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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">We are inviting you to participate in the</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; background-color: white;"><b> <u><a href="https://ai-medical-image-analysis.github.io/5th/" target="_blank" id="OWA4b33a99e-7d50-3592-4e3a-5a69e6ba7df7" class="x_OWAAutoLink" title="https://ai-medical-image-analysis.github.io/5th/" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-linkindex="0" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="margin: 0px;">PHAROS
- Adaptation, Fairness, Explainability in AI Medical Imaging Workshop (PHAROS-AFE-AIMI) and Competition</a></u> </b>to be held in conjunction with the
</span><span style="font-size: 16px; background-color: white;"><u>International Conference on Computer Vision (ICCV), 2025</u></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; background-color: white;"> in Hawaii, USA, 19 – 23 October, 2025. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black; background-color: white;"><b>A) A main target of the Workshop</b> is to present and evaluate novel approaches for predictive modeling of big medical image datasets, focusing
on deep learning models, on transparent and human-centered integration of Generative AI and Large Models (such as LLMs, VLMs) in Health Services, creating trust among citizens. It addresses key challenges at the intersection of computer vision and healthcare
AI, including multidisease diagnosis, model explainability, fairness, domain adaptation, and continual learning. Given the increasing interest in trustworthy AI, interpretable deep learning models, and the responsible deployment of AI in sensitive applications,
this workshop will foster discussions on critical advancements shaping the future of AI in medical imaging. The Workshop is organised in compliance with the PHAROS AI Factory, which is one of the first seven AI Factories selected and funded by the European
Union. This ensures that the workshop’s topics have real-world applicability and a strong foundation in cutting-edge research.
</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">More information can be found</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; color: black; background-color: white;"> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; color: black; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a href="https://ai-medical-image-analysis.github.io/5th/" target="_blank" id="OWA364a8375-880a-b902-a5f6-83d72f4779b5" class="x_OWAAutoLink" title="https://ai-medical-image-analysis.github.io/5th/" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-linkindex="1" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="margin: 0px;">here</a></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; color: black; background-color: white;">.</span></p>
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<u>July 8, 2025</u>: Paper submission</div>
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<u>August 8, 2025</u>: Review decisions sent to authors; notifications of acceptance</div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><u>August 18, 2025</u>: Camera ready version</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">For any requests or enquiries, please contact: stefanos@cs.ntua.gr</span><span style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3px;"><br>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;">B) The Competition
</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black; font-weight: normal;">includes two</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;"> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black; font-weight: normal;">Challenges</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;">:
</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black; font-weight: normal;">i)</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;"> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black; font-weight: normal;">Multi-Source</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;"> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black; font-weight: normal;">Covid-19 Detection
Challenge and ii) Fair Disease Diagnosis Challenge. </span></h5>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">The 1st Challenge's goal is to develop accurate models that detect Covid-19
</span><span style="font-size: 16px; background-color: white;">in chest 3D CT scans</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> obtained from multiple sources. </span></div>
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The 2nd Challenge's goal is to develop fair and accurate models for diagnosing lung cancer (Adenocarcinoma and Squamous Cell Carcinoma), Covid-19, and healthy cases from chest CT scans.</div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">More information can be found </span><a href="https://ai-medical-image-analysis.github.io/5th/" target="_blank" id="OWAeb22b988-6775-43e0-29ea-9571335eaa30" class="x_OWAAutoLink" title="https://ai-medical-image-analysis.github.io/5th/" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-linkindex="2" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="margin: 0px;">here</a><span style="background-color: white;">.</span></div>
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<u>May 26, 2025</u>: Opening of the Competition</div>
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<span style="font-size: 16px;"><u>July 2, 2025</u></span><span style="font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">:</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> Submission of results </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16px;"><u>July 5, 2025</u></span><span style="font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">:</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> Winners announcement</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><u>July 8, 2025</u>: Paper submission</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><u>August 8, 2025</u>: Review decisions sent to authors; notifications of acceptance</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><u>August 18, 2025</u></span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">: Camera ready version</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">For registration and further information, please contact d.kollias@qmul.ac.uk</span><span style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 13.3px;"><br>
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<span style="line-height: 1.71429;"><i>Stefanos Kollias</i> (National Technical University of Athens & GRNET) </span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 1.71429;"><i>Dimitrios Kollias</i> (Queen Mary University London) </span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 1.71429;"><i>Xujiong Ye</i> (University of Exeter) </span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 1.71429;"><i>Francesco Rundo</i> (University of Catania) </span></div>
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<span style="color: rgb(32, 31, 30); background-color: white;">All accepted papers will be pa</span><span style="color: black; background-color: white;">rt of ICCV 2025 Conference Proceedings.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.5;">Kind Regards,</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 1.5;">on behalf of the organising committee,</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.5;">Dimitrios Kollias</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">Dr Dimitrios Kollias, PhD,
</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">FHEA</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">, M-IEEE,
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); background-color: white;">Member of Queen Mary Computer Vision Group </span></p>
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