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  "title": "Conference on 3/30",
  "url": "/competitions/benchmark-bond-trade-price-challenge/discussion/1328",
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  "post_date": "2012-02-01T18:39:06.610Z",
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  "content": "<p>According &nbsp;to the Prizes link, &quot;...&nbsp;<span>one or more of the leading teams may be invited to participate in the Third Stanford Conference on Quantitative Finance on 3/30/2012&quot;, suggesting a possible interim prize. When will this decision be finalized, and\r\n how would the selections be made, e.g., based on public/private leaderboard scores?&nbsp;</span></p>",
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      "postDate": "02/01/2012 18:39:06",
      "content": "<p>According &nbsp;to the Prizes link, &quot;...&nbsp;<span>one or more of the leading teams may be invited to participate in the Third Stanford Conference on Quantitative Finance on 3/30/2012&quot;, suggesting a possible interim prize. When will this decision be finalized, and\r\n how would the selections be made, e.g., based on public/private leaderboard scores?&nbsp;</span></p>",
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      "postDate": "02/01/2012 18:48:17",
      "content": "<p>Hi Bruce,</p>\r\n<p>Good question - we are still finalizing the speaking&nbsp;line-up for the&nbsp;symposium at Stanford&nbsp;on 3/30.&nbsp; Once we have done this, we will be in a position to decide whether we would like to invite one or more team to participate.&nbsp; There will be no interim cash\r\n prize (it would be for the honor of&nbsp;meeting some well known figures in the field of financial modeling), but it is likely that we would make the selection of who to invite based on their&nbsp;position on the leaderboard (and how far&nbsp;people have got with the challenge)&nbsp;at\r\n a suitable&nbsp;date e.g. 3/15.&nbsp; Right now, we&nbsp;think that there is still a lot of progress to be made!</p>\r\n<p>Best,</p>\r\n<p>Staff</p>",
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      "author_name": "stafflowe",
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      "post_date": "02/01/2012 18:48:17",
      "content": "<p>Hi Bruce,</p>\r\n<p>Good question - we are still finalizing the speaking&nbsp;line-up for the&nbsp;symposium at Stanford&nbsp;on 3/30.&nbsp; Once we have done this, we will be in a position to decide whether we would like to invite one or more team to participate.&nbsp; There will be no interim cash\r\n prize (it would be for the honor of&nbsp;meeting some well known figures in the field of financial modeling), but it is likely that we would make the selection of who to invite based on their&nbsp;position on the leaderboard (and how far&nbsp;people have got with the challenge)&nbsp;at\r\n a suitable&nbsp;date e.g. 3/15.&nbsp; Right now, we&nbsp;think that there is still a lot of progress to be made!</p>\r\n<p>Best,</p>\r\n<p>Staff</p>",
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