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Mode Virtual (V) — Deliverables

Phase I — Design (2025–2026):

  • Monthly reports: due on or before the final day of each month starting in October (short progress update, issues/risks, next steps).
  • Phase I Design Report: due 31 Dec 2025, 23:59 local time. Use “2025 Phase I Design Report” as the filename prefix.
  • Optional Design Video: ≤ 5 minutes, due by 23 Jan 2026 (property of the university; DSATS may use in sites/events).
  • Final 2026 results: published June 2026. See 2026 Results.
  • Mandatory interoperability check (Mode V): committee-coordinated gate before proceeding with Phase 2 development.

Phase II — Implementation and testing:

  • Mode Virtual (V): model improvements/testing and controls development; Phase II test occurred May/June 2026.
  • Pre‑recorded team presentation: submitted ~1 week before the test; judges prepare Q&A from it.

Edge‑deployable models

  • Expectation: focus your effort on generating/fine-tuning data and optimizing compact multimodal models.
  • Inference‑only, offline, JSON outputs (e.g., Explain‑This‑Event or Rig‑State Textualizer).
  • Small‑model, edge‑deployable focus: teams may prototype with larger cloud‑hosted models during development, but final deliverables and performance are evaluated using locally run or on‑rig small models under limited inference hardware.
  • Suggested caps: ≤2 vCPU or ≤20 W GPU, ≤4–8 GB RAM (non‑LLM) and ≤8 vCPU or ≤1,150 W GPU, ≤16–64 GB RAM (LLM); ≤15 min total inference runtime. Rig compute otherwise open. All AI runs must be offline during judging; no PLC/actuator writes.
  • Custom task option: teams may propose a custom offline JSON task with objective ground truth and the same interface for pre‑approval (recommended deadline: 2026‑02‑01). Approved tasks use the same AI sub‑rubric and scale to +10.

Data and documentation packages (Directional challenge excerpts):

  • Minimum Curvature trajectory and plan‑vs‑actual plots (TVD vs. VS, vertical section, plan view).
  • Directional survey raw data logs with timestamps, measured depth, downhole sensor values (axes + qualifier values), and survey acceptance flags.
  • Formation model import: prepared to ingest DSATS‑provided rock model immediately before Phase II.

File Naming Convention:

Artifact Format
Monthly report “YYYY‑MM ” (e.g., 2025‑10 UDC)
Design report “2025 Phase I Design Report”

see the full 2024 text at 2024/group-a.md.