December 2025 - Corpora

Workshop on Multiword Expressions (MWE 2026) - new submission deadline: December 27
by Verginica Barbu Mititelu 18 Dec '25

18 Dec '25

22nd Workshop on Multiword Expressions (MWE 2026) https://multiword.org/mwe2026/ Organized, sponsored, and endorsed by SIGLEX, the Special Interest Group on the Lexicon of the ACL, and by UniDive <https://unidive.lisn.upsaclay.fr> Cost Action CA21167. Half-day workshop collocated with the 19th Conference of the European Chapter of the Association for Computational Linguistics (EACL 2026, https://2026.eacl.org/), Rabat, Morocco. NEW Important Dates - Direct Submission deadline: December 19, December 27, 2025 - Pre-reviewed (ARR) submission deadline: January 2, January 5, 2026 - Notification of acceptance: January 23, 2026 - Camera-ready paper due: February 3, 2026 - Workshop dates: *March 28*, 2026, All deadlines are at 23:59 UTC-12 (Anywhere on Earth). Hybrid (on-site & on-line) ******************************************* Multiword expressions (MWEs), i.e., word combinations that exhibit lexical, syntactic, semantic, pragmatic, and/or statistical idiosyncrasies (Baldwin and Kim, 2010), such as “by and large”, “hot dog”, “make a decision” and “break one's leg” are still a pain in the neck for Natural Language Processing (NLP). The notion of MWE encompasses closely related phenomena: idioms, compounds, light-verb constructions, phrasal verbs, rhetorical figures, collocations, institutionalized phrases, etc. Given their irregular nature, MWEs often pose complex problems in linguistic modeling (e.g., annotation), NLP tasks (e.g., parsing), and end-user applications (e.g., natural language understanding and Machine Translation), hence still representing an open issue for computational linguistics (Miletić and Schulte im Walde, 2024; Ramisch et al., 2023; Phelps et al., 2024; Mahajan et al., 2024). For more than two decades, the topic of modeling and processing MWEs for NLP has been the focus of the MWE workshop, organized by the MWE section <https://multiword.org/> of ACL-SIGLEX <http://www.siglex.org/> in conjunction with major NLP conferences since 2003. Impressive progress has been made in the field, but our understanding of MWEs still requires much research, considering their need and usefulness in NLP applications. This is also relevant to domain-specific NLP pipelines that need to tackle terminologies most often realized as MWEs. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: - Computationally-applicable theoretical work in psycholinguistics and corpus linguistics; - Annotation (expert, crowdsourcing, automatic) and representation in resources such as corpora, treebanks, e-lexicons, WordNets, constructions (also for low-resource languages); - Processing in syntactic and semantic frameworks (e.g. CCG, CxG, HPSG, LFG, TAG, UD, etc.); - Discovery and identification methods, including for specialized languages and domains such as clinical or biomedical NLP; - Interpretation of MWEs and understanding of text containing them; - Language acquisition, language learning, and non-standard language (e.g. tweets, speech); - Evaluation of annotation and processing techniques; - Retrospective comparative analyses from the PARSEME shared tasks; - Processing for end-user applications (e.g. MT, NLU, summarisation, language learning, etc.); - Implicit and explicit representation in pre-trained language models and end-user applications; - Evaluation and probing of pre-trained language models; - Resources and tools (e.g. lexicons, identifiers) and their integration into end-user applications; - Multiword terminology extraction; - Adaptation and transfer of annotations and related resources to new languages and domains including low-resource ones. Co-located Shared tasks The workshop MWE 2026 will host two shared tasks <https://unidive.lisn.upsaclay.fr/doku.php?id=other-events:parseme-admire-st…> : - PARSEME 2.0, whose objective is to identify and paraphrase MWEs in written text, and - AdMIRe 2 (Advancing Multimodal Idiomaticity Representation), which explores the comprehension ability of multimodal models for MWEs in a variety of languages. Submission formats The workshop invites two types of submissions: - archival submissions that present substantially original research in both long paper format (8 pages + references) and short paper format (4 pages + references). - non-archival submissions of abstracts describing relevant research presented/published elsewhere, which will not be included in the MWE proceedings. Paper submission and templates Papers should be submitted via the workshop's submission page <https://openreview.net/group?id=eacl.org/EACL/2026/Workshop> ( https://openreview.net/group?id=eacl.org/EACL/2026/Workshop). Please choose the appropriate submission format (archival/non-archival). Archival papers with existing reviews will also be accepted through the ACL Rolling Review. Submissions must follow the ACL stylesheet <https://github.com/acl-org/acl-style-files>. Authors are encouraged, wherever relevant, to adopt the conventions on citing, glossing and translating multilingual examples of MWEs <https://gitlab.com/parseme/pmwe/-/blob/master/Conventions-for-MWE-examples/…> promoted by the editors of the Phraseology and Multiword Expressions book series <https://langsci-press.org/catalog/series/pmwe> published by Language Science Press. Organizing Committee Verginica Barbu Mititelu, A. Seza Doğruöz, Alexandre Rademaker, Atul Kr. Ojha, Mathieu Constant, Ivelina Stoyanova Anti-harassment policy The workshop follows the ACL anti-harassment policy. Contact For any inquiries regarding the workshop, please send an email to the Organizing Committee at mwe2026workshop(a)gmail.com.

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Apply to MATS Summer 2026 research fellowship by Jan. 18
by Eric Dhan 18 Dec '25

18 Dec '25

MATS Summer 2026 applications are now open! <https://matsprogram.org/apply?utm_source=corpora&utm_medium=&utm_campaign=s…> We believe reducing risks from unaligned AI is one of the world's most urgent and talent-constrained challenges, and that ambitious people from a wide range of backgrounds can meaningfully contribute to this work. That's why we're training the next generation of AI alignment, interpretability, security, and governance researchers. Running June-August 2026, MATS’ 12-week research program provides everything you need to launch your career in AI safety. This includes field-leading research mentorship, funding ($15k stipend + $12k compute), Berkeley/London offices (depending on mentor preference), housing, talks/workshops with AI experts, and a global network of peers. MATS has accelerated 450+ researchers so far. Among alumni who graduated before 2025, 80% are working directly in AI safety/security and 10% have co-founded active AI safety startups. Participants have coauthored 150+ papers, with 7,800+ citations <https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=VgJaUK4AAAAJ&hl=en>, and rate our program 9.4/10. Our mentors include world-class researchers from Anthropic, Google DeepMind, OpenAI, UK AISI, GovAI, Redwood, METR, Apollo Research, Goodfire, RAND, AI Futures Project, and more. *Apply by January 18 AoE to be considered!* Visit our website <https://matsprogram.org/apply?utm_source=corpora&utm_medium=&utm_campaign=s…> for details. Help us spread the word with people you know who'd be a good fit, and feel free to reach out if you have any questions! Best, Eric -- Eric Dhan Operations Generalist, MATS LinkedIn <https://www.linkedin.com/in/eric-dhan/>

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Registration Open – Shared Tasks at AbjadNLP 2026
by El-Haj, Mo 18 Dec '25

18 Dec '25

Dear all, Registration is now open for the shared tasks at AbjadNLP 2026, which will run at EACL 2026 in Rabat, Morocco. The workshop will host four shared tasks covering Arabic and other Abjad languages. https://wp.lancs.ac.uk/abjad/ Participating teams will have the opportunity to submit a system paper. Accepted papers, following peer review, will be published in the AbjadNLP 2026 workshop proceedings on the ACL Anthology. Shared Tasks 1. AbjadGenEval AI-generated text detection for languages using Arabic script https://ezzini.github.io/AbjadGenEval/ 2. AbjadStyleTransfer Authorship style transfer while preserving meaning https://ezzini.github.io/AbjadStyleTransfer/ 3. AbjadAuthorID Authorship identification across genres and historical periods https://ezzini.github.io/AbjadAuthorID/ 4. Medical Text Classification in Arabic Multi-class classification task in the medical domain https://balajinaga.github.io/EACL2026-Abjad-NLP-SharedTask/ We warmly invite researchers and practitioners to participate. Full details, including data, evaluation, and timelines, are available on the task websites. Best regards, Mo - AbjadNLP 2026 https://wp.lancs.ac.uk/abjad/ ———— Dr Mo El-Haj Director of NLP @ VinUniversity Reader (Associate Professor) in NLP CECS, VinUniversity, Vietnam SCC, Lancaster University, UK https://elhaj.uk https://arabicnlp.uk<https://arabicnlp.uk/> https://vinnlp.com

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Two 2-years Postdoc positions in NLP at Bocconi University (Italy)
by Debora Nozza 18 Dec '25

18 Dec '25

We are seeking highly motivated and talented individuals to join our MilaNLP research team as Postdoctoral Researchers in the field of Natural Language Processing. The positions offer an exciting opportunity to contribute to cutting-edge research with a focus on two interdisciplinary projects that explore socially aware language technologies (SALMON) and innovative speech-based data collection frameworks (TOLD). To learn more about the two research projects, please visit: https://milanlproc.github.io/open_positions/postdoc_tef/. Your profile: - A Ph.D. in Computer Science, Computational Linguistics/NLP, Machine Learning, Data Science, or related fields. - Excellent programming skills in Python. - Fluency in spoken and written English. Knowledge of Italian is not required. - Familiarity with modern neural network models and deep learning frameworks (e.g., PyTorch). - A strong publication record in NLP or related areas. Position Details: - Starting date: March 1st, 2026 (flexible) - Duration: 2 years (renewable) - Deadline: January 31st, 2026 - Competitive Salary How to apply: Submit your application via the Bocconi job market portal: https://jobmarket.unibocconi.eu/?id=889 Candidates should upload a CV, a cover letter, a research statement, and the required documentation listed on the application page. Online interviews will take place during February 2026. Please contact debora.nozza(at)unibocconi.it and dirk.hovy(at)unibocconi.it if you have any questions.

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CFP: ClimateCheck 2026 Shared Task (12 May 2026, hosted by NSLP 2026, co-located with LREC 2026)
by Georg Rehm 18 Dec '25

18 Dec '25

ClimateCheck 2026: Shared Task on Scientific Fact-Checking and Disinformation Narrative Classification of Climate-related Claims Hosted as part of the NSLP 2026 Workshop at LREC 2026 12 May 2026 Palma de Mallorca, Spain https://nfdi4ds.github.io/nslp2026/docs/climatecheck_shared_task.html Competition on Codabench: to be announced Task Overview The rise of climate discourse on social media offers new channels for public engagement but also amplifies mis- and disinformation. As online platforms increasingly shape public understanding of science, tools that ground claims in trustworthy, peer-reviewed evidence are necessary. The new 2026 iteration of ClimateCheck builds on the results and insights from the 2025 iteration (run at SDP 2025/ACL 2025), extending it by adding training data, a new task on classifying disinformation narratives in climate discourse, and a focus on sustainable solutions. We offer two tasks: * Task 1: Abstract retrieval and claim verification Given a claim and a corpus of publications, retrieve the top 5 most relevant abstracts and classify each claim-abstract pair as supports, refutes, or not enough information. Evaluation: Recall@K (K=2, 5) and B-Pref (for retrieval) + Weighted F1 (for verification) based on gold data; additional unannotated documents will be evaluated automatically. In addition, we will ask participants to use CodeCarbon<https://codecarbon.io/> to assess emissions and energy consumption at test inference. * Task 2: Disinformation narrative classification Given a claim, predict which climate disinformation narrative exists according to a predefined taxonomy. Evaluation: Macro-, micro-, and weighted-F1 scores based on annotated documents. Important dates * Release of datasets: December 15, 2025 (task 1); December 19, 2025 (task 2) * Testing phase begins: January 15, 2026 (Codabench link TBA) * Deadline for system submissions: February 16, 2026 * Deadline for paper submissions: February 20, 2026 * Notification of acceptance: March 13, 2026 * Camera-ready papers due: March 30, 2026 * Workshop: May 12, 2026 We encourage and invite participation from junior researchers and students from diverse backgrounds. Participants are also highly encouraged to submit a paper describing their systems to the NSLP 2026 workshop. Datasets, Evaluation, and Rankings Task 1: Abstract retrieval and claim verification The dataset for task 1 will follow the same structure as the 2025 iteration, but with triple the amount of available training data. We will evaluate systems on both abstract retrieval and claim verification tasks in an end-to-end manner. Abstracts retrieval will be evaluated using Recall@K and B-Pref, while claim verification will be evaluated using weighted F1 scores. Gold annotations will be used for both, with an automatic evaluation approach to evaluate incomplete judgments iteratively (more details will be announced soon). In addition, this year’s iteration will focus on coming up with sustainable solutions, encouraging the development of systems that can potentially be used in real-world scenarios. Thus, we will ask participants to use the CodeCarbon library when running the test inference to measure emission rates and energy consumption. This will not, however, be counted towards the final rankings. Task 2: Disinformation narrative classification The dataset for task 2 will consist of the same claims used for task 1, each annotated with labels denoting whether the claim is an example of a known climate disinformation narrative, and if so, which one(s). We follow the CARDS taxonomy (levels 1 and 2) to annotate our claims in a multi-label manner. Results will be evaluated using macro-, micro- and weighted-F1 scores. Participants can take part in task 1, task 2, or both tasks (better yet – think of ways to incorporate task 2 into the task 1 pipeline!). Organisers * Raia Abu Ahmad (DFKI, Germany) * Aida Usmanova (Leuphana University, Germany) * Max Upravitelev (XplaiNLP Group, Technische Universität Berlin, Germany) * Georg Rehm (DFKI, Germany)

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WG: CfP First Workshop on Creating Interoperable Corpora of Historical Newspapers (PressMint-LREC2026)
by Wissik, Tanja 18 Dec '25

18 Dec '25

Dear all, this is the cfp for the first Workshop on Creating Interoperable Corpora of Historical Newspapers (PressMint-LREC2026) on 16 May 2026. see details below. Apologies for cross-posting! ------------ First Workshop on Creating Interoperable Corpora of Historical Newspapers (PressMint-LREC2026) Call for Papers Date: 16 May 2026, half-day workshop Location: Palma de Mallorca, Spain Submission Deadline: 1 March 2025 Submission link: https://softconf.com/lrec2026/PressMint/ Workshop Website: https://www.clarin.eu/PressMint-LREC2026 ________________________________ Workshop description Historical newspapers are of interest to historians and historical linguists, as well as to social and political scientists, ethnologists, anthropologists, media and communication scholars, and researchers in cultural studies. All of these are fields where contemporary digital resources, tools and methods (e.g. “distant reading”) are still underutilised. On the other hand, corpora of historical newspapers already exist for a number of languages and countries to a large extent, as they are out of copyright. Also, the images, and often OCR, are available through the national libraries. Also, in recent years these data started to be of big interest to the researchers since they preserve the historical, cultural, political, societal past. However, these corpora are not interoperable, which precludes methods for their comparison, as well as any translingual and transnational research, an especially important consideration, as statehood and nationhood are highly dynamic in Europe in the period to be covered by the project corpora. An initial joint attempt towards the creation of a corpus of historical newspapers from the beginning of 20. century on, is the CLARIN flagship project PressMint<https://www.clarin.eu/pressmint>. The project features data from 20 partners at the moment, aiming to develop a standard for interoperable resources of newspapers in diachronic timespans. The final goal is to provide structured and high quality multilingual data in a common format, with the same type of linguistic annotation that covers (at least partially) the same time period. The workshop is supported by CLARIN <https://research-and-innovation.ec.europa.eu/strategy/strategy-2020-2024/ou…> and the PressMint project. Objective The PressMint workshop aims to gather experts interested in creating, processing and analyzing interoperable corpora of historical data in general, but especially with a focus on newspapers. Another very important objective is to consider also the perspective of the communities who use historical data - their purposes, requirements, feedback. We encourage the interested colleagues to present their work on both types of levels – national and pan-European; monolingual and multilingual as well as task-specific and multidisciplinary. We view this workshop as a venue to exchange research ideas and start collaboration on this topic. The workshop will feature one invited speaker: Maud Ehrmann, EPFL, CH We invite unpublished original work focusing on (but not exclusive to) on the following topics: * compilation, annotation, visualisation and utilisation of historical newspaper corpora of the period relevant to PressMint (ideally around the start of the 20th century but not constrained by this period) * harmonisation of the existing multilingual historical newspaper corpora that contain either synchronic or diachronic data, or both * linking or comparing historical newspaper corpora with other datasets, including sources of structured knowledge, such as formal ontologies and LOD datasets * enrichment of historical newspaper corpora (with e.g. sentiment annotation, etc.) * machine translation of historical newspaper corpora * employment of LLMs as stand alone tools or as parts of architectures for historical data processing, maintenance and knowledge deployment. * various scenarios of usage of historical data ________________________________ Submission & Publication We accept submission of long papers (from 6 to 8 pages), short papers (4 pages) and demo papers (4 pages) to be presented as a long or short oral presentation or poster presentations at the workshop. To support double-blind reviewing, all submissions must be fully anonymized and should be formatted according to the stylesheet available on the LREC 2026 website<https://lrec2026.info/authors-kit/>. The papers of the workshop will be published in online proceedings. At the time of submission, authors are also offered the opportunity to share related language resources with the community. All repository entries are linked to the LRE Map [https://lremap.elra.info/], which provides metadata for the resources. Please note that the LREC style guide should be followed. The formatting guidelines can be found here: https://lrec2026.info/authors-kit/. Important Dates * Paper submission deadline: 1 March 2026 * Notification of acceptance: 15 March 2026 * Camera-ready paper: 30 March 2026 * Workshop date: TBA ________________________________ Organizing Committee * Maciej Ogrodniczuk, Institute of Computer Science, Polish Academy of Sciences, PL * Tanja Wissik, Austrian Academy of Sciences, AT * Petya Osenova, Sofia University ”St. Kl. Ohridski” & Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, BG To contact the organisers, please email maciej.ogrodniczuk(a)gmail.com<mailto:maciej.ogrodniczuk@gmail.com>. Programme Committee (in alphabetical order) * Tomaž Erjavec, Jožef Stefan Institute, SI * Maria Gavriilidou, Institute for Language and Speech Processing, Athena Research Center, GR * Normunds Grūzītis, University of Latvia, LV * Matyáš Kopp, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Institute of Formal and Applied Linguistics. Charles University, CZ * Taja Kuzman, Jožef Stefan Institute, SI * Nikola Ljubešic, Jožef Stefan Institute, SI ́ * Maciej Ogrodniczuk, Institute of Computer Science, Polish Academy of Sciences, PL * Petya Osenova, Sofia University "St. Kl. Ohridski" and IICT-BAS, BG * Adam Pawłowski, University of Wrocław, PL * Stelios Piperidis, Athena Research Centre, GR * German Rigau, HiTZ Basque Research Center for Language Technology, EHU, ES * Claudia Resch, Austrian Academy of Sciences, AT * Inguna Skadiņa, Institute of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Latvia, LV * Steinþór Steingrímsson, The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, IS * Tanja Wissik, Austrian Academy of Sciences, AT Dr. Tanja Wissik ACDH- Austrian Centre for Digital Humanities Austrian Academy of Sciences Bäckerstraße 13, A-1010 Vienna E-mail: Tanja.Wissik(a)oeaw.ac.at Tel: + 43 1 51581 - 2206 http://www.oeaw.ac.at/acdh/ CLARIN National Coordinator for Austria https://www.clarin.eu/governance/national-coordinators-forum Editor of the Journal of the Text Encoding Initiative https://journals.openedition.org/jtei/<https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fjournals.…>

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cfp: Holocaust Testimonies as Language Resources (HTRes-2026) at LREC2026
by Martin Wynne 18 Dec '25

18 Dec '25

CALL FOR PAPERS The Second Workshop on Holocaust Testimonies as Language Resources (HTRes-2026), a pre-conference workshop at LREC2026 Date: 11 May 2026 Location: Palma de Mallorca, Spain Workshop web page: https://www.clarin.eu/HTRes2026 Submission Deadline: 20 February 2026 Submission link: https://softconf.com/lrec2026/HTRes2026/ Holocaust testimonies serve as a bridge between survivors and history’s darkest chapters, providing a connection to the profound experiences of the past. Testimonies stand as the primary source of information that describes the Holocaust, offering first-hand accounts and personal narratives of those who experienced it. The majority of testimonies are captured in an oral format, as survivors vividly explain and share their personal experiences and observations from that time period. Transforming Holocaust testimonies into a machine-processable digital format can be a difficult task owing to the unstructured nature of the text. The creation of accessible, comprehensive, and well-annotated Holocaust testimony collections is of paramount importance to our society. These collections empower researchers and historians to validate the accuracy of socially and historically significant information, enabling them to share critical insights and trends derived from these data. The primary objective of this workshop is to explore how various theories, techniques, and tools from corpus linguistics, natural language processing, and digital humanities can contribute to the examination, analysis, dissemination, and preservation of Holocaust testimonies and other Holocaust-related documents. The workshop is supported by CLARIN and EHRI. Please find full details of the call for papers at the workshop web page at https://www.clarin.eu/HTRes2026. The main conference website is at https://lrec2026.info/ . IMPORTANT DATES Final date for paper submission: 12 February 2026 Notification of Acceptance: 11 March 2026 Camera-ready version submission: 30 March 2026 Workshop date: 11 May 2026 To contact the organisers, please email holocausttlr(a)gmail.com From Martin Wynne on behalf of the organizing committee. -- Senior Researcher in Corpus Linguistics Faculty of Linguistics, Philology and Phonetics, University of Oxford National Co-ordinator, CLARIN-UK martin.wynne(a)ling-phil.ox.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4155-0530

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DEADLINE EXTENSION -- ACM ICMI 2026: Call for Multimodal Grand Challenges
by Gualtiero Volpe 17 Dec '25

17 Dec '25

ICMI 2026 CALL FOR MULTIMODAL GRAND CHALLENGES !!! DEADLINE EXTENSION !!! ============================================ 5-9 October 2026, Napoli - Italy https://icmi.acm.org/2026/ ============================================ -> THE DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION IS EXTENDED TO JANUARY 16, 2026 We are calling for teams to propose one or more ICMI Multimodal Grand Challenges. The International Conference on Multimodal Interaction (ICMI) is the premier international forum for multidisciplinary research on multimodal human-human and human-computer interaction, interfaces, and system development. The conference's goals are to implement believable, autonomous, adaptive, context-aware Human Computer Interaction (HCI) systems able to infer how organizational, cultural and physical contexts shape individual perception, choices and actions. Such systems, e.g. synthetic agents, robots, avatars or analysis systems act in real-time, sustain dyadic/group interactions and actively cooperate in discussion, decision-making, problem solving, learning/knowledge building. These systems gather information and meanings in the course of everyday activity and build knowledge and practical ability to render the world interpretable while interacting with users attuned to behavioural sequences that underpin collaboration. ICMI Multimodal Grand Challenges aim to inspire new ideas in the ICMI community and create momentum for future collaborative work. Analysis, synthesis, and interactive tasks are all possible. Challenge papers will be indexed in the main proceedings of ICMI. We invite the ICMI community from various fields related to multimodal interaction to collectively define and tackle these scientific Grand Challenges in this domain including but not limited to the following categories: 1. DATA CHALLENGES: gathering new experimental data and theories across a spectrum of disciplines; 2. ALGORITHM CHALLENGES: developing algorithms, models and computational paradigms that may equip machines with human level automaton intelligence; 3. APPLICATION CHALLENGES: implementing HCI systems that enhance quality of life in society and simplify the user access to future telecommunication services; 4. MULTIDISCIPLINARY CHALLENGES: promoting multidisciplinary exchanges, educational initiatives, and new socio-psychological and computational approaches towards socially-emotionally-context-aware Information Communication Technologies (ICT). Prospective organizers should submit a five-page maximum proposal containing the following information: 1. Title 2. Abstract appropriate for possible Web promotion of the Challenge 3. Distinctive topics to be addressed and specific goals 4. Detailed description of the Challenge and its relevance to multimodal interaction 5. Length (full day or half day) 6. Plan for soliciting participation 7. Description of how submissions (challenge's submissions and papers) will be evaluated, and a list of proposed reviewers 8. Proposed schedule for releasing datasets (if applicable) and/or systems (if applicable) and receiving submissions 9. Short biography of the organizers (preferably from multiple institutions) 10. Funding source (if any) that supports or could support the challenge organization 11. Draft call for papers; affiliations and email address of the organisers; summary of the Grand Challenge; list of potential Technical Program Committee members and their affiliations; important dates Proposals will be evaluated based on originality, ambition, feasibility, and implementation plan. A Challenge with dataset(s) or system(s) that has had pilot results to ensure its representativity and suitability to the proposed task will be given preference for acceptance; an additional 1 page description must be attached in such case. Continuation of or variants on the 2025 challenges are welcome, even if we require submissions of this form to highlight the number of participants that attended during the previous year and describe what changes (if any) will be made from the previous year. The ICMI organizers will offer support with basic logistics, which includes rooms and equipment to run the Workshop, coffee breaks can be offered if synchronised with the main conference. =============================================== Important Dates and Contact Details =============================================== -> Proposals due: January 16, 2026 EXTENDED Proposal notification: February 7, 2026 POSTPONED Grand challenge date: October 5, 2026 =============================================== Proposals should be emailed to the ICMI 2025 Multimodal Grand Challenge Chairs, Sebastian Zepf (sebastian.zepf(a)mercedes-benz.com) and Alessandro Vinciarelli (Alessandro.Vinciarelli(a)glasgow.ac.uk). ============================================ CALL FOR WORKSHOPS ============================================ Please note that the call for workshops remains open until January 16, 2026. We are seeking workshop proposals on emerging research areas related to the main conference topics and those that focus on multi-disciplinary research. We would also strongly encourage workshops that will include a diverse set of keynote speakers (factors to consider include: gender, ethnic background, institutions, years of experience, geography, etc.). The content of accepted workshops is under the control of the workshop organizers. Workshops may be of half-day or one-day duration. Workshop organizers will be expected to manage the workshop content, solicit submissions, be present to moderate the discussion and panels, invite experts in the domain, conduct the reviewing process, and maintain a website for the workshop. Workshop papers will be indexed by ACM Digital Library in an adjunct proceedings, and a short workshop summary by the organizers will be published in the main conference proceedings.

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CogSci 2026 - 1st CfP
by Gemma Boleda 17 Dec '25

17 Dec '25

*CogSci 2026 - Call for Submissions to the 48th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society Conference* Theme: Cognitive (In)Efficiency Rio de Janeiro, Brazil July 20 - 25, 2026 The Cognitive Science Society invites submissions to the 2026 edition of its annual conference, *CogSci*. Submissions should address cognition from any area related to Cognitive Science, including Artificial Intelligence, Linguistics, Anthropology, Psychology, Neuroscience, Philosophy, and Education. Submission guidelines, including submission categories, templates and important dates are available at https://cognitivesciencesociety.org/submissions/. Submission will be open from November 26th 2025 to February 2nd 2026. *Special Theme: Cognitive (In)Efficiency* A core objective of cognitive science is to identify the mental processes that guide thought and behavior. Much research has focused on understanding these processes through the lens of utility and cognitive efficiency. Human and non-human species are often seen as striving toward learning, problem-solving, communication, and other goals by making optimal use of cognitive resources. However, many behaviors and mental processes are not a product of this ideal of efficiency and often deviate from it. CogSci 2026 focuses on the theme of Cognitive (In)Efficiency, and aims at exploring through three thematic symposia: *(In)efficiency in Language and Communication*, *(In)efficiency in Social Cognition and Cooperation*, and *(In)efficiency in Cognitive Science Research*. The first two emphasize the critical need to address both cognitive efficiency and inefficiency as natural and influential aspects of processing and behavior. By exploring instances where cognitive processes and behavioral outputs appear suboptimal—particularly in the contexts of communication and social coordination—we invite a deeper examination of what constitutes “optimality” across different domains and settings. In doing so, we aim to broaden the understanding of cognitive processes by considering both efficient and inefficient pathways that shape thought and behavior. The third symposium addresses (in)efficiencies arising from disparities in research conditions across cognitive science laboratories and departments worldwide. This symposium will spotlight how unequal access to funding creates systemic barriers to global representation while showcasing cognitive scientists who produce impactful research despite facing disadvantaged material conditions. Our aim is to advocate for a more equitable approach that values contributions from researchers across diverse socioeconomic backgrounds, ultimately enriching the field as a whole. Each symposium topic will feature one keynote and three invited speakers. Our keynote speakers include: - Balthasar Bickel, Universität Zürich - Hyowon (Hyo) Gweon, Stanford University - Julia Hermida, National Scientific and Technical Research Council of Argentina and National University of Hurlingham *Conference Format* CogSci 2026 will be fully hybrid with streaming of the entire program, except for workshops (which will all be in-person). Presenters can choose to present in-person in Rio de Janeiro or virtually, and virtual attendees will be able to view the entire program synchronously. Virtual talks will be presented synchronously throughout the program, and virtual posters will be available for asynchronous interaction via the conference app, as well as synchronous online interaction via video conferencing. *Diversity and Inclusion Initiatives* CogSci is committed to providing opportunities for people with different backgrounds to attend the conference. Therefore, and since this is the first time the Cognitive Science Society Conference comes to South America, on top of the already existing initiatives promoted by the society, CogSci 2026 will feature reduced registration rates for participants from South America. --- Gemma Boleda Universitat Pompeu Fabra / ICREA https://gboleda.github.io/

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PhD/Postdoc Positions on LLM Architectures, Interpretability, and Safety
by Michael Hahn 17 Dec '25

17 Dec '25

The Language, Computation, and Cognition Lab (LaCoCo) <https://lacoco-lab.github.io/home/> at Saarland Informatics Campus (Saarbrücken, Germany), directed by Michael Hahn <https://mhahn.info/>, invites applications for fully funded PhD and postdoc positions, with a flexible start date. * RESEARCH AREAS * We’re especially excited about projects on: * Architectural limitations of large language models (LLMs), especially from theoretical perspectives * New architectures and efficient reasoning for LLMs * Mechanistic interpretability * Theoretical foundations for AI safety You’ll have substantial freedom to shape your topic within the lab’s scope. *ABOUT THE LAB* The lab is generously supported by an Emmy Noether grant (DFG) and has substantial GPU resources. We regularly publish at top venues (e.g., six NeurIPS/ICML/ICLR papers in 2024–2025; ACL Best Paper 2024) and are embedded in a world-class environment: Saarland University (Departments of Computer Science and Language Science & Technology) <https://saarland-informatics-campus.de/en/>, MPI for Informatics <https://www.mpi-inf.mpg.de/home>, MPI-SWS <https://www.mpi-sws.org/>, CISPA <https://cispa.de/en>, and DFKI <https://www.dfki.de/en/web>. Learn more about the lab at https://lacoco-lab.github.io/ <https://lacoco-lab.github.io/><https://lacoco-lab.github.io/> *HOW TO APPLY * Please follow the procedure here: https://lacoco-lab.github.io/joining/ <https://lacoco-lab.github.io/joining/><https://lacoco-lab.github.io/joining/> Deadline: December 20, 2025. For questions, please contact Michael Hahn, mhahn(a)lst.uni-saarland.de Applicants are expected to have a Master's degree by the start date. Applicants who only have an undergraduate degree should instead apply to the Saarbrücken Graduate School of Computer Science <https://www.graduateschool-computerscience.de/>. -- Michael Hahn Assistant Professor Saarland Informatics Campus Saarland University Group: https://lacoco-lab.github.io/ Personal: https://www.mhahn.info/

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