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Sebastian Höfer

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Sebastian Höfer

@hoeferse

Manager of Applied Science @ Amazon Fulfillment Technologies & Robotics. Berliner. Opinions are my own.

Berlin, Deutschland

sebastianhoefer.de

Joined September 2013

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Sebastian Höfer
@hoeferse
Oct 2, 2025
Today we're announcing the release of "Kaputt", a breakthrough real world dataset for visual defect detection, 40x larger than SoTA. Spoiler: Even advanced AI models perform barely above random chance. Check out our blog post and paper #cv #iccv @ICCVConference @AmazonScience
Amazon Science
@AmazonScience
Oct 2, 2025
Announcing Kaputt: a large-scale dataset for visual defect detection in retail logistics with 238,421 images across 48,376 unique items – 40x as large as current benchmarks:
Sebastian Höfer
@hoeferse
Jun 3
Giving a keynote at the VAND 4.0 workshop at CVPR this week! 🎤 Talking about our Kaputt dataset for visual defect detection + the clever ideas challenge participants came up with to tackle it. 📅 June 4th, 1–6 PM 📍 Room 601, Denver (+ Zoom) See you there! #CVPR2026
Sebastian Höfer
@hoeferse
Jun 1
Heading to CVPR in Denver this week! ✈️ First one since 2022 - can't wait to wallow in posters and heated science debates (Photo attached as proof of what we all looked like back then… 😷) Hit me up if you're around! ☕ #CVPR2026 #ComputerVision #AgenticAI #AnomalyDetection
Sebastian Höfer
@hoeferse
Dec 20, 2023
We're hiring! My science team at Amazon Fulfillment Technologies and Robotics in Berlin is hiring excellent scientists to work on visual defect detection models that see millions of images every day, delighting millions of customers. Apply! @AmazonScience amazon.jobs/en/jobs/252089…
Sebastian Höfer
@hoeferse
Oct 6, 2023
Finally got to see one of those Parisian bed bugs everyone's been so afraid of. Looks pretty cute to me! Thanks @huggingface for showcasing them #ICCV2023 Photo credit: @Faty_404
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