Invitation to Inaugural Lecture by Serge Belongie

The Technical University of Denmark is happy to welcome Professor Serge Belongie from Cornell Tech, Cornell University, as Honorary Professor in Computer Vision.

In celebraton of the appointment DTU Compute invites you to attend Serge Belongie’s inaugural lecture and reception.

Venue: Monday, 7th May 2018 at 15.00, building 303A, auditorium 45, Technical University of Denmark, Matematiktorvet, 2800 Kongens Lyngby

Programme:

  • 15.00 - 15.10 Welcome by Professor, Head of Department Per B. Brockhoff
  • 15.10 - 15.50 Inaugural Lecture titled ”From Visipedia to PointAR”
  • 16.00 - 17.00 Reception, building 324, room 240

Abstract: In this talk I will provide an overview of my group’s research projects at Cornell Tech involving Computer Vision, Machine Learning, and Human-in-the-Loop Computing. I will cover projects involving identification of plant and animal species (Visipedia) and learning perceptual embeddings of food (SNaCK). I will conclude with a preview of a new effort to build a projector-based, human-computer interaction apparatus that allows computers to point to physical objects in the real world (PointAR)

Everybody is welcome. Registration is not required.

Yours sincerely, Per B. Brockhoff, Professor, Head of Department, DTU Compute

Time

Mon 07 May 18
15:00 - 17:00

Organizer

DTU Compute

Where

Building 303A, auditorium 45, Technical University of Denmark, Matematiktorvet