Prizes USD 10,000 in prizes both for the challenge and the demonstration competition! Important dates
Kinect sample dataCall for challenge participation The second round of the challenge started, hosted by Kaggle. The submission deadline is September 10, 2012. First prize: USD 5000, Second prize: USD 3000, Third prize: USD 2000. The prizes are donated by Microsoft (see the rules for the "quantitative evaluation" of the gesture challenge). Microsoft may also offer to license the technology of the winners for up to USD 100,000. Call for KinectTM demonstrations We invite the participants to enter a demonstration competition of applications of gesture recognition with KinectTM. At ICPR 2012, the participants will demonstrate their system and be judged by a panel of experts, who will grade them according to pre-defined criteria:
First prize: USD 5000, Second prize: USD 3000, Third prize: USD 2000. The prizes are donated by Microsoft (see the rules for the "qualitative evaluation" of the gesture challenge). To earn prizes, the participants must use a KinectTM device and the Microsoft SDK. Microsoft may also offer to license the technology of the winners for up to USD 100,000.
Publication The best ranking entrants will be invited to submit a paper in a special topic of the Journal of Machine Learning Research (JMLR) on gesture recognition. The papers will be reprinted as a book in the Challenges in Machine Learning series of Microtome. Organizers Isabelle Guyon, Clopinet, Berkeley, California Vassilis Athitsos, University of Texas at Arlington, Texas, USA <gesture@clopinet.com> |