The competition is held in two rounds with an additional introductory seminar. During the introductory seminar, the participants learn about the field and clinical background of the problem. Fundamental concepts, that serve as the basis of the development of algorithms, which are applicable in realistic medical problems, are presented

The competition continues with the first, pre-selection round, where the contestants prepare a proposal of their solution and support it with simplified examples of solutions. Based on the submitted results, innovativeness, appropriateness and effectiveness of the idea are evaluated. The best contestants from the first round advance to the second round of the competition, which serves as the national competition.

In the second round the contestants prepare their solution to the problem, which uses modern analytical technologies, which depend on the chosen challenge. The fulfillment of the objectives is assessed by verification of the solution on real data, which is not accessible to the contestants. The solution is evaluated by a committee of Slovenian experts.

The format of the competition is a hackathon, where the contestants are faced with an open realistic problem and they compete by creating the best solution. They work in groups, suitable for the challenge. They use their own equipment to solve the challenge. In the event of problems, each instance of which is processed individually by the competition’s organisational committee, limited material resources may be supplied by the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, University of Ljubljana. Contestants can make active use of the Slovenian national supercomputing network (SLING)