Dear all,
We are seeking a researcher with a background in Language Technology, Machine Learning, or Language Typology who is interested in automatic classification and analysis of hundreds of languages to undertake a PhD project exploring Unseen Languages in Language Identification.
For further information, see the job posting at: https://jobs.helsinki.fi/job-invite/4438/
Cheers,
Tommi
—
Tommi Jauhiainen
Academy Research Fellow
Department of Digital Humanities
University of Helsinki
https://researchportal.helsinki.fi/en/persons/tommi-jauhiainen
Dear All,
[Last CFP]: * "**QuantumNLP: Integrating Quantum Computing with Natural
Language Processing"** Workshop under **IJCNLP-AACL 2025** Conference*
*(with our apologies for cross-posting)*
*Under:* IJCNLP-AACL 2025
*Date:* December 23-24, 2025 (tentative)
*Venue:* Victor Menezes Convention Centre (VMCC), IIT Bombay, Mumbai, India
*Website:* http://qnlp.in/
*Main Conference:* https://www.afnlp.org/conferences/ijcnlp2025/
*Submission Portal:* OpenReview
<https://openreview.net/group?id=aclweb.org/AACL-IJCNLP/2025/Workshop/Quantu…>
*Submission Deadline:* October 15, 2025
** Call for Papers **
The *QuantumNLP 2025 Workshop* aims to bridge the gap between NLP
and Quantum Machine Learning (QML). It will offer insights into
foundational principles, practical tools, and the latest advancements in
hybrid quantum-classical NLP models. We invite original research papers,
work-in-progress, and case studies in areas such as:
- Quantum word embeddings and language model
- Quantum-enhanced sequence modeling (e.g., QRNN, QLSTM)
- QuantumNLP on NISQ devices
- Quantum-inspired optimisation and multimodal AI
- Hybrid quantum-classical architectures for NLP
- Quantum AI
- Quantum NLP
- Quantum ML
- Variational Quantum Circuits
- Quantum-Inspired Optimisation
- any other topic that is related to Quantum
Selected papers will be published in the *ACL Anthology*.
We welcome *original research papers*, *work-in-progress*, and *industry
case studies*. All submissions will be peer-reviewed and selected
contributions will be invited for presentation. The proceedings will be
published in the ACL Anthology.
*Submission Link (Login in OpenReview First): *
https://openreview.net/group?id=aclweb.org/AACL-IJCNLP/2025/Workshop/Quantu…
** Organizers* *
- *Partha Pakray*, National Institute of Technology Silchar,
partha(a)cse.nits.ac.in
- *Santanu Pal*, Wipro AI Lab 45, santanu.pal.ju(a)gmail.com
- *Sivaji Bandyopadhyay*, Jadavpur University, sivaji.cse.ju(a)gmail.com
- *Priyanka Jain*, CDAC Delhi, priyankaj(a)cdac.in
- *Asif Ekbal*, IIT Patna, asif(a)iitp.ac.in
** Invited speaker **
- *Prof. **Hachem Kadri*, Aix-Marseille University, France
** Contact **
For questions, please send an email to *partha(a)cse.nits.ac.in
<partha(a)cse.nits.ac.in>*.
[Apologies for multiple postings]
We are happy to announce that 1 new lexicon and 1 new evaluation package
are available in our catalogue.
*Arab Full Names Database
<https://catalog.elra.info/en-us/repository/browse/ELRA-L0209/>***
ISLRN: 548-506-480-213-6 <http://www.islrn.org/resources/548-506-480-213-6>
This database consists of over six million Arab Full Names comprising
real people Arabic names (not foreign names), including phonological
data such as romanization and optional vowel diacritics, as well as
English equivalents. If heteronyms (same spelling, different
pronunciations, like Muhammad and Muhammid) are included, the number of
entries is approximately 43.9 million.
*MiLQ: Mixed-Language Query Test Set for Bilingual Web Search –
Evaluation Package
<https://catalog.elra.info/en-us/repository/browse/ELRA-E0047/>***
ISLRN:200-586-423-805-2 <http://www.islrn.org/resources/200-586-423-805-2>
MiLQ is a benchmark of mixed-language (code-switched) search queries
created by bilingual speakers for evaluating Information Retrieval with
mixed-language queries. It provides query versions where English
expressions are embedded within native-language structures for the
following languages: Swahili, Somali, Finnish, German, French, Chinese,
Persian and Russian.
For more information on the catalogue or if you would like to enquire
about having your resources distributed by ELRA, please *contact us*
<mailto:contact@elda.org>.
_________________________________________
Visit the *ELRA Catalogue of Language Resources* <http://catalog.elra.info>
*Archives *
<https://www.elra.info/catalogues/language-resources-announcements/>of
ELRA Language Resources Catalogue Updates
*** Last Call for Papers to the Research Track ***
The 33rd IEEE International Conference on Software Analysis, Evolution and
Reengineering (SANER 2026)
17-20 March, 2026, 5* St. Raphael Resort and Marina, Limassol, Cyprus
https://conf.researchr.org/home/saner-2026<http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/GPLists_2021/lm.php?tk=Y29ycG9yYQkJCWNvcnBv…>
The 33rd edition of the IEEE International Conference on Software Analysis, Evolution, and
Reengineering (SANER 2026) invites high-quality submissions of papers describing
original and unpublished research results. We encourage submissions describing various
types of research, including empirical, theoretical, and tool-oriented studies.
TOPICS OF INTEREST
The topics of the submissions should be of direct interest to the software analysis,
evolution, and reengineering community (including researchers, practitioners, educators).
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
• AI for Software Engineering and Software Engineering for AI (see note below);
• Generative AI and LLM Applied to Analysis, Evolution and Reengineering of Software;
• Software Analysis, Parsing, and Fact Extraction;
• Software Maintenance and Evolution, Evolution Analysis;
• Software Reverse Engineering and Reengineering;
• Program Comprehension;
• Software Architecture Recovery and Reverse Architecting;
• Program Transformation and Refactoring;
• Mining Software Repositories and Software Analytics;
• Software Visualization;
• Software Reconstruction and Migration;
• Program Repair;
• Software Release Engineering, Continuous Integration and Delivery;
• Software Security, Safety, Reliability and Quality Analysis;
• Software Tools for Software Evolution and Maintenance;
• Human Factors and Legal Aspects in the Context of Software Analysis, Evolution and
Reengineering;
• Empirical Studies in the Context of Software Analysis, Evolution and Reengineering;
• Education and Training in the Context of Software Analysis, Evolution and
Reengineering.
SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS
All submitted papers will undergo a rigorous peer review process and will be selected
based on originality, quality, soundness, and relevance. Submissions must be original, not
published, accepted, or under review elsewhere. All submissions must be in PDF format
and conform to the IEEE Conference Proceedings Formatting Guidelines. Submissions
should not exceed 12 pages (with the last 2 pages reserved for references only).
Important Note: The Research Track follows a double-anonymous review process.
Please refer to the conference website for more details.
Submission Link: https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=saner2026<http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/GPLists_2021/lm.php?tk=Y29ycG9yYQkJCWNvcnBv…>
PAPERS INVOLVING AI AND ML
Papers involving AI or ML must either (a) concern a software system as a whole, or a
subsystem, and not simply its AI or ML component, (b) consider software engineering
artifacts, (c) target a novel context for a software engineering task, or (d) study human,
social, socio-technical, and organizational aspects in the development of AI- or ML-
intensive software systems (see also "Scoping Software Engineering for AI: The TSE
Perspective", 10.1109/TSE.2024.3470368). Papers involving AI or ML must explicitly
explain how they address a software engineering problem. Papers not meeting these
criteria may be more suitable for AI- or ML-focused venues instead. Papers that do not
clearly explain how they address a software engineering problem or don't meet the
above criteria will be desk-rejected.
SPECIAL JOURNAL ISSUE
Authors of selected research papers accepted at SANER 2026 will be invited to submit
revised, extended versions of their manuscripts for a special issue featured by Springer’s
Empirical Software Engineering Journal (EMSE). The best papers from the conference will
be awarded.
IMPORTANT DATES
(All deadlines are 23:59h "Anywhere on Earth" time)
Research Track
• Abstract Submission Deadline: 9 October, 2025
• Paper Submission Deadline: 16 October, 2025
• Notifications: 9 December, 2025
• Camera-Ready: 9 January, 2026
ORGANISING COMMITTEE
General Chair
• Georgia Kapitsaki, University of Cyprus, Cyprus
Local Organizing Chair
• George Angelos Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus
Program Chairs
• Eunjong Choi, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Japan
• Matthias Galster, University of Canterbury, New Zealand
Industrial Chairs
• Anne Etien, University of Lille, France
• Tushar Sharma, Dalhousie University, Canada
ERA Chairs
• Mairieli Wessel, Radboud University, Netherlands
• Christoph Treude, Singapore Management University, Singapore
Short Papers and Posters Chairs
• Eleni Constantinou, University of Cyprus, Cyprus
• Sandro Schulze, Anhalt University of Applied Sciences, Germany
RENE Chairs
• Apostolos Ampatzoglou, University of Macedonia, Greece
• Sebastian Proksch, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands
Workshop/Tutorial Chairs
• Marcelo De Almeida Maia, Federal University of Uberlandia, Brazil
• Juri Di Rocco, University of L'Aquila, Italy
Journal-First Chairs
• Luigi Lavazza, Università degli Studi dell'Insubria, Italy
• Yuxia Zhang, Beijing Institute of Technology, China
Registered Report Chairs
• Sherlock A. Licorish, University of Otago, New Zealand
• Sebastiano Panichella, Zurich University of Applied Science, Switzerland
Tool Demo Chairs
• Maliheh Izadi, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands
• Roberto Verdecchia, University of Florence, Italy
Diversity, Inclusion, and Newcomers Chairs
• Catia Trubiani, Gran Sasso Science Institute, Italy
• Aldeida Aleti, Monash University, Australia
Proceedings Chair
• Raula Gaikovina Kula, Osaka University, Japan
Most Influential Paper Award Chairs
• Alexander Chatzigeorgiou, University of Macedonia, Greece
• Michele Lanza, Software Institute - USI, Lugano, Switzerland
Sustainability Chair
• Maria Papoutsoglou, University of Cyprus, Cyprus
Financial Chair
• Constantinos Pattichis, University of Cyprus, Cyprus
Publicity and Social Media Chair
• Erina Makihara, Ritsumeikan University, Japan
Search Solutions 2025
Wednesday 26 November 2025, London
Innovations in Search and Information Retrieval
Search Solutions is the BCS Information Retrieval Specialist Group’s (BCS IRSG) annual event focused on practitioner issues in the arena of search and information retrieval (IR). We bring together practitioners, researchers, analysts and end users to discuss the latest developments in the IR community and to share insights between research and practice.
The event consists of a Tutorial day (25 November) and a Conference day (26 November), each of which has a separate registration.The conference day includes presentations, panels and keynote talks by influential industry leaders on novel and emerging applications in search and information retrieval.
09:30 - 09:50 Registration and coffee
09:50 - 10:00 Introduction
We will then have a full day of talks and discussion. The detailed programme will be announced soon but here is the list of confirmed speakers so far:
* Alessandro Benedetti (Sease) “Search Quality Evaluation in the Era of Large Language Models: RRE-Dataset Generator”
* Jon Brassey (TRIP) “Harnessing AI for Faster, Smarter Clinical Decision Support: The Evolution of Trip Database”
* Gianna Cipponeri “Evaluating Citation Quality and Context Faithfulness in Retrieval-Augmented Generation: A Product-Specific Framework”
* Mark Harwood (Ex Elastic Developer) “Plasticine Not Porcelain: Shaping Embeddings Through Interactive Clustering”
* Orland Hoeber (University of Regina) “Support Human Intelligence – An Alternative to Retrieval Augmented Generation in Academic Digital Library Search”
* Marianne Lykke (Aalborg University) “Role of metadata and taxonomies in professional contexts”
* Sean MacAvaney (University of Glasgow) “Re-thinking re-ranking”
* Adam Roegiest (Zuva) “Information Retrieval Evaluation in the Real-World: A Legal Tech Perspective”
* Cedric Ulmer (France Labs) “Adding GenAI to Datafari Community Edition - what and why”
16:30 - 17:15 PANEL SESSION
17:15 - 17:25 BCS SEARCH INDUSTRY AWARDS
17:25 - 17:30 Closing words
17:30 EVENING RECEPTION
LOCATION
Search Solutions is organised by the Information Retrieval Specialist Group of the BCS (The Chartered Institute for IT) and ISKO (International Society for Knowledge Organization), and is held at the BCS Central London Office:
BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT
Ground Floor
25 Copthall Avenue
London
EC2R 7BP
https://www.bcs.org/about-us/our-london-office-and-event-venue/
REGISTRATION
Registration fees (including VAT at 20%) for Search Solutions are as follows:
* BCS / ISKO member rate: £92
* Non-member rate: £110
* Students: £80
Registration fees include lunch. Tea and coffee will also be available throughout the day followed by a drinks reception in the evening.
Register here: https://IRSGSearchSolutions2025.eventbrite.co.uk
TUTORIAL DAY
Search Solutions also includes a Tutorial Programme on Tuesday, 25 November. A detailed programme will be announced in due course.
Tutorials are payable separately.
PAST EVENTS
Search Solutions has been held annually since 2007. For details of past events please see:
https://www.bcs.org/membership-and-registrations/member-communities/informa…
The Natural Language Understanding Research Group at the Department of Computer Science, University of Copenhagen is seeking to recruit PhD students for a start in Spring or Autumn 2026.
- A fully funded 3-year PhD fellowship on Explainable Natural Language Understanding for a start in Spring 2026 is available as part of the ExplainYourself project<https://erc.europa.eu/news/erc-2021-starting-grants-results> on Explainable and Robust Automatic Fact Checking. The position requires candidates to have completed a Master’s degree by the start date. The successful candidate will be supervised by Isabelle Augenstein<http://isabelleaugenstein.github.io/> and co-supervised by Pepa Atanasova<https://apepa.github.io/>. Read more about the position and apply here<https://candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationInit.aspx/?cid=1307&departmentI…> by 31 October 2025.
- A fully funded 3-year PhD fellowship in Trustworthy Natural Language Processing with expected start date of 1st March 2026 (or as soon as possible thereafter). The successful candidate will engage in developing innovative methods for trustworthy NLP models, including but not limited to mechanistic interpretability, explainability, reasoning, factuality, safety mechanisms, and practical applications of trustworthy AI. This independent fellowship offers flexibility in developing your research direction within trustworthy NLP, tailored in collaboration with the candidate to align their interests and the group’s research goals. The fellowship is offered with Pepa Atanasova<https://apepa.github.io/> as the main project supervisor and will be co-supervised by Isabelle Augenstein<http://isabelleaugenstein.github.io/>. Read more about the position and apply here<https://candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationInit.aspx?cid=1307&ProjectId=16…> by 31 October 2025.
- For a start in Autumn 2026, we are considering candidates on any topic aligned with the focus areas of our lab<https://www.copenlu.com/#projects>. Candidates should express their interest by applying to the ELLIS PhD programme<https://ellis.eu/news/ellis-phd-program-call-for-applications-2025> by 31 October 2025, naming Isabelle Augenstein as a supervisor.
More information about the positions can be found here<https://www.copenlu.com/news/phd-fellowships-for-start-in-spring-or-autumn-…>.
Informal enquiries about the positions can be made to Professor Isabelle Augenstein, Department of Computer Science, University of Copenhagen, e-mail: augenstein(a)di.ku.dk.
Isabelle Augenstein, Dr. Scient., Ph.D.
Professor and Head of the NLP Section, Department of Computer Science (DIKU)
Co-Lead, Pioneer Centre for Artificial Intelligence
University of Copenhagen
Østervold Observatory
Øster Voldgade 3
1350 Copenhagen
augenstein(a)di.ku.dk<mailto:augenstein@di.ku.dk>
http://isabelleaugenstein.github.io/
Dear colleagues
Please see below the call for papers and registration information for the BAAL Corpus Linguistics SIG Symposium 2025, taking place at Coventry University.
Best wishes
Robbie Love, BAAL Corpus Linguistics SIG Convenor
***
BAAL Corpus Linguistics SIG Symposium 2025
AI and EAP: New Directions
Monday 15th December 2025, Coventry University (in-person event)
Register here<https://www.eventsforce.net/cugroup/frontend/reg/tregistration.csp?pageID=6…>!
Generative AI is still a recent development, yet it is having a significant impact in the fields of English for Academic Purposes (EAP) and Corpus Linguistics. A general consensus is emerging that researchers and practitioners need to have a thorough understanding of the uses of Gen AI, but it can be hard to keep track of developments in such a fast-moving field. The aim of this one-day event is to discuss current and future developments concerning AI in EAP with a specific focus on corpus linguistics and corpus approaches.
Abstract submission
We invite proposals for 20-minute presentations (15 minutes + 5 minutes for questions). These will offer short, thought-provoking talks on what speakers feel are essential corpus linguistic elements for EAP teacher training. We encourage early-stage work that focuses on innovation, as well as more advanced research.
Please send 250-word abstracts to Hilary Nesi (h.nesi(a)coventry.ac.uk<mailto:h.nesi@coventry.ac.uk>) with 'BAALSIG COV2025' in the subject line by 23 October 2025. Notification of successful abstract submissions will be on 31 October 2025.
Attendance
The event fee (£20) covers attendance and a light lunch and refreshments. We will also provide links to nearby food outlets.
The Journal of EAP<https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/journal-of-english-for-academic-purpo…> is kindly providing sponsorship for the event for those who would like to present but haven't got the financial means to attend. If you would like to be considered for sponsorship, please include a maximum 100-word justification for sponsorship with your abstract submission.
The BAAL CL SIG<https://baal-clsig.weebly.com/about.html> is also able to offer a number of attendance fee waivers for non-presenters; these are aimed at enabling students and early career researchers to participate. If you would like to be considered for fee waiver, please send a maximum 100-word explanation of the benefits to you of participation to sian.alsop(a)coventry.ac.uk<mailto:sian.alsop@coventry.ac.uk>, with 'BAALSIG COV2025' in the subject line by 23 October 2025.
Registration
To register for the event, please enter your details and pay the registration fee here<https://www.eventsforce.net/cugroup/frontend/reg/tregistration.csp?pageID=6…> (choose the Register tab).
Dr Robbie Love (he/him) BA (Hons), ma, phd, cdls, fhea
Senior Lecturer in English Language and Linguistics
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/>
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/>
Under: IJCNLP-AACL 2025
Date: December 23-24, 2025 (tentative)
Venue: Victor Menezes Convention Centre (VMCC), IIT Bombay, Mumbai, India
Website: http://qnlp.in/
Main Conference: https://2025.aaclnet.org/
Submission Portal: OpenReview
Submission Deadline: October 15, 2025
* Call for Papers *
The QuantumNLP 2025 Workshop aims to bridge the gap between NLP
and Quantum Machine Learning (QML). It will offer insights into
foundational principles, practical tools, and the latest advancements in
hybrid quantum-classical NLP models. We invite original research papers,
work-in-progress, and case studies in areas such as:
Quantum word embeddings and language model
Quantum-enhanced sequence modeling (e.g., QRNN, QLSTM)
QuantumNLP on NISQ devices
Quantum-inspired optimisation and multimodal AI
Hybrid quantum-classical architectures for NLP
Quantum AI
Quantum NLP
Quantum ML
Variational Quantum Circuits
Quantum-Inspired Optimisation
any other topic that is related to Quantum
Selected papers will be published in the ACL Anthology.
We welcome original research papers, work-in-progress, and industry case
studies. All submissions will be peer-reviewed and selected contributions
will be invited for presentation. The proceedings will be published in
the ACL Anthology.
Submission Link (Login in OpenReview First):
https://openreview.net/group?id=aclweb.org/AACL-IJCNLP/2025/Workshop/Quantu…
* Organizers*
- Partha Pakray, National Institute of Technology Silchar,
partha(a)cse.nits.ac.in
- Santanu Pal, Wipro AI Lab 45, santanu.pal.ju(a)gmail.com
- Sivaji Bandyopadhyay, Jadavpur University, sivaji.cse.ju(a)gmail.com
- Priyanka Jain, CDAC Delhi, priyankaj(a)cdac.in
- Asif Ekbal, IIT Patna, asif(a)iitp.ac.in
* Invited speaker *
- Prof. Hachem Kadri, Aix-Marseille University, France
* Contact *
For questions, please send an email to partha(a)cse.nits.ac.in.
Dr. Santanu Pal <https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-santanu-pal-6511076a/> Sivaji
Bandyopadhyay <https://www.linkedin.com/in/sivaji-bandyopadhyay-a3790569/> Asif
Ekbal <https://www.linkedin.com/in/asif-ekbal-3b8a4517/> Priyanka Jain, PhD
<https://www.linkedin.com/in/priyanka-jain-phd-23308114/>
Hi all,
Please help me share that we have an open PhD position in our NLP group at Stockholm University.
Deadline: October 15
Link: https://su.varbi.com/en/what:job/jobID:852233/where:4/
Thanks!
Best regards,
Aron
——
Aron Henriksson
Associate Professor (Docent)
Department of Computer and Systems Sciences (DSV)
Stockholm University
P.O. Box 1073, SE-164 25 Kista, Sweden
Visiting address: Borgarfjordsgatan 12, Kista
Phone: +46-8-164985
# Desegma-IT - Detection and Segmentation of Machine Generated Text in
Italian
## Call for participation
https://desegma.github.io/
Desegma-IT is a Shared Task of the 9th evaluation campaign organized by the
EVALITA initiative.
Desegma-IT’s shared tasks of Detection and Segmentation aim to stress-test
the robustness of machine-generated text detectors by evaluating their
performance under settings where the I.I.D. (independent and identically
distributed) assumption does not hold. While state-of-the-art MGT detectors
have reported high accuracy, such results often stem from unrealistic
experimental settings: for example, relying on prior knowledge of the text
generator, or failing to consider domain shifts and efficient fine-tuning -
or post-tuning - strategies.
## Tasks
* MGT Detection in the Wild
* Human-Machine Text Segmentation
Check the Tasks page https://desegma.github.io/tasks/ for more details
about the tasks and the dataset.
We support and wish for many diverse approaches to the tasks.
Any kind of submission, either based on LLMs or any other approach is
welcome!
## Team Registration
Register your team at this google form, to receive updates on the tasks:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdAgOMmO-GK1K-w5Mn-eZQRJNTn9BQj8mQ…
## Important Dates
* Data Release: September 22nd, 2025
* Evaluation Window: November 24th - December 1st
* Camera Ready Deadline: February 2nd, 2026
* Workshop Date: February 26th-27th, 2026, Bari (Italy)
## Organizers
Andrea Esuli, Andrea Pedrotti, Giovanni Puccetti
ISTI-CNR