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      <h2>Important Dates</h2>
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      	<li>Preliminary rule announcement: Sep 30, 2017</li>
<li>Deadline for entry to preliminary round: <s>Feb 8, 2018 AoE</s> <b><font color="red">Feb 13th 23:59, 2018 JST (extended)</font></b></li>
<li>Result announcement: <s>Feb 14, 2018</s> <b><font color="red">Feb 16, 2018 (extended)(TBD)</font></b>. 16 teams will be selected. Among them, up to four teams will be selected based on diversity and geographical distribution (TBD).</li>
        <li>World final round in Nishiwaseda, Tokyo (collocated with the 80th IPSJ National Convention at <a href="https://www.waseda.jp/fsci/en/access/">Waseda University, Nishiwaseda Campus, Tokyo</a>): Mar 14, 2018</li>
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IEEE Japan Office<br>
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The Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence<br>
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