Context-Aware Student Engagement Detection (CASED) Challenge

Welcome to the first iteration of the SMART Challenge Series hosted by the Social Machines and Robotics (SMART) Lab, New York University Abu Dhabi, in collaboration with colleagues from The University of Queensland, Istanbul Technical University, and Utrecht University. This year’s challenge focuses on Context-Aware Student Engagement Detection (CASED) and will be hosted as part of the 28th ACM International Conference on Multimodal Interaction (ICMI 2026) Grand Challenges. 

We invite researchers to explore multimodal and context-aware approaches for understanding student engagement in online classroom environments.

Announcements:

• The competition is now live! To register, follow the steps on the [Participation page].

• The competition timeline is updated, check the timeline section for details.

• The CASED competition website is live! Stay tuned for updates!

Organizing Team 

Our Sponsors:

• Social Machines and Robotics (SMART) Lab, New York University Abu Dhabi 

• Center for Interdisciplinary Data Science and AI (CIDSAI), New York University Abu Dhabi