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<span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">2nd Cross-Spectrum Iris/Periocular Recognition COMPETITION<span></span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(31,73,125);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Cross-Eyed 2017<span></span></span></b></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(31,73,125)">We invite researchers working in the field of cross-spectral iris and periocular recognition to participate in the second edition of the CROSS-EYED competition: <span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><a href="https://sites.google.com/site/crossspectrumcompetition/" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)">"Cross-Eyed 2017 – 2^nd Cross-Spectrum Iris/Periocular Recognition COMPETITION"</span></a>.</span><span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(31,73,125)">The second edition of the <b>CROSS-EYED competition </b>is embraced by <a href="http://www.ijcb2017.org/" target="_blank"><i><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)">IJCB 2017</span></i><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)"> </span></a>-<b> </b>International Joint Conference on Biometrics, to be held in Denver, Colorado October 1^st  – 4^th, 2017<i>. </i> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(31,73,125)">The </span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(31,73,125)">CROSS-EYED competition</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(31,73,125)"> aims to benchmark cross-spectral iris/periocular recognition algorithms. The benchmark dataset<b>, CROSS-EYED, </b>comprises images captured with a custom made dual spectrum imaging sensor, which acquires near infrared and colour images synchronously.<span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(31,73,125)">You can submit to any of the two intermediate submissions or to the final submission only. <span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(31,73,125)">The competition website with further information can be found at   </span><span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><a href="http://www.crosseyed.eu/" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)">www.crosseyed.eu</span></a><span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(31,73,125);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">** </span><b><span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(31,73,125)">IMPORTANT DATES</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(31,73,125);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">**</span><span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><b>Registration</b>  -<span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-color:lime"> open </span> <span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><b>Training dataset</b> –<span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> <span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">to be released soon to registered users</span><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span></span></span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(31,73,125);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><b>First intermediate submission deadline</b> – <span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">30th January 2017</span> <span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><b>Second intermediate submission deadline</b> – <span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">13th March 2017</span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><b style="background-color:rgb(0,255,255)">Final submission deadline – <span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">10th April 2017</span></b><span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(31,73,125);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">** <b>Organizers </b>**<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="PT" style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(31,73,125)">James Ferryman</span></i><i><span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><span></span></span></i></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Lulu Chen<span></span></span></i></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="PT" style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Ana F. Sequeira </span></i><i><span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><span></span></span></i></p></div>