🚨 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 🔗 Important Dates: ▶️ Sep 16 - Nov 5: Submission phase ▶️ Nov 5: Registration and submission close ▶️ Nov 20: Winning team announcement 🌐 Details and Registration: ▶️ Website: ▶️ Hosted on Codabench: ⏩ Beige-Box Track: ⏩Black-Box Track: 💡 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 erasinginvisible@googlegroups.com or furongh@umd.edu. 🔨 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 @mucongding @TahseenRab74917 @bang_an_ @chenghao_deng @SOURADIPCHAKR18 Anirudh Satheesh @MerhdadS @ywen99 Kyle Sang @Aakriti0503 @xuandongzhao Mo Zhou @anniehartley_ @lileics @yuxiangw_cs @vishalm_patel @FeiziSoheil @tomgoldsteincs @furongh 💐 and our sponsor, center for machine learning at UMD @ml_umd @umiacs @tomgoldsteincs! Don't miss out—register today and start preparing your submissions!