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FINAL EXTENSION October 13, 2024- ACM SAC 2025 - Knowledge and Natural Language Processing Track
by Patrizio Bellan 11 Oct '24

11 Oct '24

The 40th ACM/SIGAPP Symposium on Applied Computing ACM SAC 2025 March 31 - April 4, 2025 - Catania, Italy Knowledge and Natural Language Processing Track ***************************************** Important Dates Author deadline for submissions: September 20, 2024 October 4, 2024 FINAL EXTENSION October 13, 2024 Author notification of acceptance: October 30, 2024 Author camera ready and registration due: November 29, 2024 ***************************************** Aim Aim of the Knowledge and Natural Language Processing (KNLP) track at ACM SAC is to investigate techniques and application of knowledge engineering and natural language processing, two extremely interdisciplinary and lively research areas at the core of Artificial Intelligence. In particular, the track welcomes contributions combining and complementing methods and approaches from both areas. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: - Natural Language Processing NLP tasks for Knowledge Extraction NLP for Ontology Population and Learning Sentiment Analysis and Opinion Mining for Knowledge Applications Interplay between Language and Ontologies NLP for Explainable Knowledge Machine Translation techniques for Multi-lingual Knowledge NLP for the Web (Large) Language Models and Knowledge - Knowledge Knowledge to improve NLP tasks Knowledge for Information Retrieval Knowledge-based Sentiment Analysis and Opinion Mining Combining Knowledge and Deep Learning for NLP Knowledge for Text Summarization and Generation Knowledge for Persuasion Knowledge-based Machine Translation Knowledge for the Web Linked Data for NLP Knowledge-based NL Explainability RAG and Knowledge injection for Language Models - Applications Real-world applications that exploit Knowledge and NLP Knowledge and NLP Systems for Big Data scenarios Knowledge and NLP technology for diverse, equitable, and inclusive society Deployment of Knowledge and NLP Systems in specific domains, such as: Digital Humanities and Social Sciences eGovernment and public administration Life sciences, health and medicine News and Data Streaming ***************************************** Paper Submission Research papers and experience reports related to the above topics are solicited. Submissions must not have been published or be concurrently considered for publication elsewhere. Papers should be submitted in PDF using the ACM-SAC proceedings format using the submission link on the SAC 2025 website (https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.sigapp.org/sac/sac2025/&source=gma…). Authors' names and affiliations should be entered separately at the submission site and not appear in the submitted papers. Each submission will be reviewed in a DOUBLE-BLIND process according to the ACM-SAC Regulations. Student Research Competition (SRC) submissions are welcome (see SAC 2025 website for details). Full papers are limited to 8 pages, in camera-ready format, included in the registration fee. Authors have the option to include up to two (2) extra pages (paying an extra charge). Posters are limited to 2 pages, in camera-ready format, included in the registration fee. Authors have the option to include only one (1) extra page (paying an extra charge). SRC Abstracts are limited to 3 pages, in camera-ready format, included in the registration fee. No extra pages are allowed. Paper selection is based on originality, technical contribution, presentation quality, and relevance to the Knowledge and Natural Language Processing Track. Some papers may be accepted as posters. Paper registration is required, allowing the inclusion of the paper/poster in the conference proceedings. An author or a proxy attending SAC MUST present the paper. This is a requirement for the paper/poster to be included in the ACM digital library. No-show of registered papers and posters will result in excluding them from the ACM digital library. ***************************************** Track Co-Chairs Patrizio Bellan, Fondazione Bruno Kessler (FBK) Marco Bombieri, Università degli Studi di Verona Mauro Dragoni, Fondazione Bruno Kessler (FBK) Marco Rospocher, Università degli Studi di Verona ***************************************** Programme Committee TBA ***************************************** General Inquiries For further information, please visit SAC Knowledge and Natural Language Processing Track (https://www.google.com/url?q=https://knlp-sac.github.io/2025/&source=gmail-…) and SAC 2024 conference websites (https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.sigapp.org/sac/sac2025/&source=gma…) or feel free to contact the Track Co-Chairs at knlp(a)fbk.eu<mailto:knlp@fbk.eu> . -- -- Le informazioni contenute nella presente comunicazione sono di natura privata e come tali sono da considerarsi riservate ed indirizzate esclusivamente ai destinatari indicati e per le finalità strettamente legate al relativo contenuto. 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Interspeech 2025: Call for Proposals for special sessions
by Grzegorz Chrupała 10 Oct '24

10 Oct '24

============================================ Interspeech 2025 17 - 21 August, Rotterdam, The Netherlands https://www.interspeech2025.org/ ============================================ Call for Special Sessions Proposals https://www.interspeech2025.org/call-for-special-sessions ============================================ Important Dates =============== Proposals of special sessions due: 8 November 2024 Notification of pre-selection for special sessions: 18 November 2024 Final list of special sessions: 14 May 2025 Submissions for special session proposals are invited for Interspeech 2025 https://interspeech2025.org/. Special Sessions should cover interdisciplinary topics and/or important new emerging areas in speech communication. Submissions related to the special focus of the conference's theme, Fair and Inclusive Speech Science and Technology, are particularly welcome. Proposals should describe why the topic is relevant to the conference regular topics, and if applicable, to the conference's theme. Each special session proposal must contain the following information: * Special session title * Names and affiliations of the organizers (including contact information and a brief biography for each organizer) * Up to five bullet points on what makes the session special * A summary (up to one page) stating the importance of the session's topic and objectives. The summary should also explain why the topic is not properly covered by regular conference sessions. * A tentative list of authors who could contribute papers to the session. Note that with an approximate 50% acceptance rate for Interspeech papers, special sessions should have a minimum of 12 anticipated submissions, unless their format allocates time to other formats than paper presentations. * Special sessions may have a different format from regular sessions, e.g., panel discussion, longer summary talks, or a mix thereof. The proposal's session format should be clearly defined (panel, oral, posters, etc.). * Additional or non-standard resources (e.g., data, equipment, poster stands, etc.) needed for organizing the special session. Proposals will be evaluated by the organizing committee in consultation with the ISCA Technical Committee for relevance and significance to the conference. Papers for approved Special Sessions must be submitted according to the same schedule and procedure as used for regular papers. Papers will undergo the same review process by anonymous and independent reviewers. Special Session organizers may suggest reviewers. Note that the ISCA board has decided that special sessions can run for a maximum of three years in total. If this rule makes your proposal ineligible, we encourage you to organize your event as an Interspeech Satellite Workshop instead. Proposals as well as any questions should be submitted to the Special Session Chairs: Rob van Son (Netherlands Cancer Institute, the Netherlands) and Heysem Kaya (Utrecht University, the Netherlands) at specialsessions(a)interspeech2025.org.

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Interspeech 2025: Call for Challenge Proposals
by Grzegorz Chrupała 10 Oct '24

10 Oct '24

============================================ Interspeech 2025 17 - 21 August, Rotterdam, The Netherlands https://www.interspeech2025.org/ ============================================ Call for Challenge Proposals https://www.interspeech2025.org/call-for-challenges ============================================ Important Dates =============== Proposals of challenges due: 21 October 2024 Notification of pre-selection for challenges: 31 October 2024 Challenge paper deadline (same as regular papers) : 12 February 2025 Final list of challenges: 14 May 2025 Submissions for challenge proposals are invited for Interspeech2025 https://interspeech2025.org/. Challenge proposals should cover interdisciplinary topics and/or important new emerging areas in speech communication. Submissions related to the special focus of the conference's theme, Fair and Inclusive Speech Science and Technology, are particularly welcome. Proposals should describe why the topic is relevant to the conference regular topics, and if applicable, to the conference's theme. Note that the deadline for challenge proposal submission is earlier than regular special sessions, namely on October 21 2024. This is to give the challenge organizers time to disseminate the call and give participants enough time to participate and submit their papers before the regular paper deadline. A Challenge proposal must contain the following information: * Challenge title * Challenge organizers (including contact information and a brief biography for each organizer) * Brief introduction of the challenge * Significance of the challenge * Rules for participation * Criteria for judging the submissions to the competition * Data sets to be used and, if applicable, planned baseline systems * Relevant dates (e.g., submission deadline, data available, and winner announcement) Proposals will be evaluated by the organizing committee in consultation with the ISCA Technical Committee for relevance and significance to the conference. Papers for approved Challenges must be submitted according to the same schedule and procedure as used for regular papers. Papers will undergo the same review process by anonymous and independent reviewers. Challenge organizers may suggest reviewers. Note that the ISCA board has decided that challenges can run for a maximum of three years in total. If this rule makes your proposal ineligible, we encourage you to organize your event as an Interspeech Satellite Workshop instead. Proposals as well as any questions should be submitted to the Special Session Chairs: Rob van Son (Netherlands Cancer Institute, the Netherlands) and Heysem Kaya (Utrecht University, the Netherlands) at specialsessions(a)interspeech2025.org.

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Postdoctoral Scholar Opening - ITAO Department at the University of Notre Dame
by John Lalor 09 Oct '24

09 Oct '24

Postdoctoral Scholar Opening - ITAO Department at the University of Notre Dame Apply here: https://apply.interfolio.com/156773 The Department of IT, Analytics, and Operations in the Mendoza College of Business at the University of Notre Dame is hiring one postdoctoral fellow as part of an NSF-funded project under the supervision of Assistant Professor John Lalor. The position is for two years, with an anticipated start date of January 2025. The project’s scope includes personalization in large language models, human-LLM interaction, and instance hardness and data difficulty. The fellow will be expected to conduct research in these areas, assist with PhD student mentoring, and submit research for publication in top Information Systems and/or Computer Science venues. The position includes a travel allowance for collaborations and conference presentations. Qualifications - PhD received within the last five years in machine learning, information systems, or a closely related field. - History of publications in top ML/NLP/IS conferences or journals. - Experience with open-source software and reproducible research. Application Instructions - Updated CV, indicating date of PhD completion - Brief cover letter - Two letters of recommendation highlighting the candidate's research accomplishments. Equal Employment Opportunity Statement The University of Notre Dame seeks to attract, develop, and retain the highest quality faculty, staff and administration. The University is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and is committed to building a culturally diverse workplace. We strongly encourage applications from female and minority candidates and those candidates attracted to a university with a Catholic identity. Moreover, Notre Dame prohibits discrimination against veterans or disabled qualified individuals, and requires affirmative action by covered contractors to employ and advance veterans and qualified individuals with disabilities in compliance with 41 CFR 60-741.5(a) and 41 CFR 60-300.5(a). Apply here: https://apply.interfolio.com/156773 -- John Lalor Assistant Professor of IT, Analytics, and Operations University of Notre Dame http://www.nd.edu/~jlalor1

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DANTE resurrected: public release of the DANTE English lexical database
by Miloš Jakubíček 09 Oct '24

09 Oct '24

We proudly announce the public availability of the DANTE lexical database, developed originally by Sue Atkins, Adam Kilgarriff and Michael Rundell in 2010 for Foras na Gaeilge, which decided to release the dataset under the CC-BY licence recently. "DANTE – the Database of ANalysed Texts of English – is a lexical database which provides a corpus-based description of the core vocabulary of English. It records the semantic, grammatical, combinatorial, and text-type characteristics of over 42,000 single-word lemmas and 23,000 compounds and phrasal verbs, and it also includes over 27,000 idioms and phrases." (Rundell & Atkins, 2010) The dataset is provided in a Lexonomy instance running at https://dantedictionary.com/ (including API) as well as raw data at https://github.com/lexicalcomputing/dante. Regards, Miloš Jakubíček Lexical Computing References: * https://dantedictionary.com/ * https://github.com/lexicalcomputing/dante * Convery, C., Mianáin, P. O., Raghallaigh, M. O., Atkins, S., Kilgarriff, A., & Rundell, M. (2010). The DANTE Database (Database of ANalysed Texts of English) [Conference paper]. Proceedings of the XIV EURALEX International Conference

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Final Call for Papers: NoDaLiDa/Baltic-HLT 2025
by Sara Stymne 09 Oct '24

09 Oct '24

***Apologies for possible cross-posting *** The two major conferences in the Baltic and Nordic regions, NoDaLiDa, organized by The Northern European Association for Language Technology (NEALT) and Baltic HLT are joining forces to organize NoDaLiDa/Baltic-HLT 2025 – The Joint 25th Nordic Conference on Computational Linguistics and 11th Baltic Conference on Human Language Technologies, to be held in Tallinn, Estonia, on March 2–5, 2025. https://www.nodalida-bhlt2025.eu/conference KEYNOTE SPEAKERS Dirk Hovy, Bocconi University, Milan Arianna Bisazza, University of Groningen SUBMISSIONS NoDaLiDa/Baltic-HLT 2025 addresses all aspects of natural language processing, speech recognition and synthesis, and computational linguistics, including work in closely related neighboring disciplines (such as, for example, machine learning, linguistics, digital humanities, or psychology) that is sufficiently formalized or applied to bear relevance to speech and language technologies. We invite paper submissions of three types: * regular papers on substantial, original, and unpublished research, including empirical evaluation results, where appropriate; * short papers on smaller, focused contributions, work in progress, negative results, surveys, or opinion pieces; and * demonstration papers on software or resource demonstrations, e.g. of systems, interfaces, infrastructures, data collections, or annotations. Demonstration papers do not need to be anonymous. We particularly encourage submission of papers on completed or ongoing work, where the first author is a Master's or PhD student. This should be indicated at submission time. Papers accepted for presentation at the conference will be included in the NoDaLiDa/Baltic-HLT 2025 proceedings, which are published in the ACL Anthology and the NEALT Proceedings Series at DSpace at Tartu University Library (negotiations for indexation are ongoing and expected to be in place at publication time) SCHEDULE * Monday, October 21, 2024: Submission of Papers * Monday, December 9, 2024: Notification of Acceptance * Monday, January 13, 2025: Camera-Ready Manuscripts * Monday and Tuesday, March 3–4, 2025: Main Conference The main conference will be held on-site only, without an online option, in order to facilitate networking. SUBMISSION FORMATS All submissions must follow the NoDaLiDa 2025 style files, which will be available for LaTeX (preferred) and MS Word. Submissions must be anonymous, i.e. not reveal author(s) on the title page or through self-references. Papers must be submitted digitally, in PDF, and uploaded through the online conference system. Paper submissions that violate either of these requirements will be returned without review. The page limits for submissions are: up to eight pages for regular papers and up to four pages for short papers and demo papers. For all three submission types, these page limits do not include additional pages with bibliographic references. We do not allow any extra pages for appendices. DOUBLE SUBMISSION and PRE-PUBLICATION Papers that have been or will be submitted to other venues must indicate this at submission time and must be withdrawn from the other venues if accepted to NoDALiDa/Baltic-HLT 2025. Authors of papers accepted for presentation at NoDALiDa/Baltic_HLT must notify the program chairs by the camera-ready deadline as to whether the paper will be presented. We will not accept for publication or presentation papers that overlap significantly in content or results with papers that will be (or have been) published elsewhere. We follow the ACL Anonymity Policy, which means that we have no anonymity period. Authors are still cautioned against extensive advertising. SUBMISSION MANAGEMENT Submissions to the conference must be uploaded electronically, obeying the above requirements, and no later than (end of day, anywhere on earth): Monday, October 21, 2024. Submission is done through OpenReview: https://openreview.net/group?id=NoDaLiDa/Baltic-HLT/2025/Conference Please note: To submit a paper, you need an account on OpenReview. For persons without an institutional email, it can take up to two weeks to have an account verified. Thus, please create an account early if you don’t have one already! PROGRAM COMMITTEE General Chair * Sara Stymne, Uppsala University, Sweden Program Chairs * Mark Fišel, University of Tartu, Estonia * Daniel Hershcovich, University of Copenhagen, Denmark * Jenna Kanerva, University of Turku, Finland * Pierre Lison, Norwegian Computing Centre, Norway * Inguna Skadiņa, University of Latvia, Lativa * Andrius Utka, Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuania Workshop chairs * Normunds Grūzītis, University of Latvia, Latvia * Samia Touileb, University of Bergen, Norway Publication chair * Richard Johansson, Chalmers Technical University, Sweden Social media chair * Mike Zhang, Aalborg University, Denmark To inquire about the submission and reviewing process or the scientific program of the conference, please email ‘nodalida_baltichlt_2025-pc(a)googlegroups.com<mailto:nodalida_baltichlt_2025-pc@googlegroups.com>’. Local Chairs * Helen Kaljumäe, Institute of the Estonian Language, Estonia * Kadri Vare, Institute of the Estonian Language, Estonia * Merily Remma, Institute of the Estonian Language, Estonia For all practical inquiries, please email ‘nodalida_baltichlt_2025-loc(a)eki.ee<mailto:nodalida_baltichlt_2025-loc@eki.ee>’. Follow us on X: https://twitter.com/NoDaLiDa Web page: https://www.nodalida-bhlt2025.eu/conference När du har kontakt med oss på Uppsala universitet med e-post så innebär det att vi behandlar dina personuppgifter. För att läsa mer om hur vi gör det kan du läsa här: http://www.uu.se/om-uu/dataskydd-personuppgifter/ E-mailing Uppsala University means that we will process your personal data. For more information on how this is performed, please read here: http://www.uu.se/en/about-uu/data-protection-policy

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[CORPORA] Workshop: Large Language Models for the History, Philosophy, and Sociology of Science (2-4 April 2025, TU Berlin)
by Arno Simons 09 Oct '24

09 Oct '24

Large Language Models for the History, Philosophy, and Sociology of Science (Workshop)* April 2-4, 2025, Technische Universität Berlin, Germany Organized jointly by: Gerd Graßhoff (HU Berlin), Arno Simons (TU Berlin), Adrian Wüthrich (TU Berlin), and Michael Zichert (TU Berlin) Summary We invite contributions to our workshop on using large language models (LLMs) in the history, philosophy, and sociology of science (HPSS). The workshop will focus on exploring use cases and proposals for how, and to what extent, LLMs might help overcome long-standing challenges in studies of how science works. The event will take place from April 2–4, 2025, at Technische Universität Berlin, Germany. Attendance (online and on site) will be free and open to the public but registration will be required. To contribute a talk, please submit abstracts of 300–600 words by December 31, 2024, to arno.simons(a)tu-berlin.de. Workshop topics Computational approaches to the history of science are in the process of establishing themselves among the standard repertoire of tools in the field and we have seen remarkable successes in their application already. Subfields of sociology of science have focused, since long, on quantitative methods such as bibliometrics and scientometrics. More recently, philosophy of science has experienced a shift towards allowing more empirical approaches including large-scale algorithmic analyses of scientific or methodological concepts. Computational tools can not only help reduce the workload in traditional research in these fields but, more importantly, also open up new avenues which to explore would otherwise be hopeless. Analyses of co-occurrences and word frequencies as well as more advanced techniques such as topic modeling have helped go beyond identifying only structural features of scientific activities and began scratching the surface of semantics. However, a deeper understanding of scientific concepts, the structure of scientific arguments, and the process of knowledge transformation and spread have remained formidable challenges for computational approaches in the mentioned fields. With the advent of LLMs this might change now. Natural language processing and machine learning have made a spectacular leap forward in their attempt to capture and analyze meaning and grammatical structures of texts. This promises that LLMs can help HPSS researchers meet the aforementioned challenges. However—besides general issues such as opacity, bias and interpretability—the use of LLMs for HPSS is likely to face unique obstacles arising from the specialized nature of scientific language as well as the specific perspectives and objectives of HPSS. It will be the main goal of this workshop to see how, given these obstacles, the most recent advances in LLM development can help overcome long-standing challenges in HPSS. Accordingly, the workshop will address two key themes, with the goal of synthesizing them over the course of the event. On one hand, contributions should articulate the specific needs and desiderata of HPSS researchers—what they hope LLMs can achieve for their work. On the other hand, the current state of LLM development should be critically examined to determine to what extent these research goals are becoming attainable. Ideally, contributions will address both these objectives, though submissions focused on only one of them are also welcome. We particularly encourage contributions that focus on: Use cases that demonstrate how LLMs can help resolve current issues in HPSS Examples of how LLMs allow researchers to ask and answer new types of questions in HPSS How new types of sources and data, made analyzable through LLMs, contribute to novel insights in HPSS research We look for contributions that help resolve questions like these: How can LLMs help gain new perspectives on long-standing problems in HPSS such as determining the relevant contexts of knowledge claims, the dynamics of scientific controversies, problems of incommensurability, and generalizability of case studies? How can LLMs handle the specialized language of scientific texts, including technical jargon, citations, and mathematical formulas? How can LLMs bridge the gap between qualitative and computational methods and help overcome their limitations? How can LLMs be integrated into existing theoretical and methodological frameworks in HPSS, or how should these frameworks evolve to accommodate LLM-based analysis? How can we evaluate the validity of results generated by LLMs, given their opacity? How can LLMs account for the temporal development of scientific language and knowledge over time? Format and practical information The workshop will take place from April 2-4, 2025 at Technische Universität Berlin. The program will consist of an invited keynote and contributed short talks (15+10 min) as well as additional sessions for discussions. Attendance (online and on site) will be free and open to the public but registration will be required. Information on this will follow closer to the date. To contribute a talk, please send an abstract of your planned contribution of 300-600 words by e-mail to arno.simons(a)tu-berlin.de by December 31, 2024. We encourage every contributor to present on site and to participate in the whole workshop program. In exceptional cases, we will offer the possibility to present remotely. Participation of underrepresented groups is particularly welcome, and we may be able to offer financial support to cover travel costs for contributing authors in exceptional cases. Please indicate in your submission if you would like to apply for financial support. We plan to publish the slides, videos, and abstracts on a suitable platform. We also plan to write a report on the workshop and on the perspectives resulting from it. Stable workshop URL: https://www.tu.berlin/hps-mod-sci/workshop-llms-for-hpss * The workshop is funded by the European Union through the project “Network Epistemology in Practice (NEPI)” (ERC Consolidator Grant, Project No. 101044932). Views and opinions expressed are however those of the organizers only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Research Council. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them. -- Arno Simons Technische Universität Berlin Institut für Philosophie, Literatur-, Wissenschafts- und Technikgeschichte https://www.tu.berlin/hps-mod-sci/arno-simons

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University of Cyprus -- Department of Computer Science: Reseaerch Vacancies
by Announce 09 Oct '24

09 Oct '24

University of Cyprus -- Department of Computer Science Postdoctoral Research Associates in Multi Robotic Systems Application Deadline: October 18, 2024 No. of Positions: Four (4) The University of Cyprus announces four (4) Postdoctoral Research Associate positions, focusing on Multi-robotic Systems (MRS), for full-time employment. The successful candidates are expected to conduct top-quality research on collaborative drone operations (including cooperative aerial robotic flight planning, task execution and reasoning, as well as cooperative distributed control) with applications in urban air mobility and disaster management. Job Details  The successful candidates are expected to: •Conduct research in the area of Multi-Robot Systems (MRS), within the context of research and/or innovation projects. •Use machine learning techniques including reinforcement learning, physics-informed neural networks (PINNs), and transformer models for MRS tasks and scenarios that are adaptable and reusable to exploit acquired knowledge and tools. •Develop next-generation autonomous systems for effective, safe, and secure operation during MRS missions, enhancing overall operational performance. •Execute simulation-based scenarios using ROS-Gazebo for dataset generation, training, testing, and evaluation of novel algorithms. •Implement and field-test state-of-the-art drone fleets using both open-source (Ardupilot/PX4) and proprietary (DJI) flight controller platforms. •Provide technical expertise for the development and implementation of multi-robotic systems. •Collaborate with external partners, including industry and first responder organizations, to evaluate newly developed technologies in these areas. •Engage in the preparation of research and/or innovation proposals. •Prepare reports and EU-funded project deliverables. Application  Interested candidates can submit their applications online through the following link: https://applications.ucy.ac.cy/recruitment •Cover letter explaining the interest of the applicant in pursuing a career at the KIOS CoE, along with employment availability date •Short summary of prior work experiences, activities and accomplishments (can be combined with the cover letter) (2 pages maximum) •A detailed curriculum vitae in English •Copies of transcripts of BSc/MSc/PhD or other degree(s) •Copy of an English language certificate •Identify at least two referees that can provide reference letters

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2nd call for project proposals, BLAH9 (deadline extended)
by Jin-Dong Kim 09 Oct '24

09 Oct '24

Apologies for multiple posting — The 9th Biomedical Linked Annotation Hackathon (BLAH9) 13 - 17 January, 2025 Tachikawa, Tokyo, Japan https://blah9.linkedannotation.org/ Submission due of project proposals : 25 Oct., 2024 (Extended) SPECIAL THEME *Ensuring Robustness in LLM-based Research: Reproducibility, Interoperability, and Reliable Evaluation.* CALL FOR PROJECT PROPOSALS We are seeking project proposals from individuals and teams interested in advancing biomedical literature annotation and mining, with a particular focus this year on enhancing reproducibility, interoperability, and reliable evaluation in the context of using large language models (LLMs). Proposals should be structured to achieve measurable outcomes through collaboration during the hackathon, with clearly defined objectives that can lead to meaningful insights by the end of the event. Suggested proposal topics may include, but are not limited to: - Enhancing interoperability in LLM-based annotation and mining - Developing reliable evaluation frameworks for LLM-based annotation and mining - Improving reproducibility in LLM-based annotation and mining - ... Submission due of project proposals is 25 Oct., 2024 (Extended) TRAVEL SUPPORT Those who submit project proposals are eligible to apply for travel support. See the homepage for detailed information. PROGRAM COMMITTEE - Jin-Dong Kim - DBCLS, ROIS-DS - Fabio Rinaldi - IDSIA - Zhiyong Lu - NCBI, NLM - Lars Juhl Jensen - Univ. Copenhagen

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First Call for Shared Task Proposals for RANLP 2025
by Ranasinghe, Tharindu 08 Oct '24

08 Oct '24

We invite proposals for tasks to be run as part of RANLP 2025 (Recent Advances in Natural Language Processing): https://ranlp.org/ranlp2025/.<https://ranlp.org/ranlp2025/> RANLP is one of the most influential and competitive NLP conferences. RANLP 2025 will take place in September 2025 at the Black Sea city of Varna. For the first time in RANLP history, we are organising a shared task campaign as part of the main conference and inviting task organisers to submit their task proposals. Researchers and practitioners from all areas of Natural Language Processing and related communities are invited to submit task proposals. For RANLP 2025, we welcome any task that can evaluate an automatic system for natural language processing. We especially encourage tasks for languages other than English, multi-lingual tasks, and tasks that develop novel applications of natural language processing. We strongly encourage proposals based on already published datasets, as this can provide concrete examples and help minimise the challenges of organising the shared task. In the event of receiving many proposals, preference will be given to proposals based on already published datasets. If you are unsure whether a task is suitable, please contact the shared task chairs to discuss your idea. Task Selection Task proposals will be reviewed by at least two reviewers, and the reviews will serve as the basis for acceptance decisions. Task proposals will be evaluated on: * Novelty - Is the task based on a new problem that has not been explored much in the community? If similar tasks have been organised before, does this task cover new languages/ domains? * Data – Is the data available and published already? Do annotations have meaningfully high inter-annotator agreements? Have all appropriate licenses for the use and re-use of the data been secured? * Evaluation—Is the evaluation methodology sound? Is there an automated platform for the evaluation (e.g., CodaLab, Kaggle)? Task Organisation We specifically welcome task proposals from early career researchers. However, we strongly encourage tasks that have a diverse team of organisers as that will ease the task organisation. Apart from providing a dataset, task organisers are expected to: 1. Verify data quality in terms of annotator agreement. 2. Verify licenses for the data to allow its use in the competition. 3. Provide task participants with baseline systems. 4. Create a CodaLab or other similar evaluation platform for the task and manage automatic evaluation. 5. Promote the task within the target research community. 6. Manage and organise review process of participants’ submissions of system description papers. 7. Write a task description paper to be included in RANLP proceedings. 8. Contribute to the tasks overview paper written by shared task chairs and other task organisers which will also be included in RANLP proceedings. 9. Register and present the shared task description paper at RANLP 2025 on either 11th or 12th September 2025 (the exact date will be confirmed later) Important Dates * Task proposals due - October 28, 2024 * Task selection notification – November 4, 2024 Recommended Timeline for the Tasks * Sample data and task website ready - November 15, 2024 * Training data ready - December 15, 2024 * Evaluation data ready - March 1, 2025 * Evaluation starts – March 10, 2025 * Evaluation end - March 31, 2025 (latest date; task organisers may choose an earlier date) * Paper submission due – April 20, 2025 * Notification to authors – May 16, 2025 * Task overview paper due – May 25, 2025 * Camera-ready due - May 31, 2025 * Shared task presentation co-located with RANLP 2025 – September 11 and September 12, 2025 Tasks that do not meet critical deadlines such as those for launching the task, setting up the CodaLab website, and uploading samples, training, and evaluation data may be cancelled at the discretion of the shared task chairs. Submission Details The task proposal should be a self-contained document of no longer than 2 pages (plus additional pages for references). All submissions must be in PDF format, following the RANLP 2023 template available at https://ranlp.org/ranlp2023/index.php/submissions/ Each proposal should contain the following: * Overview * Summary of the task – What is the goal of the task * Expected number of participants and justification * Data & Resources * How the training/testing data will be produced. Discuss whether the dataset is already published * Details of license, so that the data can be used by the research community * How much data will be produced * How data quality will be ensured and evaluated * An example of what the data would look like * Evaluation * The evaluation methodology to be used, including clear evaluation criteria - * The evaluation platform (i.e. CodaLab, Kaggle etc.) * Task organisers * Names, affiliations, email addresses * brief description of relevant experience or expertise The submissions should be done via START - https://softconf.com/ranlp25/papers/user/scmd.cgi?scmd=submitPaperCustom&pa… Proceedings Tasks overview paper, task description papers and participant papers will be published as part of RANLP 2025 proceedings in ACLAnthology. Task organisers and participants are expected to attend RANLP 2025 on September 11 and September 12, 2025, and present their work in order to include it in the proceedings. Shared Task Chairs Dr Tharindu Ranasinghe, Lancaster University, UK Dr Saad Ezzini, Lancaster University, UK RANLP 2024 Chairs Programme Committee Chair: Prof Dr Ruslan Mitkov, Lancaster University, UK Organising Committee Chair: Prof Dr Galia Angelova, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgaria Best Regards Dr Tharindu Ranasinghe School of Computing and Communications | Lancaster University

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