Call for the IEEE FG Challenge RFIW 2018 (https://web.northeastern.edu/smilelab/RFIW2018/).

This is the 2nd Large-Scale Kinship Recognition Challenge. After a successful and exciting After a successful and exciting RFIW 2017, we hope to keep the momentum going with those involved, while attracting more of the community to get involved!

RFIW 2018 supports to tracks, kinship verification (T1) and family classification (T2). Registration, data downloads, information on protocols, and submissions are handled through Codalab: See https://competitions.codalab.org/competitions/17685 (T1) and https://competitions.codalab.org/competitions/17973 (T2).

Note the data has been updated since RFIW 2017 (https://web.northeastern.edu/smilelab/RFIW2017/), so be sure to download via Codalab upon registering. We are still using the Families In the Wild (FIW) dataset, just the latest and greatest version (i.e., extended and cleaned up).

Of course, sharing of this message is both welcome and appreciated!

Thank you very much, and do let us know if you have any questions.

Important dates:
Submissions due: February 10, 2018
Notebook papers due: February 25, 2018
Winners are announced: March 1, 2018
FG main conference (Xi'an China): May 15-19, 2018


Sincerely,


RFIW 2018 Organizing Committee



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Joseph Robinson
Ph.D. Candidate— SMILE Lab
Northeastern University
Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
Email: robinson.jo@husky.neu.edu
Website: http://www.jrobsvision.com
Cell: (978) 918-2701