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ILP 2016: The 26th International Conference on Inductive Logic Programming
First International ILP Competition - Call for Registration
http://ilp16.doc.ic.ac.uk/competition
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This is a reminder that the First International ILP Competition opened on
February 1st 2016 and will accept new submissions until the 1st of August.
There is still plenty of time to register, to make a start and to submit the
final entry. Please note that, after registration, it is a good idea to upload
the system well in advance of the deadline, in order to check that it runs on
the testing framework that will be used to evaluate the submissions.
Several new example problems have also been added to the Website
(http://ilp16.doc.ic.ac.uk/competition) for people who register to test their
system on.
For any query, please email Mark Law (ILP 2016 Competition chair) at
[email protected].
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OVERVIEW:
The 26th International Conference on Inductive Logic Programming (ILP 2016),
which will be held in London, UK, September 4th - 6th, 2016, will run the first
International ILP Competition. This is designed to test the accuracy,
scalability and versatility of the learning systems which are entered. We are
pleased to announce that registration to the competition is now open.
There are two main tracks for the competition: probabilistic and
non-probabilistic.
Initially, there will be 8 problems in each track for entrants to try. These 8
problems each have three different settings (easy, medium and hard), with
different sizes of language bias. As the competition progresses, we will be
adding more problems, so it is worth checking regularly for updates!
HOW TO ENTER THE COMPETITION AND HOW TO PARTICIPATE:
Participants are required to register on the competition website
(http://ilp16.doc.ic.ac.uk/competition).
Once they have registered, they will be able to access to a number of specimen
problems that they can try out between 1st February 2016 and 1st August 2016.
Participants may upload new versions of their system as often as they like.
Whenever a new version is uploaded, this will be run on the set of specimen
datasets, which will reflect the range of datasets used in the final
competition. They will be given a full output from the server on how they would
have scored in the competition on these specimen datasets. Details on how to
access these specimen problems and how to upload the new versions of their
system are available on the website (http://ilp16.doc.ic.ac.uk/competition).
FINAL SUBMISSION:
The final submission will be on 1st of August 2016. The last version of the
system uploaded on the website by the 1st of August will be considered as the
final entry to the competition. Entries will be tested on a larger number of
(entirely new) data sets. Although the data sets will be new, the problem
domain will remain the same. The results will be announced at ILP 2016.
Immediately after the conference, all datasets will be published on the
competition website.
As part of the final entry, the participants will also have to submit a short
document (maximum 3 pages) explaining how their implementation works. This
document will appear on the competition website after the competition (their
implementation will remain private).
PRIZES:
The competition will have two prizes:
1) Entry with best accuracy for the non-probabilistic track
2) Entry with best accuracy for probabilistic-track
IMPORTANT DATES:
* Registration opens: 1 February 2016
* Final submission: 1 August 2016
COMMITTEE:
The evaluation committee will be formed by the programs chairs and the
competition chair.
Mark Law, Imperial College London (Competition chair)
James Cussens, University of York (Program chair)
Alessandra Russo, Imperial College London (Program chair)
