Welcome to RWS at WACV2027
RWS @ WACV 2027
The 7th edition of the Real-World Surveillance (RWS) Workshop has been accepted at WACV 2027.
The workshop focuses on the real-world challenges of deploying computer vision in surveillance settings. Topics of interest include:
- Object detection and tracking in complex environments
- Action recognition and behavior analysis
- Scene understanding and multimodal surveillance
- Super-resolution for low-quality footage
- Privacy-preserving and ethical AI
- Legal and regulatory considerations, including GDPR and the EU AI Act
Particular emphasis is placed on the practical deployment of computer vision methods, as well as the legal, ethical, and privacy challenges associated with real-world surveillance.
Call for Papers
Submission deadline: 16 October 2026
Submission information, author guidelines, and the OpenReview submission page are available on the Call for Papers page.
The workshop also hosts the UPAR Challenge 2027, featuring multiple tracks on pedestrian attributes, person retrieval, and human pose estimation.
For details about the challenge, tracks, schedule, and participation, please visit the Challenge page.
Announcements
- September 21st, 2026: The UPAR Challenge associated with RWS has started.
- August 25th, 2026: The call for papers for the RWS workshop is now out.
