August 2026 - Corpora

Corpus Linguistics 2027, 12th-16th July 2027, Venice, Italy
by Mcenery, Tony 20 Aug '26

20 Aug '26

CALL FOR PAPERS Adaptation and adaptability have become unavoidable in an era defined by profound change and crisis - ecological, socio-political, economic, medical, technological, and beyond. We invite submissions to CL2027 that explore adaptation and adaptability as active strategies of awareness, resilience, responsibility, and resistance (amongst other things). Specifically, we invite submissions that adopt (and adapt) corpus methodologies to explore the many and major disciplinary and global challenges we face today by considering the adaptation and adaptability of various textual and communication strategies pertinent to these challenges. We welcome paper presentations, poster presentations, thematic panels, and pre-conference workshops that explore any aspect of corpus linguistics methodology and theory, but we particularly encourage submissions addressing the core theme of linguistic adaptation and adaptability in relation to the following dimensions, which can include but are not limited to: 1.) Innovation and adaptation of Corpus Methods 2.) Corpus Linguistics: applications and impacts 3.) Variation, Varieties, and Pedagogy 4.) Corpus Linguistics and Artificial Intelligence Paper, poster, and thematic panel abstracts, and pre-conference workshop proposals, should be submitted via the CL2027 CMT submission point. The language of the conference is English. We especially encourage submission of abstracts from early-career researchers, including postgraduate research students and postdoctoral researchers. Find details of how to submit a proposal here: https://sites.google.com/view/cl2027/call-for-papers The call for papers opens on the 31st August 2026 and closes at 5 p.m. GMT on 8th January 2027. The CL2027 Organizing Team

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Joint Call for Tutorial Proposals (EACL/NAACL/COLING) 2027
by Ivan Habernal 20 Aug '26

20 Aug '26

Joint Call for Tutorial Proposals (EACL/NAACL/COLING) 2027 The European Chapter of the ACL (EACL), the Nations of the Americas Chapter of the ACL (NAACL), and the International Conference on Computational Linguistics (COLING) jointly invite proposals for tutorials in conjunction with the EACL 2027, NAACL 2027, and COLING 2027 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 three types of tutorials: Cutting-edge tutorials in CL/NLP: Covering recent advances in emerging areas not previously addressed in tutorials at ACL, EACL, NAACL-HLT, EMNLP or COLING. 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. Community: Tutorials related to topics relevant for members of the community more generally (e.g., reviewing, good scientific practice, statistical testing, mental health, career planning, etc.). In all 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: EACL 2027 (the 20th Conference of the European Chapter of the Association for Computational Linguistics), which will be held as a hybrid conference, and physically held in Athens, Greece, from March 9-14, 2027. COLING 2027 (the 32nd International Conference on Computational Linguistics), which will be held in Macau, China, from May 9-14, 2027. NAACL 2027 (the 2027 Annual Conference of the Nations of the Americas Chapter of the Association for Computational Linguistics), which will be held as a hybrid conference and physically held in San Francisco, California, United States from June 1-5, 2027. Other calls will be made in the fall for tutorials colocated with conferences later in the year (e.g., ACL, EMNLP, and AACL). Important Dates Tutorials EACL/NAACL/COLING shared dates: Proposal submission deadline: October 2, 2026 Notification of acceptance: November 25, 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 For EACL and NAACL, 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. For COLING, the waiver applies to 1 instructor only. Diversity and 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, Black in AI, Disability in AI, Indigenous AI, LatinX in AI, Masakhane, 500 Queer Scientists, and Women-in-ML’s directory. Submission Details Proposals should use the ACL paper submission format. Authors can download the LaTeX or Word template or use the Overleaf template. Proposals cannot 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” Neural Network: e.g., “Deep 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 is welcomed 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 (EACL or ACL). 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 EACL (theme TBA) or ACL (theme TBA), 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 using the softconf system at the following link: https://softconf.com/p/eacl-tutorials2027. 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 November 25th, 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 EACL Ivan Habernal Suzan Verberne Ivan Vulić NAACL TBA COLING Michael Roth, University of Technology Nuremberg Leonie Weissweiler, Leipzig University If you have any questions related to tutorial proposals, you can reach us at eacl27-tutorial-chairs(a)lists.ruhr-uni-bochum.de or coling27tutorialchairs(a)googlegroups.com.

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Call for papers KNLP@ACM-SA
by Patrizio Bellan 19 Aug '26

19 Aug '26

*Knowledge and Natural Language Processing Track @ ACM SAC 2027* *Aim and Scope* The Knowledge and Natural Language Processing (KNLP) Track at the ACM Symposium on Applied Computing investigates methods and applications at the intersection of *Knowledge Engineering* and *Natural Language Processing*, with particular emphasis on approaches that combine these two areas. KNLP is an emerging and highly interdisciplinary research field at the core of Artificial Intelligence. It brings together and complements scientific advances in Natural Language Processing, Knowledge Representation and Reasoning, Machine Learning, and related disciplines. *Topics of Interest* Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following. *Natural Language Processing* - NLP methods for knowledge extraction - NLP for ontology population and ontology learning - Sentiment analysis and opinion mining for knowledge-based applications - Interplay between natural language and ontologies - NLP for explainable knowledge - Machine translation techniques for multilingual knowledge - NLP for the Web - Bias detection and mitigation in small and large language models - Interaction between small or large language models and knowledge *Knowledge* - Knowledge-enhanced NLP - Knowledge for information retrieval - Knowledge-based sentiment analysis and opinion mining - Combining knowledge and deep learning for NLP - Knowledge technologies for the Web - Knowledge-enhanced agentic reasoning - Agent reasoning over knowledge graphs and ontologies - Knowledge-based agent personalization - Linked Data for NLP - Knowledge-based natural language explainability - Language-model-enhanced ontology and knowledge engineering methodologies and tools - Language-model-based agents for knowledge extraction, reasoning, and management - Ontology evaluation using small and large language models - Ontological knowledge representation and memorization in language models - Knowledge-based techniques for language models, including Retrieval-Augmented Generation, fact-checking, and bias mitigation - Question answering over knowledge graphs using small and large language models *Real-World Applications Exploiting Knowledge and NLP* - Knowledge and NLP systems for Big Data scenarios - Knowledge and NLP technologies supporting a diverse, equitable, and inclusive society - Deployment and evaluation of Knowledge and NLP systems in domains such as: - Digital Humanities and Social Sciences - eGovernment and public administration - Life sciences, healthcare, and medicine - News, media, and data-streaming environments *Paper Submission* We invite original research papers and experience reports addressing the topics listed above. Submissions must not have been previously published or be under consideration for publication elsewhere. Papers must be submitted in PDF format using the official ACM SAC proceedings template. Authors’ names and affiliations must be entered separately in the submission system and must not appear in the submitted manuscript. All submissions will undergo a *double-blind peer-review process* in accordance with ACM SAC regulations. Submissions to the *Student Research Competition (SRC)* are also welcome. Prospective authors should consult the SAC 2027 SRC page for eligibility requirements and submission instructions. *Submission Policy* - All papers must initially be submitted as *regular papers*. There is no separate submission category for poster papers. - Papers will be evaluated according to their originality, technical contribution, presentation quality, and relevance to the Knowledge and Natural Language Processing Track. - Depending on the outcome of the review process and the overall acceptance-rate constraints, technically sound submissions that cannot be accepted as regular papers may be offered acceptance as posters. - Although there is no formal minimum page requirement, submissions shorter than *four full pages* that do not demonstrate a substantial contribution may be desk-rejected without external review. *Submission Links* - *Regular papers and SRC abstracts:* submission links are available through the ACM SAC 2027 website <https://www.sigapp.org/sac/sac2027/> - *Author kit and templates:* formatting instructions and official templates are available through the ACM SAC 2027 website <https://www.sigapp.org/sac/sac2027/> *Important Dates* Please consult the official ACM SAC 2027 website <https://www.sigapp.org/sac/sac2027/#important-dates> for up-to-date deadlines and possible changes. - *October 2, 2026:* Regular paper and SRC abstract submission - *November 13, 2026:* Author notification - *November 28, 2026:* Camera-ready copies of accepted papers and SRC submissions - *December 5, 2026:* Author registration deadline - *April 5–9, 2027:* Knowledge and Natural Language Processing Track at ACM SAC 2027 All deadlines follow the time zone specified on the official conference website. *Further Information* For further information, please visit the Knowledge and Natural Language Processing Track website <https://knlp.fbk.eu/> and the ACM SAC 2027 conference website <https://www.sigapp.org/sac/sac2027/>. 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Third and Final Call for Papers: 13th International Conference on Multimodality (2027 / Helsinki, Finland)
by Hiippala, Tuomo J 18 Aug '26

18 Aug '26

Dear all, please find below the third and final call for papers for the 13th International Conference on Multimodality, which will be organised in Helsinki, Finland between June 1–4, 2027. Note that the deadline for submissions is September 15, 2026. Looking forward to seeing you in Helsinki, Tuomo Hiippala & the 13ICOM organising team --- The phenomenon of multimodality – or how communication and interaction build on coordinated combinations of multiple forms of expression – is now actively researched within diverse fields of study. Given the multifaceted nature and complexity of the phenomenon, pursuing a constructive dialogue between different approaches to multimodality is essential for moving towards a shared understanding. This is the main theme of the 13th International Conference on Multimodality (13ICOM), which celebrates the 25th anniversary of organising the first conference in the series in Salzburg, Austria in 2002. For 13ICOM, we want to specifically emphasise the role of early-career researchers working on diverse aspects of multimodality by organising a doctoral consortium on June 1, 2027 ahead of the main conference on June 2–4, 2027. The doctoral consortium features 5-minute pitch talks from participants and master classes in theories and methods from experts, with plenty of opportunities for networking with fellow early-career researchers. The master classes are taught by John Bateman (multimodal semiotics), Antti Kamunen (multimodal conversation analysis) and Signe Kjaer Jensen (intermediality). The main conference will feature four plenary sessions and multiple parallel sessions with 20-minute presentations. The confirmed plenarists for 13ICOM include (in alphabetical order): - Pentti Haddington (University of Oulu, Finland) - Maria Grazia Sindoni (University of Messina, Italy) - Beate Schirrmacher (Linnaeus University, Sweden) - Amanda Wasielewski (Uppsala University, Sweden) / Submission formats / We invite submissions for both doctoral consortium and the main conference using the same format. Submissions must be anonymous and are limited to a maximum length of 250 words excluding references. All accepted submissions must be presented in person. Submissions are limited to one per author, but a single author can contribute to several submissions. Doctoral candidates can submit to the main conference, but the doctoral consortium is only open to doctoral candidates. All submissions will undergo a double-blind review process that evaluates their quality, novelty and relevance to the broad field of multimodality. The submission portal will close on September 15, 2026 at the end of the day. / Practical information / The regular registration fee is 220€, and the reduced fee for pre-doctoral researchers is 50€. The conference dinner is not included in the registration fee. The conference is organised by the Multimodality Research Group and will be held in the Main Building of the University of Helsinki (Fabianinkatu 33). All premises at this location are highly accessible. If you have any questions, please contact the organisers at 13icom(a)helsinki.fi.

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Postdoc in Mechanistic Understanding of AI Reasoning at University of Copenhagen
by Isabelle Augenstein 18 Aug '26

18 Aug '26

We are seeking to recruit a postdoctoral researcher to work on understanding the mechanisms of AI reasoning. Their core duty will be to advance our understanding of how LLMs acquire, integrate and reason over evolving, pluralistic knowledge using mechanistic interpretability methods. This can involve the development of novel conceptual frameworks, methods, or empirical studies. The postdoc’s duties will also to a small degree include teaching or supervision. The position is offered in the context of the context of an ERC Starting Grant held by Isabelle Augenstein on ‘Explainable and Robust Automatic Fact Checking (ExplainYourself<https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/101077481>)’, as well the Pioneer Centre for AI. The position will be offered from 1 February 2027 or as close to this date as possible, for a period of two years, with the possibility of extension contingent on funding availability. Apply here by 30 September 2026, 23:59 CET to be considered: https://candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationInit.aspx/?cid=3010&departmentI… Who are we looking for? Applicants should hold a PhD degree or equivalent in Computer Science or a related field, and have good written and oral English skills. The assessment of qualifications will also be made based on previous scientific publications and relevant work experience. The ideal candidate would have an educational background, prior research or work experience on Natural Language Processing, Machine Learning, and/or Explainable AI. Our group and research -- and what do we offer? The successful candidate will join the CopeNLU group<http://www.copenlu.com/> at the University of Copenhagen. CopeNLU is a vibrant and collaborative research group led by Isabelle Augenstein and Pepa Atanasova with a focus on fair and accountable NLP. We are interested in core methodology research on interpretability, explainability and bias detection; as well as applications to tasks such as fact checking and cross-cultural learning. With a strong focus on both foundational and applied research, we provide a platform for exploring cutting-edge topics in NLP, while also emphasising the importance of transparent and responsible AI development. We are affiliated with the Pioneer Centre for AI<https://www.aicentre.dk/> at the Department of Computer Science<https://di.ku.dk/english/>, Faculty of SCIENCE, University of Copenhagen, located in central Copenhagen. The Pioneer Centre focuses on fundamental AI research, and within an interdisciplinary framework, develops platforms, methods, and practices that address society’s greatest challenges. It consists of seven AI research themes, with one being Speech and Language. The Natural Language Processing research environment at the University of Copenhagen is internationally leading, as e.g. evidenced by it being ranked second in Europe according to CSRankings. Isabelle Augenstein, Dr. Scient., Ph.D. Professor and Deputy Head of Department for Research Department of Computer Science University of Copenhagen Østervold Observatory Øster Voldgade 3 1350 Copenhagen augenstein(a)di.ku.dk<mailto:augenstein@di.ku.dk> http://isabelleaugenstein.github.io/

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Join Us in Organising the 11th Edition of the WOAH Workshop!
by Agostina Calabrese 18 Aug '26

18 Aug '26

Dear all, As we prepare for the 11th edition of the Workshop on Online Abuse and Harms (WOAH), we are looking for enthusiastic and dedicated organisers to join our team. This is a fantastic opportunity to contribute to a vibrant community, shape the future of the workshop, and gain experience in event organisation within the NLP field. If you are interested in becoming part of the organising committee, please fill out this form by August 25th: https://forms.gle/kMdkXbNsB6gA6RZ86 . If you would like to know more, please email us at organisers(a)thewoah.org<mailto:organisers@thewoah.org> or visit our website at https://www.thewoah.org/ . We welcome organisers from diverse backgrounds and experiences to help make the 11th WOAH workshop another great success. We will be celebrating the 10th anniversary of WOAH at EMNLP in Budapest on October 29th, and we hope to see you there! Best regards, Agostina on behalf of the WOAH organisers The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, with registration number SC005336. Is e buidheann carthannais a th' ann an Oilthigh Dhùn Èideann, clàraichte an Alba, àireamh clàraidh SC005336.

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Final Call for Papers DHASA Conference 2026 and deadline extension
by Menno Van Zaanen 18 Aug '26

18 Aug '26

Final Call for Papers DHASA Conference 2026 and deadline extension https://dh2026.digitalhumanities.org.za DEADLINE EXTENSION: 31 August 2026 Theme: Building the Methodological Commons: Plural Digital Humanities, AI, and Socio-Technical Futures in Southern Africa Conference: 17-20 November 2026 · University of Eswatini, Kwaluseni, Kingdom of Eswatini Important dates Submission deadline: 31 August 2026 Date of notification: 21 September 2026 Camera-ready copy deadline: 19 October 2026 Conference: 17 November 2026-20 November 2026 Conference venue: University of Eswatini, Kwaluseni, Kingdom of Eswatini Co-located events Several co-located events are currently being prepared, including workshops and tutorials. These will be updated on the conference website. Submission types - Long papers: max 8 content pages (9 in final version), presented in 30-minute slots (incl. 10 min questions) - Short papers: max 5 content pages (6 in final version), presented in 15-minute slots (incl. 5 min questions) - Executive summaries: max 1 page, presented as posters References and appendices are unlimited for long and short papers. All submissions must be in PDF and follow the ACL style guide (https://acl-org.github.io/ACLPUB/formatting.html). Submissions that do not adhere to the style guide will be rejected. Submit via the platform: https://dh2026.digitalhumanities.org.za/submission/ Accepted long and short papers will be published in the JDHASA journal; executive summaries will appear in a book of summaries before the conference. We particularly encourage submissions where the first author is a student. Authors are encouraged to upload datasets to the SADiLaR repository (https://repo.sadilar.org/); for difficulties, contact Benito Trollip (benito.trollip(a)nwu.ac.za). About the conference This conference foregrounds DH as method-making and infrastructure- building, not only tool use. It invites scholarship that advances shared practices (methods, standards, datasets, workflows, pedagogies) while staying attentive to the politics of computation, language, heritage, and knowledge-making in Southern Africa. It also explicitly welcomes critical engagements with AI as an epistemic and cultural force shaping humanities inquiry. Contributions are welcome from across the humanities and allied fields, as well as from computer scientists, data scientists, designers, librarians, archivists, journalists, educators, and community practitioners. Subthemes (non-exclusive; interdisciplinary contributions encouraged) - AI in the humanities, responsibly - Southern African language technologies and linguistic justice - Decolonial, Indigenous, and community-engaged DH - Digital heritage, archives, history, and memory work - Critical platform studies, media, and computational publics - Pedagogy, curriculum, and capacity-building - Infrastructure, sustainability, and open scholarly ecosystems The full call for papers, including detailed subtheme descriptions and co-located events, is available at https://dh2026.digitalhumanities.org.za -- Prof Menno van Zaanen menno.vanzaanen(a)nwu.ac.za Professor in Digital Humanities South African Centre for Digital Language Resources https://www.sadilar.org ________________________________ NWU PRIVACY STATEMENT: http://www.nwu.ac.za/it/gov-man/disclaimer.html DISCLAIMER: This e-mail message and attachments thereto are intended solely for the recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorised review, use, disclosure, or distribution is prohibited. If you have received the e-mail by mistake, please contact the sender or reply e-mail and delete the e-mail and its attachments (where appropriate) from your system. ________________________________

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DEADLINE EXTENDED | Third Call for Papers: 2nd Workshop on Sign Language Processing (WSLP 2026)
by keren.artiaga＠adaptcentre.ie 18 Aug '26

18 Aug '26

We are pleased to announce the 2nd Workshop on Sign Language Processing (WSLP 2026), co-located with EMNLP 2026, to be held in Budapest, Hungary, on October 29, 2026. WSLP 2026 aims to provide a dedicated forum for researchers, practitioners, and industry professionals working on sign language technologies. The workshop will showcase recent advances in sign language understanding, translation, recognition, generation, and multimodal AI, with a special emphasis on low-resource and underrepresented sign languages. In addition to paper presentations, the workshop will feature shared tasks, invited talks, and discussions on emerging challenges and opportunities in the field. 🔑 Important Links 🌐 Workshop Website: https://exploration-lab.github.io/WSLP-2026/ 📄 Submission Portal (OpenReview): https://openreview.net/group?id=EMNLP/2026/Workshop/WSLP 🏆 Shared Tasks: https://exploration-lab.github.io/WSLP-2026/task/ 💬 Workshop Discord: https://discord.gg/x6tHXEFyW7 💬 Shared Task Discord: https://discord.gg/ty7dqTHC2v 🗓️ Key Dates (AoE) * Paper Submission Deadline: August 24, 2026 * Notification of Acceptance: August 30, 2026 * Camera-Ready Papers Due: September 10, 2026 * Workshop Date: October 29, 2026 🔍 Topics of Interest (Including but Not Limited To) * Low-resource and underrepresented sign languages * Sign Language Recognition (SLR) * Continuous and Gloss-free Sign Language Translation (SLT) * Sign Language Generation and Avatars * Multilingual, Cross-modal, and Zero-shot Learning for Sign Languages * Large Language Models and Multimodal Models for Sign Languages * Cultural and Dialectal Variation in Sign Languages * Corpus Creation, Annotation, and Data Resources * Fairness, Ethics, Accessibility, and Real-world Applications 🏆 Shared Tasks at WSLP 2026 * Indian Sign Language to English Translation * Isolated Sign Recognition * Word/Sign Presence Prediction We particularly encourage submissions that focus on underrepresented sign languages, inclusive technologies, and real-world deployment challenges. We warmly invite the community to submit their latest research and join us in advancing sign language technologies that foster accessibility, inclusion, and communication for all.

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August 2026 Newsletter - LDC
by Penn LDC 17 Aug '26

17 Aug '26

In this newsletter: Fall 2026 LDC data scholarship program New publications: Parsed Early English Books Online -Text Creation Partnership<https://catalog.ldc.upenn.edu/LDC2026T09> Multi-Language Conversational Telephone Speech 2014 - Slavic Group<https://catalog.ldc.upenn.edu/LDC2026S10> LORELEI Arabic Representative Language Pack<https://catalog.ldc.upenn.edu/LDC2026T08> ________________________________ Fall 2026 LDC data scholarship program Student applications for the Fall 2026 LDC data scholarship program are being accepted now through September 15, 2026. This program provides eligible students with no-cost access to LDC data. Students must complete an application consisting of a data use proposal and letter of support from their advisor. For application requirements and program rules, visit the LDC Data Scholarships<https://www.ldc.upenn.edu/language-resources/data/data-scholarships> page. ________________________________ New publications: Parsed Early English Books Online - Text Creation Partnership<https://catalog.ldc.upenn.edu/LDC2026T09> (EEBO-TCP), developed by LDC, is a part-of-speech tagged and syntactically parsed version of the EEBO-TCP<https://www.textpartnership.net/pages/eebo-tcp.html> collection of Early Modern English texts. The corpus consists of 59,433 texts dating primarily from 1600-1700, with a smaller number of texts from earlier and later periods. It contains 48.6 million parsed sentences (trees) comprising more than 1.5 billion tokens. The parses were produced automatically using a parser trained on the Penn Helsinki Parsed Corpus of Early Modern English, part of the Penn Parsed Corpora of Historical English (LDC2020T16)<https://catalog.ldc.upenn.edu/LDC2020T16>. The automatically generated parses were not manually reviewed. Parsed EEBO-TCP includes the CorpusSearch 2 program and associated documentation. This tool allows users to search the data for syntactic structure, word sequences, and words. An alternative version of CorpusSearch 2 for use on very large corpora is also included in this release. 2026 members can access this corpus through their LDC accounts. Non-members may license this data for a fee. * Multi-Language Conversational Telephone Speech 2014 - Slavic Group<https://catalog.ldc.upenn.edu/LDC2026S10> was developed by LDC and is comprised of 20 hours of Polish and Russian telephone speech. The data was collected to support research and technology evaluation in automatic language identification; portions of these recordings were used in the NIST 2015 and 2017 language recognition evaluations<https://www.nist.gov/itl/iad/mltg/language-recognition>. The collection focused on language pair discrimination for 20 languages/dialects, some of which could be considered mutually intelligible or closely related. This corpus contains 96 recordings: 61 Polish recordings and 35 Russian recordings. Participants were recruited by native speakers who contacted acquaintances in their social network. Those native speakers made one call, up to 8 minutes, to each acquaintance. Human auditors labeled the calls for language, callee gender, native speaker status, and speech clarity. 2026 members can access this corpus through their LDC accounts. Non-members may license this data for a fee. * LORELEI Arabic Representative Language Pack<https://catalog.ldc.upenn.edu/LDC2026T08> contains 2.4 million words of Arabic monolingual text, 930,00 words of which were translated into English, and 225,000 Arabic words translated from English data. Nearly 88,000 words were annotated for simple named entities, and approximately 29,000 words were annotated for full entities (including nominals and pronouns). In addition, over 10,000 words were annotated for noun phrase chunking, 18,000 words were labeled with semantic annotation, and situation frame annotation was applied to more than 24,000 words. The LORELEI (Low Resource Languages for Emergent Incidents) program was concerned with building human language technology for low resource languages in the context of emergent situations. Representative languages were selected to provide broad typological coverage. The knowledge base for entity linking annotation is available separately as LORELEI Entity Detection and Linking Knowledge Base (LDC2020T10)<https://catalog.ldc.upenn.edu/LDC2020T10>. 2026 members can access this corpus through their LDC accounts. Non-members may license this data for a fee. To unsubscribe from this newsletter, log in to your LDC account<https://catalog.ldc.upenn.edu/login> and uncheck the box next to "Receive Newsletter" under Account Options or contact LDC for assistance. Membership Coordinator Linguistic Data Consortium<ldc.upenn.edu> University of Pennsylvania T: +1-215-573-1275 E: ldc(a)ldc.upenn.edu<mailto:ldc@ldc.upenn.edu> M: 3600 Market St. Suite 810 Philadelphia, PA 19104

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[CFP] NeurIPS 2026 Workshop: From Pretrained Representations to Acting Agents
by pinghsieh＠nycu.edu.tw 17 Aug '26

17 Aug '26

Dear All, We are excited to announce the PTA: From Pretrained Representations to Acting Agents workshop at NeurIPS 2026 in Sydney, Australia! 📋 We’re calling for submissions! ⏰ Paper submission deadline: Aug 29, 2026 (AoE) 🌐 Website: https://ptaworkshop.github.io/ 📋 Submission link: https://openreview.net/group?id=NeurIPS.cc/2026/Workshop/PTA Our goal is to explore how to obtain actionable pretrained representations and align them with control agents at test time—bridging pretraining and test-time decision making. Call for Papers: - Specific topics include, but are not limited to: (1) What makes a pretrained representation actionable? (2) How to align with and use pretrained representations at test time? (3) How to adapt pretrained knowledge to new tasks? (4) How to evaluate actionable representations? (5) What can go wrong when pretrained agents act? - We welcome both short papers (4 pages) and long papers (up to 9 pages), formatted using the NeurIPS template and submitted through OpenReview. - All accepted contributions will be presented during the poster sessions. - A selected number of submissions will also be invited for contributed talks. - Submissions are non-archival and may be under review or concurrently submitted elsewhere. We especially encourage ongoing and unpublished work. If you are excited about connecting representation learning, RL, planning, and test-time decision making, we hope you’ll join us in Sydney! 🦘 Best regards, The Organizing Team Ping-Chun Hsieh (NYCU), Kuang-Huei Lee (Google DeepMind), Bo Dai (Georgia Tech), Yen-Ling Kuo (UVA), Georgia Chalvatzaki (TU Darmstadt), Karen Leung (UW / NVIDIA), Co Yong (NTU), Claas Voelcker (UT Austin)

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