Computer Vision News - August 2021

3 Spotlight News 41 How PepsiCo Uses AI to Create Products Consumers Don’t Know They Want Pepsi: That's What I Like ! Apparently, the PepsiCo guys (maybe including Leo Messi himself) decided that people answering polls and manning consumer panels are too polite to provide credible input to unbiased market research. So they decided to bet on Artificial Intelligence instead: they use an AI tool called Tastewise which deploys algorithms to analyze massive quantities of food and menu data online (in the billions). Pepsi also builds on social predictions and has collected huge consumer datasets to let AI detect core targets and evaluate digital ads. Read More MICCAI - the Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention This is not an article, but it is a very important comm unity message. Did you register for MICCAI 2021 ? It will be held will be held from September 27 to October 1 as a virtual event. For the first time, the ClinICCAI event will be co- hosted. Three days of scientific content, including oral presentations , poster sessions , workshops , tutorials , and challenges . For the sixth consecutive year, RSIP Vision will publish the MICCAI Daily , the daily magazine of the MICCAI Conference. This is what General Chair Caroline Essert told us last year about MICCAI 2021. Click on the logo and be with us! Read More Robot-assisted Dressing - A New Algorithm by MIT CSAIL One word now about robots. Robots are fun! They can also be useful, like helping people with limited mobility. In the past, algorithms have prevented robots from making any impact with humans for safety reasons. Which of course limited most of the interactions! Scientists from MIT CSAIL developed an algorithm to help a robot find efficient motion plans to ensure physical safety of its human counterpart. This lets the robot make non-harmful impact with a human to achieve its task. Have a look at the video! Of course, this idea could be used in areas other than dressing.