Monday, July 2 to Sunday, September 16:
Model training period against a public leaderboard. Code submission available throughout.
Sunday, September 16
: Deadline to submit final models. Final code must be submitted by this time (midnight PST)
Monday, September 17
: Release of the Model Evaluation Set for winner selection (10am PST)
Monday, September 24:
Deadline to submit Model Evaluation Set solutions. (midnight PST)
Monday, October 1:
Winners are announced
Saturday, October 13:
Deadline for submission of 2-3 page report for consideration. This option is only available for contestants who submitted a model and solutions by their deadline. The paper will be referreed for admitance into the contest
 workshop publication. The paper must be in
[ICDM format](http://icdm2012.ua.ac.be/content/contest-proposals)
.
Monday, December 10:
Conference workshop paper presentation and official awards ceremony.