{
  "schema_version": 1,
  "id": "evt-1996-casc",
  "slug": "cade-atp-system-competition",
  "title": {
    "en": "The CADE ATP System Competition institutionalizes head-to-head theorem-prover evaluation",
    "zh-CN": "CADE ATP System Competition 将定理证明器统一竞赛评测制度化"
  },
  "dates": {
    "event": "1996-08-01",
    "first_public_claim": "1996-08-01",
    "paper_release": null,
    "artifact_release": "1996-08-01",
    "independently_verified": null,
    "added_to_chronicle": "2026-09-15",
    "last_updated": "2026-09-15"
  },
  "event_types": [
    "competition",
    "benchmark",
    "field_building"
  ],
  "significance": {
    "tier": "H2",
    "rationale": {
      "en": "The first CADE ATP System Competition created a recurring common evaluation setting for fully automatic theorem provers, reinforcing TPTP-based benchmarking as field infrastructure.",
      "zh-CN": "首届 CADE ATP System Competition 为全自动定理证明器建立持续性的统一评测环境，并强化以 TPTP 为基础的 benchmark 制度。"
    }
  },
  "mathematical_novelty": {
    "type": "benchmark_result"
  },
  "interfaces": [
    "formal",
    "symbolic"
  ],
  "claim": {
    "en": "The CADE competition held on 1 August 1996 compared automated theorem-proving systems under common resource limits and problem sets, inaugurating the competition series later known as CASC.",
    "zh-CN": "1996 年 8 月 1 日举行的 CADE 竞赛在统一资源限制与问题集下比较自动定理证明系统，并开启后来称为 CASC 的持续竞赛系列。"
  },
  "summary": {
    "en": "Systems were evaluated in a shared computational environment on standardized theorem-proving problems, making performance comparisons more reproducible and visible.",
    "zh-CN": "各系统在共享计算环境与标准化定理证明问题上评测，使性能比较更可复现、更透明。"
  },
  "why_it_matters": {
    "en": "Recurring competitions helped turn automated theorem proving into a benchmark-driven research community with shared evaluation practices.",
    "zh-CN": "持续竞赛推动自动定理证明形成拥有共同评测实践的 benchmark 驱动研究共同体。"
  },
  "ai_role": {
    "level": "computation_only",
    "description": {
      "en": "Automated theorem provers solved benchmark problems; the Event's primary significance is comparative evaluation and field infrastructure.",
      "zh-CN": "自动定理证明器求解 benchmark 问题；该事件的主要意义在统一比较评测与领域基础设施。"
    }
  },
  "human_contribution": {
    "description": {
      "en": "Organizers selected problems, defined divisions and resource limits, and ran systems in the common competition environment.",
      "zh-CN": "组织者选择问题、定义组别与资源限制，并在统一竞赛环境中运行各系统。"
    }
  },
  "systems": [
    "casc"
  ],
  "organizations": [
    "cade"
  ],
  "people": [],
  "problems": [
    "automated-theorem-proving"
  ],
  "methods": [
    "benchmarking",
    "system-competition"
  ],
  "verification": {
    "evidence_level": "E2",
    "status": "claimed",
    "formal_assurance": "none",
    "history": [
      {
        "date": "1996-08-01",
        "status": "claimed",
        "evidence_level": "E2",
        "note": {
          "en": "The official FLoC/CADE competition page records the date, entrants and evaluation setup.",
          "zh-CN": "FLoC/CADE 官方竞赛页面记录了日期、参赛系统与评测设置。"
        }
      }
    ]
  },
  "sources": [
    {
      "id": "cade-competition-1996",
      "tier": "S2",
      "type": "official_announcement",
      "title": "CADE ATP System Competition",
      "url": "https://lics.siglog.org/floc96/cade-comp.html",
      "primary": true,
      "published_date": "1996-08-01",
      "accessed_at": "2026-09-15"
    }
  ],
  "artifacts": [],
  "relationships": {
    "predecessors": [],
    "successors": [],
    "related": []
  },
  "timeline": {
    "featured": true,
    "significance": "primary"
  },
  "tags": [
    "casc",
    "cade",
    "competition",
    "benchmark",
    "automated-theorem-proving"
  ],
  "editorial": {
    "created_at": "2026-09-15",
    "last_reviewed": "2026-09-15",
    "reviewers": [
      "Charlie-Wang-03"
    ]
  },
  "corrections": []
}