his team have achieved an impressive diagnostic accuracy rate of over 98%.

24.2.17

Speakers from Intel, Rafael Advanced Defense Systems and Nexar will be headlining the AUTONOMOUS MACHINES track at IMVC 2017 on March 28 in Tel Aviv.
Taking the podium to explore the coming age of intelligent machines and their applications will be:

• Dr. Ilan Kadar, Director of Deep Learning at Nexar – “Deep Driving into an Accident-Free World”
• Amit Moran, Head of Intel’s Robotics Innovation team – “Building Perceptive Robots with Intel® Euclid™”
• Yaalat-Chen Zohar from Rafael – “Hyper-Graph Based Estimation of Velocity and Location of Moving Objects From a Monocular Moving Camera.”

His lecture, “Augmented Reality for the Enterprise,” will draw on his work in the Cognitive Vision and Augmented Reality group at IBM Research in Haifa where AR research is focused on technical training, field maintenance, IoT, and other use-cases. Yochay will present the group’s AR platform and review some of the real-world installations in the industrial domain.

19.2.17

Take a sneak peek into the IMVC 2017 program! In addition to keynote addresses from industry heavyweights, you can expect:

• Artificial Intelligence tutorial with Prof. Shai Dekel, Head of AI at Wix.com
• Four exciting tracks with experts from Medtronic, Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, Trax Image Recognition, Nexar, FDNA and more! Tracks include:
  – Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality & Matching
  – Computer Vision & Deep Learning in Medical Imaging
  – Autonomous Machines
  – Deep Vision

Her lecture, “Teaching Watson to See,” will focus on Watson’s seeing technologies and will highlight the capabilities in the area of image tagging, medical imaging, security, video analytics, and augmented reality.

9.2.17

“This is only the beginning… Deep learning will change the way people interact with technology as radically as operating systems transformed ordinary people’s access to computers.”

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On March 28th, IMVC 2017 will bring to Tel Aviv the thought leaders and industry experts on the front lines of the deeplearning-inspired revolution.

His address, “Neural Networks, Graphical Models and Image Restoration,” will discuss some of the history of graphical models and neural networks and speculate on the future of both fields with examples from the particular problem of image restoration.

She is one of the first researchers to integrate game theory methods in artificial intelligence. Her pioneering work in modeling and predicting human behavior garnered her the Emet prize (פרס אמת) as well as many other prestigious awards.

Dr. Kembhavi deals in computer vision and artificial intelligence and has developed large scale machine learning systems at Microsoft Bing in the Image and Video Relevance team.

Also in store at IMVC2017:
* IMVC Professional Exhibition – with exposure to the latest industry products and services
* Student Competition – for emerging new talents
* Posters and Demonstrations – to promote cutting-edge research and inventions in the field

Michal has been a professor at the Weizmann Institute since 1997 following a three-year stint at the Vision Technologies Laboratory at the Sarnoff Research Center in Princeton, NJ. Her research in computer vision, image processing, and video information analysis has earned her several prestigious awards including, most recently in 2016, the Maria Petrou Prize for outstanding contributions to the fields of Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition.

Recognized at the age of 21 by Forbes as one of the top “30 Under-30 Entrepreneurs in China,” William went on to receive the prestigious Red Herring Award as one of “Asia’s top 100” companies.

Matteo is a world leading expert and innovator in the field of image synthesis and computer graphics. During the past 20 years, Matteo has worked on numerous high-end award-winning visual effects, animation, and CGI projects. As co-founder and CTO of Replay Technologies, recently acquired by Intel, Matteo has been pioneering the freeD(tm) (free dimensional video) Volumetric Video technology and format. Matteo has also been teaching at the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design in Israel as a senior member of staff.

The 8th Israel Machine Vision Conference (IMVC) 2017 on March 28th in Tel Aviv, is holding a STUDENT COMPETITION as well as a POSTER and DEMONSTRATION session presenting cutting-edge research and new, innovative ideas in MachineVision technologies. Students and researchers will have the opportunity to interact with participants and create a constructive dialogue with top industry professionals.

He previously headed CT, molecular imaging and image processing divisions in GE Healthcare, served as GE Healthcare CTO and General Manager of GE’s MRI business. Read more about his current work in Medgadget’s Dec. 2016 interview.

He then moved to Facebook’s Menlo Park office where he helped launch the company’s DeepFace project, which develops efficient methods for face representation, as well as the Facebook AI Research (FAIR) group. In 2016, he established a satellite FAIR team in Tel-Aviv.

IMVC 2017 invites prospective authors to submit a description between 1-3 pages, with an emphasis on originality and innovation. Topics include deep learning, pattern registration, medical applications, video search and retrieval and more.

18.12.16

SAVE THE DATE! IMVC 2017, March 28, 2017
We are pleased to announce the 8th Israel Machine Vision Conference, to be held March 28th, 2017 at the David Intercontinental Hotel in Tel Aviv. With the machine vision industry growing so rapidly, especially in Israel, staying connected to the latest trends and research has never been more critical.
IMVC2017 will include presentations by leading Israeli and international researchers in image and video processing, computer vision and deep learning. The Conference will also feature a professional exhibition showcasing the latest cutting-edge machine vision technologies and the exciting #InnoVision competition revealing the most promising up-and-coming machine vision startups.
Follow the program on our website and see you in March!

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