May 2025 - Corpora - ELRA lists

Webminar by Sampo Pyysalo (University of Turku)
by HiTZ zentroa 09 May '25

09 May '25

**** We apologize for the multiple copies of this email. In case you are already registered to the next webinar, you do not need to register again. **** Dear colleague, We are happy to announce the next webinar in the Language Technology webinar series organized by the HiTZ Chair of AI&LT (https://hitz.eus). You can view the videos of previous webinars and the schedule for upcoming webinars here: http://www.hitz.eus/webinars Next webinar: Speaker: Sampo Pyysalo (University of Turku) Title: Towards Open Foundation Models for Europe Date: Tuesday, May 13, 2025 - 10:00 CET Summary: Large Language Models (LLMs) are a breakthrough technology with broad social and economic effects. However, the development of leading models is currently concentrated in a few technology hubs primarily in the U.S. and China, leaving smaller languages behind and making Europe dependent on external technologies. To secure its digital sovereignty and ensure that its languages are fully represented, it is essential for Europe to have the capacity to build its own foundation models. In this talk, I will present a line of LLM work ranging from early monolingual models for Finnish to current efforts to create fully open foundation models for all European languages in the OpenEuroLLM project. Bio: Sampo Pyysalo is one of the leads of the TurkuNLP group (https://turkunlp.org/) in the University of Turku, Finland. His work focuses on machine learning for natural language processing, with particular emphasis on scientific text mining, Finnish language technology, and large language models. He received his PhD thesis from the University of Turku and held researcher positions at the University of Tokyo, University of Manchester and University of Cambridge before returning to the University of Turku in 2019. He is currently PI in the HPLT (https://hplt-project.org/) and OpenEuroLLM (https://openeurollm.eu/) projects, where he leads efforts to train multilingual language models. Upcoming webinars: · Mirella Lapata (Thursday, June 5, 2025) If you are interested in participating, please complete this registration form: http://www.hitz.eus/webinar_izenematea If you cannot attend this seminar, but you want to be informed of the following HiTZ webinars, please complete this registration form instead: http://www.hitz.eus/webinar_info Best wishes, HiTZ Zentroa P.S: HiTZ will not grant any type of certificate for attendance at these webinars.

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Open research group starting 14 May
by Brezina, Vaclav 08 May '25

08 May '25

Dear all, The ESRC Centre for Corpus Approaches to Social Science at Lancaster University is once again offering a series of informal meetings to explore key issues in corpus linguistics. This summer term's theme is: "How Not to Be Replaced by AI: Corpus Linguistics Reflections." Each session combines theoretical insights with practical applications, drawing on selected readings and current debates in both AI and corpus linguistics. Reading: Brezina, V. (2025). Corpus linguistics and AI: #LancsBox X in the context of emerging technologies. International Journal of Language Studies, 19(2), 75-90. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nBbPtP-6Ysok5iHB2X9HPiYG024cm7ie/view Free Registration: https://forms.office.com/e/YT5md2fjka 14 May 12pm-12.50pm UK time: Models of Meaning; Reading: Brezina (2025: pp. 75-79) 28May 12pm-12.50pm UK time: What can AI do better/worse than humans; Reading: Brezina (2025: pp. 79-83) 11 June 12pm-12.50pm UK time: Communicating Corpus Findings Effectively; Reading: Brezina (2025: pp. 83-85) 25 June 12pm-12.50pm UK time: #LancsBox X: A New Vision; Reading: Brezina (2025: pp. 86-89) Please feel free to join us for these informal sessions! Best, Vaclav Professor Vaclav Brezina Professor in Corpus Linguistics Co-Director of ESRC Centre for Corpus Approaches to Social Science Lancaster University Lancaster, LA1 4YD Office: County South, room C05 T: +44 (0)1524 510828 @vaclavbrezina [cid:image001.jpg@01DBC001.B9E87080]<http://www.lancaster.ac.uk/arts-and-social-sciences/about-us/people/vaclav-…>

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The 16th IEEE International Conference on Knowledge Graphs (ICKG 2025): Fourth Call for Papers
by Announce 08 May '25

08 May '25

*** Fourth Call for Papers *** The 16th IEEE International Conference on Knowledge Graphs (ICKG 2025) November 13-14, 2025, 5* St. Raphael Resort and Marina, Limassol, Cyprus https://cyprusconferences.org/ickg2025/ (*** Proceedings to be published by IEEE ***) (*** please note the change of conference and important dates! ***) The annual IEEE International Conference on Knowledge Graph (ICKG) provides a premier international forum for presentation of original research results in knowledge discovery and graph learning, discussion of opportunities and challenges, as well as exchange and dissemination of innovative, practical development experiences. The conference covers all aspects of knowledge discovery from data, with a strong focus on graph learning and knowledge graph, including algorithms, software, platforms. ICKG 2025 intends to draw researchers and application developers from a wide range of areas such as knowledge engineering, representation learning, big data analytics, statistics, machine learning, pattern recognition, data mining, knowledge visualization, high performance computing, and World Wide Web etc. By promoting novel, high quality research findings, and innovative solutions to address challenges in handling all aspects of learning from data with dependency relationship. All accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings by the IEEE Computer Society. Awards, including Best Paper, Best Paper Runner up, Best Student Paper, Best Student Paper Runner up, will be conferred at the conference, with a check and a certificate for each award. The conference also features a survey track to accept survey papers reviewing recent studies in all aspects of knowledge discovery and graph learning. At least five high quality papers will be invited for a special issue of the Knowledge and Information Systems Journal, in an expanded and revised form. In addition, at least eight quality papers will be invited for a special issue of Data Intelligence Journal in an expanded and revised form with at least 30% difference. TOPICS OF INTEREST Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: • Foundations, algorithms, models, and theory of knowledge discovery and graph learning • Knowledge engineering with big data. • Machine learning, data mining, and statistical methods for data science and engineering. • Acquisition, representation and evolution of fragmented knowledge. • Fragmented knowledge modeling and online learning. • Knowledge graphs and knowledge maps. • Graph learning security, privacy, fairness, and trust. • Interpretation, rule, and relationship discovery in graph learning. • Geospatial and temporal knowledge discovery and graph learning. • Ontologies and reasoning. • Topology and fusion on fragmented knowledge. • Visualization, personalization, and recommendation of Knowledge Graph navigation and interaction. • Knowledge Graph systems and platforms, and their efficiency, scalability, and privacy. • Applications and services of knowledge discovery and graph learning in all domains including web, medicine, education, healthcare, and business. • Big knowledge systems and applications. • Crowdsourcing, deep learning and edge computing for graph mining. • Large language models and applications • Open source platforms and systems supporting knowledge and graph learning. • Datasets and benchmarks for graphs • Neurosymbolic & Hybrid AI systems • Graph Retrieval Augmented Generation SURVEY TRACK Survey paper reviewing recent study in keep aspects of knowledge discover and graph learning. In addition to the above topics, authors can also select and target the following Special Track topics. Each special track is handled by respective special track chairs, and the papers are also included in the conference proceedings. • Special Track 01: KGC and Knowledge Graph Building • Special Track 02: KR and KG Reasoning. • Special Track 03: KG and Large Language Model • Special Track 04: GNN and Graph Learning • Special Track 05: QA and Graph Database • Special Track 06: KG and Multi-modal Learning. • Special Track 07: KG and Knowledge Fusion. • Special Track 08: Industry and Applications SUBMISSION GUIDELINES Paper submissions should be no longer than 8 pages, in the IEEE 2-column format, including the bibliography and any possible appendices. Submissions longer than 8 pages will be rejected without review. All submissions will be reviewed by the Program Committee based on technical quality, originality, significance, and clarity. For survey track paper, please preface the descriptive paper title with “Survey:”, followed by the actual paper title. For example, a paper entitled “A Literature Review of Streaming Knowledge Graph”, should be changed as “Survey: A Literature Review of Streaming Knowledge Graph”. This is for the reviewers and chairs to clearly bid and handle the papers. Once the paper is accepted, the word, such as “Survey:”, can be removed from the camera-ready copy. For special track paper, please preface the descriptive paper title with “SS##:”, where “##” is the two digits special track ID. For example, a paper entitled “Incremental Knowledge Graph Learning”, intended to target Special Track 01 (Machine learning and knowledge graph) should be changed as “SS01: Incremental Knowledge Graph Learning”. All manuscripts are submitted as full papers and are reviewed based on their scientific merit. The reviewing process is single blind, meaning that each submission should list all authors and affiliations. There is no separate abstract submission step. There are no separate industrial, application, or poster tracks. Manuscripts must be submitted electronically in the online submission system. No email submission is accepted. To help ensure correct formatting, please use the style files for U.S. Letter as template for your submission. These include LaTeX and Word. SUBMISSION LINK https://wi-lab.com/cyberchair/2025/ickg25/ IMPORTANT DATES • Paper submission (abstract and full paper): June 20, 2025 (AoE) • Notification of acceptance/rejection: September 5, 2025 • Camera-ready, copyright forms and author registration: September 20, 2025 • Early (non-author) registration: October 10, 2025 • Conference dates: November 13-14, 2025 ORGANISATION Conference and Local Organising Chair • George A. Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus Conference Co-Chair • Dan Guo, Hefei University of Technology Program Chairs • Cesare Alippi, Università della Svizzera italiana • Shirui Pan, Griffith University Local Organising Vice Chair • Irene Kinlanioti, National Technical University of Athens Finance Chair • Constantinos Pattichis, University of Cyprus Steering Committee Chair • Xindong Wu, Hefei University Of Technology

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Public online talk on "Large Language Models for Linguistic Analysis: Powerful Tools or Overhyped?"
by Robert Fuchs 07 May '25

07 May '25

Bonn Talks on Research Trends in Applied Linguistics *Large Language Models for Linguistic Analysis: Powerful Tools or Overhyped?* Iris Ferrazzo, Bonn Centre for Digital Humanities Large language models (LLMs) have become part of everyday life, and we increasingly rely on their seemingly exceptional performance. But are they truly this powerful when it comes to concrete applications such as linguistic analysis? This talk explores the capabilities and limitations of LLMs in the context of empirical linguistic research. Beginning with an overview of their architecture and underlying principles, the discussion will examine both the strengths of LLMs, such as their performance in language understanding and generation tasks, and their shortcomings, including bias, opacity, and hallucination. The second part of the talk investigates how LLMs perform on concrete linguistic tasks, providing a critical assessment of their performance in real-world analysis. Friday, May 9, 2.15 - 3.45 pm, CEST Register here: https://uni-bonn.zoom-x.de/meeting/register/sKFooDgRRqm0_PLtU-fYvg Prof. Dr. Robert Fuchs | Head of Department and Professor of English Linguistics | Department of English, American and Celtic Studies | University of Bonn | Rabinstr. 8 53113 Bonn, Germany | https://uni-bonn.academia.edu/RFuchs | https://www.iaak.uni-bonn.de/bael/en/people/chair/prof-dr-robert-fuchs | https://sites.google.com/view/rflinguistics/ *Recent publications:* Fuchs, R. et al. (to appear). *Non-standard morphosyntactic variation in L2 English varieties world-wide: A corpus-based study <https://www.academia.edu/129153158/Fuchs_etal25_Non_standard_morphosyntacti…>*. Lingua. Fuchs, R., Wiltshire, C. & Sarmah, P. (to appear). *The role of English in the linguistic ecology of Northeast India <https://www.academia.edu/125365118/The_role_of_English_in_the_linguistic_ec…>*. In P. Siemund, et al. (Eds.), /World Englishes in their Local Multilingual Ecologies/. Amsterdam: Benjamins. Fuchs, R. (to appear). *Influencing people around the globe - The linguistic expression of persuasion across varieties of English worldwide* <https://www.academia.edu/107491904/Influencing_people_around_the_globe_The_…>. In D. Dayter, & S. Rüdiger (Eds.), /Manipulation, Influence, and Deception: The Changing Landscape of Persuasive Language/. Cambridge: CUP. Lange, C., & Fuchs, R. (to appear). *English in India*. In R. Hickey & K. Burridge (Eds.), /New Cambridge History of the English Language/. Cambridge: CUP.

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CfP: Historical Languages and AI (Berlin, Germany)
by Daidalos-Projekt (Konstantin Schulz) 07 May '25

07 May '25

Call for Papers: Historical Languages and AI March 5-6, 2026 The intersection of historical languages and artificial intelligence (AI) presents a rich and dynamic field of study, with the potential to revolutionize our understanding of the past and the ways in which we engage with historical texts. As digital technologies continue to advance, the need for interdisciplinary collaboration becomes increasingly apparent. The upcoming 2-day international conference on “Historical Languages and AI” aims to foster this collaboration by bringing together experts from computational literary studies, digital history, linguistics, and other domains that work with historical languages such as Latin. The conference seeks to address the growing demand for innovative methods and tools that can enhance the analysis, preservation, and interpretation of historical languages. By leveraging AI technologies, researchers can unlock new insights into historical texts, improve the accuracy of translations, and develop more effective teaching methods for historical languages. The conference will provide a platform for scholars to share their latest findings, discuss emerging trends, and explore the practical applications of AI in historical language research. It explicitly includes historical stages of modern languages, such as Old English or Early New High German. The conference is hosted by the Daidalos research project (Humboldt University Berlin, 2023-2026; https://daidalos-projekt.de ). The project is building a research infrastructure for methods of natural language processing (NLP). The target group is literary scholars in classical philology and related disciplines. The research infrastructure consists, on the one hand, of an interactive website on which interested parties can apply NLP methods to text corpora. On the other hand, the Daidalos project sees itself as a contact point for interested researchers. In this function, the project regularly invites researchers to workshops (https://daidalos-projekt.de/workshops), advises them within the framework of research tandems (https://daidalos-projekt.de/tandems), and provides materials for further training (https://daidalos-projekt.de/jupyterlite). Conference Dates: March 5-6, 2026 Venue: Humboldt-Universitaet zu Berlin (Berlin, Germany) Unfortunately, we cannot offer travel bursaries. Attending the conference itself is free of charge. Topics of Interest We welcome submissions on a wide range of topics related to historical languages and AI, including but not limited to: Machine Learning Large Language Models / Large Action Models Usage for data modeling or corpus construction Challenges in low-resource scenarios Neural machine translation for historical texts Innovative approaches to historical language analysis Linguistic analysis for literary studies Part-of-speech tagging Topic modeling Sentiment analysis Named entity recognition Word embeddings Multilingual Information Retrieval, incl. cross-lingual embeddings Evaluation of AI-driven methods and datasets Frameworks for mapping research questions to relevant AI models and methods Assessment of AI tools in historical language studies Technical Infrastructure for Research & Teaching Integrating technologies like Jupyter Notebooks into larger software platforms Retrieval-augmented generation for domain-specific chatbots Teaching & Learning Digital Literacies, incl. open educational resources for teaching natural language processing Important Dates Submission Deadline: September 1, 2025 Notification of Acceptance: October 15, 2025 Camera-Ready Submission: January 31, 2026 Conference Dates: March 5-6, 2026 Submission types Included in the open-access proceedings: *Long papers*: up to 4000 words (ca. 8 pages, excl. bibliography and appendix). Long papers report on original and unpublished results. Long papers are presented as oral presentations (30 min talk + 15 min discussion). We welcome the use of appendices or other supplementary information. Published only in the book of abstracts in our Zenodo Community (https://zenodo.org/communities/daidalos): *Short papers*: up to 2000 words (ca. 4 pages, excl. bibliography and appendix). Short papers report on focused contributions, and may present work in progress. Short papers are presented as short oral presentations (20 min talk + 10 min discussion). We welcome the use of appendices or other supplementary information. *Pitch Your Research Idea*: Submit an abstract of up to 200 words (excl. bibliography and appendix) to give a 5-minute presentation during a pitch session. The presentations are followed by a Scientific Speed Dating Session and enable researchers to get in touch faster.Long papers Workshops (90 min): Submit a proposal for your intended workshop of up to 750 words. Workshops should be organized as hands-on research or learning opportunity. The workshops will take place on the second day of the conference (March 6, 2026). Workshop proposals should describe: the aims and setup of the workshop, the academic background for the work, an outline of the workshop, including the types of activities, the expected key outcomes, a short bio of each organizer or presenter, including their name, affiliation, email address, a plan for promoting the workshop to attract participants, specific requirements, including but not limited to special equipment (e.g., audio/video), software, physical space arrangements, any technical knowledge, skills, or experience participants should have before attending the workshop. Submission Guidelines and Participation All submissions must be in English or German. Papers should be formatted according to the conference template: Template of the Association for Computational Linguistics (https://github.com/acl-org/acl-style-files). It supports both Microsoft Word and LaTeX. Submissions will be peer-reviewed by the organizers. Papers should be submitted as PDF documents via E-Mail: daidalos-projekt(a)hu-berlin.de At least one author of each accepted submission must register to the conference and present the paper. Proceedings of the conference will be published as a Propylaeum eBook in the Digital Classics Books series (for long papers; https://books.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/propylaeum/catalog/series/dcb) and on Zenodo (for all other submissions; https://zenodo.org/communities/daidalos). Contact Information For any inquiries, please contact the conference organizers at daidalos-projekt(a)hu-berlin.de . We look forward to receiving your submissions and welcoming you to the International Conference on Historical Languages and AI! The Conference *Organizing Committee* of the Daidalos project (https://daidalos-projekt.de): Andrea Beyer, Konstantin Schulz, Anke Lüdeling, Florian Kotschka, Florian Deichsler, Malte Dreyer

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First International Workshop on Language and Language Models
by Héja Enikő 07 May '25

07 May '25

First International Workshop on Language and Language Models WoLaLa 2025 workshop | Budapest (Hungary) | 20-21 November 2025 The Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics (HUN-REN) invites submissions to the 1st International Workshop on Language and Language Models. This workshop is designed as a dedicated forum for scholars and practitioners in the social sciences and humanities (SSH) to discuss and evaluate large language models from an SSH perspective, and to share best practices that can advance research and applications within these fields. Relevant topics include, but are not limited to, the following areas: General language models: Critical and comparative analyses of state-of-the-art language models, including their linguistic competence, performance, and limitations. Cultural and linguistic perspectives: Investigations into the cultural, cognitive, and scientific aspects of language processing, including the unexplored territories of model behavior and linguistic capability. Applications and best practices: Case studies and best practices in applying AI to language research, highlighting the potential for cross-disciplinary innovation within SSH. Bridging disciplines: Contributions that examine the role of language models in reshaping traditional SSH methodologies, and proposals on integrating AI insights into linguistic inquiry. IMPORTANT DATES 30 June 2025: Submission deadline 15 September 2025: Notification of acceptance 20 November – 21 November 2025: Workshop in Budapest 15 January 2026: Full paper submission deadline Submissions We expect submissions in the form of extended abstracts (length: 3 to 4 pages including references) in PDF format, in accordance with the template (https://www.overleaf.com/read/sbmczvkpxpzz#4a94e3). Please ensure your submission clearly outlines your research question, methodology, and preliminary findings. Extended abstracts must be submitted through the EasyChair submission system <https://easychair.org/conferences?conf=wolala2025> and will be reviewed by the Programme Committee. All proposals will be reviewed on the basis of the following criteria: Appropriateness: The contribution must pertain to the topics listed above Soundness and correctness: The content must be technically and factually correct; methods must be scientifically sound, according to best practice, and preferably evaluated. Meaningful comparison: The abstract must indicate that the author is aware of alternative approaches, if any, and highlight relevant differences. Substance: Concrete work and experiences will be given preference over ideas and plans. Impact: Contributions with a higher impact on the research community and society more broadly will be given preference over papers with lower impact. Clarity: The abstract should be clearly written and well structured. Timeliness and novelty: The work must convey relevant new knowledge to the audience at this event. Proceedings Selected papers will be published in Acta Linguistica Academica <https://akjournals.com/view/journals/2062/2062-overview.xml>. After acceptance notifications, the author(s) of accepted submissions will be invited to submit full papers (10-12 pages) to be reviewed according to the same criteria as the abstracts. Conference Programme Committee The Programme Committee for the conference consists of the following members: Gábor Prószéky, HUN-REN Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics & Pázmány Péter Catholic University (chair) António Branco, University of Lisbon, Portugal Eva Hajičová, Charles University Prague, Czech Republic Csaba Pléh, Central European University, Austria Paul Rayson, Lancaster University, United Kingdom Frédérique Segond, National Institute for Research in Digital Science and Technology, France Marko Tadić, University of Zagreb, Croatia Dan Tufiș, Romanian Academy, Romania Tamás Váradi, HUN-REN Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics, Hungary Martin Wynne, University of Oxford, United Kingdom LINKS 1st International Workshop on Language and Language Models website: https://wolala.nytud.hu <https://wolala.nytud.hu/> EasyChair submission: https://easychair.org/conferences?conf=wolala2025 Template for submissions: ZIP-archive: https://wolala.nytud.hu/templates/WoLaLa2025.zip Overleaf template: <https://www.overleaf.com/read/xsvjrhvjyfmj#f3362f>https://www.overleaf.com/read/sbmczvkpxpzz#4a94e3 Contact for any questions regarding the conference: info(a)wolala.nytud.hu <mailto:info@wolala.nytud.hu>

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Reminder – Upcoming CIRCE Seminar with Dr. Ana Tankosić (May 12)
by Claudia Soria 07 May '25

07 May '25

Dear Colleagues, This is a kind reminder about the upcoming CIRCE Seminar: *Dr. Ana Tankosić* /Curtin University, Australia/ */Intersectionality in Translingual Spaces: Migrant Experiences from 'Down-Under'/* 📅 *May 12, 2025* 🕓 *2:00 PM – 3:00 PM (CEST)* Please note the change in time for this session. To join the seminar, please access the link via the *“Events”* section in the *H2IOSC Training Environment <https://h2iosc-training-platform.ilc4clarin.ilc.cnr.it/en>*. After selecting the CIRCE course, click *“Start the course”*, then navigate to the *“Event”* tab on the left. Find the event scheduled for May 12 and click *“Participate”*. The connection will become active 15 minutes before the seminar begins. Should you encounter any issues, feel free to contact us at contact(a)circe-project.eu. The recording of the latest CIRCE seminar by *Alice Henderson* is also available on the platform. With warm regards, Claudia Soria

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Second call for papers DHASA Conference 2025
by Menno Van Zaanen 07 May '25

07 May '25

Second call for papers DHASA Conference 2025 https://dh2025.digitalhumanities.org.za Theme: The role of humanities in digital humanities and artificial intelligence The Digital Humanities Association of Southern Africa (DHASA) is pleased to announce its fifth conference, focusing on the theme The role of humanities in digital humanities and artificial intelligence. In a region where the field of Digital Humanities is still relatively underdeveloped, this conference aims to address this gap and foster growth and collaboration in the field. The conference offers an opportunity for researchers interested in showcasing their work in the broad field of Digital Humanities to come together. By doing so, the conference provides a comprehensive overview of the current state-of- the-art in Digital Humanities, particularly within the Southern Africa region. As such, we welcome submissions related to Digital Humanities research conducted by individuals from Southern Africa or research focused on the geographical area of Southern Africa in the broad sense. Furthermore, the conference serves as a platform for information sharing and networking among researchers passionate about Digital Humanities. By bringing together experts working on Digital Humanities in Southern Africa or with a focus on Southern Africa, we aim to promote collaboration and facilitate further research in this dynamic field. In addition to the main conference, affiliated workshops and tutorials will be organised, providing researchers with valuable insights into novel technologies and tools. These supplementary events are designed for researchers interested in specific aspects of Digital Humanities or seeking practical information to enter or advance their knowledge in the field. The DHASA conference welcomes interdisciplinary contributions from researchers in various domains of Digital Humanities, including, but not limited to, language, literature, visual art, performance and theatre studies, media studies, music, history, sociology, psychology, language technologies, library studies, philosophy, methodologies, software and computation, AI, and more. Our goal is to cultivate an inclusive scientific community of practice within Digital Humanities. Suggested topics include the following: * The role of AI in digital humanities, the role of Digital Humanities in shaping AI, and the broader role of the humanities in both AI and DH projects; * Digital archives and the preservation of marginalised voices; * Intersectionality and the digital humanities: exploring the intersections of race, gender, sexuality, culture, and class in digital research and activism; * Activism and social change through digital media: how digital humanities tools and methodologies can be used to promote inclusion; * Engaging marginalised communities in the creation and use of digital tools, resources, and AI; * Exploring the role of digital humanities in decolonising knowledge and promoting indigenous perspectives; * The ethics of data collection and analysis in digital humanities and AI research; * The role of digital humanities and AI in promoting inclusive and equitable pedagogy; * Digital humanities and inclusion in the context of African and global perspectives and international collaborations; * Critical approaches to digital humanities and inclusion: examining the limitations and possibilities of digital tools and methodologies in promoting inclusion; and * Collaborative digital humanities projects with non-profit organisations, community groups, and cultural institutions; * Development of digital and AI tools for supporting digital humanities; * Novel utilisation of digital and AI tools for performing digital humanities research; * The role of digital humanities in the classroom: reimagining literacy and AI fluency * Digital humanities data and project management; * The role of librarians in the digital humanities project; * Any other digital humanities-related topic that serves the Southern African community. Submission Guidelines The DHASA conference 2025 asks for three types of submissions: * Long papers: Authors may submit long papers with a maximum of 8 content pages and unlimited pages for references and appendices. The final versions of accepted long papers will be granted an additional page (leading to a total of up to 9 content pages) to incorporate reviewers' comments. Long papers accepted for the conference will be presented in 30-minute time slots (which includes 10 minutes for questions). * Short papers: Authors may submit short papers with a maximum of 5 content pages and unlimited pages for references and appendices. The final versions of accepted short papers will be allowed an extra page (leading to a total of up to 6 content pages) to accommodate reviewers' comments. Short papers accepted for the conference will be presented in 15-minute time slots (which includes 5 minutes for questions). * Executive summaries: Authors can submit an executive summary for work in progress, limited to 1 page. Executive summaries accepted for the conference will be presented as posters during a dedicated poster presentation slot. All accepted long and short paper submissions that are presented at the conference will be published in the JDHASA journal, see https://upjournals.up.ac.za/index.php/dhasa. In addition, the executive summaries for the poster presentations will be published in a book of executive summaries before the conference. We particularly encourage student submissions where the first author is a student. All submissions should adhere to the ACL style guide: https://acl-org.github.io/ACLPUB/formatting.html Submissions should be submitted in PDF format. Submissions that do not adhere to the prescribed style guide will be rejected. Follow this link to go to the submission platform: https://dh2025.digitalhumanities.org.za/submission/ Authors are encouraged to upload their datasets to the SADiLaR repository: https://repo.sadilar.org/. In case of difficulties uploading the datasets, please reach out to Benito Trollip (benito.trollip(a)nwu.ac.za). Important dates Submission deadline: 14 July 2025 Date of notification: 16 September 2025 Camera-ready copy deadline: 24 October 2025 Conference: 10 November 2025 - 14 November 2025 Conference venue: CSIR ICC, Pretoria, South Africa Co-located events Several co-located events are currently being prepared, including workshops and tutorials. These will be updated on the conference website. Organising Committee Aby Louw, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research Andiswa Bukula, South African Centre for Digital Language Resources Avi Moodley, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research Franco Mak, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research Franziska Pannach, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen Ilana Wilken, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research Johannes Sibeko, Nelson Mandela University Juan Steyn, South African Centre for Digital Language Resources Laurette Marais, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research Marissa Griesel, South African Centre for Digital Language Resources Menno van Zaanen, South African Centre for Digital Language Resources Privolin Naidoo, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research Sthembiso Mkhwanazi, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research -- Prof Menno van Zaanen menno.vanzaanen(a)nwu.ac.za Professor in Digital Humanities South African Centre for Digital Language Resources https://www.sadilar.org ________________________________ NWU PRIVACY STATEMENT: http://www.nwu.ac.za/it/gov-man/disclaimer.html DISCLAIMER: This e-mail message and attachments thereto are intended solely for the recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. 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Call for Participation: ACM SIGIR Women in IR (WIR)
by Yilmaz, Emine 07 May '25

07 May '25

CALL FOR PARTICIPATION AT THE EVENT OF THE ACM SIGIR WOMEN IN IR At the premises of SIGIR 2025, which will take place in Padova, from July 12th to July 18th, a dedicated event organised by ACM SIGIR Women-in-IR (WIR) is planned on Wednesday, July 16th. The event will consist of a panel followed by a poster session, which aims to provide a platform for women participants at all stages of their career to synthetically present their research interests and share their career paths. A standardized poster template is provided to ensure a consistent presentation format; you can find the template enclosed here<https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Ohp7T5g5PitcNtM42aWRIM2INlm4zOF8/ed…>. The panel session will offer an opportunity to listen and talk to experienced researchers (from both Academy and Industry), who will provide their experience as well as suggestions for career paths development. The panel will be followed by an aperitif, during which the poster session will take place. All participants to SIGIR 2025 (not women only!) are warmly invited to attend both the poster and the panel sessions. We encourage all women in IR to: 1. Complete this form<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe8wOG5igV3G6PXE6HZlI_fBNTeHYh-Wrd…> to confirm their participation in the poster event (due: May the 23th). 2. Prepare their poster using the provided template, and 3. Submit their poster via (https://forms.gle/JkF2mTx9AjrsQjzj8) in .pdf format by (June the 12th). Please note that presenting a poster is optional. You are very welcome to participate in the event in any case! Gabriella Pasi (Chair), Nazli Goharian (ex-Chair), Faegheh Hasibi, Maria Maistro, Emine Yilmaz (members of the organizing committee)

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Final call for paper: BriGap-2, Bridges and Gaps between Formal and Computational Linguistics (an IWCS 2025 workshop)
by Timothée Bernard 07 May '25

07 May '25

Final call for paper: *BriGap-2, Bridges and Gaps between Formal and Computational Linguistics* (an IWCS 2025 workshop) (with our apologies for cross-posting) Venue: IWCS 2025 (https://iwcs2025.github.io/), Düsseldorf, Germany Date: *September 24th, 2025* (main conference: 22nd-23rd) Workshop website: https://brigap-workshop.github.io/ BriGap-2 is a venue for linguists and NLP scientists to meet: what fruitful interactions can we have? How do we build upon each other’s work? * Description * In recent years, the natural language processing (NLP) community has shifted its focus towards engineering questions. This state of affairs is in no small part due to the recent technical advances that have transformed NLP as a field. In the current large language model (LLM) era, much of what was deemed near impossible to achieve a few years prior is now taken for granted and it stands to reason that mapping how far ahead new computational models have advanced the field has become a central topic for the NLP community. Hence, the current ongoing discourse in NLP focuses more on what can be achieved through language rather than studying language for its own sake. It seems thus that computational and formal linguistics are now separate domains, and that the former is no longer rooted in the latter. To what extent are these traditions truly divorced, and what fruitful bridges can be (re)built? To answer these questions, the second iteration of the workshop on Bridges and Gaps between Formal and Computational Linguistics (BriGap-2) intends to provide a space for formal linguists, computational linguists, and NLP scientists to exchange their perspectives on how their different domains of research can build upon one another. * Workshop topics * - investigation of the linguistic properties of machine learning models, - linguistic representations, vector space semantics, and their relations with theoretical concepts such as compositionality, - use of information-theoretical and computational methods for linguistic inquiry, - formal distributional semantics and neural-symbolic integration for NLP, - formal grammars, symbolic structures and their applications for computational linguistics and NLP, - trends in the history of computational linguistics and NLP, - … * Invited speakers * - Anna ROGERS, IT University of Copenhagen - Kees VAN DEEMTER, Universiteit Utrecht * Submission details * The workshop accepts both archival (original and unpublished research) and non-archival (work-in-progress, dissemination of research published or accepted elsewhere, etc.) submissions in either short (up to 4 pages) or long (up to 8 pages) format. Camera-ready versions of papers will be given one additional page of content so that reviewers’ comments can be taken into account. Each submission should mention whether it targets archival or non-archival status. Archival papers accepted at BriGap-2 will be indexed in the ACL Anthology. Please use the ACL style templates available here: https://github.com/acl-org/acl-style-files The submissions need to be done in PDF format via OpenReview, using the following link: https://openreview.net/group?id=IWCS/2025/Workshop/BriGap-2 * Important dates * - Submission deadline:* Friday, June 6th 2025* - Notification of acceptance: Friday, August 1st 2025 - Workshop: *September 24th, 2025* (main conference: 22nd-23rd) * Contact * For questions, please send an email to brigapworkshop(a)gmail.com or contact one of the workshop chairs: - Timothée Bernard, Université Paris Cité, timothee.bernard(a)u-paris.fr - Timothee Mickus, University of Helsinki, timothee.mickus(a)helsinki.fi - Grégoire Winterstein, Université du Québec à Montréal, winterstein.gregoire(a)uqam.ca

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