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  "id": 94539,
  "title": "GCP Credits Availability",
  "url": "/competitions/open-images-2019-object-detection/discussion/94539",
  "author_name": "FGPC",
  "post_date": "2019-06-05T05:04:44.461000",
  "votes": 3,
  "comment_count": 11,
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  "content": "<p>Given that Open Images 2019 competitions have a huge amount of datasets and to have a decent result in training a model/s, some computational resources are extremely necessary in order to compete with others who already owned very good computational resources. Is it possible to competition host to kindly provide free GCP credits? Many Thanks! :-)</p>",
  "messages": [
    {
      "id": 550691,
      "postDate": "2019-06-11T23:52:17.710Z",
      "content": "<p>Good news!! There is going to be a coupon on GCP soon!</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/product-feedback/95254#post550632\">https://www.kaggle.com/product-feedback/95254#post550632</a></p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Good news!! There is going to be a coupon on GCP soon!\n\nhttps://www.kaggle.com/product-feedback/95254#post550632",
      "votes": 3,
      "replies": [
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          "postDate": "2019-07-10T06:10:29.603Z",
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    {
      "id": 544072,
      "postDate": "2019-06-05T05:04:44.460Z",
      "content": "<p>Given that Open Images 2019 competitions have a huge amount of datasets and to have a decent result in training a model/s, some computational resources are extremely necessary in order to compete with others who already owned very good computational resources. Is it possible to competition host to kindly provide free GCP credits? Many Thanks! :-)</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Given that Open Images 2019 competitions have a huge amount of datasets and to have a decent result in training a model/s, some computational resources are extremely necessary in order to compete with others who already owned very good computational resources. Is it possible to competition host to kindly provide free GCP credits? Many Thanks! :-)",
      "votes": 3
    },
    {
      "id": 546656,
      "postDate": "2019-06-06T19:31:38.147Z",
      "content": "<p>I might have to use my Amazon AWS credits here...</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "I might have to use my Amazon AWS credits here...",
      "votes": 1
    },
    {
      "id": 571831,
      "postDate": "2019-07-10T06:11:42.147Z",
      "content": "<p>Updated (for people who follow this thread) : so it is confirm that there will be credit --\n<a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/c/open-images-2019-object-detection/discussion/98601#latest-570731\">https://www.kaggle.com/c/open-images-2019-object-detection/discussion/98601#latest-570731</a></p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Updated (for people who follow this thread) : so it is confirm that there will be credit --\nhttps://www.kaggle.com/c/open-images-2019-object-detection/discussion/98601#latest-570731"
    },
    {
      "id": 556017,
      "postDate": "2019-06-19T18:20:57.290Z",
      "content": "<p>nice </p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "nice "
    },
    {
      "id": 555438,
      "postDate": "2019-06-18T22:07:14.273Z",
      "content": "<p>That's where I'm struggling. I hope google provides some compute resources.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "That's where I'm struggling. I hope google provides some compute resources."
    },
    {
      "id": 545977,
      "postDate": "2019-06-06T05:26:08.373Z",
      "content": "<p>It would be great if Google considered it. We need it :)</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "It would be great if Google considered it. We need it :)"
    },
    {
      "id": 544806,
      "postDate": "2019-06-05T23:36:28.703Z",
      "content": "<p>I think you can have $300 GCP credit with a Gmail account, not related to the competition.  </p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "I think you can have $300 GCP credit with a Gmail account, not related to the competition.  ",
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 546006,
          "postDate": "2019-06-06T06:11:54.743Z",
          "content": "<p>But there's a certain limitation on free $300 GCP credits. Google is very strict when handling the request on renting more than 1 GPUs and other resources like a number of CPU/memory when you used free $300 GCP credits.</p>",
          "rawMarkdown": "But there's a certain limitation on free $300 GCP credits. Google is very strict when handling the request on renting more than 1 GPUs and other resources like a number of CPU/memory when you used free $300 GCP credits."
        },
        {
          "id": 546802,
          "postDate": "2019-06-06T22:36:33.567Z",
          "content": "<p>You need to provide a cc to use a GPU. But I had not issues getting permissions for two GPU's and some big ass machine with multiple CPU's and lots of memory. In the support ticket I explained that I needed it for a Kaggle competition (with link to it) and it worked. It was for another competition, though. </p>\n\n<p>FYI: I ended up only using 1 GPU at the time, because the $300 are gone quickly with a big machine and a Tesla V100 ;)</p>",
          "rawMarkdown": "You need to provide a cc to use a GPU. But I had not issues getting permissions for two GPU's and some big ass machine with multiple CPU's and lots of memory. In the support ticket I explained that I needed it for a Kaggle competition (with link to it) and it worked. It was for another competition, though. \n\nFYI: I ended up only using 1 GPU at the time, because the $300 are gone quickly with a big machine and a Tesla V100 ;)",
          "votes": 1
        },
        {
          "id": 555603,
          "postDate": "2019-06-19T06:19:36.803Z",
          "content": "<p>just do a request for quota upgrade, say that you are doing kaggle competition (provide a link if you like, they don't really care i think). I had quota for 2 v100 and 4 k80 easily</p>",
          "rawMarkdown": "just do a request for quota upgrade, say that you are doing kaggle competition (provide a link if you like, they don't really care i think). I had quota for 2 v100 and 4 k80 easily"
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      "id": 550691,
      "author_name": "Neuron Engineer",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "2019-06-11T23:52:17.710000",
      "content": "<p>Good news!! There is going to be a coupon on GCP soon!</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/product-feedback/95254#post550632\">https://www.kaggle.com/product-feedback/95254#post550632</a></p>",
      "votes": 3,
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 571828,
          "author_name": "",
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          "post_date": "2019-07-10T06:10:29.603000",
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          "votes": 0,
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    {
      "id": 546656,
      "author_name": "James Dietle",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "2019-06-06T19:31:38.147000",
      "content": "<p>I might have to use my Amazon AWS credits here...</p>",
      "votes": 1,
      "replies": []
    },
    {
      "id": 571831,
      "author_name": "Neuron Engineer",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "2019-07-10T06:11:42.147000",
      "content": "<p>Updated (for people who follow this thread) : so it is confirm that there will be credit --\n<a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/c/open-images-2019-object-detection/discussion/98601#latest-570731\">https://www.kaggle.com/c/open-images-2019-object-detection/discussion/98601#latest-570731</a></p>",
      "votes": 0,
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    {
      "id": 556017,
      "author_name": "DrHB",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "2019-06-19T18:20:57.290000",
      "content": "<p>nice </p>",
      "votes": 0,
      "replies": []
    },
    {
      "id": 555438,
      "author_name": "ManishRai",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "2019-06-18T22:07:14.273000",
      "content": "<p>That's where I'm struggling. I hope google provides some compute resources.</p>",
      "votes": 0,
      "replies": []
    },
    {
      "id": 545977,
      "author_name": "Zaur Fataliyev",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "2019-06-06T05:26:08.373000",
      "content": "<p>It would be great if Google considered it. We need it :)</p>",
      "votes": 0,
      "replies": []
    },
    {
      "id": 544806,
      "author_name": "joejeo1",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "2019-06-05T23:36:28.703000",
      "content": "<p>I think you can have $300 GCP credit with a Gmail account, not related to the competition.  </p>",
      "votes": 0,
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 546006,
          "author_name": "FGPC",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "2019-06-06T06:11:54.743000",
          "content": "<p>But there's a certain limitation on free $300 GCP credits. Google is very strict when handling the request on renting more than 1 GPUs and other resources like a number of CPU/memory when you used free $300 GCP credits.</p>",
          "votes": 0,
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        {
          "id": 546802,
          "author_name": "cyn",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "2019-06-06T22:36:33.567000",
          "content": "<p>You need to provide a cc to use a GPU. But I had not issues getting permissions for two GPU's and some big ass machine with multiple CPU's and lots of memory. In the support ticket I explained that I needed it for a Kaggle competition (with link to it) and it worked. It was for another competition, though. </p>\n\n<p>FYI: I ended up only using 1 GPU at the time, because the $300 are gone quickly with a big machine and a Tesla V100 ;)</p>",
          "votes": 1,
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        {
          "id": 555603,
          "author_name": "Moshel",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "2019-06-19T06:19:36.803000",
          "content": "<p>just do a request for quota upgrade, say that you are doing kaggle competition (provide a link if you like, they don't really care i think). I had quota for 2 v100 and 4 k80 easily</p>",
          "votes": 0,
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    "550691": "Good news!! There is going to be a coupon on GCP soon!\n\nhttps://www.kaggle.com/product-feedback/95254#post550632",
    "544072": "Given that Open Images 2019 competitions have a huge amount of datasets and to have a decent result in training a model/s, some computational resources are extremely necessary in order to compete with others who already owned very good computational resources. Is it possible to competition host to kindly provide free GCP credits? Many Thanks! :-)",
    "546656": "I might have to use my Amazon AWS credits here...",
    "571831": "Updated (for people who follow this thread) : so it is confirm that there will be credit --\nhttps://www.kaggle.com/c/open-images-2019-object-detection/discussion/98601#latest-570731",
    "556017": "nice ",
    "555438": "That's where I'm struggling. I hope google provides some compute resources.",
    "545977": "It would be great if Google considered it. We need it :)",
    "544806": "I think you can have $300 GCP credit with a Gmail account, not related to the competition.  "
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