March 2025 - Corpora

Corpus Linguistics Summer School 2025 at the University of Birmingham
by Akira Murakami 17 Mar '25

17 Mar '25

The Centre for Corpus Research at the University of Birmingham is pleased to announce that our Corpus Linguistics Summer School will be held in person at the University of Birmingham Edgbaston campus from 7 to 11 July 2025. https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/englishlanguage/even… Attendance is open to all on a first-come-first-served basis upon completion of the registration process (including payment) through the university’s online shop linked from the above website. *Registration fee:* £230 (£180 for students) *Speakers:* This year, our participants will have the pleasure to hear contributions by Joyce Lim <https://research.aston.ac.uk/en/persons/joyce-lim> (Aston University), as well as members of our local staff of corpus linguistics, including Alex Christiansen <https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/staff/profiles/elal/christiansen-alex>, Matteo Fuoli <https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/staff/profiles/elal/fuoli-matteo>, Jason Grafmiller <https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/englishlanguage/staf…> , Jack Grieve <https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/staff/profiles/elal/grieve-jack.aspx>, Nicholas Groom <https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/staff/profiles/elal/groom-nicholas.aspx> , Yaling Hsiao <https://yalinghsiao.github.io/>, Sofia Malamatidou <https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/staff/profiles/languages/malamatidou-sofia>, Akira Murakami <https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/staff/profiles/elal/murakami-akira.aspx>, Michael Oakes, Adam Schembri <https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/staff/profiles/elal/schembri-adam.aspx>, Paul Thompson <https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/staff/profiles/elal/thompson-paul.aspx>, Katharine Weetman <https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/staff/profiles/clinical-sciences/weetman-Katha…>, and Bodo Winter <https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/staff/profiles/elal/winter-bodo>, among others. The annual Sinclair Lecture will also take place during the summer school. The details will be announced closer to the date. *Programme:* Our Corpus Linguistics Summer School aims to equip participants with critical expertise in both the theory and practice of corpus-based linguistic research. Over five days, participants will engage in two types of sessions. First, hands-on sessions will focus on developing practical skills for extracting and analysing different types of corpus data, and applying this knowledge to specific research projects. Second, participants will learn about current corpus research from our team. *Topics of sessions will include (this is a non-exhaustive list and subject to change):* - Analysing healthcare data using corpus linguistics - Analysing learner language - Analysing text with Python and SpaCy - Corpus triangulation - Fake news - Introduction to R and tidyverse - Introduction to Sketch Engine - Readability of environmental texts - Sign language corpora - Social media corpus design - Topic models - UAM CorpusTool - Understanding child language and literacy development For more information and registration, please visit the website below: https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/englishlanguage/even… *Corpus Linguistics 2025* The week before the summer school, the 13th international Corpus Linguistics conference <https://www.cl2025.co.uk/> (CL2025) will take place in Birmingham. If you are coming to Birmingham for the summer school, we encourage you to consider attending CL2025 as well! Best regards, Akira -- Akira Murakami Assistant Professor Department of Linguistics and Communication Deputy Director, Centre for Corpus Research University of Birmingham clsummerschool(a)contacts.bham.ac.uk

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CFP - Atelier 4AS@TALN2025 - Représentations Sémantiques
by Maxime Amblard 17 Mar '25

17 Mar '25

[english version below] **************************** Atelier 4 AS Atelier sur les Avancées en AMR et en Analyse Sémantiques 4AS@TALN2025 - Marseille - 30 juin 2025 **************************** https://team.inria.fr/semagramme/fr/atelier-4-as/ **************************** Beaucoup de chercheurs et chercheuses ont rêvé de créer une intelligence artificielle générale et pour cela ont imaginé d’exploiter la sémantique du langage (parsing et génération). Aujourd’hui nous nous rapprochons de cette possibilité quand nous voyons la capacité des modèles à appréhender des problèmes complexes. Mais, aucun de ces systèmes n’exploite véritablement l’analyse sémantique qui reste un terrain de recherche fertile du point de vue des formalismes, des architectures/modèles et des publications. Bien qu’imparfait, un formalisme tentant de faire le lien entre ces différentes problématiques, les AMR, a concentré beaucoup d'efforts. Cet atelier vise à réunir les différentes équipes qui s’intéressent à la sémantique du langage avec trois objectifs. • Faire le point sur les différentes approches d’exploitation de la sémantique du langage, ses différents formalismes (DRS, AMR, Yarn, …) et leurs usages (modèles d’IA plus frugale, répondre à des problèmes où la sémantique a des avantages clairs par rapport des LLMs, ...). Un focus sera fait sur l’AMR, ses forces, faiblesses, ses successeurs potentiels et évolutions à venir. • Identifier et positionner les différentes ressources utiles à l'analyse sémantique. Si le développement d'un Propbank en français n'apparaît pas comme une stratégie gagnante, porter le développement d'un alignement des mots du français vers Propbank, dans la ligné de VerbNet et Semlink serait intéressant. La question des corpus annotés est aussi largement ouverte. • Echanger les différents points de vue sur l’intérêt de poursuivre cette recherche face aux capacités des très grands modèles de langue (LLM), la meilleure façon de structurer cette recherche (projets collaboratifs par exemple) et de communiquer auprès d’un vaste public. -------------------- Thèmes -------------------- L'atelier sollicite des communications qui abordent un ou plusieurs des thèmes suivants : • Interface syntaxe-sémantique ; • Les ressources pour la sémantique • Expansion ou couplage de ressources sémantiques avec des LLM ; • Conception et annotation des représentations sémantiques ; • Comparaison des framework de représentations sémantiques ; • Génération automatique de textes à partir de représentations de sens ; • Forces et faiblesses des représentations sémantiques existantes ; • Utilisation des représentations sémantique dans des applications réelles ; • Application des représentations sémantiques et multilinguismes ; • Multimodalité dans les représentations du sens ; • La relation entre les représentations symboliques du sens et les représentations sémantiques distribuées ; • Propriétés formelles des représentations de sens ; -------------------- Soumission -------------------- La longueur attendue des soumissions est de 4 pages, augmentée d'une page pour les versions camera ready. Les soumissions doivent être rédigées selon la feuille de style ci-dessous et être soumises sous forme de fichiers PDF via le système EasyChair. Les traductions de soumissions précédemment acceptées dans des conférences de plus grande envergure sont acceptées. Système de soumission est une track 4AS sur le site easychair de la conférence principale : https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=coriataln2025 Les feuilles de style sont communes à TALN, CORIA, RECITAL et RJCRI, voir sur le site web -------------------- Dates -------------------- • Date limite de soumission : 22 avril 2025 (anywhere on earth) • Notification : 7 Mai 2025 (anywhere on earth) • Camera Ready version : 14 Mai 2025 (anywhere on earth) En intégrant les contraintes de calendrier, aucune extension ne sera possible. -------------------- Organisateurices -------------------- • Maxime Amblard (Loria, Université de Lorraine) • Maria Boritchev (Telecom Paris Tech) • Bruno Guillaume (Inria) • Johannes Heinecke (Orange) • Frédéric Herledan (Orange) *********************************************************************************************************************************** Workshop 4 AS Workshop on Advances in AMR and Semantic Analysis 4AS@TALN2025 - Marseille - June, 30th 2025 **************************** https://team.inria.fr/semagramme/fr/atelier-4-as/ **************************** Many researchers have dreamed of creating general artificial intelligence, and to do so have imagined exploiting the semantics of language (parsing and generation). Today, we’re getting closer to this possibility when we see the ability of models to grasp complex problems. But none of these systems really exploits semantic analysis, which remains a fertile field of research in terms of formalisms, architectures/models and publications. Although imperfect, a formalism that attempts to bridge these different issues, AMR, has been the focus of much effort. This workshop aims to bring together the various teams working on language semantics, with three objectives. • Take stock of the different approaches to exploiting language semantics, its various formalisms (DRS, AMR, Yarn, …) and their uses (more frugal AI models, answering problems where semantics has clear advantages over LLMs, …). The focus will be on AMR, its strengths, weaknesses, potential successors and future developments. • Identify and position the various resources useful for semantic analysis. While the development of Propbank in French does not appear to be a winning strategy, the development of a word alignment from French to Propbank, along the lines of VerbNet and Semlink, would be interesting. The question of annotated corpora is also wide open. • Exchange different points of view on the interest of pursuing this research in the face of the capabilities of very large language models (LLMs), the best way of structuring this research (collaborative projects, for example) and communicating to a wide audience. -------------------- Themes -------------------- The workshop invites papers that address one or more of the following themes: • Syntax-Semantics Interface; • Resources for semantics; • Expanding or coupling semantic resources with LLMs ; • Designing and annotating semantic representations; • Comparison of semantic representation frameworks; • Automatic text generation from meaning representations; • Strengths and weaknesses of existing semantic representations; • Use of semantic representations in real-life applications; • Application of semantic representations and multilingualism ; • Multimodality in meaning representations; • The relationship between symbolic representations of meaning and distributed semantic representations; • Formal properties of meaning representations; -------------------- Submission -------------------- The expected length of submissions is 4 pages, plus one page for camera ready versions. Submissions must follow the style sheet below and be submitted as PDF files via the EasyChair system. Translations of previously accepted submissions to larger conferences are accepted. The submission system is a 4AS track on the easychair site of the main conference: https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=coriataln2025 Style sheets are common to TALN, CORIA, RECITAL and RJCRI. An Overleaf model is available here: Feuilles de style CORIA-TALN 2025, see on the website. -------------------- Date -------------------- • Submission dead-line: April 22th, 2025 • Notification: May 7th, 2025 • Camera Ready version: May 14th, 2025 Given the time constraints, no extension will be possible. -------------------- Organizers -------------------- • Maxime Amblard (Loria, Université de Lorraine) • Maria Boritchev (Telecom Paris Tech) • Bruno Guillaume (Inria) • Johannes Heinecke (Orange) • Frédéric Herledan (Orange) ---------------------- Maxime Amblard Université de Lorraine https://members.loria.fr/mamblard http://espoir-ul.fr Si vous lisez ce message en dehors de vos heures de travail, merci de ne le traiter qu’en cas d’urgence avérée.

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[AACL 2025] First Call for workshop Proposals
by ACL Announcements 17 Mar '25

17 Mar '25

First Call for workshops The 14th International Joint Conference on Natural Language Processing (IJCNLP) and the 4th Conference of the Asia-Pacific Chapter of the Association for Computational Linguistics (AACL) invites proposals for workshops to be held in conjunction with IJCNLP-AACL in 2025 in Mumbai (India). We solicit proposals in all areas of computational linguistics, language resources and evaluation, broadly conceived to include related disciplines such as linguistics, language documentation, natural language processing, speech and multimodal processing, computational social science, and the digital humanities. The two pages for the main proposal must include the following: A title and a brief description of the workshop topic and content. A list of invited speakers, if applicable, with an indication of which ones have already agreed and which are tentative, and sources of funding for the speakers, if needed. An estimate of the number of attendees. Workshop format: in-person preferred; hybrid format may be allowed under special circumstances. A description of any shared tasks associated with the workshop, and estimate of the number of participants. Note that any shared task will also need to be reviewed by the workshop committee for ethical concerns. A description of special requirements and technical needs, where relevant. If the workshop has been held before, a note specifying where previous iterations of the workshops were held, how many submissions the workshop received, how many papers were accepted (also specify whether they were not regular papers, e.g., shared task system description papers, non-archival papers), and how many attendees the workshop attracted. The proposals should be submitted no later than April 15th, 2025, 11:59 PM Samoa Standard Time (SST) (UTC/GMT-11, ‘Anywhere on Earth). At least one of the organisers of the accepted workshops must be present in person in Mumbai, India. Check the full Call at: https://www.afnlp.org/conferences/ijcnlp2025/#submissions Link to submission system: https://softconf.com/aacl2025/workshops/ For queries related to workshop submission, and the review process in general, email: AACL-IJCNLP25-Workshop_Chairs(a)googlegroups.com Workshop Chairs Sowmya Vajjala, National Research Council, Canada Lizhen Qu, Monash University, Australia

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Upcoming DFIR Stream 0xE Webinar — “Identifying Fraudulent CAPTCHA Solvers Using Network Propagation Analysis”
by Andrew Zayine 16 Mar '25

16 Mar '25

Dear All, We are excited to invite you to an upcoming DFIR Stream 0xE webinar: Title: “Identifying Fraudulent CAPTCHA Solvers Using Network Propagation Analysis” Presenters: -Martynas Buožis — Information Security Architect, Amadeus Data Processing GmbH -Umberto Fontana — PhD Candidate, Telecom SudParis & Amadeus IT Group Abstract: Malicious actors often use CAPTCHA Farms to bypass bot protection, enabling fraud such as inventory denial and SMS pumping. These farms cleverly mirror IP addresses and client fingerprints, making traditional detection methods ineffective. Meanwhile, their CAPTCHA-solving times are indistinguishable from legitimate users. In this talk, our speakers will present a novel technique for uncovering the use of CAPTCHA Farms by analyzing network propagation times. By comparing observed delays with the geographic distances implied by IP addresses, this approach aims to statistically identify suspicious patterns. - Date & Time: Tuesday, March 25, 2:00 – 3:00 pm (GMT+00:00) - Location: Online (Pre-registration required) - Event Registration Link: https://www.acfti.org/news-events/dfir-stream-0xe - Online Registration Ends: March 23 at 04:00 PM (GMT+00:00) Don’t miss this chance to learn about cutting-edge research on detecting fraudulent CAPTCHA solvers and to provide valuable feedback! ======Housekeeping Notes====== - Note that this event is online only. Hence, You must register to receive a link to connect. Due to limited availability, we kindly ask you to register as soon as possible to ensure your participation in the webinar of your choice. Finally, I would like to remind you that the call for speakers is currently open on the dedicated DFIR stream website, https://dfir.stream/call-for-guest-speakers #CyberSecurity #DFIR #CAPTCHA #OnlineFraud Best regards, Andrew Zayin Ph.D., CISSP, CISM, CRISC, CDPSE, PMP ACFTI Secretariat

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CALL FOR BIDS TO HOST EACL 2026
by ACL Announcements 16 Mar '25

16 Mar '25

*CALL FOR BIDS TO HOST EACL 2026* The European Chapter of the Association for Computational Linguistics (EACL) invites expressions of interest to host the 2026 EACL conference, to be held in Europe, the Middle East or Africa (EMEA) in Spring (preferably April/May) 2026. The 2026 conference will be the 18th meeting of the EACL. At the same time, we also invite expressions of interest to host the 2027 EACL conference. *At this stage, we seek draft proposals from prospective bidders.* These will be evaluated, and promising bidders will be asked to provide additional information for the final selection. The EACL Board will appoint the general chair for the conference, the programme committee co- chairs, and all other chairs (tutorial co-chairs, workshop co-chairs, etc.), except for the local arrangements chair. Draft bid proposals (due *April 14th, 2025*) should include information on all of the following items: 1. *Proposed dates:* in Spring (preferably March/April) 2026 2. *Location:* city and conference venue. Indicate whether the conference would be held at a university, hotel or convention center. Bear in mind that EACL is growing. While Gothenburg (EACL 2014) had 520 registered participants, Valencia (EACL 2017) had 680 registered participants and EACL 2024 had over 800 participants. So please suggest a location that could host 1000 people for plenary sessions, plus at least 4 conference rooms hosting parallel sessions (200-250 people each), a large poster or exhibit room; 11 rooms on the workshops/tutorials days among which at least two host 200 people and the others 60 persons; and rooms for demos, small meetings and registration. 3. *Local arrangements team:* local chair/co-chair, committee, volunteer labour (e.g. students), registration handling. The local arrangements team will be responsible for activities such as arranging meeting rooms, equipment, refreshments, accommodation, on-site registration, participant internet access, the reception, the conference dinner, and working with the other chairs and the EACL Board to develop the budget and registration materials. Indicate whether a professional conference organizer (PCO) will be involved in the organization. Also, indicate whether any national/regional associations for Computational Linguistics would be on board of the local organization *The final bids will also include detailed information on the following items:* 1. Computing/wifi/audiovisual: whether there will be desktop/laptop in conference rooms and high-speed wireless Internet access, what the audiovisual facilities are 2. Printing of conference booklet 3. Food catering including breaks, reception, poster sessions and conference dinner 4. Accommodation options at the venue, including low-cost student accommodation 5. Travel alternatives to the venue from Europe and beyond 6. Social events including infrastructure for banquet/other social event and reception 7. Potential for local sponsorships 8. Opportunities for co-location with other meetings 9. The costs related to all of the above items, which should be indicated in the expenses spreadsheet (template provided below). Proposals will be evaluated with respect to a number of criteria (unordered): - Adequacy of conference and exhibit facilities for the anticipated number of registrants - Adequacy of accommodations and food services (in a range of price categories) and proximity to the conference facilities - Adequacy of expenses projections and expected surplus - Appropriateness of proposed dates - Geographical and national balance with regard to previous EACL and ACL conferences, and other major Natural Language Processing conferences held in EMEA - Co-location with national/regional conferences - Experience of the local arrangements team - Local CL community support - Local government and industry support - Appropriateness of expected registration fees - Accessibility of proposed site Reports, lessons learnt and successful bids from previous years: - EACL 23 report https://www.romanklinger.de/blog-assets/2023-05-12/eacl2023-conf-report.pdf The EACL conference handbook: https://2024.eacl.org/downloads/handbook.pdf Please send your expressions of interest electronically to the EACL Board: eacl-info(a)aclweb.org The EACL board encourages groups who intend to submit a proposal to ask questions about how to prepare the proposal. *Important Dates:* 14th April 2025: Deadline for draft bids April 2025: Feedback to bidders, announcement of shortlist of bidders May 2025: Deadline for final bids June 2025: Final bid chosen (to be publicly announced in July at ACL2025) April/May 2026: EACL Conference Best regards, Nina Tahmasebi – Secretary of EACL –

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ClinIQLink 2025 – CodaBench Testing Framework Now Live!
by Brandon 14 Mar '25

14 Mar '25

Dear Colleagues, We are pleased to announce that the ClinIQLink 2025 CodaBench Testing Framework is now live and ready for model submissions: CodaBench Competition Page: https://www.codabench.org/competitions/5117/ This is an important milestone in the shared task, allowing participants to test their models under real evaluation conditions ahead of the April 15, 2025 submission deadline. With almost 40 participants and growing, we encourage early engagement to refine methodologies and optimize performance. Why Participate? ClinIQLink 2025, part of the BioNLP Workshop at ACL 2025, evaluates models on their ability to retrieve accurate medical knowledge and analyze hallucinations in generative responses. This challenge provides an opportunity to benchmark systems, advance research in medical AI, and contribute to a deeper understanding of knowledge retrieval in generative models. Getting Started with CodaBench Participants should begin testing their models as soon as possible. Submission guidelines and instructions are available on the challenge page: * CodaBench ClinIQLink Docker Setup (GitHub): https://github.com/Brandonio-c/ClinIQLink_CodaBench_docker-setup * Submission Guidelines: Models under 10GB can be submitted directly to CodaBench, while models between 10GB and 750GB must be uploaded via Globus following the instructions provided on the challenge homepage. * Globus Connect Personal (Required for Uploading Large Models): https://www.globus.org/globus-connect-personal Key Upcoming Deadlines * April 15, 2025 – System Submission Deadline * April 25, 2025 – Results Feedback Provided * May 15, 2025 – Final Paper Submission Deadline * July 31, 2025 – BioNLP Workshop at ACL 2025 Useful Links * Official Challenge Page: https://brandonio-c.github.io/ClinIQLink-2025/ * Sample Dataset: https://github.com/Brandonio-c/ClinIQLink_Sample-dataset * Google Form for Large Model Submission (10GB - 750GB): https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSerRZnVHm-Trk9eYp6ebrJHQKTPvSBrI6n… For any questions or further details, please feel free to reach out. Contact: Brandon Colelough – brandon.colelough(a)nih.gov<mailto:brandon.colelough@nih.gov> We look forward to your participation and contributions to this initiative. Kind regards, Brandon Colelough (He / Him) [News, Events, and Updates]NIH Fellow | Fulbright Scholar | ADF Signals Officer | Electrical Engineer National Institutes of Health – National Library of Medicine (LHC) M: +61 481 269 667<tel:+61481269667> (AUS) | M: +1 (202) 367-7230<tel:+12023677230> (US) E: brandcol(a)umd.edu<mailto:brandcol@umd.edu> | E: brandon.colelough(a)gmail.com<mailto:brandon.colelough@gmail.com> L: www.linkedin.com/in/brandon-colelough<https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.linked…>

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Call for Participation - RANLP 2025 Shared Tasks
by Ranasinghe, Tharindu 14 Mar '25

14 Mar '25

We invite researchers to participate in RANLP 2025 shared tasks. RANLP is one of the most influential and competitive NLP conferences. RANLP 2025 will take place in September 2025 at the Black Sea city of Varna. For the first time in RANLP history, we are organising a shared task campaign as part of the main conference. Researchers and practitioners from all areas of natural language processing and related communities are invited to participate. The following tasks have been accepted for RANLP 2025. 1. PolyHope-M: Bridging Hope Speech Detection Across Multiple Languages Organisers - Fazlourrahman Balouchzahi, Sabur Butt, Maaz Amjad, Luis Jose Gonzalez-Gomez, Abdul Gafar Manuel Meque, Helena Gomez-Adorno, Bharathi Raja Chakravarthi, Grigori Sidorov, Thomas Mandl, Ruba Priyadharshini and Saranya Rajiakodi Task website - https://www.codabench.org/competitions/5635/ 1. Multilingual Coreference Resolution Organisers - Vijay Sundar Ram, Pattabhi RK Rao and Sobha Lalitha Devi Task website - https://www.codabench.org/competitions/5759/ 1. Multi-Domain Detection of AI-Generated Text (M-DAIGT) Organisers - Salima Lamsiyah, Saad Ezzini, Abdelkader El Mahdaouy, Hamza Alami, Abdessamad Benlahbib, Samir El amrany, Salmane Chafik and Hicham Hammouchi Task website - https://ezzini.github.io/M-DAIGT/ 1. Identification of the severity of the depression in forum post Organisers - Isuri Anuradha, Hasintha Hewawasam, Deshan Koshala Sumanathilaka, Ruslan Mitkov, Paul Rayson and Saad Ezzini Task website - https://www.codabench.org/competitions/5894/ 1. Sentiment Analysis on Arabic Dialects in the Hospitality Domain: A Multi-Dialect Benchmark Organisers - Maram I. Alharbi, Salmane Chafik, Ruslan Mitkov, Tharindu Ranasinghe, Hansi Hettiarachchi and Saad Ezzini Task website - https://ahasis-42267.web.app/ For inquiries regarding the individual shared tasks, please contact the corresponding task organisers. Shared Task Proceedings At least one member from each team needs to register and attend the RANLP 2025 shared task (which will take place on 11, 12 or 13 September 2025) and present their work in order to include it in the proceedings. More information about the RANLP main conference and its co-located events are available at https://ranlp.org/ranlp2025/ Shared Task Chairs Dr Tharindu Ranasinghe, Lancaster University, UK Dr Saad Ezzini, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia RANLP 2024 Chairs Programme Committee Chair: Prof Dr Ruslan Mitkov, Lancaster University, UK Organising Committee Chair: Prof Dr Galia Angelova, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgaria Dr Tharindu Ranasinghe Lancaster University

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Fwd: [CfP] Call for Short Papers ICCC'25 – The 16th International Conference on Computational Creativity
by Hugo Gonçalo Oliveira 14 Mar '25

14 Mar '25

---------- Forwarded message --------- From: International Conference on Computational Creativity < iccc25.computationalcreativity(a)gmail.com> Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2025 at 09:11 Subject: [CfP] Call for Short Papers ICCC'25 – The 16th International Conference on Computational Creativity To: <hroliv(a)dei.uc.pt> Submissions due: April 21, 2025‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ *The 16th International Conference on Computational Creativity (ICCC'25)* June 23–27, 2025 — Campinas, Brazil Hi Hugo, Below, you will find the official Call for Short Papers for the 16th International Conference on Computational Creativity (ICCC'25), which will be held in Campinas, Brazil, from June 23 to 27, 2025. We hope that you may be able to contribute to the conference by submitting your research. We would also like to remind you that the Call for Venues for hosting the International Conference on Computational Creativity in 2027 (ICCC'27) is open. The Association for Computational Creativity (ACC) invites all its members and colleagues interested in the field to submit a proposal. You can find more information [here]. <https://ewb61.r.sp1-brevo.net/mk/cl/f/sh/6rqJfgq8dINmNvd1ZDhKWHmANLs/EKm8yp…> Please feel free to share it with anyone who might be interested. We hope to see you at ICCC'25 in Campinas, Brazil, in June 2025! *Call for papers: short papers* http://computationalcreativity.net/iccc25/short-papers/ <https://ewb61.r.sp1-brevo.net/mk/cl/f/sh/6rqJfgq8dIPRQNvB3X6sRsu60eu/iWdBrr…> Computational Creativity (CC) is a discipline with its roots in scientific disciplines such as Artificial Intelligence, Cognitive Science, Engineering, Design, Psychology and Philosophy that each explores the potential for computers to be creative – either in partnership with humans or as autonomous creators in their own right. The International Conference on Computational Creativity (ICCC) is an annual conference that welcomes papers on different aspects of CC, on systems that exhibit varying degrees of creative autonomy, on systems that act as creative partners for human creators, on frameworks that offer greater clarity or computational felicity for thinking about machine (and human) creativity, on methodologies for building or evaluating CC systems, on approaches to teaching CC in schools and universities or to promoting societal uptake of CC as a field and as a technology, and so on. **** Themes and Topics **** The ICCC call for short papers invites research on the same topics as the main call. See Full Papers <https://ewb61.r.sp1-brevo.net/mk/cl/f/sh/6rqJfgq8dIR6SqDKXqWQNU21dxw/aBnttR…> for more information. In summary, new papers reflecting all computational approaches and perspectives on creativity are welcome, including e.g., symbolic approaches, neural and statistical approaches, hybrid approaches, big-data approaches, rule-based approaches, curated approaches, and so on. The onus is on authors to argue and/or explicitly demonstrate the relevance of their work to the topic of computational creativity. *A note on generative AI models:* while the study of generative AI models is both welcomed and encouraged, such models and their application must be properly situated in the CC literature and evaluated according to acceptable practices in the field. Papers that fail to do this are unlikely to be reviewed favorably. *Difference between long and short papers:* Short papers are intended to share new directions and ideas, spark debate, and enrich the conference and program, without the same evaluation and rigor requirements of long papers. They are not merely long papers with fewer pages. To this end, different review criteria will be applied to long and short papers. **** Paper Types **** Short papers offer concise treatments of work and ideas that are better suited to this concentrated format. 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Call for Papers: FEL XXIX 2025 - Basque Country, Spain - 22-25 October - Deadline 15 May 2025
by Steven Krauwer 14 Mar '25

14 Mar '25

The 29th Annual Conference of the Foundation for Endangered Languages - FEL XXIX 2025 The Foundation for Endangered Languages and the UNESCO Chair on World Language Heritage are organising the 2025 edition of the FEL conference, “The Missing SDG: Endangered Languages and Sustainable Development”. Date: 22-25 October, 2025 Place: Vitoria-Gasteiz, Faculty of Arts at the UPV/EHU (Basque Country, Spain) Call for Papers OPEN until 15 May. More information on the website: https://www.ehu.eus/en/web/mho-unesco-katedra/fel-xxix-2025 -- _______________________________________________________________________ Steven Krauwer, CLARIN/FEL/ELSNET/ILS, Utrecht, NL, s.krauwer(a)uu.nl

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PhD or postdoc position in NLP/computational linguistics at the University of Vienna
by Sebastian Schuster 14 Mar '25

14 Mar '25

I am looking to fill a PhD (3 years) or postdoc (2 years) position in natural language processing/computational linguistics at the Faculty of Computer Science at the University of Vienna, as part of my new research group there. About the position This position offers great flexibility in developing your own research agenda, and collaborations with other research groups are encouraged. It is also flexible with respect to topic, as long as it connects thematically with topics of interest to the research group. These currently include: - evaluation of large language models and large language model agents - robust long context understanding - computational pragmatics - computational psycholinguistics The annual salary for the PhD position is approximately EUR 39,000/year and for the postdoc position, approximately EUR 69,000/year. Profile of successful candidates - Master degree in computer science, computational linguistics, or related fields - Strong background in mathematics, statistics and/or machine learning - Strong motivation to publish in top refereed conferences/journals - Strong interest in recent developments in large language models, deep learning, and natural language processing - Good knowledge of a deep learning programming framework - Very good command of written and spoken English For the postdoc position, additionally: - A strong publication record, including publications at EMNLP, *ACL, NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, or COLM - A PhD in computer science, computational linguistics, or related fields How to apply Application deadline: April 4, 2025 (Late applications maybe considered but for full consideration, please apply by this date.) Start date: Autumn 2025 (start date flexible) Please submit your application by email to s.schuster(a)ucl.ac.uk <mailto:s.schuster@ucl.ac.uk> and use the subject "[PhD position]" or "[Postdoc position]", depending on which position you are applying to. Include a single PDF file with the following information: - a statement of research interests that motivates why you are applying for this position and outlines your research interests (1-3 pages) - a full CV, including a list of publications (if applicable) - university transcripts - the names, affiliations, and e-mail addresses of two people who can provide letters of reference for you The University of Vienna has an anti-discriminatory employment policy and attaches great importance to equal opportunities, the advancement of women and diversity. We lay special emphasis on increasing the number of women in senior and in academic positions among the academic and general university staff and therefore expressly encourage qualified women to apply. Given equal qualifications, preference will be given to female candidates. If you have any questions about these positions, please contact me at s.schuster(a)ucl.ac.uk <mailto:s.schuster@ucl.ac.uk>. ---- Sebastian Schuster https://sebschu.com

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