ramimarinerobots/virtual-competition2022 repository overview

⁠1st RAMI Cascade Campaign for Marine Robots

It is our pleasure to announce the first edition of METRICS RAMI Cascade Evaluation Campaign for Marine Robots. This competition will take place fully virtually using data generated during previous RAMI campaigns. The competition is open to everyone all around the world and is led by NATO STO CMRE (Centre for Maritime Research and Experimentation, La Spezia, Italy), one of the reference research centres in Europe devoted to marine robotics technologies.

⁠Description of the Cascade Evaluation Campaign for Marine Robots

METRICS RAMI Cascade Evaluation Campaign for Marine Robots will focus on the classification, identification and localization of Object of Potential Interest (OPIs) in underwater images. A training dataset containing OPI images will be proposed to teams to support the development of classification, identification and OPI localization software. The developed software will then be applied by the Organizing Committee (OC) to a test set of OPI images to produce the scoring for each team and the consequent ranking.

⁠Call for participation

To enter the competition, applicant teams must send an e-mail to the Organizing Committee at [email protected]⁠ expressing their intention to participate containing the following information:

Team Details:

• Team Name.
• Institution/Company.
• Team Logo (optional).
• Team website/social media (if any).
• Name of team leader.
• Picture of team leader.
• When the team was established (year).
• Team Description (including names and nationalities of the team members). Brief CVs of the team members (please attach a pdf).

Contact Details (will not be published):

• Team E-Mail.
• Address
• Phone

The OC will reply the team leader stating that the team has become an official RAMI entry.

A full details about the competition are available at the following link⁠.

⁠Important dates

• 6th May 2022 - The Docker images with the training set will be available for downloading on Docker Hub. Official RAMI entries can then upload their images.

• 10th September 2022 – Deadline for teams to register to the competition.

• 30th October 2022 – Deadline for uploading the Docker images by teams. By that time, each team has to clearly indicate to the Organizing Committee which is the official Docker image to be evaluated.

⁠Contacts

Official information concerning rules, interpretations, and information about the competition can be found on METRICS website, or you can contact us at [email protected]⁠.

Once one team becomes an official RAMI entry, the team leader will serve as the primary point of contact with the OC.