3nd Workshop on Computer Vision for Winter Sports (CV4WS) Call for Papers

3nd WORKSHOP ON COMPUTER VISION FOR WINTER SPORTS (CV4WS) 
in conjunction with the
IEEE/CVF Winter Conference on Applications of Computer Vision (WACV) 2025
 https://wacv2025.thecvf.com/


WORKSHOP WEBSITE 

https://sites.google.com/unitn.it/cv4ws-wacv2025

TOPICS

We invite submissions to our WACV 2025 workshop on computer vision in
winter and mountain sports, including disciplines like skiing,
bobsleigh, climbing, and downhill biking. These sports capture massive
viewership and participation globally, yet pose unique challenges for
computer vision due to fast motion, harsh environments, and real-time
processing demands.

Our workshop aims to advance visual analysis and enhance spectator
experiences through cutting-edge research. Topics of interest include
athlete pose estimation, performance analysis, injury prevention,
augmented reality for fan engagement, and robust methods for
challenging weather conditions. We welcome contributions on
algorithmic approaches, fusion of visual data with other sensors, and
new datasets/benchmarks in these domains.


Research papers are solicited in, but not limited to, the following topic areas:

    Machine learning solutions for video understanding or activity recognition regarding winter and mountain sports
    Pose estimation of athletes
    Evaluation and measurement of athlete performance
    Performance forecasting
    Detection/evaluation/prevention of injuries in winter sports with computer vision
    Crowd and spectators monitoring
    Augmented/virtual reality for winter sports and fan engagement
    Applications of computer vision/AI to winter sports (skiing, ice-hockey, ice-skating, biathlon, bobsleigh, luge, curling, etc.)
    Image/video understanding in winter/harsh weather conditions
    Camera pose estimation in broadcast videos
    Video-based trajectory reconstruction and analysis
    Winter scene reconstruction from images/videos
    Snow/ice measurements and analysis with computer vision
    Real-time processing algorithms
    Fusion of image/video data and other sensor data
    Datasets, benchmarks and annotations of winter sport data



SUBMISSIONS

There are two submission tracks: FULL PAPERS and EXTENDED ABSTRACTS.

Full paper submissions should propose comprehensive and well-validated
solutions, and adhere to the guidelines of standard WACV 2025
submissions (max 8 pages + references). Accepted full papers will be
published under the WACV 2025 workshop proceedings and included in
IEEE Xplore.

Extended abstracts should be max 4 pages in length (including tables,
figures and references) and can describe novel but not extensively
validated ideas, ongoing works, or be recaps of recently published
papers (either journal or conference). The accepted abstracts will be
published under an arXiv compendium.

All submissions should be compiled for double-blind review, adopt the
standard WACV 2025 template (Overleaf template, ZIP Archive), and be
submitted via the workshop's CMT platform:
https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/CV4WS2025

We plan to invite a selection of authors, along with a summary paper
featuring submissions to the SkiTB challenge, to contribute to a
special issue in a prestigious journal. This special issue will
encompass broader topics in sports science and technology.

THE SKITB CHALLENGE

The team at the University of Udine has recently unveiled SkiTB, a
 large dataset for computer vision research in skiing. For the
 workshop, such a dataset will be exploited to organize a visual
 tracking challenge through a dedicated research competition platform
 (e.g. CodaLab).  Challenge participants will be required to submit a
 report presenting their solution. A collection of the best reports
 will be included in a future special issue.  The best performing
 teams will be invited to present their solutions to the workshop's
 attendees.

    Opening challenge date: 01 December 2024
    Deadline for submissions: 31 January 2025
    Technical report submission: 07 February 2025


Challenge page:
https://sites.google.com/unitn.it/cv4ws-wacv2025/skitb-challenge?authuser=0


IMPORTANT DATES

Important dates for full paper submissions:

    22 November 2024, 2022 23:59 PST: full paper submission due
    December 18, 2024: notification to authors of full paper submissions
    January 10, 2025 23:59 PST: full paper camera-ready papers due



Important dates for extended abstract submissions:
    December 20, 2024 23:59 PST: extended abstract due
    January 10, 2025: notification to authors of extended abstract submissions
    January 31, 2025 23:59 PST: extended abstract camera-ready papers due 

Workshop date:

    February 28 or March 3 or 4, 2025

ORGANIZERS
Dr. Niccolò Bisagno, University of Trento, Italy
Dr. Matteo Dunnhofer, University of Udine, Italy
Dr. Katja Ludwig, University of Augsburg, Germany
Prof. Hideki Koike, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
Prof. Christian Micheloni, University of Udine, Italy
Prof. Nicola Conci, University of Trento, Italy