{
  "id": 122924,
  "title": "Swag Prizes and Free Cloud Credits for Google AutoML",
  "url": "/competitions/bengaliai-cv19/discussion/122924",
  "author_name": "Addison Howard",
  "post_date": "2019-12-23T17:01:59.648000",
  "votes": 20,
  "comment_count": 33,
  "views": 0,
  "content": "<p>Hi All,</p>\n\n<p>Kaggle is excited to announce that Google Cloud <a href=\"https://cloud.google.com/vision/automl/docs/\">AutoML Vision</a> is sponsoring swag prizes for this competition! We will award Kaggle swag to each of the top 5 scoring solutions that use Google AutoML before the competition deadline.&nbsp; </p>\n\n<p>To help you get started, check out <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/product-feedback/115754\">this post</a> outlining how to use the Google AutoML integration within Kaggle. And to kick things off, <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/GCP-Credits-BengaliAI\">we're giving out coupons</a> to use Google Cloud AutoML Vision on GCP!</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>First 400 teams to meet the stated requirements are eligible.</li>\n<li>You MUST have made a submission to the Bengali.ai competition.</li>\n<li>Entries will only be accepted until February 7, 2020 at 11:59PM UTC or when the maximum number of coupons have been issued, whichever comes first.</li>\n<li>$150 GCP Coupons will be issued by February 14, 2020.</li>\n<li>You must redeem the credits by February 21, 2020 and use the credits within 90 days thereafter.</li>\n<li>Submission kernels with have internet disabled, so to use AutoML you'll need to train an edge model that you can download for offline use and add to your submission notebook as a dataset.</li>\n</ul>\n\n<p>If you are interested in entering your submission for this swag prize, please fill out <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/bengaliai-automl-prize\">this form</a>.</p>\n\n<p>Happy Modeling!</p>",
  "messages": [
    {
      "id": 701612,
      "postDate": "2019-12-23T17:01:59.650Z",
      "content": "<p>Hi All,</p>\n\n<p>Kaggle is excited to announce that Google Cloud <a href=\"https://cloud.google.com/vision/automl/docs/\">AutoML Vision</a> is sponsoring swag prizes for this competition! We will award Kaggle swag to each of the top 5 scoring solutions that use Google AutoML before the competition deadline.&nbsp; </p>\n\n<p>To help you get started, check out <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/product-feedback/115754\">this post</a> outlining how to use the Google AutoML integration within Kaggle. And to kick things off, <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/GCP-Credits-BengaliAI\">we're giving out coupons</a> to use Google Cloud AutoML Vision on GCP!</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>First 400 teams to meet the stated requirements are eligible.</li>\n<li>You MUST have made a submission to the Bengali.ai competition.</li>\n<li>Entries will only be accepted until February 7, 2020 at 11:59PM UTC or when the maximum number of coupons have been issued, whichever comes first.</li>\n<li>$150 GCP Coupons will be issued by February 14, 2020.</li>\n<li>You must redeem the credits by February 21, 2020 and use the credits within 90 days thereafter.</li>\n<li>Submission kernels with have internet disabled, so to use AutoML you'll need to train an edge model that you can download for offline use and add to your submission notebook as a dataset.</li>\n</ul>\n\n<p>If you are interested in entering your submission for this swag prize, please fill out <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/bengaliai-automl-prize\">this form</a>.</p>\n\n<p>Happy Modeling!</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Hi All,\n\nKaggle is excited to announce that Google Cloud [AutoML Vision](https://cloud.google.com/vision/automl/docs/) is sponsoring swag prizes for this competition! We will award Kaggle swag to each of the top 5 scoring solutions that use Google AutoML before the competition deadline.&nbsp; \n\nTo help you get started, check out [this post](https://www.kaggle.com/product-feedback/115754) outlining how to use the Google AutoML integration within Kaggle. And to kick things off, [we're giving out coupons](https://www.kaggle.com/GCP-Credits-BengaliAI) to use Google Cloud AutoML Vision on GCP!\n\n\n- First 400 teams to meet the stated requirements are eligible.\n- You MUST have made a submission to the Bengali.ai competition.\n- Entries will only be accepted until February 7, 2020 at 11:59PM UTC or when the maximum number of coupons have been issued, whichever comes first.\n- $150 GCP Coupons will be issued by February 14, 2020.\n- You must redeem the credits by February 21, 2020 and use the credits within 90 days thereafter.\n- Submission kernels with have internet disabled, so to use AutoML you'll need to train an edge model that you can download for offline use and add to your submission notebook as a dataset.\n\nIf you are interested in entering your submission for this swag prize, please fill out [this form](https://www.kaggle.com/bengaliai-automl-prize).\n\nHappy Modeling!",
      "votes": 20
    },
    {
      "id": 726386,
      "postDate": "2020-01-23T01:43:10.347Z",
      "content": "<p>I created <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/wardenga/bengali-handwritten-graphemes-with-automl\">this notebook</a> to get started with AutoML Vision.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "I created [this notebook](https://www.kaggle.com/wardenga/bengali-handwritten-graphemes-with-automl) to get started with AutoML Vision.",
      "votes": 4
    },
    {
      "id": 709764,
      "postDate": "2020-01-03T22:43:29.480Z",
      "content": "<p>If we just ensemble AutoML predictions with non-AutoML model predictions, does it qualify for swag prizes? Or is the swag prizes only available to those who make a submission based solely on AutoML? <a href=\"/addisonhoward\">@addisonhoward</a> </p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "If we just ensemble AutoML predictions with non-AutoML model predictions, does it qualify for swag prizes? Or is the swag prizes only available to those who make a submission based solely on AutoML? @addisonhoward ",
      "votes": 1,
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 727769,
          "postDate": "2020-01-24T03:16:25.347Z",
          "content": "<p>Good query <a href=\"/teeyee314\">@teeyee314</a> !\n<a href=\"/addisonhoward\">@addisonhoward</a> amy insights?</p>",
          "rawMarkdown": "Good query @teeyee314 !\n@addisonhoward amy insights?"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": 704201,
      "postDate": "2019-12-27T06:55:11.913Z",
      "content": "<p><a href=\"/addisonhoward\">@addisonhoward</a> Am I eligible for the prizes while using AutoML Tools? </p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/c/bengaliai-cv19/rules\">https://www.kaggle.com/c/bengaliai-cv19/rules</a></p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "@addisonhoward Am I eligible for the prizes while using AutoML Tools? \n\nhttps://www.kaggle.com/c/bengaliai-cv19/rules",
      "votes": 1,
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 704467,
          "postDate": "2019-12-27T14:18:14.490Z",
          "content": "<p>Can you link me to the tools to which you are referring?</p>",
          "rawMarkdown": "Can you link me to the tools to which you are referring?"
        },
        {
          "id": 704474,
          "postDate": "2019-12-27T14:26:15.277Z",
          "content": "<p>For example,</p>\n\n<ol>\n<li>Google's AutoML Vision : <a href=\"https://cloud.google.com/vision/automl/docs/\">https://cloud.google.com/vision/automl/docs/</a></li>\n<li>Internally developed In-house AutoML Tools</li>\n</ol>",
          "rawMarkdown": "For example,\n\n1. Google's AutoML Vision : https://cloud.google.com/vision/automl/docs/\n2. Internally developed In-house AutoML Tools"
        },
        {
          "id": 704475,
          "postDate": "2019-12-27T14:28:16.727Z",
          "content": "<p>Oh, I see where the miscommunication comes from. If I use Google's AutoML Vision to submit, am I eligible also for the prizes of the competition track(eg. $500 for 1st place), or am I eligible only for the swag prizes?</p>",
          "rawMarkdown": "Oh, I see where the miscommunication comes from. If I use Google's AutoML Vision to submit, am I eligible also for the prizes of the competition track(eg. $500 for 1st place), or am I eligible only for the swag prizes?"
        },
        {
          "id": 704477,
          "postDate": "2019-12-27T14:30:04.580Z",
          "content": "<p>You can use any tools as permitted in the rules to win the 1st, 2nd, or 3rd place prizes. We are specifically giving out swag to the top submissions using Google AutoML. If the best solution overall also uses Google AutoML, then you'd get both the top cash prize AND swag.</p>",
          "rawMarkdown": "You can use any tools as permitted in the rules to win the 1st, 2nd, or 3rd place prizes. We are specifically giving out swag to the top submissions using Google AutoML. If the best solution overall also uses Google AutoML, then you'd get both the top cash prize AND swag.",
          "votes": 1
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": 722131,
      "postDate": "2020-01-18T06:28:34.990Z",
      "content": "<p>the notebook requirement is:</p>\n\n<p>```\nThis is a Code Competition\nSubmissions to this competition must be made through Notebooks. In order for the \"Submit to Competition\" button to be active after a commit, the following conditions must be met:</p>\n\n<p>CPU Notebook &lt;= 9 hours run-time\nGPU Notebook &lt;= 2 hours run-time\nNo internet access enabled\n```</p>\n\n<p>since no internet connection is allowed, does it means that you can only use autoML offline trained model?</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "the notebook requirement is:\n\n```\nThis is a Code Competition\nSubmissions to this competition must be made through Notebooks. In order for the \"Submit to Competition\" button to be active after a commit, the following conditions must be met:\n\nCPU Notebook &lt;= 9 hours run-time\nGPU Notebook &lt;= 2 hours run-time\nNo internet access enabled\n```\n\nsince no internet connection is allowed, does it means that you can only use autoML offline trained model?\n",
      "votes": 2,
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 725054,
          "postDate": "2020-01-21T18:38:25.473Z",
          "content": "<p>Correct, you would need to export the model from AutoML.</p>",
          "rawMarkdown": "Correct, you would need to export the model from AutoML."
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": 720198,
      "postDate": "2020-01-16T08:28:03.507Z",
      "content": "<p>Hi, <a href=\"/addisonhoward\">@addisonhoward</a> \nI received emails from two different competitions to issue Free Cloud Credits, but the unique codes are exactly the same. Is this normal? Looking forward to your reply.\n<img src=\"https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/kaggle-user-content/o/inbox%2F1708761%2F2c9fc674334ebaa0d8826a9369711c5e%2FQQ20200116162242.png?generation=1579163206004113&amp;alt=media\" alt=\"\">\n<img src=\"https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/kaggle-user-content/o/inbox%2F1708761%2Fb4429b72e98d600653d93d13bc5435be%2FQQ20200116162251.png?generation=1579163230023516&amp;alt=media\" alt=\"\"></p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Hi, @addisonhoward \nI received emails from two different competitions to issue Free Cloud Credits, but the unique codes are exactly the same. Is this normal? Looking forward to your reply.\n![](https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/kaggle-user-content/o/inbox%2F1708761%2F2c9fc674334ebaa0d8826a9369711c5e%2FQQ20200116162242.png?generation=1579163206004113&amp;alt=media)\n![](https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/kaggle-user-content/o/inbox%2F1708761%2Fb4429b72e98d600653d93d13bc5435be%2FQQ20200116162251.png?generation=1579163230023516&amp;alt=media)\n\n",
      "votes": 2,
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 720728,
          "postDate": "2020-01-16T17:18:58.817Z",
          "content": "<p>Odd - we're looking into this. Thanks for reporting!</p>",
          "rawMarkdown": "Odd - we're looking into this. Thanks for reporting!",
          "votes": 2
        },
        {
          "id": 720761,
          "postDate": "2020-01-16T17:50:19.880Z",
          "content": "<p>Hi <a href=\"/noxuslol\">@noxuslol</a> , we've verified that you should not have received the same codes for the two competitions. Please look out for another e-mail from us for a different code. Thank you.</p>",
          "rawMarkdown": "Hi @noxuslol , we've verified that you should not have received the same codes for the two competitions. Please look out for another e-mail from us for a different code. Thank you.",
          "votes": 3
        },
        {
          "id": 720776,
          "postDate": "2020-01-16T18:08:13.060Z",
          "rawMarkdown": "",
          "isDeleted": true
        },
        {
          "id": 721576,
          "postDate": "2020-01-17T13:57:20.210Z",
          "content": "<p>Exact same problem, I'm participating in both. Received the same code twice! <a href=\"/elizabethpark\">@elizabethpark</a> FYI</p>",
          "rawMarkdown": "Exact same problem, I'm participating in both. Received the same code twice! @elizabethpark FYI",
          "votes": 1
        },
        {
          "id": 725602,
          "postDate": "2020-01-22T09:23:22.300Z",
          "content": "<p><a href=\"/addisonhoward\">@addisonhoward</a>  <a href=\"/elizabethpark\">@elizabethpark</a>  can you please check for my account too? Thanks</p>",
          "rawMarkdown": "@addisonhoward  @elizabethpark  can you please check for my account too? Thanks"
        },
        {
          "id": 725647,
          "postDate": "2020-01-22T10:36:18.330Z",
          "content": "<p><a href=\"/addisonhoward\">@addisonhoward</a> <a href=\"/elizabethpark\">@elizabethpark</a> \nI received the same code as well for two competitions!</p>",
          "rawMarkdown": "@addisonhoward @elizabethpark \nI received the same code as well for two competitions!"
        },
        {
          "id": 726101,
          "postDate": "2020-01-22T20:01:32.247Z",
          "content": "<p>Hi <a href=\"/abhinavm24\">@abhinavm24</a> and <a href=\"/muhammedazamkhan\">@muhammedazamkhan</a>,\nOur team discovered there was an issue like yours for a few of the recipients - You should have received a new code from me today. The e-mail is titled \"$150 Google Cloud Platform Credit\". Please let me know in case of additional questions. Thank you!</p>",
          "rawMarkdown": "Hi @abhinavm24 and @muhammedazamkhan,\nOur team discovered there was an issue like yours for a few of the recipients - You should have received a new code from me today. The e-mail is titled \"$150 Google Cloud Platform Credit\". Please let me know in case of additional questions. Thank you!",
          "votes": 1
        },
        {
          "id": 726394,
          "postDate": "2020-01-23T01:53:14.790Z",
          "content": "<p>Yes, I have received your mail and have successfully applied the code. Thank a lot for your prompt reply and cooperation.</p>",
          "rawMarkdown": "Yes, I have received your mail and have successfully applied the code. Thank a lot for your prompt reply and cooperation."
        },
        {
          "id": 727675,
          "postDate": "2020-01-24T00:38:35.877Z",
          "content": "<p>Received! Thank you!</p>",
          "rawMarkdown": "Received! Thank you!"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": 755344,
      "postDate": "2020-02-24T17:22:36.330Z",
      "content": "<p>Hi, I cannot find the submission ID. Hover over my submission doesn't work. Could you help? \nThank you.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Hi, I cannot find the submission ID. Hover over my submission doesn't work. Could you help? \nThank you.",
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 755345,
          "postDate": "2020-02-24T17:25:11.947Z",
          "content": "<p>Also, showing the using the pb file extracted from google cloud as a screenshot would be sufficient for proving that I used AutoML vision?</p>",
          "rawMarkdown": "Also, showing the using the pb file extracted from google cloud as a screenshot would be sufficient for proving that I used AutoML vision?"
        },
        {
          "id": 769495,
          "postDate": "2020-03-12T01:01:36.713Z",
          "content": "<p>To prove you used AutoML vision, please share a screenshot of either the code you used to train the model, or a screenshot of your 'Train' Tab in the Google Cloud Console UI for AutoML Vision. The Train Tab should have a 'Model ID' for each of the models you trained on the uploaded dataset, please try to include at least one. </p>",
          "rawMarkdown": "To prove you used AutoML vision, please share a screenshot of either the code you used to train the model, or a screenshot of your 'Train' Tab in the Google Cloud Console UI for AutoML Vision. The Train Tab should have a 'Model ID' for each of the models you trained on the uploaded dataset, please try to include at least one. "
        },
        {
          "id": 769745,
          "postDate": "2020-03-12T08:02:23.423Z",
          "content": "<p>Regarding how to get the submissionID, there is a discussion on that within a related competition here: <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/c/nlp-getting-started/discussion/122956\">https://www.kaggle.com/c/nlp-getting-started/discussion/122956</a></p>",
          "rawMarkdown": "Regarding how to get the submissionID, there is a discussion on that within a related competition here: https://www.kaggle.com/c/nlp-getting-started/discussion/122956"
        },
        {
          "id": 769977,
          "postDate": "2020-03-12T13:02:25.643Z",
          "content": "<p>Hi Thank you for the answer devrishi. </p>\n\n<p>I checked the thread you shared, and it still seems different from how it is described. \nIn my case the url appears as <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/username/\">https://www.kaggle.com/username/</a>\"notebook name\"?scriptVersionId=\"version\". </p>\n\n<p>On the thread, actually there's another user who has a same problem but no one answered his question below.</p>\n\n<p>Adilzhan Ismailov\nSo <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/adilism/\">https://www.kaggle.com/adilism/</a>\"notebook name\"?scriptVersionId=\"version\" is sufficient?</p>\n\n<p>So, is it sufficient?</p>",
          "rawMarkdown": "Hi Thank you for the answer devrishi. \n\nI checked the thread you shared, and it still seems different from how it is described. \nIn my case the url appears as https://www.kaggle.com/username/\"notebook name\"?scriptVersionId=\"version\". \n\nOn the thread, actually there's another user who has a same problem but no one answered his question below.\n\nAdilzhan Ismailov\nSo https://www.kaggle.com/adilism/\"notebook name\"?scriptVersionId=\"version\" is sufficient?\n\nSo, is it sufficient?"
        },
        {
          "id": 769982,
          "postDate": "2020-03-12T13:09:36.200Z",
          "content": "<p>I add the screenshot, it may explain situation better<img src=\"https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/kaggle-user-content/o/inbox%2F830162%2F5418556b7770d414c7cdf317df1bbfb4%2FScreenshot.png?generation=1584018573996891&amp;alt=media\" alt=\"\"></p>",
          "rawMarkdown": "I add the screenshot, it may explain situation better![](https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/kaggle-user-content/o/inbox%2F830162%2F5418556b7770d414c7cdf317df1bbfb4%2FScreenshot.png?generation=1584018573996891&amp;alt=media)\n"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": 743219,
      "postDate": "2020-02-11T22:21:26.463Z",
      "content": "<p>Hi all,</p>\n\n<p>Applications for credits are now closed. We will be distributing the credits in the coming days. Please take a look in your email for the coupon!</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Hi all,\n\nApplications for credits are now closed. We will be distributing the credits in the coming days. Please take a look in your email for the coupon!",
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 769262,
          "postDate": "2020-03-11T17:40:58.697Z",
          "content": "<p>Hi Addison, \nCould you kindly inform me that where can I find the submission ID? Hover over my submission doesn't work. I googled how to check but no luck. Thanks!</p>",
          "rawMarkdown": "Hi Addison, \nCould you kindly inform me that where can I find the submission ID? Hover over my submission doesn't work. I googled how to check but no luck. Thanks!"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": 725060,
      "postDate": "2020-01-21T18:44:38.943Z",
      "content": "<p>Cool</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Cool"
    },
    {
      "id": 706182,
      "postDate": "2019-12-30T03:09:13.120Z",
      "content": "<p>Hi <a href=\"/addisonhoward\">@addisonhoward</a> \nIn the submission form, there is a clause-\n&gt; Please upload a screenshot of your code noting use of AutoML.</p>\n\n<p>I am confused with the word <strong>nothing</strong>. Could you please elaborate on this a little bit?</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Hi @addisonhoward \nIn the submission form, there is a clause-\n&gt; Please upload a screenshot of your code noting use of AutoML.\n\nI am confused with the word **nothing**. Could you please elaborate on this a little bit?",
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 706613,
          "postDate": "2019-12-30T16:07:30.280Z",
          "content": "<p>Hi MAK,</p>\n\n<p>The word is \"noting\" - the phrase would also be correct as:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>Please upload a screenshot of your code <strong>showing</strong> use of AutoML.</p>\n</blockquote>",
          "rawMarkdown": "Hi MAK,\n\nThe word is \"noting\" - the phrase would also be correct as:\n\n&gt;Please upload a screenshot of your code **showing** use of AutoML."
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": 703287,
      "postDate": "2019-12-26T00:05:00.823Z",
      "rawMarkdown": "",
      "isDeleted": true,
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 703771,
          "postDate": "2019-12-26T15:51:20.377Z",
          "content": "<p>It does not! You can submit a model using AutoML and other models, and can win twice!</p>",
          "rawMarkdown": "It does not! You can submit a model using AutoML and other models, and can win twice!"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "comments": [
    {
      "id": 726386,
      "author_name": "Wardenga",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "2020-01-23T01:43:10.347000",
      "content": "<p>I created <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/wardenga/bengali-handwritten-graphemes-with-automl\">this notebook</a> to get started with AutoML Vision.</p>",
      "votes": 4,
      "replies": []
    },
    {
      "id": 709764,
      "author_name": "Tim Yee",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "2020-01-03T22:43:29.480000",
      "content": "<p>If we just ensemble AutoML predictions with non-AutoML model predictions, does it qualify for swag prizes? Or is the swag prizes only available to those who make a submission based solely on AutoML? <a href=\"/addisonhoward\">@addisonhoward</a> </p>",
      "votes": 1,
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 727769,
          "author_name": "Rohit Agarwal",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "2020-01-24T03:16:25.347000",
          "content": "<p>Good query <a href=\"/teeyee314\">@teeyee314</a> !\n<a href=\"/addisonhoward\">@addisonhoward</a> amy insights?</p>",
          "votes": 0,
          "replies": []
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": 704201,
      "author_name": "Ildoo Kim",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "2019-12-27T06:55:11.913000",
      "content": "<p><a href=\"/addisonhoward\">@addisonhoward</a> Am I eligible for the prizes while using AutoML Tools? </p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/c/bengaliai-cv19/rules\">https://www.kaggle.com/c/bengaliai-cv19/rules</a></p>",
      "votes": 1,
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 704467,
          "author_name": "Addison Howard",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "2019-12-27T14:18:14.490000",
          "content": "<p>Can you link me to the tools to which you are referring?</p>",
          "votes": 0,
          "replies": []
        },
        {
          "id": 704474,
          "author_name": "Ildoo Kim",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "2019-12-27T14:26:15.277000",
          "content": "<p>For example,</p>\n\n<ol>\n<li>Google's AutoML Vision : <a href=\"https://cloud.google.com/vision/automl/docs/\">https://cloud.google.com/vision/automl/docs/</a></li>\n<li>Internally developed In-house AutoML Tools</li>\n</ol>",
          "votes": 0,
          "replies": []
        },
        {
          "id": 704475,
          "author_name": "Ildoo Kim",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "2019-12-27T14:28:16.727000",
          "content": "<p>Oh, I see where the miscommunication comes from. If I use Google's AutoML Vision to submit, am I eligible also for the prizes of the competition track(eg. $500 for 1st place), or am I eligible only for the swag prizes?</p>",
          "votes": 0,
          "replies": []
        },
        {
          "id": 704477,
          "author_name": "Addison Howard",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "2019-12-27T14:30:04.580000",
          "content": "<p>You can use any tools as permitted in the rules to win the 1st, 2nd, or 3rd place prizes. We are specifically giving out swag to the top submissions using Google AutoML. If the best solution overall also uses Google AutoML, then you'd get both the top cash prize AND swag.</p>",
          "votes": 1,
          "replies": []
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": 722131,
      "author_name": "hengck23",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "2020-01-18T06:28:34.990000",
      "content": "<p>the notebook requirement is:</p>\n\n<p>```\nThis is a Code Competition\nSubmissions to this competition must be made through Notebooks. In order for the \"Submit to Competition\" button to be active after a commit, the following conditions must be met:</p>\n\n<p>CPU Notebook &lt;= 9 hours run-time\nGPU Notebook &lt;= 2 hours run-time\nNo internet access enabled\n```</p>\n\n<p>since no internet connection is allowed, does it means that you can only use autoML offline trained model?</p>",
      "votes": 2,
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 725054,
          "author_name": "Sohier Dane",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "2020-01-21T18:38:25.473000",
          "content": "<p>Correct, you would need to export the model from AutoML.</p>",
          "votes": 0,
          "replies": []
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": 720198,
      "author_name": "HZD",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "2020-01-16T08:28:03.507000",
      "content": "<p>Hi, <a href=\"/addisonhoward\">@addisonhoward</a> \nI received emails from two different competitions to issue Free Cloud Credits, but the unique codes are exactly the same. Is this normal? Looking forward to your reply.\n<img src=\"https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/kaggle-user-content/o/inbox%2F1708761%2F2c9fc674334ebaa0d8826a9369711c5e%2FQQ20200116162242.png?generation=1579163206004113&amp;alt=media\" alt=\"\">\n<img src=\"https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/kaggle-user-content/o/inbox%2F1708761%2Fb4429b72e98d600653d93d13bc5435be%2FQQ20200116162251.png?generation=1579163230023516&amp;alt=media\" alt=\"\"></p>",
      "votes": 2,
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 720728,
          "author_name": "Addison Howard",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "2020-01-16T17:18:58.817000",
          "content": "<p>Odd - we're looking into this. Thanks for reporting!</p>",
          "votes": 2,
          "replies": []
        },
        {
          "id": 720761,
          "author_name": "Elizabeth Park",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "2020-01-16T17:50:19.880000",
          "content": "<p>Hi <a href=\"/noxuslol\">@noxuslol</a> , we've verified that you should not have received the same codes for the two competitions. Please look out for another e-mail from us for a different code. Thank you.</p>",
          "votes": 3,
          "replies": []
        },
        {
          "id": 720776,
          "author_name": "",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "2020-01-16T18:08:13.060000",
          "content": "",
          "votes": 0,
          "replies": []
        },
        {
          "id": 721576,
          "author_name": "whieee",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "2020-01-17T13:57:20.210000",
          "content": "<p>Exact same problem, I'm participating in both. Received the same code twice! <a href=\"/elizabethpark\">@elizabethpark</a> FYI</p>",
          "votes": 1,
          "replies": []
        },
        {
          "id": 725602,
          "author_name": "whieee",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "2020-01-22T09:23:22.300000",
          "content": "<p><a href=\"/addisonhoward\">@addisonhoward</a>  <a href=\"/elizabethpark\">@elizabethpark</a>  can you please check for my account too? Thanks</p>",
          "votes": 0,
          "replies": []
        },
        {
          "id": 725647,
          "author_name": "Mohammad Azam Khan",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "2020-01-22T10:36:18.330000",
          "content": "<p><a href=\"/addisonhoward\">@addisonhoward</a> <a href=\"/elizabethpark\">@elizabethpark</a> \nI received the same code as well for two competitions!</p>",
          "votes": 0,
          "replies": []
        },
        {
          "id": 726101,
          "author_name": "Elizabeth Park",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "2020-01-22T20:01:32.247000",
          "content": "<p>Hi <a href=\"/abhinavm24\">@abhinavm24</a> and <a href=\"/muhammedazamkhan\">@muhammedazamkhan</a>,\nOur team discovered there was an issue like yours for a few of the recipients - You should have received a new code from me today. The e-mail is titled \"$150 Google Cloud Platform Credit\". Please let me know in case of additional questions. Thank you!</p>",
          "votes": 1,
          "replies": []
        },
        {
          "id": 726394,
          "author_name": "Mohammad Azam Khan",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "2020-01-23T01:53:14.790000",
          "content": "<p>Yes, I have received your mail and have successfully applied the code. Thank a lot for your prompt reply and cooperation.</p>",
          "votes": 0,
          "replies": []
        },
        {
          "id": 727675,
          "author_name": "whieee",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "2020-01-24T00:38:35.877000",
          "content": "<p>Received! Thank you!</p>",
          "votes": 0,
          "replies": []
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": 755344,
      "author_name": "Inhoi",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "2020-02-24T17:22:36.330000",
      "content": "<p>Hi, I cannot find the submission ID. Hover over my submission doesn't work. Could you help? \nThank you.</p>",
      "votes": 0,
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 755345,
          "author_name": "Inhoi",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "2020-02-24T17:25:11.947000",
          "content": "<p>Also, showing the using the pb file extracted from google cloud as a screenshot would be sufficient for proving that I used AutoML vision?</p>",
          "votes": 0,
          "replies": []
        },
        {
          "id": 769495,
          "author_name": "devrishi",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "2020-03-12T01:01:36.713000",
          "content": "<p>To prove you used AutoML vision, please share a screenshot of either the code you used to train the model, or a screenshot of your 'Train' Tab in the Google Cloud Console UI for AutoML Vision. The Train Tab should have a 'Model ID' for each of the models you trained on the uploaded dataset, please try to include at least one. </p>",
          "votes": 0,
          "replies": []
        },
        {
          "id": 769745,
          "author_name": "devrishi",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "2020-03-12T08:02:23.423000",
          "content": "<p>Regarding how to get the submissionID, there is a discussion on that within a related competition here: <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/c/nlp-getting-started/discussion/122956\">https://www.kaggle.com/c/nlp-getting-started/discussion/122956</a></p>",
          "votes": 0,
          "replies": []
        },
        {
          "id": 769977,
          "author_name": "Inhoi",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "2020-03-12T13:02:25.643000",
          "content": "<p>Hi Thank you for the answer devrishi. </p>\n\n<p>I checked the thread you shared, and it still seems different from how it is described. \nIn my case the url appears as <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/username/\">https://www.kaggle.com/username/</a>\"notebook name\"?scriptVersionId=\"version\". </p>\n\n<p>On the thread, actually there's another user who has a same problem but no one answered his question below.</p>\n\n<p>Adilzhan Ismailov\nSo <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/adilism/\">https://www.kaggle.com/adilism/</a>\"notebook name\"?scriptVersionId=\"version\" is sufficient?</p>\n\n<p>So, is it sufficient?</p>",
          "votes": 0,
          "replies": []
        },
        {
          "id": 769982,
          "author_name": "Inhoi",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "2020-03-12T13:09:36.200000",
          "content": "<p>I add the screenshot, it may explain situation better<img src=\"https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/kaggle-user-content/o/inbox%2F830162%2F5418556b7770d414c7cdf317df1bbfb4%2FScreenshot.png?generation=1584018573996891&amp;alt=media\" alt=\"\"></p>",
          "votes": 0,
          "replies": []
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": 743219,
      "author_name": "Addison Howard",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "2020-02-11T22:21:26.463000",
      "content": "<p>Hi all,</p>\n\n<p>Applications for credits are now closed. We will be distributing the credits in the coming days. Please take a look in your email for the coupon!</p>",
      "votes": 0,
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 769262,
          "author_name": "Inhoi",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "2020-03-11T17:40:58.697000",
          "content": "<p>Hi Addison, \nCould you kindly inform me that where can I find the submission ID? Hover over my submission doesn't work. I googled how to check but no luck. Thanks!</p>",
          "votes": 0,
          "replies": []
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": 725060,
      "author_name": "Karan",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "2020-01-21T18:44:38.943000",
      "content": "<p>Cool</p>",
      "votes": 0,
      "replies": []
    },
    {
      "id": 706182,
      "author_name": "Mohammad Azam Khan",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "2019-12-30T03:09:13.120000",
      "content": "<p>Hi <a href=\"/addisonhoward\">@addisonhoward</a> \nIn the submission form, there is a clause-\n&gt; Please upload a screenshot of your code noting use of AutoML.</p>\n\n<p>I am confused with the word <strong>nothing</strong>. Could you please elaborate on this a little bit?</p>",
      "votes": 0,
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 706613,
          "author_name": "Addison Howard",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "2019-12-30T16:07:30.280000",
          "content": "<p>Hi MAK,</p>\n\n<p>The word is \"noting\" - the phrase would also be correct as:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>Please upload a screenshot of your code <strong>showing</strong> use of AutoML.</p>\n</blockquote>",
          "votes": 0,
          "replies": []
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": 703287,
      "author_name": "",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "2019-12-26T00:05:00.823000",
      "content": "",
      "votes": 0,
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 703771,
          "author_name": "Addison Howard",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "2019-12-26T15:51:20.377000",
          "content": "<p>It does not! You can submit a model using AutoML and other models, and can win twice!</p>",
          "votes": 0,
          "replies": []
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
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    "701612": "Hi All,\n\nKaggle is excited to announce that Google Cloud [AutoML Vision](https://cloud.google.com/vision/automl/docs/) is sponsoring swag prizes for this competition! We will award Kaggle swag to each of the top 5 scoring solutions that use Google AutoML before the competition deadline.&nbsp; \n\nTo help you get started, check out [this post](https://www.kaggle.com/product-feedback/115754) outlining how to use the Google AutoML integration within Kaggle. And to kick things off, [we're giving out coupons](https://www.kaggle.com/GCP-Credits-BengaliAI) to use Google Cloud AutoML Vision on GCP!\n\n\n- First 400 teams to meet the stated requirements are eligible.\n- You MUST have made a submission to the Bengali.ai competition.\n- Entries will only be accepted until February 7, 2020 at 11:59PM UTC or when the maximum number of coupons have been issued, whichever comes first.\n- $150 GCP Coupons will be issued by February 14, 2020.\n- You must redeem the credits by February 21, 2020 and use the credits within 90 days thereafter.\n- Submission kernels with have internet disabled, so to use AutoML you'll need to train an edge model that you can download for offline use and add to your submission notebook as a dataset.\n\nIf you are interested in entering your submission for this swag prize, please fill out [this form](https://www.kaggle.com/bengaliai-automl-prize).\n\nHappy Modeling!",
    "726386": "I created [this notebook](https://www.kaggle.com/wardenga/bengali-handwritten-graphemes-with-automl) to get started with AutoML Vision.",
    "709764": "If we just ensemble AutoML predictions with non-AutoML model predictions, does it qualify for swag prizes? Or is the swag prizes only available to those who make a submission based solely on AutoML? @addisonhoward ",
    "704201": "@addisonhoward Am I eligible for the prizes while using AutoML Tools? \n\nhttps://www.kaggle.com/c/bengaliai-cv19/rules",
    "722131": "the notebook requirement is:\n\n```\nThis is a Code Competition\nSubmissions to this competition must be made through Notebooks. In order for the \"Submit to Competition\" button to be active after a commit, the following conditions must be met:\n\nCPU Notebook &lt;= 9 hours run-time\nGPU Notebook &lt;= 2 hours run-time\nNo internet access enabled\n```\n\nsince no internet connection is allowed, does it means that you can only use autoML offline trained model?\n",
    "720198": "Hi, @addisonhoward \nI received emails from two different competitions to issue Free Cloud Credits, but the unique codes are exactly the same. Is this normal? Looking forward to your reply.\n![](https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/kaggle-user-content/o/inbox%2F1708761%2F2c9fc674334ebaa0d8826a9369711c5e%2FQQ20200116162242.png?generation=1579163206004113&amp;alt=media)\n![](https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/kaggle-user-content/o/inbox%2F1708761%2Fb4429b72e98d600653d93d13bc5435be%2FQQ20200116162251.png?generation=1579163230023516&amp;alt=media)\n\n",
    "755344": "Hi, I cannot find the submission ID. Hover over my submission doesn't work. Could you help? \nThank you.",
    "743219": "Hi all,\n\nApplications for credits are now closed. We will be distributing the credits in the coming days. Please take a look in your email for the coupon!",
    "725060": "Cool",
    "706182": "Hi @addisonhoward \nIn the submission form, there is a clause-\n&gt; Please upload a screenshot of your code noting use of AutoML.\n\nI am confused with the word **nothing**. Could you please elaborate on this a little bit?",
    "703287": ""
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