To enter the Challenge, please register via the Challenge website (“Website”).
Your submissions to the Challenge (“Entry” or “Entries”) must conform to the requirements set forth on the Website. Your Entries will be scored by the Challenge Sponsor based on the evaluation criteria described on the Website. Prizes will be awarded to the participant with the highest scores.
Please read these Challenge Rules carefully prior to entry, to ensure that you understand and agree with the Challenge Rules. You agree that submission of an Entry to the Challenge constitutes your acceptance of these Challenge Rules and that there is a binding legal agreement between You and the Challenge Sponsor on the terms set out herein with respect to the Challenge (“Agreement”).
“Biendata” refers to Beijing Shujing Tech Co., Ltd.’s platform (Biendata.com) for data science competitions.
“Challenge” refers to the AI Singapore Trusted Media Challenge 2021
“Challenge Data” refers to the data or datasets available from the Challenge Website for the purpose of use in the Challenge, including any prototype or executable code provided on the Challenge Website.
“Challenge Partners” refers to Singapore Press Holdings (SPH), Channel News Asia (CNA), Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) Singapore
“Challenge Period” refers to from start date of Phase 1 to end date of Phase 2 (refer to Challenge Timeline chart)
“Challenge Sponsor” refers to AI Singapore
“Challenge Website” refers to the Challenge Website located at https://trustedmedia.aisingapore.org/competition/aisg/
“Entry Deadline(s)” refers to last day for submission of Participant’s Project for each stage of the Challenge as specified on the Challenge Website
“External Data” refers to data utilised by the Participant (excluding Challenge Data).
“Participant” or “You” refers to the party who has accepted the Challenge Rules and complies with the Challenge Eligibility Criteria, and wishes to submit entries for the Challenge
“Phase 1” refers to Phase 1 of the Challenge as specified in the Prize and Timeline
“Phase 2” refers to Phase 2 of the Challenge as specified in the Prize and Timeline
“Requirements” refers to the submission requirements as specified at [LINK]
A. To be eligible to enter the Challenge, You must :
B.Only individuals are permitted as Participants. No companies or other corporate entities are eligible to apply for the Challenge. For avoidance of doubt, individuals registering for this Challenge will be doing so in their personal capacity and not representing their organizations or institutions, even though they are using their organizational / institutional emails for the purpose of registration.
C. The Challenge Sponsor reserves the right to verify eligibility and to adjudicate on any dispute at any time. If the Challenge Sponsor shall determine, in its absolute discretion and opinion, that You have provided any false or incorrect information to the Challenge Sponsor, You may be immediately disqualified from the Challenge.
D. Unless otherwise set forth in the Challenge Rules, employees, interns, contractors, officers and directors of the Challenge Sponsor, Challenge Partners, Biendata, and their parent companies, subsidiaries, affiliates, and their respective directors, officers, employees, advertising and promotion agencies, representatives, and agents (“Challenge Entities”) may enter and participate in the Challenge, but are not eligible to win any prizes.
The Challenge is sponsored by Challenge Sponsor named above. The Challenge is hosted on behalf of Challenge Sponsor by Beijing Shujing Tech Co., Ltd. (“Biendata”). Biendata is an independent contractor of the Challenge Sponsor and is not a party to this or any agreement between You and Challenge Sponsor. You understand that Biendata has no responsibility with respect to selecting the potential Challenge winner(s) or awarding any prizes. Biendata will perform certain administrative functions relating to hosting the Challenge, and You agree to abide by the provisions relating to Biendata under these Challenge Rules. As a registered Biendata account holder, You are reminded that You are subject to the Biendata Terms of Service at https://www.biendata.xyz/terms/.
The Challenge Period and Entry Deadlines are subject to change, and Challenge Sponsor may require Participants to make various submissions as part of the Challenge competition and may specify deadlines applicable to such submissions during the Challenge. Entry deadlines applicable to each stage will be set out and/or updated on the Challenge Website. It is your responsibility to check the Challenge Website regularly to stay informed of any deadline changes. You are responsible for determining the corresponding time zone in your location. The Challenge Sponsor reserves the right to cancel or suspend the Challenge at any time and to change the form and substance, dates for deadlines, and events and/or Requirements of the Challenge at its discretion.
To enter the Challenge, You must register on the Challenge Website before the Entry Deadline and follow the instructions for developing and submitting your Entry through the Challenge Website. Your Entry(ies) must be made in the manner and format set forth on the Challenge Website. Entries must be received prior to the Entry deadlines set forth on the Challenge Website. Entries must be submitted in English.
Entries shall not use or incorporate information from human observation/prediction and/or hand labelling of the validation dataset or test data records.
If the Challenge is a multi-stage competition with temporally separate training data and/or leaderboard data, each stage may require Entries to be submitted whereby only the top teams selected for such Challenge stage will progress to the next Challenge stage in the manner described in the Challenge Information on the Challenge Website. Only the top 3 winners in the final stage would be eligible for a prize.
Entries are void if any part thereof is illegible, incomplete, damaged, altered, counterfeit, obtained through fraud, or late. The Challenge Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to disqualify any Participant who makes an Entry that does not meet the Requirements.
A. Individual Account. You may submit Entries only under one, unique Biendata.xyz account. You will be disqualified if you submit Entries through more than one Biendata account, or attempt to falsify an account to act as your proxy. At any time up to the applicable Entry Deadline, You may submit up to the maximum number of Entries per day as specified on the Challenge Website.
B. Teams. Multiple individuals may collaborate as a team (a “Team”); however, You may join or form only one Team, and only during Phase 1. Each Team member must be a single individual with a separate Biendata account. You must register individually for the Challenge before joining a Team. Team membership may not exceed the maximum Team size set forth on the Challenge Website. Each Team must designate a Team leader.
C. Team Merger (permitted during Phase 1 only). Teams may request to invite new members and to merge before any Entry deadline set forth on the Challenge Website. Such requests may be allowed provided that: (i) the combined Team does not exceed the Maximum Team Size; (ii) the number of Entries made by the merging Teams does not exceed the number of Entries permissible for one Team at the date of the merger request; and (iii) the proposed combined Team otherwise meets all the requirements of these Challenge Rules.
D. A Team is not allowed to split, disband or remove members. Please think carefully before building your team.
A. Data Access and Use. Unless otherwise restricted under the Challenge Rules, after your acceptance of these Challenge Rules, You may access and use the Challenge Data, for only the purposes of the Challenge. Participants will be able to access the dataset after the start of Phase 1.
B. Data Security. You agree to use reasonable and suitable measures to prevent persons who have not formally agreed to these Challenge Rules from gaining access to the Challenge Data. You agree not to transmit, duplicate, publish, redistribute or otherwise provide or make available the Challenge Data to any party not participating in the Challenge. You agree to notify Challenge Sponsor and Biendata immediately upon learning of any possible unauthorized transmission or unauthorized access of the Challenge Data and agree to work with Challenge Sponsor and Biendata to rectify any unauthorized transmission. You agree that your participation in the Challenge shall not be construed as having or being granted a license (expressly, by implication, estoppel, or otherwise) under, or any right of ownership in, any of the Challenge Data which is to be deemed confidential information of the Challenge Sponsor and its third-party licensors.
C. External Data. You may use External Data to develop and test your models and Entries; Provided That you have the right and authority to use such External Data for the purposes of the Challenge, and to share such data with the Challenge Sponsor as may be required. You shall be liable for and shall hold indemnify and hold harmless the Challenge Sponsor from and against any third-party claims, damages or loss that may arise from Participant’s use of any External Data for the Challenge.
A. Private Code Sharing. Unless otherwise specifically permitted under the Challenge Website or Challenge Rules, during the Challenge, You are not allowed to privately share source or executable code developed in connection with or based upon the Challenge Data or External Data with others (the sole exception being between members of the same Challenge Team formed in accordance with Clause 6B). This prohibition includes code sharing between separate Teams, unless a Team merger occurs. Any such code sharing is a breach of these Challenge Rules and may result in disqualification.
B. Public Code Sharing. You are permitted to publicly share models or codes through the challenge’s discussion forum or the model function in connection with or based upon the Challenge Data, or otherwise relevant to the Challenge, provided that such public sharing does not violate the intellectual property rights of any third party. By so sharing, you are deemed to have licensed the shared code under any of the eligible Open Source licenses listed below.
C. Use of Open Source. Unless otherwise set forth in the Challenge Rules above, if Open Source code is used in the model to generate the Entries, then you must only use Open Source code licensed under an Open Source Initiative-approved license (see www.opensource.org) that in no event limits commercial use of such code or model containing or depending on such code.
D.Entries submitted to Biendata will be password-protected. Only Biendata and Challenge Sponsor will be able to access the Entries for evaluation and verification purposes. Biendata will permanently delete all Entries from the Biendata platform 3 months after the Challenge.
A. The Challenge Data are subject to and shall be governed by Clause 7B,
B. Background IPR. All rights, title and interests in and to any intellectual property rights (IPR) created prior to or independently of the Challenge which a Participant has the right, through ownership or an appropriate licence, to submit as an Entry to the Challenge and which is used or disclosed by the Participant for the purposes of the Challenge (Background IPR) shall remain unaffected. Except as expressly licensed under these Challenge Rules, no party is granted any right or interest in and to the other party’s Background IPR.
C. Foreground IPR. Subject to Clause 7B, IPR to all models, source code or any other assets created in the course of the participation in the Challenge and forming part of the Entry, either individually and/or as a Team member, will remain the property of such Participant/Team (as applicable) and the Participant/Team does not assign ownership of any such IPR to the Challenge Sponsor and/or its Challenge Partners.
D. By their submission of Entries, all Participants shall automatically grant to the Challenge Sponsor and Challenge Partners a perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free, worldwide and non-exclusive licence to use, store and copy the content of any of the Entries for the following purposes:
(i) to use, reproduce, publicly perform, publicly display and create a derivative work from, any Entry that Participant submits solely for the purposes of allowing the Challenge Sponsor to test and evaluate the Entry for purposes of the Challenge.
(ii) to advertise, display, demonstrate, or otherwise promote the Challenge. Participant specifically agrees that the Challenge Sponsor and/or the Challenge Partners shall have the right to use, reproduce, publicly perform, and publicly display the Entry in connection with the advertising and promotion of the Challenge via communication to the public or other groups, including, but not limited to the right to make screenshots, animations and video clips available for promotional purposes.
(iii) for academic research, education and non-commercial use.
E. You represent that you have the unrestricted right to grant the licence set out in Clause 9B.
Prize(s) are as described on the Challenge Website. Odds of winning any prize depends on the number of eligible Entries received during the Challenge Period and the quality of the output.
Each Entry will be scored and ranked by the evaluation metrics set forth on the Challenge Website Evaluation. Winners of the Challenge will be selected according to the evaluation metrics.
Biendata or Challenge Sponsor will notify the prize winner(s) by email. If a prize winner does not respond to the notification attempt within five (5) days from the first notification attempt, then such prize winner will be disqualified and an alternate prize winner will be selected from among all eligible entries received, based on the Evaluation Metrics.
The winner’s list following the end of Phase 2 will be publicly displayed at Challenge Website upon completion of the Challenge. During the Challenge, the then-current ranking of Entries will be visible on the Challenge Website’s leaderboard.
Decision of Challenge Sponsor shall be final and binding.
All prizes are subject to Challenge Sponsor’s review and verification of the Participant’s eligibility and compliance with these Challenge Rules, and the compliance of the winning Entries with the Requirements. In the event that the Entry demonstrates non-compliance with these Challenge Rules, Biendata or Challenge Sponsor may, at its discretion, take either of the following actions: (i) disqualify the Entry(ies); or (ii) require the prize winner to remedy any non-compliance within one week after notice of all issues identified in the Entry(ies) (including, without limitation, the resolution of license conflicts, the fulfilment of all obligations required by software licenses, and the removal of any software that violates the software restrictions).
A prize winner may decline accepting the prize by notifying Biendata or Challenge Sponsor directly within 1 week from receipt of win notification in which case such prize winner shall forego any prize or other benefits associated with winning the Challenge. Challenge Sponsor and/or Biendata reserve the right to disqualify a Participant who so declines its winner status.
Prize winners must return all required documents within 15 days of receiving a notification from the Challenge Sponsor or Biendata, or such winner will be deemed to have forfeited the prize and another winner may be selected by the Challenge Sponsor at its sole and absolute discretion. Prize(s) shall be awarded within approximately 30 days after receipt by Challenge Sponsor or Biendata of the required prize acceptance documents. Transfer or assignment of a prize is not allowed.
You are not eligible to receive any prize if you do not meet the Eligibility requirements in Section 2 above.
To qualify for the start-up grant, the start-up company must be registered in Singapore. The startup can be newly created company or an existing company that is less than three (3) years old. The grant shall be paid according to major milestones to be specified by Challenge Sponsor and on terms and conditions as specified by the Challenge Sponsor.
As a condition to being awarded a prize, a prize winner must fulfil the following obligations:
(a) sign and return all prize acceptance documents as may be required by Challenge Sponsor or Biendata, including without limitation: (i) eligibility certifications; (ii) licences, releases and other agreements required under the Challenge terms and conditions; (iii) relevant tax forms, if any; (iv) source code; (v) a complete report with technology details of the winning solution in the format and/or utilising the template provided by Challenge Sponsor and (vi) other relevant materials requested by Challenge Sponsor.
(b) agree to allow Biendata, the Challenge Sponsor and Challenge Partners to use your name, trademark and/or likeness, free of charge for advertising and promotional purposes, unless prohibited by law.
ALL TAXES IMPOSED ON PRIZES ARE THE SOLE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE WINNERS. Payments to winners are subject to the express requirement that they submit all documentation requested by Challenge Sponsor or Biendata for compliance with applicable state, federal, local and foreign (including provincial) tax reporting and withholding requirements. Prizes will be net of any taxes that Challenge Sponsor is required by law to withhold.
Challenge Sponsor reserves the right to disqualify any Participant from the Challenge if, in Challenge Sponsor’s sole discretion, it reasonably believes that the Participant has attempted to undermine the legitimate operation of the Challenge by cheating, deception, or other unfair playing practices or for any abuse, threats or harassments of any other Participants, Challenge Sponsor or Biendata. Challenge Sponsor further reserves the right to disqualify any Participant who tampers with the submission process or any other part of the Challenge or Challenge Website. Any attempt by an Participant to deliberately damage any website, including the Challenge Website, or undermine the legitimate operation of the Challenge is a violation of criminal and civil laws and should such an attempt be made, Challenge Sponsor and Biendata each reserves the right to seek damages from any such Participant to the fullest extent of the applicable law.
You acknowledge and agree that Challenge Sponsor and Biendata may collect, store, share and otherwise use personally identifiable information provided during the registration process and the Challenge, including, but not limited to, name, mailing address, phone number, and email address. Biendata will use this information in accordance with its Privacy Policy, including for administering the Challenge. Your information may also be transferred to countries outside the country of your residence. Such other countries may not have privacy laws and regulations similar to those of the country of your residence. As a Biendata.xyz account holder, you have the right to request access, review, rectification or deletion of any personal data held by Biendata by logging into your account and/or sending an email request.
You warrant that your Entry is your own original work and, as such, you are the sole and exclusive owner and rights holder of the Entry, and you have the right to make the Entry and grant all required licences. You agree not to submit any Entry that: (i) infringes any third party proprietary rights, intellectual property rights, industrial property rights, personal or moral rights or any other rights, including without limitation, copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret, privacy, publicity or confidentiality obligations; or (ii) otherwise violates any applicable state or federal law.
To the maximum extent permitted by law, you indemnify and agree to keep indemnified Challenge Sponsor, Challenge Partner and Challenge Entities at all times from and against any liability, claims, demands, losses, damages, costs and expenses resulting from any act, default or omission of the Participant and/or a breach of any warranty set forth herein. To the maximum extent permitted by law, you agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless the Challenge Entities from and against any and all claims, actions, suits or proceedings, as well as any and all losses, liabilities, damages, costs and expenses (including reasonable attorney’s fees) arising out of or accruing from: (a) your Entry or other material uploaded or otherwise provided by You that infringes any copyright, trademark, trade secret, trade dress, patent or other intellectual property right of any person or entity, or defames any person or violates their rights of publicity or privacy; (b) any misrepresentation made by You in connection with the Challenge; (c) any non-compliance by You with these Challenge Rules; (d) claims brought by persons or entities other than the parties to these Challenge Rules arising from or related to your involvement with the Challenge; and (e) your acceptance, possession, misuse or use of any prize, or your participation in the Challenge and any Challenge -related activity.
You hereby release Challenge Sponsor, Challenge Partners, Challenge Entities and Biendata from any liability associated with: (a) any malfunction or other problem with the Challenge Website; (b) any error in the collection, processing, or retention of any Entry; or (c) any typographical or other error in the printing, offering or announcement of any prize or winners.
Challenge Entities are not responsible for any malfunction of the Challenge Website or any late, lost, damaged, misdirected, incomplete, illegible, undeliverable, or destroyed Entries or entry materials due to system errors, failed, incomplete or garbled computer or other telecommunication transmission malfunctions, hardware or software failures of any kind, lost or unavailable network connections, typographical or system/human errors and failures, technical malfunction(s) of any telephone network or lines, cable connections, satellite transmissions, servers or providers, or computer equipment, traffic congestion on the Internet or at the Challenge Website, or any combination thereof, which may limit a Participant’s ability to participate.
If for any reason the Challenge is not capable of running as planned, including infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, or any other causes which corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity, or proper conduct of the Challenge, Challenge Sponsor reserves the right at its sole discretion to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the Challenge.
Unless otherwise specifically provided under the Challenge Website, under no circumstances shall the submission of an Entry, the awarding of a prize, or anything in these Challenge Rules be construed as an offer or contract of employment with Challenge Sponsor, Challenge Partners or any of the Challenge Entities. You acknowledge that you have submitted your Entry voluntarily and not in confidence or in trust. You acknowledge that no confidential, fiduciary, agency or other relationship or implied-in-fact contract now exists between you and Challenge Sponsor, Challenge Partners or any of the Challenge Entities, and that no such relationship is established by your submission of the Entry.
Unless otherwise provided in the Challenge Rules above, this Agreement will be governed by Singapore law. You agree that to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the Republic of Singapore for any claims or disputes arising in relation with the Challenge. A person who is not a party to the Agreement has not right under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act (Cap. 53B of the Statutes of the Republic of Singapore) to enforce any of these terms and conditions.
If any provision of these Challenge Rules is held to be invalid or unenforceable, all remaining provisions of the Challenge Rules will remain in full force and effect.
AI Singapore Trusted Media Challenge
593 participants
start
Final Submissions
2021-07-15
2021-12-15
Sponsor：AI Singapore
