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Final Call for Papers
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8th International Rule Challenge 2014 (<a
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href="http://2014.ruleml.org/challenge">http://2014.ruleml.org/challenge</a>)
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part of the RuleML 2014 symposium held in conjunction with ECAI
2014, the 21st European Conference on Artificial Intelligence
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Prague, Czech Republic, August 19, 2014
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About Rule Challenge 2014
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The Rule Challenge 2014 is one of the highlights at the RuleML
2014 Symposium: it provides a showcase for innovative
rule-oriented applications, aimed at both the research and
industrial side.
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Rule Challenge 2014 proceedings will be published as CEUR
Proceedings and indexed by SCOPUS, and a selection of the best
systems will be invited for demonstration at PAIS 2014 (part of
ECAI 2014). Moreover, a complimentary 1-year online membership is
offered by the Association for the Advancement of Artificial
Intelligence (AAAI) to RuleML Symposium participants who are new
to AAAI.
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RuleML 2014 Rulebase Competition
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RuleML Inc announces a US$1000 Award for the best RuleML Rulebase
of 2014. This year's rulebases are solicited in Deliberation
RuleML 1.01.
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More information is available here: <a
class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://blog.ruleml.org/post/28221570-4652-42e6-9556-8d304372bdeb/">http://blog.ruleml.org/post/28221570-4652-42e6-9556-8d304372bdeb/</a>,
"RuleML 2014 Rulebase Competition"
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Topics
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Key themes of the RuleML 2014 Challenge include, but are not
limited to the following:
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- Demos related to the RuleML 2014 Track Topics
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- Extensions and implementations of rule-related standards, e.g.
RIF, CL, SBVR, BPMN, BPEL, RuleML, etc.
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- Rule-based Event Processing and Stream Reasoning
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- Editing environments and IDEs for Web rules
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- Benchmarks and comparison results for rule engines
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- Distributed rule bases and rule services
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- Reports on industrial experience about rule systems
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- Real cases and practical experiences
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Awards
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At a special session of RuleML 2014, we will present the following
awards:
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* Rule Challenge Best System and Runner-up Awards
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* RuleML 2014 Rulebase Competition Award
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RuleML 2014 Challenge Chairs
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Theodore Patkos (FORTH-ICS, Greece)
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Adam Wyner (University of Aberdeen, UK)
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Adrian Giurca (Brandenburg University of Technology
Cottbus–Senftenberg, Germany)
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Important Dates
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Paper submission: 23 May 2014
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Notification: 6 June 2014
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Camera ready: 20 June 2014
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Rule Challenge 2014 dates: 19 August 2014
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Submission Guidelines
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High quality, original papers, potentially referencing online
material, and ranging between 2-15 pages can be submitted at
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ruleml2014challenge">https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ruleml2014challenge</a>
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Please upload all submissions in LNCS format (<a
class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html">http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html</a>).
To ensure high quality, submitted papers will be carefully
peer-reviewed by 3 PC members based on clarity and significance of
objectives and demonstration of results.
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Website: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://ruleml2014.vse.cz/challenge">http://ruleml2014.vse.cz/challenge</a>
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Twitter hashtag: #ruleml2014
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Blog: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://blog.ruleml.org">http://blog.ruleml.org</a>
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