The vision sector is changing rapidly, so how can firms thrive? Holly Cave speaks to some key vision suppliers
Industry-academia collaboration
Back to school
As a new academic year begins, Greg Blackman finds out what students taking image processing courses in two universities have in store
Photonics developments for vision to be discussed at Lyon forum
Speakers from the National Institute of Applied Sciences in Lyon, CEA-Leti, and Hamamatsu Photonics will give keynote presentations at the European Machine Vision Forum, to be held in Lyon, France from 5 to 6 September
EMVA calls for speakers for academic-industry forum
The European Machine Vision Association has announced a call for papers for its Machine Vision Forum, to be held in Lyon from 5 to 6 September
EMVA calls for award entries and embedded vision presentations
The European Machine Vision Association has announced a call for papers for its Young Professional award, as well as a call for presentations for its Embedded Vision Europe conference in October
Ties that bind
Matthew Wasley, knowledge transfer manager of photonics at Innovate UK’s Knowledge Transfer Network, says support is at hand for businesses wanting to collaborate
Cooperation matters
Following a successful European Machine Vision Forum, which brought together representatives from industry and research, Professor Bernd Jähne at the HCI, Heidelberg University and a board member of the European Machine Vision Association, argues collaboration between industry and academia is now more important than ever

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