October 2026 - Corpora

𝗙𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗣𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀 - 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝗿𝗱 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽 𝗼𝗻 𝗟𝗮𝗻𝗴𝘂𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗠𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗹𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗟𝗼𝘄-𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲 𝗟𝗮𝗻𝗴𝘂𝗮𝗴𝗲𝘀
by Ranasinghe, Tharindu 21 Oct '26

21 Oct '26

[Workshop website - https://loreslm.github.io/home] [CFP - https://loreslm.github.io/cfp] [Direct submission - https://openreview.net/group?id=eacl.org/EACL/2027/Workshop/LoResLM] [ARR commitment - https://openreview.net/group?id=eacl.org/EACL/2027/Workshop/LoResLM_ARR_Com…] Neural language models have revolutionised natural language processing (NLP) and have provided state-of-the-art results for many tasks. However, their effectiveness is largely dependent on the pre-training resources. Therefore, language models (LMs) often struggle with low-resource languages in both training and evaluation. Recently, there has been a growing trend in developing and adopting LMs for low-resource languages. Supporting this important shift, LoResLM aims to provide a forum for researchers to share and discuss their ongoing work on LMs for low-resource languages. 𝗧𝗼𝗽𝗶𝗰𝘀 LoResLM 2027 invites submissions on a broad range of topics related to the development and evaluation of neural language models for low-resource languages. We welcome research that explores modalities beyond text and encourage work on low-resource dialects in addition to major language varieties. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: • Building language models for low-resource languages. • Adapting/extending existing language models/large language models for low-resource languages. • Corpora creation and curation technologies for training language models/large language models for low-resource languages. • Benchmarks to evaluate language models/large language models in low-resource languages. • Prompting/in-context learning strategies for low-resource languages with large language models. • Review of available corpora to train/fine-tune language models/large language models for low-resource languages. • Multilingual/cross-lingual language models/large language models for low-resource languages. • Multimodal language models/large language models for low-resource languages. • Applications of language models/large language models for low-resource languages (i.e. machine translation, chatbots, content moderation, etc.) 𝗦𝘂𝗯𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗚𝘂𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 We follow the EACL 2027 standards for submission format and guidelines. LoResLM 2027 invites submissions of long papers up to 8 pages and short papers up to 4 pages. These page limits only apply to the main body of the paper. At the end of the paper (after the conclusions but before the references), papers need to include a mandatory section discussing the limitations of the work and, optionally, a section discussing ethical considerations. Papers can include unlimited pages of references and an appendix. To prepare your submission, please make sure to use the EACL 2027 style files available here: • Latex - https://github.com/acl-org/acl-style-files • Overleaf - https://www.overleaf.com/latex/templates/association-for-computational-ling… We accept both direct submissions and commitments of papers already reviewed through ACL Rolling Review (ARR). Papers should be submitted through OpenReview using the following links: • Direct submissions - https://openreview.net/group?id=eacl.org/EACL/2027/Workshop/LoResLM • ARR commitments - https://openreview.net/group?id=eacl.org/EACL/2027/Workshop/LoResLM_ARR_Com… 𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 • Paper submission (direct and ARR commitment): 7th January 2027 • Notification of acceptance: 28th January 2027 • Camera-ready submission: 4th February 2027 • Workshop: March 2027 (TBD) @ EACL 𝗩𝗲𝗻𝘂𝗲 LoResLM 2027 will be held in conjunction with EACL 2027 in Athens, Greece. 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗲𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 Proceedings of the workshop will appear in ACL Anthology. For past proceedings, please refer https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user=rvm3HOgAAAAJ&hl=en 𝗢𝗿𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗲 Hansi Hettiarachchi – Lancaster University, UK Tharindu Ranasinghe – Lancaster University, UK Alistair Plum – University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg Damith Premasiri – Lancaster University, UK Lasitha Uyangodage – University of Münster, Germany 𝗔𝗱𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗿𝘀 Paul Rayson – Lancaster University, UK Ruslan Mitkov – Lancaster University, UK Mohamed Gaber – Queensland University of Technology, Australia 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝘂𝘀 Contact us through loreslm.contact(a)gmail.com. Follow us on social media • LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/loreslm/ • X - https://x.com/LoResLM2027 • BlueSky - https://bsky.app/profile/loreslm.bsky.social Tharindu Ranasinghe On behalf of the Organising Committee

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Postdoc: LLM interpretability on a philosophy of language project, Reading, UK (12 months)
by Jumbly Grindrod 21 Oct '26

21 Oct '26

Post-Doctoral Research Associate — Large Language Models as Philosophical Inquiry Department of Philosophy, University of Reading Applications are invited for a full-time, 12-month Post-Doctoral Research Associate position in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Reading, working on the AHRC Catalyst project Large Language Models as Philosophical Inquiry, led by Dr Jumbly Grindrod. The project works across philosophy and computational linguistics, using analyses of how large language models handle particular linguistic phenomena to shed light on the nature of those phenomena themselves. The postholder will design and carry out the model-analysis studies at the centre of that work, publish and present the findings, and support the project conference and an associated special issue of Ratio. Essential criteria * A doctoral degree, awarded or with thesis submitted by the start date, in natural language processing, computational linguistics, machine learning or a cognate discipline * Experience of analysing the internal representations or computational behaviour of large language models, using methods such as probing, representational analysis, or feature- and circuit-level interpretability techniques * Experience of designing empirical studies and applying appropriate statistical methods to their analysis * Strong programming skills in Python and experience with standard machine learning and natural language processing libraries * A record of producing peer-reviewed publications in reputable journals or well-respected conference proceedings Familiarity with philosophy of language is desirable but not essential. We welcome applications from researchers whose background is in linguistics, cognitive science, digital humanities or related fields. Salary: £37,369 to £40,704. Start date 1 February 2027. Closing date: 23:59, 20 November 2026. Interviews: 10 December 2026. Further detail on the project: https://jumblygrindrod.github.io/ahrc-project.html Full details and applications: https://ce1169li.webitrent.com/ce1169li_webrecruitment/wrd/run/etrec179gf.o… Informal enquiries: Dr Jumbly Grindrod, j.grindrod(a)reading.ac.uk<mailto:j.grindrod@reading.ac.uk>

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Call for Papers: VarDial 2027 – The Fourteenth Workshop on NLP for Similar Languages, Varieties and Dialects
by Jauhiainen, Tommi S 21 Oct '26

21 Oct '26

Hello all, here is our Call for Papers: VarDial 2027 - Fourteenth Workshop on NLP for Similar Languages, Varieties and Dialects VarDial 2027: https://aclsigvar.org/vardial2027 VarDial 2027 will be colocated with EACL 2027 in Athens, Greece, and will take place in a hybrid format (in person & online). We anticipate a discussion on computational methods and language resources for closely related languages, language varieties, and dialects. We welcome papers dealing with one or more of the following topics: - Language resources and tools for similar languages, varieties and dialects; - Evaluation of language resources and tools applied to non-dominant language varieties; - Cross-lingual transfer and adaptation of models to similar languages, varieties and dialects; - Automatic identification of lexical variation; - Automatic classification of language varieties; - Machine translation between closely-related languages, language varieties and dialects; - Corpus-driven studies in dialectology and language variation; - Computational approaches to mutual intelligibility between dialects and similar languages; - Text similarity and adaptation between language varieties; - Linguistic issues in the adaptation of language resources and tools (e.g., cognate detection, semantic discrepancies, lexical gaps, false friends); - Studies focusing on related creole languages and their lexifier languages; - Studies focusing on diachronic language variation (e.g. phylogenetic methods, historical dialects). Instructions for Authors Submissions should be formatted according to the ACL Rolling Review template and submitted as a PDF. The review process will be double-blind. More information is on the website (https://aclsigvar.org/vardial2027/cfp). Important Dates - Direct Submission deadline: December 15, 2026 - Pre-reviewed (ARR) submission deadline: date TBD - Notification of acceptance: January 20, 2027 - Camera-ready paper due: January 29, 2027 - Workshop at EACL (hybrid): March 9-14, 2027 (exact date TBD) Organizers Verena Blaschke – University of Groningen (The Netherlands) Yves Scherrer – University of Oslo (Norway) Niyati Bafna – Johns Hopkins University (USA) Tommi Jauhiainen – University of Helsinki (Finland) Nikola Ljubešić – Jožef Stefan Institute (Slovenia) Preslav Nakov – Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (UAE) Alan Ramponi – Fondazione Bruno Kessler (Italy) Jörg Tiedemann – University of Helsinki (Finland) Marcos Zampieri – George Mason University (USA) Contact: v.blaschke(a)rug.nl or yves.scherrer(a)ifi.uio.no Cheers, Tommi — Tommi Jauhiainen Academy Research Fellow Department of Digital Humanities University of Helsinki https://researchportal.helsinki.fi/en/persons/tommi-jauhiainen

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2-year Postdoc position in NLP at Bocconi University (Italy)
by Debora Nozza 20 Oct '26

20 Oct '26

2-year Postdoc position in NLP at Bocconi University (Italy) We are seeking a highly motivated and talented individual to join our research team as a Postdoctoral Researcher in the field of Natural Language Processing. The position offers an exciting opportunity to work on personalized and subjective approaches to Natural Language Processing, with a particular focus on how people use language technologies in everyday life and their social and ethical implications. The successful candidate will work closely with Prof. Debora Nozza<https://www.deboranozza.com/> and the MilaNLP lab<https://milanlproc.github.io/>. Your profile: • A Ph.D. in Computer Science, Computational Linguistics/NLP, Machine Learning, Data Science, or related fields. • Excellent programming skills in Python. • Fluency in spoken and written English. Knowledge of Italian is NOT a requirement. • Strong experience with modern NLP/LLM frameworks. • Experience with publications in top-tier venues in NLP/Computational Linguistics or related fields. Position Details: • Starting date: January 2027, with flexibility • Duration: 2 years • Deadline: November 15, 2026 • No teaching obligations How to apply: Apply through the Bocconi postdoc job market page (https://jobmarket.unibocconi.eu/?id=1004). Candidates should attach a CV and a cover letter to their application. Please contact debora.nozza(at)unibocconi.it if you have any questions. — Debora Nozza, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Computing Sciences Department (she/her pronouns) Bocconi University Via Roentgen 1-2, 20136 Milan, MI, Italy debora.nozza(a)unibocconi.it Bluesky: @deboranozza.bsky.social<https://bsky.app/profile/deboranozza.bsky.social> Web: deboranozza.com<https://www.deboranozza.com/>

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Calls: Oral Archives Journal - "Volume 4"
by Claudia Soria 20 Oct '26

20 Oct '26

Journal: Oral Archives Journal Issue: Volume 4 Call Deadline: 15-Jan-2027 The Call for Papers for Volume 4 (2028) of Oral Archives Journal is now open. Oral Archives Journal (OAr) is an international peer-reviewed journal jointly published by USiena Press and Firenze University Press. The journal adopts a Diamond Open Access model, with no costs for authors or readers, and promotes the academic recognition of research articles and data papers based on oral archival materials. OAr invites submissions on oral archives as cultural, scientific, documentary, and technological objects. Contributions may examine how spoken sources are collected, described, preserved, interpreted, made accessible, and reused across different institutional, disciplinary, and community contexts. The journal welcomes contributions in three main areas: the life cycle of oral archives, including production, curation, conservation, digitisation, metadata description, and reuse; cross-cutting issues such as transcription, speech technologies, legal frameworks, research ethics, copyright, data protection, informed consent, access, licensing, and sensitive data; and broader reflections on infrastructures, policies, networks, educational initiatives, conferences, and emerging trends in the field of oral archives. Manuscripts should be between 30,000 and 50,000 characters, including references, and may be submitted in English, Italian, or French. Each submission must include an abstract in English of no more than 150 words and five keywords in English. For Volume 4, manuscripts should follow the Generic Style Rules for Linguistics and must be prepared for blind peer review. The journal website is available here:https://riviste.fupress.net/index.php/oarj/index The archive of published issues is available here:https://riviste.fupress.net/index.php/oarj/issue/archive The full Call for Papers is available here:https://riviste.fupress.net/index.php/oarj/libraryFiles/downloadPublic… Linguistic Field(s): Computational Linguistics General Linguistics Language Documentation Sociolinguistics Text/Corpus Linguistics

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TPDL 2027 – 1st for Call for Papers, Venice, Italy 27–29 September 2027
by Giorgio Maria Di Nunzio 20 Oct '26

20 Oct '26

TPDL 2027 - The 31st International Conference on Theory and Practice of Digital Libraries https://tpdl2027.dei.unipd.it/ 27-29 September, 2027, Venice, Italy TPDL 2027 will take place on San Servolo Island in Venice, Italy, organised by the Ca’ Foscari University of Venice and the University of Padua, co-located with ADBIS 2027. Set in the Venetian lagoon, the venue offers an inspiring setting for discussing digital libraries in a city with a rich history of cultural heritage, scholarship, and publishing. TPDL is an international forum focused on digital libraries and their associated technical, practical, and social issues. The conference covers the many meanings of the term “digital libraries”, bringing together researchers and practitioners from diverse fields ranging from the LAM (Library, Archive, and Museum) community to Information and Computer Sciences. In 2027, two complementary tracks, one oriented towards digital humanities and cultural heritage, the other towards computer science, welcome contributions across these fields. TPDL welcomes submissions from researchers, practitioners, and professionals working in digital libraries, data infrastructures, cultural heritage, scholarly communication, information retrieval, artificial intelligence, and related fields. Contributions from interdisciplinary teams and practitioners are particularly encouraged, including work that combines the perspectives of the two tracks. Important Dates --------------------------------- All deadlines are 23:59 (11:59 pm) in the AoE (Anywhere on Earth) time zone on the date specified. Workshop proposal deadline: 20 February 2027 Abstract registration deadline: 2 April 2027 Submission deadline: 9 April 2027 Notification of acceptance: 30 May 2027 Camera-ready submission: July, 2027 TPDL 2027 features two distinct tracks: Track 1: Computer Science Foundations for Digital Libraries: Methods, Systems, and Applications This track explores the core computer science principles, methods, and technologies underpinning digital libraries. It covers advances in information retrieval, data management, and artificial intelligence, alongside system architectures for large-scale digital collections and practical applications in areas such as academic research and cultural heritage preservation. Track 2: Digital Humanities and Digital Libraries: Collections, Methods, and Scholarship This track explores the intersection of digital libraries and digital humanities: how digital collections enable new ways to study, interpret, and connect cultural sources. It welcomes work on humanities research methods, scholarly editions and annotations, and the design of digital library services that support research, collaboration, and access to cultural heritage. Topics --------------------------------- Topics in 2027 include, but are not limited to, theories, models, standards, tools, and applications on the following themes: Information Management -- FAIR Data and Software -- Data Lifecycle Management (Create, Store, Share, Reuse) -- Research Objects: FAIR Digital Objects (FDO), RO-Crate -- Reproducibility -- Digital Preservation and Curation -- Data Integration and Harmonization, Metadata Standards -- Data Provenance and Documentation -- Linked Data and Open Data Platforms -- Data Stewardship and Governance -- Federated Repositories and Data Spaces Monitoring and Assessment of Science -- Science of Science Studies -- Scientometrics and Bibliometrics -- Scholarly Communication Knowledge Graphs -- Data Citation and Credit Distribution -- AI for the Assessment of Science Knowledge Creation and Dissemination -- AI and Machine Learning Applications in Digital Libraries -- Explainable, Responsible, and Trustworthy AI for Digital Libraries -- Knowledge Organization: Knowledge Graphs, Ontologies, Thesauri -- Nanopublications -- Entity Extraction and Semantic Linking Digital Libraries as Enablers of Science across Disciplines -- User Interface Design, Evaluation, and Accessibility -- User Experience and Participation in Digital Libraries -- Information Visualisation and Analytics -- Digital Cultural Heritage Collections: Access and Preservation -- Digital Humanities and Scholarly Practices -- Digital Libraries for Social Sciences -- Digital Libraries for Natural and Life Sciences -- Digital Libraries for Technical and Engineering Sciences -- Open Educational Resources -- Music, Audiovisual, and 3D Collections -- Citizen Science and Participatory Curation Societal Issues in Digital Libraries -- Bias in metadata or knowledge organization systems -- Bias in information access mechanisms -- Trustworthiness of digital information -- Business models for Open Access -- Indigenous Data, Governance, and Sovereignty -- Ethical Adoption and Use of AI Information Retrieval -- Advanced Search Algorithms and Techniques -- Data Search and Discovery -- Semantic Search and Indexing -- Recommender Systems -- Computational Linguistics -- User-Centric Information Retrieval Design -- Information Retrieval System Evaluation -- Multimodal and Multilingual Information Access -- Information Behavior and Interaction -- Benchmarking for Digital Libraries -- Multimodal Information Extraction Document Analysis and Recognition -- Physical and Logical Layout Analysis -- Historical Document Analysis -- Document Semantics Extraction -- Natural Language Processing for Document Analysis Submissions may address multiple themes; interdisciplinary and cross-cutting contributions are particularly encouraged. Contribution Types --------------------------------- *Full Papers (15 pages + unlimited references), presenting high-quality, original research and applied work of relevance to the TPDL community. *Short and Vision Papers (8 pages + unlimited references) presenting high-quality, original research, innovative applications, or forward-looking ideas and perspectives that are relevant to the TPDL community. *Demonstration Papers (6 pages + unlimited references) present high-quality, original research, applications or tools that are of relevance to the TPDL community. *Doctoral Consortium Papers (4 pages + unlimited references), presenting ongoing or planned doctoral research relevant to the TPDL community, particularly suitable for early- and mid-stage PhD students seeking feedback and mentoring. Submission Guidelines --------------------------------- All submissions should detail their methods and techniques sufficiently to enable replication and reuse where applicable. Papers must be in the Springer style (an Overleaf LaTeX template <https://www.overleaf.com/latex/templates/springer-nature-lecture-notes-in-c…> is available). Every paper must be submitted in PDF format using the EasyChair online submission system (link TBA soon). All submissions will undergo a rigorous peer-review process. Submissions that do not comply with the submission guidelines may be rejected without review. Publication --------------------------------- Details will be announced soon.

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Edge Hill Corpus Research Group: Meeting #21
by Costas Gabrielatos 20 Oct '26

20 Oct '26

The next meeting of the Edge Hill Corpus Research Group will take place online (via MS Teams) on Friday 6 November 2026, 2:00 pm (GMT<https://time.is/United_Kingdom>). Topic: Corpus Linguistics and Translation Speaker: Łukasz Grabowski<https://repo.uni.opole.pl/info/author/UO47c1f51814f54d4b88f1f99f5d9541a5?> (University of Opole, Poland) Title: On corpus-based modelling of translator's responses to repetitions The abstract and registration link are here: https://sites.edgehill.ac.uk/crg/next Attendance is free. Registration closes on Wednesday 4 November. If you have problems registering, or have any questions, please email the organiser, Costas Gabrielatos (gabrielc(a)edgehill.ac.uk<mailto:gabrielc@edgehill.ac.uk>). ________________________________ Edge Hill University<http://ehu.ac.uk/home/emailfooter> Modern University of the Year, The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2022<http://ehu.ac.uk/tef/emailfooter> University of the Year, Educate North 2021/21 ________________________________ This message is private and confidential. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender and remove it from your system. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Edge Hill or associated companies. Edge Hill University may monitor email traffic data and also the content of email for the purposes of security and business communications during staff absence.<http://ehu.ac.uk/itspolicies/emailfooter>

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PolEval 2026: First call for participation and papers
by PolEval IPI PAN 20 Oct '26

20 Oct '26

Joint Call for Participation and PapersPolEval 2026: The Evaluation Campaign for Natural Language Processing Tools for Polish We invite researchers, students, and practitioners from academia and industry to participate in PolEval 2026 <https://poleval.pl/>, a shared-task evaluation campaign dedicated to advancing Polish Natural Language Processing, and to submit papers describing their systems, methods, and results. Since 2017, PolEval has provided a platform for developing, testing, and comparing NLP systems for Polish. Over the years, the campaign has covered a wide range of NLP and speech-processing challenges and attracted more than 140 systems from academic research groups and private companies. The 2026 edition is hosted by the Slavic NLP 2027 <https://slavicnlp.github.io/index.html> workshop and features five shared tasks addressing different challenges in Polish document understanding, text analysis, and LLM evaluation. PolEval 2026 Shared Tasks Task 1: PolOCRBench: Polish Document Understanding <https://poleval.pl/tasks/task1> Task 2: Polish Language Document Layout Detection <https://poleval.pl/tasks/task2> Task 3: Adversarial Style Modification: Probing the Human-AI Perception Gap <https://poleval.pl/tasks/task3> Task 4: Reverse PolEval: Diagnostic Benchmark Design for Polish LLMs <https://poleval.pl/tasks/task4> Task 5: PoLiS: Polish Linguistic Skills <https://poleval.pl/2026/tasks/polis/> Detailed descriptions, datasets, evaluation procedures, and task-specific instructions are available on the PolEval 2026 website <https://poleval.pl/> . How to Participate Participants are invited to select one or more tasks, develop their systems, and submit their solutions for evaluation. Details of the submission process and the evaluation platform will be published at https://poleval.pl/2026/results/. Important Dates – Shared Task Participation - October 16, 2026: First call for participation & release of task descriptions, training data, and Test A data. - December 8, 2026: Release of Test B data. - December 17, 2026: Announcement of final results (Test B) Call for Papers We also invite all PolEval 2026 participants to submit papers describing their approaches, systems, experiments, and results. Papers should explain the methods used, report evaluation results, and discuss the strengths and limitations of the proposed solutions. We also encourage authors to share insights gained during the development and evaluation process. Accepted papers will be published in a volume dedicated to PolEval 2026 in the ACL Anthology (similarly to PolEval 2025 <https://aclanthology.org/events/poleval-2025/>). Further information about paper submission, formatting requirements, reviewing and publication is available on the PolEval publication page <https://poleval.pl/2026/publication/>. Important Dates – Papers - October 16, 2026: First call for papers - January 4, 2027: Paper submission deadline - January 4–17, 2027: Reviewing period - January 18, 2027: Notification of acceptance - January 30, 2027: Camera-ready paper deadline Publication in the Slavic NLP Workshop Proceedings As PolEval 2026 is hosted by the Slavic NLP Workshop, the winners of the shared tasks will also be invited to collaborate with the task organisers on overview papers dedicated to their respective tasks. These papers will be submitted for publication in the Slavic NLP Workshop proceedings and will follow the workshop's submission deadlines and publication requirements. Website: https://poleval.pl/ Task submission information: https://poleval.pl/2026/results/ Paper submission and publication information: https://poleval.pl/2026/publication/ Sincerely, The PolEval 2026 Organisers

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[CfP] RANLP-2027 Call for Workshop Proposals (deadline: 15 January 2027)
by Ranasinghe, Tharindu 19 Oct '26

19 Oct '26

* Apologies for cross-posting * ======================================================================== RANLP-2027: CALL FOR WORKSHOP PROPOSALS 16th International Conference on Recent Advances in Natural Language Processing Varna, Bulgaria https://ranlp.org/2027/ ======================================================================== Summer school 'Deep Learning and Large Language Models for NLP': 1-3 September 2027 Tutorials: 4-5 September 2027 Main Conference and Student Research Workshop: 6-8 September 2027 Workshops and Shared Tasks: 9-10 September 2027 Workshop proposals due: 15 January 2027 Confirmed keynote speakers: * Barbara Plank (LMU Munich) * Roberto Navigli (Sapienza University Roma) * Preslav Nakov (MBZUAI Abu Dhabi) * Kristina Toutanova (Google, Seattle) * Tharindu Ranasinghe (Lancaster University) * Salima Lamsiyah (University of Luxembourg) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ABOUT RANLP ------------------------------------------------------------------------ RANLP (Recent Advances in Natural Language Processing) is one of the most competitive NLP conferences. The event is held biennially and grew out of the International summer schools 'Contemporary topics in Computational Linguistics', which were organised for many years as international training events. Previous RANLP conferences (1995-2025) featured keynote talks by leading experts in NLP as well as high-quality papers, rigorously reviewed by a Programme Committee of well-known scientists. The Student Research Workshops (now in their 10th edition) have become active discussion forums for young researchers. Since 2009, papers accepted at RANLP and its associated workshops have been included in the ACL Anthology. The RANLP proceedings are indexed by SCOPUS and DBLP, and since 2017 all accepted papers have DOI numbers. The conference will be preceded by a summer school, 'Deep Learning and Large Language Models for NLP ', and tutorials on current hot topics, and will be followed by specialised workshops and shared tasks in advanced subfields of NLP. Venue: RANLP-2027 will be held in Varna, the largest city on the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast, at Hotel 'Cherno More'. The venue is centrally located at the entrance of the Sea Garden and offers excellent conference facilities. Varna is a major tourist destination with numerous flights to/from Varna International Airport. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CALL FOR WORKSHOP PROPOSALS ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Following the workshops held in conjunction with RANLP-2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023 and 2025, we are pleased to invite workshop proposals for RANLP-2027. RANLP-2027 welcomes proposals on any topic of interest to the NLP community, from fundamental research questions to applied, industrial or commercial work. We particularly encourage workshops that use or discuss the latest NLP methods, including Large Language Models and Generative AI. A workshop can last from half a day to the full two workshop days (9-10 September 2027), and can include demo sessions and shared tasks. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ WORKSHOP FORMAT AND ONSITE PRESENCE ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Organisers decide whether their workshop runs face-to-face or hybrid. In either case, the sessions must be held onsite in Varna for the full duration of the workshop, so that other RANLP participants can attend. At least one organiser must be present in Varna to run the workshop and chair the onsite sessions. If no organiser can attend in Varna, the workshop will be cancelled. Where possible, its accepted papers will be moved to another workshop. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ REGISTRATION AND FUNDING ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Each accepted workshop receives one free full registration to RANLP-2027. It covers the summer school, tutorials, main conference, all workshops, the reception and the conference dinner. Organisers may use this registration however they choose, for example, for one of the organisers or for an invited speaker. Any further organisers and invited speakers must register and pay the standard fee. The RANLP-2027 Organising Committee cannot provide any other financial support. If organisers plan to invite speakers beyond the one covered by the free registration, they must secure their own funding (for example, a grant or sponsorship) to cover those costs. Where possible, we recommend inviting a speaker from among the main conference keynote speakers or participants. Please note that the free registration does not cover publication. At least one author of each accepted workshop paper must register for RANLP-2027 and pay the standard fee for the paper to be included in the RANLP-2027 proceedings, as for the main conference. This also applies to papers co-authored by workshop organisers. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ WORKSHOP VENUE ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The workshops will take place at Hotel 'Cherno More', the main RANLP-2027 venue. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ SUBMISSION AND REVIEWING PLATFORM ------------------------------------------------------------------------ All RANLP-2027 workshops must use START for paper submission, reviewing and camera-ready collection. The RANLP-2027 proceedings for the ACL Anthology, covering the main conference and all workshops and shared tasks, are generated from START, so each workshop's submissions, review records and proceedings must be managed there. The RANLP-2027 organisers will set up a START submission portal for every accepted workshop. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ IMPORTANT DATES ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Workshop proposals due: 15 January 2027 Workshop selection notification: 15 February 2027 Workshop website and first call for papers (suggested): 15 March 2027 Second call for papers (suggested): 15 May 2027 Final call for papers (suggested): 15 June 2027 Workshop paper submission deadline (suggested): 30 June 2027 Workshop paper acceptance notification (suggested): 14 July 2027 Workshop paper camera-ready versions (suggested): 28 July 2027 Workshop camera-ready proceedings due (firm): 11 August 2027 Workshops: 9-10 September 2027 All deadlines are 23:59 Anywhere on Earth (UTC-12). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ PROPOSAL REQUIREMENTS ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Proposals must be prepared using the RANLP-2027 workshop proposal template, available on Overleaf: https://www.overleaf.com/read/myrdzwhjxmkr#a27fbf Proposals should be no longer than five pages (including information about the organisers, the programme committee and references) and must include the following: 1. Title, acronym, and a short technical description of the workshop, including its goals and the technical issues it will address. 2. Proposed duration (half day, one day, or two days) and format (face-to-face or hybrid). Name the organiser(s) who will be present in Varna. 3. A short description of the target audience, with estimated numbers of submissions and attendees. A tentative list of potential contributors would be helpful. 4. If the workshop has run before: the number of previous editions, where they were held, and the number of submissions and accepted papers in the most recent edition. 5. A list of related workshops or events held in the last three years or planned for 2027. 6. Planned invited speakers, if any, stating which have agreed and which are tentative, and how any speakers beyond the free registration will be funded. 7. A description of any associated shared task, with an estimated number of participants (optional). 8. A tentative programme committee. 9. Names and contact details (web page and email address) of the proposed organising committee. 10. A description of the organisers' experience in the workshop topic and in organising workshops or related events. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE WORKSHOP ORGANISING COMMITTEE ------------------------------------------------------------------------ * Setting up and maintaining the workshop website; * Distributing the first, second and final calls for papers and participation; * Running paper submission, reviewing and author notification in START, and collecting audio/visual requirements for presentations; * Checking camera-ready papers and delivering the electronic proceedings in the format required by the RANLP-2027 publication chairs, no later than 11 August 2027; * Making sure at least one organiser is in Varna to run the onsite workshop and chair the sessions, including for hybrid workshops. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE RANLP-2027 ORGANISING COMMITTEE ------------------------------------------------------------------------ * Linking to the workshop web page from the conference website; * Providing a START submission portal to every workshop; * Publishing the workshop proceedings with ISBN numbers, registering DOIs for all accepted papers, and including them in the ACL Anthology; * Providing the workshop venue; * Issuing visa invitation letters where needed, organising registration and collecting registration fees, supporting on-site poster printing, and providing audio/visual support, coffee breaks and Internet access. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ PROPOSAL SUBMISSION ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Please prepare your proposal using the RANLP-2027 workshop proposal template and email it in PDF format to Tharindu Ranasinghe (t.ranasinghe(a)lancaster.ac.uk) by 15 January 2027. Template: https://www.overleaf.com/read/myrdzwhjxmkr#a27fbf ------------------------------------------------------------------------ EVALUATION ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Proposals will be reviewed against the following criteria: * Relevance, importance and timeliness of the topic; * Completeness, clarity and quality of the proposal; * Organisers' experience in the proposed topic; * Viability of the workshop, including plans for onsite organisation in Varna. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Tharindu Ranasinghe Lancaster University, UK https://ranlp.org/2027/

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[CFP] ACLing 2026 – Extended Deadline: 5 November | NLP & Language-Model Applications | Three Journal Special-Issue Opportunities
by Khaled Shaalan 19 Oct '26

19 Oct '26

Dear Colleagues, Submission deadline extended to 5 November 2026. Expanded scope: Language-model applications across disciplines are welcome. Three optional journal special issues with APC discounts for extended versions of accepted papers. ================================================================== ACLing 2026 ================================================================== 8th International Conference on AI in Computational Linguistics 25–26 November 2026 | Multi-Site Hybrid Conference 📍 The British University in Dubai (BUiD), Dubai, UAE 📍 Jadara University, Jordan 🌐 Virtual participation worldwide Conference website: https://acling.org/ Submission: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=acling2026 ================================================================== CALL FOR PAPERS ACLing 2026 invites researchers, academics, practitioners, and industry professionals to submit original research in computational linguistics, natural language processing (NLP), and the development, evaluation, and application of language models. The conference welcomes both advances in language technologies and interdisciplinary research using pretrained language models, large language models (LLMs), or vision-language models to address problems in other fields. Applications in healthcare, education, cybersecurity, business, engineering, agriculture, and environmental sustainability are encouraged. Application papers do not need to introduce a new language model or linguistic theory. Language models should play a central methodological role, and submissions should present a clear scientific contribution supported by appropriate evaluation. Research on any natural language is welcome, including Arabic, multilingual, cross-lingual, code-switching, and low-resource settings. Papers and presentations must use English; this requirement does not restrict the language studied. ACLing 2026 connects two physical conference hubs with virtual participation through one unified scientific program. Authors may present in Dubai, Jordan, or online, subject to the final program and session allocation. Two Countries. Two Physical Hubs. One International Research Community. ================================================================== IMPORTANT DATES — UPDATED • Paper Submission Deadline: 5 November 2026 • Acceptance Notification: 10 November 2026 • Camera-Ready Submission: 14 November 2026 • Author Registration: 15 November 2026 • Conference: 25–26 November 2026 Rolling review: Submissions are reviewed as they arrive to provide prompt feedback and decisions. Authors are encouraged to submit early. ================================================================== PUBLICATION & RESEARCH VISIBILITY Accepted papers meeting the camera-ready, registration, and presentation requirements will be submitted for publication in Procedia Computer Science (ISSN: 1877-0509), Elsevier, subject to the publisher’s requirements and approval. Publication provides open-access availability on ScienceDirect and a DOI for each article. For current indexing and ranking information, consult the source records linked on the conference website. Previous ACLing proceedings include the 2017, 2018, 2021, 2024, and 2025 editions and are catalogued in DBLP: https://dblp.org/db/conf/acling/index.html ================================================================== OPTIONAL EXTENDED JOURNAL PUBLICATION — THREE SPECIAL ISSUES Authors of accepted ACLing 2026 papers may prepare a substantially extended version for submission to one of the following MDPI journal special issues, according to the manuscript’s scope: 1. Computation Special Issue: Recent Advances on Computational Linguistics and Natural Language Processing—2nd Edition https://www.mdpi.com/journal/computation/special_issues/844FZG56H7 2. Cryptography Special-issue scope and submission information: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/cryptography/special_issues/AZ7402BU21 3. Computers Special-issue scope and submission information: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/computers/special_issues/SK9R9137L0 The same extension, discount, and review conditions apply to all three opportunities: • An APC discount is available for substantially extended versions of accepted ACLing 2026 papers. Contact the organizing team for the applicable discount and claiming procedure. • Extended manuscripts must add substantial new contributions, cite the conference paper, and clearly explain the additional contribution. • Each manuscript must fit the chosen special issue’s scope and meet the journal’s submission and publication requirements. • All journal submissions undergo separate peer review. Conference acceptance does not guarantee journal acceptance. • Journal APCs are separate from conference registration. Authors should check the chosen special issue’s deadline and confirm the applicable fees before submitting. Further information: https://acling.org/call-for-papers/ ================================================================== TOPICS OF INTEREST Topics include, but are not limited to: • Pretrained and Large Language Models: Architecture, Optimization, and Applications • Language-Model Applications Across Disciplines • Generative AI and Emerging Language Technologies • Retrieval-Augmented Generation, Knowledge Grounding, and Information Retrieval • Language-Model Agents, Tool Use, and Multi-Agent Systems • Domain Adaptation, Fine-Tuning, and Efficient Language Models • Language Models for Decision Support and Scientific Discovery • Question Answering and Knowledge Extraction • Statistical and Neural Language Modeling • Machine Translation and Cross-Lingual NLP • Multilinguality, Code-Switching, and Low-Resource Languages • Speech Technologies, Dialogue Systems, and Conversational AI • Vision-Language Models and Multimodal AI • Domain-Specific NLP • Syntax, Parsing, Semantics, Pragmatics, and Commonsense Reasoning • Emotion Recognition and Sentiment Analysis • NLP for Social Media and Computational Social Science • Text Summarization and Natural Language Generation • Text Classification, Topic Modeling, and Document Understanding • Text Mining and Knowledge Discovery • Responsible, Ethical, Interpretable, and Human-Centered AI • Reliability, Robustness, Bias, and Hallucinations in Language Models • Benchmarking, Application Evaluation, and Explainability • Prompt Engineering and Reinforcement Learning for Language Models • AI-Augmented Writing, Reading, and Translation Tools Theoretical contributions, algorithms, architectures, applications, resources, datasets, benchmarks, and evaluation studies are welcome, alongside rigorous surveys and position papers. ================================================================== SUBMISSION & REVIEW • Submit original, unpublished work that is not under consideration elsewhere. • Prepare a complete manuscript using the official ACLing 2026 single-column Word or LaTeX template. • Initial manuscripts must be anonymized for double-blind peer review. • Standard length: 3–8 pages, including figures, tables, and references. • Up to two additional pages are permitted, for a maximum of 10 pages, with an additional charge for pages 9 and 10. • Abstract-only submissions are not accepted. • At least one author must register and present each accepted paper for inclusion in the proceedings. Submit through EasyChair: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=acling2026 Templates and submission guidelines: https://acling.org/submission/ ================================================================== CONFERENCE CHAIRS • Prof. Khaled Shaalan — The British University in Dubai, UAE • Prof. Samhaa R. El-Beltagy — New Giza University, Egypt ================================================================== CONTACT Khaled Shaalan: khaled.shaalan(a)buid.ac.ae Taher M. Ghazal: taher.ghazal(a)ieee.org Samhaa R. El-Beltagy: samhaa(a)computer.org General inquiries: acling2026(a)gmail.com ================================================================== We look forward to receiving your contributions and welcoming you to ACLing 2026. Please circulate this call among interested colleagues, research groups, students, and professional networks. ACLing 2026 | 25–26 November 2026 Dubai • Jordan • Worldwide Online https://acling.org/

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