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SEATTLE, 19 June 2024 – Today, during the 2024 Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR) Conference opening session, the CVPR Awards Committee announced the winners of its prestigious Best Paper Awards, which annually recognize top research in computer vision, artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), augmented, virtual and mixed reality (AR/VR/MR), deep learning, and much more.

This year, from more than 11,500 paper submissions, the CVPR 2024 Awards Committee selected the following 10 winners for the honor of Best Papers during the Awards Program at CVPR 2024, taking place now through 21 June at the Seattle Convention Center in Seattle, Wash., U.S.A.:

Best Papers

• “ Generative Image Dynamics ”  -  Authors: Zhengqi Li, Richard Tucker, Noah Snavely, Aleksander Holynski  ---  The paper presents a new approach for modeling natural oscillation dynamics from a single still picture. This approach produces photo-realistic animations from a single picture and significantly outperforms prior baselines. It also demonstrates potential to enable several downstream applications such as creating seamlessly looping or interactive image dynamics.
• " Rich Human Feedback for Text-to-Image Generation ”  -  Authors: Youwei Liang, Junfeng He, Gang Li, Peizhao Li, Arseniy Klimovskiy, Nicholas Carolan,  Jiao Sun, Jordi Pont-Tuset, Sarah Young, Feng Yang, Junjie Ke, Krishnamurthy Dj Dvijotham, Katherine M. Collins, Yiwen Luo, Yang Li, Kai J. Kohlhoff, Deepak Ramachandran, and Vidhya  Navalpakkam  --- This paper highlights the first rich human feedback dataset for image generation. Authors designed and trained a multimodal Transformer to predict the rich human feedback and demonstrated some instances to improve image generation.

Honorable mention papers included, “ EventPS: Real-Time Photometric Stereo Using an Event Camera ” and “ pixelSplat: 3D Gaussian Splats from Image Pairs for Scalable Generalizable 3D Reconstruction .”

Best Student Papers

• “ Mip-Splatting: Alias-free 3D Gaussian Splatting ”  -  Authors: Zehao Yu, Anpei Chen, Binbin Huang, Torsten Sattler, Andreas Geiger  ---  This paper introduces Mip-Splatting, a technique improving 3D Gaussian Splatting (3DGS) with a 3D smoothing filter and a 2D Mip filter for alias-free rendering at any scale. This approach significantly outperforms state-of-the-art methods in out-of-distribution scenarios, when testing at sampling rates different from training, resulting in better generalization to out-of-distribution camera poses and zoom factors.
• “ BioCLIP: A Vision Foundation Model for the Tree of Life ”  -  Authors: Samuel Stevens, Jiaman Wu, Matthew J. Thompson, Elizabeth G. Campolongo, Chan Hee Song, David Edward Carlyn, Li Dong, Wasila M. Dahdul, Charles Stewart, Tanya Berger-Wolf,  Wei-Lun Chao, and Yu Su  ---  This paper offers TREEOFLIFE-10M and BIOCLIP, a large-scale diverse biology image dataset and a foundation model for the tree of life, respectively. This work shows BIOCLIP is a strong fine-grained classifier for biology in both zero- and few-shot settings.

There also were four honorable mentions in this category this year: “ SpiderMatch: 3D Shape Matching with Global Optimality and Geometric Consistency ”; “ Image Processing GNN: Breaking Rigidity in Super-Resolution ; Objects as Volumes: A Stochastic Geometry View of Opaque Solids ;” and “ Comparing the Decision-Making Mechanisms by Transformers and CNNs via Explanation Methods .”

“We are honored to recognize the CVPR 2024 Best Paper Awards winners,” said David Crandall, Professor of Computer Science at Indiana University, Bloomington, Ind., U.S.A., and CVPR 2024 Program Co-Chair. “The 10 papers selected this year – double the number awarded  in 2023 – are a testament to the continued growth of CVPR and the field , and to all of the advances that await.” 

Additionally, the IEEE Computer Society (CS), a CVPR organizing sponsor, announced the Technical Community on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence (TCPAMI) Awards at this year’s conference. The following were recognized for their achievements:

• 2024 Recipient: “ Rich Feature Hierarchies for Accurate Object Detection and Semantic Segmentation ”

Authors: Ross Girshick, Jeff Donahue, Trevor Darrell, Jitendra Malik

• 2024 Recipient:   Angjoo Kanazawa, Carl Vondrick
• 2024 Recipient: Andrea Vedaldi

“The TCPAMI Awards demonstrate the lasting impact and influence of CVPR research and researchers,” said Walter J. Scheirer, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Ind., U.S.A., and CVPR 2024 General Chair. “The contributions of these leaders have helped to shape and drive forward continued advancements in the field. We are proud to recognize these achievements and congratulate them on their success.”

About CVPR 2024

The Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition Conference (CVPR) is the preeminent computer vision event for new research in support of artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), augmented, virtual and mixed reality (AR/VR/MR), deep learning, and much more. Sponsored by the IEEE Computer Society (CS) and the Computer Vision Foundation (CVF), CVPR delivers the important advances in all areas of computer vision and pattern recognition and the various fields and industries they impact. With a first-in-class technical program, including tutorials and workshops, a leading-edge expo, and robust networking opportunities, CVPR, which is annually attended by more than 10,000 scientists and engineers, creates a one-of-a-kind opportunity for networking, recruiting, inspiration, and motivation.

CVPR 2024 is taking place now through 21 June at the Seattle Convention Center in Seattle, Wash., U.S.A., and virtually. For more information about CVPR 2024, the program, and how to participate, visit https://cvpr2023.thecvf.com/Conferences/2024 .

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CVPR 2024 Announces Best Paper Award Winners

This year, from more than 11,500 paper submissions, the CVPR 2024 Awards Committee selected the following 10 winners for the honor of Best Papers during the Awards Program at CVPR 2024, taking place now through 21 June at the Seattle Convention Center in Seattle, Wash., U.S.A.

Best Papers

• “ Generative Image Dynamics ” Authors: Zhengqi Li, Richard Tucker, Noah Snavely, Aleksander Holynski The paper presents a new approach for modeling natural oscillation dynamics from a single still picture. This approach produces photo-realistic animations from a single picture and significantly outperforms prior baselines. It also demonstrates potential to enable several downstream applications such as creating seamlessly looping or interactive image dynamics.
• “ Rich Human Feedback for Text-to-Image Generation ” Authors: Youwei Liang, Junfeng He, Gang Li, Peizhao Li, Arseniy Klimovskiy, Nicholas Carolan, Jiao Sun, Jordi Pont-Tuset, Sarah Young, Feng Yang, Junjie Ke, Krishnamurthy Dj Dvijotham, Katherine M. Collins, Yiwen Luo, Yang Li, Kai J. Kohlhoff, Deepak Ramachandran, and Vidhya Navalpakkam This paper highlights the first rich human feedback dataset for image generation. Authors designed and trained a multimodal Transformer to predict the rich human feedback and demonstrated some instances to improve image generation.

Honorable mention papers included, “ EventPS: Real-Time Photometric Stereo Using an Event Camera ” and “ pixelSplat: 3D Gaussian Splats from Image Pairs for Scalable Generalizable 3D Reconstruction. ”

Best Student Papers

• “ Mip-Splatting: Alias-free 3D Gaussian Splatting ” Authors: Zehao Yu, Anpei Chen, Binbin Huang, Torsten Sattler, Andreas Geiger This paper introduces Mip-Splatting, a technique improving 3D Gaussian Splatting (3DGS) with a 3D smoothing filter and a 2D Mip filter for alias-free rendering at any scale. This approach significantly outperforms state-of-the-art methods in out-of-distribution scenarios, when testing at sampling rates different from training, resulting in better generalization to out-of-distribution camera poses and zoom factors.
• “ BioCLIP: A Vision Foundation Model for the Tree of Life ” Authors: Samuel Stevens, Jiaman Wu, Matthew J. Thompson, Elizabeth G. Campolongo, Chan Hee Song, David Edward Carlyn, Li Dong, Wasila M. Dahdul, Charles Stewart, Tanya Berger-Wolf, Wei-Lun Chao, and Yu Su This paper offers TREEOFLIFE-10M and BIOCLIP, a large-scale diverse biology image dataset and a foundation model for the tree of life, respectively. This work shows BIOCLIP is a strong fine-grained classifier for biology in both zero- and few-shot settings.

There also were four honorable mentions in this category this year: “ SpiderMatch: 3D Shape Matching with Global Optimality and Geometric Consistency ”; “ Image Processing GNN: Breaking Rigidity in Super-Resolution; Objects as Volumes: A Stochastic Geometry View of Opaque Solids ;” and “ Comparing the Decision-Making Mechanisms by Transformers and CNNs via Explanation Methods. ”

“We are honored to recognize the CVPR 2024 Best Paper Awards winners,” said David Crandall, Professor of Computer Science at Indiana University, Bloomington, Ind., U.S.A., and CVPR 2024 Program Co-Chair. “The 10 papers selected this year – double the number awarded in 2023 – are a testament to the continued growth of CVPR and the field, and to all of the advances that await.”

Additionally, the IEEE Computer Society (CS), a CVPR organizing sponsor, announced the Technical Community on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence (TCPAMI) Awards at this year’s conference. The following were recognized for their achievements:

• 2024 Recipient : “ Rich Feature Hierarchies for Accurate Object Detection and Semantic Segmentation ” Authors: Ross Girshick, Jeff Donahue, Trevor Darrell, Jitendra Malik
• 2024 Recipient : Angjoo Kanazawa, Carl Vondrick
• 2024 Recipient : Andrea Vedaldi

“The TCPAMI Awards demonstrate the lasting impact and influence of CVPR research and researchers,” said Walter J. Scheirer, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Ind., U.S.A., and CVPR 2024 General Chair. “The contributions of these leaders have helped to shape and drive forward continued advancements in the field. We are proud to recognize these achievements and congratulate them on their success.”

About the CVPR 2024 The Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition Conference (CVPR) is the preeminent computer vision event for new research in support of artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), augmented, virtual and mixed reality (AR/VR/MR), deep learning, and much more. Sponsored by the IEEE Computer Society (CS) and the Computer Vision Foundation (CVF), CVPR delivers the important advances in all areas of computer vision and pattern recognition and the various fields and industries they impact. With a first-in-class technical program, including tutorials and workshops, a leading-edge expo, and robust networking opportunities, CVPR, which is annually attended by more than 10,000 scientists and engineers, creates a one-of-a-kind opportunity for networking, recruiting, inspiration, and motivation.

CVPR 2024 takes place 17-21 June at the Seattle Convention Center in Seattle, Wash., U.S.A., and participants may also access sessions virtually. For more information about CVPR 2024, visit cvpr.thecvf.com .

About the Computer Vision Foundation The Computer Vision Foundation (CVF) is a non-profit organization whose purpose is to foster and support research on all aspects of computer vision. Together with the IEEE Computer Society, it co-sponsors the two largest computer vision conferences, CVPR and the International Conference on Computer Vision (ICCV). Visit thecvf.com for more information.

About the IEEE Computer Society Engaging computer engineers, scientists, academia, and industry professionals from all areas and levels of computing, the IEEE Computer Society (CS) serves as the world’s largest and most established professional organization of its type. IEEE CS sets the standard for the education and engagement that fuels continued global technological advancement. Through conferences, publications, and programs that inspire dialogue, debate, and collaboration, IEEE CS empowers, shapes, and guides the future of not only its 375,000+ community members, but the greater industry, enabling new opportunities to better serve our world. Visit computer.org for more information.

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Research prizes are opaque and rife with bias — it’s time to shake them up

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Malgorzata Lagisz is at the Evolution & Ecology Research Centre and in the School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

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Almost every academic newsletter I receive nowadays includes announcements of somebody winning an award. But below their shiny surface, I find that such announcements carry a whiff of ambiguity. I start thinking about how winners are selected, who is left out and why, and whether the research community could do this award-giving business better.

Research that I and my colleagues have done shows that things could indeed be done a whole lot better. Scientific prizes are plagued by opaque and seemingly biased selection criteria. This needs to change. Done right, such awards could provide an opportunity to recognize and value transparent and robust research, and build a more inclusive and trustworthy way of doing science.

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Big awards, such as Nobel prizes, are often surrounded by public controversy because of a lack of diversity among the winners, and because the selection processes and policies are inequitable or lack transparency. We focused instead on the innumerable smaller awards, administered mainly by journals and learned societies, with categories such as ‘best paper’ or ‘most promising young researcher’. These don’t get as much attention, but they are often stepping stones for career advancement, especially for early- and mid-career researchers. Such awards can filter and reinforce what is considered excellent research.

My team and I — a diverse group of volunteers representing six continents and many career stages — set out to gather data about the transparency and declared values of these smaller, research-focused awards.

We started with an international selection of 13 ‘best researcher’ and 10 ‘best paper’ awards in my area of research, ecology and evolution. The results were published this year ( M. Lagisz et al. Nature Ecol. Evol. 7 , 655–665; 2023 ). A larger team has since expanded the assessment to a broad sample of 222 best-paper awards across all disciplines, the results of which were posted as a preprint on 12 December ( M. Lagisz et al. Preprint at bioRxiv https://doi.org/k8rr; 2023 ).

Scientists are waiting longer than ever to receive a Nobel

We found that descriptions of the selection criteria and processes used for these awards are generally short and vague. Often, no contact information is given should you wish to request more information. Around half the awards surveyed in our latest study had journal editors involved in nominating or selecting the winners, but 91% did not state how potential conflicts of interest would be handled.

Furthermore, award descriptions rarely mention concepts that align with open science — the movement to make science accessible to all. The only positive example included ‘transparency of the methods’ in its evaluation criteria.

Of the 222 awards, 21 mentioned considering impact metrics — counts of citations or downloads — in their selection process. Concerningly, eight used such measures as the only metric for selecting the ‘best’ paper (there is a separate class of ‘impact’ awards, but we did not include those in our analysis). And although many scientific organizations and institutions claim publicly to be committed to equity, diversity and inclusivity, only two of the 222 awards mentioned related values or policies in their award description and selection processes.

The lack of explicit standards for evaluating science allows assessors to vary their scores depending on the identity of the nominees. Such biases can be compounded when potential or actual conflicts of interest exist and are not managed. Awards that rely on simplistic metrics, such as citations, contribute to an academic ‘Matthew effect’ — ‘to those that have, more shall be given’ . As with other indicators of scientific esteem, including numbers of articles published and grants obtained, citations are easier to achieve by some scientists, helping them to secure promotions, jobs and further funding, snowballing into more and bigger awards.

To fix research assessment, swap slogans for definitions

Our data show that between 2001 and 2022, 61% of individual winners were men. Although that finding might align with broader employment patterns in research, we found no discernible trend towards a greater representation of women. Some 48% of winners were affiliated with US institutions. Researchers based in low- and middle-income countries made up just 11% of winners, with more than half of these based in China. This imbalance was particularly marked in the earliest part of the study period, from 2001 to 2010.

Omnipresent prizes and awards reflect scientific communities’ values ‘in action’. We have concluded that they are currently failing to match global calls for improving transparency and equitability in science. Changing how they operate and what they reward can incentivize better research practices and support the drive to open science. Given the slow progress in addressing the many biases prevalent in academia, historically under-represented and marginalized groups can benefit from award-giving institutions, reducing ambiguity and explicitly fostering equitable access and assessment practices.

So, next time you see another award announcement, maybe reflect on whether this prize contributes to the reproducibility crisis and various biases rampant in academia. Is it transparent and equitable? Does it recognize robust and reproducible science? And if you are one of the many people who manage existing awards or are working to establish new ones, now is the time to act and embrace the principles and values of a more inclusive science.

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Decision Sciences Institute (DSI) recognizes and honors the multi-disciplinary strength of the decision sciences field with its Best Paper Awards. For these awards, track chairs nominate the best papers that pertain to the theory and/or practice in their tracks. Prize award of $500.

Submission Deadline: June 1, 2024

Eligibility.

• Only full papers are considered for the awards.
• Track chairs can each nominate up to three papers deserving of consideration for the Best Paper Awards.
• The same paper may not be nominated for more than one category.
• There can be multiple nominations from a track chair for a single category.
• The deadline for the track chair nominations for the awards will be two weeks from the review and decision deadline for the papers.
• At least one author must attend and present the paper at the annual conference.

The Best Paper Awards committee, composed of a chair and four experienced scholars, will review the shortlisted papers. Winners will be selected based on reviews received, the committee’s own review, and rankings.

Submission Procedure

• Submissions may be made by submitting to the appropriate track in the conference management system. See Submissions to submit.

Questions about the Best Paper Award for the 2024 Annual Conference of the Decision Sciences Institute can be directed to the coordinator:

Alex Mills | Baruch College, CUNY | [email protected]

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Shastri Best Research Paper Awards (SBRPA) 2022-23

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The Shastri Best Research Paper Awards will be presented annually to Shastri fellows whose work has been published in a peer-reviewed journal with a high impact factor. Ideally, the paper should have appeared in a high-impact factor journal between January 1, 2022, and December 31, 2022. The first authors should submit applications. A significant highlight of the competition is the high quality of the work produced by the SICI awardees and their collaborators.  

There will be two categories for the Shastri Best Paper Awards i.e. Science (STEM and allied) and social science (HUSS and allied). Each category will be considered for one award.

  Eligibility Criteria

• The applicant should be a Shastri fellowship/grant awardee;
• The published paper must be based on a SICI-funded project;
• The publishing date on the journal must be between January 1, 2022, and December 31, 2022;
• Papers co-authored by students and faculty are eligible;
• A paper jointly co-authored by a Canadian and Indian researcher will be seen favorably.

Application Process

• A cover letter to the Programme Officer clearly stating the paper's significance to the discipline, contribution in conceiving and carrying out the research, and evidence of why the paper should be considered for the award.
• A copy of the published paper with an indication of the published date;
• Proof of being a Shastri Awardee
• The cover letter should be a maximum of 350 words, no longer than one page.

Number of awards :  02 (STEM and allied -01; HUSS and allied-01)

Submission Deadline:   December 31, 2022,  at 11:59 PM (IST).  

Evaluation Criteria

Papers will be evaluated on overall quality and potential significance to the field based on the information requested in the cover letter from the first author. 

Submission 

To submit a nomination, please send your complete application form in an email with the subject line "Shastri Best Research Paper Award" to  [email protected] .  

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Ms. Reshma Rana Verma Programme Officer Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute (SICI) 5 Bhai Vir Singh Marg New Delhi 110001 INDIA Call us at: 011 – 2374 6417; 2374 3114; & 2374 2677 Email: [email protected]

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• Swanson selected as Lewis Honors College Faculty Fellow
• Hagins wins award for Best Visual Paper at Design Society conference
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Carly Hagins , assistant professor in the Product Design program, recently attended the Design Society's Engineering and Product Design in Education (E&PDE) in Birmingham, United Kingdom, where she was awarded "Best Visual Paper" for her research paper Reading Visuals: Exploring the Use of AI in Qualitative Research Analysis.

The E&PDE conference "brings together representatives from education and industry who have an interest in sharing new perspectives on design education. It provides a forum for educators, practitioners and students from engineering and product design fields to discuss current and future educational issues." 

The conference features a unique "visual papers track"  in which sketched images are essential in communicating the primary information, while the text plays a supporting role.

  Reading Visuals: Exploring the Use of AI in Qualitative Research Analysis.

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Membrane Treatment Best Paper Award

Florence Choo, Emma Sawade, and David Cook

“ Summer odors to winter blooms: Treatment validation in the lower River Murray ” and “ Assessment of cyanobacteria and their taste and odorous metabolites in the lower River Murray: 2000–2022 ”

Both papers were awarded as a series on the on identification and treatment of Cyanobacteria in the River Murray Basin .

Purpose of the Award:

To recognize and honor annually the author(s) of an outstanding advanced treatment of water paper published in the  AWWA Water Science  from January through December of the previous year.

An exquisite sculpture that embodies the essence of accomplishment and serve as a testament to the recipient’s dedication and contributions. Each Membrane Treatment award is accompanied by a personalized inscribed nameplate to honor and preserve the recipient’s name and accomplishment.

Eligibility for the Award

At least one author must be a member of AWWA at the time of publication.  The paper must be peer reviewed and make a notable and outstanding contribution to the water profession.

Frequency of the Award

Entry requirements.

All peer reviewed advanced treatment papers published in the  AWWA Water Science  during the established time frame with at least one author who is an AWWA member at the time of publication are eligible.

Nomination Procedure

Because all papers meeting the eligibility requirements are considered for the award, there is no entry form needed.

Nomination Deadline

Membrane award committee membership.

Chairs of the AWWA Membrane Processes, Membrane Technology Research, and Water Desalting Committees along with the Director of Engineering & Technical Services.

Method of Selecting Award Recipient

The Membrane Award Committee shall consist of the chairs of the Membrane Processes, Membrane Technology Research, and Water Desalting Committees and shall select a recipient from the list of potential candidates and submit the name of the selected paper to the Executive Director for the Board of Directors for approval at its winter meeting.  Papers will be evaluated on the basis of the impact on water and public health benefits for both research and applications; timeliness of the contribution; and professional and editorial quality of the paper.

Presentation of the Award

The award will be presented at the awards session during the AWWA/AMTA Membrane Technology Conference and Exposition.

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