Challenge Cycle 🐵¶

1. Debugging Phase (open)¶

• Gives the participants access to the debugging logs from grand-challenge.org and allows them to develop and debug their docker containers
• 5 submissions/week are allowed per team
• Data: 2 cases from the training set

2. Live Leaderboard Phase (September 2024 - 9. February 2025)¶

• Only accessible to teams that have made a successful submission to the debugging phase
• 2 submissions/week are allowed per team
• Two leaderboards:
  1. Monocyte and lymphocyte detection
  2. Inflammatory cell detection (mono-nuclear leukocytes (MNL), i.e., monocytes and lymphocytes combined)
• Data: Hold-out validation set of 9 cases (Center E)

3. Final Test Phase (1.-9. February 2025)¶

• Only accessible to teams that have participated in the live leaderboard phase
• 2 submission allowed per team (results will be hidden until webinar)
• Two leaderboards:
  1. Monocyte and lymphocyte detection
  2. Inflammatory cell detection (mono-nuclear leukocytes (MNL), i.e., monocytes and lymphocytes combined)
• Data:  9 cases from center E plus 19 cases from center F
• The challenge winners are determined during this phase
• Read the rules about code publication

Open Submission Cycle 🔁¶

After the winners are announced, the challenge will reopen for submissions and be supported for up to five years.