content.neuralink.com/compression-challenge/data.zip is one hour of raw electrode recordings from a Neuralink implant.
This Neuralink is implanted in the motor cortex of a non-human primate, and recordings were made while playing a video game, like this.
Compression is essential: N1 implant generates ~200Mbps of eletrode data (1024 electrodes @ 20kHz, 10b resolution) and can transmit ~1Mbps wirelessly.
So > 200x compression is needed.
Compression must run in real time (< 1ms) at low power (< 10mW, including radio).
Neuralink is looking for new approaches to this compression problem, and exceptional engineers to work on it.
If you have a solution, email compression@neuralink.com
| Name | Compression ratio | Compressed size | ./encode size | ./decode size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| zip | 2.2 | 63M | 231K | 480K |
Build executables ./encode and ./decode which pass eval.sh. This verifies compression is lossless and measures compression ratio.
Your submission will be scored on the compression ratio it achieves on a different set of electrode recordings.
Bonus points for optimizing latency and power efficiency
Submit with source code and build script. Should at least build on Linux.
$ ls -lah data/
total 143M
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