Computer Vision News - August 2021

2 Summary Editorial Dear reader, The Medical Imaging with Deep Learning (MIDL) conference, held virtually again this year, provided our community with another high point last month. In this August issue of Computer Vision News , we review the two exciting papers that scooped the Best Paper and Best Paper Runner- up awards at the event. There were so many innovative papers this year, so these really are the best of the best. You won’t want to miss it! Our computer vision Application of the Month is DIDA , a new image- based historical handwritten digit dataset. Read our fascinating interview with authors Amir and Hüseyin to find out more, including how they dealt with the elaborate Gothic-style writing and what separates DIDA from its modern counterparts. Did you miss our great Bay Vision webinar with the awesome Lena Maier Hein ? The video with the full talk and slides is available now: Does Machine Learning Based Biomedical Image Analysis Require Domain Experts? Join the group here a nd be the first to learn about the next meetup! Away from MIDL, this edition of Computer Vision News is packed full of content to keep you enthralled, so get started now with the AI Research of the Mont h, on page 4. Enjoy the reading and subscribe for free! Computer Vision News Editor: Ralph Anzarouth Engineering Editors: Marica Muffoletto Ioannis Valasakis Head Designer: Rotem Sahar Publisher: RSIP Vision Contact us Free subscription Read previous magazines Copyright: RSIP Vision All rights reserved Unauthorized reproduction is strictly forbidden. Follow us: Ralph Anzarouth Editor, Computer Vision News Marketing Manager , RSIP Vision “It’s great that you’re featuring our work. I really appreciate it. I have been following your magazine for years and I enjoy it very much!” Piotr Dollár Research Director Facebook AI Research (FAIR)