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List of computer vision conferences

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This is a list of the most prominent conferences within the field of [[Computer vision]], [[Pattern recognition]] and to some extent [[image processing]].

== Computer vision conferences ==
* IEEE International Conference on Computer Vision (ICCV)
** ICCV 2011 Barcelona, Spain.
** [[ICCXIV 2032]] Iqaluit, Nunavut
** [http://www.iccv2009.org/ ICCV 2009 Kyoto], Japan.
** [http://iccv2007.rutgers.edu/ ICCV 2007 Rio de Janeiro], Brazil. October 14-21
** [http://research.microsoft.com/iccv2005/ ICCV 2005 Beijing], China. October 15-21
** [http://lear.inrialpes.fr/people/triggs/events/iccv03/ ICCV 2003 Nice], France. October 13-16
** [http://www.cs.ubc.ca/conferences/ICCV/ ICCV 2001 Vancouver], Canada. July 9-12

* European Conference on Computer Vision (ECCV)
** ECCV 2010 Heraklion, Crete. September
** [http://eccv2008.inrialpes.fr/ ECCV 2008 Marseille], France. October 12 - 18
** [http://eccv2006.tugraz.at/ ECCV 2006 Graz], Austria. May 7 - 13
** [http://cmp.felk.cvut.cz/eccv2004/ ECCV 2004 Prague], Czech Republic. May 11-14
** [http://www.itu.dk/events/eccv02/ ECCV 2002 Copenhagen], Denmark. May 27 - June 2.

* Asian Conference on Computer Vision (ACCV)
** [http://www.am.sanken.osaka-u.ac.jp/ACCV2007/ ACCV 2007 Tokyo], Japan. November 18-22
** [http://www.iiit.ac.in/ACCV2006/ ACCV 2006 Hyderabad], India. January 13-16
** ACCV 2004, Korea
** [http://batman.eng.monash.edu.au/accv_2002/accv_2002.htm ACCV 2002 Melbourne], Australia. January 22-25

* IEEE Pacific-Rim Symposium on Image and Video Technology (PSIVT)
** [http://www.psivt.org/ PSIVT 2009 Tokyo], Japan, January 13-16
** [http://www.psivt.org/ PSIVT 2007 Santiago], Chile, December 17-19
** [http://psivt2006.ee.nthu.edu.tw/ PSIVT 2006 Hsinchu], Taiwan, December 11-13

* IEEE International Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR)
** [http://www.cvpr.org/ CVPR] main homepage
** CVPR 2009 Miami, USA. June
** [http://www.cvpr.org/2008/ CVPR 2008 Anchorage], USA. June 24-26
** [http://www.cvpr.org/2007/ CVPR 2007 Minneapolis], USA. June 18-23
** [http://www.cvpr.org/2006/ CVPR 2006 New York], USA. June 17-22
** [http://www.cs.duke.edu/cvpr2005/ CVPR 2005 San Diego], USA. June 20-25
** [http://cvl.umiacs.umd.edu/conferences/cvpr2004/ CVPR 2004 Washington DC], USA. June 27-July 2
** [http://www.cs.toronto.edu/cvpr2003/ CVPR 2003 Madison], USA June 16-22
** [http://vision.cse.psu.edu/cvpr2001/ CVPR 2001 Kauai], USA Dec 9-14
** [http://cvpr2000.cs.uiuc.edu/ CVPR 2000 Hilton Head], USA June 13-15
** CVPR 1999 Ft. Collins, USA June June 23-25
** CVPR 1999 Santa Barbara, USA June June 23-25
** CVPR 1997 San Juan, Puerto Rico, June 17-19
** CVPR 1996 San Francisco, CA, USA June 18-20
** CVPR 1994 Seattle, WA, USA

* IEEE Virtual Reality International Conference (VRIC)
** [http://www.laval-virtual.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=59&Itemid=111 IEEE VRIC] main homepage. Collaboration with IEEE France and ACM SIGGRAPH
** IEEE VRIC 2009, Laval Virtual, France, 2009 April 22-26
** IEEE VRIC 2008, Laval Virtual, France, 2008 April 9-13

* IEEE International Conference on Pattern Recognition (ICPR)
** [http://www.icpr2008.org/ ICPR 2008 Tampa], USA. December 8-11
** [http://www.comp.hkbu.edu.hk/~icpr06/ ICPR 2006 Hong Kong], China. August 20-24
** [http://www.ee.surrey.ac.uk/icpr2004/ ICPR 2004 Cambridge], UK. August 23-26
** [http://icpr2002.gel.ulaval.ca/ ICPR 2002 Québec], Canada. August 11-15

== Closely related conferences ==
* IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP)
** [http://www.icip2010.org/ ICIP 2010 Hong Kong]. September 12-15
** ICIP 2009 Cairo, Egypt. September
** [http://www.icip08.org/ ICIP 2008 San Diego], USA. October 12-15
** [http://www.icip2007.org/ ICIP 2007 San Antonio],USA. September 16-19
** [http://www.icip2006.org/ ICIP 2006 Atlanta], USA. October 8-11
** [http://www.icip05.org/welcome.htm ICIP 2005 Genova], Italy. September 11-14

* IEEE International Conference Computer Graphics, Imaging and Visualization (CGIV)
** [http://www.graphicslink.co.uk/cgiv08/ CGIV 2008 Penang], Malaysia, August 25-28
** [http://www.graphicslink.co.uk/cgiv07/ CGIV 2007 Bangkok], Thailand, August 14-17
** [http://www.computer.org/portal/site/store/menuitem.41cf17dc879177c86ee948ce8bcd45f3/index.jsp?&pName=store_level1&path=store/P2006&file=p2606.xml&xsl=generic.xsl& CGIV 2006 Sydney], Australia, July 26-28
** [http://www.computer.org/portal/site/store/menuitem.41cf17dc879177c86ee948ce8bcd45f3/index.jsp?&pName=store_level1&path=store/p2005&file=p2392.xml&xsl=generic.xsl& CGIV 2005 Beijing], China, July 26-29

* Computer Analysis of Images and Patterns (CAIP)
** [http://caip.eu.org/ CAIP] main homepage
** [http://cvpr.uni-muenster.de/CAIP2009/ CAIP 2009 Münster], Germany, September 2-4
** [http://www.prip.tuwien.ac.at/caip07/ CAIP 2007 Vienna], Austria, August 27-29
** [http://acivs.org/caip2005/ CAIP 2005 Paris], France, September 5-8
** [http://caip.cs.rug.nl/ CAIP 2003 Groningen], The Netherlands, August 25-27
** CAIP 2001 Warsaw, Poland, Sep 5-7 (LNCS 2124)
** CAIP 1999 Ljubljana, Slovenia, Sep 1-3 (LNCS 1689)
** CAIP 1997 Kiel, Germany, Sep 10-12 (LNCS 1296)
** CAIP 1995 Prague, Czech Republic, Sep 6-8 (LNCS 970)
** CAIP 1993 Budapest, Hungary, Sep 13-15 (LNCS 719)
** CAIP 1991 Dresden, Germany, Sep 17-19
** CAIP 1989 Leipzig, Germany, Sep 8-10
** CAIP 1987 Wismar, Germany, Sep 2-4
** CAIP 1985 Berlin, Germany, Oct 17-18

* International Workshop on Advanced Image Technology (IWAIT)
** [http://iwait2008.cs.nctu.edu.tw/page_welcome.html IWAIT 2008 Hsinchu], Taiwan January 7-8
** [http://www.conferencealerts.com/seeconf.mv?q=ca1amh8m IWAIT 2007 Bangkok], Thailand January 8-9
** [http://viplab.eng.niigata-u.ac.jp/iwait2006/ IWAIT 2006 Okinawa], Japan January 9-10
** [http://mccb.icu.ac.kr/iwait2005/iwait2005.htm IWAIT 2005 Jeju], Korea January 10-11
** [http://www.comp.nus.edu.sg/~iwait/ IWAIT 2004 NUS], Singapore January 12-13
** [http://www.ieice.org/~ie/iwait2003.html IWAIT 2003 Nagasaki], Japan January 21-22
** IWAIT 2002 Hualien, Taiwan January 16-19
** IWAIT 2001 Taejon, Korea February
** IWAIT 2000 Fujisawa, Japan January
** IWAIT 1999, Taiwan January 20-21
** IWAIT 1998, Korea

* Indian Conference on Computer Vision, Graphics and Image Processing (ICVGIP)
** [http://www.icvgip.org ICVGIP] main homepage
** [http://conf05.iitkgp.ac.in/icvgip08/ ICVGIP 2008] Bhubaneswar, December 16-19
** [http://www.icvgip.org/icvgip2006/ ICVGIP 2006] Madurai, December 13-16
** [http://www.icvgip.org/icvgip2004/index.shtml ICVGIP 2004] Calcutta, December 16-18
** [http://www.icvgip.org/icvgip2002/index.htm ICVGIP 2002] Ahmedabad, December 16-18

* [[GraphiCon]] — International Conference on Computer Graphics & Vision
** [http://www.graphicon.ru/ GraphiCon] main homepage
** [http://www.graphicon.ru/2008/ GraphiCon 2008] Moscow, June 23-27
** [http://www.graphicon.ru/2007/ GraphiCon 2007] Moscow, June 23-27

== External links ==
* [http://iris.usc.edu/Information/Iris-Conferences.html Computer Vision Conference Listing], University of Southern California, and the Official Mirror [http://conferences.visionbib.com/Iris-Conferences.html Computer Vision Conference Listing]
* [http://www.prip.tuwien.ac.at/~sab/conf.html Upcoming Computer Vision Conferences], Vienna University of Technology
* [http://www.isi.uu.nl/Conferences/ Conferences Medical Imaging and Computer Vision], Image Sciences Institute

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Archive:Fanboy

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'''Fanboy''' or '''fanboi''' is a term used to describe an individual (though the femanine version ''fangirl'' may be used for girls or women) who is utterly devoted to a single subject or [[hobby]], often to the point where it is considered an [[obsession]].

==History of fanboys and the term==
The term originated in [[comic book]] circles, to describe someone who immersed himself in the fictional worlds of comics and the culture of comics fandom. The term is often used in a derogatory manner by other less obsessed fans. In the songs of the fannish [[parody]] [[musician]] [[Luke Ski]], many characters proudly consider themselves ''fanboys''. The term is most commonly associated with adolescent and teen males but can be applicable to any age or sex. Common subjects of reverence by fanboys are [[TV show]]s, [[film|movie]]s, [[anime]], [[car]]s, [[video game console]]s, [[video games]], [[operating system]]s, [[MMORPG]]s, and [[software]] companies.

The stereotypical image of the fanboy is as an unkempt, socially awkward, young man who may be perceived as a loud mouthed [[pseudo-intellectual]]. A popular depiction of this stereotype is the [[Comic Book Guy]] on ''[[The Simpsons]]''. In the mid [[1990s]], the emergence of [[slacker]] culture changed this image somewhat. Movies such as [[Kevin Smith]]'s Jersey Trilogy (''[[Clerks]]'', ''[[Mallrats]]'', and ''[[Chasing Amy]]''), altered the image of the fanboy{{fact}}. As electronic entertainment gained popularity, the term became increasingly applied to video gamers and television addicts who readily labelled themselves.

The earliest use of the word "fanboy" has been dated to 1982, to the cover of the "Official Underground and Newave Comix Price Guide". On this cover page are sketched overweight, overzealous comic book collectors wearing T-shirts that state "Fanboys of America," and are describing the extreme measures they would go to, including moving to San Francisco, to preserve their comics. Another early use is in a smart-alec editorial reply by "[[Ambush Bug]]" to a letter in his comic in [[1985]].

Fanboys can be zealously committed to their particular narrow area of interest, to the exclusion and derision of competing or similar products, regardless of their merits. Fanboys are often perceived as possessing a [[sycophant]]ic devotion to the creators behind the object of their passion. An obsession may be short or long term and, at times, aggressively defended. One example of this is [[Harry Knowles]] and his associates at [[Ain't It Cool News]], whose particular focus is on [[film|movies]] in the [[action movie|action]], [[fantasy]], adventure and [[superhero]] genres. Fanboys are noted for a very emotional attachment to their chosen subject, often taking negative remarks about it as a personal attack. They may readily engage in debates, but will fall back on emotional responses. For example, a "fanboy" may go out of their way to point out negative and often untrue statements about their obsession's rivals; this is commonly known as [[fear, uncertainty and doubt|FUD]].

More recently, especially in the [[video game industry]], fans of a particular [[video game console]] manufacturer have begun exhibiting slavish devotion to their brand of choice. Conversely they hold an unreasonable amount of animosity towards the other brands which they consider to be competition. They are extremely rude to fans of the other companies or even people who don’t hail complete and utter devotion to the object of their fanaticism. These people seek out every opportunity to annoy others whose opinions differ from theirs. This trend has led to the term “fanboy” deriving a more and more negative connotation.

==Some common types of fanboys==
Note that, by their very nature, the following lists are generalizations and stereotypes of the characteristics commonly found or believed to be found in 'fanboys'.

===Video game fanboys===
After comic books, video games may be the most fruitful environment for fanboys. These include:
*[[Nintendo]] Fanboys (sometimes called a "Ninty" or "Drone", short for "Nintendrone", also "Nintendophile", and "Snerd", the last one for the [[SNES]] game console and the term [[nerd]]) a more recent (and unpleasent) term is "''Wiiners''" (from "Wiener" and Nintendo's new console, the [[Wii]]).
*[[Sony]] Fanboys (sometimes called "Tools", short for "PSTool" which is derived from Sony's current entertainment console, the [[PS2]])
*[[Xbox]] Fanboys (sometimes called "Xbots")
*[[Sega]] Fanboys
*[[Final Fantasy]] Fanboys (want the series to continue forever)
*[[Halo]] Fanboys

On the [[GameSpot]] System Wars forum, as well as SystemWars.com [http://www.systemwars.com/forums/], the different schools of video game fanboys are associated with various animals. Nintendo fanboys are called "[[sheep]]" because of their perceived willingness to be herded by Nintendo. Sony fanboys are called "[[Cattle|cows]]" because of the perception they pay extra, i.e. are "milked" by Sony for optional features for their equipment of choice. Microsoft fanboys are called "[[Lemming|lemmings]]" because of the perception they follow Microsoft blindly, even if it leads to their demise. Similarly, PC fanboys are called "[[hermits]]" because they are perceived as solitary, friendless gamers who play by themselves.

===Anime fanboys===
Anime is another fertile breeding ground for fanboys. Some notable examples are:
*[[Dragon Ball]] Fanboys (get hung up on names, especially [[romaji]])
*[[Sailor Moon]] Fanboys (very strict about [[manga]] continuity)
*[[Inuyasha]] Fangirls (generally, they're all [[female]], but display all the traits of fanboys)

===Computer software/hardware fanboys===
* [[Linux]] Fanboys - Love open source. Stereotyped as viewing Microsoft as the ultimate evil.
* [[Mac]] Fanboys - The "[[Cult of Mac]]". Devoted to the Macintosh, both as hardware and as an operating system (especially [[Mac OS X]]), to Apple's hardware devices (such as [[IPod|iPods]]), and to Apple's various other software and hardware products. Emphasize ease-of-use over complex features.
* [[Microsoft]] Fanboys - Devoted to the [[Microsoft Windows]] operating system, the software available for it (such as [[Microsoft Office]]), and various Microsoft hardware products (such as the [[Xbox]]). Focus on the fact that the majority of PC software, in particular [[Personal computer game|PC games]], is compatible only or primarily with Microsoft Windows. Deride Apple fans as simpletons.
* [[ATI Technologies|ATI]] Fanboys - Often boast that their graphics cards have greater image quality. Refer to [[Nvidia]] fans as "Nvidiots".
* [[Nvidia]] Fanboys - Refer to [[ATI Technologies|ATI]] fans as "FanATIcs" (should not be confused with AEG sponsored posters, who receive indirect compensation as a reward to subtle promotion of NVidia's products)
* [[Google]] Fanboys - Devoted to the corporation that produced the Google.com search engine. They are ceaselessly bullish on Google's future, insist that Google will eventually unseat Microsoft as the most dominant technology company, consider Google's stock a bargain at any price and tirelessly argue against any insinuation that Google is ignoring its informal corporate motto "Don't Be Evil."

==Trivia==
Fanboys can be a mnemonic for the conjunctions of the English language, "for", "and", "nor", "but", "or", "yet", and "so".

==In Media==
===Comic Book===
*[[Sergio Aragonés]]' ''Fanboy''
*Doug Holverson's 'Fanboy' (anthropomorphized rotary fan obsessed with comics, who uses his electrical plug for a hand). Dates from the prolific minicomic wave of the 1980s.

===Television===
*[[The Simpsons]]' [[Comic Book Guy]]
*[[Freakazoid]]'s [[Fan Boy]]

===Radio/Podcasts===
*[[Fanboy Radio]] - [http://fanboyradio.com]
*Drooling FanBoy - [http://droolingfanboy.com]

===Webcomics===
*[[Fanboy Almanac (webcomic)]] - [http://fanboyalmanac.com Fanboy Almanac]
*[http://www.ngeb.net/fanboys Fanboys web comic]

==See also==
* [[addiction]]
* [[otaku]]
* [[anorak (slang)|anorak]]

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