Dear Organizers,
\nThanks a lot for arranging this very exciting and at the same time relatively difficult challenge.
\nIs there any plan for an extension of the deadline for the competition as the competition has been very short-spanned?
", "messages": [ { "id": "3375752", "postDate": "12/13/2025 03:37:22", "content": "Dear Organizers,
\nThanks a lot for arranging this very exciting and at the same time relatively difficult challenge.
\nIs there any plan for an extension of the deadline for the competition as the competition has been very short-spanned?
", "rawMarkdown": "Dear Organizers,\n\nThanks a lot for arranging this very exciting and at the same time relatively difficult challenge.\n\nIs there any plan for an extension of the deadline for the competition as the competition has been very short-spanned?", "votes": null }, { "id": "3375920", "postDate": "12/13/2025 11:47:09", "content": "I completely agree. An extension would allow participants from diverse backgrounds to better contribute to the competition's scientific goals. Given the specialized nature of immune repertoire analysis and the complexity of developing robust ML models for TCR classification, additional time would enhance both the quality and breadth of submissions. This would ultimately better serve the competition's objective of advancing computational immunology methods.
", "rawMarkdown": "I completely agree. An extension would allow participants from diverse backgrounds to better contribute to the competition's scientific goals. Given the specialized nature of immune repertoire analysis and the complexity of developing robust ML models for TCR classification, additional time would enhance both the quality and breadth of submissions. This would ultimately better serve the competition's objective of advancing computational immunology methods.", "votes": null }, { "id": "3375962", "postDate": "12/13/2025 12:51:55", "content": "I would very much second this. The end of the year is extremely busy for most people. For example, in academia this is often when final exams take place, leaving very little time for additional activities among both faculty and students.
", "rawMarkdown": "I would very much second this. The end of the year is extremely busy for most people. For example, in academia this is often when final exams take place, leaving very little time for additional activities among both faculty and students.", "votes": null }, { "id": "3376344", "postDate": "12/14/2025 07:17:58", "content": "Thank you for your feedback. After careful consideration, we have decided to keep the original deadline. We believe this is the most equitable approach for all participants and ensures that the competition proceeds as planned in the registered report. We appreciate your understanding.
", "rawMarkdown": "Thank you for your feedback. After careful consideration, we have decided to keep the original deadline. We believe this is the most equitable approach for all participants and ensures that the competition proceeds as planned in the [registered report](https://github.com/uio-bmi/adaptive_immune_profiling_challenge_2025/blob/main/registered_report.pdf). We appreciate your understanding.", "votes": null }, { "id": "3376354", "postDate": "12/14/2025 07:49:41", "content": "Thanks for the reply and totally understandable.
", "rawMarkdown": "Thanks for the reply and totally understandable.", "votes": null }, { "id": "3377080", "postDate": "12/15/2025 17:11:11", "content": "There are still new teams being formed and one team of 5 people just made 2 submission to achieve a good score on leaderboard. This seems quite fishy and potential of people sharing solutions to get higher ranking and possibly cheating.
", "rawMarkdown": "There are still new teams being formed and one team of 5 people just made 2 submission to achieve a good score on leaderboard. This seems quite fishy and potential of people sharing solutions to get higher ranking and possibly cheating.", "votes": null }, { "id": "3377170", "postDate": "12/15/2025 21:53:54", "content": "Thank you for voicing your concerns. We assure you and all participants that ensuring a fair competition is of utmost importance to the organizers of this challenge.
\nTo address your points:
\n\"There are still new teams being formed\": To our knowledge, \"Community competitions\" in Kaggle (free-tier) do not have a way to set a team entry/merger deadline. Although we initially considered having such a restriction, we ended up not imposing such a restriction. Many participants may work on their solutions outside the Kaggle platform, with good validation strategies set up locally, before making their final submissions. This is a valid strategy. It is also common for some teams to make submissions closer to the deadline.
Sharing Solutions and Unfair Practices: You have raised a concern about the potential for unfair practices. We want to assure you that we take this very seriously. As part of the competition rules, top solutions are required to share their code to win prize money and other rewards, which will be audited by the organizers. We will verify that the methods used are aligned with the competition rules and that no unfair practices, such as undisclosed solution sharing between teams, were employed. In this context, we refer to 8.d of \"Kaggle Competition Foundational Rules\" under Rules tab of this competition page.
Reporting Concerns: If you or any other participant suspect any form of cheating, we encourage you to use Kaggle's official compliance channel to report it: https://www.kaggle.com/compliance. This is the most effective way to ensure that any potential issues are investigated thoroughly by Kaggle's team. Kaggle states that one has to provide \"evidence beyond a reasonable doubt\" for Kaggle to review in case of such reporting.
We truly appreciate your active participation and vigilance.
", "rawMarkdown": "Thank you for voicing your concerns. We assure you and all participants that ensuring a fair competition is of utmost importance to the organizers of this challenge. \n\nTo address your points:\n\n* \"**There are still new teams being formed**\": To our knowledge, \"Community competitions\" in Kaggle (free-tier) do not have a way to set a team entry/merger deadline. Although we initially considered having such a restriction, we ended up not imposing such a restriction. Many participants may work on their solutions outside the Kaggle platform, with good validation strategies set up locally, before making their final submissions. This is a valid strategy. It is also common for some teams to make submissions closer to the deadline. \n\n* **Sharing Solutions and Unfair Practices:** You have raised a concern about the potential for unfair practices. We want to assure you that we take this very seriously. As part of the competition rules, top solutions are required to share their code to win prize money and other rewards, which will be audited by the organizers. We will verify that the methods used are aligned with the competition rules and that no unfair practices, such as undisclosed solution sharing between teams, were employed. In this context, we refer to **8.d** of \"Kaggle Competition Foundational Rules\" under **Rules** tab of this competition page.\n\n* **Reporting Concerns:** If you or any other participant suspect any form of cheating, we encourage you to use Kaggle's official compliance channel to report it: [https://www.kaggle.com/compliance](https://www.kaggle.com/compliance). This is the most effective way to ensure that any potential issues are investigated thoroughly by Kaggle's team. Kaggle states that one has to provide \"evidence beyond a reasonable doubt\" for Kaggle to review in case of such reporting.\n\nWe truly appreciate your active participation and vigilance.", "votes": null }, { "id": "3377809", "postDate": "12/17/2025 01:35:44", "content": "Your point is valid.
\nExtension by 4 hours will be useful for me for final submission.
", "rawMarkdown": "Your point is valid.\n\nExtension by 4 hours will be useful for me for final submission.", "votes": null }, { "id": "3377917", "postDate": "12/17/2025 06:59:29", "content": "Dear Chakravarthi Kanduri,
\nI am writing to kindly request a one-day extension for the final submission deadline of the Adaptive Immune Profiling Challenge 2025.
\nI have been actively working on this project throughout the past week and have made substantial progress on my model and analysis. Unfortunately, I have been managing overlapping placement sessions and mandatory academic commitments during the final submission window, which limited my ability to complete and submit the final run in time.
\nThe work is nearly complete, and an additional day would allow me to properly finalize and submit the results I have been preparing. I truly value the effort that has gone into organizing this competition and would greatly appreciate any consideration you may be able to offer.
\nThank you very much for your time and understanding.
\nWarm regards,\nMonish Thelapalli
", "rawMarkdown": "Dear Chakravarthi Kanduri,\n\nI am writing to kindly request a one-day extension for the final submission deadline of the Adaptive Immune Profiling Challenge 2025.\n\nI have been actively working on this project throughout the past week and have made substantial progress on my model and analysis. Unfortunately, I have been managing overlapping placement sessions and mandatory academic commitments during the final submission window, which limited my ability to complete and submit the final run in time.\n\nThe work is nearly complete, and an additional day would allow me to properly finalize and submit the results I have been preparing. I truly value the effort that has gone into organizing this competition and would greatly appreciate any consideration you may be able to offer.\n\nThank you very much for your time and understanding.\n\nWarm regards,\nMonish Thelapalli", "votes": null }, { "id": "3377918", "postDate": "12/17/2025 06:59:51", "content": "Requesting a one-day extension for the final submission deadline
", "rawMarkdown": "Requesting a one-day extension for the final submission deadline", "votes": null } ], "comments": [ { "id": 3375920, "author_name": "erguntiryaki", "author_url": "", "post_date": "12/13/2025 11:47:09", "content": "I completely agree. An extension would allow participants from diverse backgrounds to better contribute to the competition's scientific goals. Given the specialized nature of immune repertoire analysis and the complexity of developing robust ML models for TCR classification, additional time would enhance both the quality and breadth of submissions. This would ultimately better serve the competition's objective of advancing computational immunology methods.
", "votes": null, "replies": [] }, { "id": 3375962, "author_name": "leonjessen", "author_url": "", "post_date": "12/13/2025 12:51:55", "content": "I would very much second this. The end of the year is extremely busy for most people. For example, in academia this is often when final exams take place, leaving very little time for additional activities among both faculty and students.
", "votes": null, "replies": [] }, { "id": 3376344, "author_name": "ckanduri", "author_url": "", "post_date": "12/14/2025 07:17:58", "content": "Thank you for your feedback. After careful consideration, we have decided to keep the original deadline. We believe this is the most equitable approach for all participants and ensures that the competition proceeds as planned in the registered report. We appreciate your understanding.
", "votes": null, "replies": [ { "id": 3376354, "author_name": "raghvendrakul", "author_url": "", "post_date": "12/14/2025 07:49:41", "content": "Thanks for the reply and totally understandable.
", "votes": null, "replies": [ { "id": 3377080, "author_name": "raghvendrakul", "author_url": "", "post_date": "12/15/2025 17:11:11", "content": "There are still new teams being formed and one team of 5 people just made 2 submission to achieve a good score on leaderboard. This seems quite fishy and potential of people sharing solutions to get higher ranking and possibly cheating.
", "votes": null, "replies": [ { "id": 3377170, "author_name": "ckanduri", "author_url": "", "post_date": "12/15/2025 21:53:54", "content": "Thank you for voicing your concerns. We assure you and all participants that ensuring a fair competition is of utmost importance to the organizers of this challenge.
\nTo address your points:
\n\"There are still new teams being formed\": To our knowledge, \"Community competitions\" in Kaggle (free-tier) do not have a way to set a team entry/merger deadline. Although we initially considered having such a restriction, we ended up not imposing such a restriction. Many participants may work on their solutions outside the Kaggle platform, with good validation strategies set up locally, before making their final submissions. This is a valid strategy. It is also common for some teams to make submissions closer to the deadline.
Sharing Solutions and Unfair Practices: You have raised a concern about the potential for unfair practices. We want to assure you that we take this very seriously. As part of the competition rules, top solutions are required to share their code to win prize money and other rewards, which will be audited by the organizers. We will verify that the methods used are aligned with the competition rules and that no unfair practices, such as undisclosed solution sharing between teams, were employed. In this context, we refer to 8.d of \"Kaggle Competition Foundational Rules\" under Rules tab of this competition page.
Reporting Concerns: If you or any other participant suspect any form of cheating, we encourage you to use Kaggle's official compliance channel to report it: https://www.kaggle.com/compliance. This is the most effective way to ensure that any potential issues are investigated thoroughly by Kaggle's team. Kaggle states that one has to provide \"evidence beyond a reasonable doubt\" for Kaggle to review in case of such reporting.
We truly appreciate your active participation and vigilance.
", "votes": null, "replies": [ { "id": 3377918, "author_name": "monishthelapalli", "author_url": "", "post_date": "12/17/2025 06:59:51", "content": "Requesting a one-day extension for the final submission deadline
", "votes": null, "replies": [] } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": 3377809, "author_name": "agnelvishal", "author_url": "", "post_date": "12/17/2025 01:35:44", "content": "Your point is valid.
\nExtension by 4 hours will be useful for me for final submission.
", "votes": null, "replies": [] } ] }, { "id": 3377917, "author_name": "monishthelapalli", "author_url": "", "post_date": "12/17/2025 06:59:29", "content": "Dear Chakravarthi Kanduri,
\nI am writing to kindly request a one-day extension for the final submission deadline of the Adaptive Immune Profiling Challenge 2025.
\nI have been actively working on this project throughout the past week and have made substantial progress on my model and analysis. Unfortunately, I have been managing overlapping placement sessions and mandatory academic commitments during the final submission window, which limited my ability to complete and submit the final run in time.
\nThe work is nearly complete, and an additional day would allow me to properly finalize and submit the results I have been preparing. I truly value the effort that has gone into organizing this competition and would greatly appreciate any consideration you may be able to offer.
\nThank you very much for your time and understanding.
\nWarm regards,\nMonish Thelapalli
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