The NLM Pill Image Recognition Challenge submission period, which began April 4, will end at 5:00 p.m. EDT on Tuesday May 31, 2016.

A Federal Register Notice and Submission Instructions provide further information about the Challenge.

As stated in the Federal Register Notice, individuals, private entities, and teams interested in submitting must first register.

• An individual who registers as an individual (not as part of a team) must be either a US citizen or a permanent resident of the US.
• A private entity (for example, a company or a university) that registers must be incorporated in and maintain a primary place of business in the US.
• If a team registers, then at least one team member must be either an individual who is a US citizen or a permanent resident of the US or a private entity that is incorporated in and maintains a primary place of business in the US.

Additional restrictions, such as for Federal employees, are in the Federal Register Notice. Only US citizens, permanent residents of the US, and entities that are incorporated in and maintain a primary place of business in the US can be eligible to win a monetary prize (in whole or in part).

There is no deadline for registering, but an individual, private entity, or team must register before making a Challenge submission.

A submission shall be a USB drive containing a Virtual Machine (VM) that arrives no later than 5:00 p.m. EDT on Tuesday, May 31, 2016, at:

Pill Image Recognition Challenge
Computational Photography Project for Pill Identification (C3PI)
National Library of Medicine
Building 38A, Room B1-N30
8600 Rockville Pike
Bethesda, MD 20894

A few musts:

• Make sure your VM meets the specs.
• Make sure your entry is complete. The checklist will help.

Keep in mind that Monday, May 30, is Memorial Day, a federal holiday.

The NLM Pill Image Recognition Challenge is a National Institutes of Health Challenge under the America COMPETES (Creating Opportunities to Meaningfully Promote Excellence in Technology, Education, and Science) Reauthorization Act of 2010 (Public Law 111-358).

#PillPic is the NLM Pill Image Recognition Challenge hashtag. #publicprizes is the Federal Challenge.gov hashtag.