October 2026 - Corpora

Postdoctoral Position in Computer Science: Online Counterspeech (Milan, Italy)
by Abercrombie, Gavin 19 Oct '26

19 Oct '26

On behalf of Bianca Cepollaro: Dear all, I am advertising a 2-year postdoctoral position in Computer Science, renewable for a further 2 years at the Faculty of Philosophy, UniSR (Milan). The position is part of ACTION – Advancing Counterspeech against Toxic Interactions ONline<https://blog.unisr.it/en/counterspeech>, a 5-year interdisciplinary research project supported by a €1.3 million grant from the Italian Ministry of University and Research (MUR). The project brings together philosophers, a social psychologist, and computer scientists to study online counterspeech, i.e. verbal strategies used to respond to toxic and discriminatory language online. Application deadline: November 9, 2026 Gross annual salary: €37,316 (approximately €2,000 net per month, depending on individual tax circumstances). Research profile: The successful candidate will study existing practices of toxic language and online counterspeech, create two new corpora based on social media data (one in Italian and one in English), and contribute to their annotation and computational analysis. They will also investigate how counterspeech interventions affect subsequent online exchanges and collaborate with the project team on the development of a new counterspeech model to be tested at a later stage. We are looking for candidates with a strong background in Natural Language Processing (NLP), computational linguistics, corpus linguistics, social media analysis, or sentiment analysis. The computational work will be carried out independently, in dialogue with the Principal Investigator and a postdoctoral researcher in philosophy of language, and in collaboration with the wider interdisciplinary team. Beyond their technical expertise, we are looking for someone who is genuinely committed to addressing discrimination and enthusiastic about working in an interdisciplinary research environment. The position offers the opportunity to engage with researchers in philosophy, social psychology, and computer science, and we would be particularly happy to welcome someone interested in continuing with the project for the full four years, subject to renewal of the contract. Knowledge of Italian is an asset but not a requirement. It would be useful for working with the Italian-language corpus and for contributing to the organisation of seminars and other university activities. The successful candidate will be expected to participate in the project's activities throughout the duration of the contract, including approximately 2–3 in-person meetings or events per month in Milan, Italy. If you are interested, please feel free to contact me for an informal discussion, or apply directly by following the instructions in the call: Official call and application instructions<https://www.unisr.it/reclutamento-docenti/contratti-ricerca/filosofia> Please feel free to share this announcement with anyone who might be interested. Best wishes, Biancamaria Cepollaro ________________________________ Founded in 1821, Heriot-Watt is a leader in ideas and solutions. With campuses and students across the entire globe we span the world, delivering innovation and educational excellence in business, engineering, design and the physical, social and life sciences. This email is generated from the Heriot-Watt University Group, which includes: 1. Heriot-Watt University, a Scottish charity registered under number SC000278 2. Heriot- Watt Services Limited (Oriam), Scotland's national performance centre for sport. Heriot-Watt Services Limited is a private limited company registered is Scotland with registered number SC271030 and registered office at Research & Enterprise Services Heriot-Watt University, Riccarton, Edinburgh, EH14 4AS. The contents (including any attachments) are confidential. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of its contents is strictly prohibited, and you should please notify the sender immediately and then delete it (including any attachments) from your system.

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Second Call for Abstracts: Special Issue on Preserving the Privacy of Language Data
by Maria Irena Szawerna 19 Oct '26

19 Oct '26

---Apologies for cross-posting!--- Second Call for Abstracts for a Special Issue Preserving the Privacy of Language Data: Emerging Technologies, Evolving Standards and Beyond at the Language Resources and Evaluation Journal Guest editors and contact information: * Elena Volodina<https://spraakbanken.gu.se/en/about/staff/elena>, University of Gothenburg, Sweden, < elena dot volodina at svenska dot gu dot se > * Maria Irena Szawerna<https://spraakbanken.gu.se/en/about/staff/maria-szawerna>, University of Gothenburg, Sweden, < maria dot szawerna at gu dot se > Call for submissions In the age of GDPR and heightened awareness about data privacy, incorporating de-identification techniques when working with language data has become increasingly important. In academic contexts, de-identification is employed e.g. when using examples in publications (Heaton, 2022; Wang et al., 2024) or in dataset collection and sharing (Megyesi et al., 2018; Eder et al., 2019). It is also relevant for public uses, such as redacting legal documents (Cabrera-Diego and Gheewala, 2024) or varied industry applications (Gardiner et al., 2024; Hou et al., 2025). Manual de-identification is a costly and time-consuming process, which is why various automatic methods for detecting and replacing personal information, ranging from rule-based systems to Large Language Model (LLM) approaches, have been developed in recent years (Deußer et al., 2025). While rule-based approaches allow for processing the data locally, reducing the risk of the data falling into the wrong hands, they lack the ability to take semantic context and world knowledge into account; LLMs, on the other hand, can handle these challenges to a certain degree, but present ethical concerns when it comes to data leakage, environmental costs, or over-relying on encoded social and gender biases (Bender et al., 2021; Volodina et al. 2025, Szawerna and Suchardt, 2026). This special issue will cover several aspects related to the problem of using technology for effective and ethical de-identification of linguistic data, including (but not limited to) the following topics: * Detection and classification of personal information (PI): Automatic identification of PI in text, speech, and multimodal data; context-dependent and indirect indicators of identity. Which information you are replacing, including how and why this is done. * Replacement and transformation of PI: Context-sensitive pseudonymization and anonymization methods; substitution, masking, obfuscation; maintaining coherence across discourse and modalities. * Utility and bias after de-identification: Effects of de-identification on downstream task performance, linguistic research validity, readability, and bias amplification or reduction. * Approaches to evaluation and adversarial testing: Metrics and frameworks for assessing de-identification quality; adversarial re-identification attempts; robustness and failure-mode analysis. * Dataset creation for de-identification research: Methodological, ethical, and annotation-related considerations in building corpora for training or evaluating de-identification systems. * Low-resource scenarios: Techniques for de-identification in settings with limited data, scarce annotations, or underrepresented languages; transfer and multilingual approaches. * Speech-specific challenges: Removing speaker identity cues in audio; voice anonymization; cross-modal leakage between text, transcripts, and acoustic features. * Cross-disciplinary applications and challenges: Integrating de-identification techniques into real-world workflows in areas such as linguistics, social sciences, digital humanities, healthcare, and other private- or public-sector data environments. Submission information * Abstracts are due November 2nd. * Abstracts should be around 500 words excluding references and statements. The submission link can be found here<https://forms.cloud.microsoft/e/gBuU6Wih9Z>. Authors of accepted abstracts will be notified by the end of November and invited to submit a full article by 1st March 2027. * Full Articles should follow the LRE journal guidelines<https://link.springer.com/journal/10579/submission-guidelines>. Each submission should include an AI disclosure statement<https://mormor-karl.github.io/events/LREJ-special-issue/ai-disclosure-state…>. The submission link will be shared later. The full call can be found here<https://mormor-karl.github.io/events/LREJ-special-issue/>. Best regards, Maria Irena Szawerna ____________________ PhD student Språkbanken<https://spraakbanken.gu.se/> Institutionen för svenska, flerspråkighet och språkteknologi<https://www.gu.se/svenska-spraket> UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG<https://www.gu.se/> https://spraakbanken.gu.se/om/personal/maria-szawerna ORCID: 0009-0005-1426-0318<https://orcid.org/0009-0005-1426-0318>

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[Final reminder] Your voice matters: Take our NLP careers survey
by Esra Dönmez 19 Oct '26

19 Oct '26

Dear Colleagues, We invite you to participate in our survey on career paths in NLP and the factors that shape career decisions. We are interested in learning more about the professional contexts in which members of the NLP community work, as well as the factors that have influenced their career choices. We plan to synthesize the findings and use them to facilitate a discussion at EMNLP 2026. We will also share the aggregated results with the community to provide a broader overview of career paths and working contexts in NLP. The survey is fully anonymous and takes approximately 10–15 minutes to complete. You can access the survey here: https://acpaths.ims.uni-stuttgart.de/ Why participate? Make an impact: Contribute to a better understanding of the NLP career landscape and help junior researchers and practitioners navigate their career options with greater clarity. Gain insights: Receive a report summarizing the findings and providing an overview of NLP careers and their professional contexts. We would be very grateful for your input. Thank you for considering participating in our survey. If you know colleagues or peers who may also be interested, we would greatly appreciate it if you shared the survey with them. Best regards, Esra Dönmez (Institute for Natural Language Processing, University of Stuttgart) Marlene Lutz (University of Mannheim) Matthias Orlikowski (University of Mannheim)

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Call for Shared Tasks - 3rd AbjadNLP 2027 at COLING
by El-Haj, Mo 19 Oct '26

19 Oct '26

Dear all, I’m pleased to announce that the 3rd AbjadNLP Workshop will be co-located with COLING 2027 in Macau, China! AbjadNLP brings together researchers working on Abjad and Ajami languages written in Arabic-based scripts across Africa and Asia, representing hundreds of millions of speakers. Many of these languages remain under-represented in NLP research. The workshop continues to grow, attracting over 90 submissions at our previous edition. We are also delighted to welcome Prof. Steven Bird (Charles Darwin University, Australia) as our keynote speaker. Steven is widely known for his contributions to NLTK and his longstanding work with Indigenous and under-resourced language communities. We are now inviting shared task proposals for AbjadNLP 2027, focusing on languages and varieties using Arabic-based scripts, including Abjad and Ajami writing traditions. We particularly encourage proposals covering under-represented languages and varieties to promote greater linguistic diversity and inclusion. Submit your shared task proposal: https://forms.gle/CkF57ULjfV6D2zLR8 For more information about the workshop, visit: https://elhaj.uk/abjad2027.html We look forward to receiving your proposals! Best wishes, Mo El-Haj On behalf of the AbjadNLP 2027 Organising Committee ———— Dr Mo El-Haj Director of NLP @ VinUniversity Reader (Associate Professor) in NLP CECS, VinUniversity, Vietnam SCC, Lancaster University, UK https://elhaj.uk https://vinnlp.com https://arabicnlp.uk/

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CFP: Language Resources and Evaluation Special Issue on Language Technologies for Health
by Villavicencio, Aline 18 Oct '26

18 Oct '26

Language Resources and Evaluation invites submissions to a Special Issue on Language Technologies for Health Submission deadline: 7 December 2026 Full call for papers: https://www.aim-health.ufscar.br/lre_special_issue.html Special Issue on Language Resources and Evaluation for Healthcare Recent advances in Natural Language Processing (NLP), Speech Technologies, and Large Language Models (LLMs) have transformed the development of language-based applications in healthcare. From the analysis of electronic health records and patient-generated content to conversational agents, decision-support systems, and digital health applications, language technologies are increasingly being deployed in real-world healthcare settings. The success of these technologies, however, depends critically on the availability of high-quality language resources and rigorous evaluation methodologies. Healthcare applications pose unique challenges, including specialized terminology, multilinguality, data scarcity, privacy constraints, annotation complexity, reproducibility, and the need for trustworthy and explainable systems. As language technologies continue to evolve, there is a growing need for resources, benchmarks, evaluation frameworks, and methodological studies that support reliable and responsible research and development in this domain. This Special Issue aims to bring together researchers and practitioners working at the intersection of language resources, evaluation, and healthcare. The initiative builds on discussions from the First Workshop on Language Technologies for Health (Lang4Health<https://www.aim-health.ufscar.br/lang4health.html>) and welcomes contributions from the broader international community. We invite original contributions addressing the creation, annotation, documentation, dissemination, evaluation, and application of language resources for healthcare-related language and speech technologies. Extended versions of papers presented at Lang4Health are welcome, provided they contain substantial new material. New submissions are equally encouraged. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: * Data in health domain * Dataset/Corpus construction and availability; * Dataset/Corpus annotation; * Anonymization and de-identification; * Augment and synthetic data generation. * Language technologies in health domain * Interaction and conversational agents (e.g. chatbots); * Information extraction and information retrieval; * Named Entity Recognition; * Summarization; * Question Answering; * Personalization; * Speech processing; * NLP-supported diagnosis; * Accessibility and simplification of information; * Language support for digital phenotyping. Submissions involving any language are welcome. We particularly encourage contributions addressing Portuguese, Galician, and other under-resourced languages. Manuscripts must present original and unpublished research and will undergo the standard peer-review process of the Language Resources and Evaluation<https://link.springer.com/journal/10579> journal. Submission information<https://www.aim-health.ufscar.br/lre_special_issue.html#submission-informat…> Submissions must present original and unpublished research that is not under consideration elsewhere. We welcome substantial contributions that advance the development, evaluation, documentation, dissemination, or application of language resources and evaluation methodologies for healthcare-related language and speech technologies. Extended versions of papers presented at the First Workshop on Language Technologies for Health (Lang4Health) are welcome, provided that they contain substantial new material beyond the workshop publication. New submissions from the broader research community are equally encouraged. Contributions may include, but are not limited to, new language resources, resource extensions, annotation methodologies, evaluation frameworks, benchmarking studies, reproducibility analyses, and innovative applications of language resources in healthcare settings. Manuscripts should be prepared and submitted according to the guidelines of the Language Resources and Evaluation<https://link.springer.com/journal/10579>journal. Detailed submission instructions will be provided upon the launch of the Special Issue. Review process<https://www.aim-health.ufscar.br/lre_special_issue.html#review-process> All submissions will undergo the standard -blind peer-review process of the Language Resources and Evaluation<https://link.springer.com/journal/10579>journal. Each manuscript will be evaluated by at least two expert reviewers selected by the Guest Editors based on their expertise and the absence of conflicts of interest. Reviewers will assess submissions with respect to scientific quality, originality, methodological soundness, relevance to the Special Issue, and potential impact on the field. To support a rigorous and timely review process, authors submitting to the Special Issue may be invited to participate in the reviewer pool and review other submissions within their area of expertise. Reviewer assignments will be managed by the Guest Editors to ensure appropriate expertise and to avoid conflicts of interest. Revised manuscripts may undergo additional rounds of review when necessary. Guest Editors<https://www.aim-health.ufscar.br/lre_special_issue.html#guest-editors> * Prof. Aline Villavicencio, University of Exeter, UK * Dr. Rodrigo Wilkens, University of Exeter, UK * Prof. Helena Caseli, Federal University of São Carlos, Brazil * Dr. Vânia Neris, Federal University of São Carlos, Brazil Contact Information: Lang4health2026(a)gmail.com

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2nd CfP: 2027 APALCE·KASEE·KOTESOL·CELESE Joint Winter Seminar (Waseda University, 29 January 2027)
by ICR 18 Oct '26

18 Oct '26

Call for Papers: 2027 APALCE·KASEE·KOTESOL·CELESEJoint Winter Seminar (Waseda University, 29 January 2027)<mailplugbody>CALL FOR PAPERSLanguage, Culture, and Education in the Age of AIThe Asia Pacific Association of Language, Culture, and Education (APALCE), Korea Association of Secondary English Education (KASEE), KoreaTESOL (KOTESOL), andCenter for English Language Education in Science and Engineering (CELESE), Waseda University will jointly host their 2027 Winter Seminar as detailed below. We invite presentation proposals and look forward to your participation..1. Seminar Overview- Hosted by: APALCE, KASEE, KOTESOL, and CELESE- Organized by: Institute for Corpus Research, Incheon National University- In corporation with: CELESE, Waseda University- Date & Time: Friday, 29 January 2027, 14:00 – 17:00- Venue: Waseda University, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan2. Plenary Speakers- Expanding the scope of corpus tools through AI-mediated conversation / Professor Laurence Anthony (Waseda University)- What characteristics define East Asian popular music? / Professor Kevin Heffernan (Kwansei Gakuin University)3. Presentation Topics and SubmissionsWe welcome research related to the seminar theme, as well as research in language, culture, education, and interdisciplinary fields. Both single-authored and co-authored submissions are welcome, and co-authors may present jointly.4. Abstract Submission- Submission: https://forms.gle/CzrqkQcKxkQwqnqN7- Submission Deadline: Friday, November 13, 2026- Notification of Acceptance: Friday, November 20, 20265. Conference Information and Enquiries- Conference websites: https://apalce.org/conferences- Enquiries: office(a)apalce.org---Dr CK JungBEng(Hons) Birmingham MSc Warwick EdD Warwick Cert OxfordAssociate Professor | Department of English Language and Literature, Incheon National University, South KoreaAddress: Room 423, Building 15, Incheon National University, 119 Academy-ro, Yeonsu-gu, Incheon, South KoreaEmail:ckjung@inu.ac.kr| Mobile: +82-10-9962-7481 | Office: +82-32-835-8129President| Asia Pacific Association of Language, Culture, and Education (APALCE)|https://apalce.orgPresident 9th, 10th (Current)| Korean Association of Secondary English Education (KASEE), KCI-Listed | http://kasee.orgDirector | Institute for Corpus Research, Incheon National University | http://icr.or.krEditor-in-Chief | Asia Pacific Journal of Corpus Research (Google Scholar, ICR) | http://icr.or.kr/apjcrEditorial Board Member | English Today (SSCI, A&HCI, Cambridge University Press) | https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/english-todayEditorial Board Member | Corpora (ESCI, SCOPUS, Edinburgh University Press) | https://www.euppublishing.com/loi/corEditorial Board Member | Journal of Contemporary Education and Teaching Research (CNKI, BFD Publishing)| https://ojs.bonfuturepress.com/index.php/CETREditorial Board Member | Korean Lexicography (KCI-Listed, Korean Association for Lexicography) | https://korealex.jams.or.krEditorial Board Member | Language & Information Society (KCI-Listed, Institute for Language and Information, Sogang University)| https://linguisticsogang.jams.or.krPersonal Website: https://ckjung.orgOfficial Website:https://english.inu.ac.kr/profl/ui/1520/20191111/empView.do?viewType=&haksaDeptCode=AIB1&majCd=Deci (1995) argues that the key question is nothow to motivate peoplebuthow to create the conditions in which they motivate themselves.---Institute for Corpus Research (ICR)Room 423 Building 15 Incheon National University,119 Academy-ro, Yeonsu-gu, Incheon Metropolitan City, 22012, South KoreaH: http://icr.or.kr | E: help(a)icr.or.kr | T: +82 (0)32 835 8129National Research Foundation Registration No: 126000S07438

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Registration open: Translating and the Computer (TC47) - Luxembourg – December
by Amal Haddad 17 Oct '26

17 Oct '26

Registration open: Translating and the Computer (TC47) - Luxembourg - December Welcome to the Translating and the Computer 2026 (TC47)! TC47 Registration is now open Register now to shape the future of translation and harness the power of technology to bridge languages and cultures. Don't miss out - the future of translation starts here! https://asling.org/tc47/registering-for-tc47/ Are You Ready to Transform Your Understanding of Translation Technology? Join us at the forefront of innovation and discussion at this year's ASLING Conference on Translating and the Computer. Connect with thought leaders, innovators, and peers who are shaping the future of our industry and leave equipped with knowledge and ideas that will propel your professional journey forward. Spaces are limited -- secure your spot now and be part of a community driving advancements in translation technology! REGISTRATION Registrations cover conference costs, such as administrative costs, catering, and other overhead costs. If you are a citizen from outside the EU or the European Economic Region, please check whether you require a visa to travel to the venue in Luxembourg. You are responsible to obtain such a visa on your own. AsLing cannot assist any persons requiring a visa to travel to Luxembourg. Registration for TC47 is as follows: * Early bird Registration Contribution (available until 10 October 2026): EUR 315.00 * Standard Registration Contribution (11 October 2026 to 30 November 2026): EUR 365.00 * Student Registration Contribution: EUR 225.00** * Last-minute Registration Contribution (1 December 2026 to the start of TC47): EUR 400.00 * Online attendance Registration Contribution: EUR 200.00 flat rate*** *Registrations are confirmed after the bank confirms payment to AsLing. **To register as a student, you must submit a certificate confirming your full-time student status. ***Single rate for online attendance applies irrespectively of the registration date. Cancellation policy Before 1 November 2026: full refund minus EUR 50 for administrative expenses Between 1 November and 30 November 2026: EUR 50 refund From 1 December 2026 onward: NO refund. NETWORKING DINNER The TC47 N [1]ETWORKING DINNER [2] will be held on 9 December (on the 2nd day of the conference) at a restaurant close to the Conference venue. The price is EUR 85 per person. Places are restricted and will be assigned, after completed payment, on a first-come, first-serve basis. When you register for the Conference, you can register for the Networking dinner [1] as well. -- Amal Haddad Haddad (She/her) Facultad de Traducción e Interpretación Universidad de Granada |https://www.ugr.es/personal/amal-haddad-haddad Lexicon Research Group |http://lexicon.ugr.es/haddad Co-Convenor, BAAL SIG 'Humans, Machines, Language'|https://r.jyu.fi/humala Event Coordinator, BAAL SIG 'Language, Learning and Teaching' =============== Cláusula de Confidencialidad: "Este mensaje se dirige exclusivamente a su destinatario y puede contener información privilegiada o confidencial. Si no es Ud. el destinatario indicado, queda notificado de que la utilización, divulgación o copia sin autorización está prohibida en virtud de la legislación vigente. Si ha recibido este mensaje por error, se ruega lo comunique inmediatamente por esta misma vía y proceda a su destrucción. This message is intended exclusively for its addressee and may contain information that is CONFIDENTIAL and protected by professional privilege. If you are not the intended recipient you are hereby notified that any dissemination, copy or disclosure of this communication is strictly prohibited by law. If this message has been received in error, please immediately notify us via e-mail and delete it" =============== Links: ------ [1] https://asling.org/tc47/networking-dinner/ [2] https://asling.org/tc47/registering-for-tc47/_wp_link_placeholder

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[JOB] PhD Opportunity in NLP, Agentic AI, and Causal Scientific Reasoning at TIB, Germany
by D'Souza, Jennifer 17 Oct '26

17 Oct '26

Dear Colleagues, My research group at the TIB -- Leibniz Information Centre for Science and Technology in Hannover, Germany, has an opening for a Research Associate/Doctoral Researcher (PhD position) focused on Natural Language Processing, Agentic AI, and Causal Scientific Reasoning. The position is part of a newly funded <https://www.leibniz-gemeinschaft.de/en/research/collaborative-research/leib niz-collaborative-excellence> Leibniz Collaborative Excellence project: EcoAIRE - AI-assisted hypothesis assessment in invasion biology and the restoration of freshwater ecosystems under fragmented and heterogeneous ecological evidence. Position Description The successful candidate will conduct research on developing AI methods that transform heterogeneous scientific evidence into structured, machine-actionable representations of hypotheses, variables, contextual conditions, uncertainty, and causal relationships. The research will extend beyond conventional information extraction toward AI-supported scientific reasoning and hypothesis assessment, including causal and world-model-inspired approaches, simulation, and intervention-based reasoning. While the doctoral research will be situated within the broader field of Computer Science, the project is inherently interdisciplinary. We particularly welcome candidates who are enthusiastic about working at the intersection of AI and ecology, with a strong willingness to collaborate closely with researchers from diverse disciplinary backgrounds, including ecologists, and to engage with scientific questions beyond their primary field of expertise. The initial appointment is for three years, subject to final funding approval. The position is full-time (39.8 hours/week), with remuneration according to TV-L E13 (German public-sector salary scale). Flexible working arrangements and limited mobile work are possible. Application Instructions The application deadline is November 14, 2026. For full details, qualifications, and how to apply, please see: <https://www.tib.eu/en/tib/careers-and-apprenticeships/vacancies/details/ste llenausschreibung-nr-44-2026> https://www.tib.eu/en/tib/careers-and-apprenticeships/vacancies/details/stel lenausschreibung-nr-44-2026 I would appreciate it if you could share this opportunity with potentially interested candidates. Best regards, Jennifer D'Souza, Ph.D. https://www.dsouza.ai/

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24th European Semantic Web Conference (ESWC 2027): First Call for Contributions
by Announce 16 Oct '26

16 Oct '26

*** First Call for Contributions *** 24th European Semantic Web Conference (ESWC 2027) May 23-27, 2027, 5* St. Raphael Resort and Marina, Limassol, Cyprus https://2027.eswc-conferences.org The European Semantic Web Conference (ESWC) is a major venue for academic research and developments in the area of the Semantic Web and Knowledge Graphs. As in previous years, ESWC 2027 will feature a number of tracks (please refer to the webpage of each track for detailed information about topics of interest, submission instructions, important dates, etc). Call for Papers: Research Track (https://2027.eswc-conferences.org/calls/papers-research-track/) The research track of ESWC 2027 is looking for contributions addressing theoretical, analytical, and empirical aspects of the Semantic Web, knowledge graphs and semantic technologies in general and their relation with AI. We also encourage contributions at the intersection of these domains and other scientific disciplines. Submissions to the research track should describe novel, significant research, and are expected to provide a principled evaluation. Call for Papers: Resources Track (https://2027.eswc-conferences.org/calls/papers-resource-track/) The ESWC 2027 Resources Track seeks to highlight resources that are not only novel and groundbreaking, but also designed to be shared, reused, and to directly facilitate the production of scientific knowledge Call for Papers: In-Use Track (https://2027.eswc-conferences.org/calls/papers-in-use-track/) The In-Use track of ESWC 2027 is looking for contributions that apply state-of-the-art semantic technologies or resources in real-world settings. Call for Papers: Industry Track (https://2027.eswc-conferences.org/calls/industry-track/) The ESWC industry track is a forum for exchanging ideas, results, and lessons learned amongst Semantic Web researchers, technologists, and product leaders across industry and academia. The goal is to learn from the process of bringing cutting-edge Semantic Web research to state-of-the-art applications and to align current research efforts with existing real-world requirements that justify the adoption of novel approaches in the face of otherwise unfeasible challenges. Call for Papers: Project Networking Track (https://2027.eswc-conferences.org/calls/project-networking/) The Project Networking track of ESWC offers an excellent opportunity for research projects to connect, collaborate, and engage in meaningful discussions about their development and outcomes. This track encourages the sharing of knowledge and technology, and it helps to identify complementary activities and goals, laying the groundwork for future collaborations, joint research proposals, researcher exchanges, or collective participation in events and initiatives. Call for Posters and Demos (https://2027.eswc-conferences.org/calls/poster-demo/) The Posters and Demos Track of the Extended Semantic Web Conference (ESWC) 2027 welcomes submissions of presenting late-breaking results, ongoing research, innovative ideas, and early-stage prototypes within the Semantic Web domain. This track encourages discussions and interaction between researchers and practitioners, facilitating feedback on emerging work and demonstrations of cutting-edge technologies. Call for Workshop Proposals (https://2027.eswc-conferences.org/calls/workshops/) Co-located workshops at the ESWC conferences are essential meeting points for discussing ongoing work and current results, as well as shaping new ideas and research fields. We particularly invite workshop proposals looking at topics related to Semantic Web from an interdisciplinary standpoint, proposals focussing on novel aspects of the Semantic Web and Web of Data, and proposals aiming at gathering existing and forming new sub-communities. Call for Tutorial Proposals (https://2027.eswc-conferences.org/calls/tutorials/) ESWC 2027 invites tutorials that address the interests of its varied audience: people new to the Semantic Web, Semantic Web researchers and practitioners that wish to learn new technologies, users of Semantic Web technologies, and representatives of government and funding agencies as well as potential private investors in Semantic Web technologies. Call for Ph.D. Symposium (https://2027.eswc-conferences.org/calls/phd-symposium/) The ESWC 2027 Ph.D. Symposium is a forum for Ph.D. students working in all areas of Semantic Web and Knowledge Graph research to present their work, meet with peers and experienced researchers, receive feedback, and learn from each other’s experiences. It aims at supporting Ph.D. students to develop the skills required to conduct and promote their research, and providing them with an opportunity to attend one of the most important conferences in the Semantic Web area. General Submission Guidelines Please refer to the particular call for the track of your interest for information particular to your track. ● All submissions must be in English. ● Submissions must be in PDF. Springer Publications expects the LaTeX source for the camera ready. ● Submissions must be formatted in the style of the Springer Publications format for Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS). For details on the LNCS style: https://link.springer.com/series/558/information-for-authors-and-editors . ● Submissions must clearly demonstrate relevance to the Semantic Web and the topics of interest of ESWC 2027. Papers that exceed the given page length or do not follow the LNCS guidelines will be desk rejected without review. Submission Link for all types of contributions: https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=eswc2027 Accepted contributions to ESWC will be published by Springer in LNCS. Important Dates Please refer to the particular call for the track of your interest for important dates pertaining to the relevant track. Organisation General Chair ● Raphael Troncy, EURECOM, France Local Organiser ● George A. Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus Research Track Chairs ● Mehwish Alam, Télécom Paris, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, France ● Olaf Hartig, Linköping University, Sweden Resources Track Chair ● Pasquale Lisena, EURECOM, France In-Use Track Chair ● Maria Maleshkova, Universität der Bundeswehr Hamburg, Germany Industry Track Chair ● Yoan Chabot, Orange, France PhD Symposium & Student Mentoring Chairs ● Pieter Colpaert, Ghent University - IMEC, Belgium ● Marieke van Erp, KNAW Humanities Cluster, The Netherlands Poster and Demo Chairs ● Tabea Tietz, FIZ, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany ● Sanju Tiwari, Sharda University, India Sponsor Chairs ● John Domingue, KMi, The Open University, UK ● Anna Lisa Gentile, IBM Research, USA Publicity Chair ● Maaike de Boer, TNO, The Netherlands Web Chair ● Thibault Ehrhart, EURECOM, France

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ArgMining 2027: Call for Shared Task Proposals
by Kikteva, Zlata 16 Oct '26

16 Oct '26

Call for Shared Task Proposals We cordially invite submissions for shared task proposals as part of ArgMining 2027. To advance research on specific aspects of argument mining, previous editions of the ArgMining workshop series have promoted shared tasks. These have addressed, for example, understanding argumentative structure in highly formal, legal-political UN resolutions (see https://shared-task-argmining.linguistik.uzh.ch/) and multimodal argumentative fallacy detection (see https://nlp-unibo.github.io/mm-argfallacy/2025/). Following the success of previous workshops, ArgMining 2027 plans to share one or more unsolved problems to be investigated by the community. In keeping with this year's special topic of Argumentation in Agentic and Human-AI Settings, we particularly encourage submissions focusing on this theme. Proposal Format The shared task proposal should be compiled in a PDF of at most two pages, excluding references, using the ACL template. Proposals for shared tasks should include: * A title and a brief description of the task; * A description of the datasets that will be used in the task and their readiness, including previous work on the datasets and publications (if any); * The proposed evaluation of the submitted systems; * A brief introduction of the task organizers; * Anticipated dates for releasing datasets and final evaluation. Submission Please submit your shared task proposal PDF via email to argmining.org [at] gmail.com. The submission deadline is October 31, 2026. Task organizers will be notified of proposal acceptance a couple of days after this deadline in order to stick to the tight timeline. Tentative Schedule * We recommend the following tentative schedule: * Start of November: Training data release * Start of December: Test data release, evaluation start * Mid-December: Evaluation end * Mid-December: Results announcement * End of December: Paper submission due * Mid-January: Camera-ready version due * March 9–14: ArgMining 2027 workshop (EACL) Workshop organizers: Debanjan Ghosh (Analog Devices) Kamila Gorska (University of Liverpool) Zlata Kikteva (University of Technology Nuremberg) Priya Pitre (Virginia Tech) Jodi Schneider (University of Wisconsin-Madison) Manfred Stede (University of Potsdam) Michiel van der Meer (Leiden University)

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