August 2022 - Corpora

Fwd: EAMT Sponsorship of Activities (Students' edition) for 2023 (deadline 07/10/2022)
by Carol Scarton 02 Aug '22

02 Aug '22

************************************************************** EAMT Sponsorship of Activities (Students' edition) for 2023 Deadline: 07/10/2022 ************************************************************** == Call for Proposals == The European Association for Machine Translation (EAMT) is an organisation that serves the growing community of people interested in MT and translation tools, including translators, users, developers, and researchers of this increasingly viable technology. As part of its commitment to promote research, development and awareness about translation technologies, the EAMT is for the third consecutive year launching a call for proposals to fund MT-related activities led by students during 2023. == Purpose of the Call == The EAMT is planning to support various MT activities such as shared tasks, workshops, teaching and awareness initiatives, open-source initiatives, dataset creation and small research and development projects by its current student members. The EAMT particularly welcomes proposals from students in all levels of education, including undergraduates, postgraduates and PhD students. This call will also give priority to projects that extend work done during the Machine Translation Marathon 2022 ( https://ufal.mff.cuni.cz/events/mt-marathon-2022), being held in Prague, Czech Republic from 5 to 10 September 2022. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: - Recent developments in MT research. - MT evaluation methodology, metrics and results. - Launch of MT-specific evaluation campaigns. - New or prospective commercial users of MT technology. - MT environments (workflow, support tools, etc.). - Interaction between users and MT systems. - MT combined with other technologies (translation memories, speech translation, cross-language information retrieval, multilingual text categorization, multilingual text summarization, etc.). - MT for less-resourced languages: development, usage, etc. - MT in the social internet: new uses, new modes of development. - MT for crisis management. - Training events on MT, particularly on recent developments. - Events to disseminate MT, especially to the wider public (including shared tasks). - Creation of datasets for MT research. All proposals will be screened by a review committee that consists of EAMT Executive Committee members and possibly a few appointed external experts if necessary. == Submission information == * Eligibility requirements * In order to qualify for funding, the individual making the proposal must be a confirmed student member of the EAMT at submission time (Membership information: http://www.eamt.org/membership.php). Applicants will also need formal approval from their supervisor. It is important to emphasise that projects are expected to be student-led. Therefore, although we welcome projects showing collaboration with industry and other academic partners, the project is expected to directly benefit the students own career and/or project. * Selection criteria * - The proposed activity should be of direct interest to the MT community at large: researchers, developers, vendors, translators and/or users of MT technologies. - The proposal shall clearly describe the purpose of the project and include measurable mid-project milestones for which a report should be submitted (see below). - Preference will be given to projects which by nature will involve and be beneficial for several persons, as for instance conferences, seminars, workshops, shared tasks and tutorials. - Proposals with a significant, clearly identified impact on the MT community (through the development, dissemination or use of project results) are those most likely to be accepted. - Proposals that bring together different aspects of MT will be especially valued. - The proposal should be clearly justified as being technically and/or scientifically sound. - The quality and efficiency of the implementation of the proposal will be evaluated. - The budget should be adequate for the proposed objectives and the actual implementation of the activity. == Budget == EAMT anticipates funding several proposals for various activities. The total foreseen EAMT Budget for this call is around €4,000 to cover all granted projects. The maximum amount EAMT can grant for a single project will be €4,000. During the negotiation stage, budget adjustments may be required by the EAMT executive committee. This means that the EAMT may only offer to partially fund a project. A project being granted financial support by EAMT according to this call will receive 50% of the granted amount at the start of the project. The proposer will receive the remaining 50% when the mid-project progress report has been received by the EAMT Secretary and substantiates that the mid-project milestones are met, and furthermore provided that the proposer is still a current member of the EAMT. == Contact for enquiries == Carolina Scarton EAMT Secretary e-mail: c.scarton(a)sheffield.ac.uk == Submission procedure == * Overview * Candidates should submit their proposals as a single PDF file, written in English, that is composed of the elements described below. - Proposal description: 2-page maximum - Person/organisation experience: 1-page maximum - Budget and project planning overview: 1-page maximum - Supervisor's letter of approval: 1-page maximum Proposals should be submitted no later than the deadline (see Important Dates below) through EasyChair: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=eamt2023 (Submission type: Project Proposals). Authors are encouraged to use the template available at http://www.eamt.org/eamt2020-projects.zip. Templates for both LaTeX and Microsoft Word are available. * Detailed description of sections of the proposal * 1-) Proposal summary (two pages) in English - Complete contact information of the candidate. - A clear and detailed description of the proposed event or activity. - A statement on why this event or activity would be helpful for the community and the development of your studies (you should establish a clear connection between this activity and your degree project). - A statement justifying why EAMT should support this event or activity. 2-) Experience of the proposing person in the field (up to one page) - It may include a list of experience and related skills of the participants of the team (your team may be composed by your supervisors and potential collaborators). 3-) Budget and project planning overview (up to one page) - A breakdown of the costs estimated for the entire activity or event. - Clear milestones and deliverables must be indicated. - An identification of the support requested from EAMT and possible other supporting funds. 4-) Supervisor's letter of approval (up to one page) - A letter from your supervisor stating that they approve your project submission and that they will act as fund manager if needed (please note that EAMT needs to make payments into a research account set up at your institution). == Important Dates == - Circulation of the Call: August 1, 2022 - Submission deadline for proposals: October 7, 2022, 23:59 CEST - Acceptance notifications and negotiations to start on: December 7, 2022 In case of acceptance: - Mid-project progress report due: June 30, 2023, 23:59 CEST - Final report and deliverables due: January 31, 2024, 23:59 CET == Additional provisions == - Only complete proposals will be reviewed. - All information submitted with proposals will be regarded as confidential and will only be used in the context of this project. - Following the recommendations from the reviewers and EAMT executive members, projects may be approved with amendments that will be discussed during the negotiation stage. - The funded projects may be required to report at the EAMT events (e.g. Poster at the EAMT conference, a short progress report for the General assembly, etc.). If you think you will not have funds for attending the EAMT event you can add travel costs to your budget. - The EAMT should be acknowledged in all materials related to the project, activity or initiative. == No obligation to award the proposal == The EAMT shall be under no obligation to fund the proposals pursuant to this call for proposals. EAMT shall not be liable for any compensation with respect to candidates whose proposals have not been accepted. Nor shall it be liable in the event of it deciding not to award the proposal. -- *Carolina Scarton* Lecturer in Natural Language Processing Department of Computer Science University of Sheffield http://staffwww.dcs.shef.ac.uk/people/C.Scarton/

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PhD position in multilingual NLP at KU Leuven
by Miryam de Lhoneux 02 Aug '22

02 Aug '22

Dear colleagues, The HCI unit within the Computer Science department at KU Leuven (Belgium) has an open PhD position in multilingual NLP. The PhD will be supervised by me. All applications received before the 15th of August will receive full consideration and the position will remain open until filled after that. More information and application link here: https://www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jobsite/jobs/60142077 Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any question! Best, Miryam --- Miryam de Lhoneux (she/her) Postdoc in NLP Incoming assistant professor (oct 2022) Department of Computer Science KU Leuven

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3rd CfP Third workshop on Resources for African Indigenous Language (RAIL)
by Menno Van Zaanen 02 Aug '22

02 Aug '22

Third 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 2022, 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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Text Analysis Instructor (job listing reposted)
by heather froehlich 01 Aug '22

01 Aug '22

Dear all, ITHAKA is seeking a Text Analysis Instructor to join the Constellate team ( https://constellate.org/). *This is a reposting of a previous listing - they have re-opened the search.* The team develops Constellate, an online platform for teaching, learning, and research in text analysis using Python and Jupyter notebooks. In this role, you will work on a cross-functional, close-knit team to develop educational resources and teach training workshops. Constellate enables schools of all sizes to teach data and text analytics with a platform that empowers faculty, librarians, and other instructors to educate a new generation of learners in text and data analysis. Our solution, centered on student and researcher success, provides text and data analysis capabilities and access to content from some of the world’s most respected databases in an open environment with a variety of teaching materials that can be used, modified, and shared. The role will be responsible for teaching regular courses in text analysis to Constellate users, demonstrating features of the platform, increasing user competency in text analysis, and building communities of practice. The role will also work closely with the rest of the Constellate team, joining in discussions around development and marketing. More information and application details are available here: https://www.ithaka.org/careers/?gh_jid=4024359005. The anticipated pay range for this position is $65,000 - 75,000 per year. *I am not affiliated with this search so please direct questions to careers(a)ithaka.org <careers(a)ithaka.org>.* Thank you! Heather Froehlich -- Dr Heather Froehlich w // http://hfroehli.ch t // @heatherfro

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Shared Task on Understanding Figurative Language at FigLang2022 Workshop (Test Set Available August 15, 2022)
by Smaranda Muresan 01 Aug '22

01 Aug '22

*Shared Task on Understanding Figurative Language at FigLang2022* Interested in figurative language understanding, textual entailment, explanation generation? We are happy to announce a new shared task on Understanding Figurative Language as part of the Figurative Language Workshop (FigLang 2022) at EMNLP 2022. *Important dates:* · July 10, 2022: CodaLab competition is open; training data can be downloaded · *Aug 15, 2022: Test data* (available only to registered participants) can be downloaded and results submitted; performance will be tracked on CodaLab dashboard · *Aug 20, 2022: Last day for submitting predictions on test data* · Sept 7, 2022: Papers describing the systems are due · Oct 9, 2022: Notification of acceptance · TBD, 2022: Camera-ready papers due · December 8, 2022: Workshop at EMNLP 2022 In recent years, there have been several benchmarks dedicated to figurative language understanding, which generally frame "understanding" as a recognizing textual entailment task -- deciding whether one sentence (premise) entails/contradicts another (hypothesis) (Chakrabarty et al 2021, Stowe et al 2022). We introduce a new shared task for figurative language understanding around this textual entailment paradigm, where the hypothesis is a sentence containing the figurative language expression (e.g., metaphor, sarcasm, idiom, simile) and the premise is a literal sentence containing the literal meaning. There are two important aspects of this task: 1) the task requires not only to generate the label (entail/contradict) but also to generate a plausible explanation for the prediction; 2) the entail/contradict label and the exploration are related to the meaning of the figurative language expression. For more information about the shared task, including the link to the datasets, evaluation metrics and scripts important dates please visit the Shared task website (https://figlang2022sharedtask.github.io/). Participants can use the following CodaLab ( https://codalab.lisn.upsaclay.fr/competitions/5908) link to participate in the task as well as submit the predictions. *Organizing Team* Tuhin Chakrabarty, Columbia University; tuhin.chakr(a)cs.columbia.edu Arkadiy Saakyan, Columbia University; as5423(a)columbia.edu Debanjan Ghosh, Educational Testing Service; dghosh(a)ets.org Smaranda Muresan, Data Science Institute, Columbia University; smara(a)columbia.edu

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New corpus: Release of faGLOBE (a balanced corpus of 1M-word contemporary written Farsi/Persian)
by Xu, Jiajin 01 Aug '22

01 Aug '22

Dear list members, We are pleased to announce a new corpus of present-day Persian. The faGLOBE Corpus (Version 1) is a balanced collection of contemporary Farsi/Persian written texts, totaling one million words. The text samples in the corpus were gathered and cleaned up by Yanjun Li and three students of Persian, namely, Shuainan Chen, Qi Hu and Tinglu Zhou, of the School of Asian Studies, Beijing Foreign Studies University (BFSU). The online version of the faGLOBE Corpus is available at http://114.251.154.212/cqp/. Both user ID and passcode are ‘test’. More information can be found at http://corpus.bfsu.edu.cn/info/1082/1812.htm. Best, Jiajin XU, Ph.D., Professor National Research Centre for Foreign Language Education, Beijing Foreign Studies University, China

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Postdoc position in computational dialogue modelling, University of Amsterdam
by Raquel Fernández 01 Aug '22

01 Aug '22

I'm looking for a postdoc to join our group at the ILLC, University of Amsterdam. If you are interested in linguistic interaction / visual grounding / model analysis inspired by human cognition and are keen to join the NLP/AI community in Amsterdam, please take a look at the vacancy: https://vacatures.uva.nl/UvA/job/Postdoctoral-Researcher-in-Computational-D… This is a 2-year position funded by my ERC Consolidator grant, which includes generous funding for travel, data collection, etc. There is considerable freedom to choose research agenda, provided there is a good alignment with the research carried out by the group -- please check out our publications to see what we have been working on: https://dmg-illc.github.io/dmg/ The application deadline is the 1st of September 2022, but we will begin to interview as soon as possible. Applications received via the official submission system by the 21st of August will receive full consideration. A starting date within 2022 is highly preferred. Best regards, Raquel -- Raquel Fernández Institute for Logic, Language and Computation University of Amsterdam http://illc.uva.nl/~raquel

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Call for papers: 1st International Multimodal Communication Symposium 2023
by Multimodal Communication Symposium 01 Aug '22

01 Aug '22

Dear colleagues, Could you please help distribute the information below? Thank you very much in advance! ------------------------------------------------ ***With apologies for multiple postings*** *MMSYM 2023* *1st International Multimodal Communication Symposium, April 27-28 2023, Barcelona* The *1st International Multimodal Communication Symposium (**MMSYM 2023)* will be held from Thursday 27th to Friday 28th April 2023 at Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona, Catalonia. *MMSYM 2023* follows up on a tradition established by the Swedish Symposia on Multimodal Communication held from 1997 until 2000, and continued by the Nordic Symposia on Multimodal Communication held from 2003 to 2012. Since 2013, the symposium has acquired a broader European dimension, with editions held in Malta (2013), Tartu (2014), Dublin (2015), Copenhagen (2016), Bielefeld (2017), and Leuven (2019). To acknowledge its international ambition, this year, the symposium in Barcelona has updated its name to *1st International Multimodal Communication Symposium*. The symposium is locally organized at Universitat Pompeu Fabra with the support of the research groups collaborating within the GEHM network (GEstures and Head Movements in Language, https://cst.ku.dk/english/projects/gestures-and-head-movements-in-language-…), whose goal is to foster research into the way hand gestures and head movements interact with speech in face-to-face and human-computer multimodal communication. We welcome works aimed at exploring different approaches to multimodal communication, including research on multimodality in human communication and/or in human-computer interaction. In addition, this year’s symposium has a particular interest in three main research themes: 1) the language-specific characteristics of gesture-speech interaction 2) multimodal prominence 3) the conceptual and statistical modelling of multimodal contributions, with particular regard to head movements and the use of gaze. Therefore, we particularly encourage contributions dealing with––but not limited to––the three topics described above. The symposium will feature *keynote talks* by three confirmed invited speakers: § *Alan Cienki*, Professor of Language Use & Cognition and English Linguistics, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. Website: https://research.vu.nl/en/persons/alan-cienki § *Jelena Krivokapić*, Associate Professor in Linguistics, University of Michigan. Website: https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/jelenakrivokapic/ § *Catherine Pelachaud*, Director of Research, Institute of Intelligent Systems and Robotics, Campus Pierre et Marie Curie, Sorbonne Université. Website: https://www.isir.upmc.fr/personnel/pelachaud/ *Abstract submission guidelines* 1) Abstracts should be written in English and should not exceed 2 A4 pages (max. 700 words) including examples, figures and references. The format should comply with the MS Word model provided *here*: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Eyi9laqglihk7OmfFWv8QsEd1jqzYjIi/edit?r… 2) Add at least three keywords to your submission. 3) Abstracts should be *anonymous* and submitted in pdf format. All references to authors should be omitted for purposes of blind review. 4) Authors may submit one abstract as first author and up to three abstracts as a co-author. Please use our *EasyChair* website for abstract submissions: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=mmsym2023 Abstracts received after the deadline will not be considered. Accepted abstracts will be allocated as either oral talk or poster presentation, and will be published in the book of abstracts. *Abstract submission*: September 30, 2022 *Notification of acceptance*: approximately December 15, 2022 For more information, please visit the symposium website at http://mmsym.org/ If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact us at mmsym2023(a)gmail.com *Local organizing committee:* Pilar Prieto (coordinator) Florence Baills Júlia Florit-Pons Celia Gorba Sara Muñoz Mariia Pronina Patrick Rohrer Ïo Valls Ingrid Vilà-Giménez Xiaotong Xi Ting Yao Yuan Zhang *Program committee:* Patrizia Paggio (coordinator, University of Copenhagen) Jens Edlund (KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm) Marianne Gullberg (Lund University) David House (KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm) Maria Koutsombogera (Trinity College Dublin) Pilar Prieto (ICREA-Universitat Pompeu Fabra) Carl Vogel (Trinity College Dublin) Margaret Zellers (Kiel University) ------------------------------------------------ Please feel free to share the call with your colleagues/networks. Best wishes, The MMSYM 2023 Organizing Committee

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Extended CFP - SIMBig 2022, 8 Keynotes Speakers, Peru (AI, Data Science, NLP, ML)
by Juan Antonio Lossio-Ventura 01 Aug '22

01 Aug '22

> [Apologies for cross-posting] > > > **** The Submission Deadline is Extended to August 12 **** > > ================================================================= > CALL FOR PAPERS - DEADLINE EXTENSION - SIMBig 2022 > ================================================================= > > SIMBig 2022 - 9th International Conference on Information Management and Big Data > Where: Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, PERU > When: November 16 - 18, 2022 > Website: http://simbig.org/SIMBig2022/ <http://simbig.org/SIMBig2022/> > > ================================================================= > > OVERVIEW > ---------------------------------- > > SIMBig 2022 seeks to present new methods of Artificial Intelligence (AI), Data Science, and related fields, for analyzing, managing, and extracting insights and patterns from large volumes of data. > > > KEYNOTE SPEAKERS > ------------- > > Leman Akoglu, Carnegie Mellon University, USA > Jiang Bian, University of Florida, USA > Rich Caruana, Microsoft, USA > Dilek Hakkani-Tur, Amazon Alexa AI, USA > Monica Lam, Stanford University, USA > Wang-Chiew Tan, Facebook AI, USA > Andrew Tomkins, Google, USA > Bin Yu, University of California, Berkeley, USA > > IMPORTANT DATES > ------------- > > August 05, 2022 August 12, 2022--> Papers submission deadline > September 09, 2022 --> Notification of acceptance > October 07, 2022 --> Camera-ready versions > November 16 - 18, 2022 --> Conference held in Lima, Peru > > PUBLICATION AND TRAVEL AWARDS > ------------- > > All accepted papers of SIMBig 2022 (tracks including) will be published with Springer CCIS Series <https://www.springer.com/series/7899>. > > > The best 8-10 papers of SIMBig 2022 (tracks including) will be selected to submit an extension to be published with the Springer SN Computer Science Journal. <https://www.springer.com/journal/42979> > Thanks to the support of the North American Chapter of the Association for Computational Linguistics (NAACL) <http://naacl.org/>, SIMBig 2022 will offer 4 student travel awards for the best papers. > > > > TOPICS OF INTEREST > ------------- > > SIMBig 2022 has a broad scope. We invite contributions on theory and practice, including but not limited to the following technical areas: > > Artificial Intelligence > Data Science > Machine Learning > Natural Language Processing > Semantic Web > Healthcare Informatics > Biomedical Informatics > Data Privacy and Security > Information Retrieval > Ontologies and Knowledge Representation > Social Networks and Social Web > Information Visualization > OLAP and Business intelligence > Data-driven Software Engineering > > SPECIAL TRACKS > ------------- > > SIMBig 2022 proposes three special tracks in addition to the main conference: > > ANLP <https://simbig.org/SIMBig2022/en/anlp.html> - Applied Natural Language Processing > DISE <https://simbig.org/SIMBig2022/en/dise.html> - Data-drIven Software Engineering > SNMAM <https://simbig.org/SIMBig2022/en/snmam.html> - Social Network and Media Analysis and Mining > > CONTACT > ------------- > > SIMBig 2022 General Chairs > > Juan Antonio Lossio-Ventura, National Institutes of Health, USA (juan.lossio(a)nih.gov <mailto:juan.lossio@nih.gov>) > Hugo Alatrista-Salas, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Peru (halatrista(a)pucp.pe <mailto:halatrista@pucp.pe>) >

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