The Intelligence Advanced
Research Projects Activity (IARPA), within the Office of the Director of
National Intelligence, announced on
March 15 the UG2+ Prize Challenge, a competition that leverages a unique
computer vision dataset of unmanned aerial vehicle, glider, and ground (UG2)
data. This second edition of the challenge aims to advance the analysis of
images collected by small UAVs by improving image restoration and algorithm
performance.
“Last year
this prize challenge showed that this is an active area of research, but that
the problem is still unsolved,” said IARPA Program Manager Lars Ericson.
“This second iteration aims to further engage the community to advance
techniques needed to aid analysts in processing and understanding the large amounts
of imagery they receive on a daily basis.”
IARPA is
conducting this challenge to invite the broader research community of industry
and academia, both domestic and international, to participate in a convenient,
efficient, and non-contractual way. The registration period officially runs
until April 1, 2019. Participants should submit their algorithms for evaluation
to IARPA’s challenge partner, the University of Notre Dame. Winners will be
announced in May 2019. The most successful and innovative teams will be invited
to present at a workshop at the 2019 Institute of Electrical and Electronic
Engineers Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition Conference.
To learn more about the UG2+ Prize Challenge, including rules, criteria, and eligibility requirements, visit http://www.ug2challenge.org/. For updates, follow @IARPAnews on Twitter and join the conversation using #iarpaUG2. For any questions, please contact at dni-iarpa-ug2-challenge@iarpa.gov.
Source: ODNI
By Loren Blinde
March 18, 2019
