Multiple International Awards Secured by Idiap in June 2026
Among the achievements, Idiap researchers received the Best Paper Award at the Designing Interactive Systems Conference (DIS) 2026 for the paper Building a Civic Tool for Community–Police Engagement to Adapt Neighborhood Policing. The work presents participatory tools developed within the project ICARUS, which strengthen collaboration between communities of two European cities and law enforcement.
In the field of computer vision, Idiap was awarded the Best Presentation Award at the 7th International Workshop on Eye and Gaze in Computer Vision, held in conjunction with CVPR 2026, for the paper Learning Ego–Exo Visual Representations for Conversational Gaze Estimation, which advances state-of-the-art methods for understanding gaze behavior in conversational settings, conducted the research.
Further recognition came from the robotics community, where the paper A Riemannian Take on Distance Fields and Geodesic Flows in Robotics received the Paper of the Season Award from the International Journal of Robotics Research (IJRR). This distinction acknowledges the paper's significant contribution to the theoretical foundations and practical applications of robotic motion and navigation.
Last but not least, a collaborative project involving CIPOSA SA, Jean Singer & Cie SA, Bern University of Applied Sciences (BFH), and the Idiap Research Institute, represented by Guillaume Clivaz and Sylvain Calinon, was nominated for the EPHJ Exhibitors' Grand Prize – The World of High Precision, the leading international trade fair dedicated to high-precision technologies for the watchmaking, jewelry, microtechnology, and medical technology sectors. The nomination recognizes the Smart Dispensing technology, which enables the capture and transfer of expert operators' highly precise manual skills and their automatic reproduction with exceptional accuracy through artificial intelligence. This breakthrough demonstrates how advanced AI can support and enhance precision manufacturing processes while preserving valuable human expertise.
Together, these distinctions reflect the breadth and excellence of Idiap's research and innovation activities, underscoring the Institute's growing impact across academia, industry, and society.
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