two opportunities to to work for free!

["Dave Farber" <dave () farber net>]

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From: Joe Touch <touch () isi edu>
Date: Wed, Jul 19, 2017 at 12:53 PM
Subject: two opportunities to to work for free!
To: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>


Hi,  Dave,

See below.

I sincerely hope there will ultimately be push-back on these sort of
"contests" and "opportunities" to work without pay, both on those offering
such "opportunities" and those willing to undermine their community by
participating.

Additionally, I would like to offer IARPA PMs the "opportunity", on a
"non-contractual basis", to have access to my car so they can "compete" to
see who can wax it best. I will provide a leaderboard and "total prize
purse" of $1.

Bold, italic, underlined emphasis is mine.

Joe

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IARPA announces functional Map of the World Challenge

JULY 19, 2017

The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity <http://iarpa.gov/>,
within the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, announced on
July 18 the launch of the functional Map of the World —“fMoW”— Challenge.
The challenge invites solvers from around the world to develop machine
learning algorithms and other automated techniques that accurately detect
and categorize classify points of interest from satellite imagery.
...
IARPA invites experts from across academia, industry, and developer
communities—with or without experience in satellite image analysis—to
participate in a convenient, efficient, and *non-contractual* way.
...
Participants will generate algorithms to detect and categorize facility,
building, and land use in the provided satellite images. Throughout the
challenge, an online leaderboard will display solvers’ rankings and
accomplishments, *giving them various opportunities *to have their work
viewed and appreciated by stakeholders from industry, government, and
academic communities. Solvers who are eligible to win a prize and with the
most accurate and complete solutions will be eligible to win cash prizes
from a *total prize purse of $100,000*.



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