Video & Image Sense Lab

We make sense of video and images with artificial and human intelligence. The lab studies computer vision, deep learning and cognitive science. We are based at the Informatics Institute of the University of Amsterdam.

The VIS Lab embeds four public-private AI labs. QUVA Lab with Qualcomm, Atlas Lab with TomTom, AIM Lab with the Inception Institute of Artificial Intelligence and POP-AART with the Netherlands Cancer Institute and Elekta Oncology Systems. Spin-off's from the lab include Kepler Vision Technologies and Ellogon.ai.

News

[2026-5] 3 papers accepted at ICML.
[2026-4] NeoBabel demonstrated to Her Royal Highness Catharina-Amalia, Princess of Orange and the Mayor of Amsterdam, Femke Halsema.
[2026-3] Congratulations to VIS-lab alumnus Dr. Tao Hu for being promoted to Full Professor at Huazhong University of Science and Technology.
[2026-2] Congratulations to Dr. Duy-Kien Nguyen for obtaining the doctorate degree.
[2026-1] 9 papers accepted at ICLR.
[2025-12] Congratulations to Dr. Amber Brands for obtaining the doctorate degree.
[2025-11] Congratulations to Dr. Yingjun Du for obtaining the doctorate degree, cum laude.
[2025-10] Iris Groen and Pascal Mettes awarded NWO Vidi Grant.
[2025-9] 5 papers accepted at NeurIPS.
[2025-7] Congratulations to Yingjun Du for being awarded a ‘2024 Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-Financed Students Abroad’.
[2025-6] 5 papers accepted at ICCV.
[2025-6] Congratulations to Dr. Zehao Xiao for obtaining the doctorate degree.
[2025-5] 3 papers accepted at ICML.
[2025-2] 6 papers accepted at CVPR.
[2025-2] Congratulations to Dr. Phillip Lippe for obtaining the doctorate degree, cum laude.
[2025-1] 13 papers accepted at ICLR.