Machine Learning in Computer Vision

In this editorial we brie ̄ y discuss interaction between two important areas of arti® cial intelligence: computer vision (CV ) and machine learning (ML ). Although the two ® elds have a long-standing tradition and can be considered technologically mature, past research in applying ML techniques to CV problems has been limited. After a short introduction in the ® elds of computer vision and machine learning, we highlight some important issues in the intersection of the two areas and sketch both current achievements and future research directions. Our goal is to help the reader put the six contributions of this special issue into the proper context.