C A L L - F O R - P A P E R S - QALD 2017 - 7th Question Answering over Linked Data Challenge

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QALD 2017 - 7th Question Answering over Linked Data Challenge

https://project-hobbit.eu/challenges/qald2017/
qald-contact@googlegroups.com

May 28th to June 1st 2017, Portoroz, Slovenia

in conjunction with the 14th European Semantic Web Conference (ESWC 2017)
http://2017.eswc-conferences.org/

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The key challenge for Question Answering over Linked Data is to 
translate a user’s
information need into a form such that it can be evaluated using standard
Semantic Web query processing and inferencing techniques.

The main task of QALD therefore is the following:
Given one or several RDF dataset(s) as well as additional knowledge 
sources and natural
language questions or keywords, return the correct answers or a SPARQL 
query that
retrieves these answers.

This year, the challenge comprises the following tasks:
-Task 1: Multilingual question answering over DBpedia
-Task 2: Hybrid question answering
-Task 3: Large-Scale Question answering over RDF
-Task 4: English question answering over Wikidata

We expect participants to describe their approach over a 5 page paper,
including advantages and disadvantages as well as a first evaluation of 
the system
with the respective task training data or an in-depth analysis of errors.

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Important Dates
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Paper submission deadline (5 pages document): March 10th, 2017, 23:59 
Hawaii Time*
Notification of acceptance: April 7th, 2017
Camera ready papers (5 pages document): April 23rd, 2017
Deadline for submission of system answers/instructions for evaluation: TBA
Release of evaluation results: TBA
Proclamation of winners: During ESWC 2017 closing ceremony

*Eligible to submit papers are only authors participating in the challenge.

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Organization
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Ricardo Usbeck, University of Leipzig, Germany
Axel-Cyrille Ngonga Ngomo, Institute for Applied Informatics, Germany
Bastian Haarmann, Fraunhofer-Institute IAIS, Germany
Anastasia Krithara, NCSR “Demokritos”, Greece

For the complete list of organizers and program committee members,
please visit the challenge website.

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Further Information and Contact
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For detailed information, including datasets and submission guidelines,
please visit the challenge website:

https://project-hobbit.eu/challenges/qald2017/

Contact Email: qald-contact@googlegroups.com

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