{
  "id": 175313,
  "title": "Congratulations: With/Without Context Special Prize Winners!",
  "url": "/competitions/siim-isic-melanoma-classification/discussion/175313",
  "author_name": "Julia Elliott",
  "post_date": "2020-08-18T00:05:33.157000",
  "votes": 6,
  "comment_count": 12,
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  "content": "<p>UPDATE: I'm pleased to announce that the winners of the Special Prizes are as follows</p>\n<h6>WITH CONTEXT:</h6>\n<p><strong>All Data Are Ext</strong> <a href=\"https://github.com/haqishen/SIIM-ISIC-Melanoma-Classification-1st-Place-Solution\" target=\"_blank\">[Approach Shared here]</a>: Whose 0.9490 private leaderboard 1st place submission also earned them this prize. They used the number of images per patient as their \"With Context\" approach.<br>\n<strong>Yuval &amp; nosound</strong> <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/c/siim-isic-melanoma-classification/discussion/181830\" target=\"_blank\">[Approach Shared here]</a>: A bonus \"With Context\" Award granted by the host to this team for their 0.9441 private leaderboard score which used the features extracted from non-context models across all of a patient's images as an input into a transformer, along with metadata.</p>\n<h6>WITHOUT CONTEXT:</h6>\n<p><strong>aloe</strong> <a href=\"https://github.com/i-pan/kaggle-melanoma\" target=\"_blank\">[Approach Shared here]</a>: Whose 0.9485 private leaderboard 2nd place submission also earned them this prize.</p>\n<hr>\n<p>ORIGINAL POST:</p>\n<p>This competition has a set of <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/c/siim-isic-melanoma-classification/overview/prizes\" target=\"_blank\">Special Prizes</a> that can be earned by top-scoring teams who have submissions that either:</p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>With Context</strong>… make use of patient-level contextual information or </li>\n<li><strong>Without Context</strong>… DO NOT make use of patient-level contextual information.</li>\n</ul>\n<p>Please review the <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/c/siim-isic-melanoma-classification/overview/prize\" target=\"_blank\">eligibility requirements</a> in detail, and <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/siim-isic-special-prize\" target=\"_blank\">make a submission</a> if you meet the criteria. Please be aware that you are only eligible to submit a <em>selected submission</em>. If you are part of a team, please only make one submission for your whole team.</p>\n<p>The submission deadline for special prizes is August 24th 2020.</p>",
  "messages": [
    {
      "id": 974393,
      "postDate": "2020-08-18T00:05:33.157Z",
      "content": "<p>UPDATE: I'm pleased to announce that the winners of the Special Prizes are as follows</p>\n<h6>WITH CONTEXT:</h6>\n<p><strong>All Data Are Ext</strong> <a href=\"https://github.com/haqishen/SIIM-ISIC-Melanoma-Classification-1st-Place-Solution\" target=\"_blank\">[Approach Shared here]</a>: Whose 0.9490 private leaderboard 1st place submission also earned them this prize. They used the number of images per patient as their \"With Context\" approach.<br>\n<strong>Yuval &amp; nosound</strong> <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/c/siim-isic-melanoma-classification/discussion/181830\" target=\"_blank\">[Approach Shared here]</a>: A bonus \"With Context\" Award granted by the host to this team for their 0.9441 private leaderboard score which used the features extracted from non-context models across all of a patient's images as an input into a transformer, along with metadata.</p>\n<h6>WITHOUT CONTEXT:</h6>\n<p><strong>aloe</strong> <a href=\"https://github.com/i-pan/kaggle-melanoma\" target=\"_blank\">[Approach Shared here]</a>: Whose 0.9485 private leaderboard 2nd place submission also earned them this prize.</p>\n<hr>\n<p>ORIGINAL POST:</p>\n<p>This competition has a set of <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/c/siim-isic-melanoma-classification/overview/prizes\" target=\"_blank\">Special Prizes</a> that can be earned by top-scoring teams who have submissions that either:</p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>With Context</strong>… make use of patient-level contextual information or </li>\n<li><strong>Without Context</strong>… DO NOT make use of patient-level contextual information.</li>\n</ul>\n<p>Please review the <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/c/siim-isic-melanoma-classification/overview/prize\" target=\"_blank\">eligibility requirements</a> in detail, and <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/siim-isic-special-prize\" target=\"_blank\">make a submission</a> if you meet the criteria. Please be aware that you are only eligible to submit a <em>selected submission</em>. If you are part of a team, please only make one submission for your whole team.</p>\n<p>The submission deadline for special prizes is August 24th 2020.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "UPDATE: I'm pleased to announce that the winners of the Special Prizes are as follows\n\n###### WITH CONTEXT:\n**All Data Are Ext** [[Approach Shared here]](https://github.com/haqishen/SIIM-ISIC-Melanoma-Classification-1st-Place-Solution): Whose 0.9490 private leaderboard 1st place submission also earned them this prize. They used the number of images per patient as their \"With Context\" approach.\n**Yuval & nosound** [[Approach Shared here]](https://www.kaggle.com/c/siim-isic-melanoma-classification/discussion/181830): A bonus \"With Context\" Award granted by the host to this team for their 0.9441 private leaderboard score which used the features extracted from non-context models across all of a patient's images as an input into a transformer, along with metadata.\n\n###### WITHOUT CONTEXT:\n**aloe** [[Approach Shared here]](https://github.com/i-pan/kaggle-melanoma): Whose 0.9485 private leaderboard 2nd place submission also earned them this prize.\n\n------------\n\nORIGINAL POST:\n\nThis competition has a set of [Special Prizes](https://www.kaggle.com/c/siim-isic-melanoma-classification/overview/prizes) that can be earned by top-scoring teams who have submissions that either:\n- **With Context**... make use of patient-level contextual information or \n- **Without Context**... DO NOT make use of patient-level contextual information.\n\nPlease review the [eligibility requirements](https://www.kaggle.com/c/siim-isic-melanoma-classification/overview/prize) in detail, and [make a submission](https://www.kaggle.com/siim-isic-special-prize) if you meet the criteria. Please be aware that you are only eligible to submit a *selected submission*. If you are part of a team, please only make one submission for your whole team.\n\nThe submission deadline for special prizes is August 24th 2020.",
      "votes": 6
    },
    {
      "id": 1096378,
      "postDate": "2020-11-30T13:05:08.227Z",
      "content": "<p>Amazing solutions!</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Amazing solutions!"
    },
    {
      "id": 984144,
      "postDate": "2020-08-24T21:46:47.400Z",
      "content": "<p>A quick reminder that today (August 24th 2020) is the deadline for special prize submissions!</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "A quick reminder that today (August 24th 2020) is the deadline for special prize submissions!"
    },
    {
      "id": 976070,
      "postDate": "2020-08-18T16:07:40.697Z",
      "content": "<p>May I ask how many Special Prizes are there, if you don't mind? 😄</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "May I ask how many Special Prizes are there, if you don't mind? 😄",
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 976076,
          "postDate": "2020-08-18T16:09:12.113Z",
          "content": "<p>1 per category. 5K per prize. They can be stacked.</p>",
          "rawMarkdown": "1 per category. 5K per prize. They can be stacked.",
          "votes": 1
        },
        {
          "id": 976106,
          "postDate": "2020-08-18T16:32:57.963Z",
          "content": "<p>I see. Thanks @ group16! In that case, I think my chances are really low. 😜</p>",
          "rawMarkdown": "I see. Thanks @ group16! In that case, I think my chances are really low. 😜",
          "votes": 1
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": 974453,
      "postDate": "2020-08-18T00:28:02.547Z",
      "content": "<p>Thanks Julia, is it possible to select submission other submissions that have scored high in Private LB, because some of our submissions are within top 100 , but selected submission is at 307th rank. Thank You</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Thanks Julia, is it possible to select submission other submissions that have scored high in Private LB, because some of our submissions are within top 100 , but selected submission is at 307th rank. Thank You",
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 974797,
          "postDate": "2020-08-18T03:57:17.187Z",
          "content": "<p><a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/loveall\" target=\"_blank\">@loveall</a> No, as stated in the criteria, only <strong>selected submissions</strong> (for which each team had 3) are permitted to be entered for a special prize.</p>",
          "rawMarkdown": "@loveall No, as stated in the criteria, only **selected submissions** (for which each team had 3) are permitted to be entered for a special prize.",
          "votes": 1
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": 974422,
      "postDate": "2020-08-18T00:18:36.547Z",
      "content": "<p>Could you please tell me how to submit for the special prize?</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Could you please tell me how to submit for the special prize?",
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 974438,
          "postDate": "2020-08-18T00:23:51.600Z",
          "content": "<p>Sorry! Forgot the link in the message - updated: <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/siim-isic-special-prize\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.kaggle.com/siim-isic-special-prize</a></p>",
          "rawMarkdown": "Sorry! Forgot the link in the message - updated: https://www.kaggle.com/siim-isic-special-prize",
          "votes": 1
        },
        {
          "id": 974781,
          "postDate": "2020-08-18T03:50:21.167Z",
          "rawMarkdown": "",
          "isDeleted": true
        },
        {
          "id": 976079,
          "postDate": "2020-08-18T16:10:58.950Z",
          "content": "<p>If you use other images of the same patient to make a prediction for a specific image, then you are using patient context.</p>",
          "rawMarkdown": "If you use other images of the same patient to make a prediction for a specific image, then you are using patient context.",
          "votes": 1
        },
        {
          "id": 976111,
          "postDate": "2020-08-18T16:34:40.680Z",
          "content": "<p>Thanks Giles</p>",
          "rawMarkdown": "Thanks Giles",
          "votes": 1
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "comments": [
    {
      "id": 1096378,
      "author_name": "Michael KS",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "2020-11-30T13:05:08.227000",
      "content": "<p>Amazing solutions!</p>",
      "votes": 0,
      "replies": []
    },
    {
      "id": 984144,
      "author_name": "Julia Elliott",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "2020-08-24T21:46:47.400000",
      "content": "<p>A quick reminder that today (August 24th 2020) is the deadline for special prize submissions!</p>",
      "votes": 0,
      "replies": []
    },
    {
      "id": 976070,
      "author_name": "Helen",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "2020-08-18T16:07:40.697000",
      "content": "<p>May I ask how many Special Prizes are there, if you don't mind? 😄</p>",
      "votes": 0,
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 976076,
          "author_name": "Gilles Vandewiele",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "2020-08-18T16:09:12.113000",
          "content": "<p>1 per category. 5K per prize. They can be stacked.</p>",
          "votes": 1,
          "replies": []
        },
        {
          "id": 976106,
          "author_name": "Helen",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "2020-08-18T16:32:57.963000",
          "content": "<p>I see. Thanks @ group16! In that case, I think my chances are really low. 😜</p>",
          "votes": 1,
          "replies": []
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": 974453,
      "author_name": "Gokagglers ",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "2020-08-18T00:28:02.547000",
      "content": "<p>Thanks Julia, is it possible to select submission other submissions that have scored high in Private LB, because some of our submissions are within top 100 , but selected submission is at 307th rank. Thank You</p>",
      "votes": 0,
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 974797,
          "author_name": "Julia Elliott",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "2020-08-18T03:57:17.187000",
          "content": "<p><a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/loveall\" target=\"_blank\">@loveall</a> No, as stated in the criteria, only <strong>selected submissions</strong> (for which each team had 3) are permitted to be entered for a special prize.</p>",
          "votes": 1,
          "replies": []
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": 974422,
      "author_name": "Awsaf",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "2020-08-18T00:18:36.547000",
      "content": "<p>Could you please tell me how to submit for the special prize?</p>",
      "votes": 0,
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 974438,
          "author_name": "Julia Elliott",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "2020-08-18T00:23:51.600000",
          "content": "<p>Sorry! Forgot the link in the message - updated: <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/siim-isic-special-prize\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.kaggle.com/siim-isic-special-prize</a></p>",
          "votes": 1,
          "replies": []
        },
        {
          "id": 974781,
          "author_name": "",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "2020-08-18T03:50:21.167000",
          "content": "",
          "votes": 0,
          "replies": []
        },
        {
          "id": 976079,
          "author_name": "Gilles Vandewiele",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "2020-08-18T16:10:58.950000",
          "content": "<p>If you use other images of the same patient to make a prediction for a specific image, then you are using patient context.</p>",
          "votes": 1,
          "replies": []
        },
        {
          "id": 976111,
          "author_name": "Gokagglers ",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "2020-08-18T16:34:40.680000",
          "content": "<p>Thanks Giles</p>",
          "votes": 1,
          "replies": []
        }
      ]
    }
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    "974393": "UPDATE: I'm pleased to announce that the winners of the Special Prizes are as follows\n\n###### WITH CONTEXT:\n**All Data Are Ext** [[Approach Shared here]](https://github.com/haqishen/SIIM-ISIC-Melanoma-Classification-1st-Place-Solution): Whose 0.9490 private leaderboard 1st place submission also earned them this prize. They used the number of images per patient as their \"With Context\" approach.\n**Yuval & nosound** [[Approach Shared here]](https://www.kaggle.com/c/siim-isic-melanoma-classification/discussion/181830): A bonus \"With Context\" Award granted by the host to this team for their 0.9441 private leaderboard score which used the features extracted from non-context models across all of a patient's images as an input into a transformer, along with metadata.\n\n###### WITHOUT CONTEXT:\n**aloe** [[Approach Shared here]](https://github.com/i-pan/kaggle-melanoma): Whose 0.9485 private leaderboard 2nd place submission also earned them this prize.\n\n------------\n\nORIGINAL POST:\n\nThis competition has a set of [Special Prizes](https://www.kaggle.com/c/siim-isic-melanoma-classification/overview/prizes) that can be earned by top-scoring teams who have submissions that either:\n- **With Context**... make use of patient-level contextual information or \n- **Without Context**... DO NOT make use of patient-level contextual information.\n\nPlease review the [eligibility requirements](https://www.kaggle.com/c/siim-isic-melanoma-classification/overview/prize) in detail, and [make a submission](https://www.kaggle.com/siim-isic-special-prize) if you meet the criteria. Please be aware that you are only eligible to submit a *selected submission*. If you are part of a team, please only make one submission for your whole team.\n\nThe submission deadline for special prizes is August 24th 2020.",
    "1096378": "Amazing solutions!",
    "984144": "A quick reminder that today (August 24th 2020) is the deadline for special prize submissions!",
    "976070": "May I ask how many Special Prizes are there, if you don't mind? 😄",
    "974453": "Thanks Julia, is it possible to select submission other submissions that have scored high in Private LB, because some of our submissions are within top 100 , but selected submission is at 307th rank. Thank You",
    "974422": "Could you please tell me how to submit for the special prize?"
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}