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Saif Khan
Saif Khan

Call: Continual Adaptation and Optimization for Pose Models

Muhammad Saif Ullah Khan

Abstract

This call targets continual adaptation of human pose models under domain and task shift, with emphasis on resource constraints, sparsity, and reliable long-horizon evaluation.

Scope

I’d like to work on pose models that can adapt when the camera, dataset, or set of keypoints changes.

I’m especially interested in methods that don’t need a full retraining run each time, and in tests that show what a model forgets along the way.

Open Collaboration Tasks

  1. Continual adaptation benchmarks for domain and class/keypoint increments in pose estimation.
  2. Memory- and compute-aware adaptation under strict update budgets.
  3. Sparsity, pruning, and compact adaptation modules for sustainable deployment.
  4. Evaluation of forgetting, transfer, and stability across multi-step adaptation sequences.

What Is Already Available

  • PoseAdapt benchmark structure and initial method baselines.
  • Existing pose modeling pipelines that can serve as adaptation backbones.
  • Reproducibility-oriented training/evaluation workflow from earlier projects.

Collaboration Format

  • Joint experimental design, protocol definition, and baselining.
  • Shared implementation with transparent reporting of constraints and tradeoffs.
  • Co-authored papers and open benchmark artifacts when results mature.

To start a discussion, send a short collaboration note to mukh07@dfki.de including your relevant background and the adaptation setting you want to target.