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posted an update Oct 17
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🌾3LC Cotton Weed Detection Challenge 🌾

We’re excited to announce the launch of the 3LC Cotton Weed Detection Challenge—now live on Kaggle!

Build a production-ready weed detector under real-world constraints: small models & imperfect labels—the conditions production AI teams face every day.

Your mission
• Detect & classify 3 weed species in cotton fields: Carpetweed, Morning Glory, Palmer Amaranth
• Train with YOLOv8n @ 640 (fixed model size). Tune augmentation & hyperparameters, but no larger models, ensembles, or stacking allowed
• Confront imperfect labels (missed weeds, class confusion, uneven boxes)—exactly what real teams face

Prizes (USD $2,000 total)
🥇$1,000 • 🥈 $500• 🥉 $250 • 🎨 $250 Most Creative Solution (shareable across up to 5 teams)
Plus: winner & participation certificates, LinkedIn shoutouts, and community recognition.

What you’ll learn
• Developing AI under strict resource constraints
• Data-centric techniques to detect & correct label issues
• Designing an iterative train–fix–retrain workflow guided by model feedback
• Designing pipelines that scale from experimentation to production

Ready to compete? Join here 👉 https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/the-3lc-cotton-weed-detection-challenge

Have questions? The 3LC team is live on Discord: https://discord.gg/T6GS5nWGp8

Best of luck!






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