Dear Challenge Organizers, Since the training data will not be available for download and will only be accessible via the submission server, will we be able to carry out our model development , experimentation, and testing on those servers in addition to making submissions? Thanks!

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Hi bnorth, Participants submit a Docker container that contains their model. You can install any software you want in your Docker container. See https://www.docker.com/what-docker.
Hi bnorth, For this challenge we're pushing the envelope on reproducible scientific computing and running a challenge on human health data in a way that protects the patients. The submissions will be in the form of a trainable model inside a [docker](https://www.docker.com/) container. Docker containers are an easy way to package up your code and all its dependencies, so you are in charge of the environment your code runs in and others can benefit from your work. It's a little more technical overhead, but we're happy to help. And once you've mastered containers, they can become a useful part of your technical toolbox. See the [submitting models](https://www.synapse.org/#!Synapse:syn4224222/wiki/401759) page for a few more details, which we'll be fleshing out as the challenge develops.
Hi Thomas, Will we have complete installation privileges (for software required in our work flow) on these machines? How can we check to see if software dependencies are present on the machines? Thanks!
Hello, Apologies for the delay. Please view the this [page](#!Synapse:syn4224222/wiki/401757) for accessing data details and view [here](#!Synapse:syn4224222/wiki/401759) for details on submission of models. From my understanding, you do not have access to the full dataset and only access to the 500 sample images. Your submission is your trainable model. The servers then run the training phase using the training data and the scoring phase using your trained model and the scoring data. Your trained model is returned to you and your score is published to the challenge leaderboard. You will not have direct access to these servers. Please let me know if this is confusing. Thomas

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