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  "id": 6820,
  "title": "Clarification regarding model submission and final submission",
  "url": "/competitions/flight2-main/discussion/6820",
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  "post_date": "2014-01-12T17:09:14.573Z",
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  "content": "<p>admin:</p>\n<p>i had a doubt regarding model submission date and final submission date. Why is there a month's gap between the two? is it that i can not make changes to the codes i submit on 18th, after 18th? if not, why is the final data being released after a month's gap? am i supposed to do anything between the 2 dates?</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>thanks.</p>\n<p>t</p>",
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      "id": "37318",
      "postDate": "01/12/2014 17:09:14",
      "content": "<p>admin:</p>\n<p>i had a doubt regarding model submission date and final submission date. Why is there a month's gap between the two? is it that i can not make changes to the codes i submit on 18th, after 18th? if not, why is the final data being released after a month's gap? am i supposed to do anything between the 2 dates?</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>thanks.</p>\n<p>t</p>",
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      "id": "37319",
      "postDate": "01/12/2014 17:55:58",
      "content": "<p>Okay, i got the answer browsing through one of the threads. thanks, nonetheless.</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>thanks.</p>\n<p>t</p>",
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      "id": "37422",
      "postDate": "01/15/2014 20:50:46",
      "content": "<p>Hi admin,</p>\n<p>Is the model submission compulsory for all, i.e., will the team be removed from the final leaderboard if it fails to submit a model before the deadline?</p>",
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      "id": "37429",
      "postDate": "01/15/2014 22:55:04",
      "content": "<p>Hi pallavi,</p>\n<p>Model submission is compulsory to claim a prize. Teams that have been competing but do not submit a model will not be removed from the leaderboard.</p>",
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      "id": "37432",
      "postDate": "01/15/2014 23:39:53",
      "content": "<p>joycenv - can you clarify the following? &nbsp;Is this true?</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>There will be a final test dataset released in a few weeks. Competitors must run their models on that dataset and submit to that leaderboard for their final ranking; the top 4? 5? win a prize. &nbsp;To qualify for a prize, you must have submitted your code by the deadline this Saturday and that code must be able to match the submission you make on the yet-to -be-released test set for the final leaderboard.</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>Are you saying though that those of us with no chance to win can continue to work on our models, and submit our results on the final test set to the final leaderboard hopefully improving our current position - but of course without qualifying for a prize?</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>If not, I'm not sure what 'not removed from the leaderboard' means. I presume the current leaderboard is an interim one and will be replaced by the final leaderboard, ie everyone will in some sense be removed if they can't submit to the final leaderboard. &nbsp;Or am I missing something?</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>Thanks</p>",
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      "id": "37433",
      "postDate": "01/15/2014 23:50:41",
      "content": "<p>You understand correctly. The final phase of Flight Quest 2 will have a new leaderboard with a new test set.</p>\n<p>The previous post asked if teams not submitting models will be removed from the current leaderboard. I was confirming that they will not be removed from the leaderboard they have already submitted to. I can't be sure, but I thought the poster was referring to how we clean up leaderboards of rules violators. Not submitting a model is not violating a rule, so your team still shows up.&nbsp;</p>\n<p>Hope this clarifies things.</p>",
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      "id": 37319,
      "author_name": "torrent",
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      "post_date": "01/12/2014 17:55:58",
      "content": "<p>Okay, i got the answer browsing through one of the threads. thanks, nonetheless.</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>thanks.</p>\n<p>t</p>",
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      "id": 37422,
      "author_name": "pallavi125220",
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      "post_date": "01/15/2014 20:50:46",
      "content": "<p>Hi admin,</p>\n<p>Is the model submission compulsory for all, i.e., will the team be removed from the final leaderboard if it fails to submit a model before the deadline?</p>",
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      "id": 37429,
      "author_name": "joycenv",
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      "post_date": "01/15/2014 22:55:04",
      "content": "<p>Hi pallavi,</p>\n<p>Model submission is compulsory to claim a prize. Teams that have been competing but do not submit a model will not be removed from the leaderboard.</p>",
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      "id": 37432,
      "author_name": "ragingphilip",
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      "post_date": "01/15/2014 23:39:53",
      "content": "<p>joycenv - can you clarify the following? &nbsp;Is this true?</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>There will be a final test dataset released in a few weeks. Competitors must run their models on that dataset and submit to that leaderboard for their final ranking; the top 4? 5? win a prize. &nbsp;To qualify for a prize, you must have submitted your code by the deadline this Saturday and that code must be able to match the submission you make on the yet-to -be-released test set for the final leaderboard.</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>Are you saying though that those of us with no chance to win can continue to work on our models, and submit our results on the final test set to the final leaderboard hopefully improving our current position - but of course without qualifying for a prize?</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>If not, I'm not sure what 'not removed from the leaderboard' means. I presume the current leaderboard is an interim one and will be replaced by the final leaderboard, ie everyone will in some sense be removed if they can't submit to the final leaderboard. &nbsp;Or am I missing something?</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>Thanks</p>",
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      "id": 37433,
      "author_name": "joycenv",
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      "post_date": "01/15/2014 23:50:41",
      "content": "<p>You understand correctly. The final phase of Flight Quest 2 will have a new leaderboard with a new test set.</p>\n<p>The previous post asked if teams not submitting models will be removed from the current leaderboard. I was confirming that they will not be removed from the leaderboard they have already submitted to. I can't be sure, but I thought the poster was referring to how we clean up leaderboards of rules violators. Not submitting a model is not violating a rule, so your team still shows up.&nbsp;</p>\n<p>Hope this clarifies things.</p>",
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