WiCV at ECCV2018: The Fifth Women in Computer Vision Workshop

Zeynep Akata, Dena Bazazian, Yana Hasson, Angjoo Kanazawa, Hildegard Kuehne, Gül Varol

Abstract: We report a summary of the Women in Computer Vision Workshop (WiCV) at ECCV 2018. WiCV focuses on creating a more inclusive environment for women researchers, a minority in the currently male dominated field of Computer Vision. In fact, despite the incredible progress of computer vision and machine learning and the growing interest towards these topics, the amount of female researchers is still limited both in academia and industry. The workshop is therefore an opportunity to promote collaborations, increase visibility and inclusion, and provide mentoring. Moreover the workshop offers a venue to discuss gender related biases still present throughout the work environments and are often not discussed with the due importance. This was the fifth WiCV workshop in its fourth year, and also the first WiCV held in Europe, in conjunction with ECCV. We have made changes in our program according to lessons learned from previous workshops and were able to obtain an unprecedented attendance exceeding the room capacity. We report a summary of statistics for presenters and attendees, followed by expectations for future iterations of the workshop.