Sign languages are visual languages and a key form of communication for deaf communities. Thanks to recent advances in deep learning and computer vision and the availability of larger datasets, significant progress has been made in sign language technologies. Following the first and second editions, this workshop is motivated by the desire to broaden participation in sign language research from the computer vision community. It aims to bring together researchers working on different aspects of vision-based sign language research and sign language linguists to explore recent advances and future directions in sign language recognition, translation, and production.

Keynotes

Michael Black Michael Black Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems
Matthias Nießner Matthias Nießner Technical University of Munich
Maartje De Meulder Maartje De Meulder HU – University of Applied Sciences Utrecht
Abraham Glasser Abraham Glasser Gallaudet University

Important Dates:

We invite high-quality research papers to our workshop. For detailed information, please visit our Call for Paper.

  • Paper Submission: March 16, 2025 (11:59 PM PST)
  • Decisions to Authors: April 1, 2025 (11:59 PM PST)
  • Camera-Ready: April 5, 2025 (11:59 PM PST)

We are hosting the first Sign Language Production (SLP) challange to address the growing need for standardized evaluation metrics and representations in SLP research. Check our Sign Language Production Challenge.

  • Start of the Challenge (development phase): January 13, 2025
  • Start of test phase: February 24, 2025
  • End of the Challenge: March 3, 2025
  • Code and Fact sheets submission: March 7, 2025
  • Release of results: March 13, 2025

Organizers

Mohamed Ilyes Lakhal Mohamed Ilyes Lakhal University of Surrey
Özge Mercanoğlu Sincan Özge Mercanoğlu Sincan University of Surrey
Ed Fish Ed Fish University of Surrey
Harry Walsh Harry Walsh University of Surrey
Gül Varol Gül Varol École des Ponts ParisTech
Liliane Momeni Liliane Momeni Google Deepmind
Neil Fox Neil Fox University of Birmingham
Necati Cihan Camgöz Necati Cihan Camgöz Meta Reality Labs
Kearsy Cormier Kearsy Cormier University College London
Bencie Woll Bencie Woll University College London
Richard Bowden Richard Bowden University of Surrey

Questions

Contact us at m.lakhal@surrey.ac.uk or o.mercanoglusincan@surrey.ac.uk.

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