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2nd CfP Third workshop on Resources for African Indigenous Language (RAIL)
by Menno Van Zaanen 19 Jul '22

19 Jul '22

Second call for papers Third workshop on Resources for African Indigenous Language (RAIL) https://bit.ly/rail2022 The South African Centre for Digital Language Resources (SADiLaR) is organising the 3rd RAIL workshop in the field of Resources for African Indigenous Languages. This workshop aims to bring together researchers who are interested in showcasing their research and thereby boosting the field of African indigenous languages. This provides an overview of the current state-of-the-art and emphasizes availability of African indigenous language resources, including both data and tools. Additionally, it will allow for information sharing among researchers interested in African indigenous languages and also start discussions on improving the quality and availability of the resources. Many African indigenous languages currently have no or very limited resources available and, additionally, they are often structurally quite different from more well-resourced languages, requiring the development and use of specialized techniques. By bringing together researchers from different fields (e.g., (computational) linguistics, sociolinguistics, language technology) to discuss the development of language resources for African indigenous languages, we hope to boost research in this field. The RAIL workshop is an interdisciplinary platform for researchers working on resources (data collections, tools, etc.) specifically targeted towards African indigenous languages. It aims to create the conditions for the emergence of a scientific community of practice that focuses on data, as well as tools, specifically designed for or applied to indigenous languages found in Africa. Suggested topics include the following: * Digital representations of linguistic structures * Descriptions of corpora or other data sets of African indigenous languages * Building resources for (under resourced) African indigenous languages * Developing and using African indigenous languages in the digital age * Effectiveness of digital technologies for the development of African indigenous languages * Revealing unknown or unpublished existing resources for African indigenous languages * Developing desired resources for African indigenous languages * Improving quality, availability and accessibility of African indigenous language resources The 3rd RAIL workshop 2022 will be co-located with the 10th Southern African Microlinguistics Workshop ( https://sites.google.com/nwulettere.co.za/samwop-10/home). This will be an in-person event located in Potchefstroom, South Africa. Registration will be free. RAIL 2022 submission requirements: * RAIL asks for full papers from 4 pages to 8 pages (plus more pages for references if needed), which must strictly follow the Journal of the Digital Humanities Association of Southern Africa style guide ( https://upjournals.up.ac.za/index.php/dhasa/libraryFiles/downloadPublic/30 ). * Accepted submissions will be published in JDHASA, the Journal of the Digital Humanities Association of Southern Africa ( https://upjournals.up.ac.za/index.php/dhasa/). * Papers will be double blind peer-reviewed and must be submitted through EasyChair (https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=rail2022). Important dates Submission deadline: 28 August 2022 Date of notification: 30 September 2022 Camera ready copy deadline: 23 October 2022 RAIL: 30 November 2022, North-West University - Potchefstroom SAMWOP: 1 – 3 December 2021, North-West University - Potchefstroom Organising Committee Jessica Mabaso Rooweither Mabuya Muzi Matfunjwa Mmasibidi Setaka Menno van Zaanen South African Centre for Digital Language Resources (SADiLaR), South Africa -- Prof Menno van Zaanen menno.vanzaanen(a)nwu.ac.za Professor in Digital Humanities South African Centre for Digital Language Resources https://www.sadilar.org ________________________________ NWU CORONA VIRUS: http://www.nwu.ac.za/coronavirus/ NWU PRIVACY STATEMENT: http://www.nwu.ac.za/it/gov-man/disclaimer.html DISCLAIMER: This e-mail message and attachments thereto are intended solely for the recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorised review, use, disclosure, or distribution is prohibited. If you have received the e-mail by mistake, please contact the sender or reply e-mail and delete the e-mail and its attachments (where appropriate) from your system. ________________________________

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Job opening: Computational linguist
by Menno Van Zaanen 19 Jul '22

19 Jul '22

Computational Linguist Purpose of the position: As a Computational Linguist at the South African Centre for Digital Language Resources (SADiLaR) you will have the opportunity to initiate and lead Human Language Technology and Digital Humanities projects stemming from your own research interests. You will work closely with a team of researchers as part of SADiLaR’s extended network, both on your own and commissioned projects. Dissemination of project results at national and international conferences will be encouraged and supported. This position is crucial for research and development in Human Language Technology and Digital Humanities, fields that form the essence of SADiLaR, which is a national Research Infrastructure supported by the Department of Science and Innovation. Minimum Requirements * PhD in one of the following fields: Computational Linguistics, Natural Language Processing, General Linguistics, Human Language Technology, Digital Humanities, Computer Science, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence or related fields with a focus on computational aspects of linguistics. * Applicable experience in the use of Python (recommended). Other programming languages used within the computational linguistics domain can also be considered. * Experience as a supervisor/co-supervisor of students or playing a mentorship/supervising role for individuals. * Evidence of peer-reviewed academic publications. * Advanced computer literacy. Other competency requirements * Ability to work independently or as part of a team. * Ability to effectively liaise and communicate with public, students, colleagues, and other stakeholders at various levels and from diverse backgrounds. * Demonstration of language proficiency in order to function optimally in the various multilingual environments of SADiLaR. Recommendations: * Experience with writing research reports. * Ability to lead research projects. * Evidence of acquiring research funding. * Experience with using and/or developing computational tools. * Experience related to research within the domain of Language Technology or Digital Humanities. * Experience in the presentation of research-based results at national and international conferences. * Experience related to teaching within the domain of Language Technology or Digital Humanities. * Strong interest in the advancement of under-resourced South African languages. Responsibilities: * Research in the area of Human Language Technology and Digital Humanities. * Teaching in the area of Human Language Technology and Digital Humanities. * Initiating and leading Human Language Technology and Digital Humanities projects. * Mentorship of researchers in the field of Computational Linguistics and Digital Humanities. ENQUIRIES: Prof Menno van Zaanen, menno.vanzaanen(a)nwu.ac.za CLOSING DATE: 29 July 2022 COMMENCEMENT OF DUTIES: As soon as possible TO APPLY: https://bit.ly/3yQqcnd -- Prof Menno van Zaanen menno.vanzaanen(a)nwu.ac.za Professor in Digital Humanities South African Centre for Digital Language Resources https://www.sadilar.org ________________________________ NWU CORONA VIRUS: http://www.nwu.ac.za/coronavirus/ NWU PRIVACY STATEMENT: http://www.nwu.ac.za/it/gov-man/disclaimer.html DISCLAIMER: This e-mail message and attachments thereto are intended solely for the recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorised review, use, disclosure, or distribution is prohibited. If you have received the e-mail by mistake, please contact the sender or reply e-mail and delete the e-mail and its attachments (where appropriate) from your system. ________________________________

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Cancelled event: ALTA abstract presentation @ Sun 2 Oct 2022 (corpora@list.elra.info)
by dai.xiang.au＠gmail.com 19 Jul '22

19 Jul '22

This event has been cancelled. ALTA abstract presentation Sunday 2 Oct 2022 Join with Google Meet https://meet.google.com/vnf-axwm-htx?hs=224 ******************************************************************************************* 20th Annual Workshop of the Australasian Language Technology Association (ALTA 2022) ** Flinders University, Adelaide ** 14th - 16th December 2022 http://alta2022.alta.asn.au/ ******************************************************************************************* Important Dates Submission Deadline (short and long papers): 30 September, 2022 Submission Deadline (presentation abstracts) 7 October, 2022 Author Notification: 7 November, 2022 Camera-Ready Deadline: 15 November, 2022 Tutorials: 14 December, 2022 Main Conference: 15-16 December, 2022 Submission deadlines are UTC-11 Overview The 20th Annual Workshop of the Australasian Language Technology Association will be held in a hybrid format at Flinders University, Adelaide, from the 14th to the 16th of December 2022. The hybrid format gives participants a v... Organiser dai.xiang.au(a)gmail.com dai.xiang.au(a)gmail.com ~~//~~ Invitation from Google Calendar: https://calendar.google.com/calendar/ You are receiving this email because you are an attendee of the event. To stop receiving future updates for this event, decline this event. Forwarding this invitation could allow any recipient to send a response to the organiser, be added to the guest list, invite others regardless of their own invitation status or modify your RSVP. Learn more https://support.google.com/calendar/answer/37135#forwarding

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Invitation: ALTA abstract presentation @ Sun 2 Oct 2022 (corpora@list.elra.info)
by dai.xiang.au＠gmail.com 19 Jul '22

19 Jul '22

ALTA abstract presentation Sunday 2 Oct 2022 Join with Google Meet https://meet.google.com/vnf-axwm-htx?hs=224 ******************************************************************************************* 20th Annual Workshop of the Australasian Language Technology Association (ALTA 2022) ** Flinders University, Adelaide ** 14th - 16th December 2022 http://alta2022.alta.asn.au/ ******************************************************************************************* Important Dates Submission Deadline (short and long papers): 30 September, 2022 Submission Deadline (presentation abstracts) 7 October, 2022 Author Notification: 7 November, 2022 Camera-Ready Deadline: 15 November, 2022 Tutorials: 14 December, 2022 Main Conference: 15-16 December, 2022 Submission deadlines are UTC-11 Overview The 20th Annual Workshop of the Australasian Language Technology Association will be held in a hybrid format at Flinders University, Adelaide, from the 14th to the 16th of December 2022. The hybrid format gives participants a v... Organiser dai.xiang.au(a)gmail.com dai.xiang.au(a)gmail.com Guests dai.xiang.au(a)gmail.com- organiser pradeesh(a)cs.otago.ac.nz corpora(a)list.elra.info View all guest info https://calendar.google.com/calendar/event?action=VIEW&eid=MG90cXJidWU2ODg5… Reply for corpora(a)list.elra.info and view more details https://calendar.google.com/calendar/event?action=VIEW&eid=MG90cXJidWU2ODg5… Your attendance is optional. ~~//~~ Invitation from Google Calendar: https://calendar.google.com/calendar/ You are receiving this email because you are an attendee of the event. To stop receiving future updates for this event, decline this event. Forwarding this invitation could allow any recipient to send a response to the organiser, be added to the guest list, invite others regardless of their own invitation status or modify your RSVP. Learn more https://support.google.com/calendar/answer/37135#forwarding

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[Second Call for Papers] Australasian Language Technology Association (ALTA 2022) Hybrid Workshop
by pradeesh＠cs.otago.ac.nz 19 Jul '22

19 Jul '22

******************************************************************************************* 20th Annual Workshop of the Australasian Language Technology Association (ALTA 2022) ** Flinders University, Adelaide ** 14th - 16th December 2022 http://alta2022.alta.asn.au/ ******************************************************************************************* Important Dates Submission Deadline (short and long papers): 30 September, 2022 Submission Deadline (presentation abstracts) 7 October, 2022 Author Notification: 7 November, 2022 Camera-Ready Deadline: 15 November, 2022 Tutorials: 14 December, 2022 Main Conference: 15-16 December, 2022 Submission deadlines are UTC-11 Overview The 20th Annual Workshop of the Australasian Language Technology Association will be held in a hybrid format at Flinders University, Adelaide, from the 14th to the 16th of December 2022. The hybrid format gives participants a valuable opportunity to socialise either in-person or via online platform. The ALTA 2022 workshop is the key local forum for socialising research results in natural language processing and computational linguistics, with presentations and posters from students, industry, and academic researchers. Like previous years, we would also like to encourage submissions and participation from industry and government researchers and developers. Note that ALTA is listed in recently updated CORE 2021 Conference Rankings as Australasian B. See details from CORE Rankings Portal. Topics ALTA invites the submission of papers and presentations on all aspects of natural language processing, including, but not limited to: phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics, and discourse speech recognition, understanding and generation interpreting spoken and written language natural language generation linguistic, mathematical, and psychological models of language NLP-based information extraction and retrieval corpus-based and statistical language modelling machine translation and translation aids question answering and information extraction natural language interfaces and dialogue systems natural language and multimodal systems message and narrative understanding systems evaluations of language systems embodied conversational agents computational lexicography summarisation language resources topic modelling, semantics and ontology unsupervised language learning and analysis social media analysis and processing search and information retrieval domain-specific adaptation of natural language processing algorithms applied natural language processing and/or applications in industry We particularly encourage submissions that broaden the scope of our community through the consideration of practical applications of language technology and through multi-disciplinary research. We also specifically encourage submissions from industry. Format We invite submissions of two different formats: (1) Original Research Papers and (2) Abstract-based Presentations. (1) Original Research Papers We invite the submission of papers on original and unpublished research on all aspects of natural language processing. Long papers should be 6-8 pages and short papers should be 3-4 pages. Accepted papers will either be delivered as an oral presentation or as a poster presentation. Both short and long papers may include unlimited pages of references in addition to the page count requirements. Note that the review process is double-blind, and accordingly submitted papers should not include the identity of author(s) and the text should be suitably anonymised, e.g. using third person wording for self-citations, not providing URLs to your person website, etc. Original research papers will be included in the workshop proceedings, which will be published online in the ACL anthology and the ALTA website. Long papers will be distinguished from short papers in the proceedings. (2) Abstract-based Presentations To encourage broader participation and facilitate local socialisation of international results, we invite 1-2 page presentation abstracts. The organisers may offer the opportunity to give an oral presentation or a poster presentation. Submissions should include presentation title and abstract, name of the presenter, any publications relating to the work, and any information on collaboration with the local ALTA community. Abstracts will not be published in the proceedings, but simply reviewed by the ALTA executive committee to ensure that they are on topic, coherent and likely to be of interest to the ALTA community. Abstracts on work in progress and work published or submitted elsewhere are encouraged. ALTA invites submissions of all manner interesting research, not limited to, but including: established academics giving an overview of an exciting paper or paper/s published in international venues; completing research students giving an overview of their thesis work; early candidature research students presenting their work-in-progress and ideas, which may not have been published; and industry presenting research and development over linguistic data in the context of their business. Presentation abstracts should not be anonymised, any publications relating to the work should be cited in the submission, and the person who will give the presentation should be clearly stated. Multiple Submission Policy Original research papers that are under review for other publication venues or that you intend to submit elsewhere may be submitted in parallel to ALTA. We require that you declare at submission that your paper is submitted to another venue, and identify the venue. Should your paper be accepted to both ALTA and another venue, we allow you to decide whether the paper should be published in the ALTA proceedings, or if it should be treated as a Presentation (without archival publication). In this case you would still be able to present a research talk at the ALTA workshop. This is to encourage more internationally leading research to be presented at the workshop. Instructions for AuthorsPaper Submission Authors should submit their papers via Easychair. There are 3 tracks in EasyChair this year: ALTA 2022 (Long) – use this for long papers ALTA 2022 (Short) – use this for short papers ALTA 2022 (Abstracts) – use this for abstracts Formatting Guidelines Submissions must follow the two-column ACL format. We therefore strongly recommend you use LaTeX style files or Microsoft Word template. Paper Length Long papers should be 6-8 pages Short papers should be 3-4 pages Abstracts ideally should be a few paragraphs and no more than 2 pages Anonymisation Short and long papers must be anonymised. Abstracts are NOT to be anonymised and must include the author's/authors' affiliation

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Open research position in NLP at Uni Würzburg
by Goran Glavaš 18 Jul '22

18 Jul '22

The Natural Language Processing Chair at JMU Würzburg (WüNLP) as a member of the Center for AI and Data Science (CAIDAS: https://www.uni-wuerzburg.de/caidas) offers one research position in the area of natural language processing (NLP). The position is bound to a European project EUINACTION ( https://www.euinaction.eu/), carried out in collaboration with two Political Science research groups, at the University of Leiden and the University of Strathclyde. The candidate's role in the project will be to apply and advance state-of-the-art neural NLP to help answer interesting research questions in Political Science. The position is available from 1.10.2022 and is available until the end of the grant, 31.12.2023. There is a possibility of extension, subject to mutual interest and availability of third-party research funding. Payment is at the level of E13 according to the German federal wage agreement scheme (TV-L). Candidates are expected to have a strong background in computer science, with a specialisation in machine learning or natural language processing and interest in the topic of the project. Both applicants with completed Master (or equivalent) degree as well as those with a completed PhD (postdocs) are welcome to apply. Please send your application (letter of motivation, curriculum vitae, academic records) at your earliest convenience, but no later than 31.7.2022 to Prof. Dr. Goran Glavaš (goran.glavas(a)uni-wuerzburg.de). You are welcome to contact Prof. Glavaš (via the same email address) for additional information. WüNLP is a young research group that takes diversity very seriously. Female and diversity candidates as well as international candidates are warmly encouraged to apply. Among candidates of equal aptitude and qualifications, a person with disabilities will be given preference.

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Open research position in NLP at Uni Würzburg
by Goran Glavaš 18 Jul '22

18 Jul '22

The Natural Language Processing Chair at JMU Würzburg (WüNLP) as a member of the Center for AI and Data Science (CAIDAS: https://www.uni-wuerzburg.de/caidas) offers one research position in the area of natural language processing (NLP). The position is bound to a European project EUINACTION ( https://www.euinaction.eu/), carried out in collaboration with two Political Science research groups, at the University of Leiden and the University of Strathclyde. The candidate's role in the project will be to apply and advance state-of-the-art neural NLP to help answer interesting research questions in Political Science. The position is available from 1.10.2022 and is available until the end of the grant, 31.12.2023. There is a possibility of extension, subject to mutual interest and availability of third-party research funding. Payment is at the level of E13 according to the German federal wage agreement scheme (TV-L). Candidates are expected to have a strong background in computer science, with a specialisation in machine learning or natural language processing and interest in the topic of the project. Both applicants with completed Master (or equivalent) degree as well as those with a completed PhD (postdocs) are welcome to apply. Please send your application (letter of motivation, curriculum vitae, academic records) at your earliest convenience, but no later than 31.7.2022 to Prof. Dr. Goran Glavaš (goran.glavas(a)uni-wuerzburg.de). You are welcome to contact Prof. Glavaš (via the same email address) for additional information. WüNLP is a young research group that takes diversity very seriously. Female and diversity candidates as well as international candidates are warmly encouraged to apply. Among candidates of equal aptitude and qualifications, a person with disabilities will be given preference.

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[Extended date]: CRAC 2022: 5th Workshop on Computational Models of Reference, Anaphora and Coreference
by Maciej Ogrodniczuk 18 Jul '22

18 Jul '22

(apologies for cross-postings) <https://sites.google.com/view/crac2022/> CRAC 2022, the 5th Workshop on Computational Models of Reference, Anaphora and Coreference, held at COLING 2022 <https://coling2022.org/> on October 16-17, in Gyeongju, Republic of Korea (in hybrid mode) has a new date for sending papers: July 30, 2022. You are welcome to send a paper: * on any topic related to anaphora, reference, coreference * in several categories (research paper, survey paper, position paper, challenge paper, demo paper, extended abstract) Please find all other important information on the CRAC 2022 website <https://sites.google.com/view/crac2022/> . See you at CRAC 2022! Maciej Ogrodniczuk (on behalf of all organizers: Vincent Ng, Sameer Pradhan, Anna Nedoluzhko and Massimo Poesio)

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BEA 2019 - New Open Phase submission website
by BEA 2019 Shared Task 18 Jul '22

18 Jul '22

Dear all, As organisers of the BEA 2019 Shared Task on Grammatical Error Correction, we wish to announce that the Open Phase Codalab evaluation platform for the shared task has now moved to a new server: https://codalab.lisn.upsaclay.fr/competitions/4057 This change was necessary because Codalab are phasing out their old servers, and so the original evaluation platform will no longer accept new submissions. We were unfortunately unable to migrate past submissions, but Detailed Results are now accessible again and server stability should be improved. We have been really pleased to see how our competition has helped GEC take off in the past few years, and hope that this update allows people to continue benchmarking their systems against the BEA 2019 test set for years to come. Do get in touch if you encounter any issues. Thank you, The BEA 2019 Shared Task organisers

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CfP: Special Issue on Trends in Social Media Analysis to Address Fake News, Hate Speech, or Bias (Springer Datenbank-Spektrum)
by Wiegand, Michael 18 Jul '22

18 Jul '22

[Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this CfP] Special Issue on Trends in Social Media Analysis to Address Fake News, Hate Speech, or Bias ========================================================== Springer Datenbank-Spektrum https://www.springer.com/13222 ========================================================== Social media has many benefits: from staying in contact with close and not-so-close friends, over exercising the right to voice one's opinion, to communicating with many like-minded people all over the world and providing an additional channel for information exchange. Unfortunately, social media has also been abused and misused ever since its inception. Hate speech is prevalent on many sites alienating trusting users and hindering fruitful discussions. Fake news are distributed through social media platforms with dangerous effects. But even without malicious intention, social media can be misleading due to various biases in the system. Topics of Interest ================== In this special issue of Datenbank-Spektrum, we will explore and present current trends in the field of automatically detecting and managing hate speech, fake news, bias and other toxic content in the context of social media. We welcome original contributions including technical papers, application-oriented papers, case studies, survey papers and position papers. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: - Automatic detection of hate speech - Methods to improve online discussions - Trust and reputation of social media actors - Identification of fake news - Countermeasures to fight fake news - Detection and/or mitigation of bias - Dealing with bias in training data - Content analysis and NLP - Opinion mining and sentiment analysis on social media - Information extraction and retrieval on social media - Information diffusion within social networks - Ethical and legal aspects Submission Guidelines ==================== Paper format: 8-10 pages, double-column (cf. author guidelines at https://www.springer.com/13222). We welcome contributions in both German and English through the Springer submission system https://www.editorialmanager.com/dasp/ Deadline for submissions: Oct. 1st, 2022; Publication of special issue: DASP-1-2023 (March 2023) Guest editors ============= Feel free to contact the guest editors in case you have questions. Ralf Krestel, ZBW & CAU Kiel, r.krestel(a)zbw.eu Udo Kruschwitz, Universität Regensburg, udo.kruschwitz(a)ur.de Michael Wiegand, Universität Klagenfurt, michael.wiegand(a)aau.at

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