“An image says more than a 1000 words, but which language does it speak?”, a conference byAnn Dooms

Speaker: Ann Dooms, professor at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) Department Wiskunde & Data Science (WIDS)

Abstract: Digital photos and videos are everywhere. We take them, share them, and view them constantly. At their core, they are translations of reality into colored pixels. This representation allows a computer to extract patterns and learn to recognize what an image contains. In this talk, we explore how computers interpret images and what they can do with this pixel-based view of the world.

This event, in addition to being part of the cycle Mathematics at the Residencia, is included in the celebrations of May 12, Celebrating Women in Mathematics.

About the speaker: Ann Dooms is professor at the VUB Department Wiskunde & Data Science (WIDS), where she currently leads the large research group Mathematics & Data Science (MADS). Her expertise lies in Digital Mathematics (DIMA), the theoretical foundation for pattern recognition by computer, with applications in medical image processing, document and painting analysis, cryptography, and artificial intelligence. She is active in various board positions including chair of the European Mathematical Society’s Education Committee and chair of the scientific council of Belgian Defence. She regularly writes about mathematics for a broad audience and has won several awards in the fields of research, teaching, valorization, and science communication.

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