December 2025 - Corpora

Industrial Internship on Multilingual IR and LLMs
by Tirthankar Ghosal 08 Dec '25

08 Dec '25

Hello all, If you are looking for an industrial internship on Multilingual IR, LLMs, and love to work in a fast-paced environment, please reach out: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/tirthankar-ghosal-ai_were-hiring-2-interns-f… Best, Tirthankar +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Dr. Tirthankar Ghosal <https://www.tirthankarghosal.com/> Scientist (NLP/AI and HPC) <https://www.ornl.gov/staff-profile/tirthankar-ghosal> National Center for Computational Sciences (NCCS) Oak Ridge National Laboratory, United States & Affiliate Faculty (NLP/AI) <https://bredesencenter.utk.edu/faculty/tirthankar-ghosal/> University of Tennessee Knoxville United States ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

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The 33rd IEEE International Conference on Software Analysis, Evolution and Reengineering (SANER 2026): Last Combo Call for Workshop Papers
by Announce 07 Dec '25

07 Dec '25

*** Last Combo Call for Workshop Papers *** The 33rd IEEE International Conference on Software Analysis, Evolution and Reengineering (SANER 2026) 17 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…> SANER 2026 attracted 213 full paper submissions, the third highest in the 33 years of running. The conference will feature the following workshops with open calls for submission. Please visit the workshops' websites and/or contact their organisers for more details. SQA4AI – Software Quality Assurance for Artificial Intelligence https://sqa4ai-ws.github.io<http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/GPLists_2021/lm.php?tk=Y29ycG9yYQkJCWNvcnBv…> Greenvolve – The Green Software Evolution Workshop https://greenvolve.github.io<http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/GPLists_2021/lm.php?tk=Y29ycG9yYQkJCWNvcnBv…> Fairness 2026 – 2nd International Workshop on Fairness in Software Systems https://fairnessworkshop.github.io<http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/GPLists_2021/lm.php?tk=Y29ycG9yYQkJCWNvcnBv…> F-TRANSFER – Facilitating Continuous Education and Training Through AI in SE https://www.cs.ubbcluj.ro/~avescan/f-transfer-2026/<http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/GPLists_2021/lm.php?tk=Y29ycG9yYQkJCWNvcnBv…> IWBOSE 2026 – Ninth International Workshop on Blockchain Oriented Software Engineering https://www.agile-group.org/iwbose2026/<http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/GPLists_2021/lm.php?tk=Y29ycG9yYQkJCWNvcnBv…> VST 2026 – 9th Workshop on Validation, Analysis and Evolution of Software Tests https://vstworkshop.github.io/vst2026/<http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/GPLists_2021/lm.php?tk=Y29ycG9yYQkJCWNvcnBv…> MSR4P&S 2026 – 4th International Workshop on Mining Software Repositories Applications for Privacy and Security https://msr4ps.github.io<http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/GPLists_2021/lm.php?tk=Y29ycG9yYQkJCWNvcnBv…> SUBMISSION LINK https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=saner2026<http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/GPLists_2021/lm.php?tk=Y29ycG9yYQkJCWNvcnBv…> IMPORTANT DATES • Abstract Submission: 12 December, 2025 • Paper Submission: 18 December, 2025 • Notification: January 14, 2026 • Camera-Ready: 20 January, 2026 All dates are 23:59h AoE (anywhere on Earth). ORGANISATION General Chair • Georgia Kapitsaki, University of Cyprus, Cyprus Local Organizing Chair • George Angelos Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus Workshops and Tutorials Co-Chairs • Marcelo De Almeida Maia, Federal University of Uberlandia, Brazil • Juri Di Rocco, University of L'Aquila, Italy

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3rd CFP: International Conference ‘New Trends in Translation and Interpreting Technology’ (NeTTIT’2026)
by Constantin Orasan 07 Dec '25

07 Dec '25

International Conference ‘New Trends in Translation and Interpreting Technology’ (NeTTIT’2026) Dubrovnik, Croatia, 24-27 June 2026 Third Call for Papers # The conference The third edition of the International Conference ‘New Trends in Translation and Interpreting Technology’ (NeTTIT’2026) will take place in Dubrovnik, Croatia from 24 to 27 June 2026. The objective of the conference is (i) to bridge the gap between academia and industry in the field of translation and interpreting by bringing together academics in linguistics, translation and interpreting studies, machine translation and natural language processing, developers, practitioners, language service providers and vendors who work on or are interested in different aspects of technology for translation and interpreting, and (ii) to be a distinctive event for discussing the latest developments and practices. NeTTIT’2026 invites all professionals who would like to learn about the new trends, present the latest work or/and share their experience in the field, and who would like to establish business and research contacts, collaborations and new ventures. The conference will include plenary presentations (research and user presentations, keynote speeches), poster sessions and panel discussions. All submitted papers will be peer-reviewed by experts, and the accepted papers will be published as open-access conference e- proceedings which will be available at the time of the conference. # Conference topics Contributions are invited on any topic related to latest technology and practices in translation, subtitling, localisation, interpreting, machine translation and Large Language Models used in translation and interpreting. NeTTIT’2026 will feature a Special Theme Track "Future of Translation and Interpreting Technologies in the Era of LLMs and Generative AI". The conference topics include but are not limited to (see also the special conference theme below): ## CAT tools - Translation Memory (TM) systems - NLP and MT for translation memory systems - Terminology extraction tools - Localisation tools ## Machine Translation - Latest developments in Neural Machine Translation - MT for under-resourced languages - MT with low computing resources - Multimodal MT - Integration of MT in TM systems - Resources for MT ## Technologies for MT deployment - MT evaluation techniques, metrics and evaluation results - Human evaluations of MT output - Evaluating MT in a real-world setting - Quality estimation for MT - Domain adaptation ## Translation Studies - Corpus-based studies applied to translation - Corpora and resources for translation - Translationese - Cognitive effort and eye-tracking experiments in translation ## Interpreting studies - Corpus-based studies applied to interpreting - Corpora and resources for interpreting - Interpretese - Resources for interpreting and interpreting technology applications - Cognitive effort and eye-tracking experiments in interpreting ## Interpreting technology - Machine interpreting - Computer-aided interpreting - NLP for dialogue interpreting - Development of NLP based applications for communication in public service settings (healthcare, education, law, emergency services) ## Emerging Areas in Translation and Interpreting - MT and translation tools for literary texts and creative texts - MT for social media and real-time conversations - Sign language recognition and translation ## Subtitling - NLP and MT for subtitling - Latest technology for subtitling ## User needs - Analysis of translators’ and interpreters’ needs in terms of translation and interpreting technology - User requirements for interpreting and translation tools - Incorporating human knowledge into translation and interpreting technology - What existing translators’ (including subtitlers’) and interpreters’ tools do not offer - User requirements for electronic resources for translators and interpreters - Translation and interpreting workflows in larger organisations and the tools for translation and interpreting employed ## The business of translation and interpreting - Translation workflow and management - Technology adoption by translators and industry - Setting up translation /interpreting / language provider company ## Teaching translation and interpreting - Teaching Machine Translation - Teaching translation technology - Teaching interpreting technology - Latest AI developments in the syllabi of translation and interpreting curricula ## Ethical issues in translation and technology - Bias and fairness in MT - Privacy and security in cloud MT systems - Transparency and explainability of MT systems - Environmental impact on MT systems # Special Theme Track - Future of Translation and Interpreting Technologies in the Era of LLMs and Generative AI We are excited to share that NeTTIT’2026 will have a special theme with the goal of stimulating discussion around Large Language Models, Generative AI and the Future of Translation and Interpreting Technologies. While the new generation of Large Language Models such as CHATGPT, Gemini, Claude, DeepSeek and LLAMA showcase remarkable advancements in language generation and understanding, we find ourselves in uncharted territory when it comes to their performance on various Translation and Interpreting Technology tasks with regards to fairness, interpretability, ethics and transparency. The theme track invites studies on how LLMs perform on Translation and Interpreting Technology tasks and applications, and what this means for the future of the field. The possible topics of discussion include (but are not limited to) the following: - Changes in (and the impact on) the translators and interpreters’ professions in the new AI era especially as a result of the latest developments in LLMs and Generative AI - Generative AI and translation - Generative AI and interpreting - Augmenting machine translation systems with generative AI - Domain and terminology adaptation with Large Language Models - Literary translation with Large Language Models - Translation for low-resourced and minority languages with LLMs - Improving Machine Translation Quality with Contextual Prompts in Large Language Models - Prompt engineering for translation - Generative AI for professional translation - Generative AI for professional interpreting # Invited speaker Yves Champollion, Wordfast LLC (more names will be announced in future calls) # Submissions and publication NeTTIT’2026 invites the following types of submissions in English: ## Academic papers - Regular long papers: These can be up to eight (8) pages long, presenting substantial, original, completed, and unpublished work. - Short papers: These can be up to four (4) pages long and are suitable for describing small, focused contributions, work-in-progress, negative results, system demonstrations, etc. ## User papers – for industry and practitioners. References to related work are optional. Allowed paper length: between 2 and 4 pages. Submission link – Papers should be submitted through Softconf/START using the following link: https://softconf.com/p/nettit2026/user/ The conference will not consider and evaluate abstracts only. Further details on the submission procedure will be made available on the conference website. The accepted papers will be published in the conference e-proceedings with assigned ISBN and DOI and made available online on the conference website at the time of the conference. # Important dates - Submissions due: 23 March 2026 - Reviewing process: 25 March-25 April 2026 - Notification of acceptance: 28 April 2026 - Camera-ready due: 25 May 2026 - Conference camera-ready proceedings ready 15 June 2026 - Conference: 24-27 June 2026 # Conference Chairs - Gloria Corpas Pastor (University of Malaga) - Ruslan Mitkov (Lancaster University and University of Alicante) - Marko Tadic (University of Zagreb) # Programme Committee Chairs - Constantin Orasan (University of Surrey) - Tharindu Ranasinghe (Lancaster University) # Publication Chairs - Marie Escribe (LanguageWire and Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain) - Alicia Picazo Izquierdo (University of Alicante, Spain) # Publicity and Sponsorship Chair - Vilelmini Sosoni (Ionian University) # Programme committee - Khetam Al Sharou, Dublin City University, Ireland - Lama Al-oqili, University of Liverpool, UK - Abdelalah Alsolami, University of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia - Silvia Bernardini, University of Bologna, Italy - Alba Bonet Jover, University of Alicante, Spain - Pierrette Bouillon, University of Geneve, Switzerland - Vicent Briva-Iglesias, Dublin City University, Ireland - Elena Calzada, ONCALL Language Services, London and Madrid Open University, Spain - Parthena Charalampidou, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece - Helle Dam Jensen, Aarhus University, Denmark - Anna Beatriz Dimas Furtado, University of Galway - Michael Farrell, University Institute of Modern Languages, Italy - Maria Fernandez-Parra, Swansea University, UK - Ɫukasz Grabowski, University of Opole, Poland - Manuel Herranz , Pangeanic, Spain - Hansi Hettiarachchi, Lancaster University, UK - Kristian Hvelplund, University of Copenhagen, Denmark - Miguel A Jimenez Crespo, Rutgers University, USA - Valentini Kalfadopoulou, Ionian University, Greece - Dorothy Kenny, Dublin City University, Ireland - Ekaterina Lapshinova-Koltunski , Hildesheim University, Germany - Raquel Lazaro Gutierrez, Alcalá University, Spain - Todor Lazarov, New Bulgarian University, Bulgaria - Defeng Li, University of Macau, Macau - Elpida Loupaki, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece - Elizabeth Marshman, Ottawa University, Canada - Khadidja Merakchi, Heriot Watt University, UK - Judyta Mężyk, University of Silesia, Poland - Núria Molines Galarza, Valencia University, Spain - Johanna Monti, Naples University, Italy - Ricardo Muñoz Martín, Bologna University, Italy - Jean Nitzke, University of Adger, Norway - Laura Noriega, University of Malaga, Spain - Lucas Nunes Vieira, Bristol University, UK - David Orrego-Carmona, Warwick University, UK - John E. Ortega, Northeastern University, USA - Timea Palotai-Torzsas, Juremy - Damith Premasiri, Lancaster University, UK - Ming Qian, Charles River Analytics, USA - Rozane Rebechi, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil - Natália Resende, Dublin City University, Ireland - Matt Riemland, Heriot-Watt University, UK - Serge Sharoff, Leeds University, UK - Mark Shuttleworth, The Hang Seng University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong - Elena Isabelle Tamba, Romanian Academy, Romania - Shiyi Tan, University of Surrey, UK - Irina Temnikova, "Big Data for Smart Society" Institute, Bulgaria - Eleni Tziafa, University of Athens, Greece - Cecilia Yalangozian, Machine Translate, USA - Han Xu , Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong - Sudhansu Bala Das, University of Galway, Ireland - Coco Xiaojing Zhao, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong - Shuyin Zhang, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong # Venue The conference will take place at the Centre for Advanced Academic Studies (CAAS) of the University of Zagreb (http://www.caas.unizg.hr/) in Dubrovnik. # Sponsorship opportunities Companies working in the fields of translation technology, interpreting technology and/or related fields, are welcome to familiarise themselves with the sponsorship opportunities that the conference offers. Please visit https://nettt-conference.com/2026/sponsors/ for more details. # Further information and contact details The conference website (https://nettt-conference.com/) will be updated on a regular basis. For further information, please email nettit2026(a)nettt-conference.com. You can also follow us on social media for updates and announcements. LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/nettit2026/ Twitter/X - https://x.com/NeTTIT2026 --- Prof Constantin Orăsan Professor of Language and Translation Technologies Centre for Translation Studies | School of Literature and Languages Personal page: https://www.surrey.ac.uk/people/constantin-orasan Office: 06LC03, Phone: +44 (0) 1483 68 4115 Library and Learning Centre, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey, GU2 7XH, UK

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PROPOR 2026: FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS (deadline extension!)
by Hugo Gonçalo Oliveira 06 Dec '25

06 Dec '25

******************************************************** PROPOR 2026: 17th International Conference on Computational Processing of Portuguese Salvador - BA, Brazil April 13th to 16th 2026 https://propor2026.ufba.br/ FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS (deadline extension: January 9) ******************************************************** The International Conference on the Computational Processing of Portuguese (PROPOR) is the main event in the area of human language processing that is focused on theoretical and technological issues of written and spoken Portuguese and Galician. The meeting has been a rich forum for the exchange of ideas and partnerships for the research and industry communities dedicated to automated language processing, promoting the development of methodologies, resources, and projects. We invite submissions describing work on any topic related to the computational processing of Portuguese and Galician by researchers in industry or academia. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: - Natural language processing tasks (e.g., parsing, word sense disambiguation, coreference resolution) - Natural language processing applications (e.g., question answering, subtitling, summarization, sentiment analysis) - Natural language generation - Information extraction and information retrieval - Speech technologies (e.g., spoken language generation, speech and speaker recognition, spoken language understanding) - Speech applications (e.g., spoken language interfaces, dialogue systems, speech-to-speech translation) - Resources, standardization, and evaluation (e.g., corpora, ontologies, lexicons, grammars) - NLP-oriented linguistic description or theoretical analysis - Distributional semantics and language modeling - Portuguese language varieties and dialect processing (including the language varieties of Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Galicia, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, and São Tomé and Príncipe) - Multilingual studies, methods, applications, and resources, Portuguese and/or Galician PROPOR 2026 will take place from April 13-16th in Salvador, Bahia (Brazil), a city that stands as a historical meeting point between the Portuguese language, the Indigenous languages of Brazil, and the African languages brought by enslaved peoples.These long-standing linguistic and cultural interactions have been instrumental in shaping the evolution of Brazilian Portuguese and Brazilian culture. PROPOR 2026 will be the 17th edition of the biannual PROPOR conference, hosted alternately in Brazil and Portugal, and more recently also in Galiza. Past meetings were held in Lisbon, PT (1993); Curitiba, BR (1996); Porto Alegre, BR (1998); Évora, PT (1999); Atibaia, BR (2000); Faro, PT (2003); Itatiaia, BR (2006); Aveiro, PT (2008); Porto Alegre, BR (2010); Coimbra, PT (2012); São Carlos, BR (2014); Tomar, PT (2016); Canela, BR (2018); Évora, PT (2020); Fortaleza, BR (2022); and Santiago de Compostela, GZ (2026). *Important dates* - Full and short paper submission deadline: *09/01/2026 * - Notification of paper acceptance or rejection: 11/02/2026 - Camera-ready papers due: 15/03/2026 - Conference: 13-16/04/2026 Submissions Submissions should describe original and unpublished work. Authors are invited to submit two types of papers: - Full papers reporting substantial and completed research, particularly work that contributes significantly to the advancement of the field. Where appropriate, submissions should include concrete evaluation results. Full papers may be up to 8 pages of content + 2 additional pages for references. - Short papers reporting small, focused contributions such as ongoing research, position papers, promising ideas for discussion, negative results, or an interesting application nugget. Short papers can have up to 4 content pages + 1 page for references. Each submission will be evaluated by at least two reviewers. As the review process is double-blind, submitted papers must be fully anonymized. Submissions must not include authors’ names, affiliations, or any other information that could be used to identify them. Authors must avoid self-references that reveal identity, like “We previously showed (Freitas, 1991) …”. Instead, they should prefer citations such as “Freitas (1991) previously showed …”. Author information will be collected separately during the submission process. While recent editions have only accepted submissions in English, this year we are pleased to also accept papers written in Portuguese, reaffirming our commitment to promoting scientific exchange in our language. At submission time, only PDF format is accepted. For the camera-ready version, authors of accepted papers will be given 1 additional content page to address the reviews’ suggestions. Authors of accepted papers will be requested to send the source files for the production of the proceedings. All submitted papers must adhere to the ACL style guidelines and use the LaTeX template below: - LaTeX stylesheet <https://github.com/acl-org/acl-style-files/archive/refs/heads/master.zip> - Overleaf Template <https://www.overleaf.com/latex/templates/association-for-computational-ling…> - Paper Formatting Guidelines <https://acl-org.github.io/ACLPUB/formatting.html> Papers should be submitted via the following URL https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/PROPOR2026 by selecting the track PROPOR2026 Long and short papers. Multiple-submission policy For work that has been or will be submitted to other venues, this information must be clearly indicated at submission time. If a paper is accepted, the authors must inform the Program Chairs of their final decision regarding the venue at which the work will be presented. Papers that are published (or scheduled for publication) elsewhere cannot be accepted for publication or presentation at PROPOR 2026. *Mandatory Reviewing Workload *As the pace of research in the field continues to accelerate, it is essential to reinforce our collective commitment to the review process. Accordingly, during submission, authors will be required to indicate which co-authors commit to serving as reviewers for the conference. Publication The proceedings of PROPOR 2026 will be published in the ACL Anthology. They will be available online. To ensure publication, at least one author of each accepted paper must complete a full registration for PROPOR 2026 by the early registration deadline. Ethics Policy Authors are advised to follow the ACL Ethics Policy for submission, which can be found at: https://aclrollingreview.org/cfp#ethics-policy Authors are also strongly advised to follow the ACL guidelines for generative AI assistance in authorship, which can be found at: https://www.aclweb.org/adminwiki/index.php/ACL_Policy_on_Publication_Ethics… Kindest regards, Diana Santos and Larissa Freitas PROPOR 2026 Program Chairs propor2026(a)ufba.br ---------- Hugo Gonçalo Oliveira CISUC, Department of Informatics Engineering, University of Coimbra http://eden.dei.uc.pt/~hroliv

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DEADLINE EXTENSION: International Online Conference 'Bringing together research on the CEFR/CV and LCR: a focus on descriptors'
by María Belén Díez Bedmar 05 Dec '25

05 Dec '25

Dear colleagues, We are pleased to inform you that the deadline for abstract submission to the International Online Conference 'Bringing together research on the CEFR/CV and LCR: a focus on descriptors' has been extended until 18 December 2025. Please notice that you can submit either research, a proposal to present your project in process, your work in process, a round table or to present a journal/association/etc. related to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages, the Companion Volume and/or Learner Corpus Research. Conference website: https://www.finedesc.naturalde.es/ *LAST CALL FOR PAPERS* *Description* This international online conference (29–31 January 2026) aims to provide a forum for researchers working on the implementation of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) and its Companion Volume (CV) (Council of Europe, 2001, 2020) as well as for scholars employing Learner Corpus Res earch (LCR) to describe learner language at different CEFR levels. Colleagues working on the CEFR/CV and LCR are welcome to share their findings at this international online conference and explore opportunities for future collaboration. The conference will be organized into five thematic panels: a) Empirical research on the implementation of the CEFR/CV in the learning, teaching and/or assessment of languages, with a special focus on descriptor use, if possible. b) The description of learner language by means of Learner Corpus Research in CEFR/CV-aligned learner corpora at different CEFR/CV levels. c) The possibility of supplementing the CEFR/CV descriptors with linguistic information, i.e., fine-tuned descriptors (Díez-Bedmar, 2018), based on LCR results. d) The design of learning/teaching/assessment materials for different communicative language activities and CEFR/CV levels based on LCR results e) The knowledge gained and/or challenges encountered in the use of descriptors in the learning/teaching or assessment of languages. We invite contributions (either in English or Spanish) on the topics above in the following formats. a) Papers: 20 minutes followed by 10 minutes for Q&A b) Work in Progress (WiP): 10 minutes followed by 5 minutes for Q&A c) Projects in Progress (PiP): 10 minutes followed by 5 minutes for Q&A d) Round tables: maximum three participants, 40 minutes followed by 15 minutes for Q&A e) Presentations of associations, journals, fora, etc. related to the CEFR/CV or LCR: 10 minutes (followed by 5 minutes for Q&A). *Instructions for authors* Contributions may be submitted either in *English or Spanish*. · *Paper abstracts* should be 400 words maximum (excluding references) and are expected to include a brief literature review, the methodology of the study, and the main results obtained. · *WiP* should be 300 words maximum (excluding references) and include a brief literature review, the methodology employed, and the main results expected · *PiP* should be 300 words maximum (excluding references) and should include the objectives of the project, the participants, the methodology employed, and the main results expected. · *Round-tables* should be 500 words maximum (excluding references) and focus on the knowledge gained and/or challenges encountered in the use of descriptors in the learning/teaching or assessment of languages. The proposals should include the name of the three participants, the contextualization of the research conducted/the institutional context and the structure of the round table proposed. Directors and/or teachers in University Language Centres/Language Centres/etc. are welcome to submit proposals for round-tables. · *Presentations* of associations, journals, fora, etc. related to the CEFR/CV or LCR should be 200 words maximum. *Pre-conference workshop* Dr. Yukio Tono (Tokyo University of Foreign Studies) will offer a pre-conference workshop entitled ‘Introducing CEFR-based text analysis tools’ on January, 29, 2026. This workshop is free of charge, but registration is required (https://www.finedesc.naturalde.es/#workshop). *Conference format* The conference will be online via Zoom. *Submissions* Proposals should be anonymized before submission via EasyChair. Further information is available at https://www.finedesc.naturalde.es/conference-information/ The deadline for submission is *December, 8th, 2025 December 18th, 2025* *Registration* There is no registration fee for attendants and /or presenters, but registration is required both for the International Online Conference ( https://www.finedesc.naturalde.es/registration/) and/or the pre-conference workshop (https://www.finedesc.naturalde.es/#workshop). *Important dates* Deadline for submission: *December, 8th, 2025 December 18th, 2025* Notifications of acceptance: January 9, 2026 Pre-conference workshop: 29 January 2026 Conference: 29-31 January 2026 *Publication of a special issue* A special issue in *Research in Corpus Linguistics* ( https://ricl.aelinco.es/index.php/ricl) will be edited by Dr. Díez-Bedmar on the topic “LCR meets the CEFR/CV” and published in 2027. We encourage researchers analyzing learner language -including linguistic, sociolinguistic, or pragmatic competences- at or across CEFR/CV levels in CEFR/CV-aligned learner corpora to submit their research to the CFPs for the special issue. Further information about the CFPs will be provided in due course. *Conference organization* This international online conference is organized by the research project ‘Making the CEFR/CV more user-friendly: fine-tuning descriptors with Learner Corpus Research (LCR) results’ (Project PID2020-117041GA-I00 funded by the Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities, MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033), (( https://web.ujaen.es/investiga/finedesc/index.php). The project has focused on analysing the needs of CEFR/CV end-users and fine-tuning CEFR/CV descriptors using the FineDesc Learner Corpus compiled during the project. *Organizing committee* Marisa Carrió Pastor (Universitat Politècnica de València) María Belén Díez Bedmar (Universidad de Jaén) Natalia Judith Laso Martín (Universitat de Barcelona) Gloria Luque Agulló (Universidad de Jaén) Carmen Maíz Arévalo (Universidad Complutense de Madrid) María del Carmen Méndez García (Universidad de Jaén) Arturo Montejo Ráez (Universidad de Jaén) *Scientific committee* Isabel Alonso Belmonte (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid) Marisa Carrió Pastor (Universitat Politècnica de València) Paola Celentin (Università degli Studi di Verona, Italy) Raquel Criado Sánchez (Universidad de Murcia) María Belén Díez Bedmar (Universidad de Jaén) Miguel Fernández Álvarez (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid) Stefania Ferrari (Università del Piemonte Orientale, Italy) Neus Figueras Casanovas (EALTA CEFR SIG Chair) María del Carmen Fonseca Mora (Universidad de Huelva) Dana Gablasova (Lancaster University, UK) Jesús García Laborda (Universidad de Alcalá de Henares) Natalia Judith Laso Martín (Universitat de Barcelona) Gloria Luque Agulló (Universidad de Jaén) Carmen Maíz Arévalo (Universidad Complutense de Madrid) Geraldine Mark María del Carmen Méndez García (Universidad de Jaén) Akira Murakami (University of Birmingham, UK) Brian North (CEFR co-author) Ignacio Palacios Martínez (Universidade Santiago de Compostela) Magali Paquot (Université catholique de Louvain) Víctor Pavón Vázquez (Universidad de Córdoba) Pascual Pérez Paredes (Universidad de Murcia) Enrica Piccardo (University of Toronto, Canada) Ariadna Sánchez Hernández (Universidad Complutense de Madrid) Adolfo Sánchez Cuadrado (Universidad de Granada) Juana R. Sanmartín Vélez (Presidenta de la Asociación de Centros de Lenguas en la Enseñanza Superior (ACLES)) Yukio Tono (Tokio University of Foreign Studies, Japan) Project PID2020-117041GA-I00 funded by MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033 >

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3rd Call for Papers: VarDial 2026 @ EACL – The Thirteenth Workshop on NLP for Similar Languages, Varieties and Dialects
by verena.blaschke＠cis.lmu.de 05 Dec '25

05 Dec '25

Dear all, This is the third CfP for VarDial 2026 - The Thirteenth Workshop on NLP for Similar Languages, Varieties and Dialects (apologies for cross-posting): — VarDial 2026: https://sites.google.com/view/vardial-2026/ VarDial 2026 will be colocated with EACL 2026 in Rabat, Morocco. We anticipate a discussion on computational methods and language resources for closely related languages, language varieties, and dialects. We welcome papers dealing with one or more of the following topics: - Language resources and tools for similar languages, varieties and dialects; - Evaluation of language resources and tools applied to non-dominant language varieties; - Cross-lingual transfer and adaptation of models to similar languages, varieties and dialects; - Automatic identification of lexical variation; - Automatic classification of language varieties; - Machine translation between closely-related languages, language varieties and dialects; - Corpus-driven studies in dialectology and language variation; - Computational approaches to mutual intelligibility between dialects and similar languages; - Text similarity and adaptation between language varieties; - Linguistic issues in the adaptation of language resources and tools (e.g., cognate detection, semantic discrepancies, lexical gaps, false friends); - Studies focusing on related creole languages and their lexifier languages; - Studies focusing on diachronic language variation (e.g. phylogenetic methods, historical dialects). In addition to the topics listed above, we also welcome papers dealing with diachronic language variation (e.g. phylogenetic methods, historical dialects). Instructions for Authors Submissions should be formatted according to the ACL Rolling Review template and submitted as a PDF. The review process will be double-blind. More information is on the website (https://sites.google.com/view/vardial-2026/). Important Dates - Direct Submission deadline: December 19, 2025 - Pre-reviewed (ARR) submission deadline: January 2, 2026 - Notification of acceptance: January 23, 2026 - Camera-ready paper due: February 3, 2026 - Workshop at EACL (hybrid): March 24-29, 2026 (exact date TBD) Shared Task: Arabic Modeling In Your Accent (AMIYA) VarDial 2026 will have a shared task on language modelling for dialectal Arabic (DA), where participants can contribute LLMs trained or adapted for DA. These will be evaluated using the AL-QASIDA benchmark (Robinson et al., 2025), an evaluation suite that comprehensively measures an LLM’s dialectal fidelity, understanding, generation quality, and MSA-DA diglossia in DA. More information: https://sites.google.com/view/vardial-2026/shared-tasks - Training data release: November 30, 2025 - Registration deadline, eval data finalized: December 15, 2025 - System submission deadline: January 10, 2025 - System description paper deadline: January 20, 2025 Workshop Organizers Yves Scherrer – University of Oslo (Norway) Noëmi Aepli – University of Pennsylvania (USA) Verena Blaschke – LMU Munich and Munich Center for Machine Learning (Germany) Tommi Jauhiainen – University of Helsinki (Finland) Nikola Ljubešić – Jožef Stefan Institute and University of Ljubljana (Slovenia) Preslav Nakov – Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (UAE) Jörg Tiedemann – University of Helsinki (Finland) Marcos Zampieri – George Mason University (USA) Contact: yves.scherrer(a)ifi.uio.no or verena.blaschke(a)cis.lmu.de

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AVI 2026: Advanced Visual Interfaces - Last Call for Workshop Proposals
by Daniela FOGLI 05 Dec '25

05 Dec '25

18th International Conference on Advanced Visual Interfaces (AVI) 2026 Interactive Creativity: Agencies, Interfaces, and Ethics ======================================== 8-12 June 2026 Venice, Italy http://unive.it/avi2026 In-Cooperation with ACM SIGCHI and SIGWEB ======================================== IMPORTANT DATES - Workshop proposals submission: December 14, 2025 - Notification: December 21, 2025 - Workshop website online: January 12, 2026 (all deadlines are 23:59, AoE) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- WORKSHOP PROPOSALS We invite proposals for workshops that will facilitate the exchange of new ideas in all areas related to Advanced Visual Interfaces and Human-Computer Interaction. We invite organizers to propose either half-day or one-day long workshops held either on June 8 or 9, 2026, at the AVI2026 venue in Venice. Workshop proposals must be submitted using the following form, which also contains relevant information for the workshop organisers: https://forms.gle/v7gEKFchxAGzMJtj8 Workshop Chairs - Daniela Fogli, Università di Brescia, Italy (daniela.fogli(a)unibs.it) - Kyle Montague, Northumbria University, UK (kyle.montague(a)northumbria.ac.uk) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- DESCRIPTION Since its first edition in 1992, AVI has become an influential space for encounters among scholars and practitioners interested in interfaces, interactions, and experiences. Rooted in pioneering research on visual interfaces characterized by a distinctive attention to the human factor, the conference has evolved across the different waves of Human-Computer Interaction. It has addressed the pragmatic and hedonic needs of heterogeneous groups of users up to the current challenge of self-actualization. Creativity is a core behavior that leads to the realization of a person’s full potential, and the explosion of generative AI presents both opportunities and challenges to human creativity. They address fundamental issues related to agencies, interfaces, and ethics. AVI 2026 will take place in San Servolo, a small island in Venice. This delicate and fragile ecosystem provides the ideal venue for reflecting, reframing, and speculating about creative solutions to more sustainable, inclusive and rewarding technological futures. AVI is an International Conference considering the nationality of participants, authors, and organizing committees. However, it has always taken place in Italy, thus complementing a strong and diverse research program with carefully selected cultural and social activities alongside a distinct sense of hospitality and conviviality. The conference is held under the patronage of the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano and Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Italy. We look forward to your participation in AVI 2026! Antonella De Angeli, AVI 2026 General Co-Chair Albrecht Schmidt, AVI 2026 General Co-Chair Rosella Gennari, AVI 2026 Program Co-Chair Fabio Pittarello, AVI 2026 Program Co-Chair --------------------------------------------------------------------------- MAIN THEMES AND TOPICS Themes and topics of interest include (but are not limited to) the following: / Theme: Interaction Paradigms and Modalities / Brain-Computer Interaction Embodied and Tangible Interaction Material-Centric Interaction Information Visualization Screen-based Interaction Interfaces for Sound and Music Multi-sensory Interaction Multimodal Interaction / Theme: Interaction Spaces / Augmented Reality Cross Reality Virtual Reality Interaction between Black-Boxes Dynamic Physical Environments Natural Environments Urban Places / Theme: Human-System Interaction / Adaptive and Context-Aware Interfaces Affective Interfaces Human-Robot Interaction Intelligent Interfaces Interfaces and Recommender Systems / Theme: Ecosystems of People, Groups and Societies / Computer-Supported Cooperative Work Learning Ecosystems Game and Play Ecosystems Social Interaction and Cooperation Systems / Theme: Values and Moral Principles / Beyond Human Interaction Critical Computing Critical Data Science Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Responsible Design / Theme: Applications / Cultural Heritage and Digital Humanities End User Development AI and Creativity Human Factors in Security Systems Health, Well-being, and Self-Actualization Training and Learning Systems Industry 5.0 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- AVI 2026 ORGANIZING COMMITTEE General Chairs Antonella De Angeli, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy (antonella.deangeli(a)unibz.it) Albrecht Schmidt, Ludwig-Maximilians Munich University, Germany (albrecht.schmidt(a)um.ifi.lmu.de) Program Chairs Rosella Gennari, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy (gennari(a)inf.unibz.it) Fabio Pittarello, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Italy (pitt(a)unive.it) Long Papers Chairs Paloma Diaz, Carlos III University, Madrid, Spain (pdp(a)inf.uc3m.es) Alessandra Melonio, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Italy (alessandra.melonio(a)unive.it) Short Papers Chairs Luigi De Russis, Politecnico di Torino, Italy (luigi.derussis(a)polito.it) María Menéndez Blanco, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy (Maria.MenendezBlanco(a)unibz.it) Proceedings Chairs Niccolò Pretto, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy (niccolo.pretto(a)unibz.it) Nadine Wagener, OFFIS - Institute for Information Technology, Germany (nadine.wagener(a)offis.de) Workshops Chairs Daniela Fogli, Università di Brescia, Italy (daniela.fogli(a)unibs.it) Kyle Montague, Northumbria University, UK (kyle.montague(a)northumbria.ac.uk) Interactive Experiences and Demos Chairs Stefania De Vincentis, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Italy (stefania.devincentis(a)unive.it) Florian Michahelles, TU Wien, Austria (florian.michahelles(a)tuwien.ac.at) Sebastiano Vascon, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Italy (sebastiano.vascon(a)unive.it) Posters Chairs Alba Bisante, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy (bisante(a)di.uniroma1.it) Tanja Doering, TU Berlin, Germany (tanja.doering(a)mms.tu-berlin.de) Doctoral Consortium Chairs Rosa Lanzilotti, University of Bari, Italy (rosa.lanzilotti(a)uniba.it) Monica Divitini, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway (divitini(a)ntnu.no) Industry Chairs Fabio Morreale, Sony, Spain (Fabio.Morreale(a)sony.com) Emanuele Pucci, Politecnico di Milano (emanuele.pucci(a)polimi.it) Accessibility and Inclusion Chairs Marco Mores, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy (marco.mores(a)student.unibz.it) Teresa Scantamburlo, University of Trieste, Italy (teresa.scantamburlo(a)units.it) Web Chair Tommaso Pellegrini, Ca’ Foscari, University of Venice, Italy (tommaso.pellegrini(a)unive.it) Publicity & Social Networks Chairs Andrea Rezzani, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy (andrea.rezzani(a)student.unibz.it) Mehdi Rizvi, University of East Anglia, UK (mehdi.rizvi(a)uea.ac.uk) Student Volunteers Chairs Daniel Bermudez, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy (JulioDaniel.BermudezChinea(a)student.unibz.it) Bilal Khan, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy (MuhammadBilal.Khan(a)student.unibz.it) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- AVI STEERING COMMITTEE Paolo Bottoni, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy Cristina Conati University of British Columbia, Canada Emanuele Panizzi, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy Ilaria Torre University of Genoa, Italy Genny Tortora University of Salerno, Italy Giuliana Vitiello University of Salerno, Italy Gualtiero Volpe University of Genoa, Italy Marco Winckler Université Côte d'Azur, France -- Informativa sulla Privacy: https://www.unibs.it/it/node/1452 <https://www.unibs.it/it/node/1452>

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Postdoc position at the University of Malta
by Claudia Borg 05 Dec '25

05 Dec '25

Applications are invited for a *postdoctoral researcher (Research Support Officer III)* to work full-time on the project *“3M-XL – Maltese-centric Multilingual Model using Cross-lingual Transfer”* at the Department of Artificial Intelligence, University of Malta. The post focuses on multilingual language modelling and transfer learning for low-resource languages, with a particular emphasis on Maltese, including corpus preparation, model development, and benchmarking/evaluation. The position is funded for up to 18 months, starting 1st February 2026. The successful candidate will be required to reside in Malta for the duration of the contract. Full details of the post (duties, requirements, salary, and application procedure) are available in the call text: https://www.um.edu.mt/media/um/docs/directorates/hrmd/workatum/projects/FTR… While the call formally allows appointments at RSO I/II level, our primary aim is to recruit at postdoctoral (RSO III) level. The application deadline is *Friday, 19 December 2025*. Informal enquiries are welcome at claudia.borg(a)um.edu.mt. Tislijiet, Claudia -- <https://www.um.edu.mt/> *Claudia Borg **(she/her)* B.Sc.I.T.(Hons),M.Sc.,Ph.D. *Associate Professor* Department of Artificial Intelligence | Faculty of ICT *Associate Member* Institute of Linguistics and Language Technologies Level 1, Blk A, Rm 8, ICT Building +356 9960 0498 https://www.um.edu.mt/profile/claudiaborg <https://www.um.edu.mt/n/s/facebook> <https://www.um.edu.mt/n/s/x> <https://www.um.edu.mt/n/s/linkedin> <https://www.um.edu.mt/n/s/instagram> <https://www.um.edu.mt/n/s/youtube> <https://www.um.edu.mt/n/s/tiktok> *National Coordinator* *DARIAH-MT* Digital Research Infrastructure for the Arts and Humanities https://dariah.eu/ -- *The contents of this email are subject to *these terms <https://www.um.edu.mt/disclaimer/email/>.**

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A PostDoc position at IICT-BAS
by Petya Osenova 05 Dec '25

05 Dec '25

A PostDoc position There is an open PostDoc position in NLP for Bulgarian. Please see the details below. RESEARCH AREAS * Natural Language Processing for Bulgarian * LLM training and evaluation of Bulgarian academic texts * AI and Natural Language Processing * AI and epistemological development REQUIREMENTS * PhD in Natural Language Processing, Computational Linguistics, Informatics or related areas * Excellent knowledge of Bulgarian * Excellent programming and LLM-related skills * Ability to work in an interdisciplinary team, including early stage and experienced linguists as well as pedagogical specialists OPTIONAL * Previous experience with Digital Humanities tasks is an advantage * Previous experience with combining SOTA methods in NLP with LLMs is an advantage SELECTION The selection will be performed on the basis of: * Matching applicant’s education and skills to the position requirements * Scholarly excellence of the applicant * The relation of the previous applicant’s experience to the position requirements EMPLOYMENT DETAILS The position falls within the project “Exploring the Triad of Academic Writing, Critical thinking and AI Literacy: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Undergraduate Thesis Writing (TRAI)”, a Multilateral Academic Projects Programme (MAPS), financed by Swiss National Science Foundation and co-financed by the Bulgarian Ministry of Education and Science. The partners are from Switzerland, Romania and Bulgaria. A full-time commitment is expected, starting in 2026. The contract is envisaged for approximately 3 years with year-by-year assessment. ABOUT THE INSTITUTION The project is in the AI and Language Technology division of the Institute of Information and Communication Technologies (IICT-BAS), Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. IICT-BAS is a leader in a variety of contemporary technologies, among which are NLP for Bulgarian, large-scale computer models, supercomputer applications, big data, intelligent interfaces, optimization and intelligent management. More about the activities in IICT-BAS can be found here: https://www.iict.bas.bg/EN/ APPLICATION DOCUMENTS * a CV * Motivation Letter (max. 1 page) * List of Publications (especially in the last 2 years) HOW TO APPLY If you are interested, please send an email with your questions and/or all the required application documents to Petya Osenova: petya(a)bultreebank.org<mailto:petya@bultreebank.org> Deadline: ongoing until fulfilled

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Assistant Professor in Computational Linguistics at University of Geneva
by miren.olasagasti＠unige.ch 05 Dec '25

05 Dec '25

The Faculty of Humanities at the University of Geneva is advertising a position for an assistant professor (tenure track) in computational linguistics. Important: please refer to https://jobs.unige.ch/www/wd_portal.show_job?p_web_site_id=1&p_web_page_id=… for the official version in French and application submission. Job Description The Faculty of Humanities at the University of Geneva is advertising a position for an assistant professor (tenure track) in computational linguistics. DUTIES: Integrated into the new Department of Digital Humanities within the Faculty of Humanities, this full-time position is part of the National Centre of Competence in Research (NCCR) “Evolving Language” (https://evolvinglanguage.ch). The successful candidate will be expected to develop national and international research in computational linguistics and will contribute, through active participation in the NCCR team, to the achievement of its scientific objectives. The candidate will also take part in the development of the Department of Digital Humanities by creating cross-disciplinary links among the various fields within the Faculty of Humanities and by contributing to the establishment of the Department’s study programs, within which they will teach at the bachelor’s, master’s, and postgraduate levels. They will supervise master’s theses and doctoral dissertations. They will also be required to take on administrative and organizational duties within the Department of Digital Humanities, the Faculty of Humanities, and the University of Geneva. Subject to a positive evaluation, the position is converted to a tenured associate or full professorship after six years. DESIRED PROFILE: The ideal candidate will have a recognized expertise in computational linguistics and computational modelling of language, based on rigorous analytical and quantitative approach to modelling language, from speech production and comprehension, to sentence processing, to language impairments. The selected candidate will lead a strong computational research programme on language in tight connection with theoretical linguistics research, and interfacing with cognitive neuroscience of language and/or psycholinguistics. Of special interest are the research areas of parsing and of modelling of real-time language processing as applied to sentence production or comprehension, with an interest into past, present or future evolution of such processes. Required Degree and Skills • Doctorate in the humanities or an equivalent qualification. • A record of high-quality publications. • Experience in university-level teaching. • Basic knowledge of the French language is desirable (teaching in French is required no later than two years after appointment). Start Date 01.08.2026 or to be agreed upon Contact Faculty Staff Office: monika.starouch(a)unige.ch Additional Information Applications must be submitted exclusively online before 15 January 2026 (11:59 p.m. Geneva time) by clicking the “Apply now” button in the official site (https://jobs.unige.ch/www/wd_portal.show_job?p_web_site_id=1&p_web_page_id=…). NO PAPER APPLICATIONS OR APPLICATIONS SENT BY E-MAIL WILL BE ACCEPTED. The University of Geneva offers attractive employment conditions within a stimulating work environment. By joining us, you will have the opportunity to showcase your skills and personality and to contribute actively to the reputation of an institution founded in 1559. In the interest of gender balance, the University encourages applications from the underrepresented sex.

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