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The Brady Prize: Essay Competition
Deadline for
submission is: 15 June 2012
The Social Impact of Computer Vision
This essay competition is a tribute to Prof. Sir Michael Brady’s
extensive contribution to the field of computer vision. In parallel to
his outstanding track record as an academic at MIT and Oxford, Prof. Brady’s
passion for engineering real-world solutions has also made him a prolific
inventor and serial entrepreneur. 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
either of the two questions below (one topic only). 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, two successful essayists will have their €600 attendance
fees at the 2012 ICV Summer School reimbursed. Submissions should be sent
in PDF or Word format to bradyessayprize@gmail.com.
Your name, email address and university/ organization should be written
at the top of your essay.
The winning essays will be shared with fellow summer school attendees.
Good luck!
Topic
1: Urban Landscapes
The beneficial use of surveillance and computer vision to achieve safer
and more secure urban environments justifies the privacy risks. Discuss.
Topic
2: Computer Vision and Medicine
At what point does the human diagnostician’s eye no longer remain
the “gold standard”?
All reports submitted for the essay competition will be accessible on
21 July 2012.
The
prizes were assigned to:
Tommy Keane, Rochester Institute of Technology, USA
Jyotirmoy Banerjee, University Medical Center Rotterdam,
The Netherlands
Topic
1: Urban Landscapes
Aufderheide
D., South Westphalia University of Applied Sciences,
Germany
Bartal O.,
Weizmann Institute, Israel
Bastanlar
Y., Izmir Institute of Technology, Turkey
Calore E.,
Universita degli Studi di Milano, Italy
Hebbalaguppe
R., Dublin City University Ireland
Keane
T., Rochester Institute of Technology United States of America
Mely
D., Brown University United States of America
Premachandran
V., Nanyang Technological University Singapore
Zheng
S., Oxford Brookes University United Kingdom
Topic
2: Computer Vision and Medicine
Banerjee
J., Erasmus MC - University Medical Center Rotterdam,
The Netherlands
Bernacchia
N., Università Politecnica delle Marche, Italy
Deza
Figueroa M. A., University of California, Santa Barbara, United States of America
Dodge
S., Arizona State University, United States of America
Fahmi
F., Academisch Medisch Centrum, The Netherlands
Foucart
A., Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
Häme
Y., Columbia University, United States of America
Rivera
Rubio J. M., Imperial College London, United Kingdom
Seroul P.,
Newtone Technologies, France
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