The Embedded Vision Summit

On April 25, 2013 in San Jose, the Embedded Vision Alliance hosted the Embedded Vision Summit, a technical educational forum for engineers interested in incorporating visual intelligence into electronic systems and software. The Embedded Vision Summit was part of the DESIGN West event, which comprises the Embedded Systems Conference as well as other conferences, and an exhibition floor (the "Expo").

The April 2013 Embedded Vision Summit is now concluded. A PDF archive of the presentations delivered at the event can be downloaded here (website registration and login are required prior to access). Please also periodically revisit the Video Interviews & Demos page of this site in the coming weeks for videos of the keynote, technical presentations, product demonstrations, attendee interviews and other content from the Embedded Vision Summit, as the material is edited and published.

Sign up for the Embedded Vision Insights newsletter and other email correspondence from the Alliance, either during website registration or (if you're already registered) by updating your user profile, in order to receive alerts regarding the publication of video content from the Embedded Vision Summit, along with alerts about upcoming Alliance events. You can also monitor the Alliance's LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook social media channels for this information, along with the Alliance's primary website RSS feed.

Blackfin Embedded Vision Starter Kit Hands-on Workshop

On Friday April 26th, from 8:30AM-1:30PM, Embedded Vision Alliance members Analog Devices, Avnet Electronics Marketing and BDTI co-presented a workshop exploring hardware and software for image processing and video analytics, featuring the Avnet/Analog Devices Embedded Vision Starter Kit. This workshop was an excellent starting point for vision application developers interested in exploring a wide range of embedded vision applications.

From object detection and object recognition to real-time video analytics, this hands-on workshop provided attendees with an in-depth tutorial on the basics of designing embedded systems that incorporate computer vision techniques. Taught by embedded vision experts from BDTI, Analog Devices and Avnet, this hands-on workshop utilized the Avnet Embedded Vision Starter kit to explore a variety of topics ranging from embedded vision algorithms to software implementation and hardware acceleration.

Embedded Vision Summit Keynote Speaker: Professor Pieter Abbeel of the University of California, Berkeley Pieter Abbeel received a BS/MS in Electrical Engineering from KU Leuven (Belgium) and his Ph.D. degree in Computer Science from Stanford University in 2008. He joined the faculty at UC Berkeley in Fall 2008, with an appointment in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences. He has developed apprenticeship learning algorithms which have enabled advanced helicopter aerobatics which only exceptional human pilots can perform. His group has also enabled the first end-to-end completion of reliably picking up a crumpled laundry article and folding it. He has won numerous varied awards, which you can read about in detail in his bio on the UC Berkeley website. His work has been featured in many popular press outlets, and his current research focuses on robotics and machine learning with a particular focus on challenges in personal robotics, surgical robotics and connectomics.

Information on the technical presentation speakers can be found here.

A Great Event for System, Software and Chip Design Engineers

The Embedded Vision Summit provided a technical educational forum for engineers, including how-to presentations, seminars, demonstrations, and opportunities to interact with Alliance member companies. This event was intended to:

• Inspire engineers' imaginations about the potential applications for embedded vision technology through exciting presentations and demonstrations.
• Offer practical know-how for engineers to help you incorporate vision capabilities into your products.
• Provide opportunities for engineers to meet and talk with leading embedded vision technology companies and learn about their offerings.

Event Agenda

Below you'll find an overview of the agenda for the Embedded Vision Summit.

Press and Analysts Welcome

For business and technology publication editors, market researchers, and financial analysts, the Summit provided unique insights into the business and technology drivers behind the rapid proliferation of embedded vision – “machines that see” – in virtually every category of electronic products, from automobiles to consumer electronics to health care. The Summit provided a concentrated opportunity to hear from and interact with embedded vision leaders from industry and academia, and culminated in a series of live demonstrations of new embedded vision products and technologies.

Alliance Membership and Summit Sponsorship

Founded in 2011 and led by BDTI, the Alliance is an industry collaboration to transform the electronics industry with products that are more intelligent and aware of their environments. It is a membership-based entity dedicated to inspiring and empowering embedded system designers to use embedded vision technology. A key means of achieving this is providing design engineers with the practical information that they need in order to effectively incorporate embedded vision technology in their designs.

The Embedded Vision Summit was an Alliance Member-funded event which enabled Alliance Member companies to highlight their leadership in embedded vision and capture the attention of design engineers, press and analysts interested in embedded vision. The Alliance offers sponsorship and other marketing opportunities to companies leading the embedded vision revolution.

Embedded Vision Summit Sponsors

Premier

Gold

Silver

Conference Collateral

Product Demonstrations

The following Embedded Vision Alliance member companies offered product demonstrations during the morning and afternoon breaks, at lunch, and during the evening reception:

• Analog Devices
• Avnet
• BDTI
• Bluetechnix
• CEVA
• CogniVue
• inrevium by Tokyo Electron Device Ltd.
• MathWorks
• National Instruments
• Qualcomm
• SoftKinetic
• Synopsys
• Tensilica
• Texas Instruments
• VanGogh Imaging
• videantis
• Xilinx

Additional Information

If you have other questions about the Embedded Vision Summit, please contact us at summit@embedded-vision.com.

The April 2013 Embedded Vision Summit is now concluded. A PDF archive of the presentations delivered at the event can be downloaded here (website registration and login are required prior to access). Please also periodically revisit the Video Interviews & Demos page of this site in the coming weeks for videos of the keynote, technical presentations, product demonstrations, attendee interviews and other content from the Embedded Vision Summit, as the material is edited and published.

Sign up for the Embedded Vision Insights newsletter and other email correspondence from the Alliance, either during website registration or (if you're already registered) by updating your user profile, in order to receive alerts regarding the publication of video content from the Embedded Vision Summit, along with alerts about upcoming Alliance events. You can also monitor the Alliance's LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook social media channels for this information, along with the Alliance's primary website RSS feed.