Computer Vision News - August 2022

22 Computer Vision Summer School by Fabio Galasso , where students had to write an essay before the event about the social impact of computer vision research. The scientific content was strong this year. Is Giovanni able to pick his favorite speaker? “ Every day, I was saying, this is the best talk. No, this is the best one. No, this one is more interesting! ” he laughs. “ All the speakers were great. We have much material to study now. I’m biased because I work in egocentric vision, but the talk from Dima Damen was amazing for me. She presented a new data set for segmentation in egocentric vision, and I said, wow, we can make progress with this. But also, the talks from Abhishek Gupta , Michael Bronstein , Laura Leal-Taixé , and Andrea Vedaldi were excellent. I don’t want to say who was the best! ” Science is a massive part of the event, but the social side is also significant, including dinners, drinks, and night-time swims. “ Every night, after the lectures and poster sessions, people were jumping in the swimming pool from midnight to 4 am, ” Antonino reveals. “ All of them managed to be back for the lectures at 9 am! I think there was much more social contact than before because of the pandemic. Aside from the scientific part, people wanted to get together with others their age because they had been in their homes for the last three years. ” Alas, the week had to come to an end, and parting is such sweet sorrow, as Giovanni makes clear: