Important dates:
- Feb 1, 2017 : Website online
- Feb 1, 2017 : Registration Open
- Feb 20, 2017: Sample dataset available
March 15, March 24, April 14
April 21, 2017: Training dataset availableMarch 25, April 3, April 21
April 28 2017: Validation dataset availableMarch 31, April 15, May 1
June 30, 2017: Registration closesApril 5, April 18, May 5,
June 30, 2017: Submission of systemsApril 7, April 20, May 10,
May 20, 2017: Test dataset availableApril 10, April 24, May 17,
June 30, 2017: Submission of results
Latest News
- Feb 1, 2017 : Website online, registration open
- Feb 20, 2017 : Sample Dataset available
- March 15, 2017 : Deadline extension
- March 31, 2017 : Following the extension of the ICDAR2017 full paper submission deadline, the training dataset will now be available on 14th April 2017 to the registered participants
- April 21, 2017 : The training dataset is now available to the registered participants
- April 30, 2017 : The validation dataset is now available to the registered participants
- May 29, 2017 : The test dataset is available after system submission
- May 29, 2017 : Competition deadline extend
Description
The competition aims to find generic algorithms/system for identifying video scripts irrespective of the scripts being considered. General objective of the competition is to evaluate the recently proposed method on script identification.
The following scripts will be considered for the competition.
1. English (Eng),
2. Hindi (Hin),
3. Bengali (Ben),
4. Oriya (Ori),
5. Gujrathi (Guj),
6. Punjabi (Pun),
7. Kannada (Kan),
8. Tamil (Tam),
9. Telugu (Tel),
10. Arabic (Arb),
11. Malayalam (Mam),
12. Chinese (Chi),
13. Thai (Tha),
14. Japanese (Jap), and
15. Korean (Kor).
The competition will be organized into six different tasks for identifying scripts from various combinations:
Task 1:
Identifying scripts from (Combinations of three scripts, keeping English and Hindi in all combinations), based on their use in the Indian sub-continent.
Task 2:
Identifying scripts (Combinations of three scripts, keeping English in all combinations with Chinese, Korean, Japanese and Thai), based on their use in south Asia.
Task 3:
Combination of scripts used in north India.
Task 4:
Combination of scripts used in south India.
Task 5:
Combination of Roman and Oriental scripts.
Task 6:
Combination of all the fifteen scripts.
Participants in any one or multiple task are welcome.