{
  "id": 17899,
  "title": "pre-training on non MRI/medical data",
  "url": "/competitions/second-annual-data-science-bowl/discussion/17899",
  "author_name": "",
  "post_date": "2015-12-15T00:57:38.257Z",
  "votes": null,
  "comment_count": 4,
  "views": 1037,
  "content": "<p>Can we pre-train our models on datasets that are outside the image manifold of the available set. e.g Imagenet?</p>",
  "messages": [
    {
      "id": "101300",
      "postDate": "12/15/2015 00:57:38",
      "content": "<p>Can we pre-train our models on datasets that are outside the image manifold of the available set. e.g Imagenet?</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Can we pre-train our models on datasets that are outside the image manifold of the available set. e.g Imagenet?",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "101303",
      "postDate": "12/15/2015 00:59:28",
      "content": "<p>That would be considered external data and is not allowed. Per the rules:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>Use of external data is not permitted, with the exception of the The Sunnybrook Cardiac Data (SCD).</p>\n</blockquote>",
      "rawMarkdown": "That would be considered external data and is not allowed. Per the rules:\r\n\r\n> Use of external data is not permitted, with the exception of the The Sunnybrook Cardiac Data (SCD).",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "101324",
      "postDate": "12/15/2015 01:40:20",
      "content": "<p>Is the use of synthetic data allowed? The algorithm by itself manufactures data related or not related to training set?</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Is the use of synthetic data allowed? The algorithm by itself manufactures data related or not related to training set?",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "101326",
      "postDate": "12/15/2015 01:41:52",
      "content": "<p>Generating your own data in code is allowed. Using external synthetic data would not be.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Generating your own data in code is allowed. Using external synthetic data would not be.",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "101328",
      "postDate": "12/15/2015 01:46:17",
      "content": "<p>Thank you.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Thank you.",
      "votes": null
    }
  ],
  "comments": [
    {
      "id": 101303,
      "author_name": "wcukierski",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "12/15/2015 00:59:28",
      "content": "<p>That would be considered external data and is not allowed. Per the rules:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>Use of external data is not permitted, with the exception of the The Sunnybrook Cardiac Data (SCD).</p>\n</blockquote>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": []
    },
    {
      "id": 101324,
      "author_name": "adhamghazali",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "12/15/2015 01:40:20",
      "content": "<p>Is the use of synthetic data allowed? The algorithm by itself manufactures data related or not related to training set?</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": []
    },
    {
      "id": 101326,
      "author_name": "wcukierski",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "12/15/2015 01:41:52",
      "content": "<p>Generating your own data in code is allowed. Using external synthetic data would not be.</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": []
    },
    {
      "id": 101328,
      "author_name": "adhamghazali",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "12/15/2015 01:46:17",
      "content": "<p>Thank you.</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": []
    }
  ],
  "raw_markdown_by_id": {
    "101300": "Can we pre-train our models on datasets that are outside the image manifold of the available set. e.g Imagenet?",
    "101303": "That would be considered external data and is not allowed. Per the rules:\r\n\r\n> Use of external data is not permitted, with the exception of the The Sunnybrook Cardiac Data (SCD).",
    "101324": "Is the use of synthetic data allowed? The algorithm by itself manufactures data related or not related to training set?",
    "101326": "Generating your own data in code is allowed. Using external synthetic data would not be.",
    "101328": "Thank you."
  },
  "source": "meta"
}