BioASQ Challenge

[Diego Molla]

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BioASQ challenge on large-scale biomedical semantic indexing and
question answering
(BioASQ workshop collocated with CLEF 2013 in Valencia, Spain on
September 27, 2013)

                   Web site: http://bioasq.org/
                twitter: https://twitter.com/bioasq

The first task of the BioASQ challenge (Task1a: Large-scale
online biomedical semantic indexing) is starting on Monday 22th
of April, 2013. To make the participation to the task easier, we
have divided it into three consecutive periods (batches) of 6
weekly tests each. Separate winners will be announced for each
batch. Participation in the task can be partial, i.e. in some of
the batches and some of the weekly tests.

Prizes will be awarded to the winners of each batch. Check the
following page for more information:
http://www.bioasq.org/participate/prizes

Each week, a new test set will be released. After downloading the
test set, participants will have to respond in limited time with
the indexes of the MeSH terms that their systems estimated.

Registration to the task is open and will remain open until the
end of the challenge in August. In order to registr and
participate, please visit the BioASQ participants area:
http://bioasq.lip6.fr/

Important dates:
April 22, 2013: Start of task 1a. First batch
June 3, 2013: Second batch
July 15, 2013: Third batch
August 26, 2013: End of task 1a
September 27, 2013: BioASQ Workshop (collocated with CLEF 2013)

Good luck from the BioASQ team!

The BioASQ challenge and workshop are organised by the BioASQ
project, supported by the European Commission within the 7th
Framework Programme (Grant Agreement No. 318652).