We are excited to invite you to participate in the Signal Processing Challenge “Gas source localization from real-world spatial in-situ concentration and wind measurements” at the upcoming IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP 2025).
This Signal Processing Challenge is organized jointly by the German Aerospace Center (DLR) and Technical University of Munich (TUM). It focuses specifically on the Gas Source Localization problem using data collected with high spatial resolution in a wind tunnel under controlled conditions. The Challenge is designed to stimulate innovative solutions and foster collaboration among different groups of experts in order to advance robotic olfaction and associated autonomous robotic exploration techniques – highly relevant yet challenging problems in the context of gas source localization, environmental monitoring, and civil security, to name only a few.
Why participate? Well, there are many reasons, with the most important ones being:
- 1. You will be the first to get access to a new high-resolution 3D gas and wind sensing data set!
- 2. You can present your team work to a global audience of experts and industry leaders at the ICASSP 2025 conference!
- 3. You can engage with fellow researchers and practitioners, fostering valuable connections!
- 4. You can compete to gain recognition for your innovative gas source localization solution!
How to participate in the Challenge?
To participate in the challenge, you need to register yourself or your team. To do that you can either send an email to challenge2025.gsl@gmail.com and request a registration providing the following information:
1. First and Last Name,
2. Contact email,
3. Organization/Institution name and address,
4. as well as your position in the organization/team
Alternatively, you can also register yourself by requesting an access to the data set through the IEEE DataPort website by following one of these links:
1. Permalink: http://ieee-dataport.org/competitions/icassp-2025-sp-grand-challenge-gas-source-localization-real-world-spatial-situ
2. DOI Link: https://dx.doi.org/10.21227/x0sf-ad36
3. Short Link: http://ieee-dataport.org/13402
Once registered, you will receive a confirmation email and will be able to download the files. You will also receive an invitation to the PIAZZA-website (https://piazza.com/) – a challenge website that has been specifically prepared to support all challenge-related discussions. You can ask questions, discuss problems and clarify aspects related to this challenge and the data set.
Key Dates for the challenge
| Registration for the challenge deadline | 31.08.2024 |
| Release of training data set | 05.08.2024 |
| Release of validation data set | 11.11.2024 |
| Deadline for submission of the trained models and the test codes | 18.11.2024 |
| Announcement of the rankings | 25.11.2024 |
| 2-page Papers Due (by invitation only) | 09.12.2024 |
| Notification (2-page Paper) | 30.12.2024 |
| Camera-ready 2-page papers due | 13.01.2025 |
For any questions or further information, please do not hesitate to contact us at challenge2025.gsl@gmail.com
We look forward to your participation and to the groundbreaking contributions you will bring to the Signal Processing Challenge at ICASSP 2025.
Best regards,
Dmitriy Shutin (DLR) and Achim Lilienthal (TUM)