The German Association for Pattern Recognition (DAGM)

What The German Association for Pattern Recognition (DAGM) does

The German Association for Pattern Recognition (DAGM), legally "Deutsche Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Mustererkennung e.V.," is a non-profit scientific association registered in Paderborn, Germany, and administered at the Max Planck Institute for Informatics in Saarbrücken. Founded on October 21, 1976 in Munich as a working group of supporting scientific societies, DAGM was converted into a registered association (eingetragener Verein) with individual membership in 1999-2000 and has been a member of the International Association for Pattern Recognition (IAPR) since 1977. Its purpose is the promotion of research and scientific work in pattern recognition, mutual exchange of experiences, and joint approach to scientific and technological questions in the field nationally and internationally.

DAGM's core offerings are the annual DAGM GCPR (German Conference on Pattern Recognition) — the national venue for advances in image processing, pattern recognition, and computer vision, running continuously since 1978 and renamed to GCPR in 2013 to reflect internationalization — together with a portfolio of annual awards: the German Pattern Recognition Award (running since 1984), the DAGM MVTec Dissertation Award, DAGM GCPR Best Paper Awards, and the Young Researchers' Forum. The association is governed by an elected Executive Board led by Chairman Prof. Dr. Bernt Schiele (Max Planck Institute for Informatics), Vice Chairman Prof. Stefan Roth, Ph.D. (TU Darmstadt), and Speaker of the Technical Committee Prof. Dr. Xiaoyi Jiang (University of Münster).

As a non-profit, DAGM does not sell products or services in a commercial sense. Membership is free under its statutes, and the association is funded through membership fees, conference revenues, and award sponsorship (notably from MVTec). Its primary customers are academic researchers and industry professionals in pattern recognition, image processing, and computer vision across Germany, with international reach exercised through IAPR membership and the GCPR conference brand.

Name

The German Association for Pattern Recognition (DAGM)

Legal name

Deutsche Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Mustererkennung e.V.

Website

https://dagm.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1976

Operating status

Operating

Short description

The German Association for Pattern Recognition (DAGM) is a non-profit scientific association, founded in 1976, that promotes research in pattern recognition, image processing, and computer vision in Germany through its annual DAGM GCPR conference, awards programs, and international representation via the IAPR.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Others

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

DAGM is a non-profit scientific association that promotes research in pattern recognition through the organization of conferences, workshops, and the conferral of academic awards. Founded in 1976 and structured as a registered association (eingetragener Verein, e.V.) under German law, it serves as a professional and scholarly community for researchers and practitioners working in pattern recognition and related fields such as image processing and computer vision.

Product overview

The German Association for Pattern Recognition (DAGM) is a non-profit academic association that promotes research and scientific collaboration in pattern recognition. Its core offerings consist of the annual DAGM GCPR conference (the German Conference on Pattern Recognition) and a portfolio of awards including the German Pattern Recognition Award, DAGM MVTec Dissertation Award, DAGM GCPR Best Paper Awards, and the DAGM Young Researchers' Forum. DAGM also represents German interests internationally as a member of the International Association for Pattern Recognition (IAPR).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• DAGM Pattern Recognition Conference
• DAGM Research Awards
• Association Membership

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• International Association for Pattern Recognition (IAPR)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDAGM represents German interests in the field of pattern recognition on an international level, particularly in IAPR. The association was admitted as a member of IAPR following its founding in 1976.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• EurAI (European Association for Artificial Intelligence): Pan-European AI association coordinating the European AI conference (ECAI) and related activities. Comparable as a European scientific society operating across multiple national member organizations.
• AAAI (Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence): Major international scientific society promoting AI research, including pattern recognition and computer vision. Comparable as a non-profit running flagship research conferences and awards, but at broader AI scope.
• Eurographics: European association for computer graphics, with adjacent themes in image processing and visual computing. Comparable as a European scientific society organizing annual conferences and supporting research communities.
• IEEE Computer Society: Global professional society covering all of computing, including CV/pattern recognition. Comparable as a large-scale professional association, but far broader in scope than DAGM's pattern-recognition specialization.
• Gesellschaft für Informatik (GI): Germany's primary professional society for computer science, and one of DAGM's founding supporting organizations. Comparable as a broader German CS membership organization, but covering all of informatics rather than specializing in pattern recognition.

Direct peers

• British Machine Vision Association (BMVA): The UK national association for computer vision and pattern recognition, running the BMVC conference and related community activities. Closely comparable to DAGM as a national-level CV/PR scientific society.
• Computer Vision Foundation (CVF): US-based non-profit that runs CVPR, ICCV, and WACV — the flagship international CV conferences. Comparable to DAGM as a non-profit scientific foundation supporting the computer vision research community through conferences.
• International Association for Pattern Recognition (IAPR): The international umbrella federation for national pattern recognition societies, of which DAGM is a member since 1977. Directly comparable as a scientific association coordinating conferences, awards, and researcher communities in the same field.
• AFRV (Association Française pour la Reconnaissance et l'Interprétation Visuelles): French national association for visual recognition and interpretation, supporting the French CV community. Directly comparable to DAGM as a national scientific society in pattern recognition.

Emerging players

• ELLIS (European Laboratory for Learning and Intelligent Systems): Emerging European AI research network focused on machine learning, with strong overlap in computer vision research talent. Comparable as an emerging community-building organization in adjacent ML/CV research areas.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

Frequently asked questions about The German Association for Pattern Recognition (DAGM)