Prize Winners
Since the Vesuvius Challenge was launched in March 2023, a lot has happened. On this page we document all the prizes that have been won.
We have awarded $272,000 in prizes so far!
$60,000 First Letters & Ink (12 October 2023)
Goal: Find the first letters within the scrolls.
Announcement: Announcement page
$45,000 Segmentation Tooling 2 (3 October 2023)
Goal: Help the segmentation team do larger and harder areas.
Announcement: Blog post
$12,000 Ink Detection Followup (8 September 2023)
Goal: Take the models from the Ink Detection Prize (see below) and apply them to the scrolls, to find letters.
Announcement: Blog post
$45,000 Segmentation Tooling (27 June 2023)
Goal: Take the models from the Ink Detection Prize (see below) and apply them to the scrolls, to find letters.
Announcement: Blog post
$100,000 Ink Detection (July 14 2023)
Goal: Take the models from the Ink Detection Prize (see below) and apply them to the scrolls, to find letters.
Announcement: Blog post
More links and resources here.
$10,000 Open Source (April 14 2023)
Goal: Take the models from the Ink Detection Prize (see below) and apply them to the scrolls, to find letters.
Announcement: Blog post / Live stream
EduceLab tools
Before and during the competition, EduceLab has put out various works. With these tools, they have laid the foundation for the community. While EduceLab members are ineligible for prizes, we want to recognize their efforts.
