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ERCIM News 95

July 2026

Special theme Image Understanding

Guest editors Michal Haindl (Institute of Information Theory and Automation, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic) and Josef Kittler (University of Surrey)

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Image Understanding – An EU Perspective

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Published: 14 October 2013
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Libor Král,  Head of Unit A2 – Robotics in Directorate General Communication Networks, Content & Technology, European Commission

by Libor Král

Vision is a key factor in natural evolution, whether aiding a jellyfish to detect light or providing the supra-human ability of an eagle to spot its prey from miles away. The desire to enhance human vision through artificial means dates back several centuries, but it is not until the last twenty years or so that machine and computer vision took off. Today, as evidenced by the contributions to this ERCIM edition, it is a vibrant research field.

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