The Seventh Visual Object Tracking VOT2019 Challenge Results

Matej Kristan, Amanda Berg, Linyu Zheng, Litu Rout, Luc Van Gool, Luca Bertinetto, Martin Danelljan, Matteo Dunnhofer, Meng Ni, Min Young Kim, Ming Tang, Ming-Hsuan Yang, Abdelrahman Eldesokey, Naveen Paluru, Niki Martinel, Pengfei Xu, Pengfei Zhang, Pengkun Zheng, Pengyu Zhang, Philip H. S. Torr, Qi Zhang, Qiang Wang, Qing Guo, Radu Timofte, Jani Käpylä, Rama Krishna Sai Subrahmanyam Gorthi, Richard M. Everson, Ruize Han, Ruohan Zhang, Shan You, Shao-Chuan Zhao, Shengwei Zhao, Shihu Li, Shikun Li, Shiming Ge, Gustavo Fernández, Shuai Bai, Shuosen Guan, Tengfei Xing, Tianyang Xu, Tianyu Yang, Ting Zhang, Tomás Vojír, Wei Feng, Weiming Hu, Weizhao Wang, Abel Gonzalez-Garcia, Wenjie Tang, Wenjun Zeng, Wenyu Liu, Xi Chen, Xi Qiu, Xiang Bai, Xiao-Jun Wu, Xiaoyun Yang, Xier Chen, Xin Li, Alireza Memarmoghadam, Xing Sun, Xingyu Chen, Xinmei Tian, Xu Tang, Xuefeng Zhu, Yan Huang, Yanan Chen, Yanchao Lian, Yang Gu, Yang Liu, Andong Lu, Yanjie Chen, Yi Zhang, Yinda Xu, Yingming Wang, Yingping Li, Yu Zhou, Yuan Dong, Yufei Xu, Yunhua Zhang, Yunkun Li, Anfeng He, Zeyu Wang, Zhao Luo, Zhaoliang Zhang, Zhenhua Feng, Zhenyu He, Zhichao Song, Zhihao Chen, Zhipeng Zhang, Zhirong Wu, Zhiwei Xiong, Zhongjian Huang, Anton Varfolomieiev, Zhu Teng, Zihan Ni, Antoni B. Chan, Jirí Matas, Ardhendu Shekhar Tripathi, Arnold W. M. Smeulders, Bala Suraj Pedasingu, Bao Xin Chen, Baopeng Zhang, Baoyuan Wu, Bi Li, Bin He, Bin Yan, Bing Bai, Ales Leonardis, Bing Li, Bo Li, Byeong Hak Kim, Chao Ma, Chen Fang, Chen Qian, Cheng Chen, Chenglong Li, Chengquan Zhang, Chi-Yi Tsai, Michael Felsberg, Chong Luo, Christian Micheloni, Chunhui Zhang, Dacheng Tao, Deepak Gupta, Dejia Song, Dong Wang, Efstratios Gavves, Eunu Yi, Fahad Shahbaz Khan, Roman P. Pflugfelder, Fangyi Zhang, Fei Wang, Fei Zhao, George De Ath, Goutam Bhat, Guangqi Chen, Guangting Wang, Guoxuan Li, Hakan Cevikalp, Hao Du, Joni-Kristian Kämäräinen, Haojie Zhao, Hasan Saribas, Ho Min Jung, Hongliang Bai, Hongyuan Yu, Houwen Peng, Huchuan Lu, Hui Li, Jiakun Li, Luka Cehovin Zajc, Jianhua Li, Jianlong Fu, Jie Chen, Jie Gao, Jie Zhao, Jin Tang, Jing Li, Jingjing Wu, Jingtuo Liu, Jinqiao Wang, Ondrej Drbohlav, Jinqing Qi, Jinyue Zhang, John K. Tsotsos, Jong Hyuk Lee, Joost van de Weijer, Josef Kittler, Jun Ha Lee, Junfei Zhuang, Kangkai Zhang, Kangkang Wang, Alan Lukezic, Kenan Dai, Lei Chen, Lei Liu, Leida Guo, Li Zhang, Liang Wang, Liangliang Wang, Lichao Zhang, Lijun Wang, Lijun Zhou

Abstract

The Visual Object Tracking challenge VOT2019 is the seventh annual tracker benchmarking activity organized by the VOT initiative. Results of 81 trackers are presented; many are state-of-the-art trackers published at major computer vision conferences or in journals in the recent years. The evaluation included the standard VOT and other popular methodologies for short-term tracking analysis as well as the standard VOT methodology for long-term tracking analysis. The VOT2019 challenge was composed of five challenges focusing on different tracking domains: (i) VOTST2019 challenge focused on short-term tracking in RGB, (ii) VOT-RT2019 challenge focused on "real-time" shortterm tracking in RGB, (iii) VOT-LT2019 focused on longterm tracking namely coping with target disappearance and reappearance. Two new challenges have been introduced: (iv) VOT-RGBT2019 challenge focused on short-term tracking in RGB and thermal imagery and (v) VOT-RGBD2019 challenge focused on long-term tracking in RGB and depth imagery. The VOT-ST2019, VOT-RT2019 and VOT-LT2019 datasets were refreshed while new datasets were introduced for VOT-RGBT2019 and VOT-RGBD2019. The VOT toolkit has been updated to support both standard shortterm, long-term tracking and tracking with multi-channel imagery. Performance of the tested trackers typically by far exceeds standard baselines. The source code for most of the trackers is publicly available from the VOT page. The dataset, the evaluation kit and the results are publicly available at the challenge website.

Cite

Text

Kristan et al. "The Seventh Visual Object Tracking VOT2019 Challenge Results." IEEE/CVF International Conference on Computer Vision Workshops, 2019. doi:10.1109/ICCVW.2019.00276

Markdown

[Kristan et al. "The Seventh Visual Object Tracking VOT2019 Challenge Results." IEEE/CVF International Conference on Computer Vision Workshops, 2019.](https://mlanthology.org/iccvw/2019/kristan2019iccvw-seventh/) doi:10.1109/ICCVW.2019.00276

BibTeX

@inproceedings{kristan2019iccvw-seventh,
  title     = {{The Seventh Visual Object Tracking VOT2019 Challenge Results}},
  author    = {Kristan, Matej and Berg, Amanda and Zheng, Linyu and Rout, Litu and Van Gool, Luc and Bertinetto, Luca and Danelljan, Martin and Dunnhofer, Matteo and Ni, Meng and Kim, Min Young and Tang, Ming and Yang, Ming-Hsuan and Eldesokey, Abdelrahman and Paluru, Naveen and Martinel, Niki and Xu, Pengfei and Zhang, Pengfei and Zheng, Pengkun and Zhang, Pengyu and Torr, Philip H. S. and Zhang, Qi and Wang, Qiang and Guo, Qing and Timofte, Radu and Käpylä, Jani and Gorthi, Rama Krishna Sai Subrahmanyam and Everson, Richard M. and Han, Ruize and Zhang, Ruohan and You, Shan and Zhao, Shao-Chuan and Zhao, Shengwei and Li, Shihu and Li, Shikun and Ge, Shiming and Fernández, Gustavo and Bai, Shuai and Guan, Shuosen and Xing, Tengfei and Xu, Tianyang and Yang, Tianyu and Zhang, Ting and Vojír, Tomás and Feng, Wei and Hu, Weiming and Wang, Weizhao and Gonzalez-Garcia, Abel and Tang, Wenjie and Zeng, Wenjun and Liu, Wenyu and Chen, Xi and Qiu, Xi and Bai, Xiang and Wu, Xiao-Jun and Yang, Xiaoyun and Chen, Xier and Li, Xin and Memarmoghadam, Alireza and Sun, Xing and Chen, Xingyu and Tian, Xinmei and Tang, Xu and Zhu, Xuefeng and Huang, Yan and Chen, Yanan and Lian, Yanchao and Gu, Yang and Liu, Yang and Lu, Andong and Chen, Yanjie and Zhang, Yi and Xu, Yinda and Wang, Yingming and Li, Yingping and Zhou, Yu and Dong, Yuan and Xu, Yufei and Zhang, Yunhua and Li, Yunkun and He, Anfeng and Wang, Zeyu and Luo, Zhao and Zhang, Zhaoliang and Feng, Zhenhua and He, Zhenyu and Song, Zhichao and Chen, Zhihao and Zhang, Zhipeng and Wu, Zhirong and Xiong, Zhiwei and Huang, Zhongjian and Varfolomieiev, Anton and Teng, Zhu and Ni, Zihan and Chan, Antoni B. and Matas, Jirí and Tripathi, Ardhendu Shekhar and Smeulders, Arnold W. M. and Pedasingu, Bala Suraj and Chen, Bao Xin and Zhang, Baopeng and Wu, Baoyuan and Li, Bi and He, Bin and Yan, Bin and Bai, Bing and Leonardis, Ales and Li, Bing and Li, Bo and Kim, Byeong Hak and Ma, Chao and Fang, Chen and Qian, Chen and Chen, Cheng and Li, Chenglong and Zhang, Chengquan and Tsai, Chi-Yi and Felsberg, Michael and Luo, Chong and Micheloni, Christian and Zhang, Chunhui and Tao, Dacheng and Gupta, Deepak and Song, Dejia and Wang, Dong and Gavves, Efstratios and Yi, Eunu and Khan, Fahad Shahbaz and Pflugfelder, Roman P. and Zhang, Fangyi and Wang, Fei and Zhao, Fei and De Ath, George and Bhat, Goutam and Chen, Guangqi and Wang, Guangting and Li, Guoxuan and Cevikalp, Hakan and Du, Hao and Kämäräinen, Joni-Kristian and Zhao, Haojie and Saribas, Hasan and Jung, Ho Min and Bai, Hongliang and Yu, Hongyuan and Peng, Houwen and Lu, Huchuan and Li, Hui and Li, Jiakun and Zajc, Luka Cehovin and Li, Jianhua and Fu, Jianlong and Chen, Jie and Gao, Jie and Zhao, Jie and Tang, Jin and Li, Jing and Wu, Jingjing and Liu, Jingtuo and Wang, Jinqiao and Drbohlav, Ondrej and Qi, Jinqing and Zhang, Jinyue and Tsotsos, John K. and Lee, Jong Hyuk and van de Weijer, Joost and Kittler, Josef and Lee, Jun Ha and Zhuang, Junfei and Zhang, Kangkai and Wang, Kangkang and Lukezic, Alan and Dai, Kenan and Chen, Lei and Liu, Lei and Guo, Leida and Zhang, Li and Wang, Liang and Wang, Liangliang and Zhang, Lichao and Wang, Lijun and Zhou, Lijun},
  booktitle = {IEEE/CVF International Conference on Computer Vision Workshops},
  year      = {2019},
  pages     = {2206-2241},
  doi       = {10.1109/ICCVW.2019.00276},
  url       = {https://mlanthology.org/iccvw/2019/kristan2019iccvw-seventh/}
}