IEEE SPS 5-Minute Video Clip Contest (5-MICC)
Secure Multimodal Behaviometrics
Call for Video
The Signal Processing Society is pleased to announce the 5-Minute Video Clip Contest (5-MICC) at ICASSP in Rhodes Island in Greece 4-10 June 2023.
The topic chosen this year is multimodal biometrics and behavior analysis, also known as multimodal behavioral biometrics or behaviometrics. Facial biometrics have recently gained popularity thanks to the development of accurate recognition models and the introduction of powerful and compact cameras, such as those in smartphones. Facial motion, though less used, is known to contain behavior information related to age and identity, while speech is a widely used biometric. This competition aims to highlight the potential of signal processing within a multimodal framework to design trustworthy, secured multimodal behaviometrics that can operate in everyday life.
The submitted videos can cover any theoretical and practical aspects of how signal processing can be used to exploit the strong connection between facial dynamics (biometrics + behavior analysis) and speech to develop behaviometrics that are difficult to spoof and can be cancellable if compromised. The scope includes solutions for new multimodal behaviometrics, their applications, and multimodal behaviometrics authentication systems, for example, cancellable biometrics, de-identification techniques, deep-fake video detection, and presentation attack detection.
The 5-Minute Video Clip Contest, called the 5-MICC, is an annual competition at the IEEE ICASSP and ICIP conferences. The competition aims to encourage the signal processing community to explain concepts in an innovative way using a video. The winners will be selected based on the quality of their project, novelty, clarity of presentation, and creativity. The contest is open for submissions from IEEE SPS members, including undergraduate and graduate students of all majors and researchers from all over the world. Each team must be composed of: (i) One faculty member (the Supervisor); (ii) At most one graduate student (the Tutor), and; (iii) At least three but no more than five undergraduates. At least three undergraduate team members must be either IEEE SPS student members or SPS members by the time they submit the full 5-minute video. Full information on the competition can be found in the Official 5-MICC document on the SPS website.
There will be three stages for the call
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Submission of 30-Second Trailers
Submission deadline: March 14, 2023.
Announcement of the best 10 teams: March 19, 2023.Each submission should include a report, in the form of an IEEE conference paper, up to 2 pages, on the main idea/concept of the full video that will be submitted with the related written script. The selected best 10 teams will be identified and invited to send the final 5-minute video to participate in the final competition.
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Submission of the Full 5-Minute Video
Final submission is now closed.Submission deadline: April 9, 2023.
Announcement of the 3 best videos: April 14, 2023.Three finalist teams will be selected by the organizing TC.
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Final Contest at ICASSP 2023 in Rhodes Island, Greece Conference: June 4-10, 2023
The three finalist teams’ 5-minute videos will be available on the ICASSP website, and the conference participants will vote for them until 2-days into the conference. The final ranking will be decided by the judging panel, also taking into account the popular vote. Notification of Winner is announced during the ICASSP conference.
Organizing Committee - Information Forensics and Security Technical Committee:
- Victor Sanchez, University of Warwick, UK
- Tanaya Guha, University of Glasgow, UK
More info and previous 5-MICC
You can find more information on the SPS 5-MICC site.