Challenge-kdn September 2020

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Correction in the instructions for the evaluation phase
by José Suárez-Varela 03 Oct '20

03 Oct '20

Dear participants, We found a small error in the document with the instructions for the evaluation phase. Particularly, to generate the output CSV format with your solutions you can use the following pseudo-code: String = “” For node_src in range (19): For node_dst in range (19): *If node_src != node_dst:* String += str(delay[node_src, node_dst])+”;” # New sample, new line String +=”\n” This skips the node pairs where the source and destination match, thus resulting in 342 src-dst delay values (i.e., 19 sources x 18 destinations = 342 values). Please find attached a new version of the instruction document fixing this error. Also, to help you validate the format of your submission files, I attach a ZIP file with the expected format when applying a solution to our toy validation dataset (https://github.com/knowledgedefinednetworking/RouteNet-challenge/tree/maste…). Note that in this case the results correspond to a 17-node network, so we have 17x16=272 src-dst delay values per line. However, with the final test dataset we should expect 342 values per line. *I would like to take this opportunity to encourage you to register on our evaluation platform in advance to avoid potential problems before the evaluation phase starts **(October 1st)**.* Best regards, José Suárez-Varela Barcelona Neural Networking center Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya

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Test dataset release today at 12h (CEST)
by José Suárez-Varela 30 Sep '20

30 Sep '20

Dear participants, We are glad to announce that the final test dataset will be publicly available at the following link from today (Sep 30^th ) at 12:00 (CEST): https://challenge.bnn.upc.edu/downloads?download=5:gnnet-data-set-evaluation Please note that the evaluation phase will open on Oct 1^st at 00:00:00 (CEST), so it will NOT be possible to make submissions before this time. However, you can start generating the submission files with your solutions. Remember that you can only make a maximum of 5 submissions each day, and in total each team can make up to 20 submissions. The evaluation platform will accept submissions until October 15^th at 23:59:59 (CEST). In the evaluation platform you will be able to find an anonymized ranking with the 5 best scores at the moment. This may help assess how good are your results compared to other teams. Each team will be considered for its best score, regardless of whether it is the last submission or not. Also, you will have access to a log with all the submissions of your team registered in our platform and the scores obtained. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any problems or need help during the evaluation process. Enjoy the challenge! Challenge website: https://bnn.upc.edu/challenge2020 Best regards, José Suárez-Varela Barcelona Neural Networking center Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya

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Awards from ITU and instructions for the evaluation phase
by José Suárez-Varela 23 Sep '20

23 Sep '20

Dear participants, As maybe some of you may not have received this information, we would like to share with you that ITU announced officially the following awards for the winners of the global round: - *1st prize**: 5,000 CHF *(approx. $5,510 /4,640 €) - *2nd prize**: 3,000 CHF* (approx. $3,306 / 2,784€) - *3rd prize**: 2,000 CHF* (approx. $2,204 / 1,856€) - *3 Runners up*: *1,000 CHF* (approx. $1,102 / 928€) each. Note that top-3 solutions of the Graph Neural Networking challenge will have access to the global round. Also, the winners of this challenge will receive some amounts directly, which will be announced shortly. *Please, remember that the evaluation phase starts on **October 1st**, and **try to register on our evaluation platform with some time in advance to avoid potential issues. *Also, we recommend to validate the output format of your submissions with the instructions we provide in the attached document. *We encourage all of you to participate in the evaluation*. Even if you think your solution may not be among the top ones, you have nothing to lose and eventually you may be gladly rewarded. Also, keep in mind that there are three winning positions. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any comments or questions. Enjoy the challenge! Challenge website: https://bnn.upc.edu/challenge2020 Best regards, José Suárez-Varela Barcelona Neural Networking center Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya

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Graph Neural Networking challenge 2020 – Instructions for the evaluation phase
by José Suárez-Varela 18 Sep '20

18 Sep '20

Dear participants, Thank you again for taking part in this challenge. The evaluation process will open soon (Oct 1^st -Oct15^th ), and from the organizing team of the Barcelona Neural Networking center we would like to share with you some detailed instructions on how it will be done. Please, read carefully the attached document and *try to register on our platform before the start of the evaluation phase (Oct 1st). Also, we recommend to validate in advance the output format of your submissions with the example dataset and the script we provide*. Do not hesitate to contact us if you have any comments or questions about all this process. Enjoy the challenge! Challenge website: https://bnn.upc.edu/challenge2020 Regards, José Suárez-Varela Barcelona Neural Networking center Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya

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