Computer Vision News - November 2022

6 Best Paper Award Witnessing Xingjian deliver his acceptance speech live in Tel Aviv was particularly touching and moving for the community in the room, who have spent the last few years apart. Can the team tell us what they think swayed the judges to award their paper the top prize? “ It’s new and has opened the door for many potential future directions , either by following the idea along the distance correlation side or by introducing benefits from other well-studied statistical tools into this new domain of deep learning, ” Xingjian replies. “ I also think my presentation and visualization may have added some points. I hope so! ” Rudra believes the judges saw the merit in simplicity . “ Most of the time, we overlook simple things, but if you look at well-addressed it’s another story. For now, we’re too early to think about that. ” Winning Best Paper award for this work at a top-tier conference like ECCV is a fantastic achievement and not to be underestimated. The team would like to thank everyone who made it possible, including their research funders – the National Institute on Aging (NIA/NIH) and the National Science Foundation – their reviewers, and the program committee. They even have a word of thanks for this magazine and our readers. “ In the morning on the day we found out we won, I was in bed, and I checked my email and saw ‘Your paper has been selected for the Best Paper Award,’ and it was an oh- my-god moment for me! ” Xingjian recalls. Rudra foundout similarly: “ I was half asleep, and at first, I thought it was a dream. A very good dream! ” B E PAP ECC