The 8th ITG/VDE Graduate Summer School on Video Compression and Processing is aiming at providing a forum for informal knowledge exchange and discussion of innovative research ideas among doctoral students working in the field of image and video communication and image signal processing. The summer school atmosphere is intended to be very informal and less restrictive than a typical workshop or conference, thus stimulating discussions and inspiring joint research among the participating PhD students.

Important Dates

• Registration deadline (with hotel reservation): 27 Feb. 2023, 05 March 2023 (Last call)
• Registration deadline (without hotel reservation): 15 May 2023
• Submission deadline: 01 May 2023
• Welcome dinner: evening of 02 July 2023 (Starts at 19:30)
• Summer School: 03 – 04 July 2023

Topics of Interest

• Techniques for next generation image and video coding
• Machine learning for image, video and data processing and compression
• Compression algorithms for 2D, 3D, 360-degree and multi-view video and images
• Coding and processing of multispectral data
• Image and video signal analysis
• Quality assessment/Quality of Experience (QoE)
• Virtual, mixed and augmented reality
• Technology for video transmission and networked systems
• Architecture and implementation aspects

Contributions focus on novel research aspects but do not have to provide unpublished material. Presentations, posters, or demos can be an overview of the participant’s research fields including challenges, open topics, and problems in current research. The aim is to bring together young researchers with similar topics and provide a basis for fruitful scientific discussions, motivating future cooperation.

How to participate

The summer school is open for PhD and advanced master students, for Postdocs, and academic advisors working in the research areas listed. The working language at the summer school is English. Participants are encouraged to present and discuss their research in oral presentations. To apply for a presentation, participants need to submit a title, and a short abstract (approximately 200 words). Participants without a presentation are welcome and encouraged to register. Submission/Registration/Payment and Important Dates are provided in the sections below.

Submission

For the submission, a title, an abstract (200 words), the name of the author(s), and an email address and affiliation of the presenting author are required. The submission deadline is May 1. For the submission, the SVCP2023 Submission form needs to be filled in and returned to: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Eckehard Steinbach (Eckehard.Steinbach@tum.de)

Options of attendance

With an accepted abstract, you have two different options of presenting your work:

• An oral presentation: 15 minutes long plus 4 minutes of Q&A
• A prepared poster that you can present to interested attendees in a specific poster session (poster format: upright, maximum size 70cm x 100cm)

If there are still attendance slots open, there will be an option to also attend without presenting work.

Registration

Registration with guaranteed hotel reservation: 27 Feb. 2023, 05 March 2023 (Last call)

• Price includes Coffee, Lunchs, Dinner, Social Event, and Hotel Room: 100€

Registration without guaranteed hotel reservation: 15 May 2023

• Price includes Coffee, Lunch, Dinner, Social Event (no Hotel Room): ???

For the registration, the SVCP2023 Registration form needs to be filled in, signed and returned to Etienne.Mayer@tum.de The available rooms will be assigned on a first come first serve basis.

Summer School Dates

• Registration deadline (with hotel reservation): 27 Feb. 2023, 05 March 2023 (Last call)
• Registration deadline (without hotel reservation): 15 May 2023
• Welcome dinner: evening of 02 July 2023 (Starts at 19:30)
• Summer School: 03 – 04 July 2023

Awards

Best Presentation/Poster Award

Directly after the last presentation at the Summer School the participants vote democratically for their favourite presentation/poster. The two winners will receive a certificate and 250 Euro each.

Joint Research Incubator Award

Up to two awards will be given, each one comes with a certificate and a prize money of 1.000 Euro. Due to a generous sponsorship we have the possibility to offer Joint Research Incubator Awards for SVCP participants. For this you need to team up with a SVCP colleague from an institution other than your own and develop a new idea or technology in the area of video compression and processing. Prepare a research paper with your colleague(s) about the outcome of your joint research and submit it to a conference or journal. If this paper gets accepted for a conference or preliminarily accepted subject to a revision for a journal by the date of the next SVCP in July 2024, you may apply for the award. For application please send your paper including acceptance notice to Prof. André Kaup, spokesperson of the ITG Technical Committee MT 2, before next SVCP in July 2024. Decision for the award is based on novelty, clarity, and team involvement and will be taken by the ITG Technical Committee MT 2.