IVCNZ 2025: IMAGE AND VISION COMPUTING NEW ZEALAND
PROGRAM

Days: Thursday, November 20th Friday, November 21st

Thursday, November 20th

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09:00-10:00 Session 1: Keynote 1

Keynote 1

Location: RHLT 1
09:00
The search for quantum advantage in optimisation: myths, maths, and the travelling salesman problem
10:00-10:30Coffee Break
10:30-11:00 Session 2: Conference Overview & 40th Anniversary

Conference Overview & 40th Anniversary

Location: RHLT 1
11:00-12:30 Session 3: Poster Barking Session (All posters)

Poster Barking Session

Location: RHLT 1
11:00
Exploring Image-Language data to enhance Football Understanding (abstract)
11:02
Measuring Teacher Empathy in a Virtual Reality Scenario Simulating Racial Bias (abstract)
11:04
Enhancing Wide-Angle VR Video Transmission Using Human Perception (abstract)
11:06
Genetic Algorithms For Parameter Optimization for Disparity Map Generation of Radiata Pine Branch Images (abstract)
11:08
ChatPPG: Computational Analysis and Statistics of Table Tennis Games (abstract)
11:10
Performance Evaluation of Deep Learning Architectures for Tree Branch Segmentation in Autonomous Forestry Systems (abstract)
11:12
Improving Multi-organ Segmentation in Abdomen CT images incorporating Shape priors and Spatial information in Deep Learning (abstract)
11:14
Enhancing Domain Generalisability for Lung Nodule Detection: A Hybrid Strategy with Multi-Source Training and MixStyle (abstract)
11:16
From 2D X-rays to a 3D surgical plan: progress with AI reconstruction (abstract)
11:18
Camera Pose Estimation in Multi-object Scenes Using Ray Diffusion and Point Cloud Alignment (abstract)
11:20
Targetless Extrinsic Calibration of Fisheye Cameras Using Vehicle Detection and Monodepth Alignment in Cylindrical Image Space (abstract)
11:22
Beyond Deep Learning: Agentic AI Framework for Object Detection (abstract)
11:24
Player Perceptions of Path-First Procedural Content Generation Level Design for 3D Platformer Games (abstract)
11:26
Keypoint Estimation for Real-Time Pinus Radiata Cutpoint Detection (abstract)
11:28
US-Loss: Integrating Uncertainty Estimation in the Loss Function of Image Segmentation (abstract)
11:30
(Online) Joint Super-Resolution and Segmentation for Low-Resolution Brain MRI Analysis (abstract)
11:32
(Online) Empathic Risk Companion: Multimodal Vision-Language Fusion with Emotion Prediction Error for Decision Support (abstract)
11:34
(Online) An Improved ORB-SLAM2 Algorithm Based on Extended Kalman Filtering and Particle Swarm Optimization (abstract)
11:36
(Online) Hybrid SIFT-SNN for Efficient Anomaly Detection of Traffic Flow-Control Infrastructure (abstract)
11:38
(Online) Text-to-Floorplan Synthesis via Graph-Conditioned Diffusion Processes (abstract)
11:40
(Online) RobotFlags: AI-Powered Semaphore Interactions Between Chatbot and Humanoid Robot (abstract)
11:42
(Online) Rotation-Invariant Game State Evaluation via Canonical Board Tensors (abstract)
11:44
(Online) Visual Question Answering using Multimodal Data Augmentation for Hausa (abstract)
11:46
(Online) Comparative Study of DINOv2, I-JEPA, and ViT Embeddings for Unsupervised Anomaly Detection (abstract)
11:48
(Online) M-AIDE: Mechanistic Agentic Interpretability for Decoding Empathy in Language Models (abstract)
11:50
(Online) Leveraging Pupil Facial Fusion for Enhanced Micro-Expression Recognition (abstract)
11:52
(Online) Machine Learning Models for Predicting Post-Wildfire Methane Emissions in Australia Using Multivariate Data (abstract)
11:54
(Online) SAIMNet:Object Detection Based on Semantic Alignment of Infrared Image and Microwave Non-image Information Fusion (abstract)
11:56
(Online) Deep Spectral Analytics based Soil Nutrient Prediction using Spatial-Semantic Feature Embedding with Prototype-Guided Perturbation (abstract)
11:58
(Online) Synthetic Chest X-ray Augmentation via Generative Variational Autoencoding for Pneumonia Detection (abstract)
12:00
(Online) DPL: Spatial-Conditioned Diffusion Prototype Enhancement for One-Shot Medical Segmentation (abstract)
12:02
(Online) GRASP-former: A Lightweight Global-Random Sparse Attention for Domain-Aware Multi-Class Obscenity Detection (abstract)
PRESENTER: Shukla Mondal
12:04
(Online) Utilizing Keypoint R-CNN for Automated Root Angulation Detection in OPGs (abstract)
PRESENTER: Hira Qayyum
12:06
(Online) Cybersickness in VR: State-of-the-Art and Future Research Agenda (abstract)
12:08
(Online) Enhanced Emphysema Classification in CT Images Using RIU4-LQP and Spatial Texture Features (abstract)
12:10
(Online) Depth-Aware YOLO Segmentation: Enhancing Small Object Detection via MiDaS-Based Spatial Reasoning (abstract)
12:30-13:30Lunch Break & Poster Session
13:30-15:30 Session 4: Paper Session: Computer Vision & Object Detection

Paper Session 1

Location: RHLT 1
13:30
Sentence-Level Lip-reading with Integrated Synthetic Data and Speaker Normalization (abstract)
13:45
Enhanced Small Object Detection Using Multi-Scale Attention for Automated Seabird Detection (abstract)
14:00
(Online talk) Transformer-based Approaches to Description Sequence Generation for Chinese Characters (abstract)
14:15
STMixer: Spatial-Temporal Mixer for Continuous Sign Language Recognition (abstract)
14:30
(Online talk) GAMNet: Graph Attention MLP-based Network for 3D Human Pose Estimation (abstract)
14:45
Visual Artificial Intelligence: Unlocking Efficiency with Psychovisual Models (abstract)
15:00
AOD-RSE: Improved Dehazing Network for Object Detection Models in Self-Driving Scenarios (abstract)
15:15
(Online talk)To Skip or to Mask? A Study of the Adversarial Purification Spectrum (abstract)
15:30-16:00Coffee Break
17:00-18:00 Session 6: Paper Session: VR / AR Applications and Graphics

Paper Session 3

Location: RHLT 1
17:00
VRScout: Towards Real-Time, Autonomous Testing of Virtual Reality Games (abstract)
17:15
(Online talk) Cross-Domain Analysis of Cybersickness and Motion Sickness Mitigation Strategies (abstract)
17:30
A Diffusion Model for Virtual Try-On Systems (abstract)
17:45
An Alternative Cardinal Spline for Cubic B-Spline Interpolation (abstract)
18:30-20:30Conference Dinner
Friday, November 21st

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09:00-10:00 Session 7: Keynote 2
Location: RHLT 1
09:00
Solving occlusion for complete plant models with accurate 3D metrics (abstract)
10:00-10:30Coffee Break
10:30-12:30 Session 8: Paper Session: Marine & Environmental AI
Location: RHLT 1
10:30
Deep Learning Based Crab Classification For Marine Pest Monitoring (abstract)
10:45
Semi-Supervised Seafloor Habitat Classification: A Pseudo-Labeling Framework (abstract)
11:00
MFU-Net: A Novel Deep Learning Framework for Unmixing Method for Sentinel-2 Imagery of Invasive Serrated Tussock (Nassella trichotoma) (abstract)
11:15
Tool-Assisted Annotation of Seafloor Sediment-linked Features Using Weakly Supervised Semantic Segmentation (abstract)
11:30
Deforestation Monitoring for Mongolia’s Forest-Steppe Ecoregion Through Satellite Images (abstract)
11:45
End-to-End Automated Screening of Lordosis-Kyphosis-Scoliosis and Vertebral Compression in Salmon X-Ray Images (abstract)
12:00
Estimation of Object Volume in Aqueous Food Media using Surface Electric Potential and Neural Network Regression (abstract)
12:15
On the impact of natural guide-star asterism geometry on atmospheric tomography (abstract)
12:30-13:30Lunch & Steering Committee Meeting
13:30-15:30 Session 9: Paper Session: Medical & Biomedical Imaging & Multimodal AI
Location: RHLT 1
13:30
Echocardiogram to CMR Image Synthesis using Generative Models (abstract)
13:45
(Online talk) Progressive Distillation Attention for Robust Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction Estimation (abstract)
14:00
Nissl-stained Histological Slice Image Completion Based on Generated Masks (abstract)
14:15
Seeing Beyond the Airways: Asthma Prediction via Cross-Attention on Dual Retinal Modalities (abstract)
14:30
(Online talk) Enhanced Graph Convolutional Network with Chebyshev Spectral Graph and Graph Attention for Autism Spectrum Disorder Classification (abstract)
14:45
3D Gaussian Splatting Reconstruction from Simulated CT Projections with Geometric Initialization (abstract)
15:00
Multimodal Cross-Attention for Range of Motion Assessment (abstract)
15:15
Risk-Controlled Multimodal Emotion Coaching for Autism Support Using Self-Supervised Vision and Speech Encoders (abstract)
15:30-16:00Coffee Break
16:00-18:00 Session 10: Paper Session: Robotics, Agriculture and Other Applications
Chair:
Location: RHLT 1
16:00
Mobile Robot Navigation Method based on Multiple External Cameras in Crowded Environment (abstract)
16:15
SAM-Based Leaf Segmentation with Morphological Quality Assessment for Enhanced Plant Disease Detection (abstract)
16:30
Attention‑Guided Band Pruning for Efficient Hyperspectral Early Grape Leaf Disease Detection (abstract)
16:45
Automated Activity Monitoring of Cryptic Species in a Zoo Environment (abstract)
17:00
YOLO and SGBM Integration for Autonomous Tree Branch Detection and Depth Estimation in Radiata Pine Pruning Applications (abstract)
17:15
(Online talk) Y-LIChess: Live and Interactive Over-the-Board Chess Recognition and Play with YOLO (abstract)
17:30
Evaluating Human Perception of Automatically Created Synthetic Road Networks that Integrate Real-world Cost Factors and Terrain Features (abstract)
17:45
Fake Money, Real Threat: Fooling Wavelet-Based Banknote Authentication with AdvGAN (abstract)
PRESENTER: Julian Knaup