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Participating in a Competition

This document explains how to participate in CodaLab competitions.

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Viewing Current Competitions

All of the current competitions are listed on the CodaLab Competitions Page. Click a competition to get more information, including details such as the data formats required by the competition organizer.

Registering for a Competition

When you register for a competition on CodaLab.org, a request is sent to the competition organizer. You will be notified when the competition organizer has approved your registration request.

To register for a competition

  1. Sign in to CodaLab. If you do not have an account you will need to create one.

  2. Visit the CodaLab Competitions Page.

  3. Select the competition you would like to join.

  4. Click the Participate tab.

  5. Check the box to accept the terms and conditions, then click Register to submit your registration request to the competition organizer.

Visit the CodaLab dashboard to check on the status of competitions for which you have registered.

Making a Submission

In this section you will learn how to make a submission to a CodaLab competition. Essentially this involves uploading a bundle (.zip archive) containing files with your answer, in the format that has been specified by the competition organizer.

To make a submission

  1. Sign in to CodaLab. If you do not have an account you will need to create one.

  2. Visit the CodaLab Competitions Page.

  3. Select the competition you want to work with.

  4. Click the Participate tab.

    Here, you can access the data that has been provided by the competition organizer.

  5. Click Submit/View Results.

    On this page you can make new submissions, and see previous submissions for each phase in the competition.

  6. Click Submit Results.... You will be prompted to select a submission bundle (.zip archive). Locate the bundle you want to submit and click Open to upload your submission. When uploading is complete the details will be displayed.

    The detail page for each submission includes links to download the submission bundle, view standard output and error logs, and download evaluation output.

    IMPORTANT: Your submission will not be active until you submit it to the leaderboard.

  7. Click Refresh status, then click Submit to Leaderboard. You can remove the submission by clicking Remove from Leaderboard.

If there is an error with your submission, you can use the standard output and error logs to get more information.

Viewing Competition Results

You can keep up with the progress of competitions you are participating in.

To view results for a competition

  1. Sign in to CodaLab. If you do not have an account you will need to create one.

  2. Visit the CodaLab dashboard.

  3. Select the competition for which you want to view results.

  4. Click the Results tab.

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