Advances in Vision Foundation Models, Recognition, and Practical Systems

Computer vision has undergone a profound transformation over the past decade, initially driven by deep convolutional neural networks and more recently by the emergence of large-scale Vision Foundation Models (VFMs). Inspired by the success of foundation models in natural language processing, approaches such as Vision Transformers (ViTs), multimodal models, and self-supervised architectures have redefined how visual understanding systems are designed, trained, and deployed. Pre-trained on massive datasets and adaptable to a wide range of downstream tasks, these models are reshaping both research and industry. From image classification and object detection to multimodal reasoning, medical imaging, autonomous systems, and intelligent surveillance, foundation-based vision systems are enabling scalable, transferable, and data-efficient solutions. Advances in Vision Foundation Models, Recognition, and Practical Systems presents a comprehensive and up-to-date exploration of developments in vision foundation models, recognition techniques, and real-world system deployment. By bridging theoretical foundations, architectural innovations, training paradigms, and practical applications, this book balances cutting-edge research insights with implementation-oriented guidance, making it both academically rigorous and highly relevant to industry. Covering topics such as adversarial robustness, scalable object recognition, and vision foundation models, this book is an excellent academic resource for graduate and doctoral students, AI engineers, computer vision practitioners, data scientists, software developers, system architects, and more.

Jamal Zraqou is an associate professor at the Department of Computer Science/Virtual and Augmented Reality, University of Petra, Jordan, where he has been a faculty member since 2022. From 2018-2029, he was also the dean faculty of IT at IU. His research interests include computer vision, virtual and augmented reality, internet of things (IoT), cyber security, and image processing. He can be contacted at email: Jamal.Zraqou@uop.edu.jo.

Jawad Alkhateeb is currently working as an Assistant Professor at Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in the College of Computer Engineering and Science, Department of computer Engineering. Dr. Alkhateeb received his PhD degree in Computer Engineering - Artificial Intelligence from the University of Bradford, UK in 2010. He Received his MSc and BSc degrees in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, USA in 1992 and 1991 respectively. He has a 30-year academic experience in teaching Computer Science and Engineering topics and in conducting research related to Artificial Intelligence, Pattern Recognition, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Arabic OCR, and IoT.