September 2024 - Corpora

1st CfP: Asia Pacific Journal of Corpus Research (APJCR) Vol. 5, No. 2 (Deadline: 31 October 2024)
by Prof CK Jung 18 Oct '24

18 Oct '24

[Apologies for cross-posting] Dear colleagues We are inviting submissions for the next issue of Asia Pacific Journal of Corpus Research, to appear on 31 December 2024. *ABOUT*The Asia Pacific Journal of Corpus Research (APJCR, e-ISSN 2733-8096, DOI: https://doi.org/10.22925/apjcr) is an international and interdisciplinary peer-reviewed journal intended to explore corpus research in the Asia Pacific region. APJCR addresses areas of methodological, applied and theoretical work in the field of corpus research. Examples of such include discourse analysis, lexical studies, grammatical studies, language acquisition, language learning, language education, lexicography, pragmatics, sociolinguistics, (machine) translation studies, (digital) literary studies, computational linguistics, speech, phonetics, deep learning and natural language understanding in conjunction with corpus. *NO ARTICLE PROCESS CHARGE*APJCR does not charge authors an Article Processing Fee (APF). *OPEN ACCESS POLICY*APJCR provides open access to its content under the principle in the academic field that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge. *SUBMISSION* Papers (in English or Korean) should be sent to *apjcreditor(a)icr.or.kr <apjcreditor(a)icr.or.kr>* *Full instruction can be found on http://icr.or.kr/apjcr <http://icr.or.kr/apjcr>* *IMPORTANT DATES*- Manuscript submission: 31 October 2024 - First decision (articles assessed by editors): November 2024 - Final decision: November 2024 - Production: December 2024 - Online publication: 31 December 2024 *APJCR ARCHIVE*- *Google Scholar*: https://scholar.google.co.kr/scholar?hl=ko&as_sdt=0%2C5&q=apjcr&btnG= - *KoreaScience*: http://koreascience.or.kr/journal/CPSOBX/v1n1.page *ENQUIRIES* help(a)icr.or.kr --- *CK Jung BEng(Hons) Birmingham MSc Warwick EdD Warwick Cert Oxford* Associate Professor | Department of English Language and Literature, Incheon National University, *South Korea* President | The Korea Association of Secondary English Education, *South Korea *(http://kasee.org) Director | Institute for Corpus Research, Incheon National University, *South Korea* (http://icr.or.kr) Editor-in-Chief | Asia Pacific Journal of Corpus Research, ICR, *International* (http://icr.or.kr/apjcr) Editorial Board | Corpora, Edinburgh University Press, *UK* Editorial Board | English Today, Cambridge University Press, *UK* E: ckjung(a)inu.ac.kr / T: +82 (0)32 835 8129

1 1

Extended Deadline - October 4 - ACM SAC 2025 - Knowledge and Natural Language Processing Track
by Patrizio Bellan 02 Oct '24

02 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 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. Se avete ricevuto questo messaggio per errore, vi preghiamo di eliminarlo e di inviare una comunicazione all'indirizzo e-mail del mittente. -- The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#973): https://www.google.com/url?q=https://isal.groups.io/g/announce/message/973&… Mute This Topic: https://www.google.com/url?q=https://groups.io/mt/108555270/8769941&source=… Group Owner: announce+owner(a)isal.groups.io Unsubscribe: https://www.google.com/url?q=https://isal.groups.io/g/announce/unsub&source… [pbellan(a)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. Se avete ricevuto questo messaggio per errore, vi preghiamo di eliminarlo e di inviare una comunicazione all'indirizzo e-mail del mittente. -- The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material.

1 1

Language data engineer
by Vincent Vandeghinste 30 Sep '24

30 Sep '24

TAALDATA-ENGINEER Is het werken met taaldata iets waar je je hand niet voor omdraait? Ben je op zoek naar een uitdagende baan waarin je niet alleen data verwerkt maar ook verantwoordelijk bent voor dataprocessingworkflows en de infrastructuur om de data te beheren? Wil je bijdragen aan de taaldata die de grondslag vormen voor het beschrijven en het onderzoeken van het Nederlands? Dan heeft het Instituut voor de Nederlandse Taal (INT) dé baan voor jou. Meer informatie op https://ivdnt.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/vacature_taaldata-engineer_sep…

1 0

Free online talks October 2024: Corpus linguistics & applied linguistics research 2024
by PASCUAL FRANCISCO PEREZ PAREDES 30 Sep '24

30 Sep '24

I’m sharing the following information about "Corpus linguistics & applied linguistics research 2024<https://www.um.es/languagecorpora/clresearch2024/>", a series of talks organised by the University of Murcia from 9 to 30 October 2024. The talks will take place via ZOOM. This is a free event. Registration links are provided for each of the talks below. After registration, you’ll receive an email with the webinar link. Click on the link of each of the talks for details. Teacher Knowledge and Corpus-Informed Language Teaching Prof Shelley Staples, The University of Arizona. October 9, 16:00 (Madrid time) https://www.um.es/languagecorpora/2024/09/25/teacher-knowledge/ Using GRAPE MARS for multimodal analysis Prof Inma Fortanet, U. Jaume I. October 16, 17:00 (Madrid time) https://www.um.es/languagecorpora/2024/09/15/16121/ Data-Driven learning and extensive reading in second language classrooms Prof Gregory Hadley, Niigata University. October 22, 11:00 am (Madrid time) https://www.um.es/languagecorpora/2024/09/15/data-driven-learning-and-exten… Learner corpora: Showcasing the CEDL2 corpus Dr Cristobal Lozano, U. Granada. October 30, 17:00 (Madrid time) https://www.um.es/languagecorpora/2024/09/15/learner-corpora-showcasing-the… You can check out the 2021, 2022 and 2023 talks here: https://www.youtube.com/@corporaappliedlinguistics8358/playlists Please feel free to share this information with anyone interested in these research areas. Best wishes, Pascual Pérez-Paredes https://webs.um.es/pascualf

1 0

Postdoc Data Science and Machine Learning
by ali hürriyetoglu 30 Sep '24

30 Sep '24

Dear all, We are hiring a postdoc at Wageningen Food Safety Research (WFSR). Please see the details at https://www.wur.nl/en/vacancy/postdoc-datascience-and-machinelearning.htm. The data science team at WFSR conducts research and develops tools using advanced techniques and diverse data types. Here is a short list of our activities: https://bigdata-wfsr.wur.nl/applications/ In addition to these application,s explainability of machine learning models, federated learning, natural language processing, generative artificial intelligence, remote sensing, pest alarms, etc. are only a tiny subset of the techniques we apply and research. In addition to many internal projects, the main research projects we collaborate with international partners are: HOLiFOOD ( https://holifoodproject.eu), ECO-Ready (https://www.eco-ready.eu), and EFRA (https://efraproject.eu). Please reach out with any questions and apply for this and any upcoming possibilities (traineeships, project proposals, scientific programming and data science opportunities)! We are looking forward to hearing from you! Best wishes, Ali

1 0

[ Global WordNet Conference 2025 ] Final Call for Papers
by Itziar Gonzalez Dios 30 Sep '24

30 Sep '24

[Apologies for crossposting] *Global WordNet Conference 2025 - GWC2025* The Global Wordnet Association is delighted to announce the *13th International Global Wordnet Conference* (GWC2025), to be held in *Pavia (Italy) from 27 to 31 January, 2025*. The GWC2025 conference will be hosted by the Department of Humanities, at the University of Pavia. 📍*Dates*: 27-Jan-2025 - 31-Jan-2025 *Location*: Pavia, Italy *Meeting Email*: gwc2025pavia(a)unipv.it *Web Site*: https://unipv-larl.github.io/GWC2025/ 🗓️ *Call Deadline*: 07-Oct-2024 We invite submissions of original research contributions addressing, though not limited to, the topics listed below. *Presentations of new WordNets *will be assigned to a dedicated panel. Additionally, proposals for tutorials and demonstrations or panel discussions on *WordNet for ancient languages* are encouraged. Conference topics: - Lexical semantics and meaning representation; - Architecture of lexical databases; - Tools and methods for WordNet development; - Applications of WordNet; - Standardization, distribution and availability of WordNet and WordNet tools See the full call for papers here: https://easychair.org/cfp/gwc2025

1 0

2nd Call for Papers: #dm4myth Workshop
by Pannach, F.A. 30 Sep '24

30 Sep '24

#dm4myth Workshop: Call for Papers *** DEADLINE Extension: October 10th, 2024 *** Venue: Computational Humanities Research Conference - CHR2024, (Aarhus, Denmark) Website: https://dm4myth.github.io/ Organizers: Dr. Franziska Pannach, Dr. Bruno Sartini Important Dates *NEW* Paper submission deadline: October 10th, 2024 (23:59 anywhere on Earth) Notification of Acceptance: November 1st, 2024 Camera-Ready Deadline: November 15th, 2024 Date: December 3, 2024 (Full day workshop) Overview We are excited to announce the First Workshop on Digital Methods for Mythological Research (#dm4myth) taking place on December 3rd, 2024. The workshop aims to bring together a network of researchers from various disciplines and backgrounds who are passionate about mythological narratives and their study using digital methods. This includes research efforts such as the automatic or semi-automatic analysis and modeling of mythological narratives, comparative efforts using digital tools, or the study and representation of mythological characters. #dm4myth is co-located with Computational Humanities Research (CHR2024, Dec. 4th-6th), in Aarhus, Denmark. The workshop will consist of traditional presentations by the participants, a networking and interest group portion in the form of table discussions, and the kick-off of the #dm4myth network. We welcome contributions from various humanities disciplines, such as (but not limited to) Ancient Near Eastern Studies, Religious Studies, Classical Studies/Classical Philology, Archaeology and Art History; as well as technical approaches from Computer Scientists, including Semantic Web specialists, Computational Linguists, Academic Data Scientists, and others. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: - Dataset construction, maintenance and development - Knowledge representation (ontologies, knowledge graphs, controlled vocabularies) for the mythological domain - Application and development of NLP approaches for the study of mythological plots and characters - Approaches for automatic character disambiguation - Visualization of plots and characters - Knowledge extraction from narrative source materials - Annotation of textual and/or visual narrative material (including iconographic studies) in the domain - Creation, fine-tuning, reuse of (Large) Language Models for the analysis and narrative modeling of mythological sources Best Paper Award: The organizers and the programme committee will invite the authors of the best paper to extend their work into a chapter in an upcoming volume on Digital Mythological Studies. Goals of the Workshop #dm4myth aims to 1. Facilitate knowledge exchange, including the development of best practices, between researchers with different backgrounds who are interested in applying and developing digital tools and methods for the study of mythological narratives. 2. Create a network of researchers with shared interests across disciplines (e.g. Classics, Ancient Near Eastern Studies, Religious Studies, Computer Science, Computational Linguistics). 3. Pave the way for future interdisciplinary research on digital mythological studies, and facilitate networking for researchers from different backgrounds and disciplines. Submissions Papers should be submitted via the openreview <https://openreview.net/group?id=computational-humanities-research.org/CHR/2…> platform. Types of Submissions: Short Papers: 5-7 pages (excluding references) Short papers include early-stage project results, work in progress, negative results and critical reflections/tool criticism. Long Papers: 7-10 pages (excluding references) Long papers include full project reports, completed research, theoretical reflections and original and unpublished results. Submissions should be anonymised, written in English and must be formatted according to the <https://github.com/cohure/CHR2024-website/raw/main/data/chr2024_latex_templ…>Workshop CEUR template <https://github.com/FPannach/dm4myth/> (instructions: here <https://discourse.computational-humanities-research.org/t/chr-latex-instruc…>). The workshop proceedings will be published as an open access version under a Creative Commons License (CC BY 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.en>) in a suitable venue (to be announced). Workshop Principles We welcome participants from all related disciplines and career stages. We specifically invite colleagues from under-represented communities, geographical, organizational or linguistic backgrounds and small disciplines to submit. At least one author should attend the workshop in person or virtually to present the work. The content of the submissions should be written by human author(s), i.e. substantial <https://ceur-ws.org/ACADEMIC-ETHICS.html> contributions to the submission by artificial intelligence agents are not allowed and will result in a rejection. The application of AI-assistants is allowed only for light editing (e.g. spell-checking) of sections that are authored by humans. In the interest of good scientific practice, the organizers recommend the publication of data and code repositories under creative commons (or comparable) licenses. All submissions under-go peer review from at least two members of the programme committee. We aim to provide at least one review each by a domain-expert and a technical expert. Programme Committee Franziska Pannach, University of Groningen Bruno Sartini, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München Saskia Peels-Matthey, University of Groningen Christian Zgoll, University of Göttingen Robert Scott Smith, University of New Hampshire Greta Hawes, Macquarie University Jonathan Groß, Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen Anke Tornow, design digitaler medien (ddm) Valentina Pasqual, University of Bologna Sebastian Barzaghi, University of Bologna Fabio Mariani, Leuphana University of Lüneburg Arianna Graciotti, University of Bologna Sofia Baroncini, Leibniz Institute of European History Gianmarco Spinaci, I Tatti, Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies Contact For questions and comments, please contact the workshop organizers: Franziska Pannach f[dot]a[dot]pannach[at]rug[dot]nl or Bruno Sartini b[dot]sartini[at]lmu[dot]de -- Dr. Franziska Pannach Assistant Professor Center for Language and Cognition (CLCG) University of Groningen https://www.rug.nl/staff/f.a.pannach/

1 0

Job offer: research assistant (m/f/d) (E 13 TV-G-U) in computer science at GU Frankfurt
by Andy Lücking 29 Sep '24

29 Sep '24

*** Apologies for cross-postings *** At the Institute for Computer Science (Prof. Dr. Alexander Mehler), Department of Computer Science and Mathematics at Goethe University Frankfurt, a position for a research assistant (m/f/d) (E 13 TV-G-U) is available at the earliest possible date research assistant (m/f/d) (E 13 TV-G-U) for a period of three years within the ENTAILab project – research infrastructure and innovation lab. The salary scale is based on the job characteristics of the collective agreement applicable to Goethe University (TV-G-U). The project is part of the priority program (SPP) New Data Spaces for the Social Sciences, which is funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) (see https://www.new-data-spaces.de). The aim of the project is to establish a research-oriented infrastructure for novel data in survey research. To this end, a method-oriented innovation laboratory for novel methods in survey research is to be set up, which will develop and test methods of machine learning and artificial intelligence in cooperation with the projects of the SPP. The subject of the methods to be developed is multimodal data and thus not primarily or exclusively linguistic research data. You are expected to collaborate in the project and actively participate in the workshops and events of the SPP. We are looking for a highly qualified individual with a keen interest in working in the field of cutting-edge research infrastructures and in the team-oriented development and application of innovative, research-oriented methods in the field of survey research and the social sciences. With the SPP New Data Spaces for the Social Sciences and the Text-Technology Lab, in which the position will be embedded, we offer two research-strong, internationally oriented working environments in the areas of computational humanities, multimodal computing, machine learning and artificial intelligence. This also includes financial resources for conference participation and individual career development. Requirements: · Completed academic university degree (e.g. Master's) in a relevant subject with a focus on information science · Very good knowledge of English (C1) · Proven experience in the field of databases and machine learning or artificial intelligence methods · Extensive programming knowledge in Java, Python or similar · Knowledge of container technologies such as Docker, Kubernetes or similar · An interest in social science issues is desirable. Please send your application with the usual documents (cover letter, CV, copies of certificates) electronically in a combined PDF document by 08.10.2024 to Prof. Dr. Alexander Mehler: mehler(a)em.uni-frankfurt.de.

1 0

Second Call for Papers: The 4th Workshop on Arabic Corpus Linguistics (WACL-4)
by amalhaddad 28 Sep '24

28 Sep '24

THE 4TH WORKSHOP ON ARABIC CORPUS LINGUISTICS (WACL-4) [1] WACL4 AT COLING’2025 WITH FOCUS ON ARABIC DIALECTS https://wp.lancs.ac.uk/wacl4/ ------------------------- The workshop will be held online on January 20th, 2025 in conjunction with the 31st edition of COLING in 2025 in Abu Dhabi (UAE). CALL FOR PAPERS THE WORKSHOP TOPICS INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO: * Development and Utilisation of Arabic Dialectal Corpora * Advancements in Natural Language Processing Techniques for Arabic Dialects * Applications and Challenges of Large Language Models in Understanding and Generating Arabic Dialects * Morphological and Syntactical Challenges in Arabic Dialects * Dialect Identification and Classification * Speech Recognition and Synthesis for Arabic Dialects * Machine Translation involving Arabic Dialects * Sentiment Analysis and Opinion Mining in Arabic Dialects * Named Entity Recognition and Information Extraction for Arabic Dialects * Development of Open Access Resources for Arabic Dialects * Text Processing and Transliteration Challenges for Arabic Dialects * Cultural and Sociolinguistic Considerations in NLP Applications for Arabic Dialects * Resources and Tools for Computational Analysis of Arabic Dialects * Applications of Arabic Dialects NLP in Real-World Scenarios Summary of the Call: We welcome submissions of papers centred around Arabic Dialects NLP and resources, focusing on supporting and advancing language technologies tailored to the diverse range of Arabic dialects. We encourage submissions that span a spectrum from theoretical investigations to practical applications, aiming to address the unique challenges, solutions, and insights that Arabic dialects introduce to the field of NLP. Submissions should adhere to the COLING 2025 standards. Authors are strongly encouraged to review and follow the COLING 2025 submission guidelines and author kit, available at https://coling2025.org/. If authors are describing dialectal variations, we request that they include relevant linguistic details and sociolinguistic contexts to enrich the understanding of the presented work. Submissions may be of two types: * Long papers - up to eight (8) pages including references, presenting substantial, original, completed, and unpublished work. * Short papers - up to four (4) pages including references, describing a small focused contribution, negative results, or system demonstrations, etc. Important dates: * 1st Call for Papers Announcement: 13 August 2024 * 2nd Call for Papers Announcement: 31 August 2024 * Paper Submission Deadline: 10 October 2024 * Notification of Paper Acceptance: 25 November 2024 * Camera-ready Paper Deadline: 10 December 2024 * Workshop Date: 20th January 2025 Format: The workshop will consist of a mix of invited talks, contributed talks, and panel discussions. The workshop will be held 100% virtually, allowing for greater accessibility and participation from scholars and researchers around the world. We anticipate 30 attendees and 2 invited speakers to the workshop. Scheduled for 20 January 2025, the workshop will be held in conjunction with the 31st edition of COLING 2025 in Abu Dhabi, UAE. Anti-Harassment policy: The workshop supports the COLING anti-harassment policy https://coling2022.org/policy _Keynote Speakers*:_ * _Speaker 1: Imed Zitouni, Google, USA_ * _Speaker 2: Hend Alkhalifa, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia_ _*Currently in contact with them._ ORGANIZATION ORGANISING COMMITTEE: * Saad Ezzini, Lancaster University, UK (General Chair) * Hamza Alami, Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University, Morocco (Programme Co-Chair) * Ismail Berrada, Mohammed VI Polytechnic University, Morocco (Programme Co-Chair) * Abdessamad Benlahbib, Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University, Morocco (Programme Co-Chair) * Abdelkader El Mahdaouy, Mohammed VI Polytechnic University, Morocco (Review Chair) * Salima Lamsiyah, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg (Publication Chair) * Nouran Khallaf, Leeds University, UK (Publicity Co-Chair) * Hatim Derrouz, Ibn Tofail University, Morocco (Publicity Co-Chair) * Amal Haddad, University of Granada, Spain (Publicity Co-Chair) * Mustafa Jarrar, Birzeit University, Palestine (Advisory Committee) * Mo El-Haj, Lancaster University, UK (Advisory Committee) * Ruslan Mitkov, Lancaster University, UK (Advisory Committee) * Paul Rayson, Lancaster University, UK (Advisory Committee) PROGRAMME COMMITTEE: * Ahmed Ali, Qatar Computing Research Institute (QCRI), Qatar * Ahmed Abdelali, Qatar Computing Research Institute (QCRI), Qatar * Almoataz B. Al-Said, Cairo University, Egypt * Eric Atwell, Leeds University, UK * Haithem Afli, Dublin City University, Ireland * Hazem Hajj, American University of Beirut, Lebanon * Ignatius Ezeani, Lancaster University, UK * Imed Zitouni, Microsoft Research, USA * Karim Bouzoubaa, Mohamed Vth University, Morocco * Khaled Shaban, Qatar University, Qatar * Abdessamad Benlahbib, Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University, Morocco * Lama Alsudias, Lancaster University, UK * Mo El-Haj, Lancaster University, UK * Mariam Aboelezz, Birkbeck, University of London, UK * Nadi Tomeh, University of Paris 13, France * Nizar Habash, New York University Abu Dhabi, UAE * Nora Al-Twairesh, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia * Abdelkader El Mahdaoui, Mohammed VI Polytechnic University, Morocco * Paul Rayson, Lancaster University, UK * Scott Piao, Lancaster University, UK * Taha Zerrouki, Ecole Nationale Supérieure d'Informatique, Algeria * Tamer Elsayed, Qatar University, Qatar * Violetta Cavalli-Sforza, Al Akhawayn University, Morocco * Wajdi Zaghouani, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar * Hanane El Faik, Chouaïb Doukkali University, Morocco * Wassim El-Hajj, American University of Beirut, Lebanon * Ashraf Boumhidi, Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University, University, Morocco * Khadidja Merakchi, Heriot-Watt University * Ed-Drissiya El-Allaly, University of Moulay Ismail, Morocco * Driss Aboulhoucine, EMRO, WHO * El Habib Nfaoui, Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University, Morocco * Salima Lamsiyah, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg * Khaled Shaalan, The British University in Dubai, UAE * Ismail Berrada, Mohammed VI Polytechnic University, Morocco * Maram Alharbi, Lancaster University, UK * Hatim Derrouz, Ibn Tofail University, Morocco * Nouran Khallaf, Leeds University, UK * Hamza Alami, Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University, Morocco * Mustafa Jarrar, Birzeit University, Palestine * Hanane Grissette, Cadi Ayyad University, Morocco Links: ------ [1] https://wp.lancs.ac.uk/wacl4

1 0

Second Call for papers: The 1st International Workshop on Nakba Narratives as Language Resources
by amalhaddad 28 Sep '24

28 Sep '24

NAKBA-NLP 2025 The 1st International Workshop on Nakba Narratives as Language Resources Part of the COLING-2025 [1] Conference Abu Dhabi, UAE (Fully Virtual) January 20, 2025 CALL FOR PAPERS We invite submissions for Nakba-NLP 2025, a workshop dedicated to the exploration and preservation of Nakba narratives through the application of artificial intelligence, natural language processing, and corpus linguistics. All submitted papers should explain their relevance to the topic of 'Nakba Narratives as Language Resources'. The organisers reserve the right to reject any papers that incite hatred, refute established facts, or undermine the suffering of individuals. We seek contributions on the following issues of interest: * Digitisation of oral and written narratives * Creation and labeling of language corpora and datasets * Digital archives, metadata, and semantic/content mark-up * Annotation tools and annotation guidelines * Document classification, topic modeling, and information retrieval * Named entity recognition for identifying people, places, organizations, and events * Entity linking and relationship extraction * Event detection and event argument extraction * Knowledge Graphs and Linked Data * Vocabularies, dictionaries, and ontologies * Data visualisation * Knowledge representation * Machine translation, summarisation, and paraphrasing * Natural Language Generation * Large Language Models * Sentiment analysis and emotional content extraction * Discourse analysis (e.g., bias, offensive language, and misinformation) related to Nakba narratives * Voice & dialogue-based systems; ASR * Palestinian dialects (written and spoken) Participants are invited to use the following archives: Institute for Palestine Studies [2], The Palestinian Museum [3], Nakba-Archive [4], POHA [5],Alhaq [6],ICHR [7], as well as Wikipedia and the Wikidata Knowledge Graph. SUBMISSION DETAILS All submitted papers must clearly state and explain their relevance to the topic of 'Nakba Narratives as Language Resources'. The organisers reserve the right to reject any papers that incite hatred, refute established facts, or undermine the suffering of individuals. Submissions may be of two types: * Long papers - up to eight (8) pages maximum, presenting substantial, original, completed, and unpublished work. * Short papers - up to four (4) pages, describing a small focused contribution, negative results, system demonstrations, etc. The workshop supports the COLING anti-harassment policy Policy. [8] IMPORTANT DATES * Submission Deadline: 25 November 2024 * Notifications of Acceptance: 5 December 2024 * Camera Ready Deadline: 13 December 2024 (cannot be changed). Links: ------ [1] https://coling2025.org/ [2] https://www.palestine-studies.org/ [3] https://palmuseum.org/en [4] https://www.nakba-archive.org/ [5] https://libraries.aub.edu.lb/poha/ [6] https://www.alhaq.org/ [7] https://www.ichr.ps/en [8] https://coling2022.org/policy

1 0