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Postdoctoral Researcher in NLP for Inclusive Language Technologies at Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona, Spain!
by Horacio Saggion 30 Jul '25

30 Jul '25

The *TALN research group *at Universitat Pompeu Fabra's Department of Engineering is excited to announce an opening for a *Postdoctoral Researcher* in Barcelona, Spain! This is a fantastic opportunity to contribute to the *Horizon Europe project IDEAL* (Inclusive Democratic Engagement and Language Technologies in Europe), focusing on crucial areas: - Multilingual *Text Simplification*: Developing solutions for citizens with language comprehension challenges. - Multilingual & Multicultural *Machine Translation*: Leveraging state-of-the-art deep neural models, including LLMs, to enhance communication across diverse languages and cultures. You'll be a key technical lead, responsible for research and development, including: - Adapting and fine-tuning existing multilingual LLMs for specific tasks - Developing and calibrating text-to-speech systems. - Acquiring and preparing datasets and "benchmarks" for translation and simplification. - Developing and calibrating automatic evaluation systems. - Integrating developed libraries into applications. - Collaborating with an expert NLP team at UPF and project partners across Europe. - Participating in meetings, writing reports, and publishing scientific papers. Who We're Looking For: *Required Education:* PhD or equivalent in Computer Science or related field. *Experience:* At least 4 years of research experience (Recognised Researcher R2). *Key Skills:* Proven experience with Large Language Models (LLMs) for text classification, generation, translation, and simplification. *Languages: *Excellent English is a must. Desirable knowledge of French, German, Greek, Arabic, or Persian. *Additional Assets:* Experience in research projects, scientific writing/publishing, and software development. *Benefits:* *Gross Salary:* Up to €41,370.76 annually. *Comprehensive Benefits:* Social security, employment benefits, paternity/maternity leave, and access to the public health system. *Leave: *4 weeks of annual leave. *Eligibility:* Must have the right to work in the EU. Apply Now! https://lnkd.in/dbGexJz7 Open Date: July 29, 2025 Application Deadline: August 31, 2025, at 11:59 PM Eastern Time Questions? Send a message to: horacio.saggion(a)upf.edu If you're an experienced researcher passionate about inclusive language technologies and LLMs, we encourage you to apply and make a real impact! -- Horacio Saggion Full Professor / Chair in Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Head of the Natural Language Processing Group - TALN Project Coordinator iDEM Project (HE) Co-PI of the AI-BOOST project (HE) Co-PI of the IDEAL project (HE) Universitat Pompeu Fabra https://twitter.com/h_saggion https://www.linkedin.com/in/horacio-saggion-1749b916 -- Horacio Saggion Full Professor / Chair in Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Head of the Natural Language Processing Group - TALN Project Coordinator iDEM Project (HE) Co-PI of the AI-BOOST project (HE) Co-PI of the IDEAL project (HE) Universitat Pompeu Fabra https://twitter.com/h_saggion https://www.linkedin.com/in/horacio-saggion-1749b916

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15 September: Corpus Linguistics MOOC Returns – New Platform, Fresh Content,
by Brezina, Vaclav 30 Jul '25

30 Jul '25

Dear all, The ESRC Centre for Corpus Approaches to Social Science at Lancaster University (CASS) is delighted to announce that our popular Corpus Linguistics MOOC is returning this September! Whether you're new to corpus linguistics or have joined us in the past, there's something for everyone. This year’s course features new materials reflecting the latest developments in the field – including the impact of AI and new technologies. 📅 Course starts: 15 September 🎓 Register FREE via edX: edx.org – Corpus Linguistics and New Technologies<https://edx.org/learn/social-sciences/lancaster-university-corpus-linguisti…> You’re welcome to join us yourself or recommend it to your students! What’s new? * 📍 Now hosted on a new platform with updated, engaging content * 🤖 Focus on technological advances in corpus linguistics * 💡 Available as a free course, or as a microcredential (USD 600) with certification 🎁 Bonus: All MOOC participants will receive a £500 discount on our MA/PGCert in Corpus Linguistics (Distance) at Lancaster University. Learn more: Lancaster MA in Corpus Linguistics<https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/postgraduate-courses/corpus-…> We hope to see you (and your students) in the course! Best, Vaclav Professor Vaclav Brezina Professor in Corpus Linguistics Department of Linguistics and English Language ESRC Centre for Corpus Approaches to Social Science Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Lancaster University Lancaster, LA1 4YD Office: County South, room C05 T: +44 (0)1524 510828 [cid:ae9f4bc7-9432-4d40-8187-40cbdb08f37b]@vaclavbrezina [cid:4f14ad86-46b2-4996-aad1-966b4ea4c6c9]<http://www.lancaster.ac.uk/arts-and-social-sciences/about-us/people/vaclav-…>

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CODI-CRAC 2025: Deadline Extension
by Amir.Zeldes＠georgetown.edu 29 Jul '25

29 Jul '25

*apologies for cross-postings* � CODI CRAC – deadline extended to Aug. 6!!! � CODI CRAC 2025 Workshop: joint call for papers 6th Workshop on Computational Approaches to Discourse and 8th Workshop on Computational Models of Reference, Anaphora and Coreference � November 5-9 2025 - EMNLP 25 - Suzhou, China � We are pleased to announce that we are organizing in 2025 the first joint CODI-CRAC workshop that will be held during EMNLP! More information on: <https://sites.google.com/view/codi-crac2025/> https://sites.google.com/view/codi-crac2025/ � � Deadline for CODI CRAC papers: Aug. 6 2025 � We will host 2 shared tasks, the CRAC and the DISRPT shared tasks. More information on: - CRAC shared task: <https://ufal.mff.cuni.cz/corefud/crac25> https://ufal.mff.cuni.cz/corefud/crac25 � - DISRPT shared task: � <https://sites.google.com/view/disrpt2025/> https://sites.google.com/view/disrpt2025/ � � Aims and scope � The last few years have seen a dramatic improvement in the ability of NLP systems and Large Language Models to understand and produce words, sentences and in some cases longer texts. This development has created a renewed interest in discourse problems as researchers move towards the processing of long-form documents and conversations. There is a surge of activity in discourse pretraining tasks, coherence models, summarization for long texts and conversations, corpora for discourse level reading comprehension and formal parsing, as well as discourse related/aided representation learning, to name a few. � Discourse, roughly the interactions of context, form and meaning above the sentence level, is at the intersection of many areas in Computational Linguistics and NLP, since it is concerned with all levels of linguistic representation, allowing the modeling of textual coherence and inference leveraging long-distance links within documents.It thus brings together researchers working on different areas but facing similar issues with coherence and cohesion, document-level structure, long text and long context. � In 2025, we organize the first joint CODI-CRAC workshop. The CODI workshop has been a forum for a broad range of work at the discourse level. The CRAC workshop has been a primary venue for researchers interested in the computational modeling of reference, anaphora, and coreference. Together, these workshops have catalyzed work to advance research on discourse level problems and have served as a forum for the discussion of suitable datasets and reliable evaluation methods. � This joint edition corresponds to the 6th CODI workshop and the 8th CRAC workshop. It will welcome contributions from all the areas below, including state of the art textual NLU and NLG work using LLMs, as well as classic structured work on automatic discourse analysis -- corresponding to challenging tasks such as coreference resolution or discourse parsing -- to encourage interaction between communities. The workshop is set to host the fourth edition of the DISRPT shared task on Discourse Relation Parsing and Treebanking and the fourth edition of the CRAC shared task on Multilingual Coreference Resolution. � The workshop is planned as a 1 day event which brings together different subcommunities. It will feature invited talks and regular papers. We also accept papers accepted at other major conferences for non-archival presentation, including Findings papers. � Topics of interest � We welcome papers on symbolic and probabilistic approaches, corpus development and analysis, as well as machine and deep learning approaches to discourse. We appreciate theoretical contributions as well as practical applications, including demos of systems and tools. The goal of the workshop is to provide a forum for the community of NLP researchers working on all aspects of discourse. � Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: - discourse structure - discourse connectives - discourse relations - annotation tools and schemes for discourse phenomena - corpora annotated with discourse phenomena - discourse parsing - cross-lingual discourse processing - cross-domain discourse processing - anaphora and coreference resolution - event coreference - argument mining - coherence modeling - discourse and semantics - discourse in applications such as machine translation, summarization, etc. - evaluation methodology for discourse processing - discourse pretraining tasks - long-text modeling and generation � Submissions � We solicit three categories of papers: regular (long and short) workshop papers, demos and extended abstracts. Only regular workshop papers and demos will be included in the proceedings as archival publications. Double submission of papers is allowed, but this information will need to be disclosed at submission time. � Regular papers must describe original unpublished research. Long papers may consist of up to 8 pages of content, plus unlimited pages for references. Short papers can be up to 4 pages, plus unlimited pages for references. Demo submissions may describe systems, tools, visualizations, etc., and may consist of up to 4 pages, plus unlimited pages for references. � Each submission can contain unlimited pages for Appendices but the paper submissions need to remain fully self-contained, as these supplementary materials are completely optional, and reviewers are not even asked to review them. � Extended abstracts can describe work in progress. These may be two pages long (without references). Extended abstracts are non-archival. They will be included in the workshop program and handbook, but will not appear in the workshop proceedings. Paper accepted or rejected at one of the main conferences � We also invite presentations of paper accepted at another main conference, a specific deadline and submission process will be communicated later on. They will be included in the workshop program and handbook, but will not appear in the workshop proceedings. We also fast-track ARR papers with reviews, with timeline TBA. � Submission website � All submissions must be anonymous and follow the EMNLP 2025 formatting instructions described here: https://aclrollingreview.org/cfp � Submission websites: * CODI: <https://softconf.com/emnlp2025/codi2025/> https://softconf.com/emnlp2025/codi2025/ * DISRPT: <https://softconf.com/emnlp2025/disrpt2025/> https://softconf.com/emnlp2025/disrpt2025/ * CRAC: � <https://softconf.com/emnlp2025/crac2025/> https://softconf.com/emnlp2025/crac2025/ � Schedule � - July 30 2025 --> August 6 2025:CODI CRAC papers due - September 5 2025:Notification of acceptance - September 19 2025:Camera ready deadline - November 8-9 2025-:CODI-CRAC workshop � All deadlines are 11.59 pm UTC -12h ("anywhere on Earth"). � Invited Speakers � - Tanya Goyal, Cornell University. - Nancy F. Chen, Institute of Infocomm Research (I2R), A-STAR, Singapore � Organizers � - Chloé Braud, CNRS-IRIT - Christian Hardmeier, IT University of Copenhagen - Chuyuan (Lisa) Li, � University of British Columbia - Jessy Li, University of Texas, Austin - Sharid Loáiciga, University of Gothenburg - Vincent Ng, University of Texas at Dallas - Michal Novák, Charles University, Prague - Maciej Ogrodniczuk, Institute of Computer Science, Polish Academy of Sciences - Massimo Poesio, Queen Mary University of London and University of Utrecht - Sameer Pradhan, University of Pennsylvania and cemantix - Michael Strube, Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies - Amir Zeldes, Georgetown University, Washington DC To contact the organizers, please send an email to: <mailto:codi-crac-workshop@googlegroups.com> codi-crac-workshop(a)googlegroups.com

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second call for papers KNLP@ACM-SAC
by Patrizio Bellan 28 Jul '25

28 Jul '25

*Knowledge and Natural Language Processing Track @ ACM-SAC* Aim of the Knowledge and Natural Language Processing (KNLP) track at ACM SAC is to investigate techniques and application of knowledge engineering and natural language processing, focusing in particular on approaches combining them. This is an extremely interdisciplinary emerging research area, at the core of Artificial Intelligence, combining and complementing the scientific results from Natural Language Processing and Knowledge Representation and Reasoning. Topics of interest Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: - Natural Language Processing - NLP tasks for Knowledge Extraction - NLP for Ontology Population and Learning - Sentiment Analysis and Opinion Mining for Knowledge Applications - Interplay between Language and Ontologies - NLP for Explainable Knowledge - Machine Translation techniques for Multilingual Knowledge - NLP for the Web - Bias detection and mitigation in small/large LM - (Small/Large) LM and Knowledge - Knowledge - Knowledge to improve NLP tasks - Knowledge for Information Retrieval - Knowledge-based Sentiment Analysis and Opinion Mining - Combining Knowledge and Deep Learning for NLP - Knowledge for Text Summarization and Generation - Knowledge for Persuasion - Knowledge-based Machine Translation - Knowledge for the Web - Linked Data for NLP - Knowledge-based NL Explainability - LM-enhanced ontology and knowledge engineering methodologies and tools - LM-based agent for knowledge extraction, reasoning, and management - Ontology evaluation via small/large LMs - (Ontological) knowledge memorization in LMs - Knowledge-based techniques for LMs (Retrieval Augmented Generation based approaches, fact-checking, and bias mitigation) - Question answering over knowledge graphs via small/large LMs - Real-world applications that exploit Knowledge and NLP - Real-world applications that exploit Knowledge and NLP - Knowledge and NLP Systems for Big Data scenarios - Knowledge and NLP technology for a diverse, equitable, and inclusive society - Deployment of Knowledge and NLP Systems in specific domains, such as: - Digital Humanities and Social Sciences - eGovernment and public administration - Life sciences, health, and medicine - News and Data Streaming Paper Submission Submissions must not have been published or be concurrently considered for publication elsewhere. Papers should be submitted in PDF using the ACM-SAC proceedings format <https://www.sigapp.org/sac/sac2026/authorkit.php>. Authors' names and affiliations should be entered separately at the submission site and not appear in the submitted papers. Each submission will be reviewed in *a DOUBLE-BLIND *process according to the ACM-SAC Regulations. Student Research Competition (SRC) submissions are welcome (see SAC 2026 SRC page for details <https://www.sigapp.org/sac/sac2026/src_program.php>). Initial Submission Policy - All submissions must initially be submitted as regular papers. There is no separate submission track for poster papers. - Paper selection is based on originality, technical contribution, presentation quality, and relevance to the Knowledge and Natural Language Processing Track. - Based on the outcome of the review process, some submissions—although technically sound—may not be accepted as regular papers due to overall acceptance rate constraints, and could be accepted as posters Minimum Length for Review Consideration - While there is no formal minimum page requirement, submissions of fewer than four (4) full pages that do not demonstrate substantial contributions may be subject to desk rejection without external review. Camera-ready Page Limits - Regular Papers (accepted for publication): - Up to eight (8) pages are included with standard registration. Poster Papers (recommended for acceptance): - Up to two (2) pages are included with standard registration. *Important Dates (check SAC website <https://www.sigapp.org/sac/sac2026/#important-dates> for up-to-date dates)* September 26, 2025: Regular Paper & SRC Abstract Submission For further information, please visit the Knowledge and Natural Language Processing Track <https://knlp.fbk.eu/> and ACM-SAC 2026 <https://www.sigapp.org/sac/sac2026/> conference websites or feel free to contact the Track Co-Chairs <knlp(a)fbk.eu>. -- -- Le informazioni contenute nella presente comunicazione sono di natura privata e come tali sono da considerarsi riservate ed indirizzate esclusivamente ai destinatari indicati e per le finalità strettamente legate al relativo contenuto. Se avete ricevuto questo messaggio per errore, vi preghiamo di eliminarlo e di inviare una comunicazione all’indirizzo e-mail del mittente. -- The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material.

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The 25th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS 2026): Second Call for Contributions
by Announce 28 Jul '25

28 Jul '25

*** Second Call for Contributions *** The 25th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS 2026) May 25-29, 2026, 5* Coral Beach Hotel & Resort, Paphos, Cyprus https://cyprusconferences.org/aamas2026/ We invite you to submit your best work in agents and multiagent systems to AAMAS 2026, the 25th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems, to be held in Paphos, Cyprus in May 2026. All submissions will be rigorously peer-reviewed and evaluated on the basis of the overall quality of their technical contribution, taking into account criteria such as originality, significance, soundness, reproducibility, clarity, relevance to the conference, quality of presentation, as well as understanding and appropriate referencing of the state of the art. The papers will be published under CC BY license. Important Dates (for the main technical track) • Abstract submission: October 1, 2025 • Paper submission: October 8, 2025 • Rebuttal period: November 21-25, 2025 • Author notification: December 22, 2025 • Camera-ready paper: February 11, 2026 • Conference: May 25-29, 2026 All deadlines are at the end of the specified day, anywhere on Earth (UTC-12). For submission instructions, please see here: https://cyprusconferences.org/aamas2026/submission-instructions/ Areas of Interest We welcome the submission of technical papers describing significant and original research on all aspects of the theory and practice of autonomous agents and multiagent systems. If you are new to this community, then we encourage you to consult the proceedings of previous editions of the conference to fully appreciate the scope of AAMAS. At the time of submission, you will be asked to associate your paper with one of the following areas of interest: • Learning and Adaptation (LEARN) • Generative and Agentic AI (GAAI) • Game Theory and Economic Paradigms (GTEP) • Coordination, Organizations, Institutions, Norms, and Ethics (COINE) • Search, Optimization, Planning, and Scheduling (SOPS) • Representation, and Reasoning (RR) • Engineering and Analysis of Multiagent Systems (EMAS) • Modeling and Simulation of Societies (SIM) • Human-Agent Interaction (HAI) • Robotics and Control (ROBOT) • Innovative Applications (IA) More information on these areas and the topics covered can be found here: https://cyprusconferences.org/aamas2026/call-for-papers-main-track/ Special Tracks In addition to the main track, AAMAS 2026 will feature five special tracks (AAAI Track, JAAMAS Track, Blue Sky Ideas Track, Demo Track, and Competitions Track), as well as the Doctoral Consortium. The AAAI Track welcomes AAAI-25 submissions rejected from the main AAAI track that are relevant to the AAMAS research community and received no reject review recommendations (all review scores are weak reject or above). The JAAMAS Track offers authors of papers recently published in the Journal of Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (JAAMAS) that have not previously appeared as full papers in an archival conference the opportunity to present their work at AAMAS 2026. The focus of the Blue Sky Ideas Track is on visionary ideas, long-term challenges, new research opportunities, and controversial debate. The Demo Track allows participants from both academia and industry to showcase their latest developments in agent-based and robotic systems. The Competitions Track is an effective mechanism for motivating researchers to enhance discussions, share knowledge, and boost the development and evaluation of theory and practice of autonomous agents and multiagent systems. Finally, AAMAS invites PhD students working in the research areas covered by AAMAS to take part in the Doctoral Consortium (DC). The DC is an opportunity to interact closely with established researchers in your field as well as other PhD students to receive feedback on your work and to get advice on managing your career. The calls for each track above and for the Doctoral Consortium, along with the respective important dates, are available on the AAMAS 2026 web site. Workshops and Tutorials Furthermore, AAMAS 2026 invites proposals for workshops and tutorials. These will be held on May 25-26, 2026, immediately before the main program of the AAMAS conference. The objectives of the AAMAS 2026 workshop program are to stimulate and facilitate discussion, interaction, and comparison of approaches, methods, and ideas related to specific topics, both theoretical and applied, in the general area of Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems. The AAMAS 2026 workshops will provide an informal setting where participants will have the opportunity to discuss specific technical topics, fostering the active exchange of ideas and supporting community development. Tutorials will be half-day long and will be in person — online/remote versions will not be accepted. A few full-day tutorials may be considered, but the proponents need to motivate their request when submitting their proposal. The calls for workshop and tutorial proposals, along with the respective important dates, are available on the AAMAS 2026 web site. Organizing Committee AAMAS 2026 General Chairs • Viviana Mascardi, University of Genova, Italy • John Thangarajah, RMIT University, Australia AAMAS 2026 Program Chairs • Chris Amato, Northeastern University, United States of America • Louise Dennis, University of Manchester, United Kingdom AAMAS 2026 Local Chairs • George A. Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus (Chair) • Panayiotis Kolios, University of Cyprus, Cyprus (Vice Chair) If you have additional questions, please contact the Program Chairs using aamas2026pcs(a)gmail.com .

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Reminder: CfP for DGFS-AG Intensivierung/Intensification
by Brunner 28 Jul '25

28 Jul '25

We would like to remind you of our call for the DGFS workshop "Intensification". The deadline is this Friday,*1. August 2025*. <english version of the call below> Call for Abstracts für die AG "m e e e e e e g a g e i l e Muster von InTeNsIvIeRuNG!!11elf 😎🤩" im Rahmen der *DGFS 2026, 24.-27.02.2026 in Trier* https://www.uni-trier.de/universitaet/fachbereiche-faecher/fachbereich-ii/f… Deadline: *1. August 2025* Die AG widmet sich der formalen und funktionalen Vielfalt von Intensivierung, z.B. welche Strategien und Konstruktionen in sprachlichen Ausdrücken verwendet werden, in welchen Kontexten sie auftreten und welche semiotischen Elemente intensivierbar sind. Das Spektrum umfasst nicht nur lexikogrammatische, sondern auch darüberhinausgehende Phänomene auf allen kommunikativen Ebenen, z.B. typographische und lautliche Mittel oder Gestik und Mimik, als Formen der Intensivierung (Napoli/Ravetto 2017). Ein besonderes Augenmerk gilt der Musterhaftigkeit und Kreativität von Intensivierungsstrategien. Während sich bestimmte Verfahren als konventionalisierte Muster beschreiben lassen, sind andere höchst variabel, für Innovationen anfällig und kombinierbar (Cotgrove 2025). Dies wirft theoretische und empirische Fragen nach dem Verhältnis von Konvention und Variation auf: In welchem Maße folgen Intensivierungen wiederkehrenden Form-Funktions-Mustern (Politt/Willich 2024)? Welche Formen der Variation (sozial, stilistisch, medial) lassen sich beobachten, und wie sind diese zu beschreiben? Wir freuen uns auf einen Austausch zu einem Phänomen, das an der Schnittstelle von Lexik, Phonetik/Phonologie, Grammatik, Pragmatik und Semantik liegt. Willkommen sind aktuelle Arbeiten, die sich mit empirischen Untersuchungen zu spezifischen Intensivierungsstrategien befassen sowie mit der Rolle von Intensivierung in unterschiedlichen Diskursen, Genres, Modalitäten oder Varietäten. Ebenfalls von Interesse sind Arbeiten, die sich mit der Frage auseinandersetzen, wie sich von der empirischen Analyse ausgehend theoretische Modelle sprachlicher Intensivierung entwickeln lassen – und umgekehrt, wie theoretische Konzepte die empirische Analyse leiten können. Abstracts in englischer oder deutscher Sprache von höchstens einer Seite Länge (DIN A4, 12pt, 1,5-zeilig) können bis zum 01.08.2025 als nicht anonymisierte PDF-Datei an cotgrove(a)ids-mannheim.de gesendet werden. *Organisationsteam*: Annelen Brunner (IDS Mannheim), Louis Cotgrove (IDS Mannheim), Katja Politt (Universität Bielefeld, SFB 1646), Alexander Willich (HHU Düsseldorf) *Literaturverzeichnis* Cotgrove, L. (2025): 😡👉👎👈: Entstehende Arten von Intensivierung in der digitalen Kommunikation junger Menschen. In: Deutsche Sprache 1/2025, 2–18. Napoli, M./Ravetto, M. (2017): New insights on intensification and intensifiers. In: Napoli, M./Ravetto, M. (Hg.): Exploring Intensification. Amsterdam: Benjamins, 1–12. Politt, K./Willich, A. (2024): Jetzt hab ich voll die Panik: Prototype effects of NP-external intensifiers in German. Yearbook of the German Cognitive Linguistics Association, 12(1), 3-34. https://doi.org/10.1515/gcla-2024-0002 ---------------- Call for Abstracts for the workshop "s u u u u u p e r awesomepatterns of iNtEnSiFiCaTiOn!!11eleven 😎🤩" taking place at *DGFS 2026, 24.-27.02.2026 in Trier, Germany* https://www.uni-trier.de/universitaet/fachbereiche-faecher/fachbereich-ii/f… Deadline: *1. August 2025* The workshop focuses on the formal and functional diversity of intensification, e.g. which strategies and constructions are used in linguistic expressions, in which contexts do they occur, as well as which semiotic elements can be intensified. Intensification is far more diverse than just lexicogrammatical phenomena, with phenomena occurring on on all communicative levels, for example, typographical and phonetic strategies, gestures or facial expressions (Napoli/Ravetto 2017). Particularly of interest for the workshop is the apparent dialectic between recurring patterns and innovation within intensification strategies. While certain processes can be described as conventionalised patterns, others can be highly creative and combined with one another (Cotgrove 2025). This raises theoretical and empirical questions about the relationship between convention and variation: To what extent do intensifications follow recurring form-function patterns (Politt/Willich 2024)? What forms of variation (social, stylistic, medial) can be observed and how can these be described? We look forward to discussion on a phenomenon that lies at the crossroads of lexis, phonetics/phonology, grammar, pragmatics and semantics. We welcome recent work that deals with empirical studies on specific intensification strategies and the role of intensification in different discourses, genres, modalities or varieties. Papers that address how theoretical models of linguistic intensification can be developed on the basis of empirical analysis and conversely, how theoretical concepts can guide empirical analysis, are also welcomed. Abstracts should be in German or English and should not exceed a single A4 page (12pt, 1.5 line spacing). Please submit the abstract as a PDF (anonymisation not necessary) by *1st August 2025*to cotgrove(a)ids-mannheim.de. *Organisation*: Annelen Brunner (IDS Mannheim), Louis Cotgrove (IDS Mannheim), Katja Politt (Universität Bielefeld, SFB 1646), Alexander Willich (HHU Düsseldorf) *References:* Cotgrove, L. (2025): Novel methods of intensification in young people’s digitally-mediated communication. In: Cotgrove, L./Herzberg, L./Lüngen, H. (eds.): Exploring digitally-mediated communication with corpora: Methods, analyses, and corpus construction. Berlin: De Gruyter, 137-162. Napoli, M./Ravetto, M. (2017): New insights on intensification and intensifiers. In: Napoli, M./Ravetto, M. (eds.): Exploring Intensification. Amsterdam: Benjamins, 1–12. Politt, K./Willich, A. (2024): Jetzt hab ich voll die Panik: Prototype effects of NP-external intensifiers in German. Yearbook of the German Cognitive Linguistics Association, 12(1), 3-34. https://doi.org/10.1515/gcla-2024-0002 -- Dr. Annelen Brunner Abteilung Lexik Leibniz-Institut für Deutsche Sprache (IDS) R 5, 6-13 68161 Mannheim Tel.: +49 621-1581-433 E-Mail:brunner@ids-mannheim.de

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Tenure-track faculty position in Language Technology - Saarland University and DFKI
by Alexander Koller 27 Jul '25

27 Jul '25

Hi all, we are currently looking for an excellent young colleague to fill a faculty position in Language Technology. This is a joint appointment between the Department of Language Science and Technology at Saarland University and the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI). It is a tenure-track position (W2 -> W3 on the German payscale). You will join one of the most active research sites in NLP and Informatics in Europe and, over time, grow into leading the Language Technology group at DFKI. Through DFKI, you will have access to an extensive global network of industry and other partners. This dual role offers a unique platform for high-impact research and meaningful societal engagement at a scale rarely achievable elsewhere. Please find the full job ad under the link below. The application deadline is September 12. https://www.uni-saarland.de/fileadmin/upload/verwaltung/stellen/Wissenschaf… Best, Alexander Koller.

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Final call and deadline extension: CASE 2025 @ RANLP (8. Challenges and Applications of Automated Extraction of Socio-political Events from Texts)
by Ali Hurriyetoglu 26 Jul '25

26 Jul '25

Call for Papers: CASE 2025 @ RANLP (8. Challenges and Applications of Automated Extraction of Socio-political Events from Texts) Dear Colleagues, We are pleased to announce the 8th edition of the Workshop on Challenges and Applications of Automated Extraction of Socio-political Events from Text, held in conjunction with RANLP 2025 (https://ranlp.org/ranlp2025/)! CASE is a leading venue for research, resources, and practical advances in automated event extraction and analysis, focusing on social and political event data. It has been organized consistently in top venues like ACL, EMNLP, EACL, etc. We invite submissions of research papers, resource papers, and position papers addressing (but not limited to) the following topics: • Event extraction at the sentence, document, or cross-document level, including event coreference. • Creation and annotation of datasets for event extraction. • Modeling event-event relations such as subevents, causal, temporal, and spatial links. • Evaluation of event datasets: reliability, validity, and coverage. • Event schemas and ontologies: population, definition, and enrichment. • Tools, pipelines, and infrastructure for event annotation and analysis. • Linguistic aspects of event representation: lexical, syntactic, semantic, discursive, and pragmatic. • Applications of event data in conflict prediction, early warning, and policy support. • Detection of new event types, including protests, public health crises, and cyber activism. • Bias, fairness, and misinformation in event extraction systems and datasets. • Legal, ethical, and privacy considerations in dataset creation and dissemination. • Cross-lingual, multilingual, and multimodal event extraction. • Use of LLMs and generative AI for event extraction, analysis, and dataset generation. • Release of new benchmarks, datasets, or annotation resources. All accepted papers will be published in the ACL Anthology. Website: https://emw.ku.edu.tr/case-2025/ (being updated! please get in touch with ahurriyetoglu(a)ku.edu.tr for any questions) Link for submission: https://softconf.com/ranlp25/CASE2025/user/ Important dates: Submission Deadline: 4 August 2025 (AoE) Notification: August 17, 2025 Camera-ready deadline: August 30, 2025 Workshop date: September 11-13, 2025 Shared task Multimodal detection of hate speech, humor, and stance in LGBTQ+ socio-political discourse To know more and participate, please visit: https://github.com/therealthapa/case2025-multimodal/blob/main/README.md All shared task papers will also be published in the ACL anthology. Organizers: Surendrabikram Thapa, Siddhant Bikram Shah, Shuvam Shiwakoti, Kritesh Rauniyar, Surabhi Adhikari, Kristy Johnson, Ali Hürriyetoğlu, Hristo Tanev, Usman Naseem Organizing committee: Ali Hürriyetoglu Hristo Tanev Surendrabikram Thapa Vanni Zavarella Erdem Yörük

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German lyrics corpus of the beginning of 20th century
by Alexander Osherenko 26 Jul '25

26 Jul '25

Hi all, I am looking for an annotated corpus of German lyrics from the early 20th century (1900–1950), including works by poets such as Günter Eich or Peter Huchel. I am aware of the German Lyrics Corpus ( https://github.com/tnhaider/DLK ), but it does not cover these specific authors. If anyone knows of relevant resources, I would greatly appreciate any recommendations. Best, Alexander -- Alexander Osherenko, Dr. rer. nat. Senior Researcher Profile: Socioware Development <http://www.socioware.de/osherenko_page.html> Profile: LinkedIn <http://de.linkedin.com/pub/alexander-osherenko/1/30a/a74> Profile: ResearchGate <https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Alexander_Osherenko> Channel: Youtube <https://www.youtube.com/user/MrOsherenko>

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Final Call for papers: Ethical LLMs 2025
by Dola Mullage, Damith (Postgraduate Researcher) 26 Jul '25

26 Jul '25

Ethical LLMs 2025: The first Workshop on Ethical Concerns in Training, Evaluating and Deploying Large Language Models<https://sites.google.com/view/ethical-llms-2025> @ RANLP2025<https://ranlp.org/ranlp2025/> Final Call for papers: Scope Large Language Models (LLMs) represent a transformative leap in Artificial Intelligence (AI), delivering remarkable language-processing capabilities that are reshaping how we interact with technology in our daily lives. With their ability to perform tasks such as summarisation, translation, classification, and text generation, LLMs have demonstrated unparalleled versatility and power. Drawing from vast and diverse knowledge bases, these models hold the potential to revolutionise a wide range of fields, including education, media, law, psychology, and beyond. From assisting educators in creating personalised learning experiences to enabling legal professionals to draft documents or supporting mental health practitioners with preliminary assessments, the applications of LLMs are both expansive and profound. However, alongside their impressive strengths, LLMs also face significant limitations that raise critical ethical questions. Unlike humans, these models lack essential qualities such as emotional intelligence, contextual empathy, and nuanced ethical reasoning. While they can generate coherent and contextually relevant responses, they do not possess the ability to fully understand the emotional or moral implications of their outputs. This gap becomes particularly concerning when LLMs are deployed in sensitive domains where human values, cultural nuances, and ethical considerations are paramount. For example, biases embedded in training data can lead to unfair or discriminatory outcomes, while the absence of ethical reasoning may result in outputs that inadvertently harm individuals or communities. These limitations highlight the urgent need for robust research in Natural Language Processing (NLP) to address the ethical dimensions of LLMs. Advancements in NLP research are crucial for developing methods to detect and mitigate biases, enhance transparency in model decision-making, and incorporate ethical frameworks that align with human values. By prioritising ethics in NLP research, we can better understand the societal implications of LLMs and ensure their development and deployment are guided by principles of fairness, accountability, and respect for human dignity. This workshop will dive into these pressing issues, fostering a collaborative effort to shape the future of LLMs as tools that not only excel in technical performance but also uphold the highest ethical standards. Key Dates Submissions Open - 1st June 2025 Paper Submission Deadline - 28th July 2025 Acceptance Notification - 10th August 2025 Camera-Ready Deadline - 20th August 2025 Submission Guidelines We follow the RANLP 2025 standards for submission format and guidelines. EthicalLLMs 2025 invites the submission of long papers, up to eight pages in length, and short papers, up to six pages in length. These page limits only apply to the main body of the paper. At the end of the paper (after the conclusions 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. To prepare your submission, please make sure to use the RANLP 2025 style files available here: * Latex<https://ranlp.org/ranlp2025/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/ranlp2025-LaTeX.zip> * Word<https://ranlp.org/ranlp2025/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/ranlp2025-word.docx> Papers should be submitted through Softconf/START using the following link: https://softconf.com/ranlp25/EthicalLLMs2025/ Topics of interest The workshop invites submissions on a broad range of topics related to the ethical development and evaluation of LLMs, including but not limited to the following. 1. Bias Detection and Mitigation in LLMs Research focused on identifying, measuring, and reducing social, cultural, and algorithmic biases in large language models. 2. Ethical Frameworks for LLM Deployment Approaches to integrating ethical principles—such as fairness, accountability, and transparency—into the development and use of LLMs. 3. LLMs in Sensitive Domains: Risks and Safeguards Case studies or methodologies for deploying LLMs in high-stakes fields such as healthcare, law, and education, with an emphasis on ethical implications. 4. Explainability and Transparency in LLM Decision-Making Techniques and tools for improving the interpretability of LLM outputs and understanding model reasoning. 5. Cultural and Contextual Understanding in NLP Systems Strategies for enhancing LLMs’ sensitivity to cultural, linguistic, and social nuances in global and multilingual contexts. 6. Human-in-the-Loop Approaches for Ethical Oversight Collaborative models that involve human expertise in guiding, correcting, or auditing LLM behaviour to ensure responsible use. 7. Mental Health and Emotional AI: Limits of LLM Empathy Discussions on the role of LLMs in mental health support, highlighting the boundary between assistive technology and the need for human empathy. Organisers Damith Premasiri – Lancaster University, UK Tharindu Ranasinghe – Lancaster University, UK Hansi Hettiarachchi – Lancaster University, UK Contact If you have any questions regarding the workshop, please contact Damith: d.dolamullage(a)lancaster.ac.uk

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