April 2026 - Corpora

EURALEX Talks: ‘Pattern and Construction in Learner Dictionaries’ Susan Hunston (29 April 2026 at 12pm CET - online)
by REES, GERAINT PAUL 21 Apr '26

21 Apr '26

On 29 April 2026 at 12pm CET, Professor Susan Hunston will give a talk entitled ‘Pattern and Construction in Learner Dictionaries’ as part of the European Association for Lexicography (EURALEX) Talks series. This talk is based on a Leverhulme-funded project (EM-2022-022) seeking to unify three approaches to grammar and lexis in English: Pattern Grammar, Construction Grammar, and Systemic Functional Grammar. These represent three approaches to the description of grammar and lexis, from the point of view of observation, cognition, and social semiotic respectively. The talk first explores the relationship between patterns and constructions, with examples from the 50 verb complementation patterns analysed in the project. It discusses how a focus on construction might influence the format of learner dictionaries. The talk then considers the relationship between constructions and systemic networks, speculating on potential resources for learners based on meaning networks. Examples are taken from the 10 semantic fields discussed in the project. Further details can be found on the EURALEX talks page <https://euralex.org/euralex-talks/> We hope to see you there. Geraint Rees On behalf of the EURALEX Board

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2 PhD positions at AI4DH European centre of Excellence
by Antoine Doucet 21 Apr '26

21 Apr '26

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------ Doctoral positions - AI4DH - University of Ljubljana, Slovenia------------ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The University of Ljubljana has 2* open PhD positions *in artificial intelligence for digital humanities (AI4DH) in the context of the *European centre of excellence in AI4DH*. These positions are associated with the ELEXAI (European Lexicographic Infrastructure for Artificial Intelligence) project, where newly admitted PhD students will research and develop large language models and agentic interfaces for multilingual knowledge management, using high-quality lexicographic resources. At the heart of the vibrant European capital city of Ljubljana, close to both the Alps and the Mediterranean, you will be part of an AI research group working, dedicated to AI research that can be applied to DH. You will benefit from *competitive salaries* and *top-notch infrastructure*, based in the faculty of computer and information science, yet in an *interdisciplinary context*. Full details are available here: - *Doctoral positions, for up to 3 years*: https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/429925 *Important dates: * - *Information sessions:* 22 April at 10am CEST and 5 May at 3pm CEST (see registration details on Euraxess) - Application *deadline: 22 May* CEST (Ljubljana time)

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[CFP] 3rd Workshop on Language Models for Underserved Communities (LM4UC)
by Fred PHILIPPY 21 Apr '26

21 Apr '26

We are excited to announce the 3rd Language Models for Underserved Communities (LM4UC) workshop, co-located with IJCAI 2026. The workshop will take place in person and virtually between August 15-17, 2026, in Bremen. LM4UC invites researchers, practitioners, and policymakers to address challenges and propose innovative solutions for building and deploying language models (LMs) for underserved languages and communities. Underserved communities often lack adequate access to advanced NLP technologies due to limited linguistic data, insufficient computational resources, or inadequate AI governance frameworks. This gap hinders equitable access to NLP advancements, exacerbating the digital divide. Our workshop aims to address this by fostering a multidisciplinary dialogue around the development of LMs that prioritize cultural sensitivity, resource efficiency, and sustainable AI practices. Topics of Interest We invite submissions of full papers, ongoing work, position papers, and survey papers on topics including, but not limited to: 1. Evaluation Design: Evaluations are no longer passive datasets. They are mechanisms that shape model development. We invite research that focuses on principled, technically grounded benchmark design. 2. Cultural Alignment & Safety: Most alignment research assumes Western norms. We invite papers that focus on technically grounded alignment methods that generalize across cultures and languages. 3. Agentic Systems in Global Environments: As LLMs become agents, we need formal evaluation and control in multilingual, multi-cultural environments. Submission Guidelines We welcome long papers (8 pages) and short papers (4 pages), excluding references. Submissions must follow the IJCAI 2026 style guidelines. Important Dates * Submission deadline: May 24, 2026 * Notification of acceptance: June 7, 2026 * Camera-ready paper due: August 1, 2026 * Workshop dates: August 15/16/17, 2026 Submit your paper via OpenReview: https://openreview.net/group?id=ijcai.org/IJCAI/2026/Workshop/LM4UC Contact Us: For inquiries, please contact the workshop organizer: lm4uc.organizers(a)gmail.com<mailto:lm4uc.organizers@gmail.com> <mailto:lm4uc.organizers@gmail.com>

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[RetroEval 2026] Deadline Extension
by Saad Mahamood 20 Apr '26

20 Apr '26

RetroEval 2026: Symposium on Natural Language Generation Evaluations ============================================ 1-2 June 2026, Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom https://retroeval.github.io/ ============================================ Evaluation in the field of Natural Language Generation (NLG) has changed considerably over the past several decades. This special symposium in honour of Prof. Ehud Reiter’s retirement provides a forum for academic and industry researchers to look back on the topic of how evaluations in the field of NLG have changed and to explore unaddressed challenges. The two day symposium will be held in-person at the Sir Duncan Rice Library in the historic University of Aberdeen, June 1-2, 2026. For this symposium, we welcome submissions of long papers, short papers, and extended abstracts. *** Workshop Theme *** Ehud Reiter has been a leading light in Natural Language Generation (NLG) research throughout the four decades he worked in this area, in both academia (Aberdeen) and industry (CoGenTech; Arria NLG). Ehud’s influence extends to all aspects of NLG, but the areas in which it has arguably been the strongest is evaluation of NLG systems. On the occasion of his retirement, this workshop, which is held in his honour, will therefore focus on evaluation of NLG systems, highlighting in particular some of the topics that Ehud has tended to emphasize (see below) such as the importance of reproducibility and the risks of data contamination. *** Topics of Interest *** Topics of interest include (but are not limited to) the following: -- The aims of NLG and NLG evaluation -- Intrinsic versus extrinsic NLG evaluation -- Evaluation of NLG systems in the real world -- Impact assessment of NLG systems and LLMs -- New evaluation challenges arising from the use of LLMs -- Hallucination annotation and its role in NLG evaluation -- Statistical analysis for NLG evaluations -- Data contamination in NLG evaluation -- LLMs as evaluators: opportunities and pitfalls -- The role of LLMs in the development of evaluation metrics -- Reproduction and reproducibility of human evaluation experiments -- Publication bias: What to do with negative results? -- Pre-publication of research hypotheses in NLG evaluation -- NLG evaluation versus psycholinguistic experimentation: what can we learn from each other? -- Disciplinary cultures and evaluation methods -- Evaluating NLG systems/LLMs for assistive technology *** Submission Types *** The workshop accepts the following submission types: • Long Papers (archival) • Short Papers (archival) • Extended Abstracts (non-archival) Accepted contributions will be presented as oral or poster presentations. *** Archival Submissions *** • Long papers: • Up to 8 pages (excluding references) • Unlimited references • Up to 2 appendix pages • 1 additional page in the final version to address reviewer comments • Short papers: • Up to 4 pages (excluding references) • Unlimited references • Up to 1 appendix page • 1 additional page in the final version for reviewer comments *** Non-Archival Submissions *** • Extended abstracts: • Up to 2 pages including references • 1 additional appendix page for tables/figures • Selection based on the symposium fit *** Submission Format *** • Two-column ACL 2026 format • LaTeX template only • PDF submissions only • Submissions via OpenReview *** Important Dates *** Note: All deadlines are 23:59 UTC-12. • ARR commitment deadline (archival): 16 March, 2026 * Direct paper submission deadline (non-archival): 17 April, 2026 • Extended Direct paper submission deadline (archival): 28 April, 2026 (was 24 April, 2026) • New Notification of acceptance: 11 May, 2026 (was 8 May, 2026) • Camera-ready deadline: 22 May, 2026 • Symposium dates: 1-2 June, 2026 *** Review Policy *** Long and short papers will follow ACL double-blind review policies. Submissions must be anonymized, including self-references and links. Papers violating anonymity requirements will be rejected without review. Demo descriptions are exempt from anonymization. Contact and Information • Website: https://retroeval.github.io/ • Email: retroeval(a)googlegroups.com <mailto:retroeval@googlegroups.com> Workshop Organisers: Saad Mahamood (Shopware), David Howcroft (University of Aberdeen), Kees van Deemter (Utrecht University), Albert Gatt (Utrecht University), Simone Balloccu (TU Darmstadt), Margaret Mitchell (Hugging Face), Alberto Bugarín Diz (CiTIUS & University of Santiago de Compostela), Jose María Alonso-Moral (CiTIUS & University of Santiago de Compostela), Adarsa Sivaprasad (University of Aberdeen), Chenghua Lin (Manchester University), and Alexandra Johnstone (University of Aberdeen).

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Deadline extension: BriGap-3, Bridges and Gaps between Formal and Computational Linguistics
by Timothée Bernard 20 Apr '26

20 Apr '26

*Deadline extension: BriGap-3, Bridges and Gaps between Formal and Computational Linguistics* Venue: Université Paris Cité, campus des Grands moulins, *Paris, France* Event date: *July 11th, 2026* Event website: https://brigap-workshop.github.io/ *BriGap-3 is a venue for formal linguists, computational linguists, and NLP scientists to meet: what fruitful interactions can we have? How do we build upon each other’s work?* ** Context ** Due to the groundbreaking achievements of the last decade, the ongoing discourse in NLP has shifted more to what can be achieved through language than studying language for its own sake, and traditional conferences are increasingly dominated by engineering-oriented work. It could thus appear that computational and formal linguistics are more than ever separate domains. Yet, we are also witnessing a growing interest in linguistics in both explaining the successes of neural models and uncovering their limitations. Conversely, all kinds of computational methods have proven their usefulness for linguistics time and again. To what extent are these traditions truly divorced, and what fruitful bridges can be (re)built? To answer these questions, the third iteration of the workshop on Bridges and Gaps between Formal and Computational Linguistics (BriGap-3) intends to provide a space for formal linguists, computational linguists, and NLP scientists to exchange their perspectives on how their different domains of research can build upon one another. ** Event topics ** - investigation of the linguistic properties of machine learning models, - linguistic representations, vector space semantics, and their relations with theoretical concepts such as compositionality, - use of computational and information-theoretical methods for linguistic inquiry, - formal distributional semantics and neural-symbolic integration for NLP, - formal grammars, symbolic structures and their applications for computational linguistics and NLP, - trends in the history of computational linguistics and NLP, - … ** Invited speakers ** - *Raquel FERNÁNDEZ*, Universiteit van Amsterdam - *Tal LINZEN*, New York University (online) ** Submission details ** The event is designed with a widely inclusive submission policy so as to foster as vibrant a discussion as possible. In particular, we will accept: - Archival submissions, corresponding to novel and unpublished research, to be included in the event proceedings, - Non-archival submissions, corresponding to work in progress, early results, and articles presented in other venues that engage with the topics of the event. The event accepts both archival (original and unpublished research) submissions in either short (up to 4 pages) or long (up to 8 pages) format, and non-archival (work-in-progress, dissemination of research published or accepted elsewhere, etc.) submissions in short (up to 4 pages) format. Camera-ready versions of papers will be given one additional page of content so that reviewers’ comments can be taken into account. Each submission should mention whether it targets archival or non-archival status. Archival papers accepted at BriGap-3 will be indexed in the ACL Anthology. Please use the ACL style templates available here: https://github.com/acl-org/acl-style-files Submission link: https://openreview.net/group?id=BriGap/2026/Workshop Please be aware that to submit on OpenReview, you need an OpenReview profile, and that the activation process might take up to two weeks (in case you do not use an institutional email). While it is often syntactically correct and coherent to some extent, the text produced by current generative AI systems falls below our expectations in terms of depth, clarity, and precision. Conceptual clarity and argumentation will be key criteria in the evaluation of submissions. We therefore *strongly* discourage the use of AI systems. In addition, the detection of any hallucinations in a submission (whether in the bibliography or elsewhere) will lead to rejection, regardless of the other qualities of the text. ** Important dates *- Extended submission deadline: Sunday, May 3rd, 2026* (23:59 AoE) - Notification of acceptance: Monday, May 11th 2026 - Event: Saturday, July 11th, 2026 ** Contact ** For questions, please send an email to brigapworkshop(a)gmail.com or contact one of the event chairs: - Timothée Bernard, Université Paris Cité - Emmanuele Chersoni, Hong Kong Polytechnic University - Giulia Rambelli, Università di Bologna

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HealTAC 2026 – Early Bird Deadline Approaching
by Jaya Chaturvedi 20 Apr '26

20 Apr '26

-------------------------------------------- HealTAC 2026 June 8-10th, 2026, Brighton (UK) https://healtac2026.github.io/ -------------------------------------------- Following the notification of decisions, we’re excited to share the next steps as we look ahead to HealTAC 2026 in Brighton this June. -------------------------------------------- Register Early & Plan Your Stay -------------------------------------------- Registration is open, and we encourage you to secure your place ahead of the early-bird deadline (May 4, 2026). Discounted hotel rates are also available for a limited time, so we recommend booking soon to take advantage of these offers. Please book your accommodation before 11 May, when the discount will be removed. Full details on registration<https://healtac2026.github.io/registration/> and accommodation are available on the conference<https://healtac2026.github.io/accommodation/> website. -------------------------------------------- Keynote Speakers -------------------------------------------- We are delighted to welcome our keynote speakers: * Professor Aline Villavicencio (University of Exeter) * Dr Martin Krallinger (Barcelona Supercomputing Center) Their talks will provide inspiring perspectives on this year’s theme: Human-Centered AI & NLP: Bridging Research and Real-World Practice. ------------------------------------------------------ Pre-Conference Workshops (June 8, 2026) ------------------------------------------------------ Workshop 1 Focused on the safe and responsible use of free-text healthcare data within Trusted Research Environments (TREs), this session will showcase DARE UK–funded projects (STAR-TRE, FORTRESS, TRExt, SAFETEXT), highlighting emerging tools and best practices for secure, privacy-preserving text analytics. Workshop 2 From patient narratives to insights: applying text analytics to scalable lived experience data for new discoveries An interactive two-hour workshop exploring how text analytics can be applied to patient-reported narratives and lived experience data at scale, bringing together perspectives from NLP, behavioural science, qualitative research, PPIE, and policy communities. ------------------ Key Dates ------------------ * Early-bird registration deadline: May 4, 2026 * Discounted hotel bookings deadline: May 11, 2026 * Pre-conference workshops: June 8, 2026 * Conference: June 9–10, 2026 --------------------------------------------- Registration Fees -------------------------------------------- Early registration fees (by 4th May, 2026): Full registration: £240 Student registration: £140 Presenting student registration: £40 Late registration fees (after 4th May, 2026): Full registration: £340 Student registration: £190 The fee includes participation for three days (including the pre-conference workshop day). All fees include a conference dinner on 9 June 2026. Follow the conference announcements on social media at #HEALTAC2026 We are looking forward to welcoming you to HealTAC 2026 in Brighton! Jaya Chaturvedi BDS MSc PhD Research Associate in Health Related Natural Language Processing Department of Biostatistics and Health Informatics C3.15, Social Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience King’s College London PO Box 80, De Crespigny Park London SE5 8AF Pronunciation: Jah-yah Pronouns: she/her GitHub: https://github.com/jayachaturvedi Bluesky: @Jayachatur.bsky.social LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jayachaturvedi/ [cid:image001.png@01DAF499.ADF8D370] If you receive an email from me outside of normal working hours, please do not feel the need to respond outside of your own working hours.

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CfP: RAGE-KG Workshop at ISWC 2026
by a.graciotti＠rug.nl 20 Apr '26

20 Apr '26

Dear subscribers of Corpora, We are happy to share the Call for Papers for the 3rd Retrieval-Augmented Generation Enabled by Knowledge Graphs (RAGE-KG) workshop, which will be co-hosted with the International Semantic Web Conference (ISWC) 2026 in Bari, Italy, October 25-29, 2026. We share all the details below. On behalf of the Organizing Committee, Arianna Graciotti —-- RAGE-KG 2026: Retrieval-Augmented Generation Enabled by Knowledge Graphs - International Semantic Web Conference - Bari, Italy, October 25-29, 2026 - Conference website: https://2026.rage-kg.org/ - Submission link: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ragekg2026 - Abstract registration deadline: July 17, 2026 - Submission deadline: July 24, 2026 RAGE-KG explores the state of the art and goes beyond in integrating Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) with Knowledge Graphs as well as the synergies between Large Language Models and the Linked Open Data ecosystem. We aim to foster innovative RAG architectures relying on Semantic Web standards and new approaches to make Linked Open Data usable by LLMs, enhancing their ability to generate reliable, verifiable and context-aware responses based on structured, decentralized and authoritative data sources. Submission Guidelines - Short papers describing novel research contributions and preliminary results. Related to workshop topics. 4-6 pages excluding references. - Full papers describing novel research contributions of extended length. Related to workshop topics. 8-12 pages excluding references. The papers will be peer-reviewed (single-blind) by multiple researchers. Upon acceptance, one author must register at the conference and present at the workshop. List of Topics: - RAG Architectures - RAG and KAG (Knowledge-Augmented Generation) architectures leveraging Knowledge Graphs, Semantic Web standards and Linked Data - RAG and KAG design patterns, including GraphRAG and AI Agents - Evaluating RAG and KAG architectures with structured data - LLMs and Structured Data - Training and fine-tuning LLMs with structured data - Prompting Language Models with structured data - Language Model-supported and ontology-supported SPARQL query generation Innovative Approaches: - Neurosymbolic approaches for integrating Language Models with Linked Open Data, Semantic Web and Knowledge Graphs - Use Cases, Work-In-Progress and, especially, Bold Proposals for RAG systems Special track on RAG-systems for Human-AI Value Alignment: - RAG-based approaches for content moderation and harm reduction; - Designing RAG systems to deal with human subjectivity Committees: - Organizing committee: - Daniel Dobriy - Marco Antonio Stranisci - Arianna Graciotti - Blerina Spahiu - Sahar Vahdati Publication: Papers will be submitted to be published with CEUR (https://ceur-ws.org/) and must follow the 1-column CEUR format: - Overleaf template (https://www.overleaf.com/latex/templates/template-for-submissions-to-ceur-w…) - Latex template (http://ceur-ws.org/Vol-XXX/CEURART.zip) Venue - Where: ISWC 2026 | Bari, Italy - When: October 25–26, 2026 Contact - All questions about submissions should be emailed to daniel.dobriy(a)wu.ac.at

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Stellenausschreibung bei der Universität Hildesheim
by Gertrud Faaß 20 Apr '26

20 Apr '26

Am Institut für Informationswissenschaft und Sprachtechnologie der Universität Hildesheim ist eine 100%-Stelle für wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterinnen oder Mitarbeiter zu besetzen. Die Besetzung erfolgt baldmöglichst, bis 31.10.2029, mit evtl. Verlängerung um 6 Monate (TV-L E 13), Bewerbungsschluss ist der 7. Mai 2026. Im Verbundprojekt EDIKILEX, 'Interdisziplinäre Zugänge und digitale Methoden im Umgang mit frühneuhochdeutschen Texten', werden KI-Verfahren entwickelt, die die Lemmatisierung und Semantisierung frühneuhochdeutscher Wörter und Wortverbindungen erlauben. Die Ergebnisse sollen für Editionsarbeiten und für die Weiterentwicklung des 'Frühneuhochdeutschen Wörterbuchs' der AdW Göttingen nutzbar gemacht werden können. Dafür sollen in Hildesheim eine modulare Architektur des Gesamtsystems und Schnittstellen für unterschiedliche Zielgruppen entwickelt werden. Aufgaben: * Mitwirkung am Design und der Implementierung einer modularen Architektur des EDIKILEX-Systems; * Mitwirkung am Design und der Implementierung von Nutzerschnittstellen für verschiedene Nutzergruppen des EDIKILEX-Systems; * Dokumentation und Publikation der eigenen Projektarbeiten innerhalb des Projekts und auf wissenschaftlichen Tagungen; * Mitwirkung am Forschungsdatenmanagement. Voraussetzungen: * Abgeschlossenes wissenschaftliches Hochschulstudium in Computerlinguistik, Informatik, Informationswissenschaft, Digital Humanities, Software Engineering oder in einem Studiengang mit vergleichbaren Inhalten; * Kompetenz des Deutschen auf Niveau C1 des Europäischen Referenzrahmens und gute Englischkenntnisse; * Programmiererfahrung (Skript- und Auszeichnungssprachen); * Erfahrung im Aufbau kollaborativ entwickelter Softwaresysteme (Architekturen, Modularisierung, Schnittstellen, Datenaustausch, ...) und/oder in der Gestaltung von Nutzerschnittstellen (Methoden des user-centered design, agile Erstellung von Prototypen, ...). Wünschenswert: * Erfahrungen in der Entwicklung von Datenbanken; * Interesse an früheren Sprachstufen (speziell Frühneuhochdeutsch). Weitere Infos: Stellenausschreibung i.A. Prof Ulrich Heid (ulrich.heid(a)uni-hildesheim.de), Gertrud Faaß -- Gertrud Faaß, PhD/University of Pretoria Universität Hildesheim Institut für Informationswissenschaft und Sprachtechnologie Arbeitsgruppe Computerlinguistik (IwiSt-CL) Orcid-ID Email: gertrud.faass(a)uni-hildesheim.de Büro: Bühler Campus, LN129 Tel. 05121 883 30314 Fax. 05121 883 30315 Mein Pronomen: sie | Gerne können Sie mir mitteilen, wie Sie angesprochen werden möchten.

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CFP: Language Technologies and Digital Humanities: Resources and Applications (LTаDH-RA)
by Kiril Simov 18 Apr '26

18 Apr '26

Language Technologies and Digital Humanities: Resources and Applications (LTаDH-RA) CLaDA-BG 2026 Conference Sofia, Bulgaria Venue: tba 25-26 June 2026 CLaDA-BG is the Bulgarian national research infrastructure for resources and technologies for linguistic, cultural and historical heritage, integrated within CLARIN EU and DARIAH EU. Its mission is to provide access to the necessary resources and technologies that would support the research in Social Sciences and Humanities (SS&H). Modeling and linking of various types of knowledge and its contexts is crucial for the successful research in the interdisciplinary field of resources and technologies related to language, culture and history. This is the fifth edition of the CLaDA-BG conference. It aims at bringing together NLP developers, linguists, digital humanitarians, scholars and all parties interested in knowledge modeling and linking data for research. Topics of Interest The topics include, but are not limited to, the following ones: • Problems in SS&H – research methods, technological support, applications • Language technologies for sentiment analysis, semantic technologies, trust-worthiness of knowledge graphs, ethical challenges in digital SS&H • Knowledge Modeling and Elicitation for digital SS&H • Specific Language Resources and Technologies for historical texts, parliamentary records, speech and multimodal corpora, social media data, etc. • The role of digital libraries, archives and museums in digital SS&H research • Language Interface to Knowledge Graphs in SS&H • Knowledge-modeled and linked applications in SS&H • Large Language Models for DH • Best practices and new trends in Knowledge Modeling and Linking for language, culture and history Invited Speakers The invited speakers will be announced soon Important Dates Submission deadline: 19.04.2026 Notification of acceptance: 24.05.2026 Final Submission: 20.06.2026 Conference: 25-26.06.2026 Submissions We welcome oral presentations or posters (optionally with demo). We conform to CEUR-WS.org proceedings but the proceedings will not be published there. The instructions for preparing the submissions are here: https://ceur-ws.org/HOWTOSUBMIT.html#CEURART We invite two types of papers: regular papers (between 10 and 12 "standard" pages) and short papers (5-9 "standard" pages) in accordance with CEURART, 2-column style. A "standard" is 2500 characters. We also accept extended abstract submissions (3-5 "standard" pages) in accordance with CEURART, 2-column style. They will be presented at the conference and will be published in a Book of Abstracts in electronic form. Please submit your full paper or extended abstract in PDF to following email: ltadh-ra(a)bultreebank.org For contacting organizers, please use the following email: ltadh-ra(a)bultreebank.org The CLaDA-BG Organizers

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Joint Call for Tutorial Proposals (EMNLP/AACL-IJCNLP 2026)
by Yuki Arase 18 Apr '26

18 Apr '26

Joint Call for Tutorial Proposals (EMNLP/AACL-IJCNLP) 2026 The Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing (EMNLP), the Asia-Pacific Chapter of the Association for Computational Linguistics (AACL), and the Asian Federation of Natural Language Processing (AFNLP) invite proposals for tutorials in conjunction with the EMNLP 2026 and AACL-IJCNLP 2026 conferences. We welcome submissions covering all areas of computational linguistics (CL) and natural language processing (NLP), broadly defined to include related disciplines. We are soliciting proposals for two types of tutorials: Cutting-edge tutorials in CL/NLP: Covering recent advances in emerging areas not previously addressed in tutorials at EMNLP, AACL, IJCNLP, ACL, NAACL-HLT, or EACL. Introductory tutorials in related fields: Offering overviews of disciplines potentially relevant to the CL/NLP community, such as linguistics, bioinformatics, machine learning, human-computer interaction, or applications of large language models in non-English languages. In both cases, the primary goal is to help CL/NLP researchers understand key scientific challenges, their tractability, and their theoretical and practical implications. Presentations of specific technologies or systems are welcome when used to illustrate broader scientific insights. Tutorials will be held at one of the following conference venues: EMNLP 2026 (the 2026 Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing: https://2026.emnlp.org/), which will be held as a hybrid conference, and physically held in Budapest, Hungary from October 24th to October 29th, 2026. AACL-IJCNLP 2026 (the 5th Asia-Pacific Chapter of the Association for Computational Linguistics & the 15th International Joint Conference on Natural Language Processing: https://2026.aaclnet.org/), which will be held as a hybrid conference and physically held in Hengqin, China from November 6th to November 10th, 2026. Important Dates EMNLP/AACL-IJCNLP 2026 shared dates: Proposal submission deadline: June 1, 2026 Notification of acceptance: July 15, 2026 Tutorial slides + abstract + bibliography + any other materials one month prior to the date of the tutorial All deadlines are 11:59 PM UTC-12:00 ("anywhere on Earth"). Fee Waivers Up to 3 instructors per tutorial can have their registration fees waived for the main conference and any subset of co-located tutorials and workshops. Diversity & Inclusion To foster an inclusive culture in our field, we particularly encourage submissions from members of underrepresented groups in CL/NLP, i.e., researchers from any demographic or geographic minority, researchers with disabilities, among others. The overall diversity of the tutorial organizers and potential audience will be taken into account to ensure that the conference program is varied and balanced. Tutorial proposals should describe and will be evaluated according to how the tutorial contributes to topics promoting diversity (e.g., working on minority languages or groups), participation diversity (e.g., coordinating with social affinity groups, providing subsidies, making a promotional plan for the tutorial), and representation diversity among tutorial presenters. For more information or advice, organizers may consult resources such as the BIG directory (http://www.winlp.org/big-directory/), Black in AI (https://blackinai.github.io/#/membership), Disability in AI (https://elesa.github.io/ability_in_AI/), Indigenous AI (https://www.indigenous-ai.net/), LatinX in AI (https://lxai.app/PUBLIC-DIRECTORY), Masakhane (https://www.masakhane.io/), 500 Queer Scientists (https://500queerscientists.com/), and Women-in-ML's directory (https://www.wiml.org/directory). Submission Details Proposals should use the ACL paper submission format. Authors can download the LaTeX template (https://github.com/acl-org/acl-style-files) or use the Overleaf template (https://www.overleaf.com/latex/templates/association-for-computational-ling…). Proposals should not exceed 4 pages of content (plus one page for tutor biographies and unlimited pages for references), should be submitted as PDF documents, and should contain the following: A title and authors, affiliations, and contact information. A brief description of the tutorial content and its relevance to the CL/NLP community. Type of the tutorial: "cutting-edge in CL/NLP" vs "introductory to fields related to CL/NLP". Briefly describe the target audience and any expected prerequisites for the attendees, for example: Math: e.g., "Understand derivatives and integrals as found in introductory calculus" Linguistics: e.g., "Be able to parse and generate text with dependency grammars" Machine Learning: e.g., "Understand 'classical' supervised methods such as SVM and perceptron" Neural Network: e.g., "Familiarity with Transformers" Programming or other tools: e.g., "Knowledge of PyTorch and Unix command line tools" An outline of the tutorial structure and content, and how it will be covered in a three-hour slot. In exceptional cases, six-hour tutorial slots are available. These time limits do not include coffee breaks, e.g., a three-hour tutorial in fact occupies a 3.5-hour slot, and a six-hour tutorial occupies a 7-hour slot. Explain how the tutorial includes other people's work. We recommend that the tutorial cover work by the presenters as well as by other researchers. The submission should explain how this breadth is ensured. Tutorials should not be "self-invited talks". Diversity considerations, e.g., use of multilingual data, indications of how the described methods scale up to various languages or domains, participation of both senior and junior instructors, demographic and geographical diversity of the instructors, plans for how to diversify audience participation, etc. Reading list. Work that you expect the audience to read before the tutorial can be indicated by an asterisk. Recommended papers should provide breadth of authorship and include work by other authors, as well as work from other disciplines, if relevant. For each tutorial presenter, a one-paragraph statement of their research interests and areas of expertise for the tutorial topic, as well as experience in instructing an international audience. An estimate of the audience size for the tutorial. If the same or a similar tutorial (or workshops, talks, etc.) has been given before, include information on where any previous version of the tutorial was given and how many attendees the tutorial attracted. A description of special requirements for technical equipment. We intend to make tutorial presentation materials publicly available (e.g., tutorial slides, captioned video recording, as well as software, data, or other resources as applicable) in the ACL Anthology. If any of your tutorial materials cannot be shared, please explain why this is the case. An ethics statement that discusses the ethical considerations related to the topics of the tutorial. A description of any limitations that would restrict the tutorial to a specific venue (EMNLP or AACL-IJCNLP). For example, if the tutorial is compatible with only one of these events, logistically, thematically, or otherwise, or if the tutorial cannot be held at a venue for logistical reasons. OPTIONAL: We welcome proposals on the special conference themes. If your tutorial proposal aligns with the special themes of EMNLP (theme "New Missions for NLP Research"), then please explain why this is the case. OPTIONAL: We invite tutorial instructors to include pedagogical material that the audience can bring into classrooms or similar spaces of discussion, to bring attention to the tutorial topic (e.g., a hands-on exercise, discussion questions, a demo, or an assignment). If you would like to provide this, then please explain why this is the case. Tutorial proposals should be submitted online on OpenReview at the following link: https://openreview.net/group?id=EMNLP/2026/Tutorials. Proposals will be reviewed jointly by the Tutorial Co-Chairs of the conferences and, optionally, by a group of external experts. Evaluation Criteria Each tutorial proposal will be evaluated according to its clarity and preparedness, novelty or timely character of the topic, instructors' experience, target audience, open access of the tutorial instructional material, and diversity and inclusion. Instructor Responsibilities Tutorial decisions along with reviews will be released by July 15, 2026. Accepted tutorial proposers must then provide abstracts for inclusion in the conference registration material by the specific conference deadlines. The description should be in two formats: (a) an ASCII version that can be included in email announcements and published on the conference website, and (b) a PDF version for inclusion in the electronic proceedings (detailed instructions will be provided). Tutorial speakers must provide tutorial materials (e.g., slides, a relevant list of papers) at least one month prior to the start date of the hosting conference. The final submitted tutorial materials must minimally include copies of the course slides and a bibliography for the material covered in the tutorial. After the conference, the presenters will be invited to update their slides in the ACL Anthology (if needed). Tutorial Chairs EMNLP Goran Glavaš, University of Würzburg, Germany Ana Marasović, University of Utah, USA AACL-IJCNLP Zhongqing Wang, Soochow University, China Naoaki Okazaki, Institute of Science Tokyo, Japan If you have any questions related to tutorial proposals, you can reach us at emnlp-aacl-ijcnlp-2026-tutorial(a)googlegroups.com.

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