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<p>IJCB 2020 - CALL FOR COMPETITIONS<br>
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We invite competition proposals for the <b>2020 International
Joint Conference on Biometrics (IJCB 2020)</b> in Houston,
Texas, USA. The main goal of the competitions is to benchmark
state-of-the art algorithms, to consolidate research, identify
open biometrics-related problems and most importantly to present
novel insights based on a group benchmarking effort within a
specific problem area of biometrics. We solicit competition
proposals on any topic of interest to the broader biometric
community and strongly encourage proposals focusing on new
emerging fields and open research questions that are able to
attract a significant number of participants. Competition
organizers having a strong track record in the field are
especially welcome. <br>
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<p>The deadline for submitting competition proposals is May 8th,
2020. Decisions will be circulated by May 12th, 2020. <br>
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*** Competition Proposal Submission ***<br>
Competition proposals should be sent to the IJCB 2020 competition
co-chairs, Hien V. Nyugen (<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:hvnguy35@central.uh.edu">hvnguy35@central.uh.edu</a>) and Anush
Sankaran (<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:anush.sankaran@gmail.com">anush.sankaran@gmail.com</a>), with the email subject »IJCB
2020 Competition Proposal: [title of your competition]«. The
proposal should include the following information to facilitate
the decision process:<br>
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• Title of the competition.<br>
• Names, affiliations, contact information, and a brief CV of the
competition organizers. <br>
• A list of three most relevant publications related to the
competition for each organizer.<br>
• Justification:<br>
o Motivation for the competition, expected outcomes and
anticipated impact,<br>
o Relevance to IJCB 2020,<br>
o Relationship to previous competitions, if any.<br>
• Contribution<br>
o Description of the novelty of the competition,<br>
o Research questions to be investigated,<br>
o Expected contributions of the competition.<br>
• Execution:<br>
o Description of the dataset(s) used for the competition and
the available annotations,<br>
o Details on the experimental protocol and result
generation/submission procedure,<br>
o Information on the platform used (for data sharing,
submission, verification of the results), if any, <br>
o Description of the evaluation criteria (performance metrics)
and available baseline implementations/code (e.g., a starter kit).<br>
o A video tutorial of the competition, and the expected
results, is preferred. Please upload the video on YouTube and
share the link.<br>
• Organization:<br>
o Expected minimum number of external participants (separate
from the organizers),<br>
o Plan for promoting the competition and attracting
participants,<br>
o Description of the planned coordination activities,<br>
o A detailed timeline for the competition. <br>
• Other relevant information.<br>
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The authors are encouraged to use the template, available at the
IJCB 2020 web page for their proposal:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://ieee-biometrics.org/ijcb2020/Program.html#cfc">https://ieee-biometrics.org/ijcb2020/Program.html#cfc</a><br>
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*** Schedule ***<br>
The competitions should preferably start in May or early June 2020
and be completed by the summary-paper submission deadline on
August 15th, 2020. Competition organizers will also be requested
to prepare a web page for the competition, which will be linked
from the conference web site. The website should be online before
the start of the competition.<br>
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*** Proceedings and Presentation *** <br>
Competition organizers will be invited to submit a summary paper
discussing organization, datasets, and results by August 15th,
2020. The summary papers will be considered for inclusion in the
IJCB 2020 conference program and should follow the same formatting
and presentation rules as regular papers. Unlike regular papers,
competition papers will be reviewed by the IJCB program chairs.
Organization of a competition in the scope of IJCB 2020 does not
guarantee acceptance of the summary papers. The papers need to
make a clear contribution either in terms of new insight, novel
research questions addressed, novel research problems or novel
algorithmic solutions. The presentation format (if accepted) will
be determined based on the quality of the submission. Accepted
summary papers will be included in the proceedings of IJCB 2020
and send for inclusion into IEEE Xplore. <br>
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*** Important Dates ***<br>
Deadline for submitting proposals: May 8th, 2020<br>
Decisions to organizers: May 12th, 2020<br>
Submission of summary papers: August 15th, 2020<br>
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For any additional information please contact the IJCB 2020
Competition Co-Chairs: <br>
Hien V. Nyugen (<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:hvnguy35@central.uh.edu">hvnguy35@central.uh.edu</a>) and <br>
Anush Sankaran (<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:anush.sankaran@gmail.com">anush.sankaran@gmail.com</a>)<br>
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