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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.

On Saturday, May 17, the Faculty of Information Technology at BUT will host the second edition of the AI4SŠ@FIT Brno workshop.

The event is designed for high school students interested in artificial intelligence who have basic programming skills. The workshop will take place from 9 AM to 5 PM and will guide participants through the fundamentals of machine learning and large language models like ChatGPT. The topic will be covered both theoretically and practically. A detailed program is available here.

The workshop is free of charge, and registration is open until April 20. The registration form can be found at this link. Capacity is limited. When selecting participants, both the registration date and prior experience will be taken into account.

From 1st to 4th April 2025, the prestigious international conference Digital Forensics Research Workshop (DFRWS) will be held at the Faculty of Information Technology Brno University of Technology - the event with the longest tradition in the field of global research on digital data forensics and Incident Response. This year, for the first time, it is being held in the Czech Republic and the patronage of the current edition of DFRWS EU 2025 has been taken over by the Rector of the Brno University of Technology Ladislav Janíček, Dean of FIT BUT Petr Hanáček, the Police of the Czech Republic, the Mayor of Brno Markéta Vaňková and the Ministry of Justice. The DFRWS conference annually brings together top experts in the field from academia, state administration, security forces and industry.

The event will begin on Monday, March 31 with the associated Women in Forensics Computing workshop, which brings together women in the field of forensics and participation is free for registrants. The DFRWS EU 2025 conference itself will take place from Tuesday 1 April to Friday 4 April 2025. Speakers include cryptography expert Dr Iwen Coisel from EUROPOL and Colonel Jiří Štochl from the Criminalistics Institute of the Police of the Czech Republic. The rich programme also includes the first ever PhD symposium. Researchers and PhD students of our faculty are involved in the organization of the conference. The main organizers are Ondřej Ryšavý and Radek Hranický.

More information and a detailed programme can be found on the conference website. Until 24 February, it is also possible to redeem the code EarlyBird25, which provides a discount of 100 EUR on registration. Want to present your own research at the conference? It is still possible to participate in the form of a poster, or a short presentation or demo - more here.