April 2024 - Corpora

[CFP] ACL 2024 Workshop on Knowledge Graphs and LLMs (KaLLM)
by russa biswas 03 Apr '24

03 Apr '24

Dear colleagues, We would like to invite you to submit the unpublished results of your research on Knowledge Graphs and Large Language Models to: *The 1st Workshop on Knowledge Graphs and Large Language Models (KaLLM)*, to be held on *August 15, 2024*, co-located with *ACL 2024*, Bangkok, Thailand. Second Call for Participation *Submission Deadline: May 10, 2024 at 23:59, UTC -12h, AoE* *Website*: https://kallmworkshop.github.io/kallm2024/ *Contact email*: kallmworkshop2024(a)googlegroups.com The workshop intends to provide a platform for researchers, practitioners, and industry professionals to explore the synergies between LLMs and KGs. We aim to provide a space for the LLM community and the community of KG researchers to interact and explore how these two communities could collaborate and support one another. *Important Dates* Submission Deadline: May 10, 2024 Author Notifications: June 17, 2024 Camera-Ready Deadline: July 1, 2024 Workshop Date: August 15, 2024 *Submission Guidelines:* Papers must be submitted in PDF format using the official ACL template. More details are available on the website. *Scope of the workshop:* KaLLM invites quality research contributions as short or long papers and resource papers. All submissions will undergo a double-blind review process, and accepted submissions will be presented at the workshop. The submissions should focus on the interaction between LLMs and KGs in the context of NLP. The workshop will cover a diverse range of topics related to the integration of LLMs and KGs, including but not limited to: - Knowledge-enhanced language generation - KG-based question answering using LLMs - Fact validation and bias mitigation - KG creation and completion using LLMs - Privacy considerations in LLM-KG integration - Interpretability and explainability - Cross-domain applications - KG-based text summarisation with LLMs - Ethical implications of LLM-KG technologies - Multimodality of KGs and LLMs - Multilingual LLMs for KGs and vice-versa We look forward to receiving your submissions and having your valuable contribution to the success of the workshop. If you have any questions or require further information, please do not hesitate to contact us at kallmworkshop2024(a)googlegroups.com or visit https://kallmworkshop.github.io/kallm2024/. Thank you and best regards, Workshop Organisers Russa Biswas, Hasso Plattner Institute, Germany Lucie Aimée Kaffee, Hasso Plattner Institute, Germany Oshin Agarwal, Bloomberg, USA Pasquale Minervini, University of Edinburgh, UK Sameer Singh, University of California, Irvine, USA Gerard de Melo, Hasso Plattner Institute, University of Potsdam, Germany

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EAMT 2024: Bursaries for Translators
by Carol Scarton 03 Apr '24

03 Apr '24

****************************************************** EAMT 2024: Bursaries for Translators Deadline for applications: 19/04/2024 ****************************************************** == Call for Participation == 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 opens a call for a small number of bursaries to support translators and Translation Studies' students, in attending the 25th Annual Conference of the European Association for Machine Translation (EAMT 2024) conference will be held in Sheffield, United Kingdom, from June 24th to June 27th. == Purpose of the Call == This call is dedicated to support translators and Translation Studies' students, working or studying in European, Middle-Eastern or African countries, that do not have fundings to attend the conference. The EAMT particularly encourages applications from early-career translators. All applications will be screened by EAMT executive committee members. == Application information == -- Eligibility requirements -- In order to qualify for this call, the individual must be a translator or enrolled in a Master or PhD course in Translation Studies. The support is only available to individuals working or studying in European, Middle-Eastern or African countries. Freelance translators and students will have priority. We will also give priority to people with accepted papers in the main conference. -- Selection criteria -- - The selection will be made based on the information submitted to the provided Google Forms (link below). - One of the fields in the form is a "motivation letter", where you should describe your motivation for attending the EAMT 2024 conference and explain why you do not have other funds to sponsor your attendance. - You should also submit a CV, highlighting your years of experience in the translation area and your experience working with MT. - For students: you should also submit an official proof of student status, signed by your University. == Bursaries == EAMT anticipates funding several applications. Selected participants will be announced on the 26th April 2024 and will receive complimentary membership in the EAMT for 2024 and 2025, free registration at the EAMT 2024 conference and paid accommodation in Sheffield. == Contact for enquiries == Sara Szoc EAMT member e-mail: saraszoc(a)gmail.com == Applications == Candidates should submit their applications via a Google Form: https://forms.gle/7JUDDhC7TDNXUEaq8 == Important Dates == - Circulation of the Call: March 28th, 2024 - Submission deadline for applications: April 19th, 2024, 23:59 CEST - Notification: April 26th, 2024 == Additional provisions == - Only complete applications will be reviewed. - All information submitted with applications will be regarded as confidential and will only be used in the context of this call. - You may be asked to share the accommodation room with other awardees. However, we will commit to respect any requirements / concerns that you inform us (e.g. religion, gender, etc). == No obligation to award the bursaries == The EAMT shall be under no obligation to fund the applications pursuant to this call for participation. EAMT shall not be liable for any compensation with respect to candidates whose applications have not been approved. Nor shall it be liable in the event of it deciding not to award the bursaries. -- *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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EAMT 2024: Support for participants from low-income countries and war zones
by Carol Scarton 03 Apr '24

03 Apr '24

****************************************************** EAMT 2024: Support for participants from low-income countries and war zones Deadline for applications: 19/04/2024 ****************************************************** == Call for Participation == 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 opens a call for a small number of bursaries to support EAMT 2024 attendees from areas affected by war and low-income countries. The 25th Annual Conference of the European Association for Machine Translation (EAMT 2024) conference will be held in Sheffield, United Kingdom, from June 24th to June 27th. == Purpose of the Call == This call is dedicated to support EAMT 2024 attendees that do not have fundings to attend the conference, from areas affected by war or low-income countries in Europe, Middle East or Africa. The EAMT particularly encourages applications from early career researchers. All applications will be screened by EAMT executive committee members. == Application information == -- Eligibility requirements -- In order to qualify for this call, the individual must be a student or an employee of an institution located in areas affected by war or in low-income countries in Europe, Middle East or Africa, that would not be able to attend the conference without this support. Students and early-career researchers/academics will have priority. We will also give priority to people with accepted papers in the main conference. -- Selection criteria -- - The selection will be made based on the information submitted to the provided Google Forms (link below). - One of the fields in the form is a "motivation letter", where you should describe your motivation for attending the EAMT 2024 conference and explain why you do not have other funds to sponsor your attendance. - You should also submit a CV, highlighting your years of experience in the MT area. == Bursaries == EAMT anticipates funding several applications. Selected participants will be announced on the 26th April 2024 and will receive complimentary membership in the EAMT for 2024 and 2025, free registration at the EAMT 2024 conference and paid accommodation in Sheffield. == Contact for enquiries == Sara Szoc EAMT member e-mail: saraszoc(a)gmail.com == Applications == Candidates should submit their applications via a Google Form: https://forms.gle/jS314WGUszZ2fMUT9 == Important Dates == - Circulation of the Call: March 28th, 2024 - Submission deadline for applications: April 19th, 2024, 23:59 CEST - Notification: April 26th, 2024 == Additional provisions == - Only complete applications will be reviewed. - All information submitted with applications will be regarded as confidential and will only be used in the context of this call. - You may be asked to share the accommodation room with other awardees. However, we will commit to respect any requirements / concerns that you inform us (e.g. religion, gender, etc). == No obligation to award the bursaries == The EAMT shall be under no obligation to fund the applications pursuant to this call for participation. EAMT shall not be liable for any compensation with respect to candidates whose applications have not been approved. Nor shall it be liable in the event of it deciding not to award the bursaries. -- *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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Postdoc / Engineer position in Computational Social Sciences (18 months, Paris region)
by Thierry Poibeau 03 Apr '24

03 Apr '24

Dear Colleagues, The Lattice Lab in Paris, France (Ecole normale supérieure-PSL & CNRS) is recruiting a Research Engineer in Computational Social Sciences, for 18 months beginning in June 2024 (Post-doc or Master level). See here for details: https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/200537 The post is related to the ANR Medialex project (https://anr.fr/Projet-ANR-21-CE38-0016), on the mutual influence between the medias (including social medias) and the political sphere (esp. debates at the Parliament). Some command of French is necessary, but it does not need to be your main language. To apply, please send me an email with a few words about your interest for the job, a detailed CV, one relevant publication if relevant (esp. if you applied at post-doc level) and the name of two referees. All the best, Thierry

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Call for papers 4th Workshop on Scholarly Document Processing - SDP@ACL 2024
by Tirthankar Ghosal 02 Apr '24

02 Apr '24

** Call for Research Papers ** Scholarly literature is the chief means by which scientists and academics document and communicate their results and is therefore critical to the advancement of knowledge and improvement of human well-being. At the same time, this literature poses challenges to NLP uncommon in other genres, such as specialized language and high background knowledge requirements, long documents and strong structural conventions, multimodal presentation, citation relationships among documents, an emphasis on rational argumentation, and the frequent availability of detailed metadata. These challenges necessitate the development of NLP methods and resources optimized for this domain. The Scholarly Document Processing (SDP) workshop provides a venue for discussing these challenges, bringing together stakeholders from different communities including computational linguistics, machine learning, text mining, information retrieval, digital libraries, scientometrics and others, to develop methods, tasks, and resources in support of these goals. This workshop builds on the success of prior workshops: the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd SDP workshops held at EMNLP 2020, NAACL 2021, and COLING 2022, and the 1st and 2nd SciNLP workshops held at AKBC 2020 and 2021. In addition to having broad appeal within the NLP community, we hope the SDP workshop will attract researchers from other relevant fields including meta-science, scientometrics, data mining, information retrieval, and digital libraries, bringing together these disparate communities within ACL. Website: https://sdproc.org/2024/ X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/sdpworkshop Topics of Interest We invite submissions from all communities demonstrating usage of and challenges associated with natural language processing, information retrieval, and data mining of scholarly and scientific documents. Relevant topics include (but are not limited to): - Large Language Models (LLMs) for Science - Representation learning and language modeling - Information extraction and NER - Document understanding - Summarization and generation - Question-answering - Discourse modeling/argumentation mining - Network analysis - Bibliometrics, scientometrics, and altmetrics - Reproducibility and research integrity, including new challenges posed by generative AI - Peer review tools, principles and technology - Metadata and indexing - Inclusion of datasets and computational resources - Research infrastructures and digital libraries - Increasing the representation in scholarly work of disadvantaged populations - LLM-based interfaces to consume/produce scholarly documents ** Submission Information ** Authors are invited to submit full and short papers with unpublished, original work. Submissions will be subject to a double-blind peer-review process. Accepted papers will be presented by the authors at the workshop either as a talk or a poster. All accepted papers will be published in the workshop proceedings (proceedings from previous years can be found here: https://aclanthology.org/venues/sdp/). The submissions must be in PDF format and anonymized for review. All submissions must be written in English and follow the ACL 2024 formatting requirements: Long paper submissions: up to 8 pages of content, plus unlimited references. Short paper submissions: up to 4 pages of content, plus unlimited references. Submission Website: Paper submission has to be done through openreview: < https://openreview.net/group?id=aclweb.org/ACL/2024/Workshop/SDProc> Final versions of accepted papers will be allowed 1 additional page of content so that reviewer comments can be taken into account. ** Important Dates (Main Research Track) ** Paper submission deadline: May 17 (Friday), 2024 Notification of acceptance: June 17 (Monday), 2024 Camera-ready paper due: July 1 (Monday), 2024 Workshop dates: August 16, 2024 ** SDP 2024 Keynote Speakers ** We are excited to have several keynote speakers at SDP 2024. 1. Iryna Gurevych, Professor at Technical University Darmstadt and head of the UKP Lab, Germany. 2. Anna Rogers, Assistant Professor, University of Copenhagen, Denmark 3. Heng Ji, Professor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA. 4. Doug Downey, Associate Professor at Northwestern University and Research Manager at Allen Institute for AI, USA. ** SDP 2024 Shared Tasks ** SDP 2024 will host two exciting shared tasks. More information about all shared tasks is provided on the workshop website: https://sdproc.org/2024/sharedtasks.html DAGPap24: Detecting automatically generated scientific papers A big problem with the ubiquity of Generative AI is that it has now become very easy to generate fake scientific papers. This can erode public trust in science and attack the foundations of science: are we standing on the shoulders of robots? The Detecting Automatically Generated Papers (DAGPAP) competition aims to encourage the development of robust, reliable AI-generated scientific text detection systems, utilizing a diverse dataset and varied machine learning models in a number of scientific domains. Organizers: Savvas Chamezopoulos, Yury Kashnitsky, Drahomira Herrmannova, Anita de Waard (Elsevier), Domenic Rosati (Scite) Context24: Contextualizing Scientific Figures and Tables When making sense of results across many research papers on a topic, figures or tables of key results from the papers can serve as effective, information-dense summaries that can be compared/contrasted and synthesized with other results. However, to understand the results, key elements (e.g., measures, sample) need to be contextualized with associated methodological details, which are typically dispersed throughout the text, often far from the figure/table and from each other. In this shared task, we are interested in contextualizing scientific figures and tables, i.e., automatically retrieving and ranking snippets from the paper that are most needed to interpret their results, with the goal of making figures/tables more self-contained. Organizers: Joel Chan, Matthew Akamatsu ** Organizing Committee ** Tirthankar Ghosal, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA Philipp Mayr, GESIS – Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences, Germany Aakanksha Naik, Allen Institute for AI, USA Shannon Shen, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA Amanpreet Singh, Allen Institute for AI, USA Anita de Waard, Elsevier, Netherlands Orion Weller, Johns Hopkins University, USA Yanxia Qin, National University of Singapore, Singapore Yoonjoo Lee, Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology, South Korea -- +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ *Tirthankar Ghosal* Scientist National Center for Computational Sciences (NCCS) Oak Ridge National Laboratory, United States ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

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CfP: FEL2024, The XXVIIIth Annual Conference of the Foundation for Endangered Languages, 25-27 September 2024, Islamabad
by Steven Krauwer 02 Apr '24

02 Apr '24

CALL FOR PAPERS =============== The Foundation for Endangered Languages (FEL) and the Forum for Language Initiatives (FLI), in collaboration with Allama Iqbal Open University Islamabad will hold the 28th Annual Conference - FEL XXVIII in Islamabad, Pakistan, 25 – 27 September 2024 Main theme of the conference: Endangered Languages and Oral Traditions. Conference topics include, but are not limited to: 1. Endangered oral literatures: heritage preservation (music, poetry, mushaira, contests...) 2. Oral cultures and traditional knowledge 3. Documentation and digitalization of oral art and literature 4. Language policy, planning, and oral art 5. Oral art and mother tongue education 6. Mother-tongue education policies: oral art and literature 7. Rediscovering oral traditions and expressions 8. Oral Traditions as vehicle for transmission of culture and language The main focus of the conference will be on the dynamic relationship between language endangerment and the role of oral traditions and expressions in safeguarding them. While it has a universal scope, it specifically aims to highlight interesting and creative oral traditions and expressions of the indigenous communities of Pakistan and encourage scholarship and accounts of community initiatives for preserving and promoting them. Studies highlighting the oral traditions of indigenous communities from anywhere are welcome. Abstracts in PDF of 600 - 800 words are invited for submission on EasyChair at this address: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=felxxviii2024 by the deadline of 15 May 2024 at 23:59 GMT Important Dates ▪ 15 May 2024: Deadline for submission of abstract ▪ 21 June 2024: Selected applicants informed ▪ 31 July 2024: Deadline for extended version of accepted abstract ▪ 25-27 September 2024: Conference dates ▪ 28 September: Excursion to a local community Conference website: https://fli-online.org/site/conference-of-the-foundation-for-endangered-lan… For more information please contact: felconf2024.islamabad(a)gmail.com -- _______________________________________________________________________ Steven Krauwer, CLARIN/FEL/ELSNET/UiLOTS, Utrecht, NL, s.krauwer(a)uu.nl

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Summer School - Corpus Methods in Linguistics
by Dylan Glynn 02 Apr '24

02 Apr '24

University Paris 8 <https://www.univ-paris8.fr/>, with the support of the European Reform University Alliance <https://erua-eui.eu/>, is pleased to announce their upcoming Summer School: *Corpus Methods in Linguistics--compilation, annotation and quantitative analysis* 03-07 June 2024 https://summer-corpus-p8.sciencesconf.org/ This will be a 30h week-long course consisting of: --morning sessions devoted to data collection, extraction and organization, as well as DIY corpus building --afternoon sessions focusing on statistical analysis of the data produced during the morning sessions --several half-day sessions on automatic annotation and manual annotation methods Participants will learn how to: --formulate advanced search queries in a concordancer in *TextSTAT* --compile a text corpus with *BootCaT* --automatically annotate a text corpus in *TreeTagger* --manually annotate a text corpus in *UAM CorpusTool* --measure keyword specificity and collocation strength using *AntConc* --perform exploratory statistical analysis for complex data using correspondence analysis, factor analysis, and cluster analysis in *R* --perform confirmatory statistical analysis using log-linear analysis and regression modelling in *R* This programme is intended primarily for researchers and upper-level students (Masters or Doctorate). Tuition will be 90€ (free for students from universities participating in the ERUA <https://erua-eui.eu/> scheme, including Paris 8). Normally, we receive more requests than we can accept, so if you wish to participate, please fill in this form <https://forms.gle/r4VxwuH1MdUerNub9> - https://forms.gle/E6QxWzwCzwqkADoJ9 If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us. Dylan Glynn and Daniel Henkel dsg.up8(a)gmail.com / daniel.henkel(a)univ-paris8.fr

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The Tensor Tournament T3 – Registration Open
by Jelena Mitrovic 02 Apr '24

02 Apr '24

Registration for the first Bavaria-wide Tensor Tournament is open. *The Tensor Tournament T**3* is a one-day AI student competition with free food, a live leaderboard, and all members of the three winning teams win programmable drones. Hype up your team and register today 👉 https://the-tensor-tournament.de ! 📅 *Date:* Saturday, May 4th, 2024 🕙 *Time:* 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM 📍 *Locations:* FAU, Uni Bamberg, Uni Regensburg, HS Ansbach, TH Nürnberg, Uni Passau, TUM, LMU *Highlights* 🔥 *3 Challenges*: Test your Machine Learning skills with three unique challenges of increasing difficulty designed to push your boundaries and spark your creativity. But beware, the clock is ticking! You have only 6 hours to complete the challenges. 👥 *3 Teammates*: Form a dream team of up to three students and tackle the challenges together. Each team will get a single PC and access to powerful GPU resources. Then, compete against the other teams for the top ranks on our Bavarian-wide leaderboard. 🏆 *3 Winners*: The top three teams will be rewarded with amazing prices: Programmable Ryze Tech Tello drones, some with the Booster Combo for extra endurance. *Conditions* 🍕 *Free food*: Enjoy free food and drinks throughout the event to keep your energy levels high and your ideas flowing. 🚀 *We welcome all STEM students*: Whether you're a seasoned ML pro or just starting your journey, all bachelor and master students interested in machine learning are welcome. Basic programming knowledge in Python is recommended, but the tournament is designed to be inclusive and engaging for everyone. Of course, you need to be enrolled in one of the participating universities. 👉 *First come, first serve*: GPUs are limited, so register now to secure your spot: https://the-tensor-tournament.de -- Prof. Dr. Jelena Mitrović Universität Passau / ITZ / Raum 161/Innstr. 43 94032 Passau +49 851 509 3353 https://ca-roll.github.io/ <http://www.uni-passau.de>

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CAiSE'24: Last Mile for Research Projects Exhibition
by Announce 02 Apr '24

02 Apr '24

*** Last Mile for Research Projects Exhibition *** 36th International Conference on Advanced Information Systems Engineering (CAiSE'24) June 3-7, 2024, 5* St. Raphael Resort and Marina, Limassol, Cyprus https://cyprusconferences.org/caise2024/ (*** Submission Deadline: 15th April, 2024 AoE (extended) ***) CAiSE 2024 features a Research Project Exhibition (RPE@CAiSE'24) where researchers and practitioners can present their ongoing research projects (e.g., Horizon or ERC projects, national grants) in the context of Information Systems Engineering. The main objective of this call is to serve as a forum where presenters can disseminate the intermediate results of their projects or get feedback about research project proposals being developed. The exhibition will also provide a warm environment to find potential research partners, foster existing relationships, and discuss research ideas. To participate in the RPE@CAiSE'24, the authors should submit a short paper (5-8 pages) showcasing the project, including the participants, the main objectives of the project and relevant results obtained so far (or expected results in the case of project proposals). Each submission will be peer-reviewed on the relevance of the submitted paper in the context of CAiSE 2024. If the paper is accepted, the authors will be invited to register for the conference to present their work at the Research Projects Exhibition session at CAiSE 2024. The accepted contributions will be proposed for publication by CEUR proceedings using the 1-column CEUR-ART style. In addition, the authors of the most influential project presented at the RPE@CAiSE'24 will receive an award distinguishing their contribution as the "Most Influential Project of the Research Project Exhibition @CAiSE'24". RESEARCH PROJECTS REQUIREMENTS For the Research Projects Exhibition, we solicit submissions of projects related to the topics of CAiSE that meet the following criteria: • Projects funded by the European Union, by national or local funding organisations, or even by individual universities and industries. • Projects focused on fundamental research, applied research or more industry-oriented. • Research projects carried out by an international consortium of partners or by a national research team. • Research statements for future projects concerning the Information Systems Engineering community. SUBMISSION GUIDELINES Papers should be submitted via Easychair (https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=caise2024) by selecting the "Research Projects Exhibition". Each submission of a research project should include: • The project's full name, acronym, duration (from-to), participants, funding agency and URL. • Names of presenter(s) and main contributors. • Abstract and keywords. • Summary of project objectives and expected tangible outputs. • The relevance of the project (or one of its work packages) to the topics of the International Conference on Advanced Information Systems Engineering. • If the project is ongoing: summary of current status and intermediate results. All submissions should be 5 to 8 pages long and be formatted as a 1-column CEUR-ART style (templates available at https://ceur-ws.org/Vol-XXX/). An intention to submit should be performed one week before the deadline, including the full name of the project, the authors' name and the abstract. Each submission will be reviewed by at least two members of the Program Committee. In case of disagreement, a third member of the Program Committee will review the submission. The Program Committee will comprise international researchers with expertise in the field. ATTENDANCE AND PRESENTATION During the Research Projects Exhibition session, the authors of accepted contributions will present the research project. Details about the format of the session and instructions to prepare the presentation will be given to authors after the acceptance notification. At least one author of each submission accepted for the Research Projects Exhibition must register and attend the conference to present the work. The author needs a full registration to present the research project. IMPORTANT DATES • Intention to Submit (Abstract Submission): 8th April, 2024 (AoE) (extended) • Submission: 15th April, 2024 (AoE) (extended) • Notification of Acceptance: 29th April, 2024 • Camera Ready: 13th May, 2024 • Author Registration: 13th May, 2024 • Conference Dates: 3rd-7th June, 2024 RESEARCH PROJECTS EXHIBITION CHAIRS • Raimundas Matulevicius, University of Tartu, Estonia • Henderik A. Proper, TU Wien, Austria

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Call for Papers: Analysis of Linguistic VAriation for BEtter Tools (ALVABET) within the LLcD 2024 Conference
by mathilde.regnault＠ling.uni-stuttgart.de 02 Apr '24

02 Apr '24

Apologies for cross-posting. Call for Papers: Analysis of Linguistic VAriation for BEtter Tools (ALVABET) within the LLcD 2024 Conference (https://llcd2024.sciencesconf.org/) Workshop Variation plays a particularly important role in linguistic change, since every change stem from a state of variation; but each state of variation does not necessarily end up with a change: the new variant can disappear, or variation can linger but in different contexts. Access to sufficient amounts of data and their quantification, in order to detect the emergence of new variants as precisely as possible, and the recession or even disappearance of others, is a precious tool for the study of variations, whatever their dimensions (diachronic, diatopic, …) and in whatever field (syntax, morphology, …). The appearance of large corpora has thus renewed the study of variation. NLP has contributed largely to this renewal, providing tools for the enrichment and the exploration of these corpora. In return, linguistic analysis can help explain some of these errors and thus deepen the picture where performance metrics tend to flatten out everything under a single number, or even help improve the performances. NLP annotation tools, such as syntactic parsers and morphological taggers, reach great performances nowadays when they are applied on similar data to those seen during their development. However, they quickly drop as the target data diverges from those of the training scenario. This raises a number of issues when it comes to using automatically annotated data to perform linguistic studies. This workshop aims at exploring bilateral contributions between Natural Language Processing and variation analysis in the fields of morphosyntax and syntax, from diachronic and diatopic perspectives but also from genre, domain or form of writing, without any restriction on the languages of interest. We warmly welcome submissions dealing with the issues and contributions of applying NLP to variation analysis : • Quantification of variation along its different dimensions (both external and internal ones as well as in interaction with each other); • Impact of annotation errors on the study of marginal structures (emergent or recessing); • Syntactic variation when it is induced by semantic changes. But also submissions dealing with the contributions of variation analysis to NLP: • Variation mitigation (spelling standardisation...); • Domain adaptation (domain referring here to any variation dimension); • Error analysis (in and out of domain) in light of known variation phenomena, amongst which (de-)grammaticalisation; • The evolution of grammatical categories and its impact on prediction models; • The place of variation studies in NLP in the large language model era. These themes are only suggestions and the workshop will gladly host any submission that deals substantially with the reciprocal contributions between NLP and variation analysis in the mentioned fields. Full workshop description: https://llcd2024.sciencesconf.org/data/pages/WS12Eng.pdf Important Dates • Apr 20, 2024: deadline for abstract submission (Workshops and General session) • May 15, 2024: Notification • Sep 9-11: Conference Submissions Abstracts must clearly state the research questions, approach, method, data and (expected) results. They must be anonymous: not only must they not contain the presenters' names, affiliations or addresses, but they must avoid any other information that might reveal their author(s). They should not exceed 500 words (including examples, but excluding bibliographical references). Abstracts will be assessed by two members of the Scientific Committee and (one of) the workshop organizers.

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