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[CfP] RANLP-2027 Call for Workshop Proposals (deadline: 15 January 2027)
by Ranasinghe, Tharindu 19 Oct '26

19 Oct '26

* Apologies for cross-posting * ======================================================================== RANLP-2027: CALL FOR WORKSHOP PROPOSALS 16th International Conference on Recent Advances in Natural Language Processing Varna, Bulgaria https://ranlp.org/2027/ ======================================================================== Summer school 'Deep Learning and Large Language Models for NLP': 1-3 September 2027 Tutorials: 4-5 September 2027 Main Conference and Student Research Workshop: 6-8 September 2027 Workshops and Shared Tasks: 9-10 September 2027 Workshop proposals due: 15 January 2027 Confirmed keynote speakers: * Barbara Plank (LMU Munich) * Roberto Navigli (Sapienza University Roma) * Preslav Nakov (MBZUAI Abu Dhabi) * Kristina Toutanova (Google, Seattle) * Tharindu Ranasinghe (Lancaster University) * Salima Lamsiyah (University of Luxembourg) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ABOUT RANLP ------------------------------------------------------------------------ RANLP (Recent Advances in Natural Language Processing) is one of the most competitive NLP conferences. The event is held biennially and grew out of the International summer schools 'Contemporary topics in Computational Linguistics', which were organised for many years as international training events. Previous RANLP conferences (1995-2025) featured keynote talks by leading experts in NLP as well as high-quality papers, rigorously reviewed by a Programme Committee of well-known scientists. The Student Research Workshops (now in their 10th edition) have become active discussion forums for young researchers. Since 2009, papers accepted at RANLP and its associated workshops have been included in the ACL Anthology. The RANLP proceedings are indexed by SCOPUS and DBLP, and since 2017 all accepted papers have DOI numbers. The conference will be preceded by a summer school, 'Deep Learning and Large Language Models for NLP ', and tutorials on current hot topics, and will be followed by specialised workshops and shared tasks in advanced subfields of NLP. Venue: RANLP-2027 will be held in Varna, the largest city on the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast, at Hotel 'Cherno More'. The venue is centrally located at the entrance of the Sea Garden and offers excellent conference facilities. Varna is a major tourist destination with numerous flights to/from Varna International Airport. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CALL FOR WORKSHOP PROPOSALS ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Following the workshops held in conjunction with RANLP-2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023 and 2025, we are pleased to invite workshop proposals for RANLP-2027. RANLP-2027 welcomes proposals on any topic of interest to the NLP community, from fundamental research questions to applied, industrial or commercial work. We particularly encourage workshops that use or discuss the latest NLP methods, including Large Language Models and Generative AI. A workshop can last from half a day to the full two workshop days (9-10 September 2027), and can include demo sessions and shared tasks. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ WORKSHOP FORMAT AND ONSITE PRESENCE ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Organisers decide whether their workshop runs face-to-face or hybrid. In either case, the sessions must be held onsite in Varna for the full duration of the workshop, so that other RANLP participants can attend. At least one organiser must be present in Varna to run the workshop and chair the onsite sessions. If no organiser can attend in Varna, the workshop will be cancelled. Where possible, its accepted papers will be moved to another workshop. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ REGISTRATION AND FUNDING ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Each accepted workshop receives one free full registration to RANLP-2027. It covers the summer school, tutorials, main conference, all workshops, the reception and the conference dinner. Organisers may use this registration however they choose, for example, for one of the organisers or for an invited speaker. Any further organisers and invited speakers must register and pay the standard fee. The RANLP-2027 Organising Committee cannot provide any other financial support. If organisers plan to invite speakers beyond the one covered by the free registration, they must secure their own funding (for example, a grant or sponsorship) to cover those costs. Where possible, we recommend inviting a speaker from among the main conference keynote speakers or participants. Please note that the free registration does not cover publication. At least one author of each accepted workshop paper must register for RANLP-2027 and pay the standard fee for the paper to be included in the RANLP-2027 proceedings, as for the main conference. This also applies to papers co-authored by workshop organisers. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ WORKSHOP VENUE ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The workshops will take place at Hotel 'Cherno More', the main RANLP-2027 venue. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ SUBMISSION AND REVIEWING PLATFORM ------------------------------------------------------------------------ All RANLP-2027 workshops must use START for paper submission, reviewing and camera-ready collection. The RANLP-2027 proceedings for the ACL Anthology, covering the main conference and all workshops and shared tasks, are generated from START, so each workshop's submissions, review records and proceedings must be managed there. The RANLP-2027 organisers will set up a START submission portal for every accepted workshop. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ IMPORTANT DATES ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Workshop proposals due: 15 January 2027 Workshop selection notification: 15 February 2027 Workshop website and first call for papers (suggested): 15 March 2027 Second call for papers (suggested): 15 May 2027 Final call for papers (suggested): 15 June 2027 Workshop paper submission deadline (suggested): 30 June 2027 Workshop paper acceptance notification (suggested): 14 July 2027 Workshop paper camera-ready versions (suggested): 28 July 2027 Workshop camera-ready proceedings due (firm): 11 August 2027 Workshops: 9-10 September 2027 All deadlines are 23:59 Anywhere on Earth (UTC-12). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ PROPOSAL REQUIREMENTS ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Proposals must be prepared using the RANLP-2027 workshop proposal template, available on Overleaf: https://www.overleaf.com/read/myrdzwhjxmkr#a27fbf Proposals should be no longer than five pages (including information about the organisers, the programme committee and references) and must include the following: 1. Title, acronym, and a short technical description of the workshop, including its goals and the technical issues it will address. 2. Proposed duration (half day, one day, or two days) and format (face-to-face or hybrid). Name the organiser(s) who will be present in Varna. 3. A short description of the target audience, with estimated numbers of submissions and attendees. A tentative list of potential contributors would be helpful. 4. If the workshop has run before: the number of previous editions, where they were held, and the number of submissions and accepted papers in the most recent edition. 5. A list of related workshops or events held in the last three years or planned for 2027. 6. Planned invited speakers, if any, stating which have agreed and which are tentative, and how any speakers beyond the free registration will be funded. 7. A description of any associated shared task, with an estimated number of participants (optional). 8. A tentative programme committee. 9. Names and contact details (web page and email address) of the proposed organising committee. 10. A description of the organisers' experience in the workshop topic and in organising workshops or related events. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE WORKSHOP ORGANISING COMMITTEE ------------------------------------------------------------------------ * Setting up and maintaining the workshop website; * Distributing the first, second and final calls for papers and participation; * Running paper submission, reviewing and author notification in START, and collecting audio/visual requirements for presentations; * Checking camera-ready papers and delivering the electronic proceedings in the format required by the RANLP-2027 publication chairs, no later than 11 August 2027; * Making sure at least one organiser is in Varna to run the onsite workshop and chair the sessions, including for hybrid workshops. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE RANLP-2027 ORGANISING COMMITTEE ------------------------------------------------------------------------ * Linking to the workshop web page from the conference website; * Providing a START submission portal to every workshop; * Publishing the workshop proceedings with ISBN numbers, registering DOIs for all accepted papers, and including them in the ACL Anthology; * Providing the workshop venue; * Issuing visa invitation letters where needed, organising registration and collecting registration fees, supporting on-site poster printing, and providing audio/visual support, coffee breaks and Internet access. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ PROPOSAL SUBMISSION ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Please prepare your proposal using the RANLP-2027 workshop proposal template and email it in PDF format to Tharindu Ranasinghe (t.ranasinghe(a)lancaster.ac.uk) by 15 January 2027. Template: https://www.overleaf.com/read/myrdzwhjxmkr#a27fbf ------------------------------------------------------------------------ EVALUATION ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Proposals will be reviewed against the following criteria: * Relevance, importance and timeliness of the topic; * Completeness, clarity and quality of the proposal; * Organisers' experience in the proposed topic; * Viability of the workshop, including plans for onsite organisation in Varna. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Tharindu Ranasinghe Lancaster University, UK https://ranlp.org/2027/

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[CFP] ACLing 2026 – Extended Deadline: 5 November | NLP & Language-Model Applications | Three Journal Special-Issue Opportunities
by Khaled Shaalan 19 Oct '26

19 Oct '26

Dear Colleagues, Submission deadline extended to 5 November 2026. Expanded scope: Language-model applications across disciplines are welcome. Three optional journal special issues with APC discounts for extended versions of accepted papers. ================================================================== ACLing 2026 ================================================================== 8th International Conference on AI in Computational Linguistics 25–26 November 2026 | Multi-Site Hybrid Conference 📍 The British University in Dubai (BUiD), Dubai, UAE 📍 Jadara University, Jordan 🌐 Virtual participation worldwide Conference website: https://acling.org/ Submission: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=acling2026 ================================================================== CALL FOR PAPERS ACLing 2026 invites researchers, academics, practitioners, and industry professionals to submit original research in computational linguistics, natural language processing (NLP), and the development, evaluation, and application of language models. The conference welcomes both advances in language technologies and interdisciplinary research using pretrained language models, large language models (LLMs), or vision-language models to address problems in other fields. Applications in healthcare, education, cybersecurity, business, engineering, agriculture, and environmental sustainability are encouraged. Application papers do not need to introduce a new language model or linguistic theory. Language models should play a central methodological role, and submissions should present a clear scientific contribution supported by appropriate evaluation. Research on any natural language is welcome, including Arabic, multilingual, cross-lingual, code-switching, and low-resource settings. Papers and presentations must use English; this requirement does not restrict the language studied. ACLing 2026 connects two physical conference hubs with virtual participation through one unified scientific program. Authors may present in Dubai, Jordan, or online, subject to the final program and session allocation. Two Countries. Two Physical Hubs. One International Research Community. ================================================================== IMPORTANT DATES — UPDATED • Paper Submission Deadline: 5 November 2026 • Acceptance Notification: 10 November 2026 • Camera-Ready Submission: 14 November 2026 • Author Registration: 15 November 2026 • Conference: 25–26 November 2026 Rolling review: Submissions are reviewed as they arrive to provide prompt feedback and decisions. Authors are encouraged to submit early. ================================================================== PUBLICATION & RESEARCH VISIBILITY Accepted papers meeting the camera-ready, registration, and presentation requirements will be submitted for publication in Procedia Computer Science (ISSN: 1877-0509), Elsevier, subject to the publisher’s requirements and approval. Publication provides open-access availability on ScienceDirect and a DOI for each article. For current indexing and ranking information, consult the source records linked on the conference website. Previous ACLing proceedings include the 2017, 2018, 2021, 2024, and 2025 editions and are catalogued in DBLP: https://dblp.org/db/conf/acling/index.html ================================================================== OPTIONAL EXTENDED JOURNAL PUBLICATION — THREE SPECIAL ISSUES Authors of accepted ACLing 2026 papers may prepare a substantially extended version for submission to one of the following MDPI journal special issues, according to the manuscript’s scope: 1. Computation Special Issue: Recent Advances on Computational Linguistics and Natural Language Processing—2nd Edition https://www.mdpi.com/journal/computation/special_issues/844FZG56H7 2. Cryptography Special-issue scope and submission information: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/cryptography/special_issues/AZ7402BU21 3. Computers Special-issue scope and submission information: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/computers/special_issues/SK9R9137L0 The same extension, discount, and review conditions apply to all three opportunities: • An APC discount is available for substantially extended versions of accepted ACLing 2026 papers. Contact the organizing team for the applicable discount and claiming procedure. • Extended manuscripts must add substantial new contributions, cite the conference paper, and clearly explain the additional contribution. • Each manuscript must fit the chosen special issue’s scope and meet the journal’s submission and publication requirements. • All journal submissions undergo separate peer review. Conference acceptance does not guarantee journal acceptance. • Journal APCs are separate from conference registration. Authors should check the chosen special issue’s deadline and confirm the applicable fees before submitting. Further information: https://acling.org/call-for-papers/ ================================================================== TOPICS OF INTEREST Topics include, but are not limited to: • Pretrained and Large Language Models: Architecture, Optimization, and Applications • Language-Model Applications Across Disciplines • Generative AI and Emerging Language Technologies • Retrieval-Augmented Generation, Knowledge Grounding, and Information Retrieval • Language-Model Agents, Tool Use, and Multi-Agent Systems • Domain Adaptation, Fine-Tuning, and Efficient Language Models • Language Models for Decision Support and Scientific Discovery • Question Answering and Knowledge Extraction • Statistical and Neural Language Modeling • Machine Translation and Cross-Lingual NLP • Multilinguality, Code-Switching, and Low-Resource Languages • Speech Technologies, Dialogue Systems, and Conversational AI • Vision-Language Models and Multimodal AI • Domain-Specific NLP • Syntax, Parsing, Semantics, Pragmatics, and Commonsense Reasoning • Emotion Recognition and Sentiment Analysis • NLP for Social Media and Computational Social Science • Text Summarization and Natural Language Generation • Text Classification, Topic Modeling, and Document Understanding • Text Mining and Knowledge Discovery • Responsible, Ethical, Interpretable, and Human-Centered AI • Reliability, Robustness, Bias, and Hallucinations in Language Models • Benchmarking, Application Evaluation, and Explainability • Prompt Engineering and Reinforcement Learning for Language Models • AI-Augmented Writing, Reading, and Translation Tools Theoretical contributions, algorithms, architectures, applications, resources, datasets, benchmarks, and evaluation studies are welcome, alongside rigorous surveys and position papers. ================================================================== SUBMISSION & REVIEW • Submit original, unpublished work that is not under consideration elsewhere. • Prepare a complete manuscript using the official ACLing 2026 single-column Word or LaTeX template. • Initial manuscripts must be anonymized for double-blind peer review. • Standard length: 3–8 pages, including figures, tables, and references. • Up to two additional pages are permitted, for a maximum of 10 pages, with an additional charge for pages 9 and 10. • Abstract-only submissions are not accepted. • At least one author must register and present each accepted paper for inclusion in the proceedings. Submit through EasyChair: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=acling2026 Templates and submission guidelines: https://acling.org/submission/ ================================================================== CONFERENCE CHAIRS • Prof. Khaled Shaalan — The British University in Dubai, UAE • Prof. Samhaa R. El-Beltagy — New Giza University, Egypt ================================================================== CONTACT Khaled Shaalan: khaled.shaalan(a)buid.ac.ae Taher M. Ghazal: taher.ghazal(a)ieee.org Samhaa R. El-Beltagy: samhaa(a)computer.org General inquiries: acling2026(a)gmail.com ================================================================== We look forward to receiving your contributions and welcoming you to ACLing 2026. Please circulate this call among interested colleagues, research groups, students, and professional networks. ACLing 2026 | 25–26 November 2026 Dubai • Jordan • Worldwide Online https://acling.org/

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Postdoctoral Position in Computer Science: Online Counterspeech (Milan, Italy)
by Abercrombie, Gavin 19 Oct '26

19 Oct '26

On behalf of Bianca Cepollaro: Dear all, I am advertising a 2-year postdoctoral position in Computer Science, renewable for a further 2 years at the Faculty of Philosophy, UniSR (Milan). The position is part of ACTION – Advancing Counterspeech against Toxic Interactions ONline<https://blog.unisr.it/en/counterspeech>, a 5-year interdisciplinary research project supported by a €1.3 million grant from the Italian Ministry of University and Research (MUR). The project brings together philosophers, a social psychologist, and computer scientists to study online counterspeech, i.e. verbal strategies used to respond to toxic and discriminatory language online. Application deadline: November 9, 2026 Gross annual salary: €37,316 (approximately €2,000 net per month, depending on individual tax circumstances). Research profile: The successful candidate will study existing practices of toxic language and online counterspeech, create two new corpora based on social media data (one in Italian and one in English), and contribute to their annotation and computational analysis. They will also investigate how counterspeech interventions affect subsequent online exchanges and collaborate with the project team on the development of a new counterspeech model to be tested at a later stage. We are looking for candidates with a strong background in Natural Language Processing (NLP), computational linguistics, corpus linguistics, social media analysis, or sentiment analysis. The computational work will be carried out independently, in dialogue with the Principal Investigator and a postdoctoral researcher in philosophy of language, and in collaboration with the wider interdisciplinary team. Beyond their technical expertise, we are looking for someone who is genuinely committed to addressing discrimination and enthusiastic about working in an interdisciplinary research environment. The position offers the opportunity to engage with researchers in philosophy, social psychology, and computer science, and we would be particularly happy to welcome someone interested in continuing with the project for the full four years, subject to renewal of the contract. Knowledge of Italian is an asset but not a requirement. It would be useful for working with the Italian-language corpus and for contributing to the organisation of seminars and other university activities. The successful candidate will be expected to participate in the project's activities throughout the duration of the contract, including approximately 2–3 in-person meetings or events per month in Milan, Italy. If you are interested, please feel free to contact me for an informal discussion, or apply directly by following the instructions in the call: Official call and application instructions<https://www.unisr.it/reclutamento-docenti/contratti-ricerca/filosofia> Please feel free to share this announcement with anyone who might be interested. Best wishes, Biancamaria Cepollaro ________________________________ Founded in 1821, Heriot-Watt is a leader in ideas and solutions. With campuses and students across the entire globe we span the world, delivering innovation and educational excellence in business, engineering, design and the physical, social and life sciences. This email is generated from the Heriot-Watt University Group, which includes: 1. Heriot-Watt University, a Scottish charity registered under number SC000278 2. Heriot- Watt Services Limited (Oriam), Scotland's national performance centre for sport. Heriot-Watt Services Limited is a private limited company registered is Scotland with registered number SC271030 and registered office at Research & Enterprise Services Heriot-Watt University, Riccarton, Edinburgh, EH14 4AS. The contents (including any attachments) are confidential. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of its contents is strictly prohibited, and you should please notify the sender immediately and then delete it (including any attachments) from your system.

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Second Call for Abstracts: Special Issue on Preserving the Privacy of Language Data
by Maria Irena Szawerna 19 Oct '26

19 Oct '26

---Apologies for cross-posting!--- Second Call for Abstracts for a Special Issue Preserving the Privacy of Language Data: Emerging Technologies, Evolving Standards and Beyond at the Language Resources and Evaluation Journal Guest editors and contact information: * Elena Volodina<https://spraakbanken.gu.se/en/about/staff/elena>, University of Gothenburg, Sweden, < elena dot volodina at svenska dot gu dot se > * Maria Irena Szawerna<https://spraakbanken.gu.se/en/about/staff/maria-szawerna>, University of Gothenburg, Sweden, < maria dot szawerna at gu dot se > Call for submissions In the age of GDPR and heightened awareness about data privacy, incorporating de-identification techniques when working with language data has become increasingly important. In academic contexts, de-identification is employed e.g. when using examples in publications (Heaton, 2022; Wang et al., 2024) or in dataset collection and sharing (Megyesi et al., 2018; Eder et al., 2019). It is also relevant for public uses, such as redacting legal documents (Cabrera-Diego and Gheewala, 2024) or varied industry applications (Gardiner et al., 2024; Hou et al., 2025). Manual de-identification is a costly and time-consuming process, which is why various automatic methods for detecting and replacing personal information, ranging from rule-based systems to Large Language Model (LLM) approaches, have been developed in recent years (Deußer et al., 2025). While rule-based approaches allow for processing the data locally, reducing the risk of the data falling into the wrong hands, they lack the ability to take semantic context and world knowledge into account; LLMs, on the other hand, can handle these challenges to a certain degree, but present ethical concerns when it comes to data leakage, environmental costs, or over-relying on encoded social and gender biases (Bender et al., 2021; Volodina et al. 2025, Szawerna and Suchardt, 2026). This special issue will cover several aspects related to the problem of using technology for effective and ethical de-identification of linguistic data, including (but not limited to) the following topics: * Detection and classification of personal information (PI): Automatic identification of PI in text, speech, and multimodal data; context-dependent and indirect indicators of identity. Which information you are replacing, including how and why this is done. * Replacement and transformation of PI: Context-sensitive pseudonymization and anonymization methods; substitution, masking, obfuscation; maintaining coherence across discourse and modalities. * Utility and bias after de-identification: Effects of de-identification on downstream task performance, linguistic research validity, readability, and bias amplification or reduction. * Approaches to evaluation and adversarial testing: Metrics and frameworks for assessing de-identification quality; adversarial re-identification attempts; robustness and failure-mode analysis. * Dataset creation for de-identification research: Methodological, ethical, and annotation-related considerations in building corpora for training or evaluating de-identification systems. * Low-resource scenarios: Techniques for de-identification in settings with limited data, scarce annotations, or underrepresented languages; transfer and multilingual approaches. * Speech-specific challenges: Removing speaker identity cues in audio; voice anonymization; cross-modal leakage between text, transcripts, and acoustic features. * Cross-disciplinary applications and challenges: Integrating de-identification techniques into real-world workflows in areas such as linguistics, social sciences, digital humanities, healthcare, and other private- or public-sector data environments. Submission information * Abstracts are due November 2nd. * Abstracts should be around 500 words excluding references and statements. The submission link can be found here<https://forms.cloud.microsoft/e/gBuU6Wih9Z>. Authors of accepted abstracts will be notified by the end of November and invited to submit a full article by 1st March 2027. * Full Articles should follow the LRE journal guidelines<https://link.springer.com/journal/10579/submission-guidelines>. Each submission should include an AI disclosure statement<https://mormor-karl.github.io/events/LREJ-special-issue/ai-disclosure-state…>. The submission link will be shared later. The full call can be found here<https://mormor-karl.github.io/events/LREJ-special-issue/>. Best regards, Maria Irena Szawerna ____________________ PhD student Språkbanken<https://spraakbanken.gu.se/> Institutionen för svenska, flerspråkighet och språkteknologi<https://www.gu.se/svenska-spraket> UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG<https://www.gu.se/> https://spraakbanken.gu.se/om/personal/maria-szawerna ORCID: 0009-0005-1426-0318<https://orcid.org/0009-0005-1426-0318>

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[Final reminder] Your voice matters: Take our NLP careers survey
by Esra Dönmez 19 Oct '26

19 Oct '26

Dear Colleagues, We invite you to participate in our survey on career paths in NLP and the factors that shape career decisions. We are interested in learning more about the professional contexts in which members of the NLP community work, as well as the factors that have influenced their career choices. We plan to synthesize the findings and use them to facilitate a discussion at EMNLP 2026. We will also share the aggregated results with the community to provide a broader overview of career paths and working contexts in NLP. The survey is fully anonymous and takes approximately 10–15 minutes to complete. You can access the survey here: https://acpaths.ims.uni-stuttgart.de/ Why participate? Make an impact: Contribute to a better understanding of the NLP career landscape and help junior researchers and practitioners navigate their career options with greater clarity. Gain insights: Receive a report summarizing the findings and providing an overview of NLP careers and their professional contexts. We would be very grateful for your input. Thank you for considering participating in our survey. If you know colleagues or peers who may also be interested, we would greatly appreciate it if you shared the survey with them. Best regards, Esra Dönmez (Institute for Natural Language Processing, University of Stuttgart) Marlene Lutz (University of Mannheim) Matthias Orlikowski (University of Mannheim)

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Call for Shared Tasks - 3rd AbjadNLP 2027 at COLING
by El-Haj, Mo 19 Oct '26

19 Oct '26

Dear all, I’m pleased to announce that the 3rd AbjadNLP Workshop will be co-located with COLING 2027 in Macau, China! AbjadNLP brings together researchers working on Abjad and Ajami languages written in Arabic-based scripts across Africa and Asia, representing hundreds of millions of speakers. Many of these languages remain under-represented in NLP research. The workshop continues to grow, attracting over 90 submissions at our previous edition. We are also delighted to welcome Prof. Steven Bird (Charles Darwin University, Australia) as our keynote speaker. Steven is widely known for his contributions to NLTK and his longstanding work with Indigenous and under-resourced language communities. We are now inviting shared task proposals for AbjadNLP 2027, focusing on languages and varieties using Arabic-based scripts, including Abjad and Ajami writing traditions. We particularly encourage proposals covering under-represented languages and varieties to promote greater linguistic diversity and inclusion. Submit your shared task proposal: https://forms.gle/CkF57ULjfV6D2zLR8 For more information about the workshop, visit: https://elhaj.uk/abjad2027.html We look forward to receiving your proposals! Best wishes, Mo El-Haj On behalf of the AbjadNLP 2027 Organising Committee ———— Dr Mo El-Haj Director of NLP @ VinUniversity Reader (Associate Professor) in NLP CECS, VinUniversity, Vietnam SCC, Lancaster University, UK https://elhaj.uk https://vinnlp.com https://arabicnlp.uk/

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CFP: Language Resources and Evaluation Special Issue on Language Technologies for Health
by Villavicencio, Aline 18 Oct '26

18 Oct '26

Language Resources and Evaluation invites submissions to a Special Issue on Language Technologies for Health Submission deadline: 7 December 2026 Full call for papers: https://www.aim-health.ufscar.br/lre_special_issue.html Special Issue on Language Resources and Evaluation for Healthcare Recent advances in Natural Language Processing (NLP), Speech Technologies, and Large Language Models (LLMs) have transformed the development of language-based applications in healthcare. From the analysis of electronic health records and patient-generated content to conversational agents, decision-support systems, and digital health applications, language technologies are increasingly being deployed in real-world healthcare settings. The success of these technologies, however, depends critically on the availability of high-quality language resources and rigorous evaluation methodologies. Healthcare applications pose unique challenges, including specialized terminology, multilinguality, data scarcity, privacy constraints, annotation complexity, reproducibility, and the need for trustworthy and explainable systems. As language technologies continue to evolve, there is a growing need for resources, benchmarks, evaluation frameworks, and methodological studies that support reliable and responsible research and development in this domain. This Special Issue aims to bring together researchers and practitioners working at the intersection of language resources, evaluation, and healthcare. The initiative builds on discussions from the First Workshop on Language Technologies for Health (Lang4Health<https://www.aim-health.ufscar.br/lang4health.html>) and welcomes contributions from the broader international community. We invite original contributions addressing the creation, annotation, documentation, dissemination, evaluation, and application of language resources for healthcare-related language and speech technologies. Extended versions of papers presented at Lang4Health are welcome, provided they contain substantial new material. New submissions are equally encouraged. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: * Data in health domain * Dataset/Corpus construction and availability; * Dataset/Corpus annotation; * Anonymization and de-identification; * Augment and synthetic data generation. * Language technologies in health domain * Interaction and conversational agents (e.g. chatbots); * Information extraction and information retrieval; * Named Entity Recognition; * Summarization; * Question Answering; * Personalization; * Speech processing; * NLP-supported diagnosis; * Accessibility and simplification of information; * Language support for digital phenotyping. Submissions involving any language are welcome. We particularly encourage contributions addressing Portuguese, Galician, and other under-resourced languages. Manuscripts must present original and unpublished research and will undergo the standard peer-review process of the Language Resources and Evaluation<https://link.springer.com/journal/10579> journal. Submission information<https://www.aim-health.ufscar.br/lre_special_issue.html#submission-informat…> Submissions must present original and unpublished research that is not under consideration elsewhere. We welcome substantial contributions that advance the development, evaluation, documentation, dissemination, or application of language resources and evaluation methodologies for healthcare-related language and speech technologies. Extended versions of papers presented at the First Workshop on Language Technologies for Health (Lang4Health) are welcome, provided that they contain substantial new material beyond the workshop publication. New submissions from the broader research community are equally encouraged. Contributions may include, but are not limited to, new language resources, resource extensions, annotation methodologies, evaluation frameworks, benchmarking studies, reproducibility analyses, and innovative applications of language resources in healthcare settings. Manuscripts should be prepared and submitted according to the guidelines of the Language Resources and Evaluation<https://link.springer.com/journal/10579>journal. Detailed submission instructions will be provided upon the launch of the Special Issue. Review process<https://www.aim-health.ufscar.br/lre_special_issue.html#review-process> All submissions will undergo the standard -blind peer-review process of the Language Resources and Evaluation<https://link.springer.com/journal/10579>journal. Each manuscript will be evaluated by at least two expert reviewers selected by the Guest Editors based on their expertise and the absence of conflicts of interest. Reviewers will assess submissions with respect to scientific quality, originality, methodological soundness, relevance to the Special Issue, and potential impact on the field. To support a rigorous and timely review process, authors submitting to the Special Issue may be invited to participate in the reviewer pool and review other submissions within their area of expertise. Reviewer assignments will be managed by the Guest Editors to ensure appropriate expertise and to avoid conflicts of interest. Revised manuscripts may undergo additional rounds of review when necessary. Guest Editors<https://www.aim-health.ufscar.br/lre_special_issue.html#guest-editors> * Prof. Aline Villavicencio, University of Exeter, UK * Dr. Rodrigo Wilkens, University of Exeter, UK * Prof. Helena Caseli, Federal University of São Carlos, Brazil * Dr. Vânia Neris, Federal University of São Carlos, Brazil Contact Information: Lang4health2026(a)gmail.com

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2nd CfP: 2027 APALCE·KASEE·KOTESOL·CELESE Joint Winter Seminar (Waseda University, 29 January 2027)
by ICR 18 Oct '26

18 Oct '26

Call for Papers: 2027 APALCE·KASEE·KOTESOL·CELESEJoint Winter Seminar (Waseda University, 29 January 2027)<mailplugbody>CALL FOR PAPERSLanguage, Culture, and Education in the Age of AIThe Asia Pacific Association of Language, Culture, and Education (APALCE), Korea Association of Secondary English Education (KASEE), KoreaTESOL (KOTESOL), andCenter for English Language Education in Science and Engineering (CELESE), Waseda University will jointly host their 2027 Winter Seminar as detailed below. We invite presentation proposals and look forward to your participation..1. Seminar Overview- Hosted by: APALCE, KASEE, KOTESOL, and CELESE- Organized by: Institute for Corpus Research, Incheon National University- In corporation with: CELESE, Waseda University- Date & Time: Friday, 29 January 2027, 14:00 – 17:00- Venue: Waseda University, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan2. Plenary Speakers- Expanding the scope of corpus tools through AI-mediated conversation / Professor Laurence Anthony (Waseda University)- What characteristics define East Asian popular music? / Professor Kevin Heffernan (Kwansei Gakuin University)3. Presentation Topics and SubmissionsWe welcome research related to the seminar theme, as well as research in language, culture, education, and interdisciplinary fields. Both single-authored and co-authored submissions are welcome, and co-authors may present jointly.4. Abstract Submission- Submission: https://forms.gle/CzrqkQcKxkQwqnqN7- Submission Deadline: Friday, November 13, 2026- Notification of Acceptance: Friday, November 20, 20265. Conference Information and Enquiries- Conference websites: https://apalce.org/conferences- Enquiries: office(a)apalce.org---Dr CK JungBEng(Hons) Birmingham MSc Warwick EdD Warwick Cert OxfordAssociate Professor | Department of English Language and Literature, Incheon National University, South KoreaAddress: Room 423, Building 15, Incheon National University, 119 Academy-ro, Yeonsu-gu, Incheon, South KoreaEmail:ckjung@inu.ac.kr| Mobile: +82-10-9962-7481 | Office: +82-32-835-8129President| Asia Pacific Association of Language, Culture, and Education (APALCE)|https://apalce.orgPresident 9th, 10th (Current)| Korean Association of Secondary English Education (KASEE), KCI-Listed | http://kasee.orgDirector | Institute for Corpus Research, Incheon National University | http://icr.or.krEditor-in-Chief | Asia Pacific Journal of Corpus Research (Google Scholar, ICR) | http://icr.or.kr/apjcrEditorial Board Member | English Today (SSCI, A&HCI, Cambridge University Press) | https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/english-todayEditorial Board Member | Corpora (ESCI, SCOPUS, Edinburgh University Press) | https://www.euppublishing.com/loi/corEditorial Board Member | Journal of Contemporary Education and Teaching Research (CNKI, BFD Publishing)| https://ojs.bonfuturepress.com/index.php/CETREditorial Board Member | Korean Lexicography (KCI-Listed, Korean Association for Lexicography) | https://korealex.jams.or.krEditorial Board Member | Language & Information Society (KCI-Listed, Institute for Language and Information, Sogang University)| https://linguisticsogang.jams.or.krPersonal Website: https://ckjung.orgOfficial Website:https://english.inu.ac.kr/profl/ui/1520/20191111/empView.do?viewType=&haksaDeptCode=AIB1&majCd=Deci (1995) argues that the key question is nothow to motivate peoplebuthow to create the conditions in which they motivate themselves.---Institute for Corpus Research (ICR)Room 423 Building 15 Incheon National University,119 Academy-ro, Yeonsu-gu, Incheon Metropolitan City, 22012, South KoreaH: http://icr.or.kr | E: help(a)icr.or.kr | T: +82 (0)32 835 8129National Research Foundation Registration No: 126000S07438

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Registration open: Translating and the Computer (TC47) - Luxembourg – December
by Amal Haddad 17 Oct '26

17 Oct '26

Registration open: Translating and the Computer (TC47) - Luxembourg - December Welcome to the Translating and the Computer 2026 (TC47)! TC47 Registration is now open Register now to shape the future of translation and harness the power of technology to bridge languages and cultures. Don't miss out - the future of translation starts here! https://asling.org/tc47/registering-for-tc47/ Are You Ready to Transform Your Understanding of Translation Technology? Join us at the forefront of innovation and discussion at this year's ASLING Conference on Translating and the Computer. Connect with thought leaders, innovators, and peers who are shaping the future of our industry and leave equipped with knowledge and ideas that will propel your professional journey forward. Spaces are limited -- secure your spot now and be part of a community driving advancements in translation technology! REGISTRATION Registrations cover conference costs, such as administrative costs, catering, and other overhead costs. If you are a citizen from outside the EU or the European Economic Region, please check whether you require a visa to travel to the venue in Luxembourg. You are responsible to obtain such a visa on your own. AsLing cannot assist any persons requiring a visa to travel to Luxembourg. Registration for TC47 is as follows: * Early bird Registration Contribution (available until 10 October 2026): EUR 315.00 * Standard Registration Contribution (11 October 2026 to 30 November 2026): EUR 365.00 * Student Registration Contribution: EUR 225.00** * Last-minute Registration Contribution (1 December 2026 to the start of TC47): EUR 400.00 * Online attendance Registration Contribution: EUR 200.00 flat rate*** *Registrations are confirmed after the bank confirms payment to AsLing. **To register as a student, you must submit a certificate confirming your full-time student status. ***Single rate for online attendance applies irrespectively of the registration date. Cancellation policy Before 1 November 2026: full refund minus EUR 50 for administrative expenses Between 1 November and 30 November 2026: EUR 50 refund From 1 December 2026 onward: NO refund. NETWORKING DINNER The TC47 N [1]ETWORKING DINNER [2] will be held on 9 December (on the 2nd day of the conference) at a restaurant close to the Conference venue. The price is EUR 85 per person. Places are restricted and will be assigned, after completed payment, on a first-come, first-serve basis. When you register for the Conference, you can register for the Networking dinner [1] as well. -- Amal Haddad Haddad (She/her) Facultad de Traducción e Interpretación Universidad de Granada |https://www.ugr.es/personal/amal-haddad-haddad Lexicon Research Group |http://lexicon.ugr.es/haddad Co-Convenor, BAAL SIG 'Humans, Machines, Language'|https://r.jyu.fi/humala Event Coordinator, BAAL SIG 'Language, Learning and Teaching' =============== Cláusula de Confidencialidad: "Este mensaje se dirige exclusivamente a su destinatario y puede contener información privilegiada o confidencial. Si no es Ud. el destinatario indicado, queda notificado de que la utilización, divulgación o copia sin autorización está prohibida en virtud de la legislación vigente. Si ha recibido este mensaje por error, se ruega lo comunique inmediatamente por esta misma vía y proceda a su destrucción. This message is intended exclusively for its addressee and may contain information that is CONFIDENTIAL and protected by professional privilege. If you are not the intended recipient you are hereby notified that any dissemination, copy or disclosure of this communication is strictly prohibited by law. If this message has been received in error, please immediately notify us via e-mail and delete it" =============== Links: ------ [1] https://asling.org/tc47/networking-dinner/ [2] https://asling.org/tc47/registering-for-tc47/_wp_link_placeholder

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[JOB] PhD Opportunity in NLP, Agentic AI, and Causal Scientific Reasoning at TIB, Germany
by D'Souza, Jennifer 17 Oct '26

17 Oct '26

Dear Colleagues, My research group at the TIB -- Leibniz Information Centre for Science and Technology in Hannover, Germany, has an opening for a Research Associate/Doctoral Researcher (PhD position) focused on Natural Language Processing, Agentic AI, and Causal Scientific Reasoning. The position is part of a newly funded <https://www.leibniz-gemeinschaft.de/en/research/collaborative-research/leib niz-collaborative-excellence> Leibniz Collaborative Excellence project: EcoAIRE - AI-assisted hypothesis assessment in invasion biology and the restoration of freshwater ecosystems under fragmented and heterogeneous ecological evidence. Position Description The successful candidate will conduct research on developing AI methods that transform heterogeneous scientific evidence into structured, machine-actionable representations of hypotheses, variables, contextual conditions, uncertainty, and causal relationships. The research will extend beyond conventional information extraction toward AI-supported scientific reasoning and hypothesis assessment, including causal and world-model-inspired approaches, simulation, and intervention-based reasoning. While the doctoral research will be situated within the broader field of Computer Science, the project is inherently interdisciplinary. We particularly welcome candidates who are enthusiastic about working at the intersection of AI and ecology, with a strong willingness to collaborate closely with researchers from diverse disciplinary backgrounds, including ecologists, and to engage with scientific questions beyond their primary field of expertise. The initial appointment is for three years, subject to final funding approval. The position is full-time (39.8 hours/week), with remuneration according to TV-L E13 (German public-sector salary scale). Flexible working arrangements and limited mobile work are possible. Application Instructions The application deadline is November 14, 2026. For full details, qualifications, and how to apply, please see: <https://www.tib.eu/en/tib/careers-and-apprenticeships/vacancies/details/ste llenausschreibung-nr-44-2026> https://www.tib.eu/en/tib/careers-and-apprenticeships/vacancies/details/stel lenausschreibung-nr-44-2026 I would appreciate it if you could share this opportunity with potentially interested candidates. Best regards, Jennifer D'Souza, Ph.D. https://www.dsouza.ai/

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