IMaging-PsychiAtry Challenge: predicting autism
July 6th: Institut Pasteur, 25-28 Rue du Dr Roux, 75015 Paris --- July, 7th: La Paillasse, 226 rue Saint-Denis, 75002 Paris
A data challenge on Autism Spectrum Disorder detection
What is this challenge?
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a severe psychiatric disorder that affects 1 in 166 children.
There is evidence that ASD is reflected in individuals brain networks and anatomy. Yet, it remains unclear how systematic these effects are, and how large is their predictive remain unclear. The large cohort assembled here can bring some answers. Predicting autism from brain imaging will provide biomarkers and shed some light on the mechanisms of the pathology.
Collaborative coding session
July, 6th and 7th will be dedicated to collaboration. The solutions submitted during the event will be opened and participants will be invited to share their experience and come up with new submissions.
Award ceremony
This event will be closed by the award ceremony in which the prizes will be awarded to the best performers.
Prizes
The best performers will be awarded prizes at the end of the competitive period, based on the metrics used during the challenge: 1st - 3000 €, 2nd - 2000 €, 3rd - 1000 €, from 4th to 10th - 500 €.
References
Challenge website - RAMP starting-kit - RAMP studio platform
