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  "id": 684191,
  "title": "Data Update + Announcing the SCIFOR Workshop @ ICIP 2026!",
  "url": "/competitions/recodai-luc-scientific-image-forgery-detection/discussion/684191",
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  "post_date": "2026-03-24T01:08:12.086484Z",
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  "content": "<p>Hi everyone!</p>\n<p>Over the last two months, our team has been working hard to collect and annotate the final images for the forecasting phase, and we are officially done! </p>\n<p>Every single image has been double-checked by at least two members of our team and confirmed by the publicly available reports. The final leaderboard and winning solutions will be announced soon!!!</p>\n<p>While we wait for the final results, we are absolutely thrilled to announce the <strong>Scientific Image Forensics (SCIFOR) Workshop</strong>, happening at IEEE ICIP 2026.</p>\n<p>Our goal is to bridge the gap between top-tier AI researchers (like you!) and the experts fighting for scientific integrity on the front lines.</p>\n<p><strong>Call for Papers - We want your solutions!</strong> We invite all of you to submit papers detailing your approaches, and we strongly encourage the top teams to share their magic here. Topics include (but aren't limited to):</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Scientific image forgery datasets and benchmarks </li>\n<li>Detection, localization, and instance-level segmentation of forgeries (copy-move, AI-generated, etc.) </li>\n<li>Robustness and generalization across different imaging modalities</li>\n<li>Forensics vs. counter-forensics (emerging attacks and practical defenses) </li>\n<li>Scalable screening tools for publishers (including human-in-the-loop workflows)</li>\n<li>Ethical guidance on scientific image publishing</li>\n</ul>\n<p><strong>Submission Details:</strong></p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Length</strong>: Up to 5 pages + 1 page just for references.</li>\n<li><strong>Format</strong>: Double-blind, following the main track ICIP 2026 policy. <a href=\"https://2026.ieeeicip.org/author-kit/\" target=\"_blank\">Grab the Author Kit here.</a></li>\n<li><strong>Submit</strong>: Head to the <a href=\"https://icip2026.exordo.com/\" target=\"_blank\">ICIP 2026 ExOrdo Portal</a> and select the Satellite Workshop Papers Track.</li>\n</ul>\n<p><strong>Important Dates:</strong></p>\n<ul>\n<li>Submission due <strong>May 13, 2026</strong></li>\n<li>Notification of acceptance <strong>June 10, 2026</strong></li>\n<li>Camera-ready paper due <strong>July 1, 2026</strong></li>\n<li>Author registration due date <strong>July 16, 2026</strong></li>\n<li>ICIP Conference <strong>September 13-17, 2026</strong></li>\n</ul>\n<p><strong>Expert Panel:</strong> The workshop will also feature a panel with key personalities from AI Digital Forensics and Scientific Integrity. We'll be discussing emerging threats, open problems, and how to actually get these models deployed in real-world institutional workflows.</p>\n<p><strong>More information:</strong> <a href=\"https://sites.google.com/view/scifor-2026/home\" target=\"_blank\">https://sites.google.com/view/scifor-2026/home</a></p>\n<p>We are incredibly excited to read your papers and hopefully meet many of you in Tampere this year!</p>\n<p>Kind Regards,</p>\n<p>The Organizing Team</p>",
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      "id": "3427332",
      "postDate": "03/24/2026 01:08:12",
      "content": "<p>Hi everyone!</p>\n<p>Over the last two months, our team has been working hard to collect and annotate the final images for the forecasting phase, and we are officially done! </p>\n<p>Every single image has been double-checked by at least two members of our team and confirmed by the publicly available reports. The final leaderboard and winning solutions will be announced soon!!!</p>\n<p>While we wait for the final results, we are absolutely thrilled to announce the <strong>Scientific Image Forensics (SCIFOR) Workshop</strong>, happening at IEEE ICIP 2026.</p>\n<p>Our goal is to bridge the gap between top-tier AI researchers (like you!) and the experts fighting for scientific integrity on the front lines.</p>\n<p><strong>Call for Papers - We want your solutions!</strong> We invite all of you to submit papers detailing your approaches, and we strongly encourage the top teams to share their magic here. Topics include (but aren't limited to):</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Scientific image forgery datasets and benchmarks </li>\n<li>Detection, localization, and instance-level segmentation of forgeries (copy-move, AI-generated, etc.) </li>\n<li>Robustness and generalization across different imaging modalities</li>\n<li>Forensics vs. counter-forensics (emerging attacks and practical defenses) </li>\n<li>Scalable screening tools for publishers (including human-in-the-loop workflows)</li>\n<li>Ethical guidance on scientific image publishing</li>\n</ul>\n<p><strong>Submission Details:</strong></p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Length</strong>: Up to 5 pages + 1 page just for references.</li>\n<li><strong>Format</strong>: Double-blind, following the main track ICIP 2026 policy. <a href=\"https://2026.ieeeicip.org/author-kit/\" target=\"_blank\">Grab the Author Kit here.</a></li>\n<li><strong>Submit</strong>: Head to the <a href=\"https://icip2026.exordo.com/\" target=\"_blank\">ICIP 2026 ExOrdo Portal</a> and select the Satellite Workshop Papers Track.</li>\n</ul>\n<p><strong>Important Dates:</strong></p>\n<ul>\n<li>Submission due <strong>May 13, 2026</strong></li>\n<li>Notification of acceptance <strong>June 10, 2026</strong></li>\n<li>Camera-ready paper due <strong>July 1, 2026</strong></li>\n<li>Author registration due date <strong>July 16, 2026</strong></li>\n<li>ICIP Conference <strong>September 13-17, 2026</strong></li>\n</ul>\n<p><strong>Expert Panel:</strong> The workshop will also feature a panel with key personalities from AI Digital Forensics and Scientific Integrity. We'll be discussing emerging threats, open problems, and how to actually get these models deployed in real-world institutional workflows.</p>\n<p><strong>More information:</strong> <a href=\"https://sites.google.com/view/scifor-2026/home\" target=\"_blank\">https://sites.google.com/view/scifor-2026/home</a></p>\n<p>We are incredibly excited to read your papers and hopefully meet many of you in Tampere this year!</p>\n<p>Kind Regards,</p>\n<p>The Organizing Team</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Hi everyone!\n\nOver the last two months, our team has been working hard to collect and annotate the final images for the forecasting phase, and we are officially done! \n\nEvery single image has been double-checked by at least two members of our team and confirmed by the publicly available reports. The final leaderboard and winning solutions will be announced soon!!!\n\nWhile we wait for the final results, we are absolutely thrilled to announce the **Scientific Image Forensics (SCIFOR) Workshop**, happening at IEEE ICIP 2026.\n\nOur goal is to bridge the gap between top-tier AI researchers (like you!) and the experts fighting for scientific integrity on the front lines.\n\n**Call for Papers - We want your solutions!** We invite all of you to submit papers detailing your approaches, and we strongly encourage the top teams to share their magic here. Topics include (but aren't limited to):\n\n- Scientific image forgery datasets and benchmarks \n- Detection, localization, and instance-level segmentation of forgeries (copy-move, AI-generated, etc.) \n- Robustness and generalization across different imaging modalities\n- Forensics vs. counter-forensics (emerging attacks and practical defenses) \n- Scalable screening tools for publishers (including human-in-the-loop workflows)\n- Ethical guidance on scientific image publishing\n\n**Submission Details:**\n\n- **Length**: Up to 5 pages + 1 page just for references.\n- **Format**: Double-blind, following the main track ICIP 2026 policy. [Grab the Author Kit here.](https://2026.ieeeicip.org/author-kit/)\n- **Submit**: Head to the [ICIP 2026 ExOrdo Portal](https://icip2026.exordo.com/) and select the Satellite Workshop Papers Track.\n\n**Important Dates:**\n\n- Submission due **May 13, 2026**\n- Notification of acceptance **June 10, 2026**\n- Camera-ready paper due **July 1, 2026**\n- Author registration due date **July 16, 2026**\n- ICIP Conference **September 13-17, 2026**\n\n\n**Expert Panel:** The workshop will also feature a panel with key personalities from AI Digital Forensics and Scientific Integrity. We'll be discussing emerging threats, open problems, and how to actually get these models deployed in real-world institutional workflows.\n\n**More information:** [https://sites.google.com/view/scifor-2026/home](https://sites.google.com/view/scifor-2026/home)\n\nWe are incredibly excited to read your papers and hopefully meet many of you in Tampere this year!\n\nKind Regards,\n\nThe Organizing Team",
      "votes": null
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    {
      "id": "3429712",
      "postDate": "03/27/2026 06:04:11",
      "content": "<p>Cannot wait! When will the final leader board be shown to us？😝</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Cannot wait! When will the final leader board be shown to us？😝",
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      "id": "3429822",
      "postDate": "03/27/2026 11:26:22",
      "content": "<p>Thank you very much for your hard work! The overview mentioned that the final results will be released on May 6th, but I also noticed the statement: \"Starting after the final submission deadline there will be periodic updates to the leaderboard.\" Since the final images for the forecasting phase have been annotated, I was wondering if it would be possible to release the prediction results of our code earlier? I think many participants are already eager to see them.🥰</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Thank you very much for your hard work! The overview mentioned that the final results will be released on May 6th, but I also noticed the statement: \"Starting after the final submission deadline there will be periodic updates to the leaderboard.\" Since the final images for the forecasting phase have been annotated, I was wondering if it would be possible to release the prediction results of our code earlier? I think many participants are already eager to see them.🥰",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "3430169",
      "postDate": "03/28/2026 01:58:34",
      "content": "<p>Hi!</p>\n<p>Thanks for your question and your enthusiasm!</p>\n<p>We are currently working with the Kaggle team to release the final stage results earlier than originally planned, hopefully by early April. However, I cannot commit to a specific date just yet, as we need to finalize a few steps on the platform's side.</p>\n<p>I am just as eager as you all are to see the final leaderboard and the winning solutions! We will keep you posted as soon as we have a definitive update.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Hi!\n\nThanks for your question and your enthusiasm!\n\nWe are currently working with the Kaggle team to release the final stage results earlier than originally planned, hopefully by early April. However, I cannot commit to a specific date just yet, as we need to finalize a few steps on the platform's side.\n\nI am just as eager as you all are to see the final leaderboard and the winning solutions! We will keep you posted as soon as we have a definitive update.",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "3430172",
      "postDate": "03/28/2026 02:00:43",
      "content": "<p>Hi! </p>\n<p>Just as excited as you are to see the final results!\nWe will update everyone as soon as the results are ready.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Hi! \n\nJust as excited as you are to see the final results!\nWe will update everyone as soon as the results are ready.",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "3436597",
      "postDate": "04/06/2026 10:01:31",
      "content": "<p>any updates?? hehe</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "any updates?? hehe",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "3437085",
      "postDate": "04/07/2026 05:34:11",
      "content": "<p>Can the SCIFOR WORKSHOP be attended remotely? What is the registration fee? Will the papers be formally published?</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Can the SCIFOR WORKSHOP be attended remotely? What is the registration fee? Will the papers be formally published?",
      "votes": null
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      "id": "3437426",
      "postDate": "04/07/2026 16:27:49",
      "content": "<p>Hi <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/jinchengzhang1\" target=\"_blank\">@jinchengzhang1</a> ,</p>\n<p>Thanks for your questions! Here are the details regarding the SCIFOR Workshop:</p>\n<p><strong>Remote Attendance</strong>: SCIFOR will follow the official policies of IEEE ICIP 2026. Attendance will be primarily in-person, but they do make accommodations for authors with travel restrictions. You can check the full attendance policy here: <a href=\"https://2026.ieeeicip.org/general-and-author-policies/\" target=\"_blank\">https://2026.ieeeicip.org/general-and-author-policies/</a></p>\n<p><strong>Registration Fees</strong>: The official rates for 2026 have not been announced yet. However, to get an idea of the expected costs, you can review the 2025 registration rates here: <a href=\"https://2025.ieeeicip.org/registration-rates-options/\" target=\"_blank\">https://2025.ieeeicip.org/registration-rates-options/</a></p>\n<p><strong>Publication</strong>: Yes! All accepted papers will be formally published in the IEEE Xplore Digital Library as part of the ICIP 2026 Satellite Workshop Proceedings.</p>\n<p>Hope this helps.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Hi @jinchengzhang1 ,\n\nThanks for your questions! Here are the details regarding the SCIFOR Workshop:\n\n**Remote Attendance**: SCIFOR will follow the official policies of IEEE ICIP 2026. Attendance will be primarily in-person, but they do make accommodations for authors with travel restrictions. You can check the full attendance policy here: [https://2026.ieeeicip.org/general-and-author-policies/](https://2026.ieeeicip.org/general-and-author-policies/)\n\n**Registration Fees**: The official rates for 2026 have not been announced yet. However, to get an idea of the expected costs, you can review the 2025 registration rates here: [https://2025.ieeeicip.org/registration-rates-options/](https://2025.ieeeicip.org/registration-rates-options/)\n\n**Publication**: Yes! All accepted papers will be formally published in the IEEE Xplore Digital Library as part of the ICIP 2026 Satellite Workshop Proceedings.\n\nHope this helps.",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "3437728",
      "postDate": "04/08/2026 01:31:32",
      "content": "<p>This is excellent, because many people need to publish formal publications:</p>\n<p>Publication: Yes! All accepted papers will be formally published in the IEEE Xplore Digital Library as part of the ICIP 2026 Satellite Workshop Proceedings.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "This is excellent, because many people need to publish formal publications:\n\nPublication: Yes! All accepted papers will be formally published in the IEEE Xplore Digital Library as part of the ICIP 2026 Satellite Workshop Proceedings.",
      "votes": null
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    {
      "id": "3445118",
      "postDate": "04/19/2026 05:23:16",
      "content": "<p>Hi <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/joophillipecardenuto\" target=\"_blank\">@joophillipecardenuto</a>! Will the private leaderboard be published earlier than scheduled?</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Hi @joophillipecardenuto! Will the private leaderboard be published earlier than scheduled?",
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      "id": 3429712,
      "author_name": "zejunfool",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "03/27/2026 06:04:11",
      "content": "<p>Cannot wait! When will the final leader board be shown to us？😝</p>",
      "votes": null,
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          "id": 3430172,
          "author_name": "joophillipecardenuto",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "03/28/2026 02:00:43",
          "content": "<p>Hi! </p>\n<p>Just as excited as you are to see the final results!\nWe will update everyone as soon as the results are ready.</p>",
          "votes": null,
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            {
              "id": 3436597,
              "author_name": "cjpal18",
              "author_url": "",
              "post_date": "04/06/2026 10:01:31",
              "content": "<p>any updates?? hehe</p>",
              "votes": null,
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      "id": 3429822,
      "author_name": "opencv411",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "03/27/2026 11:26:22",
      "content": "<p>Thank you very much for your hard work! The overview mentioned that the final results will be released on May 6th, but I also noticed the statement: \"Starting after the final submission deadline there will be periodic updates to the leaderboard.\" Since the final images for the forecasting phase have been annotated, I was wondering if it would be possible to release the prediction results of our code earlier? I think many participants are already eager to see them.🥰</p>",
      "votes": null,
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          "id": 3430169,
          "author_name": "joophillipecardenuto",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "03/28/2026 01:58:34",
          "content": "<p>Hi!</p>\n<p>Thanks for your question and your enthusiasm!</p>\n<p>We are currently working with the Kaggle team to release the final stage results earlier than originally planned, hopefully by early April. However, I cannot commit to a specific date just yet, as we need to finalize a few steps on the platform's side.</p>\n<p>I am just as eager as you all are to see the final leaderboard and the winning solutions! We will keep you posted as soon as we have a definitive update.</p>",
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      "id": 3437085,
      "author_name": "jinchengzhang1",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "04/07/2026 05:34:11",
      "content": "<p>Can the SCIFOR WORKSHOP be attended remotely? What is the registration fee? Will the papers be formally published?</p>",
      "votes": null,
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          "id": 3437426,
          "author_name": "joophillipecardenuto",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "04/07/2026 16:27:49",
          "content": "<p>Hi <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/jinchengzhang1\" target=\"_blank\">@jinchengzhang1</a> ,</p>\n<p>Thanks for your questions! Here are the details regarding the SCIFOR Workshop:</p>\n<p><strong>Remote Attendance</strong>: SCIFOR will follow the official policies of IEEE ICIP 2026. Attendance will be primarily in-person, but they do make accommodations for authors with travel restrictions. You can check the full attendance policy here: <a href=\"https://2026.ieeeicip.org/general-and-author-policies/\" target=\"_blank\">https://2026.ieeeicip.org/general-and-author-policies/</a></p>\n<p><strong>Registration Fees</strong>: The official rates for 2026 have not been announced yet. However, to get an idea of the expected costs, you can review the 2025 registration rates here: <a href=\"https://2025.ieeeicip.org/registration-rates-options/\" target=\"_blank\">https://2025.ieeeicip.org/registration-rates-options/</a></p>\n<p><strong>Publication</strong>: Yes! All accepted papers will be formally published in the IEEE Xplore Digital Library as part of the ICIP 2026 Satellite Workshop Proceedings.</p>\n<p>Hope this helps.</p>",
          "votes": null,
          "replies": [
            {
              "id": 3437728,
              "author_name": "jinchengzhang1",
              "author_url": "",
              "post_date": "04/08/2026 01:31:32",
              "content": "<p>This is excellent, because many people need to publish formal publications:</p>\n<p>Publication: Yes! All accepted papers will be formally published in the IEEE Xplore Digital Library as part of the ICIP 2026 Satellite Workshop Proceedings.</p>",
              "votes": null,
              "replies": []
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    {
      "id": 3445118,
      "author_name": "baidalinadilzhan",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "04/19/2026 05:23:16",
      "content": "<p>Hi <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/joophillipecardenuto\" target=\"_blank\">@joophillipecardenuto</a>! Will the private leaderboard be published earlier than scheduled?</p>",
      "votes": null,
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    "3427332": "Hi everyone!\n\nOver the last two months, our team has been working hard to collect and annotate the final images for the forecasting phase, and we are officially done! \n\nEvery single image has been double-checked by at least two members of our team and confirmed by the publicly available reports. The final leaderboard and winning solutions will be announced soon!!!\n\nWhile we wait for the final results, we are absolutely thrilled to announce the **Scientific Image Forensics (SCIFOR) Workshop**, happening at IEEE ICIP 2026.\n\nOur goal is to bridge the gap between top-tier AI researchers (like you!) and the experts fighting for scientific integrity on the front lines.\n\n**Call for Papers - We want your solutions!** We invite all of you to submit papers detailing your approaches, and we strongly encourage the top teams to share their magic here. Topics include (but aren't limited to):\n\n- Scientific image forgery datasets and benchmarks \n- Detection, localization, and instance-level segmentation of forgeries (copy-move, AI-generated, etc.) \n- Robustness and generalization across different imaging modalities\n- Forensics vs. counter-forensics (emerging attacks and practical defenses) \n- Scalable screening tools for publishers (including human-in-the-loop workflows)\n- Ethical guidance on scientific image publishing\n\n**Submission Details:**\n\n- **Length**: Up to 5 pages + 1 page just for references.\n- **Format**: Double-blind, following the main track ICIP 2026 policy. [Grab the Author Kit here.](https://2026.ieeeicip.org/author-kit/)\n- **Submit**: Head to the [ICIP 2026 ExOrdo Portal](https://icip2026.exordo.com/) and select the Satellite Workshop Papers Track.\n\n**Important Dates:**\n\n- Submission due **May 13, 2026**\n- Notification of acceptance **June 10, 2026**\n- Camera-ready paper due **July 1, 2026**\n- Author registration due date **July 16, 2026**\n- ICIP Conference **September 13-17, 2026**\n\n\n**Expert Panel:** The workshop will also feature a panel with key personalities from AI Digital Forensics and Scientific Integrity. We'll be discussing emerging threats, open problems, and how to actually get these models deployed in real-world institutional workflows.\n\n**More information:** [https://sites.google.com/view/scifor-2026/home](https://sites.google.com/view/scifor-2026/home)\n\nWe are incredibly excited to read your papers and hopefully meet many of you in Tampere this year!\n\nKind Regards,\n\nThe Organizing Team",
    "3429712": "Cannot wait! When will the final leader board be shown to us？😝",
    "3429822": "Thank you very much for your hard work! The overview mentioned that the final results will be released on May 6th, but I also noticed the statement: \"Starting after the final submission deadline there will be periodic updates to the leaderboard.\" Since the final images for the forecasting phase have been annotated, I was wondering if it would be possible to release the prediction results of our code earlier? I think many participants are already eager to see them.🥰",
    "3430169": "Hi!\n\nThanks for your question and your enthusiasm!\n\nWe are currently working with the Kaggle team to release the final stage results earlier than originally planned, hopefully by early April. However, I cannot commit to a specific date just yet, as we need to finalize a few steps on the platform's side.\n\nI am just as eager as you all are to see the final leaderboard and the winning solutions! We will keep you posted as soon as we have a definitive update.",
    "3430172": "Hi! \n\nJust as excited as you are to see the final results!\nWe will update everyone as soon as the results are ready.",
    "3436597": "any updates?? hehe",
    "3437085": "Can the SCIFOR WORKSHOP be attended remotely? What is the registration fee? Will the papers be formally published?",
    "3437426": "Hi @jinchengzhang1 ,\n\nThanks for your questions! Here are the details regarding the SCIFOR Workshop:\n\n**Remote Attendance**: SCIFOR will follow the official policies of IEEE ICIP 2026. Attendance will be primarily in-person, but they do make accommodations for authors with travel restrictions. You can check the full attendance policy here: [https://2026.ieeeicip.org/general-and-author-policies/](https://2026.ieeeicip.org/general-and-author-policies/)\n\n**Registration Fees**: The official rates for 2026 have not been announced yet. However, to get an idea of the expected costs, you can review the 2025 registration rates here: [https://2025.ieeeicip.org/registration-rates-options/](https://2025.ieeeicip.org/registration-rates-options/)\n\n**Publication**: Yes! All accepted papers will be formally published in the IEEE Xplore Digital Library as part of the ICIP 2026 Satellite Workshop Proceedings.\n\nHope this helps.",
    "3437728": "This is excellent, because many people need to publish formal publications:\n\nPublication: Yes! All accepted papers will be formally published in the IEEE Xplore Digital Library as part of the ICIP 2026 Satellite Workshop Proceedings.",
    "3445118": "Hi @joophillipecardenuto! Will the private leaderboard be published earlier than scheduled?"
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