Building accurate knowledge of the identity, geographic distribution, and evolution of species is essential for sustainable development and biodiversity conservation. However, the routine identification of plants and animals in the field significantly hampers the aggregation of new data and knowledge. Identifying and naming living plants or animals is almost impossible for the public and often a challenging task for professionals and naturalists. Bridging this gap is a key challenge toward enabling effective biodiversity monitoring systems. The LifeCLEF evaluation campaign has been boosting and evaluating advances in this domain since 2011.
\nEach year, participants of LifeCLEF publish their research as part of the CLEF workshop proceedings (e.g., CLEF 2024 Proceedings). As in previous years, we encourage you to contribute by publishing a working note detailing your solution even if you're not among the top-scoring participants! If you have an interesting method, ablation study, or novel insight—we want to hear from you!
\nPlease use this single column working note template.
Submissions will be handled via EasyChair.
For reference, we attach selected previously accepted GeoLifeCLEF working notes bellow:
\nWe look forward to your contributions! 🚀
\nIf you have any questions, feel free to ask in this thread.
\nOn behalf of the organizing committee,
\nLukáš Picek
Building accurate knowledge of the identity, geographic distribution, and evolution of species is essential for sustainable development and biodiversity conservation. However, the routine identification of plants and animals in the field significantly hampers the aggregation of new data and knowledge. Identifying and naming living plants or animals is almost impossible for the public and often a challenging task for professionals and naturalists. Bridging this gap is a key challenge toward enabling effective biodiversity monitoring systems. The LifeCLEF evaluation campaign has been boosting and evaluating advances in this domain since 2011.
\nEach year, participants of LifeCLEF publish their research as part of the CLEF workshop proceedings (e.g., CLEF 2024 Proceedings). As in previous years, we encourage you to contribute by publishing a working note detailing your solution even if you're not among the top-scoring participants! If you have an interesting method, ablation study, or novel insight—we want to hear from you!
\nPlease use this single column working note template.
Submissions will be handled via EasyChair.
For reference, we attach selected previously accepted GeoLifeCLEF working notes bellow:
\nWe look forward to your contributions! 🚀
\nIf you have any questions, feel free to ask in this thread.
\nOn behalf of the organizing committee,
\nLukáš Picek
Hi, is this year's competition the same as last year's, where the top three in the leaderboard will receive certificates? Also can you answer my previous question, this is important for our approach.
", "rawMarkdown": "Hi, is this year's competition the same as last year's, where the top three in the leaderboard will receive certificates? Also can you answer my previous question, this is important for our approach.", "votes": null }, { "id": "3155797", "postDate": "03/21/2025 12:37:12", "content": "Hi @liuhaixu,
\nYes, the first three teams with accepted Working Notes will receive certificates :)
\nBest,
\nLukas
Thanks, Our team has constructed a very interesting idea, hoping to correlate some data through the Latin names of plant species. Are participants allowed to obtain the Latin names of plant species？
", "rawMarkdown": "Thanks, Our team has constructed a very interesting idea, hoping to correlate some data through the Latin names of plant species. Are participants allowed to obtain the Latin names of plant species？", "votes": null }, { "id": "3155932", "postDate": "03/21/2025 14:32:50", "content": "In general, you could use such data, but I'm not sure how you would obtain the Latin names and connect them with the data we provide. If the question is different, i.e., you want us to provide the data, the answer is, unfortunately, negative. We are not allowed to share the species names with you.
\nBest,
\nLukas
Thanks, I got it!
", "rawMarkdown": "Thanks, I got it!", "votes": null }, { "id": "3157006", "postDate": "03/22/2025 20:18:27", "content": "Thank you so much
", "rawMarkdown": "Thank you so much", "votes": null }, { "id": "3206012", "postDate": "05/20/2025 18:14:38", "content": "Hello, I noticed that this year's template has not been released yet, “The working note template will be provided soon.” Can you please release the latex version?
", "rawMarkdown": "Hello, I noticed that this year's template has not been released yet, “The working note template will be provided soon.” Can you please release the latex version?", "votes": null }, { "id": "3206888", "postDate": "05/21/2025 22:28:30", "content": "Congratulations to all GeoLifeCLEF25 participants 🎉
\n@webmaking @gtikho @dmitrytikhonovfl @liuhaixu @alexia0361 @lakesenberg @lovelovelove @fotavgg @lonansyayf @lechianh @startung @timchopard @salmanahmedtamu @manoncollard @alexismergez @romansayf @lyalina @shadjamil @abhimaurya123 @trphmngc @hientrandai @xuanbinhle @troypham1203 @suthcong @fatimaseharzaidijyu @amritarajput54 @ziwenpan @liusanli @formerhuman @alekseisolovyov @alvinvedel1 @chanchal24 @hwkims @larjeck @patrickiitmz @benjamindeneu @jaxa623 @sahilmirshikari @alighasemi9o @aryan208 @lennafebrianahutapea
Whether you cracked the top ranks or pushed your first submission across the finish line, your efforts are driving real progress in automated biodiversity monitoring.
\nNow that the competition has wrapped up, we’d love to hear more about your approaches. Submit a working note by June 7, 2025 via EasyChair using
\nthe CEUR-WS template.
Please read more about the reasons, benefits, etc. in the post above.\nIn you have any questions, do not hesitate to ask.
\n— Lukáš Picek (on behalf of the LifeCLEF organizing committee)
", "rawMarkdown": "**Congratulations to all GeoLifeCLEF25 participants** 🎉\n@webmaking @gtikho @dmitrytikhonovfl @liuhaixu @alexia0361 @lakesenberg @lovelovelove @fotavgg @lonansyayf @lechianh @startung @timchopard @salmanahmedtamu @manoncollard @alexismergez @romansayf @lyalina @shadjamil @abhimaurya123 @trphmngc @hientrandai @xuanbinhle @troypham1203 @suthcong @fatimaseharzaidijyu @amritarajput54 @ziwenpan @liusanli @formerhuman @alekseisolovyov @alvinvedel1 @chanchal24 @hwkims @larjeck @patrickiitmz @benjamindeneu @jaxa623 @sahilmirshikari @alighasemi9o @aryan208 @lennafebrianahutapea\n\nWhether you cracked the top ranks or pushed your first submission across the finish line, your efforts are driving real progress in automated biodiversity monitoring.\n\nNow that the competition has wrapped up, we’d love to hear more about your approaches. Submit a **working note** by **June 7, 2025** via [EasyChair](https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=clef2025) using\nthe [CEUR-WS template](https://www.overleaf.com/latex/templates/template-for-submissions-to-ceur-workshop-proceedings-ceur-ws-dot-org/wqyfdgftmcfw). \n\n**Please read more about the reasons, benefits, etc. in the post above.\nIn you have any questions, do not hesitate to ask.**\n\n— *Lukáš Picek* (on behalf of the LifeCLEF organizing committee)", "votes": null }, { "id": "3207317", "postDate": "05/22/2025 15:18:12", "content": "Hi there, the template is linked in the original post. Hope it will work out.
\nBest,
\nLukas
I would like to ask when the first round of review comments will be released. Since supplementary experiments may take a long time, if the first round of review opinions are delayed, will the second round of decisions be postponed accordingly?
", "rawMarkdown": "I would like to ask when the first round of review comments will be released. Since supplementary experiments may take a long time, if the first round of review opinions are delayed, will the second round of decisions be postponed accordingly?", "votes": null }, { "id": "3230090", "postDate": "06/22/2025 13:24:57", "content": "Hi @liuhaixu,
\nIf you did not received your reviews yet, your paper is in an acceptable shape.
\nFor those and according to the schedule, we will release the reviews tomorrow.
Teams with, let say, bad reviews, were already notified and they got their reviews already.
\nBest,
\nLukas
Hi, is this year's competition the same as last year's, where the top three in the leaderboard will receive certificates? Also can you answer my previous question, this is important for our approach.
", "votes": null, "replies": [ { "id": 3155797, "author_name": "picekl", "author_url": "", "post_date": "03/21/2025 12:37:12", "content": "Hi @liuhaixu,
\nYes, the first three teams with accepted Working Notes will receive certificates :)
\nBest,
\nLukas
Thanks, Our team has constructed a very interesting idea, hoping to correlate some data through the Latin names of plant species. Are participants allowed to obtain the Latin names of plant species？
", "votes": null, "replies": [ { "id": 3155932, "author_name": "picekl", "author_url": "", "post_date": "03/21/2025 14:32:50", "content": "In general, you could use such data, but I'm not sure how you would obtain the Latin names and connect them with the data we provide. If the question is different, i.e., you want us to provide the data, the answer is, unfortunately, negative. We are not allowed to share the species names with you.
\nBest,
\nLukas
Thanks, I got it!
", "votes": null, "replies": [] } ] } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": 3157006, "author_name": "ziwenpan", "author_url": "", "post_date": "03/22/2025 20:18:27", "content": "Thank you so much
", "votes": null, "replies": [] }, { "id": 3206012, "author_name": "liuhaixu", "author_url": "", "post_date": "05/20/2025 18:14:38", "content": "Hello, I noticed that this year's template has not been released yet, “The working note template will be provided soon.” Can you please release the latex version?
", "votes": null, "replies": [ { "id": 3207317, "author_name": "picekl", "author_url": "", "post_date": "05/22/2025 15:18:12", "content": "Hi there, the template is linked in the original post. Hope it will work out.
\nBest,
\nLukas
Congratulations to all GeoLifeCLEF25 participants 🎉
\n@webmaking @gtikho @dmitrytikhonovfl @liuhaixu @alexia0361 @lakesenberg @lovelovelove @fotavgg @lonansyayf @lechianh @startung @timchopard @salmanahmedtamu @manoncollard @alexismergez @romansayf @lyalina @shadjamil @abhimaurya123 @trphmngc @hientrandai @xuanbinhle @troypham1203 @suthcong @fatimaseharzaidijyu @amritarajput54 @ziwenpan @liusanli @formerhuman @alekseisolovyov @alvinvedel1 @chanchal24 @hwkims @larjeck @patrickiitmz @benjamindeneu @jaxa623 @sahilmirshikari @alighasemi9o @aryan208 @lennafebrianahutapea
Whether you cracked the top ranks or pushed your first submission across the finish line, your efforts are driving real progress in automated biodiversity monitoring.
\nNow that the competition has wrapped up, we’d love to hear more about your approaches. Submit a working note by June 7, 2025 via EasyChair using
\nthe CEUR-WS template.
Please read more about the reasons, benefits, etc. in the post above.\nIn you have any questions, do not hesitate to ask.
\n— Lukáš Picek (on behalf of the LifeCLEF organizing committee)
", "votes": null, "replies": [] }, { "id": 3229459, "author_name": "liuhaixu", "author_url": "", "post_date": "06/21/2025 14:14:18", "content": "I would like to ask when the first round of review comments will be released. Since supplementary experiments may take a long time, if the first round of review opinions are delayed, will the second round of decisions be postponed accordingly?
", "votes": null, "replies": [ { "id": 3230090, "author_name": "picekl", "author_url": "", "post_date": "06/22/2025 13:24:57", "content": "Hi @liuhaixu,
\nIf you did not received your reviews yet, your paper is in an acceptable shape.
\nFor those and according to the schedule, we will release the reviews tomorrow.
Teams with, let say, bad reviews, were already notified and they got their reviews already.
\nBest,
\nLukas