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July 2026 Newsletter - LDC
by Penn LDC 15 Jul '26

15 Jul '26

In this newsletter: Fall 2026 LDC data scholarship program New publications: 2012 NIST Speaker Recognition Evaluation Test Set<https://catalog.ldc.upenn.edu/LDC2026S09> CALLHOME American English Second Edition<https://catalog.ldc.upenn.edu/LDC2026S08> CALLHOME American English Lexicon (PRONLEX) Second Edition<https://catalog.ldc.upenn.edu/LDC2026L05> ________________________________ 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: 2012 NIST Speaker Recognition Evaluation Test Set<https://catalog.ldc.upenn.edu/LDC2026S09> was developed by LDC and NIST and contains 10,321 hours of English conversational telephone speech and in-person recorded studio sessions for evaluation and modeling, along with answer keys, trial files, and documentation from the NIST-sponsored 2012 Speaker Recognition Evaluation (SRE12)<https://www.nist.gov/itl/iad/mltg/speaker-recognition-evaluation-2012>. SRE12 introduced a revised evaluation structure in which training data for target speakers was drawn from prior SRE corpora developed by LDC and was provided in advance of the evaluation period. Test data was drawn from Mixer 7 English Speech (LDC2025S08)<https://catalog.ldc.upenn.edu/LDC2025S08> and REMIX Telephone Collection (LDC2023S09)<https://catalog.ldc.upenn.edu/LDC2023S09>. Those datasets also provided segments for modeling data; other modeling segments were drawn from Mixer 3 Speech (LDC2023S02)<https://catalog.ldc.upenn.edu/LDC2023S02>, Mixer 4 and 5 Speech (LDC2020S03)<https://catalog.ldc.upenn.edu/LDC2020S03>, and Mixer 6 Speech (LDC2013S03)<https://catalog.ldc.upenn.edu/LDC2013S03>. The test data contains English speech only; some non-English speech is contained in modeling segments. This release is comprised of 130,844 test segments, specifically, 83,778 call segments and 47,066 interview segments. Modeling data consists of 46,948 segments. 2026 members can access this corpus through their LDC accounts. Non-members may license this data for a fee. * CALLHOME American English Second Edition<https://catalog.ldc.upenn.edu/LDC2026S08> was developed by LDC and contains 56 hours of speech from 120 unscripted telephone conversations between native American English speakers. This publication is a re-release of the original CALLHOME American English collection, combining CALLHOME American English Speech (LDC97S42)<https://catalog.ldc.upenn.edu/LDC97S42> and CALLHOME American English Transcripts (LDC97T14)<https://catalog.ldc.upenn.edu/LDC97T14>, with additional transcription and updated directory structure, file formats, and documentation. This release contains the 120 telephone conversations published in CALLHOME American English Speech which represented training and development data and a subset of evaluation data. Participants spoke on topics of their choice in a single telephone call lasting up to 30 minutes. Calls were manually audited for gender, language, recording quality, channel characteristics, dialect, and region. For this second edition, all audio was converted from SPHERE files to FLAC format, and the original training/development/evaluation partitioning was removed. This release also features revised transcripts conforming to updated LDC transcription guidelines that addressed normalization of annotation formats, standardization of speaker-produced and background noises, application of foreign-language marking, whitespace cleanup, and corrections and consistency fixes. The CALLHOME series consists of telephone conversations and transcripts developed by LDC and Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, in support of research in speaker identification, language identification, and related technologies. Languages in the series include American English, Egyptian Arabic, German, Japanese, Mandarin Chinese, and Spanish. 2026 members can access this corpus through their LDC accounts. Non-members may license this data for a fee. * CALLHOME American English Lexicon (PRONLEX) Second Edition<https://catalog.ldc.upenn.edu/LDC2026L05> was developed by LDC and contains 90,988 English words with citation-form pronunciations. This second edition updates file formats, directory structure, and documentation. The first edition is available as CALLHOME American English Lexicon (PRONLEX) (LDC97L20)<https://catalog.ldc.upenn.edu/LDC97L20>. The words in the lexicon were derived from Wall Street Journal text used in the continuous speech recognition publication series CSR-1 WSJ0 Complete (LDC93S6A<https://catalog.ldc.upenn.edu/LDC93S6A>), transcripts<https://isip.piconepress.com/projects/switchboard/> from the Switchboard telephone collection (LDC97S62)<https://catalog.ldc.upenn.edu/LDC97S62>, and transcripts representing unscripted telephone conversations between native American English speakers contained in CALLHOME American English Second Edition (LDC2026S08)<https://catalog.ldc.upenn.edu/LDC2026S08>. PRONLEX transcription is a phonemic transcription system designed to support speech recognition by providing a consistent and simplified representation of how words are pronounced in standard American English that allows variation to be generated later to avoid listing many pronunciation variations for each word. This single systematic base form can be expanded through rules or modeling. The transcription was created using a modified ARPABET phoneme set<https://learnius.com/slp/3+Speech+Production%2C+Perception+and+Phonetics/4+…>. The lexicon contains three tab-separated information fields: (1) word: orthographic representation of word; (2) pron: transcribed citation-form pronunciations using modified ARPABET phoneme set; and (3) comments: (OPTIONAL) comment on the entry. It is presented as a tab-delimited TSV file encoded in UTF-8 format and includes a pronunciation dictionary derived from the lexicon in UTF-8 encoded CMUdict<https://stdlib.io/docs/api/latest/@stdlib/datasets/cmudict> format. 2026 members can access this corpus through their LDC accounts provided they have submitted a completed copy of the special license agreement. 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] Deadline Reminder - NL4AI @ AIxIA 2026 - 9th Workshop on Natural Language for Artificial Intelligence | 6-9 October 2026, Perugia, Italy
by Elisa Leonardelli 15 Jul '26

15 Jul '26

[Apologies for Cross Posting] ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════ NL4AI 2026 – 9th Workshop on Natural Language for Artificial Intelligence, at the 24th International Conference of the Italian Association for Artificial Intelligence (AIxIA 2026) 6–9 October 2026 | Perugia, Italy ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════ Website: http://sag.art.uniroma2.it/NL4AI/ Contact Email: nl4ai2026(a)gmail.com ── IMPORTANT DATES ────────────────── [EXTENDED] Paper Submission deadline: 24 July 2026, 23:59 AoE (Firm Deadline)🚨 Notification to authors: 19 August 2026 Camera-ready due: 26 August 2026 Workshop Dates: 6–9 October 2026 ──────────────────────────────────── We invite submissions to NL4AI 2026, the Ninth Workshop on Natural Language for Artificial Intelligence, to be held in Perugia from the 6th to the 9th of October 2026, within the 24th International Conference of the Italian Association for Artificial Intelligence (AIxIA 2026), and supported by AILC (http://www.ai-lc.it/). The goal of NL4AI is to explore the role of Computational Linguistics and Natural Language Processing in Artificial Intelligence applications. We believe that new technological challenges and opportunities arise at the boundary between NLP and AI. On the one hand, AI applications benefit from a deeper understanding of problems related to Natural Language, and thus the integration of advanced NLP techniques. On the other hand, NLP benefits greatly from being used in wider areas of AI where problems and methodologies related to NL can be evaluated in new contexts. TOPICS OF INTEREST - Topics include but are not limited to: - NLP and AI Applications (health, legal domain, social media and journalism, etc.) - Natural Language Interfaces for Human Robot Interaction - Resources, Benchmarks, and Evaluation - Discourse and Pragmatics - Semantics - Natural Language Generation - Creativity, Style, and Narrative Generation - Summarization - Information Extraction in AI Applications - Machine Learning for NLP - LLMs, Foundation Models and Applications - Interpretability, Explainability and Analysis of Models for NLP - Natural Language Inference - Question Answering and Reading Comprehension - Sentiment Analysis, Opinion Mining, and Argumentation - Abusive Language Detection and Analysis - NLP for Fact Checking, Fake News Detection and Analysis - Conversational Agents in Human-Computer Interaction - Speech and Spoken Language Processing - Language and other Multimodality - Multimodal (text-image) data sources - Machine Translation and Multilinguality - Low-Resource NLP and Linguistic Diversity - Cognitive Modeling and Psycholinguistics - Computational Historical Linguistics, Social Science, and Cultural Analytics - Ethics, Fairness, and Societal Impacts of NLP - NLP and Industrial Challenges - Accepted papers will be published in the workshop proceedings via CEUR Workshop Proceedings. Depending on the number and quality of papers received, we will consider proposing a special issue in relevant journals. The Program Committee will select the Best Workshop Paper from the accepted papers. SUBMISSIONS We encourage original submissions that describe new theoretical models, applied techniques, and research in progress. Substantial extensions to works already published or presented in other locations are welcome as well. We invite two kinds of submissions: - Short/Demo Paper. Maximum length of 6 pages + up to 2 pages of Acknowledgements/Declaration on Generative AI/References - Regular Papers. Maximum length of 12 pages + up to 2 pages of references Acknowledgements/Declaration on Generative AI/References. Please note that papers with less than 25000 characters will be considered short papers in the CEUR proceedings. Submissions Evaluation. Submissions will be peer-reviewed (single-blind) by the program committee members. Evaluation criteria will include novelty, significance for theory/practice, technical soundness, and quality of presentation. Note that reviewers will not be required to evaluate appendices providing a review of the papers. Appendices are intended for including details for reproducibility and/or additional results. How to Submit. Proceedings shall be submitted to CEUR-WS.org <http://ceur-ws.org/> for online publication and all papers must follow the 2022 CEUR-ART - 1 Column paper style. The LaTeX template can be downloaded as source file from the NL4AI website <http://sag.art.uniroma2.it/NL4AI/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/CEURART-NL4AI-2…> or accessed as a Template in Overleaf <https://it.overleaf.com/read/cfvwgnqpvpys%23a7a014>. All the papers should be submitted via EasyChair: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=nl4ai2026 Note: All submissions must be compatible with CEUR (https://ceur-ws.org/) and include the CEUR Declaration on Generative AI section ( https://ceur-ws.org/GenAI/Policy.html). Papers missing this section will be desk rejected. WORKSHOP ORGANIZERS Alessandro Bondielli (University of Pisa) Giovanni Bonetta (Fondazione Bruno Kessler) Elisa Leonardelli (Fondazione Bruno Kessler) Irene Siragusa (University of Palermo) We look forward to seeing you in Perugia! The NL4AI 2026 Workshop Organizers -- -- 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. 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🚀 2nd Workshop on Smarter Extraction of ScholArly MEtadata using Knowledge Graphs, Language Models and Agents (SESAME) at JCDL 2026
by Ansgar Scherp 14 Jul '26

14 Jul '26

📍 /Co-located with JCDL 2026, October 13-26, 2026, Texas, USA/ 🌐 Website: https://sesame-workshop.github.io/SESAME/ *Topics of interest include: * * 📚 Research Artifacts Metadata Modeling and Granularity * 🤖 Large Language Models (LLMs), NLP, and *Agents* for Metadata * 🕸️ Knowledge Graphs and Linked Data * 🏛️ Digital Libraries and Infrastructure * 🌍 Societal, Ethical Impact, and Future Policy Directions We invite original research contributions addressing the above topics in three categories: * *Long Papers:* 6–8 pages (excluding references) * *Short or Position Papers:* 2–4 pages (excluding references) * *Demo, Dataset, or Benchmark Papers*: 2–4 pages (excluding references) 📅 *Important Dates* * 📝 Paper submission: 15.08.2026 * 📩 Author notification: 01.09.2026 * 📄 Camera-ready submission: 10.09.2026 * 📍 Workshop date: *To be announced*

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Call for papers: Workshop on Collective States in Multimodal Interaction, at ICMI 2026
by Gualtiero Volpe 13 Jul '26

13 Jul '26

Apologies for cross-posting. Dear colleagues, We invite you to our workshop: Collective States in Multimodal Interaction 9 October 2026 at ICMI 2026, Napoli, Italy https://honda-research-institute.github.io/Collective_States_in_Multimodal_… Call for Papers We invite you to submit your unpublished work to the Workshop on Collective States in Multimodal Interaction, to be held in conjunction with the 28th ACM International Conference on Multimodal Interaction (ICMI 2026) in Napoli, Italy. The workshop will take place on one of the conference workshop days, 9 October 2026. Accepted papers will be presented at the workshop. See the workshop website for updates and submission details. Understanding collective states in group interaction is an emerging challenge at the intersection of multimodal AI, communication science, and social signal processing. While a large body of prior work has focused on individuals or dyads, many real-world settings, from meetings and brainstorming sessions to collaborative human-AI teams, depend on group-level phenomena such as collective engagement, shared attention, group affects, rapport, cohesion, and coordination. Recent progress in multimodal sensing and agentic AI creates new opportunities to model how these collective states arise, evolve, and influence individual behavior within groups. This workshop focuses on multi-party interaction settings in which AI systems must not only sense individuals, but also understand emergent group dynamics and, potentially, support them as peers or facilitators. The goal is to bring together researchers across artificial intelligence, multimodal interaction, and organization and communication science to advance methods, benchmarks, and applications for sensing and reasoning about collective states. The workshop will feature invited talks by Prof. Carlos Busso (Carnegie Mellon University) and Prof. Kazuhiro Otsuka (Yokohama National University). Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: * Multimodal sensing and modeling of collective states in group interaction * Group-level phenomena such as collective engagement, shared attention, group affect, rapport, cohesion, and coordination * Links between individual participant states and emergent group dynamics * Audio, video, language, physiological, and behavioral cues for multiparty interaction analysis * Multimodal fusion and temporal modeling for group behavior understanding * Annotation schemes, datasets, and benchmarks for collective states * AI agents as peers or facilitators in human-AI hybrid teams * Adaptive systems for improving participation, coordination, brainstorming, and collaboration * Explainability, robustness, fairness, privacy, and ethics in group sensing * Applications in meetings, education, healthcare, robotics, organizational settings, and other collaborative environments Submission Information We invite authors to submit papers in accordance with the ICMI formats via the PCS. Submissions will be peer-reviewed by the workshop committee. The review process will be double-blind. Important Dates Paper submission deadline: 17 July 2026 Notification to authors: 27 July 2026 Camera-ready deadline: 2 August 2026 Workshop day: 9 October 2026 Best, Giovanna Varni

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INLG 2026 final call for papers - EXTENDED DEADLINE
by Emiel van Miltenburg 13 Jul '26

13 Jul '26

Dear Corpora List members, We hereby issue the final Call for Papers for INLG 2026, to be held in Utrecht. Program chairs will be Laura Perez, Guanyi Chen, and myself. We have a great team of local organizers, chaired by Albert Gatt. NEW SUBMISSION DEADLINE * The new submission deadline for direct submissions is July 18, AoE. * The ARR commitment to INLG deadline remains August 5, 2026. SUBMISSION We have two submission venues: * Direct submissions: https://openreview.net/group?id=aclweb.org/INLG/2026/Conference_Direct_Subm… * ARR commitments: https://openreview.net/group?id=aclweb.org/INLG/2026/Conference_ARR_Commitm… Please also note that we have a NON-ARCHIVAL track as well this year, for work-in-progress and papers published elsewhere. Hopefully this will help authors develop and publicise their important work. Direct link to the website: https://2026.inlgmeeting.org/ FULL CFP —————————————————————————————————————————————————————— 19th International Natural Language Generation Conference INLG 2026 We invite the submission of long and short papers, as well as system demonstrations, related to all aspects of Natural Language Generation (NLG), including data-to-text, concept-to-text, text-to-text and vision-to-text approaches. Accepted papers will be presented as oral talks or posters. The event is organized under the auspices of the Special Interest Group on Natural Language Generation (SIGGEN) of the Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL). The event will be held from October 17 to October 21, 2026. INLG 2026 will be hosted by Utrecht University in Utrecht, the Netherlands. The conference will be taking place before EMNLP (in Budapest, Hungary, from October 24th to October 29th, 2026). IMPORTANT DATES All deadlines are Anywhere on Earth (UTC-12) Regular paper submission deadline: July 18, 2026. System demo paper submission deadline: July 15, 2026. ARR commitment to INLG deadline: August 5, 2026. Notification: August 15, 2026 Non-archival submission deadline: August 22, 2026. Camera ready: September 7, 2026 Conference: October 17 - October 21, 2026 Topics INLG 2026 solicits papers on any topic related to NLG. General topics of interest include, but are not limited to: - Large Language Models (LLMs) for NLG - Evaluation and error analysis of NLG systems - Explainability in and Trustworthiness of NLG systems - Generalizability of NLG systems - Bias and fairness in NLG systems - Reasoning models for NLG - Affect/emotion generation - Analysis and detection of automatically generated text - Cognitive modeling of language production - Computational efficiency of NLG models - Corpora and resources for NLG - Ethical considerations of NLG - Multimedia, multimodality and grounding in generation - NLG and accessibility - NLG in speech synthesis and spoken language models - NLG in dialogue systems and chatbots - NLG for human-robot interaction - NLG for low-resourced languages - NLG for real-world applications - Paraphrasing, summarization and translation - Personalisation and variation in text - Storytelling and narrative generation - Sub-tasks of the classic NLG pipeline - NLG architectures SUBMISSIONS This year’s INLG will have two tracks: an archival track where papers will be published in the ACL Anthology, and a non-archival track for works in progress and papers published elsewhere. Three kinds of papers can be submitted for the archival track: Long papers are most appropriate for presenting substantial research results and must not exceed eight (8) pages of content, plus unlimited pages of ethical considerations, supplementary material statements, and references. The supplementary material statement provides detailed descriptions to support the reproduction of the results presented in the paper (see below for details). The final versions of long papers will be given one additional page of content (up to 9 pages) so that reviewers' comments can be taken into account. Short papers are more appropriate for presenting an ongoing research effort and must not exceed four (4) pages, plus unlimited pages of ethical considerations, supplementary material statements, and references. The final versions of short papers will be given one additional page of content (up to 5 pages) so that reviewers' comments can be taken into account. Demo papers should be no more than two (2) pages, including references, and should describe implemented systems relevant to the NLG community. It also should include a link to a short screencast of the working software. In addition, authors of demo papers must be willing to present a demo of their system during INLG 2026. Next to the standard paper types (surveys, experiments, resource papers, position papers), we also welcome squibs: papers that present an empirical or theoretical issue without necessarily providing a solution. NON-ARCHIVAL TRACK Through the non-archival track, we hope to foster more discussion on current trends in NLG, and to offer a space for researchers to obtain feedback on their current projects. For this track, we welcome two kinds of submissions: - Papers published elsewhere. These may be published either in a journal or at another conference, and should be relevant to the INLG audience. - Work in progress. These may be papers about completed work that has not yet been published or preliminary results that merit discussion at the conference. Submissions should consist of a title and a short abstract (max. 300 words). Submissions for the non-archival track will undergo a light review process (assessing the relevance of the submission for INLG), and accepted works will be presented as posters. FORMAT Submissions should follow ACL Author Guidelines and policies for submission, review and citation, and be anonymised for double blind reviewing. Please use ACL style files; LaTeX style files and Microsoft Word templates are available at https://acl-org.github.io/ACLPUB/formatting.html. Authors must honor the ethical code set out in the ACL Code of Ethics. If your work raises any ethical issues, you should include an explicit discussion of those issues. This will also be taken into account in the review process. You may find this checklist of use. Authors are strongly encouraged to ensure that their work is reproducible; see, e.g., the following reproducibility checklist. Papers involving any kind of experimental results (human judgments, system outputs, etc) should incorporate a data availability statement into their paper. Authors are asked to indicate whether the data is made publicly available. If the data is not made available, authors should provide a brief explanation why. (E.g. because the data contains proprietary information.) A statement guide is available on the INLG 2026 website. To submit a long or short paper to INLG 2026, authors can either submit directly or commit a paper previously reviewed by ARR. For direct submissions, the deadline for submitting papers is July 15, 2026, 11:59:59 PM (Anywhere on Earth). If committing an ARR paper to INLG, the submission is also made through the INLG 2026 paper submission site, indicating the link of the paper on OpenReview. The deadline for committing an ARR paper to INLG is August 5, 2026, 11:59:59 PM AOE, and the last eligible ARR paper submission deadline for INLG 2026 is May 25, 2026. Demo papers should be submitted directly through the INLG 2026 paper submission site by July 15, 2026, 11:59:59 PM AOE. All accepted papers will be published in the INLG 2026 proceedings and included in the ACL anthology. A paper accepted for presentation at INLG 2026 must not have been presented at any other meeting with publicly available proceedings. Dual submission to other conferences is permitted, provided that authors clearly indicate this in the submission form. If the paper is accepted at both venues, the authors will need to choose which venue to present at, since they can not present the same paper twice. Submitted papers for review at INLG 2026 must not be published elsewhere until after the notification of acceptance. Finally, at least one of the authors of an accepted paper must register to attend the conference. AWARDS INLG 2026 will present several awards to recognize outstanding achievements in the field. These awards are: - Best Long Paper Award: This award will be given to the best long paper submission based on its originality, impact, and contribution to the field of NLG. - Best Short Paper Award: This award will be given to the best short paper submission based on its originality, impact, and contribution to the field of NLG. - Best Demo Paper Award: This award will recognize the best demo paper submitted to the conference. This award considers not only the paper's quality but also the demonstration given at the conference. The demonstration will play a significant role in the judging process. - Best Evaluation Award: The award was introduced at INLG 2024. This award is designed to honour authors who have demonstrated the most comprehensive and insightful analysis in evaluating their results. This award aims to highlight papers where the authors have gone the extra mile in providing a thorough and detailed analysis of their results, offering a nuanced understanding of their findings. COMMUNICATION CHANNELS Website: https://2026.inlgmeeting.org/ Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/siggen.bsky.social LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/siggen/ Mastodon: https://fediscience.org/@siggen_acl X (formerly Twitter): twitter.com/inlgmeeting —————————————————————————————————————————————————————— Best wishes, Emiel van Miltenburg Tilburg University Department of Communication and Cognition (DCC) Tilburg Center for Cognition and Communication (TiCC) Work schedule: Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday. www.emielvanmiltenburg.nl | Github: https://github.com/evanmiltenburg Groeten, Emiel van Miltenburg Tilburg University Department of Communication and Cognition (DCC) Tilburg Center for Cognition and Communication (TiCC) Werkdagen: Maandag, Woensdag, Donderdag, Vrijdag. www.emielvanmiltenburg.nl | Github: https://github.com/evanmiltenburg

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CFP: 47th Translating and the Computer Conference (TC47)
by Amal Haddad 13 Jul '26

13 Jul '26

Call for Presentations and papers 47th Translating and the Computer Conference (TC47) Luxembourg, 8 to 10 December 2026 https://asling.org/tc47/ [1] AI-assisted or AI-eclipsed? Language services between promise and pressure AsLing invites submissions for the 47th edition of the Translating and the Computer Conference (TC47), to be held from 8 to 10 December 2026 in Luxembourg. The TC conference series brings together professionals, researchers, developers and decision-makers from the language industry, academia and public institutions. TC47 will explore how technological innovation - particularly AI - is reshaping multilingual communication, raising new questions about human agency, professional ethics, and sustainable practices in the language services sector. Conference theme _AI-assisted or AI-eclipsed? Language Services between Promise and Pressure_ _ _ From Machine Translation and LLMs applied to translation, language professionals face unprecedented change. TC47 invites reflection on how to navigate this evolving landscape - to ensure that technology empowers rather than eclipses, and that multilingual communication remains inclusive, trusted and professionally grounded. We especially welcome contributions exploring: * Synergy between human expertise and AI-powered tools * The role of AI in promoting or undermining inclusion and equity * Strategies for sustainable and ethical language services * Cross-sector collaboration between academia, industry, and institutions Submissions not focused on AI are equally welcome, particularly those addressing broader trends in multilingual communication, training, translation workflows, and evolving professional practices. We also welcome critical reviews and discussions on: * The broader impact of AI and automation on the language industry * Implications for training, education and career development of language professionals * Coexistence of AI and traditional practices * Impact of AI on language professionals * Adoption barriers and risks for LSPs new to AI * Future trends in translation, interpreting, and localisation - with or without AI * Responsible and sustainable development in language technologies (environmental, social, professional) Key areas of interest Include, but are not limited to: * Multilingual NLP and large language models * Human-in-control systems vs. human-in-the-loop AI * Terminology management and controlled language * AI readiness and digital transformation in LSPs * NLP, semantic technologies and linked data * Collaborative translation tools and environments * Quality assurance, benchmarking and evaluation * Training, professional development and digital upskilling * Inclusive and culturally aware AI systems * Sustainable practices across the language lifecycle * Language policy and digital language equality * FAIR data, corpora and infrastructure * Ethical implications and human oversight * Empowering language professionals to shape - not just use - AI tools * Non-AI innovations and evolutions in translation, interpreting, localisation or terminology work We invite: * Innovative research: studies that expand the boundaries of language technologies, multilingual NLP, or AI ethics. * Practical applications: case studies from public or private sector stakeholders showcasing language technology use and development. * Workshops and panels: interactive formats encouraging dialogue on timely, challenging or divisive issues in AI and language work. * Critical reflections: well-argued contributions questioning current uses of AI and proposing alternative, human-centred approaches. * Posters and short talks: snapshots of emerging projects, tools, or preliminary research. Submission tracks All submissions are for talks, within the following categories: * Research track (Academic) * 20-minute talk * Followed by a paper (max. 5,000 words) presenting original, unpublished research * User experience track (Non-academic) * 20-minute talk * Optional post-facto paper (max. 5,000 words) detailing workflows, tools or implementation cases * Posters / Short talks * 7-8-minute talk * Followed by a paper (max. 2,000 words) outlining a project, experiment, or tool * Workshops and panels * Interactive sessions with multiple speakers * Moderators may submit an optional post-facto paper summarising key takeaways Submission instructions Submissions must be made via the START conference submission system: https://www.softconf.com/p/tc2026 [2] Important dates * Deadline for research/user experience talks: 15 July 2026 ➤ Notification of acceptance: 31 August 2026 * Deadline for workshops and panels: 31 July 2026 ➤ Notification of acceptance: 15 September 2026 * Deadline for posters and short talks: 15 September 2026 ➤ Notification of acceptance: 30 September 2026 * Final paper submission (except post facto workshop and panel papers): 31 October 2026 * Conference dates: 8-10 December 2026 Submission guidelines Detailed submission guidelines, including templates and formatting instructions, will be available on the TC47 conference website. We look forward to your contributions that will help shape the future of language services through innovation, collaboration, and inclusivity. Why submit to TC47? TC47 offers a unique opportunity to engage in a multi-stakeholder dialogue that bridges research, practice and policy. It is a space for shared reflection on what language professionals need, what tools actually deliver and how we co-create a future where humans and AI work better together. For any questions, reporting of problems concerning submissions or the Conference at least, please email tc47-info(a)asling.org. Let's explore, challenge and shape the future of multilingual communication together! -- 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. 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Deadline extension: LM Playschool Workshop at EMNLP 2026
by Sabrina McCallum 13 Jul '26

13 Jul '26

We have received several requests for a little more time to prepare submissions. To allow authors to further polish their papers, we are extending the LM Playschool Workshop paper submission deadline. ⚠️ EXTENDED SUBMISSION DEADLINE: July 17, 2026 This extension applies to: * Paper-only submissions on topics relevant to the workshop, such as those listed below * Technical reports accompanying submitted models for the LM Playschool Challenge 🎯 PAPER-ONLY TRACK: TOPICS OF INTEREST * Architectures and training regimes for interactive agents * Intrinsic rewards and learning signals, including RL from game-state success * Benchmarking and evaluation via dialogue games * Data efficiency, social interaction, and Theory of Mind * Human-agent collaboration, coordination, and communicative grounding 📅 IMPORTANT DATES (UPDATED!) 🟠 Workshop paper submission deadline: July 17, 2026 (extended!) ⚪ Pre-reviewed ARR commitment deadline: August 2, 2026 ⚪ Notification of acceptance: August 8, 2026 ⚪ Camera-ready due: August 23, 2026 ⚪ Workshop at EMNLP 2026 in Budapest: October 28, 2026 You can find more information on our website: https://lm-playschool.github.io/ We look forward to your submissions! Organisers: Raffaella Bernardi, Raquel Fernández, Mario Giulianelli, Sherzod Hakimov, Alexander Koller, Dieu-Thu Le, Oliver Lemon, Davide Mazzaccara, Sabrina McCallum, David Schlangen, Alessandro Suglia

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NLP4PI @ EMNLP2026: Last call for direct submissions
by daryna.dementieva＠tum.de 13 Jul '26

13 Jul '26

Dear all! The very last call for the direct submissions to the 5th Workshop on NLP for Positive Impact co-located at EMNLP 2026! Workshop website: https://sites.google.com/view/nlp4positiveimpact Call for paper: https://sites.google.com/view/nlp4positiveimpact/call-for-papers-2026 Direct submission deadline: July 14th, 23:59, AoE Link: https://openreview.net/group?id=EMNLP/2026/Workshop/NLP4PI Special Theme: Measuring the Societal Impact of AI and NLP This year we would like to find an answer to the question: How can we measure the social impact of AI and NLP? With even the bigger raise of opportunities of AI and language technologies, we would like to understand how it influences society and if in positive manners. Position, philosophical-grounded, and new evaluation framework suggestion papers are very much welcomed to enhance the discussion! We are very much looking forward to discussions on how modern AI and language technologies can be responsible and safely applied for various societal applications. Papers Format: Both long and short paper submissions should follow all of the ARR submission requirements https://aclrollingreview.org/cfp#paper-submission-information, including: Long Papers (8 pages) and Short Papers (4 pages). If you are with ARR May 2026 cycle and would like to the meta-reviews, it is great: you can commit later your paper with reviews to our workshop till August 3rd via our commitment track: https://openreview.net/group?id=EMNLP/2026/Workshop/NLP4PI_ARR_Commitment Both direct submission and commitment tracks have archival and non-archival options. Looking forward to see your impactful work! Organizers: Katherine Atwell (Northeastern University) Angana Borah (University of Michigan) Dr. Daryna Dementieva (Technical University of Munich) Prof Elisa Kreiss (University of California) Dr. Neema Kotonya (Dataminr) Jiarui Liu (Carnegie Mellon University) Liz Olson (Dataminr) Ruyuan Wan (Pennsylvania State University) Prof Jieyu Zhao (University of Southern California) Steering Committee: Prof Rada Mihalcea (University of Michigan) Dr. Joel Tetreault (Dataminr) Dr. Zhijing Jin (University of Toronto) Contact Email: nlp4pi.workshop(a)gmail.com All positive regards, Daryna Dementieva On behalf of NLP4PI Workshop Organizers

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NLP4CALL 2026: second call for papers
by Arianna Masciolini 13 Jul '26

13 Jul '26

November 19-20, 2026. Gothenburg, Sweden and online ________________________________________________________________________________ https://spraakbanken.gu.se/forskning/teman/icall/nlp4call-workshop-series/n… We are happy to announce the 15th edition of the NLP4CALL workshop on Natural Language Processing for Computer-Assisted Language Learning. This year, NLP4CALL will be a two-day hybrid event that will take place on November 19-20, 2026. Onsite participation will be possible at the Humanisten building of the University of Gothenburg (Renströmsgatan 6, Göteborg, Sweden) and a link for remote participation will be shared closer to the workshop dates. Both onsite and online participation are free of charge. Workshop description ________________________________________________________________________________ The workshop series on Natural Language Processing (NLP) for Computer-Assisted Language Learning (NLP4CALL) is a meeting place for researchers working on integrating Natural Language Processing and Speech Technologies in CALL systems and exploring the theoretical and methodological issues arising from this connection. The latter includes, among others, the integration of insights from Second Language Acquisition (SLA) research, and the promotion of “Computational SLA” through setting up Second Language research infrastructures. The intersection of Natural Language Processing (or Language Technology / Computational Linguistics) and Speech Technology with Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL) brings “understanding” of language to CALL tools, thus making CALL intelligent. This fact has given the name for this area of research — Intelligent CALL, or short, ICALL. As the definition suggests, apart from having excellent knowledge of Natural Language Processing and/or Speech Technology, ICALL researchers need good insights into SLA theories and practices, as well as knowledge of second language pedagogy and didactics. This workshop therefore invites a wide range of ICALL-relevant research, including studies where NLP-enriched tools are used for testing SLA and pedagogical theories, and vice versa, where SLA theories, pedagogical practices or empirical data are modeled in ICALL tools. The NLP4CALL workshop series is aimed at bringing together competences from these areas for sharing experiences and brainstorming around the future of the field. We welcome papers: - that describe research directly aimed at ICALL; - that describe the ongoing development of resources and tools with potential use in ICALL, either directly in interactive applications, or indirectly in materials, application, or curriculum development, e.g. learning material generation, assessment of learner texts and responses, individualized learning solutions, provision of feedback; - that discuss challenges and/or research agenda for ICALL; - that describe empirical studies on language learner data. This year, the workshop has a special focus on process-oriented approaches to educational NLP, including but not limited to work related to the collection and analysis of keystroke data from langauge learners. Submission information ________________________________________________________________________________ Submissions should describe original unpublished complete or in-progress work and will be peer-reviewed by at least two members of the program committee in a double-blind fashion. All accepted papers will be collected into a proceedings volume to be published both in the NEALT Proceeding Series and through the ACL anthology. We accept short, long and demo papers, all of which have to adhere to the following page limits: - short and demo papers: between 4 and 7 pages - long papers: between 8 and 12 pages. Also note that: - references and appendices do not count towards these page limits - the main body of the paper has to be self-contained, as reviewers are not required to read any appendices - camera-ready versions of accepted papers will be allowed an additional page to address reviewer comments. Papers should be submitted as PDFs through EasyChair (https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=nlp4call2026). LaTeX and Word templates are available at https://github.com/NLP4CALL/current/blob/website/_includes/other_info/submi…. Important dates ________________________________________________________________________________ - paper submission deadline: September 24, 2026 - notification of acceptance: October 15, 2026 - camera-ready deadline: October 29, 2026 - workshop: November 19-20, 2026 All deadlines are AoE. Invited speakers ________________________________________________________________________________ Andrea Horbach Bio: Andrea Horbach has been professor for Educational NLP at Kiel University and the Leibniz Institute for Science and Mathematics Education (IPN) since 2024. Her research interests include free-text scoring, argument mining, automated feedback, and the use of process data for assessment. She is particularly interested in developing explainable and fair methods that support human agency in writing and assessment processes. Dr. Rianne Conijn Bio: Rianne Conijn is an assistant professor in learning analytics in the Human-Technology Interaction group at Eindhoven University of Technology, the Netherlands. Her research focuses on developing methods to capture and model learning behavior (e.g., self-regulated learning) and writing behavior (e.g., revision processes), using fine-grained behavioral data, such as keystroke and clickstream data. In addition, she uses these methods to examine how educational technologies, such as generative AI, affect the learning process. Rianne recently received a NWO Veni grant on “Human-Centered AI in education” where she aims to improve human-AI collaboration in writing in higher education. Organizers ________________________________________________________________________________ - Arianna Masciolini, Språkbanken Text, University of Gothenburg, Sweden - David Alfter, Gothenburg Research Infrastructure in Digital Humanities (GRIDH), University of Gothenburg, Sweden - Herbert Lange, Språkbanken Text, University of Gothenburg, Sweden - Ricardo Muñoz Sánchez, Språkbanken Text, University of Gothenburg, Sweden - Ildikó Pilán, Norwegian Computing Center, Norway - Elena Volodina, Språkbanken Text, University of Gothenburg, Sweden Contact ________________________________________________________________________________ For more information about the workshop, you are welcome to reach out to nlp4call2026(a)easychair.org. Funding ________________________________________________________________________________ This workshop is jointly supported by: - Språkbanken – jointly funded by its 10 partner institutions and the Swedish Research Council (2025–2028; project id 2023-00161); - Huminfra; - the Department of Swedish, Multilingualism, Language Technology; - the IncluEdS project.

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PostDoc in NLP and Research Knowledge Graphs (Cologne, Germany)
by Dietze, Stefan 13 Jul '26

13 Jul '26

Dear colleagues, Starting on *1. October 2026 *our GESIS department *Knowledge Technologies for the Social Sciences (KTS)*, *Team Information and Data Retrieval* located in *Cologne* is looking for a *Postdoctoral Researcher in Natural Language Processing and Research Knowledge Graphs* *(Salary group 13 TV-L, working time 100%, limited till 31.12.2028, option to extend)* The department *Knowledge Technologies for Social Sciences (KTS* <https://www.gesis.org/en/institute/departments/knowledge-technologies-for-t…>*)* conducts research at the intersection of information retrieval, natural language processing, semantic technologies and human information interaction as foundation for innovative web portals and platforms for the search and use of research data for example the GESIS Knowledge Graph <https://data.gesis.org/gesiskg/site/>. AI is transforming the scientific process across disciplines. In the NFDI4DS project, we develop infrastructures that empower researchers to responsibly adopt AI methods—for example, by establishing fair benchmarking protocols, ensuring transparent evaluation and documentation of AI models and LLMs, and curating a repository of open, reusable AI-based methods, along with related training materials and events. In this context, we are seeking a motivated researcher to coordinate and lead these activities. *Your tasks will be:* * Lead dedicated work packages and a team of researchers within the NFDI4DS <https://www.nfdi4datascience.de/> project including coordination with project partners and supervision of PhD students * Research scholarly information extraction and develop methods for building Research Knowledge Graphs (e.g., GESIS KG <https://data.gesis.org/gesiskg/site/>) * Develop, integrate, and evaluate services, models, and systems using established benchmarks * Advance the NFDI4DS Academy through community engagement, content acquisition (methods, tutorials, training material) and integration with third party infrastructures * Exchange with scientific and user communities and dissemination of project results through publications and workshops at national and international level *Your profile:* * Scientific university degree (Master) and completed a PhD in computer science, data science, or a related field * Experience in project management * Proven experience in NLP research and knowledge graphs, specifically in the context of scholarly information extraction * Very good experience in software development with Python, AI-tooling, NLP technologies and database technologies * Very good verbal and written communication skills in English; good knowledge of German desirable *Contact* For further information concerning the tasks please contact Philipp Mayr via phone +49 221 47694 533 or via E-Mail (philipp.mayr(a)gesis.org). If you have questions about the application process, please contact Franca Tosetti via E-Mail (franca.tosetti(a)gesis.org). *Interested?* Please apply via our Online-application portal until *27 July 2026*. <https://gesis.jobs.personio.de/job/2709312?language=en <https://gesis.jobs.personio.de/job/2709312?language=en>> Please feel free to share further. -- Prof. Dr. Stefan Dietze Scientific Director Knowledge Technologies for the Social Sciences GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences Web: https://www.gesis.org/en/kts Chair of Data & Knowledge Engineering Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf Web: https://www.cs.hhu.de/en/research-groups/data-knowledge-engineering Phone: +49 (0)221-47694-421 Web: http://stefandietze.net

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Call For Interest: ChildSafeAds Shared Task @ NLLP (EMNLP 2026)
by Spanakis, Jerry (DACS) 13 Jul '26

13 Jul '26

Call for Interest: ChildSafeAds @ NLLP (EMNLP 2026) Children are exposed to commercial content on YouTube every day, yet detecting, categorising, and assessing compliance with advertising regulations remains an open challenge. We are excited to announce ChildSafeAds, a new shared task co-located with the NLLP Workshop at EMNLP 2026. Interested in participating? Register your interest: https://forms.office.com/e/q0JSkSuGzD ChildSafeAds is the first NLP benchmark to jointly address: * Detection and categorisation of commercial content * Compliance assessment with EU advertising law * Retrieval-augmented reasoning over legal sources The task uses a large-scale dataset of community-verified sponsored segments from SponsorBlock. Evaluation will take place on CodaBench, and selected teams will be invited to submit a system description paper for publication in the ACL Anthology (subject to peer review). Shared tasks: ST1 — Commercial Type: Classify the legal nature of promotions (e.g., physical goods, digital content, services, digital services, or no commercial content). ST2 — Product Category: Multi-label classification across categories including toys, food, apps, fashion, health, education, financial products, and more. ST3 — Compliance Risk Flags: Retrieval-augmented classification over legal sources (EU directives, CJEU case law, and platform guidelines) to identify risks such as undisclosed advertising, direct exhortation, prohibited products, or misleading claims. Timeline: 20 July 2026 — Training and development data release 3 August 2026 — Evaluation phase opens 11 August 2026 — System submission deadline 1 September 2026 — System description paper deadline (invited teams) 15 September 2026 — Notification 22 September 2026 — Camera-ready papers 28 October 2026 — NLLP @ EMNLP 2026 The full call for participation, including dataset details, evaluation protocol, and submission instructions, will follow soon. If you are interested in NLP, computational social science, AI for public interest, or legal NLP, we would love to have you participate. Questions: Thales Bertaglia (t.f.costabertaglia(a)uu.nl<mailto:t.f.costabertaglia@uu.nl>) Organising team: Thales Bertaglia (Utrecht University), Catalina Goanta (Utrecht University), Güneş Acar (Radboud University), Gerasimos (Jerry) Spanakis (Maastricht University)

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EACL 2027 CFP - ARR deadline 3 August 2027
by ACL Announcements 12 Jul '26

12 Jul '26

Call for Main Conference Papers ---------------------------------- *EACL 2027*: 20th Conference of the European Chapter of the Association for Computational Linguistics March 9-14, 2027, Athens, Greece *Special Theme*: The Human in Language *ARR submission deadline*: Aug 3, 2026 *EACL commitment deadline*: Oct 11, 2026 *Details*: https://2027.eacl.org/calls/papers/ *Overview* The 20th Conference of the European Chapter of the Association for Computational Linguistics (EACL 2027) invites the submission of long and short papers on substantial, original, and unpublished research on Natural Language Processing. EACL 2027 will take place in Athens, Greece, from March 9 to 14, 2027. *Submission information* EACL 2027 will use ACL Rolling Review (ARR) as its reviewing system, but final decisions will be made by the conference. Both the submission of articles for review and the commitment of reviewed articles to the conference will be handled via the OpenReview platform, in a two-step process: * Authors submit articles to ARR, where submissions receive reviews and meta-reviews from ARR reviewers and action editors. * Authors commit their reviewed articles to a publication venue (e.g. EACL 2027), where Senior Area Chairs and Program Chairs make acceptance decisions from the ARR reviews and meta-reviews. Papers must be submitted, at the latest, by the ARR 2026 August cycle. Papers that have received reviews and a meta-review from ARR (whether from the ARR 2026 August cycle or an earlier ARR cycle) may be committed to EACL via the commitment link. Dual submissions are not allowed. The authors should contact ARR with any questions about the review process at editors [at] aclrollingreview.org. For questions about commitment and post-review topics, contact eacl2027-pcs [at] googlegroups.com. *Important Dates* * *ARR submission deadline (long & short papers)*: 3 August 2026 * *Reviewer registration deadline for ALL authors*: 5 August 2026 * *Author response period*: 14 - 19 September 2026 * *Reviewer engagement & author-reviewer discussion*: 20 - 24 September 2026 * *Meta-reviews released*: 8 October 2026 * *EACL 2027 commitment deadline*: 11 October 2026 All deadlines are 11:59 PM UTC-12:00 ("anywhere on Earth"). *Special Theme: The Human in Language* The EACL 2027 special theme, "The Human in Language", invites papers that explore how the human sciences of language can inform and shape NLP research across the full research cycle: model development, representation learning, data collection and annotation, evaluation, interpretability, interaction, and deployment. We also welcome work that uses NLP methods and contemporary language models to advance the scientific study of language, cognition, communication, and the brain, while the central focus of the track remains on strengthening the role of the language sciences as a source of scientific grounding, methodological guidance, and conceptual insight for NLP itself. *Long Papers* Long paper submissions must describe substantial, original, completed and unpublished work. Long papers may consist of up to 8 pages of content, plus unlimited pages for references and appendices. Upon acceptance, long papers will be given one additional page of content (i.e. up to 9 pages) in the proceedings so that reviewers' comments can be taken into account. *Short Papers* Short paper submissions must describe original and unpublished work. A short paper is not a shortened long paper; instead, short papers should have a point that can be made in a few pages. Short papers may consist of up to 4 pages of content, plus unlimited references and appendices. Upon acceptance, short papers will be given one additional page of content (i.e. up to 5 pages) in the proceedings so that reviewers' comments can be taken into account. *Presentation at the Conference* All accepted papers must be presented at the conference to appear in the proceedings. The conference will include both in-person and virtual presentation options. Papers without at least one presenting author registered by the early registration deadline may be subject to rejection. Long and short papers will be presented orally or as posters, as determined by the program committee. While short papers will be distinguished from long papers in the proceedings, there will be no distinction in the proceedings between papers presented orally and papers presented as posters. *Contact Information* General Chair: * Isabelle Augenstein, University of Copenhagen Program Chairs: * Malvina Nissim, University of Groningen * Roi Reichart, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology * Sara Tonelli, Fondazione Bruno Kessler For questions related to paper submission and the review process in general, email: editors [at] aclrollingreview.org For questions about commitment and post-review related topics, email: eacl2027-pcs [at] googlegroups.com Read more: https://2027.eacl.org/calls/papers/ Follow us at: BlueSKY: https://bsky.app/profile/eaclmeeting.bsky.social X: https://x.com/eaclmeeting LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/10484931/

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HPSG 2026 (Norway) -- Programme & Registration
by Antonio Machicao y Priemer 12 Jul '26

12 Jul '26

The 33rd International Conference on Head-Driven Phrase Structure Grammar -- HPSG 2026 -- (Bergen, Norway) Date: 03-Aug-2026 - 04-Aug-2026 Location: Western Norway University of Applied Sciences (Bergen, Norway) Contact: Petter Haugereid, Berthold Crysmann & Antonio Machicao y Priemer Email: hpsg2026(a)easychair.org Conference Website: https://petterha.github.io/hpsg2026/ Conference fee: free of charge, both for in-person and online attendees Registration: https://petterha.github.io/hpsg2026/registration/ Programme: https://petterha.github.io/hpsg2026/program/ Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics; Linguistic Theories; Computational Linguistics; Syntax; Morphology; Semantics; Cognitive Science; Meeting Description: The 33rd International Conference on Head-Driven Phrase Structure Grammar will be held on August 03-04 August 2026 at the Western Norway University of Applied Sciences (Bergen, Norway). It will be co-located with the DELPH-IN meeting held over the preceding week (27-31 July). Keynote speakers: * Dag Trygve Truslew Haug (Universitetet i Oslo, Norway) * Nurit Melnik (Open University, Israel) PROGRAMME: August 3 Section 1 09:00 - 09:10 Petter Haugereid: Welcome & Opening 09:10 - 10:10 Dag Haug: Exclamatives - A discourse perspective Section 2 10:30 - 11:10 Jakob Maché and Vesela Simeonova: Expressive vocatives and exclamative sluices 11:10 - 11:50 Daniil-Konstantin Arbuzov and Stefan Müller: An HPSG Analysis of Bulgarian ‘egati’ and ‘super’ constructions: Adjunct-related constructions with a formally definite article 11:50 - 12:30 Adam Przepiórkowski: HPSG-Based Model-Theoretic Dependency Grammar Section 3 14:00 - 14:40 Miriam S. Schmidt: Meaning in order. On SOURCE-GOAL asymmetries in German werden-copula constructions werden-Copula Constructions 14:40 - 15:00 Jieun Oh: Partial VP-fronting structure in German complex predicate constructions 15:00 - 15:40 Petter Haugereid: VP fronting in Norwegian Section 4 16:00 - 16:20 Emily Luedke: A cross-linguistic analysis of noun incorporation in HPSG 16:20 - 17:00 Isaac Schifferer: A Typologically-Motivated Approach to Automatic Morphotactic Inference 17:00 - 17:40 Berthold Crysmann: Udi Infixation in Information-based Morphology August 4 Section 5 09:10 - 10:10 Nurit Melnik: The Two Senses of Flip Perception Verbs Section 6 10:30 - 11:10 Adam Przepiórkowski and Berke Şenşekerci: Gradient Selectional Restrictions in HPSG 11:10 - 11:50 Juan Zhong and Jean-Pierre Koenig: The grammar of dish names in Mandarin Chinese 11:50 - 12:30 Antonio Machicao y Priemer & Zehui Guo: Two types of modification in Mandarin Chinese NPs Section 7 14:00 - 14:20 Müge Gedik: Scrambling in Turkish 14:20 - 15:00 Frank Van Eynde: On the combination of prepositions with an infinitive 15:00 - 15:40 Chia-Hsiang Hsu: Kalaallisut Participles in Relative Clauses (online presentation) Programme Committee: - Anne Abeillé (LLF, Université de Paris) - Gabrielle Aguila-Multner (Universität Zürich) - Emily M. Bender (University of Washington) - Gabriela Bîlbîie (University of Bucharest) - Felix Bildhauer (Institut für Deutsche Sprache Mannheim) - Olivier Bonami (Universite Paris Diderot) - Francis Bond (Palacký University) - Rui Chaves (University at Buffalo, SUNY) - Berthold Crysmann (CNRS - LLF, Université de Paris) - Petter Haugereid (Western Norway University of Applied Sciences) - Fabiola Henri (University at Buffalo) - Anke Holler (University of Göttingen) - Jong-Bok Kim (Kyung Hee University) - Jean-Pierre Koenig (University at Buffalo, The State University of New York) - Andy Lücking (Goethe University Frankfurt) - Antonio Machicao y Priemer (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin) - Jakob Maché (Universidade de Lisboa) - Nurit Melnik (The Open University of Israel) - Luis Morgado Da Costa (Palacký University Olomouc) - Stefan Müller (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin) - Tsuneko Nakazawa (The University of Tokyo) - Joanna Nykiel (UC Davis) - David Oshima (Nagoya University) - Gerald Penn (University of Toronto) - Frank Richter (Goethe Universität Frankfurt) - Manfred Sailer (Goethe Universität Frankfurt) - Frank Van Eynde (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven) - Giuseppe Varaschin (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin) - Elodie Winckel (Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg) - Shûichi Yatabe (The University of Tokyo) - Eun-Jung Yoo (Seoul National University) - Olga Zamaraeva (Universidade da Coruña) -- Dr. Antonio Machicao y Priemer Department of German Studies and Linguistics - Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin Homepage: https://hu.berlin/aMyP Project: Building register into the architecture of language – an HPSG account (CRC 1412, Project A04) Series: Textbooks in Language Science (https://langsci-press.org/catalog/series/tbls)

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Deadline extension: Call for Papers: FEL XXX 2026, Paris, France, 3-5 November 2026 - Submission deadline now 19 July 2026
by Steven Krauwer 12 Jul '26

12 Jul '26

CALL FOR PAPERS The 30th Annual Conference of the Foundation for Endangered Languages, FEL XXX (2026) "Endangered Languages and Innovative Technologies: Documentation, Processing and Revitalisation" Organised by the Foundation for Endangered Languages(FEL <https://ogmios.org/>), the Centre d'Études en Sciences Sociales sur les Mondes Africains Américains et Asiatiques (CESSMA <https://www.inalco.fr/en/cessma>) and the Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales (INALCO <https://www.inalco.fr/en>) Paris, France, 3-5 November 2026 The conference aims to create a space for dialogue between researchers, technologists, and, crucially, language communities themselves, concerning the opportunities and challenges presented by innovative technologies in efforts to prevent language loss and promote the maintenance and revitalisation of endangered languages. We strongly encourage submissions from community members, educators, activists, and practitioners, as well as presentations of collaborative work between academic and non-academic partners. More about the theme: https://www.ogmios.org/conferences/2026/theme.php Important dates: # 19 July2026:New deadlineforsubmission of abstracts # 20 July 2026: Registration opens # 01 August2026:Selectedapplicantsinformed # 15 September2026:Deadlineforsubmission of extended versions of accepted abstracts # 03-05November 2026:Conference dates # 06 November 2026: Excursion (to be confirmed) Conference website: https://ogmios.org/conferences/2026 Email: fel2026(a)ogmios.org -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Steven Krauwer, CLARIN/FEL/ELSNET/TLC, Drift 10, 3512 BS Utrecht, NL

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37th IEEE International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering (ISSRE 2026): Last Call for Doctoral Consortium Papers
by Announce 11 Jul '26

11 Jul '26

*** Last Call for Doctoral Consortium Papers *** 37th IEEE International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering (ISSRE 2026) October 20-23, 2026, 5* St. Raphael Resort and Marina Limassol, Cyprus https://cyprusconferences.org/issre2026/ The ISSRE 2026 Doctoral Symposium is intended to bring together PhD students working on innovative research for improving, monitoring, and assessing the reliability, dependability, and security of software systems, and give them the opportunity to present and discuss their research in a constructive, friendly, and international atmosphere. The goals of the Doctoral Symposium are: • Providing a setting for constructive feedback on participants' current research and guidance on future research directions; • Developing a supportive community of scholars and a spirit of collaborative research; • Providing an opportunity for PhD students to interact with established researchers and practitioners in the software reliability engineering community. The authors of the selected papers will present their work and receive feedback both from a panel of experts from academia and industry and from other Doctoral Symposium students. The students will also have the opportunity to seek advice on various aspects of completing a PhD, such as how to perform research, how to design and execute empirical research, etc. The papers accepted and presented at the Doctoral Symposium will be published in the supplementary conference proceedings of ISSRE 2026 and participants in the Doctoral Symposium will be given the opportunity to present a poster about their dissertation research at the conference. Who should participate Students at all stages (at the beginning, at the middle, or near the end of their PhD) who are working on a thesis topic relevant to ISSRE are encouraged to participate in the Doctoral Symposium. Submissions Each submission consists of two elements: • Research proposal: a 4-page paper describing your dissertation research to be authored by the student only. Your advisor should be included in the acknowledgments. • Letter of recommendation: ask your advisor to submit a letter of recommendation in support of your application. This letter should include your name and a candid assessment of the current status of your dissertation research. The letter should be emailed to both Doctoral Symposium Co-Chairs (issre2026-ds AT stefan-winter.net) with the subject "ISSRE 2026 Doctoral Symposium Recommendation". Your research proposal should contain at least the following items: 1) a title for your work; 2) an abstract (maximum 200 words); 3) a description of the technical problem to be solved and the research questions to be answered; 4) the proposed approach; 5) a brief description of the work accomplished to date; 6) the tentative date of your thesis defense. All submissions must be original work, and must not have been previously published, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere. Formatting guidelines Papers must be written in English, and be formatted according to the IEEE Computer Society Format Guidelines (https://www.ieee.org/conferences/publishing/templates). Submissions must comply with IEEE’s author guidelines for AI-generated texts (https://open.ieee.org/author-guidelines-for-artificial-intelligence-ai-gene…). Process All papers must be submitted electronically at the following link: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=issre2026 . Please make sure to select the track on Doctoral Symposium at the beginning of the submission process. Submissions will be reviewed by the Doctoral Symposium co-chairs. Authors of submissions selected for acceptance will present their work during the Doctoral Symposium and have the camera-ready version of their paper published in the ISSRE 2026 Supplementary Proceedings and the IEEE Xplore Digital Library. In addition, authors of accepted submissions will be given the opportunity to present a poster about their dissertation research at the conference. Important Dates (AoE) • Submission deadline: July 22, 2026 • Notification of acceptance: July 29, 2026 • Camera-ready copy submission: July 29, 2026 • Author registration deadline: August 19, 2026 Organisation General Chairs • Leonardo Mariani, University of Milano - Bicocca, Italy • George A. Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus Program Coordinator • Roberto Natella, GSSI, Italy Research Program Committee Chairs • Domenico Cotroneo, UNC Charlotte, USA • Jie M. Zhang, King's College London, UK Industry Program Chairs • Jinyang Liu, Bytedance, USA • Sigrid Eldh, Ericsson AB, Sweden Workshop Chairs • Georgia Kapitsaki, University of Cyprus, Cyprus • August Shi, The University of Texas at Austin, USA Doctoral Symposium Chairs • Stefan Winter, LMU Munich, Germany • Lili Wei, McGill University, Canada Fast Abstract Chairs • Luigi Lavazza, University of Insubria, Italy • Yintong Huo, SMU, Singapore JIC2 Chair • Helene Waeselynck, LAAS-CNRS, France Publicity Chairs • Allison K. Sulivan, The University of Texas at Arlington, USA • Jose D'Abruzzo Pereira, University of Coimbra, Portugal Publication Chairs • Sherlock Licorish, Otago Business School, New Zealand • Maria Teresa Rossi, GSSI, Italy Artifact Evaluation Chairs • Naghmeh Ivaki, University of Coimbra, Portugal • Fumio Machida, University of Tsukuba, Japan Diversity and Inclusion Chair • Eleni Constantinou, University of Cyprus, Cyprus Financial Chair • Costas Pattichis, University of Cyprus, Cyprus Web Chairs • Michalis Ioannides, Easy Conferences LTD • Elena Masserini, University of Milano - Bicocca, Italy Registration Chair • Easy Conferences LTD

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[2nd CFP] Participatory AI: Co-Designing Sociotechnical Systems -- Springer Nature / AI and Ethics Submission Deadline: September 7, 2026
by bsavoldi＠fbk.eu 10 Jul '26

10 Jul '26

We invite submissions to the topical collection "Participatory AI: Co-Designing Sociotechnical Systems", published in the Springer Nature journal AI and Ethics. Submission deadline: September 7, 2026 Journal CFP: https://link.springer.com/collections/fehgbcihbb This collection explores how participatory approaches can address risks and limitations of AI-powered technologies by engaging diverse stakeholders in the design process. Drawing on the sociotechnical tradition, it brings together work at the intersection of sociotechnical studies and participatory design, investigating how AI and digital systems can be co-designed to reflect shared values, accountability, and agency. Topics of interest include (but are not limited to): - Methods, frameworks, and design solutions for participatory AI (co)design - Experiments, simulations, prototypes, or case studies of co-design in AI development - Strategies for balancing individual and collective needs in AI design - Critical reflections on challenges and limitations of participatory approaches - Analyses of power dynamics and ethical considerations in participatory AI - Experiences and lessons learned from co-design and stakeholder engagement - Assessing AI impacts through participatory and stakeholder engagement approaches We welcome technical and non-technical submissions with theoretical, methodological, or experimental contributions. Interdisciplinary work is explicitly encouraged. Submitted manuscripts must contain at least 80% original content. This collection is connected to the workshop Mind the AI GAP: Co-designing sociotechnical systems (HHAI 2025), but is open to all contributions aligned with the scope. Guest Editors: Costanza Alfieri, University of L'Aquila Marta Marchiori Manerba, University of Turin Rui Prada, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa Beatrice Savoldi, Fondazione Bruno Kessler Ilaria Tiddi, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

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[CfP]: DBpedia Day 2026 || SEMANTiCS Conference || Sept 15
by DBpedia 10 Jul '26

10 Jul '26

==== DBpedia Day - Co-located with SEMANTiCS 2026 Ghent, Belgium September 15, 2026 Submission Deadline: July 15, 2026 (AoE) Submission Form: https://forms.gle/Ed9GwC2Fd1dGckvi7 ==== DBpedia Day brings together researchers, developers, practitioners, and organizations working on Knowledge Graphs and the technologies that enable them. We invite contributions from leading experts as well as emerging initiatives that are shaping the future of the Knowledge Graph ecosystem. This year's event focuses on two complementary themes: * Knowledge Graphs – new, emerging, and established knowledge graphs that provide valuable structured knowledge. * Tools, Methods, and Systems for Knowledge Graphs – technologies that create, maintain, analyze, connect, enrich, and exploit knowledge graphs. We are particularly interested in submissions that discuss pressing challenges as well as success stories in publishing, analyzing, maintaining, and utilizing Knowledge Graphs. The goal of DBpedia Day is to showcase innovative knowledge graph solutions, highlight successful long-term initiatives, and foster discussion on the next generation of technologies that will unlock the full potential of structured knowledge. = Topics of Interest = Knowledge Graphs * Challenges and lessons learned in publishing, analyzing, maintaining, and using Knowledge Graphs * New and emerging Knowledge Graphs * Mature and widely adopted Knowledge Graphs * Domain-specific Knowledge Graphs * Community-driven and open Knowledge Graph initiatives * Enterprise and organizational Knowledge Graphs * Knowledge Graph sustainability, governance, and maintenance * Applications and use cases of Knowledge Graphs Tools, Methods, and Systems for Knowledge Graphs * Knowledge Graph construction and enrichment * Knowledge extraction and integration * Entity linking and record linkage * Knowledge Graph alignment and interoperability * Querying, reasoning, and analytics * Visualization and exploration tools * Profiling and quality assessment * Summarization and overview generation * Knowledge Graph maintenance and evolution * AI-assisted Knowledge Graph engineering * Tools operating across multiple Knowledge Graphs * Benchmarking and evaluation frameworks = Submission Guidelines = Please submit your proposal by July 15, 2026 (AoE) via: https://forms.gle/Ed9GwC2Fd1dGckvi7 Your proposal should include: * Title * Abstract (max. 300 words) * Short biography of the speaker(s) On-site participation is required for all accepted speakers. Event page: https://www.dbpedia.org/blog/dbpedia-day-2026/ Join us in Ghent and help shape the next generation of Knowledge Graph technologies! Best regards, Julia, Milan & Sebastian DBpedia Team

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37th IEEE International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering (ISSRE 2026): Last Combo Call for Workshop Papers
by Announce 10 Jul '26

10 Jul '26

*** Last Combo Call for Workshop Papers *** 37th IEEE International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering (ISSRE 2026) October 20-23, 2026, 5* St. Raphael Resort and Marina Limassol, Cyprus https://cyprusconferences.org/issre2026/ Workshops at ISSRE provide additional opportunities for collaborating and exchanging information, for both practitioners from industry and academic researchers. The workshops aim at discussing recent developments and open challenges in engineering high-assurance software and systems, and they are open to exchange of ideas at an early stage before maturation. All accepted workshop papers will be published by IEEE in the ISSRE 2026 accompanying proceedings volume. The following workshops are confirmed and will be organized co-located with ISSRE 2026. 3rd International Workshop on Advanced Intelligent Software Quality (AISQ 2026) https://sites.google.com/view/aisq-2026/home In the era of Industry 4.0, advanced intelligent software systems, such as cyber-physical systems (CPS), machine learning-based systems, manufacturing systems, digital twin systems, quantum software applications, multi-agent systems, real-time systems, and LLM-based systems, are playing an increasingly important role in both the industrial world and our daily lives. Failures or requirement violations in these systems may lead to disruptive consequences or even catastrophic outcomes. Nowadays, extensive research, spanning both formal methods and engineering practices, has been conducted to improve the quality of advanced intelligent software from various aspects, such as usability, correctness, reliability, scalability, and robustness. New research topics and directions, such as prompt engineering and harness engineering, are constantly emerging. Our AISQ aims to bridge the gap between the increasing complexity of modern systems and the scalability of quality assurance approaches and fundamental theories. Specifically, AISQ seeks to collect promising and high-quality research achievements and provide an international venue to discuss advanced discoveries and emerging trends related to the quality of Advanced Intelligent Software in both academia and industry. 3rd International Workshop on Human Factors for Software Dependability (HFSD 2026) https://hfsdworkshop.github.io/ Software is created by humans and widely used by humans, with the ultimate goal of benefiting society. HFSD is a specialized workshop that brings together researchers from multiple disciplines to address the human factors that shape the reliability, safety, security, and availability of software systems. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, human error, human–AI collaborative programming, social factors in security risks, and human-in-the-loop approaches for trustworthy autonomous systems. 1st International Workshop on Quality Assurance of Conversational Agentic Systems (QA4AGENTS) https://qa4agents.github.io/ The QA4Agents workshop focuses on quality assurance techniques, methodologies, and tools for conversational agentic systems, namely systems capable of interacting with users and external services through natural language. As these systems become increasingly autonomous and deeply integrated into complex software ecosystems, ensuring their reliability, robustness, safety, and correctness represents a critical challenge. The workshop aims to bring together researchers and practitioners from the fields of software engineering, software testing, artificial intelligence, and runtime verification to discuss emerging approaches for the evaluation, testing, monitoring, benchmarking, and validation of conversational agentic systems. 4th IEEE International Workshop on Reliable and Secure AI for Software Engineering (ReSAISE 2026) https://resaise.github.io/2026/ Artificial Intelligence is now deeply embedded in software engineering workflows, from code generation and program repair to vulnerability detection, test generation, maintenance, and developer support. Large Language Models and agentic AI systems make these workflows more powerful, but they also introduce dependability questions that software engineering research cannot treat as an afterthought. ReSAISE’26 brings together researchers and practitioners from the AI and Software Engineering communities to discuss how AI-based solutions for software engineering can be made reliable, secure, trustworthy, and useful in real development settings. The workshop continues the ReSAISE focus on reliability and security while reflecting the growing role of LLMs, AI coding assistants, and multi-agent software engineering systems. We welcome contributions that study the development, deployment, evaluation, and operation of reliable and secure AI for software engineering, including methods, empirical studies, tools, benchmarks, experience reports, and lessons learned from negative or unexpected results. 18th International Workshop on Software Aging and Rejuvenation (WoSAR 2026) https://www.wosar.net/ WoSAR is the premier international venue for discussing the recent advances and discoveries in theoretical and practical aspects of software aging and rejuvenation research. Software aging is the progressive degradation of performance and dependability in computer programs, especially those executing for a long period of time. This phenomenon has been extensively studied for more than 20 years, as it affects many systems, from embedded devices to server software to critical systems. Software rejuvenation, i.e., proactive restart of application (components/threads/tasks), reboot of VMs or machines, and failover to a replica are the most prominent approaches to combat software aging. A variety of rejuvenation techniques, scheduling plans, scope and granularity, have been proposed for different application types and platforms. Important Dates (AoE) • Submission deadline: July 20, 2026 (indicative, refer to the workshops' websites) • Notification of acceptance: August 10, 2026 • Camera-ready copy submission: August 17, 2026 • Author registration deadline: August 19, 2026 Organisation General Chairs • Leonardo Mariani, University of Milano - Bicocca, Italy • George A. Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus Program Coordinator • Roberto Natella, GSSI, Italy Research Program Committee Chairs • Domenico Cotroneo, UNC Charlotte, USA • Jie M. Zhang, King's College London, UK Industry Program Chairs • Jinyang Liu, Bytedance, USA • Sigrid Eldh, Ericsson AB, Sweden Workshop Chairs • Georgia Kapitsaki, University of Cyprus, Cyprus • August Shi, The University of Texas at Austin, USA Doctoral Symposium Chairs • Stefan Winter, LMU Munich, Germany • Lili Wei, McGill University, Canada Fast Abstract Chairs • Luigi Lavazza, University of Insubria, Italy • Yintong Huo, SMU, Singapore JIC2 Chair • Helene Waeselynck, LAAS-CNRS, France Publicity Chairs • Allison K. Sulivan, The University of Texas at Arlington, USA • Jose D'Abruzzo Pereira, University of Coimbra, Portugal Publication Chairs • Sherlock Licorish, Otago Business School, New Zealand • Maria Teresa Rossi, GSSI, Italy Artifact Evaluation Chairs • Naghmeh Ivaki, University of Coimbra, Portugal • Fumio Machida, University of Tsukuba, Japan Diversity and Inclusion Chair • Eleni Constantinou, University of Cyprus, Cyprus Financial Chair • Costas Pattichis, University of Cyprus, Cyprus Web Chairs • Michalis Ioannides, Easy Conferences LTD • Elena Masserini, University of Milano - Bicocca, Italy Registration Chair • Easy Conferences LTD

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Second call for paper IMPACT-SPEECH
by Monorama Swain 09 Jul '26

09 Jul '26

HI everyone, Friendly Deadline Reminder! The submission deadline for IMPACT-SPEECH 2026 is fast approaching! If your research aligns with any of the topics listed below, we encourage you to submit your latest work and be part of the workshop. We look forward to your exciting contributions! The extended workshop paper submission deadline is July 15, 2026. For more details please visit: https://impactspeech.github.io/ https://impactspeech.github.io/ [https://impactspeech.github.io/] https://www.linkedin.com/company/impact-speech-2026/posts/?feedView=all [https://www.linkedin.com/company/impact-speech-2026/posts/?feedView=all] With regards Organizing Committee of IMPACT-SPEEH 2026

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37th IEEE International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering (ISSRE 2026): Last Call for Journal First, Conference Second Proposals
by Announce 09 Jul '26

09 Jul '26

*** Last Call for Journal First, Conference Second Papers *** 37th IEEE International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering (ISSRE 2026) October 20-23, 2026, 5* St. Raphael Resort and Marina Limassol, Cyprus https://cyprusconferences.org/issre2026/ ISSRE 2026 will continue running the “Journal First Conference Second” track that seeks to include journal papers in the ISSRE 2026 program. The authors of papers published recently in prestigious software reliability engineering journals are invited to send a proposal to present their work at ISSRE 2026. Note that the submitted J1C2 paper shall not be a former workshop or conference paper. Via this scheme authors have the possibility to present their work to a wider audience in person, discuss, network with peers, and drive renewed interest to their work. The journal-first manuscripts are published through the journals and will not be part of the ISSRE proceedings. The journal-first papers will be listed in the conference program. At least one author of each presentation accepted for the journal-first program must register and attend the conference to present the paper at the time identified in the program. Scope A journal-first presentation submitted to ISSRE 2026 must adhere to the following criteria: • The paper was accepted for publication not earlier than January 1st 2025. • The paper is in the scope of the conference, as defined in the call for ISSRE 2026 research papers. • The paper reports completely new research results or presents novel contributions that significantly extend and were not reported in prior work. • The paper has not been presented at, and is not under consideration for, journal-first programs of other conferences. Submission of Proposals Authors of manuscripts that respect these criteria are invited to send a one-page presentation proposal (in IEEE 2-column format) via this submission link on EasyChair: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=issre2026, consisting of the paper's title, the paper's authors, the paper's abstract, a description of how the paper fits into the conference theme, and a pointer to the original journal paper at the journal's Web site. If the paper is not online yet, then specify so. Authors will also have to upload a copy of the paper. Please make sure to select the J1C2 track at the beginning of the submission process. Authors will be invited to present their paper at ISSRE 2026 after a check that the paper is in scope for the conference and it adheres to the criteria above. The papers will not be reviewed again for technical content. In case an exceptionally high number of proposals is received, presentation proposals will be prioritized according to their fit to the conference theme and structure of sessions. The J1C2 Track Chairs will notify the authors about their decision. Important Dates (AoE) • J1C2 proposal submission deadline: July 20, 2026 • J1C2 notification deadline: August 10, 2026 • Author registration deadline: August 19, 2026 Organisation General Chairs • Leonardo Mariani, University of Milano - Bicocca, Italy • George A. Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus Program Coordinator • Roberto Natella, GSSI, Italy Research Program Committee Chairs • Domenico Cotroneo, UNC Charlotte, USA • Jie M. Zhang, King's College London, UK Industry Program Chairs • Jinyang Liu, Bytedance, USA • Sigrid Eldh, Ericsson AB, Sweden Workshop Chairs • Georgia Kapitsaki, University of Cyprus, Cyprus • August Shi, The University of Texas at Austin, USA Doctoral Symposium Chairs • Stefan Winter, LMU Munich, Germany • Lili Wei, McGill University, Canada Fast Abstract Chairs • Luigi Lavazza, University of Insubria, Italy • Yintong Huo, SMU, Singapore JIC2 Chair • Helene Waeselynck, LAAS-CNRS, France Publicity Chairs • Allison K. Sulivan, The University of Texas at Arlington, USA • Jose D'Abruzzo Pereira, University of Coimbra, Portugal Publication Chairs • Sherlock Licorish, Otago Business School, New Zealand • Maria Teresa Rossi, GSSI, Italy Artifact Evaluation Chairs • Naghmeh Ivaki, University of Coimbra, Portugal • Fumio Machida, University of Tsukuba, Japan Diversity and Inclusion Chair • Eleni Constantinou, University of Cyprus, Cyprus Financial Chair • Costas Pattichis, University of Cyprus, Cyprus Web Chairs • Michalis Ioannides, Easy Conferences LTD • Elena Masserini, University of Milano - Bicocca, Italy Registration Chair • Easy Conferences LTD

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Call for posters: Building Commons for Clinical LLMs (Oct 1-2, 2026) Paris
by Pierre Zweigenbaum 08 Jul '26

08 Jul '26

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

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[CfP] Final Deadline Extension - NL4AI @ AIxIA 2026 - 9th Workshop on Natural Language for Artificial Intelligence | 6-9 October 2026, Perugia, Italy
by Elisa Leonardelli 08 Jul '26

08 Jul '26

[Apologies for Cross Posting] ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════ NL4AI 2026 – 9th Workshop on Natural Language for Artificial Intelligence, at the 24th International Conference of the Italian Association for Artificial Intelligence (AIxIA 2026 <https://aixia2026.unipg.it/>) 6–9 October 2026 | Perugia, Italy ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════ Website: http://sag.art.uniroma2.it/NL4AI/ Contact Email: nl4ai2026(a)gmail.com ── IMPORTANT DATES ────────────────── [EXTENDED] Paper Submission deadline: 6th July 2026 24 July 2026, 23:59 AoE 🚨 Notification to authors: 19 August 2026 Camera-ready due: 26 August 2026 Workshop Dates: 6–9 October 2026 ──────────────────────────────────── Deadline extended. Following requests, we are giving authors two extra weeks to submit their papers. If you have work in progress at the intersection of NLP and AI, this is your window. Now in its ninth edition, NL4AI brings together researchers working where Computational Linguistics and Natural Language Processing meet the broader field of Artificial Intelligence. The most interesting problems often live at that boundary: AI systems become more capable when they understand language deeply, and NLP methods gain new meaning when tested in wider AI settings. NL4AI is meant to be a moment for the Italian NLP community to come together. Co-located with AIxIA 2026 and supported by AILC, the workshop is a friendly, discussion-oriented venue to meet colleagues, present finished results, ongoing work, and early ideas, and to get feedback across both sides of the NLP–AI boundary. We warmly invite contributions from labs and researchers in Italy and beyond. We especially welcome contributions that connect language to reasoning, interaction, multimodality, and real-world applications, as well as critical work on evaluation, interpretability, and the societal impact of language technologies. Accepted papers will be published in the workshop proceedings via CEUR Workshop Proceedings. Depending on the number and quality of papers received, we will consider proposing a special issue in relevant journals. The Program Committee will select the Best Workshop Paper from the accepted papers. SUBMISSIONS We encourage original submissions that describe new theoretical models, applied techniques, and research in progress. Substantial extensions to works already published or presented in other locations are welcome as well. We invite two kinds of submissions: - Short/Demo Paper. Maximum length of 6 pages + up to 2 pages of Acknowledgements/Declaration on Generative AI/References - Regular Papers. Maximum length of 12 pages + up to 2 pages of references Acknowledgements/Declaration on Generative AI/References Please note that papers with less than 25000 characters will be considered short papers in the CEUR proceedings. Submissions Evaluation. Submissions will be peer-reviewed (single-blind) by the program committee members. Evaluation criteria will include novelty, significance for theory/practice, technical soundness, and quality of presentation. Note that reviewers will not be required to evaluate appendices providing a review of the papers. Appendices are intended for including details for reproducibility and/or additional results. How to Submit. Proceedings shall be submitted to CEUR-WS.org for online publication and all papers must follow the 2022 CEUR-ART - 1 Column paper style. The LaTeX template can be downloaded as source file from the NL4AI website <http://sag.art.uniroma2.it/NL4AI/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/CEURART-NL4AI-2…> or accessed as a Template in Overleaf <https://it.overleaf.com/read/cfvwgnqpvpys#a7a014>. All the papers should be submitted via EasyChair: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=nl4ai2026 Note: All submissions must be compatible with CEUR (https://ceur-ws.org/) and include the CEUR Declaration on Generative AI section ( https://ceur-ws.org/GenAI/Policy.html). Papers missing this section will be desk rejected. WORKSHOP ORGANIZERS Alessandro Bondielli (University of Pisa) Giovanni Bonetta (Fondazione Bruno Kessler) Elisa Leonardelli (Fondazione Bruno Kessler) Irene Siragusa (University of Palermo) We look forward to seeing you in Perugia! The NL4AI 2026 Workshop Organizers -- -- 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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PhD position at Trier University / Corpus Linguistics, Corpus Phonetics
by Hoffmann, Sebastian, Univ.-Prof. Dr. 08 Jul '26

08 Jul '26

Dear all, Applications are invited for a doctoral researcher position (3 years, E 13 TV-L, 50%) in English Linguistics at Trier University, starting 1 October 2026: https://www.uni-trier.de/fileadmin/organisation/ABT3/Stellen_WissMitarbeite… Preference will be given to a candidate who intends to pursue a doctorate investigating aspects of the Principle of Rhythmic Alternation (PRA), either in spoken British English (e.g. using the Audio BNC) or in the context of English as a World Language (e.g. using GloWbE). Applicants who have not yet completed their MA may be considered, provided the degree will be completed by 1 October 2026. Deadline for applications: 18 July 2026 For questions, please contact Sebastian Hoffmann at hoffmann(a)uni-trier.de<mailto:hoffmann@uni-trier.de> Prof. Dr. Sebastian Hoffmann FB II Anglistik Tel. +49 651 201-2287 E-Mail hoffmann(a)uni-trier.de [image001.png] Universität Trier | Universitätsring 15 | 54296 Trier | Germany www.uni-trier.de

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Special Issues of Digital Comparative Literature (Call for Expressions of Interest)
by Pianzola, Federico 08 Jul '26

08 Jul '26

We are seeking articles for a number of special issues within the framework of the International Comparative Literature Association (ICLA) Short-term Research Committee on Digital Comparative Literature (DCL) Comparative Literary Studies and Digital Humanities pose a double, mutually enriching challenge to one another. Distant reading and large-scale digitization have opened new perspectives on literature, yet comparative work remains among the hardest terrains for digital research, not least because of multilingualism and intermediality, since computational tools and corpora are still overwhelmingly English-centric and text-focused. This collection invites contributions that work at this intersection and that speak to a readership of comparative literature scholars. We welcome proposals addressing any aspect of digital comparative literature, including but not limited to: computational and distant reading methods and their epistemological stakes; the construction, use, and politics of large digital archives; books and reading in a postdigital context (multimodality, digital social reading); data visualization for literary analysis (network analysis, mapping); electronic literature, interactive digital narrative, digital storytelling; and machine translation, language models, and artificial intelligence (AI) for literary analysis. Theoretical reflections, methodological proposals, and concrete case studies are all welcome, provided they are framed for and accessible to comparative literature scholars. We have confirmed interest from a few comparative literature journals for the publication of special issues. A selection of the proposals received will be made — in consultation with the ICLA-DCL committee — and accepted articles will be assigned to the best-fitting venue, with a concrete proposal then made to each author. Two article formats - Short articles: max. 4,000 words - Long articles: max. 8,000 words Please indicate your intended format in your submission. How to express interest Submit an abstract of up to 500 words together with a short biographical note (max. 150 words) to Federico Pianzola (f.pianzola(a)rug.nl) and Samya Brata Roy (sroy4(a)gitam.edu). Deadline: 7 September 2026. Indicative timeline - September 2026: review of proposals and assignment to venues, in consultation with the ICLA-DCL committee - Late September 2026: authors contacted with a proposed venue and timeline - From Autumn 2027 onwards: first publications, with subsequent articles appearing on a rolling basis depending on each venue's schedule Selection and timelines will depend on fit with the participating journals; not all expressions of interest can be guaranteed placement. Preliminary inquiries for the suitability of contributions are welcome, please address them to Federico Pianzola (f.pianzola(a)rug.nl). The text of this call is also available at https://icla-dcl.quarto.pub/info/news/2026/ICLA-DCL-journals-cfp.html Kind regards, ICLA-DCL committee

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Second Call for Papers: The 7th Workshop on Gender Bias in NLP (GeBNLP 2026)
by Agnieszka Faleńska 07 Jul '26

07 Jul '26

Second Call for Papers: The 7th Workshop on Gender Bias in NLP (GeBNLP 2026) 5th AACL & 15th IJCNLP, November 9, 2026 Hengqin, China (Remote-only mode) About the Workshop The GeBNLP workshop <https://gebnlp-workshop.github.io/> serves as a leading venue for the study, evaluation, and mitigation of gender bias in natural language processing. As large language models (LLMs) become foundational to recent NLP applications, addressing how these systems represent and affect different genders, alongside intersecting demographic axes such as race, ethnicity, nationality, religion, and ability, remains a critical challenge for the AI community. While foundational progress has been made in algorithmic debiasing and balanced data collection, recent large-scale evaluations reveal that state-of-the-art models continue to exhibit persistent stereotypes and confidence disparities across intersectional identities (Siddique et al., 2024; Savoldi et al., 2024). Our workshop serves as a multidisciplinary bridge, enabling researchers to define shared standards for tasks and metrics that ensure technical advancements are deeply rooted in the social and ethical realities of systemic harm (Dai et al., 2024). Topics of Interest We invite submissions on a wide range of topics related to gender bias in NLP, including but not limited to: Measurement and Evaluation: New metrics and datasets for quantifying bias in LLMs, MT, and multimodal systems. Mitigation Strategies: Technical approaches to debiasing (e.g., fine-tuning, adapter-based methods, or prompting strategies). Multilingual and Cross-Cultural Perspectives: Bias in low-resource languages or non-Western cultural contexts. Intersectionality: Research exploring how gender bias intersects with race, disability, age, or nationality. Ethical and Legal Frameworks: Policy implications and the "Human-in-the-loop" role in auditing AI systems. Authors are encouraged to go beyond binary gender definitions and discuss how their work addresses the complexity of intersecting stereotypes and the diverse demographic contexts involved. Submission Guidelines Long Papers are up to 8 pages and short Papers are up to 4 pages (excluding references and appendix). Non-Archival Submissions: Authors may opt for non-archival submission, allowing work of standard conference quality to be presented without being published in the official proceedings. Submission Link <https://openreview.net/group?id=aclweb.org/AACL-IJCNLP/2026/Workshop/GeBNLP…> (Blind submission is required) Important Dates Paper Submission Deadline: Wednesday, September 2, 2026 Pre-reviewed (ARR) submission deadline: Tuesday, September 29, 2026 Notification of Acceptance: Friday, October 2, 2026 Camera-Ready Version Due: Monday, October 12, 2026 Workshop Date: Monday, November 9, 2026 Organizers Giuseppe Attanasio, Instituto de Telecomunicações, Lisbon Christine Basta, Alexandria University & HiTZ, University of the Basque Agnieszka Faleńska, University of Stuttgart Vera Neplenbroek, University of Amsterdam Debora Nozza, Bocconi University Karolina Stańczak, ETH AI Center, Zurich Marta R. Costa-jussà, FAIR, Meta Christian Hardmeier <https://www.linkedin.com/in/ACoAABSOopUB6XvolRQqI6UWAi0yorvyB1w75aY>, IT university of Copenhagen References Dai, Y., Gu, H., Wang, Y. and Wang, X., 2024, November. Mitigate extrinsic social bias in pre-trained language models via continuous prompts adjustment. In Proceedings of the 2024 conference on empirical methods in natural language processing (pp. 11068-11083). Siddique, Z., Turner, L. and Anke, L.E., 2024, November. Who is better at math, jenny or jingzhen? uncovering stereotypes in large language models. In Proceedings of the 2024 Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing (pp. 18601-18619). Savoldi, B., Papi, S., Negri, M., Guerberof-Arenas, A. and Bentivogli, L., 2024, November. What the harm? quantifying the tangible impact of gender bias in machine translation with a human-centered study. In Proceedings of the 2024 Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing (pp. 18048-18076).

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[EACL 2027] First Call for Papers
by ACL Announcements 07 Jul '26

07 Jul '26

*First Call for Main Conference Papers* EACL 2027: 20th Conference of the European Chapter of the Association for Computational Linguistics March 9-14, 2027, Athens, Greece Special Theme: The Human in Language ARR submission deadline: Aug 3, 2026 EACL commitment deadline: Oct 11, 2026 Details: https://2027.eacl.org/calls/papers/ *Overview* EACL 2027 invites the submission of long and short papers featuring substantial, original, and unpublished research on Natural Language Processing. EACL 2027 has a goal of curating a diverse technical program. In addition to traditional research results, papers may contribute negative findings, survey an area, announce the creation of a new resource, argue a position, report novel linguistic insights derived using existing computational techniques, and reproduce (or fail to reproduce) previous results. We also introduce the Special Theme "The Human in Language", which we hope will stimulate exciting research contributions. As in recent years, some of the presentations at the conference will be of papers accepted by the Transactions of the ACL (TACL) and the Computational Linguistics (CL) journals. *Submission information* EACL 2027 will use ACL Rolling Review (ARR) as its reviewing system, but final decisions will be made by the conference. Both the submission of articles for review and the commitment of reviewed articles to the conference will be handled via the OpenReview platform, in a two-step process: * Authors submit articles to ARR, where submissions receive reviews and meta-reviews from ARR reviewers and action editors. * Authors commit their reviewed articles to a publication venue (e.g. EACL 2027), where Senior Area Chairs and Program Chairs make acceptance decisions from the ARR reviews and meta-reviews. Papers must be submitted, at the latest, by the ARR 2026 August cycle. Papers that have received reviews and a meta-review from ARR (whether from the ARR 2026 August cycle or an earlier ARR cycle) may be committed to EACL via the commitment link. Dual submissions are not allowed; please check the ARR Call for Papers for details. The reviewing process will continue to be double-blind. Reviewers will not see authors, nor will authors see reviewers, and reviews on ARR will not be made publicly visible. However, authors will be given the option through ARR to make their anonymized submitted articles publicly visible. Following the ACL and ARR policies, there is no anonymity period requirement. During the commitment phase, it is not allowed to modify the author list (addition/deletion of authors is not allowed); however, modification of author order is possible. The authors should contact ARR with any questions about the review process at editors [at] aclrollingreview.org. For questions about commitment and post-review topics, contact eacl2027-pcs [at] googlegroups.com. *Important Dates* * *ARR submission deadline (long & short papers)*: 3 August 2026 * *Reviewer registration deadline for ALL authors*: 5 August 2026 * *Author response period*: 14 - 19 September 2026 * *Reviewer engagement & author-reviewer discussion*: 20 - 24 September 2026 * *Meta-reviews released*: 8 October 2026 * *EACL 2027 commitment deadline*: 11 October 2026 * *Notification of acceptance (long & short papers)*: 12 November 2026 * *Camera-ready papers due (long & short)*: 26 November 2026 * *Main Conference (Workshops/Tutorials dates TBD)*: 9 - 14 March 2027 All deadlines are 11:59 PM UTC-12:00 ("anywhere on Earth"). *Important change*: For this cycle, author response and author-reviewer discussion are two separate stages. In the first (14-19 September 2026), authors take the time to respond to the reviewers; reviewers will not be engaged at this stage. In the second (20-24 September 2026), reviewers and authors engage in any necessary discussion and reviewers finalise their reviews. Further details will be provided in due time. Mandatory Reviewing Workload All authors are expected to sign up to review, or serve as an Area Chair or Senior Area Chair, with assignments subsequently based on qualifications. After submission, all authors must complete the author registration form by 5 August 2026 EoD AoE. If you receive assignments, reviews must be completed by 7 September, and meta-reviews by 2 October. In case of emergencies, the chairs should be warned via the emergency declaration form. Exemptions to this policy are detailed in the ARR Author Reviewer Exemption Policy page. Highly irresponsible reviewers may be ineligible to (re-)submit or commit their work during the next ARR cycle. Submitting authors should (a) make sure all other authors are aware of this policy, and (b) check that everybody on their team(s) submits their (meta-)reviews on time and in accordance with the guidelines. Additional details on the definition of highly irresponsible reviewers and the corresponding ARR policy are available at https://aclrollingreview.org/incentives2025 *AI Reviewing Experiment (opt-in)* The Program Committee plans to run an opt-in AI Reviewing Experiment to collect feedback from authors on the utility of AI Reviewers in the review process. The AI reviews for opted-in submissions will not inform any part of the conference decision process. The experiment will run under IRB approval, using open-weights models on in-house compute resources, or closed models that guarantee zero-data retention. *Paper Submission Details* Both long and short paper submissions should follow all ARR submission requirements, including instructions for two-way anonymized review; authorship; citation and comparison; the multiple submission, resubmission and withdrawal policies; ACL's Publication Ethics Policy and ARR's Ethics Policy (including the responsible NLP research checklist); ACL's Disclosure Policy; a dedicated Limitations section; writing assistance rules; paper templates; and optional supplementary materials. Please see the ARR CfP for full details (https://aclrollingreview.org/cfp). *Contact Information* General Chair: * Isabelle Augenstein, University of Copenhagen Program Chairs: * Malvina Nissim, University of Groningen * Roi Reichart, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology * Sara Tonelli, Fondazione Bruno Kessler For questions related to paper submission and the review process in general, email: editors [at] aclrollingreview.org For questions about commitment and post-review related topics, email: eacl2027-pcs [at] googlegroups.com Read more: https://2027.eacl.org/calls/papers/

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Postdoctoral position: Autonomous Agents in Distributed Ledger Technologies
by Damir Korenčić 06 Jul '26

06 Jul '26

Institution: Ruđer Bošković Institute, Zagreb, Croatia Closing date: June 20th 2026 We recently opened a position of potential interest to NLP researchers. We are looking for a motivated candidate with relevant technical expertise and compatible scientific interest. The successful candidate will work in a group consisting of two senior researchers and a PhD student. The focus of the project is twofold: 1) researching how autonomous agents operate on DLT platforms, and 2) developing and deploying a long-running agents to interact with DLT platforms and social networks. The first part encompasses collection and analysis of relevant DLT data, while the second part will focus on development and deployment of an LLM-based agentic system, and on studying its behavior and patterns of interaction. Initially, we plan to focus on Farcaster as the target platform. The candidate will be welcome and expected to actively participate in the design of the research. How to apply: https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/446392 (basically you need to send a cover letter, plus the other information described as required). If you have any questions, you can contact us at: matija.piskorec(a)irb.hr damir.korencic(a)irb.hr

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Postdoctoral position in Switzerland (USI, Lugano)
by lonneke.vanderplas＠usi.ch 06 Jul '26

06 Jul '26

One fully funded postdoc position in NLP, for two years, renewable for another 2 years at the USI NLP Lab, in Lugano, Switzerland, as part of the SATURNA project. SATURNA (https://www.saturna.ch/) is a large-scale four-year project funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation. It is an inter-disciplinary collaboration between the University of Bern, EPFL, Idiap Research Institute and the National University of Singapore, with specialists in NLP, graph deep learning, knowledge-enhanced AI, computational biology and translational science. The role of the team at USI is to draw parallels between text sequences and RNA sequences, thereby leveraging advances made in the NLP field to learn informative representations of RNA sequences. Vice versa, handling the intricacies of RNA, such as extremely long-distance dependencies, context-dependency, structure, function etc. sheds new light on assumptions made in NLP models, that will be tested for their applicability on language. The postdoc will work under the scientific supervision of Prof. Lonneke van der Plas (https://usi.to/bkks) and will be offered the possibility to work in a fast-growing, cross-institutional, dynamic research team. The postdoc is expected to collaborate with the PhD students in the USI NLP lab that are working on a wide variety of topics in NLP, both at USI and the EPFL, as well as with the researchers in the SATURNA project, that includes work on interpretability and foundations of transformer-based language models, and benchmarking these. Screening will start on July 13th 2026, but the positions will remain open until filled. More information and application link here: https://content.usi.ch/sites/default/files/storage/attachments/ials/ials-id…<https://content.usi.ch/sites/default/files/storage/attachments/ials/ials-id….> -- Prof. Lonneke van der Plas Associate Professor of Natural Language Processing USI Università della Svizzera italiana https://usi.to/bkks

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Call for Papers: 2nd Workshop on Sign Language Processing (WSLP 2026)
by keren.artiaga＠adaptcentre.ie 06 Jul '26

06 Jul '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 20, 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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[CALL FOR PARTICIPATION] Long-Form Analogy Evaluation Challenge @ INLG 2026
by Bhavya - 06 Jul '26

06 Jul '26

Dear colleagues, We are pleased to announce the Long-Form Analogy Evaluation Challenge, a shared task focused on automatically evaluating generated analogies for explaining Computer Science concepts. The shared task will be co-located with INLG 2026 (https://2026.inlgmeeting.org/), and participants will have the opportunity to write a paper describing their system and approach. Submission Deadline: August 1, 2026 Prizes: The top 3 participants will receive $100, $50, and $25, respectively. About the Challenge Participants are asked to develop a system that predicts human quality ratings for long-form analogies. Given a concept, its description, a textual analogy, and an accompanying animation video, systems must predict scores across textual and video-based criteria. Submissions are evaluated using rank correlation with human judgments. Links * Competition: https://huggingface.co/spaces/analogy-evaluation/Analogy-Evaluation-Challen… * Dataset: https://huggingface.co/datasets/analogy-evaluation/challenge-dataset * Baseline code: https://github.com/yurinoviello/analogy-eval-baseline-INLG We warmly encourage members of this community to participate and share this announcement with colleagues and students who may be interested. Best regards, Bhavya Research Scientist, IBM Yuri Noviello PhD Student, Delft University of Technology

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Call for Abstracts -- NARNiHS 2027 -- North American Research Network in Historical Sociolinguistics Ninth Annual Meeting
by Lauersdorf, Mark R. 06 Jul '26

06 Jul '26

*** NARNiHS 2027 *** North American Research Network in Historical Sociolinguistics *** Ninth Annual Meeting *** 100% IN PERSON *** Co-Located with the Linguistic Society of America (LSA) Annual Meeting *** San Francisco, California, USA *** 6-9 January 2027 This event offers an opportunity for scholars from all over the world to gather and share leading research in historical sociolinguistic methods of linguistic inquiry; and we invite our fellow historical sociolinguists and scholars in related fields from our global scholarly community to join us in San Francisco for our 9th Annual Meeting. Consult this Call for Abstracts on the web: https://narnihs.org/?page_id=3542 . ---------- Call for Abstracts ----------. Abstract submission online: https://easyabs.linguistlist.org/submit/NARNiHS_2027 Deadline: Monday, 24 August 2026, 11:59 PM US Eastern time. Late abstracts will not be considered. The North American Research Network in Historical Sociolinguistics (NARNiHS) is accepting abstracts for its 9th Annual Meeting. As a Sister Society of the Linguistic Society of America (LSA), NARNiHS will hold its Annual Meeting sessions at the LSA Annual Meeting in San Francisco, Wednesday-Saturday, 6-9 January 2027. The 9th edition of this inclusive NARNiHS event seeks to provide a collaborative environment where presenters bring fully developed work for presentation and enrichment. We see the NARNiHS Annual Meeting as a place for showcasing excellent projects in historical sociolinguistics, seeking feedback from peers, and engaging in productive development of the field's enduring questions. NARNiHS welcomes papers in all areas of historical sociolinguistics, which is understood as the application and/or development of sociolinguistic theories, methods, and models for the study of historical language variation and change over time, or more broadly, the study of the interaction of language and society in historical periods and from historical perspectives. Thus, a wide range of linguistic areas, subdisciplines, methodologies, and adjacent disciplines easily find their place within historical sociolinguistics, and we encourage submission of abstracts that reflect this broad scope. Abstracts will be accepted for both 20-minute papers and posters. Accepted papers will be organized into thematic sessions that will be scheduled throughout the 4 days of the LSA conference; accepted posters will be scheduled together in the LSA poster gallery. Please note that, at NARNiHS events, poster presentations are an integral and equal part of the intellectual exchange (not second-tier presentations). Abstracts will be assigned a paper or a poster presentation based on determinations in the review process about the most effective format for the submission. However, *if you prefer that your submission be considered primarily for poster presentation*, please specify this in your abstract. Successful abstracts will demonstrate *thorough grounding* in historical sociolinguistics, *scientific rigor* in the formulation of research questions, and *promise for rich discussion* of ideas. Successful abstracts will be explicit about which *theoretical frameworks*, *methodological protocols*, and *analytical strategies* are being applied or critiqued. *Data sources and examples* should be sufficiently presented, so as to allow reviewers a full understanding of the scope and claims of the research. Please note that *the connection of your research to the field of historical sociolinguistics* should be explicitly outlined in your abstract. Failure to adhere to these criteria will likely result in rejection of the abstract. *** Abstract Format Guidelines ***. - Abstracts must be submitted in PDF format. - Abstracts must fit on one 8.5x11-inch or A4 page, with margins no smaller than 1 inch (2.54 cm) and a font style and size no smaller than Times New Roman 12 point. You are encouraged to use the entire page to provide a full and robust description of the research. All additional supporting content (visualizations, trees, tables, figures, captions, examples, and references) must fit on a single (1) additional page. No exceptions to these requirements are allowed; abstracts longer than one page or with more than one additional page of supporting content will be rejected without review. - Specify if you prefer your submission be considered primarily for a poster presentation. - Anonymize your abstract. We realize that sometimes complete anonymity is not attainable, but there is a difference between the nature of the research creating an inability to anonymize and careless non-anonymizing (in citations, references, file names, etc.). Be sure to also anonymize your PDF file (you may do so in Adobe Acrobat Reader by clicking on "File", then "Properties", removing your name if it appears in the "Author" line of the "Description" tab, and re-saving the file before submission). Do not use your name as the file name when saving your PDF (e.g. Smith_Abstract.pdf); file names may not be automatically anonymized by the EasyAbs system. Rather, use non-identifying information in your file name (e.g. HistSoc4Lyfe.pdf). Your name should only appear in the online form accompanying your abstract submission. Abstracts that are not sufficiently anonymized wherever possible will be rejected without review. *** General Requirements ***. - Abstracts must be submitted electronically using the following link: https://easyabs.linguistlist.org/submit/NARNiHS_2027 - Authors may submit a maximum of two abstracts: One single-author abstract and one co-authored abstract. - Authors may not submit identical abstracts for presentation in NARNiHS Sessions and at the LSA Annual Meeting or another LSA Sister Society meeting (ADS, ANS, NAHoLS, SCiL, SPCL, or SSILA). - Specify if you prefer your submission be considered primarily for a poster presentation. - After submission, no changes of author, title, or wording of the abstract may occur. If your abstract is accepted, adjustment of typographical errors is permitted before a final version of the abstract is printed in the conference booklet. - Papers and posters must be delivered as projected in the abstract or represent bona fide developments of the same research. - Authors are expected to attend the conference in-person and present their own papers and posters. This will not be a hybrid event. Contact us at NARNiHistSoc(a)gmail.com with any questions.

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CFP for the 24th Annual Workshop of the Australasian Language Technology Association - ALTA 2026 @ Melbourne, Australia
by Wei Zhang 04 Jul '26

04 Jul '26

Dear Colleagues, We're delighted to announce that the call for paper for the 24th Annual Workshop of the Australasian Language Technology Association - ALTA 2026 Details are available on our website at https://alta2026.alta.asn.au/calls/papers and a summary follows. --- Important Dates - Submission open: 16 July 2026 - Submission deadline (long and short papers): 11 September 2026 - Submission deadline for presentation abstracts and non-archival papers: 9 October 2026. - Author notification: 23 October 2026 - ALTA 2026: 30 November - 2 December 2026 Overview The 24th Annual Workshop of the Australasian Language Technology Association (ALTA 2026) will be held in person at Deakin University Downtown Campus, Melbourne, from 30 November to 2 December 2026. ALTA is the key local forum for presenting and discussing research results in Natural Language Processing (NLP) and Computational Linguistics (CL). The workshop will feature presentations, posters, and demonstrations from students, industry, and academic researchers. As in previous years, we strongly encourage submissions and participation from industry and government researchers. Accepted papers will be included in the workshop proceedings, published online in the ACL Anthology and on the ALTA website. Papers will be presented either as oral or poster presentations at the workshop. Note that ALTA is listed in the CORE 2026 Conference Rankings as Australasian C. Topics - Commonsense Reasoning. - Computational Social Science and Cultural Analytics. - Dialogue and Interactive Systems. - Discourse and Pragmatics. - Efficient Methods for NLP. - Ethics in NLP. - Information Extraction. - Information Retrieval and Text Mining. - Interpretability, Interactivity and Analysis of Models for NLP. - Language Grounding to Vision, Robotics and Beyond. - Language Modeling and Analysis of Language Models. - Linguistic Theories, Cognitive Modeling and Psycholinguistics. - Machine Learning for NLP. - Machine Translation. - Multilinguality and Linguistic Diversity. - Natural Language Generation. - NLP Applications. - Phonology, Morphology and Word Segmentation. - Question Answering. - Resources and Evaluation. - Semantics: Lexical, Sentence level, Document Level, Textual Inference, etc. - Sentiment Analysis, Stylistic Analysis, and Argument Mining. - Speech and Multimodality. - Summarisation. - Syntax, Parsing and their Applications. We particularly encourage submissions that broaden the scope of our community by considering practical applications of language technology and multidisciplinary research. We also specifically encourage submissions from the industry. Format and instructions for authors We welcome long (8 pages) and short (4 pages) Archival Submissions, and Non-Archival Submissions. Please refer to our CfP webpage<https://alta2026.alta.asn.au/calls/papers> for specifics. --- You can follow ALTA on social media at the following links: LinkedIn (page): https://www.linkedin.com/company/australasian-language-technology-associati… LinkedIn (group): https://www.linkedin.com/groups/1849979/ X: https://x.com/altanlp Mastodon: https://sigmoid.social/@ALTAnlp With kind regards, on behalf of the ALTA 2026 Team: Dr Bahadorreza Ofoghi, General Chair Prof Massimo Piccardi, Program Chair Dr Ming Liu, Program Chair Dr Mohamed Reda Bouadjenek, Program Chair Dr Zhuang Li, Publication Chair Mong Yuan Sim, PhD candidate, Publication Chair Aymen Rayane Khouas, PhD candidate, Technology Chair Dr Fatima Ansarizadeh, Sponsorship Chair Sara Mirabi, PhD candidate, Local Chair Saeedeh Javadi, PhD candidate, Local Chair A/Prof Wei (Emma) Zhang, Publicity Chair

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Call for Participation: Terminology Shared Task @WMT2026
by Kirill Semenov 03 Jul '26

03 Jul '26

[apologies for cross-posting] Terminology Translation Task @WMT2026 �C Call for Participation We are excited to announce the 4th Terminology Translation Shared Task, which will be held as part of the 11th Conference on Machine Translation (WMT 2026), co-located with EMNLP 2026 in Budapest, Hungary. TL;DR * Two tracks on terminology-aware document-level machine translation. * Language pairs: Spanish��Basque, English��Polish, and Traditional Chinese��English across engineering, medicine, and finance domains. * Evaluation metrics: both general MT quality and terminology-oriented metrics. * Task started: 30 June 2026 * System submission deadline: 31 July 2026 (AoE) * Shared task website: https://www2.statmt.org/wmt26/terminology.html * Pre-registration: https://forms.gle/nCHmek9UkdJaraqu9 OVERVIEW Despite remarkable progress in machine translation, accurately translating specialized terminology while maintaining overall translation quality remains a challenging problem. Previous editions of the Terminology Translation Shared Task demonstrated that document-level terminology translation is still substantially more difficult than sentence-level translation, particularly when consistent terminology usage is required throughout a document. This year's edition introduces two major developments. First, we expand the shared task to lower-resource, morphologically rich languages: Basque and Polish. Second, alongside our established terminology-dictionary setting, we introduce a new track in which systems must infer terminology from seed bitexts, providing a more realistic and challenging evaluation scenario. We welcome submissions from both academia and industry and impose no restrictions on models or training resources. IMPORTANT DATES (AoE) * 1 Jul 2026: Test data and submission form released; shared task begins * 31 Jul 2026: System submission deadline * 7 Aug 2026: paper description submission (according to the WMT 2026 schedule) * 28-29 October 2026: WMT 2026 conference SUBMISSION TRACKS Track 1: Document-Level Translation with Explicit Dictionary Participants receive document-level source texts together with terminology dictionaries and evaluate their systems under different terminology conditions. Track 2: Document-Level Translation with Seed Bitexts Instead of explicit terminology dictionaries, participants receive terminology-rich parallel examples ("seed bitexts") and must leverage them to translate related documents. LANGUAGES AND DOMAINS * Spanish �� Basque (Engineering & Technology), * English �� Polish (Engineering & Technology, Medicine), * Traditional Chinese �� English (Finance) EVALUATION Following the previous editions of the shared task, systems will be evaluated under multiple terminology modes to assess the causal effect of the explicit terminology contents: * No terminology * Proper terminology * Random terminology Submissions will be assessed using two complementary groups of metrics: * Overall translation quality, including automatic MT metrics (e.g., BLEU) together with evaluation of grammatical term usage. * Terminology-oriented metrics, including terminology success rate and terminology consistency. SUBMISSION GUIDELINES Before submitting, we kindly ask participants to: 1. (Recommended) Pre-register using our Google Form to receive reminders and help us estimate participation. 2. Validate system outputs using the official validation script. 3. Submit translations through the official submission form together with a brief system description. Participants are also encouraged to submit a WMT system description paper following the main conference guidelines. * The participants are allowed to submit systems for one track and/or only subset of the language pairs (however, we encourage you to test your strengths across all language pairs) * Detailed task descriptions, data formats, input/output specifications, and submission instructions are available on the shared task website. ORGANIZERS Nathaniel Berger, Adrian Charkiewicz, Pinzhen Chen, Thierry Etchegoyhen, Harritxu Gete Ugarte, Kamil Guttmann, Xu Huang, David Ponce, Artur Nowakowski, Fr��d��ric Odermatt, Arturo Oncevay, Kirill Semenov, Dawei Zhu, and Vil��m Zouhar. Contact: Kirill Semenov �� firstname.lastname [at] uzh [dot] ch WEBSITE https://www2.statmt.org/wmt26/terminology.html We look forward to your participation!

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[Final CfP] LM Playschool Workshop at EMNLP 2026 — Challenge Deadline in 2 Days!
by Sabrina McCallum 03 Jul '26

03 Jul '26

Improving Language Models through Learning from Dialogue Interaction Co-located with EMNLP 2026 — 28 October 2026, Budapest Website: https://lm-playschool.github.io/ Starter Kit: https://github.com/lm-playpen/playpen The submission deadlines for the LM Playschool Workshop are almost here! The challenge submission deadline is this Sunday, July 5, 2026 (only 2 days away!), followed shortly by the direct paper submission deadline on July 12, 2026 (9 days away!). 📝 SUBMISSION TRACKS We welcome either long or short submissions for the following tracks: 1. Challenge track: Technical reports for the LM-Playschool challenge (archival). 2. Paper-only track: Work-in-progress (archival or non-archival) or recently published papers (non-archival). 🏆 CHALLENGE TRACK (SHARED TASK) The shared task focuses on post-training LLMs to master communicative skills in unseen dialogue games while retaining original language capabilities. Participants are free to choose any base model; evaluation is based on improvement relative to that base model on an unseen test set. Not signed up yet? Register here: https://forms.gle/fhpXPH5kZk4psPXp9 🛠️ STARTER KIT Our sandbox environment Playpen is available on GitHub and ready to use. Key features: * Comprehensive Evaluation: A single command to get your "clemscore" (interactive competence) and "statscore" (classic benchmarks). * Training Recipes: Example scripts for SFT and GRPO to help models learn from game-state success. * Resource Friendly: We encourage using the Qwen3.5 family (0.8B to 27B) to ensure participation is possible with modest compute. 🎯 PAPER-ONLY TRACK: TOPICS OF INTEREST We welcome original research and work-in-progress on: * Architectures and training regimes for interactive agents. * Intrinsic rewards and learning signals (RL from game-state success). * Benchmarking via dialogue games. * Data efficiency and social interaction. * Social cognition and Theory of Mind in interactive systems. * Human-agent collaboration and coordination. * Embodied interactive agents. * Communicative and perceptual grounding. 📅 IMPORTANT DATES * Challenge submission deadline: July 5, 2026 (only 2 days away!) * Direct paper submission deadline: July 12, 2026 (9 days away!) * Pre-reviewed ARR commitment deadline: August 2, 2026 * Notification of acceptance: August 8, 2026 * Camera ready due: August 23, 2026 * Challenge winners announced: Early October 2026 * Workshop at EMNLP 2026: October 28, 2026 — Budapest For more information, visit our website: https://lm-playschool.github.io/ We look forward to your submissions! The LMP 2026 Organizing Committee: Raffaella Bernardi, Raquel Fernández, Mario Giulianelli, Sherzod Hakimov, Alexander Koller, Dieu-Thu Le, Oliver Lemon, Davide Mazzaccara, Sabrina McCallum, David Schlangen, Alessandro Suglia

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5 Positions for Doctoral & Postdoctoral Researchers at the Text & Language Lab, FAU
by Michaela Mahlberg 03 Jul '26

03 Jul '26

Dear all, Please see the information on job opportunities below. I’d be grateful if you could share with potential candidates. Where: The Text & Language Lab in the Department of Digital Humanities and Social Studies (DHSS) at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) is recruiting up to five outstanding postdoctoral and doctoral researchers. Join a highly collaborative team pursuing an ambitious research agenda on various aspects of language in today’s digital world. Led by Alexander von Humboldt-Professor Michaela Mahlberg, the lab offers an inspiring environment where curious researchers work across disciplines and produce results with clear, real-world relevance. What: Depending on your qualifications and experience there are different options of appointment, which include opportunities to make a contribution to the teaching of the Department. • PhD positions are for up to 4 years (75% or 100%), initial contract 1 year with extension after successful completion of first year • Postdoctoral positions for up to 4.5 years (100 %), initial contract 2 years, after successful completion of that period there is the opportunity to extend the positions until 31.03.2031 The positions: 1) Postdoctoral researcher with focus on web application development and CLiC (clic-fiction.com) Specific responsibilities will include: • Corpus compilation • Modular software development • Leading on the organisation of training workshops and dissemination activities • Developing training materials for workshops • Producing documentation • Collaboration with external software developers • Working as part of a team, with the responsibility to manage specific work packages and lead clear sub-projects (including publications and grant application development) • Managing project tasks such as supervising student assistants and providing progress reports 2) Postdoctoral researcher with focus on experimental methods Specific responsibilities will include: • Designing and running experiments that focus on the engagement with texts and tools (reader response, surveys, interviews, eye-tracking, Human-AI interaction) • Analysing research data • Leading on the organisation of training workshops and dissemination activities • Working as part of a team, with the responsibility to manage specific work packages and lead clear sub-projects (including publications and grant application development) • Managing project tasks such as supervising student assistants and providing progress reports 3) Doctoral researcher - PhD Project: Fictional people and the climate crisis The project will be situated within a research context that deals with textual patterns of characterization with a focus on the relationship between fictional people and their environment. This environment will cover both the natural and the built environment. The textual patterns will be studied on the basis of data from a variety of texts (including climate and science fiction). Methods of analysis will draw on computational textual analysis. The specific research questions of the project will be developed together with the successful candidate. Specific responsibilities will include: • Text and data analysis • Corpus design and compilation • Working as part of a team, with the responsibility to manage specific work packages and lead clear sub-projects (including publications and grant application development) • Managing project tasks such as supervising student assistants and providing progress reports More detail on required qualifications and how to apply: https://www.fau-jobs.de/jobposting/621d437fb9ed15d519420c8046d50aa9431c66ec0 Deadline: 24 July 2026 If you have any questions don’t hesitate to contact me Michaela -- Professor Michaela Mahlberg https://michaelamahlberg.com/<https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fmichaelamahlberg.com%2f…> Alexander-von-Humboldt Professor & Professor of Digital Humanities<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgkKhcwvWgI> Head of Department of Digital Humanities and Social Studies (DHSS)<https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fwww.dhss.phil.fau.de%2f…> FAU - Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg<https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fwww.fau.de%2f&c=E,1,fU0…> Honorary Professor of Corpus Linguistics University of Birmingham, UK<https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/> Editor of the International Journal of Corpus Linguistics <https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fbenjamins.com%2fcatalog…> President of the Dickens Society<https://dickenssociety.org/> Host of the Life and Language Podcast <https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/michaela-mahlberg/> https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaela-mahlberg/

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2nd CfP for the HeMAI workshop at ICMI 2026 - Deadline Extended
by Stefan Hillmann 02 Jul '26

02 Jul '26

========================================================= 2nd Call for Papers - Deadline EXTENDED: HeMAI 2026 Multimodal Interaction with Generative AI Health Applications Workshop at ICMI 2026, Naples, Italy, 9 October 2026 (in person) https://qulab.github.io/HeMAI2026/ Submission via PCS until July 13, 2026 ========================================================= Generative AI is changing how people interact with health technology. Large language models, multimodal foundation models, and conversational agents make it possible to combine text, speech, vision, and physiological signals in ways that weren't practical a few years ago, and they raise difficult questions about usability, safety, explainability, trust, and evaluation when the stakes involve someone's health. HeMAI 2026 brings HCI, AI, and health researchers together to work through those questions. We welcome contributions on multimodal interaction techniques for health systems, conversational and embodied agents in healthcare, integration of text/speech/vision/biosignals, explainability and transparency, human-AI collaboration, safety and trust, ethical and regulatory issues, evaluation methodologies, and real-world deployments. Submission types: - Full research papers (up to 8 pages, excluding references) - Short / work-in-progress / position / demo papers (up to 4 pages, excluding references) Submissions follow ICMI 2026 author guidelines: https://icmi.acm.org/2026/guidelines/ Papers rejected from the main ICMI track are welcome if they fit the scope. Important dates (AoE): - Paper submission: 6 July 2026 (via PCS) - Notification: 29 July 2026 - Camera-ready: 1 August 2026 - Workshop: 9 October 2026 Accepted papers will appear in the workshop proceedings associated with ICMI 2026. Organizers: - Stefan Hillmann (TU Berlin) - Sebastian Möller (TU Berlin & DFKI Berlin) - Catherine Pelachaud (CNRS--ISIR, Sorbonne University) - Lisa Raithel (TU Berlin & BIFOLD & DFKI Berlin & Charité--IKIM) - Roland Roller (DFKI Berlin) Workshop website: https://qulab.github.io/HeMAI2026/ We are looking forward to your submissions!

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Job Openings: Doctoral & Postdoctoral Researchers in Foundation Health Models
by Shaoxiong Ji 02 Jul '26

02 Jul '26

We are recruiting a Doctoral Researcher and a Postdoctoral Researcher! Both roles focused on training health foundation models and medical reasoning using Finland's nationwide health databases. 💻 Access to world-class computing resources, including local clusters (Roihu and Triton) and the LUMI Supercomputer (one of the world's fastest and greenest). 🤝 Direct integration into the ELLIS Institute Finland and the University of Turku research ecosystems. 🌲 Excellent work-life balance and competitive salary in Finland. 📅 Application Deadline: August 17, 2026 at 16:00 (Helsinki time) Find full job details and apply here: https://www.olaresearch.org/news/job-openings-foundation-health-models.html

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CfP – Special Issue on "Big Data Analytics and Mining for Information Retrieval" [BDCC Journal]
by Ida Mele 02 Jul '26

02 Jul '26

Dear Colleagues, We are pleased to invite submissions to the Special Issue "Big Data Analytics and Mining for Information Retrieval" in the "Big Data and Cognitive Computing" Journal (IF 5.3, CiteScore 11.4). This Special Issue seeks advanced analytics and mining methods that integrate big-data technologies with intelligent retrieval models. We welcome original research articles and review papers on research areas including, but not limited to: - web search - social media analytics - recommendation systems - enterprise search - digital libraries - biomedical informatics For details and submission instructions, visit the Special Issue webpage: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/BDCC/special_issues/4643ZF82B5 If you are interested in submitting a manuscript, kindly register a tentative title and abstract via the "Submit Abstract to Special Issue" form on the Special Issue webpage at your earliest convenience. Please feel free to share this invitation with colleagues and collaborators. We look forward to receiving your contributions. Kind regards, Guest Editor Dr. Ida Mele IASI-CNR, Rome, Italy

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3rd and last Call for Papers: FEL XXX 2026, Paris, France, 3-5 November 2026 - Submission deadline 10 July 2026
by Steven Krauwer 02 Jul '26

02 Jul '26

CALL FOR PAPERS The 30th Annual Conference of the Foundation for Endangered Languages, FEL XXX (2026) "Endangered Languages and Innovative Technologies: Documentation, Processing and Revitalisation" Organised by the Foundation for Endangered Languages(FEL <https://ogmios.org/>), the Centre d'Études en Sciences Sociales sur les Mondes Africains Américains et Asiatiques (CESSMA <https://www.inalco.fr/en/cessma>) and the Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales (INALCO <https://www.inalco.fr/en>) Paris, France, 3-5 November 2026 The conference aims to create a space for dialogue between researchers, technologists, and, crucially, language communities themselves, concerning the opportunities and challenges presented by innovative technologies in efforts to prevent language loss and promote the maintenance and revitalisation of endangered languages. We strongly encourage submissions from community members, educators, activists, and practitioners, as well as presentations of collaborative work between academic and non-academic partners. More about the theme: https://www.ogmios.org/conferences/2026/theme.php Important dates: # 10July2026:Deadlineforsubmission of abstracts NB:***Due to the tight schedule this deadline can not be extended!* # 13 July 2026: Registration opens # 01 August2026:Selectedapplicantsinformed # 15 September2026:Deadlineforsubmission of extended versions of accepted abstracts # 03-05November 2026:Conference dates # 06 November 2026: Excursion (to be confirmed) Conference website: https://ogmios.org/conferences/2026 Email: fel2026(a)ogmios.org -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Steven Krauwer, CLARIN/FEL/ELSNET/TLC, Drift 10, 3512 BS Utrecht, NL

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Call for participation: the 9th Workshop on Event Extraction and Understanding: Challenges and Applications (EEUCA 2026) @ ACL 2026
by Ali Hurriyetoglu 02 Jul '26

02 Jul '26

Dear Corpora-list community, We are excited to welcome you to the 9th Workshop on Event Extraction and Understanding: Challenges and Applications (EEUCA 2026), taking place July 3, 2026, as part of ACL 2026! This year's workshop highlights how our field continues to evolve from traditional event extraction toward large language models, multimodal event understanding, symbolic reasoning, agent-based systems, and socially impactful AI applications. Some of the key themes of EEUCA 2026 include: * Event extraction and understanding with LLMs * Multimodal analysis of real-world events * Low-resource and multilingual approaches * Benchmark creation and evaluation * Geopolitical event analysis * Shared tasks on multimodal vaccine discourse and toxicity detection in online gaming communities If you are attending ACL 2026, we warmly invite you to join us on July 3. Whether your interests are in information extraction, NLP, computational social science, multimodal AI, or generative models, we would love to see you there! Proceedings: https://aclanthology.org/events/acl-2026/#2026eeuca-1 🗓️ Workshop schedule and additional information: https://research.ku.edu.tr/research-infrastructure/research-centers-and-uni… We sincere thank to all authors, shared task participants, reviewers, program committee members, keynote speakers, and organizers whose hard work made this year's workshop possible. We look forward to welcoming the community and discussing the next generation of event-centered AI research. Ali Hürriyetoğlu, Hristo Tanev, Surendrabikram Thapa

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Last CfP: 9th Workshop on Natural Language for Artificial Intelligence (NL4AI)
by Elisa Leonardelli 01 Jul '26

01 Jul '26

[Apologies for Cross Posting] ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════ NL4AI 2026 – 9th Workshop on Natural Language for Artificial Intelligence, at the 24th International Conference of the Italian Association for Artificial Intelligence (AIxIA 2026 <https://aixia2026.unipg.it/>) 6–9 October 2026 | Perugia, Italy ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════ Website: http://sag.art.uniroma2.it/NL4AI/ Contact Email: nl4ai2026(a)gmail.com ── IMPORTANT DATES ────────────────── [EXTENDED] Paper Submission deadline: 29 June 2026 6 July 2026, 23:59 AoE🚨 Notification to authors: 31 July 2026 Camera-ready due: 26 August 2026 Workshop Dates: 6–9 October 2026 ──────────────────────────────────── We are pleased to invite submissions to NL4AI 2026, the Ninth Workshop on Natural Language for Artificial Intelligence, to be held in Perugia from the 6th to the 9th of October 2026, within the 24th International Conference of the Italian Association for Artificial Intelligence (AIxIA 2026), and supported by AILC (http://www.ai-lc.it/). The goal of NL4AI is to explore the role of Computational Linguistics and Natural Language Processing in Artificial Intelligence applications. We believe that new technological challenges and opportunities arise at the boundary between NLP and AI. On the one hand, AI applications benefit from a deeper understanding of problems related to Natural Language, and thus the integration of advanced NLP techniques. On the other hand, NLP benefits greatly from being used in wider areas of AI where problems and methodologies related to NL can be evaluated in new contexts. TOPICS OF INTEREST Topics include but are not limited to: - NLP and AI Applications (health, legal domain, social media and journalism, etc.) - Natural Language Interfaces for Human Robot Interaction - Resources, Benchmarks, and Evaluation - Discourse and Pragmatics - Semantics - Natural Language Generation - Creativity, Style, and Narrative Generation - Summarization - Information Extraction in AI Applications - Machine Learning for NLP - LLMs, Foundation Models and Applications - Interpretability, Explainability and Analysis of Models for NLP - Natural Language Inference - Question Answering and Reading Comprehension - Sentiment Analysis, Opinion Mining, and Argumentation - Abusive Language Detection and Analysis - NLP for Fact Checking, Fake News Detection and Analysis - Conversational Agents in Human-Computer Interaction - Speech and Spoken Language Processing - Language and other Multimodality - Multimodal (text-image) data sources - Machine Translation and Multilinguality - Low-Resource NLP and Linguistic Diversity - Cognitive Modeling and Psycholinguistics - Computational Historical Linguistics, Social Science, and Cultural Analytics - Ethics, Fairness, and Societal Impacts of NLP - NLP and Industrial Challenges Accepted papers will be published in the workshop proceedings via CEUR Workshop Proceedings. Depending on the number and quality of papers received, we will consider proposing a special issue in relevant journals. The Program Committee will select the Best Workshop Paper from the accepted papers. SUBMISSIONS We encourage original submissions that describe new theoretical models, applied techniques, and research in progress. Substantial extensions to works already published or presented in other locations are welcome as well. We invite two kinds of submissions: - Short/Demo Paper. Maximum length of 6 pages + up to 2 pages of Acknowledgements/Declaration on Generative AI/References - Regular Papers. Maximum length of 12 pages + up to 2 pages of references Acknowledgements/Declaration on Generative AI/References Please note that papers with less than 25000 characters will be considered short papers in the CEUR proceedings. Submissions Evaluation. Submissions will be peer-reviewed (single-blind) by the program committee members. Evaluation criteria will include novelty, significance for theory/practice, technical soundness, and quality of presentation. Note that reviewers will not be required to evaluate appendices providing a review of the papers. Appendices are intended for including details for reproducibility and/or additional results. How to Submit. Proceedings shall be submitted to CEUR-WS.org for online publication and all papers must follow the 2022 CEUR-ART - 1 Column paper style. The LaTeX template can be downloaded as source file from the NL4AI website <http://sag.art.uniroma2.it/NL4AI/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/CEURART-NL4AI-2…> or accessed as a Template in Overleaf <https://it.overleaf.com/read/cfvwgnqpvpys#a7a014>. All the papers should be submitted via EasyChair: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=nl4ai2026 Note: All submissions must be compatible with CEUR (https://ceur-ws.org/) and include the CEUR Declaration on Generative AI section ( https://ceur-ws.org/GenAI/Policy.html). Papers missing this section will be desk rejected. WORKSHOP ORGANIZERS Alessandro Bondielli (University of Pisa) Giovanni Bonetta (Fondazione Bruno Kessler) Elisa Leonardelli (Fondazione Bruno Kessler) Irene Siragusa (University of Palermo) We look forward to seeing you in Perugia! The NL4AI 2026 Workshop Organizers -- -- 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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Deadline extension: 6th Workshop on Computational Perspectives on Social Science (CPSS 2026). New deadline (archival and non-archival): July 10th
by Gabriella Lapesa 01 Jul '26

01 Jul '26

Dear colleagues, The submission deadline for the 6th Workshop on Computational Perspectives on Social Science (CPSS 2026), co-located with KONVENS 2026 in Hamburg, has been extended to ***July 10, 2026 (AoE)***. CPSS brings together researchers from NLP, Computational Linguistics, Computational Social Science, and Computational Political Science to foster interdisciplinary exchange on computational approaches to studying social and political phenomena. This year’s special theme is: Can (and should) LLMs simulate human perspectives? We especially invite submissions on the simulation of human perspectives with LLMs, including questions related to ethics, bias, data quality, evaluation, and reproducibility. We also welcome contributions on the broader spectrum of Computational Social Science and NLP, including topics such as language model bias, modeling complex social concepts, political communication, synthetic and human data quality, data leakage, open science, and interdisciplinary methodologies. We invite three submission types: * Archival papers (long and short papers, also via ARR) * Non-archival abstracts (1 page) describing ongoing or previously published work * PhD Forum submissions (2 page abstracts) for doctoral researchers at all stages Important dates * Direct submissions (archival and non-archival): July 10, 2026 (AoE) * ARR submissions (archival only): July 15, 2026 * Notification of acceptance: August 7, 2026 For the full Call for Papers and submission details, please visit: https://sites.google.com/view/cpss2026konvens/home-page We look forward to your submissions and hope to welcome you to Hamburg this September! Best regards, The CPSS 2026 Organizing Committee

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REMINDER: Curso de Especialização em Linguística Forense | Specialisation Course in Forensic Linguistics
by Rui Sousa Silva 01 Jul '26

01 Jul '26

***ENGLISH VERSION BELOW*** PRAZO DE CANDIDATURA: 7 DE JULHO DE 2026 Estão abertas as candidaturas ao Curso de Especialização em Linguística Forense da Universidade do Porto (7ª edição). Este curso, o primeiro curso de pós-graduação de 60 ECTS no espaço de língua portuguesa dedicado à linguística forense, reflete o papel pioneiro da Universidade do Porto no desenvolvimento de formação académica especializada nesta área. O curso, concebido em modo b-learning para proporcionar preparação avançada na interseção entre linguagem, direito e justiça, oferece um currículo rigoroso, inovador e altamente relevante para graduados e profissionais que desejam aprofundar a sua especialização em linguística forense. Através de uma combinação de fundamentos teóricos e aplicações práticas, o curso visa reforçar a competência analítica e apoiar o desenvolvimento profissional em áreas de crescente relevância social e institucional. Esta formação constitui uma oportunidade distinta para aqueles que desejam envolver-se com uma das áreas mais dinâmicas e especializadas do estudo da linguagem. Enquanto universidade pública, a Universidade do Porto oferece este programa a um nível de propinas comparativamente acessível, tornando a educação especializada de elevada qualidade mais acessível a um leque mais amplo de pessoas candidatas. As candidaturas estão abertas até 7 de julho de 2026. Para mais informações, não hesite em entrar em contacto, ou visite https://sigarra.up.pt/flup/pt/cur_geral.cur_view?pv_curso_id=13881 ***ENGLISH VERSION*** APPLICATION DEADLINE: 7 JULY 2027 We are pleased to announce that applications are now open for the Specialisation Course in Forensic Linguistics at the University of Porto (the 7th cohort of the programme). This programme, the first 60 ECTS-credit postgraduate course in the Portuguese-speaking arena dedicated to forensic linguistics, reflects the University of Porto's pioneering role in the development of specialised academic training in this field. The course, which was designed to provide advanced preparation at the intersection of language, law, and justice, offers a rigorous, innovative and highly relevant curriculum for graduates and professionals seeking to further their expertise in forensic linguistics. Through a combination of theoretical foundations and practical applications, the course aims to strengthen analytical competence and support professional development in areas of growing social and institutional relevance. It stands as a distinctive opportunity for those who wish to engage with one of the most dynamic and specialised areas of linguistic study. As a public university, the University of Porto is able to offer this programme at a comparatively accessible tuition level, making high-quality specialised education more attainable for a broader range of candidates. Applications are open until 7 July 2026. Please do not hesitate to reach our to us for further information - or visit https://sigarra.up.pt/flup/pt/cur_geral.cur_view?pv_curso_id=13881 All best Rui Rui Sousa Silva Professor Auxiliar / Assistant Professor NORTE IA+ | Principal Investigator Faculdade de Letras, Universidade do Porto | Faculty of Arts and Humanities, University of Porto www.linguisticaforense.pt<http://www.linguisticaforense.pt/> | https://s.up.pt/qjur | http://tinyurl.com/37w2ec6x | norteia.pt<http://www.norteia.pt/> Publicação mais recente / Latest publication: “The facts speak for themselves”: dismantling conspiracy theories as disinformation<https://www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi/10.1515/lingvan-2024-0160/html> Escola Prática, Curso de Especialização em Linguística Forense<https://sigarra.up.pt/flup/pt/cur_geral.cur_view?pv_curso_id=13881> Selo INOVPED - Inovação Educativa 2025 NORTE2030-FEDER-02724200 | NORTE 2030 - Programa Operacional Regional do Norte (NORTE 2030 - Projetos Integrados ICDT), Portugal 2030 e Comissão Europeia.Comissão de Coordenação e Desenvolvimento Regional do Norte - www.norteia.pt<http://www.norteia.pt/> AVISO DE CONFIDENCIALIDADE: Esta mensagem e os seus anexos são confidenciais e dirigidos unicamente aos destinatários da mesma. Se não for o destinatário, solicito que não faça qualquer uso do seu conteúdo e proceda à sua eliminação, notificando-me do sucedido. Obrigado. // CONFIDENTIALITY WARNING: This message and its attachments are confidential and exclusively addressed to the recipients above. Should you not be one of the recipients, I kindly ask you not to make use of its contents and delete the message and its attachments. Please reply to this e-mail to warn me about this incident. Thank you.

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[CFP] The 4th Workshop on Artificial Intelligence for Scientific Publications (WASP 2026)
by ACL Announcements 01 Jul '26

01 Jul '26

FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS The 4th Workshop on Artificial Intelligence for Scientific Publications (WASP 2026) Co-located with IJCNLP-AACL 2026 November 9, 2026, Online Website: https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/WIESP/2026/ [1] Submissions (OpenReview): https://openreview.net/group?id=aclweb.org/AACL-IJCNLP/2026/Workshop/WASP [2] ==================================================================== OVERVIEW The scientific literature now grows faster than anyone can read it. The claims, evidence, named entities, relations, and citations that researchers rely on remain in unstructured text rather than in any form a machine can use directly. Turning that text into structured, machine-readable knowledge is a central problem in NLP, and many of the questions it raises remain open. WASP 2026 brings together researchers working to extract, structure, and mine knowledge from scholarly publications. As large language models reshape how scientific text is parsed, mined, and synthesized, this iteration keeps information extraction at its center while broadening to the full pipeline that turns publications into usable knowledge, from summarization and retrieval to evaluation and the responsible use of LLMs in scientific publishing. WASP continues a series that began as the Workshop on Information Extraction from Scientific Publications (WIESP) at AACL-IJCNLP 2022 and IJCNLP-AACL 2023, and grew into WASP at IJCNLP-AACL 2025. TOPICS OF INTEREST (not limited to) - Scientific document parsing and structured information extraction; citation context/span extraction and citation-based knowledge mining - Scientific named-entity recognition and concept identification - Scientific literature quality assessment and automated peer review assistance - Argument extraction and scientific discourse analysis - Scientific article summarisation and headline generation - Question-answering and fact retrieval from scientific literature - Pretraining and fine-tuning LLMs on scientific corpora - Evaluation and alignment of LLMs for scientific understanding - AI-assisted scientific discovery and hypothesis generation - Cross-lingual scientific knowledge transfer and multilingual publication processing - Scientific trend analysis and research gap identification - Reproducibility and replicability analysis in scientific publications - Ethical and responsible use of LLMs in scientific publishing - Automated metadata generation and semantic tagging of scientific publications - Scientific plagiarism detection and research integrity monitoring - Scientific collaboration network analysis and co-authorship prediction - Automated scientific writing assistance and manuscript generation - Scientific image and figure analysis in publications SUBMISSION Long papers: up to 8 pages of content (9 in the camera-ready), plus unlimited references. Short papers: up to 4 pages of content (5 in the camera-ready), plus unlimited references. All submissions are double-blind and must follow the host venue formatting guidelines and ACL template files. We follow AACL-IJCNLP 2026 policies on anonymity, preprints, and double submissions. Accepted papers will appear in the WASP 2026 proceedings in the ACL Anthology. Submit via OpenReview: https://openreview.net/group?id=aclweb.org/AACL-IJCNLP/2026/Workshop/WASP [2] SHARED TASK WASP 2026 will host a shared task. Details and a separate call for papers will be announced soon. System description papers will undergo light peer review and appear in the proceedings. IMPORTANT DATES (Anywhere on Earth) * Paper submission deadline (WASP): September 14, 2026 * Registration deadline for shared task: [TBA] * System Run and Output Submission (shared task): [TBA] * System Paper Submission (shared task): [TBA] * Notification of acceptance (WASP + Shared Task): October 1, 2026 * Camera-ready deadline (WASP + Shared Task): October 12, 2026 * Workshop: November 9, 2026 ORGANIZERS - Atilla Kaan Alkan, Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian, USA - Alberto Accomazzi, Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian, USA - Tirthankar Ghosal, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA - Felix Grezes, Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian, USA - Kelly Lockhart, Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian, USA CONTACT For inquiries: Atilla Kaan Alkan, atilla.alkan(a)cfa.harvard.edu We look forward to your contributions. Links: ------ [1] https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/WIESP/2026/ [2] https://openreview.net/group?id=aclweb.org/AACL-IJCNLP/2026/Workshop/WASP

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CFP: 47th Translating and the Computer Conference (TC47) - deadline extended
by Amal Haddad 30 Jun '26

30 Jun '26

Call for Presentations and papers 47th Translating and the Computer Conference (TC47) Luxembourg, 8 to 10 December 2026 https://asling.org/tc47/ [1] AI-assisted or AI-eclipsed? Language services between promise and pressure AsLing invites submissions for the 47th edition of the Translating and the Computer Conference (TC47), to be held from 8 to 10 December 2026 in Luxembourg. The TC conference series brings together professionals, researchers, developers and decision-makers from the language industry, academia and public institutions. TC47 will explore how technological innovation - particularly AI - is reshaping multilingual communication, raising new questions about human agency, professional ethics, and sustainable practices in the language services sector. Conference theme _AI-assisted or AI-eclipsed? Language Services between Promise and Pressure_ _ _ From Machine Translation and LLMs applied to translation, language professionals face unprecedented change. TC47 invites reflection on how to navigate this evolving landscape - to ensure that technology empowers rather than eclipses, and that multilingual communication remains inclusive, trusted and professionally grounded. We especially welcome contributions exploring: * Synergy between human expertise and AI-powered tools * The role of AI in promoting or undermining inclusion and equity * Strategies for sustainable and ethical language services * Cross-sector collaboration between academia, industry, and institutions Submissions not focused on AI are equally welcome, particularly those addressing broader trends in multilingual communication, training, translation workflows, and evolving professional practices. We also welcome critical reviews and discussions on: * The broader impact of AI and automation on the language industry * Implications for training, education and career development of language professionals * Coexistence of AI and traditional practices * Impact of AI on language professionals * Adoption barriers and risks for LSPs new to AI * Future trends in translation, interpreting, and localisation - with or without AI * Responsible and sustainable development in language technologies (environmental, social, professional) Key areas of interest Include, but are not limited to: * Multilingual NLP and large language models * Human-in-control systems vs. human-in-the-loop AI * Terminology management and controlled language * AI readiness and digital transformation in LSPs * NLP, semantic technologies and linked data * Collaborative translation tools and environments * Quality assurance, benchmarking and evaluation * Training, professional development and digital upskilling * Inclusive and culturally aware AI systems * Sustainable practices across the language lifecycle * Language policy and digital language equality * FAIR data, corpora and infrastructure * Ethical implications and human oversight * Empowering language professionals to shape - not just use - AI tools * Non-AI innovations and evolutions in translation, interpreting, localisation or terminology work We invite: * Innovative research: studies that expand the boundaries of language technologies, multilingual NLP, or AI ethics. * Practical applications: case studies from public or private sector stakeholders showcasing language technology use and development. * Workshops and panels: interactive formats encouraging dialogue on timely, challenging or divisive issues in AI and language work. * Critical reflections: well-argued contributions questioning current uses of AI and proposing alternative, human-centred approaches. * Posters and short talks: snapshots of emerging projects, tools, or preliminary research. Submission tracks All submissions are for talks, within the following categories: * Research track (Academic) * 20-minute talk * Followed by a paper (max. 5,000 words) presenting original, unpublished research * User experience track (Non-academic) * 20-minute talk * Optional post-facto paper (max. 5,000 words) detailing workflows, tools or implementation cases * Posters / Short talks * 7-8-minute talk * Followed by a paper (max. 2,000 words) outlining a project, experiment, or tool * Workshops and panels * Interactive sessions with multiple speakers * Moderators may submit an optional post-facto paper summarising key takeaways Submission instructions Submissions must be made via the START conference submission system: https://www.softconf.com/p/tc2026 [2] Important dates * Deadline for research/user experience talks: 15 July 2026 ➤ Notification of acceptance: 31 August 2026 * Deadline for workshops and panels: 31 July 2026 ➤ Notification of acceptance: 15 September 2026 * Deadline for posters and short talks: 15 September 2026 ➤ Notification of acceptance: 30 September 2026 * Final paper submission (except post facto workshop and panel papers): 31 October 2026 * Conference dates: 8-10 December 2026 Submission guidelines Detailed submission guidelines, including templates and formatting instructions, will be available on the TC47 conference website. We look forward to your contributions that will help shape the future of language services through innovation, collaboration, and inclusivity. Why submit to TC47? TC47 offers a unique opportunity to engage in a multi-stakeholder dialogue that bridges research, practice and policy. It is a space for shared reflection on what language professionals need, what tools actually deliver and how we co-create a future where humans and AI work better together. For any questions, reporting of problems concerning submissions or the Conference at least, please email tc47-info(a)asling.org. 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Fully funded PhD fellowships in NLP and ML, University of Oslo
by Erik Velldal 30 Jun '26

30 Jun '26

[Apologies for cross-posting] Integreat, the Norwegian centre for knowledge-driven machine learning, is recruiting 8 full-time PhD students for a range of cross-disciplinary projects across Machine Learning, Language Technology, Statistics, Logic, and Ethics. Integreat is a Centre of Excellence funded by the Research Council of Norway (2023–2033). The centre is hosted by the University of Oslo, with partners including the Arctic University of Norway and Norwegian Computing Center. The full announcement is available through the link below, with further details about the application procedure, online information meetings, the research environment, detailed descriptions of the individual projects, and more: https://www.integreat.no/about/vacancies/phd-recruitment/2026/ Note that several of the projects are in Natural Language Processing and will have supervisors from the Language Technology Group (LTG) at the Department of Informatics, University of Oslo. In particular, see: * Project 3, on new data attribution methods for LLMs: https://www.integreat.no/about/vacancies/phd-recruitment/2026/projects/03.h… * Project 4, on measuring ideological bias in multimodal image–text models: https://www.integreat.no/about/vacancies/phd-recruitment/2026/projects/04.h… The application deadline is 9 August 2026. Best, -e -- Erik Velldal Language Technology Group Section for Machine Learning Department of Informatics, University of Oslo

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PhD Position - Human-AI Collaboration for Psychiatry Research, Max Planck School of Biomedical AI, Germany
by Niemann, Elisabeth 30 Jun '26

30 Jun '26

🚀 We are offering a fully funded PhD position on human-AI collaboration to support psychiatry research, jointly supervised by Prof. Dr. Iryna Gurevych (UKP Lab, TU Darmstadt) and Prof. Dr. Dr. Elisabeth Binder (Director, Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Munich). The position is embedded in the Max Planck School of Biomedical Artificial Intelligence (MPS-BMAI), which trains doctoral researchers at the interface of AI and the life sciences. The project Psychiatry is rich in deep, multimodal data but poor in tools that let experts make sense of it together with AI. You will develop human-AI collaboration and machine-learning methods that help clinicians and researchers explore, integrate and interpret heterogeneous psychiatric data - and unlock the value of existing cohorts such as the BeCOME study (a deep-phenotyping study combining genetic, molecular, neuroimaging, actigraphy, neurocognitive and psychometric data to identify biologically-informed subtypes of stress-related disorders). - Methods for multimodal data integration and exploration with experts in the loop - Verification-first, interpretable AI that clinicians and researchers can trust - Privacy-preserving and ethically grounded handling of sensitive clinical data Your profile - A Master's degree in Computer Science, Natural Language Processing, Machine Learning, Data Science, Computational Neuroscience, or a related field - Solid programming and ML skills; experience with multimodal, biomedical or NLP data is a plus - Genuine interest in mental health and interdisciplinary, collaborative research - Willingness to work across Darmstadt and Munich; very good English What we offer - A fully funded position - E13 employment contract, 36 months - Joint supervision by two leading groups in AI and in psychiatry - Access to unique clinical cohorts and the MPS-BMAI / ELIZA / ELLIS doctoral networks - Strong compute, structured training, and an international, interdisciplinary environment How to apply & timeline (Max Planck School - Cohort 0) This PhD is offered as a Cohort 0 position of the Max Planck School of Biomedical AI<https://www.maxplanckschools.org/en/news-events/launch-of-the-max-planck-sc…>. Cohort 0 candidates are nominated by a pair of primary and secondary supervisors - here, Prof. Gurevych (TU Darmstadt) and Prof. Binder (MPI of Psychiatry). - Interested candidates: contact us as early as possible to be considered for nomination. An in-person meeting in September 2026 will help form supervisor-candidate pairs. - Eligibility note: you may already be a PhD student in your first two years - the earlier the better - but the official Cohort 0 start falls within the December 2026 to February 2027 window Apply: via https://careers.ukp.informatik.tu-darmstadt.de/ by July 24th, 2026, quoting reference to this post. Review begins immediately and continues until the position is filled.

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Postdoctoral and Doctoral Researchers in NLP & AI (m/f/d), UKP Lab, TU Darmstadt
by Niemann, Elisabeth 30 Jun '26

30 Jun '26

🚀 We’re hiring Postdoctoral and Doctoral Researchers in NLP & AI (m/f/d), UKP Lab<http://www.ukp.tu-darmstadt.de/>, TU Darmstadt The UKP Lab, led by Prof. Dr. Iryna Gurevych, is one of Europe’s leading groups in Natural Language Processing and is recruiting researchers to join a highly international team at the frontier of trustworthy and applied AI. We combine fundamental research with open-source tools used worldwide (e.g., Sentence Transformers, AdapterHub), and are embedded in a rich ecosystem — ELLIS, Konrad Zuse School ELIZA, hessian.AI, and ATHENE. We are looking for outstanding researchers who want to shape how humans and AI systems work together — and ensure that they do so reliably, safely, and in the service of people. Priority research directions: We especially welcome applications in the following areas, though strong candidates across UKP’s wider profile are encouraged to apply: · Verification-first AI & evaluation of agentic systems — rigorous, expert-grounded evaluation of LLMs and AI agents; trajectory-level reliability and safety; calibration; evaluation that scales when content is cheap to produce but expensive to verify. · Human–AI co-construction for expert and scientific work — mixed-initiative interaction, preference elicitation, and AI for science and education that preserves human understanding and skill rather than replacing it. · Trustworthy NLP for high-stakes domains — misinformation and fact-checking, content provenance and AI-text forensics, privacy-preserving health and clinical NLP, and NLP for cybersecurity (in collaboration with ATHENE). Related interests are also welcome: LLM reasoning and planning, interpretability and robustness for safety, computational argumentation and AI for democratic deliberation, efficient and modular models, and multilingual/multimodal NLP. You bring: a PhD or Master’s degree in NLP/ML/CS/HCI or related, a strong top-venue publication record (ACL, NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, EMNLP, NAACL, CHI), and solid programming skills. We offer: a world-class ecosystem (ELLIS, ELIZA, hessian.AI, ATHENE), strong compute and engineering support, mentorship toward research independence, and a vibrant international team in Darmstadt. TV-TU E13, full-time, initially 2 years (extension possible), starting a.s.a.p. Apply: via https://careers.ukp.informatik.tu-darmstadt.de/ by July 24th, 2026, quoting reference to this post. Review begins immediately and continues until the position is filled. More information: https://www.informatik.tu-darmstadt.de/ukp/ukp_home/jobs_ukp/index.en.jsp

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Official release_Issue 73_Miscelanea Journal
by Miguel-Angel Benitez-Castro 30 Jun '26

30 Jun '26

Dear colleagues, It is a pleasure for us to announce the official release of ISSUE 73 of _Miscelánea: A Journal of English and American Studies_, published by the Department of English Studies at the University of Zaragoza (Spain). _Miscelanea_, with 73 issues published to date, and with number 74 coming out in December, is one of the longest-running international journals on English Studies in Spain. You can access the new issue here: Vol. 73 (2026) | Miscelánea: A Journal of English and American Studies [1] We would like to thank all authors, reviewers, advisors and production staff involved in the publication of this issue. We kindly ask you to share this information with your colleagues and invite you to follow us on Bluesky @miscelanaeauz.bsky.social [2] and on X @MiscelaneaUZ [3]. The journal obtained the renewal of the Certification of Publishing and Scientific Quality of the FECYT last November 2025. _Miscelánea_ is also indexed in many databases (ERIH PLUS, SCOPUS-Elsevier, DOAJ, Scimago Journal Rank, among others; see https://papiro.unizar.es/ojs/index.php/misc/en/about for details). Back in April, our journal was also included in the European Union's _Diamond Discovery Hub_ platform for high quality open-access journals: https://ddh.edch.eu/en/journals/3198 We remind you that the journal admits submissions all year round. We therefore invite you to submit your manuscripts to our journal at any time through our platform: Submissions | Miscelánea: A Journal of English and American Studies [4] As Section Editor for English Language and Linguistics, I will welcome any submission that draws upon any of the following areas and/or methodological approaches (to name but a few): * Descriptive linguistics; * Applied linguistics; * Discourse analysis, Critical Discourse Analysis and Corpus-Assisted Discourse Analysis; * Sociolinguistics; * Systemic-Functional Linguistics; * Translation Studies; Etc. I hope you will consider our publication as a potential outlet for your research. Looking forward to receiving and reading your work. With all our best wishes, The _Miscelánea _Editors Miguel-Angel Benitez-Castro (Language & Linguistics Co-Editor) Beatriz Oria-Gomez (Literature, Film and Cultural Studies Co-Editor) Maria Ferrandez-San Miguel (Reviews Co-editor) -- Dr. Miguel-Angel Benitez-Castro Departamento de Filología Inglesa y Alemana Facultad de Ciencias Sociales y Humanas, Universidad de Zaragoza (Spain) C/ Atarazanas, 4, 44003, Teruel https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8514-5943 https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Miguel-Angel-Benitez-Castro https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=wx8VaDcAAAAJ&hl=es [5] Member of: _IUI Biocomputation and Physics of Complex Systems (BIFI) [6]_ Universidad de Zaragoza Language and Linguistics Editor _- Miscelánea: A Journal of English and American Studies [7]_ Links: ------ [1] https://papiro.unizar.es/ojs/index.php/misc/en/issue/view/736 [2] https://bsky.app/profile/miscelaneauz.bsky.social [3] https://twitter.com/MiscelaneaUZ [4] https://papiro.unizar.es/ojs/index.php/misc/en/about/submissions [5] https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=wx8VaDcAAAAJ&hl=es [6] https://bifi.es/ [7] https://papiro.unizar.es/ojs/index.php/misc/index

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CFP: AIAS+ - Symposium for AI Accelerated Science - elra
by Sol Rosenberg 30 Jun '26

30 Jun '26

*Apologies for Cross Posting* The paper submission deadline AIAS+ 2026 (Chen Institute Symposium for AI Advancing Science and Society) is quickly approaching. - *July 15, 2026.* More info at: https://www.aiasplus.org/call-for-papers *Call for Papers - For Researchers & Academics* We invite submissions exploring how core advancements in artificial intelligence are accelerating progress in science. AIAS+ 2026 focuses on transformative AI innovations that expand the boundaries of scientific discovery—from prediction and simulation to reasoning, hypothesis generation, and experimental design. *TOPICS OF INTEREST:* - Foundational and frontier AI methods for scientific discovery - Scientific reasoning, inference, and hypothesis generation - AI for simulation, prediction, and interpretation in science - Research process automation (literature synthesis, experimental design) - AI systems for biology, chemistry, physics, medicine, and engineering - Benchmarks, evaluation methods, and infrastructure for AI-accelerated science *SUBMISSION TYPES & PAGE LIMITS:* Full Research Papers: 6–8 pages Short Papers: 2–4 pages Vision or Position Papers: Up to 4 pages Extended Abstracts (summarizing previously published work): Up to 2 pages *KEY DATES:*Paper Submission Deadline: July 15, 2026 Notification of Acceptance: August 15, 2026 Camera Ready Deadline: September 7, 2026 Symposium Dates: November 5–7, 2026 Submit a Paper at https://www.aiasplus.org/call-for-papers ᐧ ᐧ ᐧ

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[CFP] WASP 2026: 4th Workshop on AI for Scientific Publications (AACL-IJCNLP 2026)
by Alkan, Atilla 29 Jun '26

29 Jun '26

(Apologies for cross-posting) ==================================================================== FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS The 4th Workshop on Artificial Intelligence for Scientific Publications (WASP 2026) Co-located with IJCNLP-AACL 2026 November 9, 2026, Online Website: https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/WIESP/2026/ Submissions (OpenReview): https://openreview.net/group?id=aclweb.org/AACL-IJCNLP/2026/Workshop/WASP ==================================================================== OVERVIEW The scientific literature now grows faster than anyone can read it. The claims, evidence, named entities, relations, and citations that researchers rely on remain in unstructured text rather than in any form a machine can use directly. Turning that text into structured, machine-readable knowledge is a central problem in NLP, and many of the questions it raises remain open. WASP 2026 brings together researchers working to extract, structure, and mine knowledge from scholarly publications. As large language models reshape how scientific text is parsed, mined, and synthesized, this iteration keeps information extraction at its center while broadening to the full pipeline that turns publications into usable knowledge, from summarization and retrieval to evaluation and the responsible use of LLMs in scientific publishing. WASP continues a series that began as the Workshop on Information Extraction from Scientific Publications (WIESP) at AACL-IJCNLP 2022 and IJCNLP-AACL 2023, and grew into WASP at IJCNLP-AACL 2025. TOPICS OF INTEREST (not limited to) - Scientific document parsing and structured information extraction; citation context/span extraction and citation-based knowledge mining - Scientific named-entity recognition and concept identification - Scientific literature quality assessment and automated peer review assistance - Argument extraction and scientific discourse analysis - Scientific article summarisation and headline generation - Question-answering and fact retrieval from scientific literature - Pretraining and fine-tuning LLMs on scientific corpora - Evaluation and alignment of LLMs for scientific understanding - AI-assisted scientific discovery and hypothesis generation - Cross-lingual scientific knowledge transfer and multilingual publication processing - Scientific trend analysis and research gap identification - Reproducibility and replicability analysis in scientific publications - Ethical and responsible use of LLMs in scientific publishing - Automated metadata generation and semantic tagging of scientific publications - Scientific plagiarism detection and research integrity monitoring - Scientific collaboration network analysis and co-authorship prediction - Automated scientific writing assistance and manuscript generation - Scientific image and figure analysis in publications SUBMISSION Long papers: up to 8 pages of content (9 in the camera-ready), plus unlimited references. Short papers: up to 4 pages of content (5 in the camera-ready), plus unlimited references. All submissions are double-blind and must follow the host venue formatting guidelines and ACL template files. We follow AACL-IJCNLP 2026 policies on anonymity, preprints, and double submissions. Accepted papers will appear in the WASP 2026 proceedings in the ACL Anthology. Submit via OpenReview: https://openreview.net/group?id=aclweb.org/AACL-IJCNLP/2026/Workshop/WASP SHARED TASK WASP 2026 will host a shared task. Details and a separate call for papers will be announced soon. System description papers will undergo light peer review and appear in the proceedings. IMPORTANT DATES (Anywhere on Earth) - Paper submission deadline (WASP): September 14, 2026 - Registration deadline for shared task: [TBA] - System Run and Output Submission (shared task): [TBA] - System Paper Submission (shared task): [TBA] - Notification of acceptance (WASP + Shared Task): October 1, 2026 - Camera-ready deadline (WASP + Shared Task): October 12, 2026 - Workshop: November 9, 2026 ORGANIZERS - Atilla Kaan Alkan, Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian, USA - Alberto Accomazzi, Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian, USA - Tirthankar Ghosal, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA - Felix Grezes, Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian, USA - Kelly Lockhart, Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian, USA CONTACT For inquiries: Atilla Kaan Alkan, atilla.alkan(a)cfa.harvard.edu We look forward to your contributions. -- *Atilla Kaan Alkan* *Postdoctoral Research Fellow* NASA Astrophysics Data System *Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics* 60 Garden Street | MS 83 | Cambridge, MA 02138 ads.harvard.edu | *scixplorer.org* <http://scixplorer.org> | *atillaalkan.com <http://atillaalkan.com>*

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PhD in NLP at Inria,France
by Oana Balalau 29 Jun '26

29 Jun '26

Hello, We are looking for a driven PhD candidate to work on NLP tools that help us change how we measure and mitigate bias in the media . Instead of f ocusing solely on factual accuracy, this project shifts the paradigm to narrative and argumentative diversity . Please share the job offering with potential candidates. Applications should only be made via the website below. The PhD student will be part of CEDAR at Inria Saclay, in the Paris area. [ https://lnkd.in/exXntevw ] [ https://recrutement.inria.fr/public/classic/en/offres/2026-10222 | https://recrutement.inria.fr/public/classic/en/offres/2026-10222 ] Best regards, Oana Balalau

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Full professorship in contemporary English linguistics (W2) with a cognitive focus at RWTH Aachen University, Germany
by Neumann, Stella 29 Jun '26

29 Jun '26

+++ Apologies for cross-postings +++ RWTH Aachen University is one of Germanys pre-eminent Universities of Excellence and is renowned for its high-quality teaching and world-class research. Assuming profound responsibility towards society, RWTH addresses bold scientific questions and translates its knowledge into meaningful applications. RWTH strives for the convergence of knowledge, methods, and findings and integrates in-depth disciplinary knowledge within the interdisciplinary research consortia established in its eight profile areas. The Universitys dynamic, creative, and international environment encompasses efficient research networks and institutionalized collaborations. With its innovative RWTH Aachen Campus project, the University boasts one of the largest technology-oriented research environments in Europe. Full Professor (W2) Contemporary English Linguistics at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities We are inviting applications for the position of full professor in the area of contemporary English linguistics, to be filled as soon as possible. The successful candidate will have a demonstrated research and teaching focus on the empirical study of the contemporary English language based on approaches from the spectrum of cognitive theories (e.g. cognitive linguistics, cognitive grammar, construction grammar, usage-based approaches). One focus of their work should be in a subfield of linguistics, with multimodality and/or semantics/pragmatics being particularly welcome. The successful candidate will teach in all study programs offered by the Department of English Studies at the bachelor's and master's level and have teaching experience ideally in more than one subfield of English linguistics. In addition, a demonstrable interest in collaborating with literary studies and participating in planned interdisciplinary research networks is expected. Experience in acquiring third-party funding is desirable. The Department of English Studies at RWTH Aachen is particularly committed to high-quality teaching and expects the successful candidate to have a corresponding profile and commitment. As participation in academic self-administration is expected, evidence of previous involvement in this area is desirable. The requirements include a doctoral degree and additional research experience, such as a habilitation (post-doctoral lecturing qualification) or equivalent achievements gained as a university researcher or professor or in a research position outside academia. Teaching ability and dedication are essential and the application should include proof of this. Fluent German is not required to start the position but the successful candidate will be expected to hold classes in German within the first 5 years. Link to the official job ad: https://www.rwth-aachen.de/global/show_document.asp?id=aaaaaaaadloiyeb Prof. Dr. Stella Neumann Anglistische Sprachwissenschaft RWTH Aachen University Institut für Anglistik Zi. 101 Kármánstr. 17/19 D-52062 Aachen Tel. +49 (0)241 80-96105

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Final Call for Papers: Readability and Text Simplification - scientific and industry workshop CLEAR-TEXT 2026
by Irina Temnikova 29 Jun '26

29 Jun '26

Final Call For Papers: CLEAR-TEXT Workshop at the conference CLIB 2026 (7 September 2026, Sofia, Bulgaria) Website: https://sites.google.com/view/clear-text/home FREE PARTICIPATION IMPORTANT DATES: 30 June 2026 (23:59 anywhere on Earth) all articles submission deadline 28 July 2026 (23:59 anywhere on Earth) review decisions sent to authors 18 August 2026 (23:59 anywhere on Earth) camera-ready submissions due 7 September, 2026 - Workshop date This is an interdisciplinary workshop which addresses all topics ranging from Legibility to Text Simplification, including issues, resources, and manual and automatic methods related to measuring and improving text comprehensibility. The event brings together researchers, IT professionals, publishers, public institutions (e.g., Ministries of Education, schools), and practitioners (authors, teachers, translators) to discuss current challenges and innovative solutions. Specifically, we invite submissions from scientific researchers, representatives of IT companies, publishers, public institutions (such as the Ministries of Education and public schools), and practitioners (such as authors of children's books, school materials, and teachers). The scientific articles can present completed or ongoing work with methods coming from all related fields, such as Linguistics, Translation and Translation Technologies, Psycholinguistics, Education, Computational Social Science, and Natural Language Processing. Accepted papers will be published in the ACL Anthology. The workshop will feature one renowned invited speaker (Prof. Ruslan Mitkov), an NLP panel with well-known experts, such as Prof. Ruslan Mitkov, Prof. Dimitar Kazakov, Prof. Constantin Orasan, Dr Matthew Shardlow and a panel with Bulgarian industry and public institutions representatives. The aim of the panels will be to discuss the current state-of-the-art, existing public issues and possible solutions to them. More information: https://sites.google.com/view/clear-text/home Irina Temnikova, PhD Big Data for Smart Society Institute (GATE)

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COLING 2027 Tutorials: Call for Expressions of Interest
by leonie.weissweiler＠uni-leipzig.de 29 Jun '26

29 Jun '26

The tutorial chairs of COLING 2027 invite expressions of interest for tutorials in conjunction with the conference in Macau in May 2027. We seek tutorials in all areas of computational linguistics (CL) / natural language processing (NLP), broadly conceived to include related disciplines. We invite expressions of interest for three types of tutorials: * Cutting-edge: Tutorials that cover advances in newly emerging areas not recently covered in a tutorial at COLING, LREC, EACL, NAACL-HLT, ACL, AACL, EMNLP or related venue. * Introductory: Tutorials that provide introductions to related fields that are potentially relevant for the CL / NLP community (e.g., linguistics, bioinformatics, machine learning techniques, human-computer interaction, large language models for non-English languages, etc.). * 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 aim of a tutorial is primarily to help CL/NLP researchers to understand a scientific problem, its tractability, and its theoretical and practical implications. Presentations of particular technological solutions or systems are welcome, provided that they serve as illustrations of broader scientific considerations. None of the tutorial types are expected to be "self-invited" long talks. The content should be a good balance between research from multiple groups and perspectives, not only from the teachers of the tutorial. Tutorials will be held at COLING between May 9 and May 14, 2027. The specific tutorial days will be confirmed at a later date, together with a full call for proposals. Expressions of interested are intended to help us plan the review process, and as such are highly encouraged, but not mandatory. Expressions of interest should be submitted by July 24, 2026, via https://forms.gle/GzgjseZpHVmqH75A6 , or as an email to coling27tutorialchairs(a)googlegroups.com, and contain: * Name and email address of primary presenter * Proposed title of tutorial * Type of tutorial * Optional: anything you would like to tell or ask us

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*Deadline Update* Last Call for Abstracts and Tutorials – 2nd Computational Psycholinguistics Meeting CPL 2026
by Takmaz, E.K. (Ece) 27 Jun '26

27 Jun '26

Computational Psycholinguistics Meeting Conference website: https://cpl2026.sites.uu.nl/ We are excited to announce the 2nd edition of a new recurring workshop dedicated exclusively to computational psycholinguistics. The field has seen significant growth in recent years, not only due to developments in large language models but also to advances in symbolic processing models, Bayesian approaches, mechanistic models, and frameworks such as ACT-R. These diverse models aim to capture various aspects of human language processing, including semantics, syntax, sentence comprehension, speech, and more. This meeting aims to provide a dedicated platform for researchers and practitioners to discuss computational models that explain and predict human linguistic behavior (e.g., as observed in psycholinguistic experiments), to bring together experts from different subfields to advance our understanding of language processing mechanisms, and to analyze the successes and limitations of different modeling approaches. The meeting will cover a range of topics, including but not limited to: - Exploring how models like (large) language models, symbolic models, Bayesian models, connectionist models, and ACT-R based models can explain and predict human behavior in language tasks. - Analyzing where different types of models succeed or fall short in capturing human language processing. - Investigating what linguistic information should be integrated across different levels (words, sentences, discourse) and how this affects comprehension and production - Examining the potential of models that combine neural and symbolic approaches to better mimic human language processing. - Applying computational, algorithmic, and implementational levels of analysis to understand language processing mechanisms. - Focusing on recent developments in computational modeling of semantics, syntax, sentence processing, speech perception and production. The abstract submission deadline is July 17. The abstracts can be submitted at https://openreview.net/group?id=UU.nl/Utrecht_University/2026/CPL Next to the conference abstracts, we are also looking for abstracts for tutorials, which could cover any topic related to computational psycholinguistics and should be planned to run for between 1 and 3 hours. The tutorial abstracts will have the same submission deadline as the main conference, July 17. The conference will take place in Utrecht, the Netherlands, on December 3 and December 4, and it will be preceded by tutorials on the afternoon of December 2. Best regards, CPL Organizing Committee Jakub Dotlacil (Utrecht University) Li Kloostra (Utrecht University) Philine Link (Utrecht University) Ece Takmaz (Utrecht University) Giovanni Cassani (Tilburg University) Bruno Nicenboim (Tilburg University) Lena Jäger (University of Zurich)

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Karen Spärck Jones Award call
by ACL Announcements 27 Jun '26

27 Jun '26

~ An award to commemorate Karen Spärck Jones ~ A pioneer of information retrieval, the computer science sub-discipline that also underpins the technology of modern Web search engines, Karen Spärck Jones was a British professor of Computers and Information at the University of Cambridge in Cambridge. Her contributions to the fields of Natural Language Processing (NLP) and Information Retrieval (IR), especially with regard to experimentation, have been outstanding, highly influential and lasting, and include the introduction of Inverse Document Frequency for relevance ranking. Her achievements resulted in her receiving a number of prestigious accolades such as the BCS Lovelace medal for her advancement in Information Systems, and the ACM Salton Award for her significant, sustained and continuing contributions to research in information retrieval. Karen was also an outspoken advocate for women in computing, and we encourage former advisors of talented scientists to provide the judges with a rich and diverse candidate pool to select from. In order to honour Karen's achievements, the BCS Information Retrieval Specialist Group (BCS IRSG) in conjunction with the BCS has established an annual award to encourage and promote talented researchers who have endeavoured to advance our understanding of Natural Language Processing (NLP) or Information Retrieval (IR) with significant experimental contributions. To celebrate the commemorative event, the recipient of the award is invited to present a keynote lecture at BCS IRSG's annual conference: the European Conference on Information Retrieval (ECIR), or at BCS IRSG's partner conference: the Conference of the European Chapter of the Association for Computational Linguistics (EACL). These forums provide excellent venues to present and announce the award because the conferences attract many new and young IR and NLP researchers. The recipient of the 2026 award will give a keynote lecture at ECIR 2027 in Southampton, UK, March 2027. To learn more about the award and how to submit a nomination, visit: https://www.bcs.org/membership-and-registrations/member-communities/informa… [1] https://www.bcs.org/membership-and-registrations/member-communities/informa… [2] Timeline for the 2026 Award: * 04 September 2026 - Closing date for nominations * 11 September 2026 - Deadline for support letters * 11 December 2026 - Notification of the prize recipient * March 2027 - Winner presents keynote at ECIR 2027. BCS IRSG would like to thank Bloomberg for their generous sponsorship of the KSJ Award in recent years. For a list of previous recipients of the award, visit: https://www.bcs.org/membership-and-registrations/member-communities/informa… [3] If you have any questions, please contact Dr Graham McDonald: graham.mcdonald(a)glasgow.ac.uk Graham McDonald KSJ Award Panel Chair of the BCS IRSG Committee Links: ------ [1] https://www.bcs.org/membership-and-registrations/member-communities/informa… [2] https://www.bcs.org/membership-and-registrations/member-communities/informa… [3] https://www.bcs.org/membership-and-registrations/member-communities/informa…

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*Deadline Update* Last CfP for EMNLP Workshop on Multimodal Interaction in Face-to-Face Dialogue (MINT)
by Takmaz, E.K. (Ece) 26 Jun '26

26 Jun '26

*Deadline Update* Last CfP for EMNLP Workshop on Multimodal Interaction in Face-to-Face Dialogue (MINT) We invite submissions to MINT: Multimodal Interaction in Face-to-Face Dialogue, a workshop that brings together researchers from computational linguistics, NLP, computer vision, HCI, robotics, and cognitive science working on multimodal face-to-face communication. Workshop website: https://mintworkshop.github.io/2026/ The Workshop will be co-located with EMNLP 2026 in Budapest, Hungary, October 24–29, 2026 (exact date within this period to be decided). We welcome work on topics including: - computational models that integrate verbal and non-verbal cues such as speech, text, gesture, facial expression, gaze, and body pose; - cognitive and linguistic insights about face-to-face communication that can inform AI systems; - multimodal datasets with synchronized speech, video, and motion data; - evaluation methods for multimodal interaction; - applications and tools for embodied conversational agents, social robots, annotation, and behavioural analysis. Papers should be prepared using the official ACL formatting guidelines and ACL style files. MINT welcomes both archival and non-archival papers: - Archival papers: Submissions must be anonymous and report original, unpublished research to appear in the workshop proceedings. - Non-archival papers: Submissions reporting previously published work, preliminary research, or demos to be presented at the workshop and not published in the MINT proceedings. Papers may be submitted as long papers (up to 8 pages plus references) or short papers (up to 4 pages plus references). Non-archival submissions do not need to be anonymous. We allow cross-submissions to other venues. However, to be included in the proceedings, authors of accepted papers must withdraw them from any other venue where they remain under consideration. MINT will accept submissions through two channels: 1. Direct submission: The dedicated OpenReview portal for this is available at https://openreview.net/group?id=EMNLP/2026/Workshop/MINT. Archival papers submitted through this channel will be reviewed by the MINT programme committee. 2. ACL Rolling Review (ARR): Authors may submit through ARR and commit their paper together with the ARR reviews to MINT later at https://openreview.net/group?id=EMNLP/2026/Workshop/MINT_ARR_Commitment **Important dates (11:59 pm AOE)** - ARR paper submission deadline: May 25, 2026 - Direct paper submission deadline: July 8, 2026 July 22, 2026 - Pre-reviewed ARR commitment deadline: August 24, 2026 - Notification of acceptance: August 31, 2026 - Camera-ready paper due: September 14, 2026 Accepted contributions will be required to be presented at the MINT workshop as posters or talks. The MINT workshop is sponsored by the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics: https://www.mpi.nl/ For questions, please contact: mint.organizers(a)gmail.com On behalf of the workshop organisers: - Raquel Fernández (University of Amsterdam) - Diego Frassinelli (LMU Munich) - Esam Ghaleb (Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics) - Bulat Khaertdinov (Maastricht University) - Asli Ozyurek (Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics / Radboud University) - Ece Takmaz (Utrecht University) - Zerrin Yumak (Utrecht University)

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2nd Call for Participation: Daleel 2026 - Arabic Argumentative Discourse Mining Shared Task
by Nabhani, S. 26 Jun '26

26 Jun '26

*Daleel 2026 - Arabic Argumentative Discourse Mining Shared Task* *ArabicNLP Conference, co-located with EMNLP 2026* Dear All, Registration is now open for *Daleel 2026: Arabic Argumentative Discourse Mining Shared Task*, which will be held as part of the ArabicNLP 2026 Conference, co-located with EMNLP 2026 in Budapest, Hungary. The shared task focuses on *the detection and classification of argumentative discourse units in Arabic* across two text genres: Editorials and Debates. *Tasks* - Task 1: Argumentative Discourse Unit Classification - Task 2: Argumentative Discourse Unit Detection *Awards* Monetary prizes will be awarded to the authors of the top three system description papers: - 1st Place: $400 - 2nd Place: $200 - 3rd Place: $150 *Important Dates* - June 5, 2026: Release of data, baselines, and evaluation scripts - July 25, 2026: Registration deadline and release of final evaluation input data - July 30, 2026: System submission deadline and final evaluation - August 6, 2026: System description paper submission deadline - August 13, 2026: Notification of acceptance - August 22, 2026: Camera-ready submission of system papers *For detailed information about the shared task and registration, please visit:* https://qatardebate.org/programs/academic-programs/daleel2026-shared-task/ *For questions, please contact:* daleel26(a)argsbase.net We look forward to your participation and to advancing research in Arabic argument mining together. *Organizers* - Sara Nabhani, University of Groningen - Nahla Bassyouni, QatarDebate - Ali Al-Zawqari, Vrije Universiteit Brussel - Mohammad Khader, QatarDebate - Khalid Al-Khatib, University of Groningen

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Question about OPUS Books v1 alignment process
by Hugo Sanjurjo González 26 Jun '26

26 Jun '26

Dear Corpora List members, I am using the Books v1 corpus from OPUS <https://opus.nlpl.eu/datasets/Books?pair=en&es> as part of my research and have a question regarding the alignment process. The corpus description mentions that some texts were manually reviewed by András Farkas, but it is not entirely clear whether this review concerned sentence-level alignments, paragraph-level alignments, or both. Specifically, I would like to know whether the sentence-level alignments (including 1-to-1, 1-to-2, 2-to-1, and unmatched sentences) can be considered manually verified gold-standard data, a partially reviewed silver standard, or fully automatic alignments without human validation. I would be very grateful if someone could provide any clarification or pointers to relevant documentation. If this is not the most appropriate forum for this question, I apologize in advance, but I thought someone here might be able to help. Thank you very much for your time. Hugo

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Webinar by: Marco Valentino (University of Sheffield)
by HiTZ zentroa 26 Jun '26

26 Jun '26

**** We apologize for the multiple copies of this email. In case you are already registered to the next webinar, you do not need to register again. *** Dear colleague, We are happy to announce the next webinar in the Language Technology webinar series organized by The HiTZ Chair of Artificial Intelligence and Language Technology (https://hitz.eus/katedra). We are organizing one seminar every month. This will be the final event for this cycle, but we will return with a new series next October. Have a great summer! Speaker: Marco Valentino (University of Sheffield) Title: Reconciling Plausible and Formal Reasoning in Large Language Models Date: Thursday, July 2, 2026 - 15:00 CET Summary: A persistent challenge in AI is the effective integration of plausible and formal reasoning - the former concerning the plausibility and contextual relevance of arguments, the latter focusing on their logical and structural validity. Large Language Models (LLMs) are not immune to such a challenge. By virtue of their extensive pre-training, LLMs can generate plausible and linguistically fluent arguments, but struggle with the systematicity and consistency required for robust logical reasoning. At the same time, LLMs offer new opportunities to study and overcome this intrinsic conflict. This talk will focus on such opportunities, presenting different research directions aimed at reconciling plausible and formal reasoning, including LLM-driven neuro-symbolic integration, quasi-symbolic abstractions, and latent circuit disentanglement. The final part of the talk will discuss the persisting challenges in achieving truly unified reasoning and outline possible directions for future research in the field. Bio: Marco is a Lecturer in Artificial Intelligence and Applications of AI in the Natural Language Processing (NLP) group at the University of Sheffield. Prior to Sheffield, he was a member of the Neuro-Symbolic AI Group at the Idiap Research Institute in Switzerland, and obtained a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Manchester. His research focuses on developing AI systems that can use explanation as a core mechanism for learning and reasoning, investigating the integration of neural and symbolic AI methods. Moreover, he is interested in developing methodologies to interpret, control, and evaluate Large Language Models (LLMs), with a focus on disentangling knowledge acquisition from abstract logical reasoning, and enabling out-of-distribution, out-of-domain generalisation. Registration: https://www.hitz.eus/webinar_izenematea You can view the videos of previous webinars and the schedule for upcoming webinars here: http://www.hitz.eus/webinars If you cannot attend this seminar, but you want to be informed of the following HiTZ webinars, please complete this registration form instead: http://www.hitz.eus/webinar_info Best wishes, The HiTZ Chair of Artificial Intelligence and Language Technology P.S: HiTZ will not grant any type of certificate for attendance at these webinars.

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CFP: 47th Translating and the Computer Conference (TC47)
by Amal Haddad 26 Jun '26

26 Jun '26

Call for Presentations and papers 47th Translating and the Computer Conference (TC47) Luxembourg, 8 to 10 December 2026 https://asling.org/tc47/ [1] AI-assisted or AI-eclipsed? Language services between promise and pressure AsLing invites submissions for the 47th edition of the Translating and the Computer Conference (TC47), to be held from 8 to 10 December 2026 in Luxembourg. The TC conference series brings together professionals, researchers, developers and decision-makers from the language industry, academia and public institutions. TC47 will explore how technological innovation - particularly AI - is reshaping multilingual communication, raising new questions about human agency, professional ethics, and sustainable practices in the language services sector. Conference theme _AI-assisted or AI-eclipsed? Language Services between Promise and Pressure_ _ _ From Machine Translation and LLMs applied to translation, language professionals face unprecedented change. TC47 invites reflection on how to navigate this evolving landscape - to ensure that technology empowers rather than eclipses, and that multilingual communication remains inclusive, trusted and professionally grounded. We especially welcome contributions exploring: * Synergy between human expertise and AI-powered tools * The role of AI in promoting or undermining inclusion and equity * Strategies for sustainable and ethical language services * Cross-sector collaboration between academia, industry, and institutions Submissions not focused on AI are equally welcome, particularly those addressing broader trends in multilingual communication, training, translation workflows, and evolving professional practices. We also welcome critical reviews and discussions on: * The broader impact of AI and automation on the language industry * Implications for training, education and career development of language professionals * Coexistence of AI and traditional practices * Impact of AI on language professionals * Adoption barriers and risks for LSPs new to AI * Future trends in translation, interpreting, and localisation - with or without AI * Responsible and sustainable development in language technologies (environmental, social, professional) Key areas of interest Include, but are not limited to: * Multilingual NLP and large language models * Human-in-control systems vs. human-in-the-loop AI * Terminology management and controlled language * AI readiness and digital transformation in LSPs * NLP, semantic technologies and linked data * Collaborative translation tools and environments * Quality assurance, benchmarking and evaluation * Training, professional development and digital upskilling * Inclusive and culturally aware AI systems * Sustainable practices across the language lifecycle * Language policy and digital language equality * FAIR data, corpora and infrastructure * Ethical implications and human oversight * Empowering language professionals to shape - not just use - AI tools * Non-AI innovations and evolutions in translation, interpreting, localisation or terminology work We invite: * Innovative research: studies that expand the boundaries of language technologies, multilingual NLP, or AI ethics. * Practical applications: case studies from public or private sector stakeholders showcasing language technology use and development. * Workshops and panels: interactive formats encouraging dialogue on timely, challenging or divisive issues in AI and language work. * Critical reflections: well-argued contributions questioning current uses of AI and proposing alternative, human-centred approaches. * Posters and short talks: snapshots of emerging projects, tools, or preliminary research. Submission tracks All submissions are for talks, within the following categories: * Research track (Academic) * 20-minute talk * Followed by a paper (max. 5,000 words) presenting original, unpublished research * User experience track (Non-academic) * 20-minute talk * Optional post-facto paper (max. 5,000 words) detailing workflows, tools or implementation cases * Posters / Short talks * 7-8-minute talk * Followed by a paper (max. 2,000 words) outlining a project, experiment, or tool * Workshops and panels * Interactive sessions with multiple speakers * Moderators may submit an optional post-facto paper summarising key takeaways Submission instructions Submissions must be made via the START conference submission system: https://www.softconf.com/p/tc2026 [2] Important dates * Deadline for research/user experience talks: 30 June 2026 ➤ Notification of acceptance: 31 August 2026 * Deadline for workshops and panels: 31 July 2026 ➤ Notification of acceptance: 15 September 2026 * Deadline for posters and short talks: 15 September 2026 ➤ Notification of acceptance: 30 September 2026 * Final paper submission (except post facto workshop and panel papers): 31 October 2026 * Conference dates: 8-10 December 2026 Submission guidelines Detailed submission guidelines, including templates and formatting instructions, will be available on the TC47 conference website. We look forward to your contributions that will help shape the future of language services through innovation, collaboration, and inclusivity. Why submit to TC47? TC47 offers a unique opportunity to engage in a multi-stakeholder dialogue that bridges research, practice and policy. It is a space for shared reflection on what language professionals need, what tools actually deliver and how we co-create a future where humans and AI work better together. For any questions, reporting of problems concerning submissions or the Conference at least, please email tc47-info(a)asling.org. 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Morphology datathon (Paralex) @ LIFT2 2026. Paris, datasets, morphology.
by Sacha Beniamine 26 Jun '26

26 Jun '26

Dear Colleagues, We are organizing a Paralex (www.paralex-standard.org<http://www.paralex-standard.org/>) datathon, co-located with the Journées LIFT 2 2026 (https://gdr-lift.loria.fr/journees-scientifiques/), on the 18th of November 2026. Content: This datathon aims to guide participants through the creation of high-quality, FAIR morphological data. Participants will create Paralex datasets, machine-readable collections of inflectional paradigms. These collections are of benefit to people working on descriptions of individual languages, language typologists, theorists and quantitative linguists. Participants are expected to bring morphological data they are interested in, be it content from a grammar, their own fieldwork collection, other datasets, etc. See: www.paralex-standard.org<http://www.paralex-standard.org/> Practical details: * Participants: max. 15; application required. Travel funding available for up to 3 students (max 400€ each, no plane trips, travel and two hotel nights covered), see application. * Where: Université Paris-Nanterre, France * When: 18 November 2026 * Programme: * Morning: Introduction to Paralex. * Afternoon: Start creating your own Paralex dataset. * Instructors: Jules Bouton, Sacha Beniamine. * Applications: Fill-in the application form before 15th August 2026, on https://paralex-standard.org/events/ Best, Jules Bouton & Sacha Beniamine Contact: jules[at]bouton.eu.com

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Position Announcement: Assistant Professor (TTE) in Applied Linguistics and Artificial Intelligence at Iowa State University
by Gray, Bethany D E [ENGL] 25 Jun '26

25 Jun '26

Assistant Professor in Applied Linguistics and Artificial Intelligence Iowa State University For the full job posting, please visit https://isu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/IowaStateJobs/job/Ames-IA/Assistant-Profe… For guaranteed consideration, applications should be received by August 16, 2026, but will be accepted until the position is filled. Job Description The Department of English in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Applied Linguistics and Artificial Intelligence (AI). We seek a faculty member who specializes in at least one of the following areas: the use of AI and language-generating technologies in first- and second- language learning, teaching, or assessment; linguistics-based qualitative and quantitative research on the humanlike language generated by AI; the study of generative AI in human-computer language interaction; or the role of language in the subjective experience of generative AI users. The ideal applicant will have an established or emerging research agenda focusing on AI with expertise relevant to natural language processing (NLP), generative AI, applied linguistics, or a related area. We are especially interested in scholars who are using AI in innovative ways in applied linguistics. At the undergraduate level, the faculty member will teach general courses in linguistics and applied linguistics, courses that serve as electives in the university's minor in Applied Artificial Intelligence, and new course offerings that integrate AI technologies into linguistics. At the graduate level, the faculty member will have the opportunity to teach courses in applied linguistics and technology, and may contribute to interdisciplinary programs such as Human Computer Interaction, depending on area of specialization. Potential graduate courses include seminars on AI-assisted technologies and generative AI for language learning and assessment, language-based analytics, automated dialogue systems, and speech-driven user interfaces, as well as courses on programming for NLP, computational and/or corpus-based text analysis, statistical analysis of language, or other areas related to the candidate's expertise. The successful candidate will join a community of faculty in applied linguistics who are exploring the uses and implications of AI in the field. This faculty member will strengthen cross-disciplinary efforts in an area of excellence in the Department of English-the use of technology for teaching, assessing, and researching language. In addition, the faculty member will have opportunities to forge connections with faculty from other department programs specializing in AI, as well contribute to campus-wide strategic initiatives related to trusted innovation and artificial intelligence. The position begins August 16, 2027. Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the U.S. on an ongoing basis without sponsorship. Immigration sponsorship is not available for this position. ----------------- Bethany Gray, PhD Professor Applied Linguistics & Technology and TESL/Applied Linguistics Department of English Iowa State University

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First Call for Papers — DHASA Conference 2026
by Menno Van Zaanen 25 Jun '26

25 Jun '26

First Call for Papers — DHASA Conference 2026 https://dh2026.digitalhumanities.org.za 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: 20 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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2nd Call for Papers: FEL XXX 2026, Paris, France, 3-5 November 2026 - Submission deadline 10 July 2026
by Steven Krauwer 25 Jun '26

25 Jun '26

CALL FOR PAPERS The 30th Annual Conference of the Foundation for Endangered Languages, FEL XXX (2026) "Endangered Languages and Innovative Technologies: Documentation, Processing and Revitalisation" Organised by the Foundation for Endangered Languages(FEL <https://ogmios.org/>), the Centre d'Études en Sciences Sociales sur les Mondes Africains Américains et Asiatiques (CESSMA <https://www.inalco.fr/en/cessma>) and the Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales (INALCO <https://www.inalco.fr/en>) Paris, France, 3-5 November 2026 The conference aims to create a space for dialogue between researchers, technologists, and, crucially, language communities themselves, concerning the opportunities and challenges presented by innovative technologies in efforts to prevent language loss and promote the maintenance and revitalisation of endangered languages. We strongly encourage submissions from community members, educators, activists, and practitioners, as well as presentations of collaborative work between academic and non-academic partners. More about the theme: https://www.ogmios.org/conferences/2026/theme.php Important dates: # 10July2026:Deadlineforsubmission of abstracts NB:***Due to the tight schedule this deadline can not be extended!* # 13 July 2026: Registration opens # 01 August2026:Selectedapplicantsinformed # 15 September2026:Deadlineforsubmission of extended versions of accepted abstracts # 03-05November 2026:Conference dates # 06 November 2026: Excursion (to be confirmed) Conference website: https://ogmios.org/conferences/2026 Email: fel2026(a)ogmios.org -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Steven Krauwer, CLARIN/FEL/ELSNET/TLC, Drift 10, 3512 BS Utrecht, NL

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Tenure-track assistant professor position at Stockholm University
by Robert Östling 25 Jun '26

25 Jun '26

[Apologies for cross-posting] The Department of Linguistics at Stockholm University is happy to announce a tenure-track assistant professor position in Computational Linguistics. Applications must be submitted through the university's online system by the ***August 31 2026*** deadline: https://su.varbi.com/en/what:job/jobID:928790/where:4/ For inquiries, please contact Robert Östling (robert(a)ling.su.se) or Beata Megyesi (beata.megyesi(a)ling.su.se), although note that during vacation times you may not receive an immediate response. Please feel free to forward this information to relevant groups or persons. Regards, Robert Östling Department of Linguistics Stockholm University

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[2nd CfP] 3rd Shared Task of the Open Language Data Initiative @ WMT26
by Laurie Burchell 24 Jun '26

24 Jun '26

We invite submissions for the 3rd Shared Task of the Open Language Data Initiative (OLDI), held as part of WMT at EMNLP 2026 (Budapest, 28–29 October). *Key dates (AoE):* - Paper and data submission: 7 August 2026 - Notification of acceptance: 2 September 2026 - Camera-ready: 11 September 2026 *Background* Foundational datasets such as FLORES and NTREX have played a key role in enabling progress in language technologies for some under-served languages. OLDI aims to empower language communities to contribute to the key datasets that expand language technology to more language varieties. Additionally, machine translation depends increasingly on automatic quality evaluation for tasks such as filtering training data, ranking candidates, reinforcement learning, and benchmarking. However, human-annotated quality data exists for only a handful of languages, and how well evaluation methods generalise to new ones remains an open question. *Scope* The task's primary goal is to expand OLDI's open datasets to more languages. We solicit contributions to: - the MT evaluation dataset FLORES+ ( https://huggingface.co/datasets/openlanguagedata/flores_plus) - the OLDI Seed dataset ( https://huggingface.co/datasets/openlanguagedata/oldi_seed) - other high-quality, massively-parallel, open-source datasets (e.g. SMOL, WMT24++, BOUQuET) Contributions may add new languages, varieties or dialects; substantially improve existing datasets; or create entirely new massively multilingual open translation datasets. We also welcome new or extended datasets of *translation quality annotations* for under-served languages: source texts, their machine or human translations, and human judgements of translation quality. *Submissions* To help us gauge interest and coordinate efforts, please email the organisers before submitting: info(a)oldi.org. Full contribution guidelines and submission format are on the shared task website ( https://www2.statmt.org/wmt26/open-data.html) and OLDI's homepage ( https://oldi.org/).

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10th Workshop on Online Abuse and Harms (WOAH) @EMNLP: Submission Deadline Extension
by Agostina Calabrese 24 Jun '26

24 Jun '26

*** Submission Deadline Extension *** We invite paper submissions to the 10th Workshop on Online Abuse and Harms (WOAH), which will take place on the 29th of October at EMNLP 2026. Website: https://www.workshopononlineabuse.com/cfp.html Important Dates * Registration deadline for mentorship programme: April 10, 2026 * Notification of mentor/mentee match: April 25, 2026 * Submission due: June 26, 2026 July 3, 2026 * ARR reviewed submission due: August 3, 2026 * Notification of acceptance: August 15, 2026 * Camera-ready papers due: September 10, 2026 * Workshop: 29th October 2026 Overview Digital technologies have brought significant benefits to society, transforming how people connect, communicate, and interact. However, these same technologies have also enabled the widespread dissemination and amplification of abusive and harmful content, such as hate speech, harassment, and misinformation. Given the sheer volume of content shared online, addressing abuse and harm at scale requires the use of computational tools. Yet, detecting and moderating online abuse remains a complex task, fraught with technical, social, legal, and ethical challenges. The 10th Workshop on Online Abuse and Harms (WOAH) invites paper submissions from a diverse range of fields, including but not limited to natural language processing, machine learning, computational social science, law, political science, psychology, sociology, and cultural studies. We explicitly encourage interdisciplinary research, technical and non-technical contributions, and submissions that focus on under-resourced languages. Non-archival papers and civil society reports are also welcome. Topics covered by WOAH include, but are not limited to: * New models or methods for detecting abusive and harmful online content, including misinformation; * Biases and limitations in existing detection models or datasets for abusive and harmful content, especially those in commercial use; * Development of new datasets and taxonomies for online abuse and harms; * Novel evaluation metrics and procedures for detecting harmful content; * Analyses of the dynamics of online abuse, its propagation, and its impact on different communities; * Social, legal, and ethical considerations in detecting, monitoring, and moderating online abuse. Special Theme: “Ten Years of WOAH: Reflecting on Progress and New Frontiers” In its 10th edition, WOAH highlights the theme “Ten Years of WOAH: Reflecting on Progress and New Frontiers”. Over the past decade, WOAH has become a central interdisciplinary venue for online harms research. As harms and enabling technologies have evolved, the field has moved beyond an early focus on textual hate speech and harassment to address more complex phenomena. Advances in AI and online ecosystems have expanded the scale and diversity of harms. Transformer models, multimodal platforms, and recommendation systems have contributed to the escalation of issues like misinformation, radicalisation, child sexual exploitation, identity-based abuse, algorithmic bias, privacy violations, and AI-mediated harms. Methods tackling this have evolved from monolingual lexicon-based approaches to deep learning, multilinguality, multimodality, interpretability, and interdisciplinarity. Despite this progress, fundamental challenges remain. There is limited consensus on what constitutes “harm”, how context and thresholds should be defined, or how harms vary across cultures and modalities. These ambiguities affect datasets and models, constrain comparability, and often marginalise affected communities. The past decade also calls for critical self-reflection. Research has frequently prioritised detection, high-resource languages, and narrowly defined phenomena over intervention, global perspectives, and systemic or structural harms, with insufficient attention to user agency, platform incentives, lived experience, and participatory approaches. Finally, ten years of work have underscored that interdisciplinarity is essential for addressing the sociotechnical nature of the phenomenon. Addressing future online harms will require deeper integration across NLP, ML, social sciences, law, policy, and HCI. WOAH 10 seeks to consolidate lessons from the past decade, identify enduring gaps, and connect research, practice, and policy to guide the next generation of work on online harms. Submission Submission is electronic, using the Softconf START conference management system. Submission link: https://softconf.com/emnlp2026/woah2026/ The workshop will accept three types of papers. 1) Academic Papers (long and short): Long papers of up to 8 pages, excluding references, and short papers of up to 4 pages, excluding references. Unlimited pages for references and appendices. Accepted papers will be given an additional page of content to address reviewer comments. Previously published papers cannot be accepted. 2) Non-Archival Submissions: Up to 2 pages, excluding references, to summarise and showcase in-progress work and work published elsewhere. 3) Civil Society Reports: Non-archival submissions, with a minimum of 2 pages and no upper limit. Can include work published elsewhere. All submissions must use the official ACL style files<https://github.com/acl-org/acl-style-files>. Submissions that do not conform to the required styles, including paper size, margin width, and font size restrictions, will be rejected without review. All submissions should adhere to the workshop policies https://www.workshopononlineabuse.com/policies.html. WOAH Community We are excited to share the WOAH community Slack channel — a workspace for researchers interested in or working on understanding and addressing online abuse and harms! Join us here: https://join.slack.com/t/hatespeechdet-47d7560/shared_invite/zt-2a8d96j4z-g… Contact Info Please send any questions about the workshop to organizers(a)workshopononlineabuse.com<mailto:organizers@workshopononlineabuse.com> Organisers Agostina Calabrese, Cohere Thomas Davidson, Rutgers University-New Brunswick Christine de Kock, University of Melbourne Urja Khurana, Delft University of Technology Marta Marchiori Manerba, University of Turin Paloma Piot, Universidade da Coruña Zeerak Talat, University of Edinburgh 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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KGCSW-SETN 2026: Knowledge Graph Construction Workshop: Call for Papers
by Announce 24 Jun '26

24 Jun '26

CALL FOR PAPERS: SETN 2026 WORKSHOP KGCSW-SETN 2026: Knowledge Graph Construction Workshop OVERVIEW -------- The workshop on Knowledge Graph Construction is an essential step towards harnessing the transformative power of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in understanding complex data landscapes. Knowledge graphs stand out as pivotal tools for structuring data, making it interpretable and actionable by AI systems. They enable the representation of data in a form that mirrors human understanding, facilitating more natural interaction between humans and machines. The construction of knowledge graphs embodies the synthesis of various AI disciplines, including natural language processing, machine learning, and semantic web technologies. By organizing this workshop, we aim to foster a collaborative environment where experts and enthusiasts across these fields can converge to share insights, challenges, and breakthroughs. This workshop is held for the second time, following its previous edition at SETN 2024. WORKSHOP FORMAT --------------- Half-day event Location: SETN 2026 Conference (Chania, Crete, Greece) Date: September 9, 2026 TOPICS OF INTEREST ------------------ FOUNDATIONS & TECHNICAL TOPICS: 1. Foundations of Knowledge Graphs 2. Knowledge Extraction and Integration 3. Machine Learning, Large Language Models and Knowledge Graphs 4. Natural Language Processing (NLP) for Knowledge Graphs 5. Knowledge Graph Construction Tools and Technologies 6. Scalability and Performance Optimization APPLICATION AREAS: 1. Healthcare and Life Sciences 2. Security and Cybersecurity 3. Finance and Economics 4. Human-computer interaction / Conversational agents 5. E-Commerce and Retail 6. Smart Cities and IoT 7. Cultural Heritage and Digital Humanities 8. Environmental Science and Sustainability SUBMISSION GUIDELINES --------------------- PAPER TYPES: - Full papers: 6-10 pages - Short papers: 2-4 pages SUBMISSION PLATFORM: EasyChair: https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=setn2026 (Select "SETN 2026 Workshop on Knowledge Graph Construction") REVIEW PROCESS: - Double-blind peer review - At least 2 reviewers per paper - Evaluation criteria: technical quality, relevance, originality, novelty, significance, and clarity PUBLICATION: - All accepted papers will be included in the SETN 2026 Conference Proceedings - Published by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) - Available through the ACM Digital Library - Special issue planned for all accepted workshop papers AUTHOR REQUIREMENTS ------------------- For papers to be included in the proceedings and presented at the conference: * At least one author MUST fully register at SETN 2026 as an "Author" * At least one author is EXPECTED to attend the conference for presentation IMPORTANT DATES --------------- Paper Submission Deadline: July 13, 2026 (AOE)* Author Notification: July 17, 2026 (AOE)* Workshop Date: September 9, 2026 *AOE = Anywhere On Earth Time Zone (UTC-12) ORGANIZING COMMITTEE -------------------- Maria Papoutsoglou (Chair) School of Informatics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Email: mpapo(at)csd.auth.gr Georgios Meditskos School of Informatics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Efstratios Kontopoulos Choreograph Johannes Wachs Center for Collective Learning, Corvinus University Budapest Nick Bassiliades School of Informatics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Stefanos Vrochidis Information Technologies Institute, CERTH CONTACT INFORMATION ------------------- For questions or inquiries regarding the workshop: Email: mpapo(at)csd.auth.gr ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ---------------------- Workshop Page: https://www.setn2026.tuc.gr/en/program/workshop EasyChair Submission: https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=setn2026 ============================================================== SETN 2026 Conference - September 9-12, 2026 Chania, Crete, Greece ==============================================================

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CLARIN ERIC Newsflash June 2026
by Gorgaini, E. (Elisa) 24 Jun '26

24 Jun '26

Dear colleagues, The June edition of the CLARIN Newsflash is out! Highlights include: * Programme<https://www.clarin.eu/content/programme-clarin-annual-conference-2026> and invited speakers of the CLARIN Annual Conference 2026 * ELEXAI project kick-off meeting * MoU signed between CLARIN-PL and IBM Read the newsletter: https://www.clarin.eu/content/clarin-newsflash-june-2026 Subscribe to the newsletter here<https://clarin.us12.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=8bae79dc9813797e81387ebaa&i…>. Kind regards, --- Elisa Gorgaini Communication Officer - CLARIN ERIC Utrecht University | Drift 10, 3512 BS Utrecht, The Netherlands e.gorgaini(a)uu.nl<mailto:e.gorgaini@uu.nl> | elisa(a)clarin.eu<mailto:elisa@clarin.eu> www.clarin.eu<https://www.clarin.eu>

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ConCorDial III (2026) – Extended Submission Deadline
by sascha.diwersy＠univ-montp3.fr 24 Jun '26

24 Jun '26

Dear colleagues, We would like to inform you that the abstract submission deadline for the ConCorDial III conference (12–13 November 2026, Université de Montpellier Paul-Valéry, Montpellier, France) has been extended to 15 July 2026. Further information is available on the conference website: https://concordial.sciencesconf.org/?lang=en Best regards, Sascha Diwersy (on behalf of the organising committee)

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37th IEEE International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering (ISSRE 2026): Last Mile for Industry Track Submissions
by Announce 24 Jun '26

24 Jun '26

*** Last Mile for Industry Track Submissions *** 37th IEEE International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering (ISSRE 2026) October 20-23, 2026, 5* St. Raphael Resort and Marina Limassol, Cyprus https://cyprusconferences.org/issre2026/ The ISSRE Industry Track gathers industry representatives as well as researchers from, within or in collaboration with industry to discuss software reliability, quality assurance as well as experiences and lessons learned. This year we will bring experiences from self- made tools, usage of AI, generative AI and machine learning in relation to software reliability. Industry track papers are expected to be of interest to software development professionals, as well as to anyone researching or working in the area of software reliability, software quality, and process improvement groups, with concrete relevance to industrial problems and practical applications. All presenters of accepted papers will be required to attend the conference in person. Participating in the conference would give a chance to meet and discuss with a wide selection of researchers and other industry experts in the area. Topics of Interest Topics of interest include development, analysis methods and models throughout the software development lifecycle, from an industrial and practitioner-oriented perspective. Ask yourself this: Is the work grounded in real-world systems, operational experience, or industrial practice, and does it address reliability or dependability concerns? If it is, you have found the right conference track. For a more detailed list check out the detailed topics list for the research track on this site. • Use cases, practical experiences, lessons learned, improvement programs in reliability or dependability. • Foundations of reliability and dependability, including process, technology, methods, metrics and lessons learned. • Design for reliability or dependability, failure and incident case studies, including experiences in security, testing, verification, and related practices in the field. • Reliability in AI-driven and autonomic systems or AI techniques used for Reliability Engineering. • Software reliability in any system domain. • Trustworthiness, security, and Responsible Software Engineering. • Human-centric focus on reliability and dependability. • Adoption of reliability standards, measurements and similar experiences. We look for papers with good evaluation, honest data, new insights and practical experiences that can be used to help others. We also encourage submissions reporting negative results, unexpected outcomes, and lessons learned from real-world practice. Submission Guidelines and Instructions We invite three kinds of submissions to the Industry Track: • Enlightening Talk or Tool Demo: 1-2 page abstract (OR a Power Point presentation OR a video for a tool demo). • Short paper: 4-pages (including references). • Full paper: 6-pages (including references). All the submissions will be reviewed by members of the Industry Track Program Committee. Accepted papers (with an abstract) will be included in the ISSRE Supplemental Proceedings and submitted for publication to IEEE Xplore. Papers are submitted via Easy Chair https://easychair.org/conferences?conf=issre2026 . Submissions must adhere to the IEEE Computer Society Format Guidelines (for more Information, please refer to the relevant part on the conference website: https://cyprusconferences.org/issre2026/industry-track/). Note that: • A paper must include the title, the name and affiliation of each author, an abstract of up to 150 words, and up to 4 keywords. Thus, submissions are not anonymous. • Reviewers will use the abstract during the bidding process for peer-review. Thus, the abstract should state the paper goals clearly, along with the means used to achieve them. • The first page is not a separate page, but is a part of the paper (i.e., it has technical material in it). Thus, this page counts toward the total page budget for the paper. • Symbols and labels used in the graphs should be readable as printed, without requiring on-screen magnification. • Limit the file size to less than 15 MB (for Video’s – provide a live link). Papers that exceed the page limits specified, on topics not in the scope of ISSRE, or that do not follow the formatting guidelines will be rejected without review. Authors of accepted papers will have the chance to present their work at ISSRE 2026. Submission implies the willingness of at least one of the authors to register for the conference and to give the talk, if the paper is accepted. Best Paper Awards The Industry Program Chair will select three candidates among top-ranked papers presenting and motivating novel and disruptive ideas that address problems relevant for industry. Selection will be based on the reviewers’ feedback, novelty and potential impact of the results. The final selection of the best paper will be done by the audience attending the presentation of the candidate papers. Eligible papers must be (1) full papers accepted to the industry track, and (2) co-authored by at least one author whose primary affiliation is in Industry. Important Dates (AoE) • Abstract Submission Deadline: June 28, 2026 & July 3, 2026 • Paper Submission Deadline: July 5, 2026 & July 12, 2026 • Notification to Authors: August 12, 2026 • Camera Ready Papers: August 19, 2026 • Enlightening Talks or Tool Demos (without abstract; not to appear in the proceedings): August 15, 2026 • Author Registration Deadline (Industry Track): August 19, 2026 Organisation General Chairs • Leonardo Mariani, University of Milano - Bicocca, Italy • George A. Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus Program Coordinator • Roberto Natella, GSSI, Italy Research Program Committee Chairs • Domenico Cotroneo, UNC Charlotte, USA • Jie M. Zhang, King's College London, UK Industry Program Chairs • Jinyang Liu, Bytedance, USA • Sigrid Eldh, Ericsson AB, Sweden Workshop Chairs • Georgia Kapitsaki, University of Cyprus, Cyprus • August Shi, The University of Texas at Austin, USA Doctoral Symposium Chairs • Stefan Winter, LMU Munich, Germany • Lili Wei, McGill University, Canada Fast Abstract Chairs • Luigi Lavazza, University of Insubria, Italy • Yintong Huo, SMU, Singapore JIC2 Chair • Helene Waeselynck, LAAS-CNRS, France Publicity Chairs • Allison K. Sulivan, The University of Texas at Arlington, USA • Jose D'Abruzzo Pereira, University of Coimbra, Portugal Publication Chairs • Sherlock Licorish, Otago Business School, New Zealand • Maria Teresa Rossi, GSSI, Italy Artifact Evaluation Chairs • Naghmeh Ivaki, University of Coimbra, Portugal • Fumio Machida, University of Tsukuba, Japan Diversity and Inclusion Chair • Eleni Constantinou, University of Cyprus, Cyprus Financial Chair • Costas Pattichis, University of Cyprus, Cyprus Web Chairs • Michalis Ioannides, Easy Conferences LTD • Elena Masserini, University of Milano - Bicocca, Italy Registration Chair • Easy Conferences LTD

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CFP: International AIWolf Competition 2026 and AIWolfDial 2026 International Workshop
by Yoshinobu Kano 24 Jun '26

24 Jun '26

Call for Participation: International AIWolf Competition 2026 and AIWolfDial 2026 International Workshop Official Details Page: https://aiwolfdial.github.io/aiwolf-nlp/page/inlg_2026/ [Call for Participation] This is a call for participation for the international competition competing in the automated play of the conversational game "Werewolf," as well as for the peer-reviewed international workshop. We look forward to your participation. [Overview] "The 4th International Workshop on AI Werewolf and Dialog Systems (AIWolfDial2026)" will be held as a co-located workshop with INLG 2026 (19th International Conference on Natural Language Generation) on a date between October 17 and October 21, 2026, in Utrecht, Netherlands. Prior to the workshop, we will host the 2026 International AIWolf Contest Natural Language Track. This tournament is divided into two rounds (1st and 2nd); the results of the 1st round can be used to submit a paper to the INLG main conference, and the results of the 2nd round can be used to submit to the AIWolfDial 2026 workshop. The language for agents in the international competition is English only. [Workshop Overview] This workshop focuses on the integration of dialog systems, natural language processing (NLP), large language models (LLMs), and game AI, with a particular emphasis on their application to the Werewolf game. The Werewolf game is a social deduction game that requires advanced communication skills such as discussion, reasoning, persuasion, and deception, making it an ideal test environment for evaluating the advancement of AI capabilities like coherent dialogue, long-context understanding, consensus building, and logical reasoning. [Shared Task (Contest)] This workshop will host a public international contest for AI agents that play the Werewolf game. Participants are challenged to develop agents capable of not only strategic play but also logical, persuasive, and sometimes deceptive conversation with other AIs. This contest serves as a benchmark for discovering critical challenges and future research directions in the NLP field, while also exploring the limitations of current LLMs. [Hosted Tracks] Turn-Based Track: This is a turn-based track where the agent speaks and acts when a request is received from the server provided by the management. o 5-Player Village (2 Villagers, 1 Seer, 1 Possessed, 1 Werewolf) o 9-Player Village (3 Villagers, 1 Seer, 1 Bodyguard, 1 Medium, 1 Possessed, 2 Werewolves) Anytime Utterance Track: This is a track where the agent can speak at any timing alongside the start signal of each day. There is an upper limit to the number of utterances per day (4 times). o 5-Player Village (2 Villagers, 1 Seer, 1 Possessed, 1 Werewolf) [Important Dates (Shared Task)] The schedule for this tournament is divided into a 1st and 2nd round, as shown below. A connection check will be conducted prior to the main tournament. During the connection check, you must verify that you can connect to the official competition server and run the game normally. Teams whose normal connection and game execution are confirmed on the server side will advance to the main tournament. The deadlines are as shown below. While a separate final tournament will not be held, top teams may be selected based on subjective evaluations and win rates from the main tournament results, and statistics may be compiled solely for these top teams by extracting the main tournament logs of matches played among them. Note: Deadlines related to papers are included below; please refer to this schedule from each page on this website. All dates are in AoE. 1st Round (For INLG Main Conference) o July 4, 2026: Registration deadline for "1st + 2nd" participating teams / Connection check deadline o From July 6, 2026: 1st Round Main Tournament (Online matches) o July 10, 2026: Return of 1st Round results o July 15, 2026: INLG main conference paper deadline 2nd Round (For AIWolfDial 2026 Workshop) o August 1, 2026: Registration deadline for "2nd only" participating teams / 2nd round connection check deadline o From August 3, 2026: 2nd Round Main Tournament (Online matches) o August 10, 2026: Return of 2nd Round results o From August 15, 2026: AIWolfDial 2026 workshop paper deadline (After INLG main conference acceptance notification / Submissions are allowed even if rejected from main) o September 7, 2026: Notification of acceptance o September 15, 2026: Camera-ready manuscript deadline o October 17 - October 21, 2026: AIWolfDial 2026 Workshop / INLG 2026 Conference (Utrecht) [Further Information] Please check here for detailed competition rules and specifics regarding the implementation of AIWolf agents. o Official Details Page: https://aiwolfdial.github.io/aiwolf-nlp/page/inlg_2026/ o Contest Registration Form: https://forms.gle/53MJBSaLTe6xDw5o6 o Past Competition Logs: https://aiwolfdial.github.io/aiwolf-nlp-viewer -- Yoshinobu Kano, Ph.D. Professor, Research Fellow Faculty of Informatics, Shizuoka University personal webpage: http://kanolab.net/kano/ e-mail: kano(a)kanolab.net kano(a)inf.shizuoka.ac.jp

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INLG 2026 second call for papers - Submissions are open
by Emiel van Miltenburg 23 Jun '26

23 Jun '26

Dear Corpora List members, It is my pleasure to announce the second Call for Papers for INLG 2026, to be held in Utrecht. Program chairs will be Laura Perez, Guanyi Chen, and myself. We have a great team of local organizers, chaired by Albert Gatt. NEW INFORMATION We now have two submission venues: * Direct submissions: https://openreview.net/group?id=aclweb.org/INLG/2026/Conference_Direct_Subm… * ARR commitments: https://openreview.net/group?id=aclweb.org/INLG/2026/Conference_ARR_Commitm… Please also note that we have a NON-ARCHIVAL track as well this year, for work-in-progress and papers published elsewhere. Hopefully this will help authors develop and publicise their important work. Direct link to the website: https://2026.inlgmeeting.org/ —————————————————————————————————————————————————————— 19th International Natural Language Generation Conference INLG 2026 We invite the submission of long and short papers, as well as system demonstrations, related to all aspects of Natural Language Generation (NLG), including data-to-text, concept-to-text, text-to-text and vision-to-text approaches. Accepted papers will be presented as oral talks or posters. The event is organized under the auspices of the Special Interest Group on Natural Language Generation (SIGGEN) of the Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL). The event will be held from October 17 to October 21, 2026. INLG 2026 will be hosted by Utrecht University in Utrecht, the Netherlands. The conference will be taking place before EMNLP (in Budapest, Hungary, from October 24th to October 29th, 2026). IMPORTANT DATES All deadlines are Anywhere on Earth (UTC-12) Regular paper submission deadline: July 15, 2026. System demo paper submission deadline: July 15, 2026. ARR commitment to INLG deadline: August 5, 2026. Notification: August 15, 2026 Non-archival submission deadline: August 22, 2026. Camera ready: September 7, 2026 Conference: October 17 - October 21, 2026 Topics INLG 2026 solicits papers on any topic related to NLG. General topics of interest include, but are not limited to: - Large Language Models (LLMs) for NLG - Evaluation and error analysis of NLG systems - Explainability in and Trustworthiness of NLG systems - Generalizability of NLG systems - Bias and fairness in NLG systems - Reasoning models for NLG - Affect/emotion generation - Analysis and detection of automatically generated text - Cognitive modeling of language production - Computational efficiency of NLG models - Corpora and resources for NLG - Ethical considerations of NLG - Multimedia, multimodality and grounding in generation - NLG and accessibility - NLG in speech synthesis and spoken language models - NLG in dialogue systems and chatbots - NLG for human-robot interaction - NLG for low-resourced languages - NLG for real-world applications - Paraphrasing, summarization and translation - Personalisation and variation in text - Storytelling and narrative generation - Sub-tasks of the classic NLG pipeline - NLG architectures SUBMISSIONS This year’s INLG will have two tracks: an archival track where papers will be published in the ACL Anthology, and a non-archival track for works in progress and papers published elsewhere. Three kinds of papers can be submitted for the archival track: Long papers are most appropriate for presenting substantial research results and must not exceed eight (8) pages of content, plus unlimited pages of ethical considerations, supplementary material statements, and references. The supplementary material statement provides detailed descriptions to support the reproduction of the results presented in the paper (see below for details). The final versions of long papers will be given one additional page of content (up to 9 pages) so that reviewers' comments can be taken into account. Short papers are more appropriate for presenting an ongoing research effort and must not exceed four (4) pages, plus unlimited pages of ethical considerations, supplementary material statements, and references. The final versions of short papers will be given one additional page of content (up to 5 pages) so that reviewers' comments can be taken into account. Demo papers should be no more than two (2) pages, including references, and should describe implemented systems relevant to the NLG community. It also should include a link to a short screencast of the working software. In addition, authors of demo papers must be willing to present a demo of their system during INLG 2026. Next to the standard paper types (surveys, experiments, resource papers, position papers), we also welcome squibs: papers that present an empirical or theoretical issue without necessarily providing a solution. NON-ARCHIVAL TRACK Through the non-archival track, we hope to foster more discussion on current trends in NLG, and to offer a space for researchers to obtain feedback on their current projects. For this track, we welcome two kinds of submissions: - Papers published elsewhere. These may be published either in a journal or at another conference, and should be relevant to the INLG audience. - Work in progress. These may be papers about completed work that has not yet been published or preliminary results that merit discussion at the conference. Submissions should consist of a title and a short abstract (max. 300 words). Submissions for the non-archival track will undergo a light review process (assessing the relevance of the submission for INLG), and accepted works will be presented as posters. FORMAT Submissions should follow ACL Author Guidelines and policies for submission, review and citation, and be anonymised for double blind reviewing. Please use ACL style files; LaTeX style files and Microsoft Word templates are available at https://acl-org.github.io/ACLPUB/formatting.html. Authors must honor the ethical code set out in the ACL Code of Ethics. If your work raises any ethical issues, you should include an explicit discussion of those issues. This will also be taken into account in the review process. You may find this checklist of use. Authors are strongly encouraged to ensure that their work is reproducible; see, e.g., the following reproducibility checklist. Papers involving any kind of experimental results (human judgments, system outputs, etc) should incorporate a data availability statement into their paper. Authors are asked to indicate whether the data is made publicly available. If the data is not made available, authors should provide a brief explanation why. (E.g. because the data contains proprietary information.) A statement guide is available on the INLG 2026 website. To submit a long or short paper to INLG 2026, authors can either submit directly or commit a paper previously reviewed by ARR. For direct submissions, the deadline for submitting papers is July 15, 2026, 11:59:59 PM (Anywhere on Earth). If committing an ARR paper to INLG, the submission is also made through the INLG 2026 paper submission site, indicating the link of the paper on OpenReview. The deadline for committing an ARR paper to INLG is August 5, 2026, 11:59:59 PM AOE, and the last eligible ARR paper submission deadline for INLG 2026 is May 25, 2026. Demo papers should be submitted directly through the INLG 2026 paper submission site by July 15, 2026, 11:59:59 PM AOE. All accepted papers will be published in the INLG 2026 proceedings and included in the ACL anthology. A paper accepted for presentation at INLG 2026 must not have been presented at any other meeting with publicly available proceedings. Dual submission to other conferences is permitted, provided that authors clearly indicate this in the submission form. If the paper is accepted at both venues, the authors will need to choose which venue to present at, since they can not present the same paper twice. Submitted papers for review at INLG 2026 must not be published elsewhere until after the notification of acceptance. Finally, at least one of the authors of an accepted paper must register to attend the conference. AWARDS INLG 2026 will present several awards to recognize outstanding achievements in the field. These awards are: - Best Long Paper Award: This award will be given to the best long paper submission based on its originality, impact, and contribution to the field of NLG. - Best Short Paper Award: This award will be given to the best short paper submission based on its originality, impact, and contribution to the field of NLG. - Best Demo Paper Award: This award will recognize the best demo paper submitted to the conference. This award considers not only the paper's quality but also the demonstration given at the conference. The demonstration will play a significant role in the judging process. - Best Evaluation Award: The award was introduced at INLG 2024. This award is designed to honour authors who have demonstrated the most comprehensive and insightful analysis in evaluating their results. This award aims to highlight papers where the authors have gone the extra mile in providing a thorough and detailed analysis of their results, offering a nuanced understanding of their findings. COMMUNICATION CHANNELS Website: https://2026.inlgmeeting.org/ Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/siggen.bsky.social LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/siggen/ Mastodon: https://fediscience.org/@siggen_acl X (formerly Twitter): twitter.com/inlgmeeting —————————————————————————————————————————————————————— Groeten, Emiel van Miltenburg Tilburg University Department of Communication and Cognition (DCC) Tilburg Center for Cognition and Communication (TiCC) Werkdagen: Maandag, Woensdag, Donderdag, Vrijdag. www.emielvanmiltenburg.nl | Github: https://github.com/evanmiltenburg Groeten, Emiel van Miltenburg Tilburg University Department of Communication and Cognition (DCC) Tilburg Center for Cognition and Communication (TiCC) Werkdagen: Maandag, Woensdag, Donderdag, Vrijdag. www.emielvanmiltenburg.nl | Github: https://github.com/evanmiltenburg

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Call for Participation(26/6/2026 online or in person): Workshop on Mechanistic Interpretability and Neuro-symbolic Models by-design
by fabio.massimo.zanzotto＠uniroma2.it 23 Jun '26

23 Jun '26

Site: <https://sites.google.com/view/memo-workshop/> MeMo Workshop https://sites.google.com/view/memo-workshop/ Date: 26/6/2026 Location: online or in person (Rome, Italy) Registration link (free but necessary): <https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=Kr7FJGTXxUCZdYLQiuR9Dnl 0_dxZ6e5PtNMq7QTRydxUNkpEODRHQkFVWEhJTDE5S0NCSkdVR0hLQi4u> Register here Are you surprised about the ability of LLMs to perform complex reasoning tasks? Do you have a particular keenness for cracking the code of their inner workings? If the answer is yes, that's the case you are working in mechanistic interpretability or in neuro-symbolic reasoning of LLMs. Then, this is the workshop for you! Observing properties and understanding the inner workings are two sides of the same coin. Another way is possible (e.g., <https://aclanthology.org/2025.findings-acl.785/> Position Paper: MeMo: Towards Language Models with Associative Memory Mechanisms - ACL Anthology)! In the workshop, authors will discuss focused contributions on: * Mechanistic Interpretability by-design * Neuro-symbolic approaches by-design Apologies for multiple posting, but we really hope to see you there.

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Call for Participation: MRL Shared Task at EMNLP 2026
by ljvm2＠cam.ac.uk 22 Jun '26

22 Jun '26

Call for Participation: MRL Shared Task at EMNLP 2026 =========================================== As part of the Multilingual Representation Learning Workshop at EMNLP 2026, we are organizing another collaborative shared task. We are asking contributors to write culturally specific question-answer pairs in their language. All contributors to the dataset will be *invited to be authors on the dataset paper*, which we will submit for publication next year. This is a great project if you’re looking to get involved in NLP research for the first time! We are accepting submissions in any language, but we especially welcome submissions in languages with few speakers and non-standard varieties! Last year, we collectively created a benchmark for over 140 language varieties with over 350 collaborators around the world, called Global PIQA. We are hoping to create another huge dataset with at least as much impact. Help us make sure your language is represented! If you are interested in contributing or getting updates, please fill out the Interest Form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeFeJihiU8UHmb51zuBtLGfa1xq5Lf3tWf… [1] See our task website for up-to-date information: https://mrlbenchmarks.github.io/ [2] And join our Discord to meet potential collaborators! https://discord.com/invite/35tgtC36eT [3] Follow the workshop account on Twitter/X [4] and Bluesky [5] for updates and announcements! Organizing Committee ================== * Catherine Arnett, EleutherAI * Tyler Chang, Google DeepMind * Jesujoba Alabi, Saarland University * Omer Goldman, University of Cambridge * Lj V. Miranda, University of Cambridge * David Stap, NXAI Important Dates ============= * June 8th 2026: Call for participation released, task specifications and submission guidelines published. * July 10th 2026: Information Session, online event to find out how to participate and ask questions. * August 1st 2026: Dataset submission deadline, submit your dataset and dataset description. * September 2026: Decision notification, acceptance decisions sent to participants. * Early October 2026: Benchmark paper publication, organizers work with authors to compile and publish the final dataset and paper. * October 24-29 2026: MRL Workshop @ EMNLP 2026, shared task results presented at the workshop. Important Links ============= [1] https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeFeJihiU8UHmb51zuBtLGfa1xq5Lf3tWf… [2] https://mrlbenchmarks.github.io/ [3] https://discord.com/invite/35tgtC36eT [4] https://x.com/mrl_workshop [5] https://bsky.app/profile/mrl-workshop.bsky.social

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LxGr2026: Call for Participation - one week to register
by Costas Gabrielatos 22 Jun '26

22 Jun '26

11th Symposium on Corpus Approaches to Lexicogrammar (LxGr2026) LxGr2026 will be held online on Thursday 2 and Friday 3 July 2026. Registration closes in one week (30 June). Programme, abstracts, and registration (free): https://sites.edgehill.ac.uk/lxgr Invited Speakers Stefan Th. Gries<https://www.stgries.info/> (University of California, Santa Barbara, USA) Martin Hilpert<http://members.unine.ch/martin.hilpert> (University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland) Serge Sharoff<https://ssharoff.github.io/> (University of Leeds, UK) If you have problems registering, or have any questions, please contact lxgr(a)edgehill.ac.uk<mailto:lxgr@edgehill.ac.uk>. ________________________________ Edge Hill University<http://ehu.ac.uk/home/emailfooter> Modern University of the Year, The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2022<http://ehu.ac.uk/tef/emailfooter> University of the Year, Educate North 2021/21 ________________________________ This message is private and confidential. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender and remove it from your system. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Edge Hill or associated companies. Edge Hill University may monitor email traffic data and also the content of email for the purposes of security and business communications during staff absence.<http://ehu.ac.uk/itspolicies/emailfooter>

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Model Compression Shared Task @ WMT 2026 - Second (Last) Call for Participation
by Marco Gaido 22 Jun '26

22 Jun '26

Dear all, Apologies for cross-posting. We are pleased to announce the second call of the Model Compression Shared Task <https://www2.statmt.org/wmt26/model-compression.html> at WMT 2026 <https://www2.statmt.org/wmt26/>. This shared task aims to evaluate the potential of model compression techniques in reducing the size of general-purpose large language models, with the goal of achieving an optimal balance between practical deployability and high translation quality in specific machine translation (MT) scenarios. The task’s broader objectives include fostering research into the efficient, accessible, and sustainable deployment of LLMs for MT, establishing a common evaluation framework to monitor progress in model compression across a wide range of languages, and enabling meaningful comparisons with state-of-the-art MT systems through standardized evaluation protocols designed to assess not only translation quality but also computational efficiency. Although the focus is on model compression, the task is closely aligned with the General MT shared task <https://www2.statmt.org/wmt26/translation-task.html>, sharing test data from a subset of its language directions, as well as protocols for automatic MT quality evaluation. Additionally, the task follows the same timeline as the flagship WMT task. We warmly invite participation from academic teams and industry players interested in applying existing compression methods to MT or exploring innovative, cutting-edge approaches. THE TASK IN A NUTSHELL Goal: Reduce the size of a general-purpose LLM while maintaining a balance between model compactness and MT performance. Languages: The second round of the task will focus on a subset of the languages covered by the General MT task, namely: Czech to German, English to Chinese (Simplified), and English to Arabic (Egyptian). Conditions: - Constrained: Participants will compress a specific model, using a predefined pool of data for calibration and fine-tuning (if needed) to ensure directly comparable results. - Unconstrained: Participants are free to compress any model, provided its original size is below 20B parameters, and use any additional data for calibration and fine-tuning. Participation format: Participants will share their compressed models to be run on a standardized hardware environment provided by the organizers. Evaluation Criteria: - Translation quality: Automatically assessed using multiple metrics, e.g. Comet, MetricX, and an LLM-as-a-judge framework. - Model size: Defined by memory usage. - Inference speed: Measured by total processing time over the test set. IMPORTANT DATES - Test data and submission information has just been released - Model Submission deadline: July 2, 2026 - System description paper submission: in line with WMT26 <https://www2.statmt.org/wmt26/index.html> - Camera-ready submission: in line with WMT26 <https://www2.statmt.org/wmt26/index.html> - WMT 2026 Conference (co-located with EMNLP2026 <https://2026.emnlp.org/> in Budapest, Hungary): November, 2026 WEBSITE: https://www2.statmt.org/wmt26/model-compression.html ORGANIZERS: Marco Gaido, Fondazione Bruno Kessler Matteo Negri, Fondazione Bruno Kessler Roman Grundkiewicz - Microsoft Translator TG Gowda - Microsoft Translator CONTACTS: Marco Gaido - mgaido(a)fbk.eu Matteo Negri - negri(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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Second CfP and Deadline Extension: 9th Workshop on Natural Language for Artificial Intelligence (NL4AI)
by Elisa Leonardelli 22 Jun '26

22 Jun '26

═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════ NL4AI 2026 – 9th Workshop on Natural Language for Artificial Intelligence, at the 24th International Conference of the Italian Association for Artificial Intelligence (AIxIA 2026 <https://aixia2026.unipg.it/>) 6–9 October 2026 | Perugia, Italy ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════ Website: http://sag.art.uniroma2.it/NL4AI/ Contact Email: nl4ai2026(a)gmail.com ── IMPORTANT DATES ────────────────── [EXTENDED] Paper Submission deadline: 29 June 2026 6 July 2026 🚨 Notification to authors: 31 July 2026 Camera-ready due: 26 August 2026 Workshop Dates: 6–9 October 2026 ──────────────────────────────────── We are pleased to invite submissions to NL4AI 2026, the Ninth Workshop on Natural Language for Artificial Intelligence, to be held in Perugia from the 6th to the 9th of October 2026, within the 24th International Conference of the Italian Association for Artificial Intelligence (AIxIA 2026), and supported by AILC (http://www.ai-lc.it/). The goal of NL4AI is to explore the role of Computational Linguistics and Natural Language Processing in Artificial Intelligence applications. We believe that new technological challenges and opportunities arise at the boundary between NLP and AI. On the one hand, AI applications benefit from a deeper understanding of problems related to Natural Language, and thus the integration of advanced NLP techniques. On the other hand, NLP benefits greatly from being used in wider areas of AI where problems and methodologies related to NL can be evaluated in new contexts. TOPICS OF INTEREST Topics include but are not limited to: - NLP and AI Applications (health, legal domain, social media and journalism, etc.) - Natural Language Interfaces for Human Robot Interaction - Resources, Benchmarks, and Evaluation - Discourse and Pragmatics - Semantics - Natural Language Generation - Creativity, Style, and Narrative Generation - Summarization - Information Extraction in AI Applications - Machine Learning for NLP - LLMs, Foundation Models and Applications - Interpretability, Explainability and Analysis of Models for NLP - Natural Language Inference - Question Answering and Reading Comprehension - Sentiment Analysis, Opinion Mining, and Argumentation - Abusive Language Detection and Analysis - NLP for Fact Checking, Fake News Detection and Analysis - Conversational Agents in Human-Computer Interaction - Speech and Spoken Language Processing - Language and other Multimodality - Multimodal (text-image) data sources - Machine Translation and Multilinguality - Low-Resource NLP and Linguistic Diversity - Cognitive Modeling and Psycholinguistics - Computational Historical Linguistics, Social Science, and Cultural Analytics - Ethics, Fairness, and Societal Impacts of NLP - NLP and Industrial Challenges Accepted papers will be published in the workshop proceedings via CEUR Workshop Proceedings. Depending on the number and quality of papers received, we will consider proposing a special issue in relevant journals. The Program Committee will select the Best Workshop Paper from the accepted papers. SUBMISSIONS We encourage original submissions that describe new theoretical models, applied techniques, and research in progress. Substantial extensions to works already published or presented in other locations are welcome as well. We invite two kinds of submissions: - Short/Demo Paper. Maximum length of 6 pages + up to 2 pages of Acknowledgements/Declaration on Generative AI/References - Regular Papers. Maximum length of 12 pages + up to 2 pages of references Acknowledgements/Declaration on Generative AI/References Please note that papers with less than 25000 characters will be considered short papers in the CEUR proceedings. Submissions Evaluation. Submissions will be peer-reviewed (single-blind) by the program committee members. Evaluation criteria will include novelty, significance for theory/practice, technical soundness, and quality of presentation. Note that reviewers will not be required to evaluate appendices providing a review of the papers. Appendices are intended for including details for reproducibility and/or additional results. How to Submit. Proceedings shall be submitted to CEUR-WS.org for online publication and all papers must follow the 2022 CEUR-ART - 1 Column paper style. The LaTeX template can be downloaded as source file from the NL4AI website <http://sag.art.uniroma2.it/NL4AI/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/CEURART-NL4AI-2…> or accessed as a Template in Overleaf <https://it.overleaf.com/read/cfvwgnqpvpys#a7a014>. All the papers should be submitted via EasyChair: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=nl4ai2026 Note: All submissions must be compatible with CEUR (https://ceur-ws.org/) and include the CEUR Declaration on Generative AI section ( https://ceur-ws.org/GenAI/Policy.html). Papers missing this section will be desk rejected. WORKSHOP ORGANIZERS Alessandro Bondielli (University of Pisa) Giovanni Bonetta (Fondazione Bruno Kessler) Elisa Leonardelli (Fondazione Bruno Kessler) Irene Siragusa (University of Palermo) We look forward to seeing you in Perugia! The NL4AI 2026 Workshop Organizers -- -- 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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37th IEEE International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering (ISSRE 2026): Last Call for Replications and Negative Results
by Announce 21 Jun '26

21 Jun '26

*** Last Call for Replication and Negative Results *** 37th IEEE International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering (ISSRE 2026) October 20-23, 2026, 5* St. Raphael Resort and Marina Limassol, Cyprus https://cyprusconferences.org/issre2026/ The Replications and Negative Results (RENE) Track has been introduced in the software engineering community for a while and received overwhelmingly positive feedback. This year, we establish this track at ISSRE and invite researchers to (1) replicate results from previous papers and (2) publish studies with important and relevant negative or null results (results that fail to show an effect, yet demonstrate the research paths that did not pay off). We also encourage the publication of the negative results or replicable aspects of previously published work. For example, authors of a published paper reporting a working solution for a given problem can document in a “negative results paper” other (failed) attempts they made before defining the working solution they published. • Replication studies. The papers in this category must go beyond simply re- implementing an algorithm and/or re-running the artifacts provided by the original paper. Such submissions should at least apply the approach to new data sets (open-source or proprietary). A replication study should clearly report on results that the authors were able to replicate, as well as on the aspects of the work that were not replicable. • Negative results papers. We seek papers that report on negative results. We seek negative results for all types of program comprehension research in any empirical area (qualitative, quantitative, case study, experiment, etc.). For example, did your controlled experiment not show an improvement over the baseline? Even if negative, results obtained are still valuable when they are either not obvious or disprove widely accepted wisdom. Evaluation Criteria Both Replication Studies and Negative Results submissions will be evaluated according to the following standards: • Depth and breadth of the empirical studies • Clarity of writing • Appropriateness of conclusions • Amount of useful, actionable insights • Availability of artifacts • Underlying methodological rigor. A negative result due primarily to misaligned expectations or due to lack of statistical power (small samples) is not a good submission. The negative result should be a result of a lack of effect, not a lack of methodological rigor. Most importantly, we expect replication studies to clearly point out the artifacts upon which the study is built, and to provide the links to all the artifacts in the submission (the only exception will be given to those papers that replicate the results on proprietary datasets that can not be publicly released). Submission Instructions Submissions must be original, in the sense that the findings and writing have not been previously published or under consideration elsewhere. However, as either replication studies or negative results, some overlap with previous work is expected. Please make clear in the paper the overlap with and difference from previous work. All submissions must be in PDF format and conform, at time of submission, to the IEEE Computer Society Format Guidelines: (https://www.ieee.org/conferences/publishing/templates). Authors are strongly encouraged to print the PDF and review it for integrity (fonts, symbols, equations, etc.) before submission, as defective printing can undermine a paper’s chance of success. By submitting to the ISSRE RENE Track, authors acknowledge that they are aware of and agree to be bound by the IEEE Plagiarism FAQ. In particular, papers submitted to the RENE track must not have been published elsewhere and must not be under review or submitted for review elsewhere whilst under consideration for ISSRE 2026. Contravention of this concurrent submission policy will be deemed a serious breach of scientific ethics, and appropriate action will be taken in all such cases. To check for double submission and plagiarism issues, the chairs reserve the right to (1) share the list of submissions with the PC Chairs of other conferences with overlapping review periods and (2) use external plagiarism detection software, under contract to the IEEE, to detect violations of these policies. Submissions to the RENE Track can be made via the ISSRE RENE track submission site： https://easychair.org/conferences?conf=issre2026 . Submission Length: The ISSRE RENE Track accepts submissions of two lengths: (1) New replication studies and new descriptions of negative results should have a length of up to 10 pages, plus 2 pages which may only contain references. (2) Negative results documented during the preparation of previously published work by the authors should be described in up to 5 pages, plus 1 page, which may only contain references (e.g., as previously mentioned, authors of a published paper can document negative results they obtained while working on it, such as methodologically sound solutions that did not work). Important note 1: Both types of papers (replication and negative results) will be included as part of the main conference proceedings. Important note 2: The RENE track does not follow a double-anonymous review process. Publication and Presentation Upon notification of acceptance, all authors of accepted papers will receive further instructions for preparing the camera-ready versions of their submissions. If a submission is accepted, at least one author of the paper is required to have a full registration for ISSRE 2026, attend the conference, and present the paper in person. All accepted papers will be published in the conference electronic proceedings. The presentation is expected to be delivered in person, unless this is impossible due to travel limitations (e.g., related to health or visa). Details about the presentations will follow the notifications. The official publication date is the date the proceedings are made available in the IEEE Digital Libraries. The official publication date affects the deadline for any patent filings related to published work. Purchases of additional pages in the proceedings are not allowed. Important Dates (AoE) • Submission deadline: July 5, 2026 • Notification of acceptance: August 12, 2026 • Camera-ready copy submission: August 19, 2026 • Author registration deadline: August 19, 2026 Organisation General Chairs • Leonardo Mariani, University of Milano - Bicocca, Italy • George A. Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus Program Coordinator • Roberto Natella, GSSI, Italy Research Program Committee Chairs • Domenico Cotroneo, UNC Charlotte, USA • Jie M. Zhang, King's College London, UK Industry Program Chairs • Jinyang Liu, Bytedance, USA • Sigrid Eldh, Ericsson AB, Sweden Workshop Chairs • Georgia Kapitsaki, University of Cyprus, Cyprus • August Shi, The University of Texas at Austin, USA Doctoral Symposium Chairs • Stefan Winter, LMU Munich, Germany • Lili Wei, McGill University, Canada Fast Abstract Chairs • Luigi Lavazza, University of Insubria, Italy • Yintong Huo, SMU, Singapore JIC2 Chair • Helene Waeselynck, LAAS-CNRS, France Publicity Chairs • Allison K. Sulivan, The University of Texas at Arlington, USA • Jose D'Abruzzo Pereira, University of Coimbra, Portugal Publication Chairs • Sherlock Licorish, Otago Business School, New Zealand • Maria Teresa Rossi, GSSI, Italy Artifact Evaluation Chairs • Naghmeh Ivaki, University of Coimbra, Portugal • Fumio Machida, University of Tsukuba, Japan Diversity and Inclusion Chair • Eleni Constantinou, University of Cyprus, Cyprus Financial Chair • Costas Pattichis, University of Cyprus, Cyprus Web Chairs • Michalis Ioannides, Easy Conferences LTD • Elena Masserini, University of Milano - Bicocca, Italy Registration Chair • Easy Conferences LTD

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[ÚLTIMA CHAMADA] XVII Encontro de Linguística de Corpus (ELC) e XIV Escola Brasileira de Linguística Computacional (EBRALC)
by Jackson Souza 19 Jun '26

19 Jun '26

*XVII Encontro de Linguística de Corpus (ELC)* *XIV Escola Brasileira de Linguística Computacional (EBRALC)* *9 a 12 de novembro de 2026, na Universidade Federal da Bahia* *ÚLTIMA CHAMADA* para ELC/EBRALC 2026, um dos principais encontros acadêmicos dedicados às relações entre linguagem, tecnologia e sociedade. Nesta edição, o evento trará como tema central: *“Linguística de Corpus, Inteligência Artificial e Transformação Digital: Dados, Métodos e Impactos Sociais na Era Digital”.* O evento [presencial] reunirá pesquisadores, estudantes e profissionais interessados em discutir os desafios e as oportunidades das tecnologias linguísticas contemporâneas, com foco em inteligência artificial, ética de dados e análise baseada em grandes volumes de informação. O *ELC* consolida-se como um espaço de divulgação científica e debate acadêmico, promovendo o intercâmbio de pesquisas sobre linguagem em contextos digitais e sociais. Já a *EBRALC* possui caráter formativo, oferecendo oficinas e minicursos voltados à aplicação prática de ferramentas de Linguística de Corpus e Processamento de Linguagem Natural. Nesta edição, o encontro será realizado na *Universidade Federal da Bahia (UFBA)*, fortalecendo a presença da pesquisa linguística baseada em dados na região Nordeste e incentivando o diálogo interdisciplinar. Compartilhem a chamada em suas respectivas instituições e programas de pós-graduação! *Indicações de temas* ● Linguística de corpus e análise baseada em dados ● Processamento de Linguagem Natural ● Modelos de linguagem e representação semântica ● Métodos computacionais e análise de dados linguísticos ● Linguagem, discurso e cultura digital ● Ética, governança e impactos sociais da IA ● Linguística de corpus aplicada ● Terminologia, Lexicografia ● Tradução ● Linguística de corpus e ensino ● Linguística de corpus e cultura digital *Datas importantes* *28/06/2026* – Submissão de trabalhos para ELC *28/06/2026* – Submissão de propostas de oficinas/minicursos para EBRALC *27/07/2026* – Resposta aos autores/proponentes *09/08/2026* – Envio das versões finais 09 a 12/11/2026 – Realização do evento *Submissão de propostas* Acesse o formulário: https://forms.gle/d8uHzNY86xWSh7YSA *Dúvidas e contato* Site do evento <https://sites.google.com/view/elc-ebralc2026/in%C3%ADcio>. elcebralc2026(a)gmail.com | acksoncruz(a)ufba.br <jacksoncruz(a)ufba.br> --

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Two PhD positions in Uncertainty Quantification and Communication for LLMs
by Christian Hardmeier 19 Jun '26

19 Jun '26

We have two open PhD positions in our project on Uncertainty Quantification and Communication for Large Language Models. Large language models (LLMs) have become immensely popular tools for laypeople and experts to find quick answers to any questions, including such that require specialized knowledge or complex reasoning. Their replies are far from always correct. Right or wrong, but often couched in a confident and persuasive tone, they may fool even experts into believing entirely false statements. Accurate and trustworthy LLM tools must know how much confidence a model has in its output and communicate this to the user in a nuanced and understandable form, respecting the principles of communication between humans. Our interdisciplinary project unites machine learning, natural language processing and linguistics. We study how LLMs acquire and verbally communicate (un)certainty, develop novel methods in Bayesian uncertainty quantification and apply them to LLMs in health applications. Using methods from linguistics, we emphasize targeted communication that gets interpreted correctly by diverse users, including laypeople and experts, and create LLMs that communicate their uncertainty according to humanlike standards. One position is in natural language processing at the IT University of Copenhagen, supervised by me and Jes Frellsen (DTU). In this position, you will develop methods to help LLMs express their uncertainty in a way that humans understand, while matching the perceived uncertainty to the model's internal state. Application deadline 24 June (very soon!). This position was advertised before. Apply here: https://candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationInit.aspx?cid=119&ProjectId=181… The second position is in machine learning at the Technical University of Denmark, supervised by Jes Frellsen and me. In this position, you will develop efficient machine learning methods to quantify the uncertainty of large language models. This position is new. Application deadline 7 August. Apply here: https://efzu.fa.em2.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/da/sites/CX_2… Both positions include an extended research stay at the University of Edinburgh, the first with Prof. Hannah Rohde (Linguistics) and the second with Prof. Ivan Titov (NLP/machine learning). -- Christian Hardmeier Associate Professor, IT University of Copenhagen https://christianhardmeier.rax.ch/

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CFP: 47th Translating and the Computer Conference (TC47)
by Amal Haddad 19 Jun '26

19 Jun '26

Call for Presentations and papers 47th Translating and the Computer Conference (TC47) Luxembourg, 8 to 10 December 2026 https://asling.org/tc47/ [1] AI-assisted or AI-eclipsed? Language services between promise and pressure AsLing invites submissions for the 47th edition of the Translating and the Computer Conference (TC47), to be held from 8 to 10 December 2026 in Luxembourg. The TC conference series brings together professionals, researchers, developers and decision-makers from the language industry, academia and public institutions. TC47 will explore how technological innovation - particularly AI - is reshaping multilingual communication, raising new questions about human agency, professional ethics, and sustainable practices in the language services sector. Conference theme _AI-assisted or AI-eclipsed? Language Services between Promise and Pressure_ _ _ From Machine Translation and LLMs applied to translation, language professionals face unprecedented change. TC47 invites reflection on how to navigate this evolving landscape - to ensure that technology empowers rather than eclipses, and that multilingual communication remains inclusive, trusted and professionally grounded. We especially welcome contributions exploring: * Synergy between human expertise and AI-powered tools * The role of AI in promoting or undermining inclusion and equity * Strategies for sustainable and ethical language services * Cross-sector collaboration between academia, industry, and institutions Submissions not focused on AI are equally welcome, particularly those addressing broader trends in multilingual communication, training, translation workflows, and evolving professional practices. We also welcome critical reviews and discussions on: * The broader impact of AI and automation on the language industry * Implications for training, education and career development of language professionals * Coexistence of AI and traditional practices * Impact of AI on language professionals * Adoption barriers and risks for LSPs new to AI * Future trends in translation, interpreting, and localisation - with or without AI * Responsible and sustainable development in language technologies (environmental, social, professional) Key areas of interest Include, but are not limited to: * Multilingual NLP and large language models * Human-in-control systems vs. human-in-the-loop AI * Terminology management and controlled language * AI readiness and digital transformation in LSPs * NLP, semantic technologies and linked data * Collaborative translation tools and environments * Quality assurance, benchmarking and evaluation * Training, professional development and digital upskilling * Inclusive and culturally aware AI systems * Sustainable practices across the language lifecycle * Language policy and digital language equality * FAIR data, corpora and infrastructure * Ethical implications and human oversight * Empowering language professionals to shape - not just use - AI tools * Non-AI innovations and evolutions in translation, interpreting, localisation or terminology work We invite: * Innovative research: studies that expand the boundaries of language technologies, multilingual NLP, or AI ethics. * Practical applications: case studies from public or private sector stakeholders showcasing language technology use and development. * Workshops and panels: interactive formats encouraging dialogue on timely, challenging or divisive issues in AI and language work. * Critical reflections: well-argued contributions questioning current uses of AI and proposing alternative, human-centred approaches. * Posters and short talks: snapshots of emerging projects, tools, or preliminary research. Submission tracks All submissions are for talks, within the following categories: * Research track (Academic) * 20-minute talk * Followed by a paper (max. 5,000 words) presenting original, unpublished research * User experience track (Non-academic) * 20-minute talk * Optional post-facto paper (max. 5,000 words) detailing workflows, tools or implementation cases * Posters / Short talks * 7-8-minute talk * Followed by a paper (max. 2,000 words) outlining a project, experiment, or tool * Workshops and panels * Interactive sessions with multiple speakers * Moderators may submit an optional post-facto paper summarising key takeaways Submission instructions Submissions must be made via the START conference submission system: https://www.softconf.com/p/tc2026 [2] Important dates * Deadline for research/user experience talks: 30 June 2026 ➤ Notification of acceptance: 31 August 2026 * Deadline for workshops and panels: 31 July 2026 ➤ Notification of acceptance: 15 September 2026 * Deadline for posters and short talks: 15 September 2026 ➤ Notification of acceptance: 30 September 2026 * Final paper submission (except post facto workshop and panel papers): 31 October 2026 * Conference dates: 8-10 December 2026 Submission guidelines Detailed submission guidelines, including templates and formatting instructions, will be available on the TC47 conference website. We look forward to your contributions that will help shape the future of language services through innovation, collaboration, and inclusivity. Why submit to TC47? TC47 offers a unique opportunity to engage in a multi-stakeholder dialogue that bridges research, practice and policy. It is a space for shared reflection on what language professionals need, what tools actually deliver and how we co-create a future where humans and AI work better together. For any questions, reporting of problems concerning submissions or the Conference at least, please email tc47-info(a)asling.org. Let's explore, challenge and shape the future of multilingual communication together! -- 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. 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Computational Linguistics Fall School in Nuremberg, Germany (Sep 21-Oct 2)
by Michael Roth 19 Jun '26

19 Jun '26

We are excited to announce the Computational Linguistics Fall School 2026! From 21 September to 2 October 2026, the CL Fall School will take place at the University of Technology Nuremberg in Germany. The Fall School is aimed at Master's students and early-stage PhD students from linguistics and computer science who want to deepen their knowledge of Computational Linguistics and Natural Language Processing. The focus is on courses covering topics that are not typically offered in regular degree programs. The event is sponsored by the German Society for Computational Linguistics and Language Technology (GSCL) and the Special Interest Group CL of the Linguistic Society of Germany (DGfS-CL). This year, participants will join in-person courses over two weeks on the following topics: * Programming for CL and NLP * Corpus linguistics methodology * Explainable NLP * NLP and sociolinguistics Registration is now open, with early bird registration available until 15 July 2026. More information and registration: https://cl-fallschool-2026.github.io/ We look forward to welcoming you in Nuremberg! --- Prof. Michael Roth [he/him] Natural Language Understanding Lab University of Technology Nuremberg Technische Universität Nürnberg

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PhD Position in Speech Processing
by Cieliebak Mark (ciel) 19 Jun '26

19 Jun '26

Dear List Moderator It would be great if you could forward the position below to your mailing list. Best wishes Mark Dear All The Centre for AI at Zurich University of Applied Sciences is offering a 3-year PhD position in Speech Processing for Swiss German: https://www.zhaw.ch/de/jobs/offene-stellen/stelleninserat/job/detail/3800605 Start: September 2026 Requirement: Good skills in German, but Swiss German not mandatory Best wishes Mark ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences CAI Centre for Artificial Intelligence Prof. Dr. Mark Cieliebak Technikumstrasse 71, TN 03.64 CH - 8401 Winterthur, Switzerland Phone: +41 58 934 72 39 Email: ciel(a)zhaw.ch<mailto:ciel@zhaw.ch> Web: https://www.zhaw.ch/de/ueber-uns/person/ciel

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2nd CFP: Data-driven Storytelling Workshop (DDS 2026) at ISWC – Submit by July 24th
by Pasquale Lisena 19 Jun '26

19 Jun '26

Dear colleagues, This is a second call for papers for the Data-driven Storytelling: Bridging Semantics, AI, and Narrative (DDS 2026) workshop, co-located with ISWC 2026. We invite submissions from researchers and practitioners in knowledge graphs, NLP, HCI, and generative AI to explore the role of semantic technologies in enhancing narrative creation and engagement. Important Dates Submission Deadline: July 24th, 2026 (23:59 AoE) Notifications: August 21st, 2026 Camera-ready Version: September 18th, 2026 Workshop Dates: October 25-26, 2026 We welcome submissions of research papers, demos, and short papers addressing topics such as: • Knowledge graphs and ontologies for storytelling • AI-driven narrative generation (LLMs, GenAI) • Benchmarking narrative quality and coherence • Interactive and participatory storytelling tools • Ethics and explainability in automated storytelling Website and submission: https://data-driven-storytelling-workshop.replit.app/ We look forward to your contributions! Best regards, -- Pasquale Lisena EURECOM, Campus SophiaTech 450 route des Chappes, 06410 Biot, France e-mail: pasquale.lisena(a)eurecom.fr site: http://pasqlisena.github.io/

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Save the date – COLING 2027
by Joakim Nivre 19 Jun '26

19 Jun '26

Preliminary Call for Papers We announce that the 32nd International Conference on Computational Linguistics (COLING 2027) will take place in Macau, China, May 9-14 2027. COLING 2027 invites the submission of long and short papers featuring substantial, original, and unpublished research in all aspects of computational linguistics and natural language processing. More details soon. * Conference website: https://2027.coling-iccl.org/ Paper Submission Information This year, COLING will adopt the ARR system for reviewing. Papers may be submitted to the ARR 2026 October cycle. Papers that have already received reviews and a meta-review from ARR from earlier cycles can also be committed to COLING 2027. Please note that NAACL 2027 will also use the October ARR cycle for reviewing. Important Dates * ARR submission deadline (long & short papers): October 12, 2026 * Main Conference: May 9–14, 2027 General Chairs * Katrin Erk, University of Massachusetts Amherst * Chengqing Zong, Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences Program Chairs * Minlie Huang, Tsinghua University * Joakim Nivre, Uppsala University * Alexis Palmer, University of Colorado Boulder * Sina Zarrieß, University of Bielefeld * Email: coling2027-pcchairs(a)googlegroups.com<mailto:coling2027-pcchairs@googlegroups.com> När du har kontakt med oss på Uppsala universitet med e-post så innebär det att vi behandlar dina personuppgifter. För att läsa mer om hur vi gör det kan du läsa här: http://www.uu.se/om-uu/dataskydd-personuppgifter/ E-mailing Uppsala University means that we will process your personal data. For more information on how this is performed, please read here: http://www.uu.se/en/about-uu/data-protection-policy

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[Second Call for Participation] WMT 2026 Shared Task on Multitask LLMs with Limited Resources
by daryna.dementieva＠tum.de 18 Jun '26

18 Jun '26

Our WMT 2026 Shared Task on Multitask LLMs with Limited Resources, co-located with EMNLP 2026 is entering the second phase! Task website: https://www2.statmt.org/wmt26/limited-resources-llm.html?utm_source=chatgpt… Google Group: https://groups.google.com/g/llms-with-limited-resources-2026?utm_source=cha… This shared task extends the WMT 2025 edition on low-resource LLMs by introducing three additional multitask settings: * Spell Checking * Grammar Checking * modern evaluation of Maths Reasoning The benchmark focuses on low-resource evaluation for three languages: Ukrainian (uk), Upper Sorbian (hsb), andLower Sorbian (dsb). Participants are required to train a single multitask model based on the Qwen3.5-2B family and jointly evaluate it on all tasks: * Machine Translation * Multiple-Choice Question Answering * Math Reasoning (new) * Spell Checking (new) * Grammar Checking (new) The task aims to study: * Cross-task transfer in compact LLMs * Multitask learning under strict parameter constraints * Efficient adaptation for low-resource Slavic languages * Interactions between translation, linguistic correction, QA, and reasoning capabilities So, if you would like to challenge yourself in developing LLMs with restricted resources -- consider our shared task! Important dates (AoE): * Training/development data release: Now! * Test data release: end of June 2026 * Submission deadline: July 2026 We welcome participation from both academia and industry, especially teams interested in multilingual NLP, efficient LLM adaptation, low-resource machine translation, and multitask learning. Organisers (in alphabetical order): * Daryna Dementieva * Marion Di Marco * Lukas Edman * Alexander Fraser * Kathy Hämmerl * Shu Okabe All good vibes, Daryna Dementieva On behalf of LLMs with Limited Resources Shared task organisers

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Two fully funded positions at UEF in Finland
by Mikko Laitinen 18 Jun '26

18 Jun '26

Two Fully Funded Doctoral Positions in Languages, linguistics and discourse analysis The University of Eastern Finland is pleased to announce two fully funded doctoral positions within the Marie Skłodowska‑Curie Doctoral Programme (MSCA) in Finland. While the programme broadly focuses on interdisciplinary research on the sustainable forest‑based bioeconomy, two positions are specifically dedicated to language‑related research on sustainability, nature, and discourses. Key Facts * Application period: 11 June – 10 August 2026 * Employment duration: 48 months (fulltime) * Mobility: International mobility required (MSCA rules apply) * Total project duration: April 2026 – March 2031 * More information of the programme: https://sites.uef.fi/dp-fobi/ Position 1 Environmental Discourses and the Spread of Multilingual (Dis)information in Social Networks This project invites a doctoral candidate interested in how environment‑related discourses circulate in digital social networks. The research aims to examine how discourses and (dis)information about climate, the environment, and climate‑smart solutions spread across digital media platforms. Ideal Candidate Profile * Master’s degree in linguistics (general or subfields), computational linguistics, translation studies, or a closely related discipline * Competence with large‑scale datasets and computational tools such as R or Python * Strong expertise in the nuances of language use * Excellent written and oral English skills * Ability to work in more than one language is an advantage * Must meet the language requirements of the Doctoral Programme of the Philosophical Faculty at UEF (see: https://www.uef.fi/en/degree-programme/doctoral-programme-of-the-philosophi…) Further details: https://sites.uef.fi/dp-fobi/environmental-discourses/ Position 2 Contested Conceptualizations of Forest in Bioeconomy‑Related Discourses This project focuses on how forest and nature are conceptualized in public discourses related to bioeconomy. It examines the rhetorical, metaphorical, and affective strategies used to frame forest‑based solutions to societal and environmental challenges. Ideal Candidate Profile * Master’s degree in languages, translation studies, linguistics, media studies, communication studies, cultural studies, environmental humanities, or a related field * Excellent written and oral English skills * Must meet the language requirements of the Doctoral Programme of the Philosophical Faculty at UEF (see: https://www.uef.fi/en/degree-programme/doctoral-programme-of-the-philosophi…) * Ability to work in more than one language is an advantage * Prior methodological knowledge of metaphor analysis, rhetorical analysis, or other language‑data methods is beneficial but not required Further details: https://sites.uef.fi/dp-fobi/contested-conceptualizations/ More information: Position 1: Prof. Mikko Laitinen (mikko.laitinen(a)uef.fi<mailto:mikko.laitinen@uef.fi>) and Prof. Maarit Koponen (maarit.koponen(a)uef.fi<mailto:maarit.koponen@uef.fi>) Position 2: Dr. Esa Penttilä (esa.penttila(a)uef.fi<mailto:esa.penttila@uef.fi>) and Prof. Tuija Saresma (tuija.saresma(a)uef.fi<mailto:tuija.saresma@uef.fi>) -- Mikko Laitinen, PhD Professor of English mikko.laitinen(a)uef.fi PI of COMET Weak-tie hypothesis in complex digital networks (Research Council of Finland 2024-28) PI of FIN-CLARIAH Common Language Resources and Technology Infrastructure (2022-2029) https://uefconnect.uef.fi/en/person/mikko.laitinen/ --

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PostDoc position: AI for Science, Saarland University, Germany
by Dietrich Klakow 17 Jun '26

17 Jun '26

PostDoc position: AI for Science Saarland University, Germany =========================================== (Computer Science, Computational Linguistics, Bioinformatics, Physics, Mathematics or similar) In recent years a new field has emerged: AI for Science. Our group has a long and strong tradition in language modelling (several best paper awards at major NLP conferences) and is building on top of this. Our research is done in very close collaboration with the Helmholtz Institute for Pharmaceutical Research as well as the University Hospital, giving us access to exciting unique data. This position is topically open as long as it matches our group and the environment at Saarland University well. Fundamental and applied topics are equally welcome. The ideal candidate for the position would have: 1. Excellent knowledge of machine learning and deep learning 2. Excellent programming skills 3. PhD degree in Computer Science, Computational Linguistics, Bioinformatics, Physics, Mathematics, or similar 4. Successful experience working both independently and as part of a small team Salary: The PhD position will be full time on the German E13 scale (TV-L) which is about 4967€ per month before tax and social security contributions. The appointments will be for two years with a possible extension. Saarland University has a very strong computer science department (two Max Planck institutes, German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence) and is strong in medical/pharmaceutical research (CBI, HIPS, UKS). In both areas it is a leading location in Germany and Europe and therefore perfect for bridging from AI to science. How to apply: Please send us a letter of motivation, your CV, your transcripts, if available a list of publications, and the names and contact information of at least two references, as a single PDF or a link to a PDF if the file size is more than 5 MB. Please apply latest by July 1st, 2026. Contact: Applications and any further inquiries regarding our research should be directed to dietrich.klakow(a)lsv.uni-saarland.de <mailto:dietrich.klakow@lsv.uni-saarland.de>

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PhD position: AI for Science, Saarland University, Germany
by Dietrich Klakow 17 Jun '26

17 Jun '26

PhD position: AI for Science Saarland University, Germany =========================================== (Computer Science, Computational Linguistics, Bioinformatics, Physics, Mathematics or similar) In recent years a new field has emerged: AI for Science. Our group has a long and strong tradition in language modelling (several best paper awards at major NLP conferences) and is building on top of this. Our research is done in very close collaboration with the Helmholtz Institute for Pharmaceutical Research as well as the University Hospital, giving us access to exciting unique data. This position is topically open as long as it matches our group and the environment at Saarland University well. Fundamental and applied topics are equally welcome. The ideal candidate for the position would have: 1. Excellent knowledge of machine learning and deep learning 2. Excellent programming skills 3. Masters degree in Computer Science, Computational Linguistics, Bioinformatics, Physics, Mathematics, or similar 4. Successful experience working both independently and as part of a small team Salary: The PhD position will be 75% of full time on the German E13 scale (TV-L) which is about 3569€ per month before tax and social security contributions. The appointments will be for three years with a possible extension at 50% for a fourth year. Saarland University has a very strong computer science department (two Max Planck institutes, German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence) and is strong in medical/pharmaceutical research (CBI, HIPS, UKS). In both areas it is a leading location in Germany and Europe and therefore perfect for bridging from AI to science. How to apply: Please send us a letter of motivation, your CV, your transcripts, if available a list of publications, and the names and contact information of at least two references, as a single PDF or a link to a PDF if the file size is more than 5 MB. Please apply latest by July 1st, 2026. Contact: Applications and any further inquiries regarding our research should be directed to dietrich.klakow(a)lsv.uni-saarland.de <mailto:dietrich.klakow@lsv.uni-saarland.de>

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AraGenre 2026 shared task - First Call for Participation
by El-Haj, Mo 17 Jun '26

17 Jun '26

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

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37th IEEE International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering (ISSRE 2026): Last Mile for Fast Abstracts and Project Highlights Submissions
by Announce 17 Jun '26

17 Jun '26

*** Last Mile for Fast Abstracts and Project Highlights Submissions *** 37th IEEE International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering (ISSRE 2026) October 20-23, 2026, 5* St. Raphael Resort and Marina Limassol, Cyprus https://cyprusconferences.org/issre2026/ (*** Submission Deadline: June 25, 2026 AoE (extended and final!) ***) (*** Proceedings to be published by IEEE ***) A Fast Abstract (FA) or Project Highlights (PH) paper is a two-page, lightly reviewed technical article. The FA/PH track at ISSRE 2026 aims to bring together researchers and practitioners working in Software Reliability Engineering (SRE) to: • Introduce early original ideas. • Discuss relevant work-in-progress and ongoing experiences. • Challenge the SRE status quo on key topics. • Present critical analyses of prior work. • Share lessons learned from real-world SRE applications. • Propose new problems from industrial or academic experience. • Describe approaches to problems of significance that may not yet have complete results. In addition to traditional Fast Abstracts, the track welcomes Project Highlights (PH) papers. PH papers are expected to disseminate results, visions, methodologies, tools, and ongoing activities from national and international research projects (e.g., European, or multi- institutional initiatives). Project Highlights may include, but are not limited to: • Overviews of funded research projects and their objectives. • Project methodologies, architectures, and experimental frameworks. • Early or intermediate results, including lessons learned and preliminary insights. • Datasets, benchmarks, tools, platforms, and other project outcomes released or in progress. • Collaboration experiences, challenges, and emerging research directions from national or international projects. Project Highlights that can stimulate discussion and collaboration within the ISSRE community are welcome. Ongoing projects and projects completed not earlier than October 2025 are eligible. Accepted contributions will be published in the Supplemental Proceedings of ISSRE 2026 and made available via IEEE Xplore. Topics of Interest Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: • Reliability, safety, maintainability, security, survivability, resilience, robustness, and other dependability attributes. • Faults (defects, bugs, etc.), errors, failures, and other dependability threats. • Reliability of all systems, applications, networks, and software, including problems, solutions, and discussions. • Metrics, measurement, assessment, monitoring, modeling, estimation, and prediction regarding reliability. • Reliability of AI-powered software systems, including large language models (LLMs), autonomous agents, and AI-enabled applications. • Other contents about software reliability, such as normative/regulatory/ethical spaces, societal aspects, etc. Presentations The presentation might be in the form of a short talk in a Fast Abstracts/Project Highlights session or a poster. Further details about presentations and posters will be shared with authors upon notification. Submission Guidelines Manuscripts must be: • submitted via EasyChair as a single Portable Document Format (PDF) file with all fonts embedded; • written in English and be formatted according to the IEEE Computer Society Format Guidelines. Papers are submitted via Easy Chair https://easychair.org/conferences?conf=issre2026 . Manuscripts must adhere to IEEE Conference Publishing Policies. Particularly, they should NOT have been previously published or be under submission elsewhere. All submissions will be screened for plagiarized material through the IEEE Cross Check portal. Contacts Please contact the Fast Abstract/Project Highlights Co-chairs (issre2026-fast- abstracts(a)easychair.org) for any questions or further clarifications. Important Dates (AoE) • Submission deadline: June 25, 2026 (extended) • Notification to authors: August 5, 2026 • Camera ready papers: August 19, 2026 Organisation General Chairs • Leonardo Mariani, University of Milano - Bicocca, Italy • George A. Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus Program Coordinator • Roberto Natella, GSSI, Italy Research Program Committee Chairs • Domenico Cotroneo, UNC Charlotte, USA • Jie M. Zhang, King's College London, UK Industry Program Chairs • Jinyang Liu, Bytedance, USA • Sigrid Eldh, Ericsson AB, Sweden Workshop Chairs • Georgia Kapitsaki, University of Cyprus, Cyprus • August Shi, The University of Texas at Austin, USA Doctoral Symposium Chairs • Stefan Winter, LMU Munich, Germany • Lili Wei, McGill University, Canada Fast Abstract Chairs • Luigi Lavazza, University of Insubria, Italy • Yintong Huo, SMU, Singapore JIC2 Chair • Helene Waeselynck, LAAS-CNRS, France Publicity Chairs • Allison K. Sulivan, The University of Texas at Arlington, USA • Jose D'Abruzzo Pereira, University of Coimbra, Portugal Publication Chairs • Sherlock Licorish, Otago Business School, New Zealand • Maria Teresa Rossi, GSSI, Italy Artifact Evaluation Chairs • Naghmeh Ivaki, University of Coimbra, Portugal • Fumio Machida, University of Tsukuba, Japan Diversity and Inclusion Chair • Eleni Constantinou, University of Cyprus, Cyprus Financial Chair • Costas Pattichis, University of Cyprus, Cyprus Web Chairs • Michalis Ioannides, Easy Conferences LTD • Elena Masserini, University of Milano - Bicocca, Italy Registration Chair • Easy Conferences LTD

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ACM ICMI 2026 Call for Demonstrations and Exhibits
by Gualtiero Volpe 16 Jun '26

16 Jun '26

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

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LxGr2026: Call for Participation
by Costas Gabrielatos 16 Jun '26

16 Jun '26

11th Symposium on Corpus Approaches to Lexicogrammar (LxGr2026) LxGr2026 will be held online on Thursday 2 and Friday 3 July 2026. Programme, abstracts, and registration (free): https://sites.edgehill.ac.uk/lxgr Registration closes in two weeks (30 June). Invited Speakers Stefan Th. Gries<https://www.stgries.info/> (University of California, Santa Barbara, USA) Martin Hilpert<http://members.unine.ch/martin.hilpert> (University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland) Serge Sharoff<https://ssharoff.github.io/> (University of Leeds, UK) If you have problems registering, or have any questions, please contact lxgr(a)edgehill.ac.uk<mailto:lxgr@edgehill.ac.uk>. ________________________________ Edge Hill University<http://ehu.ac.uk/home/emailfooter> Modern University of the Year, The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2022<http://ehu.ac.uk/tef/emailfooter> University of the Year, Educate North 2021/21 ________________________________ This message is private and confidential. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender and remove it from your system. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Edge Hill or associated companies. Edge Hill University may monitor email traffic data and also the content of email for the purposes of security and business communications during staff absence.<http://ehu.ac.uk/itspolicies/emailfooter>

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Call for Papers: Methods Fair at the IDS Annual Conference 2027 "Language and Literature"
by Roman Schneider 16 Jun '26

16 Jun '26

Apologies for cross-posting. The Call for Papers below is provided in German, as it concerns a conference event dedicated to methods and resources for research on the German language. Please feel free to forward it to interested colleagues. ------------ Methodenmesse auf der IDS-Jahrestagung 2027: "Sprache und Literatur" Die 63. Jahrestagung des Leibniz-Instituts für Deutsche Sprache (IDS) in Mannheim steht unter dem Motto "Sprache und Literatur" und zielt darauf ab, Phänomene literarischer Sprache aus der Perspektive linguistischer Fragestellungen und Methoden zu beleuchten. Wir rufen zur Einreichung von Beiträgen für die Methodenmesse auf, die am Mittwoch, 10. März 2027, im Rahmen der Tagung stattfindet. Der Fokus der Methodenmesse ist praxisnah und liegt auf Ressourcen, Methoden und Werkzeugen, die idealerweise anhand kurzer Anwendungsstudien demonstriert werden. Die Vorstellung von spezifischen Studien ist ebenfalls möglich, wobei transparente Methodik, Dokumentation und möglichst reproduzierbare Forschungsprozesse im Vordergrund stehen sollten. Wir begrüßen insbesondere Beiträge, die sich mit der deutschen Sprache beschäftigen bzw. auf das Deutsche anwendbare Methoden oder Tools vorstellen. Geplante Themenbereiche sind: • Korpora oder andere Ressourcen für die empirische Arbeit mit literarischen Texten • Tools, Strategien und Workflows für die empirische Untersuchung literarischer Texte mit Bezug auf deren sprachliche Struktur, hierbei auch besonders: o Untersuchungen und kritische Reflexion zum Einsatz von KI-Methoden o Untersuchungen zu multimodalen und neuartigen Literaturformen (z.B. Songs, Graphic Novels, Social-Media-Formate, interaktive Formate, KI-generierte Literatur) • Didaktisch-methodische Konzepte für die Verknüpfung von Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft in Lehre und Unterricht Weitere Themenbereiche können berücksichtigt werden, sofern der Bezug zum Tagungsthema in der Einreichung klar herausgearbeitet ist. Die Beiträge werden in Form eines Posters und ggf. einer Softwaredemonstration präsentiert. Auf der Tagung wird jeder Beitrag in einem einminütigen Schlaglicht dem Publikum vorgestellt. Anschließend gibt es die Gelegenheit, die Inhalte im Rahmen einer ca. eineinhalbstündigen Poster-Session zu demonstrieren und Fragen zu beantworten. Ausgearbeitete Beiträge sollen im Anschluss an die Tagung bei IDSopen ( https://idsopen.de ) digital nach dem Open-Access-Prinzip publiziert werden. Wenn Sie einen Beitrag zur Methodenmesse beisteuern möchten, bitten wir um ein nicht anonymisiertes Abstract auf Deutsch (ca. 500 Wörter exkl. Literaturangaben; in einem editierbaren Format) bis zum 15.09.2026 an folgende Adresse: methodenmesse2027(a)ids-mannheim.de Über die Annahme der Beiträge wird bis zum 15.11.2026 entschieden. Konferenz-Webseite: https://www.ids-mannheim.de/aktuell/veranstaltungen/tagungen/jahrestagung-2… Organisationsteam: Annelen Brunner, Katharina Gloning, Peter Meyer, Roman Schneider -- Prof. Dr. Roman Schneider Leibniz-Institut für Deutsche Sprache, R5 6-13, 68161 Mannheim Tel: +49 621-1581-217 http://www.ids-mannheim.de/gra/personal/schneider.html

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International Conference on Software and Systems Reuse, Product Lines, and Configuration (VARIABILITY 2026): Last Call for Workshop Papers
by Announce 16 Jun '26

16 Jun '26

*** Last Call for Workshop Papers *** International Conference on Software and Systems Reuse, Product Lines, and Configuration (VARIABILITY 2026) 29 September - 2 October 2026, 5* St. Raphael Resort and Marina Limassol, Cyprus https://conf.researchr.org/home/variability-2026 VARIABILITY is a new conference that has been formed by the merger of three prominent conferences focussing on software and systems variability, configuration and reuse: SPLC (the International Systems and Software Product Line Conference, 29 successful editions, ranked as a top conference), VaMoS (the International Working Conference on Variability Modelling of Software-Intensive Systems, 19 successful editions), and ICSR (the International Conference on Systems and Software Reuse, 22 successful editions). This is the last call for papers for the two workshops to be collocated with VARIABILITY 2026. VARIABILITY workshop papers will be published in a volume of the conference proceedings published by Springer in LNCS. Tenth International Workshop on Languages for Modelling Variability (MODEVAR 2026) https://modevar.github.io/ Feature models were invented in 1990 and have been recognized as one of the main contributions to the Software Product Line community. Although several attempts have been made to establish and study a sort of standard variability modeling language (e.g., OVM, CVL, TVL, .) there is still no consensus on a simple feature modeling language. There can be many motivations to have one but among others, there is one that is very important: information sharing among researchers, tools, or developers. Following the spirit of the previous MODEVAR workshops, this meeting plans to be a full-day, interactive event where all participants shall share knowledge about how to build up a simple feature model language that the community can agree on. First International Workshop on Generative AI and Variability (GAIV 2026) https://sites.google.com/view/gaiv-2026 The Workshop on Generative AI and Variability (GAIV 2026) invites high-quality contributions from researchers and practitioners in software engineering, artificial intelligence, and related disciplines, focusing on the intersection of generative AI (GenAI) and variability-intensive systems. As configurable systems and GenAI technologies rapidly evolve, their interaction raises new opportunities and challenges: GenAI can automate variability engineering tasks, while variability introduces complexity in AI pipelines, prompts, and generated artifacts. GAIV provides a dedicated forum to explore this emerging research space and foster collaboration between the variability and AI-in-SE communities. Important Dates (AoE) • Workshop Papers Submission: 30 June 2026 • Workshop Papers Notification: 15 July, 2026 • Camera-Ready Version Submission: 31 July, 2026 • Author Registration: 31 July, 2026 Organisation General Chairs • George A. Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus • Gilles Perrouin, FNRS & University of Namur, Belgium Research Track Chairs • Thorsten Berger, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany • Ina Schaefer, KIT, Germany Industry Track Chairs • Shaukat Ali, Simula Research Lab and Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway • Martin Becker, Fraunhofer IESE, Germany Journal First Track Chairs • Mathieu Acher, University Rennes, Inria, CNRS, IRISA, France • Xhevahire Tërnava, LTCI, Télécom Paris, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, France Doctoral Symposium Track Chairs • Rick Rabiser, LIT CPS, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria • Iris Reinhartz-Berger, University of Haifa, Israel Demos and Tools Track Chairs • Sandra Greiner, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark • Leopoldo Teixeira, Federal University of Pernambuco Projects Showcase Chairs • Daniel Struber, Chalmers, University of Gothenburg, Radbound University, Sweden • Dalila Tamzalit, Nantes Université, France Hall of Fame Chairs • Martin Becker, Fraunhofer IESE, Germany • Goetz Botterweck, Lero - The Irish Software Research Centre and University of Limerick, Ireland • Natsuko Noda, Shibaura Institute of Technology, Japan Workshops Chairs • Lidia Fuentes, Universidad de Malaga, Spain • Malte Lochau, University of Siegen, Germany Tutorials Chairs • Loek Cleophas, Eindhoven University of Technology and Stellenbosch University, The Netherlands • Mahsa Varshosaz, IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark Proceedings Chair • Sophie Fortz, King's College London, UK Publicity Chairs • Wesley Assunção, North Carolina State University, USA • Kentaro Yoshimura, Hitachi Ltd, Japan Local Organiser and Finance Chair • George A. Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus

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ICNLSP 2026: Submission deadline extended (June 22, 2026)
by Mourad Abbas 16 Jun '26

16 Jun '26

The 9th International Conference on Natural Language and Speech Processing (ICNLSP 2026), will take place at the University of Trento, Italy, on September 25–26, 2026. ICNLSP 2026 will be a hybrid conference. We invite authors to submit their work on topics relevant to ICNLSP 2026 and contribute to advancing research in the field. We welcome contributions on both the theoretical foundations and applied aspects of Natural Language Processing (NLP) and Speech Processing. IMPORTANT DATES New submission deadline: June 22, 2026 11:59 PMNotification of acceptance: July 25, 2026. Camera-ready paper due: August 6, 2026. Conference dates: September 25-26, 2026. All deadlines are 11:59 PM UTC-12:00 (“anywhere on Earth”). TOPICS of INTEREST We invite contributions on a wide range of topics, including but not limited to: Natural Language Processing (NLP) - Generative AI - Large language models (LLMs) - Cognition and NLP - Machine translation - Text categorization - Summarization - Sentiment analysis and opinion mining - Computational social web - Under-resourced languages: tools and corpora - NLP tools for software requirements and engineering - Text annotation tools - Knowledge fundamentals and knowledge management systems - Information extraction - Data mining and information retrieval - Lexical semantics and knowledge representation - Visualization for nlp - Knowledge graphs. Speech Processing - Signal processing and acoustic modeling - Speech recognition (architecture, search methods, lexical modeling, language modeling, adaptation, multimodal systems, applications in education and learning, zero-resource speech recognition, etc.) - Speech analysis - Paralinguistics in speech and language (perception of paralinguistic phenomena, speaker states and traits analysis, etc.) - Spoken dialogue systems and conversational analysis - Speech translation - Speech synthesis - Speaker verification and identification - Language identification - Speech coding, enhancement, and intelligibility - Speech perception and production - Brain studies on speech - Phonetics, phonology, and prosody - Speech and hearing disorders - Paralinguistics of pathological speech and language - Speech technology for disordered speech and hearing PUBLICATION All accepted papers will be published in ACL Anthology. For more information, please, check the conference website: https://www.icnlsp.org/2026welcome/

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June 2026 Newsletter - LDC
by Penn LDC 15 Jun '26

15 Jun '26

In this newsletter: Maintaining LDC organization user accounts LDC data and commercial technology development New publications: KAIROS Phase 1 Evaluation Source Data, Annotation, and Assessment<https://catalog.ldc.upenn.edu/LDC2026T07> Multi-Language Conversational Telephone Speech 2014 - Spanish & Portuguese<https://catalog.ldc.upenn.edu/LDC2026S07> LORELEI Multiway Translated Text<https://catalog.ldc.upenn.edu/LDC2026T06> ________________________________ Maintaining LDC organization user accounts LDC encourages organization account administrators to review their LDC organization user accounts at least annually to remove users who are no longer affiliated with the organization. Users no longer affiliated with an organization cannot continue to access LDC data through the organization's LDC account. As stated in LDC's membership agreements and license agreements, LDC data cannot be shared outside the member/licensing organization. LDC reserves the right to deactivate user accounts if any suspicious activity is detected. Visit the User Accounts<https://www.ldc.upenn.edu/members/managing-your-ldc-account/user-accounts> page for further information on user types and privileges. LDC data and commercial technology development For-profit organizations are reminded that an LDC membership is a pre-requisite for obtaining a commercial license to almost all LDC databases. Non-member organizations, including non-member for-profit organizations, cannot use LDC data to develop or test products for commercialization, nor can they use LDC data in any commercial product or for any commercial purpose. LDC data users should consult corpus-specific license agreements for limitations on the use of certain corpora. Visit the Licensing<https://www.ldc.upenn.edu/data-management/using/licensing> page for further information. ________________________________ New publications: KAIROS Phase 1 Evaluation Source Data, Annotation, and Assessment<https://catalog.ldc.upenn.edu/LDC2026T07> was developed by LDC and contains the English and Spanish source data (text, video, images), manual annotations, reference knowledge graphs, the system output assessed during the evaluation, and human assessment results from the Phase 1 evaluation of the DARPA KAIROS Program. The Phase 1 evaluation focused on the improvised explosive bombing scenario with nine complex events and two surprise complex events in the mass shooting scenario. Source data for each complex event consisted of 10-15 documents that included multimodal English and Spanish event-relevant and off-topic distractor documents. Manual annotation and assessment of event-relevant documents for 10 complex events are included in this release. Scenario-relevant events and relations were labeled for each document to develop a structured representation of temporally-ordered events, relations, and arguments that expressed the scenario-relevant events in each complex event. A reference knowledge graph (Graph G) was developed for each event; systems were expected to match the Graph G with a given schema library. Assessment data includes human assessment judgments and the system output that was manually assessed for the end-to-end evaluation task. The DARPA KAIROS (Knowledge-directed Artificial Intelligence Reasoning Over Schemas) program aimed to build technology capable of understanding and reasoning about complex real-world events in order to provide actionable insights to end users. KAIROS systems utilized formal event representations in the form of schema libraries that specified the steps, preconditions, and constraints for an open set of complex events; schemas were then used in combination with event extraction to characterize and make predictions about real-world events in a large multilingual, multimedia corpus. 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 - Spanish & Portuguese<https://catalog.ldc.upenn.edu/LDC2026S07> was developed by LDC and is comprised of 123 hours of Spanish and Portuguese 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 569 recordings covering Brazilian Portuguese, Caribbean Spanish, European Spanish, and Latin American Spanish. 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, quality, callee gender, dialect type, and noise. 2026 members can access this corpus through their LDC accounts. Non-members may license this data for a fee. * LORELEI Multiway Translated Text<https://catalog.ldc.upenn.edu/LDC2026T06> consists of a fixed set of English texts (around 100,000 words) translated into 24 languages. It was developed by LDC for the DARPA LORELEI Program; the translations were included in the LORELEI representative language packs created by LDC in 2016-2019. The common word set was composed of English news documents (50%), LORELEI-domain English news documents (25%), and a phrasebook and elicitation corpus (25%). The phrasebook contained everyday colloquial phrases. The elicitation corpus was designed to represent linguistic structures. Texts were translated by a combination of professional translators and crowd-sourced translators. 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 like natural disasters or disease outbreaks. Linguistic resources for LORELEI include Representative Language Packs and Incident Language Packs for over two dozen low resource languages, comprising data, annotations, basic natural language processing tools, lexicons, and grammatical resources. Representative languages were selected to provide broad typological coverage, while incident languages were selected to evaluate system performance on a language whose identity was disclosed at the start of the evaluation. 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] Participatory AI: Co-Designing Sociotechnical Systems --- AI and Ethics (Deadline: Sept 7)
by bsavoldi＠fbk.eu 15 Jun '26

15 Jun '26

[CFP] Participatory AI: Co-Designing Sociotechnical Systems — Springer Nature / AI and Ethics Submission Deadline: September 7, 2026 We invite submissions to the topical collection "Participatory AI: Co-Designing Sociotechnical Systems", published in the Springer Nature journal AI and Ethics. Submission deadline: September 7, 2026 Journal CFP: https://link.springer.com/collections/fehgbcihbb This collection explores how participatory approaches can address risks and limitations of AI-powered technologies by engaging diverse stakeholders in the design process. Drawing on the sociotechnical tradition, it brings together work at the intersection of sociotechnical studies and participatory design, investigating how AI and digital systems can be co-designed to reflect shared values, accountability, and agency. Topics of interest include (but are not limited to): - Methods, frameworks, and design solutions for participatory AI (co)design - Experiments, simulations, prototypes, or case studies of co-design in AI development - Strategies for balancing individual and collective needs in AI design - Critical reflections on challenges and limitations of participatory approaches - Analyses of power dynamics and ethical considerations in participatory AI - Experiences and lessons learned from co-design and stakeholder engagement - Assessing AI impacts through participatory and stakeholder engagement approaches We welcome technical and non-technical submissions with theoretical, methodological, or experimental contributions. Interdisciplinary work is explicitly encouraged. Submitted manuscripts must contain at least 80% original content. This collection is connected to the workshop "Mind the AI GAP: Co-designing sociotechnical systems" (HHAI 2025: https://aigap2025.isti.cnr.it/), but is open to all contributions aligned with the scope. Guest Editors: Costanza Alfieri, University of L'Aquila Marta Marchiori Manerba, University of Turin Rui Prada, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa Beatrice Savoldi, Fondazione Bruno Kessler Ilaria Tiddi, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

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Call for abstracts: Second Workshop on Replication in the Language Science (WoReLa 2)
by Elen Le Foll 15 Jun '26

15 Jun '26

Dear colleagues, We are pleased to announce that the* Second Workshop on Replication in the Language Science (WoReLa 2 <https://sites.google.com/view/worela2/home>)* will take place in *Cologne, Germany *on*8–9 July 2027* with a fantastic line-up of keynote speakers and an exciting pre-conference reproduction hackathon (more on that soon!). The call for abstracts <https://sites.google.com/view/worela2/call-for-abstracts> is open and the deadline is *15 August 2026*. We welcome submissions reporting on the outcomes of replications in all subdisciplines of linguistics using any (set of) method(s), but also reproductions, multiverse analyses, and meta-scientific contributions on the state of replicability and the adoption of open science practices in the language sciences, as well as demonstrations of concrete tools, teaching materials, software, and workflows that can help linguists do better research and build more cumulative knowledge. WoReLa 1 <https://sites.google.com/view/worela1/home> in Frankfurt last year was a wonderful meeting of like-minded people with positive ideas for change and we hope that you will want to join us for this exciting second edition in Cologne! We would also be very grateful if you could circulate this call among any interested friends, colleagues, and students. Many thanks and best wishes, Elen, on behalf of the entire organising committee -- *Dr. Elen Le Foll* /Senior Researcher and Lecturer (Akademische Rätin)/ Department of Romance Studies <https://romanistik.phil-fak.uni-koeln.de/> • Data Center for the Humanities <https://dch.phil-fak.uni-koeln.de/> • University of Cologne <https://portal.uni-koeln.de/en/uoc-home> Applied Linguistics • Corpus Linguistics • Language Teaching & Learning ORCID <https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5839-8010> • HAL Science <https://cv.hal.science/elenlefoll>

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[CFP] Special issue on ethics in NLP and CL in Computational Linguistics Journal
by ACL Announcements 15 Jun '26

15 Jun '26

[Apologies for cross-posting] Dear colleagues! We are very happy to announce the forthcoming special issue on ethics in natural language processing and computational linguistics in the journal Computational Linguistics ([https://direct.mit.edu/coli](https://direct.mit.edu/coli)). Language processing technologies from Siri to Google Translate and ChatGPT have become ubiquitous in our societies. Consequently, there has been a decade of attention to algorithmically mediated harms, including harms arising from social biases and discriminatory technologies. In this special issue, we broadly invite contributions that reflect on the ethics of language technologies. We invite **theoretical** and technical submissions around - but not limited to: * Reflection on bias and fairness research and its outcomes; * Interdisciplinary perspectives on bias, fairness, and algorithmically mediated harms; * Critiques of existing approaches; * Development of new theories for bias, fairness, and algorithmically mediated harms; * Analyses of power relationships (including conflicts of interests) and their impacts; * Multilingual considerations; * Decolonisation in relation to bias and fairness; * Reflections on ongoing debates on bias, fairness, and ethics; * Language technologies in context (e.g., in political/social/cultural tensions); * Slow science and its relationship to bias and fairness; * Luddite and decomputing perspectives on language technologies, bias, and fairness; * Environmental impacts of language technologies * The impacts and social considerations of data labour; * Social and societal harms of language technologies; and * External perspectives on language technologies. We particularly encourage **inter-, cross- and transdisciplinary** submissions which center questions around the fairness, bias, justice, and ethics of natural language processing technologies and computational linguistics. ### [](https://notes.inria.fr/2HKIxrP4TD-yH3GDvkwWkw#important-dates-and-information "important-dates-and-information")Important dates and information *Submission deadline*: 27 November, 2026 *Notification*: February, 2027 *Publication (Expected)*: October, 2027 Submission site: [https://submissions.cljournal.org/index.php/cljournal/submission](https://s… ### [](https://notes.inria.fr/2HKIxrP4TD-yH3GDvkwWkw#guest-editors "guest-editors")Guest Editors * Karën Fort, Université de Lorraine / LORIA, France * Margot Mieskes, University of Applied Sciences, Darmstadt, Germany * Zeerak Talat, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK If you have any questions feel free to reach out to us [cl\_si\_ethics@inria.fr](mailto:cl_si_ethics@inria.fr) ### [](https://notes.inria.fr/2HKIxrP4TD-yH3GDvkwWkw#about-the-journal "about-the-journal")About the journal Computational Linguistics is the longest-running publication devoted exclusively to the computational and mathematical properties of language and the design and analysis of natural language processing systems. This highly regarded quarterly offers university and industry linguists, computational linguists, artificial intelligence and machine learning investigators, cognitive scientists, speech specialists, and philosophers the latest information about the computational aspects of all the facets of research on language. Computational Linguistics is a diamond open access journal, which means that "there is **no fee to publish and the content is open to anyone to read**. All of these titles employ a Creative Commons license for individual articles." ([https://direct.mit.edu/journals/pages/open-access](https://direct.mit.edu/j…)

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Reminder : MIAI–PRAIRIE Online Seminar: Adele Goldberg (Princeton): Compositionality, creativity in natural language and LLMs (15/6, 5pm)
by Thierry Poibeau 15 Jun '26

15 Jun '26

MIAI–PRAIRIE Online Seminar on LLMs and the Study of Language, Mind, and Society Our next speaker will be Adele Goldberg, from Princeton, for a talk on ''Compositionality, creativity in natural language and LLMs’’, on Monday 15 June, 5pm (French time), Online, free access, with no registration Organized by Caroline Rossi (Université Grenoble Alpes / MIAI) and Thierry Poibeau (ENS–PSL / PRAIRIE–PSAI). Next year’s speakers will include Eloïse Boisseau (AMU, Marseille), and Dallas Card (U. Michigan), among others. ---- *** Compositionality, creativity in natural language and LLMs *** Monday 15 June, 5pm (French time), online (free access, no registration) Connexion link: https://webinaire.numerique.gouv.fr/meeting/signin/invite/78275/creator/433… Adele Goldberg, Princeton Abstract: Today’s LLMs interpret and produce familiar and novel language without abstract symbolic rules. An appreciation of the complexity of natural languages indicates this is more a feature than a bug. New evidence demonstrates that LLMs are also at least as creative as the typical person. Parallels between LLMs and human language highlight the statistical and functional aspects of both systems. For cognitive scientists, LLMs promise of a deeper understanding of compositionality and creativity. Bio: Adele Goldberg is the M. Taylor Pyne Professor of Psychology at Princeton University. Her research explores the formal, semantic, social, statistical, and memory-based factors that shape how languages are learned, represented, and used. She is fascinated by what makes human language both creative and constrained, across adults and children, first and second language learners, and neurotypical and atypical populations. Her current work touches on word meaning, language change, island constraints, metaphor and emotion, good-enough language production, and the forms and functions of grammatical constructions. She is a Fellow of the Linguistic Society of America, the Association for Psychological Science, and the Cognitive Science Society, and an elected member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

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Lancaster Summer School highlights
by Brezina, Vaclav 13 Jun '26

13 Jun '26

Dear all, I hope this message finds you well. We are pleased to invite you to a series of online live-streamed highlights from the Lancaster Summer Schools in Corpus Linguistics, hosted by Lancaster University. These sessions are open to participants who are unable to attend in person and will provide insights into key topics in corpus linguistics, statistics and data analysis. Certificate of attendance will be provided to registered participants who attend all sessions. 📅 Programme of online sessions (UK time) * 15 June 2026 | 3:30pm–4:30pm Introduction to corpus statistics * 16 June 2026 | 11:00am–12:00pm Analysing and visualising collocations * 17 June 2026 | 10:30am–1:00pm EMI corpus launch * 18 June 2026 | 11:00am–12:00pm Statistics and data visualisation 📝 Registration To attend, please register using the following form: https://forms.office.com/e/7UPvCDfwAX After registration, further details and access links for the live sessions will be provided. Vaclav Professor Vaclav Brezina Professor in Corpus Linguistics Co-Director of the ESRC Centre for Corpus Approaches to Social Science

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NeTTIT 2026: Call for Participation
by Constantin Orasan 13 Jun '26

13 Jun '26

International Conference ‘New Trends in Translation and Interpreting Technology’ (NeTTIT 2026) Dubrovnik, Croatia, 24-27 June 2026 https://nettt-conference.com Call for Participation Dear Colleagues, We are delighted to invite you to participate in the third edition of the International Conference 'New Trends in Translation and Interpreting Technology' (NeTTIT 2026), taking place in Dubrovnik, Croatia, from 24 to 27 June 2026. Following the success of previous editions, NeTTIT 2026 continues to serve as a unique bridge between academia and industry, bringing together researchers, developers, practitioners, language service providers, and vendors interested in the latest technologies for translation and interpreting. Why Participate? * Discuss cutting-edge research, tools, and practices in translation, interpreting, subtitling, localisation, and machine translation. * Attend invited talks by renowned experts, including Yves Champollion (Wordfast LLC) and Marko Grobelnik (Jožef Stefan Institute). * Join pre-conference tutorials on: * Post-editing and AI-augmented translation (Marie Escribe) * Machine Translation Quality Evaluation (Tharindu Ranasinghe) * Automatic Speech Recognition for interpreters (Constantin Orasan) * Network with peers and establish research or business collaborations. Accepted Papers The list of accepted papers is available on the conference website: https://nettt-conference.com/2026/28003-2/ Important Dates (Participation) Conference dates: 24-27 June 2026 Early registration finishes on 31 May 2026 Venue The conference will be held at the Centre for Advanced Academic Studies (CAAS) of the University of Zagreb in Dubrovnik. Registration Registration details (fees, deadlines, and accommodation recommendations) are available on the conference website: https://nettt-conference.com/2026/fees-registration/ Follow and Share Stay updated via social media: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/nettit2026/ Twitter/X: https://x.com/NeTTIT2026 Contact For any questions, please contact the organisers at: nettit2026(a)nettt-conference.com We look forward to welcoming you to Dubrovnik for an inspiring and collaborative event! NeTTIT 2026 Organising Committee

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Funded PhD in NLP/Speech Analysis/Digital Mental Health [University of Birmingham and University of Melbourne]
by Mike Conway 13 Jun '26

13 Jun '26

The University of Birmingham (UK) and the University of Melbourne (Australia) has a full-time funded joint PhD fellowship at the intersection of NLP, speech analysis, and digital mental health. Please find further details below. To apply, send your CV and academic transcripts to both Dr Melanie Jouaiti (m.jouaiti(a)bham.ac.uk<mailto:m.jouaiti@bham.ac.uk>) and Dr Mike Conway (mike.conway(a)unimelb.edu.au<mailto:mike.conway@unimelb.edu.au>). Please note that as this is an interdisciplinary project, applicants from various disciplinary backgrounds are welcome (e.g. computer science, linguistics, psychology, engineering, cognitive science). However, a first class honours degree (or international equivalent) and some prior research experience (e.g. a masters dissertation) is required. PROJECT DESCRIPTION Project title: Automated analysis of clinical interviews Project Summary: One fully funded project on the study of “Automated analysis of clinical interviews from speech and language” is available. This Joint PhD project will be primarily based at the University of Birmingham, UK with a minimum 12-month stay at the University of Melbourne, Australia. Project leaders: Please contact both Dr Melanie Jouaiti (Birmingham, m.jouaiti(a)bham.ac.uk<mailto:m.jouaiti@bham.ac.uk>) and A/Prof Mike Conway (Melbourne, mike.conway(a)unimelb.edu.au<mailto:mike.conway@unimelb.edu.au>) with your CV and academic transcripts. Project description: This project will be developed in close collaboration with clinicians and brings together expertise in speech processing, natural language processing, and machine learning Talking therapies can be effective for common mental health and behavioural problems. Although the use of talking therapies has increased substantially in recent years, the mechanisms underlying their effectiveness remain poorly understood, and quality assurance still relies on human assessors — an approach that is both costly and difficult to scale. Achieving a better understanding of the characteristics of different talking therapy-approaches, combined with developing automated assessment methods for gauging therapy quality, could improve therapist training and patient outcomes. This project will use language analysis (what was said), speech analysis (how it was said), and large language models to address two research questions: Can automatic analysis of talking therapy match the effectiveness of human assessment? What mechanisms underpin talking therapy? Qualifications: * A bachelor degree in a relevant discipline which includes a substantial research component equivalent to at least 25% of one year of full-time study. Students should have achieved a first class honours degree (or international equivalent) AND/OR * A Masters degree in a relevant discipline which includes a substantial research component equivalent to at least 25% of one year of full-time study. Students should have achieved a distinction (or international equivalent)

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by vacod43519＠dyleris.com 13 Jun '26

13 Jun '26

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CfP: IMPACT-SPEECH@EMNLP’26
by Monorama Swain 12 Jun '26

12 Jun '26

Dear Colleagues, We invite submissions to IMPACT-SPEECH: Identifying, Measuring, Preventing, and Assessing Consequences of Bias in Speech LLMs, a workshop that brings together researchers from speech processing, natural language processing, machine learning, and social sciences to discuss emerging challenges related to bias in speech-enabled large language models and multimodal speech systems. �� Website: https://impactspeech.github.io/ [https://impactspeech.github.io/] The Workshop will be co-located with EMNLP 2026 in Budapest, Hungary, October 24–29, 2026. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to : - Fairness evaluation for speech models, including methods to measure disparities across accents, genders, speaker identities, socioeconomic groups, and other factors. - Bias detection and benchmarking datasets for speech systems, including the development of datasets designed to identify and evaluate bias in speech recognition, speech generation, and speech-enabled LLMs. - Ethical considerations in speech AI development, including responsible data collection, annotation practices, transparency, accountability, and governance of speech technologies. - Evaluation of Speech LLMs for fairness and inclusivity, including methods to assess bias in speech understanding, speech generation, and multimodal speech-language systems. - Cross-lingual and multilingual fairness, with a focus on challenges faced by underrepresented languages, dialects, and low-resource speech communities. - Bias mitigation strategies for speech systems, including algorithmic approaches, training strategies, and fairness-aware adaptation techniques. - Real-world impacts of biased speech technologies, including implications for accessibility, employment, digital inclusion, and human–AI interaction. - Responsible deployment and governance of speech technologies, including best practices for monitoring, auditing, and mitigating bias in real-world applications. Important Dates - Direct paper submission deadline: 15 July 2026 - Pre-reviewed ARR commitment deadline: 25 August 2026 - Extended abstract deadline: 25 August 2026 - Notification of acceptance: 3 September 2026 - Workshop date: 29 October 2026 All deadlines are 11:59 PM Anywhere on Earth. IMPACT-SPEECH welcomes both archival and non-archival papers: - Archival papers: Research papers presenting original empirical or theoretical results - Non-archival papers: Previously published, work-in-progress, and extended abstracts Papers may be submitted as long papers (up to 8 pages plus references), short papers (up to 4 pages plus references), and extended abstracts (up to 2 pages plus references). Papers should be submitted in the ACL format [https://github.com/acl-org/acl-style-files] following the ACL Author guidelines [https://www.aclweb.org/adminwiki/index.php?title=ACL_Author_Guidelines]. The review process will be two-way anonymized; therefore, all identifying information must be removed from submissions. For questions, please contact: impactspeech.workshop(a)gmail.com [impactspeech.workshop(a)gmail.com] On behalf of the workshop organisers: Ravi Shekhar, Monorama Swain, Jagabandhu Mishra, Sandipan Dhar, Haralambos Mouratidis, Matthew Purver

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Special Issue on the Ethics of NLP and Computational linguistics
by z＠zeerak.org 12 Jun '26

12 Jun '26

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[3rd CFP] LM Playschool Workshop at EMNLP 2026 — Submission Deadlines Approaching!
by Sabrina McCallum 12 Jun '26

12 Jun '26

Call for Participation: LM Playschool (LMP 2026) Improving Language Models through Learning from Dialogue Interaction Co-located with EMNLP 2026 — 28 October 2026, Budapest Website: https://lm-playschool.github.io/ Starter Kit: https://github.com/lm-playpen/playpen The submission deadlines for the LM Playschool Workshop are fast approaching! Please note that some dates have been updated since our previous announcements — see below. 📝 SUBMISSION TRACKS We welcome either long or short submissions for the following tracks: 1. Challenge track: Technical reports for the LM-Playschool challenge (archival). 2. Paper-only track: Work-in-progress (archival or non-archival) or recently published papers (non-archival). 🏆 CHALLENGE TRACK (SHARED TASK) The shared task focuses on post-training LLMs to master communicative skills in unseen dialogue games while retaining original language capabilities. Participants are free to choose any base model; evaluation is based on improvement relative to that base model on an unseen test set. Not signed up yet? Register here: https://forms.gle/fhpXPH5kZk4psPXp9 🛠️ STARTER KIT Our sandbox environment Playpen is available on GitHub and ready to use. Key features: * Comprehensive Evaluation: A single command to get your "clemscore" (interactive competence) and "statscore" (classic benchmarks). * Training Recipes: Example scripts for SFT and GRPO to help models learn from game-state success. * Resource Friendly: We encourage using the Qwen3.5 family (0.8B to 27B) to ensure participation is possible with modest compute. 🎯 PAPER-ONLY TRACK: TOPICS OF INTEREST We welcome original research and work-in-progress on: * Architectures and training regimes for interactive agents. * Intrinsic rewards and learning signals (RL from game-state success). * Benchmarking via dialogue games. * Data efficiency and social interaction. * Social cognition and Theory of Mind in interactive systems. * Human-agent collaboration and coordination. * Embodied interactive agents. * Communicative and perceptual grounding. 📅 IMPORTANT DATES (updated) * ARR paper submission deadline: May 25, 2026 * Challenge submission deadline: July 5, 2026 (3 weeks away!) * Direct paper submission deadline: July 12, 2026 (1 month away!) * Pre-reviewed ARR commitment deadline: August 2, 2026 * Notification of acceptance: August 8, 2026 * Camera ready due: August 23, 2026 * Challenge winners announced: Early October 2026 * Workshop at EMNLP 2026: October 28, 2026 — Budapest For more information, visit our website: https://lm-playschool.github.io/ We look forward to your submissions! The LMP 2026 Organizing Committee: Raffaella Bernardi, Raquel Fernández, Mario Giulianelli, Sherzod Hakimov, Alexander Koller, Dieu-Thu Le, Oliver Lemon, Davide Mazzaccara, Sabrina McCallum, David Schlangen, Alessandro Suglia

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Call for Papers and Challenges: FinNLP @ EMNLP 2026
by jimin.huang＠thefin.ai 12 Jun '26

12 Jun '26

Dear colleagues, We are pleased to announce FinNLP @ EMNLP 2026, the 11th Workshop on Financial Technology and Natural Language Processing, co-located with EMNLP 2026 in Budapest, Hungary, October 24–29, 2026. As the annual workshop of ACL SIG-FinTech, FinNLP brings together researchers and practitioners working at the intersection of Natural Language Processing, Machine Learning, Large Language Models, finance, economics, and law. FinNLP now invites both paper submissions and FinEval shared task proposals. For the Call for Papers, we welcome submissions on financial NLP, financial LLMs, financial question answering, financial search, multimodal and tabular financial data, graph learning, ESG analysis, compliance monitoring, financial legal AI, auditing and regulatory reporting, hallucination evaluation and mitigation, privacy, interpretability, Responsible AI, benchmarks, datasets, and evaluation methods. For the Call for Challenges / FinEval, we invite proposals for shared tasks that address important open problems in financial AI. Strong proposals should include a clear task definition, high-quality datasets or a concrete data construction plan, evaluation metrics, baselines, starter kits, evaluation scripts, and leaderboards. Call for Papers Submission system opens: July 1, 2026 Direct paper submission deadline: August 11, 2026 AoE Pre-reviewed ARR commitment deadline: August 27, 2026 AoE Author notification: September 1, 2026 Camera-ready deadline: September 10, 2026 Workshop day: October 28, 2026 Location: Budapest, Hungary Call for Challenges / FinEval Call for task proposals: June 6, 2026 Proposal submission deadline: June 20, 2026 AoE Final task list announced: July 1, 2026 Training data and starter kits release: July 1, 2026 Test phase / final predictions: August 4, 2026 AoE System paper submission: August 11, 2026 AoE Workshop and awards: October 28, 2026 All deadlines are 11:59 PM Anywhere on Earth. Accepted papers will be published in the ACL Anthology. 👥 Organizing Committee (General Chairs): Chung-Chi Chen · Yongjae Lee · Jimin Huang · Sophia Ananiadou · Hsin-Hsi Chen · Hiroya Takamura For more information, please visit: https://sigfintech.github.io/finnlp2026/ For questions, please contact: aclsig...(a)gmail.com We look forward to receiving your submissions and task proposals. Best regards, FinNLP Organizing Committee

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37th IEEE International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering (ISSRE 2026): First Call for Doctoral Consortium Papers
by Announce 12 Jun '26

12 Jun '26

*** First Call for Doctoral Consortium Papers *** 37th IEEE International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering (ISSRE 2026) October 20-23, 2026, 5* St. Raphael Resort and Marina Limassol, Cyprus https://cyprusconferences.org/issre2026/ The ISSRE 2026 Doctoral Symposium is intended to bring together PhD students working on innovative research for improving, monitoring, and assessing the reliability, dependability, and security of software systems, and give them the opportunity to present and discuss their research in a constructive, friendly, and international atmosphere. The goals of the Doctoral Symposium are: • Providing a setting for constructive feedback on participants' current research and guidance on future research directions; • Developing a supportive community of scholars and a spirit of collaborative research; • Providing an opportunity for PhD students to interact with established researchers and practitioners in the software reliability engineering community. The authors of the selected papers will present their work and receive feedback both from a panel of experts from academia and industry and from other Doctoral Symposium students. The students will also have the opportunity to seek advice on various aspects of completing a PhD, such as how to perform research, how to design and execute empirical research, etc. The papers accepted and presented at the Doctoral Symposium will be published in the supplementary conference proceedings of ISSRE 2026 and participants in the Doctoral Symposium will be given the opportunity to present a poster about their dissertation research at the conference. Who should participate Students at all stages (at the beginning, at the middle, or near the end of their PhD) who are working on a thesis topic relevant to ISSRE are encouraged to participate in the Doctoral Symposium. Submissions Each submission consists of two elements: • Research proposal: a 4-page paper describing your dissertation research to be authored by the student only. Your advisor should be included in the acknowledgments. • Letter of recommendation: ask your advisor to submit a letter of recommendation in support of your application. This letter should include your name and a candid assessment of the current status of your dissertation research. The letter should be emailed to both Doctoral Symposium Co-Chairs (issre2026-ds AT stefan-winter.net) with the subject "ISSRE 2026 Doctoral Symposium Recommendation". Your research proposal should contain at least the following items: 1) a title for your work; 2) an abstract (maximum 200 words); 3) a description of the technical problem to be solved and the research questions to be answered; 4) the proposed approach; 5) a brief description of the work accomplished to date; 6) the tentative date of your thesis defense. All submissions must be original work, and must not have been previously published, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere. Formatting guidelines Papers must be written in English, and be formatted according to the IEEE Computer Society Format Guidelines (https://www.ieee.org/conferences/publishing/templates). Submissions must comply with IEEE’s author guidelines for AI-generated texts (https://open.ieee.org/author-guidelines-for-artificial-intelligence-ai-gene…). Process All papers must be submitted electronically at the following link: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=issre2026 . Please make sure to select the track on Doctoral Symposium at the beginning of the submission process. Submissions will be reviewed by the Doctoral Symposium co-chairs. Authors of submissions selected for acceptance will present their work during the Doctoral Symposium and have the camera-ready version of their paper published in the ISSRE 2026 Supplementary Proceedings and the IEEE Xplore Digital Library. In addition, authors of accepted submissions will be given the opportunity to present a poster about their dissertation research at the conference. Important Dates (AoE) • Submission deadline: July 22, 2026 • Notification of acceptance: July 29, 2026 • Camera-ready copy submission: July 29, 2026 • Author registration deadline: August 19, 2026 Organisation General Chairs • Leonardo Mariani, University of Milano - Bicocca, Italy • George A. Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus Program Coordinator • Roberto Natella, GSSI, Italy Research Program Committee Chairs • Domenico Cotroneo, UNC Charlotte, USA • Jie M. Zhang, King's College London, UK Industry Program Chairs • Jinyang Liu, Bytedance, USA • Sigrid Eldh, Ericsson AB, Sweden Workshop Chairs • Georgia Kapitsaki, University of Cyprus, Cyprus • August Shi, The University of Texas at Austin, USA Doctoral Symposium Chairs • Stefan Winter, LMU Munich, Germany • Lili Wei, McGill University, Canada Fast Abstract Chairs • Luigi Lavazza, University of Insubria, Italy • Yintong Huo, SMU, Singapore JIC2 Chair • Helene Waeselynck, LAAS-CNRS, France Publicity Chairs • Allison K. Sulivan, The University of Texas at Arlington, USA • Jose D'Abruzzo Pereira, University of Coimbra, Portugal Publication Chairs • Sherlock Licorish, Otago Business School, New Zealand • Maria Teresa Rossi, GSSI, Italy Artifact Evaluation Chairs • Naghmeh Ivaki, University of Coimbra, Portugal • Fumio Machida, University of Tsukuba, Japan Diversity and Inclusion Chair • Eleni Constantinou, University of Cyprus, Cyprus Financial Chair • Costas Pattichis, University of Cyprus, Cyprus Web Chairs • Michalis Ioannides, Easy Conferences LTD • Elena Masserini, University of Milano - Bicocca, Italy Registration Chair • Easy Conferences LTD

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CfP Readability and Text Simplification Workshop CLEAR-TEXT 2026 at CLIB 2026 - DEADLINE EXTENSION to June 30th
by Irina Temnikova 12 Jun '26

12 Jun '26

Second Call For Papers: CLEAR-TEXT Workshop at the conference CLIB 2026 (7 September 2026, Sofia, Bulgaria) Website: https://sites.google.com/view/clear-text/home Free participation IMPORTANT DATES: Due to requests, we are giving an EXTENSION OF THE SUBMISSION DEADLINE 30 June 2026 (23:59 anywhere on Earth) all articles submission deadline 28 July 2026 (23:59 anywhere on Earth) review decisions sent to authors 18 August 2026 (23:59 anywhere on Earth) camera-ready submissions due 7 September, 2026 - Workshop date This is an interdisciplinary workshop which addresses all topics ranging from Legibility to Text Simplification, including issues, resources, and manual and automatic methods related to measuring and improving text comprehensibility. The event brings together researchers, IT professionals, publishers, public institutions (e.g., Ministries of Education, schools), and practitioners (authors, teachers, translators) to discuss current challenges and innovative solutions. Specifically, we invite submissions from scientific researchers, representatives of IT companies, publishers, public institutions (such as the Ministries of Education and public schools), and practitioners (such as authors of children's books, school materials, and teachers). The scientific articles can present completed or ongoing work with methods coming from all related fields, such as Linguistics, Translation and Translation Technologies, Psycholinguistics, Education, Computational Social Science, and Natural Language Processing. Accepted papers will be published in the ACL Anthology. The workshop will feature one renowned invited speaker and two panels of representatives from different fields, who will present cutting-edge insights and discuss the existing international and Bulgarian issues and possible solutions to them. More information: https://sites.google.com/view/clear-text/home Irina Temnikova, PhD Big Data for Smart Society Institute (GATE)

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Remove my email from the subscription list
by Aseem Srivastava 12 Jun '26

12 Jun '26

Hi team, I have tried sending emails (to corpora-leave(a)list.elra.info) multiple times to remove my subscription to the corpora emails, but I still keep receiving emails. Can you help me remove my email from the list?

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Save the date: Vocab@Hiroshima 2027 (13 to 17 September)
by Vocab.Hiroshima2027 12 Jun '26

12 Jun '26

Dear colleagues, With apologies for cross-posting. We are very pleased to announce Vocab@Hiroshima 2027, an international conference on vocabulary research, to be held in Hiroshima, Japan. Summer School: 13 to 14 September 2027 Main conference: 15 to 17 September 2027 The conference brings together researchers, teachers, and postgraduate students with an interest in vocabulary, from acquisition and assessment through to teaching and use. Given the strong overlap between vocabulary and language testing, we hope it will be of real interest to colleagues on this list, and we would love for you to join us. Key dates: 30 November 2026: call for papers posted and submission portal opens 15 February 2027: abstract submission deadline We would be grateful if you could pass this on to colleagues and students who might be interested. Please do save the date, and we very much hope to see you in Hiroshima. You can follow our updates here: Website: vocab-at-hiroshima.org Full registration and travel details will follow in due course. With warm wishes, The Vocab@Hiroshima 2027 organising committee info(a)vocab-at-hiroshima.org

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online EMI corpus launch - 17 June - free registration
by Brezina, Vaclav 11 Jun '26

11 Jun '26

Dear all, Lancaster University warmly invites you to join us for the launch of the EMI Corpus, a unique new resource for researchers and practitioners interested in English as a Medium of Instruction. The event will take place on Wednesday 17 June, starting at 10.30am (UK time). For registration and further details, please see below. We look forward to welcoming you. Best wishes, Vaclav EMI Corpus Launch Date/time: Wednesday, 17 June, 10.30-13.00 (UK time) Cost: Free Online registration: https://tinyurl.com/3bntvhya We are excited to announce that the EMI Corpus of Student Academic Writing will be launched on 17 June 2026. Join us for the launch to hear more about how the corpus was constructed, what data it contains, and how to access it. EMI (English Medium Instruction) is a global pedagogical trend, with thousands of students studying for their degrees through the medium of English. The EMI Corpus captures disciplinary writing in this educational context from a number of countries and institutions. Currently, the EMI Corpus contains more than 6 million words from over 2,000 pieces of student academic writing in English from eight universities in Austria, China, Italy, Thailand and the UK (including data from Lancaster University student writing). The corpus represents writing from three major disciplinary areas: Arts, Humanities and Social Science, Business and Management, and Science and Technology. The project was funded by the British Council's Future of English project, and supported by the Centre for Corpus Approaches to Social Science (CASS) and Linguistics and English Language at Lancaster University. You can read more about the corpus and the project here: https://wp.lancs.ac.uk/emi-corpus-project/emi-corpus/ Event Programme (UK time) 10.30-11.00 Welcome and Introduction to the Future of English project 11.00-11.45 Building a Corpus of Student Academic Writing: Lessons from the EMI Corpus 11.45-12.00 Break 12.00-12.50 EMI Corpus: Description, Applications and Access 12.50-13.00 Closing remarks

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Call for Participation: Daleel 2026 - Arabic Argumentative Discourse Mining Shared Task
by Nabhani, S. 11 Jun '26

11 Jun '26

*Daleel 2026 - Arabic Argumentative Discourse Mining Shared Task* *ArabicNLP Conference, co-located with EMNLP 2026* Dear All, Registration is now open for *Daleel 2026: Arabic Argumentative Discourse Mining Shared Task*, which will be held as part of the ArabicNLP 2026 Conference, co-located with EMNLP 2026 in Budapest, Hungary. The shared task focuses on *the detection and classification of argumentative discourse units in Arabic* across two text genres: Editorials and Debates. *Tasks* - Task 1: Argumentative Discourse Unit Classification - Task 2: Argumentative Discourse Unit Detection *Awards* Monetary prizes will be awarded to the authors of the top three system description papers: - 1st Place: $400 - 2nd Place: $200 - 3rd Place: $150 *Important Dates* - June 5, 2026: Release of data, baselines, and evaluation scripts - July 25, 2026: Registration deadline and release of final evaluation input data - July 30, 2026: System submission deadline and final evaluation - August 6, 2026: System description paper submission deadline - August 13, 2026: Notification of acceptance - August 22, 2026: Camera-ready submission of system papers *For detailed information about the shared task and registration, please visit:* https://qatardebate.org/programs/academic-programs/daleel2026-shared-task/ *For questions, please contact:* daleel26(a)argsbase.net We look forward to your participation and to advancing research in Arabic argument mining together. *Organizers* - Sara Nabhani, University of Groningen - Nahla Bassyouni, QatarDebate - Ali Al-Zawqari, Vrije Universiteit Brussel - Mohammad Khader, QatarDebate - Khalid Al-Khatib, University of Groningen

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Job offer: PhD fellowship in Second Language Acquisition and Conversational AI (UCLouvain, Belgium)
by Magali Paquot 11 Jun '26

11 Jun '26

The University of Louvain (UCLouvain) has an opening for a PhD fellowship at the intersection of second language acquisition, learner corpus research and computer-assisted language learning, within the interdisciplinary research project “How Generative AI is shaping human language: insights from post-AI language use, learning and critical literacy”. • Full-time (100%) PhD fellowship for one year, renewable (max. 4 years) • Start date: 1 October 2026 • Supervisors: Prof. Serge Bibauw & Prof. Magali Paquot The project The PhD project will investigate the longitudinal effects of interacting with Generative AI (GenAI) chatbots on the second language (L2) development of French learners, with a focus on vocabulary and pragmatics. While conversational AI is increasingly used as a language-learning partner, its actual longitudinal effects on L2 development—and the extent to which learners may also acquire AI-specific linguistic fingerprints—remain largely unexplored. The project plans on following cohorts of L2 French learners, possibly in Hanoi, Vietnam, over one academic year. It will combine quasi-experimental studies on pragmatics and vocabulary learning and longitudinal corpus analysis of conversation logs. The doctoral researcher will be part of an interdisciplinary consortium, including two other PhD students, a post-doctoral researcher and five academic supervisors, investigating the impact of GenAI on language, communication, and critical literacy across educational and professional contexts. The broader project aims to address two critical gaps in current research: first, the need to understand how GenAI-produced language may reshape human writing, language learning, and communicative practices; and second, the importance of fostering critical competencies to help users engage thoughtfully with AI-generated content. The initiative brings together expertise from linguistics, second language acquisition, natural language processing, translation studies, and communication sciences to analyze how AI-generated language influences human language use and first and foreign language learning. By addressing both the linguistic and educational dimensions of generative AI, the project seeks to promote critical AI literacy, mitigate the risks associated with uncritical reliance on GenAI tools, and foster a more informed, ethical, and reflective integration of these technologies into academic and public life. Qualifications and expected profile Required: • Master degree in (Applied) Linguistics, Language Sciences, Romance Studies, Educational Sciences, NLP, or a closely related field • Excellent record of BA and MA level study • Excellent command of French (B2 minimum, C1 ideal) — the language of the empirical data • Excellent command of English (B2 minimum, C1 desired) — the language of publication and supervision • Strong analytical skills, scientific rigor, and intellectual curiosity • Autonomy, sense of teamwork, ability to listen and engage with colleagues across disciplines Assets: • Background or strong interest in second language acquisition and/or computer-assisted language learning • Familiarity with learner corpus research, quantitative methods, or experimental designs • Knowledge of R or Python for data analysis, or willingness to learn it quickly. • Interest in generative AI and its educational applications. • Willingness to travel (to academic conferences and possibly to Hanoi for data collection). Conditions of engagement • The contract will initially be for two years and may be renewed once, for a total duration of up to four years. • The candidate receives a doctoral fellowship grant (starting at approx. EUR 2,515 net per month). • The position requires residence in Belgium for the duration of the mandate. • Applicants from outside the EU are responsible for obtaining the necessary visa or permits, with the assistance of UCLouvain’s HR department. Application Application deadline: 7 August 2026 The application file (a single PDF) should include: • A one-page cover letter in English explaining your interest in this position and how you meet the requirements; • A curriculum vitae; • A one-page academic statement in French outlining your research interests, expectations and career goals; • Names and full contact details of two academic referees; • Copies of BA and MA diplomas and transcripts; • A copy of (or working links to) your master’s thesis and any academic publications (if applicable). Shortlisted candidates will be invited to an interview (in person in Louvain-la-Neuve or via videoconference) between 17 and 21 August 2026. Applications and inquiries should be sent by email to Prof. Serge Bibauw (serge.bibauw(a)uclouvain.be) and Prof. Magali Paquot (magali.paquot(a)uclouvain.be), with the subject line “SP3 PhD application — [Your name]”. We are hiring 3 doctoral students and one postdoctoral researcher. For more details, https://postai-language.netlify.app/recruitment Prof. Magali Paquot FNRS Senior research associate Professor of Linguistics, Faculté de philosophie, arts et lettres (FIAL) Institut Langage et Communication (ILC) UCLouvain

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37th IEEE International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering (ISSRE 2026): First Call for Journal First, Conference Second Proposals
by Announce 11 Jun '26

11 Jun '26

*** First Call for Journal First, Conference Second Papers *** 37th IEEE International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering (ISSRE 2026) October 20-23, 2026, 5* St. Raphael Resort and Marina Limassol, Cyprus https://cyprusconferences.org/issre2026/ ISSRE 2026 will continue running the “Journal First Conference Second” track that seeks to include journal papers in the ISSRE 2026 program. The authors of papers published recently in prestigious software reliability engineering journals are invited to send a proposal to present their work at ISSRE 2026. Note that the submitted J1C2 paper shall not be a former workshop or conference paper. Via this scheme authors have the possibility to present their work to a wider audience in person, discuss, network with peers, and drive renewed interest to their work. The journal-first manuscripts are published through the journals and will not be part of the ISSRE proceedings. The journal-first papers will be listed in the conference program. At least one author of each presentation accepted for the journal-first program must register and attend the conference to present the paper at the time identified in the program. Scope A journal-first presentation submitted to ISSRE 2026 must adhere to the following criteria: • The paper was accepted for publication not earlier than January 1st 2025. • The paper is in the scope of the conference, as defined in the call for ISSRE 2026 research papers. • The paper reports completely new research results or presents novel contributions that significantly extend and were not reported in prior work. • The paper has not been presented at, and is not under consideration for, journal-first programs of other conferences. Submission of Proposals Authors of manuscripts that respect these criteria are invited to send a one-page presentation proposal (in IEEE 2-column format) via this submission link on EasyChair: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=issre2026, consisting of the paper's title, the paper's authors, the paper's abstract, a description of how the paper fits into the conference theme, and a pointer to the original journal paper at the journal's Web site. If the paper is not online yet, then specify so. Authors will also have to upload a copy of the paper. Please make sure to select the J1C2 track at the beginning of the submission process. Authors will be invited to present their paper at ISSRE 2026 after a check that the paper is in scope for the conference and it adheres to the criteria above. The papers will not be reviewed again for technical content. In case an exceptionally high number of proposals is received, presentation proposals will be prioritized according to their fit to the conference theme and structure of sessions. The J1C2 Track Chairs will notify the authors about their decision. Important Dates (AoE) • J1C2 proposal submission deadline: July 20, 2026 • J1C2 notification deadline: August 10, 2026 • Author registration deadline: August 19, 2026 Organisation General Chairs • Leonardo Mariani, University of Milano - Bicocca, Italy • George A. Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus Program Coordinator • Roberto Natella, GSSI, Italy Research Program Committee Chairs • Domenico Cotroneo, UNC Charlotte, USA • Jie M. Zhang, King's College London, UK Industry Program Chairs • Jinyang Liu, Bytedance, USA • Sigrid Eldh, Ericsson AB, Sweden Workshop Chairs • Georgia Kapitsaki, University of Cyprus, Cyprus • August Shi, The University of Texas at Austin, USA Doctoral Symposium Chairs • Stefan Winter, LMU Munich, Germany • Lili Wei, McGill University, Canada Fast Abstract Chairs • Luigi Lavazza, University of Insubria, Italy • Yintong Huo, SMU, Singapore JIC2 Chair • Helene Waeselynck, LAAS-CNRS, France Publicity Chairs • Allison K. Sulivan, The University of Texas at Arlington, USA • Jose D'Abruzzo Pereira, University of Coimbra, Portugal Publication Chairs • Sherlock Licorish, Otago Business School, New Zealand • Maria Teresa Rossi, GSSI, Italy Artifact Evaluation Chairs • Naghmeh Ivaki, University of Coimbra, Portugal • Fumio Machida, University of Tsukuba, Japan Diversity and Inclusion Chair • Eleni Constantinou, University of Cyprus, Cyprus Financial Chair • Costas Pattichis, University of Cyprus, Cyprus Web Chairs • Michalis Ioannides, Easy Conferences LTD • Elena Masserini, University of Milano - Bicocca, Italy Registration Chair • Easy Conferences LTD

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PhD Position: GenAI and Academic Editing – Practices, Perceptions, and Linguistic Fingerprints (UCLouvain, Belgium)
by Magali Paquot 11 Jun '26

11 Jun '26

The Language and Communication Institute (UCLouvain, Belgium) has an opening for a PhD fellowship at the intersection of corpus linguistics, second language acquisition, and translation studies within the interdisciplinary research programme “How Generative AI is shaping human language: insights from post-AI language use, learning and critical literacy”. • Full-time (100%) PhD fellowship for one year, renewable (max. 4 years) • Start date: October 2026 • Supervisors: Marie-Aude Lefer & Magali Paquot The project This PhD project investigates the impact of generative AI (GenAI) on academic editing, addressing two key gaps: (1) the linguistic differences between professional and AI-generated edits in scholarly publications, and (2) how academic writers—from PhD students to senior researchers—engage with, evaluate, and learn from AI-assisted language editing. Using a combination of corpus analysis, interviews, and real-time editing tasks, this research will provide insights into the opportunities and challenges of using GenAI for academic editing. The candidate will contribute to corpus annotation, data collection, and analysis, while exploring the implications of GenAI for scholarly communication. They will also contribute to the development of a university-wide survey examining researchers’ use of and perceptions toward GenAI for academic writing and language editing. The doctoral researcher will be part of an interdisciplinary consortium, including two other PhD students, a post-doctoral researcher and five academic supervisors, investigating the impact of GenAI on language, communication, and critical literacy across educational and professional contexts. The broader project aims to address two critical gaps in current research: first, the need to understand how GenAI-produced language may reshape human writing, language learning, and communicative practices; and second, the importance of fostering critical competencies to help users engage thoughtfully with AI-generated content. The initiative brings together expertise from linguistics, second language acquisition, natural language processing, translation studies, and communication sciences to analyze how AI-generated language influences human language use and first and foreign language learning. By addressing both the linguistic and educational dimensions of generative AI, the project seeks to promote critical AI literacy, mitigate the risks associated with uncritical reliance on GenAI tools, and foster a more informed, ethical, and reflective integration of these technologies into academic and public life. The successful candidate will also be integrated into the Centre for English Corpus Linguistics (CECL). Qualifications and expected profile Required: • Master's degree in (Applied) Linguistics or Translation Studies • Excellent record of BA and MA level study • Excellent oral and written English (minimum level: C1) • Excellent analytical skills, scientific rigor, and intellectual curiosity • Knowledge of corpus linguistic techniques • Autonomy, sense of teamwork, ability to listen and engage with colleagues across disciplines • Willingness to live in Belgium and to travel abroad (to attend international academic conferences) Assets: • Knowledge of statistics and R • Knowledge of French • Familiarity with survey and interview research Conditions of engagement This doctoral fellowship is subject to the following conditions: • The contract will initially be for two years and may be renewed once, for a total duration of up to four years. • The candidate receives a doctoral fellowship grant (starting at approx. EUR 2515 net per month). • This position requires residence in Belgium for the duration of the mandate. • Applicants from outside the EU are responsible for obtaining the necessary visa or permits, with the assistance of UCLouvain staff department. Application Application deadline: 7 August 2026 The application file (a single PDF) should include: • a one-page cover letter in English, in which you specify why you are interested in this position and how you meet the job requirements outlined above; • a curriculum vitae in English; • a one-page academic statement in English, in which you outline your expectations about and plans for graduate study and career goals; • a copy of BA and MA diplomas and degrees; • a copy of (or working links to) your master thesis and academic publications (if applicable); • the names and full contact details of two academic referees. Shortlisted candidates will be invited to an interview (in person in Louvain-la-Neuve or via videoconference) in the second half of August 2026. Applications (as an email attachment) and inquiries should be addressed to both Magali Paquot (magali.paquot(a)uclouvain.be<mailto:magali.paquot@uclouvain.be>) and Marie-Aude Lefer (marie-aude.lefer(a)uclouvain.be<mailto:marie-aude.lefer@uclouvain.be>) with the subject line “SP2 PhD application — [Your name]”. We are hiring 3 doctoral students and one postdoctoral researcher. For more details, https://postai-language.netlify.app/recruitment Prof. Magali Paquot FNRS Senior research associate Professor of Linguistics, Faculté de philosophie, arts et lettres (FIAL) Institut Langage et Communication (ILC) UCLouvain

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Call for bids – ECIR 2028
by Ingo Frommholz 10 Jun '26

10 Jun '26

[Apologies for cross-posting] In 2028 ECIR will have its 50th anniversary – and you could be organising it! Where will the journey go after Southampton? We are interested in hearing from bidders who wish to organise the European Conference on Information Retrieval 2028 (ECIR 2028) in a European country. ECIR is the major information retrieval conference in Europe (CORE-A ranked). ECIR 2027 will be in Southampton, UK. Recent ECIR events have taken place in Delft, The Netherlands, 2026; Lucca, Italy, 2025; Glasgow, Scotland, 2024; Dublin, Ireland, 2023; Stavanger, Norway, 2022; Lucca, Italy, 2021 (online); Lisbon, Portugal, 2020 (online); Cologne, Germany, 2019; Grenoble, France, 2018; Aberdeen, UK, 2017. Interested? More info – https://www.bcs.org/membership-and-registrations/member-communities/informa… — Univ.-Prof. Dr. Ingo Frommholz (he/him), PhD, Dipl.-Inform., FBCS, FHEA Professor and Head of School of Applied Data Science Modul University Vienna, Austria Adjunct Professor, Bern University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland Chair, BCS Information Retrieval Specialist Group, UK Web: http://www.frommholz.org/ | Email: ifrommholz(a)acm.org Bluesky: @frommholz.org | Mastodon: @ingo@idf.social

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CfP: JAIR Special Track on Challenges in Pretraining
by Marco Antonio Stranisci 10 Jun '26

10 Jun '26

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Call for Paper for the Special Track on Challenges in Pretraining -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Deadline: 31st October 2026 Website: https://jair.org/index.php/jair/specialtrack_pretrain Contact: marco.stranisci(a)gmail.com OVERVIEW -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The invention of Large Language Models (LLM) determined a paradigm shift in machine learning, which changed its focus from task-specific training of systems to their self-supervised pretraining on large data resources. This turn had a broad impact in Artificial Intelligence (AI) research, as it raises new challenges in the design and development of Machine Learning systems. Whilst the growing interest in language modeling is driving rapid innovation, research on pretraining remains fragmented. Training LLMs is a highly intersectoral endeavor that raises research challenges spanning a wide range of topics, addressed by multiple communities involved in the design of these technologies. However, the resulting research outputs are scattered across many venues, limiting a comprehensive understanding of the general challenges related to pretraining. The special track addresses this gap seeking submissions on the state of the art and existing challenges on pretraining. Specifically, the track focuses on the following broad content areas: ● *Pretraining Datasets*. The quality of pretraining datasets is crucial for developing LLMs. Recent research focuses not just on larger datasets but on data selection strategies aimed to improve performance efficiently. Data quality is also tied to governance in pretraining pipelines, requiring strong stewardship and archival practices. Methods like active learning and data minimization help reduce the amount of data needed while maintaining high-quality pretraining. ● *Model Architectures*. A large body of research explores what and how LLMs learn during pretraining, including studies on uncertainty, multilingual and token-free learning, and Mixture of Experts methods. It also examines architectural innovations: although autoregressive models dominate, alternatives such as neuro-symbolic and spiking neural networks aim to create more cognitively inspired learning approaches. ● *Computational Resources*. The growing computational need of training LLMs strongly influences pretraining strategies. Approaches like federated learning support distributed training while protecting data ownership and shaping model representations. Efficiently distributing computational loads to possibly heterogeneous platforms remains a complex optimization problem itself while alternative methods focus on training models under constrained computational budgets. This special track seeks contributions on the following, non-exhaustive list of topics: ● Advanced data selection and filtering strategies for pretraining ● Data stewardship and archival practices of pretraining data ● Data minimization and Active Learning approaches ● Neurosymbolic and cognitively inspired learning architectures ● Quantification and analysis of uncertainty in pretraining ● Tokenizer-free and alternative input representation approaches ● Distributed and federated learning for large-scale pretraining ● Language modeling under low-computational settings ● Benchmarking and resource efficiency analyses in pretraining The special track welcomes submissions that introduce innovative methodological contributions relevant to its topics. Papers that primarily rely on standard methods or established benchmarks fall outside the scope of this track. KEY DATES -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- JAIR special tracks have a submission window. Papers can be submitted anytime during that window. They are reviewed as they arrive and accepted papers will go to production and will be published asynchronously as soon as they are ready, first as part of a usual JAIR pipeline and later on a JAIR webpage dedicated to the special track. *Target timeline*: ● Submission period: April 30, 2026 - October 31, 2026 ● First round of review and authors' notification: December 2026 ● Resubmissions: February 2027 ● Second round of review and authors' notification: April 2027 ● Final manuscripts: June 2027 Accepted submissions will be added to this page on publication. TRACK EDITORS -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Golnoosh Farnadi, McGill University Ferdinando Fioretto, University of Virginia Lucie Flek, University of Bonn Raphael Fischer, TU Dortmund Marco Antonio Stranisci, University of Turin ---- Marco personal website: https://marcostranisci.github.io/ ---- Marco personal website: https://marcostranisci.github.io/

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CFP 4th TRR 318 Conference: Scaffolding Social XAI 16–17 March 2027 in Paderborn, Germany
by j.b.fisher＠uni-paderborn.de 10 Jun '26

10 Jun '26

Dear Colleagues, we are the TRR 318 Constructing Explainability and are hosting the 4th TRR 318 Conference: Scaffolding Social XAI which will be held 16–17 March 2027 in Paderborn, Germany. Website: https://trr318.uni-paderborn.de/konferenzen/scaffolding-social-xai We invite submissions of: Extended Abstracts: 2 pages - Deadline: 1 November 2026. ________________________________________ CfP: 4th TRR 318 Conference: Scaffolding Social XAI ________________________________________ https://trr318.uni-paderborn.de/konferenzen/scaffolding-social-xai 16–17 March 2027 in Paderborn, Germany 4th TRR 318 Conference: Scaffolding Social XAI We invite submissions to explore, extend, and consolidate the interdisciplinary boundaries of this exciting research field. ________________________________________ Important Deadlines Extended Abstracts: (2 pages including references) deadline: 1 November 2026. Notification of Acceptance: 10 December 2026. ________________________________________ Speakers: tba ________________________________________ Topics ________________________________________ The interdisciplinary Collaborative Research Center TRR 318 Constructing Explainability explores the ways in which explanations are created, negotiated, and made meaningful across contexts. Previous editions have addressed dimensions of explanation, including understanding and contextualising. The 4th TRR 318 Conference turns to a perspective that has recently gained increasing attention in explainability research: Social XAI (sXAI), which conceptualises explainability as a social practice. Accordingly, the topic of the upcoming conference is "Scaffolding Social XAI." By scaffolding, we refer to the social and communicative supports that enable critical and interactive engagement with ideas, assumptions, technologies, and tools. This encompasses the ability to critically interrogate AI-generated outputs in practice (e.g., in educational contexts such as assessment or diagnosis), including emerging forms of XAI literacy as a situated competence. We invite contributions from a wide range of disciplines that address explainability as a social phenomenon, including work on: (a) explanatory practices in dyadic interaction; (b) explainability and interpretability in AI systems; or (c) explanation processes embedded in institutional and organisational settings. Topics of interest include (but are not limited to): • Explainability as a social and interactional practice; • Social XAI and critical perspectives on AI explainability; • Everyday explanations in dyadic or group interaction; • Explainability, interpretability, and transparency in human–AI or human–robot interaction; • The role of explanation in institutional, educational, clinical, or workplace settings; • Critical engagement with explanatory tools, technologies, and design practices; • XAI literacy and critical use of AI in professional practices (e.g., educational assessment, diagnosis, decision-making); • Theoretical, empirical, and methodological approaches to studying explanation across disciplines. ________________________________________ Submission Instructions Submissions are managed via EasyChair. Format Requirements: Please submit an extended abstract containing the following: • Length: 2 pages (including references). • Content: Title, author name(s), affiliation(s), email address(es), and 4–5 keywords. • Template: Please use the provided Word or LaTeX template. Presentation Formats: Accepted contributions may be presented as: • A 20-minute oral presentation • A poster Please indicate your preferred format within the submission. ________________________________________ Additional Information • Publication: Accepted papers will be published in the Proceedings of the 4th TRR 318 Conference. • Contact: Should you have any queries, please contact us at conference(a)trr318.uni-paderborn.de. General chairs: Amit Singh, Josephine B. Fisher, Katharina J. Rohlfing Program chairs: tbd — Conference Organization SFB/TRR 318 CONSTRUCTING EXPLAINABILITY Universität Paderborn SFB/TRR 318 Zukunftsmeile 2 33102 Paderborn Phone +49 5251 60-4493 Email conference(a)trr318.uni-paderborn.de Web trr318.de

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Final Reminder: Summer School on LLMs and NLP
by Amal Haddad 09 Jun '26

09 Jun '26

Final Reminder: Summer School on LLMs and NLP Alicante, Spain · 15-17 June 2026 *Limited places still available* We are pleased to invite students, researchers, and practitioners to participate in a three-day Summer School on Large Language Models and Natural Language Processing, taking place from 15 to 17 June in Alicante, Spain. The programme brings together leading researchers and experts to discuss the foundations, applications, and future directions of LLMs and NLP (https://summer-school.gplsi.es/programme/ [1]). The summer school will feature keynote talks by Roberto Navigli on lexical semantics in the LLM era and Preslav Nakov on open, safe, factual, and language-specific large language models, as well as a panel on the paradigm shift and the future of NLP featuring well-known NLP experts. Across three days, participants will explore a wide range of timely topics, including foundations of LLMs, LLMs for low-resource languages, datasets and bias, explainable AI in NLP, machine translation, eye-tracking and gaze data, digital humanities, legal NLP, quantum NLP, sentiment analysis, and model optimisation. Beyond the scientific programme, participants will also have the opportunity to enjoy Alicante's Mediterranean weather, welcoming atmosphere, and excellent local food. The summer school offers an excellent opportunity to learn from international experts, exchange ideas, and discuss current challenges in NLP and language technologies. There are limited places still available. See https://summer-school.gplsi.es/ for further details and registration. We warmly encourage interested participants to join us for this exciting event. -- 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://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsummer-sc…

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Extended Deadline: Oxford Test of English Learner Corpora Research Competition
by colinfinnerty＠yahoo.co.uk 08 Jun '26

08 Jun '26

We are delighted to announce the launch of the first annual Oxford Test of English Learner Corpora (OTELC) Research Competition, hosted by Oxford University Press. The application deadline has now been extended, and the eligibility criteria expanded. This is an exciting opportunity for master’s and PhD students, as well as recent master’s graduates in linguistics, corpus linguistics, language assessment, English language teaching/TESOL, or a closely related field to conduct original research using authentic test taker responses. Why participate? • Free access to the Oxford Test of English Learner Corpora • An opportunity to base a dissertation/thesis, coursework, or independent/pilot research projects on real learner data • Winner’s prize: a 13-inch iPad Air • Winning research published on the Oxford English Assessment Research webpage Eligibility Applicants must be either: • Currently enrolled in a master’s or PhD programme, or • A recent master’s graduate (within the past 12 months) How to apply Applicants should submit a research proposal using the official application form, outlining their aims, research questions, and how they plan to use the OTELC, along with a letter of reference from a tutor/professor supporting their application and confirming their academic suitability for the project. We especially welcome proposals exploring the intersection of corpus linguistics and second language assessment, as well as work that develops pedagogical materials or other applications of research-based findings. Full competition details are available on the competition page: https://elt.oup.com/feature/global/learner-corpora Extended Deadline: Friday, 31 July 2026 For any queries, please contact: OTELC(a)oup.com Please feel free to share this opportunity widely with colleagues and students. Best wishes, The Oxford Test of English Corpus team

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Final call for participation: Convergence 2026: Human-AI Integration for Multilingual and Accessible Communication
by Constantin Orasan 08 Jun '26

08 Jun '26

Dear Colleagues, We are pleased to invite you to participate in Convergence 2026: Human-AI Integration for Multilingual and Accessible Communication, which will take place between 17th and 19th June at University of Surrey, Guildford, UK. This year, in addition to onsite participation, we are delighted to offer an online participation option to make the event more accessible to a wider audience. Whilst the onsite registration is now closed, there is the possibility to attend the conference online. Building on the success of the first Convergence conference<https://www.surrey.ac.uk/centre-translation-studies/convergence-2023> in 2023, which explored the responsible and intelligent integration of human and machine capabilities in translation and interpreting, the Centre for Translation Studies is proud to organised Convergence 2026: Human-AI Integration for Multilingual and Accessible Communication. The second edition of the Convergence conference will create an opportunity to bring together innovative research on the evolving landscape of AI in the context of multilingual and accessible communication, reflecting on the complexity and effects of using AI-driven technologies in these fields. The conference will foster a multidisciplinary dialogue that will generate new theoretical perspectives and practical research, focusing on themes such as the ethical aspects of AI in translation and interpreting, AI-enabled digital accessibility and societal inclusion, and the impact of Generative AI on language mediation. We will also examine the evolving role of language professionals, the power of Large Language Models (LLMs) in supporting multilingual communication, and the crucial need for responsible use of language AI in the public sector. The conference programme includes keynote talks by leading experts, paper presentations, panel discussions, and poster sessions, providing a rich environment for exchanging ideas and fostering collaboration. For more information about the conference, programme details, and registration link, please visit: https://www.surrey.ac.uk/centre-translation-studies/convergence-2026 Online participants will be able to view all scheduled paper presentations, keynote speeches, and panel sessions via our streaming platform. They will have the opportunity to ask questions using the online Q&A facilities provided. To register, please visit https://www.surrey.ac.uk/centre-translation-studies/convergence-2026/regist… If you have any questions, please contact us at cts_inquiries(a)surrey.ac.uk<mailto:cts_inquiries@surrey.ac.uk>. Kind regards, Constantin -- Prof Constantin Orăsan Professor of Language and Translation Technologies Room 06LC03, Phone extension: 4115 Centre for Translation Studies<https://www.surrey.ac.uk/centre-translation-studies>, University of Surrey Third Floor | Library | University of Surrey | Guildford | Surrey | GU2 7XH Phone: +44 (0) 1483 684115 Personal page: https://www.surrey.ac.uk/people/constantin-orasan -- Prof Constantin Orăsan Professor of Language and Translation Technologies Room 06LC03, Phone extension: 4115 Centre for Translation Studies<https://www.surrey.ac.uk/centre-translation-studies>, University of Surrey Third Floor | Library | University of Surrey | Guildford | Surrey | GU2 7XH Phone: +44 (0) 1483 684115 Personal page: https://www.surrey.ac.uk/people/constantin-orasan

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Second CfP: 13th Web-as-Corpus (WaC-13) Workshop @EMNLP2026, Budapest, Hungary, 24-29 Oct, 2026
by Veronika Laippala 08 Jun '26

08 Jun '26

Second Call for Papers 13th Web-as-Corpus (WaC-13) Workshop @EMNLP2026, Budapest, Hungary, 29 Oct, 2026 https://wackyworkshop.org The World Wide Web has evolved from a resource for building linguistic corpora into the central data infrastructure powering modern natural language processing and Large Language Models (LLMs). As web-scale data increasingly shapes AI systems’ knowledge and capabilities, understanding its quality, representativeness, and ethical implications has become critical. At the same time, the “more is better” paradigm is being challenged by issues such as machine-generated content, data toxicity, limited metadata, and the under-representation of many languages and domains. These challenges call for a shift toward Data-Centric AI, focusing on the curation, analysis, and responsible use of web-derived data. The 13th Web-as-Corpus (WaC-13) workshop provides a multidisciplinary forum for research addressing the full lifecycle of web data. We invite submissions on methods, resources, and applications related to web corpora, with special emphasis on multilingual data and less-resourced languages. Topics of interest include (but are not limited to): * Creation and evaluation of high-quality datasets for foundation models (e.g., data collection, filtering, enrichment, language identification) * Use of web data in empirical linguistic research * Analysis of web-scale corpora for quality, representativeness, and societal insights * Ethical and legal aspects of collecting, sharing, and using web data By bringing together researchers from NLP, linguistics, and the social sciences, WaC aims to advance best practices for one of the field’s most influential data sources. Important dates: Direct paper submission deadline: 7 August, 2026 Pre-reviewed ARR commitment deadline: 1 September, 2026 Notification of acceptance: 5 September, 2026 Camera-ready paper due: 20 September, 2026 Workshop date: 29 Oct, 2026 Submissions: Submit your papers through https://openreview.net/group?id=EMNLP/2026/Workshop/WaC-13 or through ARR commitment https://openreview.net/group?id=EMNLP/2026/Workshop/WaC-13_ARR_Commitment. Workshop Organizers: Nikola Ljubešić, Jožef Stefan Institute, Slovenia Yves Scherrer, University of Oslo, Norway Laurie Burchell, Common Crawl Foundation Veronika Laippala, University of Turku, Finland Pedro Ortiz Suarez, Common Crawl Foundation Thom Vaughan, Common Crawl Foundation Vuk Dinić, Jožef Stefan Institute, Slovenia

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PhD Proposal GRAIL - NLP - Graph - France
by julien.romero＠telecom-sudparis.eu 08 Jun '26

08 Jun '26

Thesis Description The GRAIL (Grounded Recommendation with Auditable Inference Links) project addresses the structural challenges of two-sided cold start in job recommendation. The research focuses on algorithmic decision support within the highly dynamic labor market, where interactions are sparse and profiles are frequently new. The thesis centers on three primary scientific objectives: Uncertainty-Aware Extraction: Design a pipeline to extract missing skill tokens from unstructured resumes and job descriptions while maintaining strict document-level provenance and confidence scores. Hybrid Generative Recommendation: Develop a recommender component that infers missing candidate-job interaction edges to restore predictive power. Each generated edge must be accompanied by an auditable inference link, functioning as a compact evidence subgraph connecting job requirements directly to candidate profiles. Trustworthiness and Fairness Auditing: Implement rigorous equal-opportunity auditing focused on the candidate selection stage, utilizing sensitive attributes strictly for offline reporting to ensure transparent utility-fairness trade-offs. Timeline The PhD program is structured as a three-year project with defined research milestones: Year 1: Finalize the two-sided cold-start protocol, implement the uncertainty-aware skill extraction pipeline, and establish strong evaluation baselines to deliver the initial auditable evidence graph. Year 2: Develop the grounded generative module to propose candidate recommendations using auditable inference links and train the explicit predictive scorer. Year 3: Deploy equal-opportunity auditing mechanisms, quantify system robustness to extraction uncertainty, and consolidate the benchmark, pretrained models, and toolkit into a documented release. Required Skills and Qualifications Strong academic background in computer science, specifically in machine learning, natural language processing (NLP), or recommender systems. Proficiency in programming, algorithm design, and large-scale experimentation. Familiarity with heterogeneous graph-based learning or foundation models. Prior research experience is strongly recommended. Administrative Details Host Institution: Télécom SudParis, Institut Polytechnique de Paris (IPParis). Laboratory: SAMOVAR lab. Funding: Financed by Hi!Paris. Supervisor: Julien Romero. Start Date: September 2026 (flexible). Contract: Full-time. How to Apply To apply for this position, please submit the following materials: A comprehensive resume. A cover letter detailing your research interests and alignment with the GRAIL project. A complete transcript of your academic grades. Recommendation letters (highly appreciated).

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MIAI–PRAIRIE Online Seminar: Adele Goldberg (Princeton): Compositionality, creativity in natural language and LLMs (15/6, 5pm)
by Thierry Poibeau 08 Jun '26

08 Jun '26

MIAI–PRAIRIE Online Seminar on LLMs and the Study of Language, Mind, and Society Our next speaker will be Adele Goldberg, from Princeton, for a talk on ''Compositionality, creativity in natural language and LLMs’’, on Monday 15 June, 5pm (French time), Online, free access, with no registration Organized by Caroline Rossi (Université Grenoble Alpes / MIAI) and Thierry Poibeau (ENS–PSL / PRAIRIE–PSAI). Next year’s speakers will include Eloïse Boisseau (AMU, Marseille), and Dallas Card (U. Michigan), among others. ---- *** Compositionality, creativity in natural language and LLMs *** Monday 15 June, 5pm (French time), online (free access, no registration) Connexion link: https://webinaire.numerique.gouv.fr/meeting/signin/invite/78275/creator/433… Adele Goldberg, Princeton Abstract: Today’s LLMs interpret and produce familiar and novel language without abstract symbolic rules. An appreciation of the complexity of natural languages indicates this is more a feature than a bug. New evidence demonstrates that LLMs are also at least as creative as the typical person. Parallels between LLMs and human language highlight the statistical and functional aspects of both systems. For cognitive scientists, LLMs promise of a deeper understanding of compositionality and creativity. Bio: Adele Goldberg is the M. Taylor Pyne Professor of Psychology at Princeton University. Her research explores the formal, semantic, social, statistical, and memory-based factors that shape how languages are learned, represented, and used. She is fascinated by what makes human language both creative and constrained, across adults and children, first and second language learners, and neurotypical and atypical populations. Her current work touches on word meaning, language change, island constraints, metaphor and emotion, good-enough language production, and the forms and functions of grammatical constructions. She is a Fellow of the Linguistic Society of America, the Association for Psychological Science, and the Cognitive Science Society, and an elected member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

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Lecturer jobs at Leeds University UK
by Eric Atwell 08 Jun '26

08 Jun '26

Leeds Uni is recruiting Lecturers in science and engineering, including AI and computer science - https://jobs.leeds.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx?ref=EPSFD1003 Salary £51,753 to £59,966 p.a. Post Type Full Time, (permanent) Closing Date Tuesday 30 June 2026

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Two PhD positions In Lugano (Switzerland)
by lonneke.vanderplas＠usi.ch 08 Jun '26

08 Jun '26

Two fully funded PhD positions in the USI NLP Lab, led by Prof. Lonneke van der Plas, as part of SATURNA (https://www.saturna.ch/<https://www.linkedin.com/safety/go/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Esaturna%2Ech%2F…>), a large-scale Swiss National Science Foundation project. The successful candidates will work on developing and understanding transformer-based language models, their traditional application to languages and the challenges that their application to RNA sequences brings. One position will focus on new training methods and architectures for modeling long distance relations, segmentation, structure etc., while the other will focus on interpretability: how these models encode structure, regulation, and function. The PhD students are based at USI Università della Svizzera italiana in Lugano, and will join a fast-growing, vibrant, and interdisciplinary research environment spanning the Institute of Argumentation, Linguistics and Semiotics (IALS) and the Dalle Molle Institute for Artificial Intelligence (IDSIA), with close connections to collaborators across Switzerland and abroad including experts in graph deep learning, knowledge-enhanced AI, computational biology, and translational science from several institutions, such as Uni Bern and EPFL. Applications received before 15 June 2026 will be given priority, but the positions will remain open until filled. More information and application link here: https://content.usi.ch/sites/default/files/storage/attachments/ials/ials-id…<https://content.usi.ch/sites/default/files/storage/attachments/ials/ials-id….> Learn more about our lab here: https://usi-nlp.github.io/<https://www.linkedin.com/safety/go/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fusi-nlp%2Egithub%2Eio…> -- Prof. Lonneke van der Plas Associate Professor of Natural Language Processing USI Università della Svizzera italiana https://usi.to/bkks

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Final CFP: [LaTeLL 2026] International Conference ‘LAnguage TEchnologies for Low-resource Languages’
by Salmane Chafik 07 Jun '26

07 Jun '26

International Conference ‘LAnguage TEchnologies for Low-resource Languages’ (LaTeLL ’2026) Fes, Morocco 28, 29 and 30 September 2026 www.latell.org/2026/ Final Call for Papers ***Final submission deadline 15 June 2026*** Authors who anticipate difficulties in completing the submission process by the deadline are encouraged to contact the conference organisers as soon as possible to discuss the possibility of a reasonable extension. The conference Natural Language Processing (NLP) has witnessed remarkable progress in recent years, largely driven by the emergence of deep learning architectures and, more recently, large language models (LLMs). Nevertheless, these advances have disproportionately benefited high-resource languages that possess abundant data for model training. By contrast, low-resource languages which account for at least 85% of the world’s linguistic diversity and are often spoken by smaller or marginalised communities, have not yet reaped the full benefits of contemporary NLP technologies. This imbalance can be attributed to several interrelated factors, including the scarcity of high-quality training data, limited computational and financial resources, and insufficient community engagement in data collection and model development. Developing NLP applications for low-resource languages poses major challenges, particularly the need for large, well-annotated datasets, standardised tools, and robust linguistic resources. Although several workshops have previously addressed NLP for low-resource languages, LaTeLL is the first international conference dedicated specifically to the automatic processing of such languages. The event aims to provide a forum for researchers to present and discuss their latest work in NLP in general, and particularly in the development and evaluation of language models for low-resource languages. Conference topics We invite submissions on a broad range of themes concerning linguistic and computational studies focusing on low-resource languages, including but not limited to the following topics: Language resources for low-resource languages ● Dataset creation and annotation ● Evaluation methodologies and benchmarks for low-resource settings ● Lexical resources, corpora, and linguistic databases ● Crowdsourcing and community-driven data collection ● Tools and frameworks for low-resource language processing Core language technologies for low-resource languages ● Language modelling and pre-training for low-resource languages ● Speech recognition, text-to-speech, and spoken language understanding ● Phonology, morphology, word segmentation, and tokenisation ● Syntax: tagging, chunking, and parsing ● Semantics: lexical and sentence-level representation NLP Applications for low-resource languages ● Information extraction and named entity recognition ● Question answering systems ● Dialogue and interactive systems ● Summarisation ● Machine translation ● Sentiment analysis, stylistic analysis, and argument mining ● Content moderation ● Information retrieval and text mining Multimodality and Grounding for low-resource languages ● Vision and language for low-resource contexts ● Speech and text multimodal systems ● Low-resource sign language processing Ethics, Equity, and Social Impact for low-resource languages ● Bias and fairness in low-resource language technologies ● Sociolinguistic considerations in technology development ● Cultural appropriateness and sensitivity Human-Centred Approaches in low-resource languages ● Usability and accessibility of low-resource language technologies ● Educational applications and language learning ● Community needs assessment and technology adoption ● User experience research in low-resource contexts Multilinguality and Cross-Lingual Methods for low-resource languages ● Multilingual language models and their adaptation ● Code-switching and code-mixing ● Cross-lingual transfer learning in low-resource languages. Special Theme Track 1 — Building Applications Based on Large Language Models for Low-Resource Languages LaTeLL’2026 will feature a Special Theme Track dedicated to the development of applications based on Large Language Models (LLMs) for low-resource languages. This track aims to explore innovative methodologies, architectures, and tools that leverage the power of LLMs to enhance linguistic processing, accessibility, and inclusivity for underrepresented languages. Contributions are encouraged on topics such as model adaptation and fine-tuning, multilingual and cross-lingual transfer, ethical and fairness considerations, and the creation of datasets and benchmarks that facilitate the integration of LLM-based solutions in low-resource settings. Special Theme Track 2 — Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) and Arabic Dialects This special track addresses the unique challenges and opportunities in processing Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) and the rich landscape of Arabic dialects. The diglossic nature of Arabic, where the formal MSA coexists with numerous, widely used spoken dialects, presents a significant hurdle for NLP. While MSA is relatively well-resourced, Arabic dialects are quintessential examples of low-resource languages, often lacking standardised orthographies, annotated corpora, and dedicated processing tools. This track invites submissions on novel research and resources aimed at bridging this gap and advancing the state of the art in Arabic language technology. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: ● Dialect identification and classification ● Creation of corpora and lexical resources for Arabic dialects ● Machine translation between MSA and dialects, and across different dialects ● Speech recognition and synthesis for dialectal Arabic ● Computational modelling of morphology, syntax, and semantics for dialects ● NLP applications (e.g., sentiment analysis, NER) for dialectal user-generated content ● Code-switching between Arabic dialects, MSA, and other languages Submissions and Publication LaTeLL’2026 welcomes high-quality submissions in English, which may take one of the following two forms: ● Regular papers: Up to eight (8) pages in length, presenting substantial, original, completed, and unpublished research. ● Short/poster papers: Up to four (4) pages in length, suitable for concise or focused contributions, ongoing research, negative results, system demonstrations, and similar work. Short papers will be presented during a dedicated poster session. The conference will not consider submissions consisting of abstracts only. All accepted papers (both long and short) will be published as electronic proceedings (with ISBN) and made available on the conference website at the time of the event. The organisers will submit the proceedings for inclusion in the ACL Anthology. To prepare your submission, please make sure to use the LaTeLL’2026 style files available here: LaTeX: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RceWyUqjFLEbv_oNto-x2Quop7qT4-wf/view?usp=… Word: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1m6VeC9jtMpe-Ku2QREgrPlE2-NTDvJvZ/edit?u… Overleaf: https://www.overleaf.com/read/ttzzfcnjrgvw#e82bef Papers should be submitted through Softconf/START using the following link: https://softconf.com/p/latell2026 Authors of papers receiving exceptionally positive reviews will be invited to prepare extended and substantially revised versions for submission to a leading journal in the field of Natural Language Processing (NLP). The conference will also feature a Student Workshop, and awards will be presented to the authors of outstanding papers. Important dates Due to multiple requests, the submission deadline has been extended to 15 June 2026. In addition, note the revised conference dates below. ● Submissions due: 15 June 2026 ● Notification of acceptance: 21 July 2026 ● Camera-ready due: 31 July 2026 ● Conference: 28, 29 and 30 September 2026 Keynote speaker Nizar Habash (New York University Abu Dhabi) Organisation Conference Chair Ruslan Mitkov (Lancaster University and University of Alicante) Programme Committee Chairs Saad Ezzini (King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals) Salima Lamsiyah (University of Luxembourg) Tharindu Ranasinghe (Lancaster University) Organising Committee Maram Alharbi (Lancaster University) Salmane Chafik (Mohammed VI Polytechnic University) Ernesto Estevanell (University of Alicante) Milica Ikonić Nešić (University of Belgrade) Shahin Yousefi (Institute for Advanced Studies in Basic Sciences, Zanjan) Further information and contact details The follow-up calls will provide more details on the conference venue and registration. The conference website is www.latell.org/2026/ and will be updated on a regular basis. For further information, please email 2026(a)latell.org Conference registration is now open — please visit the conference website for further details.

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Call for Participation: AthensNLP 2026 summer school (deadline extended to June 10)
by A. Vlachos 07 Jun '26

07 Jun '26

Call for Participation AthNLP 2026 - 4th ATHENS NLP SUMMER SCHOOL ============================================ ** Preliminary schedule of Speakers, Labs, Events: https://athnlp.github.io/2026/schedule.html ** Info for sponsors: see here<https://drive.google.com/file/d/1J3AC6Yat2sfov0hpRXsCDXnnWLjdm9FI/view> We invite everyone interested in Natural Language Processing and Machine Learning to participate in the 4th Athens Natural Language Processing Summer School taking place in Athens, Greece at NCSR Demokritos Campus between 2-8 September 2026: https://athnlp.github.io/2026/ Important Dates -------------------------- * Application Deadline: June 10, 2026 May 31, 2026 * Decision Announcement: June 22, 2026 June 10, 2026 * Registration: July 12, 2026 June 30, 2026 * Summer School: September 2-8, 2026 Description ------------------ Following successful AthNLP editions in 2019, 2024, and 2025, AthNLP 2026 returns to the campus of NCSR Demokritos in Athens. The summer school is organised by NCSR Demokritos, the Athens University of Economics and Business, RC ATHENA, Heriot-Watt University and ELLIS Unit Manchester, in close collaboration with LxMLS (Lisbon, 20–25 July 2026). The school focuses on Machine Learning methods for NLP, especially Deep Learning and Large Language Models (LLMs), offering: Morning lectures on theory, afternoon hands-on lab sessions, evening research talks, poster sessions, and demos. Our target audience is: * Students and researchers in NLP/Computational Linguistics and Machine Learning; * Computer scientists with interest in NLP and ML; * Industry professionals seeking deeper understanding of these fields. While previous experience with the topics will be helpful, the school assumes no previous knowledge of Natural Language Processing and Machine Learning. The only background assumed is basic mathematics and Python programming. Features of AthNLP: * Attendance at the Social Event, daily lunch as well as morning and afternoon coffee breaks are included in the registration ee. * Lecturers are leading researchers in Machine Learning and NLP. * Students will be able to (optionally) show their current work in poster sessions during coffee breaks. Confirmed Speakers --------------------------------- * Antonis Anastasopoulos, George Mason Computer Science * Isabelle Augenstein, University of Copenhagen * Desmond Elliott, University of Copenhagen * Nizar Habash, NYU Abu Dhabi * Lingpeng Kong, University of Hong Kong * Julia Kreutzer, Cohere * Ryan McDonald * Dong Nguyen, Utrecht University * Anna Rogers, IT University of Copenhagen * Emine Yilmaz, University College London Participation --------------------- To apply, please fill this<https://ijerm0co.forms.app/athens-nlp-2026-summer-school-final> form. The fees are the following: * 300 EUR for students * 400 EUR for university professors or researchers at a public institute * 500 EUR for everyone else AthNLP Summer School Scholarship --------------------- Applicants can apply for the scholarship through the main application form<https://ijerm0co.forms.app/athens-nlp-2026-summer-school-final>. Scholarship recipients will be selected by the Admissions Committee and notified of the outcome after the acceptance decisions have been finalized. The scholarship provided covers only the registration fee for the AthNLP Summer School. Please note that accommodation, travel expenses, and visa costs are not included and remain the responsibility of the scholarship recipients. Any questions should be directed to: athnlp(a)athenarc.gr<mailto:athnlp@athenarc.gr> We are looking forward to your participation! -- The organizers of AthNLP 2026

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[CfP] Sci-K @ISWC 2026 – 6th Intl. Workshop on Scientific Knowledge Representation, Discovery, and Assessment
by Georg Rehm 07 Jun '26

07 Jun '26

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CALL FOR PAPERS Sci-K – 6th International Workshop on Scientific Knowledge Representation, Discovery, and Assessment in conjunction with the International Semantic Web Conference (ISWC) 2026 October 25/26 2026, Bari, Italy (exact day TBD) Web: https://sci-k.github.io<https://sci-k.github.io/>, X: @scik_workshop<https://twitter.com/scik_workshop>, LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/10083235/ Submission deadline: July 24th, 2026 (Extended) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aim and Scope: Recently, we have experienced a massive increase in the volume of scientific articles and research artefacts (e.g., datasets, models, software packages). This trend is expected to continue and pose challenges, including developing large-scale machine-readable representations of scientific knowledge, making scholarly data and knowledge discoverable and accessible, and designing reliable and comprehensive metrics to assess scientific impact and measure the quality of structured scientific resources and AI-driven research support. Sci-K provides a forum for researchers and practitioners from diverse disciplines to present, educate, and guide research on scientific knowledge. Three themes cover the most important challenges in this field: Representation. There is a need for flexible, context-sensitive, fine-grained, and machine-actionable representations of scholarly knowledge that are, at the same time, structured, interlinked, and semantically rich: Scientific Knowledge Graphs (SKGs), also known as Research Knowledge Graphs (RKGs). Even more so, in line with the recent Barcelona Declaration on Open Research Information, SKGs/RKGs can power data-driven services to navigate, analyse, and make sense of research dynamics, thus becoming the structural backbone of model scholarly communication and research intelligence, such as AI-driven research assistants. Current challenges relate to the design of ontologies or alternative representation methods that conceptualise scholarly knowledge, model its representation, both metadata as well as richer semantic content such as hypotheses, methods, claims, and research results, and enable exchange. Furthermore, supporting interdisciplinary knowledge representation and cross-domain alignment across heterogeneous scientific fields remains a key challenge. Lastly, application domains such as semantic publishing illustrate how representation approaches can be operationalised in scholarly communication, while also exposing open challenges related to usability, adoption, and the balance between structured and natural language formats. Discoverability. Scholarly information should be easily findable, discoverable, and visible so that it can be mined and organised within SKGs/RKGs. Discovery tools should be able to crawl the Web and identify scholarly data, whether on a publisher’s website or in institutional repositories, preprint servers, or open-access repositories. This is challenging and requires a deep understanding of both the scholarly communication landscape and the needs of a range of stakeholders: researchers (across different fields and subfields), publishers, funders, and the general public. Other challenges include the discovery and extraction of entities and concepts, the integration of information from heterogeneous sources, the identification of duplicates, the identification of connections between entities, and the identification of conceptual inconsistencies. We are particularly interested in modern systems that integrate AI, NLP, and LLM technologies, including hybrid human-AI workflows where automated methods are combined with expert curation and validation. Lastly, application domains and use cases are needed to better understand for which concrete research tasks ontologies, knowledge graphs, and LLMs can effectively support researchers, such as literature exploration, hypothesis generation, and synthesis of scientific knowledge. Assessment. Due to the continuous growth in the volume and diversity of research products, and the global movement around Responsible Research Assessment reforms (e.g., DORA, CoARA), inclusive approaches to research evaluation are more relevant than ever. There is a need for reliable, comprehensive, inclusive and equitable metrics and indicators of the scientific impact and merit of publications, datasets, research institutions, individual researchers, and other relevant entities. In addition, there is a growing need for methods to assess the quality, reliability, and usefulness of the underlying representations and discovery systems themselves, including scientific knowledge graphs, ontologies, and AI-driven discovery tools, in terms of their coverage, accuracy, interpretability, and support for research tasks. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Topics of Interest: * Representation * Data models for the description of scholarly data and their relationships, including rich semantic representations of hypotheses, methods, claims, and research results. * Description and use of provenance information of scientific data. * Integration and interoperability models of different data sources, including cross-domain and interdisciplinary knowledge alignment * NLP and AI approaches that demonstrate related methods and technologies. * Relevant knowledge graphs and ontologies. * Hybrid or LLM-based approaches for representation and knowledge graph engineering. * Infrastructures and metadata standards aligned with the Barcelona Declaration to ensure open and sustainable research information. * Applications of representation approaches in scholarly communication, including semantic publishing and structured scientific communication. * Discoverability * Methods for extracting metadata, entities and relationships from scientific data. * Methods for the (semi-)automatic annotation and enhancement of scientific data. * Methods and interfaces for the exploration, retrieval, and visualisation of scholarly data. * NLP and AI approaches that demonstrate related methods and technologies. * Hybrid human-AI workflows for discovery, including curation, validation, and knowledge refinement. * Methods supporting interdisciplinary discovery and cross-domain knowledge exploration. * Applications and use cases demonstrating how ontologies, knowledge graphs, and LLMs support research tasks, such as literature exploration, hypothesis generation, and knowledge synthesis. * Assessment * Novel methods, indicators, and metrics for quality and impact assessment of scientific publications, datasets, software, and other research output. * Uses of scientific knowledge graphs and citation networks for the facilitation of research assessment. * Studies regarding the characteristics or the evolution of scientific impact or merit. * NLP and AI approaches that demonstrate related methods and technologies. * Approaches to research assessment aligned with responsible research evaluation initiatives (e.g., DORA, CoAra). . * Metrics and frameworks for evaluating the quality, completeness, and reliability of scientific knowledge representations, including knowledge graphs and ontologies. * Evaluation of discovery systems and AI-driven tools, including their effectiveness, transparency, interpretability, and support for research tasks. * Benchmarking and evaluation methodologies for scholarly data infrastructures and AI-based research support systems (using ontologies, LLMs, KGs). ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /***** NEW *****/ Exclusive to ISWC 2026 main tracks’ submissions: We invite you to submit your paper to Sci-K 2026 if it was rejected from the main tracks (Research, Resource, In-Use), provided that it is in scope of the workshop. Info on the website: https://sci-k.github.io<https://sci-k.github.io/> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submission Guidelines: * Full research papers (up to 12 pages + unlimited pages of appendices and references) * Short research papers (up to 6 pages + unlimited pages of appendices and references) * Vision/Position papers (up to 6 pages + unlimited pages of appendices and references) The workshop calls for full research papers, describing original work on the listed topics, and short papers on early research results, new results on previously published works, demos, and projects. In accordance with Open Science principles, research papers may also be in the form of data or software papers (short or long papers). Data papers present the motivation and methodology for creating data sets of value to the community, e.g., annotated corpora, benchmark collections, and training sets. Software papers present the software's functionality, its value to the community, and its applications. To enable reproducibility and peer-review, authors are requested to share the DOIs of datasets and software products described in the articles. The workshop also calls for vision/position papers that provide insights into new or emerging areas, innovative or risky approaches, or applications that will require extensions to the state of the art. Vision papers do not necessarily have to present results, but should carefully elaborate on the motivation and ongoing challenges of the described area. We particularly welcome papers that address the technical challenges of implementing the principles of the Barcelona Declaration or contribute to the cause of Responsible Research Assessment. Sci-K will adopt a single-blind review process, and each paper will be reviewed by at least three Program Committee members. Submissions must be in PDF format and must adhere to the CEURART single-column template. Submissions that do not follow these guidelines, or do not view or print properly, may be rejected without review. The proceedings of the workshops will be published on CEUR (indexed in Scopus, DBLP and so on). Submit your contributions following the link: https://sci-k.github.io/2026/#submission<https://sci-k.github.io/2025/#submission> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Important Dates: * Paper submission: July 24th, 2026 (23:59, AoE timezone) * Notification of acceptance: August 21st, 2026 * Camera-ready due: September 13th, 2026 (tentative) * Workshop day: October 25/26, 2026 (TBA) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Organising Committee (alphabetical order): Allard Oelen, TIB, DE Anna Jacyszyn, FIZ Karlsruhe, DE Andrea Mannocci, CNR-ISTI, IT Francesco Osborne, The Open University, UK Georg Rehm, DFKI, DE Angelo Salatino, The Open University, UK Sonja Schimmler, TU Berlin, Fraunhofer FOKUS, DE Lise Stork, University of Amsterdam, NL

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Two PhD positions at Saarland University and Konrad Zuse School of Excellence in Learning and Intelligent Systems (ELIZA)
by Michael Hahn 07 Jun '26

07 Jun '26

The groups of Vera Demberg <https://www.uni-saarland.de/lehrstuhl/demberg.html>and Michael Hahn <https://lacoco-lab.github.io/>invite applications for two PhD positions at Saarland University, affiliated with the Konrad Zuse School of Excellence in Learning and Intelligent Systems (ELIZA). ### Topics Position in Vera Demberg's group: - computational models of pragmatics and/or theory of mind, with a focus on inferring the intent of the conversational partner during interaction - experimental studies and computational models on how individual differences in human cognition affect human language processing Position in Michael Hahn's group: - abilities & limitations of transformers and other LLM architectures, - LLM interpretability, - foundations of LLM reasoning, - foundations of AI safety. ### Key Information The PhD positions are part of Saarland University research groups of the Konrad Zuse School of Excellence in Learning and Intelligent Systems (ELIZA) and will be located in Saarbrücken. Please see the ELIZA PhD Program Requirements and Arrangements for ELIZA-funded PhD students: https://eliza.school/opportunities/eliza-phd-program-fully-funded-positions The positions are intended to begin at the earliest possible date (start date is negotiable in both directions, i.e., an earlier start as soon as August 2026 or a later start are possible). Application deadline: June 18, 2026 ### How to apply Please find further information and application details here: Position in Vera Demberg's group: https://www.uni-saarland.de/fileadmin/upload/verwaltung/stellen/Wissenschaf… Position in Michael Hahn's group: https://www.uni-saarland.de/fileadmin/upload/verwaltung/stellen/Wissenschaf… ### About ELIZA and the Research Environment ELIZA is a graduate school in Artificial Intelligence funded by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD). Research and academic training within ELIZA focus on four key areas: (1) the foundations of Machine Learning (ML) — including ML-driven fields such as Computer Vision, Natural Language Processing (NLP), or Robot Learning —, (2) machine learning systems, (3) applications in autonomous systems, and (4) transdisciplinary applications of ML in other scientific domains, ranging from the life sciences to physics. Saarland University is one of the leading centers for computational linguistics and computer science in Europe and offers a dynamic and stimulating research environment. It is renowned for its interdisciplinary research in language, translation, computation and cognition. The groups are affiliated with the Department of Computer Science and with the Department of Language Science and Technology. The Department of Language Science and Technology comprises about 100 research staff in ten research groups in the fields of computational linguistics, psycholinguistics, speech processing, and corpus linguistics. Both departments are part of the Saarland Informatics Campus, which brings together 800 researchers and 2,000 students from 81 countries. We collaborate closely with the university's Department of Computer Science, the Max Planck Institute for Informatics, the Max Planck Institute for Software Systems, and the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI). Our researchers and students come from all over the world, and our primary working language is English. If you have further questions, please email Vera Demberg <demberg(a)lst.uni-saarland.de> or Michael Hahn <mhahn(a)lst.uni-saarland.de>. -- Michael Hahn Tenure-Track Professor Saarland Informatics Campus Saarland University Group: https://lacoco-lab.github.io/ Personal: https://www.mhahn.info/

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Call for Papers: FEL XXX 2026, Paris, France, 3-5 November 2026 - Submission deadline 10 July 2026
by Steven Krauwer 06 Jun '26

06 Jun '26

CALL FOR PAPERS The 30th Annual Conference of the Foundation for Endangered Languages, FEL XXX (2026) "Endangered Languages and Innovative Technologies: Documentation, Processing and Revitalisation" Organised by the Foundation for Endangered Languages(FEL <https://ogmios.org>) and the Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales (Inalco <https://inalco.fr/en>) Paris, France, 3-5 November 2026 The conference aims to create a space for dialogue between researchers, technologists, and, crucially, language communities themselves, concerning the opportunities and challenges presented by innovative technologies in efforts to prevent language loss and promote the maintenance and revitalisation of endangered languages. We strongly encourage submissions from community members, educators, activists, and practitioners, as well as presentations of collaborative work between academic and non-academic partners. More about the theme: https://www.ogmios.org/conferences/2026/theme.php Important dates: # 10July2026:Deadlineforsubmission of abstracts # 13 July 2026: Registration opens # 01 August2026:Selectedapplicantsinformed # 15 September2026:Deadlineforsubmission of extended versions of accepted abstracts # 03-05November 2026:Conference dates # 06 November 2026: Excursion (to be confirmed) Conference website: https://ogmios.org/conferences/2026 Email: fel2026(a)ogmios.org -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Steven Krauwer, CLARIN/FEL/ELSNET/TLC, Drift 10, 3512 BS Utrecht, NL

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37th IEEE International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering (ISSRE 2026): First Combo Call for Workshop Papers
by Announce 06 Jun '26

06 Jun '26

*** First Combo Call for Workshop Papers *** 37th IEEE International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering (ISSRE 2026) October 20-23, 2026, 5* St. Raphael Resort and Marina Limassol, Cyprus https://cyprusconferences.org/issre2026/ Workshops at ISSRE provide additional opportunities for collaborating and exchanging information, for both practitioners from industry and academic researchers. The workshops aim at discussing recent developments and open challenges in engineering high-assurance software and systems, and they are open to exchange of ideas at an early stage before maturation. All accepted workshop papers will be published by IEEE in the ISSRE 2026 accompanying proceedings volume. The following workshops are confirmed and will be organized co-located with ISSRE 2026. 3rd International Workshop on Advanced Intelligent Software Quality (AISQ 2026) https://sites.google.com/view/aisq-2026/home In the era of Industry 4.0, advanced intelligent software systems, such as cyber-physical systems (CPS), machine learning-based systems, manufacturing systems, digital twin systems, quantum software applications, multi-agent systems, real-time systems, and LLM-based systems, are playing an increasingly important role in both the industrial world and our daily lives. Failures or requirement violations in these systems may lead to disruptive consequences or even catastrophic outcomes. Nowadays, extensive research, spanning both formal methods and engineering practices, has been conducted to improve the quality of advanced intelligent software from various aspects, such as usability, correctness, reliability, scalability, and robustness. New research topics and directions, such as prompt engineering and harness engineering, are constantly emerging. Our AISQ aims to bridge the gap between the increasing complexity of modern systems and the scalability of quality assurance approaches and fundamental theories. Specifically, AISQ seeks to collect promising and high-quality research achievements and provide an international venue to discuss advanced discoveries and emerging trends related to the quality of Advanced Intelligent Software in both academia and industry. 3rd International Workshop on Human Factors for Software Dependability (HFSD 2026) https://hfsdworkshop.github.io/ Software is created by humans and widely used by humans, with the ultimate goal of benefiting society. HFSD is a specialized workshop that brings together researchers from multiple disciplines to address the human factors that shape the reliability, safety, security, and availability of software systems. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, human error, human–AI collaborative programming, social factors in security risks, and human-in-the-loop approaches for trustworthy autonomous systems. 1st International Workshop on Quality Assurance of Conversational Agentic Systems (QA4AGENTS) https://qa4agents.github.io/ The QA4Agents workshop focuses on quality assurance techniques, methodologies, and tools for conversational agentic systems, namely systems capable of interacting with users and external services through natural language. As these systems become increasingly autonomous and deeply integrated into complex software ecosystems, ensuring their reliability, robustness, safety, and correctness represents a critical challenge. The workshop aims to bring together researchers and practitioners from the fields of software engineering, software testing, artificial intelligence, and runtime verification to discuss emerging approaches for the evaluation, testing, monitoring, benchmarking, and validation of conversational agentic systems. 4th IEEE International Workshop on Reliable and Secure AI for Software Engineering (ReSAISE 2026) https://resaise.github.io/2026/ Artificial Intelligence is now deeply embedded in software engineering workflows, from code generation and program repair to vulnerability detection, test generation, maintenance, and developer support. Large Language Models and agentic AI systems make these workflows more powerful, but they also introduce dependability questions that software engineering research cannot treat as an afterthought. ReSAISE’26 brings together researchers and practitioners from the AI and Software Engineering communities to discuss how AI-based solutions for software engineering can be made reliable, secure, trustworthy, and useful in real development settings. The workshop continues the ReSAISE focus on reliability and security while reflecting the growing role of LLMs, AI coding assistants, and multi-agent software engineering systems. We welcome contributions that study the development, deployment, evaluation, and operation of reliable and secure AI for software engineering, including methods, empirical studies, tools, benchmarks, experience reports, and lessons learned from negative or unexpected results. 18th International Workshop on Software Aging and Rejuvenation (WoSAR 2026) https://www.wosar.net/ WoSAR is the premier international venue for discussing the recent advances and discoveries in theoretical and practical aspects of software aging and rejuvenation research. Software aging is the progressive degradation of performance and dependability in computer programs, especially those executing for a long period of time. This phenomenon has been extensively studied for more than 20 years, as it affects many systems, from embedded devices to server software to critical systems. Software rejuvenation, i.e., proactive restart of application (components/threads/tasks), reboot of VMs or machines, and failover to a replica are the most prominent approaches to combat software aging. A variety of rejuvenation techniques, scheduling plans, scope and granularity, have been proposed for different application types and platforms. Important Dates (AoE) • Submission deadline: July 20, 2026 (indicative, refer to the workshops' websites) • Notification of acceptance: August 10, 2026 • Camera-ready copy submission: August 17, 2026 • Author registration deadline: August 19, 2026 Organisation General Chairs • Leonardo Mariani, University of Milano - Bicocca, Italy • George A. Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus Program Coordinator • Roberto Natella, GSSI, Italy Research Program Committee Chairs • Domenico Cotroneo, UNC Charlotte, USA • Jie M. Zhang, King's College London, UK Industry Program Chairs • Jinyang Liu, Bytedance, USA • Sigrid Eldh, Ericsson AB, Sweden Workshop Chairs • Georgia Kapitsaki, University of Cyprus, Cyprus • August Shi, The University of Texas at Austin, USA Doctoral Symposium Chairs • Stefan Winter, LMU Munich, Germany • Lili Wei, McGill University, Canada Fast Abstract Chairs • Luigi Lavazza, University of Insubria, Italy • Yintong Huo, SMU, Singapore JIC2 Chair • Helene Waeselynck, LAAS-CNRS, France Publicity Chairs • Allison K. Sulivan, The University of Texas at Arlington, USA • Jose D'Abruzzo Pereira, University of Coimbra, Portugal Publication Chairs • Sherlock Licorish, Otago Business School, New Zealand • Maria Teresa Rossi, GSSI, Italy Artifact Evaluation Chairs • Naghmeh Ivaki, University of Coimbra, Portugal • Fumio Machida, University of Tsukuba, Japan Diversity and Inclusion Chair • Eleni Constantinou, University of Cyprus, Cyprus Financial Chair • Costas Pattichis, University of Cyprus, Cyprus Web Chairs • Michalis Ioannides, Easy Conferences LTD • Elena Masserini, University of Milano - Bicocca, Italy Registration Chair • Easy Conferences LTD

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PhD position on ethical challenges in NLP at the University of Bergen, Norway
by Samia Touileb 05 Jun '26

05 Jun '26

[Reminder] There is a vacancy for a PhD position at the Department of Information Science and Media Studies, at the University of Bergen, Norway. We are seeking a highly motivated candidate for a 4-year PhD position focused on ethical challenges in NLP, including topics such as bias, fairness, safety, and value alignment. The position offers flexibility for the candidate to develop and shape their own research questions, while contributing to the broader goal of developing and advancing responsible and ethically grounded NLP systems. Check the full announcement and application details here: https://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/298789/phd-position-at-the-d… Closing date: June 7th, 2026 Kind regards, Samia --- Samia Touileb Associate Professor in Natural Language Processing Department of Information Science and Media Studies, University of Bergen MediaFutures: Research Center for Responsible Media Technology & Innovation Fagspråksenteret: Centre for Norwegian Professional Language

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PhD position in Language Modeling for Linguistics, at Bielefeld University
by Sina Zarrieß 05 Jun '26

05 Jun '26

The Computational Linguistics Group at Bielefeld University is seeking applications for a ** Full-time Research Assistant / Ph.D. Student position ** The position is part of the research project FORESTS which aims to develop a new interdisciplinary approach to using language models (=LMs) as tools for comparative linguistic research and linguistic theories as tools for assessing the systemic robustness of LMs. FORESTS is funded within the DFG-Priority Program "Robust Assessment & Safe Applicability of Language Modelling: Foundations for a New Field of Language Science & Technology (LaSTing)" (SPP 2556). For more details on FORESTS and LaSTing, see https://clause-bielefeld.github.io/projects/. The research tasks of this PhD position will involve the development and grammatical analysis of small, multilingual language models (BabyLMs) and close collaboration with the second PhD student in FORESTS who will work in the field of general linguistics (https://linguistlist.org/issues/37/1971/). The duration of the position is 3 years. Salary is 100% TVL-E13 scale (about 4.000,- EUR per month before taxes, depending on relevant work experience). Application Deadline: 29-Jun-2026 Application Instructions: please visit the application website and press the button "Apply now" to get to the application form: https://jobs.uni-bielefeld.de/job/view/4910/research-position-m-f-d-in-comp… Please do not apply via e-mail, but use the application form following the link above. If you have any questions, please contact: sina.zarriess(a)uni-bielefeld.de -- Prof. Dr. Sina Zarrieß Computational Linguistics https://clause-bielefeld.github.io/ University of Bielefeld Universitätsstr. 25 33615 Bielefeld, Germany +49 521 106-2534

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PhD position in Uncertainty Quantification and Communication at ITU Copenhagen
by Christian Hardmeier 04 Jun '26

04 Jun '26

Would you like to help us create large language models that can express their confidence in a way people understand? We are offering an opportunity to pursue a fully funded PhD in computer science, specialising in data science/natural language processing, in the context of an innovative research project aiming to improve the trustworthiness of large language models (LLMs) and enable them to signal their confidence effectively to their users. You will be part of an exciting project spanning natural language processing, machine learning and experimental linguistics. You will develop methods to express uncertainty with large language models in a controllable way and align the level of confidence that is communicated with the user’s perceived confidence. The project has a dual focus on advancing computational methods in natural language processing and validating them in user studies with human participants. The ideal candidate will have a strong interest in both parts of the project and a solid background in at least one of them. The project is jointly led by Dr. Christian Hardmeier at ITU and Dr. Jes Frellsen at the Technical University of Denmark in close collaboration with Prof. Hannah Rohde at the University of Edinburgh. An extended research stay in Edinburgh is an essential part of the project. Apply here: https://candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationInit.aspx?cid=119&ProjectId=181… Deadline: 24 June 2026 Very soon, we'll also advertise a second PhD position in the same project at DTU, which will be more focused on machine learning. The advertisement will follow on this list! -- Christian Hardmeier Associate Professor, IT University of Copenhagen https://christianhardmeier.rax.ch/

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ACM ICMI 2026 Call for Late-Breaking Results (LBR)
by Gualtiero Volpe 04 Jun '26

04 Jun '26

ICMI 2026 CALL FOR LATE-BREAKING RESULTS (LBR) =============================================== 5-9 October 2026, Napoli - Italy https://icmi.acm.org/2026/ =============================================== Dear colleagues, Please find below the Call for Papers for the Late-Breaking Results (LBR) track of the 28th ACM International Conference on Multimodal Interaction (ICMI 2026). Based on the success of the Late-Breaking Results (LBR) track, ICMI 2026 will continue soliciting submissions for this special venue. The goal of this venue is to provide a way for researchers to share emerging results at the conference. Accepted submissions will be presented in a poster session at the conference, and the extended abstract will be published in the Adjunct Proceedings (Companion Volume) of the main ICMI Proceedings. Like similar venues at other conferences, the LBR venue is intended to allow sharing of ideas, getting formative feedback on early-stage work, and furthering collaborations among colleagues. * Online Submission https://new.precisionconference.com/submissions/icmi26a * Highlights - Submission deadline: June 21st, 2026 - Notifications: July 15th, 2026 - Camera-ready deadline: August 2nd, 2026 - Conference Dates: October 6–8, 2026 - Submission format: Anonymized short paper (four-page paper in a double-column format, not including references), following the submission guidelines - Selection process: Peer-Reviewed - Presentation format: Participation in the conference poster session - Proceedings: Included in the Adjunct Proceedings (Companion Volume) and ACM Digital Library - LBR Co-chairs: Daniel Riccio and Hung-Hsuan Huang * What are Late-Breaking Results? Late-Breaking Results (LBR) submissions represent work such as preliminary results, provoking and current topics, novel experiences or interactions that may not have been fully validated yet, cutting-edge or emerging work that is still in exploratory stages, smaller-scale studies, or, in general, work that has not yet reached a level of maturity expected for the full-length main track papers. However, LBR papers are still expected to bring a contribution to the ICMI community, commensurate with the preliminary, short, and quasi-informal nature of this track. * Why submit to the Late-Breaking Results track at ICMI? Accepted LBR papers will be presented as posters during the conference. This provides an opportunity for researchers to receive feedback on early-stage work, explore potential collaborations, and otherwise engage in exciting, thought-provoking discussions about their work in an informal setting that is significantly less constrained than a paper presentation. The LBR track also offers those new to the ICMI community a chance to share their preliminary research as they become familiar with this field. Late-Breaking Results papers appear in the Adjunct Proceedings (Companion Volume) of the ICMI Proceedings. Copyright is retained by the authors, and the material from these papers can be used as the basis for future publications as long as there are significant revisions, as per the ACM and ACM SIGCHI policies. LBR papers will be published as ACM extended abstracts in the Adjunct Proceedings. Under ACM Open, extended abstract article types are not subject to Article Processing Charges (APCs). * Submission Guidelines Extended Abstract An anonymized short paper, four-page paper in a double-column ACM conference format, using LaTeX or Word (excluding references). Papers should follow the same guidelines as papers published in the proceedings of the ACM ICMI conference. The paper should be submitted in PDF format and through the ICMI submission system in the "Late-Breaking Results" track. Due to the tight publication timeline, it is recommended that authors submit a very nearly finalized paper that is as close to camera-ready as possible, as there will be a very short timeframe for preparing the final camera-ready version, and no deadline extensions can be granted. Anonymization Authors are instructed not to include author information in their submission. In order to help reviewers judge the situation of the LBR relative to prior work, authors should not remove or anonymize references to their own prior work. Instead, authors should refer to their own prior work in the third person during submission. After acceptance, such references can be changed to first person if desired. * Review Process LBRs will be evaluated to the extent that they are presenting work still in progress, rather than complete work, which is under-described in order to fit into the LBR format. The LBR track will undergo an external peer review process. Submissions will be evaluated by a number of factors, including (1) the relevance of the work to ICMI, (2) the quality of the submission, and (3) the degree to which it fits the LBR track, for example, in-progress results. More particularly, the quality of the submission will be evaluated based on the potential contributions of the research to the field of multimodal interfaces and its impact on the field and beyond. Authors should clearly justify how the proposed ideas can bring measurable breakthroughs compared to the state of the art. * Attendance Similar rules for registration and attendance will be applied for authors of LBR papers as for regular papers. Further information will be made available later on the conference website. * Website For updates, please visit: https://icmi.acm.org/2026/late-breaking-results/ * Contact For further questions, contact the LBR co-chairs, Daniel Riccio and Hung-Hsuan Huang, at: icmi2026-latebreaking-chairs(a)acm.org We would be grateful if you could circulate this call among colleagues and interested researchers. Best regards, ICMI 2026 LBR Chairs Daniel Riccio and Hung-Hsuan Huang

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Hosting LREC 2028 or LREC 2030 - Open Call for expressions of interest
by info＠elda.org 04 Jun '26

04 Jun '26

[Apologies for multiple postings] The ELRA Board is launching, for the first time, an *open call for expressions of interest* from universities, research teams, research institutes, and academic consortia active in fields related to LREC and willing to consider hosting the *International Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation* (LREC) in either 2028 or 2030. At this stage, ELRA is not requesting formal hosting proposals. Candidate teams are invited to submit preliminary expressions of interest using the dedicated *expression-of-interest form <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfi_b5f2OpEeMG8FD7644RRSDu5b-8L-Ie…>*.

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Reminder: Postdoc in NLP/AI applied to linguistic diversity and human cognition
by Pablo Contreras Kallens 04 Jun '26

04 Jun '26

[Apologies for cross-posting] We are starting the process to hire a NLP/AI Postdoctoral Researcher in the Blasi Group at Pompeu Fabra University. The position will focus on applying computational tools from these fields to interdisciplinary challenges at the intersection of* linguistic diversity, human cognition, and foundation models*. See here for more details about the position https://dub.sh/blasi_nlp_posting If interested, send a message with the header AI POSITION, your CV and a very brief motivational statement at damian.blasi(a)upf.edu Thanks! -- Pablo Andrés Contreras Kallens Postdoctoral Researcher Universitat Pompeu Fabra

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ESSLLI 2026 - Second Call for Participation (Early-bird extension)
by Dusan Varis 04 Jun '26

04 Jun '26

We invite you to participate in the 37 th European Summer School in Logic, Language and Information (ESSLLI), taking place from August 3 rd to August 14 th , 2026 at the Faculty of Civil Engineering, Czech Technical University, Prague, Czechia. [ https://2026.esslli.eu/ | https://2026.esslli.eu/ ] Registration The early-bird registration deadline has been extended to June 15 th : [ https://2026.esslli.eu/registration/registration.html | https://2026.esslli.eu/registration/registration.html ] Overview The European Summer School in Logic, Language and Information (ESSLLI) is a yearly recurring event, organized under the auspices of the Association for Logic, Language and Information (FoLLI), and has been running since 1989. The ESSLLI Summer School provides an interdisciplinary setting in which courses and workshops are offered in logic, linguistics and computer science, also from wider scientific, historical, and philosophical perspectives. ESSLLI attracts around 400 participants from Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Africa, as well as from North America and Latin America. ESSLLI has become the main meeting place for young researchers and students in logic, linguistics and computer science to discuss current research and to share knowledge. The event is unique in its interdisciplinary set-up, with no equivalents in Europe. Programme The ESSLLI Summer School offers an exciting two-week programme, consisting of the following: * Foundational, introductory and advanced courses in three areas: Language and Computation, Logic and Computation, and Logic and Language * Workshops in logic, linguistics and computer science * Student session * Evening lectures * Social activities The full program can be found on the website: [ https://2026.esslli.eu/courses-workshops-accepted/week-1-and-2-schedule.html | https://2026.esslli.eu/courses-workshops-accepted/week-1-and-2-schedule.html ] Accommodation We have reserved a number of two-person student rooms in a student dormitory of the Charles University. This accommodation offers a practical and affordable option for students, but with a very modest level of comfort typical of university dormitories. [ https://2026.esslli.eu/location/accommodation-general.html | https://2026.esslli.eu/location/accommodation-general.html ]

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NLP4PI @ EMNLP2026: Second Call for Papers
by Daryna Dementieva 03 Jun '26

03 Jun '26

Dear community! EMNLP2026 main conference deadline has passed – time to submit to workshops! We would like to promote the second call for papers for our 5th Workshop on NLP for Positive Impact co-located at EMNLP 2026! Workshop website: https://sites.google.com/view/nlp4positiveimpact<https://sites.google.com/view/nlp4positiveimpact> Call for papers: https://sites.google.com/view/nlp4positiveimpact/call-for-papers-2026 Submission methods: OpenReview both direct submissions and ARR May Cycle commitment. We also accept non-archival submissions. Important dates: Direct Submissions Due: extended to July 13th, 2026 via https://openreview.net/group?id=EMNLP/2026/Workshop/NLP4PI<https://openreview.net/group?id=EMNLP/2026/Workshop/NLP4PI#tab-your-consoles> ARR Reviewed Submissions Commitment Due: August 3rd, 2026 Notification of Acceptance (both channels): August 15th, 2026 Camera-Ready Papers Due: September 10th, 2026 Workshop Date: October 24th-29th 2026 (co-located with EMNLP 2026) All deadlines are 11:59 PM (Anywhere on Earth) Workshop Summary The increasing adoption of language-oriented AI systems offers unprecedented opportunities for positive societal impact. NLP technologies have matured to the point where they can meaningfully contribute to addressing global challenges like poverty, hunger, healthcare, education, inequality, COVID-19, and climate change, aligning with the UN sustainability goals. This workshop aims to advance innovative NLP research that benefits society, emphasizing responsible methods and impactful applications. We welcome submissions in areas including, but not limited to: * Grounding NLP in Real-World Impact: Beyond improving model performance, how can NLP systems be directly tied to social outcomes? This could include case studies of real-world deployments or strategies for better deployment and maintenance practices. * Underexplored Applications: While NLP for healthcare and mental well-being is well-established, we encourage research tackling overlooked areas such as poverty, hunger, energy, and climate change. * Interdisciplinary Collaborations: We highly value work that integrates insights from other fields, such as social science, political science, economics, philanthropy, and HCI, and we encourage submissions of case studies or examples that highlight such collaborations. Special Theme: Measuring the Societal Impact of AI and NLP This year we would like to find an answer to the question: How can we measure the social impact of AI and NLP? With even the bigger raise of opportunities of AI and language technologies, we would like to understand how it influences society and if in positive manners. Position, philosophical-grounded, and new evaluation framework suggestion papers are very much welcomed to enhance the discussion! Papers Format Both long and short paper submissions should follow all of the ARR submission requirements https://aclrollingreview.org/cfp#paper-submission-information, including: Long Papers <https://aclrollingreview.org/cfp#long-papers> (8 pages) and Short Papers (4 pages). Organizers Katherine Atwell (Northeastern University) Angana Borah (University of Michigan) Dr. Daryna Dementieva (Technical University of Munich) Prof Elisa Kreiss (University of California) Dr. Neema Kotonya (Dataminr) Jiarui Liu (Carnegie Mellon University) Liz Olson (Dataminr) Ruyuan Wan (Pennsylvania State University) Prof Jieyu Zhao (University of Southern California) Steering Committee Prof Rada Mihalcea (University of Michigan) Dr. Joel Tetreault (Dataminr) Dr. Zhijing Jin (University of Toronto) Contact Email: nlp4pi.workshop(a)gmail.com<mailto:nlp4pi.workshop@gmail.com> All positive regards, Daryna Dementieva On behalf of NLP4PI Workshop Organizers

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CALL FOR ABSTRACTS. Quantitative Diachronic Linguistics and Cultural Analytics, 14-15 January 2027, London
by Andrea Farina 03 Jun '26

03 Jun '26

https://www.kcl.ac.uk/events/quantitative-diachronic-linguistics-and-cultur… Quantitative Diachronic Linguistics and Cultural Analytics 2027 (QDLCA27) 14–15 January 2026 | King’s College London, Strand Campus, WC2R 2LS We invite submissions for the conference Quantitative Diachronic Linguistics and Cultural Analytics 2027 (QDLCA27), to be held at King’s College London (Strand Campus, WC2R 2LS) on 14–15 January 2026. The conference is funded by the ERC-selected project COALA<https://coala.er.kcl.ac.uk/>. See the conference webpage here<https://www.kcl.ac.uk/events/quantitative-diachronic-linguistics-and-cultur…>. Language is in constant flux, shaped by social, cultural, and cognitive forces over time. With the increasing availability of large-scale textual data and computational tools, researchers are now better equipped than ever to uncover patterns and mechanisms of language change across different linguistic areas (e.g., morphology, syntax, semantics). This conference explores the intersection of quantitative diachronic linguistics and cultural analytics, to investigate how language evolves and how these changes relate – directly or broadly – to cultural dynamics. Confirmed keynote speakers are Prof Dirk Geeraerts<https://www.arts.kuleuven.be/english/our-staff/emeritus-professors/dirkgeer…> (KU Leuven) and Dr Stefania De Gaetano-Ortlieb<https://stefaniadegaetano.com/> (Saarland University). Submission Guidelines * We invite submissions for 20-minute presentations, followed by 10 minutes of discussion. * The abstracts should be anonymised and consist of a maximum of 400 words (excluding references). * Please submit your abstract as a .docx file via email to: quantitative.diachronic.ling(a)gmail.com<mailto:quantitative.diachronic.ling@gmail.com>. Use the following subject line: “ABSTRACT Quantitative Diachronic Linguistics” In case of a large number of high-quality submissions, some abstracts may be selected for poster presentations. Authors will be invited to indicate whether they would consider their submission suitable for a poster session, should one be included in the programme. Poster selections will be based both on authors’ preferences and on reviewers’ recommendations, as reviewers will also be asked to assess the suitability of submissions for poster presentation. Deadline: 13 September 2026, 23:59 BST Suggested Topics (non-exhaustive list) Submissions may include (but are not limited to) the following areas, with no restrictions on language(s) or historical periods: * Quantitative studies of language change across time * Corpus-based analyses of language evolution * Computational modelling of diachronic syntax, semantics, morphology, etc. * Cross-linguistic comparisons using large-scale data * Language change in connection with historical, literary, or cultural trends * Digital methods for exploring linguistic and cultural shifts * Applications of cultural analytics to linguistic data Important Dates * 13 September 2026: Abstract Submission Deadline * 26 October 2026: Notification of Acceptance * 14–15 January 2026: Conference Dates For any inquiries, please contact the organiser, Dr Andrea Farina<https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/andrea-farina> (andrea.farina(a)kcl.ac.uk<mailto:andrea.farina@kcl.ac.uk>).

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Apply by Jun. 7: MATS Autumn 2026 AI Safety Fellowship
by Eric Dhan 03 Jun '26

03 Jun '26

MATS Research is an educational research nonprofit dedicated to solving the talent pipeline bottleneck in AI alignment and security research. We believe reducing risks from powerful AI is one of the world's most urgent and talent-constrained challenges, and that ambitious people from a wide range of backgrounds and career stages can meaningfully contribute to this work. That's why we're training the next generation of AI safety researchers. The Autumn fellowship runs from September 28 to December 4, 2026, based in Berkeley, California and London, UK. Fellows receive: - field-leading research mentorship - funding ($5,000/month stipend + $8,000/month compute) - office space, housing and meals - immigration support for our Berkeley office - talks and workshops with AI experts - a global network of peers. In addition to technical and governance research tracks, this cohort introduces two new tracks: the Founding & Field-Building track <http://matsprogram.org/tracks/founding-and-field-building?utm_source=corpor…> for entrepreneurial generalists looking to launch new AI safety initiatives and the Biosecurity track <https://www.matsprogram.org/tracks/biosecurity?utm_source=corpora&utm_mediu…> for technical researchers focused on the intersection of advanced AI and catastrophic biological risk. MATS has accelerated 500+ researchers so far. Among alumni who graduated before 2025, 80% are working directly in AI safety/security and 10% have co-founded active AI safety startups. Participants have coauthored 200+ papers, with over 12,300 citations. Our philanthropically-funded program connects participants with world-class mentors from leading organizations such as Anthropic, Google DeepMind, Redwood, AI Futures Project, and more. *Apply by June 7 <https://www.matsprogram.org/apply?utm_source=corpora&utm_medium=mailing-lis…> AoE to be considered!* Help us spread the word with people you know who'd be a good fit, and feel free to reach out if you have any questions! Best, Eric -- Eric Dhan Operations Generalist, MATS <https://www.matsprogram.org/> LinkedIn <https://www.linkedin.com/in/eric-dhan/>

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PhD/Postdoc Positions on LLM Theory, Interpretability, and Safety
by Michael Hahn 02 Jun '26

02 Jun '26

The Language, Computation, and Cognition Lab (LaCoCo) <https://lacoco-lab.github.io/home/> at Saarland Informatics Campus <https://saarland-informatics-campus.de/en/> (Saarbrücken, Germany), directed by Michael Hahn <https://mhahn.info/>, invites applications for fully funded PhD and postdoc positions, with a flexible start date. * RESEARCH AREAS * We’re especially excited about projects on: * Mathematical foundations of large language models (LLMs), e.g., computational complexity, learning theory * New architectures and efficient reasoning for LLMs * Mechanistic interpretability * Theoretical foundations for AI safety You’ll have substantial freedom to shape your topic within the lab’s scope. Some representative publications from the past 3 years: * Why are Sensitive Functions Hard for Transformers? (ACL 2024, https://aclanthology.org/2024.acl-long.800/) * InversionView: A General-Purpose Method for Reading Information from Neural Activations (NeurIPS 2024, https://openreview.net/forum?id=clDGHpx2la) * Contextualize-then-Aggregate: Circuits for In-Context Learning in Gemma-2 2B (COLM 2025, https://openreview.net/forum?id=rGNAyHReSg) * Discovering Interpretable Algorithms by Decompiling Transformers to RASP (ICML 2026, https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.08857) * On the Ability of Transformers to Verify Plans (ICML 2026, https://arxiv.org/pdf/2603.19954) *ABOUT THE LAB* Our research has been awarded an Emmy Noether grant (DFG), the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Preis (DFG), and paper awards at ACL 2024 and Mechanistic Interpretability Workshop 2024. We regularly publish at top venues (e.g., 11 NeurIPS/ICML/ICLR papers over the past year). Learn more about the lab at https://lacoco-lab.github.io/ <https://lacoco-lab.github.io/><https://lacoco-lab.github.io/> *HOW TO APPLY * Please follow the procedure here: https://lacoco-lab.github.io/joining/ <https://lacoco-lab.github.io/joining/><https://lacoco-lab.github.io/joining/> For questions, please contact Michael Hahn at mhahn(a)lst.uni-saarland.de -- Michael Hahn Tenure-Track Professor Saarland Informatics Campus Saarland University Group: https://lacoco-lab.github.io/ Personal: https://www.mhahn.info/

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ENEOLI Discussion Panel – Neology, Lexical Innovation and Semantic Change | 3 June 2026
by Amal Haddad 02 Jun '26

02 Jun '26

Dear all, We are pleased to announce the ENEOLI Discussion Panel "Neology, Lexical Innovation and Semantic Change", which will take place tomorrow 3 June 2026, from 11:30 to 12:30 CEST, as a hybrid session in Granada, Spain. The panel is organized within the framework of the larger conference "Promoting Machine Translation and GenAI Translation Literacy: an Approach towards Professional Translation and Interpreting Labour Market". Event page: https://sites.google.com/view/humans-machines-language/events/2026/event-1-… [1] Access link: https://oficinavirtual.ugr.es/redes/SOR/SALVEUGR/Seminario/accesoSeminario.… Password: 994702 We look forward to seeing many of you there! Speakers: * Ana Salgado (University of Porto - Portugal) * Ana Ostroški Anić (Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics - Croatia) * Christopher Gledhill (Université Paris - France) * Beatriz Sánchez Cárdenas (University of Granada - Spain) Moderator: Marie Escribe Chair: Amal Haddad -- 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://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/sites.google.com/view/humans-machines-la…

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[3ª CFP] XVII Encontro de Linguística de Corpus (ELC) e XIV Escola Brasileira de Linguística Computacional (EBRALC)
by Jackson Souza 01 Jun '26

01 Jun '26

*XVII Encontro de Linguística de Corpus (ELC)* *XIV Escola Brasileira de Linguística Computacional (EBRALC)* *9 a 12 de novembro de 2026, na Universidade Federal da Bahia* Foram prorrogadas as datas de submissão de propostas para o ELC/EBRALC 2026, um dos principais encontros acadêmicos dedicados às relações entre linguagem, tecnologia e sociedade. Nesta edição, o evento trará como tema central: *“Linguística de Corpus, Inteligência Artificial e Transformação Digital: Dados, Métodos e Impactos Sociais na Era Digital”.* O evento reunirá pesquisadores, estudantes e profissionais interessados em discutir os desafios e as oportunidades das tecnologias linguísticas contemporâneas, com foco em inteligência artificial, ética de dados e análise baseada em grandes volumes de informação. O *ELC* consolida-se como um espaço de divulgação científica e debate acadêmico, promovendo o intercâmbio de pesquisas sobre linguagem em contextos digitais e sociais. Já a *EBRALC* possui caráter formativo, oferecendo oficinas e minicursos voltados à aplicação prática de ferramentas de Linguística de Corpus e Processamento de Linguagem Natural. Nesta edição, o encontro será realizado na *Universidade Federal da Bahia (UFBA)*, fortalecendo a presença da pesquisa linguística baseada em dados na região Nordeste e incentivando o diálogo interdisciplinar. Compartilhem a chamada em suas respectivas instituições e programas de pós-graduação! *Indicações de temas* ● Linguística de corpus e análise baseada em dados ● Processamento de Linguagem Natural ● Modelos de linguagem e representação semântica ● Métodos computacionais e análise de dados linguísticos ● Linguagem, discurso e cultura digital ● Ética, governança e impactos sociais da IA ● Linguística de corpus aplicada ● Terminologia, Lexicografia ● Tradução ● Linguística de corpus e ensino ● Linguística de corpus e cultura digital *Datas importantes* *21/06/2026* – Submissão de trabalhos para ELC *21/06/2026* – Submissão de propostas de oficinas/minicursos para EBRALC *27/07/2026* – Resposta aos autores/proponentes *09/08/2026* – Envio das versões finais 09 a 12/11/2026 – Realização do evento *Submissão de propostas* Acesse o formulário: https://forms.gle/d8uHzNY86xWSh7YSA *Dúvidas e contato* jacksoncruz(a)ufba.br elcebralc2026(a)gmail.com --

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37th IEEE International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering (ISSRE 2026): Last Call for Papers (Industry Track)
by Announce 01 Jun '26

01 Jun '26

*** Last Call for Papers (Industry Track) *** 37th IEEE International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering (ISSRE 2026) October 20-23, 2026, 5* St. Raphael Resort and Marina Limassol, Cyprus https://cyprusconferences.org/issre2026/ The ISSRE Industry Track gathers industry representatives as well as researchers from, within or in collaboration with industry to discuss software reliability, quality assurance as well as experiences and lessons learned. This year we will bring experiences from self- made tools, usage of AI, generative AI and machine learning in relation to software reliability. Industry track papers are expected to be of interest to software development professionals, as well as to anyone researching or working in the area of software reliability, software quality, and process improvement groups, with concrete relevance to industrial problems and practical applications. All presenters of accepted papers will be required to attend the conference in person. Participating in the conference would give a chance to meet and discuss with a wide selection of researchers and other industry experts in the area. Topics of Interest Topics of interest include development, analysis methods and models throughout the software development lifecycle, from an industrial and practitioner-oriented perspective. Ask yourself this: Is the work grounded in real-world systems, operational experience, or industrial practice, and does it address reliability or dependability concerns? If it is, you have found the right conference track. For a more detailed list check out the detailed topics list for the research track on this site. • Use cases, practical experiences, lessons learned, improvement programs in reliability or dependability. • Foundations of reliability and dependability, including process, technology, methods, metrics and lessons learned. • Design for reliability or dependability, failure and incident case studies, including experiences in security, testing, verification, and related practices in the field. • Reliability in AI-driven and autonomic systems or AI techniques used for Reliability Engineering. • Software reliability in any system domain. • Trustworthiness, security, and Responsible Software Engineering. • Human-centric focus on reliability and dependability. • Adoption of reliability standards, measurements and similar experiences. We look for papers with good evaluation, honest data, new insights and practical experiences that can be used to help others. We also encourage submissions reporting negative results, unexpected outcomes, and lessons learned from real-world practice. Submission Guidelines and Instructions We invite three kinds of submissions to the Industry Track: • Enlightening Talk or Tool Demo: 1-2 page abstract (OR a Power Point presentation OR a video for a tool demo). • Short paper: 4-pages (including references). • Full paper: 6-pages (including references). All the submissions will be reviewed by members of the Industry Track Program Committee. Accepted papers (with an abstract) will be included in the ISSRE Supplemental Proceedings and submitted for publication to IEEE Xplore. Papers are submitted via Easy Chair https://easychair.org/conferences?conf=issre2026 . Submissions must adhere to the IEEE Computer Society Format Guidelines (for more Information, please refer to the relevant part on the conference website: https://cyprusconferences.org/issre2026/industry-track/). Note that: • A paper must include the title, the name and affiliation of each author, an abstract of up to 150 words, and up to 4 keywords. Thus, submissions are not anonymous. • Reviewers will use the abstract during the bidding process for peer-review. Thus, the abstract should state the paper goals clearly, along with the means used to achieve them. • The first page is not a separate page, but is a part of the paper (i.e., it has technical material in it). Thus, this page counts toward the total page budget for the paper. • Symbols and labels used in the graphs should be readable as printed, without requiring on-screen magnification. • Limit the file size to less than 15 MB (for Video’s – provide a live link). Papers that exceed the page limits specified, on topics not in the scope of ISSRE, or that do not follow the formatting guidelines will be rejected without review. Authors of accepted papers will have the chance to present their work at ISSRE 2026. Submission implies the willingness of at least one of the authors to register for the conference and to give the talk, if the paper is accepted. Best Paper Awards The Industry Program Chair will select three candidates among top-ranked papers presenting and motivating novel and disruptive ideas that address problems relevant for industry. Selection will be based on the reviewers’ feedback, novelty and potential impact of the results. The final selection of the best paper will be done by the audience attending the presentation of the candidate papers. Eligible papers must be (1) full papers accepted to the industry track, and (2) co-authored by at least one author whose primary affiliation is in Industry. Important Dates (AoE) • Abstract Submission Deadline: June 28, 2026 & July 3, 2026 • Paper Submission Deadline: July 5, 2026 & July 12, 2026 • Notification to Authors: August 12, 2026 • Camera Ready Papers: August 19, 2026 • Enlightening Talks or Tool Demos (without abstract; not to appear in the proceedings): August 15, 2026 • Author Registration Deadline (Industry Track): August 19, 2026 Organisation General Chairs • Leonardo Mariani, University of Milano - Bicocca, Italy • George A. Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus Program Coordinator • Roberto Natella, GSSI, Italy Research Program Committee Chairs • Domenico Cotroneo, UNC Charlotte, USA • Jie M. Zhang, King's College London, UK Industry Program Chairs • Jinyang Liu, Bytedance, USA • Sigrid Eldh, Ericsson AB, Sweden Workshop Chairs • Georgia Kapitsaki, University of Cyprus, Cyprus • August Shi, The University of Texas at Austin, USA Doctoral Symposium Chairs • Stefan Winter, LMU Munich, Germany • Lili Wei, McGill University, Canada Fast Abstract Chairs • Luigi Lavazza, University of Insubria, Italy • Yintong Huo, SMU, Singapore JIC2 Chair • Helene Waeselynck, LAAS-CNRS, France Publicity Chairs • Allison K. Sulivan, The University of Texas at Arlington, USA • Jose D'Abruzzo Pereira, University of Coimbra, Portugal Publication Chairs • Sherlock Licorish, Otago Business School, New Zealand • Maria Teresa Rossi, GSSI, Italy Artifact Evaluation Chairs • Naghmeh Ivaki, University of Coimbra, Portugal • Fumio Machida, University of Tsukuba, Japan Diversity and Inclusion Chair • Eleni Constantinou, University of Cyprus, Cyprus Financial Chair • Costas Pattichis, University of Cyprus, Cyprus Web Chairs • Michalis Ioannides, Easy Conferences LTD • Elena Masserini, University of Milano - Bicocca, Italy Registration Chair • Easy Conferences LTD

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CFP & Deadline Extension - WOCHAT2026 (Co-located with SIGDIAL 2026)
by mahed.mousavi＠unitn.it 01 Jun '26

01 Jun '26

Dear all, The Workshop on Chatbots and Agentic Technologies (WOCHAT 2026) invites submissions on the next generation of conversational systems, including agentic dialogue systems, multi-agent communication, multimodal interaction, human-AI collaboration, dialogue evaluation, affective computing, safety, trustworthiness, and reasoning in conversational AI. WOCHAT aims to bring together researchers and practitioners exploring how conversational agents can move beyond reactive responses toward more intelligent, collaborative, and context-aware interaction. Topics include (but are not limited to): - Agentic dialogue systems - Multi-agent conversational systems - Multimodal dialogue and grounding - Commonsense reasoning and theory of mind - Emotion and affect modeling - Human-AI interaction - Safety, robustness, and trustworthiness - Dialogue evaluation and benchmarking Submission Types - Long papers: up to 8 pages (+ references) - Short papers: up to 4 pages (+ references) Important Dates -Paper Submission Deadline: June 7, 2026 (AoE) -Notification of Acceptance: June 28, 2026 -Camera-Ready Deadline: July 6, 2026 -Workshop: August 2, 2026 Submissions must follow the SIGDIAL 2026 formatting guidelines and will undergo double-blind review. Proceedings: Accepted papers will be published in the ISCA Archive. We look forward to your submissions and to discussing the future of chatbots and agentic technologies at WOCHAT 2026. WOCHAT is sponsored by the ELRA SigSDS (Special Interest Group on Spoken Dialogue Systems). More information at: https://sites.google.com/view/wochat2026 WOCHAT2026 Organizing Committee

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AACL-IJCNLP 2026 SRW Pre-Submission Mentorship is now open!
by ACL Announcements 01 Jun '26

01 Jun '26

AACL-IJCNLP 2026 SRW Pre-Submission Mentorship is now open! Student researchers working on NLP, Computational Linguistics, and related areas are encouraged to submit their work to the AACL-IJCNLP 2026 Student Research Workshop (SRW). The SRW welcomes both Research Papers and Thesis Proposals. The pre-submission mentorship program provides an opportunity to receive constructive feedback from mentors before the final SRW submission. It is especially helpful for students who would like to improve the writing, structure, and presentation of their work. Important Dates: Pre-Submission Mentorship Deadline: June 8, 2026 Pre-Submission Feedback: July 5, 2026 Direct Submission Deadline: July 26, 2026 ARR Commitment Deadline: September 17, 2026 Notification: September 21, 2026 Camera-ready Deadline: September 30, 2026 Main Conference: November 6-10, 2026 Pre-submission portal: https://openreview.net/group?id=aclweb.org/AACL-IJCNLP/2026/SRW_Pre-Submiss… [1] Website: https://2026.aaclnet.org/calls/srw/ [2] Links: ------ [1] https://openreview.net/group?id=aclweb.org/AACL-IJCNLP/2026/SRW_Pre-Submiss… [2] https://2026.aaclnet.org/calls/srw/

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Save the date: Vocab@Hiroshima 2027 (13 to 17 September)
by Vocab.Hiroshima2027 01 Jun '26

01 Jun '26

Subject: Save the date: Vocab@Hiroshima 2027 (13 to 17 September) Dear colleagues, With apologies for cross-posting. We are very pleased to announce Vocab@Hiroshima 2027, an international conference on vocabulary research, which will be in Hiroshima, Japan. Summer School: 13 to 14 September 2027 Main conference: 15 to 17 September 2027 The conference brings together researchers, teachers, and postgraduate students with an interest in vocabulary, from acquisition and assessment through to teaching and use. We are expecting colleagues from across the world, and we would love for you to be among them. Key dates: 30 November 2026: call for papers posted and submission portal opens 15 February 2027: abstract submission deadline We would be grateful if you could pass this on to colleagues, students, and anyone in your networks who might be interested. Please do save the date, and we very much hope you will join us in Hiroshima. For more information, and for any enquiries, please contact us at: Website: https://vocab-at-hiroshima.org Email: info(a)vocab-at-hiroshima.org Full registration and travel details will follow in due course. With warm wishes, The Vocab@Hiroshima 2027 organising committee info(a)vocab-at-hiroshima.org

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LxGr2026: Call for Participation
by Costas Gabrielatos 31 May '26

31 May '26

11th Symposium on Corpus Approaches to Lexicogrammar (LxGr2026) LxGr2026 will be held online on Thursday 2 and Friday 3 July 2026. Programme, abstracts, and registration (free): https://sites.edgehill.ac.uk/lxgr Invited Speakers Stefan Gries<https://www.stgries.info/> (University of California, Santa Barbara, USA) Martin Hilpert<http://members.unine.ch/martin.hilpert> (University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland) Serge Sharoff<https://ssharoff.github.io/> (University of Leeds, UK) If you have problems registering, or have any questions, please contact lxgr(a)edgehill.ac.uk<mailto:lxgr@edgehill.ac.uk>. ________________________________ Edge Hill University<http://ehu.ac.uk/home/emailfooter> Modern University of the Year, The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2022<http://ehu.ac.uk/tef/emailfooter> University of the Year, Educate North 2021/21 ________________________________ This message is private and confidential. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender and remove it from your system. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Edge Hill or associated companies. Edge Hill University may monitor email traffic data and also the content of email for the purposes of security and business communications during staff absence.<http://ehu.ac.uk/itspolicies/emailfooter>

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Call for papers: 9th International Conference on Natural Language and Speech Processing (ICNLSP 2026)
by Mourad Abbas 30 May '26

30 May '26

The 9th International Conference on Natural Language and Speech Processing (ICNLSP 2026), will take place at the University of Trento, Italy, on September 25–26, 2026. ICNLSP 2026 will be a hybrid conference. We invite authors to submit their work on topics relevant to ICNLSP 2026 and contribute to advancing research in the field. We welcome contributions on both the theoretical foundations and applied aspects of Natural Language Processing (NLP) and Speech Processing. IMPORTANT DATES Submission deadline: June 15, 2026 11:59 PM Notification of acceptance: July 25, 2026. Camera-ready paper due: August 6, 2026. Conference dates: September 25-26, 2026. All deadlines are 11:59 PM UTC-12:00 (“anywhere on Earth”). TOPICS of INTEREST We invite contributions on a wide range of topics, including but not limited to: Natural Language Processing (NLP) - Generative AI - Large language models (LLMs) - Cognition and NLP - Machine translation - Text categorization - Summarization - Sentiment analysis and opinion mining - Computational social web - Under-resourced languages: tools and corpora - NLP tools for software requirements and engineering - Text annotation tools - Knowledge fundamentals and knowledge management systems - Information extraction - Data mining and information retrieval - Lexical semantics and knowledge representation - Visualization for nlp - Knowledge graphs. Speech Processing - Signal processing and acoustic modeling - Speech recognition (architecture, search methods, lexical modeling, language modeling, adaptation, multimodal systems, applications in education and learning, zero-resource speech recognition, etc.) - Speech analysis - Paralinguistics in speech and language (perception of paralinguistic phenomena, speaker states and traits analysis, etc.) - Spoken dialogue systems and conversational analysis - Speech translation - Speech synthesis - Speaker verification and identification - Language identification - Speech coding, enhancement, and intelligibility - Speech perception and production - Brain studies on speech - Phonetics, phonology, and prosody - Speech and hearing disorders - Paralinguistics of pathological speech and language - Speech technology for disordered speech and hearing PUBLICATION All accepted papers will be published in ACL Anthology. For more information, please, check the conference website: https://www.icnlsp.org/2026welcome/

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APCLC -- Deadline extended Asia Pacific Corpus Linguistics Conference
by Michael Barlow 30 May '26

30 May '26

Dear Colleagues, The deadline for submission of abstracts for APCLC has been extended to June 15. Conference details, including how to submit an abstract, can be found at https://smartconf.jp/content/apclc2026/ The 6th Asia Pacific Corpus Linguistics Conference (APCLC2026) will be held in Toyama, Japan, from September 8–11, 2026. The main conference runs September 9–10, with pre-conference workshops on September 8 and an excursion on September 11. Conference Theme: Emerging Paradigms of Corpus Linguistics in the Age of AI We look forward to seeing you in Toyama, JAPAN Contact: apclc2026(a)gmail.com<mailto:apclc2026@gmail.com> Michael (on behalf of the organising committee) --- Michael Barlow. www.michaelbarlow.com<http://www.michaelbarlow.com/> Assoc. Prof. Applied Linguistics, University of Auckland Recent publications M. Barlow. 2026. Writing the Social Science Research Article.<https://www.amazon.com/dp/0940753367/ref=sr_1_1_so_ABIS_BOOK?crid=25EQBROGY…> Athelstan. M. Barlow. 2026. Writing the Humanities Research Article.<https://www.amazon.com/s?k=writing+the+humanities+research+article&i=stripb…> Athelstan. M. Barlow. 2026. Writing the Business Research Article.<https://www.amazon.com/dp/0940753405/ref=sr_1_2?crid=2XO1YCSNL8ZT&dib=eyJ2I…> Athelstan M. Barlow. 2026. Writing the Economics Research Article<https://www.amazon.com/dp/0940753383/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2XO1YCSNL8ZT&dib=eyJ2I…>. Athelstan M. Barlow 2023. Ten Lectures on Corpora and Cognitive Linguistics<https://brill.com/display/title/61682>. Brill Le, Pham & Barlow 2023. The Academic Discourse of Mechanical Engineering<https://benjamins.com/catalog/scl.107>. Benjamins

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Final Call for Participation: Summer School on LLMs and NLP
by Amal Haddad 29 May '26

29 May '26

Final Call for Participation: Summer School on LLMs and NLP Alicante, Spain · 15-17 June We are pleased to invite students, researchers, and practitioners to participate in a three-day Summer School on Large Language Models and Natural Language Processing, taking place from 15 to 17 June in Alicante, Spain. The programme brings together leading researchers and experts to discuss the foundations, applications, and future directions of LLMs and NLP (https://summer-school.gplsi.es/programme/ [1]). The summer school will feature keynote talks by Roberto Navigli on lexical semantics in the LLM era and Preslav Nakov on open, safe, factual, and language-specific large language models, as well as a panel on the paradigm shift and the future of NLP featuring well-known NLP experts. Across three days, participants will explore a wide range of timely topics, including foundations of LLMs, LLMs for low-resource languages, datasets and bias, explainable AI in NLP, machine translation, eye-tracking and gaze data, digital humanities, legal NLP, quantum NLP, sentiment analysis, and model optimisation. Beyond the scientific programme, participants will also have the opportunity to enjoy Alicante's Mediterranean weather, welcoming atmosphere, and excellent local food. The summer school offers an excellent opportunity to learn from international experts, exchange ideas, and discuss current challenges in NLP and language technologies. Further details and registration: https://summer-school.gplsi.es/ We warmly encourage interested participants to join us for this exciting event. -- 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://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsummer-sc…

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Post-doc Position (2+1 year): Learning Language with Dialogue Games
by Bernardi Raffaella 29 May '26

29 May '26

Dear all, We are hiring a postdoctoral researcher for a 2+1-year position at the Faculty of Engineering of the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano (Italy) within the 3-year project LLADIGA: Learning Language with Dialogue Games. The project is carried out in collaboration with David Schlangen (University of Potsdam), Alessandro Suglia (University of Edinburgh), and Raquel Fernández (University of Amsterdam). The position is expected to start around 1 September 2026. Further details and the application call are available here: https://tinyurl.com/LLADIGA-bz Application deadline: 29 June 2026, 12:00 PM CEST Raffaella ======================================================================= Room B1.5.01 Faculty of Engineering Free University of Bozen Bolzano NOI Techpark - B. Buozzi 1, 39100 Bozen Bolzano, Italy

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1st CfP: 9th Workshop on Natural Language for Artificial Intelligence (NL4AI)
by Elisa Leonardelli 29 May '26

29 May '26

═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════ NL4AI 2026 – 9th Workshop on Natural Language for Artificial Intelligence, at the 24th International Conference of the Italian Association for Artificial Intelligence (AIxIA 2026 <https://aixia2026.unipg.it/>) 6–9 October 2026 | Perugia, Italy ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════ Website: http://sag.art.uniroma2.it/NL4AI/ Contact Email: nl4ai2026(a)gmail.com ── IMPORTANT DATES ────────────────── Paper Submission deadline: 29 June 2026 🚨 Notification to authors: 31 July 2026 Camera-ready due: 26 August 2026 Workshop Dates: 6–9 October 2026 ──────────────────────────────────── We are pleased to invite submissions to NL4AI 2026, the Ninth Workshop on Natural Language for Artificial Intelligence, to be held in Perugia from the 6th to the 9th of October 2026, within the 24th International Conference of the Italian Association for Artificial Intelligence (AIxIA 2026), and supported by AILC (http://www.ai-lc.it/). The goal of NL4AI is to explore the role of Computational Linguistics and Natural Language Processing in Artificial Intelligence applications. We believe that new technological challenges and opportunities arise at the boundary between NLP and AI. On the one hand, AI applications benefit from a deeper understanding of problems related to Natural Language, and thus the integration of advanced NLP techniques. On the other hand, NLP benefits greatly from being used in wider areas of AI where problems and methodologies related to NL can be evaluated in new contexts. *TOPICS OF INTEREST* Topics include but are not limited to: - NLP and AI Applications (health, legal domain, social media and journalism, etc.) - Natural Language Interfaces for Human Robot Interaction - Resources, Benchmarks, and Evaluation - Discourse and Pragmatics - Semantics - Natural Language Generation - Creativity, Style, and Narrative Generation - Summarization - Information Extraction in AI Applications - Machine Learning for NLP - LLMs, Foundation Models and Applications - Interpretability, Explainability and Analysis of Models for NLP - Natural Language Inference - Question Answering and Reading Comprehension - Sentiment Analysis, Opinion Mining, and Argumentation - Abusive Language Detection and Analysis - NLP for Fact Checking, Fake News Detection and Analysis - Conversational Agents in Human-Computer Interaction - Speech and Spoken Language Processing - Language and other Multimodality - Multimodal (text-image) data sources - Machine Translation and Multilinguality - Low-Resource NLP and Linguistic Diversity - Cognitive Modeling and Psycholinguistics - Computational Historical Linguistics, Social Science, and Cultural Analytics - Ethics, Fairness, and Societal Impacts of NLP - NLP and Industrial Challenges Accepted papers will be published in the workshop proceedings via CEUR Workshop Proceedings. Depending on the number and quality of papers received, we will consider proposing a special issue in relevant journals. The Program Committee will select the Best Workshop Paper from the accepted papers. SUBMISSIONS We encourage original submissions that describe new theoretical models, applied techniques, and research in progress. Substantial extensions to works already published or presented in other locations are welcome as well. We invite two kinds of submissions: - Short/Demo Paper. Maximum length of 6 pages + up to 2 pages of references - Regular Papers. Maximum length of 12 pages + up to 2 pages of references Please note that papers with less than 25000 characters will be considered short papers in the CEUR proceedings. Submissions Evaluation. Submissions will be peer-reviewed (single-blind) by the program committee members. Evaluation criteria will include novelty, significance for theory/practice, technical soundness, and quality of presentation. Note that reviewers will not be required to evaluate appendices providing a review of the papers. Appendices are intended for including details for reproducibility and/or additional results. How to Submit. Proceedings shall be submitted to CEUR-WS.org for online publication and all papers must follow the 2022 CEUR-ART - 1 Column paper style. The LaTeX template can be downloaded as source file from the NL4AI website <http://sag.art.uniroma2.it/NL4AI/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/CEURART-NL4AI-2…> or accessed as a Template in Overleaf <https://it.overleaf.com/read/cfvwgnqpvpys#a7a014>. The submission platform will be announced soon on the Workshop Website and in a Second Call for Papers. Note: All submissions must be compatible with CEUR (https://ceur-ws.org/) and include the CEUR Declaration on Generative AI section ( https://ceur-ws.org/GenAI/Policy.html). Papers missing this section will be desk rejected. *WORKSHOP ORGANIZERS* Alessandro Bondielli (University of Pisa) Giovanni Bonetta (Fondazione Bruno Kessler) Elisa Leonardelli (Fondazione Bruno Kessler) Irene Siragusa (University of Palermo) *We look forward to seeing you in Perugia!* The NL4AI 2026 Workshop Organizers -- -- 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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Curso de Especialização em Linguística Forense | Specialisation Course in Forensic Linguistics
by Rui Sousa Silva 28 May '26

28 May '26

***ENGLISH VERSION BELOW*** É com prazer que informo que estão abertas as candidaturas ao Curso de Especialização em Linguística Forense da Universidade do Porto (7ª edição). Este curso, o primeiro curso de pós-graduação de 60 ECTS no espaço de língua portuguesa dedicado à linguística forense, reflete o papel pioneiro da Universidade do Porto no desenvolvimento de formação académica especializada nesta área. O curso, concebido em modo b-learning para proporcionar preparação avançada na interseção entre linguagem, direito e justiça, oferece um currículo rigoroso, inovador e altamente relevante para graduados e profissionais que desejam aprofundar a sua especialização em linguística forense. Através de uma combinação de fundamentos teóricos e aplicações práticas, o curso visa reforçar a competência analítica e apoiar o desenvolvimento profissional em áreas de crescente relevância social e institucional. Esta formação constitui uma oportunidade distinta para aqueles que desejam envolver-se com uma das áreas mais dinâmicas e especializadas do estudo da linguagem. Enquanto universidade pública, a Universidade do Porto oferece este programa a um nível de propinas comparativamente acessível, tornando a educação especializada de elevada qualidade mais acessível a um leque mais amplo de pessoas candidatas. As candidaturas estão abertas até 7 de julho de 2026. Para mais informações, não hesite em entrar em contacto, ou visite https://sigarra.up.pt/flup/pt/cur_geral.cur_view?pv_curso_id=13881 ***ENGLISH VERSION*** We are pleased to announce that applications are now open for the Specialisation Course in Forensic Linguistics at the University of Porto (the 7th cohort of the programme). This programme, the first 60 ECTS-credit postgraduate course in the Portuguese-speaking arena dedicated to forensic linguistics, reflects the University of Porto's pioneering role in the development of specialised academic training in this field. The course, which was designed to provide advanced preparation at the intersection of language, law, and justice, offers a rigorous, innovative and highly relevant curriculum for graduates and professionals seeking to further their expertise in forensic linguistics. Through a combination of theoretical foundations and practical applications, the course aims to strengthen analytical competence and support professional development in areas of growing social and institutional relevance. It stands as a distinctive opportunity for those who wish to engage with one of the most dynamic and specialised areas of linguistic study. As a public university, the University of Porto is able to offer this programme at a comparatively accessible tuition level, making high-quality specialised education more attainable for a broader range of candidates. Applications are open until 7 July 2026. Please do not hesitate to reach our to us for further information - or visit https://sigarra.up.pt/flup/pt/cur_geral.cur_view?pv_curso_id=13881 All best Rui Rui Sousa Silva Professor Auxiliar / Assistant Professor NORTE IA+ | Principal Investigator Faculdade de Letras, Universidade do Porto | Faculty of Arts and Humanities, University of Porto www.linguisticaforense.pt<http://www.linguisticaforense.pt/> | https://s.up.pt/qjur | http://tinyurl.com/37w2ec6x | norteia.pt<http://www.norteia.pt/> Publicação mais recente / Latest publication: “The facts speak for themselves”: dismantling conspiracy theories as disinformation<https://www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi/10.1515/lingvan-2024-0160/html> Escola Prática, Curso de Especialização em Linguística Forense<https://sigarra.up.pt/flup/pt/cur_geral.cur_view?pv_curso_id=13881> Selo INOVPED - Inovação Educativa 2025 NORTE2030-FEDER-02724200 | NORTE 2030 - Programa Operacional Regional do Norte (NORTE 2030 - Projetos Integrados ICDT), Portugal 2030 e Comissão Europeia.Comissão de Coordenação e Desenvolvimento Regional do Norte - www.norteia.pt<http://www.norteia.pt/> AVISO DE CONFIDENCIALIDADE: Esta mensagem e os seus anexos são confidenciais e dirigidos unicamente aos destinatários da mesma. Se não for o destinatário, solicito que não faça qualquer uso do seu conteúdo e proceda à sua eliminação, notificando-me do sucedido. Obrigado. // CONFIDENTIALITY WARNING: This message and its attachments are confidential and exclusively addressed to the recipients above. Should you not be one of the recipients, I kindly ask you not to make use of its contents and delete the message and its attachments. Please reply to this e-mail to warn me about this incident. Thank you.

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Discorpus – a new tool for corpus and discourse analysis (feedback welcome)
by Jose Rolanía Navarro 28 May '26

28 May '26

Discorpus is a web-based corpus analysis workbench designed for linguists and discourse researchers. It combines classic corpus linguistics tools (KWIC, collocations, n-grams, lexical diversity) with NLP-powered analysis (lemmatization, named entity recognition, topic modelling, sentiment) — all from a single browser interface, with no programming required. Developed as part of PhD research in Applied Linguistics (Universitat Politècnica de València), with a focus on Critical Discourse Analysis and the automated study of discriminatory language in digital platforms. MIT license. Github repository: https://github.com/joserolania-boop/DIscorpus Feedback from the community is very welcome, as this is an ongoing project aimed at supporting linguistic research and corpus-based work. The tool is freely available for academic and educational use.

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CLARIN ERIC Newsflash May 2026
by Gorgaini, E. (Elisa) 28 May '26

28 May '26

The May edition of the CLARIN newsflash is out! Highlights include: * CLARIN Café on Data Citation<https://www.clarin.eu/event/2026/clarin-cafe-data-citation-clarin-part-i> 4 June 2026 * CLARIN Café on JOHD special collection on data reuse<https://www.clarin.eu/event/2026/clarin-cafe-johd-special-collection-langua…> 24 June 2026 * A recap of CLARIN successful presence at LREC2026 * A report of the CLARIN in University Curricula workshop Read the newsletter: https://www.clarin.eu/content/clarin-newsflash-may-2026 Subscribe to the newsletter here<http://eepurl.com/bOt3Qn>. --- Elisa Gorgaini Communication Officer - CLARIN ERIC

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Two year postdoc in Experimental Psycholinguistics and Computational Language Modelling.
by Sussi Olsen 27 May '26

27 May '26

Dear colleagues At the Centre for Language Technology at University of Copenhagen we have an open position for a two year postdoc in Experimental Psycholinguistics and Computational Language Modelling. The successful candidate will contribute to the project METALLM (Exploring Metaphors in LLMS), granted by the Independent Research Fund Denmark 2026-2029; see https://cst.ku.dk/english/projects/metallm. The candidate will contribute to the project’s WP2 – Cognitive Processing of Metaphor. WP2 investigates how people understand metaphorical language and compares human processing with that of large language models (LLMs). Using reading tasks and eye‑tracking, the project examines how human attention and interpretation vary across different types of metaphors, and compares these patterns with the attentional mechanisms of LLMs tested on a comparable range of expressions. The overall goal is to better understand similarities and differences between human cognition and computational language models during metaphor processing. The successful candidate will be attached to the Centre for Language Technology (CST), which is one of the research centres of the department. CST conducts research in different areas of interest for language technology, such as Natural Language Processing, construction of NLP resources, Computational Cognitive Modeling and Multimodality, NLP infrastructure and policy, Representation Learning for NLP and Digital Humanities, among others. It has a strong international profile, at the same time as pursuing the development of language technology methods and resources for the Danish language. More information at https://employment.ku.dk/faculty/?show=161607 Sussi Olsen Research Associate University of Copenhagen Department of Nordic Studies and Linguistics Centre for Language Technology Emil Holms Kanal 2 København S DIR +45 35 32 90 64 MOB +45 30 26 70 04 saolsen(a)hum.ku.dk<mailto:saolsen@hum.ku.dk> www.cst.ku.dk<http://www.cst.ku.dk/> [Logo for Københavns Universitet] How we protect personal data<https://informationssikkerhed.ku.dk/english/protection-of-information-priva…>

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DiscoExplorer interface for discourse relations
by Amir.Zeldes＠georgetown.edu 27 May '26

27 May '26

Hi everyone, The Georgetown University Corpling Lab <https://gucorpling.org/corpling/> is pleased to announce the release of DiscoExplorer, a publicly available open source search engine for discourse relation data: https://gucorpling.org/discoexplorer/ DiscoExplorer indexes all 38 discourse relation datasets from the DISRPT shared task on discourse relation classification, covering 16 languages in 6 frameworks (RST/eRST, PDTB, SDRT, ISO and dependencies) with over 300K relations and 5M tokens, all using a uniform label set. The interface allows searching by relation for tokens and UD annotations such as POS tags, lemmas and dependency functions, as well as offering quantitative breakdowns and dataset distribution comparisons. For more information, check out this paper <https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.15304> , which will be presented as a demo at the CODI-CRAC workshop <https://sites.google.com/view/codi-crac2026/> at ACL in San Diego. We hope this will be useful and look forward to your feedback! Best wishes, Amir ------------ Dr. Amir Zeldes Assoc. Prof. of Computational Linguistics Department of Linguistics Georgetown University 1437 37th St. NW Washington, DC 20057 <https://gucorpling.org/amir> https://gucorpling.org/amir

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47th Translating and the Computer Conference (TC47)
by Amal Haddad Haddad [She/her] 27 May '26

27 May '26

Call for Presentations and papers 47th Translating and the Computer Conference (TC47) Luxembourg, 8 to 10 December 2026 https://asling.org/tc47/ [1] AI-assisted or AI-eclipsed? Language services between promise and pressure AsLing invites submissions for the 47th edition of the Translating and the Computer Conference (TC47), to be held from 8 to 10 December 2026 in Luxembourg. The TC conference series brings together professionals, researchers, developers and decision-makers from the language industry, academia and public institutions. TC47 will explore how technological innovation - particularly AI - is reshaping multilingual communication, raising new questions about human agency, professional ethics, and sustainable practices in the language services sector. Conference theme _AI-assisted or AI-eclipsed? Language Services between Promise and Pressure_ _ _ From Machine Translation and LLMs applied to translation, language professionals face unprecedented change. TC47 invites reflection on how to navigate this evolving landscape - to ensure that technology empowers rather than eclipses, and that multilingual communication remains inclusive, trusted and professionally grounded. We especially welcome contributions exploring: * Synergy between human expertise and AI-powered tools * The role of AI in promoting or undermining inclusion and equity * Strategies for sustainable and ethical language services * Cross-sector collaboration between academia, industry, and institutions Submissions not focused on AI are equally welcome, particularly those addressing broader trends in multilingual communication, training, translation workflows, and evolving professional practices. We also welcome critical reviews and discussions on: * The broader impact of AI and automation on the language industry * Implications for training, education and career development of language professionals * Coexistence of AI and traditional practices * Impact of AI on language professionals * Adoption barriers and risks for LSPs new to AI * Future trends in translation, interpreting, and localisation - with or without AI * Responsible and sustainable development in language technologies (environmental, social, professional) Key areas of interest Include, but are not limited to: * Multilingual NLP and large language models * Human-in-control systems vs. human-in-the-loop AI * Terminology management and controlled language * AI readiness and digital transformation in LSPs * NLP, semantic technologies and linked data * Collaborative translation tools and environments * Quality assurance, benchmarking and evaluation * Training, professional development and digital upskilling * Inclusive and culturally aware AI systems * Sustainable practices across the language lifecycle * Language policy and digital language equality * FAIR data, corpora and infrastructure * Ethical implications and human oversight * Empowering language professionals to shape - not just use - AI tools * Non-AI innovations and evolutions in translation, interpreting, localisation or terminology work We invite: * Innovative research: studies that expand the boundaries of language technologies, multilingual NLP, or AI ethics. * Practical applications: case studies from public or private sector stakeholders showcasing language technology use and development. * Workshops and panels: interactive formats encouraging dialogue on timely, challenging or divisive issues in AI and language work. * Critical reflections: well-argued contributions questioning current uses of AI and proposing alternative, human-centred approaches. * Posters and short talks: snapshots of emerging projects, tools, or preliminary research. Submission tracks All submissions are for talks, within the following categories: * Research track (Academic) * 20-minute talk * Followed by a paper (max. 5,000 words) presenting original, unpublished research * User experience track (Non-academic) * 20-minute talk * Optional post-facto paper (max. 5,000 words) detailing workflows, tools or implementation cases * Posters / Short talks * 7-8-minute talk * Followed by a paper (max. 2,000 words) outlining a project, experiment, or tool * Workshops and panels * Interactive sessions with multiple speakers * Moderators may submit an optional post-facto paper summarising key takeaways Submission instructions Submissions must be made via the START conference submission system: https://www.softconf.com/p/tc2026 [2] Important dates * Deadline for research/user experience talks: 30 June 2026 ➤ Notification of acceptance: 31 August 2026 * Deadline for workshops and panels: 31 July 2026 ➤ Notification of acceptance: 15 September 2026 * Deadline for posters and short talks: 15 September 2026 ➤ Notification of acceptance: 30 September 2026 * Final paper submission (except post facto workshop and panel papers): 31 October 2026 * Conference dates: 8-10 December 2026 Submission guidelines Detailed submission guidelines, including templates and formatting instructions, will be available on the TC47 conference website. We look forward to your contributions that will help shape the future of language services through innovation, collaboration, and inclusivity. Why submit to TC47? TC47 offers a unique opportunity to engage in a multi-stakeholder dialogue that bridges research, practice and policy. It is a space for shared reflection on what language professionals need, what tools actually deliver and how we co-create a future where humans and AI work better together. For any questions, reporting of problems concerning submissions or the Conference at least, please email tc47-info(a)asling.org. Let's explore, challenge and shape the future of multilingual communication together! Links: ------ [1] https://asling.org/tc47/ [2] https://www.softconf.com/p/tc2026/

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New release: FR-BSKY-ALO-2025-2026 Corpus
by Sangwan Jeon 27 May '26

27 May '26

Dear colleagues, We are pleased to announce the release of the FR-BSKY-ALO-2025-2026 Corpus: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19075495 FR-BSKY-ALO-2025-2026 is a corpus of anonymized, publicly available Bluesky posts collected for research and pedagogical purposes to explore lexical variation in French, between “sorte” and “espèce”, on the one hand, and between “enfin”, “finalement”, “au final”, and “à la fin”, on the other. Such terms and expressions have been the subject of several research in linguistic studies (Souza et al., 2011; Hansen & Mosegaard, 2005; Franckel, 1987, among others). The collection comprises 278,786 posts, published between 1 February 2025 and 27 January 2026, from all user accounts. This academic activity has two main objectives. Using Blueskyscraper (Moncomble, 2026: https://corpustools.prendrelangue.fr), data collection was carried out with the participation of students enrolled in the course Analyse linguistique outillée (second-year undergraduate level, academic year 2025–2026), at the Université de Poitiers. The project aimed to introduce students to the practical and methodological aspects of corpus construction and to the analysis of linguistic data using corpus linguistics tools. Students were also invited to explore the corpus in order to invastigate linguistic variation through a corpus-based approach grounded in digitized texts (BlueSky posts), there by encouraging reflection on emerging forms of linguistic data and digital discourse studies. The corpus is available on Zenodo in seveeral formats (CSV, TEI/XML, TSV, TXT), with the aim of ensuring compatibility with a wide range of corpus analysis tools whiled preserving metadata intrinsic to digitized texts, notably posting date and post URLs. Best regards, Sangwan Jeon

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14 Doctoral contracts – MultiLAwa MSCA Horizon
by Alex Boulton 27 May '26

27 May '26

Dear colleagues This may interest you, your students or others around you – please feel free to circulate. Corpus linguistics feature in several of the PhD topics; I'm involved in DC14 in particular for DDL and GenAI for language learning. Best wishes alex We are pleased to announce that applications are now open for 14 fully-funded doctoral contracts in the context of the European Horizon program "Multilingual Language Awareness in the European Digital Society" (MultiLAwa) – Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA). MultiLAwa is coordinated by the Université de Lorraine (France), including the co-supervision of four of the contracts. The topics relate to language awareness with a broad coverage, including computer-assisted language learning, corpus linguistics, multi/plurilingualism, language identity and bias, etc. Please note that English and German are both required to at least B2 level for all contracts, with additional languages preferred. Deadline: 8th July 2026 Open online information session : 16 June 2026, 2pm (France) Successful candidates will spend part of their time in the two partner universities involved, as well as a period on secondment with an associated partner. Further information on the project and how to apply can be found at [ https://www.multilawa.eu/open-phd-positions | https://www.multilawa.eu/open-phd-positions ] Especially: [ https://www.multilawa.eu/recruitment-for-applying/general-information/ | General information ] [ https://www.multilawa.eu/recruitment-for-applying/application-process/ | Application process ] [ https://www.multilawa.eu/recruitment-for-applying/selection-and-evaluation-… | Selection and evaluation process ] [ https://www.multilawa.eu/open-phd-positions/ | Open PhD positions ] Additional information: Contract and salary. Recruitment will be for a single 36-month contract. Gross monthly salary is €4010 (apply country-based coefficient) plus a monthly mobility allowance (€710) and, where relevant, family allowance (€660). Detailed information is provided here on p118: [ https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/docs/2021-2027/hori… | https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/docs/2021-2027/hori… ] Eligibility. Applicants must: * not already hold at doctorate at the time of recruitment * have good marks in a graduate degree such as as Master of Arts, Master of Translation, Master of Education, Master of Science or equivalent in a relevant field and providing an appropriate and sufficient background training for the programme * respect the mobility requirements of the MSCA doctoral networks programme * have a level equivalent to at least B2 in English and German; knowledge other languages is preferred, especially where the partner university is in another country Thesis topics: 1: Discourses on Language Awareness and Pluri-/Multilingualism in Digital Society: A Meta-pragmatic Analysis Joint Doctorate: University of Zurich (UZH) and University of Warsaw (UW) Academic co-supervisors: Prof. Noah Bubenhofer, Prof. Ewa Żebrowska Secondment: Leibniz Institute for the German Language (IDS) 2: Language Ideologies in Industry, Science and Politics Joint Doctorate: University of Zurich (UZH) and University of Mannheim (UMA) Academic co-supervisors: Prof. Noah Bubenhofer, Prof. Florence Oloff Planned Secondment: Center for Rhetorical Science Communication Research on Artificial Intelligence (RHET-AI) 3: Multilingual digital practices and digital literacy: Designing and using digital applications in the workplace and higher education Joint Doctorate: University of Mannheim (UMA) and University of Milan (UNIMI) Academic co-supervisors: Prof. Florence Oloff, Prof. Carolina Flinz Planned Secondments: Univerbal (UVB), University of Copenhagen (UCPH) 4 : Stereotyped language related to gender, race and ethnicity in digital dictionaries and thesauri Joint Doctorate: Université de Lorraine (UL) and University of Copenhagen (UCPH) Academic co-supervisors: Prof. Hélène Vinckel-Roisin, Ass. Prof. Mirjam Schmuck Planned Secondments: Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities (BBAW), Ordbogen (ORBG) 5: Multilingual gender fairness in AI-generated texts Joint Doctorate: University of Copenhagen (UCPH) and Université de Lorraine (UL) Academic co-supervisors: Ass. Prof. Mirjam Schmuck, Prof. Hélène Vinckel-Roisin Planned Secondments: Center for Rhetorical Science Communication Research on Artificial Intelligence (RHET-AI), Leibniz Institute for the German Language (IDS) 6: Language policy on the European level: Language Awareness and digitality from a discourse analytical approach Joint Doctorate: Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) and University of Vienna (UNIVIE) Academic co-supervisors: Prof. Ludwig Fesenmeier, Prof. Eva Vetter Planned Secondment: Charles University (CU) 7: Language policies in France, Germany and Luxembourg: A Multidimensional Comparative Analysis of Institutional Actors and Critical Multilingual Language Awareness Joint Doctorate: Université de Lorraine (UL) and University of Mannheim (UMA) Academic co-supervisors: Prof. Hélène Vinckel-Roisin, Prof. Henning Lobin Planned Secondments: Leibniz Institute for the German Language (IDS), Zenter fir d’Lëtzebuerger Sprooch (ZLS) 8: Promoting culture and identity-building in digital contexts: Focus on indigenous regional and minority languages Joint Doctorate: University of Warsaw (UW) and Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) Academic co-supervisors: Prof. Ewa Žebrowska, Prof. Ludwig Fesenmeier Planned Secondments: Ministère de la Culture (MC / DGLFLF), UNESCO 9: Conception of a specialised multilingual multimedia lexicographic information system for tourism language Joint Doctorate: University of Innsbruck (UIBK) and University of Milan (UNIMI) Academic co-supervisors: Prof. Laura Giacomini, Prof. Carolina Flinz Planned Secondments: Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities (BBAW – Germany), Interhome Group (IHG) 10: Dataset and technical design of specialised multilingual lexicographic information systems for circular economy Joint Doctorate: Nova University Lisbon (NOVA) and University of Milan (UNIMI) Academic co-supervisors: Prof. Rute Costa, Prof. Carolina Flinz Planned Secondment: Dudenverlag (DUD) 11: Enhancing Language Awareness in Fintech: Terminology Translation and Harmonisation towards Cross-Cultural Communication Joint Doctorate: University of Milan (UNIMI) and Nova University Lisbon (NOVA) Academic co-supervisors: Prof. Fabio Mollica, Prof. Rute Costa Planned Secondment: Swiss National Bank (SNB) 12 : Students’ language learning motivation from a Critical Language Awareness perspective Joint Doctorate: University of Mannheim (UMA) and University of Copenhagen (UCPH) Academic co-supervisors: Prof. Johannes Müller-Lancé, Ass. Prof. Petra Daryai-Hansen Planned Secondments: UNESCO, Observatoire Européen du Plurilinguisme (OEP) 13: Migration languages in foreign language education in the era of GenAI Joint Doctorate: University of Copenhagen (UCPH) and University of Mannheim (UMA) Academic co-supervisors: Ass. Prof. Petra Daryai-Hansen , Prof. Johannes Müller-Lancé Planned Secondment: Ernst Klett Verlag (EKV) 14: Language Awareness and communicative ability through exposure: data-driven approaches with corpora and GenAI Joint Doctorate: University of Vienna (UNIVIE) and Université de Lorraine (UL) Academic co-supervisors: Prof. Eva Vetter, Prof. Alex Boulton Planned Secondment: Lexical Computing (LC) Participating organisations: The project is led by the Université de Lorraine (Nancy, France – ATILF) and includes 9 other partner universities in Europe: * University of Innsbruck (AT), University of Vienna (AT), University of Zurich (CH), Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (DE), University of Mannheim (DE), University of Copenhagen (DK), University of Milan (IT), University of Warsaw (PL), Nova University Lisbon (PT) and 16 associated partners: * Switzerland: Univerbal, Banque Nationale Suisse (CH), Czech Republic: Université Charles de Prague, Lexical Computing (CZ), Leibniz-Institut für Deutsche Sprache (DE), Berlin-Branderburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften (DE), Center for Rhetorical Science Communication Research on Artificial Intelligence (DE), Cornelsen Verlag GmbH, Ernst Klett Verlag GmbH (DE), Ordbogen A/S (DK), WeDo – Project Intelligence Made Easy (ES), Ministère de la Culture (FR), Observatoire européen du plurilinguisme (FR), UNESCO (FR), Interhome Group (IT), Zenter fir d’Lëtzebuerger Sprooch (LU) Website: [ https://www.multilawa.eu/ | https://www.multilawa.eu ] _____________________________ Alex Boulton (he/him) Professor of English and Applied Linguistics (+33) 06 24 57 28 80 alex.boulton(a)univ-lorraine.fr Just out! Pérez-Paredes, P., & Boulton, A. (2025). [ https://www.cambridge.org/core/elements/abs/datadriven-learning-in-and-out-… | Data-driven learning in and out of the language classroom ] . CUP. [ https://www.atilf.fr/ | ATILF ] , UMR 7118 - CNRS & Université de Lorraine UFR Lansad (Université de Lorraine) Editor: [ https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/recall | ReCALL ] (CUP) AFLA, EUROCALL, TaLC [ https://perso.atilf.fr/aboulton/ | Homepage ]

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SUD v2.18 — Release announcement
by Bruno Guillaume 27 May '26

27 May '26

Following the recent UD 2.18 release announcement, we’re pleased to announce the synchronized Surface Syntactic Universal Dependencies <https://surfacesyntacticud.org/> (SUD) release 2.18. - Data download and documentation: https://surfacesyntacticud.org/data (see the UD announcement <https://list.elra.info/mailman3/hyperkitty/list/corpora@list.elra.info/thre…> for the full list of languages and contributors). Related tools were also updated: - Grew-match: All UD and SUD treebanks for release 2.18 are available for online queries at https://universal.grew.fr/ - Interactive tables: Feature and dependency-relation summaries for all treebanks are available at https://tables.grew.fr <https://tables.grew.fr/>

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CfP: Doctoral Consortium — ACM IVA 2026
by Stefán Ólafsson 27 May '26

27 May '26

[Apologies for multiple copies. Please distribute to interested Ph.D. students.] CALL FOR DOCTORAL CONSORTIUM at the 26th ACM International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents (IVA 2026) Consortium Date: September 11, 2026 (Day after the main conference) Website: https://iva.acm.org/2026/call-for-doctoral-consortium/ We invite Ph.D. students working on intelligent virtual agents to apply for the IVA 2026 Doctoral Consortium. This track offers student researchers personalized mentoring from expert panelists, valuable feedback on their ongoing thesis work, and career networking opportunities. We particularly encourage applications from Ph.D. candidates who have a settled topic and research approach but are not yet too close to graduation to benefit from guidance. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS: Please submit/email the following components by the deadline: 1. A 4-page extended abstract of your thesis work (via the IVA submission site, DC track). 2. A 2-page CV (emailed to Chairs). 3. A recommendation letter from your advisor, sent directly by them (emailed to Chairs). IMPORTANT DATES: * Submission Deadline: July 1, 2026 * Notification: July 31, 2026 * Doctoral Consortium: September 11, 2026 DOCTORAL CONSORTIUM CHAIRS & CONTACT: * Timothy Bickmore (t.bickmore(a)northeastern.edu<mailto:t.bickmore@northeastern.edu>) * Stefán Ólafsson (stefanola(a)ru.is<mailto:stefanola@ru.is>) Full details and formatting guidelines: https://iva.acm.org/2026/call-for-doctoral-consortium/

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10th Workshop on Online Abuse and Harms (WOAH) @EMNLP: 3rd CFP
by Agostina Calabrese 27 May '26

27 May '26

*** Third Call for Papers *** We invite paper submissions to the 10th Workshop on Online Abuse and Harms (WOAH), which will take place on the 29th of October at EMNLP 2026. Website: https://www.workshopononlineabuse.com/cfp.html Important Dates * Registration deadline for mentorship programme: April 10, 2026 * Notification of mentor/mentee match: April 25, 2026 * Submission due: June 26, 2026 * ARR reviewed submission due: August 3, 2026 * Notification of acceptance: August 15, 2026 * Camera-ready papers due: September 10, 2026 * Workshop: 29th October 2026 Overview Digital technologies have brought significant benefits to society, transforming how people connect, communicate, and interact. However, these same technologies have also enabled the widespread dissemination and amplification of abusive and harmful content, such as hate speech, harassment, and misinformation. Given the sheer volume of content shared online, addressing abuse and harm at scale requires the use of computational tools. Yet, detecting and moderating online abuse remains a complex task, fraught with technical, social, legal, and ethical challenges. The 10th Workshop on Online Abuse and Harms (WOAH) invites paper submissions from a diverse range of fields, including but not limited to natural language processing, machine learning, computational social science, law, political science, psychology, sociology, and cultural studies. We explicitly encourage interdisciplinary research, technical and non-technical contributions, and submissions that focus on under-resourced languages. Non-archival papers and civil society reports are also welcome. Topics covered by WOAH include, but are not limited to: * New models or methods for detecting abusive and harmful online content, including misinformation; * Biases and limitations in existing detection models or datasets for abusive and harmful content, especially those in commercial use; * Development of new datasets and taxonomies for online abuse and harms; * Novel evaluation metrics and procedures for detecting harmful content; * Analyses of the dynamics of online abuse, its propagation, and its impact on different communities; * Social, legal, and ethical considerations in detecting, monitoring, and moderating online abuse. Special Theme: “Ten Years of WOAH: Reflecting on Progress and New Frontiers” In its 10th edition, WOAH highlights the theme “Ten Years of WOAH: Reflecting on Progress and New Frontiers”. Over the past decade, WOAH has become a central interdisciplinary venue for online harms research. As harms and enabling technologies have evolved, the field has moved beyond an early focus on textual hate speech and harassment to address more complex phenomena. Advances in AI and online ecosystems have expanded the scale and diversity of harms. Transformer models, multimodal platforms, and recommendation systems have contributed to the escalation of issues like misinformation, radicalisation, child sexual exploitation, identity-based abuse, algorithmic bias, privacy violations, and AI-mediated harms. Methods tackling this have evolved from monolingual lexicon-based approaches to deep learning, multilinguality, multimodality, interpretability, and interdisciplinarity. Despite this progress, fundamental challenges remain. There is limited consensus on what constitutes “harm”, how context and thresholds should be defined, or how harms vary across cultures and modalities. These ambiguities affect datasets and models, constrain comparability, and often marginalise affected communities. The past decade also calls for critical self-reflection. Research has frequently prioritised detection, high-resource languages, and narrowly defined phenomena over intervention, global perspectives, and systemic or structural harms, with insufficient attention to user agency, platform incentives, lived experience, and participatory approaches. Finally, ten years of work have underscored that interdisciplinarity is essential for addressing the sociotechnical nature of the phenomenon. Addressing future online harms will require deeper integration across NLP, ML, social sciences, law, policy, and HCI. WOAH 10 seeks to consolidate lessons from the past decade, identify enduring gaps, and connect research, practice, and policy to guide the next generation of work on online harms. Submission Submission is electronic, using the Softconf START conference management system. Submission link: https://softconf.com/emnlp2026/woah2026/ The workshop will accept three types of papers. 1) Academic Papers (long and short): Long papers of up to 8 pages, excluding references, and short papers of up to 4 pages, excluding references. Unlimited pages for references and appendices. Accepted papers will be given an additional page of content to address reviewer comments. Previously published papers cannot be accepted. 2) Non-Archival Submissions: Up to 2 pages, excluding references, to summarise and showcase in-progress work and work published elsewhere. 3) Civil Society Reports: Non-archival submissions, with a minimum of 2 pages and no upper limit. Can include work published elsewhere. All submissions must use the official ACL style files<https://github.com/acl-org/acl-style-files>. Submissions that do not conform to the required styles, including paper size, margin width, and font size restrictions, will be rejected without review. All submissions should adhere to the workshop policies https://www.workshopononlineabuse.com/policies.html. WOAH Community We are excited to share the WOAH community Slack channel — a workspace for researchers interested in or working on understanding and addressing online abuse and harms! Join us here: https://join.slack.com/t/hatespeechdet-47d7560/shared_invite/zt-2a8d96j4z-g… Contact Info Please send any questions about the workshop to organizers(a)workshopononlineabuse.com<mailto:organizers@workshopononlineabuse.com> Organisers Agostina Calabrese, Cohere Thomas Davidson, Rutgers University-New Brunswick Christine de Kock, University of Melbourne Urja Khurana, Delft University of Technology Marta Marchiori Manerba, University of Turin Paloma Piot, Universidade da Coruña Zeerak Talat, University of Edinburgh 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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CALL FOR PARTICIPATION - NLPAICS 2026
by Ranasinghe, Tharindu 27 May '26

27 May '26

Second International Conference on Natural Language Processing and Artificial Intelligence for Cyber Security (NLPAICS 2026) The Second International Conference on Natural Language Processing and Artificial Intelligence for Cyber Security (NLPAICS 2026) invites researchers, practitioners, industry experts, and students to participate in this international forum dedicated to the latest advances in NLP, Artificial Intelligence, and Cyber Security. The will take place in Alicante, Spain, on 11–12 June 2026. The list of accepted papers is published at: https://nlpaics2026.gplsi.es/ . Further details about keynote speakers, and submissions are also available on the official conference website. The conference programme will be announced shortly. Researchers and attendees interested in participating are encouraged to register as soon as possible to secure the reduced rates and join the NLPAICS 2026 community. Early registration must be completed before Monday, 25 May 2026 in order to benefit from the discounted registration fees. Special fee rates are also available for participants attending NLPAICS + Summer School: “The Paradigm Shift: From Rules to Models in Natural Language Processing” (https://summer-school.gplsi.es/) that will be held from 15-17 June 2026 in Alicante. For updates and additional information, please visit the official conference website. Best Regards Organising committee, NLPAICS

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AthNLP2026 – Call for Participation
by ACL Announcements 27 May '26

27 May '26

10 days left to apply for AthNLP 2026 (Sept 2-8, Athens)! CALL FOR PARTICIPATION ATHNLP 2026 - 4TH ATHENS NLP SUMMER SCHOOL =========================================== We invite everyone interested in Natural Language Processing and Machine Learning to participate in the 4th Athens Natural Language Processing Summer School taking place in Athens, Greece at NCSR Demokritos Campus between 2-8 September 2026: https://athnlp.github.io/2026/ Important Dates -------------------------- * Application Deadline: May 31, 2026 * Decision Announcement: June 10, 2026 * Registration: June 30, 2026 * Summer School: September 2-8, 2026 Description ------------------ Following successful AthNLP editions in 2019, 2024, and 2025, AthNLP 2026 returns to the campus of NCSR Demokritos in Athens. The summer school is organized jointly by RC "Athena", NCSR "Demokritos", Athens University of Economics and Business (Department of Informatics), Heriot-Watt University, Archimedes Unit / Athena RC, and ELLIS - University of Manchester, in close collaboration with LxMLS (Lisbon, 20-25 July 2026). The school focuses on Machine Learning methods for NLP, especially Deep Learning and Large Language Models (LLMs), offering: Morning lectures on theory, afternoon hands-on lab sessions, evening research talks, poster sessions, and demos. Our target audience is: * Students and researchers in NLP/Computational Linguistics and Machine Learning; * Computer scientists with interest in NLP and ML; * Industry professionals seeking deeper understanding of these fields. While previous experience with the topics will be helpful, the school assumes no previous knowledge of Natural Language Processing and Machine Learning. The only background assumed is basic mathematics and Python programming. Features of AthNLP: * Attendance at the Social Event, daily lunch as well as morning and afternoon coffee breaks are included in the registration fee. * Lecturers are leading researchers in Machine Learning and NLP. * Students will be able to (optionally) show their current work in poster sessions during coffee breaks. Confirmed Speakers --------------------------------- * Antonis Anastasopoulos, George Mason Computer Science * Isabelle Augenstein, University of Copenhagen * Desmond Elliott, University of Copenhagen * Nizar Habash, NYU Abu Dhabi * Lingpeng Kong, University of Hong Kong * Julia Kreutzer, Cohere * Ryan McDonald * Dong Nguyen, Utrecht University * Anna Rogers, IT University of Copenhagen * Emine Yilmaz, University College London Participation --------------------- To apply, please fill this [1] form: https://ijerm0co.forms.app/athens-nlp-2026-summer-school-final The fees are the following: * 300 EUR for students * 400 EUR for university professors or researchers at a public institute * 500 EUR for everyone else Links: ------ [1] https://ijerm0co.forms.app/athens-nlp-2026-summer-school-final

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Conference anouncement and CfP: Translating and Interpreting in the Era of Algorithms (TIERA)
by VILELMINI SOSONI 27 May '26

27 May '26

Translating and Interpreting in the Era of Algorithms (TIERA) Department of Foreign Languages, Translation and Interpreting Ionian University, Corfu, Greece 9–11 October 2026 As translation and interpreting practices are reshaped by the accelerating advances of artificial intelligence, neural networks, and automation, new questions arise: What remains distinctly human in the act of translation? How can creativity and critical reflection coexist with algorithmic efficiency? Organised by the Department of Foreign Languages, Translation and Interpreting and the MA Science of Translation of the Ionian University, this international conference — Translating and Interpreting in the Era of Algorithms (TIERA)— invites scholars, researchers, professionals, and students to explore the emerging interfaces between technology, translation and interpreting, and language mediation in the 21st century. The event is held within the framework of the 40th anniversary of the Department’s founding, marking four decades of innovation, education, and scholarship in translation and interpreting. 📝 Submit your abstract for papers, posters and panels by 20 June 2026 here: https://conferences.ionio.gr/tiera/en/submission/ 📍 Corfu, Greece 📅 9–11 October 2026 See more: https://conferences.ionio.gr/tiera/en/about/ We can't wait to welcome you to Corfu! Join us in Corfu, 9–11 October 2026, to celebrate this milestone and collectively explore the future of translation and interpreting. Dr Vilelmini Sosoni Associate Professor Associate Head of the Department of Foreign Languages, Translation and Interpreting Director of the Laboratory for Specialised Translation and Language Technologies Ionian University Ippokratis Building, Chr. Tsirigotis Square 49100 Corfu Greece M: +306932623733 Email: Vilelmini(a)hotmail.com<mailto:Vilelmini@hotmail.com>, sosoni(a)ionio.gr<mailto:sosoni@ionio.gr> Skype: vilelmini.sosoni LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vilelmini-sosoni-74000910/

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Second International Conference on Natural Language Processing and Artificial Intelligence for Cyber Security (NLPAICS 2026)
by Amal Haddad 27 May '26

27 May '26

NLPAICS 2026: CALL FOR PARTICIPATION Second International Conference on Natural Language Processing and Artificial Intelligence for Cyber Security (NLPAICS 2026) The Second International Conference on Natural Language Processing and Artificial Intelligence for Cyber Security (NLPAICS 2026) invites researchers, practitioners, industry experts, and students to participate in this international forum dedicated to the latest advances in NLP, Artificial Intelligence, and Cyber Security. The conference will take place in Alicante, Spain, on 11-12 June 2026. The list of accepted papers is published at: https://nlpaics2026.gplsi.es/accepted-papers/ [1]. Further details about keynote speakers, and submissions are also available on the official conference website https://nlpaics2026.gplsi.es/ [2]. The conference programme will be announced shortly. Researchers and attendees interested in participating are encouraged to register as soon as possible to secure the reduced rates and join the NLPAICS 2026 community. Early registration must be completed before Monday, 25 May 2026 in order to benefit from the discounted registration fees. Special fee rates are also available for participants attending NLPAICS + Summer School: "The Paradigm Shift: From Rules to Models in Natural Language Processing" (https://summer-school.gplsi.es/ [3]) that will be held from 15-17 June 2026 in Alicante. -- 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://urldefense.com/v3/__https://nlpaics2026.gplsi.es/accepted-papers/__… [2] https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://nlpaics2026.gplsi.es/__;!!D9dNQwwGXtA!S… [3] https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://summer-school.gplsi.es/__;!!D9dNQwwGXtA…

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Relaxed CfP: Mechanistic Interpretability & Neuro-symbolic Approaches by-design: the MeMo Workshop
by fabio.massimo.zanzotto＠uniroma2.it 27 May '26

27 May '26

Are you stressfully working for the May 25th ARR deadline? Don't worry, you can relax afterwards by writing a short paper on work in progress and blue sky ideas over Mechanistic Interpretability and Neuro-symbolic Approaches by-design ( <https://sites.google.com/view/memo-workshop/> MeMo Workshop) (deadline: 31/5/2026 12:00 PM AoE) Are you surprised about the ability of LLMs to perform complex reasoning tasks? Do you have a particular keenness for cracking the code of their inner workings? If the answer to the three questions is yes, this is the workshop for you! Observing properties and understanding the inner workings are two sides of the same coin. Another way is possible (e.g., <https://aclanthology.org/2025.findings-acl.785/> Position Paper: MeMo: Towards Language Models with Associative Memory Mechanisms - ACL Anthology)! The workshop aims to accept focused contributions on: * Mechanistic Interpretability by-design * Neuro-symbolic approaches by-design Work in progress and blue sky ideas are in the spirit of the workshop. Your contribution must be between four pages and six pages, excluding references, and should be prepared using the <https://www.overleaf.com/read/gyxkgssbstfr#85e729> Overleaf Submission Template. The proceedings will be submitted to <http://ceur-ws.org/> CEUR-WS.org for online publication. Please submit your contribution via EasyChair at the designated submission <https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=memomina2026> link. The reviewing process is single-blind. Submission Deadline: 31/5/2026 12:00 PM AoE Acceptance Notification Date: 14/6/2026 Camera ready: 21/6/2026 Workshop Date: 26/6/2026 (MODIFIED, so that you can plan your WE in Rome) Venue: University of Rome Tor Vergata (Rome, Italy) & Online Registration fees: cheaper than cheap (it's free) Web Site: <https://sites.google.com/view/memo-workshop/> MeMo Workshop

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First CFP: The Second Tokenization Workshop @ COLM 2026
by Jindrich Libovicky 27 May '26

27 May '26

*First Call for Papers* TokShop: Second Tokenization Workshop (COLM 2026) https://tokenization-workshop.github.io **Important days** - Deadline for submissions is June 23, 2026, at 11:59 pm (anywhere on earth) - Notifications of acceptance will be sent out on July 24, 2026 - Camera-ready papers will be due shortly afterward at 11:59 pm (anywhere on earth) The workshop will take place at the Hilton Union Square in San Francisco, CA, USA on October 9, 2026. ***Workshop Description*** The Second Tokenization Workshop (TokShop) at COLM 2026 aims to bring together researchers and practitioners from across machine learning to explore tokenization in its broadest sense. We will discuss innovations, challenges, and future directions for tokenization across diverse data types and modalities. ***Call for Papers*** Topics of interest include: - Subword Tokenization in NLP: Analysis of techniques such as BPE, WordPiece, and UnigramLM, as well as improvements for efficiency, interpretability, and adaptability. - Multimodal Tokenization: Tokenization strategies for images, audio, video, and other modalities, including methods to align representations across different types of data. - Multilingual Tokenization: Development of tokenizers that work robustly across languages and scripts, and investigation into failure modes tied to tokenization. - Tokenizer Modification Post-Training: Methods for updating tokenizers after model training to boost performance and/or efficiency without retraining from scratch. - Alternative Input Representations: Exploration of non-traditional tokenization approaches, such as byte-level, pixel-level, or patch-based representations. - Statistical Perspectives on Tokenization: Empirical analysis of token distributions, compression properties, and correlations with model behavior. By broadening the scope of tokenization research beyond language, this workshop seeks to foster cross-disciplinary dialogue and inspire new advances at the intersection of representation learning, data efficiency, and model design. ***Submission Guidelines*** Our author guidelines follow the COLM requirements unless otherwise specified. - Paper submission is hosted on OpenReview: https://openreview.net/group?id=colmweb.org/COLM/2026/Workshop/TokShop#tab-… - We accept non-archival submissions of two types: - Research papers (up to 9 pages, not including references or appendices) - Extended abstracts (up to 2 pages) - Please use the provided LaTeX template (Style Files) for your submission. Please follow the general paper formatting guidelines for COLM, as specified in the style files. - You may use as many pages of references and appendix as you wish, but reviewers are not required to read the appendix. - Posting papers on preprint servers like ArXiv is permitted. - We encourage each submission to discuss the limitations as well as ethical and societal implications of their work, wherever applicable (but neither are required). These sections do not count towards the page limit. - The paper should be anonymized and uploaded to OpenReview as a single PDF. - The review process will be double-blind. Read more: https://tokenization-workshop.github.io/

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2nd CfP for EMNLP Workshop on Multimodal Interaction in Face-to-Face Dialogue (MINT)
by Takmaz, E.K. (Ece) 27 May '26

27 May '26

Second CfP for EMNLP Workshop on Multimodal Interaction in Face-to-Face Dialogue (MINT) We invite submissions to MINT: Multimodal Interaction in Face-to-Face Dialogue, a workshop that brings together researchers from computational linguistics, NLP, computer vision, HCI, robotics, and cognitive science working on multimodal face-to-face communication. Workshop website: https://mintworkshop.github.io/2026/ The Workshop will be co-located with EMNLP 2026 in Budapest, Hungary, October 24–29, 2026 (exact date within this period to be decided). We welcome work on topics including: - computational models that integrate verbal and non-verbal cues such as speech, text, gesture, facial expression, gaze, and body pose; - cognitive and linguistic insights about face-to-face communication that can inform AI systems; - multimodal datasets with synchronized speech, video, and motion data; - evaluation methods for multimodal interaction; - applications and tools for embodied conversational agents, social robots, annotation, and behavioural analysis. Papers should be prepared using the official ACL formatting guidelines and ACL style files. MINT welcomes both archival and non-archival papers: - Archival papers: Submissions must be anonymous and report original, unpublished research to appear in the workshop proceedings. - Non-archival papers: Submissions reporting previously published work, preliminary research, or demos to be presented at the workshop and not published in the MINT proceedings. Papers may be submitted as long papers (up to 8 pages plus references) or short papers (up to 4 pages plus references). Non-archival submissions do not need to be anonymous. We allow cross-submissions to other venues. However, to be included in the proceedings, authors of accepted papers must withdraw them from any other venue where they remain under consideration. MINT will accept submissions through two channels: 1. Direct submission: The dedicated OpenReview portal for this is available at https://openreview.net/group?id=EMNLP/2026/Workshop/MINT. Archival papers submitted through this channel will be reviewed by the MINT programme committee. 2. ACL Rolling Review (ARR): Authors may submit through ARR and commit their paper together with the ARR reviews to MINT later at https://openreview.net/group?id=EMNLP/2026/Workshop/MINT_ARR_Commitment **Important dates (11:59 pm AOE)** - ARR paper submission deadline: May 25, 2026 - Direct paper submission deadline: July 8, 2026 - Pre-reviewed ARR commitment deadline: August 24, 2026 - Notification of acceptance: August 31, 2026 - Camera-ready paper due: September 14, 2026 Accepted contributions will be required to be presented at the MINT workshop as posters or talks. The MINT workshop is sponsored by the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics: https://www.mpi.nl/ For questions, please contact: mint.organizers(a)gmail.com On behalf of the workshop organisers: - Raquel Fernández (University of Amsterdam) - Diego Frassinelli (LMU Munich) - Esam Ghaleb (Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics) - Bulat Khaertdinov (Maastricht University) - Asli Ozyurek (Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics / Radboud University) - Ece Takmaz (Utrecht University) - Zerrin Yumak (Utrecht University)

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ESU in Digital Humanities 2026 – New Scholarship & Deadline Extension
by Elisabeth Burr 27 May '26

27 May '26

Dear colleagues, We are happy to announcea new scholarship opportunity for MA students <https://esudh.github.io/ScholarshipsandFunding/#graduate-school-translation…>coming to European Summer University in Digital Humanities from African and European universities. Ten scholarships will cover the participation fee and are offered by the newly established graduate programme “Translation” at the Université Marie et Louis Pasteur in Besançon. To give students time for their applications, we are extending the deadline to May 31 2026. Apply for school and scholarships via ConfTool <https://www.conftool.org/esudh2026/>. Please find more about the workshop offer and application process on our website <https://esudh.github.io/WorkshopsandLectures/>. ESU DH will be held at the Université Marie et Louis Pasteur in Besançon, France, from July 6 to July 18. We look forward to welcoming you in Besançon. On behalf of Prof. Frederic Spagnoli, Head of the ESU 2026, Dr. Artjoms Šeļa, Chair of the ESU Steering Committee

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Online courses on Deep Learning, LLMs and Speech by HiTZ Chair. Registration is now open!!!
by Eneko Agirre 27 May '26

27 May '26

HiTZ Chair of Artificial Intelligence and Language Technology It is a pleasure to inform you that *registration* for the online training courses organized by the HiTZ center is now open. The courses, offered in June and July, include: *_Deep Learning for NLP (code: DL4NLP)_ *June 01th to 05th, 20 hours (2 ECTS). 15th edition. * _Large Language Models (code: LLMS)_ *June 15th to 19th, 20 hours (2 ECTS). 15th edition. * _Generative Playground: LLMs made easy (code: GPLLMME) _ *June 29th to July 03th, 20 hours (2 ECTS). 3th edition. * * *_Deep Learning for Speech Processing (code: DL4SP)_* July 13th to 16th, 10 hours (1 ECTS). 1st edition. For further information and registration <https://www.hitz.eus/training/>: https://www.hitz.eus/training/ Best regards, Olatz Arregi -------------------- HiTZ Chair of Artificial Intelligence and Language Technology -- Eneko Agirre HiTZ Hizkuntza Teknologiako Zentroa - Ixa Taldea Centro Vasco de Tecnología de la Lengua - Grupo Ixa Basque Center for Language Technology - Ixa NLP Group University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) hitz.ehu.eus/eneko <https://hitz.ehu.eus/eneko>

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[CfP] Second CfP and Deadline Extension - CLiC-it 2026 - Twelfth Italian Conference on Computational Linguistics | 14-16 September 2026 | Palermo, Italy
by Daniel Russo 27 May '26

27 May '26

════════════════════════════════════════ *CLiC-it 2026 – Twelfth Italian Conference on Computational Linguistics* *14–16 September 2026 | Palermo, Italy* ════════════════════════════════════════ Conference Website: https://clic2026.unipa.it/ Contact Email: clicit2026(a)unipa.it ── *IMPORTANT DATES* ───────────────────────── *Submission deadline: 29 May 2026 05 June 2026 (23:59 CEST) *🚨 Notification to authors: 10 July 2026 Camera-ready due: 31 July 2026 Conference: 14–16 September 2026 ──────────────────────────────────────── We announce that the *submission deadline* for *CLiC-it 2026*, the *Twelfth Italian Conference on Computational Linguistics*, has been extended. *New Submission deadline: 05 June 2026 23:59 CEST * *CLiC-it 2026 *will be held in *Palermo* from the *14th to the 16th of September 2026* and is *organized by AILC* (http://www.ai-lc.it/). Over the years, CLiC-it has evolved into an *important forum* for the *Italian community* of researchers in *Computational Linguistics *(CL) and *Natural Language Processing* (NLP). The conference aims to promote and disseminate *high-quality, original research* covering different aspects of automatic language processing, involving both written and spoken language, and seeks to showcase cutting-edge theoretical findings, experimental methodologies, technologies, and application perspectives. CLiC-it has an inclusive spirit, bringing together researchers from Computational Linguistics, NLP, Linguistics, Cognitive Science, Machine Learning, Computer Science, Knowledge Representation, Information Retrieval, and Digital Humanities. Contributions in all languages are welcome, with a particular emphasis on Italian. *TOPICS* Topics include, but are not limited to: - Machine Learning and Modeling for NLP - Large Language and Foundation Models - Interpretability, Analysis, and Explainability of NLP Models - Resources, Benchmarks, and Evaluation - Syntax, Morphology, and Phonology - Semantics, Discourse, and Pragmatics - Linguistic Theories, Cognitive Modeling, and Psycholinguistics - Natural Language Generation and Summarization - Dialogue Systems and Conversational AI - Question Answering and Reading Comprehension - Creativity, Style, and Narrative Generation - Information Extraction and Text Mining - Sentiment Analysis, Opinion Mining, and Argumentation - Multilingual and Cross-Lingual NLP - Low-Resource NLP and Linguistic Diversity - Computational Historical Linguistics, Social Science, and Cultural Analytics - Speech and Spoken Language Processing - Multimodal and Grounded Language - Applied NLP and NLP Systems - Ethics, Fairness, and Societal Impacts of NLP *SUBMISSIONS* *Regular Papers.* Original, complete, and unpublished work. Up to 11 pages of main content (with unlimited references/appendix). One additional page will be granted upon acceptance. Short vs. Regular paper classification will be upon publication, based on paper length (short papers are typically 5-9 pages, regular papers are 10+ pages). Papers may be in English or Italian, with an English abstract. Accepted papers will be published in the proceedings and presented orally or as a poster during the conference. *Research Communications. *Outstanding papers accepted in 2025–2026 at major CL/NLP venues (A* CORE, Q1 SCImago, ANVUR Class A) may be submitted as a one-page abstract for presentation at the conference (not included in proceedings). All Submissions via START: https://softconf.com/p/clic-it2026 Select the "Papers and Research Communications" track. *Note*: All submissions must be compatible with CEUR (https://ceur-ws.org/) and include the CEUR Declaration on Generative AI section ( https://ceur-ws.org/GenAI/Policy.html). Papers missing this section will be desk rejected. *Templates:* - LaTeX: https://clic2026.unipa.it/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/CLiC_it_2026_CEURART_L… - ODT: https://clic2026.unipa.it/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/CLiC_it_2026_CEURART_O… - Overleaf (read-only): https://www.overleaf.com/read/qmhnsrbyqskw#96f442 *AWARDS* *Best Paper Award *— for papers with a Master's or PhD student as first author and presenter. Recipients of the award will be invited to submit an extended version of the paper to IJCoL. *"Emanuele Pianta" Prize* — for the best Master's Thesis (Tesi di Laurea Magistrale) in Computational Linguistics submitted at an Italian university and supervised by an AILC member. Prize: €500 + free AILC membership + free CLiC-it registration. *ORGANIZATION* *Conference Chairs:* Valerio Basile (University of Torino) Danilo Croce (University of Roma Tor Vergata) Lucia Passaro (University of Pisa) Roberto Pirrone (University of Palermo) *Senior Program Committee:* Pierpaolo Basile, Alessandro Bondielli, Cristina Bosco, Tommaso Caselli, Gloria Gagliardi, Gianluca E. Lebani, Elisa Leonardelli, Eleonora Litta, Marta Marchiori Manerba, Martina Miliani, Simonetta Montemagni, Giovanni Puccetti, Giulia Rambelli, Rachele Sprugnoli, Fabio Tamburini *Local Organizing Committee (University of Palermo):* Irene Siragusa (Lead), Germano Ammirata, Salvatore Contino, Luca Cruciata, Francesco Foderà *Publicity and Social Media Chairs:* Alessandro Bondielli (University of Pisa) Pierluigi Cassotti (University of Gothenburg) Daniel Russo (Fondazione Bruno Kessler) *Proceedings Chairs:* Francesca Grasso (University of Torino) Eliana Di Palma (University of Torino) *Web Chairs:* Salvatore Contino, Luca Cruciata, Irene Siragusa *CONTACTS * Website: https://clic2026.unipa.it/ Email: clicit2026(a)unipa.it We look forward to seeing you in Palermo! *The CLiC-it 2026 Organizing Committee* -- -- 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. 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CfP: Pivotal Players: Academic reflections special issue
by Menno Van Zaanen 26 May '26

26 May '26

Dear Colleague, We are writing to invite you to contribute to a curated collection of articles titled Pivotal Players: Academic reflections on major works that have shaped research across the Arts, Humanities, and Social Science. ABOUT THE COLLECTION The collection is premised on a deceptively simple observation: while researchers regularly build on prior scholarship, we rarely pause to reflect explicitly on which works have shaped us, and how. This collection creates a dedicated space for exactly that reflection. Contributors are invited to select a publication from before 2000 that has inspired them in their own research; this may include, but is not limited to, a seminal book, article, or comparable scholarly work, and write a reflective piece examining its impact: on the field broadly, on your own intellectual and methodological development, or both. Contributions need not be uncritical. The collection welcomes honest assessments of a work's limitations, contested legacies, or the ways a field has moved beyond, or failed to move beyond, its foundational assumptions. The collection is anchored in Digital Humanities but is explicitly transdisciplinary. Given that Digital Humanities is a relatively young field, contributors are encouraged to draw on influential works from cognate disciplines, including the social sciences, humanities, media studies, information science, musicology, education, and beyond, and to articulate how those works connect to current digital scholarship. At a moment when knowledge production is accelerating, and the boundaries of the digital humanities are being actively renegotiated, this kind of reflexive scholarship helps the field understand its own genealogy, surface underrepresented intellectual lineages, and think more carefully about the assumptions embedded in foundational texts. Routledge Open Research uses a transparent, post-publication peer- review model that enables rapid publication and ongoing scholarly dialogue. The format itself, reflective, personal, and rigorous, also offers academics the rare opportunity to be truly transparent about the works that have genuinely formed their thinking. For more information about this new publication format, please contact Kristen Brida <Kristen.Brida(a)taylorandfrancis.com>. SUBMISSION DETAILS Final submission deadline (with rolling submission): 31 March 2027 Collection page and submission portal: https://routledgeopenresearch.org/collections/academic-reflections-major-wo… We would warmly welcome your contribution. If you are interested or would like to discuss a potential piece before committing, please do not hesitate to contact us directly. Janelize Morelli <Janelize.Morelli(a)nwu.ac.za> Menno Van Zaanen <Menno.VanZaanen(a)nwu.ac.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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CfP Journal of the Digital Humanities Association of Southern Africa (JDHASA)
by Menno Van Zaanen 20 May '26

20 May '26

Call for Submissions The Journal of the Digital Humanities Association of Southern Africa (JDHASA), ISSN 3006-6492, invites innovative and exploratory contributions that push the boundaries of digital humanities research and practice, especially those engaging with emerging technologies, critical data studies, and culturally situated methodologies. We particularly encourage submissions that foreground underrepresented voices, languages, and epistemologies, or that critically examine the social, political, and ethical dimensions of digital scholarship in the Global South and beyond. Submissions that demonstrate interdisciplinary collaboration or address teaching and pedagogy in digital humanities are especially welcome. JDHASA remains committed to fostering inclusive scholarly exchange and building a vibrant community of practice. Potential topics include, but are not limited to * Digital humanities in the Global South * Artificial intelligence in humanities research * Decolonial and postcolonial approaches to digital scholarship * Infrastructure, access, and digital divides * Computational linguistics and low-resource languages * Human language technologies for African languages * Digital literary studies and text analysis * Digital storytelling and multimedia narratives * Digital arts and creative practice * Media studies in the digital age * Critical data studies and data ethics * Social media analysis and public discourse * Digital archives and preservation * Library and information science in digital contexts * Cultural heritage digitisation * Interdisciplinary methods in digital humanities * Digital pedagogy and teaching practices * DH curriculum development and programme design * Digital mapping and spatial humanities * Community-based and participatory digital projects Contributions may include research articles, case studies, methodological interventions, project reports, book reviews (max. 2 pages), and reflective essays. Research articles may be submitted as short papers, e.g. for work in progress (max. 8 pages), or long papers (max. 20 pages). Articles should follow the ACL style guidelines (https://2023.aclweb.org/calls/style_and_formatting/). Prospective authors should ensure that submissions align with the journal’s open-access ethos and undergo rigorous peer review. Please consult the journal guidelines for formatting and submission details (https://upjournals.up.ac.za/index.php/dhasa/about/submissions#authorGuideli… ), and watch for announcements of upcoming special issues that highlight timely and emerging themes. JDHASA aims to release at least two issues annually. Submission deadline for the first issue of 2026 is the 30th of June, 2026, but rolling submissions are accepted throughout the year. The cut-off date for the second issue is the 31st of December 2026. Link to the journal website and submission system: http://upjournals.up.ac.za/index.php/dhasa/ Contact: journal(a)digitalhumanities.org.za About JDHASA The Journal of the Digital Humanities Association of Southern Africa (JDHASA), ISSN 3006-6492, is a peer-reviewed open-access journal that publishes research from DHASA members and the wider scholarly community, with a focus on Digital Humanities in the Global South. Its scope spans areas such as computational linguistics and literary studies, digital arts, media, technology criticism, and information and archive studies, among others. Established alongside DHASA in 2016, the journal supports an interdisciplinary network of scholars and aims to foster a “methodological commons” while encouraging dialogue and critical reflection on teaching and research in the field. -- 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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[CFP] 3rd Workshop on Language Models for Underserved Communities (LM4UC)
by Fred PHILIPPY 20 May '26

20 May '26

We are excited to announce the 3rd Language Models for Underserved Communities (LM4UC) workshop, co-located with IJCAI 2026. The workshop will take place in person and virtually between August 15-17, 2026, in Bremen. LM4UC invites researchers, practitioners, and policymakers to address challenges and propose innovative solutions for building and deploying language models (LMs) for underserved languages and communities. Underserved communities often lack adequate access to advanced NLP technologies due to limited linguistic data, insufficient computational resources, or inadequate AI governance frameworks. This gap hinders equitable access to NLP advancements, exacerbating the digital divide. Our workshop aims to address this by fostering a multidisciplinary dialogue around the development of LMs that prioritize cultural sensitivity, resource efficiency, and sustainable AI practices. Topics of Interest We invite submissions of full papers, ongoing work, position papers, and survey papers on topics including, but not limited to: 1. Evaluation Design: Evaluations are no longer passive datasets. They are mechanisms that shape model development. We invite research that focuses on principled, technically grounded benchmark design. 2. Cultural Alignment & Safety: Most alignment research assumes Western norms. We invite papers that focus on technically grounded alignment methods that generalize across cultures and languages. 3. Agentic Systems in Global Environments: As LLMs become agents, we need formal evaluation and control in multilingual, multi-cultural environments. Submission Guidelines We welcome long papers (8 pages) and short papers (4 pages), excluding references. Submissions must follow the IJCAI 2026 style guidelines. Important Dates * Submission deadline: May 24, 2026 * Notification of acceptance: June 7, 2026 * Camera-ready paper due: August 1, 2026 * Workshop dates: August 15/16/17, 2026 Submit your paper via OpenReview: https://openreview.net/group?id=ijcai.org/IJCAI/2026/Workshop/LM4UC Contact Us: For inquiries, please contact the workshop organizer: lm4uc.organizers(a)gmail.com<mailto:lm4uc.organizers@gmail.com> <mailto:lm4uc.organizers@gmail.com>

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Postdoc position, Saarland University
by Alexander Koller 20 May '26

20 May '26

Hello, I am looking for a postdoc to join the Computational Linguistics research group at Saarland University. The position will be initially filled for two years and can be extended. It is paid on the German E13 100% payscale and available immediately. Preference will be given to applications received by June 4. The postdoc position is ideal for developing your own research agenda in natural language processing / computational linguistics / planning and reasoning with LLMs. Have a look at the group website (see below) for our current research interests. I am particularly interested in expanding the group’s expertise in dialogue systems. Saarland University is one of the top institutions for NLP research in Europe, with multiple NLP-related research groups (currently Vera Demberg, Michael Hahn, Dietrich Klakow, Mariya Toneva, and myself) and ~100 scientific staff in our department. We regularly publish together and with other colleagues, and I encourage postdocs to deepen these collaborations further. I am an ACL Fellow, the speaker of the Research Training Group “Neuroexplicit Models in Language, Vision, and Action”, and Associate Faculty at the Max Planck Institute for Informatics. Former postdocs from my group have gone on to faculty positions in Amsterdam, Utrecht, and Montréal. Please see this website for further details: https://www.coli.uni-saarland.de/groups/AK/jobs/ Best, Alexander Koller.

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Invitation to Participate in Convergence 2026 – Onsite and Online Options
by Constantin Orasan 20 May '26

20 May '26

Dear Colleagues, We are pleased to invite you to participate in Convergence 2026: Human-AI Integration for Multilingual and Accessible Communication, which will take place between 17th and 19th June at University of Surrey, Guildford, UK. This year, in addition to onsite participation, we are delighted to offer an online participation option to make the event more accessible to a wider audience. Building on the success of the first Convergence conference<https://www.surrey.ac.uk/centre-translation-studies/convergence-2023> in 2023, which explored the responsible and intelligent integration of human and machine capabilities in translation and interpreting, the Centre for Translation Studies is proud to organised Convergence 2026: Human-AI Integration for Multilingual and Accessible Communication. The second edition of the Convergence conference will create an opportunity to bring together innovative research on the evolving landscape of AI in the context of multilingual and accessible communication, reflecting on the complexity and effects of using AI-driven technologies in these fields. The conference will foster a multidisciplinary dialogue that will generate new theoretical perspectives and practical research, focusing on themes such as the ethical aspects of AI in translation and interpreting, AI-enabled digital accessibility and societal inclusion, and the impact of Generative AI on language mediation. We will also examine the evolving role of language professionals, the power of Large Language Models (LLMs) in supporting multilingual communication, and the crucial need for responsible use of language AI in the public sector. The conference programme includes keynote talks by leading experts, paper presentations, panel discussions, and poster sessions, providing a rich environment for exchanging ideas and fostering collaboration. For more information about the conference, including important dates, programme details, and registration fees, please visit: https://www.surrey.ac.uk/centre-translation-studies/convergence-2026 Online participants will be able to view all scheduled paper presentations, keynote speeches, and panel sessions via our streaming platform. They will have the opportunity to ask questions using the online Q&A facilities provided. We very much hope you will join us, either onsite or online. To register, please visit https://www.surrey.ac.uk/centre-translation-studies/convergence-2026/regist… If you have any questions, please contact us at cts_inquiries(a)surrey.ac.uk<mailto:cts_inquiries@surrey.ac.uk>. Kind regards, Constantin -- Prof Constantin Orăsan Professor of Language and Translation Technologies Room 06LC03, Phone extension: 4115 Centre for Translation Studies<https://www.surrey.ac.uk/centre-translation-studies>, University of Surrey Third Floor | Library | University of Surrey | Guildford | Surrey | GU2 7XH Phone: +44 (0) 1483 684115 Personal page: https://www.surrey.ac.uk/people/constantin-orasan

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International Conference on Software and Systems Reuse, Product Lines, and Configuration (VARIABILITY 2026): Last Call for Industry Track Papers
by Announce 20 May '26

20 May '26

*** Last Call for Industry Track Papers *** International Conference on Software and Systems Reuse, Product Lines, and Configuration (VARIABILITY 2026) 29 September - 2 October 2026, 5* St. Raphael Resort and Marina Limassol, Cyprus https://conf.researchr.org/home/variability-2026 The VARIABILITY conference series brings together the communities previously served by ICSR, SPLC, and VaMoS, forming a unified venue for research on variability, configuration, customization, and related disciplines in software and systems engineering. The Industry Track of VARIABILITY 2026 offers a platform for practitioners, researchers, and technology leaders to share practical experiences in industrial settings with reuse, variability management, configuration, and product line engineering across software and systems. Building on the industrial tracks of SPLC, VaMoS, and ICSR, this track bridges research and practice by showcasing how variability, reuse, and product line strategies are being applied and developed in today’s fast-changing industrial environments. Software systems are becoming increasingly configurable, data-driven, and AI-enabled (e.g., using foundation models), while also integrating advanced technologies such as quantum computing. This growing complexity calls for balancing flexibility, reuse, and quality amid pressures from emerging technologies and sustainability objectives. The Industry Track welcomes submissions that demonstrate how these challenges are addressed in real-world settings, whether through success stories, lessons learned, or reflections on failures that yielded valuable insights. We especially encourage submissions that demonstrate how variability management, reuse, and configuration approaches are being applied or reimagined in industrial settings, including through AI, digital twins, large language (LLMs) and foundation models, quantum computing, and cyber-physical systems. The industry track aims to: • Showcase practical experiences from industrial settings using variability, reuse, or configuration techniques. • Exchange insights between industry practitioners and researchers. • Identify new industrial challenges and opportunities for future research collaboration. • Share tools, processes, or organizational approaches that improve adaptability, scalability, and efficiency. Topics of Interest We welcome experience reports, case studies, and position papers on any of the topics covered by the VARIABILITY conference. The detailed list of topics can be found on the conference website (https://conf.researchr.org/track/variability-2026/variability-2026-papers#C…). In addition to these topics, the industry track welcomes papers also on: Industrial Applications • Variability and reuse in AI, cyber-physical systems, robotics, automotive, aerospace, quantum computing, etc. • Sustainable technologies for variation and sustainable software reuse approaches • Human, organizational, and social aspects of variable systems and software • Industrial case studies and lessons learned Submission Guidelines Paper Types We invite the following types of submissions: • Full Papers (up to 18 pages excluding references): Presenting experiences from the application of reuse, variability management, configuration, and product line engineering approaches, preferably in an industrial context. Submissions should provide a clear context for the problem, outline requirements or practical experiences in addressing it, evaluate benefits and drawbacks or other lessons learned, and highlight the innovation or value of the contribution. • Short Papers (6 - 8 pages excluding references): Describing early results from new reuse, variability management, configuration, and product line engineering across software and systems applications. • Extended Abstracts (up to 1 page): A proposal for presentation during the conference. The extended abstract will not be published. Formatting Papers must use the Springer LNCS template according to: https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-gu… Springer provides author guidelines that should be consulted for further details: https://resource-preview-cms.springernature.com/springer-cms/rest/v1/conten… Submission Link Submissions should be made via Easy Chair, selecting the industry track: https://easychair.org/conferences?conf=variability2026 Paper Originality, Single-Blind Policy, Reviewing All papers must be original and not under review elsewhere. Submissions will be single- anonymous and reviewed by at least three experts. Submissions will be evaluated based on their relevance, rigor, transparency, novelty, and presentation. Accepted papers will appear in the VARIABILITY 2026 Proceedings which will be published as a Springer LNCS volume. Important Dates (AoE) • Submission of Papers: 8 June 2026 • Notification of Acceptance: 8 July 2026 • Camera-Ready Submission: 15 July 2026 • Author Registration: 15 July 2026 Organisation General Chairs • George A. Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus • Gilles Perrouin, FNRS & University of Namur, Belgium Research Track Chairs • Thorsten Berger, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany • Ina Schaefer, KIT, Germany Industry Track Chairs • Shaukat Ali, Simula Research Lab and Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway • Martin Becker, Fraunhofer IESE, Germany Journal First Track Chairs • Mathieu Acher, University Rennes, Inria, CNRS, IRISA, France • Xhevahire Tërnava, LTCI, Télécom Paris, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, France Doctoral Symposium Track Chairs • Rick Rabiser, LIT CPS, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria • Iris Reinhartz-Berger, University of Haifa, Israel Demos and Tools Track Chairs • Sandra Greiner, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark • Leopoldo Teixeira, Federal University of Pernambuco Projects Showcase Chairs • Daniel Struber, Chalmers, University of Gothenburg, Radbound University, Sweden • Dalila Tamzalit, Nantes Université, France Hall of Fame Chairs • Martin Becker, Fraunhofer IESE, Germany • Goetz Botterweck, Lero - The Irish Software Research Centre and University of Limerick, Ireland • Natsuko Noda, Shibaura Institute of Technology, Japan Workshops Chairs • Lidia Fuentes, Universidad de Malaga, Spain • Malte Lochau, University of Siegen, Germany Tutorials Chairs • Loek Cleophas, Eindhoven University of Technology and Stellenbosch University, The Netherlands • Mahsa Varshosaz, IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark Proceedings Chair • Sophie Fortz, King's College London, UK Publicity Chairs • Wesley Assunção, North Carolina State University, USA • Kentaro Yoshimura, Hitachi Ltd, Japan Local Organiser and Finance Chair • George A. Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus

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Interest in Generative Grammar and Universal Grammar – Looking for Collaboration
by jrolnav1＠doctor.upv.es 19 May '26

19 May '26

Doctoral student in Applied Linguistics at Universidad Politecnica de Valencia (UPV). I work on Critical Discourse Analysis, focusing mainly on migration discourse on digital platforms, and I also use AI and NLP tools for tasks such as annotation and large-scale text analysis. My work sits at the intersection of qualitative and computational approaches, especially corpus-based analysis, discourse annotation, and machine learning methods, to explore how language is used to represent people, reproduce bias, and shape ideology online. I’m also really interested in theoretical linguistics, especially generative grammar and Universal Grammar, and how formal approaches to language might connect (or not) with computational models. On the side, I like exploring more speculative and interdisciplinary topics, such as xenolinguistics, semiotics, and communication in non-human contexts. Happy to connect with researchers, PhD students, or anyone working in discourse analysis, computational linguistics, theoretical linguistics, or related areas. I’m always open to exchanging ideas, joining reading groups, or collaborating on small projects while learning. I hope to hear from you soon! Regards :)

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New resource on preverbs: PrevNet survey
by Andrea Farina 19 May '26

19 May '26

Dear colleagues, I’m happy to share that the first version of PrevNet, an online resource on preverbs developed as part of my PhD project, is now available. PrevNet currently offers a case study on preverbs in Latin and Ancient Greek. The current version includes data on 16 preverbs in each language, examined across 8 motion verbs per language. The aim is to provide a tool that supports cross-disciplinary exploration of preverb usage and meaning. You can access the resource here: https://prevnet.sites.er.kcl.ac.uk/ I would be very grateful if you could take a few minutes to explore the resource and share your thoughts via this short feedback survey: https://forms.gle/xRAV89sGmofvoGK59 Your input will be extremely valuable in guiding the next stages of development and ensuring the resource is useful across different fields and use cases. Many thanks in advance for your time and feedback. Best wishes, Andrea

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WoLaLa 2026: Final Call for Papers
by Héja Enikő 19 May '26

19 May '26

Final Call for Papers 2nd International Workshop on Language and Language Models (WoLaLa) Dubrovnik, Croatia | October 12-13 The ELTE Research Centre for Linguistics, the University of Zagreb, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, and the Croatian Language Technologies Society invite submissions to the 2nd International Workshop on Language and Language Models. As the submission deadline approaches, we encourage researchers and practitioners in the social sciences and humanities to contribute extended abstracts and take advantage of the opportunity to hear from our distinguished keynote speakers. Keynote speakers: Anna Rogers, IT University of Copenhagen William Lamb, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom Contributions should address one or more of the following areas (but submissions on other closely related topics are also welcome): General language models: Critical and comparative analyses of state-of-the-art language models, including their linguistic competence, performance, and limitations. Cultural and linguistic perspectives: Investigations into the cultural, cognitive, and scientific aspects of language processing, including the unexplored territories of model behavior and linguistic capability. Applications and best practices: Case studies and best practices in applying AI to language research, highlighting the potential for cross-disciplinary innovation within SSH. Bridging disciplines: Contributions that examine the role of language models in reshaping traditional SSH methodologies, and proposals on integrating AI insights into linguistic inquiry. IMPORTANT DATES 20 May 2026 31 May 2026: Submission deadline 08 August 2026: Notification of acceptance 12 October – 13 October 2026: Workshop in Dubrovnik 15 December 2026: Full paper submission deadline Submissions We expect submissions in the form of extended abstracts (length: 3 to 4 pages including references) in PDF format, in accordance with the template (https://www.overleaf.com/read/sbmczvkpxpzz#4a94e3). Please ensure your submission clearly outlines your research question, methodology, and preliminary findings. Extended abstracts must be submitted through the EasyChair submission system <https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=wolala2026> and will be reviewed by the Programme Committee. All proposals will be reviewed on the basis of the following criteria: Appropriateness: The contribution must pertain to the topics listed above Soundness and correctness: The content must be technically and factually correct; methods must be scientifically sound, according to best practice, and preferably evaluated. Meaningful comparison: The abstract must indicate that the author is aware of alternative approaches, if any, and highlight relevant differences. Substance: Concrete work and experiences will be given preference over ideas and plans. Impact: Contributions with a higher impact on the research community and society more broadly will be given preference over papers with lower impact. Clarity: The abstract should be clearly written and well structured. Timeliness and novelty: The work must convey relevant new knowledge to the audience at this event. Programme Committee The Programme Committee for the conference consists of the following members: Marko Tadić, University of Zagreb, Croatia (chair) António Branco, University of Lisbon, Portugal Eva Hajičová, Charles University Prague, Czech Republic Erhard Hinrichs, University of Tubingen, Germany András Kornai, HUN-REN Institute for Computer Science and Control, Hungary Alessandro Lenci, University of Pisa, Italy Csaba Pléh, Central European University, Austria Gábor Prószéky, ELTE Research Centre for Linguistics & Pázmány Péter Catholic University, Hungary Paul Rayson, Lancaster University, United Kingdom Frédérique Segond, National Institute for Research in Digital Science and Technology, France Dan Tufiș, Romanian Academy, Romania Hans Uszkoreit, German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence, Germany Tamás Váradi, ELTE Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics, Hungary Martin Wynne, University of Oxford, United Kingdom LINKS 2nd International Workshop on Language and Language Models website: https://wolala.nytud.hu <https://wolala.nytud.hu/> EasyChair submission: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=wolala2026 Template for submissions: ZIP-archive: https://wolala.nytud.hu/templates/WoLaLa2026.zip <https://wolala.nytud.hu/templates/WoLaLa2025.zip> Overleaf template: <https://www.overleaf.com/read/xsvjrhvjyfmj#f3362f>https://www.overleaf.com/read/prvhqbxdgmxq#374f7b Contact for any questions regarding the conference: info(a)wolala.nytud.hu

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Search Solutions 2026 — Special Anniversary Edition (Call for Proposals)
by Udo Kruschwitz 19 May '26

19 May '26

SEARCH SOLUTIONS 2026 (Call for Proposals) Innovations in Search & Information Retrieval Search Solutions is the premier UK forum for the presentation of the latest innovations in search and information retrieval — and this has been the case for 20 years now! 20 year already? Trace back the history via our historic Informer newsletter: https://www.bcs.org/media/7498/informer21.pdf We bring together practitioners, researchers, analysts and end users to discuss the latest developments in the information retrieval (IR) community and to share insights between research and practice. SS 2026 will be held at the BCS London office on Wednesday 25th November with tutorials on Tuesday 24th (https://www.bcs.org/events-calendar/2026/november/search-solutions-2026/). SUBMISSION GUIDELINES We solicit speaker proposals for talks around the following categories: * Innovative approaches used in IR production systems and products * Topical issues in IR practice, e.g. trust, bias, and fairness * Implications of generative AI and large language models * Interdisciplinary collaborations, bridging areas such as information science, data science, user experience, and artificial intelligence * IR practice within different professional communities, spanning eCommerce, media, recruitment, library and information science, healthcare information, and beyond * Case studies showcasing best practices, design principles, evaluation techniques, and practical implementations in the field of information retrieval We encourage presentations from startups and open-source projects. The presentation format of the event will be a combination of presentations, panels and discussions. Proposals should be no more than 1 page and include: * Title * Abstract * Main contribution & take-aways for attendees * A short bio of the presenter and/or a brief organisation outline Proposals should be emailed to udo.kruschwitz(a)ur.de cc’ing tgr2uk(a)gmail.com. There will be a separate call for tutorial presentations. IMPORTANT DATES * Time zone: Anywhere on Earth (AoE) * Talk proposal due: 5 July * Notifications: 19 July ORGANISERS * Ingo Frommholz * Udo Kruschwitz * Tony Russell-Rose * Haiming Liu (tutorials chair) PAST EVENTS For a summary of last year’s event, see: https://medium.com/bcs-irsg-informer/looking-back-at-search-solutions-2025-… For further details of previous events with links to slides and videos please see: https://www.bcs.org/membership-and-registrations/member-communities/informa…

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International Conference on Software and Systems Reuse, Product Lines, and Configuration (VARIABILITY 2026): Last Mile for Journal First Papers Submission
by Announce 19 May '26

19 May '26

*** Last Mile for Journal First Papers Submission *** International Conference on Software and Systems Reuse, Product Lines, and Configuration (VARIABILITY 2026) 29 September - 2 October 2026, 5* St. Raphael Resort and Marina Limassol, Cyprus https://conf.researchr.org/home/variability-2026 The VARIABILITY conference series brings together the communities previously served by ICSR, SPLC, and VaMoS, forming a unified venue for research on variability, configuration, customization, and related disciplines in software and systems engineering. VARIABILITY 2026 invites Journal-First presentations of papers recently published in leading software engineering journals, including TSE, TOSEM, IST, EMSE, JSS, ASEJ, SoSyM, and reputable open-access journals. This initiative provides authors with the opportunity to engage directly with the VARIABILITY community, while offering attendees a richer and more diverse program. The Journal-First papers remain published in their respective journals, and a one-page summary will be included in the VARIABILITY 2026 proceedings with a pointer to the original publication. Scope To qualify for a Journal-First presentation at VARIABILITY 2026, a paper must meet these criteria: • It was published on the publisher’s website between May 2024 and March 2026. • It fits within the scope of VARIABILITY 2026, as described in the research track call (https://conf.researchr.org/track/variability-2026/variability-2026-papers#C…), and can bring new insights or directions to the community. • It presents new research results or significant extensions of prior work that have not been presented at SPLC, VaMoS, or ICSR before. • It has not been presented at, and is not under review for, Journal-First Tracks of other related conferences. How to Submit Authors of papers that meet the above criteria are invited to submit a short proposal for presentation. The proposal should be one page and include the following: • Paper title, authors, extended abstract, and a link or DOI to the original journal paper. • If the journal paper builds on or is related to previously published work (such as a poster or tool demo), the proposal must clearly explain why it should be considered a Journal- First paper. • All proposals must be submitted as a PDF via EasyChair: https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=variability2026 (Journal-First Track). • Please upload both the proposal PDF and a ZIP file containing the original journal paper. Accepted abstracts will be published in the VARIABILITY 2026 Companion Proceedings published by Springer in the LNCS series. A Journal-First proposal must be at most one page long and it must follow the Springer guidelines: https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-gu… . By submitting your abstract for inclusion in these proceedings, you acknowledge that you and your co-authors must comply with Springer’s publications policies (https://www.springer.com/gp/editorial-policies) including requirements related to research integrity, copyright, and ethical standards. Any alleged violations of these policies may be investigated by Springer and could result in corrective actions, including withdrawal of the paper. Evaluation and Selection Proposals will be selected based on the quality of the publication and the journal, after confirming that the paper fits the scope of the conference. Since the papers have already been peer-reviewed and accepted by their journals, they will not undergo another technical review. The goal is to include as many papers as possible in the Journal-First Track. However, if an unusually high number of papers are received, some might not be accepted. If needed, priority will be given to papers that best align with the conference topics of interests and the structure of the sessions. Conference Attendance For each paper accepted into the Journal-First Track, at least one author must register for the conference and attend to give the oral presentation. Important Dates (AoE) • Submission of Papers: 1 June 2026 • Notification of Acceptance: 22 June 2026 • Camera-Ready Submission: 15 July 2026 • Author Registration: 15 July 2026 Organisation General Chairs • George A. Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus • Gilles Perrouin, FNRS & University of Namur, Belgium Research Track Chairs • Thorsten Berger, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany • Ina Schaefer, KIT, Germany Industry Track Chairs • Shaukat Ali, Simula Research Lab and Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway • Martin Becker, Fraunhofer IESE, Germany Journal First Track Chairs • Mathieu Acher, University Rennes, Inria, CNRS, IRISA, France • Xhevahire Tërnava, LTCI, Télécom Paris, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, France Doctoral Symposium Track Chairs • Rick Rabiser, LIT CPS, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria • Iris Reinhartz-Berger, University of Haifa, Israel Demos and Tools Track Chairs • Sandra Greiner, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark • Leopoldo Teixeira, Federal University of Pernambuco Projects Showcase Chairs • Daniel Struber, Chalmers, University of Gothenburg, Radbound University, Sweden • Dalila Tamzalit, Nantes Université, France Hall of Fame Chairs • Martin Becker, Fraunhofer IESE, Germany • Goetz Botterweck, Lero - The Irish Software Research Centre and University of Limerick, Ireland • Natsuko Noda, Shibaura Institute of Technology, Japan Workshops Chairs • Lidia Fuentes, Universidad de Malaga, Spain • Malte Lochau, University of Siegen, Germany Tutorials Chairs • Loek Cleophas, Eindhoven University of Technology and Stellenbosch University, The Netherlands • Mahsa Varshosaz, IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark Proceedings Chair • Sophie Fortz, King's College London, UK Publicity Chairs • Wesley Assunção, North Carolina State University, USA • Kentaro Yoshimura, Hitachi Ltd, Japan Local Organiser and Finance Chair • George A. Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus

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2nd Call for papers: Computational Linguistics for the Political and Social Sciences (CPSS) @ KONVENS 2026
by Gabriella Lapesa 18 May '26

18 May '26

######################################################################################################### 2nd Call for papers: Computational Linguistics for the Political and Social Sciences (CPSS) @ KONVENS 2026 Website: https://sites.google.com/view/cpss2026konvens/home-page ######################################################################################################### This is the 6th edition of the workshop on Computational Linguistics for the Political and Social Sciences (CPSS), co-located with the KONVENS conference. Our main goal is to bring together researchers and ideas from computational linguistics/NLP and the text-as-data community from political and social science, to foster collaboration and catalyze further interdisciplinary research efforts between these communities. ### Special Theme: Human Perspectives and LLMs #### We specifically invite submissions on this year’s special theme, focusing on the highly debated issue of simulation of human perspectives with LLMs. ### General topics ### In addition to the special theme, we also welcome submissions on the following general topics to CPSS: ▪ Modeling complex social constructs (e.g. populism, polarization, identity) with NLP methods ▪ Political and social bias in language models ▪ Modeling political communication with NLP (e.g. topic classification, position measurement) ▪ Mining policy debates from heterogeneous textual sources ▪ Methodological insights in interdisciplinary collaboration: workflows, challenges, best practices ▪ NLP support to understand and support democratic decision making ▪ Resources and tools for Political/Social Science research ▪ Validation of results beyond the train-dev-test paradigm of NLP and data science. ▪ Data quality in human and synthetic data ▪ Data leakage and contamination, especially in LLMs ▪ New ways to collect data, i.e., dataset donation ▪ Open science and reproducibility within the CPSS research ▪ and many more ... ### PhD Forum ### CPSS will feature a dedicated PhD Forum inviting submissions from doctoral researchers who wish to present their thesis topic. We warmly welcome contributions from PhD students at all stages of their doctorate, from those who are just beginning to develop their project to those with more advanced work in progress. ### Submission ### We solicit three types of submissions: ▪ archival papers describing original and unpublished work (long papers: max. 8 pages, references/appendix excluded; short papers: max 4 pages, references/appendix excluded). Accepted papers will be published on the ACL anthology. For the submission format, refer to the KONVENS guidelines. We will also accept ARR submissions with reviews (see below for Important Dates) ▪ non-archival papers (1-page abstracts, references excluded) describing already published research or ongoing work ▪ non-archival PhD project presentations (2-pages abstracts, references excluded) describing the idea, topic, and current state of the PhD project. The three formats will meet the need of researchers from different communities, allowing the exchange of ideas in a "get to know each other" environment which we hope will foster future collaborations. ### Important dates ### ▪ Submission deadline (direct submission, archival and non archival): July 3rd ▪ Submission deadline ARR (archival only!): July 15th ▪ Notification of acceptance: August 7th ▪ Camera ready deadline: August 15th ▪ Workshop: September 2026 (precise date to be confirmed) ### Organizers ### ▪ Dennis Assenmacher, GESIS ▪ Agnieszka Faleńska, University of Stuttgart ▪ Christopher Klamm, University of Mannheim & Cologne Center of Comparative Politics ▪ Gabriella Lapesa, GESIS & HHU Düsseldorf HHU Düsseldorf ▪ Simone Paolo Ponzetto University of Mannheim ▪ Franziska Weeber, University of Stuttgart ### Sponsorship ### We acknowledge the support of the Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences (GESIS).

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AIST conference announcement
by Maxim Panov 18 May '26

18 May '26

Dear colleagues, We are excited to invite you to submit a paper to AIST 2026, the 13th research conference on Analysis of Images, Social Networks, and Texts, which will take place on October 16–18, 2026 at Nazarbayev University in Astana, Kazakhstan. The conference is intended for researchers and practitioners interested in data science, focusing on innovative applications of data analysis and machine learning techniques to image processing, analysis of network data, text processing, and other domains, such as economics or geographic information systems. The twelve previous editions of the AIST conference held in 2012–2024 attracted a significant number of students, researchers, academics, and engineers working on the analysis of images, texts, and social networks. Similar to the previous years, the main volume of the conference proceedings will be published in Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS). The companion volume will be published in Communications in Computer and Information Science (CCIS). For reference, the proceedings of the previous edition are available here<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://link.springer.com/conference/aist__;!!J…>. Traditionally, the conference has no registration fee making a publication of accepted papers free of charge with Springer. We are encouraging submission on any application of AI, deep learning, and data analysis including, but not limited to, the following topics: * Analysis of images and video * Analytics for geoinformation systems * Core data mining and machine learning techniques * Discovering and analyzing processes using event data * Deep learning applications * Educational data mining * Game analytics * Machine learning and data mining for economics and social sciences * Natural language processing and computational linguistics * Optimization problems in complex networks * Recommender systems and collaborative technologies * Semantic web and ontologies * Social network analysis Important Dates * Abstract deadline: July 1, 2026 * Submission deadline: July 10, 2026 * Notification of acceptance: August 10, 2026 * Camera-ready papers due: August 18, 2026 * Conference dates: October 16–18, 2026 All deadlines are 11:59 pm UTC -12h ("anywhere on Earth"). Submission All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference. Papers formatted in Springer LNCS template should be submitted through the OpenReview conference management system (see detailed instructions at the web site). We strongly encourage offline participation in Astana, but virtual presentations will be also allowed. Important links * Website: <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://aistconf.org/__;!!J2_iJ0WgAoU!eH8RezRbW…> https://aistconf.org<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://aistconf.org/__;!!J2_iJ0WgAoU!eH8RezRbW…> * Submission: <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://openreview.net/group?id=aistconf.org*AI…> https://openreview.net/group?id=aistconf.org/AIST/2026/Conference<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://openreview.net/group?id=aistconf.org*AI…> * Contact: org(a)aistconf.org<mailto:org@aistconf.org> Best regards, AIST 2026 Organizing Committee

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

18 May '26

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

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

18 May '26

-------------------------------------------- HealTAC 2026 June 8-10th, 2026, Brighton (UK) https://healtac2026.github.io/ -------------------------------------------- We are delighted to share that the conference programme is now almost complete and available on the conference website<https://healtac2026.github.io/programme/>, featuring over 50 contributions on healthcare text analytics, alongside two keynote talks and two pre-conference workshops. Additional workshop details will be added soon. We are also pleased to announce that keynote speaker bios are now available online. -------------------------------------------- Keynote Speakers -------------------------------------------- We are delighted to welcome our keynote speakers: * Professor Aline Villavicencio (University of Exeter) * Dr Martin Krallinger (Barcelona Supercomputing Center) Their talks will provide inspiring perspectives on this year’s theme: Human-Centered AI & NLP: Bridging Research and Real-World Practice. -------------------------------------------- Registration & Accommodation -------------------------------------------- We hope many of you were able to take advantage of the early-bird registration rates, which are now closed. Registration remains open, and participants can still register at the standard rate. Full registration<https://healtac2026.github.io/registration/> and accommodation<https://healtac2026.github.io/accommodation/> details are available on the conference website: : https://healtac2026.github.io/ ------------------------------------------------------ Pre-Conference Workshops (June 8, 2026) ------------------------------------------------------ Workshop 1: Free-text healthcare data and Trusted Research Environments (TREs) Focused on the safe and responsible use of free-text healthcare data within Trusted Research Environments (TREs), this session will showcase DARE UK–funded projects (STAR-TRE, FORTRESS, TRExt, SAFETEXT), highlighting emerging tools and best practices for secure, privacy-preserving text analytics. Workshop 2: From patient narratives to insights: applying text analytics to scalable lived experience data for new discoveries An interactive two-hour workshop organized by Dr Saskia Sanderson<https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/saskia-sanderson> <https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/saskia-sanderson> exploring how text analytics can be applied to patient-reported narratives and lived experience data at scale, bringing together perspectives from NLP, behavioural science, qualitative research, PPIE, and policy communities. ------------------ Key Dates ------------------ * Pre-conference workshops: June 8, 2026 * Conference: June 9–10, 2026 --------------------------------------------- Registration Fees -------------------------------------------- * Full registration: £340 * Student registration: £190 The fee includes participation across all three days (including the pre-conference workshop day), lunches, and the conference dinner on 9 June 2026. Follow conference announcements on social media using #HEALTAC2026. We look forward to welcoming you to HealTAC 2026 in Brighton! Jaya Chaturvedi BDS MSc PhD Research Fellow in Health Related Natural Language Processing Department of Biostatistics and Health Informatics C3.15, Social Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience King’s College London PO Box 80, De Crespigny Park London SE5 8AF Pronunciation: Jah-yah Pronouns: she/her GitHub: https://github.com/jayachaturvedi Bluesky: @Jayachatur.bsky.social LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jayachaturvedi/ [cid:97A5FED0-D2CD-4120-AC63-21083F54B7BB] If you receive an email from me outside of normal working hours, please do not feel the need to respond outside of your own working hours.

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New open-access '‘A Short History of the Philosophies Underpinning Corpus Linguistics: From Aristotle to AI’
by Alan Scott Partington 18 May '26

18 May '26

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

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