[ieeetcsc-discuss] Call For Participation: ETAN Rating Challenge ©¤ Toward trustworthy feedback-based online rating systems

[Laurence T. Yang]

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Call For Participation

ETAN Rating Challenge ©¤ Toward trustworthy feedback-based online rating
systems

April 25th, 2007 ¨C July 15th, 2007
www.etanlab.com/rating

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The ETAN Rating Challenge seeks smart and powerful attacks against on-line
rating systems. If you can mislead the rating system more than other
participating teams, you win cash prizes and winner certificates, issued 
by the
Department of Electrical, Computer and Biomedical Engineering, at the
University of Rhode Island. The attacking data provided by you will help to
design more reliable and trustworthy on-line rating systems. Why 
participate?
Cash, Good Cause, and Having Fun !
[Official Link:] www.etanlab.com/rating

[To Participate:] Please read the rules to see what is required to win the
prize. If you are interested, you can register a team. You can also 
check how
other teams are doing on the leader broad.

[Prizes:]
(1) The team that ranks the first wins the first prize of US $1000.
(2) The teams that rank 2nd and 3rd win the second prize of US $300 and 
US $200
worth of electronics of your choice, respectively.
(3) The teams that rank 4th to 10th win the encouragement award.
Additionally, the teams that have high ranks in the contest may be 
invited to
participate in the other contests run by ETAN.

[Important Dates:]
Starting Date: April 25th, 2007.
Submission Deadline: July 13th, 2007.
Award Announcement: July 15th, 2007.

[Organizers:]
Prof. Yan Sun, University of Rhode Island
Prof. Qing Yang, University of Rhode Island

[Contact:]
For general questions, please contact us at help at etanlab.com.
For sponsorship, please contact Dr. Yan Sun or Dr. Qing Yang.

[Note:]
The attacking data provided by the participating teams will not be used 
for any
profitable or commercial purpose. The participating teams¡¯ registration
information will not be used for any commercial purpose, and will not be
released without written approval from the team leader.