dAlper Hackthon P&G and FAU
The dAIper Hackathon, held from April 24 to 26, 2026, was a collaborative innovation event between FAU and Procter & Gamble (P&G), focused on advancing computer vision and AI through real-world industrial challenges. The event attracted 34 selected participants working alongside 12 team members from both the FAU and P&G sides. The experts from academia and industry provided hands-on mentorship, helping teams explore modern foundation models and classical computer vision techniques applied to complex imagery.
The hackathon took place at the Speinshart Monastery, specifically the Scientific Center for AI and SuperTech (SSC), a truly unique venue that offers the perfect environment for creative and focused collaboration. Surrounded by centuries of history and a spirit of innovation, participants found quiet workspaces for intensive teamwork. SCC provided on-site accommodation and full catering, and an atmosphere that encourages a full focus and inspiration far beyond the routines of everyday university life. To support these efforts, participants were provided FAU NHR HPC resources, leveraging high-performance computing to handle the large-scale data and intensive processing required for cutting-edge AI solutions. This three-day session successfully bridged the gap between scientific research and industrial application. The participants reached high quality results on four very challenging tasks. Four award-winning student teams received prizes donated by P&G: The Absorbents (gold), DeepDAIper (silver), dAIcon (bronze), Clean Diapers (honourable mention).
The dAlper Hackathon took place on Friday 24.04. – Sunday 26.04.2026
at Monastery Speinshart, Scientific Center for AI and SuperTech (SSC)
Annual VCE Retreat 2026
The traditional annual retreat took place at the monastery Plankstetten for the first time this year and comprised 2.5 days of focused presentations and discussions on the latest research findings from the VCE group
The annual Retreat of the VCE gropu took place on April 25 – April 27
at Monastery Plankstetten
30th International Symposium on Vision, Modeling, and Visualization
The VMV Symposium is the annual symposium of the Computer Graphics Special Interest Group of the German Informatics Society (https://fb-gdv.gi.de). It is well-established as Germany’s premier scientific meeting that covers the full spectrum of visual computing, including computer graphics, computer vision, visualization, and visual analytics, with a special emphasis on the link between the disciplines. The symposium offers researchers the opportunity to discuss a wide range of different topics within an open, international, and interdisciplinary environment.
The 30th VMV Conference 2025 took place on September 29 – October 1
Redoutensaal I Theaterplatz 1 I 91054 Erlangen, Germany