Timetable

• Challenge Registration and Dry run period**: Janurary 15 ~ May 1, 2022
• Final Submissions: April 30 ~ May 1, 2022 (GMT+0 or UTC) (one-day only)
• Winner & Runner-ups Code Submission (see guidelines below): May 4, 2022 (GMT+0 or UTC)
• Winner Announcement: May 25, 2022

** Dry-run phase: A set of dry-run (validation) data is provided for debugging purpose only. This set is provided just to validate your prediction format (so you can work with our final testing in the end). The Top-1 Accuracy on this set is NOT accurate. Feedback are provided on this dry-run (validation) set only.

Prizes

• Object detection in haze:
  • Winner (1st): $1500
  • Runner-up (2nd): $1000
  • Runner-up (3rd): $700

For a total of about $3K awarded in prizes.

Submission Process

To avoid inconvenience during the competition, and to ensure a smooth submission process, please follow the following guidelines carefully.

• Submission format (before winner validation): A zipfile containing a single "result.txt" file generated by the provided evaluation tool and all processed hot-air turbulence image results. A sample submission file can be found here.
• Codalab pages: Codalab Link
• After creating an account or logging into an existing account, please go to the User Settings by clicking on your icon on the top right corner. Then in the "Competition settings" section, fill in the "Team name" with your Team Name as registered in the Registration Form.
• The "Team Name" in the Submission page should match the Team Name as registered in the Registration Form.
• Test images: downloadable April 30 (GMT+0 00:00) ~ May 1 (GMT+0 00:00).
• Teams with Top-3 on the final testing Codalab leaderboard would go through a winner validation and confirmation process, Details would be provided at a later date.

If you have any questions about this challenge track please feel free to email cvpr2022.ug2challenge@gmail.com

Winner Validation and Confirmation Process

Teams with Top-3 on the final testing Codalab leaderboard would be required to submit their code for the winner validation and confirmation process. Please pack all the required items into one single .zip file and sent it (or the link) to cvpr2022.ug2challenge@gmail.com. The required items are as follow:

1. Your code and trained weight of your model that could lead to the result shown in the learderboard. You should also provide a script to run the testing process on the final testing stage data. Please include any necessary instructions and requirements to run the code. We will reproduce your result using the submitted pre-trained model.
2. The configuration of the simulator used to generate the training data. This can be in the form of a python script, or text descriptions.
3. A complete description of your method used in this challenge.
4. A description (or link) of ground truth data used for simulating the training data.
5. A description of external data used, if any.

Rules

Read carefully the following guidelines before submitting. Methods not complying with the guidelines will be disqualified.

• We encourage participants to use the provided training and validation data for each task, as well as to make use of their own data or data from other sources for training. However the use any form of annotation or use of any of the provided benchmarks test sets for either supervised or unsupervised training is strictly forbidden.
• Team name of submissions on Codalab must match the registration information. Any submission with a team name not registered will not be qualified for prizes. Only a single submission per team can be the winner of a single sub-track of this sub-challenge. Changes in algorithm parameters do not constitute a different method, all parameter tuning must be conducted using the dataset provided and any additional data the participants consider appropriate.

Eligibility

• Foreign Nationals and International Developers: All Developers can participate with this exception: residents of, Iran, Cuba, North Korea, Crimea Region of Ukraine, Sudan or Syria or other countries prohibited on the U.S. State Department’s State Sponsors of Terrorism list. In addition, Developers are not eligible to participate if they are on the Specially Designated National list promulgated and amended, from time to time, by the United States Department of the Treasury. It is the responsibility of the Developer to ensure that they are allowed to export their technology solution to the United States for the Live Test. Additionally, it is the responsibility of participants to ensure that no US law export control restrictions would prevent them from participating when foreign nationals are involved. If there are US export control concerns, please contact the organizers and we will attempt to make reasonable accommodations if possible.

• If you are entering as a representative of a company, educational institution or other legal entity, or on behalf of your employer, these rules are binding on you, individually, and/or the entity you represent or are an employee. If you are acting within the scope of your employment, as an employee, contractor, or agent of another party, you warrant that such party has full knowledge of your actions and has consented thereto, including your potential receipt of a prize. You further warrant that your actions do not violate your employer’s or entity’s policies and procedures.

• The organizers reserve the right to verify eligibility and to adjudicate on any dispute at any time. If you provide any false information relating to the prize challenge concerning your identity, email address, ownership of right, or information required for entering the prize challenge, you may be immediately disqualified from the challenge.

• Accounts. For the final testing phase, you may make submissions only under one, unique registration per team. Submission should be made such that the "Team Name" field in Codalab and the "Team Name" as shown in the "Results" tab matches your team name in the registration. You will be disqualified if you make submissions for your final testing phase through more than one registration or if your team name cannot be found in the registration or if your team name is NOT shown in the "Results" tab. Each TEAM may submit up to ten submissions per day per challenge. For the final winner validation/confirmation process, eligible teams should submit code containing only ONE algorithms per TEAM. Any submissions that does not adhere to this during the testing or winner validation/confirmation process may be subject to disqualification.

The organizers reserve the right to disqualify any participating team for any of the reasons mentioned above and if deemed necessary.

Warranty, indemnity and release

You warrant that your Submission is your own original work and, as such, you are the sole and exclusive owner and rights holder of the Submission, and you have the right to make the Submission and grant all required licenses. You agree not to make any Submission that: (i) infringes any third party proprietary rights, intellectual property rights, industrial property rights, personal or moral rights or any other rights, including without limitation, copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret, privacy, publicity or confidentiality obligations; or (ii) otherwise violates any applicable state or federal law.

To the maximum extent permitted by law, you indemnify and agree to keep indemnified challenge Entities at all times from and against any liability, claims, demands, losses, damages, costs and expenses resulting from any act, default or omission of the entrant and/or a breach of any warranty set forth herein. To the maximum extent permitted by law, you agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless the challenge Entities from and against any and all claims, actions, suits or proceedings, as well as any and all losses, liabilities, damages, costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys fees) arising out of or accruing from: (a) your Submission or other material uploaded or otherwise provided by you that infringes any copyright, trademark, trade secret, trade dress, patent or other intellectual property right of any person or entity, or defames any person or violates their rights of publicity or privacy; (b) any misrepresentation made by you in connection with the challenge; (c) any non-compliance by you with these Rules; (d) claims brought by persons or entities other than the parties to these Rules arising from or related to your involvement with the challenge; and (e) your acceptance, possession, misuse or use of any Prize, or your participation in the challenge and any challenge-related activity.

You hereby release organizers from any liability associated with: (a) any malfunction or other problem with the challenge Website; (b) any error in the collection, processing, or retention of any Submission; or (c) any typographical or other error in the printing, offering or announcement of any Prize or winners.

Competition Framework

The Participant has requested permission to use the dataset and the simulator as compiled by Purdue University. In exchange for such permission, Participant hereby agrees to the following terms and conditions:

• Purdue University makes no representations or warranties regarding the Dataset and simulator, including but not limited to warranties of non-infringement or fitness for a particular purpose.

• Pre-trained models are allowed in the competition.

• Participants are not restricted to train their algorithms on the provided training set. Collecting and training on additional data is encouraged.

Contact

If you have any questions about this challenge track please feel free to email cvpr2022.ug2challenge@gmail.com