May 2026 - Corpora - ELRA lists

AraGenre 2026 shared task - First Call for Participation
by El-Haj, Mo 18 May '26

18 May '26

Dear all, I'm pleased to announce our new shared task at ArabicNLP @ EMNLP 2026 in Budapest, Hungry, October 24-29, 2026. AraGenre: A Hierarchical Definition-Guided Arabic Genre Classification Shared Task AraGenre is a challenging shared task designed to test how NLP systems generalise to the unseen through: • Few-shot training and development data • Cross-lingual genre definitions guiding Arabic classification • A large hidden test set of naturally occurring Arabic texts • Unseen genre-definition combinations The task addresses a wider challenge in NLP: building methods that can generalise from limited data and support languages and varieties that remain underrepresented in current NLP research. Registration now open: https://forms.gle/RAi7SpYoRD5RgUnP6 AraGenre Codabench: https://www.codabench.org/competitions/16356 Organisers: - Mo El-Haj, VinUniversty, Vietnam / Lancaster University, UK. - Saad Ezzini, KFUPM, KSA - Mustafa Jarrar, HBKU, Qatar - Shadi Abudalfa, KFUPM, KSA

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Call for Abstracts – 2nd Computational Psycholinguistics Meeting CPL 2026
by Takmaz, E.K. (Ece) 18 May '26

18 May '26

Computational Psycholinguistics Meeting Conference website: https://cpl2026.sites.uu.nl/ We are excited to announce the 2nd edition of a new recurring workshop dedicated exclusively to computational psycholinguistics. The field has seen significant growth in recent years, not only due to developments in large language models but also to advances in symbolic processing models, Bayesian approaches, mechanistic models, and frameworks such as ACT-R. These diverse models aim to capture various aspects of human language processing, including semantics, syntax, sentence comprehension, speech, and more. This meeting aims to provide a dedicated platform for researchers and practitioners to discuss computational models that explain and predict human linguistic behavior (e.g., as observed in psycholinguistic experiments), to bring together experts from different subfields to advance our understanding of language processing mechanisms, and to analyze the successes and limitations of different modeling approaches. The meeting will cover a range of topics, including but not limited to: - Exploring how models like (large) language models, symbolic models, Bayesian models, connectionist models, and ACT-R based models can explain and predict human behavior in language tasks. - Analyzing where different types of models succeed or fall short in capturing human language processing. - Investigating what linguistic information should be integrated across different levels (words, sentences, discourse) and how this affects comprehension and production - Examining the potential of models that combine neural and symbolic approaches to better mimic human language processing. - Applying computational, algorithmic, and implementational levels of analysis to understand language processing mechanisms. - Focusing on recent developments in computational modeling of semantics, syntax, sentence processing, speech perception and production. The abstract submission deadline is July 3. The abstracts can be submitted at https://openreview.net/group?id=UU.nl/Utrecht_University/2026/CPL Next to the conference abstracts, we are also looking for abstracts for tutorials, which could cover any topic related to computational psycholinguistics and should be planned to run for between 1 and 3 hours. The tutorial abstracts will have the same submission deadline as the main conference, July 3. The conference will take place in Utrecht, the Netherlands, on December 3 and December 4, and it will be preceded by tutorials on the afternoon of December 2. Best regards, CPL Organizing Committee Jakub Dotlacil (Utrecht University) Li Kloostra (Utrecht University) Philine Link (Utrecht University) Ece Takmaz (Utrecht University) Giovanni Cassani (Tilburg University) Bruno Nicenboim (Tilburg University) Lena Jäger (University of Zurich)

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HealTAC 2026 - Final Call for Participation
by Jaya Chaturvedi 18 May '26

18 May '26

-------------------------------------------- HealTAC 2026 June 8-10th, 2026, Brighton (UK) https://healtac2026.github.io/ -------------------------------------------- We are delighted to share that the conference programme is now almost complete and available on the conference website<https://healtac2026.github.io/programme/>, featuring over 50 contributions on healthcare text analytics, alongside two keynote talks and two pre-conference workshops. Additional workshop details will be added soon. We are also pleased to announce that keynote speaker bios are now available online. -------------------------------------------- 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. -------------------------------------------- Registration & Accommodation -------------------------------------------- We hope many of you were able to take advantage of the early-bird registration rates, which are now closed. Registration remains open, and participants can still register at the standard rate. Full registration<https://healtac2026.github.io/registration/> and accommodation<https://healtac2026.github.io/accommodation/> details are available on the conference website: : https://healtac2026.github.io/ ------------------------------------------------------ Pre-Conference Workshops (June 8, 2026) ------------------------------------------------------ Workshop 1: Free-text healthcare data and Trusted Research Environments (TREs) 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 organized by Dr Saskia Sanderson<https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/saskia-sanderson> <https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/saskia-sanderson> 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 ------------------ * Pre-conference workshops: June 8, 2026 * Conference: June 9–10, 2026 --------------------------------------------- Registration Fees -------------------------------------------- * Full registration: £340 * Student registration: £190 The fee includes participation across all three days (including the pre-conference workshop day), lunches, and the conference dinner on 9 June 2026. Follow conference announcements on social media using #HEALTAC2026. We look forward to welcoming you to HealTAC 2026 in Brighton! Jaya Chaturvedi BDS MSc PhD Research Fellow 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:97A5FED0-D2CD-4120-AC63-21083F54B7BB] 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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New open-access '‘A Short History of the Philosophies Underpinning Corpus Linguistics: From Aristotle to AI’
by Alan Scott Partington 18 May '26

18 May '26

The open-access, not-for-profit 3rd ed of ‘A Short History of the Philosophies Underpinning Corpus Linguistics: From Aristotle to AI’ (Alan Partington, Bologna University) is available at: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19732222 This Essay traces the intertwined histories of linguistic and philosophical thought that shaped—and sometimes resisted—the emergence of corpus linguistics. From Aristotle’s conception of language as a tool for persuasion, through the different scepticisms of Plato and the Scholastics, to Humboldt’s insight that language is a ‘formative organ of thought’, it follows how successive thinkers imagined the relationship between words, meaning and knowledge. It explores the empirical turn of the Enlightenment, the structural revolutions of the nineteenth century, and the language-conscious philosophy of the twentieth, before concluding with reflections on Large Language Models and their future coexistence with Corpus Linguistics. Written for linguists, philosophers of all stripes and digital humanities alike, the Essay argues that corpus linguistics represents a continuation of a long humanist project: using authentic language data to uncover ‘non-obvious meanings’ and to refine our understanding of mind, society and communication. Alan Scott Partington, Prof di Linguistica inglese https://site.unibo.it/sibol-project/en/members

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New open-access essay: A Short History of the Philosophies of Language Underpinning Corpus Linguistics Alan Partington (UniBo)
by alanscott.partington＠unibo.it 18 May '26

18 May '26

The open-access, not-for-profit 3rd ed of ‘A Short History of the Philosophies Underpinning Corpus Linguistics: From Aristotle to AI’ (Alan Partington, Bologna University) is available at: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19732222 This Essay traces the intertwined histories of linguistic and philosophical thought that shaped—and sometimes resisted—the emergence of corpus linguistics. From Aristotle’s conception of language as a tool for persuasion, through the different scepticisms of Plato and the Scholastics, to Humboldt’s insight that language is a ‘formative organ of thought’, it follows how successive thinkers imagined the relationship between words, meaning and knowledge. It explores the empirical turn of the Enlightenment, the structural revolutions of the nineteenth century, and the language-conscious philosophy of the twentieth, before concluding with reflections on Large Language Models and their future coexistence with Corpus Linguistics. Written for linguists, philosophers of all stripes and digital humanities alike, the Essay argues that corpus linguistics represents a continuation of a long humanist project: using authentic language data to uncover ‘non-obvious meanings’ and to refine our understanding of mind, society and communication.

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Call for Abstracts – Workshop "NLP tools and methods for diachronic lexical semantics"
by Andrea Farina 18 May '26

18 May '26

Dear colleagues, We are pleased to invite submissions to the workshop NLP<https://llcd2026.sciencesconf.org/data/CfP_WS4_NLP_Diachronic_Semantics.pdf> <https://llcd2026.sciencesconf.org/data/CfP_WS4_NLP_Diachronic_Semantics.pdf> tools and methods for diachronic lexical semantics<https://llcd2026.sciencesconf.org/data/CfP_WS4_NLP_Diachronic_Semantics.pdf>, held as part of Languages & Language at the Crossroads of Disciplines (14-16 December 2026, Aix-en-Provence, France). The full call is available here: https://llcd2026.sciencesconf.org/data/CfP_WS4_NLP_Diachronic_Semantics.pdf. This workshop seeks to investigate whether current NLP methods and tools can support the annotation of lexical semantic features (word senses, metaphors, concrete/abstract meanings, etc.) in diachronic corpora. In particular, it aims to assess under which conditions high-quality annotation can be achieved and how this may vary depending on (i) the theoretical framework adopted; (ii) the research objective; (iii) the language under investigation; (iv) the chronological dimensions. Submission details We welcome anonymised abstracts (max. 500 words, excluding references) presenting research using NLP tools for diachronic lexical semantics, regardless of framework, language, or period. Abstracts should clearly state research questions, methods, data, and expected results. Submission deadline 25 May 2026 Submission is via EasyChair: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=llcd2026. Please select: WS4. NLP tools and methods for diachronic lexical semantics. Template and full call details are available on the LLcD2026 website: https://llcd2026.sciencesconf.org/. We look forward to your submissions. Best regards, Andrea Farina On behalf of the organising committee: Zinaida Geylikman Andrea Farina Barbara McGillivray Bastien Liétard

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INLG 2026: First Call for Workshop & Tutorial Proposals
by Emiel van Miltenburg 18 May '26

18 May '26

Dear SIGGEN members, See below for the INLG call for workshops/tutorials. Please note that the deadline is quite soon (25th of May), but proposals are short. For any questions, please contact Jian Yang (Beihang University (BUAA; jiayang(a)buaa.edu.cn). (If you plan to organise a workshop/tutorial but cannot make the deadline, please also contact Jian.) Best wishes, Emiel ---- INLG 2026: First Call for Workshop & Tutorial Proposals 19th International Conference on Natural Language Generation (INLG 2026) Utrecht, Netherlands — October 17–21, 2026 ======================================= The 19th International Conference on Natural Language Generation (INLG 2026) will be held in Utrecht, Netherlands, from October 17–21, 2026. Building on the success of previous conferences, we aim to include a diverse range of independently organized research workshops and tutorials, which will take place immediately before or after the main conference. The INLG organizers, in collaboration with SIGGEN, warmly invite proposals for one-day or half-day workshops. Hosting a workshop at INLG 2026 provides a unique opportunity to connect with leading researchers and practitioners in Natural Language Generation. Workshops offer a platform for networking, fostering collaborations, and exchanging innovative ideas. They allow organizers and participants to gain visibility for emerging topics and help shape future directions in the NLG community. Workshop & Tutorial Topics We welcome proposals on any topic relevant to the NLG community. Submissions focusing on emerging areas or on topics that foster collaboration between the NLG community and other research fields are strongly encouraged. Proposals that continue an existing workshop series are also welcome. Workshops and tutorials should provide an engaging and informal setting for participants to discuss technical topics and exchange ideas. Proposals should outline the format, and interactive formats (e.g., talks, posters, panels, invited speakers) are encouraged. Workshops are expected to be half-day or full-day events. Proposals can be directly sent to the INLG 2026 Workshop Chair, Jian Yang (email: jiayang(a)buaa.edu.cn). Should you have any questions, feel free to contact the Workshop Chair. Proposals should be approximately 2 pages and include: Workshop or tutorial title Names and affiliations of the organizers Duration: half-day or full-day Objectives of the workshop/tutorial Planned activities and format Target research communities Once accepted, organizers are encouraged to develop a dedicated website for their workshop. Links will be provided on the INLG 2026 main conference website. ***Important Dates*** - Deadline for receipt of workshop proposals: 25 May 2026 - Notification of acceptance: 1 June 2026 ***Suggested Timeline for Workshop Organization*** - Call for workshop papers or abstracts: Immediately after acceptance notification - Submissions due: 1 August 2026 - Notification of acceptance: 1 September 2026 - Camera-ready papers due: 16 September 2026 All deadlines are Anywhere on Earth (AoE). ======================================= Submission Contact Proposals should be sent to the INLG 2026 Workshop Chair: Jian Yang (Beihang University (BUAA)) Website & Social Media Website: https://2026.inlgmeeting.org/ Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/siggen.bsky.social LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/siggen/ Mastodon: https://fediscience.org/@siggen_acl X (formerly Twitter): twitter.com/inlgmeeting

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INLG 2026: First Call for Workshop & Tutorial Proposals
by Emiel van Miltenburg 18 May '26

18 May '26

Dear Corpora list members, See below for the INLG call for workshops/tutorials. Please note that the deadline is quite soon (25th of May), but proposals are short. For any questions, please contact Jian Yang (Beihang University (BUAA; jiayang(a)buaa.edu.cn). Also note that the first CFP has also been sent out, but the announcement still needs to be released by the list moderators. For details, see: https://2026.inlgmeeting.org/ Best wishes, Emiel ---- INLG 2026: First Call for Workshop & Tutorial Proposals 19th International Conference on Natural Language Generation (INLG 2026) Utrecht, Netherlands — October 17–21, 2026 ======================================= The 19th International Conference on Natural Language Generation (INLG 2026) will be held in Utrecht, Netherlands, from October 17–21, 2026. Building on the success of previous conferences, we aim to include a diverse range of independently organized research workshops and tutorials, which will take place immediately before or after the main conference. The INLG organizers, in collaboration with SIGGEN, warmly invite proposals for one-day or half-day workshops. Hosting a workshop at INLG 2026 provides a unique opportunity to connect with leading researchers and practitioners in Natural Language Generation. Workshops offer a platform for networking, fostering collaborations, and exchanging innovative ideas. They allow organizers and participants to gain visibility for emerging topics and help shape future directions in the NLG community. Workshop & Tutorial Topics We welcome proposals on any topic relevant to the NLG community. Submissions focusing on emerging areas or on topics that foster collaboration between the NLG community and other research fields are strongly encouraged. Proposals that continue an existing workshop series are also welcome. Workshops and tutorials should provide an engaging and informal setting for participants to discuss technical topics and exchange ideas. Proposals should outline the format, and interactive formats (e.g., talks, posters, panels, invited speakers) are encouraged. Workshops are expected to be half-day or full-day events. Proposals can be directly sent to the INLG 2026 Workshop Chair, Jian Yang (email: jiayang(a)buaa.edu.cn). Should you have any questions, feel free to contact the Workshop Chair. Proposals should be approximately 2 pages and include: Workshop or tutorial title Names and affiliations of the organizers Duration: half-day or full-day Objectives of the workshop/tutorial Planned activities and format Target research communities Once accepted, organizers are encouraged to develop a dedicated website for their workshop. Links will be provided on the INLG 2026 main conference website. ***Important Dates*** - Deadline for receipt of workshop proposals: 25 May 2026 - Notification of acceptance: 1 June 2026 ***Suggested Timeline for Workshop Organization*** - Call for workshop papers or abstracts: Immediately after acceptance notification - Submissions due: 1 August 2026 - Notification of acceptance: 1 September 2026 - Camera-ready papers due: 16 September 2026 All deadlines are Anywhere on Earth (AoE). ======================================= Submission Contact Proposals should be sent to the INLG 2026 Workshop Chair: Jian Yang (Beihang University (BUAA)) Website & Social Media Website: https://2026.inlgmeeting.org/ Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/siggen.bsky.social LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/siggen/ Mastodon: https://fediscience.org/@siggen_acl X (formerly Twitter): twitter.com/inlgmeeting

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37th IEEE International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering (ISSRE 2026): Last Call for Fast Abstracts and Project Highlights
by Announce 18 May '26

18 May '26

*** Last Call for Fast Abstracts and Project Highlights *** 37th IEEE International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering (ISSRE 2026) October 20-23, 2026, 5* St. Raphael Resort and Marina Limassol, Cyprus https://cyprusconferences.org/issre2026/ A Fast Abstract (FA) or Project Highlights (PH) paper is a two-page, lightly reviewed technical article. The FA/PH track at ISSRE 2026 aims to bring together researchers and practitioners working in Software Reliability Engineering (SRE) to: • Introduce early original ideas. • Discuss relevant work-in-progress and ongoing experiences. • Challenge the SRE status quo on key topics. • Present critical analyses of prior work. • Share lessons learned from real-world SRE applications. • Propose new problems from industrial or academic experience. • Describe approaches to problems of significance that may not yet have complete results. In addition to traditional Fast Abstracts, the track welcomes Project Highlights (PH) papers. PH papers are expected to disseminate results, visions, methodologies, tools, and ongoing activities from national and international research projects (e.g., European, or multi- institutional initiatives). Project Highlights may include, but are not limited to: • Overviews of funded research projects and their objectives. • Project methodologies, architectures, and experimental frameworks. • Early or intermediate results, including lessons learned and preliminary insights. • Datasets, benchmarks, tools, platforms, and other project outcomes released or in progress. • Collaboration experiences, challenges, and emerging research directions from national or international projects. Project Highlights that can stimulate discussion and collaboration within the ISSRE community are welcome. Ongoing projects and projects completed not earlier than October 2025 are eligible. Accepted contributions will be published in the Supplemental Proceedings of ISSRE 2026 and made available via IEEE Xplore. Topics of Interest Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: • Reliability, safety, maintainability, security, survivability, resilience, robustness, and other dependability attributes. • Faults (defects, bugs, etc.), errors, failures, and other dependability threats. • Reliability of all systems, applications, networks, and software, including problems, solutions, and discussions. • Metrics, measurement, assessment, monitoring, modeling, estimation, and prediction regarding reliability. • Reliability of AI-powered software systems, including large language models (LLMs), autonomous agents, and AI-enabled applications. • Other contents about software reliability, such as normative/regulatory/ethical spaces, societal aspects, etc. Presentations The presentation might be in the form of a short talk in a Fast Abstracts/Project Highlights session or a poster. Further details about presentations and posters will be shared with authors upon notification. Submission Guidelines Manuscripts must be: • submitted via EasyChair as a single Portable Document Format (PDF) file with all fonts embedded; • written in English and be formatted according to the IEEE Computer Society Format Guidelines. Papers are submitted via Easy Chair https://easychair.org/conferences?conf=issre2026 . Manuscripts must adhere to IEEE Conference Publishing Policies. Particularly, they should NOT have been previously published or be under submission elsewhere. All submissions will be screened for plagiarized material through the IEEE Cross Check portal. Contacts Please contact the Fast Abstract/Project Highlights Co-chairs (issre2026-fast- abstracts(a)easychair.org) for any questions or further clarifications. Important Dates (AoE) • Submission deadline: June 15, 2026 • Notification to authors: August 5, 2026 • Camera ready papers: August 19, 2026 Organisation General Chairs • Leonardo Mariani, University of Milano - Bicocca, Italy • George A. Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus Program Coordinator • Roberto Natella, GSSI, Italy Research Program Committee Chairs • Domenico Cotroneo, UNC Charlotte, USA • Jie M. Zhang, King's College London, UK Industry Program Chairs • Jinyang Liu, Bytedance, USA • Sigrid Eldh, Ericsson AB, Sweden Workshop Chairs • Georgia Kapitsaki, University of Cyprus, Cyprus • August Shi, The University of Texas at Austin, USA Doctoral Symposium Chairs • Stefan Winter, LMU Munich, Germany • Lili Wei, McGill University, Canada Fast Abstract Chairs • Luigi Lavazza, University of Insubria, Italy • Yintong Huo, SMU, Singapore JIC2 Chair • Helene Waeselynck, LAAS-CNRS, France Publicity Chairs • Allison K. Sulivan, The University of Texas at Arlington, USA • Jose D'Abruzzo Pereira, University of Coimbra, Portugal Publication Chairs • Sherlock Licorish, Otago Business School, New Zealand • Maria Teresa Rossi, GSSI, Italy Artifact Evaluation Chairs • Naghmeh Ivaki, University of Coimbra, Portugal • Fumio Machida, University of Tsukuba, Japan Diversity and Inclusion Chair • Eleni Constantinou, University of Cyprus, Cyprus Financial Chair • Costas Pattichis, University of Cyprus, Cyprus Web Chairs • Michalis Ioannides, Easy Conferences LTD • Elena Masserini, University of Milano - Bicocca, Italy Registration Chair • Easy Conferences LTD

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ACM ICMI 2026 Call for Demonstrations and Exhibits
by Gualtiero Volpe 17 May '26

17 May '26

ICMI 2026 CALL FOR DEMONSTRATIONS & EXHIBITS =============================================== 5-9 October 2026, Napoli - Italy https://icmi.acm.org/2026/ =============================================== We invite submissions for Demonstrations and Exhibits at the 28th ACM International Conference on Multimodal Interaction (ICMI 2026), taking place October 5–9, 2026, in Napoli, Italy. This track is your chance to showcase cutting-edge multimodal systems, interactive technologies, and innovative applications—from early-stage prototypes to mature products. Two submission types: * Demonstrations: 2–3 page paper (published in ACM proceedings) + video * Exhibits: Short proposal (no proceedings paper) + video All submissions require a video (<=200MB) to illustrate your system. Accepted presenters will be provided with: * Demo table & poster board * Power access * Shared wireless internet Important Dates * Submission deadline: June 21, 2026 * Notification: July 15, 2026 * Final papers (demos): August 2, 2026 Submission guidelines: https://icmi.acm.org/2026/guidelines/ At least one author must register and attend the conference. Questions? Contact the Demo & Exhibits Chairs: Micol Spitale & Josh Andres – icmi2026-demo-exhibits-chairs(a)acm.org Bring your ideas to life and engage the ICMI community in Napoli!

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