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Research & Scientific Involvement

Our research team drives innovation in machine vision

At MVTec, research drives innovation. Nearly ten percent of our staff work in an interdisciplinary team that develops new methods and algorithms for machine vision and computer vision. Using proven research methods and cutting-edge technologies, they tackle complex challenges and deliver results that directly enhance our products and benefit our customers.

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Research, teaching, and collaboration for the next generation of machine vision

MVTec collaborates closely with the global research community while conducting its own projects. Our researchers publish scientific papers, teach at German universities, and contribute to academic committees. We also sponsor conferences and awards to strengthen knowledge exchange within the machine vision field.

Through our long-standing Ph.D. program, we explore promising new approaches and support young researchers in advancing the next generation of machine vision technology.

Datasets For Download

As part of MVTec's commitment for advancing machine vision research, MVTec offers several datasets for using.

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Our Publications

Over 200 scientific papers, award-winning research, university teaching since 2001 and a machine vision textbook.

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MVTec On Campus

We support academic institutions by providing our state-of-the-art machine vision software HALCON for teaching and research.

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Scientific Involvement

MVTec actively contributes to the scientific community by fostering the exchange of ideas between academia and industry in the field of machine vision.

The company sponsors the DAGM MVTec Dissertation Award of the German Association for Pattern Recognition (DAGM) and regularly supports scientific conferences. Several MVTec team members also serve in official roles within scientific societies and contribute as reviewers or members of program committees.

International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS):

  • 1996-2000: Commission III: Theory and Algorithms, Working Group III/4: Image Understanding/Object Recognition: Wolfgang Eckstein (Chair), Carsten Steger (Secretary)
  • 2000-2004: Commission III: Theory and Algorithms, Working Group III/5: Algorithms for Industrial Vision: Carsten Steger (Chair)

Deutsche Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Mustererkennung (DAGM; German Association for Pattern Recognition):

  • 2013-2019: Carsten Steger (member of the Technical Committee)
  • 2000-2001: Workshop on Empirical Evaluation Methods in Computer Vision (Carsten Steger)
  • 2004: XXth ISPRS Congress, Commission III (Carsten Steger)
  • 2014-2017: German Conference on Pattern Recognition (Carsten Steger)
  • 2016-2017: International Workshop on Recovering 6D Object Pose (Carsten Steger)
  • German Conference on Pattern Recognition (GCPR)
  • European Conference on Computer Vision (ECCV)
  • International Conference on Computer Vision (ICCV)
  • IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR)
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MACHINE VISION INSIGHTS

Get a clear overview of the latest machine vision technologies, applications, and real-world use cases in the 3rd issue of Machine Vision Insights.

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