Rock: Cleaning Data by Embedding ML in Logic Rules

Summary: Rock unifies ML and logic by embedding classifiers as predicates in rules for entity resolution, conflict resolution, timeliness, and imputation. Batch/incremental rule learning, error detection, and corrections from rules and ground truth. (summarized by gpt-5-nano on Feb 09 2026)

Paper ID: 6780
Venue: SIGMOD
Year: 2024
Pagerank: 4.3430376e-05
Overall Rank: 9,434 | 34.37%
DOI: 10.1145/3626246.3653372

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8,716	nsDB: Architecting the Next Generation Database by Integrating Neural and Symbolic Systems	2024	VLDB	4.4618187e-05
9,846	HyperBlocker: Accelerating Rule-based Blocking in Entity Resolution using GPUs	2025	VLDB	4.2721228e-05
9,847	Discovering Top-k Relevant and Diversified Rules	2024	SIGMOD	4.2721228e-05
10,029	Outliers: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly	2026	SIGMOD	4.1945683e-05
10,478	Data Enhancement for Binary Classification of Relational Data	2025	SIGMOD	4.1945683e-05
10,489	Incremental Rule Discovery in Response to Parameter Updates	2025	SIGMOD	4.1945683e-05
11,111	Rock: Cleaning Data with both ML and Logic Rules	2024	VLDB	4.1945683e-05

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221	Deep Entity Matching with Pre-Trained Language Models	2021	VLDB	0.00033121824
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1,159	Towards Certain Fixes with Editing Rules and Master Data	2010	VLDB	0.00013592813
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2,958	The Role of Massively Multi-Task and Weak Supervision in Software 2.0	2019	CIDR	7.8173975e-05
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3,299	SCODED: Statistical Constraint Oriented Data Error Detection	2020	SIGMOD	7.2546659e-05
3,711	Saga: A Platform for Continuous Construction and Serving of Knowledge At Scale	2022	SIGMOD	6.823609e-05
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7,165	A Lightweight and Efficient Temporal Database Management System in TDSQL	2019	VLDB	4.8130937e-05
8,406	DADER: Hands-Off Entity Resolution with Domain Adaptation	2022	VLDB	4.5220083e-05
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8,503	A Demonstration of KGLac: A Data Discovery and Enrichment Platform for Data Science	2021	VLDB	4.496339e-05
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9,355	Discovering Top-k Rules using Subjective and Objective Criteria	2023	SIGMOD	4.3514328e-05
9,577	CoClean: Collaborative Data Cleaning	2020	SIGMOD	4.3248438e-05
9,894	OceanRT: Real-Time Analytics over Large Temporal Data	2014	SIGMOD	4.2602616e-05
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11,223	Splitting Tuples of Mismatched Entities	2023	SIGMOD	4.1945683e-05
11,234	Learning and Deducing Temporal Orders	2023	VLDB	4.1945683e-05

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