Overview
To date, the G2F initiative (www.genomes2fields.org) has collected data on over 180,000 corn field plots including over 5,000 hybrids and 280 unique environments.
Objective
Develop models to predict corn yield in the 2024 G2F trials based on the current G2F dataset and other publicly available data (see About tab for competitions rules and details).
Outcome & Award
The winner of the competition will receive a cash prize or equivalent compensation of $4,000 along with expenses paid travel and registration (up to $1,200) to present their competition model research and findings at an international meeting (see About tab for details).
The winning team will also be invited to be the first author(s) on a manuscript presenting the findings of the competition and the different modeling strategies. Additionally, all participants, regardless of their ranking in the competition, will be invited to be authors on the manuscript (subject to organizer approval and competition rules on the About tab).
Competition Opens!
Training Dataset Released to Participants.
Leaderboard Open for Submissions!
Registration Closed.
Completion Closed.
No Further Submissions Accepted.
Competition Winner Confirmed.
Winner Presents in Conjunction with Maize Genetics Conference.
Participants invited to publish their own papers on individual models.
Publish joint paper on competition outcomes.