<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>Dear colleagues,</div>
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<div>We are pleased to invite you to contribute to the <span class="gmail-break-words gmail-tvm-parent-container"><span dir="ltr">VEELA-Vessel Extraction and Extrication for Liver Analysis Challenge (</span></span><a href="https://veela.grand-challenge.org/">https://veela.grand-challenge.org/</a><span class="gmail-break-words gmail-tvm-parent-container"><span dir="ltr">)  </span></span>that will be held at the <b>35th IEEE International Workshop
 on Machine Learning for Signal Processing (</b><a title="2024.ieeemlsp.org" href="https://2025.ieeemlsp.org/en/" rel="noopener noreferrer">MLSP 2025</a><b>)</b>, taking place from <b>August 31 – September 3, 2025</b>, in <b>Istanbul, Türkiye</b>.<span class="gmail-break-words gmail-tvm-parent-container"><span dir="ltr"><span><br></span><span><br></span><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Results Submission Deadline: 𝗠𝗮𝘆 𝟭𝟱, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱<span><br></span>Paper Submission Deadline: 𝗠𝗮𝘆 𝟮𝟬, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱</span><span></span></font></span></span></div><span class="gmail-break-words gmail-tvm-parent-container"><span dir="ltr"><span><br></span>🔍 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗟𝗟𝗘𝗡𝗚𝗘:<span><br></span>VEELA
 aims to initiate the development of advanced hepatic and portal vessel 
segmentation techniques from computed tomography angiography (CTA) 
images of living donated liver transplantation candidates and the design
 of new algorithms that can work under varying image quality and 
contrast levels.<span class="gmail-white-space-pre"> </span><span><br></span>There are two tasks:<span><br></span>Task 1: Segmentation of liver vasculature<span><br></span>Task 2: Classification of hepatic and portal vessels<span><br></span></span></span><span class="gmail-break-words gmail-tvm-parent-container"><span dir="ltr"><span></span><span><br></span>⏱️ 𝗜𝗠𝗣𝗢𝗥𝗧𝗔𝗡𝗧 𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗦:<span></span><span><br></span>Results Submission Deadline: 𝗠𝗮𝘆 𝟭𝟱, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱<span><br></span>Paper Submission Deadline: 𝗠𝗮𝘆 𝟮𝟬, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱<span><br></span><span></span></span></span></div><div dir="ltr"><br><span class="gmail-break-words gmail-tvm-parent-container"><span dir="ltr"><span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="gmail-break-words gmail-tvm-parent-container"><span dir="ltr">For more information: </span></span><a href="https://veela.grand-challenge.org/">https://veela.grand-challenge.org/</a> <br></div><div><span class="gmail-break-words gmail-tvm-parent-container"><span dir="ltr"><span class="gmail-white-space-pre"><br></span></span></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span class="gmail-break-words gmail-tvm-parent-container"><span dir="ltr">👥 𝗢𝗥𝗚𝗔𝗡𝗜𝗦𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗧𝗘𝗔𝗠:<span><br></span><a class="gmail-DgyYRhiNYAgnOCxRZXaozXbEhNkWmmmFogVQ" target="_self" tabindex="0" href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/ACoAABSQXnwB-W8rSJFZAqZJTdw5Ih6_AwWB5sY"><span></span></a><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/alper-selver-0a466097/" id="ember11308" class="ember-view">Alper Selver</a></span><span><br></span><a class="gmail-DgyYRhiNYAgnOCxRZXaozXbEhNkWmmmFogVQ" target="_self" tabindex="0" href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/ACoAABM4qh4BfWPdT1XWAgH-zJ8mbbZmtjJ54Ms"><span></span></a><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/tugce-toprak-912bb88b/" id="ember11309" class="ember-view">Tugce Toprak</a></span><span><br></span><a class="gmail-DgyYRhiNYAgnOCxRZXaozXbEhNkWmmmFogVQ" target="_self" tabindex="0" href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/ACoAABk_IrsBAg2daCEfX12jbeFEBpQMmxPmy9Q"><span></span></a><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/ilker-%C3%B6zg%C3%BCr-koska-4a3a28b9/" id="ember11310" class="ember-view">İlker Özgür Koska</a><span><br></span><a class="gmail-DgyYRhiNYAgnOCxRZXaozXbEhNkWmmmFogVQ" target="_self" tabindex="0" href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/ACoAAAMEGVsBnY9mWBuunGK7FVIGCYP3h0ScYrs"><span></span></a><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/ekenel/" id="ember11311" class="ember-view">Hazım Kemal EKENEL</a><span><br></span><a class="gmail-DgyYRhiNYAgnOCxRZXaozXbEhNkWmmmFogVQ" target="_self" tabindex="0" href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/ACoAAAtb_NoBkJXli5c0DuQIm9BZ4W3DjOvxoek"><span></span></a><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/ilkayoksuz/" id="ember11312" class="ember-view">İlkay Öksüz</a><span><br></span><a class="gmail-DgyYRhiNYAgnOCxRZXaozXbEhNkWmmmFogVQ" target="_self" tabindex="0" href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/ACoAACSxOqsBy1YhlwWrO-MTh5zxD96HnZ7O6J8"><span></span></a><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/ziyaatayazici/" id="ember11313" class="ember-view">Ziya Ata Yazıcı</a><span><br></span><a class="gmail-DgyYRhiNYAgnOCxRZXaozXbEhNkWmmmFogVQ" target="_self" tabindex="0" href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/ACoAAC7L0RgBMnEI6coRUHuMCYk2pmxZiY_dqO0"><span></span></a><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/emre-kavur-788b2119a/" id="ember11314" class="ember-view">Emre Kavur</a><span><br></span><a class="gmail-DgyYRhiNYAgnOCxRZXaozXbEhNkWmmmFogVQ" target="_self" tabindex="0" href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/ACoAABLGRW8B2MaoUFXywSMOpwzzBLwh3l6h4Fc"><span></span></a><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/pervin-bulucu-3535a289/" id="ember11315" class="ember-view">Pervin Bulucu</a><span><br></span><a class="gmail-DgyYRhiNYAgnOCxRZXaozXbEhNkWmmmFogVQ" target="_self" tabindex="0" href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/ACoAAFMHMZ0Bi2TimaQTqfroYwvxYXY_PFVME3g"><span></span></a><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/ufuk-be%C5%9Fenk/" id="ember11316" class="ember-view">Ufuk Beşenk</a><span><br></span><a class="gmail-DgyYRhiNYAgnOCxRZXaozXbEhNkWmmmFogVQ" target="_self" tabindex="0" href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/ACoAAA1QE5QB3YLJPZQ58sMuj3loSZsgBBm0aag"><span></span></a><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/mustafa-m-baris-55897262/" id="ember11317" class="ember-view">Mustafa M. Baris</a><span><br></span><a class="gmail-DgyYRhiNYAgnOCxRZXaozXbEhNkWmmmFogVQ" target="_self" tabindex="0" href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/ACoAABIUIk4B9FaViL05KYY9xEPPKb4f91es-q0"><span></span></a><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/phconze/" id="ember11318" class="ember-view">Pierre-Henri Conze</a><span><br></span><span><br></span><br></div><div><br clear="all"></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">----------------------------------------------- </font><br><div><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><span style="font-size:small;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Prof. Dr.-Ing. Hazım Kemal Ekenel</span><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">SiMiT Lab - <a href="http://simitlab.itu.edu.tr/" target="_blank">http://simitlab.itu.edu.tr/</a> <br></font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br>Istanbul Technical University (ITU) <br>Department of Computer Engineering<br></font><br><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Email: <a href="mailto:ekenel@itu.edu.tr" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">ekenel@itu.edu.tr</a> </font><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font><div><div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Web: <a href="http://web.itu.edu.tr/ekenel/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">http://web.itu.edu.tr/ekenel/</a><br></font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>