July 2026 - Corpora - ELRA lists

[Job] Postdoctoral and PhD positions in Cultural Evolution of Literature – MPI Frankfurt
by Sobchuk, Oleg 31 Jul '26

31 Jul '26

Dear colleagues, I would like to share the information about two positions opening in my new lab at the Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics, in Frankfurt. I am building a team for my ERC starting grant Macroevolution of European Literature, as well as my Max Planck Independent research group. The team's goal will be to study the fundamental principles governing the dynamics of literature and other arts. For this we are will be using massive datasets and computational methods. You can find more details in the calls: * PhD student position: https://www.mpg.de/26850384/doctoral-candidate-in-computational-literary-st… * Postdoc position: https://www.mpg.de/26850398/postdoctoral-position-in-computational-humaniti… Where? Frankfurt am Main, Germany Deadline? August 15, 2026 (anywhere on Earth) More about me: https://www.aesthetics.mpg.de/institut/mitarbeiterinnen/oleg-sobchuk.html Please share this information with anyone interested in these positions. Thank you! Best wishes, Oleg Sobchuk Dr. Oleg Sobchuk Cultural Evolution of the Arts Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics

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[Call for Participation] AIxIA 2026, Perugia, Italy, October 6 to 9, 2026
by Francesco Santini 31 Jul '26

31 Jul '26

Dear colleagues, (apologies for multiple copies) Registration is open for AIxIA 2026, the 24th International Conference of the Italian Association for Artificial Intelligence, to be held in Perugia, Italy, from October 6 to 9, 2026. The Organizing Committee invites researchers, practitioners, students, and industry professionals to attend. The programme includes technical sessions, keynote talks, workshops, tutorials, and social events, and offers a forum for presenting recent research and discussing the current directions of Artificial Intelligence across academia, industry, and public institutions. REGISTRATION https://aixia2026.unipg.it/registration.html ACCOMMODATION: PLEASE BOOK EARLY October is a high season month in Perugia, and several cultural and academic events overlap with the conference dates. Hotel availability is expected to be limited well in advance. Participants are advised to reserve accommodation immediately after registering, in order to avoid reduced availability, higher rates, and longer commutes to the venue. We look forward to welcoming the AI community to Perugia. The AIxIA 2026 Organizing Committee https://aixia2026.unipg.it

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AI and the Self (NeurIPS 2026 Workshop): Call for Papers & Reviewers
by Mukund Choudhary 30 Jul '26

30 Jul '26

Hello all, The Call for Papers and Call for Reviewers are now open for the NeurIPS 2026 Workshop on AI and the Self: Human Identity, Authenticity, and Agency in the Age of AI. The workshop explores how AI shapes identity, agency, authenticity, memory, learning, creativity, and human flourishing. We welcome interdisciplinary submissions, early findings, works in progress, and new research directions. Key dates (AoE): Paper deadline: August 24, 2026 Workshop: December 12 or 13, 2026 More details about the timeline, calls, registration, and the workshop: https://aintheself.github.io/ OR https://openreview.net/group?id=NeurIPS.cc/2026/Workshop/AI_and_the_Self Please share with relevant colleagues, students, and research communities! Thank you, Mukund Choudhary, MBZUAI, on behalf of AI and the Self Organizers

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COLING 2027: First Call for Papers
by Joakim Nivre 30 Jul '26

30 Jul '26

COLING 2027: First Call for Papers Website: https://2027.coling-iccl.org/ The 32nd International Conference on Computational Linguistics (COLING 2027) will take place in Macau, China, May 9-14 2027. COLING 2027 invites the submission of long and short papers featuring substantial, original, and unpublished research in all aspects of computational linguistics and natural language processing. Relevant topics include, but are not limited to, the following areas: * Benchmarking and Evaluation * Computational Cognitive Modeling and Psycholinguistics * Computational Social Science and Sociolinguistics * Cross-lingual and Multilingual NLP (including Machine Translation) * Dialogue and Interactive Systems * NLP for Digital Humanities and Cultural Analytics * Discourse and Pragmatics * Ethics, Bias, Fairness, Alignment and Security * Human-AI Interaction and Social Impact of AI systems (including User Studies) * Information Extraction and Retrieval * Interpretability and Analysis of NLP Models * Knowledge-based NLP and Reasoning * Language Acquisition, Learning and Evolution * Language Diversity and NLP for Low-resourced/Less-studied Languages * Language Modeling, including Novel Architectures * Language Resources * Linguistic Theories and Language Modeling for Linguistic Insights * Machine Learning, including Resource-efficiency and Explainability * Agent-based LLM systems * Morphology and Syntax: Segmentation, Tagging, Chunking and Parsing * Multimodality and Language Grounding to Vision, Robotics and Beyond * Natural Language Generation, Summarization and Simplification * NLP and LLM Applications * Phonology and Speech: Recognition, Synthesis, Spoken Language Modeling * Semantics: Lexical and Sentence-Level * Sentiment Analysis, Opinion and Argument Mining, Offensive Language Detection COLING 2027 will also feature a special theme track devoted to uses of NLP/LLMs in service of linguistic research, with a particular focus on linguistic diversity. A more detailed description of the special theme will be distributed in mid-August. Submission Details All papers must be submitted through ACL Rolling Review (ARR). The latest possible time to submit is the ARR 2026 October cycle, but papers that have already received reviews and a meta-review from ARR from earlier cycles can also be committed to COLING 2027. Please note that the October ARR cycle is shared between COLING 2027 and NAACL 2027 and that authors will be able to choose which conference they want to commit their paper to (only) after the meta-reviews have been released. COLING 2027 invites the submission of long papers of up to eight (8) pages and short papers of up to four (4) pages. These page limits only apply to the main body of the paper. At the end of the paper (after the conclusion but before the references) papers need to include a mandatory section discussing the limitations of the work and, optionally, a section discussing ethical considerations. Papers can include unlimited pages of references and an unlimited appendix. Authors should follow the general instructions for COLING 2027 proceedings, which will be published on the conference website together with submission templates. Important Dates * ARR submission deadline (long & short papers): October 12, 2026 * Commitment after meta-reviews: December 23, 2026 * Notification of acceptance: February 10, 2027 * Main Conference: May 9–14, 2027 General Chairs * Katrin Erk, University of Massachusetts Amherst * Chengqing Zong, Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences Program Chairs * Minlie Huang, Tsinghua University * Joakim Nivre, Uppsala University * Alexis Palmer, University of Colorado Boulder * Sina Zarrieß, University of Bielefeld For questions about submissions: coling2027-pcchairs(a)googlegroups.com<mailto:coling2027-pcchairs@googlegroups.com> När du har kontakt med oss på Uppsala universitet med e-post så innebär det att vi behandlar dina personuppgifter. För att läsa mer om hur vi gör det kan du läsa här: http://www.uu.se/om-uu/dataskydd-personuppgifter/ E-mailing Uppsala University means that we will process your personal data. For more information on how this is performed, please read here: http://www.uu.se/en/about-uu/data-protection-policy

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Call for posters: Building Commons for Clinical LLMs (Oct 1-2, 2026) Paris [fixed submission link]
by Pierre Zweigenbaum 29 Jul '26

29 Jul '26

Call for poster submission: Building Commons for Clinical LLMs October 1-2, 2026, PariSanté Campus, Paris, France https://health-data-hub.fr/page/building-commons-clinical-llms-internationa… Fixed submission link: https://hdhpds.limesurvey.net/361124?lang=en As Large Language Models (LLMs) continue to transform the medical landscape, the need for shared, compliant with regulations, and clinically-validated solutions has never been more vital for healthcare professionals. This conference aims to bridge the gap between academic research and medical application, focusing on the unique challenges of data privacy, model robustness, and clinical accuracy. On top of keynote presentations, panel sessions, and working group meetings, the conference aims to provide a space for researchers, clinicians, and industry players to share their latest findings and innovative projects through poster sessions. We solicit communications that will be presented as posters. All topics relevant to the conference themes are welcome: clinical applications of LLMs, clinical benchmarks for LLMs, regulatory/ethical/safety frameworks, new technical approaches, etc. SUBMISSION DETAILS - Format: an extended abstract of 3 pages, plus unlimited references. The document, in PDF format, must contain at least: poster title; authors, affiliations, and contact; and a summary of the presented work. - Submission deadline: July 31, 2026 (11:59 pm, AoE) - Submission link [fixed]: https://hdhpds.limesurvey.net/361124?lang=en - Selection criteria: abstracts will be selected based on their relevance to the conference themes and the clarity of their contribution - Document templates are available: - docx: https://health-data-hub.fr/sites/default/files/2026-06/Document_template_fo… - LaTeX: an Overleaf document is provided at https://www.overleaf.com/read/jmjkfptzknpq#b5b164 - File> Download> Download as source (.zip) or log into Overleaf and File> Make a copy Preregistration for the conference is open through the form at https://hdhpds.limesurvey.net/911354 --- the number of participants is limited, please preregister soon. IMPORTANT DATES - Submission: 31 July 2026 - Notification: 30 August 2026 - Conference: 1-2 October 2026 SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE Emmanuel Bacry, French Health Data Hub, 75015, Paris, France ; Université Paris Dauphine - PSL, CNRS, CEREMADE, 75016, Paris, France Aurélie Névéol, Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, LISN, 91400, Orsay, France François Portet, Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, Grenoble INP, LIG, 38000, Grenoble, France Xavier Tannier, Sorbonne Université, Limics, 75006, Paris, France Pierre Zweigenbaum, Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, LISN, 91400, Orsay, France PROGRAM COMMITTEE The Program Committee comprises all members of the Scientific Committee listed above, joined by: Judith Abécassis, Inria Saclay – SODA, 91120, Palaiseau, France Rémi Flicoteaux, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Department of medical information, Paris, France Chuyuan Li, Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, Grenoble INP, LIG, 38000, Grenoble, France KEYNOTE PRESENTATIONS Confirmed keynote talks include: - Evaluation and implementation of LLMs for medical tasks – Stanford Medicine (USA) - Development and evaluation of a Japanese Medical LLM – RIKEN iTHEMS (Japan) - Development of open-source digital commons (models, data, tools) for generative AI in healthcare and in French - PARTAGES Consortium (France) VENUE: PARISANTÉ CAMPUS Join us at PariSanté Campus, the beating heart of French excellence in digital health. Founded by leading public institutions, including Inserm, Inria, Université PSL, ANS, and the French Health Data Hub, this global innovation hub unites public research, over 60 cutting-edge startups, and healthcare industry leaders. 2-10 Rue d'Oradour-sur-Glane, 75015 Paris, France

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Invitation to participate in a community survey on research (meta)data quality
by camilla.h.blixhavn＠uit.no 29 Jul '26

29 Jul '26

Dear researchers and preservation professionals, Have you encountered any issues when it comes to sharing, finding, accessing, and working with research data? If you are: - a researcher who works with data on a daily basis, - a professional who manages or curates research data - a professional who works with the technical infrastructure required for managing or curating research data, then your perspective on the future of FAIR long-term data preservation is invaluable. We invite you to fill out a survey that investigates how research communities work with research data, and how data archives and repositories work with the different aspects that contribute to the quality of research (meta)data. Link to survey: https://nettskjema.no/a/eosc-eden-survey-2026 The Horizon Europe-funded EOSC EDEN project investigates and develops strategies for curation and long-term preservation of research data. One important aspect of the project is to collect insights from researchers and preservation professionals, with the aim of turning identified challenges into actionable improvements. Your professional insights will support our work on: - Improving and standardising curation and preservation practices - Developing the services and tools needed to enhance digital preservation strategies - Enabling the reusability of research data - Bridging knowledge across disciplines - Equipping researchers with the knowledge to answer central research questions Whether you work at a repository or in research, in a large organisation or a small team, and whatever your discipline or career stage, we would like to hear from you. Multiple responses from the same organisation are welcome, and we encourage you to share information about the survey with your professional networks. Filling out the survey should take between 20-30 minutes to complete, and we will keep it open until Monday, 31st August, 2026. You can find the survey here: https://nettskjema.no/a/eosc-eden-survey-2026 For any questions about the survey or the work of EOSC EDEN, please contact Helene N. Andreassen (Project Task Lead) at helene.n.andreassen(a)uit.no. Thank you for sharing your experience — your contribution is greatly valued! Sincerely, Camilla Hagen Blixhavn, Helene N. Andreassen, and Philipp Conzett, UiT The Arctic University of Norway – On behalf of EOSC EDEN Work Package 3 “Discipline-specific requirements, validation, and future use” https://eden-fidelis.eu ____ Camilla Hagen Blixhavn PhD in neuroinformatics Senior adviser, UiT The Arctic University of Norway camilla.h.blixhavn(a)uit.no https://en.uit.no/ansatte/camilla.h.blixhavn

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Call for Shared Task Participation: AstroCLIMB (Astronomy Citation Linking from Illustrations, a Multimodal Benchmark)
by ACL Announcements 29 Jul '26

29 Jul '26

==================================================================== CALL FOR PARTICIPATION AstroCLIMB: Astronomy Citation Linking from Illustrations, a Multimodal Benchmark Shared task of the 4th Workshop on Artificial Intelligence for Scientific Publications (WASP 2026), co-located with IJCNLP-AACL 2026 Workshop: November 9-10, 2026 (online) Task page: https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/WIESP/2026/shared_task [1] Kaggle competition: https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/astroclimb/overview [2] Dataset: https://huggingface.co/datasets/adsabs/AstroCLIMB [3] ==================================================================== OVERVIEW Scientists rely on figures to communicate their results, yet the information locked in those figures is hard to parse, archive, and search. Recent multimodal models promise to change that, but they have seen little testing on real scientific figures. AstroCLIMB, built in partnership with astroexplorer.org [4], offers a benchmark to probe exactly this capability: can a model reconstruct part of the citation graph of astronomy papers from their figures and captions alone? The dataset comprises over 100K figure-and-caption pairs drawn from recent open-access astronomy papers. TASK Multi-class, single-label classification. Each input is a pair of objects: two figures, a figure and a caption, or two captions. The relation is symmetric, and each pair has exactly one label: - same figure: the two objects come from the same scientific figure (figure-caption pairs only) - same paper: the two objects come from the same paper (same DOI) - related papers: one object's paper cites the other's - unrelated papers: none of the above A note on scope: AstroCLIMB is meant as a benchmark for multimodal models rather than an end in itself. Participants are not expected to train large models from scratch for it; computing basic statistics or folding it into a larger multimodal training pipeline is very much in keeping with the intent. DATA Two versions of the same dataset are available: - Full dataset (Hugging Face): over 94K rows, each with a figure, its caption, and metadata (source DOI, title, authors, cited and citing DOIs) describing an astronomy citation graph as an adjacency list. Pairs are not enumerated; you generate them from the adjacency list. https://huggingface.co/datasets/adsabs/AstroCLIMB [3] - Evaluation dataset (Kaggle): 10K enumerated pairs each in the train and test splits, with labels. Many more pairs can be generated from the full dataset. https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/astroclimb/overview [2] In the Kaggle data, some objects are English-language strings, and others are images encoded as strings; a helper notebook for decoding them to images is provided on Kaggle. EVALUATION Systems are evaluated on Kaggle using macro-F1 over the four classes. Submissions are CSV files with per-class indicators; a sample submission is available on the competition page. HOW TO PARTICIPATE 1. Register and join the competition on Kaggle to access the data and score submissions: https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/astroclimb/overview [2] 2. Optionally, write up your system description as a paper using the ACL LaTeX template (https://github.com/acl-org/acl-style-files [5]) and submit it via OpenReview: https://openreview.net/group?id=aclweb.org/AACL-IJCNLP/2026/Workshop/WASP [6] System description papers undergo light peer review and, if accepted, are published in the WASP 2026 proceedings in the ACL Anthology. We encourage a submission regardless of leaderboard position. TIMELINE (subject to change; all deadlines 11.59 pm UTC-12h, anywhere on Earth) - 1st CfP + Registration opens: July 27, 2026 - Train and scoring portion of test data release: July 27, 2026 - Registration ends: September 12, 2026 - System run and output submission: September 13, 2026 - System paper submission: September 14, 2026 - Result announcement: October 1, 2026 - Camera-ready submission: October 12, 2026 - Full data release: November 2, 2026 - Workshop: November 9-10, 2026 CONTACT For inquiries, contact Felix Grezes at felix.grezes(a)cfa.harvard.edu We look forward to your participation. Links: ------ [1] https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/WIESP/2026/shared_task [2] https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/astroclimb/overview [3] https://huggingface.co/datasets/adsabs/AstroCLIMB [4] http://astroexplorer.org/ [5] https://github.com/acl-org/acl-style-files [6] https://openreview.net/group?id=aclweb.org/AACL-IJCNLP/2026/Workshop/WASP

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CFP: Dialogue and Discourse Vol. 17(2)
by Pierre Lison 28 Jul '26

28 Jul '26

Journal: Dialogue and Discourse [ https://www.dialogue-and-discourse.org ] Issue: Volume 17, Issue 2 Call Deadline: October 1st, 2026 We are pleased to announce the call for submissions for the next regular issue of the journal Dialogue and Discourse. Submissions are invited on all topics in the formal, computational, or psycholinguistic study of dialogue and discourse. Submissions received by October 1st, 2026 will be considered for the next regular issue. Later submissions will be slated for the next available issue. About the journal Dialogue and Discourse (D&D) is the first peer-reviewed free open access journal dedicated exclusively to work that deals with language "beyond the sentence". The journal adopts an interdisciplinary perspective, accepting work from Linguistics, Computer Science, Psychology, Sociology, Philosophy, and related fields with an interest in formally, technically, empirically, or experimentally rigorous approaches. We are committed to ensuring the highest editorial standards and rigorous peer-review of all submissions, while granting open access to all interested readers. As of July 2026, D&D has published 125 papers, and the journal's h-index is 31. D&D is endorsed by ACL SIGdial, SemDial, and AMLaP. D&D is indexed by major databases including ACL Anthology, DBLP, DOAJ, ERIH PLUS, LLBA, MLA International Bibliography, and Scopus. Submissions Submissions should be made via the online submission system at http://www.dialogue-and-discourse.org/submission.shtml Authors should provide a concise cover letter with their submission. The cover letter should: (i) present an argument for why the submission is appropriate for D&D, with explicit reference to the journal's aims and scope [ see https://dialogue-and-discourse.org/about.shtml ] and (ii) outline the innovative aspects of the submission. Extended versions of previously published conference papers are welcome provided they contain substantial new material. Simultaneous submission to another venue is prohibited. Selected papers will furthermore be offered the opportunity to present a poster at the next SIGDIAL Conference [ https://www.sigdial.org ]. Issue Editors: Pierre Lison (Volume 17, Issue 2) Rebecca Clift (Volume 17, Issue 1) Manfred Stede (Volume 16, Issue 2) Casey Kennington (Volume 16, Issue 1) Editor-in-Chief: David R. Traum, University of Southern California, United States Associate Editors: Rebecca Clift, University of Essex, UK Barbara Di Eugenio, University of Illinois Chicago, US Kallirroi Georgila, University of Southern California, US Jonathan Ginzburg, Université Paris-Cité, France Pat Healey, Queen Mary University London, UK Ryuichiro Higashinaka, Nagoya University, Japan Casey Kennington, Boise State University, US Pierre Lison, Norwegian Computing Center, Norway Massimo Poesio, Queen Mary University London & Utrecht University Manfred Stede, University of Potsdam, Germany Amir Zeldes, Georgetown University, US

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New Element in Corpus Linguistics: Statistical Modeling for (Actual) Hypothesis Testing
by Gaëtanelle Gilquin 28 Jul '26

28 Jul '26

Dear all, We are glad to announce the publication of "Statistical Modeling for (Actual) Hypothesis Testing: Building Cumulative Knowledge in Corpus Linguistics" by Tove Larsson and Gregory R. Hancock in the Cambridge Elements in Corpus Linguistics series. It is freely downloadable until 11 August, using the following URL: https://www.cambridge.org/core/elements/statistical-modeling-for-actual-hyp… Here is a summary of the Element: By building knowledge in a deliberate and systematic manner, we can gain a more complete understanding of a given research area relevant to corpus linguists. Specifically, empirically informed hypotheses (i.e., hypotheses that result from a synthesis of findings from all relevant prior studies) play a key role in this endeavor in that they enable us to test to what extent generalizations from previous research are consistent with our results, or if we need to make adjustments to our existing knowledge or theory. In this Element, we aim to provide a practical and accessible introduction to select statistical methods for evaluating such empirically informed hypotheses. In particular, we illustrate techniques from the broader null-hypothesis significance testing framework (e.g., equivalence testing), and structural equation modeling framework (e.g., measured variable path analysis), with the goal of encouraging knowledge building in a more principled and systematic manner in corpus linguistics. Best wishes, Paul Baker & Gaëtanelle Gilquin (series editors)

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Assoc & Assist Professor vacancies (open contract)
by Mark Lee 27 Jul '26

27 Jul '26

The School of Computer Science at the University of Birmingham is recruiting academic staff to fulfil its ambitions as a leading UK university for computer science. We seek to recruit in all areas of computer science, with an emphasis for candidates with research activity in or related to Cyber Security and Artificial Intelligence including Natural Language Processing. The adverts are below: Associate Professor (Research and Education) https://edzz.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_6… Assistant Professor (Research and Education) https://edzz.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_6… With best regards, Mark Mark Lee Deputy Pro-Vice-Chancellor (India) Professor of Artificial Intelligence www.cs.bham.ac.uk/~mgl<http://www.cs.bham.ac.uk/~mgl> University of Birmingham www.birmingham.ac.uk<http://www.birmingham.ac.uk>

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