2025 International Challenge on Performance Evaluation of Tracking and Surveillance (PETS2025) Call for Papers

 We are pleased to announce the 2025 International Challenge on
 Performance Evaluation of Tracking and Surveillance (PETS2025), which
 will take place in conjunction with the IEEE International Conference
 on Advanced Visual and Signal-Based Systems (AVSS 2025). The focus of
 PETS2025 challenge is multi-authority, multi-sensor maritime border
 surveillance, and it comprises the following three tasks:

    Object Detection: Detecting and classifying targets (vessels,
    vehicles, and people) in maritime and coastal environments using
    multi-platform, multi-spectral sensors (e.g., RGB, SWIR, UV, and
    Thermal from ground sensors and UAVs).
   
    Long-term Multi-Target Tracking: Tracking multiple targets across
    diverse terrains.

    Geolocation Approximation: Estimating the geolocations of specific
    targets using UAV imagery and telemetry data alone.


The deadline for submitting challenge results is 15th June 2025. All
participating teams will be invited to co-author a joint challenge
summary paper, which will be published at AVSS 2025. Note that only
the Object Detection task is mandatory; the other two tasks are
optional.

Further details can be found on the official challenge website:
pets2025.net

We would be very grateful if you would consider participating or
kindly help us disseminate this invitation within your network.

If you require further information, please let me know.

Thank you for your time and consideration.

Sincerely,
Thanet Markchom
Postdoctoral Research Assistant
Computer Vision Group
University of Reading