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  "id": 417265,
  "title": "Thanks for a great competition! But it's not over yet — more prizes at scrollprize.org!",
  "url": "/competitions/vesuvius-challenge-ink-detection/discussion/417265",
  "author_name": "",
  "post_date": "2023-06-15T01:17:45.104166600Z",
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  "content": "<p>Congrats to the (preliminary) winners, and thanks everyone for participating. :) We'll be busy the next weeks verifying and reproducing the top submissions. You can help us out by publishing your training and inference notebooks, and including instructions on how to import weights from training to inference.</p>\n<p>In the meantime, be sure to try running your algorithms on the scrolls! The paths in <a href=\"http://dl.ash2txt.org/full-scrolls/Scroll1.volpkg/paths/\" target=\"_blank\">http://dl.ash2txt.org/full-scrolls/Scroll1.volpkg/paths/</a> (get password on <a href=\"https://forms.gle/HV1J6dJbmCB2z5QL8\" target=\"_blank\">https://forms.gle/HV1J6dJbmCB2z5QL8</a>) all have a <code>layers</code> folder which has the same structure as in the Kaggle competition. And similarly for <a href=\"http://dl.ash2txt.org/stephen-parsons-uploads/recto/Scroll1_part_1_wrap_recto_surface_volume/\" target=\"_blank\">http://dl.ash2txt.org/stephen-parsons-uploads/recto/Scroll1_part_1_wrap_recto_surface_volume/</a> which is a massive one. If you can find letters, you can win the First Letters Prize, or even the $700,000 Grand Prize!</p>\n<p>Be sure to join us in Discord for any questions: <a href=\"https://discord.gg/6FgWYNjb4N\" target=\"_blank\">https://discord.gg/6FgWYNjb4N</a></p>\n<p>Good luck everyone, and thanks again.</p>",
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    {
      "id": "2302933",
      "postDate": "06/15/2023 01:17:45",
      "content": "<p>Congrats to the (preliminary) winners, and thanks everyone for participating. :) We'll be busy the next weeks verifying and reproducing the top submissions. You can help us out by publishing your training and inference notebooks, and including instructions on how to import weights from training to inference.</p>\n<p>In the meantime, be sure to try running your algorithms on the scrolls! The paths in <a href=\"http://dl.ash2txt.org/full-scrolls/Scroll1.volpkg/paths/\" target=\"_blank\">http://dl.ash2txt.org/full-scrolls/Scroll1.volpkg/paths/</a> (get password on <a href=\"https://forms.gle/HV1J6dJbmCB2z5QL8\" target=\"_blank\">https://forms.gle/HV1J6dJbmCB2z5QL8</a>) all have a <code>layers</code> folder which has the same structure as in the Kaggle competition. And similarly for <a href=\"http://dl.ash2txt.org/stephen-parsons-uploads/recto/Scroll1_part_1_wrap_recto_surface_volume/\" target=\"_blank\">http://dl.ash2txt.org/stephen-parsons-uploads/recto/Scroll1_part_1_wrap_recto_surface_volume/</a> which is a massive one. If you can find letters, you can win the First Letters Prize, or even the $700,000 Grand Prize!</p>\n<p>Be sure to join us in Discord for any questions: <a href=\"https://discord.gg/6FgWYNjb4N\" target=\"_blank\">https://discord.gg/6FgWYNjb4N</a></p>\n<p>Good luck everyone, and thanks again.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Congrats to the (preliminary) winners, and thanks everyone for participating. :) We'll be busy the next weeks verifying and reproducing the top submissions. You can help us out by publishing your training and inference notebooks, and including instructions on how to import weights from training to inference.\n\nIn the meantime, be sure to try running your algorithms on the scrolls! The paths in http://dl.ash2txt.org/full-scrolls/Scroll1.volpkg/paths/ (get password on https://forms.gle/HV1J6dJbmCB2z5QL8) all have a `layers` folder which has the same structure as in the Kaggle competition. And similarly for http://dl.ash2txt.org/stephen-parsons-uploads/recto/Scroll1_part_1_wrap_recto_surface_volume/ which is a massive one. If you can find letters, you can win the First Letters Prize, or even the $700,000 Grand Prize!\n\nBe sure to join us in Discord for any questions: https://discord.gg/6FgWYNjb4N\n\nGood luck everyone, and thanks again.",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "2303039",
      "postDate": "06/15/2023 03:41:35",
      "content": "<p>Thank you for organizing such an interesting contest. And where can I find out the latest news during the main and your other competitions? For example, \"First Letters Prize received\" or \"First Letters Prize not yet awarded\"</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Thank you for organizing such an interesting contest. And where can I find out the latest news during the main and your other competitions? For example, \"First Letters Prize received\" or \"First Letters Prize not yet awarded\"",
      "votes": null
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      "id": "2303299",
      "postDate": "06/15/2023 08:16:41",
      "content": "<p>Thank you for organizing.</p>\n<blockquote>\n  <p>(preliminary) winners , and thanks everyone for participating. :) We'll be busy the next weeks verifying and reproducing the top submissions.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p>Does this mean that final ranking is not determined now and is going to be determined in a week?</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Thank you for organizing.\n> (preliminary) winners , and thanks everyone for participating. :) We'll be busy the next weeks verifying and reproducing the top submissions.\n\nDoes this mean that final ranking is not determined now and is going to be determined in a week?",
      "votes": null
    },
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      "id": "2303608",
      "postDate": "06/15/2023 11:34:30",
      "content": "<p>What is the timeline for publishing results? Will you update to a preliminary final ranking on the full test set once the runs are done or only after reviewing everything?</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "What is the timeline for publishing results? Will you update to a preliminary final ranking on the full test set once the runs are done or only after reviewing everything?",
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      "id": "2303748",
      "postDate": "06/15/2023 12:59:51",
      "content": "<p>Thank you for organizing and we would really be interested in the timeline of the results :)</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Thank you for organizing and we would really be interested in the timeline of the results :)",
      "votes": null
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    {
      "id": "2304028",
      "postDate": "06/15/2023 16:18:50",
      "content": "<p>Our <a href=\"https://scrollprize.substack.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Substack</a> and <a href=\"https://twitter.com/scrollprize\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter</a> are best for low-volume updates.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Our [Substack](https://scrollprize.substack.com/) and [Twitter](https://twitter.com/scrollprize) are best for low-volume updates.",
      "votes": null
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      "id": "2304030",
      "postDate": "06/15/2023 16:19:39",
      "content": "<p>That's right, the ranking is not yet final. I can't say for certain how long it will take to validate the submissions, but we're doing our best to do it as quickly as possible!</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "That's right, the ranking is not yet final. I can't say for certain how long it will take to validate the submissions, but we're doing our best to do it as quickly as possible!",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "2304032",
      "postDate": "06/15/2023 16:20:30",
      "content": "<p>We're doing our best to do it as quickly as possible! The final winners will be announced after thoroughly reviewing the top submissions.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "We're doing our best to do it as quickly as possible! The final winners will be announced after thoroughly reviewing the top submissions.",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "2304033",
      "postDate": "06/15/2023 16:20:51",
      "content": "<p>See the other comments in this thread!</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "See the other comments in this thread!",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "2304048",
      "postDate": "06/15/2023 16:30:33",
      "content": "<p>Great, thank you for the answer. It was a really interesting competition and a lot of fun working on it. Thanks for organizing!</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Great, thank you for the answer. It was a really interesting competition and a lot of fun working on it. Thanks for organizing!",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "2304293",
      "postDate": "06/15/2023 22:26:18",
      "content": "<p>Thank you for organizing competition.</p>\n<p>Can you know me what validate or verify means? validate for model license? or else?</p>\n<p>Thanks!</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Thank you for organizing competition.\n\nCan you know me what validate or verify means? validate for model license? or else?\n\nThanks!",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "2304398",
      "postDate": "06/16/2023 01:07:09",
      "content": "<p>Thank you for organizing, it is quite a challenging and interesting task.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Thank you for organizing, it is quite a challenging and interesting task.",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "2305060",
      "postDate": "06/16/2023 12:17:50",
      "content": "<p>Hi <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/jpposma\" target=\"_blank\">@jpposma</a>, I just open source my inference code. But I have some questions:</p>\n<ol>\n<li>Are you able to reach my private dataset in my inference notebook, which including my models' codes and checkpoints? If not, do I have to share it publicly?<br>\n2.Is the verifying process different from which ranks us now?<br>\n3.My training codes are all .py scripts, could I share it on github?<br>\n4.Is there a rule to correlate to prize that we have to share all our codes?</li>\n</ol>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Hi @jpposma, I just open source my inference code. But I have some questions:\n1. Are you able to reach my private dataset in my inference notebook, which including my models' codes and checkpoints? If not, do I have to share it publicly?\n2.Is the verifying process different from which ranks us now?\n3.My training codes are all .py scripts, could I share it on github?\n4.Is there a rule to correlate to prize that we have to share all our codes?",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "2305239",
      "postDate": "06/16/2023 14:25:17",
      "content": "<p><a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/jpposma\" target=\"_blank\">@jpposma</a> Thank you for hosting. You have made this competition a very good one. Great work!</p>\n<p>I have the same question. I have also published the code for inference. What you are talking about here is rank finalize on kaggle, right? After that, is it my understanding that you will proceed to open source the TRAINING code and WINNER'S CALL by the deadline for the prize, after you have been contacted by email, just like any other competition ?</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "jpposma Thank you for hosting. You have made this competition a very good one. Great work!\n\nI have the same question. I have also published the code for inference. What you are talking about here is rank finalize on kaggle, right? After that, is it my understanding that you will proceed to open source the TRAINING code and WINNER'S CALL by the deadline for the prize, after you have been contacted by email, just like any other competition ?",
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      "id": 2303039,
      "author_name": "sapr3s",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "06/15/2023 03:41:35",
      "content": "<p>Thank you for organizing such an interesting contest. And where can I find out the latest news during the main and your other competitions? For example, \"First Letters Prize received\" or \"First Letters Prize not yet awarded\"</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": [
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          "id": 2304028,
          "author_name": "jpposma",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "06/15/2023 16:18:50",
          "content": "<p>Our <a href=\"https://scrollprize.substack.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Substack</a> and <a href=\"https://twitter.com/scrollprize\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter</a> are best for low-volume updates.</p>",
          "votes": null,
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      "id": 2303299,
      "author_name": "clearwaterkzk",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "06/15/2023 08:16:41",
      "content": "<p>Thank you for organizing.</p>\n<blockquote>\n  <p>(preliminary) winners , and thanks everyone for participating. :) We'll be busy the next weeks verifying and reproducing the top submissions.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p>Does this mean that final ranking is not determined now and is going to be determined in a week?</p>",
      "votes": null,
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          "id": 2304030,
          "author_name": "jpposma",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "06/15/2023 16:19:39",
          "content": "<p>That's right, the ranking is not yet final. I can't say for certain how long it will take to validate the submissions, but we're doing our best to do it as quickly as possible!</p>",
          "votes": null,
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            {
              "id": 2304293,
              "author_name": "ahnheeyoung1",
              "author_url": "",
              "post_date": "06/15/2023 22:26:18",
              "content": "<p>Thank you for organizing competition.</p>\n<p>Can you know me what validate or verify means? validate for model license? or else?</p>\n<p>Thanks!</p>",
              "votes": null,
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      "id": 2303608,
      "author_name": "yankir",
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      "post_date": "06/15/2023 11:34:30",
      "content": "<p>What is the timeline for publishing results? Will you update to a preliminary final ranking on the full test set once the runs are done or only after reviewing everything?</p>",
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          "id": 2304032,
          "author_name": "jpposma",
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          "post_date": "06/15/2023 16:20:30",
          "content": "<p>We're doing our best to do it as quickly as possible! The final winners will be announced after thoroughly reviewing the top submissions.</p>",
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              "id": 2304048,
              "author_name": "yankir",
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              "post_date": "06/15/2023 16:30:33",
              "content": "<p>Great, thank you for the answer. It was a really interesting competition and a lot of fun working on it. Thanks for organizing!</p>",
              "votes": null,
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      "id": 2303748,
      "author_name": "maxrok",
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      "post_date": "06/15/2023 12:59:51",
      "content": "<p>Thank you for organizing and we would really be interested in the timeline of the results :)</p>",
      "votes": null,
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        {
          "id": 2304033,
          "author_name": "jpposma",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "06/15/2023 16:20:51",
          "content": "<p>See the other comments in this thread!</p>",
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    {
      "id": 2304398,
      "author_name": "xudai111",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "06/16/2023 01:07:09",
      "content": "<p>Thank you for organizing, it is quite a challenging and interesting task.</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": []
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    {
      "id": 2305060,
      "author_name": "traptinblur",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "06/16/2023 12:17:50",
      "content": "<p>Hi <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/jpposma\" target=\"_blank\">@jpposma</a>, I just open source my inference code. But I have some questions:</p>\n<ol>\n<li>Are you able to reach my private dataset in my inference notebook, which including my models' codes and checkpoints? If not, do I have to share it publicly?<br>\n2.Is the verifying process different from which ranks us now?<br>\n3.My training codes are all .py scripts, could I share it on github?<br>\n4.Is there a rule to correlate to prize that we have to share all our codes?</li>\n</ol>",
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          "author_name": "chumajin",
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          "post_date": "06/16/2023 14:25:17",
          "content": "<p><a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/jpposma\" target=\"_blank\">@jpposma</a> Thank you for hosting. You have made this competition a very good one. Great work!</p>\n<p>I have the same question. I have also published the code for inference. What you are talking about here is rank finalize on kaggle, right? After that, is it my understanding that you will proceed to open source the TRAINING code and WINNER'S CALL by the deadline for the prize, after you have been contacted by email, just like any other competition ?</p>",
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    "2302933": "Congrats to the (preliminary) winners, and thanks everyone for participating. :) We'll be busy the next weeks verifying and reproducing the top submissions. You can help us out by publishing your training and inference notebooks, and including instructions on how to import weights from training to inference.\n\nIn the meantime, be sure to try running your algorithms on the scrolls! The paths in http://dl.ash2txt.org/full-scrolls/Scroll1.volpkg/paths/ (get password on https://forms.gle/HV1J6dJbmCB2z5QL8) all have a `layers` folder which has the same structure as in the Kaggle competition. And similarly for http://dl.ash2txt.org/stephen-parsons-uploads/recto/Scroll1_part_1_wrap_recto_surface_volume/ which is a massive one. If you can find letters, you can win the First Letters Prize, or even the $700,000 Grand Prize!\n\nBe sure to join us in Discord for any questions: https://discord.gg/6FgWYNjb4N\n\nGood luck everyone, and thanks again.",
    "2303039": "Thank you for organizing such an interesting contest. And where can I find out the latest news during the main and your other competitions? For example, \"First Letters Prize received\" or \"First Letters Prize not yet awarded\"",
    "2303299": "Thank you for organizing.\n> (preliminary) winners , and thanks everyone for participating. :) We'll be busy the next weeks verifying and reproducing the top submissions.\n\nDoes this mean that final ranking is not determined now and is going to be determined in a week?",
    "2303608": "What is the timeline for publishing results? Will you update to a preliminary final ranking on the full test set once the runs are done or only after reviewing everything?",
    "2303748": "Thank you for organizing and we would really be interested in the timeline of the results :)",
    "2304028": "Our [Substack](https://scrollprize.substack.com/) and [Twitter](https://twitter.com/scrollprize) are best for low-volume updates.",
    "2304030": "That's right, the ranking is not yet final. I can't say for certain how long it will take to validate the submissions, but we're doing our best to do it as quickly as possible!",
    "2304032": "We're doing our best to do it as quickly as possible! The final winners will be announced after thoroughly reviewing the top submissions.",
    "2304033": "See the other comments in this thread!",
    "2304048": "Great, thank you for the answer. It was a really interesting competition and a lot of fun working on it. Thanks for organizing!",
    "2304293": "Thank you for organizing competition.\n\nCan you know me what validate or verify means? validate for model license? or else?\n\nThanks!",
    "2304398": "Thank you for organizing, it is quite a challenging and interesting task.",
    "2305060": "Hi @jpposma, I just open source my inference code. But I have some questions:\n1. Are you able to reach my private dataset in my inference notebook, which including my models' codes and checkpoints? If not, do I have to share it publicly?\n2.Is the verifying process different from which ranks us now?\n3.My training codes are all .py scripts, could I share it on github?\n4.Is there a rule to correlate to prize that we have to share all our codes?",
    "2305239": "jpposma Thank you for hosting. You have made this competition a very good one. Great work!\n\nI have the same question. I have also published the code for inference. What you are talking about here is rank finalize on kaggle, right? After that, is it my understanding that you will proceed to open source the TRAINING code and WINNER'S CALL by the deadline for the prize, after you have been contacted by email, just like any other competition ?"
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