Code submission
Non-open source and anonymous participants
Open source and non-anonymous submissions are highly recommended and are free of charge. For profit contestants participating with closed source code must pay an administration fee of GBP250 + VAT. Contestants who wish to remain anonymous must also pay an additional administration fee of GBP250 + VAT prior to the evaluation, otherwise the organisers cannot guarantee anonymity.
Parameters
The submitted software should accept (and process) the following parameters:
- 1st parameter: the filename of the output file. Please append the actual output to the end of this file.
- 2nd parameter: the questioned signature
- (for verification task only) from 3 up to 8 parameters: the reference signatures
Examples of a call (Task 1/on-line)
./TaskSigOnline output.txt test/que/11.csv ref/01.csv test/ref/02.csv test/ref/23.csv
Expected output
test/que/11.csv ref/01.csv test/ref/02.csv test/ref/23.csv score evidential_value
Examples of a call (Task 1/off-line)
./TaskSigOffline output.txt test/que/11.png ref/01.png test/ref/02.png test/ref/23.png
Expected output
test/que/11.png ref/01.png test/ref/02.png test/ref/23.png score evidential_value
Examples of a call (Task 2/on-line gender)
./TaskOfflineHandedness output.txt test/que/11.csv
Expected output
test/que/11.csv female
Examples of a call (Task 2/off-line gender)
./TaskOfflineHandedness output.txt test/que/11.png
Expected output
test/que/11.png female
System specification
Linux
Latest stable debian stretch with the following packages installed:
- build-essential
- openjdk-8-jdk
- openjdk-8-jre
Any other required libraries have to be bundled into the executable. No root/sudo, just single user privileges. Dowload virtual image here
Windows
Latest Windows 10 Pro with cumulative updates until 1903 with the following software installed:
- .NET Framework 3.5
- .NET Framework 4.7.2
- Java SDK 11
- 7zip
Any other required libraries have to be bundled into the executable or included as DLLs. No System Administrator account, just single user privileges. Dowload virtual image here
Runtime specification
Networking
No internet connection
Timing
Maximum runtime: 4 hours
Persistency
There is no persistency between the runs, the virtual machine is restored to the beginning stage
System configuration
- 2 virtual CPUs
- 4 GB Ram
- 64 MB video ram
Input specification
Please send only one file, you can compress multiple files
- For windows you can use compression available in 7zip
- For linux, use tar.gz
The file will be extracted to the user's home directory
- In windows: C:\Users\sigcomp\
- In linux: /home/sigcomp/