June 3rd, 2025 
Daniela Lopez de Luise We are pleased to announce the 2025 International Challenge on Performance Evaluation of Tracking and Surveillance (PETS2025), which will take place in conjunction with the IEEE International Conference on Advanced Visual and Signal-Based Systems (AVSS 2025). The focus of PETS2025 challenge is multi-authority, multi-sensor maritime border surveillance, and it comprises the following three tasks:
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Object Detection: Detecting and classifying targets (vessels, vehicles, and people) in maritime and coastal environments using multi-platform, multi-spectral sensors (e.g., RGB, SWIR, UV, and Thermal from ground sensors and UAVs).
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Long-term Multi-Target Tracking: Tracking multiple targets across diverse terrains.
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Geolocation Approximation: Estimating the geolocations of specific targets using UAV imagery and telemetry data alone.
The deadline for submitting challenge results is 15th June 2025. All participating teams will be invited to co-author a joint challenge summary paper, which will be published at AVSS 2025. Note that only the Object Detection task is mandatory; the other two tasks are optional.
Further details can be found on the official challenge website: pets2025.net
We would be very grateful if you would consider participating or kindly help us disseminate this invitation within your network.
If you require further information, please let me know.
Thank you for your time and consideration.
Sincerely,
Thanet Markchom
Postdoctoral Research Assistant
Computer Vision Group
University of Reading
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