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  "id": 1349,
  "title": "Unsupervised Training on Final Evaluation Data",
  "url": "/competitions/GestureChallenge/discussion/1349",
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  "post_date": "2012-02-09T19:22:22.580Z",
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  "content": "<p>When we are given the final evaluation data, will it be permissible to perform some sort of unsupervised training procedure that looks at all the videos in a given batch, prior to producing results for that batch? &nbsp;As far as I can tell, there is nothing\r\n that prohibits this, so it seems it should be OK, but I would like to confirm. &nbsp;Again, this would be unsupervised - there would be no manual labelling of this data.</p>",
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      "id": "8505",
      "postDate": "02/09/2012 19:22:22",
      "content": "<p>When we are given the final evaluation data, will it be permissible to perform some sort of unsupervised training procedure that looks at all the videos in a given batch, prior to producing results for that batch? &nbsp;As far as I can tell, there is nothing\r\n that prohibits this, so it seems it should be OK, but I would like to confirm. &nbsp;Again, this would be unsupervised - there would be no manual labelling of this data.</p>",
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      "postDate": "02/10/2012 11:32:41",
      "content": "<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif\"><strong><strong><strong>I believe you can, the following is copied from HELP section from the competition :</strong></strong></strong></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif\"><strong><strong><strong>&quot;Can I use the unlabeled examples for training my system if I do not label them by hand?</strong>&nbsp;<br>\r\n</strong></strong>Yes. We do not forbid that. However, this is one question we will ask you in the fact sheets you will have to fill out to help us analyze the results of the challenge.<strong>&quot;</strong></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif\"><strong><strong><strong>However, since I am not authoritative, I hope some one who makes the rule can make the final word.</strong></strong></strong></span></p>\r\n<p>Cheers</p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif\"><strong><strong><strong><br>\r\n</strong></strong></strong></span></p>",
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      "id": "8558",
      "postDate": "02/14/2012 06:36:49",
      "content": "<p>Yes, I confirm that you can do that.</p>\r\n<p>Isabelle</p>",
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      "id": 8525,
      "author_name": "stevenwudi",
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      "post_date": "02/10/2012 11:32:41",
      "content": "<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif\"><strong><strong><strong>I believe you can, the following is copied from HELP section from the competition :</strong></strong></strong></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif\"><strong><strong><strong>&quot;Can I use the unlabeled examples for training my system if I do not label them by hand?</strong>&nbsp;<br>\r\n</strong></strong>Yes. We do not forbid that. However, this is one question we will ask you in the fact sheets you will have to fill out to help us analyze the results of the challenge.<strong>&quot;</strong></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif\"><strong><strong><strong>However, since I am not authoritative, I hope some one who makes the rule can make the final word.</strong></strong></strong></span></p>\r\n<p>Cheers</p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif\"><strong><strong><strong><br>\r\n</strong></strong></strong></span></p>",
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    {
      "id": 8558,
      "author_name": "iguyon",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "02/14/2012 06:36:49",
      "content": "<p>Yes, I confirm that you can do that.</p>\r\n<p>Isabelle</p>",
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