Sciovirtual · AI 101
Competition protocol

Rules & scoring

Mission rules

  1. 01Sign in only with your assigned team code and PIN.
  2. 02Each attempt uses exactly 20 Nova, 20 Orbit, and 20 Pulse selection-bank images.
  3. 03Write a meaningful hypothesis before training. Confirming Start training consumes one attempt, even if the tab is closed.
  4. 04The output layer is always three-way Softmax. Only the approved architecture and parameter choices may be used.
  5. 05Aggregate hidden-validation results are evidence for your next experiment; hidden examples and predictions are never revealed.
  6. 06Complete the four-part reflection before beginning your next attempt.
  7. 07Lock one evaluated attempt as your final model. If you do not, the ranking rules choose your best validation attempt.

Validation ranking

Applied in order until the tie is resolved.

  1. 1. Accuracy ↑
  2. 2. Worst-class accuracy ↑
  3. 3. Cross-entropy loss ↓
  4. 4. Trainable parameters ↓
  5. 5. Earlier submission

Default final score

Overall accuracy60%
Worst class20%
Accepted accuracy10%
Confidence quality10%

A configurable penalty applies to confidently incorrect predictions. Administrators can preview formula changes before saving.