February 2026 - Corpora

Deadline extension CMCL @ LREC 2026
by Takmaz, E.K. (Ece) 26 Feb '26

26 Feb '26

Dear all, We have extended the deadline to February 28, 11:59 pm AOE! ----- The 15th edition of the Workshop on Cognitive Modeling and Computational Linguistics (CMCL 2026) will be co-located with the fifteenth biennial Language Resources and Evaluation Conference (LREC 2026), at the Palau de Congressos de Palma in Palma, Mallorca, Spain. Workshop: May 16, 2026 Website: https://sites.google.com/view/cmclworkshop/cfp<https://sites.google.com/view/cmclworkshop/cfp?authuser=0> For questions, please contact cmclworkshop.organizers(a)gmail.com<mailto:cmclworkshop.organizers@gmail.com>

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[JOBS] E13, 75%, 3.5 years, Computational Linguistics, Bochum
by Tatjana Scheffler 25 Feb '26

25 Feb '26

Dear colleagues, conditional on a funding commitment, we are offering a 75% position leading to a PhD in computational linguistics on the topic of developing computational methods for the analysis of (multimodal) metaphors in contemporary, colloquial communication in online forums. The position is funded (E13, 75%) from July 1 2026 to Dec. 31 2029. Application deadline: March 30, 2026. More details can be found in the job ad: https://jobs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/jobposting/f67b2069885e8908b2b3078b550e37a9… Please feel free to forward this opportunity to suitable candidates! best regards Tatjana Scheffler --- Tatjana Scheffler (she/her) GB 5/157 Ruhr-Universität Bochum Digital Forensic Linguistics Fakultät für Philologie, Germanistisches Institut Universitätsstraße 150 44780 Bochum Germany Mail: tatjana.scheffler(a)rub.de Web: http://staff.germanistik.rub.de/digitale-forensische-linguistik/ Mastodon: https://fediscience.org/@tschfflr Tel.: +49 234 32-21471

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[CfP + DEADLINE EXTENSION] NLP4Ecology 2026 @ LREC 2026 (4 March 2026)
by fr.grasso＠unito.it 25 Feb '26

25 Feb '26

Exciting news! Due to several requests, we are happy to announce a deadline extension for the 2nd Workshop on Ecology, Environment, and Natural Language Processing (NLP4Ecology 2026) to be held at LREC 2026 on 12 May 2026 (afternoon). New Submission Deadline: 4 March 2026 (23:59 AoE) All other dates remain unchanged: Notification of Acceptance: 20 March 2026 Camera-Ready Deadline: 30 March 2026 Workshop Date: 12 May 2026 Submissions are handled via START: https://softconf.com/lrec2026/NLP4Ecology2026/ Scope: The workshop brings together researchers working at the intersection of NLP, linguistics, and ecological/environmental studies, with a focus on interdisciplinary approaches to the ecological crisis. Topics include (but are not limited to): Sentiment, argument, and stance analysis of environmental topics Automated linguistic, discourse, frame analysis and topic modeling in ecological communication Detection of anthropocentric and speciesist biases (including in LLMs) Environmental text classification, entity recognition, and monitoring Fact-checking and greenwashing detection Ecofeminism, environmental justice, and language Corpora creation and annotation for ecological discourse Environmental communication in low-resource languages Multimodal approaches to environmental narratives Fairness, ethics, and accountability in environmental NLP NLP for climate change, biodiversity, sustainability, and environmental policy Submission Categories: >> Regular papers (4–8 pages) – research papers or position papers, archival, included in the proceedings (must follow the LREC 2026 Author Kit) >> Non-archival contributions (up to 4 pages) – research communications, work in progress, manifestos, etc. (presented at the workshop but not included in the proceedings) More information: https://nlp4ecology2026.di.unito.it/ Contact: nlp4ecology.workshop(a)gmail.com We warmly encourage submissions and look forward to advancing research at the intersection of language, AI, and ecological transformation. Best regards, NLP4Ecology 2026 Organizers

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CfP - Studying the Language of Young Learners: Methodological Advances and Challenges
by Robert Fuchs 25 Feb '26

25 Feb '26

*Studying the Language of Young Learners: Methodological Advances and Challenges* 16–17 July 2026 Workshop at the University of Bonn, Germany, organized by Robert Fuchs (University of Bonn), Valentin Werner (University of Bamberg) & Anna Rosen (University of Freiburg) as part of the project /Young German Learner English /(funded by the German Research Foundation). https://www.iaak.uni-bonn.de/bael/en/uploads/yglew2_cfp.pdf Research on young second language (L2) learners, as well as young learner (inter-)language specifically, has gained increasing attention in recent years, driven by calls for greater diversity and representativeness in both Second Language Acquisition (SLA) and Learner Corpus Research (LCR). Although a growing number of learner corpora are available (Fernández & Davis, 2021), corpora representing young learner language, broadly defined, remain comparatively rare. While empirical findings from young learners are of exceptional theoretical and applied importance, they also raise distinct methodological challenges at every stage of the research process, from study design and data elicitation to annotation, analysis, and interpretation (Granger, 2015; Myles, 2015, 2021; Tracy-Ventura & Paquot, 2021). This workshop, organized by the YGLE team (https://www.ygle.de), focuses explicitly on these methodological issues. It is intended as an interdisciplinary forum for researchers working with young learner populations, typically situated in institutional (primary or secondary school) contexts, to exchange insights, innovations, and best practices that advance the methodological foundations of our field (Gilquin, 2015, 2021; Paquot & Plonsky, 2017). The workshop will feature keynotes by - Emma Marsden, University of York - Detmar Meurers, Leibniz-Institut für Wissensmedien, Tübingen The workshop will take place jointly with the15th /Bonn Applied English Linguistics Conference/ (BAELc15; https://www.iaak.uni-bonn.de/bael/en/news-and-events/all-news-and-events/ba…), which will focus on corpus-based research but is open to other fields of applied linguistics as well. While the working language of the event is English, we welcome contributions on all learner and target languages. The conference is planned as an in-person event in Bonn. It will start after 12 pm on Thursday and end (at the latest) at 4 pm on Saturday, leaving room for travel. Please submit your abstracts (in the range of 400–500 words + potentially a data table or figure for illustration + references; please use APA style) before April 15th, 2026 via easyabs (see link below). You will receive feedback on acceptance in early May 2026. We will be able to accommodate a limited number of online presentations. Please indicate your availability in your submission. Submit via easyabs: https://easyabs.linguistlist.org/conference/YGLEw2/ Please send any inquiries to bael(a)uni-bonn.de Prof. Dr. Robert Fuchs | Head of Department and Professor of English Linguistics | Department of English, American and Celtic Studies | University of Bonn | Rabinstr. 8 53113 Bonn, Germany | https://uni-bonn.academia.edu/RFuchs | https://www.iaak.uni-bonn.de/bael/en/people/chair/prof-dr-robert-fuchs | https://sites.google.com/view/rflinguistics/ *Recent publications:* Coats, S., Basile, A., Morin, C. & Fuchs, R. (to appear). *The YouTube Corpus of Singapore English Podcasts*. /English World-Wide/ Fuchs, R. et al. (to appear). *Non-standard morphosyntactic variation in L2 English varieties world-wide: A corpus-based study <https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0024384125000737>*. /Lingua/. Fuchs, R., Wiltshire, C. & Sarmah, P. (to appear). *The role of English in the linguistic ecology of Northeast India <https://www.academia.edu/125365118/The_role_of_English_in_the_linguistic_ec…>*. In P. Siemund, et al. (Eds.), /World Englishes in their Local Multilingual Ecologies/. Amsterdam: Benjamins. Lange, C., & Fuchs, R. (to appear). *English in India*. In R. Hickey & K. Burridge (Eds.), /New Cambridge History of the English Language/. Cambridge: CUP. Fuchs, R. (2025). *Influencing people around the globe - The linguistic expression of persuasion across varieties of English worldwide* <https://www.academia.edu/107491904/Influencing_people_around_the_globe_The_…>. In D. Dayter, & S. Rüdiger (Eds.), /Manipulation, Influence, and Deception: The Changing Landscape of Persuasive Language/, 135-156. Cambridge: CUP.

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Edge Hill Corpus Research Group: Meeting #20
by Costas Gabrielatos 25 Feb '26

25 Feb '26

The next meeting of the Edge Hill Corpus Research Group will take place online (via MS Teams) on Friday 6 March 2026, 10:00-11:30 am (GMT<https://time.is/United_Kingdom>). Topics: LLMs, Corpus Linguistics, Language Learning Speaker: Peter Crosthwaite<https://languages-cultures.uq.edu.au/profile/2845/peter-crosthwaite> (University of Queensland, Australia) Title: Corpora, Prompts, and Pedagogy: Human-AI Text Comparison in Applied Linguistics The abstract and registration link are here: https://sites.edgehill.ac.uk/crg/next Attendance is free. Registration closes on Wednesday 4 March. 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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International Conference on Software and Systems Reuse, Product Lines, and Configuration (VARIABILITY 2026): First Call for Demos and Tools
by Announce 25 Feb '26

25 Feb '26

*** First Call for Demos and Tools *** International Conference on Software and Systems Reuse, Product Lines, and Configuration (VARIABILITY 2026) 29 September - 2 October 2026, 5* St. Raphael Resort and Marina Limassol, Cyprus https://conf.researchr.org/home/variability-2026 VARIABILITY is a new conference that has been merged of three prominent conferences focussing on software and systems variability, configuration and reuse: SPLC (the International Systems and Software Product Line Conference, 29 successful editions, ranked as a top conference), VaMoS (the International Working Conference on Variability Modelling of Software-Intensive Systems, 19 successful editions), and ICSR (the International Conference on Systems and Software Reuse, 22 successful editions). The Demos and Tools Track at VARIABILITY 2026 invites compelling live presentations and submissions of innovative tools, practical demonstrations, and curated datasets that support research and practice in software and systems product line engineering, reuse, and configuration. This track provides a forum for researchers and practitioners to showcase academic or commercial tools, demonstrations of novel techniques, and datasets that contribute to the advancement of software and systems reuse, software product lines and configurable systems. Accepted contributions will be featured both during the main conference (via oral presentations) and in interactive exhibition spaces (e.g., demo booths or poster/demo sessions during breaks). This track provides an opportunity to illustrate the practical impact of new ideas and to foster interaction between researchers and practitioners that address real-world variability challenges. Topics of Interest We welcome submissions on all topics related to tool support and datasets for product lines and variable/configurable software systems, including (but not limited to): Core Product Line Engineering Techniques • Feature modeling • Variability management • Product Line Architecture • Validation and verification • Product derivation and generation, including build systems and CI • Product-line testing and further analyses • Optimization and measurement of non-functional properties • Language product lines Application Domains and Contexts • Software-intensive and cyber-physical systems • Web and cloud-based systems, including microservices • Internet of Things • Automotive and industrial automation • Consumer electronics • Software ecosystems and multi-product lines Submission Guidelines Submissions must describe either (1) a new tool or prototype; (2) a novel extension to an existing tool; (3) a practical demonstration of an approach; (4) a new or curated dataset relevant to variability and reuse; (5) a significant update to a previously published tool or dataset (include a clear description of new contributions). Each submission must include: • A paper of up to 4 pages, including references and figures. • An optional appendix of up to 2 pages (not included in the proceedings), describing the planned live demonstration or dataset usage scenario. • A link to a short video (max. 5 minutes) illustrating the tool, demonstration, or dataset in action. Papers should briefly describe the theoretical foundation, with a focus on practical aspects such as software architecture, implementation decisions, usage methodology, and validation through case studies or benchmarks. Public availability of tools and datasets (preferably under open-source/open-data licenses) is strongly encouraged. Where availability is not possible, submissions should explain the reasons. All submissions must adhere to the LNCS (Springer) format. Please refer to the official LNCS template at https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-gu… . Submissions must be in PDF format and submitted via EasyChair: https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=variability2026 (select “Demonstrations and Tools Track”). Evaluation Criteria Each submission will be reviewed by at least three members of the Program Committee. Reviewers will evaluate: • Relevance to the VARIABILITY community • Technical soundness and artifact maturity • Novelty of the contribution • Quality of the written description and video demonstration • Clarity in the presentation of implementation details, usage, or dataset structure • Positioning with respect to existing tools/datasets/practices This track follows a single-blind review process. Presentation and Publication Accepted papers will appear in the VARIABILITY 2026 Companion Proceedings, published in the Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) series. At least one author of each accepted paper must: • Register for the full conference, and • Present the contribution at the event. Important Dates (AoE) • Submission of Demos and Posters: 1 June 2026 • Notification of Acceptance: 21 June 2026 • Camera-Ready Submission: 15 July 2026 • Author Registration: 15 July 2026 Organisation General Chairs • George A. Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus • Gilles Perrouin, FNRS & University of Namur, Belgium Research Track Chairs • Thorsten Berger, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany • Ina Schaefer, KIT, Germany Industry Track Chairs • Shaukat Ali, Simula Research Lab and Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway • Martin Becker, Fraunhofer IESE, Germany Journal First Track Chairs • Mathieu Acher, University Rennes, Inria, CNRS, IRISA, France • Xhevahire Tërnava, LTCI, Télécom Paris, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, France Doctoral Symposium Track Chairs • Rick Rabiser, LIT CPS, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria • Iris Reinhartz-Berger, University of Haifa, Israel Demos and Tools Track Chairs • Sandra Greiner, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark • Leopoldo Teixeira, Federal University of Pernambuco Projects Showcase Chairs • Daniel Struber, Chalmers, University of Gothenburg, Radbound University, Sweden • Dalila Tamzalit, Nantes Université, France Hall of Fame Chairs • Martin Becker, Fraunhofer IESE, Germany • Goetz Botterweck, Lero - The Irish Software Research Centre and University of Limerick, Ireland • Natsuko Noda, Shibaura Institute of Technology, Japan Workshops Chairs • Lidia Fuentes, Universidad de Malaga, Spain • Malte Lochau, University of Siegen, Germany Tutorials Chairs • Loek Cleophas, Eindhoven University of Technology and Stellenbosch University, The Netherlands • Mahsa Varshosaz, IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark Proceedings Chair • Sophie Fortz, King's College London, UK Publicity Chairs • Wesley Assunção, North Carolina State University, USA • Kentaro Yoshimura, Hitachi Ltd, Japan Local Organiser and Finance Chair • George A. Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus

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CLARIN ERIC : Newsflash February 2026
by Gorgaini, E. (Elisa) 25 Feb '26

25 Feb '26

Dear colleagues, The February 2026 edition of the CLARIN Newsflash is out. Highlights include: * Two vacancies at the CLARIN central Hub * Software developer<https://www.clarin.eu/news/job-opening-software-engineer> * EU Project Finance Officer<https://www.clarin.eu/news/job-opening-eu-project-finance-officer> * A new deadline for the JOHD special collection on language data reuse * A new textbook on ParlaMint * Several call for papers with upcoming deadlines, including: * LREC workshops * CLARIN2026 * SwissText * CMC Corpora 2026 * The Oral Archive Journal Read the newsletter: https://www.clarin.eu/content/clarin-newsflash-february-2026 Subscribe to the newsletter here<http://eepurl.com/bOt3Qn>. --- Elisa Gorgaini Communication Officer - CLARIN ERIC Utrecht University | Drift 10, 3512 BS Utrecht, The Netherlands e.gorgaini(a)uu.nl<mailto:e.gorgaini@uu.nl> | elisa(a)clarin.eu<mailto:elisa@clarin.eu> www.clarin.eu<https://www.clarin.eu>

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CFP: International Conference on Information and Communication Systems (ICICS2026) in Irbid, Jordan
by Ahmad Mustafa 25 Feb '26

25 Feb '26

Dear colleagues, We invite you to submit your papers to the 17th International Conference on Information and Communication Systems (ICICS2026) in Irbid, Jordan, May 18th - 21st, 2026 Important Dates: * Full paper submission: March 10th, 2026 * Notification of Decision: March 31st, 2026 * Camera-Ready and Registration: April 10th, 2026 The proceedings of ICICS2026 will be published in the ACM International Conference Proceedings Series (ICPS). The topics that will be covered in ICICS 2026 include, but are not limited to: 1. AI and Machine Learning 2. Networking and Internet of Things (IoT) 3. Data Science and Big Data 4. Natural Language Processing and Applications 5. Software & web Engineering, and Information Systems 6. Security, Privacy, and Digital Forensics 7. Cloud and Fog/Mobile Edge Computing 8. E-Learning Technologies 9. Communication Systems, Electronics, and Signal Processing Submitted papers will be peer-reviewed (check the review process on the conference website). Authors are expected to present their papers at the conference (or virtually). The accepted and registered papers will appear in the conference proceedings. The Conference Program includes free trips to Jarash and Umm Qais Submission link: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=icics2026 <https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=icics2026> Conference website: http://www.just.edu.jo/icics Please send any inquiry to: icics(a)just.edu.jo<mailto:icics@just.edu.jo>

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LREC 2026 Online Registration now open
by info＠elda.org 24 Feb '26

24 Feb '26

[Apologies for multiple postings] The online registration for LREC 2026 Main conference, Workshops and Tutorials is now open @ https://cvent.me/XakVZG Early-Bird Deadline: March 6, 2026 (23:59 AoE) Fees: https://lrec2026.info/registration-fees/ Registration Policy: https://lrec2026.info/registration-policy/ LREC 2026 Contacts * Invitation and visa letters: german.rigau(a)ehu.es * ELRA membership, payment, invoices: elrasecretariat(a)lrec2026.info * Scientific programme and Main conference papers: lrec2026-pcs(a)googlegroups.com * Workshops: lrec2026-workshop-chairs(a)googlegroups.com * Tutorials: lrec2026-tutorial-chairs(a)googlegroups.com General contact: info(a)lrec2026.info https://lrec2026.info Follow ELRA on LinkedIn

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Second Call For Participation - CLEF Shared Task on Person-Place Relation Extraction from Multilingual Historical Texts (HIPE 2026)
by Juri Opitz 24 Feb '26

24 Feb '26

*(apologies for cross-postings)* ------------------------------ *HIPE:* Identifying Historical People, Places and other Entities. *Website:* https://hipe-eval.github.io/HIPE-2026/ *Tasks:* Person-Location Relation Extraction from Multilingual Historical Texts. *Registration:* https://clef-labs-registration.dipintra.it/ (until 23 April 2026) *Training data releases:* 19 Dec 2025 (partial); 19 Jan 2026 (full) *Evaluation period:* 5–7 May 2026 *Workshop venue:* during CLEF conference, 21–24 September 2026, Jena, Germany. *LinkedIn:* @ImpressoProject / #HIPE2026 / @clef_initiative / #clef2026 ------------------------------ "Who was where when?" We invite participation in the third edition of the HIPE shared task, dedicated to the extraction of person–place relations in multilingual historical documents. Building on the success of HIPE-2020 and HIPE-2022, which focused on entity recognition and linking, HIPE-2026 aims to enable finer-grained analysis of entities and support the accurate reconstruction of individuals’ geographical and temporal trajectories. The objective of HIPE-2026 is to *build systems capable of determining whether a relation holds between a person and a location (place) mentioned in a document*, and classify its temporal scope. Participants are asked to develop systems that determine, for each (person, location) pair associated with a historical document, whether the text implies that the person is at that location within the document’s temporal horizon (isAt relation), or that the person was there at some earlier moment in their life (a more general At relation), or that no such link can be established. Can large language models take up the challenges? Simple co-occurrences of entity mentions in a text are not sufficient to uncover the implicit and explicit, temporally anchored relations between person and locations. Addressing this challenge requires temporal reasoning, geographical inference, and the interpretation of noisy historical texts (often with only fragmentary contextual cues) to classify person–location relations with varying degrees of certainty. The task is designed to be tackled by generative AI systems/LLMs as well as by more traditional classification approaches. HIPE-2026 features two evaluation profiles - *Accuracy Profile*: Focusing on system performance in relation classification. - *Efficiency Profile*: Rewarding scalable, lightweight approaches considering model size and compute cost. - *Generalization Profile*: An unseen dataset from a different domain will be included to evaluate systems’ ability to generalise beyond the newspaper domain data. For the accuracy and efficiency profile, data originate from historical newspapers in English, German, French and Luxembourgish. Entity pairs will be provided. For further information on data, tasks, and evaluation settings - HIPE-2026 website: https://hipe-eval.github.io/HIPE-2026/ - Participation Guidelines: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17800136 - HIPE-2026-data GitHub repository: https://github.com/hipe-eval/HIPE-2026-data On HIPE shared tasks: HIPE evaluation lab series is part of the ongoing efforts of the natural language processing and digital humanities communities to adapt and develop technologies to efficiently retrieving and exploring information from historical texts. Important dates ------------------------- - 17 Nov 2025: Lab registration opens. - 03 Dec 2025: Release of example data. - 19 Dec 2025: Release of partial training data. - 19 Jan 2026: Release of final training data. - 23 Apr 2026: Lab registration closes. - 05 May 2026: Test data release (10:00 CEST). - 07 May 2026: Participant run submission deadline. - 13 May 2026: Publication of results and release of test data. - 28 May 2026: Submission of participant notebook paper. - 10 Jul 2026 / 31 Aug 2026: CLEF conference regular/late registration DL. - 21 Sep 2026: CLEF 2026 Conference. Best regards, *HIPE-2026 Shared Task Organizers* https://hipe-eval.github.io/HIPE-2026/

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