10 years of HiVisComp: a conference that builds a community of excellence in computer vision and graphics

The 10th anniversary edition of HiVisComp brought together an informal and inspiring gathering of computer graphics, image processing and computer vision experts. The conference was founded in 2014 by Martin Čadík (FIT BUT) and Jaroslav Křivánek (MFF UK). Since then, the event has come a long way and grown significantly. Over the years, it has featured 30 invited speakers from 13 countries, presented 121 technical papers and received almost 1000 abstracts. Today, Martin Čadík organizes it with the help of colleagues from CTU.

HiVisComp was held this year in the Krkonoše Mountains from 29 January to 1 February and once again combined scientific lectures, exchange of experiences and sporting activities. In the current edition, participants discussed the latest developments in data visualisation, lighting simulation or innovative image processing methods. Among the highlights of the programme were the invited lectures, featuring, for example, Gabriela Csurka from NAVER LABS Europe, who presented the evolution from the CroCo model to the DUSt3R and MASt3R, which have brought a major shift in the field of 3D computer vision. She showed how these methods unify and simplify the processing of 3D visual data and open up new possibilities for tasks such as visual localization without a map or robotic navigation.

Torsten Sattler from CTU presented the 3D Gaussian Splatting method, which enables faster and higher quality 3D scene reconstruction compared to traditional approaches. He focused on artifact resolution, working with different lighting conditions and extracting accurate 3D models.

Marc Alexa from TU Berlin presented a new approach to fitting lines to planes and related problems. His method is computationally efficient, easy to implement and preserves important geometric properties.

As part of the research team presentation, Adam Herout from FIT BUT presented The Malleable Glyph Challenge.

Outdoor and social activities are an integral part of this conference. This year, they were in the spirit of cross-country skiing and skiing. The full conference programme can be viewed on hiviscomp.cz.