Parallel and Cloud Track Submissions

Please make sure to adhere to the General Rules.

The Parallel and Cloud tracks will be run on Amazon Web Services. The competition infrastructure has been rewritten for 2026. Instructions and the full package are available here: https://github.com/aws-samples/aws-batch-comp-infrastructure-sample.

The instance type codes are documented in the AWS documentation.

The new infrastructure is designed to be simple. You submit only two files: a Dockerfile to build your solver, and a small Python shim (`solver_cmd.py`) to connect your solver’s inputs and outputs to the package. A single CLI script (`satcomp.py`) is the entrypoint for everything: building, local testing, deploying to AWS, running jobs, and collecting results.

Key points:
1. Local-first development. Build and test your solver in local Docker containers before testing with AWS.
2. One tool for everything. `satcomp.py build`, `test-local`, `push`, `start-instances`, `submit`, `collect`, `teardown` — all from one script.
3. Same package runs the competition. The package you use to prepare your solver is the same one used to run the competition.
4. Lots of examples. The repository includes Dockerfiles and shims for multiple solvers from previous competitions, so you can get started quickly.
5. Qualification testing. Built-in `test` command validates your solver against submission requirements before you submit.