RuleML and DecisionCamp 2016 Call for Participation

10th International Web Rule Symposium (RuleML) 2016
http://2016.ruleml.org
DecisionCamp 2016
http://2016.ruleml.org/decisioncamp
Dates: Wednesday, July 6 - Saturday, July 9, 2016
Location: New Computer Science Department Building, room 120,
Stony Brook University, New York, USA

== EARLY REGISTRATION DEADLINE ==
Benefit from reduced early registration fee by: May 31, 2016
http://2016.ruleml.org/registration

== NEWS ==
Invited presentations by: Richard Waldinger (2016 Herbrand Award winner), Charles Forgy (inventor of the RETE algorithm, Bruce Silver (book author on DMN Method and Style), Michael Kifer, Theresa Swift and Benjamin Grosof.

== OPEN CALLS (Challenge, Doctoral Consortium, Industry Track) ==
Submission Deadline (Papers/Demos/Posters) for all Open Calls: June 5th, 2016

=== 10th International Rule Challenge 2016 ===
The RuleML 2016 Challenge is one of the highlights of the RuleML 2016 Symposium, providing a friendly competition environment for innovative rule-oriented systems and applications, aimed at both research and industry participants.
http://2016.ruleml.org/challenge
High-quality, original papers, potentially referencing online material, and ranging between 5-15 pages should be submitted at: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ruleml2016 ("10th International Rule Challenge" track).

=== New: Call for Posters ===
Posters are called for about late-breaking rule topics, e.g. domain-specific applications of rule systems. Posters should be accompanied by high-quality, original 1-4 page extended abstracts, which should be submitted at: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ruleml2016 ("10th International Rule Challenge" track).

=== Doctoral Consortium ===
Both PhD students and mentors are called for:
http://2016.ruleml.org/doctoral-consortium

=== Industry Track ===
Will include a panel about use of rules and rule technologies in business cases:
http://2016.ruleml.org/industry-track

== ACCEPTED PAPERS ==
http://2016.ruleml.org/list-of-accepted-papers

== ACCOMMODATION ==
http://2016.ruleml.org/venue-and-accommodation

== PROGRAM ==
The program of RuleML 2016 includes (http://2016.ruleml.org/program):
* Four invited presentations (http://2016.ruleml.org/keynotes-and-tutorials):
- Natural Language Access to Data: It Needs Reasoning, Richard Waldinger, SRI International
- DMN as a Decision Modeling Language, Bruce Silver, Bruce Silver Associates
- Programming in Picat, Neng-Fa Zhou, City University of New York
- Practical Knowledge Representation and Reasoning in Ergo, Michael Kifer, Theresa Swift and Benjamin Grosof, Coherent Knowledge Systems
* 10th International Rule Challenge 2016 (http://2016.ruleml.org/challenge)
* Doctoral Consortium (http://2016.ruleml.org/doctoral-consortium)
* LegalRuleML OASIS TC Meeting
* DecisionCamp 2016 (http://2016.ruleml.org/decisioncamp)

== REGISTRATION ==
Early Registration fees:
RuleML - Regular: $250
RuleML - Student: $100
DecisionCAMP only: $75

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Paul Fodor, Jose Julio Alferes, Leopoldo Bertossi, Guido Governatori and Jacob Feldman
RuleML2016 and DecisionCamp2016 PC Chairs