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BioKG-Align
NeurIPS 2026 Competition Track Proposal

Biomedical ontology alignment as typed link prediction

Systems receive a source concept and a fixed set of target candidates, then rank candidate–relation pairs for equivalence or directional subsumption — one familiar interface for graph, text, and neuro-symbolic methods.

Source query
NCITmelanoma
Ranked candidates · DOID
each scored, each typed by relation
Candidate targets — select one to see why it matches or not

Source and target denote the same disease. Under the preferred typed metric this is the only fully relevant prediction — entity and relation both match the reference — so a strong system ranks it first.

Illustrative example (NCIT → DOID). The live site renders from the public release; hidden test data is never shown.

Track ontologiesNCI ThesaurusHuman Disease OntologySNOMED CTFoundational Model of Anatomy
At a glance (main track)

One graph, three tasks, two primary metrics

BioKG-Align runs two tracks — the main track, summarised here, and a complex track on OWL class-expression generation (more in the FAQ).

5 track ontologies
NCIT, DOID, ORDO, SNOMED, FMA — projected into one knowledge graph.
3 task pairs
NCIT-DOID, SNOMED-FMA, SNOMED-NCIT.
Primary metrics
Preferred Typed (Relation-Aware) MRR and Hierarchy-Aware Typed nDCG@10.
Candidate sets
50 target candidates × 3 relations = 150 scored rows per query.
Three methodological entry points
Triples → + node properties → + Datalog rules — graph, text, and neuro-symbolic methods.

The unified graph spans multiple projected ontologies with three task pairs.

Input
A source entity and a fixed candidate set, per query.
Output
A ranked list of (candidate, relation) pairs.
Correctness
A hit needs both the target entity and the relation to match the hidden reference.
Status & schedule

Current competition status

Status: In preparation

Starting Kit Release
Late May 2026
Dataset Publication
Early June 2026
Competition Proposal Acceptance Decision
Mid June 2026
Competition Starts, Leaderboard Opens
Late June 2026 Provisional
Competition Ends
Late October 2026 Provisional