2009 IEEE International Conference on Data Mining (ICDM 2009) Data Mining
Contest*

2009 IEEE International Conference on Data Mining (ICDM 2009) Data Mining
Contest*

* PBC Brain Connectivity Challenge
* 2009 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers International
Conference on Data Mining
* Pittsburgh Brain Competition Brain Connectivity Challenge

Brief summary:

The competition involves applying data mining to map the “cables of the
human brain” mapping ~300,000 fiber streamlines into 20-50 cables or tracts.
  It involves two challenges 1) Supervised learning to match the
categorization of an expert, and 2) Unsupervised learning of within and
between subject segmentation.  A short YouTube presentation details the
competition including illustrations of the fiber tracts.  Details are
available at the web site braincompetition.org.  All entrants will be able
to compare their scores relative to all the other completed entrants.
 Awards will be announced at ICDM December 2009.  They will include:
 Supervised Learning Match Expert Award $2000 (US); Unsupervised Learning
Within and Between Subject Award; and possibly a Contest Crown Award (if a
group scores top in both award categories including $1000 and the option to
have the team leader have their brain scanned to create a fiber map of their
brain).

Key dates:
     Data training data available: Sept. 14, 2009
     Full data: Oct. 1, 2009
     Results due: Nov. 2, 2009
     Write-ups: Nov. 6, 2009

Important links:
     Competition website:      http://www.braincompetition.org
     Youtube Overview:         http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIDv4FLRg_4
     ICDM 2009:                http://www.cs.umbc.edu/ICDM09/
     Competition Full description:
http://schweb1.lrdc.pitt.edu/pbc/2009b/media/IEEE_IDCM_PBC_BrainCompe...