Mitek systems acquires ICAR, a CVC spin off focused in digital identity verification

Mitek, a global leader in mobile capture and digital identity verification software solutions, today announced that it has acquired ICAR, a leading provider of consumer identity verification solutions in Spain, for an aggregate purchase price of up to €12.75 million (~US$15.0 million) paid in a combination of cash and shares of Mitek common stock. The acquisition … Read more

The first computer algorithm comes by the name of Ada

Today is Ada Lovelace’s Day, a special celebration to visualize Ada’s contributions and to recognize women in science, technology, engineering and maths. Ada Lovelace made her contribution  in a moment when mathematics was considered only a man’s subject, but despite that, she created the first algorithm to be carried out by a machine. To commemorate … Read more

Announcement of the awards of GIANA Sub-challenge on Gastrointestinal Image Analysis

GIANA 2017 Sub-challenge on Gastrointestinal Image Analysis took part on September 10th during MICCAI 2017 conference, held in Quebec, Canada. It was part of the MICCAI 2017 EndoVis challenge, which comprised 4 different categories this year: Gastrointestinal Image ANAlysis, Surgical Workflow Analysis in the SensorOR, Robotic Instrument Segmentation and Kidney Boundary Detection. GIANA 2017 Sub-challenge … Read more

It’s all in the contrast, colour constancy for computers

In their latest’s paper at IEEE’s Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, Dr. Arash Akbarinia and Dr. Alejandro Párraga explain their ASM model (adaptive surround modulation), where they work on biologically inspired colour constancy and its application in computers. Colour is essential in our perception of the world, as it allows us to segment … Read more