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Satellite Image
Reference: Building Extraction
FIGURE 3. An example of joint building extraction and height estimation.
approaches. To enter the test phase, participants submit a
short description of the used approach by 28 February 2023.
The test phase is allocated during 7-13 March. The test phase
is kept short to ensure an objective and fair comparison
among methods. After the final check of the submitted classification
and height maps, comparing them with the undisclosed
ground truth for testing, winners are announced on
28 March 2023. The evaluation server will be reopened after
the winners' announcement for further development in the
field (see " Using the Data and Joining the Image Analysis
and Data Fusion Technical Committee " ).
More information regarding data download and registration
to the evaluation server can be found at the IADF TC
website
(https://www.grss-ieee.org/technical-committees/
image-analysis-and-data-fusion/?tab=data-fusion-contest).
Questions and comments on the data and the contest can
be submitted to the IADF TC LinkedIn group (https://
www.linkedin.com/groups/3678437/). Updates about the
contest will also be published via the IADF Twitter channel
(https://twitter.com/GrssIadf).
Using the Data and Joining the Image Analysis and Data
Fusion Technical Committee
The data of DFC23 will remain available to the GRSS community for benchmarking
algorithms and publishing research works. The data are usable free of
charge for scientific purposes, but the Contest Terms and Conditions on the
contest webpage remain applicable. Please read them carefully at https://www.
grss-ieee.org/technical-committees/image-analysis-and-data -fusion/?tab=data
-fusion-contest.
You can contact the IADF TC chairs at iadf_chairs@grss-ieee.org. If you are
interested in joining the IADF TC, please fill in the form on our website at
https://www.grss-ieee.org/technical-committees/image-analysis-and-data
-fusion. Members receive information regarding research and applications on
image analysis and data fusion topics as well as updates on the annual DFC and
on all other activities of the IADF TC. Membership in the IADF TC is free! Also,
you can join the LinkedIn IEEE GRSS Data Fusion Discussion Forum (https://
www.linkedin.com/groups/3678437/) and Twitter channel (https://twitter.com/
GrssIadf).
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AWARDEES, AWARDS, AND PRIZES
The first- to fourth-ranked teams in each track will be
declared as winners. The authors of the winning submissions
will: 1) present their approach in an invited session
dedicated to the DFC23 at IGARSS 2023; 2) publish their
manuscripts in the proceedings of IGARSS 2023; and 3)
be awarded IEEE Certificates of Recognition. The first-,
second-, and third-ranked teams of each track will receive
US$5,000, US$2,000, and US$1,000, respectively, as cash
prizes. The authors of the first- and second-ranked teams
of each track will coauthor a journal article that will summarize
the outcome of the DFC23 and will be submitted
with open access to the IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in
Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing (JSTARS).
Top-ranked teams will be awarded during IGARSS 2023,
Pasadena, CA, USA, in July 2023. The costs for openaccess
publication in JSTARS will be supported by the
GRSS. The winning team prize is kindly sponsored by the
organizing partners.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
The IADF TC chairs would like to thank the Aerospace Information
Research Institute under the Chinese Academy
of Sciences, the Universität der Bundeswehr München, and
GEOVIS Earth Technology Co., Ltd. for providing the data
and the IEEE GRSS for continuously supporting the annual
DFC through funding and resources.
REFERENCES
[1] N. Yokoya et al., " Open data for global multimodal land
use classification: Outcome of the 2017 IEEE GRSS data
fusion contest, " IEEE J. Sel. Topics Appl. Earth Observ. Remote
Sens., vol. 11, no. 5, pp. 1363-1377, May 2018, doi: 10.1109/
JSTARS.2018.2799698.
[2] Y. Xu et al., " Advanced multi-sensor optical remote sensing
for urban land use and land cover classification:
Outcome of the 2018 IEEE GRSS data fusion contest, "
IEEE J. Sel. Topics Appl. Earth Observ. Remote Sens., vol. 12,
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