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<br><span class="gmail-m_2902310215702844904gmail-il"><span class="gmail-il">NTIRE</span></span>: </span><span class="gmail-m_2902310215702844904gmail-m_-6370064308949487862gmail-m_927159548823032825gmail-il">New Trends in <span class="gmail-m_2902310215702844904gmail-il"><span class="gmail-il">Image</span></span> Restoration and Enhancement <br><span class="gmail-im"><span class="gmail-m_2902310215702844904gmail-il"><span class="gmail-il">Challenge</span></span> <span class="gmail-il">on</span> Example-based Single-<span class="gmail-m_2902310215702844904gmail-il"><span class="gmail-il">Image</span></span> <span class="gmail-m_2902310215702844904gmail-il"><span class="gmail-il">Super</span></span>-<span class="gmail-m_2902310215702844904gmail-il"><span class="gmail-il">Resolution</span></span><br></span></span><span class="gmail-m_2902310215702844904gmail-m_-6370064308949487862gmail-m_927159548823032825gmail-il"><span class="gmail-im"><span class="gmail-m_2902310215702844904gmail-m_-6370064308949487862gmail-m_927159548823032825gmail-il"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.vision.ee.ethz.ch/ntire17/">http://www.<span class="gmail-m_2902310215702844904gmail-m_-6370064308949487862gmail-il">vision</span>.ee.ethz.ch/n<wbr>tire17/</a><br></span></span><span class="gmail-m_2902310215702844904gmail-il"><span class="gmail-il"></span></span><br>via CodaLab platform.<br><a href="https://competitions.codalab.org/">https://competitions.codalab.org/</a><br>_____________________<br><br></span><span class="gmail-im"><span class="gmail-m_2902310215702844904gmail-il"><span class="gmail-il">NTIRE</span></span> organizes two parallel <span class="gmail-m_2902310215702844904gmail-il"><span class="gmail-il">challenge</span></span> tracks <span class="gmail-il">on</span> <span class="gmail-m_2902310215702844904gmail-m_-6370064308949487862gmail-m_927159548823032825gmail-il">Example-based Single-<span class="gmail-m_2902310215702844904gmail-il"><span class="gmail-il">Image</span></span> <span class="gmail-m_2902310215702844904gmail-il"><span class="gmail-il">Super</span></span>-<span class="gmail-m_2902310215702844904gmail-il"><span class="gmail-il">Resolution</span></span></span><br><br>=Track 1: <span class="gmail-m_2902310215702844904gmail-m_-6370064308949487862gmail-m_927159548823032825gmail-il">`bicubic' downscaling (Matlab imresize)  - a commonly employed setup</span> in the literature.<br></span></div><span class="gmail-im"><div>The `bicubic' setup allows for easy deployment of the recent published <span class="gmail-m_2902310215702844904gmail-il"><span class="gmail-il">super</span></span>-<span class="gmail-m_2902310215702844904gmail-il"><span class="gmail-il">resolution</span></span> methods.<br><br></div>=Track
 2: `unknown' downgrading operators - but with available train data of 
low and high res corresponding images. The `unknown' setup constrains 
the participants to work with the provided train data and to develop 
robust solutions to learn from a limited set of examples.<br><div><br>The <span class="gmail-m_2902310215702844904gmail-il"><span class="gmail-il">challenge</span></span> aims to gauge the state-of-the-art, to compare and to promote different solutions with the new DIV2K dataset.<br><br>=DIV2K
 - a newly collected dataset of DIVerse 2K <span class="gmail-m_2902310215702844904gmail-il"><span class="gmail-il">resolution</span></span> images 
(2048x[unspecified] pixel images) will be released with the <span class="gmail-m_2902310215702844904gmail-il"><span class="gmail-il">NTIRE</span></span> 
<span class="gmail-m_2902310215702844904gmail-il"><span class="gmail-il">challenge</span></span>. DIV2K dataset is divided into 80%/10%/10% for 
train/validation/test, resp.<br></div><div>For each track the low res 
images are generated and provided to the registered participants for x2,
 x3, and x4 downscaling factors.<br></div></span><div><br><span class="gmail-m_2902310215702844904gmail-m_-6370064308949487862gmail-m_927159548823032825gmail-il">Details about <span class="gmail-m_2902310215702844904gmail-m_-6370064308949487862gmail-m_927159548823032825gmail-il"><span class="gmail-m_2902310215702844904gmail-il"><span class="gmail-il">NTIRE</span></span> <span class="gmail-m_2902310215702844904gmail-il"><span class="gmail-il">challenge</span></span></span> and links to its 6 competitions (2 tracks X 3 downscaling factors) can be found below:  </span><br><span class="gmail-m_2902310215702844904gmail-m_-6370064308949487862gmail-m_927159548823032825gmail-il"><span class="gmail-m_2902310215702844904gmail-m_-6370064308949487862gmail-m_927159548823032825gmail-il"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.vision.ee.ethz.ch/ntire17/">http://www.<span class="gmail-m_2902310215702844904gmail-m_-6370064308949487862gmail-il">vision</span>.ee.ethz.ch/n<wbr>tire17/</a> </span>
<br></span><ul><li><a target="_blank" href="https://competitions.codalab.org/competitions/16303">Track 1: bicubic downscaling x2 competition</a></li><li><a target="_blank" href="https://competitions.codalab.org/competitions/16304">Track 1: bicubic downscaling x3 competition</a></li><li><a target="_blank" href="https://competitions.codalab.org/competitions/16305">Track 1: bicubic downscaling x4 competition</a></li><li><a target="_blank" href="https://competitions.codalab.org/competitions/16306">Track 2: unknown downscaling x2 competition</a></li><li><a target="_blank" href="https://competitions.codalab.org/competitions/16307">Track 2: unknown downscaling x3 competition</a></li><li><a target="_blank" href="https://competitions.codalab.org/competitions/16308">Track 2: unknown downscaling x4 competition</a></li></ul><span class="gmail-im">____________<br><br>
Important Dates <br>____________<br><ul><li><span class="gmail-m_2902310215702844904gmail-il"><span class="gmail-il">2017</span></span>.02.14 Release of train data (low-res and high-res images) and validation data (only low-res)</li><li><span class="gmail-m_2902310215702844904gmail-il"><span class="gmail-il">2017</span></span>.03.01 Validation server online</li><li><span class="gmail-m_2902310215702844904gmail-il"><span class="gmail-il">2017</span></span>.04.03 Final test data release (only low-res), validation data (high-res) release, validation server closed</li><li><span class="gmail-m_2902310215702844904gmail-il"><span class="gmail-il">2017</span></span>.04.14 Test high-res results submission deadline</li><li><span class="gmail-m_2902310215702844904gmail-il"><span class="gmail-il">2017</span></span>.04.17 Fact sheets submission deadline</li><li><span class="gmail-m_2902310215702844904gmail-il"><span class="gmail-il">2017</span></span>.04.17 Code submission deadline</li><li><span class="gmail-m_2902310215702844904gmail-il"><span class="gmail-il">2017</span></span>.04.24 Final test results release to the participants</li><li><span class="gmail-m_2902310215702844904gmail-il"><span class="gmail-il">2017</span></span>.05.01 Paper submission deadline for top entries from the <span class="gmail-m_2902310215702844904gmail-il"><span class="gmail-il">challenge</span></span></li><li><span class="gmail-m_2902310215702844904gmail-il"><span class="gmail-il">2017</span></span>.07.21 <span class="gmail-m_2902310215702844904gmail-il"><span class="gmail-il">NTIRE</span></span> <span class="gmail-m_2902310215702844904gmail-il"><span class="gmail-il">workshop</span></span> and <span class="gmail-m_2902310215702844904gmail-il"><span class="gmail-il">challenge</span></span> <span class="gmail-il">on</span> example-based 
single-<span class="gmail-m_2902310215702844904gmail-il"><span class="gmail-il">image</span></span> <span class="gmail-m_2902310215702844904gmail-il"><span class="gmail-il">super</span></span>-<span class="gmail-m_2902310215702844904gmail-il"><span class="gmail-il">resolution</span></span>, results and award ceremony (@ <span class="gmail-m_2902310215702844904gmail-il"><span class="gmail-il">CVPR</span></span> <span class="gmail-m_2902310215702844904gmail-il"><span class="gmail-il">2017</span></span>, 
Honolulu, Hawaii)</li></ul>____________<br><br></span></div><span class="gmail-im">The top 
ranking participants will be invited to submit papers to <span class="gmail-m_2902310215702844904gmail-il"><span class="gmail-il">NTIRE</span></span> <span class="gmail-m_2902310215702844904gmail-il"><span class="gmail-il">workshop</span></span> 
and to be co-authors of the <span class="gmail-m_2902310215702844904gmail-il"><span class="gmail-il">challenge</span></span> report paper.<br><br></span></div>We are looking for sponsors for incentive prizes. <br><br>Contact:<br><a target="_blank" href="mailto:radu.timofte@vision.ee.ethz.ch">radu.timofte@vision.ee.ethz.ch</a><br><span class="gmail-m_2902310215702844904gmail-m_-6370064308949487862gmail-m_927159548823032825gmail-il"><span class="gmail-m_2902310215702844904gmail-m_-6370064308949487862gmail-m_927159548823032825gmail-il"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.vision.ee.ethz.ch/ntire17/">http://www.<span class="gmail-m_2902310215702844904gmail-m_-6370064308949487862gmail-il">vision</span>.ee.ethz.ch/n<wbr>tire17/</a> </span>
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