[visionlist] Call for Competitions (IEEE International Conference on Automatic Face and Gesture Recognition 2026)

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Dear Colleagues (apologies for cross-posting),

Call for Competitions at:
The 20th IEEE International Conference on Automatic Face and Gesture
Recognition (FG 2026)
May 25th – 29th, 2026, Kyoto, Japan.
https://fg2026.ieee-biometrics.org/

We invite proposals for competitions to be held in conjunction with the
2026 IEEE International Conference on Automatic Face and Gesture
Recognition (FG 2026), which will be held in Kyoto, Japan. The
competitions provide a forum for challenging, stimulating, and
benchmarking cutting‑edge research in face, gesture, and related
visual‑computing tasks. We solicit competition proposals on any topic of
relevance to the FG community, especially from emerging directions or
novel application domains related to face and gesture analysis.
Interdisciplinary topics relevant to a significant cross-section of the
community (e.g., those linking FG to health, accessibility, robotics,
human–machine interaction, or social good) are particularly welcome.

Types of Competitions
We envisage at least three possible types of competitions (but are open
to creative alternatives):
1. Standard (offline) data‑science competitions – Participants compete
to achieve the best performance on a machine learning task of importance
to the FG community based on data and clearly defined metrics provided
by the organizers of the competition.
2. Live / demo competitions – held in a “science-fair” style at FG 2026,
where participants bring interactive demonstrations applying their
approaches to real-world problems or specific domains defined by the
organizers.
3. Lab to Market / Entrepreneurial competitions – designed to highlight
the translation of research outcomes into deployable, real-world
solutions. Organizers may design competitions that encourage
participants to demonstrate the market readiness, societal relevance, or
commercial potential of technologies related to face and gesture
understanding. The goal is to bridge research innovation with market
validation and showcase pathways from lab to product.

What We Look for in Proposals
Competition proposals will be evaluated by the Competition Chairs. Each
proposal will be reviewed for:
-   Task selection: Originality, relevance, and interest to the
    community.
-   Evaluation protocol and metrics: Clarity, fairness, reproducibility,
    and robustness.
-   Data and resources: Quality, diversity, annotation, and
    representativeness.
-   Feasibility and logistics: Realistic timeline, infrastructure, and
    communication plans.
-   Engagement and outreach: Strategies to attract participants and
    foster inclusivity.
-   For lab to market competitions, clarity of problem–solution
    alignment, evidence of real-world relevance, and potential for
    societal or market impact.Organizer expertise and diversity:
    Experience and diversity of the organizing team.
-   Presentation plan: Tentative schedule and resource requirements for
    FG 2026.

Proposal Preparation and Submission
Competition proposals (for all types) should be submitted via the
official conference submission system by selecting the Competition
track:
https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/FG2026
Please follow the structure of, and adapt, the provided template here:
https://www.overleaf.com/read/ynkmqnpswykr#ab0b9a

Important Dates (Tentative)
General Timeline:
- Competition proposal submission deadline: November 21, 2025
- Acceptance notification to organizers: November 28, 2025
For Standard Competitions:
- Competition launch (data release): Start January 2026
- Submission deadline (Test Results): Mid February 2026
- Result evaluation and feedback: Start March 2026
- Paper Submission: Mid March 2026
For Live Demo and Entrepreneurial Competitions:
- Competition Launch: Mid January 2026
- Demo and pitch submissions: Mid February 2026
- Notification of results: Start March 2026
- Paper submissions: Mid March 2026

Additional Notes
-   Competition organizers may request assistance regarding competition
    platforms or infrastructure.
-   FG 2026 will provide support for poster/demo space/pitch and
    logistics during the conference.
-   Organizers are encouraged to make evaluation code, baselines, and
    data public at the competition launch.
-   Competitions involving sensitive data must address privacy, consent,
    bias, and legal compliance.
-   Competition chairs will coordinate review, selection, and
    integration into the program.

Competition Chairs
Chirag Raman, TU Delft, The Netherlands (c.a.raman at tudelft.nl)
Jyoti Joshi Dhall, Monash University, Kroop AI, Australia
(jyoti.joshi at monash.edu)

Contact and Inquiries
For questions or advice (e.g., about platforms or logistics), please
contact the FG 2026 Competition Chairs via the email addresses above.
We look forward to your innovative competition proposals and to
showcasing the next frontier of face and gesture analysis!
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