The historic island of Sciliy and its beautiful sunshine played host to over 150 young researchers, selected from 300 applicants, last week for the International Computer Vision Summer School 2010. 
The school directors, Prof. Sebastiano Battiato and Dr. Giovanni Maria Farinella of the University of Catania, and Prof. Roberto Cipolla of the University of Cambridge, choose Registration and Video Analysis as the topics for the fourth successive year of the highly popular series of lectures and tutorials. This follows the previous topics of machine learning, detection, recognition and reconstruction. 

In addition to attracting students from over 40 countries, the school played host to some of the top academics and researchers in the field. In amongst a packed program of over 25 hours of presentations, the organisers found time for a tour of the ancient and picturesque town of Ragusa Ibla including the opportunity to experience the local traditions in the form of folk dancing and a delicious feast featuring many of the local seafood delicacies.

Intended to provide a review in the existing state-of-the-art research, one of the greatest attractions of the school is the opportunity for students at the start of their research careers to challenge and question both the professors and each other in an informal and relaxed setting, providing an inspirational atmosphere, a chance to improve research skills, though activities such as the reading group, posters session, and fostering a sense of community.  As students prepared for the closing ceremony and an evening at the beach, many students express their desire to get back to the lab to test out new ideas and look forward to next year's school.

ICVSS Secretary