Itzik Ben Shabat

@sitzikbs.bsky.social

🇮🇱 Researcher / Educator / Father / Podcaster. Creator of 3D computer vision algorithms. Follow the podcast feed at @talking-papers.bsky.social 🔗 itzikbs.com

Julia Donaldson — the author of The Gruffalo — was just made a Dame by the King! She's written over 200 books for kids and got her start writing songs for TV. If a rhyming story has ever gotten stuck in your head, there's a good chance she's the one who wrote it.

The main event is here #CVPR2026! 🚀 Registration and Breakfast at 7:00. Poster pickup at 7:30. Keynote at 14:45. Don’t forget findings track posters at 7:00, then join us in the Bluebird Ballroom at 08:30 for the official #CVPR2026 Welcome Remarks and Opening Ceremony. Grab a seat early! 🎙️🏔️

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🎨Congratulations to the winners of the #CVPR2026 Art Gallery Awards! The intersection of AI, creativity, and visual expression continues to inspire, challenge, and expand the boundaries of our field. Thank you to all contributors who shared their incredible work with community!

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I'm putting together a beginner's guide to AI — where to actually start if you're new to this. What's the ONE resource (course, blog post, podcast, repo, anything) you'd recommend to someone starting from zero? Drop it below 👇 I'll compile the best ones and share the list.

We are grateful to all of the 17,491 reviewers who helped make #CVPR2026 possible. We are especially pleased to recognize the following Outstanding Reviewers, whose high-quality reviews (as judged by their Area Chairs) placed them among the top 5% of reviewers. 1/2

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Ahem, back to business... Decision notifications are being released on OpenReview. There were 23,918 submissions that entered review, roughly double last year. 6,352 papers were accepted, for an acceptance rate of 26.6%. 536 papers (2.2% of submissions) are "spotlights." 1/3