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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=DE link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>Call for Papers<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>RuleML+RR 2021<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>The 5th International Joint Conference on Rules and Reasoning (RuleML+RR 2021) is the leading international joint conference in the field of rule-based reasoning. Stemming from the synergy with the DecisionCAMP summit, which brings together leading decision management authorities, vendors, and practitioners, one of the main goals of RuleML+RR is to build bridges between academia and industry in the area of rule-based reasoning and applications. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>RuleML+RR 2021 is part of the event “Declarative AI: Rules, Reasoning, Decisions, and Explanations” and is co-located with DecisionCAMP 2021 and the Reasoning Web Summer School.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><a href="https://declarativeai2021.net/">https://declarativeai2021.net/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>RuleML+RR 2021 aims to bring together rigorous researchers and inventive practitioners, interested in the foundations and applications of rules and reasoning in academia, industry, engineering, business, finance, healthcare, environment, and other application areas. It provides a forum for stimulating cooperation and cross-fertilization between the many different communities focused on the research, development, and applications of rule-based systems. We are looking for high-quality papers related to theoretical advances, novel technologies, and artificial intelligence applications concerning explainable algorithmic decision-making that involve rule-based representation and reasoning.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>Theme for the 2021 edition: Blended rules, decisions, rule-based machine learning, Artificial Intelligence.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>RuleML+RR 2021 Chairs<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>* Sotiris Moschoyiannis, Department of Computer Science, University of Surrey, UK (<a href="mailto:s.moschoyiannis@surrey.ac.uk">s.moschoyiannis@surrey.ac.uk</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>* Rafael Penaloza Nyssen, University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy (<a href="mailto:rafael.penalozanyssen@unimib.it">rafael.penalozanyssen@unimib.it</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>Industry Track Chairs<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>* Nikolay Nikolov (SINTEF, Norway)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>* Ioan Toma (ONLIM, Austria)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>Proceedings Chair<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>* Dumitru Roman (University of Oslo, Norway)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>Topics<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>RuleML+RR welcomes research from all areas of Rules and Reasoning.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>The topics of the conference are:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>* Machine learning approaches involving rules (e.g, extracting rules from Deep Neural Networks or rule-based classification)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>* Rules for knowledge graphs and ontology learning<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>* Rule-based approaches to natural language processing<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>* Explainable AI approaches based on rules, psychological aspects of rule learning<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>* Rules of ethics, biases, laws, policies, and regulations<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>* Production & business rule systems<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>* Communicating rule models with Decision Model and Notation (DMN)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>* Applications of rule technologies with explainable AI (xAI) elements<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>* Foundations of declarative AI architectures and languages<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>* Rule-based approaches for intelligent systems and intelligent information access<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>* Vocabularies, ontologies, and business rules<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>* Ontology-based data access<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>* Rule-based data integration<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>* Data management and data interoperability for web data<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>* Distributed agent-based systems for the web<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>* Rule-based approaches to agents<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>* Scalability and expressive power of logics for the semantic web<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>* Reasoning with incomplete, inconsistent and uncertain data<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>* Non-monotonic, common-sense, and closed-world reasoning for web data<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>* Non-classical logics and the Web<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>* Constraint programming<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>* Logic programming<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>* Streaming data and complex event processing<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>* Higher-order and modal rules<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>* Web reasoning and distributed rule inference and execution<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>* Rule markup languages and rule interchange formats<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>* Rule-based policies, reputation, and trust<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>* Rules, blockchain, and smart contracts<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>* Scalability and expressive power of logics for rules<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>* System descriptions, applications and experiences<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>* Rules and human language technology<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>* Rules in online market research and online marketing<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>* Applications of ontologies and rules in environmental protection<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>* Applications in climate change monitoring, mitigation & adaptation<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>* Applications in healthcare and life sciences<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>* Applications in peace and conflict studies<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>* Applications in equity and social welfare<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>* Applications in law, regulation, and finance<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>* Applications in Digital Twins<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>* Industrial applications of rules<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>Main conference track<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>High-quality papers related to theoretical advances, novel technologies, and artificial intelligence applications concerning explainable algorithmic decision-making that involve rule-based representation and reasoning are solicited.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>We accept the following submission formats for papers:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>* Long papers (up to 15 pages in LNCS style)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>* Short papers (up to 8 pages in LNCS style)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>Long papers should present original and significant research and/or development results. Short papers should concisely describe general results or specific applications, systems, or position statements.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>Rule Challenge<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>The 15th famous International Rule Challenge, presenting innovative rule-based tools, demos and applications, related to the RuleML+RR 2021 topics.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>Rule Challenge papers are limited to 25pages and appear in CEUR proceedings (indexed by all major bibliographic databases). <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>Industry track<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>The RuleML+RR industry track welcomes original work from all areas of Rules and Reasoning based technologies specifically for solving real industry problems. We are interested in experiences from practitioners when applying rules to industries such as engineering, manufacturing, agriculture, energy, media, financials, telecommunications, healthcare, life sciences, government, smart cities, and cultural heritage. We will also encourage submissions on the following topics:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>* Uses of rules and reasoning in data processing and management (including data access, interpretation, transformation, curation, integration, validation, versioning and distribution) on industry applications <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>* Using rules and reasoning for data processing and management approaches and tools specifically used for building, extending and maintaining industrial knowledge graphs and ontologies <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>* Natural language processing and conversational AI for automating communication with customers, suppliers and service providers <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>Incentives for industry participation in this track include: Present own results / solutions for use of rule technologies in business settings; Learn about new trends in rule technologies, and how they can be used to address business problems; Exchange experiences about business cases and use of rules.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>For the industry track, we recommend the inclusion of information related to: the business case, the technological challenges, the rule-based solution, the status of the approach and the importance of the solution for business.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>Industry track papers are limited to 12 pages written in English following the LNCS format<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>Submissions<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>Submitted papers must not substantially overlap with papers that have been published or that are simultaneously submitted to a journal or a conference/workshop with formal proceedings. Double submission to a workshop with informal proceedings is allowed. Papers put on arXiv are also allowed as long as they are not refereed (i.e., formally reviewed by peers).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>Submit via EasyChair: <a href="https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=rulemlrr2021">https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=rulemlrr2021</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>All submissions must be prepared in Springer's LaTeX style LNCS (<a href="http://www.springer.com/comp/lncs/authors.html">http://www.springer.com/comp/lncs/authors.html</a>).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>In addition to regular submissions, RuleML+RR 2021 will include the 15th International Rule Challenge and a Doctoral Consortium. RuleML+RR 2021 is co-located with DecisionCAMP 2021 and the 17th Reasoning Web Summer School (RW 2021).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>Important dates<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>* June 27: Title and abstract submission<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>* July 2: Submission deadline<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>* July 16: Notification of acceptance<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>* July 24: Rule Challenge submission deadline<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>For each of these deadlines, a cut-off point of 23:59 AOE applies. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>* September 13-15: Conference<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>Publication<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>The conference proceedings will be published by Springer in the Lecture Notes in Computer Science series (LNCS). The conference can be looked up in the widely recognized CORE Rank under the acronym RuleML, used before its merger with the RR conference.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>The proceedings will be published after the conference. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>A selection of the best accepted papers of RuleML+RR 2021 (2-6 papers) will be invited for submission to the Journal of Theory and Practice of Logic Programming (TPLP) published by Cambridge University Press. Accepted papers will also be considered for the best paper award and best student paper awards sponsored by Springer.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>Thanks to our partners and sponsors: KU Leuven - Artificial Intelligence Journal (AIJ) – Springer LNCS – Leuven.AI<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>Check out further details at <a href="https://declarativeai2021.net/conference/">https://declarativeai2021.net/conference/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></body></html>