Computer Vision News - January 2023

40 The Hamlyn Winter School equipment. This year, we had five stations, and each group could take a look at the station and decide what they would like to do. It’s a mini project. On Monday and Tuesday, we mainly have lectures; then, on Wednesday, half of the day is lectures, and the other half is data collection. The groups process their data on Thursday, and on Friday, they pitch their presentation. What’s the idea? What’s the clinical motivation? The Hamlyn Winter School is a week-long course on the technical and clinical aspects of Surgical Imaging and Vision . Its program features invited lectures from academics and clinicians, industry talks, hands-on sessions, and group projects. “ We split the delegates into small groups, and each group comes up with an idea they want to work with, ” Matina outlines. “ We open our labs, and they have access to our HAMLYN WINTER SCHOOL Stamatia (Matina) Giannarou works at the Hamlyn Centre for Robotic Surgery, Imperial College London. She is also a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Surgery & Cancer and holds a Royal Society University Research Fellowship. She speaks to us as the organizer of the Hamlyn Winter School on Surgical Imaging and Vision, which just took place in London.