{
  "id": 540460,
  "title": "Anonymized features really means blind to domain knowledge?",
  "url": "/competitions/jane-street-real-time-market-data-forecasting/discussion/540460",
  "author_name": "",
  "post_date": "2024-10-14T16:49:39.809254600Z",
  "votes": 4,
  "comment_count": 3,
  "views": 0,
  "content": "<p>I will review the past competition discussions to see how they tackled it. My first impression is that domain knowledge is not applicable and this is purely a tabular/time-series task which takes away quite a bit of fun taking on this challenge. Will be a lot more fun in figuring out or mapping the anonymized features to real-world features. </p>",
  "messages": [
    {
      "id": "3017226",
      "postDate": "10/14/2024 16:49:39",
      "content": "<p>I will review the past competition discussions to see how they tackled it. My first impression is that domain knowledge is not applicable and this is purely a tabular/time-series task which takes away quite a bit of fun taking on this challenge. Will be a lot more fun in figuring out or mapping the anonymized features to real-world features. </p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "I will review the past competition discussions to see how they tackled it. My first impression is that domain knowledge is not applicable and this is purely a tabular/time-series task which takes away quite a bit of fun taking on this challenge. Will be a lot more fun in figuring out or mapping the anonymized features to real-world features.",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "3017234",
      "postDate": "10/14/2024 17:00:38",
      "content": "<blockquote>\n  <p>To balance crafting a challenging, relevant problem that ties into our business while respecting the proprietary and highly competitive nature of our trading, you will notice that we have anonymized and lightly obfuscated some of the features and responders we present in the data</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p>It seems that the actual column names could give insight to the private practices of Jane Street. </p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "> To balance crafting a challenging, relevant problem that ties into our business while respecting the proprietary and highly competitive nature of our trading, you will notice that we have anonymized and lightly obfuscated some of the features and responders we present in the data\n\nIt seems that the actual column names could give insight to the private practices of Jane Street.",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "3017249",
      "postDate": "10/14/2024 17:17:45",
      "content": "<p>I think no, the whole point of obfuscation means features can only be replaced by Jane Street people, and other competitors cannot use it to gamble in the markets.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "I think no, the whole point of obfuscation means features can only be replaced by Jane Street people, and other competitors cannot use it to gamble in the markets.",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "3026897",
      "postDate": "10/24/2024 10:33:42",
      "content": "<p>I have issues with competitions like these where the prize money given is potentially tiny compared to their increased revenue</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "I have issues with competitions like these where the prize money given is potentially tiny compared to their increased revenue",
      "votes": null
    }
  ],
  "comments": [
    {
      "id": 3017234,
      "author_name": "andreasbis",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "10/14/2024 17:00:38",
      "content": "<blockquote>\n  <p>To balance crafting a challenging, relevant problem that ties into our business while respecting the proprietary and highly competitive nature of our trading, you will notice that we have anonymized and lightly obfuscated some of the features and responders we present in the data</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p>It seems that the actual column names could give insight to the private practices of Jane Street. </p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 3017249,
          "author_name": "jaejohn",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "10/14/2024 17:17:45",
          "content": "<p>I think no, the whole point of obfuscation means features can only be replaced by Jane Street people, and other competitors cannot use it to gamble in the markets.</p>",
          "votes": null,
          "replies": [
            {
              "id": 3026897,
              "author_name": "acwoolard",
              "author_url": "",
              "post_date": "10/24/2024 10:33:42",
              "content": "<p>I have issues with competitions like these where the prize money given is potentially tiny compared to their increased revenue</p>",
              "votes": null,
              "replies": []
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "raw_markdown_by_id": {
    "3017226": "I will review the past competition discussions to see how they tackled it. My first impression is that domain knowledge is not applicable and this is purely a tabular/time-series task which takes away quite a bit of fun taking on this challenge. Will be a lot more fun in figuring out or mapping the anonymized features to real-world features.",
    "3017234": "> To balance crafting a challenging, relevant problem that ties into our business while respecting the proprietary and highly competitive nature of our trading, you will notice that we have anonymized and lightly obfuscated some of the features and responders we present in the data\n\nIt seems that the actual column names could give insight to the private practices of Jane Street.",
    "3017249": "I think no, the whole point of obfuscation means features can only be replaced by Jane Street people, and other competitors cannot use it to gamble in the markets.",
    "3026897": "I have issues with competitions like these where the prize money given is potentially tiny compared to their increased revenue"
  },
  "source": "meta"
}