January 2025 - Corpora

Job: Faculty Search at UC Santa Cruz
by Jeffrey Flanigan 03 Jan '25

03 Jan '25

Dear all, We are hiring for an Assistant or Associate Professor position in UC Santa Cruz Computer Science and Engineering Department for Generative AI and NLP. The position is based in the UCSC Silicon Valley Campus, so if you are interested in research, teaching, and living in Silicon Valley California, please consider applying! The initial review has passed but we are still accepting applications. Applicants should apply asap as we will begin reviewing soon. See the ad here: https://recruit.ucsc.edu/JPF01825 and below. Feel free to reach out to me (search chair, jmflanig(a)ucsc.edu) or my colleague Ian Lane (ialane(a)ucsc.edu) if you have questions! Thanks! Jeff *************************************************** ad: https://recruit.ucsc.edu/JPF01825 *Position overview* *Position title:* CSE Assistant or Associate Professor, Generative Artificial Intelligence *Salary range:* A reasonable estimate for the academic-year (nine-month basis) salary range is $125,000 - $140,000 for Assistant Professors and $145,000 - $175,000 for Associate Professors. Starting salary is commensurate with qualifications and experience. *Percent time:* Full-time, 100% *Anticipated start:* July 1, 2025, with the academic year beginning in September 2025. Degree requirements must be met by June 30, 2025 for employment effective July 1, 2025 and beyond. *Application Window* *Open date:* October 21, 2024 *Most recent review date:* Friday, Dec 20, 2024 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time) Applications received after this date will be reviewed by the search committee if the position has not yet been filled. *Final date:* Monday, Jun 30, 2025 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time) Applications will continue to be accepted until this date, but those received after the review date will only be considered if the position has not yet been filled. *Position description* The Department of Computer Science and Engineering <https://engineering.ucsc.edu/departments/computer-science-and-engineering/> at the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC) invites applications for positions at the rank of assistant or associate professor. We seek outstanding applicants with research and teaching expertise in all areas of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI), with an emphasis in Natural Language Processing (NLP). We are especially interested in candidates who have made scientific contributions across both GenAI and NLP including but not limited to language modeling, model explainability, multimodal understanding and synthesis, GenAI for social good, human-robot interaction or related areas. The position is based at our Silicon Valley campus in Santa Clara, California. UC Santa Cruz is one of 10 campuses in the University of California system and is a member of the Association of American Universities (AAU), an association of the top research universities in the US. The Department of Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) is part of the Baskin School of Engineering. Baskin Engineering is home to six departments contributing to the richness of its research in materials, devices and instruments; engineering mathematics; computing; and health engineering. The CSE department has nationally and internationally known researchers in artificial intelligence, machine learning, natural language processing, computer vision, theoretical computer science, programming languages, security, distributed systems, storage systems, computer architectures, VLSI, and networking. With a rich history of embracing groundbreaking interdisciplinary work and building deep research ties with industry, the UCSC residential campus is nestled in a redwood forest above the city of Santa Cruz, while the nearby Santa Clara campus affords unique and exciting opportunities for collaboration with industry researchers, as well as with faculty and students at other San Francisco Bay Area universities. The successful candidate is expected to contribute to the M.S. program in NLP located at the Silicon Valley campus; develop a research program; advise graduate students in their research area; obtain external funding; develop and teach courses within the undergraduate and graduate curriculum; perform university, public and professional service; and interact broadly with the large number of researchers in Silicon Valley industrial research and advanced development labs. The job entails traveling from the SVC campus to the main UCSC campus, as such, the selected candidate must be able to travel to multiple work locations and travel within a defined regional or service area. UC Santa Cruz values diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) and is committed to hiring faculty who will work to promote these values. Diversity, equity, and inclusion are at the forefront of our path to excellence in Baskin Engineering. The successful candidates must be able to work with students, faculty, and staff from various social and cultural backgrounds, genders, and sexual orientations. A minority-serving institution (MSI) with a high proportion of first-in-family students, UC Santa Cruz is a Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI), a member of the Alliance of Hispanic-Serving Research Universities (HRSU), a member of the Computing Alliance of Hispanic Serving Institutions (CAHSI), an Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institution (AANAPISI), and a member of several leading identity and ethnic affinity professional societies, including the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE), the Society for the Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS), the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE), and the Society of Women Engineers (SWE). To be considered, candidates must demonstrate an understanding of the barriers facing women, people of color, and other groups historically underrepresented in engineering, as well as describe their experience and future plans to promote equity and inclusion in teaching, mentoring, and research, and in broadening participation in engineering. Application packages will be considered with a view toward potential as much as achievement. DEI statements will be read and scored as part of a holistic assessment throughout the review process. Efforts supporting equity and inclusion at UC Santa Cruz will be recognized as important during the merit review and promotion process. The selected candidates will receive a start-up package that includes funding in support of furthering diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts. The chosen candidate will be expected to sign a statement representing that they are not the subject of any ongoing investigation or disciplinary proceeding at their current academic institution or place of employment, nor have they in the past ten years been formally disciplined at any academic institution/place of employment. In the event the candidate cannot make this representation, they will be expected to disclose in writing to the hiring Dean the circumstances surrounding any formal discipline that they have received, as well as any current or ongoing investigation or disciplinary process of which they are the subject. (Note that discipline includes a negotiated settlement agreement to resolve a matter related to substantiated misconduct.) *Department of Computer Science and Engineering:* https://engineering.ucsc.edu/departments/computer-science-and-engineering/ *Qualifications* *Basic qualifications* (required at the time the application is submitted) - Ph.D. (or equivalent foreign degree) in computer science or a relevant field. It is expected that the degree requirements will be completed by June 30, 2025. - A demonstrated record of research. *For applicants who do not possess the applicable terminal degree when they submit their applications, they must document in their application materials (e.g., c.v., cover letter, etc.) that their projected date for completing their degree will be on or before June 30, 2025.* *Application Requirements* *Document requirements* Applications are accepted via the UCSC Academic Recruit online system; all documents and materials must be submitted as PDFs. - Curriculum Vitae - Your most recently updated C.V. - Cover Letter - Letter of application that briefly summarizes your qualifications and interest in the position - Statement of Teaching Interests and Experience - Statement of Research Plans - Statement on Contributions to Advancing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion - Statement on your contributions to diversity, equity, and inclusion, including information about your understanding of these topics, your record of activities to date, and your specific plans and goals for advancing equity and inclusion if hired at UC Santa Cruz. Candidates are urged to review guidelines on statements (see https://apo.ucsc.edu/diversity.html) before preparing their application. - Selected Publication (1 of 2 required) - Selected Publication (2 of 2 required) - Selected Publication (1 optional) (Optional) *Reference requirements* - 3-5 letters of reference required Applications must include confidential letters of recommendation* (a minimum of 3 are required and a maximum of 5 will be accepted). Please note that your references, or dossier service, will submit their confidential letters directly to the UC Recruit System. Additionally, the department will solicit external letters from experts in the field for those candidates who move to the final interview stage. *All letters will be treated as confidential per University of California policy and California state law. For any reference letter provided via a third party (i.e., dossier service, career center), direct the author to UCSC’s confidentiality statement at http://apo.ucsc.edu/confstm.htm. *Apply link:* https://recruit.ucsc.edu/JPF01825 *Help contact:* dditmars(a)ucsc.edu *About UC Santa Cruz* The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, or protected veteran status. UC Santa Cruz is committed to excellence through diversity and strives to establish a climate that welcomes, celebrates, and promotes respect for the contributions of all students and employees. Inquiries regarding the University’s equal employment opportunity policies may be directed to the Equity and Equal Protection Office <https://equity.ucsc.edu/> at the University of California, Santa Cruz, CA 95064 or by email at equity(a)ucsc.edu. As a condition of employment, the finalist will be required to disclose if they are subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct, are currently being investigated for misconduct, left a position during an investigation for alleged misconduct, or have filed an appeal with a previous employer. - “Misconduct” means any violation of the policies or laws governing conduct at the applicant’s previous place of employment, including, but not limited to, violations of policies or laws prohibiting sexual harassment, sexual assault, or other forms of harassment, discrimination, dishonesty, or unethical conduct, as defined by the employer. - *UC Sexual Violence and Sexual Harassment Policy <https://policy.ucop.edu/doc/4000385/SVSH>* - *UC Anti-Discrimination Policy for Employees, Students and Third Parties <https://policy.ucop.edu/doc/1001004/Anti-Discrimination>* - *APM - 035: Affirmative Action and Nondiscrimination in Employment <https://www.ucop.edu/academic-personnel-programs/_files/apm/apm-035.pdf>* Notice of Availability: In compliance with the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act (the Clery Act), UCSC publishes an Annual Security and Fire Safety Report <https://compliance.ucsc.edu/campus-safety-compliance/annual-reports/>. This report is published by October 1st of each year and includes current institutional policies and procedures concerning campus safety and security; fire safety and evacuation policies; sexual misconduct and relationship violence reporting and response protocols; and crime and fire statistics for the three previous calendar years. A paper copy of the ASFSR is available upon request by contacting the UCSC Police Department at 114 Carriage House Rd., Santa Cruz, CA 95064, or by calling 831-459-2231 Ext. 1. Under Federal law, the University of California may employ only individuals who are legally able to work in the United States as established by providing documents as specified in the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986. Certain UCSC positions funded by federal contracts or sub-contracts require the selected candidate to pass an E-Verify check <https://www.uscis.gov/e-verify>. The university sponsors employment-based visas for nonresidents who are offered academic appointments at UC Santa Cruz, as outlined in campus policy CAPM 102.530 <https://academicpersonnel.ucsc.edu/campus-academic-personnel-manual/capm-10…> . UCSC is a smoke & tobacco-free campus. If you need accommodation due to a disability, please contact Disability Management Services at roberts(a)ucsc.edu (831) 459-4602. UCSC is committed to addressing the spousal and partner employment needs of our candidates and employees. As part of this commitment, our institution is a member of the Northern California Higher Education Recruitment Consortium (NorCal HERC). Visit the NorCal HERC website <https://www.hercjobs.org/regions/higher-ed-careers-northern-california/> to search for open positions within a commutable distance of our institution. The University of California offers a competitive benefits package and a number of programs to support employee work/life balance. As a University employee, you will be required to comply with all applicable University policies and/or collective bargaining agreements, as may be amended from time to time. Federal, state, or local government directives may impose additional requirements. VISIT UC Santa Cruz <https://www.ucsc.edu/> *Job location* Santa Clara and Santa Cruz, California -- Assistant Professor Department of Computer Science and Engineering Baskin School of Engineering University of California Santa Cruz https://jflanigan.github.io/

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Last Days - SemEval 2025 Task 8: Question Answering on Tabular Data
by Eugenio Martínez Camara 03 Jan '25

03 Jan '25

Last Days - SemEval 2025 Task 8: Question Answering on Tabular Data The TabularQA task of SemEval 2025 (task 8) is entering in ist final stretch, there are only *seven days left* for the development stage of the task ends. So, if you are interested in exploring the emergent capability of LLMs of answering questions from tabular data, we encourage you to use these *seven days* to prepare your set-up and participate in the shared task. We remind that we propose the following two subtasks: *Subtask I : DataBench QA* Participants will be provided with a dataset (of any size) and a question over it. The question should be answered using the data from the dataset only. *Subtask II: DataBench Lite QA* The task is essentially the same as the previous subtask, but involves using the sampled version of each dataset with a maximum of 20 rows per dataset (see explanation on DataBench Lite). The question should be answered using the data from the sampled dataset only. For the test set, we will similarly provide a reduced version of each dataset for this subtask. This task is especially relevant when testing for models with a smaller window size. Important Dates Official Competition start 10 January 2025 Competition end 31 January 2025 Task Organizers Jorge Osés Grijalba - Graphext L. Alfonso Ureña-López and Eugenio Martínez Cámara - University of Jaén Jose Camacho-Collados - Cardiff University Competition website: https://jorses.github.io/semeval/ Codabench: https://www.codabench.org/competitions/3360/ Google Group: https://groups.google.com/g/semeval-25-t8-tabularqaImportant Dates Official Competition start 10 January 2025 Competition end 31 January 2025 *Task Organizers* Jorge Osés Grijalba - Graphext L. Alfonso Ureña-López - Universidad de Jaén Eugenio Martínez Cámara - Universidad de Jaén Jose Camacho-Collados - Cardiff University *Competition website*: https://jorses.github.io/semeval/ *Codabench*: https://www.codabench.org/competitions/3360/ *Google Group*: https://groups.google.com/g/semeval-25-t8-tabularqa *News*: https://x.com/semeval_tableQA Kind regards, The organisers. -- Suelo trabajar a deshoras por lo que este correo puede haberte llegado fuera de tu horario laboral, y al cual puedes responder en el momento que mejor se ajuste a tus hábitos de trabajo. | I sometimes work at irregular times and this email might arrive out of working hours so please be assured that I respect your working pattern and look forward to your response when it suits you. [image: Universidad de Jaén] <https://www.ujaen.es/> Eugenio Martínez Cámara Vicepresidente de la SEPLN <http://www.sepln.org/> | Vice President of the SEPLN <http://www.sepln.org/en>. Profesor Titular de Universidad | Associate Professor. Investigador en Proc. del Lenguaje Natural | Postdoctoral Researcher in Natural Language Proc. Grupo de Investigación SINAI <http://sinai.ujaen.es/> | SINAI <http://sinai.ujaen.es/> Research Group. emcamara(a)ujaen.es Código ORCID:0000-0002-5279-8355 <http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5279-8355> Universidad de Jaén Dpto. de Informática | Computer Science Department. Edificio A3, despacho 145 | +34 953212883 <https://www.ujaen.es/servicios/sinformatica/sites/servicio_sinformatica/fil…> [image: Universidad de Jaén] <https://www.ujaen.es/> Este mensaje y los ficheros anexos son confidenciales dirigiéndose exclusivamente al destinatario mencionado en el encabezamiento. Los mismos contienen información reservada que no puede ser difundida. Si usted ha recibido este correo por error, tenga la amabilidad de eliminarlo de su sistema y avisar al remitente mediante reenvío a su dirección electrónica; no deberá copiar el mensaje ni divulgar su contenido a ninguna persona. Los datos personales facilitados por usted o por terceros serán tratados por UNIVERSIDAD DE JAÉN, con la finalidad de gestionar y mantener los contactos y relaciones que se produzcan como consecuencia de la relación que mantiene con UJA. Normalmente, la base jurídica que legitima este tratamiento, será su consentimiento, el interés legítimo o la necesidad para gestionar una relación contractual o similar. El plazo de conservación de sus datos vendrá determinado por la relación que mantiene con nosotros. Para más información al respecto, o para ejercer sus derechos de acceso, rectificación, cancelación/supresión, oposición, limitación o portabilidad, dirija una comunicación por escrito a UNIVERSIDAD DE JAÉN, Campus Las Lagunillas s/n. 23071 – Jaén, o a nuestro delegado de protección de datos [ dpo(a)ujaen.es]. En caso de considerar vulnerado su derecho a la protección de datos personales, podrá interponer una reclamación ante el Consejo Andaluz de Transparencia y Protección de Datos (www.ctpdandalucia.es). Asimismo, es su responsabilidad comprobar que este mensaje o sus archivos adjuntos no contengan virus informáticos, y en caso que los tuvieran eliminarlos.

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PhD student position at RIT – American Sign Language research
by Cecilia Alm 02 Jan '25

02 Jan '25

We invite applications for a PhD student position in the Cognitive Science program at Rochester Institute of Technology. The PhD student will be involved in grant-funded research on American Sign Language, including prosody and non-manual markers. The position expects fluency in American Sign Language. A background in linguistics, cognitive science, and/or computing is preferred. Deaf/hard-of-hearing candidates are especially encouraged to apply. Questions can be directed to Cecilia Alm (coagla(a)rit.edu<mailto:coagla@rit.edu>) and Allison Fitch (ahfgsh(a)rit.edu<mailto:ahfgsh@rit.edu>). To apply, please visit: https://www.rit.edu/study/cognitive-science-phd

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1st Call for participation: Robust WSI Shared Task @ CoNLL-2025
by Ondřej Herman 02 Jan '25

02 Jan '25

Dear colleagues, We invite you to participate in the Robust Word Sense Induction shared task, which is organized as a part of CoNLL-2025 in Vienna (31.7 - 1. 8. 2025). TASK OVERVIEW The task focuses on unsupervised word sense induction without relying on predefined sense inventories. Participants will receive sentences containing target words and cluster them according to word sense usage. What makes this task unique is the novel evaluation approach using multi-annotated data and robust metrics that account for natural sense ambiguity and provide a fairer evaluation compared to traditional approaches. The benchmark datasets will be available in English, Czech, German, Spanish, Estonian and Chinese. IMPORTANT DATES 30. 1. 2025 - Trial data available 15. 2. 2025 - Test data available, evaluation starts 15. 4. 2025 - Test phase ends 22. 4. 2025 - Submission of system description papers 31. 7. 2025 or 1. 8. 2025 - The CoNLL-2025 workshop at ACL 2025 in Vienna For more information and participation instructions, please visit https://projects.sketchengine.eu/conll2025/. This shared task is organized by Ondřej Herman, Miloš Jakubíček, Pavel Rychlý and Vojtěch Kovář at Lexical Computing and Masaryk University. If you have any questions, please contact us at conll2025(a)sketchengine.eu. Best regards, The Shared Task Organizers

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Call for Papers: Corpus Linguistics 2025
by Robbie Love 02 Jan '25

02 Jan '25

Dear colleagues Happy New Year! This is a reminder that the submission deadline for the international Corpus Linguistics conference 2025 (CL2025) is Friday 17th January. The Call for Papers can be found on the CL2025 conference website: https://www.cl2025.co.uk/call-for-papers CL2025 is co-organised by Aston University, Birmingham City University, and the University of Birmingham and will take place from Monday 30th June - Thursday 3rd July 2025 at Aston University<https://www.aston.ac.uk/>, preceded by a workshop day on Sunday 29th June (please note the minor amendment to the originally announced conference dates). CL2025 welcomes submissions for paper presentations, poster presentations, thematic panels, and pre-conference workshops that engage in some way with the tools, methods, and techniques of corpus linguistics. KEY DATES * Submission deadline: 17th January 2025 * Notification of acceptance: 28th February 2025 * Early bird registration deadline: 2nd May 2025 * Conference dates: 30th June - 3rd July 2025 PLENARY SPEAKERS * Laurence Anthony (Waseda University, Japan) * Gavin Brookes (Lancaster University, UK) * Elizabeth Hanks (Northern Arizona University, USA) * Pascual Pérez-Paredes (University of Murcia, Spain) * Anna Marchi (University of Bologna, Italy) & Charlotte Taylor (University of Sussex, UK) For further information, please visit the conference website at www.cl2025.co.uk<http://www.cl2025.co.uk> or write to the CL2025 organising committee at corpuslinguistics2025(a)gmail.com<mailto:corpuslinguistics2025@gmail.com>. Best wishes Robbie Love On behalf of the CL2025 Organising Committee: Matt Gee (Birmingham City University), Andrew Kehoe (Birmingham City University), Joyce Lim (Aston University), Robbie Love (Aston University), Mark McGlashan (University of Liverpool), Akira Murakami (University of Birmingham), Paul Thompson (University of Birmingham) Dr Robbie Love (he/him) BA (Hons), ma, phd, cdls, fhea Senior Lecturer in English Language and Linguistics Programme Development Lead Department of Communication and Culture School of Law and Social Sciences Aston University, Birmingham, UK [Aston University] Newsletter Editor, British Association for Applied Linguistics (BAAL)<https://www.baal.org.uk/> Convenor, BAAL Corpus Linguistics Special Interest Group<https://baal-clsig.weebly.com/> Organising Committee, Corpus Linguistics Conference 2025<https://www.cl2025.co.uk/> Research profile: research.aston.ac.uk/en/persons/robbie-love<https://research.aston.ac.uk/en/persons/robbie-love> Website: robbielove.org/<https://robbielove.org/>

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