CALL FOR CHALLENGES
22nd International Conference on Advanced Visual and Signal-Based Systems
Propoasal for challenges, read Here! Invites proposals for Challenges to be held in conjunction with the main conference.
Got an idea? Let’s challenge the community!
Challenges are what make a conference truly come alive, adding energy, excitement, and plenty of conversation throughout the conference. They turn great ideas into real-world tests, where methods are compared, results are shared, and progress happens together. By working on shared datasets with clear tasks and evaluation rules, challenges support reproducible research, fair benchmarking, and hands-on experimentation. They also bring academia, industry, and public institutions to the same table—collaborating on concrete problems inspired by real needs. AVSS 2026 is looking for bold and engaging challenges that showcase cutting-edge research while tackling important surveillance, safety, and security topics. Help us make AVSS 2026 more dynamic, interactive, and fun than ever!
Scope and Topics of Interest
We welcome challenge proposals aligned with (but not limited to) the following AVSS 2026 themes:
1. Image and Video Analytics
2. Model Security, Privacy, Fairness, and Robustness
3. Multimodal Sensor Fusion and AI-driven Situational Awareness
4. IoT and Signal Analytics
5. Environmental and Ecological Surveillance
6. Systems and Applications
7. Medical Imaging for Safety, Monitoring, and Security
8. Healthcare and Assisted Living Environments
9. Smart Cities and Infrastructure Monitoring
10. Retail Analytics
Why Challenges Matter at AVSS
Challenges are more than competitions — they are engines of community building and scientific progress:
• Promote reproducibility through shared datasets and evaluation protocols
• Enable fair and transparent comparison of methods
• Accelerate innovation by focusing efforts on well-defined, impactful problems
• Bridge academia and industry, often leveraging real-world data and constraints
• Engage students and early-career researchers, making AVSS more inclusive and dynamic
By hosting challenges, AVSS 2026 aims to energize the conference, attract broader participation, and stimulate meaningful discussions that extend well beyond the event itself.
Challenge Proposal Guidelines
Challenge proposals should include:
1. Title and short description of the challenge
2. Motivation and relevance to AVSS topics and community
3. Task definition and expected outcomes
4. Dataset description (existing or to be released, including access conditions)
5. Evaluation protocol and metrics
6. Organizing team (with brief bios and affiliations)
7. Planned format (online phase, leaderboard, workshop session, etc.)
8. Expected number of participants and outreach plan
Information & Support
Contact For inquiries, please contact the AVSS 2026 Challenge Chairs at: challenges@avss2026.org
| Challenge proposal submission deadline | March 10, 2026 |
| Notification of acceptance | “Challenges will be accepted and launched as proposals are received. |
| Final results & presentations at AVSS 2026 Challenge proposals should be submitted via email at challenges@avss2026.org | |
Contact Challenge Chairs at: challenges@avss2026.org
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