September 2025 - Corpora

[CfP] ECIR 2026: Reprod. & IR-for-Good abstracts Oct 14/21
by Yifei Yuan 10 Sep '25

10 Sep '25

Announcing the call for papers for #ECIR2026 IR-for-Good Track: https://ecir2026.eu/calls/call-for-ir-for-good-papers Abstracts due: Oct 21 Papers due: Oct 28 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This year, we are revamping the #IR4Good track as a core track at the conference which will run alongside the main conference, not on workshop day. The special track will be a platform to highlight top societally-motivated IR research. We strongly encourage authors to submit societally-motivated papers to this special track. We invite contributions that explore new positions, critiques, tools, methods, datasets, and interventions for IR-for-Good, including works informed by interdisciplinary perspectives. Topics of interest for the #IR4Good track include how IR research and practices can contribute towards realizing more equitable, emancipatory, and sustainable collective futures. ----------------------------------- Theories of Change To ensure desired societal impact, this year we require all submissions that propose new tools, methods, datasets, and interventions to explicitly and rigorously argue how the work contributes towards positive social outcomes. Authors should critically engage with these questions, not just as an afterthought. Do not inflate your claims of societal impact, instead rigorously deliberate on your sociotechnical assumptions and potential negative externalities. Please see the CFP for example cases illustrating the kind of critical reflections we want to encourage authors and reviewers to engage in when claiming societal impact. Position papers and critiques are exempted from this requirement. We are looking forward to your submissions to the track. Please don’t hesitate to reach out to us if you have any questions.

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Invitation to Submit Shared Task Proposal for CL4Health 2026 Workshop
by Gupta, Deepak (NIH/NLM) [C] 09 Sep '25

09 Sep '25

Dear all, LREC workshop proposals are due in a month. We are in the process of preparing a proposal for CL4Health workshop in LREC 2026. If you intend to propose a shared task to be collocated with CL4Health 2026, we kindly invite you to submit a description of your task, outlining its motivation, objectives, datasets, and evaluation methodology. The descriptions of the accepted tasks will be included into the CL4Health workshop proposal. The deadline for submitting your description is September 16. Thank you, Deepak Gupta Division of Intramural Research National Library of Medicine, NIH

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New book published
by Susan Hunston 09 Sep '25

09 Sep '25

Dear colleagues You may be interested in this book, just published by Cambridge University Press: S. Hunston, Pattern, Construction, System: A unified approach to grammar and lexis. It seeks to integrate three approaches to lexis and grammar: Pattern Grammar, Construction Grammar and Systemic Functional Grammar. The book is available in hard copy and the electronic version is available Open Access. Thanks to Leverhulme and the University of Birmingham for making this free access possible. Best wishes Susan Professor Susan Hunston Department of Linguistics and Communication University of Birmingham Birmingham B15 2TT UK Tel: +44 121 414 5675 Email: s.e.hunston(a)bham.ac.uk

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Call for Papers – ACM TIST Special Issue on Interactive Storytelling
by Pasquale Lisena 09 Sep '25

09 Sep '25

September is a great time to plan your next publication. We are pleased to invite submissions to the ACM Transactions on Intelligent Systems and Technology (TIST) special issue on: New Frontiers in Interactive Storytelling and Computational Models of Narrative This special issue focuses on the integration of knowledge-driven approaches (ontologies, knowledge graphs, symbolic reasoning) with LLMs and Generative AI to advance computational storytelling and narrative-centered systems. Topics of interest include (but are not limited to): Knowledge graphs for narrative structure, emotions, and values Culturally- and socially-aware language models Semantic Web interfaces for interactive storytelling Narrative planning in human-robot interaction Explainability and ethics in automated storytelling Creative and educational applications of computational narratives Empirical studies and evaluation of narrative systems Important Dates: Submission deadline: December 1, 2025 Tentative publication: October 15, 2026 📄 Full Call for Papers: https://dl.acm.org/pb-assets/static_journal_pages/tist/cfps/ACM-TIST-CFP-St… Guest Editors: Belén Dìaz Agudo, Pasquale Lisena, Paul Mulholland, Maria Angela Pellegrino We look forward to your contributions and to shaping together the future of computational storytelling. Best regards, The Guest Editors -- Pasquale Lisena EURECOM, Campus SophiaTech 450 route des Chappes, 06410 Biot, France e-mail: pasquale.lisena(a)eurecom.fr site: http://pasqlisena.github.io/

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Corpus MOOC starts 15 September
by Brezina, Vaclav 09 Sep '25

09 Sep '25

Dear all, We’re excited to share a unique opportunity with you: Lancaster University’s free MOOC on Corpus Linguistics and New Technologies: Data, Language, Society begins on 15 September. 👉 Find out more and register here<https://www.edx.org/learn/social-sciences/lancaster-university-corpus-lingu…>. [https://www.edx.org/learn/social-sciences/lancaster-university-corpus-lingu…] This course is an excellent chance to explore how corpus linguistics and digital tools can be applied to the study of language in society. Highlights of this new edition include: * The release of #LancsBox X, featuring a powerful new annotation tool. * A brand new lecture on corpus linguistics in the context of AI and emerging technologies. * The opportunity to join free of charge in audit mode, with the option of a paid certificate for those interested. Please feel free to share this information with your contacts who may also be interested. We hope many of you will take advantage of this course! Best regards, Vaclav Professor Vaclav Brezina Professor in Corpus Linguistics ESRC Centre for Corpus Approaches to Social Science Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, Lancaster University Lancaster, LA1 4YD Office: County South T: +44 (0)1524 510828 [cid:image001.png@01DC2177.721F9710]@vaclavbrezina [cid:image002.png@01DC2177.721F9710]<http://www.lancaster.ac.uk/arts-and-social-sciences/about-us/people/vaclav-…>

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[CfP] CHOMPS Shared Task: SHROOM-CAP, the Shared Task on Hallucinations and Related Observable Overgeneration Mistakes in Crosslingual Analyses of Publications
by Federica Gamba 08 Sep '25

08 Sep '25

TL;DR SHROOM-CAP is an Indic-centric shared task co-located with CHOMPS-2025 to advance the SOTA in hallucination detection for scientific content generated with LLMs. We have annotated hallucinated content in 5 high-resource languages and surprisal 4 low-resource Indic languages using top-tier LLMs. Participate in as many languages as you like by accurately detecting the presence of hallucinated content. Stay informed by joining our Google group! Full Invitation We are excited to announce the SHROOM-CAP shared task on cross-lingual hallucination detection for scientific publication (link to website). We invite participants to detect whether or not there is hallucination in the outputs of instruction-tuned LLMs within a cross-lingual scientific context. About This shared task builds upon our previous iteration, SHROOM, with three key highlights: LLM-centered, cross-lingual annotations & hallucination and fluency prediction. LLMs frequently produce "hallucinations," where models generate plausible but incorrect outputs, while the existing metrics prioritize fluency over correctness. This results in an issue of growing concern as these models are increasingly adopted by the public. With SHROOM-CAP, we want to advance the state-of-the-art in detecting hallucinated scientific content. This new iteration of the shared task is held in a cross-lingual and multimodel context: we provide data produced by a variety of open-weights LLMs in 5+4 different high and low resource languages (English, French, Spanish, Hindi, Italian, and to-be-later-revealed Indic languages). Participants are invited to participate in any of the languages available and are expected to develop systems that can accurately identify hallucinations in generated scientific content. Additionally, participants will also be invited to submit system description papers, with the option to present them in oral/poster format during the CHOMPS workshop (collocated with IJCNLP-AACL 2025, Mumbai, India). Participants that elect to write a system description paper will be asked to review their peers’ submissions (max 2 papers per author). Key Dates: All deadlines are “anywhere on Earth” (23:59 UTC-12). - Train set available by: 31.07.2025 - Validation set available by: 05.09.2025 - Test set available by: 05.10.2025 - Test phase ends: 12.10.2025 - Leaderboard release: 15.10.2025 - System description papers due: 25.10.2025 - Notification of acceptance: 05.11.2025 - Camera-ready due: 11.11.2025 - Proceedings due: 01.12.2025 - CHOMPS workshop: 23/24th December 2025 (co-located with IJCNLP-AACL 2025) Evaluation Metrics: Participants will be ranked along two criteria: 1. factuality mistakes measured via macro-F1 gold reference vs. predicted; 2. fluency mistakes measured via macro-F1 gold reference vs. predicted based on our annotations. Rankings and submissions will be done separately per language: you are welcome to focus only on the languages you are interested in! How to Participate: - Register: Please register your team https://forms.gle/hWR9jwTBjZQmFKAE7 and join our google group: https://groups.google.com/g/shroomcap - Submit results: use our platform to submit your results before 12.10.2025. The submission platform is now available at: https://shroomcap.pythonanywhere.com/submission/ - Submit your system description: system description papers should be submitted by 25.10.2025. Want to be kept in the loop? Join our Google group mailing list! We look forward to your participation and to the exciting research that will emerge from this task. Best regards, SHROOM-CAP organizers

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Call for Participation: SemEval 2026 Task 1 on Humor Generation - MWAHAHA
by Luis Chiruzzo - Inco 08 Sep '25

08 Sep '25

*** Call for Participation for MWAHAHA at SemEval 2026 (Task 1) *** Can computers be funny? MWAHAHA – Models Write Automatic Humor And Humans Annotate at SemEval 2026 (Task 1) https://pln-fing-udelar.github.io/semeval-2026-humor-gen/ While Humor Understanding has been the focus of many shared tasks, Humor Generation remains an even more challenging and largely unexplored frontier. MWAHAHA, which stands for Models Write Automatic Humor And Humans Annotate, is SemEval 2026's Task 1 <https://semeval.github.io/SemEval2026/> and is the first task dedicated to advancing the state of the art in Computational Humor Generation. We invite participants to develop systems capable of generating genuinely humorous content under various constraints. Our goal is to push models beyond memorization and towards true humorous creativity. By using carefully designed constraints, we aim to ensure fairness in evaluation and encourage the generation of novel jokes. This task has significant implications for more engaging conversational AI, creative writing tools, and a deeper understanding of the complex nature of humor itself. The task is organized into two subtasks: - Subtask A: Text-based Humor Generation Systems must generate jokes following constraints (related to a news headline, or containing certain words). This subtask is in English, Spanish, and Chinese. - Subtask B: Image-Based Caption Generation Systems must generate a free-form humorous caption given a GIF image that enhances its comedic effect. This subtask is in English only. The participating systems will be evaluated based on human preferences on 1-on-1 arena-style battles. To participate in this task, please join our CodaBench competition: https://www.codabench.org/competitions/9719/ Important Dates: * Development data release: September 1, 2025 * Evaluation trial phase starts: October 1, 2025 * Evaluation trial phase ends: December 15, 2025 * Evaluation period starts: January 10, 2026 * Evaluation period ends: January 31, 2026 * System description paper submission: February 28, 2026 * Notification of acceptance: March 31, 2026 * Camera-ready papers due: April 30, 2026 * SemEval 2026 Workshop: July 2026

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The Annual ACM Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces (IUI 2026): Third Call for Tutorial Proposals
by Announce 08 Sep '25

08 Sep '25

*** Third Call for Tutorial Proposals The Annual ACM Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces (IUI 2026) March 23-26, 2026, 5* Coral Beach Hotel & Resort, Paphos, Cyprus https://iui.hosting.acm.org/2026/ We are pleased to invite proposals for tutorials to be held in conjunction with the Annual International ACM Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces (ACM IUI 2026), Paphos, Cyprus. Tutorials aim to provide fundamental knowledge and experience on topics related to intelligent user interfaces and the intersection between Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) and Artificial Intelligence (AI). We welcome proposals for a wide range of *full-day*, *half-day* or *quarter-day* tutorial formats and activities, that provide a structured instruction on topics aligned with the conference theme, such as HCI methods, AI techniques, methodological frameworks, tools, labs or hands-on experiences for building intelligent user interfaces. Review and Oversight by Tutorial Chairs Proposals will be reviewed and evaluated by the Workshop and Tutorial Chairs. Tutorial summaries will be included in the ACM Digital Library for ACM IUI 2026. Responsibilities of Tutorial Organizers • Create and maintain a dedicated website with Tutorial information. The IUI Website 2026 will link to this page. • Facilitate the planned activities, including, discussions, and/or interactive elements. • Submit a tutorial summary for inclusion in the ACM Digital Library. Proposal Format Tutorial proposals should be a maximum of four pages long (single-column format). Prepare your submission using the latest templates: Word Submission Template (https://authors.acm.org/binaries/content/assets/publications/taps/acm_submi…), or the LaTex Template (https://authors.acm.org/proceedings/production-information/preparing-your-a…). For Latex, please use “\documentclass[manuscript,review]{acmart}”. The proposals should be organized as follows: • Name and title: A one-word acronym and a full title. Please indicate “(Tutorial)” after the title. • Abstract: A brief summary of the tutorial. • Description of tutorial topic: Should discuss the relevance of the proposed topic to IUI and its interest for the IUI 2026 audience. Include a concise discussion of why this tutorial is particularly relevant for the intended audience and how it will complement and enhance topics covered at the main conference. • Previous history: List of previous tutorials on this topic, including the conferences that hosted them and the number of participants. • Organizer(s): Names, affiliations, emails, and web pages of the organizer(s). Provide a brief description of the background of the organizer(s). Strong proposals normally include organizers who bring differing perspectives on the topic and are actively connected to the communities of potential participants. Please provide a list of other tutorials organized by the organizers in the past. • Participants: Include a statement of how many participants you expect and how you plan to invite participants for the tutorial. If possible, include the names of at least 10 people who have expressed interest in participating in the tutorial. • Tutorial activities: A brief description of the format regarding the mix of events or activities, such as hands-on practical exercises, and general discussion. Please also list here any materials you will make available to tutorial participants, such as slides, access to hardware or software, and handouts. • Planned outcomes of the tutorial: What are you hoping to achieve by the end of the tutorial? Please list here any planned publications or other outcomes expected. • Length: Full-day or half-day or quarter-day proposals (the latter roughly 1.5 hours). Submission Platform • All materials must be submitted electronically to PCS 2.0 http://new.precisionconference.com/~sigchi by the proposal submission deadline. • In PCS 2.0, first click "Submissions" at the top of the page, from the dropdown menus for society, conference, and track, select "SIGCHI", "IUI 2026", and then “IUI 2026 Tutorials”, respectively, and press "Go". We encourage both researchers and industry practitioners to submit tutorial proposals. Prospective organizers are encouraged to contact the Workshop and Tutorial Chairs in advance (workshops2026(a)iui.acm.org) to discuss ideas, receive feedback, or seek assistance in preparing engaging proposals. Important Dates (AoE) • Tutorial Proposals: October 17, 2025 • Tutorial Decision Notification: November 21, 2025 Workshop and Tutorial Chairs Karthik Dinakar, Pienso, USA Werner Geyer, IBM Research, USA Patricia Kahr, University of Zurich, Switzerland Antonela Tommasel, CONICET, Argentina

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Vacant 2-year position at the Tromsø Repository of Language and Linguistics (TROLLing)
by Philipp Conzett 06 Sep '25

06 Sep '25

At UiT The Arctic University of Norway, we have a vacant 2-year position in the project Next-generation research infrastructure for language and linguistics (TROLLing 2030). Note that the position requires good working knowledge of Norwegian or another Scandinavian language (Danish or Swedish). For more information, see the job announcement: https://www.jobbnorge.no/nn-no/ledige-stillingar/stilling/285906/toaarig-pr… Best, Philipp ------------------- Philipp Conzett UiT The Arctic University of Norway

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PhD position on Academic Literacy Development in Dutch and English Academic Programmes
by Jelke Bloem 05 Sep '25

05 Sep '25

Dear all, We have a fully funded PhD position available on the intersection of NLP and applied linguistics, starting in January 2026 or as soon as possible thereafter. This is a position at the Amsterdam Center for Language and Communication (ACLC)<https://aclc.uva.nl/> of the University of Amsterdam. It is part of our NRO-funded project on language-related degree-awarding gaps in Dutch higher education<https://www.nro.nl/onderzoeksprojecten/watching-our-language-curriculum-inn…>. The succesful candidate will develop LLM-based scoring metrics of text quality for Dutch and English, among other ideas. The candidate will be supervised by Jelke Bloem<https://www.uva.nl/profiel/b/l/j.bloem/j.bloem.html> and Caitlin Meyer<https://www.uva.nl/profiel/m/e/c.m.meyer/c.m.meyer.html>. We welcome applications from candidates with a NLP/AI background and an interest in language and higher education. We do ask for B1-level Dutch skills for this position. Closing date: Oct 3, 2025. The position is expected to start in January 2026. More details and to apply: https://werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies/phd-position-on-academic-literacy-dev… Best regards, Jelke Bloem Assistant Professor in Computational Humanities Institute for Logic, Language and Computation University of Amsterdam

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