Getting Started in the Seizure Prediction Competition: Impact, History, & Useful Resources

The currently ongoing Seizure Prediction competition--hosted by Melbourne University AES, MathWorks, and NIH--invites Kagglers to accurately forecast the occurrence of seizures using intracranial EEG recordings. This competition uniquely focuses on seizure prediction using long-term electrical brain activity from human patients obtained from the world first clinical trial of the implantable NeuroVista Seizure Advisory Sytem. In this blog post, you'll learn about the contest's potential to positively impact the lives of those who suffer from epilepsy, outcomes of previous seizure prediction contests on Kaggle, as well as resources which will help you get started in the competition including a free temporary MATLAB license and starter code. This competition is sponsored by MathWorks, the National Institutes of Health (NINDS), the American Epilepsy Society and the University of Melbourne, and organised in partnership with the Alliance for Epilepsy Research, the University of Pennsylvania and the Mayo Clinic. For many people with epilepsy, seizures reoccur at random times and greatly disrupt their cognitive and emotional state, their ability to work and drive, and their social and economic situation.