[visionlist] VOTS2026 challenge & workshop @ECCV2026

[Matej Kristan]

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ECCV Visual Object Tracking and Segmentation Challenge, VOTS2026
Web: https://www.votchallenge.net/
Twitter: https://x.com/votchallenge
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Dear colleagues,

This is to let you know that the annual Visual Object Tracking and 
Segmentation Challenge VOTS2026 will open on May 13th 2026! Results will 
be presented at the VOTS2026 workshop at ECCV2026!

*What's new:* We're introducing a point-tracking challenge, a referring 
tracking challenge and updating the vots segmentation tracking dataset!

Four challenges available:
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*** *VOTS2026 Challenge [Refreshed!] *-- Continuation of the VOTS2025 
challenge with the task to track one or more general targets over 
short-term or long-term sequences by segmentation. The dataset is 
refreshed with new challenging sequences.
*** *VOTSt2026 Challenge* – Continuation of the VOTSt2025 transformative 
object tracking challenge, which considers general objects undergoing a 
topological transformation, such as vegetables cut into pieces, machines 
disassembled, etc.
** VOTSp2026 Challenge [NEW!]* – A new point-tracking challenge, which 
considers tracking several manually defined points. Challenging 
sequences have been selected to construct a new test set for his challenge.
** VOTSr2026 Challenge [NEW!]* --  A new referring tracking challenge, 
with the task to segment objects in video based on descriptions.

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*IMPORTANT DATES *
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* end of April, 2026 – Challenge details available on the website
* May 13, 2026 – All challenges open
* June 22, 2026 – Results submission deadline
* July 13, 2026 – Winners announcement
* September, 2026 -- VOTS2026 workshop at ECCV2026

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CONTACTS
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/votchallenge
Homepage: https://www.votchallenge.net/vots2025/
Mailing list: subscribe by sending an empty email to 
votchallange-join at lists.arnes.si

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Prof. Matej Kristan                         | Visual Cognitive Systems Lab
https://www.vicos.si/people/matej_kristan/  | Faculty of Computer and Information Science
Tel: +386 1 479 8245                        | University of Ljubljana

"If the world should blow itself up, the last audible voice would be that of an expert saying it can't be done."
(Peter Ustinov)
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