Computer Vision News - June 2023

33 IPMI 2023 preview were able to gain confidence and form independent views. “ That’s superb, ” Alex responds. “ I wouldn’t be surprised if there is Jewish influence in some of the regional members that set up IPMI. There may have been people who had that historical background. ” This year’s event will host three keynote speakers: Jong Chul Ye from Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) will speak about diffusion models for inverse problems in medical imaging; Petar Veličković from DeepMind will deliver an exciting and methodologically-focused talk on geometric deep learning; and Gitta Kutyniok from Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich will be discussing the foundations of deep learning. Enzo points out that “ Bringing internationally reknown scientists to our country is very motivating. Some may even give seminars in Buenos Aires… ” discussion and questions on each paper. “ We allocate about 45 minutes to every paper, but the schedule we propose is tentative, and sometimes we need to be flexible, ” Alex points out. “ We do a thorough assessment of thework to benefit the authors and the rest of the community. That’s why we need to keep IPMI small so that it’s properly interactive! ” Demian adds that this format gives the community a great setting for exchanges and conversations: students enjoy a rare occasion to get much quality time with many scholars in their field. The event is single-track . “ There are also two main features ”, adds Demian. “ one is that each oral presentation is introduced by a mixed team of about 10 people (professors, students and maybe industry) who studied that work beforehand. The other is that there isno fixed time for questions. ” Indeed, a unique feature of the conference is those reading groups . This process allows for more informed discussions during the presentations and adds to the supportive and collaborative atmosphere on site. “IPMI has always been for the conference with the most interesting exchanges and the most fun!” he adds. The organizers set aside a few minutes at the beginning of each Q&A session to ensure that early-career academics can participate and ask questions ahead of longer-standing professors . This concept dates back to the Jewish Sanhedrin, 2,000 years ago, when in cases of capital law young scholars were encouraged to speak first so that the opinions of their elders did not unduly influence them, and they Enzo Ferrante