{
  "id": 571660,
  "title": "Competition Submission failed",
  "url": "/competitions/birdclef-2025/discussion/571660",
  "author_name": "Rohit Dileep",
  "post_date": "2025-04-04T17:29:10.527000",
  "votes": 1,
  "comment_count": 0,
  "views": 0,
  "content": "<p>Hi everyone,</p>\n<p>I'm currently stuck on my competition submission, as my submission is failing despite following the expected format. I've trained a TensorFlow neural network for classification using MFCC features extracted with librosa and am generating predictions in the required format.</p>\n<p>However, my predictions seem incorrect, and I'm unsure if the issue is due to:<br>\nIncorrect probability scaling (despite using a softmax activation in the final layer)<br>\nFeature normalization mismatch between training and test data<br>\nImproper mapping of predicted probabilities to class labels<br>\nIt would be greatly appreciated if someone could help me debug and refine my submission process.</p>\n<p>Thanks in advance for any guidance! 🙌</p>\n<p>notebook link -&gt; <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/code/rohitdileep/tensorflow-nn-classification\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.kaggle.com/code/rohitdileep/tensorflow-nn-classification</a></p>",
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      "id": 3170401,
      "postDate": "2025-04-04T17:29:10.527Z",
      "content": "<p>Hi everyone,</p>\n<p>I'm currently stuck on my competition submission, as my submission is failing despite following the expected format. I've trained a TensorFlow neural network for classification using MFCC features extracted with librosa and am generating predictions in the required format.</p>\n<p>However, my predictions seem incorrect, and I'm unsure if the issue is due to:<br>\nIncorrect probability scaling (despite using a softmax activation in the final layer)<br>\nFeature normalization mismatch between training and test data<br>\nImproper mapping of predicted probabilities to class labels<br>\nIt would be greatly appreciated if someone could help me debug and refine my submission process.</p>\n<p>Thanks in advance for any guidance! 🙌</p>\n<p>notebook link -&gt; <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/code/rohitdileep/tensorflow-nn-classification\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.kaggle.com/code/rohitdileep/tensorflow-nn-classification</a></p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Hi everyone,\n\nI'm currently stuck on my competition submission, as my submission is failing despite following the expected format. I've trained a TensorFlow neural network for classification using MFCC features extracted with librosa and am generating predictions in the required format.\n\nHowever, my predictions seem incorrect, and I'm unsure if the issue is due to:\nIncorrect probability scaling (despite using a softmax activation in the final layer)\nFeature normalization mismatch between training and test data\nImproper mapping of predicted probabilities to class labels\nIt would be greatly appreciated if someone could help me debug and refine my submission process.\n\nThanks in advance for any guidance! 🙌\n\nnotebook link -> https://www.kaggle.com/code/rohitdileep/tensorflow-nn-classification",
      "votes": 1
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    "3170401": "Hi everyone,\n\nI'm currently stuck on my competition submission, as my submission is failing despite following the expected format. I've trained a TensorFlow neural network for classification using MFCC features extracted with librosa and am generating predictions in the required format.\n\nHowever, my predictions seem incorrect, and I'm unsure if the issue is due to:\nIncorrect probability scaling (despite using a softmax activation in the final layer)\nFeature normalization mismatch between training and test data\nImproper mapping of predicted probabilities to class labels\nIt would be greatly appreciated if someone could help me debug and refine my submission process.\n\nThanks in advance for any guidance! 🙌\n\nnotebook link -> https://www.kaggle.com/code/rohitdileep/tensorflow-nn-classification"
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