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Submission Deadline: June 5th, 2016
Call for Papers
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10th International Rule Challenge 2016
part of the 10th International Web Rule Symposium (RuleML 2016)
Location: Stony Brook University, New York, USA
Dates: Wednesday, July 6 – Saturday, July 9, 2016
URL: http://2016.ruleml.org/challenge
co-located with (in New York state):
– The Joint Multi-Conference on Human-Level Artificial Intelligence 2016 (July 16-19, 2016)
http://ijcai-16.org/
About Rule Challenge 2016
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The RuleML 2016 Challenge is one of the highlights at the RuleML 2016 Conference, and seeks to provide a competition among innovative rule-oriented applications, aimed at both the research and industrial side.
Topics
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Key themes of the RuleML 2016 Challenge include, but are not limited to the following:
– Demos related to the RuleML 2016 Track Topics
– Rule-based Event Processing and Stream Reasoning
– Business Rules Modeling
– Benchmarks and comparison results for rule engines
– Distributed rule bases and rule services
– Rules and model driven engineering
– Reports on industrial experience about rule systems
– Real cases and practical experiences
– (new) Mobile deployment of rule-based reasoning, including (but not limited to):
o Use cases of mobile rule-based reasoning
o Fine-tuning reasoning techniques to cope with mobile hardware limitations
o Realizing efficient crowd-sourced, voting-based, … processing, by taking advantage of distributed mobile peer-to-peer opportunities
o Benchmarking mobile rule system performances, and comparing it to desktop/server performance
Tracks
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This year, the challenge presents seven main themes to inspire participant submissions (of course, submissions on other themes are welcome as well).
Rules in Retail
– When a customer enters the store and an “offer of the day” is available, then push only one welcome notification and display the offer of the day.
– When a customer watches a specific product, then push related photos and information, including social media reactions, directly to their device.
Rules in Tourism
– Deliver a welcome message to POI visitors as they arrive nearby.
– When a visitor leaves a room in the museum, then push notifications regarding the next recommended room, based on visitors’ preferences and previous visit history.
– When a visitor completes the tour, then push goodbye messages and notify on upcoming/partner exhibitions.
Rules in Transportation
– When arriving at car parking, then push a notification on available places.
– When selecting destination and inside a bus station, then display bus data (arrival time, notices).
– When bus nears destination, then push notification on time to arrival and suggest accommodations.
Rules in Geography
– A region X is part of a region Y if and only if all regions that connect to X also connect to Y
– Two regions X and Y are overlapped if and only if there exists a region Z such that Z is part of X and Z is part of Y
Rules in Location-Based Search
– If less than or equal to k POIs of type X (e.g., Restaurants) are found, then zoom in/out on the map to the axis-aligned minimum bounding box of all POIs.
– If more than k POIs of type X are found, then zoom in/out on the map to the axis-aligned minimum bounding box of the k-nearest POIs.
– If the POIs searched for are of type X then suggest to the user subtypes of X (e.g., Italian, Greek) for a subsequent (i.e., refined) search.
Rules in Insurance Regulation
– If an item is perishable and is delivered more than 10 days after the scheduled delivery date, then it may be rejected.
– Each tax schedule must have electronic signatures from two managers.
– If an inspector believes a vehicle is repairable then process the claim as a repair; otherwise process the claim as a total loss.
Rules in Medicine
– If a Type II diabetes patient’s current level of HbA1c is high, then the patient’s current treatment is ineffective.
– Issue medical alerts to patients (e.g., on a mobile device), based on health trend analysis and personalizable health value limits.
– If patient has low back pain without radicular pain or neurologic findings, then consider urine drug screening and repeat neurologic test
Rules in Ecosystem Research
– If a plot in a monitoring network satisfies a number of prespecified requirements, such as being a long distance off from any other plot, then it is eligible for statistical analysis.
– If the percentage of a target species on a plot exceeds a certain threshold, then the plot is treated differently in statistical analysis than plots where the target species is less abundant.
– The percentage of a target species on a plot must not vary throughout the analysis.
.. your domain here!
Prizes
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As in previous editions, RuleML Inc. will offer a cash prize:
RuleML Challenge Award for the Best Demo Application – 500 USD
Important Dates
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Paper submission: June 5th, 2016
Notification: June 13th, 2016
Camera ready: June 19th, 2016
Rule Challenge 2016: July 6-9, 2016
Submission Guidelines
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High quality, original papers, potentially referencing online material, and ranging between 5-15 pages can be submitted at: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ruleml2016 (“10th International Rule Challenge” track).
All submissions must conform with the LNCS format (http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html).
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: http://2016.ruleml.org/challenge
Twitter hashtag: #ruleml2016
Blog: http://blog.ruleml.org