Research map / Detection and segmentation
Tracking: research map
311 accepted papers on Tracking in Detection and segmentation, from ICML, NeurIPS, ICLR, CVPR and AAAI (2016–2026), grouped into 2 clusters and 6 approaches. The busiest year so far is 2025.
Within Detection and segmentation, its share grew from 5.3% in 2023–24 to 6.6% in 2025–26 (67 → 80 papers at ICML, NeurIPS, CVPR and AAAI, the venues with data for all four years).
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Approaches and key papers
visual tracking · visual object · siamese · 174 papers
Approaches in this cluster:
- Foundation-model and correlation-filter tracking (66 papers)
Unify visual tracking with foundation models, diffusion, and overlap or correlation-filter trackers. - Siamese network tracking (34 papers)
Track objects by matching templates with Siamese networks, attention, and region proposals. - Transformer-based video object tracking (74 papers)
Tracks objects with video transformers, temporal context, point tracking and diffusion features.
Most cited and most cited since 2024:
- High Performance Visual Tracking With Siamese Region Proposal Network (CVPR 2018 · 3,032 citations)
- Staple: Complementary Learners for Real-Time Tracking (CVPR 2016 · 1,851 citations)
- OneTracker: Unifying Visual Object Tracking with Foundation Models and Efficient Tuning (CVPR 2024 · 139 citations)
- Event Stream-based Visual Object Tracking: A High-Resolution Benchmark Dataset and A Novel Baseline (CVPR 2024 · 69 citations)
mot · association · object tracking · 137 papers
Approaches in this cluster:
- Association cues for online MOT (60 papers)
Improve detection-to-track association with appearance, ID prediction, and weak cues. - Memory and correlation-based MOT (52 papers)
Track multiple objects using correlation learning, memory, and trajectory prediction. - Unified transformer tracking (25 papers)
Unify single and multi-object tracking with transformers and tracklet matching.
Most cited and most cited since 2024:
- Observation-Centric SORT: Rethinking SORT for Robust Multi-Object Tracking (CVPR 2023 · 1,003 citations)
- MOTS: Multi-Object Tracking and Segmentation (CVPR 2019 · 655 citations)
- Hybrid-SORT: Weak Cues Matter for Online Multi-Object Tracking (AAAI 2024 · 173 citations)
- SMILEtrack: SiMIlarity LEarning for Occlusion-Aware Multiple Object Tracking (AAAI 2024 · 83 citations)
Related topics in Detection and segmentation
- Open-set and few-shot detection (1,888)
- 3D detection and driving (458)
- CNN features (1,734)
- Weakly supervised detection and segmentation (436)
