[CFP] Test Data Released & Submissions Open! CC-MMD 2026 Grand Challenge @ ICMI

[Rahul Ponnusamy]

Dear Researchers, Students, and Practitioners,

The Test Data is officially live for the Cross-Cultural Misogynistic Meme Detection (CC-MMD) 2026 Grand Challenge, hosted at ICMI 2026! We are actively accepting run submissions until April 20, 2026.

🎯 Challenge Overview

Content moderation systems often lack the cultural grounding needed to understand implicit humor, sarcasm, and local norms in memes. This challenge asks participants to build inclusive, culture-aware multimodal systems capable of detecting misogyny across Indian, Chinese, and Western (English) contexts.

📊 Task Details

Participants can choose between two tracks:

• Task A (Single-culture prediction): Evaluate performance by submitting binary predictions (misogyny vs. not-misogyny) for any one selected cultural partition.

• Task B (Cross-cultural prediction): Evaluate robustness by submitting binary predictions for all three cultural partitions.

📝 How to Participate

1. Access Data: Register on CodaBench to download the training and development data.

2. Develop: Utilize our Starter Code & Baselines to build your models.

3. Submit (UPDATE): Generate predictions for the newly released test sets and submit them via our official Submission Google Form.

4. Track Scores: Check the results tab on CodaBench for final standings.

📅 Key Dates

• Run Submission Deadline: April 20, 2026

• Results Declared: May 5, 2026

• Paper Submission Deadline: June 10, 2026

For comprehensive guidelines and submission formats, please visit the CC-MMD 2026 Website.

We invite you to join us in advancing responsible, cross-cultural content moderation!

Best regards,

Rahul Ponnusamy

The CC-MMD 2026 Organizing Committee