The IU Computer Vision Lab investigates and develops advanced statistical and machine learning techniques for automatically analyzing, understanding, and organizing visual information. Our applications include recognizing objects in consumer images, analyzing human activity in video, discovering patterns in large scientific datasets, reconstructing 3-d models of world landmarks, and even studying visual attention in toddlers.
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Recent news
August 15, 2026:
What's the secret to infant's rapid learning from small amounts of data? Our new paper in PNAS presents one possible answer.
What's the secret to infant's rapid learning from small amounts of data? Our new paper in PNAS presents one possible answer.May 11, 2026:
Congratulations to Frangil Ramirez for winning the CS Department's RA of the Year award!
Congratulations to Frangil Ramirez for winning the CS Department's RA of the Year award!May 11, 2026:
Congratulations to Sahaj Singh Maini for winning the CS Department's TA of the Year award!
Congratulations to Sahaj Singh Maini for winning the CS Department's TA of the Year award!April 20, 2026:
Congratulations to Anshu Roja Selvamani for winning IU's most prestigious undergrad honor -- the Herman B Wells Award!
Congratulations to Anshu Roja Selvamani for winning IU's most prestigious undergrad honor -- the Herman B Wells Award!March 24, 2026:
A new patent for image depth estimation awarded to David, Vibhas, Shaurya, Reza, and Chuhua.
A new patent for image depth estimation awarded to David, Vibhas, Shaurya, Reza, and Chuhua.June 1, 2026:
Congratulations to Dr. Zhenhua Chen for passing his dissertation defense!
Congratulations to Dr. Zhenhua Chen for passing his dissertation defense!November 15, 2025:
The IU Alumni Magazine featured our work with Profs. Linda Smith and Chen Yu on using AI to understand child learning (and vice versa).
The IU Alumni Magazine featured our work with Profs. Linda Smith and Chen Yu on using AI to understand child learning (and vice versa).October 25, 2025:
Check out our two papers at ICCV 2025, on video representation learning and 3d point cloud enhancement.
Check out our two papers at ICCV 2025, on video representation learning and 3d point cloud enhancement.October 23, 2025:
We're very pleased to collaborate on a new NSF grant on using AI to help students understand science diagrams.
We're very pleased to collaborate on a new NSF grant on using AI to help students understand science diagrams.October 10, 2025:
David and Reza awarded a patent for a new technique for 3D reconstruction.
David and Reza awarded a patent for a new technique for 3D reconstruction.October 1, 2025:
IU film student Jack Bassett made a documentary about our IRIS social robot project!
IU film student Jack Bassett made a documentary about our IRIS social robot project!September 25, 2025:
Congratulations to Dr. Xizi Wang for passing her dissertation defense!
Congratulations to Dr. Xizi Wang for passing her dissertation defense!July 1, 2025:
David is Associate Program Chair for AAAI 2026.
David is Associate Program Chair for AAAI 2026.June 17, 2025:
Congratulations to Dr. Chuhua Wang for passing his dissertation defense!
Congratulations to Dr. Chuhua Wang for passing his dissertation defense!June 13, 2025:
Congratulations to Hiroki Sato (plus Weslie Khoo, David Crandall, and Rita Patel) for winning the Dysphonia International Research Award!
Congratulations to Hiroki Sato (plus Weslie Khoo, David Crandall, and Rita Patel) for winning the Dysphonia International Research Award!May 20, 2025:
We presented two papers at CHI 2025, part of a strong showing from IU.
We presented two papers at CHI 2025, part of a strong showing from IU.May 15, 2025:
CSCI B657 Computer Vision has a poster session every year, but this year IU wrote an article about it!
CSCI B657 Computer Vision has a poster session every year, but this year IU wrote an article about it!April 24, 2025:
Congratulations to Dr. Ishtiak Zaman for passing his dissertation defense!
Congratulations to Dr. Ishtiak Zaman for passing his dissertation defense!November 18, 2024:
David was very honored to receive the Tracy M. Sonneborn award, and to give the Sonneborn Memorial Lecture.
David was very honored to receive the Tracy M. Sonneborn award, and to give the Sonneborn Memorial Lecture.November 14, 2024:
We were delighted to co-organize the IAS Symposium on Intelligence, an interdisciplinary workshop bringing together scholars from around the university.
We were delighted to co-organize the IAS Symposium on Intelligence, an interdisciplinary workshop bringing together scholars from around the university.September 16, 2024:
We were very pleased to host almost 200 people from 15 universities for the Midwest Computer Vision Workshop
We were very pleased to host almost 200 people from 15 universities for the Midwest Computer Vision WorkshopJune 17, 2024:
In addition to David being CVPR 2024 Co-PC, our lab was involved in three papers: EgoExo4D, cross-view person matching, and active speaker detection.
In addition to David being CVPR 2024 Co-PC, our lab was involved in three papers: EgoExo4D, cross-view person matching, and active speaker detection.April 30, 2024:
We were very excited to demo our social robot to support older adults at the U.S. Senate's Robotics Showcase.
We were very excited to demo our social robot to support older adults at the U.S. Senate's Robotics Showcase.March 18, 2024:
We presented three papers at the ACM/IEEE Conference on Human Robot Interaction, collaborating with Prof. Selma Sabanovic's lab.
We presented three papers at the ACM/IEEE Conference on Human Robot Interaction, collaborating with Prof. Selma Sabanovic's lab.February 20, 2024:
Congratulations to Dr. Shujon Naha for passing his dissertation defense!
Congratulations to Dr. Shujon Naha for passing his dissertation defense!