TRECVID 2018 guidelines

Tentative Schedule

The following are the target dates for 2018:

  25. Jan
• NIST sends out Call for Participation in TRECVID 2018

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   1. Mar
• Final versions of TRECVID 2017 papers due at NIST
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   1. Apr
• Final Guidelines for TRECVID 2018 complete
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   2. Apr
• Applications for participation in TRECVID 2018 due at NIST
   15. Apr
• Draft evaluation plan for the new pilot task SM_KBP is available
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   1. May
• LNK: Development data release

  6. May
• INS: Instance search topics available from NIST
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   1. Jun
• LNK: Test anchors release

  4. Jun
• INS: Submission webpage open (trial submissions highly recommended)

 11. Jun
• AVS: Ad-hoc video search topics available from NIST

 17. Jun
• INS: Instance search submissions due at NIST by NOON Washington, DC time

 15. Jun - 15. Aug
• ActEV: Evaluation period

 25. Jun - 16. Jul
• INS: Instance search assessment at NIST


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  9. Jul
• AVS: Submission webpage open (trial submissions highly recommended)

 13. Jul
• VTT: Testing data available from NIST

 23. Jul
• AVS: Submissions due at NIST for evaluation by NOON, Washington, DC time

 27. Jul
• INS: Instance search task results returned


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  1. Aug
• VTT: Submission webpage open (trial submissions highly recommended)
• TRECVID Workshop registration and general information available

  12. Aug - 19. Aug
• SM-KBP: Task 1a Evaluation (Given data stream; output KEs)

  1. Aug - 23. Aug
• AVS: Ad-hoc Video Search assessment at NIST

 13. Aug
• VTT: Submissions due at NIST by NOON Washington, DC time
• LNK: Submission webpage open (trial submissions highly recommended)

 26. Aug
• LNK: Final submissions due at NIST by NOON Washington, DC time

 30. Aug
• AVS: Evaluation results returned

 31. Aug
• VTT: Evaluation results returned

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  10. Sep - 20. Sep
• SM-KBP: Task 1a Apply queries

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  1. Oct
• LNK: Evaluation results returned to participants

   2. Oct
• Speaker proposals due at NIST by noon Washington, DC time

  15. Oct
• Workshop Agenda (tentative) available
• Workshop Agenda available

  29. Oct
• Workshop notebook papers due at NIST by NOON Washington, DC time (no late submissions allowed)

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  5. Nov
• Copyright forms due back at NIST (see Notebook papers for instructions)

  6. Nov
• TRECVID 2018 Workshop registration closes at 5:00PM Washington, DC time

13 - 15. Nov  (Tue - Thu)
• TRECVID Workshop (2.5 days) at NIST in Gaithersburg, MD, USA
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  1. Mar 2019
• Final versions of TRECVID 2018 papers due at NIST