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RuleML 2014 - 8th International Web Rule Symposium
In conjunction with ECAI 2014
Prague, Czech Republic, August 18-20, 2014.
http://2014.ruleml.org
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DEADLINE EXTENSION
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Due to multiple requests, we extended the submission deadlines to the following dates:
* Abstract submission: 14 April 2014
* Paper submission: 22 April 2014

KEYNOTES AND TUTORIALS
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* NEW! Κeynote on on topics of declarative modeling for mining, probabilistic logics, and learning, by Luc de Raedt, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
* Keynote: Rules, Events and Actions in Semantic Event Processing, by Adrian Paschke, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany
* Efficient mapping rules in OBDA, by Arild Waaler, University of Oslo, Norway
* Rule-based Clinical Decision Support, Jürgen Angele, Jürgen Angele, Semedy AG, Zug, Switzerland
* Tutorial on Rule Learning, by Johannes Fürnkranz, TU Darmstadt
http://2014.ruleml.org/keynotes-tutorials

NEW! RULEML STUDENT TRAVEL SUPPORT
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Student Travel Support of EUR 500 will be provided for the two best student (first author) submissions. For a paper to be considered, its first author must be a student. Proof of studentship will be required at time of registration. More detailed information on how to apply will be sent to authors of accepted papers through Easychair.

SPECIAL TRACKS
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* Rules and Human Language Technology
http://2014.ruleml.org/rules-and-human-language-technology
* Learning (Business) Rules from Data
http://2014.ruleml.org/learning-business-rules-from-data
* Legal Rules and Norms
http://2014.ruleml.org/legal-rules-and-norms

RuleML 2014 is also hosting:
* The 4th RuleML Doctoral Consortium: http://2014.ruleml.org/dc
* The 6th International Rule Challenge: http://2014.ruleml.org/challenge
* The Face-to-Face LegalRuleML OASIS TC meeting

AWARDS
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At a special session of RuleML 2014, we will present the following awards:
* RuleML Best Paper and Runner-up Awards
* Rule Challenge Best System and Runner-up Awards
* RuleML 2014 Rulebase Competition Award
* Doctoral Consortium Best Paper and Runner-up Award

TOPICS
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We invite high-quality submissions related (but not limited) to the special tracks and to the list of topics that appears here:
http://2014.ruleml.org/call-for-papers

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
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Papers must be original contributions written in English and must be submitted at
http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ruleml2014 as:
* Full Papers (15 pages in the proceedings)
* Short Papers (8 pages in the proceedings)

Accepted papers will be published in book form in the Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) series. A selection of the best papers will be invited to be revised and extended for the post-conference publication in a Special Issue of TPLP (Theory and Practice of Logic Programming).

NEW! RuleML 2014 RULEBASE COMPETITION
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RuleML Inc announces a US$1000 Award for the best RuleML Rulebase of 2014 (may be split into two US$500 Awards).
This year's rulebases are solicited in Deliberation RuleML 1.01 (see http://deliberation.ruleml.org/1.01/timeline). Submitted rulebases must contain at least 20 rules in RuleML 1.01/XML and can be about any domain of knowledge. They may be translated from other languages (which must be mentioned in submissions) but need to be cleared for possible publication on the RuleML website in the source language as well as in RuleML 1.01/XML.
More information will soon be available here: http://2014.ruleml.org/challenge

RuleML 1.01 PUBLIC REVIEW
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RuleML Inc announces a 6-week public review period for RuleML Version 1.01:
http://deliberation.ruleml.org/1.01/timeline

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Website: http://2014.ruleml.org
Twitter hashtag: #ruleml2014
Blog: http://blog.ruleml.org
Call for papers: http://2014.ruleml.org/call-for-papers