Research Challenges

7/1/2025 - 8/31/2025

The SAFE: Synthetic Video Detection Challenge will drive innovation in detecting and attributing synthetic and manipulated video content. It will focus on several critical dimensions of synthetic video detection performance, including generalizability across diverse visual domains, robustness against evolving generative video techniques, and scalability for real-world deployment. As generative video technologies advance rapidly—with increasing accessibility and sophistication of image-to-video, text-to-video, and adversarially optimized pipelines—the need for effective and reliable solutions to authenticate video content has become urgent. We aim to mobilize the research community to address this need and strengthen global efforts in media integrity and trust.

2/26/2025 - 6/2/2025

To advance the state of the art in audio forensics, we are launching a funded evaluation challenge at IH&MMSEC2025 to drive innovation in detecting and attributing synthetic and manipulated audio artifacts. This challenge will focus on several critical aspects, including generalizability across diverse audio sources, robustness against evolving synthesis techniques, and computational efficiency to enable real-world applications. The rapid advancements in audio synthesis, fueled by the increasing availability of new generators and techniques, underscore the urgent need for effective solutions to authenticate audio content and combat emerging threats. Sponsored by the ULRI Digital Safety Research Institute, this initiative aims to mobilize the research community to address this pressing issue.