[CFP] The British Machine Vision Conference (BMVC), Lancaster, UK, 23- 26, Nov 2026
Zhengxin Yu
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The British Machine Vision Conference (BMVC)
23-26, Nov, 2026, Lancaster, UK
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The British Machine Vision Conference (BMVC) is one of the major international conferences on computer vision and related areas. It is organised by the British Machine Vision Association (BMVA). BMVC’26 will be hosted by Lancaster University on 23rd - 26th November 2026. Top papers from BMVC 2026 will be invited to submit extended versions to a special issue of the International Journal of Computer Vision (IJCV).
Key Dates (23:59 AoE)
Abstract Submission Deadline: 22 May, 2026
Paper & Supplementary Submission Deadline: 29 May, 2026
Rebuttal Period: 3 - 10 Jul, 2026
Author Notification of Decisions: 7 Aug, 2026
Camera-Ready Paper Deadline: 28 Aug, 2026
*Please note that the Abstract and Paper/ Supplementary deadlines will not be extended.
Topics of Interest
Authors are invited to submit high-quality papers in image processing, computer vision, machine learning and related areas including, but not limited to:
· 3D from X, Shape Modeling and Processing
· Action, Event, and Video Understanding
· Adversarial Attack and Defense
· Biometrics
· Computational Photography and Photogrammetry
· Computer Vision Theory
· Datasets and Evaluation
· Deep Learning Architectures and Techniques
· Document Analysis
· Embodied Vision: Active Agents, Simulation
· Explainable, Fair, and Ethical AI
· Generative Models
· Humans: Face, Gesture, Pose, and Body Movement
· Image and Video Retrieval
· Low-level and Physics-based Vision
· Medical and Biological Image Analysis
· Motion Estimation and Tracking
· Multimodal Learning (Vision + Language, Audio, etc.)
· Recognition, Segmentation, and Scene Understanding
· Representation, Self-supervised, and Transfer Learning
· Uncertainty
· Vision Applications, Systems, and Robotics
· Visual Reasoning
· Brave New Ideas (novel approaches or theories, not necessarily benchmark gains)
Submission Guideline
Main papers must not exceed 14 pages (excluding references). Supplementary information (e.g., appendices, videos, additional results) can be submitted as a single .zip file by the deadline. All submissions must be made through the OpenReview system. BMVC’26 employs a double-blind review process. Work submitted to BMVC’26 must be original and cannot be under concurrent review for another peer-reviewed conference or journal.
Organising Committee
General Chairs
Jun Liu Lancaster University
Majid Mirmehdi University of Bristol
Advisory Chairs
Ming-Hsuan Yang UC Merced; DeepMind
Stan Sclaroff Boston University
Mubarak Shah University of Central Florida
Programme Chairs
Bryan M. Williams Lancaster University
Hossein Rahmani Lancaster University
Bohyung Han Seoul National University
Jianfei Cai Monash University
Gabriela Czanner University of Southampton
Michael Yang University of Bath
Technical Programme Chairs
Qiuhong Ke Monash University
Ping Hu UESTC; VinUniversity
Haoxuan Qu Lancaster University
Zhuoling Li Lancaster University
Workshop Chairs
Richard Jiang Lancaster University
Guosheng Hu University of Bristol
Ziquan Liu QMUL
Emma Wilson Lancaster University
Industrial / Keynote Chairs
Mark Nixon University of Southampton
Doctoral Consortium Chairs
Ali Cheraghian Macquarie University
Website Chairs
Xiaofei Hui Lancaster University
Proceedings Chairs
Yakun Ju University of Leicester
Jian Hu QMUL
Qiuchi Xiang Lancaster University
Yu Xue Lancaster University
Publicity Chairs
Kosta Derpanis York University
Qian Zheng Zhejiang University
Ritesh Vyas PDEU
Zhengxin Yu Lancaster University
Sponsorship Chair
Ziquan Liu QMUL
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Chairs
Emily Winter Lancaster University
Yujun Cai UQ
Sustainability Chairs
Adrian Friday Lancaster University
Local Arrangement Chairs
Miles Walker Lancaster University
BMVA
Toby Breckon Treasurer
Neill Campbell Chairman
Andrew Gilbert Payments Master General
Further Information and Updates: https://bmvc2026.bmva.org