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EPSRC Reference:	EP/J500951/1
Title:	BMVA/EPSRC Summer School in Computer Vision
Principal Investigator:	Graham, Dr J
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Department:	Medical and Human Sciences
Organisation:	University of Manchester, The
Scheme:	Training Schools (Non-FEC)
Starts:	18 April 2011	Ends:	17 September 2011	Value (£):	13,700
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This proposal concerns funding for a training Summer School in Computer Vision and Digital Image Computing. EPSRC has previously supported a number of Summer Schools in this area. Here we set out the case for further partial support for a Summer School in 2011. We wish the Summer School in future to be a financially self-supporting event and see the reduced EPSRC support for this event as a step towards that goal. In summary, we show that the strategic case for advanced training in this area is increasing: digital images and the need to transmit, process and interpret them are becoming an increasingly important economically and socially. We further argue that doctoral training programmes in this field cannot provide research students with a sufficient breadth of knowledge to equip them fully to contribute to the technological developments that can be anticipated. Digital images are everywhere and increasingly play a central role of our social and economic lives. Obvious examples are security video, biometrics, vehicle recognition, videophone calls using webcams, entertainment and medical imaging. The capacity of images to encode and transmit huge quantities of useful information means that the capture, processing and interpretation of images will form a significant component in the digital economy. The Summer Schools in Computer Vision have provided, and will continue to provide training to young researchers in a broad range of key topics in digital image computing.
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