Participate

Last Updated: August 25, 2026

Registration is open Runs through Nov 17 — tap here to sign up.
Challenge is underway Runs Sep 1 through Nov 30 — a three-month sprint.

Table of Contents

  1. Preliminaries
  2. Registration
  3. Submissions
  4. Contact

Preliminaries

Start by reviewing the challenge details on the Intro page, the two tracks, and the Rules. Key dates are listed on the Timeline.

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Registration

Registration opens August 25, 2026 and runs through November 17, 2026. To participate, your team has to designate a team delegate responsible for registration, correspondence, and submissions.

  1. Register: The team delegate should sign up here.

  2. Choose track(s): Enroll in Track 1, Track 2, or both.

  3. Submission portal access: Available to the team delegate following registration.

We encourage you to review the Rules before registering.

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Submissions

Entry-submission instructions follow registration. Each entry must include:

  • Test stimuli (supplied by the organizers) processed by the system developed by the registered team for evaluation and adherent to the challenge Rules.
  • A detailed, minimum 2-page system report^
  • A completed design spreadsheet^, detailing hyperparameters and layer-by-layer calculations of field of view, computational complexity, and algorithmic latency, and, for Track 2, memory bandwidth, using analytical formulas

^ Examples for the 2.0 baseline system will be provided by the organizers.

See the Rules for technical requirements and details regarding the ranking of submissions.

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Contact

Questions? Reach us by email at lrac-challenge@cisco.com. The same address can be used to request a Slack invite.

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