Post by duke on Oct 28, 2011 8:39:42 GMT -5
DARPA offers $50,000 prize if you can figure out these shredded puzzles
DARPA Shredder Challenge looking for innovative problem solvers
By Layer 8
If you like puzzles and think you could make shredded or severely damaged documents whole again in a particularly cool way, then the scientists at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) have a challenge for you.
The agency today announced at $50,000 Shredder Challenge it hopes will bring computer scientists, puzzle enthusiasts and anyone else who likes solving complex problems to piece together a series of shredded documents in a unique way.
Specifically, DARPA said it hopes to gain new insight into which of these or other innovative techniques are quicker and more efficient, and, whether the wide availability of high resolution photography, communication and crowd-sourcing strategies offer unexpected advances.
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From DARPA: The Challenge consists of five individual puzzles, downloadable here, each composed of one or more single-sided, hand-written documents. DARPA said the puzzles are in a ZIP format that includes the associated TIF image(s) and a TXT file. The TXT file contains amplifying instructions as well as the associated puzzle-specific question(s) that must be answered in order to score points. The TXT file also includes a set of additional questions that DARPA requests participants answer in order to conduct analysis of the various reconstruction methods used by the participants.
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DARPA Shredder Challenge looking for innovative problem solvers
By Layer 8
If you like puzzles and think you could make shredded or severely damaged documents whole again in a particularly cool way, then the scientists at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) have a challenge for you.
The agency today announced at $50,000 Shredder Challenge it hopes will bring computer scientists, puzzle enthusiasts and anyone else who likes solving complex problems to piece together a series of shredded documents in a unique way.
Specifically, DARPA said it hopes to gain new insight into which of these or other innovative techniques are quicker and more efficient, and, whether the wide availability of high resolution photography, communication and crowd-sourcing strategies offer unexpected advances.
In other news: 25 tech touchstones of the past 25 years
From DARPA: The Challenge consists of five individual puzzles, downloadable here, each composed of one or more single-sided, hand-written documents. DARPA said the puzzles are in a ZIP format that includes the associated TIF image(s) and a TXT file. The TXT file contains amplifying instructions as well as the associated puzzle-specific question(s) that must be answered in order to score points. The TXT file also includes a set of additional questions that DARPA requests participants answer in order to conduct analysis of the various reconstruction methods used by the participants.
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www.networkworld.com/community/blog/darpa-offers-50000-prize-if-you-can-figure-ou?source=NWWNLE_nlt_security_2011-10-28