Registration, Recognition and Reconstruction
in Images and Video

The courses will be delivered by world renowned experts in the field, from both academia and industry, and will cover both theoretical and practical aspects of real Computer Vision problems as well as examples of their successful commercialisation.

The school aims to provide a stimulating opportunity for young researchers and Ph.D. students. The participants will benefit from direct interaction and discussions with world leaders in Computer Vision. Participants will also have the possibility to present the results of their research, and to interact with their scientific peers, in a friendly and constructive environment.

LIST OF SPEAKERS

Andrew Fitzgibbon Microsoft Research Cambridge, UK William T. Freeman Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA Martial Hebert Carnegie Mellon University, USA Ivan Laptev INRIA, France Jiri Matas Czech Technical University, Prague

Vittorio Murino University of Verona, Italy Italian Institute of Technology, Italy Shmuel Peleg The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel Kari Pulli NVidia Research, USA Ramesh Raskar Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA Guillermo Sapiro University of Minnesota, USA

Josef Sivic INRIA, France Stefano Soatto University of California, Los Angeles, USA Steven Seitz University of Washington, USA Google Corporation, USA Lorenzo Torresani Dartmouth College, USA Steve Zucker Yale University, USA

SCHOOL APPLICATION
The school will be open to about 100 qualified, motivated and pre-selected candidates.

Master Students, Ph. D. students, Post-Docs, young researchers (both academic and industrial), senior researchers (both academic and industrial) or academic/industrial professionals are encouraged to apply.

POSTER SUBMISSION
Accepted students may submit a poster to present their research activity. The poster should be submitted before 10 May 2011. Suitable space will be reserved to students for showing their posters. The electronic version of the posters will also be available from the ICVSS web site.

BEST PRESENTATION PRIZE
A selected subset from the submitted posters will be selected by the school committee for short oral presentation. A best presentation prize (supported by Toshiba Research Europe) will be given to the best presentation selected by the school committee.

SCHOLARSHIP
A scholarship will be awarded to the best PhD student attending the school. The decision will be made by the school committee at the time of the school, taking into account candidates'cv, poster and oral presentation. All PhD students attending the school will be considered for the grant.

READING GROUP (WITH PRIZE!)
During a typical PhD and subsequent research year, students will read probably more than 100 papers. Reading research papers is a skill that can be acquired and that is very different from reading a novel. This session is to introduce students to that skill.

Good ideas have deep roots. Understanding such roots is key to being able to generate new ideas moving forward. The main goal of the Reading Group is to practice ways in which exploration of these roots can be performed. The homework prior to the commencement of the school consists in studying (not just reading) one or more of the references provided by the school commitee, and tracing the ideas as far back as you can.

Detailed instructions will be sent to students after acceptance notification.

SCHOOL DEADLINES
Student Application: 21 March 2011
Notification Acceptance: 31 March 2011
Early Registration: 20 April 2011
Late Registration (with extra payment of 150 €): After 20 April 2011
Accommodation Reservation at Hotel Village Baia Samuele: 20 April 2011
Poster Submission: 10 May 2011
Local Arrangements Information: 14 June 2011
Notification of Decision for Oral Presentation: 16 June 2011
Submission for Reading Group Competition: 12 July 2011

LOCATION OF ICVSS 2011
ICVSS 2011 will be hosted by Hotel Village Baia Samuele in Punta Sampieri - Scicli (Ragusa), Sicily from 10-17 July 2011. Sicily is one of the most beautiful islands of the Mediterranean. The island is very rich in archeological sites from various Ancient Civilizations. The sea, weather, food and the wine are excellent.
In particular Punta Sampieri - Scicli (RG) is located in the south east of Sicily in a late Baroque area called Val di Noto. The Val di Noto area is included in the Unesco World Heritage List and includes eight nearby towns: Caltagirone, Militello Val di Catania, Catania, Modica, Noto, Palazzolo, Ragusa and Scicli.
The location of the school rises in the middle of an ample bay delimited on the west from Sampieri and on the east from a cliff, on which is founded an ancient furnace, rare example of industrial archaeology. The Hotel Village “Baia Samuele” stretches in a gentle slant to the beach: 120 thousand square meters delimited from rows of secular cypresses. An ultramodern village with an original architecture, pleasant design and all comforts you can imagine. The frame of plants and flowers, typical of this angle of Sicily, in front of the island of Malta, completes this gilded dream of the Mediterranean.

ACCOMMODATION RESERVATION AT HOTEL VILLAGE BAIA SAMUELE
ICVSS participants will be hosted at Hotel Village Baia Samuele (school location) at very special rates. ICVSS participants must make reservations for accommodation no later than 20 April 2011, using the accommodation reservation form (Accommodation Reservation Module) to be sent by fax (+39 0932848603) directly to Baia Samuele reception. After 20 April 2011 there is no guarantee for reservations in Hotel Village Baia Samuele.

The prices for ICVSS participants are the follows:

SCHOOL BUS SERVICE
The following bus service will be provided by the school (without charge):

SHUTTLE SERVICE
A shuttle service is available provided by Eraclea Travels Staff. Reservation can be done directly on site during the school or by email to info@eracletravels.it (To the attention of Dr. Barbara Iurato)

PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION
The following indications can be used for participants who want to use public transportation:

BY CAR
Route 1 (From Catania to School Location through Ragusa):
Catania - Ragusa (SS 194), go on in direction Marina di Modica, go out at the exit for Sampieri-Marina di Modica. 2 Km after Marina di Modica you arrive to the village.
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Route 2 (From Catania to School Location through Siracusa):
Catania - Siracusa (SS 114), Siracusa-Gela (A18), go on in direction Pozzallo (SS 115), go on direction Sampieri-Marina di Modica. 2 Km after Marina di Modica you arrive to the village.
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Route 3 (From Palermo to School Location through Caltanissetta):
Palermo - Caltanissetta (A 19), Exit SS 626 Caltanissetta/Gela/Agrigento, go on in direction Modica by SS 115, go on direction Sampieri-Marina di Modica. 2 Km after Marina di Modica you arrive to the village.
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FLIGHTS TO SICILY AND CAR RENTAL
Useful informations on Flights and Car Rental can be found here.

Red markers indicate Catania Airport and the School Location.