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  "id": 561689,
  "title": "CLEF 2025 ?",
  "url": "/competitions/geolifeclef-2024/discussion/561689",
  "author_name": "",
  "post_date": "2025-02-07T09:05:19.279386900Z",
  "votes": 1,
  "comment_count": 9,
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  "content": "<p>Hi! I enjoyed working on this competition last year and was wondering if/when the 2025 GeoLifeCLEF will be released? I see that the date listed on the LifeCLEF website was February 1st. Is this a typo? Or is the competition being hosted elsewhere?</p>",
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      "id": "3117806",
      "postDate": "02/07/2025 09:05:19",
      "content": "<p>Hi! I enjoyed working on this competition last year and was wondering if/when the 2025 GeoLifeCLEF will be released? I see that the date listed on the LifeCLEF website was February 1st. Is this a typo? Or is the competition being hosted elsewhere?</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Hi! I enjoyed working on this competition last year and was wondering if/when the 2025 GeoLifeCLEF will be released? I see that the date listed on the LifeCLEF website was February 1st. Is this a typo? Or is the competition being hosted elsewhere?",
      "votes": null
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    {
      "id": "3117832",
      "postDate": "02/07/2025 09:32:40",
      "content": "<p>Hi <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/timchopard\" target=\"_blank\">@timchopard</a>,</p>\n<p>Thank you for reaching out and for your enthusiasm about the competition!</p>\n<p>The GeoLifeCLEF25 is currently undergoing a Kaggle \"verification,\" and once verified, we will publish it, hopefully in the following 2 weeks. </p>\n<p><strong>Anyway, since the training data for GLC25 will be the same as last year ( just the test data will be updated), you can start already.</strong></p>\n<p>Best regards,<br>\nLukas Picek</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Hi @timchopard,\n\nThank you for reaching out and for your enthusiasm about the competition!\n\nThe GeoLifeCLEF25 is currently undergoing a Kaggle \"verification,\" and once verified, we will publish it, hopefully in the following 2 weeks. \n\n**Anyway, since the training data for GLC25 will be the same as last year ( just the test data will be updated), you can start already.**\n\nBest regards,\nLukas Picek",
      "votes": null
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    {
      "id": "3117856",
      "postDate": "02/07/2025 10:08:57",
      "content": "<p>That's great! Thank you for the quick response. I look forward to participating again!</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "That's great! Thank you for the quick response. I look forward to participating again!",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "3118005",
      "postDate": "02/07/2025 13:33:47",
      "content": "<p>Hi <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/picekl\" target=\"_blank\">@picekl</a> </p>\n<p>One thing that could improve last years training data would be including plant family/genus in the metadata. This would allow teams to better analyse weakness in their models. Would this be possible?</p>\n<p>Thanks<br>\nDarren</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Hi @picekl \n\nOne thing that could improve last years training data would be including plant family/genus in the metadata. This would allow teams to better analyse weakness in their models. Would this be possible?\n\nThanks\nDarren",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "3118030",
      "postDate": "02/07/2025 13:58:09",
      "content": "<p>Hi <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/startung\" target=\"_blank\">@startung</a>,</p>\n<p>Are you talking about names? </p>\n<p>Unfortunately, same as last year, we are obliged to keep the taxonomic labels private.<br>\nSo … we can only include it as \"anonymized\". Will that be helpful?</p>\n<p>Best,<br>\nLukas</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Hi @startung,\n\nAre you talking about names? \n\nUnfortunately, same as last year, we are obliged to keep the taxonomic labels private.\nSo ... we can only include it as \"anonymized\". Will that be helpful?\n\nBest,\nLukas",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "3118046",
      "postDate": "02/07/2025 14:16:58",
      "content": "<p>I was thinking of broader categories, for for example a Madonna lily (Lilium candidum) has the following scientific classification: <br>\nGenus:     Lilium<br>\nTribe:     Lilieae<br>\nSubfamily:     Lilioideae<br>\nFamily:     Liliaceae<br>\nOrder:     Liliales<br>\nClade:     Monocots<br>\nClade:     Angiosperms<br>\nClade:     Tracheophytes<br>\nKingdom:  Plantae</p>\n<p>If we had, for example, the order or family of the plants, it should still be enough to anonymise the protected species but give use the opportunity to discover if our model performed poorly for certain groups of plants.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "I was thinking of broader categories, for for example a Madonna lily (Lilium candidum) has the following scientific classification: \nGenus: \tLilium\nTribe: \tLilieae\nSubfamily: \tLilioideae\nFamily: \tLiliaceae\nOrder: \tLiliales\nClade: \tMonocots\nClade: \tAngiosperms\nClade: \tTracheophytes\nKingdom:  Plantae\n\nIf we had, for example, the order or family of the plants, it should still be enough to anonymise the protected species but give use the opportunity to discover if our model performed poorly for certain groups of plants.",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "3120299",
      "postDate": "02/10/2025 11:15:12",
      "content": "<p>Any chance there will be points for anything but BirdCLEF?</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Any chance there will be points for anything but BirdCLEF?",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "3149024",
      "postDate": "03/13/2025 18:07:23",
      "content": "<p>Dear <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/timchopard\" target=\"_blank\">@timchopard</a>,</p>\n<p>Six competitions are already running. 1--2 will follow soon. You can find them all on our <a href=\"https://sites.google.com/view/fgvc12/competitions\" target=\"_blank\">website</a> or in <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/competitions?listOption=spotlightShelf&amp;sortOption=numTeams&amp;hostSegmentIdFilter=10\" target=\"_blank\">this list</a>.</p>\n<p>Best,<br>\nLukas </p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Dear @timchopard,\n\nSix competitions are already running. 1--2 will follow soon. You can find them all on our [website](https://sites.google.com/view/fgvc12/competitions) or in [this list](https://www.kaggle.com/competitions?listOption=spotlightShelf&sortOption=numTeams&hostSegmentIdFilter=10).\n\nBest,\nLukas",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "3149898",
      "postDate": "03/14/2025 20:20:57",
      "content": "<p>Wonderful!  Thanks for the update!</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Wonderful!  Thanks for the update!",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "3160031",
      "postDate": "03/26/2025 08:48:57",
      "content": "<p>Hi <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/christofhenkel\" target=\"_blank\">@christofhenkel</a>,</p>\n<p>I'm sorry, but unfortunately, there will be no medals this year as well :/.<br>\nHowever, you are welcome to join if you want to have just a fun/learning experience.</p>\n<p>Best,<br>\nLukas</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Hi @christofhenkel,\n\nI'm sorry, but unfortunately, there will be no medals this year as well :/.\nHowever, you are welcome to join if you want to have just a fun/learning experience.\n\nBest,\nLukas",
      "votes": null
    }
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    {
      "id": 3117832,
      "author_name": "picekl",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "02/07/2025 09:32:40",
      "content": "<p>Hi <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/timchopard\" target=\"_blank\">@timchopard</a>,</p>\n<p>Thank you for reaching out and for your enthusiasm about the competition!</p>\n<p>The GeoLifeCLEF25 is currently undergoing a Kaggle \"verification,\" and once verified, we will publish it, hopefully in the following 2 weeks. </p>\n<p><strong>Anyway, since the training data for GLC25 will be the same as last year ( just the test data will be updated), you can start already.</strong></p>\n<p>Best regards,<br>\nLukas Picek</p>",
      "votes": null,
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        {
          "id": 3117856,
          "author_name": "timchopard",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "02/07/2025 10:08:57",
          "content": "<p>That's great! Thank you for the quick response. I look forward to participating again!</p>",
          "votes": null,
          "replies": [
            {
              "id": 3149024,
              "author_name": "picekl",
              "author_url": "",
              "post_date": "03/13/2025 18:07:23",
              "content": "<p>Dear <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/timchopard\" target=\"_blank\">@timchopard</a>,</p>\n<p>Six competitions are already running. 1--2 will follow soon. You can find them all on our <a href=\"https://sites.google.com/view/fgvc12/competitions\" target=\"_blank\">website</a> or in <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/competitions?listOption=spotlightShelf&amp;sortOption=numTeams&amp;hostSegmentIdFilter=10\" target=\"_blank\">this list</a>.</p>\n<p>Best,<br>\nLukas </p>",
              "votes": null,
              "replies": [
                {
                  "id": 3149898,
                  "author_name": "timchopard",
                  "author_url": "",
                  "post_date": "03/14/2025 20:20:57",
                  "content": "<p>Wonderful!  Thanks for the update!</p>",
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          "id": 3118005,
          "author_name": "startung",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "02/07/2025 13:33:47",
          "content": "<p>Hi <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/picekl\" target=\"_blank\">@picekl</a> </p>\n<p>One thing that could improve last years training data would be including plant family/genus in the metadata. This would allow teams to better analyse weakness in their models. Would this be possible?</p>\n<p>Thanks<br>\nDarren</p>",
          "votes": null,
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            {
              "id": 3118030,
              "author_name": "picekl",
              "author_url": "",
              "post_date": "02/07/2025 13:58:09",
              "content": "<p>Hi <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/startung\" target=\"_blank\">@startung</a>,</p>\n<p>Are you talking about names? </p>\n<p>Unfortunately, same as last year, we are obliged to keep the taxonomic labels private.<br>\nSo … we can only include it as \"anonymized\". Will that be helpful?</p>\n<p>Best,<br>\nLukas</p>",
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                  "id": 3118046,
                  "author_name": "startung",
                  "author_url": "",
                  "post_date": "02/07/2025 14:16:58",
                  "content": "<p>I was thinking of broader categories, for for example a Madonna lily (Lilium candidum) has the following scientific classification: <br>\nGenus:     Lilium<br>\nTribe:     Lilieae<br>\nSubfamily:     Lilioideae<br>\nFamily:     Liliaceae<br>\nOrder:     Liliales<br>\nClade:     Monocots<br>\nClade:     Angiosperms<br>\nClade:     Tracheophytes<br>\nKingdom:  Plantae</p>\n<p>If we had, for example, the order or family of the plants, it should still be enough to anonymise the protected species but give use the opportunity to discover if our model performed poorly for certain groups of plants.</p>",
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          "id": 3120299,
          "author_name": "christofhenkel",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "02/10/2025 11:15:12",
          "content": "<p>Any chance there will be points for anything but BirdCLEF?</p>",
          "votes": null,
          "replies": [
            {
              "id": 3160031,
              "author_name": "picekl",
              "author_url": "",
              "post_date": "03/26/2025 08:48:57",
              "content": "<p>Hi <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/christofhenkel\" target=\"_blank\">@christofhenkel</a>,</p>\n<p>I'm sorry, but unfortunately, there will be no medals this year as well :/.<br>\nHowever, you are welcome to join if you want to have just a fun/learning experience.</p>\n<p>Best,<br>\nLukas</p>",
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    "3117806": "Hi! I enjoyed working on this competition last year and was wondering if/when the 2025 GeoLifeCLEF will be released? I see that the date listed on the LifeCLEF website was February 1st. Is this a typo? Or is the competition being hosted elsewhere?",
    "3117832": "Hi @timchopard,\n\nThank you for reaching out and for your enthusiasm about the competition!\n\nThe GeoLifeCLEF25 is currently undergoing a Kaggle \"verification,\" and once verified, we will publish it, hopefully in the following 2 weeks. \n\n**Anyway, since the training data for GLC25 will be the same as last year ( just the test data will be updated), you can start already.**\n\nBest regards,\nLukas Picek",
    "3117856": "That's great! Thank you for the quick response. I look forward to participating again!",
    "3118005": "Hi @picekl \n\nOne thing that could improve last years training data would be including plant family/genus in the metadata. This would allow teams to better analyse weakness in their models. Would this be possible?\n\nThanks\nDarren",
    "3118030": "Hi @startung,\n\nAre you talking about names? \n\nUnfortunately, same as last year, we are obliged to keep the taxonomic labels private.\nSo ... we can only include it as \"anonymized\". Will that be helpful?\n\nBest,\nLukas",
    "3118046": "I was thinking of broader categories, for for example a Madonna lily (Lilium candidum) has the following scientific classification: \nGenus: \tLilium\nTribe: \tLilieae\nSubfamily: \tLilioideae\nFamily: \tLiliaceae\nOrder: \tLiliales\nClade: \tMonocots\nClade: \tAngiosperms\nClade: \tTracheophytes\nKingdom:  Plantae\n\nIf we had, for example, the order or family of the plants, it should still be enough to anonymise the protected species but give use the opportunity to discover if our model performed poorly for certain groups of plants.",
    "3120299": "Any chance there will be points for anything but BirdCLEF?",
    "3149024": "Dear @timchopard,\n\nSix competitions are already running. 1--2 will follow soon. You can find them all on our [website](https://sites.google.com/view/fgvc12/competitions) or in [this list](https://www.kaggle.com/competitions?listOption=spotlightShelf&sortOption=numTeams&hostSegmentIdFilter=10).\n\nBest,\nLukas",
    "3149898": "Wonderful!  Thanks for the update!",
    "3160031": "Hi @christofhenkel,\n\nI'm sorry, but unfortunately, there will be no medals this year as well :/.\nHowever, you are welcome to join if you want to have just a fun/learning experience.\n\nBest,\nLukas"
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