Tim Jones, principal application engineer at MathWorks, presents the "Algorithms for Object Detection and Tracking" tutorial within the "Using Vision Algorithms" technical session at the April 2013 Embedded Vision Summit.

José Alvarez, Engineering Director for Video Technology at Xilinx, presents the "Challenges and Opportunities in Accelerating OpenCV" tutorial within the "Developing Vision Software, Accelerators and Systems" technical session at the April 2013 Embedded Vision Summit. Computer vision continues to see increased adoption across a wide variety of applications. The industry's trend towards the incorporation of Smarter Vision capabilities is driving the need for ever more intelligent algorithms that are capable of image understanding.

Gary Bradski, President and CEO of the OpenCV Foundation, presents the "OpenCV Open-Source Computer Vision Library: Present and Future" overview presentation at the April 2013 Embedded Vision Summit. OpenCV is an open source computer vision software component library that has gained widespread use in research and industry -- including, increasingly, in mobile devices, embedded systems, and cloud-based applications.

Markus Wloka, R&D Director for System-Level Solutions at Synopsys, presents the "Lessons Learned: FPGA Prototyping of a Processor-Based Embedded Vision Application" tutorial within the "Developing Vision Software, Accelerators and Systems" technical session at the April 2013 Embedded Vision Summit. This presentation covers the steps of building a programmable vision system and highlights the importance of having software-driven tests and using a chain of proven tools and components.