<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000"><br></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000">We are happy to announce that the <b>training<span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;opacity:1;float:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit"> <span style="font-weight:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;opacity:1;float:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit">data</span></span></b><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;opacity:1;float:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit"> for the <span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;opacity:1;float:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit">ImageCLEF</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;opacity:1;float:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit">coral</span> task at <a href="http://clef2021.clef-initiative.eu/">CLEF <span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;opacity:1;float:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit">2021</span></a> has been <span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;opacity:1;float:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit"><span>release</span></span>d. </span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000"> </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;opacity:1;float:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit">The <span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;opacity:1;float:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit">data</span> is accessible through the crowdAI platform: </span></font></p><ul style="margin:0.5em 0px 1em;padding:0px 0px 0px 1.5em"><li style="margin:0.15em 0px 0.15em 0.5em;padding-bottom:0.1em"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000">Coral reef image annotation and localisation: <a href="https://www.aicrowd.com/challenges/imageclef-2021-coral-annotation-and-localisation" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank">https://www.aicrowd.com/challenges/imageclef-2021-coral-annotation-and-l...</a></font></li><li style="margin:0.15em 0px 0.15em 0.5em;padding-bottom:0.1em"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000">Coral reef image pixel-wise parsing: <a href="https://www.aicrowd.com/challenges/imageclef-2021-coral-pixel-wise-parsing" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank">https://www.aicrowd.com/challenges/imageclef-2021-coral-pixel-wise-parsing</a></font></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000"> </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;opacity:1;float:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000">Remember that only participants with signed End User Agreement (EUA) will have access to the <span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;opacity:1;float:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit">data</span>.</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000"> </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000">For more details and updates, please visit the task website at: </font><a href="https://www.imageclef.org/2021/coral" target="_blank">https://www.imageclef.org/2021/coral</a> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000">And join our mailing list: <a href="https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/imageclefcoral" target="_blank">https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/imageclefcoral</a>   </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000"> </font></p><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000">Dr Alba García Seco de Herrera PhD</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000">Lecturer</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000">Department of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering (CSEE)</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000">University of Essex</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000"> </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000">T +44 (0) 1206 872907</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000">E <a href="mailto:alba.garcia@essex.ac.uk" target="_blank">alba.garcia@essex.ac.uk</a></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000">► <u><a href="https://www.essex.ac.uk/people/garci58409/alba-garcia" target="_blank">https://www.essex.ac.uk/</a></u></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000"> </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000">WE ARE ESSEX </font></p></div></div>