The Academic Forum on Intelligent Video Analysis and Evaluation for Smart Cities, which was jointly hosted by Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE), Shenzhen Graduate School of Peking University (PKUSZ), and the Chinese University of Hong Kong, took place at International Conference Center, PKUSZ, on March 24. Dean of School of Information Science and Technology, Prof. LI Weiping from USTC, attended the Forum and gave a presentation.

In the morning, Prof. LI chaired the first part of the Forum. Several renowned experts from academic institutes across China addressed plenary lectures on issues such as intelligent video surveillance, smart driving, image/video recognition and retrieval, image and video understanding, etc.

In the afternoon, Academician GAO Wen from Peking University and Dr. LI Shipeng from Microsoft Research Asia (MSRA) gave their keynote lectures on “Model-Based Video Analysis and Coding” and “New Generation Video Coding”, respectively. Then, several experts held a discussion session with regard to the main topic of the Forum, during which Prof. LI gave a presentation entitled Inter-Media in Big Data Perception and Cognition. Finally, experts launched an interactive discussion with the audiences of the Forum.

The Forum, aiming at major national demand and huge industrial prospects,gathered famous scientists and high-end industry elites in related fields home and abroad. The participants discussed extensively and deeply the key technical issues and its applications regarding intelligent video analysis and evaluation for smart cities, and made forward-looking suggestions on national research directions as well as technology and industrial development, which are of great significance in promoting China’s smart city construction.