CVCRD 2026 – 21st CVC Workshop on Computer Vision Trends and Challenges On July 16, Computer Vision Center (CVC) hosted the 21st edition of CVCRD (CVC Workshop on Computer Vision Trends and Challenges), the annual event where CVC PhD students present their research, discuss ongoing challenges, and exchange ideas with the centre’s research community. This … Read more
Why do some images appear beautiful while others do not? Research in empirical aesthetics has long sought to answer this question by analysing large image datasets and comparing their visual properties with people’s ratings. However, most existing datasets combine two levels of information that are difficult to disentangle: low-level visual features and high-level semantic content. … Read more
Stanford University, in collaboration with Elsevier-Scopus, has recently updated the results of the study of the most-cited authors in the world. This global ranking considered one of the most prestigious, is based on bibliometric information collected from the Scopus database (published by Elsevier), updated to the end of the citation year 2023, and includes the … Read more
Al llarg dels darrers anys la preocupació per l’estat i estabilitat de la biodiversitat als boscos de Catalunya ha anat a l’alça, amb la irrupció de múltiples tècniques i opcions com, per exemple: la gestió d’espais naturals protegits, la col·laboració amb entitats, el voluntariat, les campanyes de conscienciació a la societat, la preservació d’animals en … Read more
We’re excited to share insights from the 19th CVC Workshop on Computer Vision Trends and Challenges (CVCRD), held on July 19! CVCRD is our annual workshop where CVC PhD students present their latest research and engage in discussions about their plans and expectations. It’s a platform for dialogues between senior researchers and students, exploring challenges … Read more
The ProdID EU project, conducted at the Computer Vision Centre (CVC), has successfully developed multimodal image understanding technologies for fine-grained, real-time product identification in industry and commerce. This initiative has integrated visual and textual data to enhance product retrieval, addressing key challenges in inventory management, automated check-out systems, and visual product search. Key Technological Advancements Industry Applications & Prototypes As part of the project, three prototypes were … Read more
The Catalan Institute for Research and Advanced Studies (ICREA) has awarded ICREA Acadèmia grants to 40 academic staff members from Catalan universities across various fields in its 2023 call. Among the awardees are Dr Antonio Lopez and Dr Sergio Escalera, both researchers at CVC, who previously received the grant in 2018 and have now renewed … Read more
The Horizon Europe project BERTHA kicked off on November 22nd-24th in Valencia, Spain. The project has been granted €7,981,799.50 from the European Commission to develop a Driver Behavioral Model (DBM) that can be used in connected autonomous vehicles to make them safer and more human-like. The resulting DBM will be available on an open-source HUB … Read more
The SCImago Institutions Rankings (SIR) is a classification of academic and research institutions based on a composite indicator that integrates three distinct sets of criteria, assessing research performance, innovation outputs, and societal impact measured through web visibility. The Scimago ranking categorizes universities and other public and private research institutions in a general ranking, as well … Read more
Stanford University, in collaboration with Elsevier-Scopus, has recently updated the results of the study of the most-cited authors in the world. This global ranking considered one of the most prestigious, is based on bibliometric information collected from the Scopus database (published by Elsevier), updated to the end of the citation year 2022, and includes the … Read more