CVPR_2014_Pocket_Guide_Final
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WelcometoColumbus,Ohioandthe27thIEEEConferenceonComputerVisionandPatternRecognition(CVPR.Inadditiontothemainfour-dayprogramoforalandposterpresentations,keynotetalks,demos,exhibitions,andsocialfunctions,CVPR2014hasanumberofco-locatedevents,including19workshopsand15tutorials.
Thisyear,wereceived1807validsubmissionstothemainconference,ofwhich1778werefullyreviewed.(Theotherswereeitheradministrativelyrejectedfortechnicalorethicalreasonsorwithdrawnbeforereview.Toselectpapersfromthesesubmissions,weinvited55highlyregardedresearcherstoactasAreaChairs(ACs.ACswereselectedtoincludeabroadrangeofgeographicallocationswhileprovidingbalanceinbothgenderandseniority.NomorethanoneACperinstitutionwasselected.ThenumbersofseniorandjuniorACswereapproximatelyequaltoallowthepairingofmoreexperiencedACswithlessexperiencedonesduringpaperdiscussions.
Werecruitedanexpertteamof981experiencedreviewersfromthebroaderCV&PRcommunity.Ourcriteriatoselectreviewerswereaprovenpublicationrecordinthetopcomputervisionconferencesandjournalsandacompleted(orclosetocompleteddoctoraldegree.TheoriginallistofreviewerswasslightlyincreasedbyadditionalreviewersrecommendedbytheACstoaddexpertiseforpaperswhereappropriatereviewerswerenotavailable.
Asinpreviousyears,weusedtheCMTconferencemanagementserviceprovidedbyMicrosoftResearchtomanagethesubmissionandselectionofpapersfrombeginningtoend.Also,forthefirsttime,weusedtheiThenticatesoftwaretodetectpotentialcasesofplagiarism.
Afterthesubmissiondeadline,theProgramChairsdistributedthepaperstotheACswithhelpfromtheautomatedTorontoPaperMatchingSystem(TPMS,developedbyCharlinandZemel[ICML2013].TPMSsuggestsmatchesbetweenpapersandACsbasedonthePDFfilesofsubmittedmanuscriptsandrepresentativepublicationsbyeachAC;forCVPR2014wehadtwoTechnologyChairswhowerein
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