Hi there, I wanted to clarify that the GCP credit coupons (mentioned in Walter's Welcome post) are intended for entrants in this competition. This requires that you have made a submission, hence the request for your team name on the form. If you have requested a coupon but not yet made a submission, please ensure you have by 12/5, when we will begin the coupon distribution process to those who qualify.
\n\nWe hope you're enjoying the competition and the GCP credits will give you resources to improve your models!
", "messages": [ { "id": 249611, "postDate": "2017-11-28T20:28:27.127Z", "content": "Hi there, I wanted to clarify that the GCP credit coupons (mentioned in Walter's Welcome post) are intended for entrants in this competition. This requires that you have made a submission, hence the request for your team name on the form. If you have requested a coupon but not yet made a submission, please ensure you have by 12/5, when we will begin the coupon distribution process to those who qualify.
\n\nWe hope you're enjoying the competition and the GCP credits will give you resources to improve your models!
", "rawMarkdown": "Hi there, I wanted to clarify that the GCP credit coupons (mentioned in Walter's Welcome post) are intended for entrants in this competition. This requires that you have made a submission, hence the request for your team name on the form. If you have requested a coupon but not yet made a submission, please ensure you have by 12/5, when we will begin the coupon distribution process to those who qualify.\n\nWe hope you're enjoying the competition and the GCP credits will give you resources to improve your models!", "votes": 21 }, { "id": 254963, "postDate": "2017-12-07T23:39:42.710Z", "content": "For those inquiring about cloud credit distribution timeframe, we are currently processing the requests and verifying qualification. As indicated on the request form, this may take up to 1 week from the 12/5 deadline to be distributed. Your patience is appreciated.
", "rawMarkdown": "For those inquiring about cloud credit distribution timeframe, we are currently processing the requests and verifying qualification. As indicated on the request form, this may take up to 1 week from the 12/5 deadline to be distributed. Your patience is appreciated.", "votes": 4, "replies": [ { "id": 255194, "postDate": "2017-12-08T15:22:35.397Z", "content": "Thank you and again apologies for nagging.
", "rawMarkdown": "Thank you and again apologies for nagging.", "votes": -4 } ] }, { "id": 264112, "postDate": "2018-01-02T09:49:52.023Z", "content": "@Julia ,\nI didn't know there is an expiry date for the code and since I already had some other credit, I didn't use it before. Now, I am trying to use (Jan 02, 2017), it gives me an error message saying \"Code is invalid or expired\".\nWould you please help ?
\n\nBest,\nMoustafa
", "rawMarkdown": "@Julia ,\nI didn't know there is an expiry date for the code and since I already had some other credit, I didn't use it before. Now, I am trying to use (Jan 02, 2017), it gives me an error message saying \"Code is invalid or expired\".\nWould you please help ?\n\nBest,\nMoustafa", "votes": 1 }, { "id": 254451, "postDate": "2017-12-07T01:26:09.077Z", "content": "Hi - It will help plan our schedule if we know the date by when the cloud credits would be available. Thanks much.
", "rawMarkdown": "Hi - It will help plan our schedule if we know the date by when the cloud credits would be available. Thanks much.", "votes": 1 }, { "id": 250101, "postDate": "2017-11-29T19:43:55.627Z", "content": "@vinvinvin & @bsp2020 Team name changes are not a problem. We will cross-check & reconcile with the e-mail address linked to your Kaggle account.
", "rawMarkdown": "@vinvinvin & @bsp2020 Team name changes are not a problem. We will cross-check & reconcile with the e-mail address linked to your Kaggle account.", "votes": 1 }, { "id": 254297, "postDate": "2017-12-06T17:32:33.023Z", "content": "Dear Julia,
\n\nCan you tell us when we can expect to get access to GCP? I am really looking forward to run the model in the cloud because my laptop almost melting during training and I am praying for every epoch)
", "rawMarkdown": "Dear Julia,\n\nCan you tell us when we can expect to get access to GCP? I am really looking forward to run the model in the cloud because my laptop almost melting during training and I am praying for every epoch)", "votes": 2 }, { "id": 255126, "postDate": "2017-12-08T11:40:44.353Z", "content": "@ Julia Elliott, sorry for being kind of an ass but we need to know. Are we ever gonna get those damn credits or is the competition gonna end first and then you'll give us the credits?
", "rawMarkdown": "@ Julia Elliott, sorry for being kind of an ass but we need to know. Are we ever gonna get those damn credits or is the competition gonna end first and then you'll give us the credits?", "votes": -5, "replies": [ { "id": 255186, "postDate": "2017-12-08T14:56:40.263Z", "content": "@kirk Sorry for being kind of an ass but I suggest that you buy a GPU or two or three. Sounds like you've never trained a decent size neural net before. Once you start working on the problem, you will realize that you will need a lot more computing power than you imagined (There is a reason why NVidia can charge $10K+ per their Volta chip and get a way with it.)\nI never trained any neural net from scratch before participating this competition and I was surprised at how much computing power was required to train even a small one. I'm guessing that GCP credit won't be enough to cover final tuning and hyper-parameter searching, let alone development and experiment. And you will want to tune and search for the best hyper-parameter if you are hoping to win a medal (I'm not even aiming for the money). Good luck!
", "rawMarkdown": "@kirk Sorry for being kind of an ass but I suggest that you buy a GPU or two or three. Sounds like you've never trained a decent size neural net before. Once you start working on the problem, you will realize that you will need a lot more computing power than you imagined (There is a reason why NVidia can charge $10K+ per their Volta chip and get a way with it.)\nI never trained any neural net from scratch before participating this competition and I was surprised at how much computing power was required to train even a small one. I'm guessing that GCP credit won't be enough to cover final tuning and hyper-parameter searching, let alone development and experiment. And you will want to tune and search for the best hyper-parameter if you are hoping to win a medal (I'm not even aiming for the money). Good luck!", "votes": 2 }, { "id": 255193, "postDate": "2017-12-08T15:21:39.317Z", "content": "\n\n\nbsp2020 wrote
\n \n\n\n@kirk Sorry for being kind of an ass but I suggest that you buy a GPU or two or three.
\n
Simply put I don't have the budget! And if I do buy them right now the competition will be over before I even get them in my hands.
\n\n\n\n\nSounds like you've never trained a decent size neural net before.
\n
Well, believe it or not. I have my friend.
\n\n\n\n\nOnce you start working on the problem, you will realize that you will need a lot more computing power than you imagined (There is a reason why NVidia can charge $10K+ per their Volta chip and get a way with it.)
\n
I know a thing or two about computing power. I know exactly the order of magnitudes you'll get from a gpu compared to a multi core cluster for instance. I also know how much pain in the ass is to change all your model architecture if you want to parallelize that into multiple cluster nodes, and, even then I know that you're still not guaranteed to get the same or faster training times as on a gpu.
\n\n\n\n\nI never trained any neural net from scratch before participating this competition and I was surprised at how much computing power was required to train even a small one. I'm guessing that GCP credit won't be enough to cover final tuning and hyper-parameter searching, let alone development and experiment.
\n
Maybe not but it's definitely better than nothing.
\n\n\n\n\nAnd you will want to tune and search for the best hyper-parameter if you are hoping to win a medal (I'm not even aiming for the money). Good luck!
\n
Thanks and good luck to you as well :).
", "rawMarkdown": "\n> **bsp2020 wrote**\n> \n> > @kirk Sorry for being kind of an ass but I suggest that you buy a GPU or two or three.\n\nSimply put I don't have the budget! And if I do buy them right now the competition will be over before I even get them in my hands.\n\n> Sounds like you've never trained a decent size neural net before.\n\nWell, believe it or not. I have my friend.\n\n> Once you start working on the problem, you will realize that you will need a lot more computing power than you imagined (There is a reason why NVidia can charge $10K+ per their Volta chip and get a way with it.)\n\nI know a thing or two about computing power. I know exactly the order of magnitudes you'll get from a gpu compared to a multi core cluster for instance. I also know how much pain in the ass is to change all your model architecture if you want to parallelize that into multiple cluster nodes, and, even then I know that you're still not guaranteed to get the same or faster training times as on a gpu.\n\n> I never trained any neural net from scratch before participating this competition and I was surprised at how much computing power was required to train even a small one. I'm guessing that GCP credit won't be enough to cover final tuning and hyper-parameter searching, let alone development and experiment.\n\nMaybe not but it's definitely better than nothing.\n\n> And you will want to tune and search for the best hyper-parameter if you are hoping to win a medal (I'm not even aiming for the money). Good luck!\n\nThanks and good luck to you as well :).\n", "votes": -2 } ] }, { "id": 259369, "postDate": "2017-12-18T08:32:17.933Z", "content": "Hi Julia, I had filled the form long ago but I made my first submission on 11 dec. I like to run my model on GPU. Is their any chance of getting the GCP credit.
", "rawMarkdown": "Hi Julia, I had filled the form long ago but I made my first submission on 11 dec. I like to run my model on GPU. Is their any chance of getting the GCP credit." }, { "id": 259349, "postDate": "2017-12-18T07:30:52.210Z", "content": "Hi Julia,
\n\nJust explore GCP, wanted to know that if there is possibility to extend its deadline.
", "rawMarkdown": "Hi Julia,\n\nJust explore GCP, wanted to know that if there is possibility to extend its deadline." }, { "id": 258738, "postDate": "2017-12-16T23:18:35.170Z", "content": "To all who are thinking about posting a message to ask about their credits. Please first:\nA) Check your spam folder.\nB) Make sure you actually qualified. That means you must have both submitted the request form AND made your first submission by 12/5, as very clearly specified above.
", "rawMarkdown": "To all who are thinking about posting a message to ask about their credits. Please first:\nA) Check your spam folder.\nB) Make sure you actually qualified. That means you must have both submitted the request form AND made your first submission by 12/5, as very clearly specified above." }, { "id": 258649, "postDate": "2017-12-16T17:48:11.070Z", "content": "Hi Julia,
\n\nwe changed our team name :( did you find us? We were RandomTeam1990_2 :) but that was just a random name, literally.. now we are ItsATensorNotAMatrix and are desperately waiting for some GCP credits since the GPU's here are fully loaded.
", "rawMarkdown": "Hi Julia,\n\nwe changed our team name :( did you find us? We were RandomTeam1990_2 :) but that was just a random name, literally.. now we are ItsATensorNotAMatrix and are desperately waiting for some GCP credits since the GPU's here are fully loaded.", "replies": [ { "id": 258736, "postDate": "2017-12-16T23:12:14.223Z", "content": "We sent your coupon on December 11th. Please check your spam folder.
", "rawMarkdown": "We sent your coupon on December 11th. Please check your spam folder." }, { "id": 259403, "postDate": "2017-12-18T09:53:14.497Z", "content": "Thank you, got it! Now just need to see how we can get quota for the GPU :)
", "rawMarkdown": "Thank you, got it! Now just need to see how we can get quota for the GPU :)" } ] }, { "id": 258576, "postDate": "2017-12-16T13:46:31.637Z", "content": "Hi Julia,
\n\nI filled out the form and made a submission a week back. I did not receive any GCP credits. Can you kindly check? Thanks!
", "rawMarkdown": "Hi Julia,\n\nI filled out the form and made a submission a week back. I did not receive any GCP credits. Can you kindly check? Thanks!", "replies": [ { "id": 258735, "postDate": "2017-12-16T23:11:13.043Z", "content": "You did not make your submission until December 9th and therefore did not qualify. Please read my original message above specifying that your submission must have been made by December 5th.
", "rawMarkdown": "You did not make your submission until December 9th and therefore did not qualify. Please read my original message above specifying that your submission must have been made by December 5th." }, { "id": 258901, "postDate": "2017-12-17T08:53:19.747Z", "content": "Thanks Julia for confirming.
", "rawMarkdown": "Thanks Julia for confirming." } ] }, { "id": 258533, "postDate": "2017-12-16T11:01:43.250Z", "content": "Hi, I sent a request via JotForm. But I didn't get the coupon yet. Pls check!
", "rawMarkdown": "Hi, I sent a request via JotForm. But I didn't get the coupon yet. Pls check!", "replies": [ { "id": 258732, "postDate": "2017-12-16T23:07:17.350Z", "content": "We sent your coupon on December 11th. Please check your spam folder.
", "rawMarkdown": "We sent your coupon on December 11th. Please check your spam folder." }, { "id": 259073, "postDate": "2017-12-17T16:41:04.420Z", "content": "Thanks I get my coupon!
", "rawMarkdown": "Thanks I get my coupon!" } ] }, { "id": 258131, "postDate": "2017-12-15T15:18:53.310Z", "content": "Hi Julia,\nI filled the form, but does not received any about coupon.
", "rawMarkdown": "Hi Julia,\nI filled the form, but does not received any about coupon.", "replies": [ { "id": 258163, "postDate": "2017-12-15T16:35:46.503Z", "content": "You did not make your first submission until yesterday. It was specified that you must not only have submitted a request for the credits but also must have entered the competition by the deadline on the credits request form in order to qualify.
", "rawMarkdown": "You did not make your first submission until yesterday. It was specified that you must not only have submitted a request for the credits but also must have entered the competition by the deadline on the credits request form in order to qualify." } ] }, { "id": 257851, "postDate": "2017-12-15T01:48:52.140Z", "content": "Hi Julia,\nAre we allowed to use Pytorch or we should just use tensorflow/keras since this is from Google?!
\n\nThanks.
", "rawMarkdown": "Hi Julia,\nAre we allowed to use Pytorch or we should just use tensorflow/keras since this is from Google?!\n\nThanks.", "replies": [ { "id": 258152, "postDate": "2017-12-15T16:12:43.980Z", "content": "[Edit] Oooops, Sorry for misunderstanding.
\n\n(It's possible to run Pytorch on GCP, but you need to set up the environment yourself. I had run Pytorch on GCP (Ubuntu 14.04) successfully.)
", "rawMarkdown": "[Edit] Oooops, Sorry for misunderstanding.\n\n(It's possible to run Pytorch on GCP, but you need to set up the environment yourself. I had run Pytorch on GCP (Ubuntu 14.04) successfully.)" }, { "id": 258155, "postDate": "2017-12-15T16:15:00.677Z", "content": "Thanks InfiniteWing. I'm asking in general are we allowed to submit results that are based on pytorch since this competition is from google?
", "rawMarkdown": "Thanks InfiniteWing. I'm asking in general are we allowed to submit results that are based on pytorch since this competition is from google?", "votes": 1 }, { "id": 258167, "postDate": "2017-12-15T16:38:53.390Z", "content": "You are welcome to use whatever you wish. There are prizes which do not require specific use of any particular methods. However, please review the prizes information for details regarding how to qualify for the special tensorflow prize.
", "rawMarkdown": "You are welcome to use whatever you wish. There are prizes which do not require specific use of any particular methods. However, please review the prizes information for details regarding how to qualify for the special tensorflow prize.", "votes": 1 } ] }, { "id": 257751, "postDate": "2017-12-14T22:22:51.993Z", "content": "Hi Julia,
\n\nI did not notice the coupons until recently. I am wondering whether I am too late for requesting one. I had a submission today and it took a long time to train the model on my CPU based servers.
\n\nMany thanks,\nWen
", "rawMarkdown": "Hi Julia,\n\nI did not notice the coupons until recently. I am wondering whether I am too late for requesting one. I had a submission today and it took a long time to train the model on my CPU based servers.\n\nMany thanks,\nWen", "replies": [ { "id": 258164, "postDate": "2017-12-15T16:36:52.360Z", "content": "Sorry, the submission request deadline has passed.
", "rawMarkdown": "Sorry, the submission request deadline has passed." } ] }, { "id": 257369, "postDate": "2017-12-14T05:19:48.367Z", "content": "Thanks for the credits. \nBut it seems to expire by 28 Dec. Can we extend it?\nThanks again
", "rawMarkdown": "Thanks for the credits. \nBut it seems to expire by 28 Dec. Can we extend it?\nThanks again", "replies": [ { "id": 257700, "postDate": "2017-12-14T19:58:08.703Z", "content": "The coupon must be redeemed by 12/31/2017, but is valid for 45 days. This is to restrict its use for the purposes of the competition & its duration.
", "rawMarkdown": "The coupon must be redeemed by 12/31/2017, but is valid for 45 days. This is to restrict its use for the purposes of the competition & its duration." }, { "id": 263992, "postDate": "2018-01-01T23:30:45.300Z", "content": "Julia happy new year. I was away for the holidays I only just saw the 12/31/2017 redeem deadline and didn't have time to redeem the coupon in time. I totally understand the 45 days duration deadline. Any chance you could resend me a valid coupon? Thank you in advance.
", "rawMarkdown": "Julia happy new year. I was away for the holidays I only just saw the 12/31/2017 redeem deadline and didn't have time to redeem the coupon in time. I totally understand the 45 days duration deadline. Any chance you could resend me a valid coupon? Thank you in advance." } ] }, { "id": 257001, "postDate": "2017-12-13T05:24:53.887Z", "content": "Hi Julia, I have filled the form for credits but haven't received any kind of email yet. Please look into the issue. Thanks!
", "rawMarkdown": "Hi Julia, I have filled the form for credits but haven't received any kind of email yet. Please look into the issue. Thanks!", "replies": [ { "id": 257007, "postDate": "2017-12-13T05:50:43.967Z", "content": "You should have received your coupon. Try checking your spam folder.
", "rawMarkdown": "You should have received your coupon. Try checking your spam folder." }, { "id": 257010, "postDate": "2017-12-13T06:13:21.470Z", "content": "Sorry, I haven't received any mail. I check the spam folder as well.
", "rawMarkdown": "Sorry, I haven't received any mail. I check the spam folder as well." }, { "id": 257702, "postDate": "2017-12-14T19:58:38.493Z", "content": "Yesterday, I e-mailed this information to you again. Please check again.
", "rawMarkdown": "Yesterday, I e-mailed this information to you again. Please check again.", "votes": 1 }, { "id": 257705, "postDate": "2017-12-14T20:00:35.537Z", "content": "Thanks a lot, I have received the coupon.
", "rawMarkdown": "Thanks a lot, I have received the coupon." } ] }, { "id": 256583, "postDate": "2017-12-12T09:56:07.093Z", "content": "Did not get any credit! :( \nI submitted my baseline long ago (LB-176) also I filled the form on the very first day. I have a very good model but need the resources to perform better hyperparameter optimisation.
", "rawMarkdown": "Did not get any credit! :( \nI submitted my baseline long ago (LB-176) also I filled the form on the very first day. I have a very good model but need the resources to perform better hyperparameter optimisation.", "replies": [ { "id": 256843, "postDate": "2017-12-12T20:25:33.213Z", "content": "You should have received your coupon. Try checking your spam folder.
", "rawMarkdown": "You should have received your coupon. Try checking your spam folder.", "votes": 1 }, { "id": 256882, "postDate": "2017-12-12T21:56:37.670Z", "content": "Found it in the spam folder :) Thanks for the credit!
", "rawMarkdown": "Found it in the spam folder :) Thanks for the credit!" }, { "id": 256971, "postDate": "2017-12-13T02:29:23.140Z", "content": "THANKS!
", "rawMarkdown": "THANKS!", "votes": 1 } ] }, { "id": 256436, "postDate": "2017-12-11T23:29:31.560Z", "content": "Thanks for the credit. I just went to GCP to sign up and it was offering $300 trial credit. Does this mean that I can combine them together and spend $800?
", "rawMarkdown": "Thanks for the credit. I just went to GCP to sign up and it was offering $300 trial credit. Does this mean that I can combine them together and spend $800?", "replies": [ { "id": 256615, "postDate": "2017-12-12T11:37:05.683Z", "content": "Thanks Julia.
\n\nTo answer your question : yes, you can use totally $800! (~500 hours of NVIDIA P100). In addtion, I noticed that the credit with nearest expire date will be use first, great!
", "rawMarkdown": "Thanks Julia. \n\nTo answer your question : yes, you can use totally $800! (~500 hours of NVIDIA P100). In addtion, I noticed that the credit with nearest expire date will be use first, great!", "votes": 1 } ] }, { "id": 256385, "postDate": "2017-12-11T21:14:31.967Z", "content": "FYI, I've just gotten Julia's e-mail about the GCP credit. Thanks, Julia!
", "rawMarkdown": "FYI, I've just gotten Julia's e-mail about the GCP credit. Thanks, Julia!", "replies": [ { "id": 256396, "postDate": "2017-12-11T21:37:07.797Z", "content": "Same here. Thanks, Julia. Just notice that it expires on Jan 25, 2018. I should get started asap.
", "rawMarkdown": "Same here. Thanks, Julia. Just notice that it expires on Jan 25, 2018. I should get started asap." }, { "id": 256429, "postDate": "2017-12-11T23:04:08.333Z", "content": "Me too, Thanks :)
", "rawMarkdown": "Me too, Thanks :)" } ] }, { "id": 253851, "postDate": "2017-12-05T18:50:14.753Z", "content": "Baseline submission submitted! Looking forward to making future submissions to this competition.
", "rawMarkdown": "Baseline submission submitted! Looking forward to making future submissions to this competition." }, { "id": 253565, "postDate": "2017-12-05T07:54:39.013Z", "content": "@ManiKhanuja We have to check this.
", "rawMarkdown": "@ManiKhanuja We have to check this." }, { "id": 252881, "postDate": "2017-12-04T04:27:46.847Z", "content": "I've just submited a baseline. Please check :)
", "rawMarkdown": "I've just submited a baseline. Please check :)" }, { "id": 250077, "postDate": "2017-11-29T18:15:26.477Z", "content": "I have made a credit request and also a submission but I changed my name in between the request and submission... will the system be able to sort this out? is there another solution? Thanks
", "rawMarkdown": "I have made a credit request and also a submission but I changed my name in between the request and submission... will the system be able to sort this out? is there another solution? Thanks " }, { "id": 249674, "postDate": "2017-11-29T00:42:08.687Z", "content": "Does the team name on the request form have to match the team name I'm using? I already submitted the form but I don't want to use the team name I put on that form.
", "rawMarkdown": "Does the team name on the request form have to match the team name I'm using? I already submitted the form but I don't want to use the team name I put on that form." }, { "id": 249627, "postDate": "2017-11-28T21:13:35.780Z", "content": "Looking for to the credits. Thanks Julia and Google.
", "rawMarkdown": " Looking for to the credits. Thanks Julia and Google." }, { "id": 249618, "postDate": "2017-11-28T20:54:52.140Z", "content": "Dear Julia,
\n\nThank you for your clarifications. We are working on a classifier for this competition, but we haven't finished creating a classifier suitable for committing yet. We would like to submit for the GCP credit coupon. If we would submit only the baseline submission (sample_submission.csv) before the 5th of december, do we qualify for the coupon distribution process?
", "rawMarkdown": "Dear Julia,\n\nThank you for your clarifications. We are working on a classifier for this competition, but we haven't finished creating a classifier suitable for committing yet. We would like to submit for the GCP credit coupon. If we would submit only the baseline submission (sample_submission.csv) before the 5th of december, do we qualify for the coupon distribution process?", "replies": [ { "id": 249655, "postDate": "2017-11-28T22:48:39.663Z", "content": "@Noud As long as you make a submission into this competition, you will qualify.
", "rawMarkdown": "@Noud As long as you make a submission into this competition, you will qualify.", "votes": 2 } ] }, { "id": 258356, "postDate": "2017-12-16T00:48:57.580Z", "rawMarkdown": "", "isDeleted": true, "replies": [ { "id": 258731, "postDate": "2017-12-16T23:06:16.767Z", "content": "We sent your coupon on December 11th. Please check your spam folder.
", "rawMarkdown": "We sent your coupon on December 11th. Please check your spam folder." }, { "id": 258852, "postDate": "2017-12-17T06:36:03.007Z", "rawMarkdown": "", "isDeleted": true }, { "id": 259630, "postDate": "2017-12-18T18:55:57.493Z", "content": "I have just re-sent the coupon. Please check your email.
", "rawMarkdown": "I have just re-sent the coupon. Please check your email." }, { "id": 259640, "postDate": "2017-12-18T19:10:02.023Z", "rawMarkdown": "", "isDeleted": true } ] }, { "id": 256609, "postDate": "2017-12-12T11:15:37.533Z", "content": "Thanks Julia for the credit
", "rawMarkdown": "Thanks Julia for the credit" } ], "comments": [ { "id": 254963, "author_name": "Julia Elliott", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2017-12-07T23:39:42.710000", "content": "For those inquiring about cloud credit distribution timeframe, we are currently processing the requests and verifying qualification. As indicated on the request form, this may take up to 1 week from the 12/5 deadline to be distributed. Your patience is appreciated.
", "votes": 4, "replies": [ { "id": 255194, "author_name": "kirk", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2017-12-08T15:22:35.397000", "content": "Thank you and again apologies for nagging.
", "votes": -4, "replies": [] } ] }, { "id": 264112, "author_name": "Moustafa Alzantot", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2018-01-02T09:49:52.023000", "content": "@Julia ,\nI didn't know there is an expiry date for the code and since I already had some other credit, I didn't use it before. Now, I am trying to use (Jan 02, 2017), it gives me an error message saying \"Code is invalid or expired\".\nWould you please help ?
\n\nBest,\nMoustafa
", "votes": 1, "replies": [] }, { "id": 254451, "author_name": "Anantharaman Narayana", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2017-12-07T01:26:09.077000", "content": "Hi - It will help plan our schedule if we know the date by when the cloud credits would be available. Thanks much.
", "votes": 1, "replies": [] }, { "id": 250101, "author_name": "Julia Elliott", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2017-11-29T19:43:55.627000", "content": "@vinvinvin & @bsp2020 Team name changes are not a problem. We will cross-check & reconcile with the e-mail address linked to your Kaggle account.
", "votes": 1, "replies": [] }, { "id": 254297, "author_name": "DIhnatov", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2017-12-06T17:32:33.023000", "content": "Dear Julia,
\n\nCan you tell us when we can expect to get access to GCP? I am really looking forward to run the model in the cloud because my laptop almost melting during training and I am praying for every epoch)
", "votes": 2, "replies": [] }, { "id": 255126, "author_name": "kirk", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2017-12-08T11:40:44.353000", "content": "@ Julia Elliott, sorry for being kind of an ass but we need to know. Are we ever gonna get those damn credits or is the competition gonna end first and then you'll give us the credits?
", "votes": -5, "replies": [ { "id": 255186, "author_name": "bsp2020", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2017-12-08T14:56:40.263000", "content": "@kirk Sorry for being kind of an ass but I suggest that you buy a GPU or two or three. Sounds like you've never trained a decent size neural net before. Once you start working on the problem, you will realize that you will need a lot more computing power than you imagined (There is a reason why NVidia can charge $10K+ per their Volta chip and get a way with it.)\nI never trained any neural net from scratch before participating this competition and I was surprised at how much computing power was required to train even a small one. I'm guessing that GCP credit won't be enough to cover final tuning and hyper-parameter searching, let alone development and experiment. And you will want to tune and search for the best hyper-parameter if you are hoping to win a medal (I'm not even aiming for the money). Good luck!
", "votes": 2, "replies": [] }, { "id": 255193, "author_name": "kirk", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2017-12-08T15:21:39.317000", "content": "\n\n\nbsp2020 wrote
\n \n\n\n@kirk Sorry for being kind of an ass but I suggest that you buy a GPU or two or three.
\n
Simply put I don't have the budget! And if I do buy them right now the competition will be over before I even get them in my hands.
\n\n\n\n\nSounds like you've never trained a decent size neural net before.
\n
Well, believe it or not. I have my friend.
\n\n\n\n\nOnce you start working on the problem, you will realize that you will need a lot more computing power than you imagined (There is a reason why NVidia can charge $10K+ per their Volta chip and get a way with it.)
\n
I know a thing or two about computing power. I know exactly the order of magnitudes you'll get from a gpu compared to a multi core cluster for instance. I also know how much pain in the ass is to change all your model architecture if you want to parallelize that into multiple cluster nodes, and, even then I know that you're still not guaranteed to get the same or faster training times as on a gpu.
\n\n\n\n\nI never trained any neural net from scratch before participating this competition and I was surprised at how much computing power was required to train even a small one. I'm guessing that GCP credit won't be enough to cover final tuning and hyper-parameter searching, let alone development and experiment.
\n
Maybe not but it's definitely better than nothing.
\n\n\n\n\nAnd you will want to tune and search for the best hyper-parameter if you are hoping to win a medal (I'm not even aiming for the money). Good luck!
\n
Thanks and good luck to you as well :).
", "votes": -2, "replies": [] } ] }, { "id": 259369, "author_name": "Rahul Kumar", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2017-12-18T08:32:17.933000", "content": "Hi Julia, I had filled the form long ago but I made my first submission on 11 dec. I like to run my model on GPU. Is their any chance of getting the GCP credit.
", "votes": 0, "replies": [] }, { "id": 259349, "author_name": "Hamza Zafar", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2017-12-18T07:30:52.210000", "content": "Hi Julia,
\n\nJust explore GCP, wanted to know that if there is possibility to extend its deadline.
", "votes": 0, "replies": [] }, { "id": 258738, "author_name": "Julia Elliott", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2017-12-16T23:18:35.170000", "content": "To all who are thinking about posting a message to ask about their credits. Please first:\nA) Check your spam folder.\nB) Make sure you actually qualified. That means you must have both submitted the request form AND made your first submission by 12/5, as very clearly specified above.
", "votes": 0, "replies": [] }, { "id": 258649, "author_name": "Mustafa Radha", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2017-12-16T17:48:11.070000", "content": "Hi Julia,
\n\nwe changed our team name :( did you find us? We were RandomTeam1990_2 :) but that was just a random name, literally.. now we are ItsATensorNotAMatrix and are desperately waiting for some GCP credits since the GPU's here are fully loaded.
", "votes": 0, "replies": [ { "id": 258736, "author_name": "Julia Elliott", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2017-12-16T23:12:14.223000", "content": "We sent your coupon on December 11th. Please check your spam folder.
", "votes": 0, "replies": [] }, { "id": 259403, "author_name": "Mustafa Radha", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2017-12-18T09:53:14.497000", "content": "Thank you, got it! Now just need to see how we can get quota for the GPU :)
", "votes": 0, "replies": [] } ] }, { "id": 258576, "author_name": "Nilabha Bhattacharya", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2017-12-16T13:46:31.637000", "content": "Hi Julia,
\n\nI filled out the form and made a submission a week back. I did not receive any GCP credits. Can you kindly check? Thanks!
", "votes": 0, "replies": [ { "id": 258735, "author_name": "Julia Elliott", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2017-12-16T23:11:13.043000", "content": "You did not make your submission until December 9th and therefore did not qualify. Please read my original message above specifying that your submission must have been made by December 5th.
", "votes": 0, "replies": [] }, { "id": 258901, "author_name": "Nilabha Bhattacharya", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2017-12-17T08:53:19.747000", "content": "Thanks Julia for confirming.
", "votes": 0, "replies": [] } ] }, { "id": 258533, "author_name": "dhgrs", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2017-12-16T11:01:43.250000", "content": "Hi, I sent a request via JotForm. But I didn't get the coupon yet. Pls check!
", "votes": 0, "replies": [ { "id": 258732, "author_name": "Julia Elliott", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2017-12-16T23:07:17.350000", "content": "We sent your coupon on December 11th. Please check your spam folder.
", "votes": 0, "replies": [] }, { "id": 259073, "author_name": "dhgrs", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2017-12-17T16:41:04.420000", "content": "Thanks I get my coupon!
", "votes": 0, "replies": [] } ] }, { "id": 258131, "author_name": "Han-Sheng Zhang", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2017-12-15T15:18:53.310000", "content": "Hi Julia,\nI filled the form, but does not received any about coupon.
", "votes": 0, "replies": [ { "id": 258163, "author_name": "Julia Elliott", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2017-12-15T16:35:46.503000", "content": "You did not make your first submission until yesterday. It was specified that you must not only have submitted a request for the credits but also must have entered the competition by the deadline on the credits request form in order to qualify.
", "votes": 0, "replies": [] } ] }, { "id": 257851, "author_name": "Rouzbeh", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2017-12-15T01:48:52.140000", "content": "Hi Julia,\nAre we allowed to use Pytorch or we should just use tensorflow/keras since this is from Google?!
\n\nThanks.
", "votes": 0, "replies": [ { "id": 258152, "author_name": "InfiniteWing", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2017-12-15T16:12:43.980000", "content": "[Edit] Oooops, Sorry for misunderstanding.
\n\n(It's possible to run Pytorch on GCP, but you need to set up the environment yourself. I had run Pytorch on GCP (Ubuntu 14.04) successfully.)
", "votes": 0, "replies": [] }, { "id": 258155, "author_name": "Rouzbeh", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2017-12-15T16:15:00.677000", "content": "Thanks InfiniteWing. I'm asking in general are we allowed to submit results that are based on pytorch since this competition is from google?
", "votes": 1, "replies": [] }, { "id": 258167, "author_name": "Julia Elliott", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2017-12-15T16:38:53.390000", "content": "You are welcome to use whatever you wish. There are prizes which do not require specific use of any particular methods. However, please review the prizes information for details regarding how to qualify for the special tensorflow prize.
", "votes": 1, "replies": [] } ] }, { "id": 257751, "author_name": "Wen Li", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2017-12-14T22:22:51.993000", "content": "Hi Julia,
\n\nI did not notice the coupons until recently. I am wondering whether I am too late for requesting one. I had a submission today and it took a long time to train the model on my CPU based servers.
\n\nMany thanks,\nWen
", "votes": 0, "replies": [ { "id": 258164, "author_name": "Julia Elliott", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2017-12-15T16:36:52.360000", "content": "Sorry, the submission request deadline has passed.
", "votes": 0, "replies": [] } ] }, { "id": 257369, "author_name": "", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2017-12-14T05:19:48.367000", "content": "Thanks for the credits. \nBut it seems to expire by 28 Dec. Can we extend it?\nThanks again
", "votes": 0, "replies": [ { "id": 257700, "author_name": "Julia Elliott", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2017-12-14T19:58:08.703000", "content": "The coupon must be redeemed by 12/31/2017, but is valid for 45 days. This is to restrict its use for the purposes of the competition & its duration.
", "votes": 0, "replies": [] }, { "id": 263992, "author_name": "gavrand", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2018-01-01T23:30:45.300000", "content": "Julia happy new year. I was away for the holidays I only just saw the 12/31/2017 redeem deadline and didn't have time to redeem the coupon in time. I totally understand the 45 days duration deadline. Any chance you could resend me a valid coupon? Thank you in advance.
", "votes": 0, "replies": [] } ] }, { "id": 257001, "author_name": "Venkatesh", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2017-12-13T05:24:53.887000", "content": "Hi Julia, I have filled the form for credits but haven't received any kind of email yet. Please look into the issue. Thanks!
", "votes": 0, "replies": [ { "id": 257007, "author_name": "Julia Elliott", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2017-12-13T05:50:43.967000", "content": "You should have received your coupon. Try checking your spam folder.
", "votes": 0, "replies": [] }, { "id": 257010, "author_name": "Venkatesh", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2017-12-13T06:13:21.470000", "content": "Sorry, I haven't received any mail. I check the spam folder as well.
", "votes": 0, "replies": [] }, { "id": 257702, "author_name": "Julia Elliott", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2017-12-14T19:58:38.493000", "content": "Yesterday, I e-mailed this information to you again. Please check again.
", "votes": 1, "replies": [] }, { "id": 257705, "author_name": "Venkatesh", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2017-12-14T20:00:35.537000", "content": "Thanks a lot, I have received the coupon.
", "votes": 0, "replies": [] } ] }, { "id": 256583, "author_name": "SubhojeetPramanik", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2017-12-12T09:56:07.093000", "content": "Did not get any credit! :( \nI submitted my baseline long ago (LB-176) also I filled the form on the very first day. I have a very good model but need the resources to perform better hyperparameter optimisation.
", "votes": 0, "replies": [ { "id": 256843, "author_name": "Julia Elliott", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2017-12-12T20:25:33.213000", "content": "You should have received your coupon. Try checking your spam folder.
", "votes": 1, "replies": [] }, { "id": 256882, "author_name": "SubhojeetPramanik", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2017-12-12T21:56:37.670000", "content": "Found it in the spam folder :) Thanks for the credit!
", "votes": 0, "replies": [] }, { "id": 256971, "author_name": "gerti004", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2017-12-13T02:29:23.140000", "content": "THANKS!
", "votes": 1, "replies": [] } ] }, { "id": 256436, "author_name": "bsp2020", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2017-12-11T23:29:31.560000", "content": "Thanks for the credit. I just went to GCP to sign up and it was offering $300 trial credit. Does this mean that I can combine them together and spend $800?
", "votes": 0, "replies": [ { "id": 256615, "author_name": "InfiniteWing", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2017-12-12T11:37:05.683000", "content": "Thanks Julia.
\n\nTo answer your question : yes, you can use totally $800! (~500 hours of NVIDIA P100). In addtion, I noticed that the credit with nearest expire date will be use first, great!
", "votes": 1, "replies": [] } ] }, { "id": 256385, "author_name": "Jeff", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2017-12-11T21:14:31.967000", "content": "FYI, I've just gotten Julia's e-mail about the GCP credit. Thanks, Julia!
", "votes": 0, "replies": [ { "id": 256396, "author_name": "Shujian Liu", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2017-12-11T21:37:07.797000", "content": "Same here. Thanks, Julia. Just notice that it expires on Jan 25, 2018. I should get started asap.
", "votes": 0, "replies": [] }, { "id": 256429, "author_name": "Ildoo Kim", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2017-12-11T23:04:08.333000", "content": "Me too, Thanks :)
", "votes": 0, "replies": [] } ] }, { "id": 253851, "author_name": "pspenano", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2017-12-05T18:50:14.753000", "content": "Baseline submission submitted! Looking forward to making future submissions to this competition.
", "votes": 0, "replies": [] }, { "id": 253565, "author_name": "Tejas Shahpuri", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2017-12-05T07:54:39.013000", "content": "@ManiKhanuja We have to check this.
", "votes": 0, "replies": [] }, { "id": 252881, "author_name": "Ildoo Kim", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2017-12-04T04:27:46.847000", "content": "I've just submited a baseline. Please check :)
", "votes": 0, "replies": [] }, { "id": 250077, "author_name": "vinvinvin", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2017-11-29T18:15:26.477000", "content": "I have made a credit request and also a submission but I changed my name in between the request and submission... will the system be able to sort this out? is there another solution? Thanks
", "votes": 0, "replies": [] }, { "id": 249674, "author_name": "bsp2020", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2017-11-29T00:42:08.687000", "content": "Does the team name on the request form have to match the team name I'm using? I already submitted the form but I don't want to use the team name I put on that form.
", "votes": 0, "replies": [] }, { "id": 249627, "author_name": "Shujian Liu", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2017-11-28T21:13:35.780000", "content": "Looking for to the credits. Thanks Julia and Google.
", "votes": 0, "replies": [] }, { "id": 249618, "author_name": "Noud", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2017-11-28T20:54:52.140000", "content": "Dear Julia,
\n\nThank you for your clarifications. We are working on a classifier for this competition, but we haven't finished creating a classifier suitable for committing yet. We would like to submit for the GCP credit coupon. If we would submit only the baseline submission (sample_submission.csv) before the 5th of december, do we qualify for the coupon distribution process?
", "votes": 0, "replies": [ { "id": 249655, "author_name": "Julia Elliott", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2017-11-28T22:48:39.663000", "content": "@Noud As long as you make a submission into this competition, you will qualify.
", "votes": 2, "replies": [] } ] }, { "id": 258356, "author_name": "", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2017-12-16T00:48:57.580000", "content": "", "votes": 0, "replies": [ { "id": 258731, "author_name": "Julia Elliott", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2017-12-16T23:06:16.767000", "content": "We sent your coupon on December 11th. Please check your spam folder.
", "votes": 0, "replies": [] }, { "id": 258852, "author_name": "", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2017-12-17T06:36:03.007000", "content": "", "votes": 0, "replies": [] }, { "id": 259630, "author_name": "Julia Elliott", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2017-12-18T18:55:57.493000", "content": "I have just re-sent the coupon. Please check your email.
", "votes": 0, "replies": [] }, { "id": 259640, "author_name": "", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2017-12-18T19:10:02.023000", "content": "", "votes": 0, "replies": [] } ] }, { "id": 256609, "author_name": "SathviSiva", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2017-12-12T11:15:37.533000", "content": "Thanks Julia for the credit
", "votes": 0, "replies": [] } ], "raw_markdown_by_id": { "249611": "Hi there, I wanted to clarify that the GCP credit coupons (mentioned in Walter's Welcome post) are intended for entrants in this competition. This requires that you have made a submission, hence the request for your team name on the form. If you have requested a coupon but not yet made a submission, please ensure you have by 12/5, when we will begin the coupon distribution process to those who qualify.\n\nWe hope you're enjoying the competition and the GCP credits will give you resources to improve your models!", "254963": "For those inquiring about cloud credit distribution timeframe, we are currently processing the requests and verifying qualification. As indicated on the request form, this may take up to 1 week from the 12/5 deadline to be distributed. Your patience is appreciated.", "264112": "@Julia ,\nI didn't know there is an expiry date for the code and since I already had some other credit, I didn't use it before. Now, I am trying to use (Jan 02, 2017), it gives me an error message saying \"Code is invalid or expired\".\nWould you please help ?\n\nBest,\nMoustafa", "254451": "Hi - It will help plan our schedule if we know the date by when the cloud credits would be available. Thanks much.", "250101": "@vinvinvin & @bsp2020 Team name changes are not a problem. We will cross-check & reconcile with the e-mail address linked to your Kaggle account.", "254297": "Dear Julia,\n\nCan you tell us when we can expect to get access to GCP? I am really looking forward to run the model in the cloud because my laptop almost melting during training and I am praying for every epoch)", "255126": "@ Julia Elliott, sorry for being kind of an ass but we need to know. Are we ever gonna get those damn credits or is the competition gonna end first and then you'll give us the credits?", "259369": "Hi Julia, I had filled the form long ago but I made my first submission on 11 dec. I like to run my model on GPU. Is their any chance of getting the GCP credit.", "259349": "Hi Julia,\n\nJust explore GCP, wanted to know that if there is possibility to extend its deadline.", "258738": "To all who are thinking about posting a message to ask about their credits. Please first:\nA) Check your spam folder.\nB) Make sure you actually qualified. That means you must have both submitted the request form AND made your first submission by 12/5, as very clearly specified above.", "258649": "Hi Julia,\n\nwe changed our team name :( did you find us? We were RandomTeam1990_2 :) but that was just a random name, literally.. now we are ItsATensorNotAMatrix and are desperately waiting for some GCP credits since the GPU's here are fully loaded.", "258576": "Hi Julia,\n\nI filled out the form and made a submission a week back. I did not receive any GCP credits. Can you kindly check? Thanks!", "258533": "Hi, I sent a request via JotForm. But I didn't get the coupon yet. Pls check!", "258131": "Hi Julia,\nI filled the form, but does not received any about coupon.", "257851": "Hi Julia,\nAre we allowed to use Pytorch or we should just use tensorflow/keras since this is from Google?!\n\nThanks.", "257751": "Hi Julia,\n\nI did not notice the coupons until recently. I am wondering whether I am too late for requesting one. I had a submission today and it took a long time to train the model on my CPU based servers.\n\nMany thanks,\nWen", "257369": "Thanks for the credits. \nBut it seems to expire by 28 Dec. Can we extend it?\nThanks again", "257001": "Hi Julia, I have filled the form for credits but haven't received any kind of email yet. Please look into the issue. Thanks!", "256583": "Did not get any credit! :( \nI submitted my baseline long ago (LB-176) also I filled the form on the very first day. I have a very good model but need the resources to perform better hyperparameter optimisation.", "256436": "Thanks for the credit. I just went to GCP to sign up and it was offering $300 trial credit. Does this mean that I can combine them together and spend $800?", "256385": "FYI, I've just gotten Julia's e-mail about the GCP credit. Thanks, Julia!", "253851": "Baseline submission submitted! Looking forward to making future submissions to this competition.", "253565": "@ManiKhanuja We have to check this.", "252881": "I've just submited a baseline. Please check :)", "250077": "I have made a credit request and also a submission but I changed my name in between the request and submission... will the system be able to sort this out? is there another solution? Thanks ", "249674": "Does the team name on the request form have to match the team name I'm using? I already submitted the form but I don't want to use the team name I put on that form.", "249627": " Looking for to the credits. Thanks Julia and Google.", "249618": "Dear Julia,\n\nThank you for your clarifications. We are working on a classifier for this competition, but we haven't finished creating a classifier suitable for committing yet. We would like to submit for the GCP credit coupon. If we would submit only the baseline submission (sample_submission.csv) before the 5th of december, do we qualify for the coupon distribution process?", "258356": "", "256609": "Thanks Julia for the credit" } }