Promoter – INESC TEC
Action – VISUM 2022 – 10th Edition of the Vision Understanding & Machine Intelligence Summer School
Description – The Vision Understanding & Machine Intelligence (VISUM) Summer School is a non-profit initiative aimed at bringing together students, researchers, and enthusiasts, from both academia and industry, with an interest in computer vision and artificial intelligence.
With almost a decade of history, VISUM has established itself as a national and international reference, attracting, year after year, a growing number of participants, speakers, and partners, from diverse areas and nationalities. The VISUM Organizing Committee is made up of teachers, researchers and PhD students from the Institute for Systems and Computer Engineering, Technology and Science (INESC TEC) who conduct fundamental and applied research in computer vision, pattern recognition and computer learning.
VISUM was a natural consequence of the group’s passion for the research area and for scientific dissemination. Since its first edition, VISUM has positioned itself as a reference summer-school in computer vision, managing, year after year, to increase the number of participants, diversify the range of partners and obtain recognition from its speakers and guests. In addition to its training offer (always in tune with the advance of technology and science), VISUM also stands out for its extra-academic initiatives.
All editions feature sessions led by industry representatives, where participants have the opportunity to take part in debates and expand their network of contacts. VISUM believes that a good theoretical basis should be complemented with a strong practical component. Therefore, participants are encouraged to form teams and solve a real challenge during the event, and then present it to the community.
This year, participants also have the possibility to participate in a mentoring programme, where they will have access to a team of mentors that may help them solve a problem related to their research and/or profession. Given the pandemic context caused by COVID-19, the organisation of VISUM had to adapt (the eighth and ninth editions were completely digital).
Being an event that takes place annually and in the summer season, VISUM gives its participants the opportunity to get to know Portuguese culture through the promotion of social events, ranging from the promotion of guided tours of the touristic attractions of the city of Porto, to the organization of cultural dinners.
More information, here.