Challenge submissions
Tracking algorithms submitted to one or more of the four VOTS2026 sub-challenges for evaluation on benchmark datasets.
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VOTS2026 Challenge 2026
Fourth Visual Object Tracking Segmentation VOTS2026 Challenge
Sep 09 2026Official conference site Site reachable
The VOTS2026 Challenge is the 14th annual benchmarking event organized by the VOT initiative, held in conjunction with ECCV2026 in Malmö, Sweden. It features four sub-challenges focused on advanced video object tracking and segmentation tasks, including general tracking, transforming objects, point tracking, and referring expression tracking, with refreshed datasets and new benchmarks to evaluate state-of-the-art methods.
Key deadlines
Verified September 9, 2026Full paper
August 12, 2026
AoE
Conference timeline
Submission and decisions
Full paperKey deadline
August 12, 2026 · AoE
Paper fit
Contribution paths
A strong submission should clearly identify its contribution and evaluate it appropriately.
Research areas in scope
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VOTS2026 Challenge
Tracking one or more general targets by segmentation over short-term or long-term sequences
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VOTSt2026 Challenge
Tracking general objects undergoing topological transformations (e.g., cutting, disassembling)
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VOTSp2026 Challenge
Tracking several manually defined points in video sequences
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VOTSr2026 Challenge
Segmenting objects in video based on natural language descriptions (referring expression tracking)
Policies worth checking twice
- Results must be submitted by the deadline (June 22, 2026, extended to June 28, 2026)
- Winners will be announced on July 13, 2026
- Winning methods will be presented at the VOTS2026 workshop at ECCV2026
Official sources
Compiled from the official call for papers. The organizers’ pages remain authoritative.
Last verified September 9, 2026