Challenge Paper
Submissions presenting methods developed for the MPDD-AVG 2026 challenge, to be reviewed and published in the ACM MM 2026 proceedings.
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MPDD-AVG 2026
MPDD-AVG Challenge: Multimodal Personality-Aware Depression Detection via Audio-Visual Interview and Gait Analysis
Jun 01 2026Official conference site Site reachable
MPDD-AVG 2026 is a multimodal challenge at ACM Multimedia 2026 focused on personality-aware depression detection using audio-visual interviews and gait analysis from wearable sensors. It features two age-diverse datasets (young adults and elderly) with rich annotations including Big Five personality traits, demographics, and health conditions, encouraging models that account for inter-individual heterogeneity in depressive symptomatology.
Key deadlines
Verified September 9, 2026Full paper
June 26, 2026
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Submission and decisions
Full paperKey deadline
June 26, 2026 · AoE
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Contribution paths
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Research areas in scope
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Tracks & Sub-tracks
Audio-Visual Interview-based Depression DetectionGait Analysis via IMU Wearable for Depression DetectionPersonality-Aware Modeling with Big Five-10 TraitsAge-Diverse Depression Detection (Young Adults)Age-Diverse Depression Detection (Elderly)Multimodal Fusion of Interview and Gait Data
Policies worth checking twice
- Paper submission deadline is June 25, 2026, 23:59 AoE
- Reproducibility evaluation deadline is June 20, 2026
- Results submission deadline is June 1, 2026 (GMT+8)
- Registration closes on May 1, 2026
- Dataset and baseline code are publicly released for challenge participation
Official sources
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Last verified September 9, 2026