[CfP] Question Answering over Linked Data (QALD-7) @ ESWC 2017 - Paper Submission Deadline Extended 17/03

    Call For Papers: QALD 2017 - 7th Question Answering over Linked Data 
Challenge
            https://project-hobbit.eu/challenges/qald2017/
    In conjunction with the 14th European Semantic Web Conference (ESWC 
2017)
                 http://2017.eswc-conferences.org/

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.

Important Dates
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****Paper submission deadline (5 pages document): March 17th, 2017, 
23:59 Hawaii Time***1*
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

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

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.

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