Registration Deadline Extended to **May 11th ** The College of Humanities and Social Sciences (CHSS) of Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU) in Qatar will organize the first international Fake News Detection Contest (Shared Task) co-located with the Qatar International Cybersecurity Contest. https://www.hbku.edu.qa/en/qicc
1- Target Languages: English and Arabic 2- Contest Tracks Track 1: Applications Building (suitable for those with an NLP/ machine learning background). You will be asked to build a system to detect fake news (in English or in Arabic), a training dataset will be provided for both languages before the contest and the participants will spend 3 days in Doha to train, refine and test their system, a panel of judges will evaluate the output of the systems prior to the awards session. Track 2: Dataset Creation (Suitable for everyone) During the 3 days of the contest, teams will compete to create the largest and most accurate annotated dataset of FakeNews in English or in Arabic. A panel of judges will evaluate the dataset created prior to the awards session. 3- Target Audience The contest is mostly targeting graduate and undergraduate students but applications from the general public not affiliated with a University will be also considered. 4- Registration Procedure (Before May 11th) In order to be considered in this contest, at this point, you are only expected to fill the form below with all the required details (Team name, emails, affiliation, etc.). Incomplete applications will not be considered. Filling this form is considered a participation intention. Registration Application Form Direct Link: https://hbku.wufoo.com/forms/rtoyy8m07meu2c/ Once you fill the form, you will receive in the upcoming weeks the full details and the guidelines of the contest. 5- The Contest The contest will be held in Doha, Qatar during three days from Oct 1 until Oct 3. 6- Teams Possible teams size of 1, 2 or 3 members Max. 7- Travel Grants We have a limited number of travel grants for students a very limited number for non-students. Travel grants will only be provided to a selected number of international participants to cover their travel and accommodation costs to/from Qatar during the days of the event. 9- Prizes $15,000 for the first team, $10,000 for the second team, and $5,000 for the third team. 10- Important Dates Online Registration Deadline (Participation Intention): May 11th 2019 Acceptance Notification Emails: June 20th 2019 Contest Dates: Oct 1st 2019 until Oct 3rd 2019 ---- *Wajdi Zaghouani, Ph.D.* *Assistant Professor* College of Humanities and Social Sciences P.O. Box 34110 | Education City | Doha, Qatar tel: +974 4454 5601 | mob: +974 33454992 wzaghou...@hbku.edu.qa| Office A141, LAS Building
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