Competition Registration

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Registration Requirements

Team Formation

• Maximum 10 team members per team
• Designated team leader (academic PI or industry manager)
• Only one team member needs to register for the entire team
• All team members must provide institutional email addresses
• Organizations may enter up to 2 teams with no overlapping personnel

Registration Process

1. Complete registration via Google Form: https://forms.gle/3RRfwdxtdP1QcmtW6
2. Organizer will verify the team registrations
3. Team lead will receive a link to complete the MSKCC SLC-PFM Competition Participation Agreement
4. Phase 1 data will be released to registered teams only after completing the MSKCC SLC-PFM Competition Participation Agreement

Competition Rules

Eligibility & Participation

• Open to academic and non-commercial industry teams
• Institutional email addresses required for all participants
• Must comply with competition rules and participation agreement

Data Usage

• Competition data for academic, non-commercial research only
• Only provided MSK-SLCPFM (Phase 1) dataset permitted for model development
• No external data sources allowed
• No commercial use or redistribution permitted
• Data destruction required upon competition conclusion
• Participants must abide by the terms and conditions set in the MSKCC SLC-PFM Competition Participation Agreement

Submission Requirements

• Deadline: October 15, 2025
• Required Items:
  1. Trained foundation model checkpoint
  2. Feature extraction code (Python)
  3. Methodology document (LaTeX format)
• Models must run on single GPU with less than or equal to 80 GB of memory space for feature extraction
• Submissions via team-specific Dropbox folders provided by organizers

Publication & Intellectual Property

• Publication restrictions until competition concludes and official MSKCC manuscript is published
• Teams who do not submit final valid entry may not publish derivative work
• Teams retain ownership of their submissions
• Grant non-exclusive, royalty-free license to MSKCC for evaluation and research
• All participating teams receive co-authorship on post-competition journal paper
• All submitted foundation models will be publicly released with the publication

Evaluation & Integrity

• Independent multi-institutional evaluation
• No access to Phase 2 task details during Phase 1
• Complete separation between training and evaluation data
• Standardized evaluation protocols across all submissions
• Gateway tasks system for initial filtering if >20 models submitted

Data Distribution

• Teams receive Phase 1 dataset via secure link
• Distribution costs covered by MSKCC
• Starting Kit with documentation and templates provided in late June 2025

Competition Integrity Measures

• Phase 2 evaluation tasks remain confidential during Phase 1
• Comprehensive MSKCC SLC-PFM Competition Participation Agreement prohibits external data use for pre-training PMFs
• Independent evaluation across multiple institutions
• Standardized tile sampling and assessment procedures

Important Notes

• Registration completeness will be confirmed by organizers
• MSK legal team will formalize all data use agreements
• All team members must individually sign the data use agreement
• Consistent team name must be used across all registrations

Questions?

For registration assistance or questions, contact: slcpfm2025@gmail.com

Next Steps After Registration:

1. Await confirmation email from organizers
2. Complete MSKCC SLC-PFM Competition Participation Agreement formalization
3. Receive dataset access information (June 2025)
4. Access Starting Kit materials (June 2025)