  This work aims to study the dynamic between research in the industry and
academia in computer vision. The results are demonstrated on a set of top-5
vision conferences that are representative of the field. Since data for such
analysis was not readily available, significant effort was spent on gathering
and processing meta-data from the original publications. First, this study
quantifies the share of industry-sponsored research. Specifically, it shows
that the proportion of papers published by industry-affiliated researchers is
increasing and that more academics join companies or collaborate with them.
Next, the possible impact of industry presence is further explored, namely in
the distribution of research topics and citation patterns. The results indicate
that the distribution of the research topics is similar in industry and
academic papers. However, there is a strong preference towards citing industry
papers. Finally, possible reasons for citation bias, such as code availability
and influence, are investigated.
