The Computer Vision Group (CVG) is part of the Department of Electronics, Computer Science and Systems (DEIS) of the University of Bologna. Our researchers (computer scientists, mathematicians, biomedical and electronic engineers) are involved into projects concerning image analysis and scene understanding in different fields of computer vision, pattern recognition and signal processing, using single and multiple cameras.

In particular, the research activity of CVG covers several application fields. What follows represents a significant but not exhaustive list:

• 2-D and 3-D motion detection and object tracking
• 2-D and 3-D object recognition and classification
• quality control in machine vision
• automatic event detection and analysis
• visual surveillance and traffic monitoring
• 2-D and 3-D people tracking and behaviour analysis
• medical and bio-medical imaging
• satellite and aerial imaging

CVG has been carrying out a well-established industrial research activity, in collaboration with leading industries in agribusiness, manufacturing and automotive sectors to develop industrial prototypes in the field of defect analysis and quality control of products, exploiting real time static and temporal image analysis techniques concerning automatic measurements (image metrology), pattern recognition and classification.

CVG is also involved in bio-medical research activities with medical and biological research centres aiming at introducing image-based technologies to replace human assessment in quality control.

Our labs, realized jointly with the Advanced Research Center on Electronic Systems (ARCES), are located in:

Bologna - by ARCES, in Via Toffano 2/2, 40125 Bologna

Cesena - by the II Faculty of Engineering, University of Bologna, in Via Cavalcavia 797, 47023 Cesena

People coming from the CVG group has also established Alma Vision, a spinoff dedicated to automatic visual surveillance, people tracking and machine vision applications.