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<p>Dear colleagues,<br>
</p>
<p>We are pleased to announce the plans for the upcoming VOTS2024
challenge!</p>
<p>The following three challenges are planned:</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>VOTS2024 challenge</strong> - Continuation of the <a href="https://www.votchallenge.net/vots2023/">VOTS2023
challenge</a>. The task is to track one or more general
targets over short-term or long-term sequences by segmentation.
<br>
</li>
<li><strong>VOTSt2024 challenge</strong> - A new challenge based
on the <a href="https://www.vostdataset.org/">VOST dataset</a>
considers general objects undergoing a topological
transformation, such as vegetables cut into pieces, machines
disassembled, etc.<br>
</li>
<li><strong>VOTS-GenArt2024 challenge</strong> - Continuation of
the <a href="https://www.votchallenge.net/vots2023/genart.html">VOTS-GenArt2023
challenge</a> aimed at showcasing creativity and artistic
flair of the tracking community in the era of generative
computer vision. The task is to generate VOTS-related images or
short video clips using generative models. <br>
</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Tentative dates:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><strong>13th of May, 2024</strong> - All challenges open</li>
<li><strong>23rd of June, 2024</strong> - VOTS2024 & VOTSt2024
results submission deadline</li>
<li><strong>13th of July, 2024</strong> - VOTS2024 & VOTSt2024
winners announcement</li>
<li><strong>8th of August, 2024</strong> - VOTS-GenArt2024 closes</li>
<li><strong>30th of September, 2024</strong> - VOTS2024 workshop
(pending acceptance of the WS proposal)</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Contacts:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>See the VOTS page (<a href="https://www.votchallenge.net/" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://www.votchallenge.net/</a>)
for up-to-date info<br>
</li>
<li>X/Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/votchallenge" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://twitter.com/votchallenge</a></li>
<li>Mailing list: subscribe by <a href="mailto:votchallange-join@lists.arnes.si">sending an
empty email</a>.</li>
</ul>
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Prof. Matej Kristan | Visual Cognitive Systems Lab
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.vicos.si/people/matej_kristan/">https://www.vicos.si/people/matej_kristan/</a> | 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)</pre>
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