Join the Challenge!

We're excited to announce the NeurIPS competition "Erasing the Invisible: A Stress-Test Challenge for Image Watermarks," running from September 16 to November 5. This is your chance to test your skills in a cutting-edge domain and win a share of our $6000 prize pool!

?? Competition Overview:

• Tracks: Black-box Attacks & Beige-box Attacks
• Goal: Remove invisible watermarks while preserving image quality.
• Inspired by: WAVES Benchmark wavesbench.github.io

?? Important Dates:

• Sep 16 - Nov 5: Development phase
• Nov 5: Registration and submission close
• Nov 20: Winning team announcement

?? Details and Registration:

• Website: erasinginvisible.github.io
• Hosted on Codabench:

- Beige-Box Track: https://www.codabench.org/competitions/3821/

- Black-Box Track: https://www.codabench.org/competitions/3857/

?? Why Participate?

• Validate the robustness of image watermarks under varying conditions.
• Compete in a domain inspired by real-world challenges.
• Collaborate with a global community of researchers and practitioners.

?? Prize Pool: $6000 (and counting as more sponsors join us!)

• Interested in sponsoring? Contact us at [email protected] or [email protected] .

?? A Personal Note: Hosting this competition has been a challenging yet rewarding experience. Working with a dedicated organizing team, developers, and legal experts across multiple parties, I've learned a lot. We can't wait to see what you bring to the table!

A big shout-out to our organizing team, Mucong Ding Tahseen Rabbani Bang An Chenghao Deng Souradip Chakraborty Anirudh Satheesh Mehrdad Saberi Yuxin Wen Kyle Sang Aakriti Agrawal Xuandong Zhao Mo Zhou Annie Hartley Lei Li Yu-Xiang Wang Vishal M. Patel Soheil Feizi Tom Goldstein Furong Huang and, our sponsor Center for Machine Learning at the University of Maryland!

Don't miss out—register today and start preparing your submissions!