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Two fully-funded PhD positions at the CCL group at USI in Lugano, Switzerland
by Lonneke van der Plas 29 May '25

29 May '25

We have two fully-funded, four-year PhD positions available on a broad range of topics available in the Computation, Cognition, and Language group led by Prof. Lonneke van der Plas at USI Università della Svizzera italiana in Lugano, Switzerland. The ideal starting date is Sept/Oct 2025 (applications before June 15), but open until filled. Specifically, we are looking for applications in the following areas: * NLP for cognitive modelling, for example research on the computational modelling of creative thinking, reasoning and argumentation * Diachronic study of language using computational models * NLP for mental health * Multilingual NLP (including low-resource languages) * Foundations of Large Language Models More information here: https://sites.google.com/site/lonnekenlp/phd-positions-available

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CfP: Future Directions in Information Access FDIA 2025 at ESSIR 2025 in Wolverhampton, UK
by Ingo Frommholz 28 May '25

28 May '25

FDIA 2025: PhD Symposium on Future Directions in Information Access Key Benefits: · Present your research to the academic community at FDIA 2025 (https://2025.essir.eu/fdia) · Receive valuable feedback from peers and established scholars · Connect with fellow researchers in Information Access and Retrieval · For the first time, accepted works can be presented at ECIR 2026 as an FDIA Track Poster! Submission Format: · 2-page abstract (excluding references) · Use one-column CEUR style format (CEURART.zip) · Submit as PDF via EasyChair: https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=fdia2025 Important Dates: · June 16, 2025: Submission deadline · June 30, 2025: Notification of acceptance · July 3, 2025: Camera-ready deadline · July 9, 2025: FDIA Symposium in Wolverhampton (during ESSIR 2025, July 7-11) Are you an early-career researcher seeking a supportive environment to present your work and gain constructive feedback? This year's FDIA in Wolverhampton provides an ideal stepping stone in your academic journey. The 13th edition of our PhD Symposium on Future Directions in Information Access (FDIA 2025) will be held in conjunction with the 16th European Summer School on Information Retrieval (ESSIR 2025, https://2025.essir.eu/home, 07-11 July 2025). We cordially invite Masters and doctoral (PhD) students as well as early-stage researchers to participate in this forum, which offers a valuable opportunity to present your emerging research and receive feedback from peers and established scholars in the field. For the first time, accepted submissions will also be given the opportunity to present their work as a poster at the following European Conference on Information Retrieval (ECIR)! By participating in the FDIA Symposium, you will gain experience presenting your research, receive constructive feedback, connect with fellow researchers, deepen your understanding of Information Retrieval concepts, and engage with thought-provoking presentations from experienced scholars. The symposium focuses on "Future Directions" by welcoming submissions that explore early-stage research, including pilot studies and initial findings, conceptual frameworks, current challenges, and doctoral work in progress. We use the term "Information Access" to encompass the broader spectrum of information retrieval, storage, and management, including interaction and usage aspects, reflecting the evolving nature of information systems in practice. We welcome submissions that present new research directions and emerging work in Information Access and Retrieval. Papers that stimulate discussion and offer fresh perspectives are particularly encouraged. The symposium provides a supportive environment for researchers to share preliminary findings, theoretical models, and innovative approaches that contribute to advancing the field. Areas of research include, but are not limited to: · Information Retrieval Theory · Human-Computer Interaction and Information Retrieval, User Modelling, Interactive IR · Collaborative Information Seeking and Searching · IR for Good · IR Evaluation · Learning to Rank · Retrieval-augmented Generation · Neural and Generative IR · Multimedia and Multimodal IR · Recommender Systems · Web IR · Clustering and Categorisation · Enterprise Search · Conversational Agents, knowledge graphs · IR Applications (e.g. Digital Humanities, News IR, Legal IR, IR and Bibliometrics, Academic Search and Recommendation, etc.) · NeuraSearch (use of fMRI, EEG, fNTIR, Eye Tracking, etc. in IR) Papers should be two pages in length, excluding references for presentation and poster (e.g., an outline of the PhD or Master’s project, a discussion of topics and ideas). Submissions should be converted to PDF and submitted via Easy Chair: https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=fdia2025 We plan to publish the proceedings at CEUR-WS.org. Please use the one-column CEUR style (CEURART.zip). We strongly encourage students to submit as a solo author, but papers with several authors are welcome as well. A selection of papers will be invited to give a short oral and/or poster presentation. IMPORTANT DATES · June 16th, 2025: Submission Deadline · June 30th, 2025: Notification Deadline · July 3rd, 2025: Camera Ready Deadline · July 9th, 2025: FDIA in Wolverhampton (During ESSIR 07-11th of July, 2025) CONTACT: Please email fdia2025(a)easychair.org. MORE INFO: https://2025.essir.eu/fdia PC Chairs Yashar Moshfeghi, University of Strathclyde, UK Anirban Chakraborty, University of Wolverhampton, UK Niall McGuire, University of Strathclyde, UK -- Prof. Dr. Ingo Frommholz (he/him), PhD, Dipl.-Inform., FBCS, FHEA Professor of Applied Data Science, Modul University Vienna, Austria Adjunct Professor, Bern University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland Web: http://www.frommholz.org/ | Email: ifrommholz(a)acm.org Bluesky: @frommholz.org | Mastodon: @ingo@idf.social

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VAR4LCR conference 2025 - registration until 22 June
by Sylvie De Cock 28 May '25

28 May '25

Second call for participation We would like to remind you that registration for the Register and task variation in Learner Corpus Research conference (VAR4LCR) is possible until 22 June 2025. The conference will take place on 7 and 8 July 2025 in Louvain-la-Neuve and will feature Prof. Douglas Biber (Northern Arizona University), Prof. Marije Michel (University of Groningen) and Prof. Shelley Staples (University of Arizona) as keynote speakers. A provisional programme as well as additional information (including a registration link) can be found on the conference website: https://www.uclouvain.be/en/research-institutes/ilc/cecl/register-and-task-…. Best wishes, The VAR4LCR Team

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3rd Call for Papers: Eleventh Italian Conference on Computational Linguistics (CLiC-it 2025)
by Manuela Sanguinetti 28 May '25

28 May '25

-------------------------------------------------------------------- APOLOGIES FOR CROSS-POSTING -------------------------------------------------------------------- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CLiC-it 2025 - Eleventh Italian Conference on Computational Linguistics ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 24 - 26 September 2025, Cagliari, Italy https://clic2025.unica.it/ Conference Announcement and First Call for Papers 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). CLiC-it aims to promote and disseminate high-quality, original research covering different aspects of automatic language processing, involving both written and spoken language. Furthermore, it seeks to showcase cutting-edge theoretical findings, experimental methodologies, technologies, and application perspectives. The spirit of the conference is inclusive. Recognizing the multifaceted nature of language phenomena and the need for interdisciplinary expertise, CLiC-it aims to bring together researchers from different fields including Computational Linguistics and Natural Language Processing, Linguistics, Cognitive Science, Machine Learning, Computer Science, Knowledge Representation, Information Retrieval, and Digital Humanities. CLiC-it welcomes contributions focusing on all languages, with a particular emphasis on Italian. CLiC-it 2025 will be held in Cagliari, from the 24th to the 26th of September. CLiC-it is organised by the Italian Association of Computational Linguistics (AILC -- http://www.ai-lc.it/). Conference topics ----------------------------- CLiC-it 2025 aims to have a broad technical program. Relevant topics for the conference include, but are not limited to (in alphabetical order): - Computational Historical Linguistics - Computational Social Science and Cultural Analytics - Dialogue and Interactive Systems - Discourse and Pragmatics - Ethics and NLP - Generation - Handwritten Text Recognition - Information Extraction - Information Retrieval and Text Mining - Interpretability and Analysis of Models for NLP - Language Grounding to Vision, Robotics and Beyond - Large Language Models - Linguistic Diversity - Linguistic Theories, Cognitive Modeling, and Psycholinguistics - Machine Learning for NLP - Machine Translation - Multilingualism and Cross-Lingual NLP - NLP Applications - NLP for the Humanities - Phonology, Morphology, and Word Segmentation - Pragmatics and Creativity - Question Answering - Resources and Evaluation - Semantics: Lexical, Sentence-level Semantics, Textual Inference, and Other Areas - Sentiment Analysis, Stylistic Analysis, and Argument Mining - Speech and Multimodality - Summarization - Syntax: Tagging, Chunking and Parsing Research Communications ---------------------------------- CLiC-it 2025 adopts a parallel submission policy for outstanding papers accepted in 2024 and 2025 by major publication venues, namely the major international CL conferences (workshops excluded) or international journals. These contributions can be submitted to CLiC-it 2025 as short research communications. Research communications will not be published in the conference proceedings, they serve primarily to promote the dissemination of high-quality research within the Italian CL community. Submitted research communications must be in the scope of the CLiC-it 2025 conference. The authors of papers that meet the above criteria are invited to submit a written (maximum) one-page abstract of the original paper, including the paper’s title and authors as well as a pointer to the original conference or journal where the paper was published. If needed, research communications will undergo a selection process overseen by the conference chairs. Since these papers have already been reviewed, the selection criteria will primarily consider their original publication venue. Priority will be granted to papers that align most closely with the conference program, ensuring a balanced representation across various conference topics. The research communication papers will be presented at the conference either orally or as a poster according to the number of submissions received. Paper Submission ----------------------- Submitted papers must describe substantial, original, completed, and unpublished work. Wherever appropriate, concrete evaluation and analysis should be included. CLiC-it 2025 allows for a multiple-submission policy. In case of acceptance of the paper in other venues, the authors must communicate this information to the CLiC-it 2025 Chairs as soon as possible. Papers may consist of at least six (6) and no more than eight (8) pages of content, and up to three (3) pages of references. Supplementary material is also allowed, but it should not exceed one (1) page in length. Authors are reminded that all relevant content should be included in the main text of the paper. Upon acceptance, final versions of papers will be given one additional page of content, so that reviewers’ comments can be taken into account. Papers will be evaluated according to the following criteria: - soundness of approach - relevance to computational linguistics - novelty and clarity of relation with related work - quality of presentation - quality of evaluation (if applicable) - verifiability and ability to replicate (if applicable) Papers can be either in English or Italian, with the abstract in English. Accepted papers will be published online and will be presented at the conference either orally or as a poster. Reviewing will NOT be blind, so there is no need to remove author information from manuscripts. The required template for CLiC-it submissions must be compatible with CEUR (https://ceur-ws.org/). You can download the conference-adapted version at the following links: LaTeX template https://clic2025.unica.it/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/CLiC-it-2025-template.… Word template https://clic2025.unica.it/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/CLiC_it_2025_template.… Should you encounter any issues with the compilation (as the CEUR template has historically presented some challenges and is not modifiable without risking exclusion from the proceedings), we provide a read-only Overleaf template: https://www.overleaf.com/read/hzyckyjzwhwb#06b27c This template can be accessed and cloned to help resolve any technical difficulties. Papers and research communications must be submitted through the START platform using the following link: https://softconf.com/p/clic-it2025 For research communications, the appropriate track should be selected. Awards --------- To acknowledge the contribution of young researchers to the field, the title of "best paper" will be awarded to outstanding papers, provided that a Master's or PhD student is the first author and presents the work at the conference. Recipients of this award will be invited to submit an extended version of their papers to the Italian Journal of Computational Linguistics (IJCoL). To recognise excellence in student research as well as promote awareness of our field, AILC is also conferring the “Emanuele Pianta” prize for the best Master Thesis (Laurea Magistrale) in Computational Linguistics submitted at an Italian University. The prize consists of 500 Euros plus free membership to AILC for one year and free registration to the upcoming CLiC-it. Important Dates --------------- - 09/06/2025: Paper submission deadline: regular papers and research communications - 21/07/2025: Notification to authors of reviewing/selection outcome - 04/08/2025: Camera ready version of accepted papers - 24-26/09/2025: CLiC-it 2025 Conference, Cagliari Conference Chairs ------ - Cristina Bosco (University of Torino) - Elisabetta Jezek (University of Pavia) - Marco Polignano (University of Bari) - Manuela Sanguinetti (University of Cagliari) Senior Program Committee: ------ Elisa Bassignana (IT University of Copenhagen) Pierluigi Cassotti (University of Gothenburg) Simone Conia (University of Rome “La Sapienza”) Elisa Di Nuovo (Joint Research Centre European Commission - Ispra) Claudiu Daniel Hromei (University of Rome “Tor Vergata”) Antonio Origlia (University of Naples “Federico II”) Ludovica Pannitto (University of Bologna) Beatrice Savoldi (Fondazione Bruno Kessler) Gabriele Sarti (University of Groningen) Lucia Siciliani (University of Bari) Irene Siragusa (University of Palermo) Rossella Varvara (University of Turin - University of Pavia) Alessandro Vietti (University of Bolzano) Local Organizing Committee: ------ - Maurizio Atzori (DMI, University of Cagliari) - Andrea Loddo (DMI, University of Cagliari) - Alessandro Pani (DMI, University of Cagliari) - Alessandra Perniciano (DMI, University of Cagliari) - Luca Zedda (DMI, University of Cagliari) Web chairs: ------ Maurizio Atzori Andrea Loddo Further information ------------------- Conference website: https://clic2025.unica.it/ Mail: clicit2025cagliari(a)gmail.com

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SEARCH SOLUTIONS 2025 - call for proposals
by Udo Kruschwitz 27 May '25

27 May '25

SEARCH SOLUTIONS 2025 Innovations in Search & Information Retrieval Search Solutions is the premier UK forum for the presentation of the latest innovations in search and information retrieval. 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 2025 will be held at the BCS London office on Wednesday 26th November with tutorials on Tuesday 25th. 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: 11 July * Notifications: 25 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://www.bcs.org/events-calendar/2024/november/search-solutions-2024-inf… 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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Deadline CfP 12th CMC and Social Media Corpora for the Humanities
by Fábián-Trost, Annamária 27 May '25

27 May '25

Dear List, only 1 day to go, until the deadline for CfP for the 12th International Conference on CMC and Social Media Corpora for the Humanities (CMC-Corpora) expires. The conference will be held at the University of Bayreuth, Germany, on the 4th and 5th of September 2025 (CfP, extended deadline paper/abstract submission: 28th of May 2025, 23:59 CEST) Please feel free to submit! The conference (https://www.cmc2025.uni-bayreuth.de/en/ ) brings together language-centered research on CMC and social media in linguistics, philologies, communication sciences, media, and social sciences with research questions from the fields of corpus and computational linguistics, language technology, text technology, and machine learning. We adhere to a wide definition of CMC and social media, covering various media of digital communication, including email, newsgroups, forums, chat and messenger applications (e.g. WhatsApp), social networks (e.g. Facebook, Instagram, X, TikTok), gaming platforms, as well as interactions in the communication areas of video portals (YouTube), learning platforms, gaming apps, online games and virtual worlds. Our keynotes are Gavin Brookes (Lancaster University) and Stephanie Evert (Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg). We invite submissions to the 12th conference on following topics (deadline paper/abstract submission: 28th of May 2025, 23:59 CEST) * Development of CMC corpora / social media corpora * Building CMC corpora: from data collection to publication * Open access data for CMC research: ethical and GDPR issues * Annotating CMC data: genres, linguistic aspects, metadata * Multimodal corpora * Big data corpora * Analysis of CMC corpora / social media corpora * Sociolinguistic studies of CMC * Discourse analysis of CMC * Linguistic characteristics of CMC * Multimodal (incl. visual) aspects of CMC * Multilingualism and code-switching in CMC * CMC in language education * Natural language processing (NLP) of CMC data / social media data * Normalization * PoS tagging * Lemmatization * Syntactic parsing * CMC for the benefit of digital societies * Interdisciplinary research design and research methods in CMC for the benefit of digital societies * Exploration of Diversity and Inclusion in CMC * Intersection of CMC and Social Sciences * Intersection of CMC and Human-Centered Data Science * Intersection of CMC and Computational Social Science * Contrastive CM studies across different languages The conference language is English. Submissions will consist of: * Short papers (2-4 pages – maximal 6 pages including the list of references –, following the existing template) for oral presentations * Abstracts (max. 300 words) for poster presentations Submission and review Authors of accepted papers are invited to present their work at the conference (30-minute timeslots: 20-minute talks, followed by 10 minutes of discussion). Authors of accepted abstracts can present their work in progress or early-stage research during the poster session. At the start of the conference, all accepted papers will be made available in online proceedings. After the conference, speakers with the best contributions will be invited to submit extended papers for one or more special issue journal or a volume publication. Instructions for authors All contributions will be collected through an online platform (ConfTool): https://www.cmc2025.uni-bayreuth.de/en/index.html Templates for the submission: Template for MSWord: https://www.cmc2025.uni-bayreuth.de/pool/dokumente/template_word.docx Template for LaTeX: https://www.cmc2025.uni-bayreuth.de/pool/dokumente/template_latex.zip Local organizing committee: * Dr. Annamaria Fabian (University of Bayreuth/Bavarian Research Institute for Digital Transformation at the Bavarian Academy of Science) * Prof. Dr. Igor Trost (Alpen-Adria University Klagenfurt/University of Passau) For all enquiries, please contact the organizers at cmc2025(a)uni-bayreuth.de<mailto:cmc2025@uni-bayreuth.de> and see https://www.cmc2025.uni-bayreuth.de/en/ More information on the “International Conference Series on CMC and Social Media Corpora (cmc-corpora)”: https://cmc-corpora.org/series/#<https://cmc-corpora.org/series/> All the best, Annamaria Fabian

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Open Positions: NLP PostDocs / PhDs at UTN and University of Mannheim
by Steffen Eger 27 May '25

27 May '25

The Natural Language Learning & Generation (NLLG) Lab at University of Technology Nuremberg (UTN) (https://nl2g.github.io/), headed by Prof. Steffen Eger, and the group of Prof. Simone Ponzetto (http://dws.informatik.uni-mannheim.de) have two fully funded PostDoc or PhD positions (up to 3 years) in Natural Language Processing (NLP). Application Deadlines: 25.06.2025, 11:59pm CET Topics: The topics of the position involve detection and analysis of social biases (e.g., relating to gender and migration status) over time (1950s-2020s) and across different languages (German, Italian, Czech, English). To do so, innovative large language model (LLM) based techniques will be leveraged. The students will perform data analysis, data preprocessing and fine-grained human and LLM-based annotation and further explore embedding based approaches to cross-lingual cross-temporal bias detection. The positions are within the DFG funded project “HistoBias”, which involves three PIs: Prof. Daniela Grunow (University of Frankfurt), Prof. Simone Ponzetto (Univ. of Mannheim), Prof. Steffen Eger (UTN). Application format: one single PDF including: * A personal statement that explains why you are well-suited for this research topic (limited to one page) * A complete, chronological, tabular curriculum vitae (CV) in English * Certificates of your university degrees (M.Sc. degree and B.Sc. degree) or other equivalent qualification * Transcript of records, diploma supplements, or overview of courses from your university degrees (M.Sc. degree and B.Sc. degree) * Master and/or dissertation thesis To apply, send an email to jobs(a)informatik.uni-mannheim.de<mailto:jobs@informatik.uni-mannheim.de> with reference number CSAI-NLP/SB-25-05 containing one PDF document with the information above. Additionally, apply here via the portal: https://jobs.utn.de/jobposting/676b07a933aad609d552175535a63c8fe645e5340 A selected number of candidates will be invited for an interview and a small coding/discussion project. Please direct all inquiries regarding scientific content to steffen.eger(a)utn.de<mailto:steffen.eger@utn.de> and ponzetto(a)uni-mannheim.de<mailto:ponzetto@uni-mannheim.de>. Further information information with requirements are available from: <https://nl2g.github.io/positions> * https://nl2g.github.io/positions --------------------------------------------- Prof. Dr. Steffen Eger Heisenberg Professor Natural Language Learning & Generation (NLLG) University of Technology Nuremberg (UTN) https://nl2g.github.io/ <https://nl2g.github.io/>https://www.utn.de/en/person/prof-dr-steffen-eger/<https://www.utn.de/person/prof-dr-steffen-eger/> https://www.utn.de/en/departments/department-engineering/nllg-lab/ <https://nl2g.github.io/> Ulmenstraße 52i 90443 Nürnberg

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CFP: GlobalNLP 2025 @ RANLP – NLP for All Languages in the Era of LLMs
by Shamsuddeen Muhammad 27 May '25

27 May '25

Dear colleagues, We are pleased to announce the Call for Papers for GlobalNLP 2025, a workshop titled: “Beyond English: Natural Language Processing for All Languages in an Era of Large Language Models” 📍 11–13 September 2025 | Varna, Bulgaria 🌐 https://globalnlp2025.github.io/ 📅 In conjunction with RANLP 2025 It's time we give every language the attention it deserves—because language diversity is at the heart of global inclusivity in NLP. Brief Technical Description Natural Language Processing (NLP) has seen remarkable progress with the rise of Large Language Models (LLMs) and Generative AI, significantly advancing capabilities in text generation, machine translation, and knowledge retrieval, particularly for high-resource languages such as English, Chinese, German, Spanish, and French. However, a vast majority of the world's languages, ranging from low-resource (e.g., Indigenous, African, Indian languages), under-resourced (e.g., Irish), to medium-resource (e.g., Baltic, South Asian, and Slavic languages), still face barriers due to data scarcity, linguistic complexity, and limited computational resources. This workshop is committed to advancing NLP for all languages, from high- to low-resource, by fostering an inclusive, multidisciplinary environment that addresses the technical and linguistic needs of every language community. We welcome both technical and non-technical papers, including experimental, theoretical, and methodological contributions, as well as interdisciplinary and participatory approaches. Topics include, but are not limited to: • Data-Efficient NLP: Transfer learning, few-/zero-shot techniques to overcome data limitations • Multilingual and Cross-Lingual Models: For morphologically rich, agglutinative, and typologically diverse languages • Semantic-Based Approaches: Ontology-driven information extraction, semantic similarity, entity linking • Linked Data and Knowledge Graphs: For machine translation, retrieval, and reasoning in underrepresented languages • Practical Applications: In education, healthcare, climate action, governance, and multilingual content creation • Corpus Creation & Linguistic Tools: For building datasets, model development, and evaluation • Reusability of Linguistic Resources: For POS tagging, parsing, MT, and more • Digital Humanities & Cultural Heritage: Computational approaches for historical texts, preservation, and interdisciplinary studies Important Dates 📄 Paper submission deadline: 6 July 2025 📬 Notification of acceptance: 31 July 2025 📝 Camera-ready deadline: 30 August 2025 📦 Proceedings ready: 8 September 2025 🗓 Workshop dates: 11–13 September 2025 📍 All deadlines are 11:59 PM AoE (Anywhere on Earth) Submission Details Authors must submit original research papers via the official RANLP 2025 submission portal. All submissions should follow the RANLP formatting guidelines. Both long and short papers are welcome. Full details are available at: 🔗 https://globalnlp2025.github.io Organizing Committee Sudhansu Bala Das (University of Galway, Ireland) Pruthwik Mishra (SVNIT Surat, India) Alok Singh (University of Oxford, UK) Shamsuddeen Hassan Muhammad (Imperial College London) Asif Ekbal (IIT Jodhpur, India) Program Committee (alphabetical order) Alexander Gelbukh (Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Mexico) Bidyut Kumar Patra (IIT BHU, India) Clarence Teo (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore) Gaurish Thakkar (University of Zagreb, Croatia) Helena Moniz (Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal) Juri Opitz (University of Zurich, Switzerland) Luan Thanh Nguyen (Vietnam National University HCMC, Vietnam) Marie-Aude Lefer (UCLouvain, Belgium) Mohammed Hasanuzzaman (Queen’s University Belfast, UK) Moritz Schaeffer (Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany) Muslim Jameel Sayed (Atlantic Technological University, Ireland) Pádraic Moran (University of Galway, Ireland) Paolo Rosso (Valencia Polytechnic University, Spain) Paul Buitelaar (University of Galway, Ireland) Soumik Mandal (NYU Tandon School of Engineering, USA) Surangika Ranathunga (Massey University, New Zealand) Uthayasanker Thayasivam (University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka) Idris Abdulmumin (DSFSI, University of Pretoria) Ibrahim Said Ahmad (Northeastern University) We look forward to your submissions and to welcoming you in Varna for a rich and impactful exchange on the future of global, inclusive NLP. 📧 For inquiries, please contact: globalnlp2025(a)gmail.com<mailto:globalnlp2025@gmail.com> Warm regards, The GlobalNLP 2025 Organizing Committee

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CfP (Extended Deadline): The EPIA Track of Natural Language, Text Mining and Applications (NLP-TeMA 2025)
by Joaquim Silva 26 May '25

26 May '25

*CALL FOR PAPERS - Deadline Extension* *Important dates* *- Abstract submission deadline: May 27, 2025 (AoE) (NEW)* - Notification of paper acceptance: July 4, 2025 - Camera-ready papers: July 14, 2025 (AoE) - Conference dates: October 1-3, 2025 *Natural Language Processing, Text Mining and Applications (PLN-TEMA’25) Track of EPIA’25* PLN-TEMA’25 will be held at the 24th Portuguese Conference on Artificial Intelligence (EPIA 2025) taking place in Universidade do Algarve, Faro, Portugal, between October 1st-3rd 2025. This track is organized under the auspices of the Portuguese Association for Artificial Intelligence (APPIA). EPIA 2025 . URL https://epia2025.ualg.pt/ This announcement contains the following: [1] Track description; [2] Topics of interest; [3] Important dates; [4] Paper submission; [5] Track fees; [6] Organizing Committee; [7] Contacts. [1] *Track Description* The Track of Natural Language, Text Mining and Applications (NLP-TeMA 2025) is a forum for researchers working in Human Language Technologies, i.e. Natural Language Processing (NLP), Computational Linguistics (CL), Natural Language Engineering (NLE), Text Mining (TM), Information Retrieval (IR), and related areas. The most natural form of sharing knowledge is indeed through textual documents. Especially on the Web, a huge amount of textual information is openly published every day, on many different topics and written in natural language, thus offering new insights and many opportunities for innovative applications of Human Language Technologies. Following advances in general AI sub-fields such as NLP, Machine Learning (ML) and Deep Learning (DL), text mining is now even more valuable as tool for bridging the gap between language theories and effective use of natural language contents, for harnessing the power of semi-structured and unstructured data, and to enable important applications in real-world heterogeneous environments. Both hidden and new knowledge can be discovered by using NLP and Text Mining methods, at multiple levels and in multiple dimensions, and often with high commercial value. Authors are invited to submit their papers on any of the issues identified in section [2]. Revision of the papers will be double-blind at least by three members of the Program Committee. All accepted papers will be published by Springer in a volume of Springer’s Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence (LNAI) corresponding to the proceedings of the 24th EPIA Conference on Artificial Intelligence, provided that at least one author is registered in EPIA 2025 by the early registration deadline. [2] *Topics of Interest* Theories, Algorithms and Models - Language and Cognitive Modeling - Tagging, Chunking and Parsing - Morphology and Word Segmentation - Natural Language Generation - Discourse and Pragmatics - Semantics and Text Inference - Language Resources: Acquisition and Usage. Lexical Knowledge Acquisition - Entailment and Paraphrases - Entity Recognition and Word Sense Disambiguation - Natural language understanding - Language modeling - Mathematical Properties of Language - NLP for Low-Resource Languages Text Mining and NLP Applications - Text Clustering, Classification and Summarization - Sentiment Analysis and Argument Mining - Computational Social Science - Multi-Word Units - Machine Learning for NLP and Text Mining - Spatio-Temporal and Big Text Mining - Machine Translation and Cross-Lingual Approaches - Algorithms and Data Structures for Text Mining - Information Retrieval and Information Extraction - Question-Answering and Dialogue Systems - Text-Based Prediction and Forecasting - Web Content Annotation - Health/Biomedical/Legal and other Text Mining Applications - Offensive Speech Detection and Analysis [3] *Important dates* - Abstract submission deadline: May 27, 2025 (New) - Notification of paper acceptance: July 4, 2025 - Camera-ready papers: July 14, 2025 (AoE) - Conference dates: October 1-3, 2025 [4] *Paper submission* Submissions must be full technical papers on substantial, original, and previously unpublished research. Papers should be prepared according to the Springer LNAI format, using either a LaTeX or Word template, with a maximum od 12 pages, including references. EPIA 2025 will not accept any paper that, at the time of submission, is under review for, has already been published in or has already been accepted for publication in a journal or another venue with formally published proceedings. Authors of EPIA 2025 submissions are not permitted to submit their paper to a journal or another venue during the EPIA 2025 review period. It is the responsibility of the authors to remove names and affiliations from the submitted papers, and to take reasonable care to assure anonymity during the review process. Authors should also follow the standards as set out in the Springer Nature code of conduct. [5] *Track Fees:* Track participants must register at the main EPIA 2025 conference. [6] *Organizing Committee:* Joaquim Silva, DI – FCT/UNL Pablo Gamallo, CiTIUS, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela Paulo Quaresma, DI – Uviversidade de Évora Irene Rodrigues, DI – Uviversidade de Évora Alípio Jorge, Dep. Ciência de Computadores, Fac. Ciências, Universidade do Porto [7] *Contacts:* Joaquim Francisco Ferreira da Silva, DI/FCT/UNL, Quinta da Torre, 2829‐516, Caparica, Portugal. Tel: +351 21 294 8536 (ext. 10732) ‐ Fax: +351 21 294 8541 ‐ E‐mail: jfs [at]fct [dot] unl [dot] pt

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CfP (Extended Deadline): The EPIA Track of Natural Language, Text Mining and Applications (NLP-TeMA 2025)
by Joaquim Silva 26 May '25

26 May '25

*CALL FOR PAPERS - Deadline Extension* *Important dates* *- Abstract submission deadline: May 27, 2025 (AoE) (NEW)* - Notification of paper acceptance: July 4, 2025 - Camera-ready papers: July 14, 2025 (AoE) - Conference dates: October 1-3, 2025 *Natural Language Processing, Text Mining and Applications (PLN-TEMA’25) Track of EPIA’25* PLN-TEMA’25 will be held at the 24th Portuguese Conference on Artificial Intelligence (EPIA 2025) taking place in Universidade do Algarve, Faro, Portugal, between October 1st-3rd 2025. This track is organized under the auspices of the Portuguese Association for Artificial Intelligence (APPIA). EPIA 2025 . URL https://epia2025.ualg.pt/ This announcement contains the following: [1] Track description; [2] Topics of interest; [3] Important dates; [4] Paper submission; [5] Track fees; [6] Organizing Committee; [7] Contacts. [1] *Track Description* The Track of Natural Language, Text Mining and Applications (NLP-TeMA 2025) is a forum for researchers working in Human Language Technologies, i.e. Natural Language Processing (NLP), Computational Linguistics (CL), Natural Language Engineering (NLE), Text Mining (TM), Information Retrieval (IR), and related areas. The most natural form of sharing knowledge is indeed through textual documents. Especially on the Web, a huge amount of textual information is openly published every day, on many different topics and written in natural language, thus offering new insights and many opportunities for innovative applications of Human Language Technologies. Following advances in general AI sub-fields such as NLP, Machine Learning (ML) and Deep Learning (DL), text mining is now even more valuable as tool for bridging the gap between language theories and effective use of natural language contents, for harnessing the power of semi-structured and unstructured data, and to enable important applications in real-world heterogeneous environments. Both hidden and new knowledge can be discovered by using NLP and Text Mining methods, at multiple levels and in multiple dimensions, and often with high commercial value. Authors are invited to submit their papers on any of the issues identified in section [2]. Revision of the papers will be double-blind at least by three members of the Program Committee. All accepted papers will be published by Springer in a volume of Springer’s Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence (LNAI) corresponding to the proceedings of the 24th EPIA Conference on Artificial Intelligence, provided that at least one author is registered in EPIA 2025 by the early registration deadline. [2] *Topics of Interest* Theories, Algorithms and Models - Language and Cognitive Modeling - Tagging, Chunking and Parsing - Morphology and Word Segmentation - Natural Language Generation - Discourse and Pragmatics - Semantics and Text Inference - Language Resources: Acquisition and Usage. Lexical Knowledge Acquisition - Entailment and Paraphrases - Entity Recognition and Word Sense Disambiguation - Natural language understanding - Language modeling - Mathematical Properties of Language - NLP for Low-Resource Languages Text Mining and NLP Applications - Text Clustering, Classification and Summarization - Sentiment Analysis and Argument Mining - Computational Social Science - Multi-Word Units - Machine Learning for NLP and Text Mining - Spatio-Temporal and Big Text Mining - Machine Translation and Cross-Lingual Approaches - Algorithms and Data Structures for Text Mining - Information Retrieval and Information Extraction - Question-Answering and Dialogue Systems - Text-Based Prediction and Forecasting - Web Content Annotation - Health/Biomedical/Legal and other Text Mining Applications - Offensive Speech Detection and Analysis [3] *Important dates* - Abstract submission deadline: May 23, 2025 (AoE) - Paper submission deadline: May 27, 2025 (AoE) (NEW) - Notification of paper acceptance: July 4, 2025 - Camera-ready papers: July 14, 2025 (AoE) - Conference dates: October 1-3, 2025 [4] *Paper submission* Submissions must be full technical papers on substantial, original, and previously unpublished research. Papers should be prepared according to the Springer LNAI format, using either a LaTeX or Word template, with a maximum od 12 pages, including references. EPIA 2025 will not accept any paper that, at the time of submission, is under review for, has already been published in or has already been accepted for publication in a journal or another venue with formally published proceedings. Authors of EPIA 2025 submissions are not permitted to submit their paper to a journal or another venue during the EPIA 2025 review period. It is the responsibility of the authors to remove names and affiliations from the submitted papers, and to take reasonable care to assure anonymity during the review process. Authors should also follow the standards as set out in the Springer Nature code of conduct. [5] *Track Fees:* Track participants must register at the main EPIA 2025 conference. [6] *Organizing Committee:* Joaquim Silva, DI – FCT/UNL Pablo Gamallo, CiTIUS, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela Paulo Quaresma, DI – Uviversidade de Évora Irene Rodrigues, DI – Uviversidade de Évora Alípio Jorge, Dep. Ciência de Computadores, Fac. Ciências, Universidade do Porto [7] *Contacts:* Joaquim Francisco Ferreira da Silva, DI/FCT/UNL, Quinta da Torre, 2829‐516, Caparica, Portugal. Tel: +351 21 294 8536 (ext. 10732) ‐ Fax: +351 21 294 8541 ‐ E‐mail: jfs [at]fct [dot] unl [dot] pt

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VinNLP - NLP Bridges Talk Series
by El-Haj, Mo 26 May '25

26 May '25

Dear colleagues, I’m happy to introduce NLP Bridges, a talk series launched by the VinNLP Group at VinUniversity, Hanoi, to connect global NLP experts with researchers, students, and communities working on low-resource languages. All talks are free, online, and recorded, with the aim of supporting inclusive and accessible NLP research. To learn more or register for upcoming talks, please visit: https://vinnlp.com/nlp_bridges.html Best regards, Mo ————— Dr Mo El-Haj Director of the VinNLP Research Group https://vinnlp.com/ Associate Professor (Reader) in NLP CECS, VinUniversity, Hanoi, Vietnam https://vinuni.edu.vn/people/mo-el-haj/ NLP Visiting Research Scholar SCC, Lancaster University, UK https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/dsi/about-us/members/mahmoud-el-haj Natural Language Engineering (NLE) Journal Editorial Board https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/natural-language-engineering

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Autumn School 2025 - Information Retrieval and Information Foraging in Dagstuhl - Registration extended
by Thomas Mandl 25 May '25

25 May '25

Registration is extended until end of May: *ASIRF 2025 - Autumn School 2025 - Information Retrieval and Information Foraging in Dagstuhl *https://fg-retrieval.gi.de/veranstaltung/asirf2025 Great learning opportunity for grad/PhD students and everyone interested in IR, NLP or related fields! ASIRF provides a holistic perspective and shows how Information Retrieval and Information Foraging interact. In addition to conceptual and methodological knowledge from both fields, ASIRF is highly interdisciplinary. The autumn school will provide different tutorials, from foundations of Information Retrieval and Information Foraging to recent research topics such as using large language models for information retrieval tasks or applications of IR techniques in application domains. The autumn school will take place at the best computer science venue ever Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (LZI) between 24 and 29 August 2025. The program includes the following lectures and tutorials: - Foundations of Interactive IR (Norbert Fuhr, U Duisburg-Essen) - Deep Learning for IR (Avishek Anand, TU Delft) - Conversational Search (Ralf Schenkel, U Trier) - Fairness and Bias (Andrea Horbach, U Kiel) - Multimodal retrieval and data analysis (Henning Müller, HES-SO) - User Experiments and Interactive IR (Thomas Mandl, U Hildesheim) - Complex Casual Leisure Information Needs (Vivien Petras, HU Berlin) - User Simulations for IR (Philipp Schaer, TH Köln) For more information on the schedule, program, or registration: https://fg-retrieval.gi.de/veranstaltung/asirf2025 See you in Dagstuhl! ASIRF 2025 organizers Philipp Schaer, Ralf Schenkel, and Thomas Mandl

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HASOC-meme - Shared task @ FIRE 2025 - Hateful Memes in Bengali, Hindi, Gujarati and Bodo - Registration open
by Thomas Mandl 25 May '25

25 May '25

[Apologies for multiple postings] ************************************************************************************ [CFP] HASOC-meme: Hate Speech and Offensive Content Identification in Memes in Bengali, Hindi, Gujarati and Bodo at FIRE 2025 ************************************************************************************ https://hasocfire.github.io/hasoc/2025/call_for_participation.html <https://hasocfire.github.io/hasoc/2025/call_for_participation.html> We are excited to announce the 7th edition of HASOC, featuring a range of engaging shared tasks. We warmly invite you to participate in this edition. HASOC 2025 will introduce classification tasks on memes, focusing on the identification of abuse, sentiment, sarcasm, vulgarity, and target. The task will primarily include three binary classification tasks, one multi-class classification task, and one multi-label classification task on memes in Bangla, Hindi, Gujarati, and Bodo languages. Track Description: This task involves analyzing multimodal data (image and text) to detect abuse, identify targeted communities, assess vulgarity and sarcasm, and assign sentiment labels. So, the task will be in five parts. Sentiment detection: • Positive - The meme conveys a supportive, humorous, or appreciative tone. • Neutral - The meme is neither overtly positive nor negative in tone. • Negative - The meme expresses hostility, mockery, or criticism. Sarcasm Detection: • Sarcastic - The meme presents statements or visuals that imply the opposite of their literal meaning, often to mock or ridicule. • Non-Sarcastic: The meme directly conveys its message without sarcasm or irony. Vulgarity Detection: • Vulgar - The meme contains explicit or offensive words, gestures, or depictions. • Not Vulgar - The meme does not include any such content. Abuse Detection: • Abusive - The meme includes offensive, harmful, or derogatory language, imagery, or implications targeting an individual or a group. • Non-abusive - The meme does not contain any offensive, harmful, or derogatory content. Target Community Identification: • Gender - Any reference to male, female, non-binary, or transgender identities. • Religion - Mentions or imagery related to any religious belief, deity, or practice. • Individual - Specifically mentions or portrays a particular person. • Political - Targets political ideologies, parties, politicians, or policies. • National Origin - Targets people based on their country or ethnicity. • Social Sub-groups - Groups based on socio-economic status, occupation, cultural identity, or other affiliations. • Others - Any target that does not fall into the above categories. • None - If the meme does not target any specific community, no target label is assigned. Important dates * Registration starts: 15th May, 2025 * Hindi, Marathi and Bodo Training Data Release: 17th May, 2025 * Bangla Training data release: 24th May, 2025 * Release of the test set: 15th June, 2025 * Run submission deadline: 30th June, 2025 * Announcement of results: 15 July, 2025 * Working notes due: 30th August, 2025 * Camera-ready copies of notes and overview paper: 30th September, 2025 Task organizers * Prof. Dr. Thomas Mandl :- University of Hildesheim, Germany * Prof. Dr. Utpal Garain :-Indian Statistical Institute, India * Prof. Dr. Debasis Ganguly :- University of Glasgow, United Kingdom * Prof. Dr. Sandip Modha :- University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy & LDRP-ITR, Gandhinagar, India * Prof. Dr. Animesh Mukherjee :- Indian Institute of Technology, Khargapur, India * Dr. Koyel Ghosh :- University of Hildesheim, Germany * Dr. Mithun Das :- Indian Institute of Technology, Khargapur, India * Shubhankar Barman :- BITS pilani, India * Mwnthai Narzary :- Central Institute of Technology, Kokrajhar, India * Saptarshi Saha :- Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, India Website: https://hasocfire.github.io/hasoc/2025/call_for_participation.html <https://hasocfire.github.io/hasoc/2025/call_for_participation.html> In case of query, please send email via hasoc(a)googlegroups.com

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CFP: The 1st Workshop on Large Language Models for Cross-Temporal Research at COLM 2025
by wei.zhao＠abdn.ac.uk 25 May '25

25 May '25

We invite you to submit your ongoing, published or pre-reviewed works to our workshop on Large Language Models for Cross-Temporal Research (XTempLLMs) at COLM 2025. Our workshop website is available at https://xtempllms.github.io/2025/ Workshop Description: Large language models (LLMs) have been used for a variety of time-sensitive applications such as temporal reasoning, forecasting and planning. In addition, there has been a growing number of interdisciplinary works that use LLMs for cross-temporal research in several domains, including social science, psychology, cognitive science, environmental science and clinical studies. However, LLMs are hindered in their understanding of time due to many different reasons, including temporal biases and knowledge conflicts in pretraining and RAG data but also a fundamental limitation in LLM tokenization that fragments a date into several meaningless subtokens. Such inadequate understanding of time would lead to inaccurate reasoning, forecasting and planning, and time-sensitive findings that are potentially misleading. Our workshop looks for (i) cross-temporal work in the NLP community and (ii) interdisciplinary work that relies on LLMs for cross-temporal studies. Cross-temporal work in the NLP community: * Novel benchmarks for evaluating the temporal abilities of LLMs across diverse date and time formats, culturally grounded time systems, and generalization to future contexts; * Novel methods (e.g., neuro-symbolic approaches) for developing temporally robust, unbiased, and reliable LLMs; * Data analysis such as the distribution of pretraining data over time and conflicting knowledge in pretraining and RAG data; * Interpretability regarding how temporal information is processed from tokenization to embedding across different layers, and finally to model output; * Temporal applications such as reasoning, forecasting and planning; * Consideration of cross-lingual and cross-cultural perspectives for linguistic and cultural inclusion over time. Interdisciplinary work that relies on LLMs for cross-temporal studies: * Time-sensitive discoveries, such as social biases over time and personality testing over time; * Assessment of time-sensitive discoveries to identify misleading findings if any; * Interdisciplinary evaluation benchmarks for LLMs’ temporal abilities, e.g., psychological time perception and episodic memory evaluation. Submission Modes: * Standard submissions: We invite the submission of papers that will receive up to three double-blind reviews from the XTempLLMs committee, and a final decision of acceptance from the workshop chairs. * Pre-reviewed submissions: We invite unpublished papers that have already been reviewed either through ACL ARR, or recent AACL/EACL/ACL/EMNLP/COLING venues. These papers will not receive new reviews but will be judged together with their reviews via a meta-review from the workshop chairs. * Published papers: We invite papers that have been published recently elsewhere to present at XTempLLMs. Please send the details of your paper (Paper title, authors, publication venue, abstract, and a link to download the paper) directly to xtempllms(a)gmail.com. This allows such papers to gain more visibility from the workshop audience. All deadlines are 11.59 pm UTC -12h (“Anywhere on Earth”): * June 26, 2025: Submission deadline (standard and published papers) * July 18, 2025: Submission deadline for papers with ARR reviews * July 24, 2025: Notification of acceptance * October 10, 2025: Workshop day Invited Speakers: * Jose Camacho Collados, Cardiff University, United Kingdom * Ali Emami, Brock University, Canada * Alexis Huet, Huawei Technologies, France Organizing Committee: * Wei Zhao, University of Aberdeen, United Kingdom * Maxime Peyrard, Université Grenoble Alpes & CNRS, France * Katja Markert, Heidelberg University, Germany

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Human-Computer Question Answering Competition: June 14 (in-person, DC) & June 21 (online)
by Jordan Boyd-Graber Ying 24 May '25

24 May '25

We’d like to invite you to take part in a machine learning / natural language competition with modest (~$500) prizes. We’re evaluating language models not just on their accuracy at answering questions but also on how well the models communicate their uncertainty not just quantitatively but also qualitatively. The models will be evaluated on accuracy, but this is not the primary metric. The primary metric will be how much the models help users do a better job of answering questions. In other words, a model that has 75% accuracy but is convincingly wrong on the remaining 25% of questions will fare worse than a model that has 66% accuracy but can correctly identify the remaining questions and say “I don’t know”, since the downstream humans will trust the latter model more. The human–computer games will be filmed and posted to YouTube so you can see how players reacted to your models. The system submission process is designed to be beginner-friendly and intuitive. There’s a version that is prompt-based, but also a huggingface upload for complete models. So if you’ve just wrapped up teaching an introductory NLP / AI course, we’d appreciate it if you pass this along! Full information here: https://sites.google.com/view/qanta/2025-competition Please contact qanta(a)googlegroups.com if you have any questions! Best, Jordan -- ---------------------------------------------------------- Jordan Boyd-Graber Professor University of Maryland: CS, iSchool, UMIACS, LSC Voice: 920.524.9464 jbg(a)umiacs.umd.edu http://boydgraber.org ----------------------------------------------------------

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Open call for volume proposals - Phraseology and Multiword Expressions
by Lonneke van der Plas 23 May '25

23 May '25

Phraseology and Multiword Expressions (PMWE) (https://langsci-press.org/catalog/series/pmwe) is a book series at Language Science Press, a born-digital scholar-led open access publisher in linguistics. The series publishes high-quality books about conventionalized, idiosyncratic combinations of words. Within the field of phraseology such word combinations are sometimes called phrasemes, while the computational linguistics community uses the term multiword expressions for them. Various subtypes of such word combinations are of interest, such as multiword compounds, multiword terms, multiword named entities, light-verb constructions, phrasal verbs, idioms, collocations, formulaic speech, proverbs, etc. The series is open to different approaches to create a forum for an interdisciplinary and cross-framework exchange of research results, including but not limited to the following subdisciplines: - Computational linguistics and natural language processing - Computer science - Corpus linguistics - Lexicography - Psycholinguistics - Theoretical linguistics We welcome volume proposals addressing all topics related to theoretical, computational, and empirical approaches to phraseology including: - Linguistic properties and typologies of multiword expressions, especially in multilingual frameworks - Digital lexical resources including multiword expressions - Description and processing of multiword expressions in syntactic and semantic frameworks (e.g., CCG, CxG, HPSG, LFG, TAG, UD) - Identification and annotation of multiword expressions in corpora and treebanks - Multiword expressions in machine translation and other end-user applications - Multiword expressions and lexical innovation - Diachronic studies and semantic change in multiword expressions - Representation and evaluation of multiword expressions in language models (e.g., LLMs) and text generation systems All contributions should be in English. To submit a volume proposal, please follow the guidelines at the series home page: https://langsci-press.org/catalog/series/pmwe Volumes published so far: Voula Giouli, Verginica Barbu Mititelu (eds.) Multiword expressions in lexical resources: Linguistic, lexicographic, and computational perspectives. 2024. Victoria Beatrix Fendel (ed.) Support-verb constructions in the corpora of Greek: Between lexicon and grammar?. 2024. Aleksandar Trklja, Łukasz Grabowski (eds.) Formulaic language: Theories and methods. 2021 Sabine Schulte im Walde, Eva Smolka (eds.) The role of constituents in multiword expressions: An interdisciplinary, cross-lingual perspective. 2020. Yannick Parmentier, Jakub Waszczuk (eds.) Representation and parsing of multiword expressions: Current trends. 2019. Stella Markantonatou, Carlos Ramisch, Agata Savary, Veronika Vincze (eds.) Multiword expressions at length and in depth: Extended papers from the MWE 2017 workshop. 2018. Manfred Sailer, Stella Markantonatou (eds.) Multiword expressions: Insights from a multi-lingual perspective. 2018. (see https://langsci-press.org/catalog/series/pmwe for links to the volumes)

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2025 ACL Conference Registration
by ACL Announcements 23 May '25

23 May '25

Dear Colleagues, The ACL 2025 Conference is pleased to announce that registration is now officially open. We encourage you to register early to take advantage of reduced rates. Please note the following important deadlines for registration: * Early Registration: Concludes on Wednesday, July 2, 2025, AOE. * Late Registration: Will close for both In-Person and Virtual attendees on Friday, July 25, 2025, at 11:59 PM CET. * Onsite Registration: Will be available for both In-Person and Virtual attendees from Saturday, July 26, 2025, through August 1, 2025, at 11:59 PM CET. Detailed information regarding the registration process can be found on the official conference website: https://acl.swoogo.com/acl2025 We look forward to welcoming you to ACL 2025 in beautiful Vienna! Sincerely, The ACL Organization Team

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CfP 12th International Conference on CMC and Social Media Corpora for the Humanities
by Fábián-Trost, Annamária 23 May '25

23 May '25

Dear List, the 12th International Conference on CMC and Social Media Corpora for the Humanities (CMC-Corpora) will be held at the University of Bayreuth, Germany, on the 4th and 5th of September 2025 (CfP, extended deadline paper/abstract submission: 28th of May 2025, 23:59 CEST) The conference (https://www.cmc2025.uni-bayreuth.de/en/ ) brings together language-centered research on CMC and social media in linguistics, philologies, communication sciences, media, and social sciences with research questions from the fields of corpus and computational linguistics, language technology, text technology, and machine learning. We adhere to a wide definition of CMC and social media, covering various media of digital communication, including email, newsgroups, forums, chat and messenger applications (e.g. WhatsApp), social networks (e.g. Facebook, Instagram, X, TikTok), gaming platforms, as well as interactions in the communication areas of video portals (YouTube), learning platforms, gaming apps, online games and virtual worlds. Our keynotes are Gavin Brookes (Lancaster University) and Stephanie Evert (Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg). We invite submissions to the 12th conference on following topics (deadline paper/abstract submission: 28th of May 2025, 23:59 CEST) * Development of CMC corpora / social media corpora * Building CMC corpora: from data collection to publication * Open access data for CMC research: ethical and GDPR issues * Annotating CMC data: genres, linguistic aspects, metadata * Multimodal corpora * Big data corpora * Analysis of CMC corpora / social media corpora * Sociolinguistic studies of CMC * Discourse analysis of CMC * Linguistic characteristics of CMC * Multimodal (incl. visual) aspects of CMC * Multilingualism and code-switching in CMC * CMC in language education * Natural language processing (NLP) of CMC data / social media data * Normalization * PoS tagging * Lemmatization * Syntactic parsing * CMC for the benefit of digital societies * Interdisciplinary research design and research methods in CMC for the benefit of digital societies * Exploration of Diversity and Inclusion in CMC * Intersection of CMC and Social Sciences * Intersection of CMC and Human-Centered Data Science * Intersection of CMC and Computational Social Science * Contrastive CM studies across different languages The conference language is English. Submissions will consist of: * Short papers (2-4 pages – maximal 6 pages including the list of references –, following the existing template) for oral presentations * Abstracts (max. 300 words) for poster presentations Submission and review Authors of accepted papers are invited to present their work at the conference (30-minute timeslots: 20-minute talks, followed by 10 minutes of discussion). Authors of accepted abstracts can present their work in progress or early-stage research during the poster session. At the start of the conference, all accepted papers will be made available in online proceedings. After the conference, speakers with the best contributions will be invited to submit extended papers for one or more special issue journal or a volume publication. Instructions for authors All contributions will be collected through an online platform (ConfTool): https://www.cmc2025.uni-bayreuth.de/en/index.html Templates for the submission: Template for MSWord: https://www.cmc2025.uni-bayreuth.de/pool/dokumente/template_word.docx Template for LaTeX: https://www.cmc2025.uni-bayreuth.de/pool/dokumente/template_latex.zip Local organizing committee: * Dr. Annamaria Fabian (University of Bayreuth/Bavarian Research Institute for Digital Transformation at the Bavarian Academy of Science) * Prof. Dr. Igor Trost (Alpen-Adria University Klagenfurt/University of Passau) For all enquiries, please contact the organizers at cmc2025(a)uni-bayreuth.de<mailto:cmc2025@uni-bayreuth.de> and see https://www.cmc2025.uni-bayreuth.de/en/ More information on the “International Conference Series on CMC and Social Media Corpora (cmc-corpora)”: https://cmc-corpora.org/series/#<https://cmc-corpora.org/series/> All the best, Annamaria Fabian

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Second Call for Participation Sim4IA@SIGIR 2025 - Micro Shared Task Data Available - Keynote announced
by Philipp Schaer 23 May '25

23 May '25

This is the second call for participation for the *2nd SIGIR 2025 Workshop on Simulations for Information Access (Sim4IA)*. The workshop will be held with SIGIR 2025 in Padua, Italy. It will provide a unique platform for researchers and practitioners to explore and discuss advancements in simulations for information access systems. ## tl;dr ---------- - 17 July 2025, co-located with SIGIR 2025 in Padua, Italy - Micro shared task data and framework available - Tech and infrastructure talks/presentations welcome - Keynote by Christine Bauer confirmed - We are on the ACM Slack: https://acmsigir.slack.com/archives/C08STM45N90 - Website: https://sim4ia.org/sigir2025/ ## Micro Shared Task Data and Framework Available ----------------------------------------------------------------------- To drive a more focused discussion at the workshop, we designed a micro shared task that demonstrates how a shared task in user simulations might look. On 16 May 2025, we released the first training data set as well as a prebundled and dockerized version of SimIIR to give everyone a head start on the shared task. Our shared task concept is based on the fundamental design principle of validating user simulations instead of measuring system effectiveness. We envision users interacting with a particular IA system, such as a traditional search engine (Task A) or a conversational system (Task B). We challenge participants to design and implement user simulators that can mimic the interactions of real users with these systems with a high degree of fidelity. The workshop features a stripped-down version of this concept, a micro shared task. We will discuss the submissions and ideas for the next steps or evaluation measures at the workshop. Non-binding expression of interest to take part in the micro shared tasks: https://forms.gle/ftV8cwjywHWsBhCw9 More information on the shared task, data sets, and framework: https://sim4ia.org/sigir2025/#micro-shared-task ## Keynote by Christine Bauer ----------------------------------------- We are happy to announce that Christine Bauer has confirmed to give a keynote on “From toy models to tactics: What user simulation is good for”. Christine Bauer is a Professor of Interactive Intelligent Systems at the Department of Artificial Intelligence and Human Interfaces (AIHI) at the University of Salzburg. She is involved in the EXDIGIT initiative, emphasizing interdisciplinary technologies in digital sciences. Her research lies at the intersection of human-centered computing, data science, and artificial intelligence, with a focus on context-aware recommender systems, particularly in the music and media domains. Her core interests include fairness and multi-method evaluation. Her multidisciplinary background drives her research activities. More information on the keynote: https://sim4ia.org/sigir2025/#keynote ## Invitation of Tech/Infrastructure Talks ----------------------------------------------------- We reserved a special time slot at the workshop for talks on recent technologies and/or infrastructures for (user) simulations, and invite you to submit your ideas for such talks at the workshop. Send a short email with your idea in the form of a title and roughly half a page of abstract to sigir2025(a)sim4ia.org Check out the tentative program, shared task data and description, the keynote announcement, and much more at https://sim4ia.org/sigir2025/ See you in Padua! Sim4IA Organizers Philipp Schaer, Christin Kreutz, Krisztian Balog, Timo Breuer, and Andreas Kruff

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CfP Shifting Power in Language Learning and Applied Linguistics with GenAI - Hybrid UK/online, deadline May 31
by Rachele.De-Felice [She/her] 22 May '25

22 May '25

Dear all You are warmly invited to submit an abstract to the Shifting Power in Language Learning and Applied Linguistics with GenAI conference, which will take place in Milton Keynes, UK and online on November 13-14, 2025. This conference will explore how power is being shifted towards, away from, and between learners and educators by AI technologies, and the new dynamic and potential changes this is bringing about in applied linguistics, languages and cultures studies. Potential topics for the papers may include, but are not limited to: * AI and its impact on the training and evolving roles of languages and applied linguistics educators and their relationships with learners * AI and its potential to support inclusive and personalised learning in languages and applied linguistics; * AI integration into learning, teaching and assessment of languages, cultures and applied linguistics with a focus on ethical issues and sustainability challenges; * Core concepts and theoretical frameworks guiding the integration of AI in applied linguistics; * Core concepts and theoretical frameworks guiding the integration of AI in the learning and teaching of languages and cultures; * Questions around the use of AI in carrying out research in languages, cultures and applied linguistics, and its impact on research processes and outputs. Instructions for submission We welcome submissions in the following formats: * 20-minute presentations (online or in person) * 40-minute facilitated discussions with up to 3 facilitators (online or in person) Proposals should be submitted via email, by May 31st, 2025: ai-languages-conference(a)open.ac.uk <mailto:ai-languages-conference@open.ac.uk> The following information will be requested during the submission process: * Names, titles, contact info, institutional or organisational affiliation and short bio (max 100 words) for each presenter and facilitator * Conference topic (selected from the list above) * Session format (selected from the list above) * Title of the abstract * Abstract (max. 300 words) Kind regards Rachele Dr Rachele De Felice (she/her) | Lecturer in Applied Linguistics School of Languages and Applied Linguistics The Faculty of Wellbeing, Education and Language Studies The Open University https://profiles.open.ac.uk/rachele-de-felice

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2025 ACL Conference Registration
by Horacio Saggion 22 May '25

22 May '25

Dear Colleagues, The ACL 2025 Conference is pleased to announce that *registration is now officially open*. We encourage you to register early to take advantage of reduced rates. Please note the following important deadlines for registration: - *Early Registration:* Concludes on *Wednesday, July 2, 2025, AOE*. - *Late Registration:* Will close for both In-Person and Virtual attendees on *Friday, July 25, 2025, at 11:59 PM CET*. - *Onsite Registration:* Will be available for both In-Person and Virtual attendees from *Saturday, July 26, 2025, through August 1, 2025, at 11:59 PM CET*. Detailed information regarding the registration process can be found on the official conference website: https://acl.swoogo.com/acl2025 We look forward to welcoming you to ACL 2025 in beautiful Vienna! Sincerely, The ACL Organization Team -- Horacio Saggion Full Professor / Chair in Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Head of the Natural Language Processing Group - TALN Project Coordinator iDEM Project (HE) Co-PI of the AI-BOOST project (HE) Co-PI of the IDEAL project (HE) Universitat Pompeu Fabra https://twitter.com/h_saggion https://www.linkedin.com/in/horacio-saggion-1749b916 -- Horacio Saggion Full Professor / Chair in Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Head of the Natural Language Processing Group - TALN Project Coordinator iDEM Project (HE) Co-PI of the AI-BOOST project (HE) Co-PI of the IDEAL project (HE) Universitat Pompeu Fabra https://twitter.com/h_saggion https://www.linkedin.com/in/horacio-saggion-1749b916

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Open Positions: NLP Postdocs at MBZUAI
by Teresa Lynn 22 May '25

22 May '25

We have three postdoc position openings at Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence, Abu Dhabi. The project is based on a collaboration with a leading industry partner on the development of a conversational booking agent. * Postdoctoral Research Scientist in Conversational AI & NLP * Postdoctoral Research Scientist in Recommendation & Personalization * Postdoctoral Research Scientist in Persuasive Language Generation More information regarding responsibilities and requirements can be found on our webpage: https://mbzuai-hiring.github.io/ Start date: To be filled immediately, July 2025 - Duration: 1‑year contract with possibility of extension - Location: MBZUAI<https://mbzuai.ac.ae/>, Abu Dhabi, UAE - Apply via e‑mail: NLP.IndustryProject(a)mbzuai.ac.ae We look forward to receiving your application! Regards, Teresa Teresa Lynn , PhD Head of NLP Research Engagement Natural Language Processing P +971 2 811 3284 W.www.mbzuai.ac.ae<https://www.mbzuai.ac.ae/> [mbzuai logo.png] [cid:image002.png@01DBCB09.577C26E0] <https://www.instagram.com/mbzuai> [cid:image003.png@01DBCB09.577C26E0] <https://www.facebook.com/MBZUAI> [cid:image004.png@01DBCB09.577C26E0] <https://www.youtube.com/c/mbzuai> [cid:image005.png@01DBCB09.577C26E0] <https://www.linkedin.com/school/mbzuai/> [cid:image006.jpg@01DBCB09.577C26E0] <https://twitter.com/mbzuai>

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Final call for participation: Automatic Detection of Borrowings shared task (ADoBo 2025)
by ELENA ALVAREZ MELLADO 21 May '25

21 May '25

This is the last call to participate in ADoBo 2025, the shared task on automatic detection of borrowings in Spanish. To gain access to the data, make submissions and check the leaderboard please join the competition at Codabench. Systems submissions will be due on May 26th. https://www.codabench.org/competitions/7284/ TIMELINE April 21: Dev set released. May 12: Test set released May 26: Systems output submissions. June 9: Working notes paper submission. June 16: Notification of acceptance (peer-reviews). June 23: Camera ready paper submission. September: ADoBo results to be presented at IberLEF 2025. ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE Elena Álvarez Mellado, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED). Julio Gonzalo, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED). Constantine Lignos, Brandeis University. Jordi Porta Zamorano, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM). AVISO LEGAL. Este mensaje puede contener información reservada y confidencial. Si usted no es el destinatario no está autorizado a copiar, reproducir o distribuir este mensaje ni su contenido. Si ha recibido este mensaje por error, le rogamos que lo notifique al remitente. Le informamos de que sus datos personales, que puedan constar en este mensaje, serán tratados en calidad de responsable de tratamiento por la UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE EDUCACIÓN A DISTANCIA (UNED) c/ Bravo Murillo, 38, 28015-MADRID-, con la finalidad de mantener el contacto con usted. La base jurídica que legitima este tratamiento, será su consentimiento, el interés legítimo o la necesidad para gestionar una relación contractual o similar. En cualquier momento podrá ejercer sus derechos de acceso, rectificación, supresión, oposición, limitación al tratamiento o portabilidad de los datos, ante la UNED, Oficina de Protección de datos<https://www.uned.es/dpj>, o a través de la Sede electrónica<https://sede.uned.es/> de la Universidad. Para más información visite nuestra Política de Privacidad<https://descargas.uned.es/publico/pdf/Politica_privacidad_UNED.pdf>.

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First CFP: The Tokenization Workshop@ICML 2025
by Jindrich Libovicky 21 May '25

21 May '25

Tokshop: Tokenization Workshop (ICML 2025) Submission to the Tokenization Workshop begins on April 14, 2025, via OpenReview. The deadline for submissions is May 30, 2025, at 11:59pm (anywhere on earth). Notifications of acceptance will be sent out on June 9, 2025, and camera-ready papers will be due shortly afterward at 11:59pm (anywhere on earth). The workshop will take place on July 18, 2025. Workshop Description The Tokenization Workshop (TokShop) at ICML aims to bring together researchers and practitioners from all corners of 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 ICML requirements unless otherwise specified. - Paper submission is hosted on OpenReview. - Each submission should contain up to 9 pages, not including references or appendix (shorter submissions also welcome). - Please use the provided LaTeX template (Style Files) for your submission. Please follow the paper formatting guidelines general to ICML as specified in the style files. Authors may not modify the style files or use templates designed for other conferences. - The paper should be anonymized and uploaded to OpenReview as a single PDF. - 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. - This workshop offers both archival and non-archival options for submissions. Archival papers will be indexed with proceedings, while non-archival submissions will not. - The review process will be double-blind Read more: https://tokenization-workshop.github.io/

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eLex 2025 registration and Hornby bursaries
by Iztok Kosem 21 May '25

21 May '25

(apologies for multiple postings) Dear colleagues, We would like to inform you that the registration for the eLex 2025 conference has now opened (https://elex.link/elex2025/registration/). The deadline for early-bird fee is 5 September 2025. A call for Hornby bursary applications is also out (https://elex.link/elex2025/hornby-bursary/). The bursaries cover participants' registration fee, so if you intend to apply, please wait for results before paying the registration fees (you can still complete all the steps of the registration process and pay later). Finally, the special rates for rooms at the venue and partner hotels are available: https://elex.link/elex2025/venue/. There are a limited number of rooms available so early booking is advisable (there is a very friendly cancellation option). Please monitor the conference website for further updates on the programme, proceedings and related news. Looking forward to seeing you at the conference. Best regards Iztok Kosem Head of the eLex 2025 organising committee

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HealTAC 2025 - call for participation
by Bea Alex 21 May '25

21 May '25

---------------------------- HealTAC 2025 June 16-18th, 2025, Glasgow (UK) https://healtac2025.github.io/ ---------------------------- Call for participation ---------------------------- The 8th Healthcare Text Analytics Conference (HealTAC 2025) invites everyone for three days of state of the art discussions on healthcare text analytics. The programme features -- keynotes on "Addressing the Missing Context Problem in Foundation Models for Healthcare" (by Jason Fries, Stanford University) and "AI for Healthcare: Text as a Medium for Multimodal datasets" (by Alison O'Neil, Canon Medical Research Europe) -- panels on "Opportunities and challenges in LLMs for health research: A multidisciplinary perspective on surfacing social inequalities, bias detection, and mitigation" and "Challenges in AI deployment within NHS"; -- 18 talks describing current PhD projects; -- a workshop on "NLP in mental healthcare and research" (June 16th); -- 4 demos and 9 lightning talks; -- 24 posters presenting healthcare text analytics research. The detailed programme is available at: https://healtac2025.github.io/programme/ ---------------------------- Registration fees ---------------------------- Due to generous support from Health Data Research UK, CogStack, Frontiers, DataMind, University of Glasgow, Research Data Scotland and Healtex, the registration fee is only £100 (for students) and £200 (for everyone else), and includes the full 3-day programme, lunches, the conference dinner and even breakfast on day 1. This is the early registration fee until May 29th. Registration details:https://healtac2025.github.io/registration/ ---------------------------- Accommodation and travel ---------------------------- The University accommodation is available for the registered participants for only £43 per night. All details are available at: https://healtac2025.github.io/accommodation/ Follow the conference announcements on social media at #HEALTAC2025 . We are looking forward to welcoming you to HealTAC 2025. 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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[3rd CFP] The LLMs4Subjects Shared Task -- LLMs meet Extreme Multi-label Classification of Records in Digital Libraries
by D'Souza, Jennifer 21 May '25

21 May '25

The 2nd LLMs4Subjects Shared Task: LLM-based Subject Tagging for the TIB Technical Library's Digital Catalog Theme: The Development of Energy- and Compute-Efficient LLM Systems Organized as part of the German Evaluation (GermEval 2025) Shared Task Series 10. - 12. September, 2025 Hildesheim, Germany (co-located with KONVENS 2025 - Conference on Natural Language Processing) 2nd LLMs4Subjects Shared Task: https://sites.google.com/view/llms4subjects-germeval/ Join the Codabench Competition: https://www.codabench.org/competitions/8373/ KONVENS 2025: https://konvens-2025.hs-hannover.de/about/ Task Overview LLMs4Subjects challenges the research community to develop cutting-edge LLM-based solutions for subject tagging of technical records from Leibniz University's Technical Library (TIBKAT). Participants are tasked with leveraging large language models (LLMs) to tag technical records using the GND taxonomy. The task involves bilingual language modeling, as systems must process technical documents in both German and English. Successful solutions may be integrated into the operational workflows of TIB, the Leibniz Information Centre for Science and Technology. With the rapid advancements in LLMs, the focus is shifting toward making these models more energy- and compute-efficient while maintaining high performance. Recent innovations, such as the DeepSeek series, have demonstrated how techniques like mixture-of-experts (MoE) and model distillation can significantly reduce computational costs without sacrificing effectiveness. The 2nd LLMs4Subjects shared task highlights the importance of efficiency in LLMs, encouraging participants to explore strategies that enhance model performance while optimizing for energy consumption and inference speed. We welcome approaches (but not limited to) that leverage model compression, quantization, efficient fine-tuning, and adaptive computation techniques to push the boundaries of sustainable AI development. Subtasks The 2nd LLMs4Subjects shared task organizes the following two subtasks: Subtask 1 - Multi-Domain Classification of Library Records Subtask 2 - Large-scale Multilabel Subject Indexing of Library Records Important Dates * Release of training data: March 8, 2025 * Release of testing data: May 30, 2025 * Deadline for system submissions: June 2, 2025 * Evaluation end: June 27, 2025 * Paper submission deadline: July 7, 2025 * Notification of acceptance: June 28, 2025 * Camera-ready paper due: August 15, 2025 * Workshop/KONVENS: September 10 - 12, 2025 (TBA) Note: Submit your system outputs on our Codabench live leaderboard at https://www.codabench.org/competitions/8373/

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*SEM2025 - Final Call for Papers
by Kemal Kurniawan 21 May '25

21 May '25

(Apologies for cross-posting) *SEM2025: The 14th Joint Conference on Lexical and Computational Semantics, Suzhou, China. (Co-located with EMNLP) https://starsem2025.github.io/ Third and Final Call for Papers *SEM brings together researchers interested in the semantics of natural languages and its computational modelling. The conference embraces a wide range of approaches including data-driven, neural, probabilistic and symbolic; practical applications as well as theoretical contributions are welcome. The long-term goal of *SEM is to provide a forum for NLP researchers working on any aspect of natural language semantics. *SEM invites submissions related to the computational modelling of natural language semantics (understood broadly) and its application. Relevant areas include (but are not limited to) theoretical aspects of computational semantics, empirical and data-driven approaches, resources, evaluation and applications/tools. *SEM encourages authors to consider ethical aspects of their work, and to address and discuss ethical questions and implications relevant to their research. *SEM also values reproducibility and particularly welcomes submissions that adhere to the reproducibility guidelines as specified here<https://folk.idi.ntnu.no/odderik/reproducibility_guidelines.pdf>. Submission Instructions Submissions must describe unpublished work and be written in English. We solicit both long and short papers. Long papers describe original research and may consist of up to eight (8) pages of content, plus unlimited pages for references. Appendices are allowed after the references, but the paper should be self-contained and reviewers will not be required to check the appendices, if any. 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 describe original focused research and may consist of up to four (4) pages, plus unlimited pages for references. Upon acceptance, short papers will be given five (5) content pages in the proceedings. Authors are encouraged to use this additional page to address reviewers comments in their final versions. Limitations and Ethics Statement sections are allowed and encouraged, but are not mandatory. These sections should be placed after the conclusion and will not count towards the overall page limit. Submissions should follow the ARR formatting requirements<https://github.com/acl-org/acl-style-files>. Submission routes and deadlines *SEM solicits both direct submissions and ACL Rolling Review (ARR) commitments. The deadline for direct submissions is May 30, 2025, and these submissions will be reviewed by the *SEM2025 program committee. ACL Rolling Review (ARR) submissions can be committed to *SEM up to August 22, 2025 (authors of ARR-reviewed papers need to include their OpenReview link with reviews in the submission form). Both types of submissions are made through OpenReview. Direct submission link: https://openreview.net/group?id=aclweb.org/StarSEM/2025/Conference<https://openreview.net/group?id=aclweb.org/StarSEM/2025/Conference> Multiple submission policy: *SEM does not prohibit the submission of work that is under consideration for another venue at the same time as the *SEM review period. However, authors of such papers will be asked to declare this at submission time. Important Dates (All deadlines are 11:59pm UTC-12h, AoE) Direct submission deadline (long & short papers): May 30, 2025 ARR-reviewed submission deadline (long & short papers): August 22, 2025 Notification of acceptance: September 5, 2025 Camera-ready deadline: September 26, 2025 Conference date: TBA (co-located with EMNLP 2025) Following the ACL and ARR policies<https://www.aclweb.org/portal/content/report-acl-committee-anonymity-policy>, there is no anonymity period requirement. Kemal Kurniawan | Research Fellow | (he/him) PhD School of Computing and Information Systems | Faculty of Engineering and IT Level 4, Melbourne Connect, 700 Swanston St The University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010 Australia E: kurniawan.k(a)unimelb.edu.au<mailto:kurniawan.k@unimelb.edu.au>

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Language, Linguistics, and Natural Language Processing - workshop
by Sara Vilar Lluch 20 May '25

20 May '25

Dear All, We are pleased to invite you to the one-day interdisciplinary workshop titled Language, Linguistics, and Natural Language Processing: An Interdisciplinary Approach * Date: 10th June 2025 * Location: Cardiff University (face-to-face; talks will also be made available online) * Registration: the event is free to attend, but registration is required – please book your ticket here<https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/language-linguistics-and-natural-language-pr…> <https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/language-linguistics-and-natural-language-pr…> The workshop will bring together researchers from language and applied linguistics, communication and NLP/computational sciences to explore opportunities for interdisciplinary research and teaching collaborations that account for the technological changes in our everyday and professional communication practices. We will: * Promote discussion and idea generation for interdisciplinary research collaboration * Identify complementary areas of interest and opportunities for joint projects * Build a shared language to promote cross-disciplinary understanding * Identify avenues for collaborative teaching that enhance postgraduate research and transferable skills We invite early career and senior researchers, as well as postgraduate students, of communication-related disciplines and computer sciences to join us for a day of discussions, networking and knowledge exchange activities. Invited speakers: Dr Alistair Baron<https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/scc/about-us/people/alistair-baron> – Lancaster University – Spelling variation: problems, solutions, and analysis. Dr Emma McClaughlin<https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/english/people/emma.mcclaughlin> – The University of Nottingham – Language in Health Contexts: Interdisciplinary Applications of Corpus Linguistics If you are interested in the intersection of language, communication and digital technologies, we hope to see you there! Best wishes, Sara – on behalf of Dawn Knight, Hui Sun, Carla Pérez-Almendros. Dr Sara Vilar-Lluch Lecturer in Language and Linguistics School of English, Communication and Philosophy Cardiff University John Percival Building Column Drive Cardiff CF10 3EG Email: VilarLluchS(a)cardiff.ac.uk<mailto:VilarLluchS@cardiff.ac.uk> Dr Sara Vilar-Lluch Darlithydd mewn laith ac leithyddiaeth Ysgol Saesneg, Cyfathrebu ac Athroniaeth Prifysgol Caerdydd Adeilad John Percival Rhodfa Colum Cardiff CF10 3EG Ebost: VilarLluchS(a)cardiff.ac.uk<mailto:VilarLluchS@cardiff.ac.uk> [cid:3a725877-f008-4e4a-aff7-67f1844f3510]<https://outlook.office.com/bookwithme/user/5c6b57420d584ae3bb80be4c4baca223…> Book time to meet with me<https://outlook.office.com/bookwithme/user/5c6b57420d584ae3bb80be4c4baca223…>

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[CfP] IEEE FedCSIS 2025: "Digital Humanities, Computational Social Sciences and Economics Research (AI-HuSo)"
by Jens Dörpinghaus 20 May '25

20 May '25

Dear all, As the deadline is fast approaching, I would like to inform you about a call for papers for a thematic track at FedCSIS 2025 (IEEE #61123) called "AI in Digital Humanities, Computational Social Sciences and Economics Research (AI-HuSo)". FedCSIS 2025 will be held in Kraków, Poland, 14-17 September 2025. Paper submission (no extensions): 25.05.2025 See https://2025.fedcsis.org/thematic/ai-huso for details. This thematic session is dedicated to the computational study of Social Sciences, Economics and Humanities, including all subjects like, for example, education, labour market, history, religious studies, theology, cultural heritage, and informative predictions for decision-making and behavioural-science perspectives. While digital methods, intelligence systems, and AI have been emerging topics in these fields for several decades, this thematic session is not only limited to discoveries in these domains, but also dedicated to the reflections of these methods and results within the field of computer science. Thus, we are in particular interested in interdisciplinary exchange and dissemination with a clear focus on computational and AI methods for intelligence systems. Since there is a clear methodological overlap between these three domains and often similar algorithms and AI approaches are considered, we see this thematic session as place for interdisciplinary learning, discussing a joint toolbox as a support for scholars from these field with human and context-aware agents. The aim of this thematic session is thus to bridge the gap between scientific domains, foster interdisciplinary exchange and discuss how research questions from other domains challenge current computer science. In particular, we are interested in communications between researchers from different fields of computer science, social sciences, economics, humanities, and practitioners from different fields. Topics ====== The list of topics includes, but is not limited to: - AI and computational approaches for the interdisciplinary work of the social sciences, economics, and humanities: report on theoretical, methodological, experimental, and applied research. - AI and computational approaches for linking data from different digital resources, including online social networks, web and data mining, Knowledge Graphs, Ontologies. - AI and computational methods for text mining and textual analysis, for example texts within social sciences, digital literary studies, computational stylistics and stylometry. - Text encoding, computational linguistics, annotation guidelines, OCR for humanities, economics, and social sciences. - Network analysis, including social and historical network analysis. - Ethical and philosophical considerations of AI in society, education and humanties research In general, the applications of interest are included in the list below, but are not limited to: - Labour market research and qualification, including behavioral-science perspectives. - Education: Digital methods and systems, e-learning, adult education, etc. - Contributions to the application of technology to culture, history, and societal issues: For example, computational text analysis, analytical and visualization, databases, etc. - In particular, we welcome submissions which focus on a critical reflection of digital methods in the humanities, economics and social sciences within computer science. - Linking of digital resources, a discussion of data sets, their quality and reliability, combining quantitative and qualitative data, anonymization and data protection. Contact: ai-huso(a)fedcsis.org Submission rules ================ - Authors should submit their papers as Postscript, PDF or MSWord files. - The total length of a paper should not exceed 12 pages IEEE style (including tables, figures and references). More pages can be added, for an additional fee. IEEE style templates are available here. - Papers will be refereed and accepted on the basis of their scientific merit and relevance to the Topical Area. - Preprints containing accepted papers will be published online. - Only papers presented at the conference will be published in Conference Proceedings and submitted for inclusion in the IEEE Xplore® database. - Conference proceedings will be published in a volume with ISBN, ISSN and DOI numbers and posted at the conference WWW site. - Conference proceedings will be submitted for indexation according to information here. - Organizers reserve right to move accepted papers between FedCSIS Sessions. Extended versions of selected papers presented at the conference may be published in a volume entitled "Advances in Computational Social Sciences: AI, Computational Methods and Applications for the Study of Society", to be published by Springer. In addition, selected papers may be submitted to a special issue of AI entitled "Integrating Data Sources for Smarter Interdisciplinary AI Solutions: Challenges and Opportunities".

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Re: Call for Participation AthNLP 2025 | Application deadline 30 May 2025 | Summer School 4-10 September 2025 | Athens, Greece | NCSR Demokritos Campus
by Georgios Moschovis 20 May '25

20 May '25

Only *10 days left* to apply for AthNLP 2025, taking place at the campus of NCSR Demokritos in Athens, Greece between 4-10 September 2025. Don't miss the chance to be part of the most exciting events in Europe for NLPers, one of the most dynamic research communities nowadays, learn about exciting technologies as LLMs and take the opportunity to present your work in the poster sessions! > Are you passionate NLP and Machine Learning? > > Join us this September in Athens for a week full of lectures, hands-on > sessions, and networking opportunities with top researchers in the > field. AUEB Natural Language Processing Group invites everyone > interested in Natural Language Processing and Machine Learning to > attend the 3rd Athens Natural Language Processing Summer School - > AthNLP 2025! More information can be found at: > https://athnlp.github.io/2025/ > > *Important Dates* > > * Application Deadline: *May 30, 2025* > * Decision: June 10, 2025 > * Registration: June 17, 2025 > * Summer School: September 4-10, 2025 > > Stay tuned – more details about the programme coming soon! > > > > -------- Forwarded Message -------- > Subject: [athnlp2024participants] Call for Participation AthNLP 2025 > | Application deadline 30 May 2025 | Summer School 4-10 September 2025 > | Athens, Greece | NCSR Demokritos Campus > Date: Fri, 2 May 2025 12:19:08 +0000 > From: Athens Natural Language Processing Summer School 2024 > <athnlp2024(a)athenarc.gr> > Reply-To: Athens Natural Language Processing Summer School 2024 > <athnlp2024(a)athenarc.gr> > To: Athens Natural Language Processing Summer School 2024 > <athnlp2024(a)athenarc.gr> > > > > * > AthNLP 2025 - Athens Natural Language Processing Summer School > <https://athnlp.github.io/2025/index.html>* > We invite everyone interested in Natural Language Processing and > Machine Learning to participate in the *3rd Athens Natural Language > Processing Summer School* taking place in *Athens, Greece* *at NCSR > Demokritos Campus* between *4-10 September 2025.* > > *Application Deadline: 30 May 2025* > *Submit your application here: https://athnlp.github.io/2025/cfp.html* > The full programme and list of speakers will be announced soon. > > _Important Dates_ > Application Deadline: *30 May 2025* > Decision announcement: *10 June 2025* > Registration until: *17 June 2025* > Summer School: *4-10 September 2025* > > Following successful editions in 2019 and 2024, *AthNLP 2025* 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*, and *Heriot-Watt University*, in close > collaboration with *LxMLS* (Lisbon, 19–25 July 2025). > > The school focuses on *_machine learning methods for NLP_*, offering: > > Morning lectures on theory > > Afternoon hands-on lab sessions > > Evening research talks, poster sessions, and demos > *Participants will also have the opportunity to present their work in > *poster sessions* throughout the week. > > > *_Target Audience:_* > - Students and researchers in NLP and Computational Linguistics > > Computer scientists with interest in NLP and ML > > Industry professionals seeking deeper understanding of these fields > > ** No prior experience in NLP or ML is required—just basic math and > Python. > > *_Features of AthNLP_*_:_ > * Attendance at the Social Event, daily lunch as well as morning and > afternoon coffee breaks are included in the application fee. > * Lecturers are leading researchers in machine learning and natural > language processing. > * Students will be able to (optionally) show their current work in > poster sessions during coffee breaks. > * In the demo day, students will be able to interact with technical > companies and research institutions working in machine learning. > > > _Fees_ > *300 EUR for students > 400 EUR for University professors or researchers at public Institutes > 500 EUR for everyone else* > > Any questions should be directed to: athnlp2024(a)athenarc.gr > > We are looking forward to your participation! > > /The Organising Committee of AthNLP 202//5/ > > -- > Pelagia Drosaki > > Communication team > Institute of Informatics & Telecommunications > NCSR Demokritos Ag. Paraskevi, Greece > +30 210 650 3197 > www.iit.demokritos.gr <http://www.iit.demokritos.gr/> >

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Second call for papers Sixth Workshop on Resources for African
by Menno Van Zaanen 19 May '25

19 May '25

Second call for papers Sixth Workshop on Resources for African Indigenous Language (RAIL) Co-located with DHASA 2025 https://sadilar.org/rail-2025/ RAIL Workshop date: 10 November 2025 DHASA Conference dates: 10-14 November 2025 Venue: CSIR International Convention Centre. The sixth RAIL workshop website: https://sadilar.org/rail-2025/ DHASA website: https://digitalhumanities.org.za/ The sixth Resources for African Indigenous Languages (RAIL) workshop will be co-located with the Digital Humanities Association of Southern Africa (DHASA) 2025 conference at the CSIR International Convention Centre in Pretoria, South Africa, on 10 November 2025. The RAIL workshop is an interdisciplinary platform for researchers working on African indigenous languages resources such as natural languages processing (NLP) tools, Human Language Technologies (HLT), data collections, and annotations. This workshop aims to foster a scientific community of practice that focuses on computational linguistic tools and data that are designed for or applied to the indigenous languages of Africa. Many African languages are under-resourced while only a few are considered to be somewhat better resourced. These languages often share interesting properties such as writing systems, making them different from most high-resourced languages. From a computational perspective, these languages lack enough corpora to undertake high level development of NLP and HLT tools, which in turn impedes the development of African languages in these areas. During previous workshops, it was noted that the problems and solutions presented were not only applicable to African languages but were also relevant to many other low-resource languages across the world. Because these languages share similar challenges, this workshop provides researchers with opportunities to work collaboratively on issues of language resource development and learn from each other. The RAIL workshop has several aims. First, the workshop brings together researchers who work on African indigenous languages, forming a community of practice for people working on indigenous languages. Second, the workshop aims to reveal currently unknown or unpublished existing resources (corpora, NLP tools, and applications), resulting in a better overview of the current state-of-the-art, and also allows for discussions on novel, desired resources for future research in this area. Third, it enhances sharing of knowledge on the development of low-resource languages. Finally, it enables discussions on how to improve the quality as well as availability of the resources. The workshop has “Language resources in the age of large language models” as its theme, but submissions on any topic related to properties of African indigenous languages (including related non- African languages) may be accepted. Suggested topics include (but are not limited to) the following: * Digital representations of linguistic structures * Descriptions of corpora or other data sets of African indigenous languages * Building resources for (under-resourced) African indigenous languages * Developing and using African indigenous languages in the digital age * Effectiveness of digital technologies for the development of African indigenous languages * Revealing unknown or unpublished existing resources for African indigenous languages * Developing desired resources for African indigenous languages * Improving quality, availability and accessibility of African indigenous language resources Submission requirements: We invite papers on original, unpublished work related to the topics of the workshop. Submissions, presenting completed work, may consist of up to eight (8) pages of content plus additional pages of references. The final camera-ready version of accepted long papers are allowed one additional page of content (up to 9 pages) so that reviewers’ feedback can be incorporated. Papers should be formatted according to the DHASA style sheet which is provided on the Journal of the Digital Humanities Association of Southern Africa website (https://upjournals.up.ac.za/index.php/dhasa/about). Reviewing is double-blind, so make sure to anonymise your submission (e.g., do not provide author names, affiliations, project names, etc.) Limit the amount of self citations (anonymised citations should not be used). The RAIL workshop follows the DHASA submission requirements. Please submit papers in PDF format (the submission link will be available soon). Accepted papers will be published in proceedings linked to the DHASA conference. Important dates: Submission deadline: 14 July 2025 Date of notification: 16 September 2025 Camera ready copy deadline: 24 October 2025 Workshop: 10 November 2025 DHASA conference: 10 November 2025-14 November 2025 Organising Committee Rooweither Mabuya, South African Centre for Digital Language Resources (SADiLaR), South Africa Muzi Matfunjwa, South African Centre for Digital Language Resources (SADiLaR), South Africa Mmasibidi Setaka, South African Centre for Digital Language Resources (SADiLaR), South Africa Menno van Zaanen, South African Centre for Digital Language Resources (SADiLaR), South Africa -- 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. 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Second Call for Interest: DISRPT 2025 Shared Task on Discourse Relation Parsing and Treebanking
by Chloé Braud 19 May '25

19 May '25

🚀 Second Call for Interest: DISRPT 2025 Shared Task on Discourse Relation Parsing and Treebanking. 🛎️ sample data has been released! In conjunction with CODI-CRAC & EMNLP 2025 - Suzhou, China, Nov. 5-9. This year, we are organizing the fourth edition of the DISRPT shared task on discourse processing across formalisms, for a variety of languages and genres, with three subtasks: * Task 1: Discourse segmentation * Task 2: Connective identification * Task 3: Relation classification We will provide training, development and test datasets from (almost) all available languages in RST / eRST, SDRT, PDTB, ISO 24617, and discourse dependencies, using a uniform format. Because different corpora, languages, and frameworks use different guidelines, the shared task will promote the design of flexible methods for dealing with various guidelines, and will help to push forward the discussion of converging standards for discourse units. For datasets which have treebanks, we will evaluate segmentation in two different scenarios: with and without gold syntax. An automatically parsed version is provided for all corpora without a gold parse. This year, the shared task will feature: * The inclusion of more frameworks, with datasets from: RST / eRST, SDRT, PDTB, ISO 24617, and discourse dependencies * The inclusion of new corpora and new languages, some of them kept a surprise! * A unified set of labels for the discourse relations, to make easier the evaluation across datasets * A new constraint: only one multilingual model should be submitted per task, and it should be small! This will make our replication work easier, but more importantly, it will simplify using such a model and test the robustness of your solution. Today, we’re excited to announce the release of the sample data for the DISRPT 2025 Shared Task! You can now access the data, format documentation, and tools on our GitHub 🔗 https://github.com/disrpt/sharedtask2025 The sample covers five discourse frameworks — RST / eRST, PDTB, SDRT, and Discourse Dependencies — across 12 languages: English, Basque, French, Dutch, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Frasi, Chinese, Russian, Turkish, and Thai. We invite researchers and teams interested in participating to register now. Registered participants will be added to our mailing list and receive all future updates. 📅 The full training data will be released on June 16, 2025 — stay tuned! To join the mailing list and stay informed, please email us at: 📧 disrpt_chairs(a)googlegroups.com Let us know you're interested — we’d love to have you on board! **Important dates** * May 16 2025 – Sample data release [NOW] * June 16 2025 – Training data release * July 14 2025 – Test data release * August 1 2025 – System + paper submissions due * September 12 2025 – Notification of acceptance * September 19 2025 – Camera ready papers * November 8-9 2025 – CODI at EMNLP All deadlines are 11.59 pm UTC -12h (AoE, "Anywhere on Earth"). **Information:** Contact the organizers: disrpt_chairs(a)googlegroups.com Official website: https://sites.google.com/view/disrpt2025/ Google group for participants, please join us on: disrpt2025_participants(a)googlegroups.com **Organization:** Peter Bourgonje (Universität Potsdam, Germany) Chloé Braud (CNRS - IRIT, University of Toulouse, France) Chuyuan Li (University of British Columbia, Canada) Janet Yang Liu (LMU Munich, Germany) Philippe Muller (CNRS - University of Toulouse, France) Amir Zeldes (Georgetown University, Washington DC, USA)

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The 24th IFIP Conference e-Business, e-Services, and e-Society (I3E 2025): Last Call for Papers
by Announce 19 May '25

19 May '25

*** Last Call for Papers *** The 24th IFIP Conference e-Business, e-Services, and e-Society (I3E 2025) September 9-11, 2025, 5* St. Raphael Resort and Marina, Limassol, Cyprus https://cyprusconferences.org/i3e2025/ (*** Proceedings to be published by Springer in LNCS ***) (*** Journal Special Issue with Springer's SN Computer Science ***) (*** Submission Deadline Extended to June 2, 2025 ***) Conference theme: “Pervasive digital services for people’s well-being, inclusion and sustainable development” OVERVIEW Next-gen digital services contribute to people’s well-being, inclusion, and sustainable development, re-shaping e-business, e-services, and e-society. Such services are pervasive both since they run on a large variety of heterogeneous devices and they permeate various aspects of daily life, by offering accessible and personalised experiences to all individuals. The proposed theme advocates for the design, implementation and operations of novel digital solutions that satisfy the needs of different individuals, while contributing to their well-being and to preserving the Planet. I3E 2025 will collect contributions about the creation and management of user-centric accessible platforms, applications, and services that empower individuals to live healthier and more fulfilling lives. The proposed theme aims at emphasizing how it is possible to leverage different technologies to address pressing societal challenges such as, for instance, healthcare access, education, poverty alleviation, sustainable usage of resources, and social equity, towards a more inclusive and sustainable future. TOPICS OF INTEREST Areas of particular interest include but are not limited to: e-Business • Innovative e-business models • Inter-organizational systems • Business process integration • Business process re-engineering • e-Marketplaces, e-Hubs and portals • Digital goods and products • User behaviour modeling • Mobile business • Enterprise application integration • e-Negotiations, auctioning and contracting • Supply, demand, and value chains • e-Commerce content management • Dynamic pricing models • Trust and security • Mobile Commerce • Business Intelligence • Business Ontologies and Models • E-Business Models e-Services • e-Service composition • Inter-organizational services • e-Collaboration and e-Services • Service-oriented computing • Web services • Semantic web services • Service workflows • Virtual organizations and coalitions • Virtual enterprises and virtual markets • Web 2.0 applications • Agent-oriented e-Services • P2P co-operation models • Ubiquitous, mobile, and pervasive services • Application service management • Services and service management in the cloud-edge continuum • Next-gen AI services • Enterprise Ontologies • Accessibility • Usability e-Society • e-Government (e.g. G2G, G2B, or G2C) • Digital cities and regions • e-Democracy and e-Governance • e-Inclusion to information society • e-Health and e-Education • Public e-Services for citizens and enterprises • One-stop government service integration • Mobile public services • Multimedia and multilingualism • Digital culture and digital divide • Privacy and security • Legal societal and cultural issues • Public-private partnerships • International dimension of e-Gov • E-society and AI • Digital Transformation • Social Computing • Green Computing • Sustainable Technologies • Humanitarian & Emergency Management • Digital Inclusion • Digital Literacy SUBMISSION Authors should submit original, unpublished research papers. All papers must not simultaneously be submitted to another journal or conference. All accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings. Therefore, submissions should not be under consideration for any other conference or journal outlet. Authors should consult Springer’s authors’ guidelines and use their proceedings templates to prepare their papers (https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-gu…). Authors can submit their proceedings articles using the EasyChair platform. Please use the following link: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=i3e2025 . Length of papers The most common types of papers accepted for publication are full papers (12 pages) and short papers (7 pages). We only wish to publish papers of significant scientific content. Journal Special Issue Authors of selected papers will be invited to submit an extended and revised version of their paper (with at least 30% additional material) for fast-track review and publication in Springer's SN Computer Science (https://link.springer.com/journal/42979). IMPORTANT DATES • Paper Submission: June 2, 2025 (AoE) (*** extended and final! ***) • Author Notification: July 7, 2025 • Camera-Ready: July 14, 2025 • Author Registration: July 14, 2025 ORGANISATION Conference Chair • George A. Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus Conference Co-Chairs • Yogesh K. Dwivedi, Emerging Markets Research Centre (EMaRC) • Georgia Kapitsaki, University of Cyprus • Matti Mäntymäki, University of Turku • Ilias Pappas, Norwegian University of Science and Technology • Marinos Themistocleous, University of Nicosia Program Co-Chairs • Achilleas Achilleos, Frederick University of Cyprus • Stefano Forti, University of Pisa • Angelika Kokkinaki, University of Nicosia

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Save the date: LREC 2026, 11-16 May 2026, Palma de Mallorca (Spain)
by info＠elda.org 16 May '25

16 May '25

[Apologies for multiple postings] ELRA and the LREC 2026 Organisers are happy to announce that the 15th edition of the Language Resources and Evaluation Conference will be held in Palau de Congressos de Palma, Palma de Mallorca (Spain), on 11-16 May 2026. The 3-day main conference will take place on 13-15 May 2026, and it will be accompanied by 3 days of workshops and tutorials to be held in the days immediately before (11-12 May 2026) and after (16 May 2026). The hybrid conference will bring together researchers and practitioners in natural language processing, computational linguistics, speech and multimodality, with special attention to evaluation and the development of resources that support work in these areas. Following the tradition of LREC, the 15th edition will feature grand challenges and provide ample opportunity for participants to exchange information and ideas through both oral presentations and extensive poster sessions, complemented by an exciting social program. The LREC 2026 Organisers

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[CfP] Call for Research & Innovation Papers at SEMANTiCS 2025 - (Extended Deadline: May 20)
by Kossi Amouzouvi 16 May '25

16 May '25

Call for Research & Innovation Papers SEMANTiCS 2025 EU 21st International Conference on Semantic Systems Vienna, Austria September 3 - 5, 2025 Follow us on *Twitter/X* <https://x.com/SemanticsConf>, *LinkedIn* <https://www.linkedin.com/groups/7496190/?highlightedUpdateUrn=urn%3Ali%3Agr…>, and *Bluesky*. <https://bsky.app/profile/semantics-conf.bsky.social> *The submission deadlines for the Research & Innovation Papers have been extended as follows:* - *Abstract Submission Deadline: May 20, 2025* - *Paper Submission Deadline: May 27, 2025 * - *Notification of Acceptance: June 30, 2025 * - *Camera-Ready Paper Deadline: July 18, 2025* *All deadlines are set for 11:59 pm, Anywhere On Earth time (UTC-12)* *Submissions will be through Easychair and the submission link will be provided soon.* Proceedings of SEMANTiCS 2025 EU will be made available *open access*. Research and Innovation Track The SEMANTiCS 2025 conference is excited to invite submissions for the Research and Innovation Track, welcoming groundbreaking research contributions, innovative solutions, and experimental studies relevant to the Semantic Web, Semantic Technologies, and AI-enabled semantics. We also encourage submissions at the intersections of these fields with other scientific and applied disciplines, fostering cross-disciplinary exchange and advancement. Papers should present original work that has not been published or is not under consideration elsewhere. All submissions must adhere to the submission guidelines, including reference formatting and any additional documentation as required. Each submission will undergo a rigorous review process, with at least three independent reviews, evaluating the novelty, technical quality, reproducibility, and practical relevance of the work. Topics of Interest SEMANTiCS 2025 calls for submissions of high-quality research papers across a broad spectrum of topics in Semantic Web, Semantic Technologies, and AI. We are particularly interested in new and emerging trends, especially where semantic technologies intersect with evolving fields such as large language models, explainable AI, and trustworthy data infrastructures. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: - Web Semantics & Linked (Open) Data - Enterprise Knowledge Graphs, Graph Data Management - Machine Learning Techniques for/using Knowledge Graphs (e.g. reinforcement learning, deep learning, data mining and knowledge discovery) - Generative AI and Knowledge Graphs (e.g., Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) with knowledge graph integration, generative model grounding) - Reasoning, Rules, and Policies on RAG - Knowledge Engineering and Management (e.g., knowledge acquisition, extraction, integration, and publication workflows) - Terminology, Thesaurus & Ontology Management, Ontology engineering - Web agents - Natural Language Processing for/using Knowledge Graphs (e.g. entity linking and resolution using target knowledge such as Wikidata and DBpedia, foundation models) - Crowdsourcing for/using Knowledge Graphs - Data Quality Management and Assurance - Mathematical and Logical Foundations of Knowledge-aware AI - Multimodal Knowledge Graphs (e.g., text, image, audio fusion in graph structures) - Semantic-Enhanced Data Science Pipelines and Processes - Semantics in Blockchain environments (e.g., traceability, decentralized knowledge representation) - Trust, Data Privacy, and Security with Semantic Technologies - Internet of Things (IoT), Stream Processing, and Temporal Data Management (e.g., real-time semantic processing and predictive analytics) - Conversational AI and Dialogue Systems powered by Knowledge Graphs - Provenance and Data Change Tracking (e.g., semantic versioning, data updates in distributed settings) - Semantic Interoperability (e.g., cross-domain standards, mapping frameworks, ontology alignment) - Linked Data storage, triple stores, graph databases - Robust, Scalable, and Fault-Tolerant Semantic Data Systems (e.g., distributed querying, optimization) - User Interfaces and Usability of Semantic Technologies (e.g., visualizations, intelligent user interaction) - Explainable and Interoperable AI - Decentralised and Federated Knowledge Graphs (e.g., federated querying, link traversal) Applied Semantic Technologies and AI in Real-World Scenarios, such as, but not limited to: - Biomedicine and Health (e.g., Knowledge Graphs for biomedical applications, AI-driven diagnostics, personalized health) - AI for Environmental and Climate Solutions (e.g., semantic modeling for environmental impact, biodiversity knowledge graphs) - Scientific Knowledge Graphs and Open Science (e.g., FAIR data principles, enhanced scholarly communication) - Semantic Technologies in GLAM (Galleries, Libraries, Archives, and Museums) - Knowledge Graphs and Hybrid AI for Industry 4.0/5.0 and Predictive Maintenance - Digital Humanities and Cultural Heritage Preservation - Legal Technology, AI Ethics, and Regulatory Compliance (e.g., AI and legal frameworks, semantic-enabled compliance with the EU AI Act) - Economics and Governance of Data Ecosystems (e.g., data marketplaces, semantic service interoperability, data policy) Submission Guidelines The Research and Innovation Track at SEMANTiCS 2025 invites both *long* and *short paper submissions*. - *Long papers* should be *12-15 pages* in length (excluding references). These submissions are expected to present comprehensive, mature research findings, including in-depth theoretical or practical insights. - *Short papers* should be a *maximum of 6 pages* (excluding references). These submissions can include preliminary findings, innovative ideas, or position papers that aim to spark discussion and exploration. References are not included in the page count, so authors may add additional pages for relevant citations if needed. This flexibility allows authors to fully reference foundational and related work to strengthen the context and impact of their research. - Submissions should follow the guidelines of IOS Press. Details are available at *https://www.iospress.com/book-article-instructions*. <https://www.iospress.com/book-article-instructions> - Authors need to use the *Word template* <https://www.iospress.com/sites/default/files/media/files/2022-06/ECRC-Autho…> or *LaTeX* <https://vtex-soft.github.io/texsupport.IOS-Book-Article/> template provided by IOS Press. Overleaf users can copy the project *from here* <https://www.overleaf.com/read/gkkspcvjgwxv#563836> (follow instructions in the abstract). - Abstract submission is mandatory for all papers. To aid the review and bidding process, we highly encourage authors to submit structured abstracts. - All papers and abstracts have to be submitted electronically via EasyChair. - Submissions must be in English. - Submissions must adhere to the fair use of Large Language Models. Please refer to the SEMANTiCS *full policy* <https://2025-eu.semantics.cc/page/llm-policy> for more details. - Submissions must be anonymous; the reviewing process is double-blind, but reviewers will be able to disclose their identities if they wish, by signing their reviews. - Accepted papers will be published in open access proceedings by IOS Press, and the text of all the reviews (excluding the scores) of all the accepted papers will be posted on the conference website and will be archived on Zenodo as publicly available material. - At least one author of each accepted paper must present it in person and therefore register for the conference at the ONSITE rate. - All authors are strongly suggested to provide optional links to code, materials, and datasets during the submission process - we will have specific optional fields in the EasyChair submission form - the review process will take these into account when provided. To anonymise resources for the reviewing process, authors can use services like *Anonymous GitHub* <https://anonymous.4open.science/> or figshare/Zenodo as described *here* <https://github.com/dgraziotin/disclose-data-dbr-first-then-opendata?tab=rea…>. - The Research and Innovation Track will not accept papers that, at the time of submission, are under review or have already been published in or accepted for publication in a journal or another conference. - All authors will have the opportunity to provide an ORKG comparison in the Open Research Knowledge Graph (*https://orkg.org* <https://orkg.org>) during the submission process - we will have a specific optional field in the EasyChair submission form. Review and Evaluation Criteria Each submission will be reviewed by at least three Programme Committee members. The reviewing process is double-blind. However, reviewers can disclose their identity by signing their reviews and/or adding one of their persistent identifiers (e.g. their ORCID). The text of all the reviews (excluding the scores) of all the accepted papers will be posted on the conference website with the basic bibliographic metadata of the reviewed submission (i.e. title and authors), and it will be archived on Zenodo as publicly available material. All the signed reviews of the accepted papers will be licensed using a Creative Commons Attribution license (CC-BY, the copyright holder will be the reviewer), except the anonymous ones that will be released in CC0. Papers submitted to this track will be evaluated according to the following criteria: - Appropriateness - Originality, novelty, and innovativeness - Impact of results - Technical quality of the methods - Soundness of the evaluation - Proper comparison to related work - Clarity and quality of writing - Reproducibility of results and resources *We look forward to receiving your contributions!* Research and Innovation Track Chairs Blerina Spahiu (University of Milano-Bicocca, IT) Mehdi Ali (Lamarr Institute & Fraunhofer IAIS, Germany) Kind Regards, On behalf of the organising committee. ========================= Dr. Kossi Amouzouvi ScaDS.AI Dresden/Leipzig, TU Dresden -- DISCLAIMER: The contents of this email and any attachments are confidential. They are intended for the named recipient(s) only. 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Free online FOM@PLAY Erasmus+ Summer School 2025 3-4 June 2025
by PASCUAL FRANCISCO PEREZ PAREDES 16 May '25

16 May '25

Join the FOM@PLAY Erasmus+ Summer School 2025 – Exploring Freedom of Movement through Language and Experience: 3 – 4 June 2025 This free event offers a valuable opportunity to reflect on the meaning of migration and freedom of movement in the European Union today, through the lens of the real experiences of EU citizens living and working across borders. This summer school is a central event of the FOM@PLAY Erasmus+ project<http://www.um.es/fomatplay>, which investigates mobility through the rights, aspirations, and futures of European citizens. A key outcome of this project is a multilingual corpus—in Spanish, French, and Italian—that gathers personal accounts of mobility across Europe. These narratives serve as a rich foundation for exploring how corpus linguistics can illuminate societal challenges, particularly in relation to migration, identity, and EU citizenship. The event brings together students, citizens, and researchers to reflect on the role of language and discourse in shaping understandings of mobility, belonging, and fundamental rights within the EU. Program Highlights: * Testimonies from EU citizens who have experienced cross-border mobility, including the challenges posed by Brexit. * Dialogue spaces, interactive workshops, and creative sessions designed to spark critical thinking and collaborative exploration. * A focus on how language and personal narratives reveal tensions, hopes, and possibilities within the EU’s freedom of movement framework. Early registration is recommended as places are limited: 🔗 Register for online participation: https://casiopea.um.es/cursospe/fom@playerasmus+i1.f Click “Matrícula” Participants will receive an official certificate of attendance. This activity is organized with the support of the Office of Continuing Education at the University of Murcia. If you’re a university lecturer, we’d appreciate you sharing this invitation with students who may find it relevant to their studies or personal interests. More details can be found here: 🔗 https://www.um.es/fomatplay/?page_id=2001 Warm regards, The FOM@PLAY Team University of Murcia Pascual Pérez-Paredes https://webs.um.es/pascualf

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2nd Call for Papers - NLP4Sustain 2025 - Submissions open
by Jakob Prange 16 May '25

16 May '25

Call for Papers: NLP for Sustainability (NLP4Sustain) Workshop 2025 With this workshop, we want to provide an interdisciplinary forum for discussing research, progress, and challenges in the context of NLP and sustainability. We invite submissions about NLP-based analysis of sustainability-related texts, sustainable NLP models and evaluation practices in general. Authors and other participants will engage with each other in a poster session and there will be an interdisciplinary invited talk with an ensuing discussion. We invite technical, survey, and position papers, as long (8 page) or short (4 page) papers (plus references and appendices) written in English and formatted according to the ACL stylesheet. Relevant Topics • analyses and classifications of sustainability-related texts (such as company reports, advertisements, legal texts, …)• generation of explanations, critiques, summaries, … of sustainability-related texts• multimodal models related to sustainability, such as language-vision or climate-impact models• question answering in the sustainability/climate context• sustainable (e.g. small, efficient) NLP models for other applications/domains• sentiment analysis in the sustainability/climate context• media and social media analysis with NLP methods in the sustainability/climate context Important Dates * Tue, 10.06.2025: Paper submission deadline * Fri, 25.07.2025: Acceptance notification * Fri, 15.08.2025: Camera-ready due * Wed, 10.09.2025: Workshop @KONVENS in Hildesheim, Germany (at least one author must be present) Cross-submission and previous reviews If you have reviews from a previous submission cycle (e.g. ARR), you can submit them together with your paper. In this case we may not assign new reviewers but make an acceptance decision based on the reviews you submitted. We recommend including explanations of how you addressed the reviewers' comments. We also invite presentations (without publication) of papers accepted and published elsewhere. This must be indicated at the time of submission (non-archival) and must be allowed by the other venue. If you want to present a paper that will be published elsewhere, you must submit the reviews from that other venue. If you want to submit a paper that was rejected elsewhere for publication at NLP4Sustain, you can optionally submit the reviews from the other venue. The submission page is now open: https://openreview.net/group?id=KONVENS/2025/Workshop/NLP4Sustain For further details, visit our website: https://nlp4sustain.github.io/ If you have any questions, please contact: jakob.prange(a)uni-a.de and/or c.jakob(a)tu-berlin.de -- Dr. Jakob Prange (er/he) Akademischer Rat auf Zeit / Research Associate Chair for Natural Language Understanding & Digital Humanities (Prof. Friedrich) Faculty for Applied Informatics, University of Augsburg https://jakpra.github.io/

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RANLP Student Research Workshop 2025
by Ivelina Nikolova 16 May '25

16 May '25

First Call for Papers --------------------- RANLPStud 2025 [1] Student Research Workshop associated with the International Conference Recent Advances in Natural Language Processing (RANLP 2025 [2]) 8-10 September 2025 Varna, Bulgaria Further to the previous successful and highly competitive Student Research Workshops associated with the conference 'Recent Advances in Natural Language Processing' (RANLP, in 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021 and 2023), we are pleased to announce the ninth edition of the workshop which will be held during the main RANLP 2025 conference days on 8-10 September 2025. The conference and the workshop will take place again at the Black Sea city of Varna, Bulgaria. The International Conference RANLP 2025 [3] would like to invite students at all levels (Bachelor-, Master-, and PhD-students) to present their ongoing or completed work at the Student Research Workshop. We invite two types of student submissions: * Full Papers - unpublished original research of the student. * Short Papers - either a work in progress or a research proposal. The aim of this workshop is to facilitate the exchange of knowledge between young researchers by providing an excellent opportunity to present and discuss their work in progress or completed projects to an international research audience and receive feedback from senior researchers. SUBMISSIONS We invite two types of student submissions: * Full Papers must describe original unpublished work of the student in any topic area of the workshop. Full papers are limited to 8 pages for content, with 2 additional pages for references. * Short Papers may describe either work in progress or a research proposal. They may also be in the style of a position paper that surveys and criticizes existing literature. Short papers must include clear directions for future research. Submissions of this type are limited to 6 pages for content, with 2 additional pages for references. All papers must be submitted in .pdf format through the START system. The papers should follow the format of the main conference, described at the RANLP website [3], All papers must have only student authors. Submissions with non-student authors will not be considered for review. After eventual acceptance of the paper, the authors could add their supervisor(s) in the Acknowledgments Section. The submissions must specify the student's level (Bachelor-, Master-, or PhD) and the type of submission (Full or Short). Double submission Authors may submit the same paper at several conferences. In this case, they must notify the organizers by filling in the corresponding information in the submission form, as well as notifying the contact organizer by email. TOPICS OF INTEREST The aim of this workshop is to facilitate the exchange of knowledge between young researchers by providing an excellent opportunity to present and discuss their work and to receive mentorship and valuable feedback from an international research community. The research to be presented can come from any topic within Natural Language Processing (NLP) and Computational Linguistics, including but not limited to the following: * phonetics, phonology, * morphology; * syntax, semantics, discourse, pragmatics, dialogue, lexicon; * complexity; * mathematical, statistical, machine learning and deep learning models; * language resources and corpora; * crowdsourcing for creation of linguistic resources; * electronic dictionaries, terminologies and ontologies; * sublanguages and controlled languages; * linked data; * POS tagging; * parsing; * semantic role labelling; * word-sense disambiguation; * multiword expressions and computational phraseology; * textual entailment; * anaphora resolution; * temporal processing; * language generation; * speech recognition; * text-to-speech synthesis; * multilingual NLP; * machine translation, translation memory systems and computer-aided translation tools, text simplification and readability estimation; * knowledge acquisition; * information retrieval; * text categorisation; * information extraction; * text summarisation; * terminology extraction; * question answering; * opinion mining and sentiment analysis; * fact checking and fake news; * stance recognition; * hate speech and aggression detection; * author profiling; * dialogue systems; * chatbots and conversational agents; * irony and sarcasm detection; * negation and speculation detection; * computer-aided language learning; * multimodal systems; * language and vision; * NLP for biomedical texts; * NLP for educational applications; * NLP for healthcare; * NLP for financial purposes; * NLP for legal texts; * for the Semantic web; * theoretical and application-orientated papers related to NLP. All accepted papers will be presented at the Student Workshop sessions (oral or poster) during the main conference days: 8-10 September 2025. The articles will be issued in a special Student Session proceedings associated with RANLP and uploaded to the ACL Anthology. IMPORTANT DATES Submission deadline: 05 July 2025 Acceptance notification: 06 August 2025 Camera-ready deadline: 20 August 2025 Workshop: 8 - 10 September 2025 All deadlines are 11:59PM UTC-12:00 ("anywhere on Earth") ORGANISING COMMITTEE Boris Velichkov (Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics and SUMMIT Project, Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski", Bulgaria) Ivelina Nikolova-Koleva (Institute of Information and Communication Technologies, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, and Graphwise, Bulgaria) Milena Slavcheva (Institute of Information and Communication Technologies, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgaria) Contacts: 2025-stud(a)ranlp.org -------------- Ivelina Nikolova-Koleva, PhD Assistant professor at the Artificial Intelligence and Language Technologies Dep., Institute of Information and Communication Technologies, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences & Graphwise Links: ------ [1] https://sites.google.com/view/ranlp-stud-2025/ [2] https://ranlp.org/ranlp2025 [3] http://ranlp.org/ranlp2025/

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[CfP] SEMANTiCS 2025: Call for Research & Innovation Papers (Extended Deadline)
by Beyza Yaman 16 May '25

16 May '25

Call for Research & Innovation Papers SEMANTiCS 2025 EU 21st International Conference on Semantic Systems Vienna, Austria September 3 - 5, 2025 Important Dates: - Abstract Submission Deadline: May 16, 2025 May 20, 2025 - Paper Submission Deadline: May 23, 2025 May 27, 2025 - Notification of Acceptance: June, 27, 2025 June 30, 2025 - Camera-Ready Paper Deadline: July 15, 2025 July 18, 2025 All deadlines are set for 11:59 pm, Anywhere On Earth time (UTC-12) Submissions will be through Easychair and the submission link will be provided soon. Proceedings of SEMANTiCS 2025 EU will be made available open access. Research and Innovation Track The SEMANTiCS 2025 conference is excited to invite submissions for the Research and Innovation Track, welcoming groundbreaking research contributions, innovative solutions, and experimental studies relevant to the Semantic Web, Semantic Technologies, and AI-enabled semantics. We also encourage submissions at the intersections of these fields with other scientific and applied disciplines, fostering cross-disciplinary exchange and advancement. Papers should present original work that has not been published or is not under consideration elsewhere. All submissions must adhere to the submission guidelines, including reference formatting and any additional documentation as required. Each submission will undergo a rigorous review process, with at least three independent reviews, evaluating the novelty, technical quality, reproducibility, and practical relevance of the work. Topics of Interest SEMANTiCS 2025 calls for submissions of high-quality research papers across a broad spectrum of topics in Semantic Web, Semantic Technologies, and AI. We are particularly interested in new and emerging trends, especially where semantic technologies intersect with evolving fields such as large language models, explainable AI, and trustworthy data infrastructures. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: - Web Semantics & Linked (Open) Data - Enterprise Knowledge Graphs, Graph Data Management - Machine Learning Techniques for/using Knowledge Graphs (e.g. reinforcement learning, deep learning, data mining and knowledge discovery) - Generative AI and Knowledge Graphs (e.g., Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) with knowledge graph integration, generative model grounding) - Reasoning, Rules, and Policies on RAG - Knowledge Engineering and Management (e.g., knowledge acquisition, extraction, integration, and publication workflows) - Terminology, Thesaurus & Ontology Management, Ontology engineering - Web agents - Natural Language Processing for/using Knowledge Graphs (e.g. entity linking and resolution using target knowledge such as Wikidata and DBpedia, foundation models) - Crowdsourcing for/using Knowledge Graphs - Data Quality Management and Assurance - Mathematical and Logical Foundations of Knowledge-aware AI - Multimodal Knowledge Graphs (e.g., text, image, audio fusion in graph structures) - Semantic-Enhanced Data Science Pipelines and Processes - Semantics in Blockchain environments (e.g., traceability, decentralized knowledge representation) - Trust, Data Privacy, and Security with Semantic Technologies - Internet of Things (IoT), Stream Processing, and Temporal Data Management (e.g., real-time semantic processing and predictive analytics) - Conversational AI and Dialogue Systems powered by Knowledge Graphs - Provenance and Data Change Tracking (e.g., semantic versioning, data updates in distributed settings) - Semantic Interoperability (e.g., cross-domain standards, mapping frameworks, ontology alignment) - Linked Data storage, triple stores, graph databases - Robust, Scalable, and Fault-Tolerant Semantic Data Systems (e.g., distributed querying, optimization) - User Interfaces and Usability of Semantic Technologies (e.g., visualizations, intelligent user interaction) - Explainable and Interoperable AI - Decentralised and Federated Knowledge Graphs (e.g., federated querying, link traversal) Applied Semantic Technologies and AI in Real-World Scenarios, such as, but not limited to: - Biomedicine and Health (e.g., Knowledge Graphs for biomedical applications, AI-driven diagnostics, personalized health) - AI for Environmental and Climate Solutions (e.g., semantic modeling for environmental impact, biodiversity knowledge graphs) - Scientific Knowledge Graphs and Open Science (e.g., FAIR data principles, enhanced scholarly communication) - Semantic Technologies in GLAM (Galleries, Libraries, Archives, and Museums) - Knowledge Graphs and Hybrid AI for Industry 4.0/5.0 and Predictive Maintenance - Digital Humanities and Cultural Heritage Preservation - Legal Technology, AI Ethics, and Regulatory Compliance (e.g., AI and legal frameworks, semantic-enabled compliance with the EU AI Act) - Economics and Governance of Data Ecosystems (e.g., data marketplaces, semantic service interoperability, data policy) Submission Guidelines The Research and Innovation Track at SEMANTiCS 2025 invites both long and short paper submissions. - Long papers should be 12-15 pages in length (excluding references). These submissions are expected to present comprehensive, mature research findings, including in-depth theoretical or practical insights. - Short papers should be a maximum of 6 pages (excluding references). These submissions can include preliminary findings, innovative ideas, or position papers that aim to spark discussion and exploration. References are not included in the page count, so authors may add additional pages for relevant citations if needed. This flexibility allows authors to fully reference foundational and related work to strengthen the context and impact of their research. - Submissions should follow the guidelines of IOS Press. Details are available at https://www.iospress.com/book-article-instructions. - Authors need to use the Word template <https://www.iospress.com/sites/default/files/media/files/2022-06/ECRC-Autho…> or LaTeX <https://vtex-soft.github.io/texsupport.IOS-Book-Article/> template provided by IOS Press. Overleaf users can copy the project from here <https://www.overleaf.com/read/gkkspcvjgwxv#563836> (follow instructions in the abstract). - Abstract submission is mandatory for all papers. To aid the review and bidding process, we highly encourage authors to submit structured abstracts. - All papers and abstracts have to be submitted electronically via EasyChair. - Submissions must be in English. - Submissions must adhere to the fair use of Large Language Models. Please refer to the SEMANTiCS full policy <https://2025-eu.semantics.cc/page/llm-policy> for more details. - Submissions must be anonymous; the reviewing process is double-blind, but reviewers will be able to disclose their identities if they wish, by signing their reviews. - Accepted papers will be published in open access proceedings by IOS Press, and the text of all the reviews (excluding the scores) of all the accepted papers will be posted on the conference website and will be archived on Zenodo <https://zenodo.org/> as publicly available material. - At least one author of each accepted paper must present it in person and therefore register for the conference at the ONSITE rate. - All authors are strongly suggested to provide optional links to code, materials, and datasets during the submission process - we will have specific optional fields in the EasyChair submission form - the review process will take these into account when provided. To anonymise resources for the reviewing process, authors can use services like Anonymous GitHub <https://anonymous.4open.science/> or figshare/Zenodo as described here <https://github.com/dgraziotin/disclose-data-dbr-first-then-opendata?tab=rea…> . - The Research and Innovation Track will not accept papers that, at the time of submission, are under review or have already been published in or accepted for publication in a journal or another conference. - All authors will have the opportunity to provide an ORKG comparison in the Open Research Knowledge Graph (https://orkg.org) during the submission process - we will have a specific optional field in the EasyChair submission form. Review and Evaluation Criteria Each submission will be reviewed by at least three Programme Committee members. The reviewing process is double-blind. However, reviewers can disclose their identity by signing their reviews and/or adding one of their persistent identifiers (e.g. their ORCID). The text of all the reviews (excluding the scores) of all the accepted papers will be posted on the conference website with the basic bibliographic metadata of the reviewed submission (i.e. title and authors), and it will be archived on Zenodo as publicly available material. All the signed reviews of the accepted papers will be licensed using a Creative Commons Attribution license (CC-BY, the copyright holder will be the reviewer), except the anonymous ones that will be released in CC0. Papers submitted to this track will be evaluated according to the following criteria: - Appropriateness - Originality, novelty, and innovativeness - Impact of results - Technical quality of the methods - Soundness of the evaluation - Proper comparison to related work - Clarity and quality of writing - Reproducibility of results and resources We look forward to receiving your contributions! Research and Innovation Track Chairs Blerina Spahiu (University of Milano-Bicocca, IT) Mehdi Ali (Lamarr Institute & Fraunhofer IAIS, Germany) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- On behalf of the Organising Committee, Dr. Beyza Yaman, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland

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Universal Dependencies, release 2.16
by Dan Zeman 15 May '25

15 May '25

We are very happy to announce the twenty-second release of annotated treebanks in Universal Dependencies, v2.16, available at https://universaldependencies.org/. Universal Dependencies is a project that seeks to develop cross-linguistically consistent treebank annotation for many languages with the goal of facilitating multilingual parser development, cross-lingual learning, and parsing research from a language typology perspective (de Marneffe et al., 2021; Nivre et al., 2020). The annotation scheme is based on (universal) Stanford dependencies (de Marneffe et al., 2006, 2008, 2014), Google universal part-of-speech tags (Petrov et al., 2012), and the Interset interlingua for morphosyntactic tagsets (Zeman, 2008). The general philosophy is to provide a universal inventory of categories and guidelines to facilitate consistent annotation of similar constructions across languages, while allowing language-specific extensions when necessary. The *319* treebanks in v2.16 are annotated according to version 2 of the UD guidelines and represent the following *179* languages: Abaza, Abkhaz, Afrikaans, Akkadian, Akuntsu, Albanian, Alemannic, Amharic, Ancient Greek, Ancient Hebrew, Apurina, Arabic, Armenian, Assyrian, Azerbaijani, Bambara, Basque, Bavarian, Beja, Belarusian, Bengali, Bhojpuri, Bokota, Bororo, Breton, Bulgarian, Buryat, Cantonese, Cappadocian, Catalan, Cebuano, Chinese, Chukchi, Classical Armenian, Classical Chinese, Coptic, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Egyptian, English, Erzya, Esperanto, Estonian, Faroese, Finnish, French, Frisian Dutch, Galician, Georgian, German, Gheg, Gothic, Greek, Guajajara, Guarani, Gujarati, Gwichin, Haitian Creole, Hausa, Hebrew, Highland Puebla Nahuatl, Hindi, Hittite, Hungarian, Icelandic, Ika, Indonesian, Irish, Italian, Japanese, Javanese, Kaapor, Kangri, Karelian, Karo, Kazakh, Khoekhoe, Khunsari, Kiche, Komi Permyak, Komi Zyrian, Korean, Kurmanji, Kyrgyz, Latgalian, Latin, Latvian, Ligurian, Lithuanian, Livvi, Low Saxon, Luxembourgish, Macedonian, Madi, Maghrebi Arabic French, Makurap, Malayalam, Maltese, Manx, Marathi, Mbya Guarani, Middle French, Moksha, Munduruku, Naga, Naija, Nayini, Neapolitan, Nenets, Nheengatu, North Sami, Northwest Gbaya, Norwegian, Occitan, Odia, Old Church Slavonic, Old East Slavic, Old English, Old French, Old Irish, Old Turkish, Ottoman Turkish, Pashto, Paumari, Persian, Pesh, Phrygian, Polish, Pomak, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Sanskrit, Scottish Gaelic, Serbian, Sindhi, Sinhala, Skolt Sami, Slovak, Slovenian, Soi, South Levantine Arabic, Spanish, Spanish Sign Language, Swedish, Swedish Sign Language, Tagalog, Tamil, Tatar, Teko, Telugu, Telugu English, Thai, Tswana, Tupinamba, Turkish, Turkish English, Turkish German, Ukrainian, Umbrian, Upper Sorbian, Urdu, Uyghur, Uzbek, Veps, Vietnamese, Warlpiri, Welsh, Western Armenian, Western Sierra Puebla Nahuatl, Wolof, Xavante, Xibe, Yakut, Yoruba, Yupik and Zaar. The 179 languages belong to *35* families: Afro-Asiatic, Arawakan, Arawan, Austro-Asiatic, Austronesian, Basque, Bororoan, Chibchan, Chukotko-Kamchatkan, Code switching, Constructed, Creole, Dravidian, Eskimo-Aleut, Indo-European, Japanese, Kartvelian, Khoe-Kwadi, Korean, Macro-Je, Mande, Mayan, Mongolic, Na-Dene, Niger-Congo, Northwest Caucasian, Pama-Nyungan, Sign Language, Sino-Tibetan, Tai-Kadai, Tungusic, Tupian, Turkic, Uralic and Uto-Aztecan. Depending on the language, the treebanks range in size from less than 1,000 tokens to over 3 million tokens. We expect the next release to be available in November 2025. The size of the following 48 treebanks changed significantly since the last release: Abkhaz AbNC : 6363 → 9652 Alemannic UZH : 0 → 1444 Ancient Hebrew PTNK : 39036 → 90770 Azerbaijani TueCL : 663 → 912 Bokota ChibErgIS : 0 → 2713 Bororo BDT : 6993 → 160356 Classical Armenian CAVaL : 88009 → 99663 Coptic Bohairic : 0 → 32724 Czech PDT : 1506486 → 0 Czech PDTC : 0 → 3440052 Egyptian UJaen : 14650 → 21927 English CHILDES : 0 → 226470 English GUM : 211920 → 233926 English LinES : 94217 → 106305 Esperanto Cairo : 0 → 177 Esperanto Prago : 0 → 839 French ALTS : 0 → 43832 Georgian GNC : 0 → 18747 Greek Cretan : 0 → 4351 Greek Lesbian : 0 → 3333 Haitian Creole Adolphe : 0 → 71734 Ika ChibErgIS : 0 → 3706 Khoekhoe KDT : 0 → 29007 Korean KSL : 66989 → 108072 Korean LittlePrince : 0 → 13656 Kyrgyz TueCL : 1001 → 1250 Latin CIRCSE : 18968 → 24899 Middle French PROFITEROLE: 12025 → 68454 Naga Suansu : 0 → 3123 Neapolitan RB : 10 → 199 Nenets Tundra : 0 → 651 Nheengatu CompLin : 19278 → 21813 Northwest Gbaya Autogramm: 2417 → 2693 Occitan CorAG : 0 → 37585 Occitan TTB : 0 → 25619 Odia ODTB : 0 → 1029 Old English Cairo : 0 → 171 Ottoman Turkish DUDU : 813 → 10287 Pashto Sikaram : 995 → 2515 Pesh ChibErgIS : 2508 → 4275 Russian Taiga : 197001 → 1758939 Sindhi Isra : 0 → 15741 Swedish LinES : 90961 → 102538 Turkish English BUTR : 0 → 393 Turkish TueCL : 0 → 904 Ukrainian ParlaMint : 51997 → 84189 Uzbek TueCL : 0 → 939 Xavante XDT : 1740 → 2234 In total, the new release contains *2,263,318* sentences, 36437487 surface tokens and *37,158,675* syntactic words. Daniel Zeman, Joakim Nivre, Mitchell Abrams, Elia Ackermann, Jephtey Adolphe, Noëmi Aepli, Hamid Aghaei, Željko Agić, Amir Ahmadi, Lars Ahrenberg, Chika Kennedy Ajede, Arofat Akhundjanova, Furkan Akkurt, Gabrielė Aleksandravičiūtė, Ika Alfina, Avner Algom, Khalid Alnajjar, Chiara Alzetta, Antonios Anastasopoulos, Erik Andersen, Matthew Andrews, Lene Antonsen, Tatsuya Aoyama, Katya Aplonova, Angelina Aquino, Carolina Aragon, Glyd Aranes, Maria Jesus Aranzabe, Bilge Nas Arıcan, Þórunn Arnardóttir, Gashaw Arutie, Jessica Naraiswari Arwidarasti, Masayuki Asahara, Katla Ásgeirsdóttir, Deniz Baran Aslan, Cengiz Asmazoğlu, Luma Ateyah, Furkan Atmaca, Mohammed Attia, Aitziber Atutxa, Liesbeth Augustinus, Mariana Avelãs, Elena Badmaeva, Jana Bajorat, Keerthana Balasubramani, Miguel Ballesteros, Esha Banerjee, Sebastian Bank, Bryan Khelven da Silva Barbosa, Verginica Barbu Mititelu, Starkaður Barkarson, Rodolfo Basile, Victoria Basmov, Colin Batchelor, John Bauer, Seyyit Talha Bedir, Shabnam Behzad, Juan Belieni, Alevtina Bémová, Kepa Bengoetxea, İbrahim Benli, Yifat Ben Moshe, Marie Benzerrak, Ansu Berg, Gözde Berk, Riyaz Ahmad Bhat, Erica Biagetti, Eckhard Bick, Agnė Bielinskienė, Esma Fatıma Bilgin Taşdemir, Helin Binici, Kristín Bjarnadóttir, Verena Blaschke, Rogier Blokland, Nina Böbel, Victoria Bobicev, Loïc Boizou, Stavros Bompolas, Johnatan Bonilla, Emanuel Borges Völker, Carl Börstell, Cristina Bosco, Gosse Bouma, Sam Bowman, Adriane Boyd, Anouck Braggaar, António Branco, Myriam Bras, Kristina Brokaitė, Lanni Bu, Eva Buráňová, Aljoscha Burchardt, Carmen Cabeza, Natalia Cáceres Arandia, Marisa Campos, Marie Candito, Bernard Caron, Gauthier Caron, Catarina Carvalheiro, Rita Carvalho, Lauren Cassidy, Maria Clara Castro, Sérgio Castro, Tatiana Cavalcanti, Gülşen Cebiroğlu Eryiğit, Flavio Massimiliano Cecchini, Giuseppe G. A. Celano, Anila Çepani, Slavomír Čéplö, Neslihan Cesur, Savas Cetin, Özlem Çetinoğlu, Fabricio Chalub, Liyanage Chamila, Claudine Chamoreau, Shweta Chauhan, Yifei Chen, Ethan Chi, Taishi Chika, Yongseok Cho, Jinho Choi, Bermet Chontaeva, Jayeol Chun, Juyeon Chung, Alessandra T. Cignarella, Silvie Cinková, Aurélie Collomb, Çağrı Çöltekin, Miriam Connor, Claudia Corbetta, Daniela Corbetta, Francisco Costa, Marine Courtin, Benoît Crabbé, Mihaela Cristescu, Vladimir Cvetkoski, Netanel Dahan, Ingerid Løyning Dale, Philemon Daniel, Khensa Daoudi, Bijayalaxmi Dash, Satya Ranjan Dash, Elizabeth Davidson, Leonel Figueiredo de Alencar, Mathieu Dehouck, Martina de Laurentiis, Marie-Catherine de Marneffe, Ahmet Demir, Valeria de Paiva, Mehmet Oguz Derin, Elvis de Souza, Arantza Diaz de Ilarraza, Roberto Antonio Díaz Hernández, Carly Dickerson, Ariani Di Felippo, Arawinda Dinakaramani, Elisa Di Nuovo, Bamba Dione, Peter Dirix, Hoa Do, Kaja Dobrovoljc, Caroline Döhmer, Adrian Doyle, Timothy Dozat, Kira Droganova, Magali Sanches Duran, Puneet Dwivedi, Christian Ebert, Hanne Eckhoff, Masaki Eguchi, Sandra Eiche, Roald Eiselen, Marhaba Eli, Ali Elkahky, Binyam Ephrem, Olga Erina, Tomaž Erjavec, Louise Esher, Soudabeh Eslami, Farah Essaidi, Aline Etienne, Wograine Evelyn, Sidney Facundes, Richárd Farkas, Ján Faryad, Federica Favero, Jannatul Ferdaousi, Marília Fernanda, Hector Fernandez Alcalde, Amal Fethi, Jennifer Foster, Barbara Francioni, Theodorus Fransen, Cláudia Freitas, Kazunori Fujita, Katarína Gajdošová, Daniel Galbraith, Edith Galy, Federica Gamba, Marcos Garcia, José María García-Miguel, Moa Gärdenfors, Tanja Gaustad, Efe Eren Genç, Fabrício Ferraz Gerardi, Kim Gerdes, Luke Gessler, Filip Ginter, Gustavo Godoy, Iakes Goenaga, Koldo Gojenola, Memduh Gökırmak, Yoav Goldberg, Gili Goldin, Xavier Gómez Guinovart, Berta González Saavedra, Bernadeta Griciūtė, Matias Grioni, Loïc Grobol, Normunds Grūzītis, Bruno Guillaume, Kirian Guiller, Céline Guillot-Barbance, Tunga Güngör, Vladimir Gurevich, Nizar Habash, Hinrik Hafsteinsson, Michael Hahn, Jan Hajič, Jan Hajič jr., Eva Hajičová, Mika Hämäläinen, Linh Hà Mỹ, Na-Rae Han, Muhammad Yudistira Hanifmuti, Takahiro Harada, Sam Hardwick, Kim Harris, Naïma Hassert, Dag Haug, Jiří Havelka, Johannes Heinecke, Oliver Hellwig, Felix Hennig, Barbora Hladká, Jaroslava Hlaváčová, Florinel Hociung, Diana Hoefels, Petter Hohle, Nick Howell, Yidi Huang, Marivel Huerta Mendez, Jena Hwang, Takumi Ikeda, Inessa Iliadou, Anton Karl Ingason, Radu Ion, Elena Irimia, Ọlájídé Ishola, Artan Islamaj, Kaoru Ito, Federica Iurescia, Jessica K. Ivani, Sandra Jagodzińska, Siratun Jannat, Tomáš Jelínek, Apoorva Jha, Katharine Jiang, Sylvanus Job, Mayank Jobanputra, Anders Johannsen, Hildur Jónsdóttir, Fredrik Jørgensen, Zhuoxuan Ju, Markus Juutinen, Hüner Kaşıkara, Nadezhda Kabaeva, Sylvain Kahane, Hiroshi Kanayama, Jenna Kanerva, Neslihan Kara, Ritván Karahóǧa, Jiří Kárník, Andre Kåsen, Tolga Kayadelen, Sarveswaran Kengatharaiyer, Václava Kettnerová, Lilit Kharatyan, Jesse Kirchner, Elena Klementieva, Elena Klyachko, Petr Kocharov, Arne Köhn, Abdullatif Köksal, Veronika Kolářová, Kamil Kopacewicz, Timo Korkiakangas, Mehmet Köse, Alexey Koshevoy, Nelda Kote, Natalia Kotsyba, Barbara Kovačić, Jolanta Kovalevskaitė, Emmanuelle Kowner, Simon Krek, Parameswari Krishnamurthy, Sandra Kübler, Lucie Kučová, Adrian Kuqi, Oğuzhan Kuyrukçu, Aslı Kuzgun, Sookyoung Kwak, Kris Kyle, Käbi Laan, Veronika Laippala, Lorenzo Lambertino, Israel Landau, Tatiana Lando, Septina Dian Larasati, Pierre Larrivée, Alexei Lavrentiev, John Lee, Phương Lê Hồng, Alessandro Lenci, Saran Lertpradit, Herman Leung, Maria Levina, Lauren Levine, Cheuk Ying Li, Josie Li, Keying Li, Yixuan Li, Yuan Li, KyungTae Lim, Bruna Lima Padovani, Yi-Ju Jessica Lin, Krister Lindén, Yang Janet Liu, Zoey Liu, Nikola Ljubešić, Irina Lobzhanidze, Olga Loginova, Markéta Lopatková, Lucelene Lopes, Edita Luftiu, Arsenii Lukashevskyi, Stefano Lusito, Anne-Marie Lutgen, Andry Luthfi, Mikko Luukko, Olga Lyashevskaya, Teresa Lynn, Vivien Macketanz, Menel Mahamdi, Jean Maillard, Ilya Makarchuk, Aibek Makazhanov, Francesco Mambrini, Michael Mandl, Christopher Manning, Ruli Manurung, Büşra Marşan, Cătălina Mărănduc, David Mareček, Katrin Marheinecke, Stella Markantonatou, Héctor Martínez Alonso, Lorena Martín Rodríguez, André Martins, Cláudia Martins, Jan Mašek, Hiroshi Matsuda, Yuji Matsumoto, Alessandro Mazzei, Ryan McDonald, Sarah McGuinness, Maitrey Mehta, Pierre André Ménard, Gustavo Mendonça, Hilla Merhav, Tatiana Merzhevich, Paul Meurer, Niko Miekka, Marie Mikulová, Emilia Milano, Aleksandra Miletić, Aaron Miller, Junghyun Min, Yael Minerbi, Jiří Mírovský, Karina Mischenkova, Anna Missilä, Cătălin Mititelu, Maria Mitrofan, Yusuke Miyao, Biswakalpita Mohapatra, AmirHossein Mojiri Foroushani, Judit Molnár, Amirsaeid Moloodi, Simonetta Montemagni, Amir More, Laura Moreno Romero, Giovanni Moretti, Shinsuke Mori, Tomohiko Morioka, Shigeki Moro, Bjartur Mortensen, Bohdan Moskalevskyi, Kadri Muischnek, Robert Munro, Yugo Murawaki, Nikolett Mus, Kaili Müürisep, Pinkey Nainwani, Mariam Nakhlé, Juan Ignacio Navarro Horñiacek, Anna Nedoluzhko, Gunta Nešpore-Bērzkalne, Manuela Nevaci, Lương Nguyễn Thị, Huyền Nguyễn Thị Minh, Yoshihiro Nikaido, Vitaly Nikolaev, Rattima Nitisaroj, Victor Norrman, Alireza Nourian, Michal Novák, Maria das Graças Volpe Nunes, Hanna Nurmi, Stina Ojala, Atul Kr. Ojha, Hulda Óladóttir, Adédayọ̀ Olúòkun, Mai Omura, Emeka Onwuegbuzia, Noam Ordan, Petya Osenova, Robert Östling, Annika Ott, Lilja Øvrelid, Masanori Oya, Şaziye Betül Özateş, Merve Özçelik, Arzucan Özgür, Balkız Öztürk Başaran, Teresa Paccosi, Petr Pajas, Alessio Palmero Aprosio, Jarmila Panevová, Anastasia Panova, Thiago Alexandre Salgueiro Pardo, Shantipriya Parida, Hyunji Hayley Park, Niko Partanen, Elena Pascual, Marco Passarotti, Agnieszka Patejuk, Guilherme Paulino-Passos, Giulia Pedonese, Oggi Peeters, Angelika Peljak-Łapińska, Siyao Peng, Siyao Logan Peng, Rita Pereira, Sílvia Pereira, Cenel-Augusto Perez, Natalia Perkova, Guy Perrier, Slav Petrov, Daria Petrova, Andrea Peverelli, Jason Phelan, Claudel Pierre-Louis, Jussi Piitulainen, Yuval Pinter, Clara Pinto, Rodrigo Pintucci, Tommi A Pirinen, Emily Pitler, Magdalena Plamada, Barbara Plank, Alistair Plum, Thierry Poibeau, Larisa Ponomareva, Martin Popel, Clamença Poujade, Lauma Pretkalniņa, Rigardt Pretorius, Sophie Prévost, Prokopis Prokopidis, Adam Przepiórkowski, Robert Pugh, Tiina Puolakainen, Christoph Purschke, Sampo Pyysalo, Peng Qi, Andreia Querido, Andriela Rääbis, Ella Rabinovich, Alexandre Rademaker, Mutee-u Rahman, Mizanur Rahoman, Taraka Rama, Loganathan Ramasamy, Carlos Ramisch, Joana Ramos, Fam Rashel, Mohammad Sadegh Rasooli, Vinit Ravishankar, Livy Real, Petru Rebeja, Siva Reddy, Mathilde Regnault, Georg Rehm, Arij Riabi, Ivan Riabov, Michael Rießler, Erika Rimkutė, Larissa Rinaldi, Laura Rituma, Putri Rizqiyah, Luisa Rocha, Eiríkur Rögnvaldsson, Ivan Roksandic, Norton Trevisan Roman, Mykhailo Romanenko, Natalia Romanova, Rudolf Rosa, Valentin Roșca, Paulette Roulon, Davide Rovati, Ben Rozonoyer, Olga Rudina, Jack Rueter, Paolo Ruffolo, Kristján Rúnarsson, Rozana Rushiti, Shoval Sadde, Pegah Safari, Aleksi Sahala, Kalyanamalini Sahoo, Saraswati Sahoo, Shadi Saleh, Alessio Salomoni, Tanja Samardžić, Konstantinos Sampanis, Stephanie Samson, Xulia Sánchez-Rodríguez, Manuela Sanguinetti, Ezgi Sanıyar, Dage Särg, Marta Sartor, Albina Sarymsakova, Mitsuya Sasaki, Baiba Saulīte, Agata Savary, Yanin Sawanakunanon, Shefali Saxena, Kevin Scannell, Salvatore Scarlata, Emmanuel Schang, Nathan Schneider, Sebastian Schuster, Lane Schwartz, Djamé Seddah, Wolfgang Seeker, Sven Sellmer, Mojgan Seraji, Magda Ševčíková, Petr Sgall, Syeda Shahzadi, Mo Shen, Atsuko Shimada, Gyu-Ho Shin, Hiroyuki Shirasu, Yana Shishkina, Muh Shohibussirri, Maria Shvedova, Jean Sibille, Janine Siewert, Einar Freyr Sigurðsson, João Silva, Aline Silveira, Natalia Silveira, Sara Silveira, Maria Simi, Radu Simionescu, Katalin Simkó, Mária Šimková, Haukur Barri Símonarson, Kiril Simov, Dmitri Sitchinava, Ted Sither, Aaron Smith, Isabela Soares-Bastos, Per Erik Solberg, Dolores Sollberger, Barbara Sonnenhauser, Shafi Sourov, Nina Speransky, Rachele Sprugnoli, Vivian Stamou, Steinþór Steingrímsson, Antonio Stella, Jan Štěpánek, Barbora Štěpánková, Abishek Stephen, Milan Straka, Omer Strass, Emmett Strickland, Jana Strnadová, Alane Suhr, Yogi Lesmana Sulestio, Umut Sulubacak, Hakyung Sung, Shingo Suzuki, Daniel Swanson, Zsolt Szántó, Chihiro Taguchi, Dima Taji, Luigi Talamo, Fabio Tamburini, Mary Ann C. 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May 2025 Newsletter - LDC
by Penn LDC 15 May '25

15 May '25

In this newsletter: New publications: BOLT CTS CALLFRIEND CALLHOME Mandarin Chinese Audio<https://catalog.ldc.upenn.edu/LDC2025S04> BOLT CTS CALLFRIEND CALLHOME Mandarin Chinese Transcripts and Translations<https://catalog.ldc.upenn.edu/LDC2025T05> ________________________________ New publications: BOLT CTS CALLFRIEND CALLHOME Mainland Mandarin Chinese Audio<https://catalog.ldc.upenn.edu/LDC2025S04> was developed by LDC and consists of 93 hours of speech from 236 unscripted telephone conversations between native speakers of the Mandarin Chinese dialect spoken in mainland China. The calls were collected by LDC in the CALLFRIEND and CALLHOME series where participants called family members or close friends and spoke on topics of their choice. Around 60% of the recordings (141 calls) are publicly released for the first time. The remaining 95 recordings were previously published by LDC in various CALLFRIEND, CALLHOME, and HUB5 Mandarin datasets. The data is divided into training, development, and evaluation partitions. The DARPA BOLT (Broad Operational Language Translation) program developed machine translation and information retrieval for less formal genres, focusing particularly on user-generated content. LDC supported the BOLT program by collecting informal data sources -- discussion forums, conversational telephone speech, text messaging, and chat -- in Chinese, Egyptian Arabic, and English. The material in this release represents the unannotated Chinese source conversational telephone speech. The telephone data was transcribed, translated, and annotated for various tasks in the BOLT program including word alignment, treebanking, and co-reference. 2025 members can access this corpus through their LDC accounts. Non-members may license this data for a fee. * BOLT CTS CALLFRIEND CALLHOME Mainland Mandarin Chinese Transcripts and Translations<https://catalog.ldc.upenn.edu/LDC2025T05> contains transcripts and corresponding English translations for the conversational telephone speech in BOLT CTS CALLFRIEND CALLHOME Mandarin Chinese Audio<https://catalog.ldc.upenn.edu/LDC2025S04> and was developed by LDC to support the DARPA BOLT program. Transcribers were required to produce a verbatim transcript of all speech within a file using simplified Chinese orthography and to add minimal markup to capture salient features of the speech. Some transcripts include redactions for potential personally identifying information. All speech data was transcribed and is divided into training, development, and evaluation partitions. The goal of the BOLT translation task was to translate the Chinese transcripts into fluent English while preserving the meaning present in the original Chinese text. Transcripts in the development and evaluation partitions received first pass and gold standard translations. 89% of the transcripts were translated into English. 2025 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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Open Positions: Phd Candidate and PostDoc in Project on Multilingual Tokenization
by Beinborn, Lisa 15 May '25

15 May '25

We have open positions in a new 3-year project on multilingual tokenization. It is a collaboration between Miryam de Lhoneux (Leuven, Belgium) and Lisa Beinborn (Göttingen, Germany) funded jointly by FWO and DFG. Application deadline is June 6th, positions remain open until filled. For more information see: PhD candidate position in Göttingen: https://www.uni-goettingen.de/de/644546.html?&details=3091 PostDoc position in Belgium: https://www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jobsite/jobs/60477935 We are looking forward to your applications. Best regards, Lisa Beinborn ------------------------------------------------- Prof. Dr. Lisa Beinborn Human-Centered Data Science https://www.uni-goettingen.de/huds Institute for Computer Science University of Göttingen -------------------------------------------------

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Curricular internship on Evaluating LLMs @FBK - Trento - Italy
by Leonardo Sanna 15 May '25

15 May '25

Looking for an internship or a cool thesis topic? The IDA Research Group - FBK <https://ida.fbk.eu/> is looking for a brilliant young student to join us for a *curricular internship* on evaluating Large Language Models! You can see more information on the dedicated page <https://jobs.fbk.eu/Annunci/Offerte_di_lavoro_Large_Language_Models_Evaluat…> . Remote/Hybrid work might be considered. We welcome both students from the humanities and the computer science area. Examples, but not limited to, include: - Linguistics - Communication Sciences - Philosophy of Language - Artificial Intelligence - Data Science - Natural Language Processing - Information Retrieval Proficiency in both Italian and English is required, with fluency in at least one language (C1) and a good working knowledge of the other (B1). Knowledge of other languages is a plus. Feel free to drop me an email if you have any questions. You can apply on the website <https://jobs.fbk.eu/Annunci/Offerte_di_lavoro_Large_Language_Models_Evaluat…> or send me your CV if you prefer. -- *Leonardo Sanna* Researcher | *Intelligent Digital Agents (IDA) Research Group* Via Sommarive 18, 38123, Povo, Trento, Italy Tel. / Whatsapp +39 3516760260 -- -- 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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LeWiDi: Shared task on Learning With Disagreement
by Casola, Silvia 15 May '25

15 May '25

LeWiDi: Shared task on Learning With Disagreement We'd like to invite researchers in disagreement and variation to participate in the third edition of the LeWidi shared tasks held in conjunction with the NLPerspectives workshop at the EMNLP conference in Suzhou, China. The LeWiDi series is positioned within the growing body of research that questions the practice of label harmonization and the reliance on a single ground truth in AI and NLP. This year's shared task challenges participants to leverage both instance-level disagreement and annotator-level information in classification. The proposed tasks include ones that address disagreement in both generation and labeling—with a dataset for Natural Language Inference (NLI) and another for paraphrase detection—as well as subjective tasks, including irony and sarcasm detection. ==== Subtasks and datasets ==== Participants will be able to submit to subtasks exploring different types of disagreement through dedicated datasets: 1. The Conversational Sarcasm corpus (CSC) – a dataset of context+response pairs rated for sarcasm, with ratings from 1 to 6. 2. The MultiPico dataset (MP) – a crowdsourced multilingual irony detection dataset. Annotators were tasked to detect whether a reply was ironic in the context of a brief post-reply exchange on social media. Annotators ids and metadata (gender, age, nationality, etc) are available. Languages include Arabic, German, English, Spanish, French, Hindi, Italian, Dutch, and Portuguese. 3. The Paraphrase dataset (Par) – a dataset of question pairs for which the annotators had to tell whether the two questions are paraphrases of each other, using values on a Likert scale. 4. TheVariErrNLI dataset (VariErrNLI) – a dataset originally designed for automatic error detection, distinguishing between annotation errors and legitimate human label variations in Natural Language Inference. Participants will be able to submit to one or multiple datasets. ==== Tasks and Evaluation ==== In this edition, only soft evaluation metrics will be used. We will however experiment with two forms of tasks and evaluation: * TASK A (SOFT LABEL PREDICTION): Systems will be asked to output a probability distribution of the values. EVALUATION: the distance between this predicted soft label and that resulting from human annotations will be computed. * TASK B (PERSPECTIVIST PREDICTION): Systems will be asked to predict each annotator's label on items. EVALUATION: a measure of correctness of the predictions Participants will be able to submit to one or both tasks. ==== Important Dates ==== Training data ready May 15th 2025 Evaluation Starts June 20th 2025 Evaluation Ends July 15th 2025 Paper submission due TBA Notification to authors: TBA NLPerspectives workshop: November 12-14, 2025 We are looking forward to your submission! The LeWidi team

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Changed URL for the UCL Summer School in English Corpus Linguistics
by Aarts, Bas 14 May '25

14 May '25

The URL for the Summer School has changed! The Survey of English Usage at University College London will be running its 12th Summer School in English Corpus Linguistics online from 25-27 June 2025. This Summer School is an accessible and inspiring introductory course in English Corpus Linguistics for students of linguistics and students of the English language. The course will be taught online over three days in the morning (UK time). The course consists of theoretical and practical sessions. Students are expected to have a basic knowledge of concepts in linguistics, especially grammar. Places are limited. Be sure to book early to get the early bird rate before the end of May. For students in full-time education the course fee includes a free copy of either the ICE-GB Corpus (https://www.ucl.ac.uk/english/research-projects/2025/may/ice-gb) or the DCPSE Corpus (https://www.ucl.ac.uk/english-usage/projects/dcpse), with the associated exploration software ICECUP. For more information about the course, provisional timetable and how to apply, see: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/english/summer-school-english-corpus-linguistics

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Postdoc positions in computational social science (Linköping University, Sweden)
by Marcel Bollmann 14 May '25

14 May '25

Linköping University (Sweden) has open calls for one or more two-year postdoc positions (with the possibility of extension to a third year) within the Swedish Excellence Centre for Computational Social Science (SweCSS)<https://liu.se/en/research/swecss>, a joint initiative between the Institute for Analytical Sociology and the Department of Computer Science. These positions are not limited to NLP, but can be based at the LiU NLP Group<https://liu-nlp.ai/> (or involve close collaboration with us) if the candidate indicates this. The positions are also not constrained to a particular research topic, but expertise in and plans for future research within computational social science are required. Application deadline is June 3, 2025. There are two separate calls, one from each involved department — more information about the requirements, work environment, and application procedure can be found at the respective links: * Apply at the Department of Computer Science (IDA): https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/26852 ⟵ NLP group is based here :) * Apply at the Institute for Analytical Sociology (IAS): https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/26854 -- Marcel Bollmann, Dr. phil. Associate Professor in Natural Language Processing Department of Computer and Information Science, Linköping University, Sweden www: https://marcel.bollmann.me/

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[CfP] SEMANTiCS 2025: Call for Industry & Use Case Presentations (Extended Deadline: June 1)
by Kossi Amouzouvi 14 May '25

14 May '25

Call for Industry & Use Case Presentations The Industry & Use Case track at SEMANTiCS welcomes submissions that present use cases and industry adoption of semantic technology. Solutions that deal with semantic processing of data and/or information in areas like Linked Data, Knowledge Graphs, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Data Publishing, Thesaurus and/or Ontology management, and any related fields. All submissions have a strong focus on real world applications beyond the prototypical status and demonstrate the power of semantic systems! *Important dates* - *(Extended) Submission Deadline:* June 1, 2025 (11:59pm) - *Notification of Acceptance:* June 13, 2025 (11:59 pm) - *Presentation Ready:* August 18, 2025 (11:59 pm) All deadlines are set for 11:59 pm, Anywhere On Earth time (UTC-12) *Submission via Easychair on* *https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=semantics2025* <https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=semantics2025>. Please notice that a paper abstract is not necessary, as your submission will only include a presentation at SEMANTiCS and not a paper. Any submission should contain a summary of 200 to 300 words that will be used in the final program. Your submission must also include a full page description of the use case you want to present, in particular: initial situation, approach, business value and benefits of the semantic solution, prospects and recommendation. Submissions that don’t meet these requirements cannot be taken into account. Via Easychair, you can enter your summary in the field “Abstract”, and the full page description via the “upload paper” button. The summary will appear in the program on the webpage, the full page description will only be used in the selection process. *Topics of Interest* SEMANTiCS 2025 especially invites contributions that target the following main topics in the context of semantic-based research and systems as well as applicative domains. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: - Large Language Models (LLM) combined with Knowledge Graphs - Enterprise Knowledge Graphs, Graph Data Management - Machine Learning Techniques for/using Knowledge Graphs (e.g. reinforcement learning, deep learning, data mining and knowledge discovery) - Knowledge Management (e.g. acquisition, capture, extraction, authoring, integration, publication) - Reasoning, rules and policies - Web Semantics & Linked (Open) Data - Natural Language Processing for/using Knowledge Graphs - Crowdsourcing for/using Knowledge Graphs - Semantics in Data Science - Trust, Data Privacy, and Security with Semantic Technologies - Authentication of knowledge graphs - IoT and Stream Processing, Linked Data Event Streams - Conversational AI and Dialogue Systems - Provenance and Data Change Tracking - Semantic Interoperability (via mapping, crosswalks, standards, etc.) *Author Guidelines and Submission* - This call for presentations reaches out to professionals in the areas related to the topics of SEMANTiCS for proposals to present industry implementations, best practices and use case prototypes, to discuss semantic systems in birds-of-a-feather sessions as well as informal settings. Additionally, we explicitly encourage the submission of software applications, apps or services that demonstrate the usefulness and benefits of semantic technologies and semantic data management. - To contribute a submission for a presentation at SEMANTiCS 2025 please prepare the following: Fill out the online application at Easychair and give us relevant information about your expertise and your professional background. - Please notice that a paper abstract is not necessary, as your submission will only include a presentation at SEMANTiCS and not a paper. Any submission should contain a summary of 200 to 300 words that will be used in the final program. Your submission must also include a full page description of the use case you want to present, iIn particular: initial situation, approach, business value and benefits of the semantic solution, prospects and recommendation. Submissions that don’t meet these requirements cannot be taken into account. - Via Easychair, you can enter your summary in the field “Abstract”, and the full page description via the “upload paper” button. The summary will appear in the program on the webpage, the full page description will only be used in the selection process. - All accepted submissions will be granted a presentation slot at the main conference. Please stick to this time pattern when preparing your talk. This is the only way we can guarantee a smooth and satisfying programme and allow all conference participants to attend as many slots as possible without missing important information. - Submissions must adhere to the fair use of Large Language Models. Please refer to the SEMANTiCS full policy for more details: https://2025-eu.semantics.cc/page/llm-policy When your submission is accepted and you are preparing your talk, please take care to address the following aspects: - *Initial Situation *What kind of challenge did you face in the beginning of the project? What problems needed to be solved? - *Approach and IT-Solution *Which approach and methodology has been chosen to tackle the problem(s)? How is your solution composed with respect to technological aspects / human aspects / organisational aspects? How do the semantic components support the process from data to knowledge? - *Success Criteria for / Benefit of the Semantic Solution *Which factors (conscious and unconscious) have been crucial to the success of your project? Which obstacles did you face? How can you measure the benefit of your solution? How does the organisation benefit from your solution? - *Prospects and Recommendations *What are the next steps planned in your project? Can you give recommendations with respect to development / deployment of semantic solutions within organisational / corporate settings? - *Demo (if applicable) *Prepare a short demonstration of your tool / service. *Review and Evaluation Criteria* Every submission will be reviewed by the Programme Committee. Submissions to this track will be evaluated according to the following criteria: - Your presentation is relevant to industry and industrial purposes. It illustrates how semantic technologies / solutions contribute to or improve existing businesses and / or generate new ones. - The presented solution has already been deployed and / or has been tested in a practical environment – at least prototypically. - Your presentation is well-structured and does bring across its message. - The topic is well described and covers enough explanations, examples, use cases, graphics, etc. - Novelty: The topic covered is new to your industry – not necessarily new to business in general In case your presentation will be accepted, we will provide you with detailed information on organisational matters according to the selection of submissions and conference participation. We are looking forward to your contribution! Marco Brattinga Artem Revenko *Industry & Use Case Track Chairs* -- DISCLAIMER: The contents of this email and any attachments are confidential. They are intended for the named recipient(s) only. If you have received this email by mistake, please notify the sender immediately and you are herewith notified that the contents are legally privileged and that you do not have permission to disclose the contents to anyone, make copies thereof, retain or distribute or act upon it by any means, electronically, digitally or in print. The views expressed in this communication may be of a personal nature and not be representative of AIMS-NEI and/or any of its Centres or Initiatives.

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Call for participation: Automatic Detection of Borrowings test set released (ADoBo 2025)
by ELENA ALVAREZ MELLADO 14 May '25

14 May '25

The test set for ADoBo 2025 shared task on automatic detection of borrowings in Spanish has been released and is now live on Codabench. https://www.codabench.org/competitions/7284/ To gain access to the data, make submissions and check the leaderboard please join the competition at Codabench. Systems submissions will be due on May 26th. Updates on the task will be announced on ADoBo website and Google group. https://adobo-task.github.io/ https://groups.google.com/g/adobo-task TIMELINE April 21: Dev set released.<https://www.codabench.org/competitions/7284/> May 12: Test set released<https://www.codabench.org/competitions/7284/>. May 26: Systems output submissions. June 9: Working notes paper submission. June 16: Notification of acceptance (peer-reviews). June 23: Camera ready paper submission. September: ADoBo results to be presented at IberLEF 2025. ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE Elena Álvarez-Mellado, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED). Julio Gonzalo, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED). Constantine Lignos, Brandeis University. Jordi Porta-Zamorano, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM). AVISO LEGAL. Este mensaje puede contener información reservada y confidencial. Si usted no es el destinatario no está autorizado a copiar, reproducir o distribuir este mensaje ni su contenido. Si ha recibido este mensaje por error, le rogamos que lo notifique al remitente. Le informamos de que sus datos personales, que puedan constar en este mensaje, serán tratados en calidad de responsable de tratamiento por la UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE EDUCACIÓN A DISTANCIA (UNED) c/ Bravo Murillo, 38, 28015-MADRID-, con la finalidad de mantener el contacto con usted. La base jurídica que legitima este tratamiento, será su consentimiento, el interés legítimo o la necesidad para gestionar una relación contractual o similar. En cualquier momento podrá ejercer sus derechos de acceso, rectificación, supresión, oposición, limitación al tratamiento o portabilidad de los datos, ante la UNED, Oficina de Protección de datos<https://www.uned.es/dpj>, o a través de la Sede electrónica<https://sede.uned.es/> de la Universidad. Para más información visite nuestra Política de Privacidad<https://descargas.uned.es/publico/pdf/Politica_privacidad_UNED.pdf>.

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ELLIS ESSIR 2025 – European Summer School on Information Retrieval
by Ingo Frommholz 14 May '25

14 May '25

Join us in Wolverhampton for a week of IR, AI, NLP, HCI and lots of discussion with experts in a friendly environment! ELLIS ESSIR 2025, the European Summer School on Information Retrieval, will take place July 7-11 in Wolverhampton, UK. https://2025.essir.eu/ The registration is open – https://2025.essir.eu/attending/registration Travel support is available – https://2025.essir.eu/attending/travel-support About the School The European Summer School on Information Retrieval (ESSIR) is held regularly, providing high-quality teaching of Information Retrieval (IR) and advanced IR topics to an audience of researchers and research students. The mission of the school is to enable students to learn about modern research challenges and methods on IR and related disciplines like AI and NLP; to stimulate scientific research and collaboration in these fields; and to grow a community of researchers, students, and industry professionals working on IR with collaborations all around the world. ELLIS ESSIR will offer a rich programme of high-profile and world leading lecturers in Information Retrieval, NLP and AI. Taught topics include: Introduction to Information Retrieval and Evaluation Generative AI and Information Retrieval Scholarly Document Processing and Retrieval UX and HCI with Information Retrieval Neural Re-ranking RAG and agentic IR Explainability in AI The Future Directions in Information Access (FDIA 2025) symposium will be held along ESSIR. More info later. Please visit https://2025.essir.eu/ for further information, travel support and registration. For additional enquiries, please contact essir-2025(a)googlegroups.com <mailto:essir-2025@googlegroups.com>. We are looking forward to welcoming you in Wolverhampton! -- Prof. Dr. Ingo Frommholz (he/him), PhD, Dipl.-Inform., FBCS, FHEA Professor of Applied Data Science, Modul University Vienna, Austria Adjunct Professor, Bern University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland Web: http://www.frommholz.org/ | Email: ifrommholz(a)acm.org Bluesky: @ifromm.bsky.social | Mastodon: @ingo@idf.social

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CFP: The 26th International Conference on Principles and Practice of Multi-Agent Systems (PRIMA 2025)
by vladana.perlic＠telecom-paris.fr 13 May '25

13 May '25

[Apologies for cross and multiple postings] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CALL FOR PAPERS The 26th International Conference on Principles and Practice of Multi-Agent Systems (PRIMA 2025) Conference: 15th - 21st December 2025 Modena, Italy Conference website: https://conferences-website.github.io/prima2025 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IMPORTANT DATES Abstract Submission Deadline: 15 July (AoE, UTC-12) Paper Submission Deadline: 22 July (AoE, UTC-12) Paper Notification: 29 September 2025 (AoE, UTC-12) Camera Ready Submission: 13 October 2025 (AoE, UTC-12) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- We invite you to submit your best work on agents and multi-agent systems to PRIMA 2025, the 26th International Conference on Principles and Practice of Multi-Agent Systems, to be held in Modena (Italy) in December 2025. Papers will be submitted through CMT at the link: https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/PRIMA2025/Submission/Index ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Awards To recognize outstanding contributions, PRIMA 2025 will have the following awards: Aditya Ghose Best Paper Award – €1000 prize Awarded to the best overall paper based on reviewers' scores and program committee discussions. Martin Purvis Student Best Paper Award – €500 prize Awarded to the best paper where the lead author is a student, based on the same evaluation criteria. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scope and Background Software systems are rapidly becoming more intelligent in the functionality they offer to users. They are also becoming more decentralized, with components that act autonomously and must communicate among themselves or with human users to achieve their goals. Examples of such systems include those in healthcare, disaster management, e-business, and smart grids. A multi-agent perspective is crucial to the proper conceptualization, deployment, and governance of these systems. Rooted in solid computational and software engineering foundations, this perspective offers abstractions such as intelligent agents, protocols, norms, organizations, trust and incentives, among others. As a large, but still growing research field of artificial intelligence, multi-agent systems today remain a unique enabler of interdisciplinary research. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Areas of Interest The conference areas of interest include, but are not limited to: Logic and Reasoning Logics of Agency Logics of Multi-Agent Systems Logics of Belief and Knowledge Norms, Obligations, Deontic Logic Argumentation Logics and Game Theory Uncertainty in Agent Systems Agent and Multi-Agent Learning Reinforcement Learning Evolutionary approaches Machine Learning Problems in Multi-Agent Systems Agents Embodied with Large Language Models Engineering Multi-Agent Systems Agent-Oriented Software Engineering Interaction Protocols Formal Specification and Verification Agent Programming Languages Middleware and Platforms Testing, Debugging, and Evolution Deployed System Case Studies Agent-Based Modeling and Simulation Simulation Languages and Platforms Artificial Societies Virtual Environments Emergent Behavior Modeling System Dynamics Application Case Studies Collaboration & Coordination Multi-Agent Planning Distributed Problem Solving and Optimization Teamwork Coalition Formation Negotiation Trust and Reputation Commitments Institutions and Organizations Normative Systems Algorithmic Game Theory Auctions and Mechanism Design Bargaining and Negotiation Behavioral Game Theory Cooperative Games: Theory, Analysis, Computation Game Theory for Practical Applications Noncooperative Games: Theory, Analysis, Computation Computational Social Choice Voting Fair Division and Resource Allocation Matching under Preferences Coalition Formation Games Aggregation of Beliefs, Opinions, Judgments Ethics and Computational Social Choice Participatory Budgeting Facility Location Communication Issues in Social Choice, Distortion Behavioral Social Choice Human-Agent Interaction Adaptive Personal Assistants Embodied Conversational Agents Virtual Characters Multimodal User Interfaces Mobile Agents Human-Robot Interaction Affective Computing Decentralized Paradigms Cloud Computing Service-Oriented Computing Data spaces Big data Cybersecurity Robotics and Multirobot Systems Ubiquitous Computing Social Computing Internet of Things Edge Computing Blockchain Ethics and Social Issues Explainable Artificial Intelligence Ethics of AI Systems Multi-Agent Systems for Social Good Application Domains for Multi-Agent Systems Healthcare, Pandemics Management Autonomous Systems Transport and Logistics Emergency and Disaster Management Energy and Utilities Management Sustainability and Resource Management Games and Entertainment e-Business, e-Government, and e-Learning Smart Cities Financial markets Legal applications Crowdsourcing ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Information for Authors PRIMA 2025 invites submissions of original, unpublished work strongly relevant to multi-agent systems. Apart from theoretical work, we encourage the submission of reports on the development of applications or prototypes of deployed agent systems, and of experiments that demonstrate novel agent system capabilities. In addition to this, we also encourage the submission of position papers that are of relevance to the multi-agent community. All submitted papers must be in a form suitable for double-blind review. Specifically, in order to make blind reviewing possible, authors must omit their names and affiliations from the paper. Also, while the references should include all published literature relevant to the paper, including previous work of the authors, it should not include unpublished works. When referring to one's own work, use the third person rather than the first person. For example, say "Previously, Foo and Bar [2] have shown that…", rather than "In our previous work [2], we have shown that…". Such identifying information can be added back to the final camera-ready version of accepted papers. All papers will be reviewed by at least 2-3 experts in the area following a detailed review form that will assess the paper based on the significance and novelty of the idea, the technical description of the proposal, clarity and organization, the evaluation methodology, and any ethical considerations. All accepted papers will be published in Springer's Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence series (LNCS/LNAI). All papers must be submitted using the Springer LNCS/LNAI format. Type of submissions: Full papers, 16 pages plus references Short papers, 4 pages plus references Position papers, 2 pages plus references Kind regards, General Chairs: Angelo Ferrando, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia (Italy) Vadim Malvone, Télécom Paris (France) Program Chairs: Federico Bergenti, University of Parma (Italy) Catalin Dima, Université Paris-Est Créteil (France)

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First CfP: Interdisciplinary Workshop on Observations of Misunderstood, Misguided and Malicious Use of Language Models (OMMM 2025)
by Piotr Przybyła 13 May '25

13 May '25

We are pleased to invite submissions for the first Interdisciplinary Workshop on Observations of Misunderstood, Misguided and Malicious Use of Language Models (OMMM 2025). The workshop will be held with the RANLP 2025 conference in Varna, Bulgaria, on 11-13 September 2025. *Overview* The use of Large Language Models (LLMs) pervades scientific practices in multiple disciplines beyond the NLP/AI communities. Alongside benefits for productivity and discovery, widespread use often entails misuse due to misalignment of values, lack of knowledge, or, more rarely, malice. LLM misuse has the potential to cause real harm in a variety of settings. Through this workshop, we aim to gather researchers interested in identifying and mitigating inappropriate and harmful uses of LLMs. These include misunderstood usage (e.g., misrepresentation of LLMs in the scientific literature); misguided usage (e.g., deployment of LLMs without adequate training or privacy safeguards); and malicious usage (e.g., generation of misinformation and plagiarism). Sample topics are listed below, but we welcome submissions on any domain related to the scope of the workshop. *Important Dates* Submission deadline: 6 July 2025, at 23:59 Anywhere on Earth Notification of acceptance: 31 July 2025 Camera-ready papers due: 20 August 2025 Workshop dates: September 11, 12, or 13, 2025 *Submission Guidelines* Submissions will be accepted as short papers (4 pages) and as long papers (8 pages), plus additional pages for references. All submissions undergo a double-blind review, so they should not include any identifying information. Submissions should conform to the RANLP guidelines; for further information and templates, please see https://ranlp.org/ranlp2025/index.php/submissions/ We welcome submissions from diverse disciplines, including NLP and AI, psychology, HCI, and philosophy. We particularly encourage reports on negative results that provide interesting perspectives on relevant topics. In-person presenters will be prioritised when selecting submissions to be presented at the workshop, but the workshop will take place in a hybrid format. Accepted papers will be included in the workshop proceedings in the ACL Anthology. Papers should be submitted on the RANLP conference system at https://softconf.com/ranlp25/OMMM2025/ *Keynote Speaker* We are excited to have Dr. Stefania Druga as the keynote speaker for the inaugural OMMM workshop. Dr. Druga is a Research Scientist at Google DeepMind, where she designs novel multimodal AI applications. *Topics of Interest* We welcome paper submissions on all topics related to inappropriate and harmful uses of LLMs, including but not limited to: - Misunderstood use (and how to improve understanding): - Misrepresentation of LLMs (e.g., anthropomorphic language) - Attribution of consciousness - Interpretability - Overreliance on LLMs - Misguided use (and how to find alternatives): - Underperformance and inappropriate applications - Structural limitations and ethical considerations - Deployment without proper training or safeguards - Malicious use (and how to mitigate it): - Adversarial attacks, jailbreaking - Detection and watermarking of machine-generated content - Generation of misinformation or plagiarism - Bias mitigation and trust design For more information, please refer to the workshop website: https://ommm-workshop.github.io/2025/. For any questions, please contact the organisers at ommm-workshop(a)googlegroups.com. The organisers, Piotr Przybyła, Universitat Pompeu Fabra Matthew Shardlow, Manchester Metropolitan University Clara Colombatto, University of Waterloo Nanna Inie, IT University of Copenhagen

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3-year PhD position in Computational Models of Semantic Memory and its Acquisition (Inria and University of Lille, France)
by Pascal Denis 13 May '25

13 May '25

Hello, Could you please distribute the following job offer? Thanks. Best, Pascal ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-year PhD position in Computational Models of Semantic Memory and its Acquisition (Inria and University of Lille, France) We invite applications for a 3-year PhD position at the University of Lille in the context of the recently funded research project "COMANCHE" (Computational Models of Lexical Meaning and Change). The position is funded by Inria, the French national research institute in Computer Science and Applied Mathematics. COMANCHE proposes to transfer and adapt neural word embeddings algorithms to model the acquisition and evolution of word meaning, by comparing them with linguistic theories on language acquisition and language evolution. At the intersection between Natural Language Processing, psycholinguistics and historical linguistics, this project intends to validate or revise some of these theories, while also developing computational models that are less data hungry and computationally intensive as they exploit new inductive biases inspired by these disciplines. The first strand of the project, on which the successful candidate will work, focuses on the development of computational models of semantic memory and its acquisition. Two main research directions will be pursued. On the one hand, we will compare the structural properties associated to different semantic spaces derived from word embedding algorithms to those found in human semantic memory as reflected in behavioral data (such as typicality norms) as well as brain imaging data. The latter data will then used as additional supervision to inject more hierarchical structure into the learned semantic spaces. One the other hand, we intend to experiment with training regimes for word embedding algorithms that are closer to those of humans when they acquire language, controlling the quantity as well as the linguistic complexity of the inputs fed to the learning algorithms through the use of longitudinal and child directed speech corpora (e.g., CHILDES, Colaje). In both cases, both English and French data will be considered. The successful candidate holds a Master's degree in computational linguistics or computer science or cognitive science and has prior experience in word embedding models. Furthermore, the candidate will provide strong programming skills, expertise in machine learning approaches and is eager to work across languages. The position is affiliated with the MAGNET team at Inria, Lille [1] as well as with the SCALAB group at University of Lille [2] in an effort to strenghten collaborations between these two groups, and ultimately foster cross-fertilizations between Natural Language Processing and Psycholinguistics. Applications will be considered until the position is filled. However, you are encouraged to apply early as we shall start processing the applications as and when they are received. Applications, written in English or French, should include a brief cover letter with research interests and vision, a CV (including your contact address, work experience, publications), and contact information for at least 2 referees. Applications (and questions) should be sent to Angèle Brunellière (angele.brunelliere(a)univ-lille.fr) and Pascal Denis (pascal.denis(a)inria.fr). The starting date of the position is 1 October 2022 or soon thereafter, for a total of 3 full years. Best regards, Angèle Brunellière and Pascal Denis [1] https://team.inria.fr/magnet/ [2] https://scalab.univ-lille.fr/ -- Pascal ---- Pour une évaluation indépendante, transparente et rigoureuse ! Je soutiens la Commission d'Évaluation de l'Inria. ---- +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Pascal Denis Equipe MAGNET, INRIA Lille Nord Europe Bâtiment B, Avenue Heloïse Parc scientifique de la Haute Borne 59650 Villeneuve d'Ascq Tel: ++33 3 59 35 87 24 Url: http://researchers.lille.inria.fr/~pdenis/ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

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Call for papers: Computational Forensic Linguistics: Law, Language and Evidence in the Virtual Worlds
by Rui Sousa Silva 12 May '25

12 May '25

***APOLOGIES FOR CROSS-POSTINGS — PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CIRCULATE*** CALL FOR PAPERS - INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR THE SEMIOTICS OF LAW SPECIAL ISSUE: Computational Forensic Linguistics: Law, Language and Evidence in the Virtual Worlds Volume 39 (2026) Guest Editor – Rui Sousa-Silva (University of Porto – Faculty of Arts and Humanities & Centre for Linguistics of the University of Porto) Forensic linguistics, the branch of linguistics applied to forensic contexts, is inherently multidisciplinary, although it predominantly stands at the intersection of language and the law. Despite its status as a young discipline, forensic linguistics is wide in scope, and has significantly contributed to a fair and just administration of Justice, especially since the late 1990s, across its three different areas: the written language of the law, interaction in legal contexts, and language as evidence (May, Sousa-Silva & Coulthard, ‘Introduction’, The Routledge Handbook of Forensic Linguistics, Routledge, 2021). The discipline is thus profoundly semiotic in nature, and has a significant impact on how law is interpreted and administered, and on how investigative processes are conducted. However, as a young discipline, it still faces methodological and technical challenges. Forensic linguistics is often questioned as a science, for instance owing to the fact that forensic linguists can hardly, if ever, establish the known error rate, which is often demanded to meet the legal requirements (e.g., Daubert criteria) in some jurisdictions. It is also frequently distrusted as a science, and particularly as a forensic science, on the grounds that it is subjective. Furthermore, the perception that anyone – and hence legal professionals, including judges and counsellors – can “understand” the semiotics of language use and analyse language has often led the courts into believing that forensic linguists are dispensable. To counter these misconceptions about the field, forensic linguists have constantly researched and devised new methods, including statistical and computational approaches, to counter the “subjectivity effect”. Computational approaches, specifically, will play a core role in forensic linguistics: they not only allow forensic linguists to analyse large amounts of data quickly and systematically, but also enable the reproducibility of the forensic linguistic analysis, which can be essential in forensic sciences. This will be especially the case in the near future, with progress in the metaverse, as the seamless interaction between users via technology-mediated communication in the virtual worlds will raise even more issues that can only be resolved with the assistance of rigorous and transparent forensic linguistic analyses. Computational forensic linguistics, thus understood as the use of efficient and effective computational linguistics tools, methods and techniques in forensic contexts, will thus play an increasingly core role in forensic linguistics across the areas of written language of the law, interaction in legal contexts and, especially, language as evidence. Original proposals that explore the relationship between the semiotics of law and one or more computational approaches to forensic linguistics are thus invited for the special issue “Computational Forensic Linguistics: Law, Language, Evidence and Rigour in the Virtual Worlds”. Submissions may range from (but not limited to) systems to help the courts interpret and draft just and fair decisions to software and tools to assist law enforcement agencies in the fight against crime, including platforms to support the investigation in the collection and analysis of evidence. Manuscripts should establish a clear connection between the semiotics of law, computational approaches and forensic linguistics/language and the law. Submissions should be addressed to: Rui Sousa-Silva (rssilva(a)letras.up.pt). - Abstracts of 300 words (maximum) by 15 May 2025. - After selection, final papers (15,000 words maximum, including endnotes and references) should be submitted by 15 November 2025. Further information: https://link.springer.com/collections/ebcefecdcf Rui Sousa Silva Faculdade de Letras, Universidade do Porto Faculty of Arts and Humanities, University of Porto www.linguisticaforense.pt | https://s.up.pt/qjur | http://tinyurl.com/37w2ec6x Publicação mais recente / Latest publication: ‘We Attempted to Deliver Your Package’: Forensic Translation in the Fight Against Cross-Border Cybercrime 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. 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[Jobs] Assistant Professorship with Tenure Track at TU Wien (Deadline May 22, 2025)
by Pia Pachinger 12 May '25

12 May '25

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Job: Tenure-Track Assistant Professor of Natural Language Processing at the TU Wien and Complexity Science Hub in Vienna, Austria
by Allan Hanbury 12 May '25

12 May '25

The application deadline is approaching! Tenure-track assistant professor of Natural Language Processing, jointly atthe TU Wien Faculty of Informaticsand theComplexity Science Hubin Vienna, Austria. Details and application: https://jobs.tuwien.ac.at/Job/248962 Application Deadline: 22nd May 2025 A great opportunity to do basic research and work on interesting problems and data from government administration and industry. The working language at both the TU Wien Faculty of Informatics and the Complexity Science Hub is English. Complexity Science Hub - https://csh.ac.at/ Data Science Research Unit, TU Wien - https://informatics.tuwien.ac.at/orgs/e194-04 Living in Vienna - https://informatics.tuwien.ac.at/living-in-vienna/ -- Allan Hanbury Professor of Data Intelligence Head of the Data Science Research Unit, Institute of Information Systems Engineering Faculty Representative for Financial Affairs and Internationalization, Faculty of Informatics TU Wien (Vienna University of Technology) Favoritenstrasse 9-11/194-04 1040 Vienna, Austria +43 1 58801 188310

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Post-doc position in computational linguistics at Univ. Lorraine (France)
by Mathieu Constant 11 May '25

11 May '25

The Research unit ATILF (Computer Processing and Analysis of the French Language) offers a postdoctoral position in computational linguistics. Topic: multiword expressions in large language models Location: ATILF, Nancy, France (Univ. Lorraine and CNRS) Starting date: September 2025 Duration: 12 months (possibility to extend the duration for one more year) Supervisors: Mathieu Constant (Univ. Lorraine, France) and Patrick Watrin (UC Louvain, Belgium) Salary: depends on experience and salary grids (from 3000 to 4200 euros before tax) Application deadline: June 1st, 2025 Subject. The term « multiword expression » (MWE) refers to a combination of multiple lexical items that displays irregular composition possibly on different linguistic levels (morphology, syntax, semantics, …). They include a large variety of phenomena such as idioms (run around in circles), support verb constructions (take a walk), nominal compounds (dry run), complex function units (in spite of). They have been the subject of extensive research work in the NLP community over the last 50 years. The goal of this post-doc position is to investigate to what extent large language models encode multiword expressions and their various levels of idiomaticity and fixedness. In particular, the hired post-doc will develop methods to extract linguistic features about multiword expressions in context from large language models. The methods will be experimented on French and will be used to provide aids for French L2 learners when reading MWE occurrences in authentic texts. Context. The position is part of the STAR-FLE project (STrategic Adaptations for better Reading and Text Comprehension in FFL, https://www.starfle.fr/en <https://www.starfle.fr/en>, 2024-2027) funded by the French National Research Agency (ANR). The project aims to propose innovative digital solutions in the area of Natural Language Processing (NLP) that may improve text comprehension for French L2 learners and assist teachers in managing multiple levels of learners. In particular, it will propose context-based aids for understanding lexical issues as well as MWEs found in authentic texts. The hired researcher will be fully integrated in the project team. Requirements. Applicants should hold a PhD thesis n natural language processing, in computational linguistics, in computer science, or in applied mathematics, . The hired post-doc researcher should have the following skills: * expertise in deep learning for NLP and notably large language models * excellent programming skills * Good linguistic skills * good knowledge of French would be a plus * team spirit Application. The applicants should submit a coverage letter, a CV including their publications, a list of references for recommandation, on the following official web site: https://emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/UMR7118-SABMAR-022/Default.aspx?lang=EN <https://emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/UMR7118-SABMAR-022/Default.aspx?lang=EN>. The applications should be sent not later than June 1st, 2025. For more information, contact Mathieu Constant (Mathieu.Constant(a)univ-lorraine.fr <mailto:Mathieu.Constant@univ-lorraine.fr>)

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Remote AI Research Internship in India – Apply Now!
by HR Team 11 May '25

11 May '25

Hello Everyone, 🎯 Join us for an exciting 6-month remote internship @ CortexTor Labs (https://cortextor.com/), where you’ll work on innovative projects at the forefront of AI. CortexTor Labs is an agile startup, focused on building adaptive AI-driven systems that address real-world challenges through innovation and rapid iteration. As an intern, you’ll explore a range of impactful topics, including: 1) Text-to-Image and Video Generation 2) Visual Storytelling 3) Talking Face Generation 4) Prompt-Based Media Generation and Editing 5) Open-Vocabulary Detection and Segmentation 6) Multimodal Logical and Mathematical Reasoning 7) Video Summarization 8) Multimodal RAG-based QA Chatbot 9) Multimodal Knowledge Graph 10) Knowledge distillation (Teacher-Student Models) 💰 Paid Internship Track (For B.Tech & M.Tech Students – Full Project Involvement) - The first 3 months are unpaid, focusing on onboarding, training, and initial contributions. - The next 3 months offer a stipend of ₹12,400/month, aligned with M.Tech internship standards. - Top performers may receive up to ₹15,000–₹20,000/month. - After 6 months, high-performing interns may be offered a full-time position. 📚 Unpaid Research Track (For PhD Scholars & Research-Focused B.Tech/M.Tech Students) - This is a remote, unpaid internship focused entirely on academic research and publication in the above-mentioned cutting-edge AI topics. - Open to: - PhD scholars interested in publishing in advanced AI domains - B.Tech and M.Tech students who want to focus solely on research and co-authoring papers, without project or stipend commitments - Ideal for individuals seeking to build a strong publication record, collaborate with researchers, and deepen expertise in cutting-edge AI topics. If you're interested in this internship and would like to learn more, please fill out the Google Form, which includes a detailed description of the internship. Google form: https://forms.gle/YkH3uo4wjUgiRLYh9 Thank you. Regards, HR Manager CortexTor Labs, India Email: hr(a)cortextor.com https://cortextor.com/

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Call for Papers: FEL XXIX 2025 - Basque Country, Spain - 22-25 October - Deadline extended to 1 June!
by Steven Krauwer 10 May '25

10 May '25

The 29th Annual Conference of the Foundation for Endangered Languages - FEL XXIX 2025 The Foundation for Endangered Languages and the UNESCO Chair on World Language Heritage are organising the 2025 edition of the FEL conference, “The Missing SDG: Endangered Languages and Sustainable Development”. Date: 22-25 October, 2025 Place: Vitoria-Gasteiz, Faculty of Arts at the UPV/EHU (Basque Country, Spain) Call for Papers now OPEN UNTIL 1 JUNE. More information on the website: https://www.ehu.eus/en/web/mho-unesco-katedra/fel-xxix-2025 -- _______________________________________________________________________ Steven Krauwer, CLARIN/FEL/ELSNET/ILS, Utrecht, NL, s.krauwer(a)uu.nl

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SIGIR 2025 Call for Participation - 13-17 July 2025, Padua, Italy
by Diego Ceccarelli (BLOOMBERG/ LONDON) 09 May '25

09 May '25

SIGIR 2025 Call for Participation - 13-17 July 2025, Padua, Italy Registration at: https://sigir2025.dei.unipd.it/registration.html Registration deadlines: Early registration: 20 May 2025 Regular registration: 13 June 2025 Late registration: 18 July 2025 The annual SIGIR conference is the major international forum for the presentation of new research results, and the demonstration of new systems and techniques, in the broad field of information retrieval (IR). The 48th ACM SIGIR conference, will be run as an in-person conference from July 13th to 17th, 2025 in Padua, Italy, followed by ICTIR 2025 (https://ictir2025.cs.umass.edu/) on July 18th, 2025. SIGIR 2025 will feature an extremely rich program, consisting of keynote talks, research and industry sessions, posters and demos, doctoral consortium, workshops and tutorials, and the LiveRAG challenge, not forgetting amazing social events. SIGIR 2025 features: 239 full papers, 106 short papers, 26 demos, 10 perspectives papers, 71 resource and reproducibility papers, 35 SIRIP/industry papers, 16 TOIS papers, and 10 Low Resource Environments papers, a brand new track launched at SIGIR 2025 (https://sigir2025.dei.unipd.it/low-resource-environments-track.html). The overall program can be found at: https://sigir2025.dei.unipd.it/overall-program.html. We strongly encourage you to book your hotel rooms as soon as possible! An Iron Maiden concert is scheduled in Padua for the first day of the conference (Sunday, July 13, 2025). Accommodations are expected to fill up quickly. Please see the SIGIR 2025 website for a list of hotels with conference discount (https://sigir2025.dei.unipd.it/recommended-hotels.html) and recommended hotels without conference discount (https://sigir2025.dei.unipd.it/accomodation.html). Travel information is available at: https://sigir2025.dei.unipd.it/how-to-get-here.html. Child Care (https://sigir2025.dei.unipd.it/child-care.html) Children from 0 to 12 years of age are welcomed in a specially set up room inside Padua Congress Center throughout the duration of the congress. A colorful, “warm”, safe and welcoming environment, in the same structure that hosts the congresses, a protected place where parents can leave their children, but at the same time stay in touch with them during the breaks of the different sessions. The nursery space dedicated to the 0-3 age group, equipped with a changing table and other facilities dedicated to the little ones, is next to the kids’ area for children over 3 years old and a cinema room for screenings. The activities are run by a company specialized in education services with expert staff, appointed by Padua Congress Center, and include thematic workshops - from painting to creative activities - as well as playtime also in the open air, in the facility's outdoor spaces. Children are also offered lunch. The child care service will be run by operators able to speak English, German, Spanish, and Italian. Other languages might be possibile but they will require specific agreements and the actual availability of an operator able to speak that language. The service is available to all SIGIR 2025 attendees who request it. The registration form allows you to request the childcare service and, in case, in the registration confirmation email you will receive a request for additional information about your children. Catering service is available on demand, included in the cost of service, and it covers lunch, morning and afternoon snack, juices and water. Lunches and snacks can be managed directly by the educators. Alternatively parents can go to the Child Area to take care of lunches and snacks directly. Parents will be allowed to use the kitchen in the area to heat up milk or food for younger children. Two microwave ovens and a refrigerator are available in the area. Keynotes (https://sigir2025.dei.unipd.it/keynote-speakers.html) Digitized Health by Ophir Frieder, Georgetown University, Washington DC (USA) The "AI revolution" is lavished with accolades and showered with concerns, including some dire warnings. Regardless, this revolution continues to shape nearly all technology and domains. We focus specifically on medical applications that rely on search or recommendation technology. Relying on these technologies, we alleviate the ever-growing shortage of medical care personnel. Specifically, patient interactions are simplified by conversational agents, medical triage is accomplished by self-administered surrogates, early-onset of mental health conditions are detected through opt-in monitoring agents, and treatment suggestions are generated and evaluated via retrieval and mining applications. These are just some examples where search and related technologies are reshaping medical practice. Currently or soon to be deployed systems are described. "In progress" efforts are likewise highlighted. While some of the described systems rely on recent technology advances, others are simply based on "bread and butter" approaches, reminding us that "new and improved" is not always needed, and at times, is overkill and needlessly costly. We conclude with some observations. Please meet AI, our dear new colleague. In other words: can scientists and machines truly cooperate? By Iryna Gurevych, Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany How can AI and LLMs facilitate the work of scientists in different stages of the research process? Can technology even make scientists obsolete? The role of AI and Large Language Models (LLMs) in science as the target application domain has recently been rapidly growing. This includes assessing the impact of scientific work, facilitating writing and revising manuscripts as well as intelligent support for manuscript quality assessment, peer-review and scientific discussions. The talk will illustrate such methods and models using several tasks from the scientific domain. We argue that while AI and LLMs can effectively support and augment specific steps of the research process, expert-AI collaboration may be a more promising mode for complex research tasks. BM25 and All That - A Look Back, by Stephen Robertson, Girton College, Cambridge (UK) It is 30 years since the weighting-and-ranking function BM25 was published, and more than 55 years since I started work in the field we know as information retrieval. I will be talking about my experiences as an IR researcher over the period from 1968 to the early 2000s, including the development of the probabilistic model which led to BM25, and also some of the work on IR evaluation in the years since the Cranfield experiment. More generally, I will talk about some of the ways in which the field has changed and developed over that time, and about some of the characters who helped to shape the field, including my own interactions with them. LiveRAG Challenge (https://sigir2025.dei.unipd.it/live-rag-challenge.html) The goal of the LiveRAG Challenge is to allow research teams across academia and industry to advance their RAG research and compare the performance of their solutions with other teams, on a fixed corpus (derived from the publicly available FineWeb) and a fixed open-source LLM, Falcon3-10B-Instruct. The SIGIR 2025 LiveRAG Challenge is organized by TII (Technology Innovation Institute) with support from AI71, AWS, Pinecone, and Hugging Face. It requires an application process, after which selected teams will be awarded up to 1500 USD in AWS compute credits to train their RAG solution, and up to 750 USD in Pinecone compute credits to use/generate their RAG indices. given early access to TII's DataMorgana tool to help them generate synthetic benchmarks for training and testing. During the Live Challenge Day, the teams will be provided with a stream of unseen questions and will have to return their answers under strict response-time constraints. Finalists will be requested to present their results at the LiveRAG workshop day to be held at the SIGIR 2025 conference, during which winners will be announced and prizes will be awarded. Workshops (https://sigir2025.dei.unipd.it/attend-workshops.html) Full Day Workshops SIGIR 2025 Workshop on eCommerce (ECOM25) - https://sigir-ecom.github.io/ LLM4Eval: Large Language Model for Evaluation in IR - https://llm4eval.github.io/SIGIR2025/ Second SIGIR Workshop on Simulations for Information Access (Sim4IA 2025) - https://sim4ia.org/sigir2025/ 2nd Workshop on Information Retrieval for Understudied Users (IR4U2) - Bridging User-centered AI with IR: Making Information Retrieval Accessible for All - https://ir4u2workshop.wixsite.com/ir4u2-2 International Workshop on Algorithmic Bias in Search and Recommendation (BIAS) - https://biasinrecsys.github.io/sigir2025 6th Workshop on Patent Text Mining and Semantic Technologies (PatentSemTech2025) - http://ifs.tuwien.ac.at/patentsemtech/ Workshop on Explainability in Information Retrieval - https://xirworkshop.github.io/ IR-RAG: Workshop on Information Retrieval's Role in RAG Systems - https://coda.io/@rstless-group/ir-rag-sigir25 ReNeuIR at SIGIR 2025: The Fourth Workshop on Reaching Efficiency in Neural Information Retrieval - https://reneuir.org/ Robust-IR @ SIGIR 2025: The First Workshop on Robust Information Retrieval - https://sigir-2025-workshop-on-robust-ir.github.io/ Half Day Workshops MANILA25: SIGIR 2025 Workshop on Information Retrieval for Climate Impact - https://sites.google.com/view/ir-for-climate-impact/home AgentIR: 2nd Workshop on Agent-based Information Retrieval - https://applied-machine-learning-lab.github.io/2nd-AgentIR-Workshop-SIGIR-2… The 1st NIP@IR Workshop on New Interaction Paradigms for Information Retrieval in the Era of Generative AI - https://hellozicky.github.io/nip-ir2025.github.io/ GENNEXT: The Next Generation of IR and Recommender Systems with Language Agents, Generative Models, and Conversational AI - https://sigirgennext.github.io/GENNEXT-SIGIR-25/ FinIR: The 2nd Workshop on Financial Information Retrieval in the Era of Generative AI - https://finir2025.github.io/ Tutorials (https://sigir2025.dei.unipd.it/attend-tutorials.html) Full Day Tutorials Information Retrieval in Finance: Industry and Academic Perspectives on Innovation - https://sites.google.com/view/irfin/ Half Day Tutorials Conversational Search: From Fundamentals to Frontiers in the LLM Era Efficient In-Memory Inverted Indexes: Theory and Practice - https://pisa-engine.github.io/sigir-2025.html R2LLMs: Retrieval and Ranking with LLMs - https://ielab.io/tutorials/r2llms.html Retrieval-Enhanced Machine Learning: Synthesis and Opportunities - https://retrieval-enhanced-ml.github.io/sigir-2025.html Query Understanding in LLM-based Conversational Information Seeking Navigating Large Language Models for Recommendation: From Architecture to Learning Paradigms and Deployment - https://generative-rec.github.io/tutorial-sigir25/ Theory and Toolkits for User Simulation in the Era of Generative AI: User Modeling, Synthetic Data Generation, and System Evaluation - http://usersim.ai/sigir2025-tutorial Psychological Aspects in Retrieval and Recommendation - https://github.com/aisocietylab/Psy-IR-RecSys-SIGIR25 Dynamic and Parametric Retrieval-Augmented Generation - https://sites.google.com/view/sigir2025-tutorial-dprag/home-page Fairness in Information Retrieval from an Economic Perspective - https://economic-fairness-ir.github.io/ Unveiling Knowledge Boundary of Large Language Models for Trustworthy Information Access Neural Lexical Search with Learned Sparse Retrieval - https://lsr-tutorial.github.io/ Long Context vs. RAG: Strategies for Processing Long Documents in LLMs - https://sites.google.com/view/sigir25-lc-vs-rag/ Social Events (https://sigir2025.dei.unipd.it/social-events.html) Welcome Reception, Sunday July, 13, 2025 Venue: Piazza Della Frutta, Padua (https://www.padova.com/discover/QG/piazza-della-frutta) Student Event, Monday July, 14, 2025 Venue: Roman Arena, Padua (https://giardinidellarena.com/) SIGIR Social Dinner, Tuesday July, 15, 2025 Venue: Villa Contarini, Piazzola sul Brenta (https://www.villacontarini.eu/) ICTIR Social Dinner, Thursday July, 17, 2025 Venue: Caffè Pedrocchi, Padua (https://www.caffepedrocchi.it/en/)

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3 postdocs, 1 PhD student in digital humanities / text analysis in University of Tartu, Estonia
by Peeter Tinits 09 May '25

09 May '25

Dear all, Forwarding a job announcement for 3 postdocs and 1 PhD Student. Please share with interested parties! Thank you! Peeter We are happy to announce 3 postdoctoral research fellow<https://ut.ee/en/job-offer/research-fellow-digital-humanities> and 1 PhD junior researcher<https://ut.ee/en/content/phd-open-calls> positions in Digital Humanities affiliated with the Center for Digital Text Scholarship (DigiTS) at the University of Tartu, and funded by the European Union. DigiTS is aimed at carrying out cutting-edge, interdisciplinary research using modern digital methods applied to textual data in Humanities and Social Sciences. To this end, an international and interdisciplinary team will be formed at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities at the University of Tartu (UT), including postdocs and doctoral students. This new team of experts will enable key actions establishing UT as a center for research and education in Digital Humanities. Each Research Fellow and the junior researcher will mainly conduct research in the field of digital humanities, computational linguistics, computational literary studies, digital history, or related fields (depending on individual competencies), while also having the opportunity to teach and to participate in governance and institutional development. The postdoctoral research fellowships are full-time positions running through the end of the project in 2030. The deadline for applications is 2 June. More details and information about how to apply can be found here: https://ut.ee/en/job-offer/research-fellow-digital-humanities The junior researcher position is a full-time, 4-year position, aimed at the completion of a PhD thesis. The deadline for applications is 15 May for international applicants. More details and information about how to apply can be found here: https://ut.ee/en/content/phd-open-calls (under Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Digital Humanities) Why apply now? Currently there are multiple innovative projects being conducted in Estonia on closely related topics. This creates an exciting and promising scene for both formal and informal collaboration, especially since many of these projects are carried out at least partly at the University of Tartu, including the Estonian Center of Excellence in AI (EXAI<https://exai.ee/>), the ERC Consolidator project Rise and Demise of Industrial Modernity (RiDe<https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/101170823>), the Language Data Research Infrastructure (KeTa), and Neural text analysis models enhanced with external linguistic resources (description<https://www.etis.ee/Portal/Projects/Display/7f84cf46-e183-4248-988c-7d777e2…>); note that RiDe is also offering PhD and postdoc positions. Why study or work in Estonia? Estonia offers Nordic quality of life, a strong academic environment and convenient digitized services—all while maintaining a reasonable cost of living that supports comfortable student life. The University of Tartu, founded in 1632, ranks among the top 1% of the world’s most cited universities and actively fosters sustainability and intersectoral collaboration, having produced numerous successful startups. Estonia itself ranks #1 in startups per capita in Europe. As a member of the EU and NATO, Estonia is internationally minded, and English is widely spoken. Estonia’s digital infrastructure streamlines official procedures, as everything from contracts to taxes can all be handled online in minutes by citizens and residents alike. Tartu is a lively university town known for its cozy atmosphere, vibrant student life, bike and walking friendly spaces, and scenic riverside. It has been named the UNESCO City of Literature, and the European Capital of Culture in 2024. The city is well connected to Europe and the world, but also offers easy access to nature, with nearby vast networks of forest hiking trails, excellent winter sports opportunities, and the charm of four distinct seasons.

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AthNLP 2025 - 3rd ATHENS NLP SUMMER SCHOOL
by A. Vlachos 09 May '25

09 May '25

Call for Participation AthNLP 2025 - 3rd ATHENS NLP SUMMER SCHOOL ============================================ ** Application Deadline: May 30, 2025 ** Info for sponsors: see here<https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1b79pLs0hJn-5FaZfqDY_1Wd6OHslO0i_/ed…> We invite everyone interested in Natural Language Processing and Machine Learning to attend the 3rd Athens Natural Language Processing Summer School - AthNLP 2025: https://athnlp.github.io/2025/ Important Dates -------------------------- * Application Deadline: May 30, 2025 * Decision: June 10, 2025 * Registration: June 17, 2025 * Summer School: September 4-10, 2025 Description ------------------ Following on from the success of the 1st and 2nd AthNLP school in 2019 and 2024 respectively, AthNLP 2025 will take place at the campus of NCSR “Demokritos" in Athens and is organised jointly by NCSR "Demokritos", the Athens University of Economics and Business, RC "Athena", and Heriot-Watt University. AthNLP cooperates closely with the organisers of LxMLS, taking place in Lisbon, in July 19-25. The school will cover a range of NLP topics focusing on machine learning (ML) methods. There will be morning lectures focusing on theoretical aspects, afternoon lab sessions focusing on implementation and experimentation, and evening talks on research topics and perspectives, as well as demos and posters from the participants. The lectures and the evening talks will be given by internationally recognized researchers from academic and industrial research labs. The topics to be covered include: classification, sequence prediction, linear models, neural networks, encoder-decoder architectures, machine translation, large language models, and multimodality. Our target audience is: * Researchers and graduate students in the fields of NLP and Computational Linguistics; * Computer scientists who have interests in natural language processing and machine learning; * Industry practitioners who desire a more in-depth understanding of these subjects. 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 application fee. * Lecturers are leading researchers in machine learning and natural language processing. * Students will be able to (optionally) show their current work in poster sessions during coffee breaks. * In the demo day, students will be able to interact with technical companies and research institutions working in machine learning. Confirmed Speakers --------------------------------- * Antonis Anastasopoulos, George Mason Computer Science * Yulan He, King's College London, UK * Raquel Fernández, University of Amsterdam * Ryan McDonald * Preslav Nakov, MBZUAI * Vlad Niculae, University of Amsterdam * Anna Rogers, IT University of Copenhagen Participation --------------------- To apply, please fill this<https://ijerm0co.forms.app/athens-nlp-2025-summer-school> 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 Any questions should be directed to: athnlp2024(a)athenarc.gr We are looking forward to your participation! -- The organizers of AthNLP 2025

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Webminar by Sampo Pyysalo (University of Turku)
by HiTZ zentroa 09 May '25

09 May '25

**** 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 AI&LT (https://hitz.eus). You can view the videos of previous webinars and the schedule for upcoming webinars here: http://www.hitz.eus/webinars Next webinar: Speaker: Sampo Pyysalo (University of Turku) Title: Towards Open Foundation Models for Europe Date: Tuesday, May 13, 2025 - 10:00 CET Summary: Large Language Models (LLMs) are a breakthrough technology with broad social and economic effects. However, the development of leading models is currently concentrated in a few technology hubs primarily in the U.S. and China, leaving smaller languages behind and making Europe dependent on external technologies. To secure its digital sovereignty and ensure that its languages are fully represented, it is essential for Europe to have the capacity to build its own foundation models. In this talk, I will present a line of LLM work ranging from early monolingual models for Finnish to current efforts to create fully open foundation models for all European languages in the OpenEuroLLM project. Bio: Sampo Pyysalo is one of the leads of the TurkuNLP group (https://turkunlp.org/) in the University of Turku, Finland. His work focuses on machine learning for natural language processing, with particular emphasis on scientific text mining, Finnish language technology, and large language models. He received his PhD thesis from the University of Turku and held researcher positions at the University of Tokyo, University of Manchester and University of Cambridge before returning to the University of Turku in 2019. He is currently PI in the HPLT (https://hplt-project.org/) and OpenEuroLLM (https://openeurollm.eu/) projects, where he leads efforts to train multilingual language models. Upcoming webinars: · Mirella Lapata (Thursday, June 5, 2025) If you are interested in participating, please complete this registration form: http://www.hitz.eus/webinar_izenematea 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, HiTZ Zentroa P.S: HiTZ will not grant any type of certificate for attendance at these webinars.

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Open research group starting 14 May
by Brezina, Vaclav 08 May '25

08 May '25

Dear all, The ESRC Centre for Corpus Approaches to Social Science at Lancaster University is once again offering a series of informal meetings to explore key issues in corpus linguistics. This summer term's theme is: "How Not to Be Replaced by AI: Corpus Linguistics Reflections." Each session combines theoretical insights with practical applications, drawing on selected readings and current debates in both AI and corpus linguistics. Reading: Brezina, V. (2025). Corpus linguistics and AI: #LancsBox X in the context of emerging technologies. International Journal of Language Studies, 19(2), 75-90. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nBbPtP-6Ysok5iHB2X9HPiYG024cm7ie/view Free Registration: https://forms.office.com/e/YT5md2fjka 14 May 12pm-12.50pm UK time: Models of Meaning; Reading: Brezina (2025: pp. 75-79) 28May 12pm-12.50pm UK time: What can AI do better/worse than humans; Reading: Brezina (2025: pp. 79-83) 11 June 12pm-12.50pm UK time: Communicating Corpus Findings Effectively; Reading: Brezina (2025: pp. 83-85) 25 June 12pm-12.50pm UK time: #LancsBox X: A New Vision; Reading: Brezina (2025: pp. 86-89) Please feel free to join us for these informal sessions! Best, Vaclav Professor Vaclav Brezina Professor in Corpus Linguistics Co-Director of ESRC Centre for Corpus Approaches to Social Science Lancaster University Lancaster, LA1 4YD Office: County South, room C05 T: +44 (0)1524 510828 @vaclavbrezina [cid:image001.jpg@01DBC001.B9E87080]<http://www.lancaster.ac.uk/arts-and-social-sciences/about-us/people/vaclav-…>

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The 16th IEEE International Conference on Knowledge Graphs (ICKG 2025): Fourth Call for Papers
by Announce 08 May '25

08 May '25

*** Fourth Call for Papers *** The 16th IEEE International Conference on Knowledge Graphs (ICKG 2025) November 13-14, 2025, 5* St. Raphael Resort and Marina, Limassol, Cyprus https://cyprusconferences.org/ickg2025/ (*** Proceedings to be published by IEEE ***) (*** please note the change of conference and important dates! ***) The annual IEEE International Conference on Knowledge Graph (ICKG) provides a premier international forum for presentation of original research results in knowledge discovery and graph learning, discussion of opportunities and challenges, as well as exchange and dissemination of innovative, practical development experiences. The conference covers all aspects of knowledge discovery from data, with a strong focus on graph learning and knowledge graph, including algorithms, software, platforms. ICKG 2025 intends to draw researchers and application developers from a wide range of areas such as knowledge engineering, representation learning, big data analytics, statistics, machine learning, pattern recognition, data mining, knowledge visualization, high performance computing, and World Wide Web etc. By promoting novel, high quality research findings, and innovative solutions to address challenges in handling all aspects of learning from data with dependency relationship. All accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings by the IEEE Computer Society. Awards, including Best Paper, Best Paper Runner up, Best Student Paper, Best Student Paper Runner up, will be conferred at the conference, with a check and a certificate for each award. The conference also features a survey track to accept survey papers reviewing recent studies in all aspects of knowledge discovery and graph learning. At least five high quality papers will be invited for a special issue of the Knowledge and Information Systems Journal, in an expanded and revised form. In addition, at least eight quality papers will be invited for a special issue of Data Intelligence Journal in an expanded and revised form with at least 30% difference. TOPICS OF INTEREST Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: • Foundations, algorithms, models, and theory of knowledge discovery and graph learning • Knowledge engineering with big data. • Machine learning, data mining, and statistical methods for data science and engineering. • Acquisition, representation and evolution of fragmented knowledge. • Fragmented knowledge modeling and online learning. • Knowledge graphs and knowledge maps. • Graph learning security, privacy, fairness, and trust. • Interpretation, rule, and relationship discovery in graph learning. • Geospatial and temporal knowledge discovery and graph learning. • Ontologies and reasoning. • Topology and fusion on fragmented knowledge. • Visualization, personalization, and recommendation of Knowledge Graph navigation and interaction. • Knowledge Graph systems and platforms, and their efficiency, scalability, and privacy. • Applications and services of knowledge discovery and graph learning in all domains including web, medicine, education, healthcare, and business. • Big knowledge systems and applications. • Crowdsourcing, deep learning and edge computing for graph mining. • Large language models and applications • Open source platforms and systems supporting knowledge and graph learning. • Datasets and benchmarks for graphs • Neurosymbolic & Hybrid AI systems • Graph Retrieval Augmented Generation SURVEY TRACK Survey paper reviewing recent study in keep aspects of knowledge discover and graph learning. In addition to the above topics, authors can also select and target the following Special Track topics. Each special track is handled by respective special track chairs, and the papers are also included in the conference proceedings. • Special Track 01: KGC and Knowledge Graph Building • Special Track 02: KR and KG Reasoning. • Special Track 03: KG and Large Language Model • Special Track 04: GNN and Graph Learning • Special Track 05: QA and Graph Database • Special Track 06: KG and Multi-modal Learning. • Special Track 07: KG and Knowledge Fusion. • Special Track 08: Industry and Applications SUBMISSION GUIDELINES Paper submissions should be no longer than 8 pages, in the IEEE 2-column format, including the bibliography and any possible appendices. Submissions longer than 8 pages will be rejected without review. All submissions will be reviewed by the Program Committee based on technical quality, originality, significance, and clarity. For survey track paper, please preface the descriptive paper title with “Survey:”, followed by the actual paper title. For example, a paper entitled “A Literature Review of Streaming Knowledge Graph”, should be changed as “Survey: A Literature Review of Streaming Knowledge Graph”. This is for the reviewers and chairs to clearly bid and handle the papers. Once the paper is accepted, the word, such as “Survey:”, can be removed from the camera-ready copy. For special track paper, please preface the descriptive paper title with “SS##:”, where “##” is the two digits special track ID. For example, a paper entitled “Incremental Knowledge Graph Learning”, intended to target Special Track 01 (Machine learning and knowledge graph) should be changed as “SS01: Incremental Knowledge Graph Learning”. All manuscripts are submitted as full papers and are reviewed based on their scientific merit. The reviewing process is single blind, meaning that each submission should list all authors and affiliations. There is no separate abstract submission step. There are no separate industrial, application, or poster tracks. Manuscripts must be submitted electronically in the online submission system. No email submission is accepted. To help ensure correct formatting, please use the style files for U.S. Letter as template for your submission. These include LaTeX and Word. SUBMISSION LINK https://wi-lab.com/cyberchair/2025/ickg25/ IMPORTANT DATES • Paper submission (abstract and full paper): June 20, 2025 (AoE) • Notification of acceptance/rejection: September 5, 2025 • Camera-ready, copyright forms and author registration: September 20, 2025 • Early (non-author) registration: October 10, 2025 • Conference dates: November 13-14, 2025 ORGANISATION Conference and Local Organising Chair • George A. Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus Conference Co-Chair • Dan Guo, Hefei University of Technology Program Chairs • Cesare Alippi, Università della Svizzera italiana • Shirui Pan, Griffith University Local Organising Vice Chair • Irene Kinlanioti, National Technical University of Athens Finance Chair • Constantinos Pattichis, University of Cyprus Steering Committee Chair • Xindong Wu, Hefei University Of Technology

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Public online talk on "Large Language Models for Linguistic Analysis: Powerful Tools or Overhyped?"
by Robert Fuchs 07 May '25

07 May '25

Bonn Talks on Research Trends in Applied Linguistics *Large Language Models for Linguistic Analysis: Powerful Tools or Overhyped?* Iris Ferrazzo, Bonn Centre for Digital Humanities Large language models (LLMs) have become part of everyday life, and we increasingly rely on their seemingly exceptional performance. But are they truly this powerful when it comes to concrete applications such as linguistic analysis? This talk explores the capabilities and limitations of LLMs in the context of empirical linguistic research. Beginning with an overview of their architecture and underlying principles, the discussion will examine both the strengths of LLMs, such as their performance in language understanding and generation tasks, and their shortcomings, including bias, opacity, and hallucination. The second part of the talk investigates how LLMs perform on concrete linguistic tasks, providing a critical assessment of their performance in real-world analysis. Friday, May 9, 2.15 - 3.45 pm, CEST Register here: https://uni-bonn.zoom-x.de/meeting/register/sKFooDgRRqm0_PLtU-fYvg Prof. Dr. Robert Fuchs | Head of Department and Professor of English Linguistics | Department of English, American and Celtic Studies | University of Bonn | Rabinstr. 8 53113 Bonn, Germany | https://uni-bonn.academia.edu/RFuchs | https://www.iaak.uni-bonn.de/bael/en/people/chair/prof-dr-robert-fuchs | https://sites.google.com/view/rflinguistics/ *Recent publications:* Fuchs, R. et al. (to appear). *Non-standard morphosyntactic variation in L2 English varieties world-wide: A corpus-based study <https://www.academia.edu/129153158/Fuchs_etal25_Non_standard_morphosyntacti…>*. Lingua. Fuchs, R., Wiltshire, C. & Sarmah, P. (to appear). *The role of English in the linguistic ecology of Northeast India <https://www.academia.edu/125365118/The_role_of_English_in_the_linguistic_ec…>*. In P. Siemund, et al. (Eds.), /World Englishes in their Local Multilingual Ecologies/. Amsterdam: Benjamins. Fuchs, R. (to appear). *Influencing people around the globe - The linguistic expression of persuasion across varieties of English worldwide* <https://www.academia.edu/107491904/Influencing_people_around_the_globe_The_…>. In D. Dayter, & S. Rüdiger (Eds.), /Manipulation, Influence, and Deception: The Changing Landscape of Persuasive Language/. Cambridge: CUP. Lange, C., & Fuchs, R. (to appear). *English in India*. In R. Hickey & K. Burridge (Eds.), /New Cambridge History of the English Language/. Cambridge: CUP.

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CfP: Historical Languages and AI (Berlin, Germany)
by Daidalos-Projekt (Konstantin Schulz) 07 May '25

07 May '25

Call for Papers: Historical Languages and AI March 5-6, 2026 The intersection of historical languages and artificial intelligence (AI) presents a rich and dynamic field of study, with the potential to revolutionize our understanding of the past and the ways in which we engage with historical texts. As digital technologies continue to advance, the need for interdisciplinary collaboration becomes increasingly apparent. The upcoming 2-day international conference on “Historical Languages and AI” aims to foster this collaboration by bringing together experts from computational literary studies, digital history, linguistics, and other domains that work with historical languages such as Latin. The conference seeks to address the growing demand for innovative methods and tools that can enhance the analysis, preservation, and interpretation of historical languages. By leveraging AI technologies, researchers can unlock new insights into historical texts, improve the accuracy of translations, and develop more effective teaching methods for historical languages. The conference will provide a platform for scholars to share their latest findings, discuss emerging trends, and explore the practical applications of AI in historical language research. It explicitly includes historical stages of modern languages, such as Old English or Early New High German. The conference is hosted by the Daidalos research project (Humboldt University Berlin, 2023-2026; https://daidalos-projekt.de ). The project is building a research infrastructure for methods of natural language processing (NLP). The target group is literary scholars in classical philology and related disciplines. The research infrastructure consists, on the one hand, of an interactive website on which interested parties can apply NLP methods to text corpora. On the other hand, the Daidalos project sees itself as a contact point for interested researchers. In this function, the project regularly invites researchers to workshops (https://daidalos-projekt.de/workshops), advises them within the framework of research tandems (https://daidalos-projekt.de/tandems), and provides materials for further training (https://daidalos-projekt.de/jupyterlite). Conference Dates: March 5-6, 2026 Venue: Humboldt-Universitaet zu Berlin (Berlin, Germany) Unfortunately, we cannot offer travel bursaries. Attending the conference itself is free of charge. Topics of Interest We welcome submissions on a wide range of topics related to historical languages and AI, including but not limited to: Machine Learning Large Language Models / Large Action Models Usage for data modeling or corpus construction Challenges in low-resource scenarios Neural machine translation for historical texts Innovative approaches to historical language analysis Linguistic analysis for literary studies Part-of-speech tagging Topic modeling Sentiment analysis Named entity recognition Word embeddings Multilingual Information Retrieval, incl. cross-lingual embeddings Evaluation of AI-driven methods and datasets Frameworks for mapping research questions to relevant AI models and methods Assessment of AI tools in historical language studies Technical Infrastructure for Research & Teaching Integrating technologies like Jupyter Notebooks into larger software platforms Retrieval-augmented generation for domain-specific chatbots Teaching & Learning Digital Literacies, incl. open educational resources for teaching natural language processing Important Dates Submission Deadline: September 1, 2025 Notification of Acceptance: October 15, 2025 Camera-Ready Submission: January 31, 2026 Conference Dates: March 5-6, 2026 Submission types Included in the open-access proceedings: *Long papers*: up to 4000 words (ca. 8 pages, excl. bibliography and appendix). Long papers report on original and unpublished results. Long papers are presented as oral presentations (30 min talk + 15 min discussion). We welcome the use of appendices or other supplementary information. Published only in the book of abstracts in our Zenodo Community (https://zenodo.org/communities/daidalos): *Short papers*: up to 2000 words (ca. 4 pages, excl. bibliography and appendix). Short papers report on focused contributions, and may present work in progress. Short papers are presented as short oral presentations (20 min talk + 10 min discussion). We welcome the use of appendices or other supplementary information. *Pitch Your Research Idea*: Submit an abstract of up to 200 words (excl. bibliography and appendix) to give a 5-minute presentation during a pitch session. The presentations are followed by a Scientific Speed Dating Session and enable researchers to get in touch faster.Long papers Workshops (90 min): Submit a proposal for your intended workshop of up to 750 words. Workshops should be organized as hands-on research or learning opportunity. The workshops will take place on the second day of the conference (March 6, 2026). Workshop proposals should describe: the aims and setup of the workshop, the academic background for the work, an outline of the workshop, including the types of activities, the expected key outcomes, a short bio of each organizer or presenter, including their name, affiliation, email address, a plan for promoting the workshop to attract participants, specific requirements, including but not limited to special equipment (e.g., audio/video), software, physical space arrangements, any technical knowledge, skills, or experience participants should have before attending the workshop. Submission Guidelines and Participation All submissions must be in English or German. Papers should be formatted according to the conference template: Template of the Association for Computational Linguistics (https://github.com/acl-org/acl-style-files). It supports both Microsoft Word and LaTeX. Submissions will be peer-reviewed by the organizers. Papers should be submitted as PDF documents via E-Mail: daidalos-projekt(a)hu-berlin.de At least one author of each accepted submission must register to the conference and present the paper. Proceedings of the conference will be published as a Propylaeum eBook in the Digital Classics Books series (for long papers; https://books.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/propylaeum/catalog/series/dcb) and on Zenodo (for all other submissions; https://zenodo.org/communities/daidalos). Contact Information For any inquiries, please contact the conference organizers at daidalos-projekt(a)hu-berlin.de . We look forward to receiving your submissions and welcoming you to the International Conference on Historical Languages and AI! The Conference *Organizing Committee* of the Daidalos project (https://daidalos-projekt.de): Andrea Beyer, Konstantin Schulz, Anke Lüdeling, Florian Kotschka, Florian Deichsler, Malte Dreyer

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First International Workshop on Language and Language Models
by Héja Enikő 07 May '25

07 May '25

First International Workshop on Language and Language Models WoLaLa 2025 workshop | Budapest (Hungary) | 20-21 November 2025 The Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics (HUN-REN) invites submissions to the 1st International Workshop on Language and Language Models. This workshop is designed as a dedicated forum for scholars and practitioners in the social sciences and humanities (SSH) to discuss and evaluate large language models from an SSH perspective, and to share best practices that can advance research and applications within these fields. Relevant topics include, but are not limited to, the following areas: 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 30 June 2025: Submission deadline 15 September 2025: Notification of acceptance 20 November – 21 November 2025: Workshop in Budapest 15 January 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=wolala2025> 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. Proceedings Selected papers will be published in Acta Linguistica Academica <https://akjournals.com/view/journals/2062/2062-overview.xml>. After acceptance notifications, the author(s) of accepted submissions will be invited to submit full papers (10-12 pages) to be reviewed according to the same criteria as the abstracts. Conference Programme Committee The Programme Committee for the conference consists of the following members: Gábor Prószéky, HUN-REN Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics & Pázmány Péter Catholic University (chair) António Branco, University of Lisbon, Portugal Eva Hajičová, Charles University Prague, Czech Republic Csaba Pléh, Central European University, Austria Paul Rayson, Lancaster University, United Kingdom Frédérique Segond, National Institute for Research in Digital Science and Technology, France Marko Tadić, University of Zagreb, Croatia Dan Tufiș, Romanian Academy, Romania Tamás Váradi, HUN-REN Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics, Hungary Martin Wynne, University of Oxford, United Kingdom LINKS 1st International Workshop on Language and Language Models website: https://wolala.nytud.hu <https://wolala.nytud.hu/> EasyChair submission: https://easychair.org/conferences?conf=wolala2025 Template for submissions: ZIP-archive: https://wolala.nytud.hu/templates/WoLaLa2025.zip Overleaf template: <https://www.overleaf.com/read/xsvjrhvjyfmj#f3362f>https://www.overleaf.com/read/sbmczvkpxpzz#4a94e3 Contact for any questions regarding the conference: info(a)wolala.nytud.hu <mailto:info@wolala.nytud.hu>

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Reminder – Upcoming CIRCE Seminar with Dr. Ana Tankosić (May 12)
by Claudia Soria 07 May '25

07 May '25

Dear Colleagues, This is a kind reminder about the upcoming CIRCE Seminar: *Dr. Ana Tankosić* /Curtin University, Australia/ */Intersectionality in Translingual Spaces: Migrant Experiences from 'Down-Under'/* 📅 *May 12, 2025* 🕓 *2:00 PM – 3:00 PM (CEST)* Please note the change in time for this session. To join the seminar, please access the link via the *“Events”* section in the *H2IOSC Training Environment <https://h2iosc-training-platform.ilc4clarin.ilc.cnr.it/en>*. After selecting the CIRCE course, click *“Start the course”*, then navigate to the *“Event”* tab on the left. Find the event scheduled for May 12 and click *“Participate”*. The connection will become active 15 minutes before the seminar begins. Should you encounter any issues, feel free to contact us at contact(a)circe-project.eu. The recording of the latest CIRCE seminar by *Alice Henderson* is also available on the platform. With warm regards, Claudia Soria

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Second call for papers DHASA Conference 2025
by Menno Van Zaanen 07 May '25

07 May '25

Second call for papers DHASA Conference 2025 https://dh2025.digitalhumanities.org.za Theme: The role of humanities in digital humanities and artificial intelligence The Digital Humanities Association of Southern Africa (DHASA) is pleased to announce its fifth conference, focusing on the theme The role of humanities in digital humanities and artificial intelligence. In a region where the field of Digital Humanities is still relatively underdeveloped, this conference aims to address this gap and foster growth and collaboration in the field. The conference offers an opportunity for researchers interested in showcasing their work in the broad field of Digital Humanities to come together. By doing so, the conference provides a comprehensive overview of the current state-of- the-art in Digital Humanities, particularly within the Southern Africa region. As such, we welcome submissions related to Digital Humanities research conducted by individuals from Southern Africa or research focused on the geographical area of Southern Africa in the broad sense. Furthermore, the conference serves as a platform for information sharing and networking among researchers passionate about Digital Humanities. By bringing together experts working on Digital Humanities in Southern Africa or with a focus on Southern Africa, we aim to promote collaboration and facilitate further research in this dynamic field. In addition to the main conference, affiliated workshops and tutorials will be organised, providing researchers with valuable insights into novel technologies and tools. These supplementary events are designed for researchers interested in specific aspects of Digital Humanities or seeking practical information to enter or advance their knowledge in the field. The DHASA conference welcomes interdisciplinary contributions from researchers in various domains of Digital Humanities, including, but not limited to, language, literature, visual art, performance and theatre studies, media studies, music, history, sociology, psychology, language technologies, library studies, philosophy, methodologies, software and computation, AI, and more. Our goal is to cultivate an inclusive scientific community of practice within Digital Humanities. Suggested topics include the following: * The role of AI in digital humanities, the role of Digital Humanities in shaping AI, and the broader role of the humanities in both AI and DH projects; * Digital archives and the preservation of marginalised voices; * Intersectionality and the digital humanities: exploring the intersections of race, gender, sexuality, culture, and class in digital research and activism; * Activism and social change through digital media: how digital humanities tools and methodologies can be used to promote inclusion; * Engaging marginalised communities in the creation and use of digital tools, resources, and AI; * Exploring the role of digital humanities in decolonising knowledge and promoting indigenous perspectives; * The ethics of data collection and analysis in digital humanities and AI research; * The role of digital humanities and AI in promoting inclusive and equitable pedagogy; * Digital humanities and inclusion in the context of African and global perspectives and international collaborations; * Critical approaches to digital humanities and inclusion: examining the limitations and possibilities of digital tools and methodologies in promoting inclusion; and * Collaborative digital humanities projects with non-profit organisations, community groups, and cultural institutions; * Development of digital and AI tools for supporting digital humanities; * Novel utilisation of digital and AI tools for performing digital humanities research; * The role of digital humanities in the classroom: reimagining literacy and AI fluency * Digital humanities data and project management; * The role of librarians in the digital humanities project; * Any other digital humanities-related topic that serves the Southern African community. Submission Guidelines The DHASA conference 2025 asks for three types of submissions: * Long papers: Authors may submit long papers with a maximum of 8 content pages and unlimited pages for references and appendices. The final versions of accepted long papers will be granted an additional page (leading to a total of up to 9 content pages) to incorporate reviewers' comments. Long papers accepted for the conference will be presented in 30-minute time slots (which includes 10 minutes for questions). * Short papers: Authors may submit short papers with a maximum of 5 content pages and unlimited pages for references and appendices. The final versions of accepted short papers will be allowed an extra page (leading to a total of up to 6 content pages) to accommodate reviewers' comments. Short papers accepted for the conference will be presented in 15-minute time slots (which includes 5 minutes for questions). * Executive summaries: Authors can submit an executive summary for work in progress, limited to 1 page. Executive summaries accepted for the conference will be presented as posters during a dedicated poster presentation slot. All accepted long and short paper submissions that are presented at the conference will be published in the JDHASA journal, see https://upjournals.up.ac.za/index.php/dhasa. In addition, the executive summaries for the poster presentations will be published in a book of executive summaries before the conference. We particularly encourage student submissions where the first author is a student. All submissions should adhere to the ACL style guide: https://acl-org.github.io/ACLPUB/formatting.html Submissions should be submitted in PDF format. Submissions that do not adhere to the prescribed style guide will be rejected. Follow this link to go to the submission platform: https://dh2025.digitalhumanities.org.za/submission/ Authors are encouraged to upload their datasets to the SADiLaR repository: https://repo.sadilar.org/. In case of difficulties uploading the datasets, please reach out to Benito Trollip (benito.trollip(a)nwu.ac.za). Important dates Submission deadline: 14 July 2025 Date of notification: 16 September 2025 Camera-ready copy deadline: 24 October 2025 Conference: 10 November 2025 - 14 November 2025 Conference venue: CSIR ICC, Pretoria, South Africa Co-located events Several co-located events are currently being prepared, including workshops and tutorials. These will be updated on the conference website. Organising Committee Aby Louw, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research Andiswa Bukula, South African Centre for Digital Language Resources Avi Moodley, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research Franco Mak, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research Franziska Pannach, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen Ilana Wilken, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research Johannes Sibeko, Nelson Mandela University Juan Steyn, South African Centre for Digital Language Resources Laurette Marais, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research Marissa Griesel, South African Centre for Digital Language Resources Menno van Zaanen, South African Centre for Digital Language Resources Privolin Naidoo, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research Sthembiso Mkhwanazi, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research -- 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. 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Call for Participation: ACM SIGIR Women in IR (WIR)
by Yilmaz, Emine 07 May '25

07 May '25

CALL FOR PARTICIPATION AT THE EVENT OF THE ACM SIGIR WOMEN IN IR At the premises of SIGIR 2025, which will take place in Padova, from July 12th to July 18th, a dedicated event organised by ACM SIGIR Women-in-IR (WIR) is planned on Wednesday, July 16th. The event will consist of a panel followed by a poster session, which aims to provide a platform for women participants at all stages of their career to synthetically present their research interests and share their career paths. A standardized poster template is provided to ensure a consistent presentation format; you can find the template enclosed here<https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Ohp7T5g5PitcNtM42aWRIM2INlm4zOF8/ed…>. The panel session will offer an opportunity to listen and talk to experienced researchers (from both Academy and Industry), who will provide their experience as well as suggestions for career paths development. The panel will be followed by an aperitif, during which the poster session will take place. All participants to SIGIR 2025 (not women only!) are warmly invited to attend both the poster and the panel sessions. We encourage all women in IR to: 1. Complete this form<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe8wOG5igV3G6PXE6HZlI_fBNTeHYh-Wrd…> to confirm their participation in the poster event (due: May the 23th). 2. Prepare their poster using the provided template, and 3. Submit their poster via (https://forms.gle/JkF2mTx9AjrsQjzj8) in .pdf format by (June the 12th). Please note that presenting a poster is optional. You are very welcome to participate in the event in any case! Gabriella Pasi (Chair), Nazli Goharian (ex-Chair), Faegheh Hasibi, Maria Maistro, Emine Yilmaz (members of the organizing committee)

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Final call for paper: BriGap-2, Bridges and Gaps between Formal and Computational Linguistics (an IWCS 2025 workshop)
by Timothée Bernard 07 May '25

07 May '25

Final call for paper: *BriGap-2, Bridges and Gaps between Formal and Computational Linguistics* (an IWCS 2025 workshop) (with our apologies for cross-posting) Venue: IWCS 2025 (https://iwcs2025.github.io/), Düsseldorf, Germany Date: *September 24th, 2025* (main conference: 22nd-23rd) Workshop website: https://brigap-workshop.github.io/ BriGap-2 is a venue for linguists and NLP scientists to meet: what fruitful interactions can we have? How do we build upon each other’s work? * Description * In recent years, the natural language processing (NLP) community has shifted its focus towards engineering questions. This state of affairs is in no small part due to the recent technical advances that have transformed NLP as a field. In the current large language model (LLM) era, much of what was deemed near impossible to achieve a few years prior is now taken for granted and it stands to reason that mapping how far ahead new computational models have advanced the field has become a central topic for the NLP community. Hence, the current ongoing discourse in NLP focuses more on what can be achieved through language rather than studying language for its own sake. It seems thus that computational and formal linguistics are now separate domains, and that the former is no longer rooted in the latter. To what extent are these traditions truly divorced, and what fruitful bridges can be (re)built? To answer these questions, the second iteration of the workshop on Bridges and Gaps between Formal and Computational Linguistics (BriGap-2) intends to provide a space for formal linguists, computational linguists, and NLP scientists to exchange their perspectives on how their different domains of research can build upon one another. * Workshop topics * - investigation of the linguistic properties of machine learning models, - linguistic representations, vector space semantics, and their relations with theoretical concepts such as compositionality, - use of information-theoretical and computational methods for linguistic inquiry, - formal distributional semantics and neural-symbolic integration for NLP, - formal grammars, symbolic structures and their applications for computational linguistics and NLP, - trends in the history of computational linguistics and NLP, - … * Invited speakers * - Anna ROGERS, IT University of Copenhagen - Kees VAN DEEMTER, Universiteit Utrecht * Submission details * The workshop accepts both archival (original and unpublished research) and non-archival (work-in-progress, dissemination of research published or accepted elsewhere, etc.) submissions in either short (up to 4 pages) or long (up to 8 pages) format. Camera-ready versions of papers will be given one additional page of content so that reviewers’ comments can be taken into account. Each submission should mention whether it targets archival or non-archival status. Archival papers accepted at BriGap-2 will be indexed in the ACL Anthology. Please use the ACL style templates available here: https://github.com/acl-org/acl-style-files The submissions need to be done in PDF format via OpenReview, using the following link: https://openreview.net/group?id=IWCS/2025/Workshop/BriGap-2 * Important dates * - Submission deadline:* Friday, June 6th 2025* - Notification of acceptance: Friday, August 1st 2025 - Workshop: *September 24th, 2025* (main conference: 22nd-23rd) * Contact * For questions, please send an email to brigapworkshop(a)gmail.com or contact one of the workshop chairs: - Timothée Bernard, Université Paris Cité, timothee.bernard(a)u-paris.fr - Timothee Mickus, University of Helsinki, timothee.mickus(a)helsinki.fi - Grégoire Winterstein, Université du Québec à Montréal, winterstein.gregoire(a)uqam.ca

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Deadline extended: Automatic Detection of Borrowings shared task (ADoBo 2025)
by ELENA ALVAREZ MELLADO 07 May '25

07 May '25

The deadline to participate in ADoBo 2025 shared task on automatic detection of borrowings in Spanish has been postponed: the development phase will now end on May 12th and final submissions will be due on May 26th. The competition is now live and can be joined on Codabench: https://www.codabench.org/competitions/7284/ https://adobo-task.github.io/ TIMELINE April 21: Dev set released.<https://www.codabench.org/competitions/7284/> May 12: Test set released. May 26: Systems output submissions. June 9: Working notes paper submission. June 16: Notification of acceptance (peer-reviews). June 23: Camera ready paper submission. September: ADoBo results to be presented at IberLEF 2025. ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE Elena Álvarez-Mellado, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED). Julio Gonzalo, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED). Constantine Lignos, Brandeis University. Jordi Porta-Zamorano, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM). AVISO LEGAL. Este mensaje puede contener información reservada y confidencial. Si usted no es el destinatario no está autorizado a copiar, reproducir o distribuir este mensaje ni su contenido. Si ha recibido este mensaje por error, le rogamos que lo notifique al remitente. Le informamos de que sus datos personales, que puedan constar en este mensaje, serán tratados en calidad de responsable de tratamiento por la UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE EDUCACIÓN A DISTANCIA (UNED) c/ Bravo Murillo, 38, 28015-MADRID-, con la finalidad de mantener el contacto con usted. La base jurídica que legitima este tratamiento, será su consentimiento, el interés legítimo o la necesidad para gestionar una relación contractual o similar. En cualquier momento podrá ejercer sus derechos de acceso, rectificación, supresión, oposición, limitación al tratamiento o portabilidad de los datos, ante la UNED, Oficina de Protección de datos<https://www.uned.es/dpj>, o a través de la Sede electrónica<https://sede.uned.es/> de la Universidad. Para más información visite nuestra Política de Privacidad<https://descargas.uned.es/publico/pdf/Politica_privacidad_UNED.pdf>.

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2nd Call for Papers: Second International Workshop on Construction Grammars and NLP (CxGs+NLP 2025)
by claire.n.bonial.civ＠army.mil 06 May '25

06 May '25

Call for Papers: Second International Workshop on Construction Grammars and NLP (CxGs+NLP 2025) Workshop Website: https://sites.google.com/view/2ndcxgsnlpworkshop/home Please join the workshop’s Google Group for the latest updates and to post any questions you might have: https://groups.google.com/g/cxgsnlp-workshop Overview Constructionist approaches to language posit that all linguistic knowledge needed for language comprehension and production can be captured as a network of form-meaning mappings, called constructions. Construction Grammars (CxGs) do not distinguish between words and grammar rules, but allow for mappings between forms and meanings of arbitrary complexity and degree of abstraction. CxGs are thereby able to uniformly capture the compositional and non-compositional aspects of language use, making the theory particularly attractive to researchers in the field of Natural Language Processing (NLP). CxG theories, for example, can serve as a valuable ‘lens’ to assess and investigate the abilities of today’s large language models, which lack explicit, theoretically grounded linguistic insights. At the same time, techniques from the field of NLP are often employed for the further development and scaling of CxG theories and applications. This workshop aims to bring together researchers across theory and practice from the two complementary perspectives of Construction Grammar and NLP to explore how CxG approaches can both inform and benefit from NLP methods, with an emphasis on LLMs. Therefore, we invite original research papers from a broad spectrum of topics, including but not limited to: Contributions to Construction Grammar theory Construction Grammar Formalisms Computational Construction Grammar Implementations Natural Language Understanding (NLU) Opinion pieces on the interplay between Construction Grammar and NLP Constructions and Language Models (Mechanistic interpretability, probing (e.g., BERTology), and evaluation of LLMs) Resources: Constructicons and corpora annotated for Construction Grammar Construction Grammar learning and adaptation Applications at the intersection of Construction Grammar and NLP Invited Speakers Adele Goldberg, Professor of Psychology, Princeton University Thomas Hoffmann, Professor of English Language and Linguistics, Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt Laura Michaelis, Professor of Linguistics, University of Colorado Boulder Venue & Workshop Details The 2nd CxGs+NLP workshop will be co-located with the 16th International Conference on Computational Semantics (IWCS), organized by the Heinrich Heine University (HHU) in Düsseldorf, Germany. The workshop will be a full day on 24 September 2025. Additionally, we will be hosting a community-building event in Düsseldorf on 25 September 2025, including panel discussions and breakout sessions on how to organize CxG community resources. We are expecting the workshop to be in-person only, but are awaiting details on the possibility of a hybrid presentation option. Important Dates Jun 06: submission deadline Aug 01: notification of acceptance, registration opens Aug 22: camera-ready papers due Sep 22-23: IWCS main conference Sep 24: workshop Sep 25: community-building event Submission information Two types of submission are solicited: long papers and short papers. Long papers should describe original research and must not exceed 8 pages. Short papers (typically system or project descriptions, or ongoing research) must not exceed 4 pages. Acknowledgments, references, a limitations section (optional), an ethics statement (optional), and a technical appendix (optional, not subject to reviewing) do not count towards the page limit. Accepted papers get an extra page in the camera-ready version and will be published in the conference proceedings in the ACL Anthology. Additionally, non-archival publications will be considered for acceptance into the workshop as in-person poster presentations only. CxGs+NLP 2 papers should be formatted following the common two-column structure as used by IWCS 2021 (borrowed from ACL 2021). Please use these specific style-files or the Overleaf template. Style files: https://iwcs2021.github.io/download/iwcs2021-templates.zip Overleaf template: https://www.overleaf.com/latex/templates/instructions-for-iwcs-2021-proceed… Double submission policy: We will accept submissions that have been submitted elsewhere, but require that the authors notify us, including information on where else they are submitting and let us know if the work is accepted for publication elsewhere. Submission site TBA. Instructions for Double-Blind Review As reviewing will be double blind, papers must not include authors’ names and affiliations. Furthermore, self-references or links (such as github) that reveal the author’s identity, e.g., “We previously showed (Smith, 1991) …” must be avoided. Instead, use citations such as “Smith previously showed (Smith, 1991) …” Papers that do not conform to these requirements will be rejected without review. Papers should not refer, for further detail, to documents that are not available to the reviewers. For example, do not omit or redact important citation information to preserve anonymity. Instead, use third person or named reference to this work, as described above (“Smith showed” rather than “we showed”). If important citations are not available to reviewers (e.g., awaiting publication), these paper/s should be anonymised and included in the appendix. They can then be referenced from the submission without compromising anonymity. Papers may be accompanied by a resource (software and/or data) described in the paper, but these resources should also be anonymized. Workshop Chairs Claire Bonial (U.S. Army Research Lab) Harish Tayyar Madabushi (The University of Bath) Workshop Organizing Committee Melissa Torgbi (The University of Bath) Leonie Weissweiler (University of Texas at Austin) Austin Blodgett (U.S. Army Research Lab) Katrien Beuls (University of Namur, Belgium) Paul Van Eecke (Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium) Contact: Please join the workshop’s Google Group for the latest updates and to post any questions you might have: https://groups.google.com/g/cxgsnlp-workshop

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First Call for Participation: Model Compression Shared Task @ WMT 2025
by Marco Gaido 06 May '25

06 May '25

We are pleased to announce a brand new Model Compression track <https://www2.statmt.org/wmt25/model-compression.html> at WMT 2025 <https://www2.statmt.org/wmt25/index.html>. This shared task aims to evaluate the potential of model compression techniques in reducing the size of large, 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 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 aimed at assessing not only translation quality but also efficiency. Although the focus is on model compression, the task is closely aligned with the General MT shared task <https://www2.statmt.org/wmt25/translation-task.html>, sharing language directions, test data, and 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 first round will focus on the same language pairs as the General MT track. - Conditions: - Constrained: Participants work within a predefined model and language setting for directly comparable results. - Unconstrained: Participants are free to compress any model across language directions of their choice. - Evaluation Criteria: - Translation quality: Automatically measured using the LLM-as-a-judge framework from the General MT task - Model size: Defined by the memory usage - Inference speed: Measured by total processing time over the test set IMPORTANT DATES - Test data released: 26th June 2025 - Translation submission deadline: 3rd July 2025 - System description abstract paper: 10th July 2025 - System description submission: 14th August 2025 WEBSITE: https://www2.statmt.org/wmt25/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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Deadline extended (May 23rd) for Touché @ CLEF 2025: Shared Tasks on Argumentation Systems (Classification, Detection, Retrieval, Generation)
by Kiesel, Johannes 06 May '25

06 May '25

Touché @ CLEF 2025: Shared Tasks on Argumentation Systems (Classification, Detection, Retrieval, Generation) Call for Participation We'd like to invite you to participate in the following shared tasks at Touché 2025 held in conjunction with the CLEF conference in Madrid, Spain. We extended the submission deadline to May 23rd. 1. Retrieval-Augmented Debating. Sub-Task 1: Generate responses to argue against a simulated debate partner. Sub-Task 2: Evaluate systems of sub-task 1. https://touche.webis.de/clef25/touche25-web/retrieval-augmented-debating.ht… 2. Ideology and Power Identification in Parliamentary Debates. Sub-Task 1: Given a parliamentary speech in one of several languages, identify the ideology of the speaker's party. Sub-Task 2: Given a parliamentary speech in one of several languages, identify whether the speaker's party is currently governing or in opposition. Sub-Task 3: Given a parliamentary speech, identify the position of the speaker's party in populist - pluralist scale. https://touche.webis.de/clef25/touche25-web/ideology-and-power-identificati… 3. Image Retrieval/Generation for Arguments. Given an argument, find (retrieve or generate) images that help to convey the argument's premise. https://touche.webis.de/clef25/touche25-web/image-retrieval-for-arguments.h… 4. Advertisement in Retrieval-Augmented Generation. Sub-Task 1: Create relevant responses for a given query, based on a set of document segments. Sub-Task 2: Given a query and a response, classify whether the response contains an advertisement or not. https://touche.webis.de/clef25/touche25-web/advertisement-detection.html Find out more at https://touche.webis.de/clef25/touche25-web/ and join our mailing list at https://groups.google.com/g/touche-lab for staying up to date. Important Dates -------------------------- 2025-05-23: Approaches submission deadline 2025-05-30: Participant paper submission 2025-06-10: Peer review notification 2025-07-07: Camera-ready participant papers submission 2025-09 09-12: CLEF Conference in Madrid and Touché Workshop Links -------------------------- Touché: https://touche.webis.de Contact: touche(a)webis.de<mailto:touche@webis.de> We are looking forward to your submission! The Touché team

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ReproducibiliTea in the HumaniTeas
by Elen Le Foll 06 May '25

06 May '25

This coming Monday 12 May ReproducibiliTea in the HumaniTeas is delighted to welcome Nathan Dykes (FAU Erlangen) for a short input talk (20 minutes) entitled "Beyond the gold standard: Transparency in qualitative corpus analysis" followed by a 60-minute discussion on the application of Open Sciences practices in qualitative research. ReproducibiliTea in the HumaniTeas is an informal place to network with linguists and other humanities scholars to learn more about reproducibility, Open Science, and good scientific practice. We meet on selected Mondays 16-17:30 pm CEST. Our programme this semester also includes a session on "Reproducibility when working with large language models: A hallucination?" with Nils Reiter and on "Language and its role for replicability" with Xenia Schmalz, Anna Yi Leung and Johannes Breuer. We aim to be as inclusive as possible: from B.A. students to full professors, everyone is welcome and there are no silly questions! Details can be found here: https://ub.uni-koeln.de/kurse-beratung/specials/reproducibilitea-in-the-hum…. You can join us in person at the University Library in Cologne where we serve tea and biscuits or online via Zoom. Please join our mailing list to get the Zoom links: https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/reproducibilitea-humaniteas. -- *Dr. Elen Le Foll* /Post-Doctoral Researcher & Lecturer/ 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> *Recent publications:* Wagne, Ahmadou, Elen Le Foll, Florentine Frantz & Jana Lasser. 2025. Giving the outrage a name – how researchers are challenging employment conditions under the hashtags #IchBinHanna and #IchBinReyhan. Information, Communication & Society. 1–27. https://doi.org/10.1080/1369118X.2025.2452273. Le Foll, Elen & Muhammad Shakir. 2025. The Multi-Feature Tagger of English (MFTE): Rationale, Description and Evaluation. Research in Corpus Linguistics 13(2). 63–93. https://doi.org/10.32714/ricl.13.02.03. Le Foll, Elen. 2024. Textbook English: A Multi-Dimensional Approach (Studies in Corpus Linguistics 116). Amsterdam: John Benjamins. https://doi.org/10.1075/scl.116.

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IndiREAD Workshop – 2nd Call for Papers
by Iza Skrjanec 06 May '25

06 May '25

IndiREAD Workshop 2025: 2nd Call for Papers Saarbrücken, Germany, November 26-27, 2025 IndiREAD is a workshop jointly organized by the ERC Project "Individualized Interaction in Discourse" IDDISC [1] and the MultiplEYE COST [2] action "Enabling multilingual eye-tracking data collection for human and machine language processing research". While experimental research in reading has a long tradition in identifying key factors that influence reading patterns--including text properties such as font difficulty, word and structure frequency, word predictability, and dependency length--recent studies have emphasized the importance of individual variability in reading behaviour (e.g., Haeuser & Kray, 2024; Kuperman et al., 2018; Nicenboim et al., 2016; Staub, 2021). This work has linked individual variability in reading patterns to differences in working memory capacity, reading skills, linguistic experience, and domain expertise among readers. This informs our understanding of how text characteristics and individual reader attributes interact to shape eye movements during reading. IndiREAD aims to bring together researchers interested in investigating individual differences in reading using both experimental and computational approaches. This workshop will focus on methods such as eye-tracking, self-paced reading, and the Maze task, with particular interest in how reading behaviour is correlated with individual differences. We also encourage submissions of computational models for eye movements or reading behavior that shed light on the mechanisms behind these differences. The goal is to foster collaboration between experimental and computational researchers to better understand individual variability among readers. We especially welcome submissions of reading time experiments and modelling of languages beyond English. The IndiREAD Workshop invites submissions of abstracts addressing the following questions:  * How do individual differences impact the way people read? * How do reading patterns vary across different languages, particularly in bilinguals? * How do reading patterns change across the lifespan? * Which individual difference measures are most suitable for capturing variability in reading patterns? * How can we evaluate psycholinguistic theories of reading and sentence processing across languages? * How can computational models account for individual differences in reading? * How does text adaptation influence reading patterns and comprehension among different individuals? * What statistical methods are best suited for reliably identifying latent groups and relating individual differences to reading performance? Workshop dates: November 26-27, 2025 Workshop format: The workshop will be held in-person in Saarbrücken, Germany. It will feature presentations from invited speakers, as well as contributions based on workshop submissions. The format of the presentations (oral or poster) will be determined based on the number of submissions we receive. Submission deadline: July 23, 2025. Submissions: The abstracts must not exceed 1000 words for the text (excl. captions), 10000 characters for references, and a maximum of 2 tables or figures. Abstracts should be submitted in PDF format, with 2.54 cm margins on all sides and 12 point font size, single-spaced. Please indicate up to three appropriate keywords for your abstract, which will be used for session planning. Abstracts must be written in English and should include a clear title but no information revealing the author(s). We welcome submissions for work that is being considered by other conferences, workshops, or journals. Templates for formatting in LaTeX and Word are provided on the conference website. Submission platform: https://openreview.net/group?id=IndiREAD/2025 Volunteer reviewers: We also invite all interested parties with relevant research experience to volunteer to help review abstracts for the workshop. All reviewers should hold a PhD. Please indicate your interest using the following form: https://forms.office.com/e/0fGmHW7q11 Conference website: https://www.uni-saarland.de/indiread [3] Contact email: indiread(a)lst.uni-saarland.de Travel grants: This workshop is sponsored by the MultiplEYE COST Action, which will provide financial support to cover travel expenses for a limited number of participants. Authors will be invited to apply for travel funding upon abstract acceptance. Funding may be partial, and priority will be given to junior researchers. Best, Iza Škrjanec IndiREAD Organizing Committee Links: ------ [1] https://www.uni-saarland.de/lehrstuhl/demberg/individualized-interaction-in… [2] https://multipleye.eu/ [3] https://www.uni-saarland.de/indiread

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Deadline postponed: Slav-NLP at ACL: 10th Workshop on NLP for SlavicLanguages
by Roman Yangarber 05 May '25

05 May '25

(Apologies for cross-posting) Deadline for Slavic NLP workshop is postponed to May 10 AOE. Note the new possibility to _commit papers via ARR_ — Details on uploading papers+reviews from ARR to START will appear soon on the Workshop Home page <http://bsnlp.cs.helsinki.fi/>. **Call for Papers:* * * Slav-NLP:10thWorkshoponNLP for Slavic languages At ACL-2025, Vienna, Austria 31 July 2025 bsnlp.cs.helsinki.fi <http://bsnlp.cs.helsinki.fi/> Submission Deadline: 10 May ** WORKSHOPDESCRIPTION The 10th edition of the Slav-NLP Workshop — at ACL 2025. Sponsored by SIGSLAV: ACL Special Interest Group on Slavic NLP. Slavic languages play a crucial role due to their diverse cultural heritage and wide use — over 400M speakers worldwide. Current political and economic developments in Central/ Eastern Europe thrust the Slavic languages into sharp focus, especially in light of rapid technological advancements, and evolving consumer markets. Research on applied **and ***theoretical*NLP in the context of Slavic languages is still lagging. Linguistic phenomena that are common to the Slavic languages — rich morphology, free word order, etc. — make NLP for these languages challenging. Slav-NLP Workshops gather researchers from academia and industry, aiming to stimulate research in Slavic NLP, and foster the creation of tools and resources. The Workshops welcome the exchange of ideas and experience, discussing current challenges, and promoting the available resources. The structural similarity, as well as the easily recognizable core vocabulary and inflectional inventory spanning this large language group, creates a special environment where researchers can appreciate the shared problems and communicate naturally. We are happy *again *to organize Slav-NLP in Central Europe. This Workshop addresses Natural Language Processing (NLP) for the Slavic languages. NLP tasks in urgent need of attention include: * language modeling, * morphological, syntactic and semantic analysis, * lexical semantics, * named-entity recognition, * text normalization and processing non-standard language, * co-reference resolution, * information extraction, * question answering, * text summarization, * machine translation, * development of linguistic resources, * development and assessment of large language models, * text classification, * text generation, * disinformation detection, * fact verification, * sentiment analysis. The Workshop continues the proud tradition established by the 9 previous (B)SNLP Workshops. IMPORTANT DATES * Submission deadline: *10 May*2025 * Pre-reviewed ARR commitment: 20 May2025 * Notification of acceptance: *1 June*2025 * Camera-ready papers due: 15 June 2025 * Workshop: 31 July 2025 ** SHARED TASK This year the Slav-NLP Workshop features — Shared Task on Detection and Classification of Persuasion Techniques— in two types of texts: (a) parliamentary debateson highly-contested topics, and (b) social media postsrelated to the spread of propaganda and disinformation. Read about the Shared Task on the Workshop’s Web page. SUBMISSION At the Workshop’s Web page: bsnlp.cs.helsinki.fi <http://bsnlp.cs.helsinki.fi/call-for-papers.html> * * Workshop Contact: bsnlp(a)cs.helsinki.fi * -- Roman Yangarber Professor, University of Helsinki, Finland Digital Humanities INEQ: Helsinki Inequality Initiative <https://helsinki.fi/en/ineq-helsinki-inequality-initiative> — Linguistic Inequalities and Translation Technologies ------------------------------------------------------------------------ e-Learning & language learning Language Learning Lab Unioninkatu 40, Metsätalo A214 revitaAI.github.io <https://revitaai.github.io> helsinki.fi/language-learning-lab <https://www.helsinki.fi/language-learning-lab> mobile: +358 50 41 51 71 3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ RЯ

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[1st CFP] Shared Task on LLMs for Ontology Learning
by D'Souza, Jennifer 05 May '25

05 May '25

The 2nd Large Language Models for Ontology Learning Challenge Co-located with the 24th International Semantic Web Conference (ISWC 2025) November 2-6, 2025 Nara, Japan <https://sites.google.com/view/llms4ol2025/home>https://sites.google.com/view/llms4ol2025 Challenge Overview The 2nd LLMs4OL Challenge@ISWC 2025 invites researchers and practitioners to explore the capabilities of Large Language Models (LLMs) in automating Ontology Learning (OL). As the Semantic Web evolves, automating the extraction and structuring of knowledge becomes paramount. This challenge focuses on leveraging LLMs to enhance OL processes, contributing to more intelligent and interoperable web systems. Building upon the success of the 1st LLMs4OL Challenge at ISWC 2024, this second edition aims to further the community's understanding and development of LLM-driven OL methodologies. Challenge Tasks Participants can engage in one or more of the following tasks: * Task A - Text2Onto: Extract ontological terminologies and types from a raw text. * Task B - Term Typing: Discover the generalized type for a lexical term. * Task C - Taxonomy Discovery: Discover the taxonomic hierarchy between type pairs. * Task D - Non-Taxonomic Relation Extraction: Identify non-taxonomic, semantic relations between types. Each task is designed to address specific aspects of OL, encouraging innovative approaches and solutions. Important Dates * Test dataset release: June 1st, 2025 * Begin accepting system submissions: June 2nd, 2025 * End accepting system submissions: June 22nd, 2025 * Participants' Papers Submissions Due: July 5th, 2025 * Notification of Acceptance: July 19th, 2025 * Camera-ready due: July 30th, 2025 * ISWC 2025, Nara, Japan: November 2-6, 2025

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Second CfP: FoIKS 2026: 14th International Symposium on Foundations of Information and Knowledge Systems. Hannover, Germany
by Yasir mahmood 05 May '25

05 May '25

***================================* *** FoIKS 2026: Second call for papers *** *================================* *|* Apologies if you received multiple copies of this CFP *|* * The 14th International Symposium on Foundations of Information and Knowledge Systems (FoIKS'26) invites contributions from theoretical and applied research on information and knowledge systems. FoIKS 2026 (https://foiks2026.github.io/ <https://foiks2026.github.io/>) will be held on 23rd-26th March 2026 in Hannover, Germany. =========== ** Scope ** =========== The suggested topics include, but are not limited to: * Mathematical Foundations of Information and Knowledge Systems: Discrete structures and algorithms, graphs, and formal languages. * Database Design and Management: Formal models, (in)dependencies and models of transactions, concurrency control. * Logics in Databases and AI: Classical and non-classical logics, logic programming, description logics, spatial and temporal logics, argumentation, probability logic, fuzzy logic. * Knowledge Representation and Reasoning: Logical reasoning, Non-monotonic reasoning (reasoning under inconsistency), Reasoning under vagueness or uncertainty. * Foundations of neuro-symbolic reasoning: Embedding methods for structured information, such as knowledge graphs, mathematical expressions, grammars, logical theories. * Intelligent Agents: Multi-agent systems, autonomous agents, formal models of interactions, Boolean games, coalition formation, reputation systems, epistemic reasoning. * Knowledge Discovery and Information Retrieval: Machine learning, data mining, formal concept analysis and association rules, information extraction. * Security in Information and Knowledge Systems: Identity theft, privacy, trust, intrusion detection, access control, inference control, secure Web services, secure Semantic Web, risk management. * Integrity and Constraint Management: Verification, validation, consistent query answering, and information cleaning. * Knowledge graphs and semi-structured Data: Data modelling, data processing, data compression, and data exchange. ====================== ** Submission Guidelines ** ====================== Papers must be typeset using the Springer LaTeX2e style llncs for Lecture Notes in Computer Science (for guidelines and templates, see:https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceeding… <https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-gu…>). Submissions that deviate substantially from these guidelines may be rejected without review. There are the following page limits according to paper type: * Long papers: 16, plus additional pages for references. * Short papers: 10, plus additional pages for references. Missing proofs or details can be added as an additional appendix of up to 15 pages article style and read at the discretion of the program committee. All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference. Initial submissions must be in PDF format, but authors should keep in mind that the LaTeX2e source must be submitted for the final versions of accepted papers. Submissions in alternate formats, such as Microsoft Word, cannot be accepted for either initial or final versions. The submissions will be judged for scientific quality and for suitability as a basis for broader discussion. Submission is via the EasyChair linkhttps://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=foiks2026 <https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=foiks2026>. All questions about submissions should be emailed to foiks2026(a)easychair.org. ============= ** Publication ** ============= The proceedings are planned to be published by Springer-Verlag in the Lecture Notes in Computer Science series. After the symposium, authors of selected papers will be invited to submit extended journal versions of their papers for a FoIKS 2026 special issue. ================= ** Important dates ** ================= * Submission of abstracts:September 18, 2025 * Submission of paper: September 25, 2025 * Notification:December 13, 2025 * Final version due:January 08, 2026 * Conference: March 23-26, 2026 ================== ** Invited Speakers ** ================== We are excited to announce the invited speakers for FoIKS 2026:: * Giuseppe De Giacomo(University of Oxford) * Floris Geerts(University of Antwerp) * Wolfgang Nejdl(Leibniz Universität Hannover) * Ana Ozaki(University of Oslo) ============== ** Organization ** ============== * *PC Chairs* * * Anni-Yasmin Turhan(University of Paderborn, Germany) * Jonni Virtema(University of Sheffield, UK) * *Local Chair* * * Arne Meier(Leibniz University Hannover, Germany) *

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[PhD Offer] Fully Funded PhD Position at the Jožef Stefan Institute (Slovenia) in the MSCA Doctoral Network “Data2Action”: Innovative trustworthy tools for increasing society’s political participation
by Taja Kuzman 05 May '25

05 May '25

* We are pleased to invite applications for a fully funded PhD position (monthly gross salary: €3,400 + €600 mobility allowance + family allowance) at the Jožef Stefan Institute <https://www.ijs.si/ijsw/V001/JSI>, Slovenia’s leading scientific research institution, located in Ljubljana, Slovenia. The position includes enrollment in a PhD programme at Jožef Stefan International Postgraduate School <https://mps.si/en/>in Ljubljana, Slovenia, and secondments at the NGO Danes je nov dan <https://danesjenovdan.si>(Slovenia) and Università della Svizzera italiana <https://www.usi.ch/en>(Switzerland). This position is part of the Horizon Europe MSCA Doctoral Network “Data2Action”. The successful candidate will conduct research under the supervision of Dr. Nikola Ljubešić, focusing on developing AI tools to enhance political participation by improving transparency and accessibility of parliamentary information from Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia, Serbia or any of the ParlaMint <https://www.clarin.eu/parlamint>countries, collaborating with NGOs like Danes je nov dan <https://danesjenovdan.si>, and engaging stakeholders to ensure trustworthy and explainable AI systems. Eligibility: The candidates must not have resided or carried out their main activity (work, studies, etc.) in Slovenia for more than 12 months in the 36 months immediately before the recruitment date. Application deadline: May 18, 2025 Expected start date: September 1, 2025 For more details, please visit: https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/332073 <https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/332073>*

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Final call for submissions to SIGIR 2025 Workshop on Information Retrieval for Climate Impact (MANILA25)
by Maarten de Rijke 05 May '25

05 May '25

TL;DR: Help to shape a research agenda for IR for climate change impacts: * 2-4 pages * Deadline: May 7, 2025 (AOE) * Workshop: https://sites.google.com/view/ir-for-climate-impact/home * Submissions: https://openreview.net/group?id=ACM.org/SIGIR/2025/Workshop/MANILA#tab-your… - - - - - - - - Final call for submissions - MANILA25: SIGIR 2025 Workshop on Information Retrieval for Climate Impact Climate change is a far-reaching, global phenomenon that will impact many aspects of our society. The evidence base for observed climate impacts is expanding, and the wider climate literature (white and grey) is growing exponentially. How can effective access be provided to the growing body of peer-reviewed literature on climate change impacts? This year we are particularly interested in tracking climate adaptation literature (white and grey) and welcome contributions on this topic. Purpose The emphasis of MANILA25 will be on discussion, not a mini-conference but a dynamic sharing of ideas. The workshop will be organized along three areas of interest: (i) Addressing information needs concerning climate change impacts; (ii) Updates to the IR for Climate Change agenda that resulted from the MANILA24 workshop (see https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.01162), and (iii) Tracking climate adaptation. During the workshop, we will work towards updating the MANILA24 agenda and creating an actionable technical research agendas around tracking climate adaptation. What we’re looking for To help shape a research agenda for information retrieval for climate impact, we welcome technical contributions and position papers as extended abstracts (2-4 pages) on a wide range of topics related to information retrieval for climate change impacts, including but not limited to very large-scale systematic reviews, climate language models, geolocated literature with climate information, evidence synthesis. Be sure to emphasize how your ideas connect to IR for climate change impacts and the ambition to create an agenda on the topic. Important dates - May 7, 2025: Extended abstracts due (AOE) - May 21, 2025: Notifications - July 17, 2025: Workshop at SIGIR 2025 - November 30, 2025: Submission of the Information Retrieval for Climate Impact Agenda for publication in SIGIR Forum How to submit Contributions can be submitted at https://openreview.net/group?id=ACM.org/SIGIR/2025/Workshop/MANILA#tab-your…. Please visit https://sites.google.com/view/ir-for-climate-impact/2025/manila25-workshop-… for details. - - - - - - - - -- Maarten de Rijke Distinguished University Professor, University of Amsterdam Scientific Director, Innovation Center for AI (ICAI) http://staff.fnwi.uva.nl/m.derijke

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Second Call for papers for ConsILR-2025
by Elena Irimia 05 May '25

05 May '25

Second Call for papers for ConsILR-2025, the 20th edition of the International Conference on Linguistic Resources and Tools for Natural Language Processing (https://conferences.info.uaic.ro/consilr/2025 <https://conferences.info.uaic.ro/consilr/2025/index.html>) Dates: 8-10 October 2025 Venue: Casa Academiei Române (House of the Romanian Academy), 13, Calea 13 Septembrie, Bucharest, Romania and ONLINE We invite papers presenting original and unpublished research, as well as descriptions of accomplished or in-progress work, in all areas of natural language processing. We welcome contributions covering a range of topics, including but not limited to: - Natural Language Processing (NLP) Techniques and Applications - Large Language Models (LLMs) and Applications - Digital Humanities in Language Technology - (Mono- or multimodal) Language Resources and Tools for text, speech, images and videos - Computational Models and Algorithms in Language Processing - Applied Linguistics and NLP Integration - Morphosyntactic Structures in Language Processing - Semantic and Pragmatic Analysis in NLP - Multi-word Expressions and Idiomatic Language in NLP - Cultural and Contextual Factors in Language Technology - Romanian Language Processing and Contrastive Linguistics Authors are encouraged to submit, in addition to the papers per se, open-source linguistic resources, such as corpora (or corpus examples), demo code, video and sound files. Confirmed invited speakers: Agata Savary <https://perso.limsi.fr/savary/> Amalia Todirașcu <https://fr.linkedin.com/in/amalia-todirascu> Marius Ursache <https://www.linkedin.com/in/mariusursache/> Paula Gradu <https://www.linkedin.com/in/paula-gradu-7505591b0> Organisers: - “Mihai Drăgănescu” Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence of the Romanian Academy - Institute of Computer Science of the Romanian Academy – Iași Branch - Faculty of Computer Science of the “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iași - “Alexandru Philippide” Institute of Philology of the Romanian Academy – Iași Branch - Romanian Association of Computational Linguistics - Academy of Technical Sciences of Romania Important Dates: August 23, 2025 – abstracts submission (max 300 words) August 31, 2025 – paper submission September 21, 2025 – authors’ notification September 31, 2025 – final form submission October 8 - 10, 2025 – ConsILR Conference The abstracts (max. 300 words) and papers (an even number of pages, between 6 and 12, including references) must be written in British English. Details about the paper format are available on the conference website. The Proceedings of the Conference will be sent for indexing to Clarivate Analytics. Further information can be found on the conference web site: https://conferences.info.uaic.ro/consilr/2025 <https://conferences.info.uaic.ro/consilr/2025/index.html>

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First Call for Papers || KlarText Workshop @ KONVENS 2025 || German Text Simplification & Readability Assessment
by Salar Mohtaj 05 May '25

05 May '25

KlarText Workshop on German Text Simplification & Readability Assessment Co-located with KONVENS 2025 | Hildesheim, Germany | 10 September 2025 Website: https://klar-text.github.io/ ============================================================ We are pleased to announce the Call for Papers for the KlarText Workshop on German Text Simplification & Readability Assessment. The workshop aims to bring together researchers, practitioners, and industry experts to discuss state-of-the-art methods, share resources, and identify future research directions in German text simplification and readability assessment. We particularly aim to raise awareness of the diverse simplification goals and language forms in German and to attract researchers who are tackling the challenges of German text simplification. Topics of interest include (but are not limited to): - German Text Simplification - Readability Assessment - Resources & Approaches for Leichte Sprache - The Role of Large Language Models (LLMs) - Resources & Benchmarks - Evaluation & Human-Centered Assessment - Applications & Real-World Impact - Cross-Linguistic & Multilingual Perspectives Important Dates - Submission deadline: June 30, 2025 - Notification of acceptance: August 1, 2025 - Camera-ready version due: August 15, 2025 - Workshop date: September 10, 2025 Submissions are managed via OpenReview (https://openreview.net/group?id=GSCL.org/KONVENS/2025/Workshop/KlarText). Organizing Committee - Salar Mohtaj, DFKI - Stefan Hillmann, Technische Universität Berlin - Sebastian Möller, Technische Universität Berlin - Georg Groh, Technische Universität München - Hadi Asghari, Technische Universität Berlin - Miriam Anschütz, Technische Universität München Contact For questions or inquiries, please contact: Salar Mohtaj – salar.mohtaj(a)dfki.de

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[CfP] Final Call for Research & Innovation Papers at SEMANTiCS 2025 - (Deadline: May 16)
by Kossi Amouzouvi 02 May '25

02 May '25

Final Call for Research & Innovation Papers SEMANTiCS 2025 EU 21st International Conference on Semantic Systems Vienna, Austria September 3 - 5, 2025 Follow us on *Twitter/X* <https://x.com/SemanticsConf>, *LinkedIn* <https://www.linkedin.com/groups/7496190/?highlightedUpdateUrn=urn%3Ali%3Agr…>, and *Bluesky*. <https://bsky.app/profile/semantics-conf.bsky.social> Important Dates: - *Abstract Submission Deadline: May 16, 2025* - *Paper Submission Deadline: May 23, 2025* - *Notification of Acceptance: June 27, 2025* - *Camera-Ready Paper Deadline: July 15, 2025* *All deadlines are set for 11:59 pm, Anywhere On Earth time (UTC-12)* *Submissions will be through Easychair and the submission link will be provided soon.* Proceedings of SEMANTiCS 2025 EU will be made available *open access*. Research and Innovation Track The SEMANTiCS 2025 conference is excited to invite submissions for the Research and Innovation Track, welcoming groundbreaking research contributions, innovative solutions, and experimental studies relevant to the Semantic Web, Semantic Technologies, and AI-enabled semantics. We also encourage submissions at the intersections of these fields with other scientific and applied disciplines, fostering cross-disciplinary exchange and advancement. Papers should present original work that has not been published or is not under consideration elsewhere. All submissions must adhere to the submission guidelines, including reference formatting and any additional documentation as required. Each submission will undergo a rigorous review process, with at least three independent reviews, evaluating the novelty, technical quality, reproducibility, and practical relevance of the work. Topics of Interest SEMANTiCS 2025 calls for submissions of high-quality research papers across a broad spectrum of topics in Semantic Web, Semantic Technologies, and AI. We are particularly interested in new and emerging trends, especially where semantic technologies intersect with evolving fields such as large language models, explainable AI, and trustworthy data infrastructures. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: - Web Semantics & Linked (Open) Data - Enterprise Knowledge Graphs, Graph Data Management - Machine Learning Techniques for/using Knowledge Graphs (e.g. reinforcement learning, deep learning, data mining and knowledge discovery) - Generative AI and Knowledge Graphs (e.g., Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) with knowledge graph integration, generative model grounding) - Reasoning, Rules, and Policies on RAG - Knowledge Engineering and Management (e.g., knowledge acquisition, extraction, integration, and publication workflows) - Terminology, Thesaurus & Ontology Management, Ontology engineering - Web agents - Natural Language Processing for/using Knowledge Graphs (e.g. entity linking and resolution using target knowledge such as Wikidata and DBpedia, foundation models) - Crowdsourcing for/using Knowledge Graphs - Data Quality Management and Assurance - Mathematical and Logical Foundations of Knowledge-aware AI - Multimodal Knowledge Graphs (e.g., text, image, audio fusion in graph structures) - Semantic-Enhanced Data Science Pipelines and Processes - Semantics in Blockchain environments (e.g., traceability, decentralized knowledge representation) - Trust, Data Privacy, and Security with Semantic Technologies - Internet of Things (IoT), Stream Processing, and Temporal Data Management (e.g., real-time semantic processing and predictive analytics) - Conversational AI and Dialogue Systems powered by Knowledge Graphs - Provenance and Data Change Tracking (e.g., semantic versioning, data updates in distributed settings) - Semantic Interoperability (e.g., cross-domain standards, mapping frameworks, ontology alignment) - Linked Data storage, triple stores, graph databases - Robust, Scalable, and Fault-Tolerant Semantic Data Systems (e.g., distributed querying, optimization) - User Interfaces and Usability of Semantic Technologies (e.g., visualizations, intelligent user interaction) - Explainable and Interoperable AI - Decentralised and Federated Knowledge Graphs (e.g., federated querying, link traversal) Applied Semantic Technologies and AI in Real-World Scenarios, such as, but not limited to: - Biomedicine and Health (e.g., Knowledge Graphs for biomedical applications, AI-driven diagnostics, personalized health) - AI for Environmental and Climate Solutions (e.g., semantic modeling for environmental impact, biodiversity knowledge graphs) - Scientific Knowledge Graphs and Open Science (e.g., FAIR data principles, enhanced scholarly communication) - Semantic Technologies in GLAM (Galleries, Libraries, Archives, and Museums) - Knowledge Graphs and Hybrid AI for Industry 4.0/5.0 and Predictive Maintenance - Digital Humanities and Cultural Heritage Preservation - Legal Technology, AI Ethics, and Regulatory Compliance (e.g., AI and legal frameworks, semantic-enabled compliance with the EU AI Act) - Economics and Governance of Data Ecosystems (e.g., data marketplaces, semantic service interoperability, data policy) Submission Guidelines The Research and Innovation Track at SEMANTiCS 2025 invites both *long* and *short paper submissions*. - *Long papers* should be *12-15 pages* in length (excluding references). These submissions are expected to present comprehensive, mature research findings, including in-depth theoretical or practical insights. - *Short papers* should be a *maximum of 6 pages* (excluding references). These submissions can include preliminary findings, innovative ideas, or position papers that aim to spark discussion and exploration. References are not included in the page count, so authors may add additional pages for relevant citations if needed. This flexibility allows authors to fully reference foundational and related work to strengthen the context and impact of their research. - Submissions should follow the guidelines of IOS Press. Details are available at *https://www.iospress.com/book-article-instructions*. <https://www.iospress.com/book-article-instructions> - Authors need to use the *Word template* <https://www.iospress.com/sites/default/files/media/files/2022-06/ECRC-Autho…> or *LaTeX* <https://vtex-soft.github.io/texsupport.IOS-Book-Article/> template provided by IOS Press. Overleaf users can copy the project *from here* <https://www.overleaf.com/read/gkkspcvjgwxv#563836> (follow instructions in the abstract). - Abstract submission is mandatory for all papers. To aid the review and bidding process, we highly encourage authors to submit structured abstracts. - All papers and abstracts have to be submitted electronically via EasyChair. - Submissions must be in English. - Submissions must adhere to the fair use of Large Language Models. Please refer to the SEMANTiCS *full policy* <https://2025-eu.semantics.cc/page/llm-policy> for more details. - Submissions must be anonymous; the reviewing process is double-blind, but reviewers will be able to disclose their identities if they wish, by signing their reviews. - Accepted papers will be published in open access proceedings by IOS Press, and the text of all the reviews (excluding the scores) of all the accepted papers will be posted on the conference website and will be archived on Zenodo as publicly available material. - At least one author of each accepted paper must present it in person and therefore register for the conference at the ONSITE rate. - All authors are strongly suggested to provide optional links to code, materials, and datasets during the submission process - we will have specific optional fields in the EasyChair submission form - the review process will take these into account when provided. To anonymise resources for the reviewing process, authors can use services like *Anonymous GitHub* <https://anonymous.4open.science/> or figshare/Zenodo as described *here* <https://github.com/dgraziotin/disclose-data-dbr-first-then-opendata?tab=rea…>. - The Research and Innovation Track will not accept papers that, at the time of submission, are under review or have already been published in or accepted for publication in a journal or another conference. - All authors will have the opportunity to provide an ORKG comparison in the Open Research Knowledge Graph (*https://orkg.org* <https://orkg.org>) during the submission process - we will have a specific optional field in the EasyChair submission form. Review and Evaluation Criteria Each submission will be reviewed by at least three Programme Committee members. The reviewing process is double-blind. However, reviewers can disclose their identity by signing their reviews and/or adding one of their persistent identifiers (e.g. their ORCID). The text of all the reviews (excluding the scores) of all the accepted papers will be posted on the conference website with the basic bibliographic metadata of the reviewed submission (i.e. title and authors), and it will be archived on Zenodo as publicly available material. All the signed reviews of the accepted papers will be licensed using a Creative Commons Attribution license (CC-BY, the copyright holder will be the reviewer), except the anonymous ones that will be released in CC0. Papers submitted to this track will be evaluated according to the following criteria: - Appropriateness - Originality, novelty, and innovativeness - Impact of results - Technical quality of the methods - Soundness of the evaluation - Proper comparison to related work - Clarity and quality of writing - Reproducibility of results and resources *We look forward to receiving your contributions!* Research and Innovation Track Chairs Blerina Spahiu (University of Milano-Bicocca, IT) Mehdi Ali (Lamarr Institute & Fraunhofer IAIS, Germany) Kind Regards, On behalf of the organising committee. ========================= Dr. Kossi Amouzouvi ScaDS.AI Dresden/Leipzig, TU Dresden -- DISCLAIMER: The contents of this email and any attachments are confidential. They are intended for the named recipient(s) only. 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ACL 2025 Call for Volunteers
by ACL Announcements 02 May '25

02 May '25

ACL 2025 Call for Student Volunteers # Student Volunteer Program A limited number of student volunteers are needed for the success of ACL 2025. Both online and in-person event volunteers are needed. Tasks may include assisting at the registration desk, filling delegate packs, managing poster board sessions and displays, serving as volunteer coordinator for the day, and/or AV/technical support such as (but not limited to) managing social media (X/Twitter) and providing assistance for conference events including tutorials, the main conference, and workshops (either online or in-person versions). In exchange for a minimum of 10 hours of service, students receive free registration to the main conference (including the ACL membership fee of the current year and paper registration fee if applicable), workshops and tutorials, and social events. The work will be divided, probably into two half-day shifts, and the shifts will be scheduled to maximise volunteer access to the conference events. *We'd like to kindly inform you that the award does not include provisions for travel and accommodation.* If travel support is essential for you, we encourage you to explore the D&I funds as well. ## IMPORTANT DATES All deadlines are 11:59 PM UTC-12:00 ("anywhere on Earth"). - Application Deadline: June 6, 2025 - Notification of Acceptance: June 16, 2025 ## SELECTION CRITERIA The selection process for the Student Volunteer Program will involve a careful evaluation of the materials submitted by applicants. Priority consideration will be given to individuals who meet either of the following criteria: - Students who will be presenting a paper at the main conference or an associated workshop, whether in person or online. We encourage both newcomers and those with prior volunteer experience to apply. - Students who are enthusiastic about assisting with various aspects of the conference, genuinely hoping to collaborate in making ACL 2025 a success. - Student presenters who demonstrate financial need (Applicants can optionally include a letter from a faculty advisor to explain financial need). - For virtual volunteers, students who are familiar with GatherTown and Whova. **IMPORTANT: Applicants who are selected must commit to attending the training sessions and fulfilling the assigned responsibilities. If you are unsure whether you will attend the conference, please do not apply-we expect every volunteer to show up and demonstrate enthusiasm for helping out the conference**. ## SUBMISSION PROCEDURE Applicants for the Student Volunteer Program must be full-time students and should submit the completed application form, where we ask a few questions and a one-page CV (resume). Students should make travel arrangements and accommodations independent of the results of the application. Apply via the following form: https://forms.gle/THCSnxw8dte34Wbu5 [1] Please **DO NOT REGISTER** for the ACL 2025 Conference until someone has reached out to you or you have received a Congratulatory email confirming your Volunteer Service Acceptance. Once you have received this Acceptance notification, you will receive a special link to register for which your registration fees are waived. Additionally, a separate email containing a Volunteer Registration form will be sent to you, in which you can list what volunteer preference task you would like based on your skillset (i.e. registration, volunteer coordinator, poster session liaison etc.). This form must be completed FIRST in order to receive the ACL Conference 2025 LINK to have registration fees waived. If, for any reason, you are not accepted, the Registrar will work with you to secure early registration fee rates. In the case that a student requires reimbursement after the conference for LATE volunteer registration, the student must provide a receipt of paid registration fees from a debit or bank account (i.e., a business expense report) to the ACL Assistant Director of Events, Megs Haddad acl.megshaddad(a)gmail.com ## SUMMARY OF IMPORTANT NOTES - Student volunteers receive only free conference registration and free ACL membership for the year, and must be responsible for all other costs, such as travel and accommodation. - Student volunteers may also apply for the Diversity & Inclusion (D&I) grant, which may help offset additional costs. The application procedures are separate. - We plan to notify of acceptance of student volunteer status on June 16, 2025. Please do not register for the conference before that. - Student volunteers who do NOT show up to their training sessions and their assigned duties will be charged the full cost after the conference. - Student volunteers who do not fulfil 10 hours of service may be charged for a portion--or the entirety--of their conference benefits. ## STUDENT VOLUNTEER CHAIRS Contact: acl2025-volunteer-chairs(a)googlegroups.com - Pedro Henrique Luz de Araujo, University of Vienna (Austria) - Eleonora Mancini, University of Bologna (Italy) Links: ------ [1] https://forms.gle/THCSnxw8dte34Wbu5

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ACL 2025 - Calls for Diversity & Inclusion Subsidies Subsidies
by ACL Announcements 02 May '25

02 May '25

Dear ACL 2025 Attendees: ACL 2025 is providing D&I funds for registration, caregiving, bandwidth, travel and VPN subsidies. We strongly encourage researchers from developing countries and marginalized communities, students, and researchers with financial hurdles to apply for both subsidies and volunteering opportunities (https://2025.aclweb.org/calls/volunteers/ [1]) to maximize their chances of getting their registration fees waived. Please note that we are offering both in-person and virtual attendance subsidies, and review the calls below for details on eligibility requirements. Link to Call: https://2025.aclweb.org/calls/subsidies/ [2] Link to Call (virtual non-presenters only): https://2025.aclweb.org/calls/virtual_subsidies/ [3] Deadline: June 6th, 2025 at 11:59pm (Anywhere on Earth) Time estimate: This application will take you about 15-20 minutes to complete. You are able to revise your responses to this form before the deadline, so please be sure to keep your application up to date and accurate. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact us by acl2025diversity(a)googlegroups.com. Sincerely, ACL 2025 Diversity and Inclusion Team Links: ------ [1] https://2025.aclweb.org/calls/volunteers/ [2] https://2025.aclweb.org/calls/subsidies/ [3] https://2025.aclweb.org/calls/virtual_subsidies/

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13 PhD positions in RTG Dimensions of Constructional Space – LAST CHANCE
by Stephanie Evert 01 May '25

01 May '25

Last chance to apply for one of 13 PhD Position in the Research Training Group “Dimensions of Constructional Space” at FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg (Germany) More information: https://www.cxg.phil.fau.eu/projects/new-phd-positions-2025/ Projects you can apply for: https://www.cxg.phil.fau.eu/projects/projects-2025/ Deadline: THIS SUNDAY, 4 May 2025

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[RANLP 2025 Shared Task - Ahasis] Phase 2 Has Begun - 5 Days Remaining: Test Data Released! 🔔
by chafik.salmane＠um6p.ma 01 May '25

01 May '25

🔔 Evaluation Phase Now Open! The evaluation phase for the Ahasis Shared Task has officially begun! 👉 If you're registered, access the test set and submission portal via CodaBench: https://www.codabench.org/competitions/5871 👉 Not registered yet? Visit our official website to register and get started! : https://ahasis-42267.web.app/ 😊 Sentiment Across Multi-Dialectal Arabic: A Benchmark for Sentiment Analysis in the Hospitality Domain We invite researchers, practitioners, and NLP enthusiasts to participate in the Sentiment Across Multi-Dialectal Arabic shared task, a challenge aimed at advancing sentiment analysis for Arabic dialects in the hospitality sector. 🧠 About the Task Arabic is one of the world’s most spoken languages, characterised by rich dialectal variation across different regions. These dialects significantly differ in syntax, vocabulary, and sentiment expression, making sentiment analysis a challenging NLP task. This task focuses on multi-dialectal sentiment detection in hotel reviews, where participants will classify sentiment as positive, neutral, or negative across multiple Arabic dialects, including Saudi, and Moroccan. This shared task provides a high-quality multi-dialect parallel dataset, enabling participants to explore: 1. Dialect-Specific Sentiment Detection – Understanding how sentiment varies across dialects. 2. Cross-Linguistic Sentiment Analysis – Investigating sentiment preservation across dialects. 3. Benchmarking on Multi-Dialect Data – Evaluating models on a standardised Arabic dialect dataset. 📦 Dataset Overview - Hotel reviews across multiple Arabic dialects. - Balanced sentiment distribution (positive, neutral, negative). - Multi-Dialect Parallel Dataset – Each review is available in multiple dialects, allowing for cross-linguistic comparison. 📏 Evaluation Metrics - Primary Metric: F1-Score. - Additional Analysis: Comparison of sentiment accuracy across dialects. 🧪 Baseline System - Pre-trained BERT-based model (AraBERT) fine-tuned on MSA and Arabic dialect data. - Participants are encouraged to improve upon the baseline model with their own techniques and use LLMs. 🌟 Why Participate? - Contribute to Arabic NLP Research – Help advance sentiment analysis for Arabic dialects. - Gain Access to a High-Quality Dataset – A unique multi-dialect benchmark for future research. - Collaborate with the NLP Community – Engage with leading researchers and practitioners. - Showcase Your Work – High-performing models may be featured in a post-task publication. 🗓️ Timeline - Training data ready – April 15, 2024 - Test Evaluation starts – May 1, 2025 - Test Evaluation end – May 5, 2025 - Paper submission due – May 16, 2025 - Notification to authors – May 31, 2025 - Shared task presentation co-located with RANLP 2025 – September 11, 12, and 13, 2025 ✅ How to Participate? 1. Register for the task via https://ahasis-42267.web.app/ 2. Download the dataset and baseline system. 3. Develop and test your sentiment analysis model. 4. Submit your results for evaluation. 👥 Organising Team - Maram Alharbi, Lancaster University, UK - Salmane Chafik, Mohammed VI Polytechnic University, Morocco - Professor Ruslan Mitkov, Lancaster University, UK - Dr. Saad Ezzini, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia - Dr. Tharindo Ranasinghe, Lancaster University, UK - Dr. Hansi Hettiarachchi, Lancaster University, UK 📬 For inquiries, please contact us at ahasis.task(a)gmail.com 🎉 Don’t forget to enjoy the challenge, explore the beauty of Arabic dialects, and push the boundaries of what your models can do! 🚀

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ACL 2025 - Calls for Diversity & Inclusion Subsidies Subsidies
by Horacio Saggion 01 May '25

01 May '25

Dear ACL 2025 Attendees: ACL 2025 is providing D&I funds for registration, caregiving, bandwidth, travel and VPN subsidies. We strongly encourage researchers from developing countries and marginalized communities, students, and researchers with financial hurdles to apply for both subsidies and volunteering opportunities (https://2025.aclweb.org/calls/volunteers/) to maximize their chances of getting their registration fees waived. Please note that we are offering both in-person and virtual attendance subsidies, and review the calls below for details on eligibility requirements. Link to Call: https://2025.aclweb.org/calls/subsidies/ Link to Call (virtual non-presenters only): https://2025.aclweb.org/calls/virtual_subsidies/ Deadline: June 6th, 2025 at 11:59pm (Anywhere on Earth) Time estimate: This application will take you about 15-20 minutes to complete. You are able to revise your responses to this form before the deadline, so please be sure to keep your application up to date and accurate. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact us by acl2025diversity(a)googlegroups.com. Sincerely, ACL 2025 Diversity and Inclusion Team

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M-DAIGT Shared Task 2025 - Last Call for Registration
by Saad Ezzini 01 May '25

01 May '25

Dear Colleagues, We are announcing that the Dev phase of the M-DAIGT shared task has started, and the registration deadline has been extended until 7 May 2025. The Multi-Domain Detection of AI-Generated Text (M-DAIGT) shared task, hosted at RANLP 2025, is bringing together researchers to explore methods for detecting AI-generated text across multiple domains, with a focus on news articles and academic writing. We invite participation in two subtasks: 1. News Article Detection (NAD): Classify news articles and snippets as human-written or AI-generated. 2. Academic Writing Detection (AWD): Identify AI-generated content within student coursework and academic research across various disciplines. * Participants will receive balanced datasets containing human-written and AI-generated texts from multiple language models. Evaluation will be conducted on the Codabench platform. Evaluation Metrics: * Primary: F1-score, Accuracy, Precision, Recall * Secondary: Robustness across text lengths, domains, and generation sources Important Dates: * Training Data Release: March 31, 2025 * Development Phase Start: May 1, 2025 * Evaluation Data Release: May 7, 2025 * Evaluation Period: May 815, 2025 * Paper Submission Deadline: June 1, 2025 * Workshop Dates: September 1112, 2025 More Information and Registration: * Website: https://ezzini.github.io/M-DAIGT/ * GitHub Repository: https://github.com/ezzini/M-DAIGT * Registration: Click here to register for solo or team participation<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSextZDY7qjGRJSLCBNISPcBNQZwusRWKvy…> * Participation: * Shared Task1 News Article Detection (NAD): https://www.codabench.org/competitions/7391/ * Shared Task2 Academic Writing Detection (AWD): https://www.codabench.org/competitions/7329/ * We look forward to your participation and encourage you to share this with colleagues who may be interested. For any queries, feel free to reach out to the organizers. Yours sincerely, The M-DAIGT Organizers ********************************************************************** DISCLAIMER: The information in this email and its attachments (if any) is intended for the addressee only and may contain confidential or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, please delete the email and its attachments from your system and notify the sender immediately. You should not retain, disclose, copy, or use this email or any of its contents for any purpose, nor disclose its contents to any other person. KFUPM is not responsible for changes made to this message after it was sent. Statements and opinions expressed in this e-mail are those of the sender, and do not necessarily reflect those of KFUPM. KFUPM is not liable for any effect or virus damage caused by this message. إن المعلومات الواردة في هذا البريد الإلكتروني ومرفقاته إن وجدت، قد تكون خاصة أو سرية؛ فإذا لم تكن المقصود بهذه الرسالة؛ فيُرجى منك حذفها ومرفقاتها من نظامك وإخطار المرسل بخطأ وصولها إليك فورا. كما لا يجوز نسخ أي جزء منها أو مرفقاتها ، أو الإفصاح عن محتوياتها لأي شخص أو استعمالها لأي غرض آخر. إن جامعة الملك فهد للبترول والمعادن لا تتحمل مسؤولية التغييرات التي يتم إجراؤها على هذه الرسالة بعد إرسالها. وإن البيانات أو الآراء المعبر عنها في هذا البريد، هي بيانات تخص مُرسلها، ولا تعكس بالضرورة رأي وبيانات الجامعة. كما لا تتحمل الجامعة مسؤولية أي تأثير ينتج عن هذه الرسالة أوعن أي فيروس قد تحمله.

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Final call for papers: GEM^2 workshop @ ACL (ARR-reviewed deadline extended)
by Simon Mille 01 May '25

01 May '25

Dear colleagues, While the deadline for regular GEM^2 <https://gem-benchmark.com/workshop> submissions has passed, until May 17th it is possible to submit papers that have already been reviewed in a recent ARR cycle, by simply filling this short form <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdDUoxvdwKgwv6mOsxL7aFJ3InkyHxkPug…>. Note that our website will be updated soon with this information. Updated important dates: - May 5 May 17: Pre-reviewed (ARR) commitment deadline. - May 19 May 25: Notification of acceptance. - June 6 June 12: Camera-ready paper deadline. - July 7: Pre-recorded videos due. - July 31 - August 1: Workshop at ACL in Vienna. Regards, simon *ADAPT Research Centre / Ionaid Taighde ADAPT* *School of Computing, Dublin City University, Glasnevin Campus / Scoil na Ríomhaireachta, Campas Ghlas Naíon, Ollscoil Chathair Bhaile Átha Cliath*

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ACL 2025 Call for Volunteers
by Horacio Saggion 01 May '25

01 May '25

ACL 2025 Call for Student Volunteers # Student Volunteer Program A limited number of student volunteers are needed for the success of ACL 2025. Both online and in-person event volunteers are needed. Tasks may include assisting at the registration desk, filling delegate packs, managing poster board sessions and displays, serving as volunteer coordinator for the day, and/or AV/technical support such as (but not limited to) managing social media (X/Twitter) and providing assistance for conference events including tutorials, the main conference, and workshops (either online or in-person versions). In exchange for a minimum of 10 hours of service, students receive free registration to the main conference (including the ACL membership fee of the current year and paper registration fee if applicable), workshops and tutorials, and social events. The work will be divided, probably into two half-day shifts, and the shifts will be scheduled to maximise volunteer access to the conference events. *We'd like to kindly inform you that the award does not include provisions for travel and accommodation.* If travel support is essential for you, we encourage you to explore the D&I funds as well. ## Important Dates All deadlines are 11:59 PM UTC-12:00 (“anywhere on Earth”). - Application Deadline: June 6, 2025 - Notification of Acceptance: June 16, 2025 ## Selection Criteria The selection process for the Student Volunteer Program will involve a careful evaluation of the materials submitted by applicants. Priority consideration will be given to individuals who meet either of the following criteria: - Students who will be presenting a paper at the main conference or an associated workshop, whether in person or online. We encourage both newcomers and those with prior volunteer experience to apply. - Students who are enthusiastic about assisting with various aspects of the conference, genuinely hoping to collaborate in making ACL 2025 a success. - Student presenters who demonstrate financial need (Applicants can optionally include a letter from a faculty advisor to explain financial need). - For virtual volunteers, students who are familiar with GatherTown and Whova. **IMPORTANT: Applicants who are selected must commit to attending the training sessions and fulfilling the assigned responsibilities. If you are unsure whether you will attend the conference, please do not apply–we expect every volunteer to show up and demonstrate enthusiasm for helping out the conference**. ## Submission Procedure Applicants for the Student Volunteer Program must be full-time students and should submit the completed application form, where we ask a few questions and a one-page CV (resume). Students should make travel arrangements and accommodations independent of the results of the application. Apply via the following form: https://forms.gle/THCSnxw8dte34Wbu5 Please **DO NOT REGISTER** for the ACL 2025 Conference until someone has reached out to you or you have received a Congratulatory email confirming your Volunteer Service Acceptance. Once you have received this Acceptance notification, you will receive a special link to register for which your registration fees are waived. Additionally, a separate email containing a Volunteer Registration form will be sent to you, in which you can list what volunteer preference task you would like based on your skillset (i.e. registration, volunteer coordinator, poster session liaison etc.). This form must be completed FIRST in order to receive the ACL Conference 2025 LINK to have registration fees waived. If, for any reason, you are not accepted, the Registrar will work with you to secure early registration fee rates. In the case that a student requires reimbursement after the conference for LATE volunteer registration, the student must provide a receipt of paid registration fees from a debit or bank account (i.e., a business expense report) to the ACL Assistant Director of Events, Megs Haddad acl.megshaddad(a)gmail.com ## Summary of Important Notes - Student volunteers receive only free conference registration and free ACL membership for the year, and must be responsible for all other costs, such as travel and accommodation. - Student volunteers may also apply for the Diversity & Inclusion (D&I) grant, which may help offset additional costs. The application procedures are separate. - We plan to notify of acceptance of student volunteer status on June 16, 2025. Please do not register for the conference before that. - Student volunteers who do NOT show up to their training sessions and their assigned duties will be charged the full cost after the conference. - Student volunteers who do not fulfil 10 hours of service may be charged for a portion—or the entirety—of their conference benefits. ## Student Volunteer Chairs Contact: acl2025-volunteer-chairs(a)googlegroups.com - Pedro Henrique Luz de Araujo, University of Vienna (Austria) - Eleonora Mancini, University of Bologna (Italy) -- Horacio Saggion Full Professor / Chair in Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Head of the Natural Language Processing Group - TALN Project Coordinator iDEM Project (HE) Co-PI of the AI-BOOST project (HE) Co-PI of the IDEAL project (HE) Universitat Pompeu Fabra https://twitter.com/h_saggion https://www.linkedin.com/in/horacio-saggion-1749b916 -- Horacio Saggion Full Professor / Chair in Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Head of the Natural Language Processing Group - TALN Project Coordinator iDEM Project (HE) Co-PI of the AI-BOOST project (HE) Co-PI of the IDEAL project (HE) Universitat Pompeu Fabra https://twitter.com/h_saggion https://www.linkedin.com/in/horacio-saggion-1749b916

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Final CFP: MLP-LLM 2025 Workshop @ CORIA-TALN 2025
by Aman Sinha 30 Apr '25

30 Apr '25

**** French version below **** * Workshop on Medical Language Processing in the era of Large Language Models (MLP-LLM 2025) * Colocated with CORIA-TALN 2025 -- 30 June 2025 , Marseille Deadline : 30th April 2025 (UTC-12/Anywhere on Earth) * Call for Papers * [ https://atilf-umr7118.github.io/MLPLLM2025/ | https://atilf-umr7118.github.io/MLPLLM2025/ ] The advent of large language models (LLMs) has revolutionized natural language processing across various domains, including healthcare. However, the complexities of medical language—marked by specialized terminologies, the use of abbreviations and code ontologies such as ICD, UMLS or SNOMED, implicit contextual dependencies (based on the context, the medication information may be different: temporality, action, certainty, etc.) —pose unique challenges and opportunities. Medical NLP is at critical stakes, given the importance of finding the right diagnosis and treatment for each patient. Moreover, the field of health includes not only the human aspect represented by the practitioner-patient relationship, but also the contact with the biological world (animals, plants, viruses, microbes). This workshop, MLP-LLM, aims to bring together researchers from NLP, medicine, bioNLP and linguistics to explore advancements, limitations, and ethical considerations of using LLMs in medical contexts. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: * Fine-tuning and adapting LLMs for medical applications and for different languages. * Addressing biases in medical language understanding along with LLM hallucinations. * Proposing evaluation methods to assess the quality of medical NLP tools. * Ensuring transparency, interpretability, and uncertainty awareness in medical AI systems. * Developing domain-specific benchmarks for evaluating LLMs in healthcare. * Developing applications for LLMs in clinical decision support, medical transcription and communication between practitioners and patients. Keynote speaker : Natalia Grabar, Université de Lille We welcome articles that are: * new contributions, * state-of-the-art articles, * work in progress, * short/translated version of a paper accepted at a major conference. Important Dates : * Submission Due: 30 April 2025 * Author Notification: 12 May 2025 * Camera ready: 16 May 2025 * Workshop: 30 June 2025 Submissions are accepted both in English or French. Contact : Workshop Organizers ( [ mailto:mlpllm2025@gmail.com | mlpllm2025(a)gmail.com) ] Ioana Buhnila ( [ mailto:ioana.buhnila@univ-lorraine.fr | ioana.buhnila(a)univ-lorraine.fr ] ) Aman Sinha ( [ mailto:aman.sinha@univ-lorraine.fr | aman.sinha(a)univ-lorraine.fr ] ) ------------------------------ --------------------------- **** V ersion anglaise ci-dessus **** * L'atelier Traitement du langage médical à l'époque des LLMs (MLP-LLM 2025) * Coloc avec CORIA-TALN 2025 -- 30 juin 2025, Marseille * Appel à communications * [ https://atilf-umr7118.github.io/MLPLLM2025/ | https://atilf-umr7118.github.io/MLPLLM2025/ ] L’avènement des grands modèles de langue (LLMs) a révolutionné le traitement automatique des langues dans divers domaines, y compris la santé. Cependant, la complexité du langage médical - marquée par des terminologies spécialisées, l’utilisation des abréviations et des ontologies médicales de type CIM, UMLS or SNOMED, des dépendances contextuelles implicites (dans un contexte donné, le contenu médical peut changer en fonction de la temporalité, l’événement ou le degré de certitude) - pose des défis et des opportunités uniques. Le TAL médical peut aider les praticiens hospitaliers dans le diagnostic et le traitement des patients. De plus, le domaine de la santé comprend non seulement l’aspect humain représenté par la relation praticien-patient, mais également le contact avec le monde biologique (animaux, plantes, virus, microbes). Cet atelier, MLP-LLM, vise à rassembler des chercheurs en TAL, bioinformatique, médecine et linguistique afin d’explorer les avancées, les limites et les considérations éthiques de l’utilisation des LLMs dans des contextes médicaux. Les sujets d’intérêt incluent, mais ne sont pas limités à: * Affiner et adapter les LLMs pour les applications médicales et pour différentes langues. * Proposer des méthodes d’évaluation adaptées au domaine médical. * Traiter les biais dans la compréhension du langage médical et les hallucinations des LLMs. * Garantir la transparence, l’interprétabilité, le niveau de certitude et la responsabilité dans les systèmes d’IA médicale. * Développer des benchmarks spécifiques au domaine pour évaluer les LLMs dans le domaine de la santé. * Développer des applications des LLMs dans l’aide à la décision clinique, la transcription médicale et la communication entre les praticiens et les patients. Keynote speaker : Natalia Grabar, Université de Lille Les types d'article acceptés sont: * contribution nouvelle, * état de l'art, * travaux en cours, * version courte/traduite d'un article accepté dans une grande conférence. Calendrier de l'appel : * Soumission des articles: 30 Avril 2025 * Notification aux auteurs: 12 Mai 2025 * Version finale: 16 Mai 2025 * Atelier : 30 Juin 2025 Les soumissions sont acceptées en anglais ou en français. Contact : Workshop Organizers ( [ mailto:mlpllm2025@gmail.com | mlpllm2025(a)gmail.com) ] Ioana Buhnila ( [ mailto:ioana.buhnila@univ-lorraine.fr | ioana.buhnila(a)univ-lorraine.fr ] ) Aman Sinha ( [ mailto:aman.sinha@univ-lorraine.fr | aman.sinha(a)univ-lorraine.fr ] ) ᐧ ᐧ

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PAN @ CLEF 2025: Shared Tasks on Authorship Analysis, Computational Ethics, and Originality
by Matti Wiegmann 30 Apr '25

30 Apr '25

PAN @ CLEF 2025: Shared Tasks on Authorship Analysis, Computational Ethics, and Originality Call for Participation We'd like to invite you to participate in the following shared tasks at PAN 2025 held in conjunction with the CLEF conference in Madrid, Spain. 1. Voight-Kampff Generative AI Detection. Subtask 1: Given a (potentially obfuscated) text, decide whether it was written by a human or an AI. Subtask 2: Given a document collaboratively authored by human and AI, classify the extent to which the model assisted. https://pan.webis.de/clef25/pan25-web/generated-content-analysis.html 2. Multilingual Text Detoxification. Given a toxic piece of text, re-write it in a non-toxic way while saving the main content as much as possible. https://pan.webis.de/clef25/pan25-web/text-detoxification.html 3. Multi-Author Writing Style Analysis. Given a document, determine at which positions the author changes. https://pan.webis.de/clef25/pan25-web/style-change-detection.html 4. Generative Plagiarism Detection. Given a pair of documents, your task is to identify all contiguous maximal-length passages of reused text between them. https://pan.webis.de/clef25/pan25-web/generated-plagiarism-detection Find out more at https://pan.webis.de/clef25/pan25-web Important Dates -------------------------- now Training Data Released May 23, 2025 Software submission May 30, 2025 Participant paper submission June 27, 2025 Peer review notification July 07, 2025 Camera-ready participant papers submission Sep 09-12, 2025 Conference Links -------------------------- PAN: https://pan.webis.de Contact: pan(a)webis.de We are looking forward to your submission! The PAN team

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CFP - First International Workshop on Language and Language Models (WoLaLa 2025)
by Ligeti-Nagy Noémi 30 Apr '25

30 Apr '25

First International Workshop on Language and Language Models WoLaLa 2025 | Budapest (Hungary) | 20-21 November 2025 The Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics (HUN-REN) invites submissions to the 1st International Workshop on Language and Language Models. This workshop is designed as a dedicated forum for scholars and practitioners in the social sciences and humanities (SSH) to discuss and evaluate large language models from an SSH perspective, and to share best practices that can advance research and applications within these fields. Relevant topics include, but are not limited to, the following areas: 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 30 June 2025: Submission deadline 15 September 2025: Notification of acceptance 20 November – 21 November 2025: Workshop in Budapest 15 January 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=wolala2025> 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. Proceedings Selected papers will be published in Acta Linguistica Academica <https://akjournals.com/view/journals/2062/2062-overview.xml>. After acceptance notifications, the author(s) of accepted submissions will be invited to submit full papers (10-12 pages) to be reviewed according to the same criteria as the abstracts. Conference Programme Committee The Programme Committee for the conference consists of the following members: Gábor Prószéky, HUN-REN Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics & Pázmány Péter Catholic University (chair) António Branco, University of Lisbon, Portugal Eva Hajičová, Charles University Prague, Czech Republic Csaba Pléh, Central European University, Austria Paul Rayson, Lancaster University, United Kingdom Frédérique Segond, National Institute for Research in Digital Science and Technology, France Marko Tadić, University of Zagreb, Croatia Dan Tufiș, Romanian Academy, Romania Tamás Váradi, HUN-REN Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics, Hungary Martin Wynne, University of Oxford, United Kingdom LINKS 1st International Workshop on Language and Language Models website: https://wolala.nytud.hu <https://wolala.nytud.hu/> EasyChair submission: https://easychair.org/conferences?conf=wolala2025 Template for submissions: ZIP-archive: https://wolala.nytud.hu/templates/WoLaLa2025.zip Overleaf template: <https://www.overleaf.com/read/xsvjrhvjyfmj#f3362f>https://www.overleaf.com/read/sbmczvkpxpzz#4a94e3 Contact for any questions regarding the conference: info(a)wolala.nytud.hu <mailto:info@wolala.nytud.hu> On behalf of the local organizers, Dr. Ligeti-Nagy Noémi / Noémi Ligeti-Nagy, PhD tudományos munkatárs / research fellow Nyelvtechnológiai Kutatócsoport / Language Technology Research Group HUN-REN Nyelvtudományi Kutatóközpont / HUN-REN Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics 1068 Budapest, Benczúr utca 33.

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BAWESS project Disciplinary Literacy Symposium
by David Beauchamp 30 Apr '25

30 Apr '25

Dear Corpus Linguists, This symposium may be of interest to those of you involved in educational corpus linguistics and disciplinary literacy. It is part of the University of Bath's British Academic Written English Secondary School (BAWESS) project. Dear All, We are thrilled to announce that the registration for the University of Bath’s 2<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.bath.ac.uk/events/second-disciplina…>nd<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.bath.ac.uk/events/second-disciplina…> Disciplinary Literacy Symposium<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.bath.ac.uk/events/second-disciplina…>, on the 26th and 27th June 2025 at the University of Bath and the Royal High School Bath is now open. The Symposium brings together leading education specialists, linguists and academics in the field, who will present and discuss their latest work on topics, such as: * The literacy skills pupils need to succeed and how they differ across disciplines * The type of texts student write in different disciplines * The structure and language of long answers written in exams * How to teach writing explicitly in different disciplines * Cross-disciplinary and Teacher/Researcher Collaboration * Teacher Professional Development * Language and literacy expectations at a tertiary level The Symposium, hosted by the Disciplinary literacy & corpus-based pedagogy: The BAWESS project<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.bath.ac.uk/projects/disciplinary-li…> team, is aimed at teachers and language education researchers. The event promises excellent opportunities for discussion, knowledge exchange, professional development and networking. Join us to hear about current research and approaches from leading researchers and teachers working in the field: Lee McCallum, David Beauchamp, Hadrian Briggs, Natalie Cheers, Honglin Chen, Bev Derewianka, Yaegan Doran, Philip Durrant, Gail Forey, Sheena Gardner, Meg Gebhard, Helen Handford, Sally Humphrey, Reka Jablonkai, Pauline Jones, Cassi Liardet, Ana Llinares, Erika Matruglio, Christian Matthiessen, Tom Morton, Nashwa Nashaat-Sobhy, Hilary Nesi, Dana Therova, Paul Thompson, Leah Tompkins, Winfred Wenhui Xuan. We’ve tried to make this as affordable as possible. The symposium will cost £15 for the Thursday, £25 for the Friday (incl. lunch and refreshments), or £35 for both. We will also live stream the event at a cost of £15 registration. See the attachment. For more details and to register visit the Symposium website<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.bath.ac.uk/events/second-disciplina…>. Registration closes 19 June 2025. Spaces are limited, so please book early top avoid disappointment. Please share this will teachers and colleagues you think would be interested in joining a discussion on disciplinary literacy. All the best, Gail [cid:cf1a7453-a359-4858-b3bf-c9ba12487201] [cidimage001.png(a)01D6FFDF.923A9130] Prof Gail Forey Associate Dean (Education) Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences Professor of Applied Linguistics Department of Education My pronouns are: she/her University of Bath<https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.bath.ac.uk/__;!!K7l7YuZ3_aFnun0eduI!…> Building 1 West North, 3.23b, Bath BA2 7AY, United Kingdom | Telephone: +44 (0)1225 386355 | Email:g.forey@bath.ac.uk<mailto:g.forey@bath.ac.uk> [cid:c6c6a68d-9107-4f29-8dd3-8f7ed4e7487f]  David Beauchamp Post-graduate Researcher The Centre for Arts, Memory and Communities (CAMC) Coventry University Queen's Award for Enterprise International Trade 2022 Ranked in the top 50% of UK universities for research power Times Higher Education analysis of REF 2021 Joint top Modern University for Career Prospects Guardian University Guide 2022 Top 40 in the World for International Students (ratio) QS World University Rankings 2025 NOTICE This message and any files transmitted with it is intended for the addressee only and may contain information that is confidential or privileged. Unauthorised use is strictly prohibited. If you are not the addressee, you should not read, copy, disclose or otherwise use this message, except for the purpose of delivery to the addressee. Any views or opinions expressed within this e-mail are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Coventry University.

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Webminar by André F. T. Martins (Universidade de Lisboa)
by HiTZ zentroa 30 Apr '25

30 Apr '25

**** 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 AI&LT (https://hitz.eus). You can view the videos of previous webinars and the schedule for upcoming webinars here: http://www.hitz.eus/webinars Next webinar: *Speaker: *André F. T. Martins (Universidade de Lisboa) *Title: *xCOMET, Tower, EuroLLM: Open & Multilingual LLMs for Europe *Date: *Thursday, May 8, 2025 - 15:00 CET *Summary: *Today, LLMs are Swiss knives and MT one of their tools. Is this the end of MT research? In this talk, I argue that the connection between LLM and MT research is two-way. I present some of our recent work advancing multilingual LLMs, tools to estimate their quality, and how the two can be combined for test-time scaling. First, I present xCOMET, an open-source learned metric which integrates sentence-level evaluation and error span detection, exhibiting state-of-the-art performance across all types of meta-evaluation (sentence-level, system-level, and error span detection). Moreover, it does so while highlighting and categorizing error spans, thus enriching the quality assessment. Then, I present Tower, a suite of open multilingual LLMs for translation-related tasks. Tower models are created through continued pretraining on a carefully curated multilingual mixture of monolingual and parallel data. The combination of Tower with COMET reranking obtained the best results in 8 out of 11 language pairs in the WMT General Translation shared task, according to human evaluation. Finally, I describe EuroLLM, an ongoing EU-made project whose goal is to train an open multilingual LLM from scratch using the European HPC infrastructure (EuroHPC). The last release (EuroLLM-9B) supports 35 languages, including all 24 official EU languages, and it achieves strong results in various benchmarks, comparable or better than the best existing models of similar size. xCOMET: https://huggingface.co/collections/Unbabel/xcomet-659eca973b3be2ae4ac023bb Tower: https://huggingface.co/collections/Unbabel/tower-659eaedfe36e6dd29eb1805c EuroLLM: https://huggingface.co/blog/eurollm-team/eurollm-9b *Bio: *André F. T. Martins (PhD 2012, Carnegie Mellon University and Instituto Superior Técnico; https://andre-martins.github.io/) is an Associate Professor at Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon, researcher at Instituto de Telecomunicações, and the VP of AI Research at Unbabel. His research, funded by a ERC Starting Grant (DeepSPIN) and Consolidator Grant (DECOLLAGE), among other grants, include machine translation, quality estimation, structure and interpretability in deep learning systems for NLP. His work has received several paper awards at ACL conferences. He co-founded and co-organizes the Lisbon Machine Learning School (LxMLS), and he is a Fellow of the ELLIS society and co-director of the ELLIS Program in Natural Language Processing. He is a member of the R&I advisory group of EuroHPC, the European infrastructure for supercomputing. * Upcoming webinars:* · Mirella Lapata (Thursday, June 5, 2025) If you are interested in participating, please complete this registration form: http://www.hitz.eus/webinar_izenematea 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, HiTZ Zentroa P.S: HiTZ will not grant any type of certificate for attendance at these webinars.

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[CFP] EMNLP 2025 Call for Demos
by ACL Announcements 30 Apr '25

30 Apr '25

EMNLP 2025 Call for Demos The EMNLP 2025 System Demonstration Program Committee invites proposals for the Demonstrations Program. Demonstrations may range from early research prototypes to mature production-ready systems. Publicly available open-source or open-access systems are of special interest. We additionally strongly encourage demonstrations of industrial systems that are technologically innovative given the current state of the art of theory and applied research in natural language processing. Areas of interest include all topics related to theoretical and applied natural language processing, such as (but not limited to) the topics listed on the main conference website. Submitted systems may be of the following types: * Natural language processing systems or system components * Application systems using language technology components * Software tools for natural language processing research * Software for demonstration or evaluation * Software supporting learning or education * Tools for data visualization and annotation * Tools for model inspection * Development tools Papers describing accepted demonstrations will be published in a companion volume of the EMNLP 2025 conference proceedings. We require at least one of the authors to present a live demo during a demo session at EMLP 2025, with an accompanying poster. Please note: Commercial sales and marketing activities are not appropriate in the Demonstrations Program and should be arranged as part of the Exhibit Program. Important Dates: Paper submission deadline: Friday, July 4, 2025 Notification of acceptance: Tuesday, September 9, 2025 Camera ready submission: Friday, September 19, 2025 Main Conference: November 5-9, 2025 All deadlines are 11.59 pm UTC -12h ("anywhere on Earth") Note that there is no rebuttal stage. Submission Guidelines: Submissions must include the following: * A Paper * A paper submitted to accompany a demonstration should outline the design of the system and provide sufficient details to allow the evaluation of its validity, quality, and relevance to natural language processing. * Technical details of the system are required, including visual aids (e.g., screenshots, snapshots, or diagrams). A paper can do this by addressing the following questions: * What problem does the proposed system address? * Why is the system important and what is its impact? * What is the novelty in the approach/technology on which this system is based? * Who is the target audience? * How does the system work? * How does it compare with existing systems? * How is the system licensed? * How was the system evaluated? Were user studies/human evaluation experiments conducted? Note that this year, submissions that do not report any form of evaluation may be desk rejected. Paper submission is electronic, using the OpenReview conference management system. The submission site can be found at https://openreview.net/group?id=EMNLP/2025/System_Demonstrations [1] Submissions can contain up to 6 pages (longer submissions will be desk rejected), plus unlimited extra space for an optional ethics/broader impact statement and also unlimited space for references and informative appendices. Accepted papers will be given one additional page of content, so that reviewers' comments can be taken into account. Submissions must conform to the EMNLP 2025 official style guidelines and they must be in PDF format. Style files should meet the requirements of the EMNLP main conference. Submissions need to describe original, unpublished work, as publication in EMNLP will be archival. Any papers that do not follow the official style guidelines and page limits will be desk rejected. A Demonstration Video A short (at most 2.5 minutes) screencast video demonstrating the system together with your paper submission. This screencast will be used to evaluate the paper, but won't be published unless requested. For demos that can be presented on a screen, a screencast with audio narration is the most suitable format. If this is not feasible, a video showcasing user interaction with the system may be utilized. Production quality is not a priority, so we encourage to simply create a screencast of the software being demoed with minimal to no editing. We encourage publishing your video on YouTube or a similar site and including the link in your paper. If you prefer not to upload the video publicly, please submit it as supplementary material in MPEG4 format when you submit your paper through the official website. Live Demo Website or Installable Package A link to a live demo website; or a link to a downloadable installation package of the demo. Note that this is a strict requirement enforced this year, and submissions that do not provide links will be desk rejected. Exceptions will be made only in cases where sharing a link is clearly impossible, such as when special hardware is required. In such cases, authors must clearly state why a link cannot be provided. Multiple Submission Policy We follow the Multiple Submission Policy of the CFPs of the EMNLP 2025 main conference. The paper cannot be submitted elsewhere, while in review at EMNLP 2025. This policy covers all refereed and archival conferences and workshops (e.g., NeurIPS, ACL workshops), as well as ARR. In addition, we will not consider any paper that overlaps significantly in content or results with papers that will be (or have been) published elsewhere. Authors submitting more than one paper to the EMNLP 2025 System Demonstrations Track must ensure that their submissions do not overlap significantly (>25%) with each other in content or results. Reviewing Policy Reviewing will be single-blind, so authors do not need to conceal their identity. The paper should include the authors' names and affiliations. Self-references are also allowed. Ethics Policy Authors are required to honor the ethical code set out in the ACM Code of Ethics. The ethical impact of our research, the use of data, and potential applications of our work have always been an important consideration, and as artificial intelligence is becoming more mainstream, these issues are increasingly pertinent. We ask that all authors read the code, and ensure that their work is conformant to this code. We reserve the right to reject papers on ethical grounds, where the authors are judged to have operated counter to the code of ethics, or have inadequately addressed legitimate ethical concerns about their work. Authors will be allowed extra space after the 6th page for a broader impact statement or other discussion of ethics. The EMNLP demonstration review form will include a section addressing these issues and papers flagged for ethical concerns by reviewers will be further reviewed by an ethics committee. Note that an ethical considerations section is not required, but papers working with sensitive data or on sensitive tasks that do not discuss these issues will not be accepted. Conversely, the mere inclusion of an ethical considerations section does not guarantee acceptance. In addition to acceptance or rejection, papers may receive a conditional acceptance recommendation. Camera-ready versions of papers designated as conditional accept will be re-reviewed by the ethics committee to determine whether the concerns have been adequately addressed. Demonstration Co-chairs Ivan Habernal, RC Trust; Ruhr University Bochum Peter Schulam, Amazon AGI Jörg Tiedemann, University of Helsinki Contact: emnlp25-demo-chairs(a)lists.ruhr-uni-bochum.de Links: ------ [1] https://openreview.net/group?id=EMNLP/2025/System_Demonstrations

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[CfP] UPDATED DEADLINE The 2025 CLASP Conference on Language models And RePresentations (LARP2025)
by LARP2025 29 Apr '25

29 Apr '25

[apologies for x-posting] FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS ======= LARP Language models And RePresentations September 8 - September 9, 2025, Gothenburg, Sweden ======= https://gu-clasp.github.io/LARP/index.html Invited speakers ---- Dan Roth, University of Pennsylvania and Oracle Vaishak Belle, University of Edinburgh Moa Johansson, Chalmers University of Technology Important dates ---- - Submission deadline (archival): UPDATED! May 5, 2025 - Notification of acceptance (archival): June 20, 2025 - NEW!!! Commitment deadline for pre-reviewed ACL ARR submissions: July 31, 2025 - Submission deadline (non-archival): August 1, 2025 - Notification of acceptance (non-archival): August 8, 2025 - Camera ready (archival): August 8, 2025 - Camera ready (ARR Commitments): August 15, 2025 - Registration deadline: TBA - Conference: September 8–9, 2025, University of Gothenburg, Sweden All deadlines are 11:59PM UTC-12:00 (“anywhere on Earth”). Language models And RePresentations (LARP) brings together researchers that explore how information is structured, encoded and used in computational language systems. We encourage submissions on both neural (sub-symbolic) and discrete (symbolic) representations from the fields of computational linguistics and artificial intelligence or their intersection. The conference is organised by the Centre for Linguistic Theory and Studies in Probability (CLASP, https://gu-clasp.github.io/), University of Gothenburg. The conference will be held between September 8 and 9 in Gothenburg, Sweden (on-site and hybrid). Topics of interest ---- We hope to see innovative work that considers neural and symbolic learning and processing in terms of different modelling perspectives. Papers are invited on the following topics as they relate to natural language: - Neuro-symbolic integration: novel hybrid frameworks combining symbolic representations with neural network learning for enhanced reasoning and natural language processing - Explainable machine learning: techniques that allow for better interpretability, transparency, and explainability of neural, symbolic and neuro-symbolic architectures - Logical constraints in neural networks: methods that use logical structures (e.g., knowledge bases, ontologies) for post-hoc or inherent explainability - Automated reasoning systems providing human-interpretable rationales for decisions - Symbolic planning and control in neural workflows - Application-driven scenarios (robots, autonomous systems) showcasing benefits of symbolic approaches - Techniques that integrate symbolic representations into text or multimodal generation - Approaches that enforce domain knowledge, consistency, or adherence to constraints in text and/or multimodal generation - Fine-tuning and in-context learning strategies that incorporate logical or rule-based knowledge This list is illustrative but is not intended to be exhaustive. Submission Requirements ---- **Archival track** Archival track will feature the following types of submissions to appear in conference proceedings: we accept long papers (max 8 pages) and short papers (max 4 pages). Long and short papers must describe substantial, original, and unpublished research. Supplementary materials, appendices, a section on limitations and ethical concerns do not count towards the page limit. Archival accepted papers will be published in the 2025 ACL Anthology as a CLASP Conference Proceedings. Papers should be electronically submitted via the OpenReview system at https://openreview.net/group?id=CLASP/LARP/2025/Conference. Submissions should be .pdf files and use the LaTeX or Word templates provided for ACL submissions (https://github.com/acl-org/acl-style-files). Archival submissions must be anonymous. Please make sure that you select the right track when submitting your paper. Contact the organisers if you have questions. **NEW!!! ARR Commitment** We accept papers that have been pre-reviewed via ACL Rolling Review<https://aclrollingreview.org/>. You are welcome to submit the link to your ARR submission. The linked submission must include both the reviews and the meta-review. Both the submission and its reviews will be evaluated by the programme committee for their relevance to the conference topic. To submit, please visit https://openreview.net/group?id=CLASP/LARP/2025/ARR_Commitment. **Non-archival track** At the time of submission, authors may indicate that their paper should be considered for the non-archival track. The format for non-archival submissions is the same for both long and short papers as it is for the archival submissions. Non-archival papers will not undergo the peer review process. They will be evaluated by the programme committee for clarity and content relevance before the decision by the PC is made. Non-archival papers do not need to be anonymous. If accepted, they are to be published on the conference website and presented as posters. **Poster abstracts** We invite researchers to submit abstracts in the above areas of interest. Abstract submissions are non-archival. This is a great opportunity to get feedback on work in progress or to present previously published work to a new audience. The deadline for abstract submission is the same as for non-archival papers. Notifications of acceptance will be sent out by August 8, 2025. Abstract submissions should be .pdf files and use the LaTeX or Word templates provided for ACL submissions (https://github.com/acl-org/acl-style-files). Abstracts should not exceed 2 pages (supplementary materials, appendices, a section on limitations and ethical concerns are not included) and be submitted via OpenReview system at https://openreview.net/group?id=CLASP/LARP/2025/Conference. The acceptance decision on abstracts will go through the same procedure as papers for the non-archival track. Accepted abstracts will be presented as posters. Concurrent Submissions ---- Papers that have been or will be submitted to other conferences or publications must indicate this at submission time using a footnote on the title page of the submissions. We will not accept publications or presentation papers that overlap significantly in content or results with papers that will be (or have been) published elsewhere. Authors of papers accepted for presentation at LARP must notify the program chairs by the camera-ready deadline as to whether the paper will be presented. All accepted papers must be presented at the conference to appear in the Proceedings. Camera Ready Versions ---- Camera ready versions must be deanonymised. Archival submissions get 1 more page to address comments from reviewers: long papers can be maximum up to 9 pages, short papers can be maximum up to 5 pages. Organisers ---- LARP is organised by the Centre for Linguistic Theory and Studies in Probability (CLASP, https://gu-clasp.github.io/) at the Department of Philosophy, Linguistics and Theory of Science (FLoV), University of Gothenburg. CLASP focuses its research on the application of probabilistic and information theoretic methods to the analysis of natural language. CLASP is concerned both with understanding the cognitive foundations of language and developing efficient language technology. We work at the interface of computational linguistics/natural language processing, theoretical linguistics, and cognitive science. For practical inquiries, send an email to larp2025(a)flov.gu.se<mailto:larp2025@flov.gu.se>.

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Call for Bursary Applications: GITT 2025 Workshop Registration
by bsavoldi＠fbk.eu 29 Apr '25

29 Apr '25

📣 Call for Bursary Applications: GITT 2025 Workshop Registration We are pleased to announce a call for bursary applications to support participation in the Gender-Inclusive Translation Technologies Workshop (GITT 2025). - 📅 Application deadline: May 9th, 2025 - 🔗 Apply here: http://bit.ly/44ejl8z - GITT website: https://sites.google.com/tilburguniversity.edu/gitt2025/home We are offering bursaries covering the workshop registration fee for this edition of GITT. The call is open to anyone interested in attending the workshop. We particularly encourage students and junior researchers to apply. **📋 How to Apply ** Please fill out the application form with the following information: - Full Name - Affiliation - Career Stage (e.g. student, postdoc, faculty, independent researcher) - Paper Title (if applicable) — If you are a GITT 2025 author, please include your paper title - A short motivation statement (max 200 words) describing your interest in attending the workshop and your reason for applying. You are welcome to include details such as inclusivity and diversity needs, extra expenses for technical assistance, traveling from outside the EU, or limited university funding. Further information are available on the GITT website at https://sites.google.com/tilburguniversity.edu/gitt2025/bursaries?

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CFP: Language@internet - Special issue on CMC corpora
by Ludovic Tanguy 29 Apr '25

29 Apr '25

Language@internet http://www.languageatinternet.org/ <http://www.languageatinternet.org/> SPECIAL ISSUE ON Computer-Mediated Communication corpora CALL FOR PAPERS Guest Editors: Céline Poudat Côte d’Azur University, France Ludovic Tanguy University of Toulouse, France IMPORTANT DATES Abstracts due: June 30th, 2025 Full papers due: November 1st, 2025 Anticipated publication: July 2026 ISSUE FOCUS This special issue of Language@Internet follows up on the 11th CMC corpora conference which was held in Nice, September 2024. The CMC corpora conference series are dedicated to the collection, annotation, processing, and analysis of corpora of computer-mediated communication (CMC) and social media. As online communication data continues to proliferate and researchers face increasing difficulty in building and analyzing corpora, this special issue aims to provide a panorama of recent CMC corpora use and research. We adhere to a wide definition of CMC and Social Media, covering various media of digital communication, including email, newsgroups, forums, chat and messenger applications (e.g. WhatsApp), social networks (Facebook, Instagram), gaming platforms, as well as interactions in the communication areas of video portals (YouTube), learning platforms and virtual worlds. We welcome all papers related to corpus building and analysis, and all reflections on CMC data use and methods, including research questions from the fields of corpus and computational linguistics, language technology, text technology, and machine learning. Submissions might address the following types of research questions (this list is by no means exhaustive): * What are the current difficulties (technical, methodological or legal) in building corpora for studying CMC? * How can researchers take advantage of new media commonly used in CMC, such as audio and video? * How can such a corpus be built, from data and metadata collection to publication? * How is a CMC corpus analyzed, from annotation to exploration methods? * What types of results may be derived from CMC corpora? * Which theoretical frameworks can be used to analyze CMC data? Sociolinguistics, discourse analysis, language education… * How can the multiplicity of channels be used to leverage studies in CMC? * How can CMC corpora be used to study specific communities and topics (minorities, politics, subcultures)? * Do the new generative AI models and tools provide opportunities for analysing CMC data? GUIDELINES FOR SUBMISSION Potential authors should submit a preliminary proposal of 750 to 1000 words by June 30th, 2025 to the guest editors Céline Poudat (celine.poudat(a)univ-cotedazur.fr <mailto:Celine.Poudat@univ-cotedazur.fr>) and Ludovic Tanguy (ludovic.tanguy(a)univ-tlse2.fr <mailto:ludovic.tanguy@univ-tlse2.fr>). Proposals should include the central research question, the theoretical and/or empirical basis for the paper, and preliminary findings or insights. Those interested in submitting a proposal are also encouraged to contact the guest editors with their questions and ideas. Authors whose proposals are accepted for inclusion will be invited to submit a full paper of roughly 7,000-10,000 words by November 1st, 2025. The anticipated publication date for the issue is July 2026.

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CIRCE Online Seminar | 12/05/2025 | Dr. Ana Tankosic | "Intersectionality in translingual spaces: Migrant experiences from 'down-under'"
by Claudia Soria 29 Apr '25

29 Apr '25

*🎓 *We are happy to announce the next webinar in the CIRCE online seminar series organized by the CIRCE <https://www.circe-project.eu/> project in collaboration with DFCLAM University of Siena <https://www.dfclam.unisi.it/en>, H2IOSC <https://www.h2iosc.cnr.it/> project and CNR-ILC <https://www.ilc.cnr.it/en/>. *Dr. Ana Tankosić* /Curtin University, Australia/ */Intersectionality in Translingual Spaces: Migrant Experiences from 'Down-Under'/* 📅 *May 12, 2025* 🕓 *2:00 PM – 3:00 PM (CEST)* *Venue*: Online *Attendees*: Secondary school teachers, researchers, language instructors *Summary: *In spaces informed and characterised by Anglo-Western ideologies and discourses, migrants are exposed to overlapping forms of marginalisation where cultural and linguistic stereotypes coincide and blend with ethnic, racial, and gender stereotypes. In this presentation, I discuss how intersectionality is reflected in different forms of social stereotypes which attempt to subordinate, inferiorise, and judge translingual migrants in Australia. This discussion serves the purpose of uncovering underlying systemic and social disparities in Australia, as they are (in)advertently perpetuated and invigorated by a more dominant counterpart. *Bio*: Dr Ana Tankosić is a research fellow and sessional academic at Curtin University, Australia. Her research focuses on sociolinguistics of globalisation, transcultural identities, and migration discourses. She is a former Fulbright Visiting Student Researcher at Penn State University. Her co-edited volume, Becoming a Linguist, is recently published with Routledge, while her collaborative monograph, Linguistic Racism, is currently in preparation. Upcoming webinars: - Giuliana Regnoli (Monday, May 26, 2025) - Clara Molina (Monday, June 30, 2025) - Sender Dovchin (Monday, July 7, 2025) The seminar is free of charge, but participants must register. To access this and next events, you should create an account on theH2IOSC Training Environment <https://h2iosc-training-platform.ilc4clarin.ilc.cnr.it/registration>. Once logged in with your credentials, choose the course “Language and Accent Discrimination - Online Seminar Series” and activate it with the code PbK837GtE. Make sure to have the Teams platform installed. The registrations of the previous CIRCE Seminars are also available on the H2IOSC Training Environment. For any inquiry, write to contact(a)circe-project.eu.

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ERC funded PhD position in computational social science & corpus text analysis, University of Tartu; deadline May 15th
by Andres Karjus 29 Apr '25

29 Apr '25

The recently funded ERC Consolidator project “Rise and Demise of Industrial Modernity”<https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/101170823> (RiDe) at the University of Tartu (Estonia) is looking to fill 2 fully funded PhD positions and 1 postdoctoral position. The PhD position advertised here is broadly in computational social science, environmental/sustainability transitions studies, and focuses on applying ML and LLMs to large media text corpora. The project is based on the Deep Transitions framework (see here<https://doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2018.03.009>, here<https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eist.2018.07.006> and here<https://www.cambridge.org/engage/coe/article-details/67a9e0a381d2151a02d8a3…>) from the sustainability transitions field. It seeks to develop a new theory about the acceleration, crisis and possible transformation of industrial modernity: a set of ideas, institutions and practices related to the natural environment and technoscience currently blocking the deep sustainability turn. The project is led by Laur Kanger<https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=wI2wzeoAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao>, Professor of Sustainability Transitions and co-author of the Deep Transitions framework. Expected PhD studies starting date: 1 September 2025 Duration of employment: 48 months (until 30.08.2029) Working time: 100% (40 hours per week) International application submission deadline: 15 May 2025 For applicants with an MA from an Estonian university: June 15 2025 We are seeking applicants with a Master’s degree or equivalent qualification with a background in one of the following fields: digital humanities, computational social science, data science, sustainability transitions studies, science and technology studies, innovation studies, sociology (e.g. economic, political, environmental, historical), environmental governance, political science, economics (e.g. economics of innovation, ecological economics), political science, history (e.g. economic, environmental, intellectual, science and technology), sustainability science (or a related field). Alternatively, a master’s degree in another field combined with a strong and proven interest in sustainability issues also constitutes a good fit. For more info on the positions, main tasks and requirements, see the links below. Topic: “Ideational continuities and ruptures of industrial modernity in G20 countries” The purpose of the PhD project is to map the long-term evolution of different ideas about environment and technoscience (e.g. belief in societal progress through science and technology, rising environmental awareness) in G20 countries from 1900 to 2025 based on digitized newspaper corpora and using state of the art machine learning methods, including large language models. More info and application details: https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/336902 Why study or work in Estonia? Estonia offers Nordic quality of life, a strong academic environment and convenient digitized services—all while maintaining a reasonable cost of living that supports comfortable student life. The University of Tartu, founded in 1632, ranks among the top 1% of the world’s most cited universities and actively fosters sustainability and intersectoral collaboration, having produced numerous successful startups. Estonia itself ranks #1 in startups per capita in Europe. As a member of the EU and NATO, Estonia is internationally minded, and English is widely spoken. Estonia’s digital infrastructure streamlines official procedures, as everything from contracts to taxes can all be handled online in minutes by citizens and residents alike. Tartu is a lively university town known for its cozy atmosphere, vibrant student life, bike and walking friendly spaces, and scenic riverside. It has been named the UNESCO City of Literature, and the European Capital of Culture in 2024. The city is well connected to Europe and the world, but also offers easy access to nature, with nearby vast networks of forest hiking trails, excellent winter sports opportunities, and the charm of four distinct seasons.

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Reminder: Call for Abstracts Open – Computational Psycholinguistics Meeting 2025
by Takmaz, E.K. (Ece) 28 Apr '25

28 Apr '25

Call for Abstracts – Computational Psycholinguistics Meeting 2025 We are pleased to announce that the abstract submission for the first Computational Psycholinguistics Meeting 2025 is open! The meeting will take place on December 18–19, 2025, in Utrecht, the Netherlands. It aims to connect researchers using (neuro-)symbolic, Bayesian, deep-learning, connectionist, and mechanistic models (e.g., ACT-R) in studying human language production, perception, and processing. Keynote Speakers: Stefan Frank (Radboud University), Vera Demberg (Saarland University) For detailed guidelines, templates, and additional information, visit our website: <https://cpl2025.sites.uu.nl/> https://cpl2025.sites.uu.nl<https://cpl2025.sites.uu.nl/>/ Abstracts must be submitted in PDF format via OpenReview by June 15, 2025 at: https://openreview.net/group?id=UU.nl/Utrecht_University/2025/CPL We look forward to your contributions! Organizers: Jakub Dotlačil, Lena Jäger, Bruno Nicenboim, Ece Takmaz

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2nd Call for Papers: Eleventh Italian Conference on Computational Linguistics (CLiC-it 2025)
by Manuela Sanguinetti 28 Apr '25

28 Apr '25

-------------------------------------------------------------------- APOLOGIES FOR CROSS-POSTING -------------------------------------------------------------------- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CLiC-it 2025 - Eleventh Italian Conference on Computational Linguistics ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 24 - 26 September 2025, Cagliari, Italy https://clic2025.unica.it/ Conference Announcement and First Call for Papers 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). CLiC-it aims to promote and disseminate high-quality, original research covering different aspects of automatic language processing, involving both written and spoken language. Furthermore, it seeks to showcase cutting-edge theoretical findings, experimental methodologies, technologies, and application perspectives. The spirit of the conference is inclusive. Recognizing the multifaceted nature of language phenomena and the need for interdisciplinary expertise, CLiC-it aims to bring together researchers from different fields including Computational Linguistics and Natural Language Processing, Linguistics, Cognitive Science, Machine Learning, Computer Science, Knowledge Representation, Information Retrieval, and Digital Humanities. CLiC-it welcomes contributions focusing on all languages, with a particular emphasis on Italian. CLiC-it 2025 will be held in Cagliari, from the 24th to the 26th of September. CLiC-it is organised by the Italian Association of Computational Linguistics (AILC -- http://www.ai-lc.it/). Conference topics ----------------------------- CLiC-it 2025 aims to have a broad technical program. Relevant topics for the conference include, but are not limited to (in alphabetical order): - Computational Historical Linguistics - Computational Social Science and Cultural Analytics - Dialogue and Interactive Systems - Discourse and Pragmatics - Ethics and NLP - Generation - Handwritten Text Recognition - Information Extraction - Information Retrieval and Text Mining - Interpretability and Analysis of Models for NLP - Language Grounding to Vision, Robotics and Beyond - Large Language Models - Linguistic Diversity - Linguistic Theories, Cognitive Modeling, and Psycholinguistics - Machine Learning for NLP - Machine Translation - Multilingualism and Cross-Lingual NLP - NLP Applications - NLP for the Humanities - Phonology, Morphology, and Word Segmentation - Pragmatics and Creativity - Question Answering - Resources and Evaluation - Semantics: Lexical, Sentence-level Semantics, Textual Inference, and Other Areas - Sentiment Analysis, Stylistic Analysis, and Argument Mining - Speech and Multimodality - Summarization - Syntax: Tagging, Chunking and Parsing Research Communications ---------------------------------- CLiC-it 2025 adopts a parallel submission policy for outstanding papers accepted in 2024 and 2025 by major publication venues, namely the major international CL conferences (workshops excluded) or international journals. These contributions can be submitted to CLiC-it 2025 as short research communications. Research communications will not be published in the conference proceedings, they serve primarily to promote the dissemination of high-quality research within the Italian CL community. Submitted research communications must be in the scope of the CLiC-it 2025 conference. The authors of papers that meet the above criteria are invited to submit a written (maximum) one-page abstract of the original paper, including the paper’s title and authors as well as a pointer to the original conference or journal where the paper was published. If needed, research communications will undergo a selection process overseen by the conference chairs. Since these papers have already been reviewed, the selection criteria will primarily consider their original publication venue. Priority will be granted to papers that align most closely with the conference program, ensuring a balanced representation across various conference topics. The research communication papers will be presented at the conference either orally or as a poster according to the number of submissions received. Paper Submission ----------------------- Submitted papers must describe substantial, original, completed, and unpublished work. Wherever appropriate, concrete evaluation and analysis should be included. CLiC-it 2025 allows for a multiple-submission policy. In case of acceptance of the paper in other venues, the authors must communicate this information to the CLiC-it 2025 Chairs as soon as possible. Papers may consist of at least six (6) and no more than eight (8) pages of content, and up to three (3) pages of references. Supplementary material is also allowed, but it should not exceed one (1) page in length. Authors are reminded that all relevant content should be included in the main text of the paper. Upon acceptance, final versions of papers will be given one additional page of content, so that reviewers’ comments can be taken into account. Papers will be evaluated according to the following criteria: - soundness of approach - relevance to computational linguistics - novelty and clarity of relation with related work - quality of presentation - quality of evaluation (if applicable) - verifiability and ability to replicate (if applicable) Papers can be either in English or Italian, with the abstract in English. Accepted papers will be published online and will be presented at the conference either orally or as a poster. Reviewing will NOT be blind, so there is no need to remove author information from manuscripts. The required template for CLiC-it submissions must be compatible with CEUR (https://ceur-ws.org/). You can download the conference-adapted version at the following links: LaTeX template https://clic2025.unica.it/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/CLiC-it-2025-template.… Word template https://clic2025.unica.it/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/CLiC_it_2025_template.… Should you encounter any issues with the compilation (as the CEUR template has historically presented some challenges and is not modifiable without risking exclusion from the proceedings), we provide a read-only Overleaf template: https://www.overleaf.com/read/hzyckyjzwhwb#06b27c This template can be accessed and cloned to help resolve any technical difficulties. Papers and research communications must be submitted through the START platform using the following link: https://softconf.com/p/clic-it2025 For research communications, the appropriate track should be selected. Awards --------- To acknowledge the contribution of young researchers to the field, the title of "best paper" will be awarded to outstanding papers, provided that a Master's or PhD student is the first author and presents the work at the conference. Recipients of this award will be invited to submit an extended version of their papers to the Italian Journal of Computational Linguistics (IJCoL). To recognise excellence in student research as well as promote awareness of our field, AILC is also conferring the “Emanuele Pianta” prize for the best Master Thesis (Laurea Magistrale) in Computational Linguistics submitted at an Italian University. The prize consists of 500 Euros plus free membership to AILC for one year and free registration to the upcoming CLiC-it. Important Dates --------------- - 09/06/2025: Paper submission deadline: regular papers and research communications - 21/07/2025: Notification to authors of reviewing/selection outcome - 04/08/2025: Camera ready version of accepted papers - 24-26/09/2025: CLiC-it 2025 Conference, Cagliari Conference Chairs ------ - Cristina Bosco (University of Torino) - Elisabetta Jezek (University of Pavia) - Marco Polignano (University of Bari) - Manuela Sanguinetti (University of Cagliari) Senior Program Committee: ------ Elisa Bassignana (IT University of Copenhagen) Pierluigi Cassotti (University of Gothenburg) Simone Conia (University of Rome “La Sapienza”) Elisa Di Nuovo (Joint Research Centre European Commission - Ispra) Claudiu Daniel Hromei (University of Rome “Tor Vergata”) Antonio Origlia (University of Naples “Federico II”) Ludovica Pannitto (University of Bologna) Beatrice Savoldi (Fondazione Bruno Kessler) Gabriele Sarti (University of Groningen) Lucia Siciliani (University of Bari) Irene Siragusa (University of Palermo) Rossella Varvara (University of Turin - University of Pavia) Alessandro Vietti (University of Bolzano) Local Organizing Committee: ------ - Maurizio Atzori (DMI, University of Cagliari) - Andrea Loddo (DMI, University of Cagliari) - Alessandro Pani (DMI, University of Cagliari) - Alessandra Perniciano (DMI, University of Cagliari) - Luca Zedda (DMI, University of Cagliari) Web chairs: ------ Maurizio Atzori Andrea Loddo Further information ------------------- Conference website: https://clic2025.unica.it/ Mail: clicit2025cagliari(a)gmail.com

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Konvens 2025: Deadline Extension / Final Call for papers
by Christian Wartena 28 Apr '25

28 Apr '25

Dear all, We warmly welcome the submission of papers for KONVENS 2025 in Hildesheim, Germany (September 10-13). As many people aksed for a deadline extension the submission will be open a few additional days. The new deadline is May 7th. KONVENS (Conference on Natural Language Processing) is an annual scientific conference on all topics in the fields of computational linguistics and language technology, organised by four scientific organisations in the German-speaking countries and regions (GSCL, DGfS-CL, ASAI, and SwissNLP). In addition to its technical program, KONVENS will facilitate dynamic interactions among academic researchers and industry peers, offering workshops, tutorials, shared tasks, and networking events. Confirmed keynotes: * Michael Hahn (Saarland University) * Sina Zarrieß (Universität Bielefeld) * Timo Freiesleben (Universität Tübingen) Paper Submission Information We invite submissions of original and unpublished work on all aspects of computational linguistics and natural language processing from fundamental inquiries to the practical implementation of natural language resources, components, and systems. We particularly encourage submissions of NLP approaches dedicated to the German language, including survey papers that provide insights into the current state of the art in German language and speech processing. We welcome contributions from both academic and industry professionals. Papers can be submitted either to the main conference track or to the special track on application of Large Language Models focussing on the utilisation of LLMs and language-model approaches for the analysis and exploitation of textual resources in Linguistics, Computer Science, Information Science, the Humanities and the Social Sciences. We welcome the following types of paper submissions: * Long papers (8 pages plus references), describing original research with substantial new results. * Short papers (4 pages plus references), including small focused contributions, work in progress, as well as descriptions of projects, systems and resources. * Abstracts (1 page, non-archival). Abstracts can be presented at the poster session but will not be included in the conference proceedings. We especially invite submission on ongoing projects, student projects, past or ongoing bachelor and master theses, ongoing or recently completed PhD theses, and opinion pieces in this category to foster interaction and discussion in our community. Accepted papers will be presented orally or as posters as determined by the program chairs. However, a preference for a poster or oral presentation can be given. All presentations will take place in person (no online/hybrid format). The main conference language is English. Contributions written in both German or English will be accepted, however, English is recommended. The review process for long and short papers will be double-blind. Submissions of long and short papers must be anonymized accordingly. The submission of non-archival abstracts must not be anonymous (review of abstracts is single-blind). The conference proceedings will be published via the ACL Anthology (archival submissions only). Papers must be presented at the conference by at least one of the authors in order to be published as part of the proceedings. Papers must be formatted in accordance with the ACL style sheet: https://github.com/acl-org/acl-style-files. We strongly encourage authors to use LaTeX in preparing their document. Papers must be submitted via OpenReview: https://openreview.net/group?id=GSCL.org/KONVENS/2025 Important Dates Paper Submission Deadline: May 7, 2025 Paper Notification: June 27, 2025 Camera Ready: August 15, 2025 Main Conference: September 10 - 12, 2025 Best wishes Christian Wartena Ulrich Heid Prof. Dr. Christian Wartena Hochschule Hannover Fakultät III - Medien, Information und Design Abt. Information und Kommunikation Lehrgebiet Sprach- und Wissensverarbeitung Expo Plaza 12 30539 Hannover e-mail: christian.wartena(a)hs-hannover.de<mailto:christian.wartena@hs-hannover.de> [DATA-H-Logo_RGB_Unterzeile_klein]

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Edge Hill Corpus Research Group: Meeting #16
by Costas Gabrielatos 27 Apr '25

27 Apr '25

The next meeting of the Edge Hill Corpus Research Group will take place online (MS Teams) on Friday 2 May 2025, 2:00-3:30 pm (BST<https://time.is/United_Kingdom>). Topic: LLMs and Lexical Priming Theory Speaker: Michael Pace-Sigge<https://uefconnect.uef.fi/en/person/michael.pace-sigge/> (University of Eastern Finland) Title: Large-Language-Model Tools and the Theory of Lexical Priming: Where technology and human cognition meet and diverge The abstract and registration link are here: https://sites.edgehill.ac.uk/crg/next Attendance is free. Registration closes on Wednesday 30 April. If you have problems registering, or have any questions, please send an email to: gabrielc(a)edgehill.ac.uk<mailto:gabrielc@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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15th European Summer University in Digital Humanities (21 July - 2 August 2025, Besançon, France)
by frederic.spagnoli＠univ-fcomte.fr 26 Apr '25

26 Apr '25

Dear all, We would like to remind you that the call for application to the European Summer University in Digital Humanities "Culture and Technology" 2025 to be held at the university Marie and Louis Pasteur in Besançon (France) from July 21 to August 2 is open up to May 18 via Conftool You can find here the updated list of workshops and lectures https://esudh.github.io/WorkshopsandLectures/ . Building on the spirit of previous editions in Leipzig and Cluj, the ESU in Besançon aims at being a space for interdisciplinary collaboration and opportunities for scholars and students in Humanities and therefore strengthening the community of practice already established in past years. The ESU is supported by DARIAH with 12 scholarships of 450 Euros each to partially cover the costs of registration, CLARIN and its trainers’ network and Humanistica. Thanks to the support of Transkribus, 10 scholarships of 3000 credits each will be awarded during the ESU to help participants developing their research. Besançon, a lively city of around 120 000 inhabitants and more than 25 000 students from all over the world, has a long tradition of teaching French to non-native speakers. Following the two weeks of the ESU, in the month of August, we will offer the possibility to attend for two to four weeks classes of French within the framework of our “French for DH” programme. Do not hesitate to contact us for any information you may need. Looking forward to meeting you in Besançon, The organizers

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[CfP] GOBLIN Workshop on Knowledge Graph Technologies || Deadline Extension
by DBpedia 25 Apr '25

25 Apr '25

==== 1st GOBLIN Workshop on Knowledge Graph Technologies Leipzig, Germany June 12, 2025 https://cost.eu/actions/CA23147/ ==== Dear all, Due to several requests we decided to extend the deadlines for the 1st CfP: GOBLIN Workshop on Knowledge Graph Technologies. The new dates are as follows: Submission Deadline: May 4, 2025 (originally April 27) Notification of Acceptance: May 11, 2025 All deadlines are set for 11:59 pm, Anywhere On Earth time (UTC-12). The 1st GOBLIN Workshop on Knowledge Graph Technologies welcomes papers on novel scientific research and innovations relevant to Knowledge Graphs, their applications, and associated technologies. We encourage submissions at the intersection of Knowledge Graphs with fields such as Artificial Intelligence, machine learning, data science, and automation. Submissions should be original and must not have been published elsewhere in any form or language. Each submission will receive at least three independent reviews and will be evaluated based on novelty, technical quality, reproducibility, and practical significance. Submissions will be through EasyChair: https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=goblin25 <https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=goblin25> = Author Guidelines and Submission = * Full research papers: 4-6 pages + max 2 pages references * Short research papers: 2-4 pages + 1 page references * In Use and Experience papers: 2-4 pages + 1 page references * Position and Vision papers: 2-4 pages + 1 page references * System/demo papers: 2-4 pages + 1 page references Submissions must be in English, original, and not under review elsewhere. Papers should follow the Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science style: https://www.overleaf.com/latex/templates/springer-lecture-notes-in-computer… <https://www.overleaf.com/latex/templates/springer-lecture-notes-in-computer…> For details please go to: https://www.dbpedia.org/events/goblin25-workshop/ <https://www.dbpedia.org/events/goblin25-workshop/> Looking forward to your submissions! With kind regards, Blerina Spahiu & Milan Dojchinovski -- Workshop Chairs --

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CFP: Language Resources and Evaluation Journal - Special Issue on Advancing Arabic Language Models: Resources, Evaluation, and Applications in the Era of Large Language Models
by hend.alkhalifa＠gmail.com 25 Apr '25

25 Apr '25

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CFP - Workshop SIR@IWCS2025
by Maxime Amblard 25 Apr '25

25 Apr '25

*apologies for cross-postings* === Workshop SIR === Atelier sur les Avancées en AMR et en Analyse Sémantiques SIR@IXCS2025 - Düsseldorf - September 24 2025 ================================= https://team.inria.fr/semagramme/first-workshop-on-semantics-for-interdisci… https://openreview.net/group?id=inria.fr/INRIA/S%C3%A9magramme/2025/SIR01 ================================= In recent years, Natural Language Processing (NLP) has increasingly intersected with the humanities and social sciences, offering new methodologies for analyzing textual data, interpreting meaning, and modelling (IF WE WANT BRITISH SPELLING, WE MIGHT NOT?) language-based phenomena. The potential for multi-disciplinary research using NLP methods is particularly great in computational semantics (CS, as its ability to process and represent meaning opens up innovative pathways for researchers in history, philosophy, literary studies, political science, etc. This workshop aims to explore how semantic models and tools can be leveraged to tackle traditional and emerging questions in the Humanities in a broader sense (Social Sciences, Law, Economics, Management, Literature, Languages, Art, …). A major theme of SIR is the role of semantics in NLP applied to the humanities (both statistical and symbolic approaches). === Topics to Explore === • CS and the humanities: issues, tools and applications. • Quantitative and qualitative approaches as a breakthrough in the Humanities • NLP transforming humanities issues • Contributions and limitations for understanding meaning • Links between formal semantics and neural models • Ambiguity, polyphony and interpretation in theHumanities • Ethics and bias in semantic modeling • Interdisciplinary dialogue between AI, NLP and Humanities === Dates === • Deadline : July 14th (anywhere on earth) • Notification : August 25th (anywhere on earth) • Camera Ready : September 10th (anywhere on earth) • Workshop : September 24th (anywhere on earth) === Submission Information === Papers should describe original research and must not exceed 4 pages (with an extra page in the camera ready version for accepted papers). Papers should be submitted no later than 14 July 2025 (anywhere on earth). Accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings in the ACL Anthology. For inclusion in the proceedings, at least one author must register to the conference and present the paper in person. Submissions should be fully anonymous to ensure double-blind reviewing. === Submission === https://openreview.net/group?id=inria.fr/INRIA/S%C3%A9magramme/2025/SIR01 === Style Files === The workshop follow the IWCS 2025 template see the workshop web page. === Organizers === Maxime Amblard, Université de Lorraine Ellen Breitholtz, Gothenburg University === Contact === maxime.amblard(a)univ-lorraine.fr and ellen.breitholtz(a)ling.gu.se

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CFP - Workshop SIR@IWCS2025
by Maxime Amblard 25 Apr '25

25 Apr '25

*apologies for cross-postings* === Workshop SIR === Atelier sur les Avancées en AMR et en Analyse Sémantiques SIR@IXCS2025 - Düsseldorf - September 24 2025 ================================= https://team.inria.fr/semagramme/first-workshop-on-semantics-for-interdisci… https://openreview.net/group?id=inria.fr/INRIA/S

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RANLP 2025: Final Call for Papers
by Petya Osenova 25 Apr '25

25 Apr '25

*Extended submission deadline: 25 May 2025* RANLP 2025 RECENT ADVANCES IN NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING Hotel “Cherno More” Varna, Bulgaria https://ranlp.org/ranlp2025/ Summer School on Deep Learning and LLMs for NLP: 3-5 September 2025 (Wednesday-Friday) Tutorials: 6-7 September 2025 (Saturday-Sunday) Main Conference: 8-10 September 2025 (Monday-Wednesday) Workshops and shared tasks: 11-13 September 2025 (Thursday-Saturday) We are pleased to announce that the 15th biennial RANLP conference will take place in September 2025 at the Black Sea city of Varna. In addition to the conference programme of competitively peer-reviewed papers reporting on the recent advances of a wide range of Natural Language Processing (NLP) topics, the conference features keynote talks by leading experts in NLP. Poster and demo sessions will be held at the conference exhibition area. The conference will be preceded by three days of summer school on Deep Learning and LLMs for NLP (3-5 September 2025) and two days of tutorials (6-7 September 2025). Post-conference specialised workshops as well as shared tasks covering timely NLP topics will be held on 11, 12 and 13 September 2025. A Student Research Workshop will run in parallel to the main conference. The Student Research Workshops (now the 9th edition) have become active discussion fora for young researchers. As from RANLP 2009, the papers accepted at RANLP and the associated workshops are included in the ACL Anthology. The RANLP proceedings are indexed by SCOPUS and DBLP. The SCOPUS SJR of RANLP proceedings is 0,299 (2023). After 2017, all accepted papers have DOI numbers. CHAIR OF THE PROGRAMME COMMITTEE Ruslan Mitkov (Lancaster University, UK and University of Alicante, Spain) CHAIR OF THE ORGANISING COMMITTEE Galia Angelova (Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgaria) The Programme Committee members are distinguished NLP experts from all over the world. The list of PC members will be announced on the conference website in due course. INVITED SPEAKERS KEYNOTE SPEAKERS at the RANLP 2025 conference (in alphabetical order): * Eneko Agirre (University of the Basque Country, Spain) * Roberto Navigli (Sapienza University of Rome, Italy) * Anna Rogers (IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark) Further keynote speakers will be announced soon. TUTORIAL LECTURERS (in alphabetical order): * Ekaterina Artemova (Toloka.AI, Germany) * Burcu Can Buglalilar (University of Sterling, UK) * Tharindu Ranasinghe and Damith Premasiri (Lancaster University, UK) * Anna Rogers and Max Müller-Eberstein (IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark) SUMMER SCHOOL LECTURERS and TEACHING ASISTANTS (in alphabetical order): * Maram Alharbi (Lancaster University, UK) * Ekaterina Artemova (Toloka.AI, Germany) * Isuri Nanomi Arachchige (Lancaster University, UK) * Burcu Can Buglalilar (University of Sterling, UK) * Salmane Chafik (Mohammed VI Polytechnic University, Morocco) * Ernesto Luis Estevanell (University of Alicante, Spain) * Hansi Hettiarachchi (Lancaster University, UK) * Alexander Mikheev (Daxtra Technologies, UK) * Andrei Mikheev (Daxtra Technologies, UK) * Damith Dola Mullage (Lancaster University, UK) * Max Müller-Eberstein (IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark) * Tharindu Ranasinghe (Lancaster University, UK) The 3rd RANLP SUMMER SCHOOL ON DEEP LEARNING and LARGE LANGUAGE MODELS for NLP will take place on 3-5 September 2025. The programme integrates 3 days of intensive lecturing in the morning and practical sessions in the afternoon. The following topics will be covered: NLP/DL Foundation, LLM Foundation and LLM Applications. More details will be published at https://ranlp2025-summer-school.github.io/ RANLP TUTORIALS 6-7 September 2025 RANLP-25 plans 4 half-day tutorials, each with duration of 185 minutes, distributed as follows: 45 min presentation + 20 min break + 45 min presentation + 30 min coffee break + 45 min presentation. The tutorial titles are: * Ekaterina Artemova: LLM-generated text detection * Burcu Can Buglalilar: From Large to Small: Building Affordable Language Models with Limited Resources * Tharindu Ranasinghe and Damith Premasiri: Legal NLP in the LLM era * Anna Rogers and Max Müller-Eberstein: Studying Generalization in the Age of Contamination Further information will be published at https://ranlp.org/ranlp2025/index.php/tutorials POST-CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS and SHARED TASKS, 11-13 September 2025: The following eight WORKSHOPS have been accepted and Calls for Papers have been distributed: * The first Interdisciplinary Workshop on Observations of Misunderstood, Misguided and Malicious Use of Language Models (OMMM 2025), organised by Piotr Przybyła, Matthew Shardlow, Clara Colombatto and Nanna Inie * The first Workshop on Ethical Concerns in Training, Evaluating and Deploying Large Language Models (EthicalLLMs 2025), organised by Damith Premasiri, Tharindu Ranasinghe and Hansi Hettiarachchi * The first Workshop on Natural Language Processing and Language Models for Digital Humanities (LM4DH 2025), organised by Isuri Nanomi Arachchige, Francesca Frontini, Ruslan Mitkov and Paul Rayson * From Rules to Language Models: Comparative Evaluation of NLP Methods (R2LM 2025), organised by Alicia Picazo-Izquierdo, Ernesto Luis Estevanell-Valladares, Ruslan Mitkov and Raúl García Cerdá * Advancing NLP for Low-Resource Languages (LowResNLP 2025), organised by Ernesto Luis Estevanell-Valladares, Alicia Picazo-Izquierdo, Tharindu Ranasinghe, Besik Mikaberidze, Simon Ostermann, Daniil Gurgurov, Philipp Müller, Kurt Micallef, Claudia Borg, Michal Gregor and Marián Šimko * The 8th Workshop on Challenges and Applications of Automated Extraction of Socio-political Events from Text (CASE 2025), organised by Ali Hürriyetoglu, Hristo Tanev, Surendrabikram Thapa, Vanni Zavarella and Erdem Yörük * The First International Workshop on Gaze Data and Natural Language Processing (Gaze4NLP 2025), organised by Cengiz Acartürk, Jamal Nasir, Çağrı Çöltekin and Burcu Can Buğlalılar * Beyond English: Natural Language Processing for all Languages in an Era of Large Language Models (GlobalNLP 2025), organised by Sudhansu Bala Das, Pruthwik Mishra, Alok Singh, Shamsuddeen Hassan Muhammad and Asif Ekbal The following five SHARED TASKS have been accepted and Calls for Participation have been disseminated: * PolyHope-M: Bridging Hope Speech Detection Across Multiple Languages, organised by Fazlourrahman Balouchzahi, Sabur Butt, Maaz Amjad, Luis Jose Gonzalez-Gomez, Abdul Gafar Manuel Meque, Helena Gomez-Adorno, Bharathi Raja Chakravarthi, Grigori Sidorov, Thomas Mandl, Ruba Priyadharshini and Saranya Rajiakodi Task website - https://www.codabench.org/competitions/5635/ * Multilingual Coreference Resolution, organised by Vijay Sundar Ram, Pattabhi RK Rao and Sobha Lalitha Devi Task website - https://www.codabench.org/competitions/5759/ * Sentiment Analysis on Arabic Dialects in the Hospitality Domain: A Multi-Dialect Benchmark, organised by Maram I. Alharbi, Salmane Chafik, Ruslan Mitkov and Saad Ezzini Task website - https://ahasis-42267.web.app/ * Multi-Domain Detection of AI-Generated Text (M-DAIGT), organised by Salima Lamsiyah, Saad Ezzini, Abdelkader El Mahdaouy, Hamza Alami, Abdessamad Benlahbib, Samir El Amrany, Salmane Chafik and Hicham Hammouchi Task website - https://ezzini.github.io/M-DAIGT/ * Identification of the Severity of the Depression in Forum Posts, organised by Isuri Anuradha, Hasintha Hewawasam, Deshan Koshala Sumanathilaka, Ruslan Mitkov, Paul Rayson and Saad Ezzini Task website - https://www.codabench.org/competitions/5894/ SUBMISSION OF PAPERS, POSTERS, DEMOS TO RANLP-2025 The submissions will be handled by the conference management software START. For further instructions, please follow the submission information at the conference website at https://ranlp.org/ranlp2025/. The reviewing process will be anonymous. Double submission is acceptable, but authors will be asked to declare it at the time of submission. Submissions will be reviewed by at least three members of the Programme Committee. Authors of accepted papers will receive guidelines regarding how to produce camera-ready versions of their papers for inclusion in the proceedings. All RANLP papers have DOI numbers assigned. The full conference proceedings will be uploaded on the ACL Anthology. RANLP publishes Regular papers 8 pages (with 30 min oral presentation), Short papers 6 pages (with 20 min oral presentation), and Poster/Demo papers 4 pages (with presentation in a poster or demo session). Additional pages are allowed for references only. RANLP-2025 aims to provide early notification of acceptance to authors and presenters who need visa to enter Bulgaria. We invite early submissions of authors’ names and paper abstracts, in order to plan quick reviewing. Access to the conference management software will be available as from 1 April 2025. IMPORTANT DATES Conference abstracts submission: 11 May 2025 (strongly recommended, to facilitate review planning) Conference papers submission: 25 May 2025 Conference papers acceptance notification: 4 July 2025 Camera-ready versions of the conference papers: 31 July 2025 Workshop paper submission deadline (suggested): 6 July 2025 Workshop paper acceptance notification (suggested): 31 July 2025 Workshop paper camera-ready versions (suggested): 30 August 2025 Workshop camera-ready proceedings ready (suggested): 8 September 2025 RANLP Summer School on Deep Learning in NLP: 3-5 September 2025 RANLP tutorials: 6-7 September 2025 (Saturday-Sunday) RANLP conference: 8-10 September 2025 (Monday-Wednesday) RANLP workshops and Shared Tasks presentations: 11-13 September 2025 (Thursday-Saturday) VENUE RANLP 2025 will be held at the conference facilities of Hotel “Cherno More” (http://www.chernomorebg.com ) in Varna, the largest city on the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast. The event venue is centrally located at the entrance of the Sea Garden and offers excellent conference facilities. The city is a major tourist destination with flights to/from the Varna International Airport. It is also known for its Archaeological Museum, which features the oldest gold treasure in the world (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varna_Necropolis). The conference organisers will arrange a visit to Provadia-Solnitsata, the oldest salt-production and urban centre in Europe (5600 - 4350 BC, https://provadia-solnitsata.com/en/ ) which is located 50 km from Varna. THE TEAM BEHIND RANLP-25 Galia Angelova, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgaria (Chair Organising Committee) Ruslan Mitkov, University of Lancaster, UK and University of Alicante, Spain (Chair Programme Committee) Nikolai Nikolov, Bulgarian Association for Computational Linguistics, Bulgaria Tharindu Ranasinghe, Lancaster University, UK (Workshops Chair and Shared tasks Co-Chair) Saad Ezzini, KFUPM, Saudi Arabia (Sponsorship Chair and Shared tasks Co-Chair) Maria Kunilovskaya, Saarland University, Germany (Publication Chair) Preslav Nakov, MBZUAI, Abu Dhabi, UAE Ivelina Nikolova, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgaria Kiril Simov, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgaria (Workshops Co-Chair) Petya Osenova, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgaria (Workshops Co-Chair)

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Call for participation – VAR4LCR conference 2025
by sylvie.decock＠uclouvain.be 24 Apr '25

24 Apr '25

We are pleased to announce that registration is now open for the Register and task variation in Learner Corpus Research conference (VAR4LCR), which will take place on 7 and 8 July 2025 in Louvain-la-Neuve. The conference will mark the closing of the Hoover Seedfund project on "Learner Corpus Research and Register Variation", a collaborative initiative between the Centre for English Corpus Linguistics at UCLouvain and the Department of English at Northern Arizona University. KEYNOTE SPEAKERS Prof. Douglas Biber (Northern Arizona University) Prof. Marije Michel (University of Groningen) Prof. Shelley Staples (University of Arizona) KEY DATES Early bird registration deadline: 22 May 2025 Registration deadline: 22 June 2025 Information about fees and a registration link can be found on the conference website: https://www.uclouvain.be/en/research-institutes/ilc/cecl/registration-0-0 For more details and list of accepted papers and posters, please visit the conference website at https://www.uclouvain.be/en/research-institutes/ilc/cecl/register-and-task-…. For additional questions, do not hesitate to contact us at var4lcr(a)uclouvain.be. Best wishes, The VAR4LCR Team

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SLATE'2025 Extended Deadline - May 4th
by Alberto Simões 24 Apr '25

24 Apr '25

[Apologies for cross-posting] The deadline for the submission to SLATE 2025 has been extended to May, 4th. ------------------------------------------------------------------ SLATE 2025 - Symposium on Languages, Applications and Technologies https://slate-conf.org/2025/home 26th to 27th June, 2025 University of Algarve, Faro, Portugal ------------------------------------------------------------------ Languages are an integral part of human and technological interactions. Initially, we used them to communicate with one another. Later, to communicate with computers. And more recently, with the advent of networks, we found a way to make computers communicate between themselves. All these different forms of communication use languages, different languages, but that still share many similarities. In SLATE we are interested in discussing these languages. Keynote Speakers * Pablo Gamallo, CiTIUS / Universidade de Santiago de Compostela. Large Language Models for the Galician-Portuguese Diasystem. * Pedro Rangel Henriques, Algoritmi / Universidade do Minho. An ontology for the Language Domain. * Paulo Quaresma, VISTA Lab / Algoritmi / Universidade de Évora. Agentic AI: state of the art, challenges and limitations. SLATE 2025 Chairs: Jorge Baptista and José Barateiro (University of Algarve, Portugal) Being languages such a broad subject, SLATE is organized in *three main tracks*: *HHL Track: Processing Human-Human Languages* HHL provides a forum for discussing research projects and ideas related to natural language processing and its industrial applications. *HCL Track: Processing Human-Computer Languages* HCL is a forum where researchers, developers, educators exchange ideas and information on the latest academic or industrial work on language design, processing, assessment and applications. *CCL Track: Processing Computer-Computer Languages* The CCL Track aims to facilitate discussions on data representation languages, its applications, and related technologies. Topics from each track include: *HHL Track: Processing Human-Human Languages* Computational morphology, syntax and semantics; Machine translation and tools for computer assisted translation; Computational terminology and lexicography; Speech synthesis and understanding; Information retrieval and extraction; Automatic question answering; Corpus linguistics; Language Resources and Evaluation; Public tools and resources for NLP; Statistical Methods applied to NLP; Language teaching support tools; Sentiment Analysis, Opinion and Argument Mining; Natural Language Generation, Summarization and Simplification; Dialogue and Interactive Systems; Ethics and NLP; Language Modeling/Large Language Models; Machine Learning for CL/NLP; Offensive/Hate speech detection and analysis; Applications (BioNLP and eHealth, NLP for legal purposes, Social Media and Journalism, etc.); Tagging, Chunking, Syntax and Parsing. *HCL Track: Processing Human-Computer Language* Languages and grammars design, specification and quality; Programming languages implementation; Visual Languages and Program visualization; Domain-Specific Languages design and implementation; Programming, refactoring and debugging environments; Dynamic and static analysis; Program slicing; Program comprehension; Compilation and interpretation techniques; Code generation and optimization; Novel language constructs and their implementation; Debugging and profiling tools; Dynamic languages; Software quality and security; Software reverse engineering; Software Forensics; Plagiarism Detection. *CCL Track: Processing Computer-Computer Languages* IoT data protocols; Semantic Web and data standards; Ontologies and knowledge representation; Big Data and NoSQL Databases; Data interchange and storage formats; HTML5 and web formatting; Industry-specific interoperability standards; APIs and service integration; Data and graph visualization languages; Cloud computing models - PaaS, SaaS, IaaS; Edge and Pervasive computing; Multi-agent systems; E-learning standards and interoperability; Cybersecurity protocols and solutions; Cyber-physical systems; Network connectivity and infrastructure. *Contributions* Full papers - 8 to 14 pages, presented in 20+5 minutes, complete work, including a validation or discussion. Short papers - 6 to 8 pages, presented in 10+5 minutes, ongoing work, well anchored in the literature, but not yet fully validated. Submitted papers will be reviewed through a rigorous double-blind process, involving at least three expert reviewers. Each submission will be assessed based on its originality, relevance to the symposium tracks, methodological rigor, clarity of presentation, and potential impact on research and practice. Authors are encouraged to carefully anonymize their submissions to ensure the integrity of the review process. SLATE 2025 is committed to fostering diversity and inclusivity and welcomes submissions from underrepresented groups in academia and industry. All accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings, under an ISBN reference, on digital support. They will also integrate the OASIcs series. Papers should be written using the OASIcs LaTeX template, using the English language. Please refer to our website for details about the document preparation. Papers should be uploaded to Microsoft CMT system. *Organization Committee* Jorge Baptista (University of Algarve, Portugal) José Barateiro (University of Algarve, Portugal) Simão Melo de Sousa (University of Algarve, Portugal) Alberto Simões (2Ai, School of Technology, IPCA, Portugal) *Important Dates* - Paper Submission: May 4th, 2025 [extended] - Authors' Notification:May 25th , 2025 - Camera Ready Submission: June 1st, 2025 - Author's Registration Deadline: June 15th, 2025 - Conference: 26th and 27th June, 2025 *Submission Details* Important Information for Authors - Submissions are managed through the Microsoft CMT system. - Accepted papers will be published in the OASIcs series. Note that accepted papers' authors will need to supply an author agreement, under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license (CC-BY 3.0). A link to the Author Agreement documentation will be shared during the final paper upload phase. During the submission you will be asked to choose from one of the three tracks: HCL, HHL, CCL. Nevertheless, organizers are specially interested in papers touching more than one of the three main tracks. Submissions that explore intersections between HHL, HCL, and CCL, such as NLP-driven programming environments or semantic web applications, are highly encouraged. Both standard and short papers should be written in English, using the OASIcs template. For standard papers the page range is 8 to 14 pages. For short papers the page range is 6 to 8 pages. *Registration* Registration link and other details to be provided at a later date. - Authors' registration At least one author per paper must register. Each additional paper will incur an extra fee of 80.00 EUR. - Early bird registration: until June 1, 2025 - 150,00 EUR - Late/On-site registration: until June 26, 2025 - 160,00 EUR - Standard registration (co-authors and other participants) - Early bird registration: until June 1, 2025 - 80,00 EUR - Late/On-site registration: until June 26, 2025 - 100,00 EUR - Students' registration (non co-authors)* - Early bird registration: until June 1, 2025 - 30,00 EUR - Late/On-site registration: until June 26, 2025 - 40,00 EUR (*) Does not include the Symposium dinner. *Venue* SLATE 2025 will be held in person at the University of Algarve, Faro, Portugal, on the Gambelas Campus. Faro, the capital of Portugal's Algarve region, is a vibrant coastal city that combines rich cultural heritage with modern amenities. Known for its historic old town, stunning beaches, and nearby Ria Formosa Natural Park, Faro is a must-visit destination for tourists. The city is well-connected to the rest of Portugal, Europe, and beyond through its international airport, located just 7 km from the city center. Travelers can also reach Faro via a convenient train network linking Lisbon (3 hours) and Porto (5 hours), or by road using the A22 Motorway and EN125 National Road. Once in Faro, getting around is easy, with taxis, ride-hailing services, and buses offering quick access to key locations, including the University of Algarve’s Gambelas Campus. We look forward to welcome you in Faro, Portugal!

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ARR Commitment for IWSLT 2025
by Atul K. Ojha 24 Apr '25

24 Apr '25

Dear all, Do you have a fully reviewed ARR paper related to speech translation that you'd like to commit to IWSLT 2025 (https://iwslt.org/2025/)? IWSLT has enabled paper commitment for fully reviewed papers from ARR for 2025. If you'd like to commit your paper, please fill out this form by May 17th, 2025: https://forms.gle/1QtVrHXyCGoEq3qa9 Many thanks, IWSLT Organisers

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Postdoctoral Research Fellow AI/ML at the UKP Lab, TU Darmstadt, Germany
by Niemann, Elisabeth 24 Apr '25

24 Apr '25

*** Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the UKP Lab, TU Darmstadt *** We have a postdoctoral opening in AI/ML with a focus on Natural Language Processing at the UKP Lab led by Iryna Gurevych, Technical University of Darmstadt. The initial contract is for 2 years with an option for an extension. Ideal candidates have a PhD in Natural Language Processing, Machine Learning, computer science or a related discipline, are highly motivated and demonstrate a convincing track-record in research. They must be fluent in English. Application deadline: May 25th, 2025. After that, the position will remain open until filled. We will consider applications as soon as they are submitted. DUTIES 1. Developing your own research program embedded into the research agenda of the UKP Lab, including publications in top AI/ML/NLP venues. Specifically, we are looking to strengthen the following areas: - Foundations of Large Language Models - AI Safety - LLM security and privacy - Human-AI Collaboration - AI for Science It is possible to propose a topic bottom-up [1]. 2. Academic service, e.g., co-advising Master and PhD students, co-teaching NLP courses. ECOSYSTEM UKP lab is part of ELLIS (ELLIS NLP with Iryna Gurevych as its co-director and the ELLIS unit in Darmstadt, the Konrad Zuse School of Excellence in Learning and Intelligent Systems (ELIZA), and the Hessian.AI (https://hessian.ai<https://hessian.ai/>), where the faculty from the main Hessian universities collaborate on advancing machine learning, including NLP. ELLIS, ELIZA and Hessian.AI provide a rich environment for networking with academic and industrial research labs. TEAM UKP Lab is a leading European research lab in AI/ML with a focus on NLP covering a wide range of modern research topics. The team of about 40 full-time researchers is highly international and interdisciplinary. Iryna Gurevych is Adjunct Professor with the NLP Department at MBZUAI in Abu Dhabi, UAE and is Affiliated Professor at INSAIT in Sofia, Bulgaria. This provides outstanding opportunities for international collaborations with top researchers from different disciplines including AI, ML and NLP. BENEFITS UKP Lab is committed to cutting-edge research, publishing in top-tier venues, cooperative work style and close interaction of all team members. The selected candidates enjoy diverse opportunities for professional growth, leading both to successful faculty careers and exciting industrial research opportunities. LOCATION The position assumes that you can move to Darmstadt or a nearby German location. Darmstadt is very close to the Frankfurt airport and provides an excellent living environment for incoming staff members. APPLICATION Please submit your application via the following form: https://careers.ukp.informatik.tu-darmstadt.de/ukprecruitment [1] https://www.informatik.tu-darmstadt.de/ukp/research_ukp/ukp_research_public…

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DiSS 2025 - Last Call for Papers
by Fernando Batista 24 Apr '25

24 Apr '25

============================================================= DiSS 2025 - 12th Workshop on Disfluency in Spontaneous Speech https://diss2025.inesc-id.pt <https://diss2025.inesc-id.pt/> ============================================================= Dear All, We are pleased to announce the 12th edition of DiSS workshop – Disfluency in Spontaneous Speech, which will take place in Lisbon, Portugal, on September 4-5, 2025. This year’s theme is "Disfluencies in the Age of AI: A Multidisciplinary View". The workshop is organized as a satellite event of INTERSPEECH 2025 and is proudly sponsored by ISCA. We invite submissions from all fields addressing disfluency, paralinguistics, and related phenomena, including (but not limited to): psychology, neuropsychology and neurocognition, psycholinguistics, linguistics, speech production and perception, conversational AI, gesture analysis, computational linguistics, speech technology, dialogue systems, human-centered AI, brain-computer interfaces, healthcare, and generative AI. IMPORTANT DATES - Paper submission deadline: April 30, 2025 (extended) - Notification of acceptance: May 24, 2025 - Camera-ready submission deadline: June 16, 2025 - Author registration deadline: June 23, 2025 - DiSS Workshop: September 4–5, 2025 SUBMISSION GUIDELINES Please prepare your manuscript using the official Interspeech 2025 template <https://www.interspeech2025.org/author-resources> (LaTeX or Word) and submit a single PDF file. Submissions will be managed through the Microsoft CMT system <https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/diss2025>. Please use this link <https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/diss2025> to submit your paper. Authors must create a free account to submit their papers. COMMITTEES Organizers - Helena Moniz, University of Lisbon, Portugal - Elizabeth Shriberg, Ellipsis Health, USA - Julia Hirschberg, Columbia University, USA - Robert Eklund, Linköping University, Sweden - Fernando Batista, ISCTE and INESC-ID Lisboa, Portugal Publicity Chair - Isabel Trancoso, University of Lisbon and INESC-ID Lisboa, Portugal Local Organisation - Ana Isabel Mata, University of Lisbon, Portugal - Anna Havras, University of Lisbon and VoiceInteraction, Portugal - Anna Maria Pompili, INESC-ID Lisboa, Portugal - Miguel Menezes, University of Lisbon and Unbabel, Portugal - Rubén Solera Ureña, INESC-ID Lisboa, Portugal - Sérgio Paulo, INESC-ID Lisboa, Portugal Scientific Committee - Alexandra Markó, SSNS Institute for Expert Services, Hungary - Ana Isabel Mata, University of Lisbon, Portugal - Anna Havras, VoiceInteraction and University of Lisbon - Anna Maria Pompili, INESC-ID Lisbon, Portugal - Antonio Bonafonte, SANAS AI, Barcelona, Spain - Catarina Botelho, INESC-ID Lisbon - Chiara Mazzocconi, Aix Marseille Université, France - Clara Niza, University of Lisbon and INESC-ID Lisbon, Portugal - Daniela Braga, Defined.ai, USA - David Escudero, Universidad de Valladolid, Spain - David Matos, University of Lisbon and INESC-ID Lisbon, Portugal - Elizabeth Shriberg, Ellipsis Health, USA - Eugénio Ribeiro, ISCTE and INESC-ID Lisboa - Francesco Cutugno, Universita’ Degli Studi di Napoli, Italy - Francisco Teixeira, INESC-ID Lisbon - Gueorgui Nenov Hristovky, University of Lisbon, Portugal - George Georgiou, University of Nicosia, Greece - Harshal Shah, General Motors, USA - Hermann Ney, RWTH Aachen University, Germany - Ivana Didirková, Université Paul Valéry – Montpellier 3, France - Jens Allwood, University of Götenburg, Sweden - Jessica di Napoli, Aachen University, Germany - Joakim Gustafson, KTH, Sweden - João Graça, Unbabel and Widn.AI, USA - Judit Bóna, Eötvös Loránd University, Hungary - Julia Hirschberg, Columbia University, USA - Jürgen Trouvain, Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany - Keikichi Hirose, University of Tokyo, Japan - Khiet Truong, University of Twente, The Netherlands - Kikuo Maekawa, National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics, Japan - Loulou Kosmala, Université Paris-Est Créteil, France - Mária Gosy, Eötvös Loránd University, Hungary - Mariana Julião, INESC-ID Lisbon - Malte Belz, Humboldt-Universität, Germany - Martin Corley, University of Edinburgh, Scotland - Miguel Menezes, University of Lisbon and INESC-ID Lisbon, Portugal - Paulina Peltone, University of Turku, Finland - Petra Wagner, University of Bielefeld, Germany - Plínio Barbosa, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Brazil - Ralph Rose, Waseda University, Japan - Robert Hartsuiker, Ghent University, Belgium - Rubén Solera Ureña, INESC-ID Lisboa, Portugal - Sérgio Paulo, INESC-ID Lisboa, Portugal - Simon Betz, University of Bielefeld, Germany - Štefan Beňuš, University in Nitra, Slovakia - Vera Cabarrão, Unbabel, Portugal - Vered Silber Varod, Tel Aviv University, Israel Please visit our webpage for up-to-date information: https://diss2025.inesc-id.pt/ <https://diss2025.inesc-id.pt/> Any questions should be directed to: diss2025(a)googlegroups.com <mailto:diss2025@googlegroups.com> We look forward to welcoming you in Lisbon for an engaging and collaborative event! — The DiSS 2025 Organizing Committee

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[CfP] SEMANTiCS 2025: Call for Industry & Use Case Presentations (Deadline Approaching: May 14)
by Kossi Amouzouvi 24 Apr '25

24 Apr '25

Call for Industry & Use Case Presentations The Industry & Use Case track at SEMANTiCS welcomes submissions that present use cases and industry adoption of semantic technology. Solutions that deal with semantic processing of data and/or information in areas like Linked Data, Knowledge Graphs, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Data Publishing, Thesaurus and/or Ontology management, and any related fields. All submissions have a strong focus on real world applications beyond the prototypical status and demonstrate the power of semantic systems! *Important dates* - *Submission Deadline:* May 14, 2025 (11:59 pm) - *Notification of Acceptance:* June 13, 2025 (11:59 pm) - *Presentation Ready:* August 18, 2025 (11:59 pm) All deadlines are set for 11:59 pm, Anywhere On Earth time (UTC-12) *Submission via Easychair on* *https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=semantics2025* <https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=semantics2025>. Please notice that a paper abstract is not necessary, as your submission will only include a presentation at SEMANTiCS and not a paper. Any submission should contain a summary of 200 to 300 words that will be used in the final program. Your submission must also include a full page description of the use case you want to present, in particular: initial situation, approach, business value and benefits of the semantic solution, prospects and recommendation. Submissions that don’t meet these requirements cannot be taken into account. Via Easychair, you can enter your summary in the field “Abstract”, and the full page description via the “upload paper” button. The summary will appear in the program on the webpage, the full page description will only be used in the selection process. *Topics of Interest* SEMANTiCS 2025 especially invites contributions that target the following main topics in the context of semantic-based research and systems as well as applicative domains. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: - Large Language Models (LLM) combined with Knowledge Graphs - Enterprise Knowledge Graphs, Graph Data Management - Machine Learning Techniques for/using Knowledge Graphs (e.g. reinforcement learning, deep learning, data mining and knowledge discovery) - Knowledge Management (e.g. acquisition, capture, extraction, authoring, integration, publication) - Reasoning, rules and policies - Web Semantics & Linked (Open) Data - Natural Language Processing for/using Knowledge Graphs - Crowdsourcing for/using Knowledge Graphs - Semantics in Data Science - Trust, Data Privacy, and Security with Semantic Technologies - Authentication of knowledge graphs - IoT and Stream Processing, Linked Data Event Streams - Conversational AI and Dialogue Systems - Provenance and Data Change Tracking - Semantic Interoperability (via mapping, crosswalks, standards, etc.) *Author Guidelines and Submission* - This call for presentations reaches out to professionals in the areas related to the topics of SEMANTiCS for proposals to present industry implementations, best practices and use case prototypes, to discuss semantic systems in birds-of-a-feather sessions as well as informal settings. Additionally, we explicitly encourage the submission of software applications, apps or services that demonstrate the usefulness and benefits of semantic technologies and semantic data management. - To contribute a submission for a presentation at SEMANTiCS 2025 please prepare the following: Fill out the online application at Easychair and give us relevant information about your expertise and your professional background. - Please notice that a paper abstract is not necessary, as your submission will only include a presentation at SEMANTiCS and not a paper. Any submission should contain a summary of 200 to 300 words that will be used in the final program. Your submission must also include a full page description of the use case you want to present, iIn particular: initial situation, approach, business value and benefits of the semantic solution, prospects and recommendation. Submissions that don’t meet these requirements cannot be taken into account. - Via Easychair, you can enter your summary in the field “Abstract”, and the full page description via the “upload paper” button. The summary will appear in the program on the webpage, the full page description will only be used in the selection process. - All accepted submissions will be granted a presentation slot at the main conference. Please stick to this time pattern when preparing your talk. This is the only way we can guarantee a smooth and satisfying programme and allow all conference participants to attend as many slots as possible without missing important information. - Submissions must adhere to the fair use of Large Language Models. Please refer to the SEMANTiCS full policy for more details: https://2025-eu.semantics.cc/page/llm-policy When your submission is accepted and you are preparing your talk, please take care to address the following aspects: - *Initial Situation *What kind of challenge did you face in the beginning of the project? What problems needed to be solved? - *Approach and IT-Solution *Which approach and methodology has been chosen to tackle the problem(s)? How is your solution composed with respect to technological aspects / human aspects / organisational aspects? How do the semantic components support the process from data to knowledge? - *Success Criteria for / Benefit of the Semantic Solution *Which factors (conscious and unconscious) have been crucial to the success of your project? Which obstacles did you face? How can you measure the benefit of your solution? How does the organisation benefit from your solution? - *Prospects and Recommendations *What are the next steps planned in your project? Can you give recommendations with respect to development / deployment of semantic solutions within organisational / corporate settings? - *Demo (if applicable) *Prepare a short demonstration of your tool / service. *Review and Evaluation Criteria* Every submission will be reviewed by the Programme Committee. Submissions to this track will be evaluated according to the following criteria: - Your presentation is relevant to industry and industrial purposes. It illustrates how semantic technologies / solutions contribute to or improve existing businesses and / or generate new ones. - The presented solution has already been deployed and / or has been tested in a practical environment – at least prototypically. - Your presentation is well-structured and does bring across its message. - The topic is well described and covers enough explanations, examples, use cases, graphics, etc. - Novelty: The topic covered is new to your industry – not necessarily new to business in general In case your presentation will be accepted, we will provide you with detailed information on organisational matters according to the selection of submissions and conference participation. We are looking forward to your contribution! Marco Brattinga Artem Revenko *Industry & Use Case Track Chairs* -- DISCLAIMER: The contents of this email and any attachments are confidential. They are intended for the named recipient(s) only. If you have received this email by mistake, please notify the sender immediately and you are herewith notified that the contents are legally privileged and that you do not have permission to disclose the contents to anyone, make copies thereof, retain or distribute or act upon it by any means, electronically, digitally or in print. The views expressed in this communication may be of a personal nature and not be representative of AIMS-NEI and/or any of its Centres or Initiatives.

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Help us improve MOOCs for non-native English speakers
by Magali Paquot 24 Apr '25

24 Apr '25

[version en français ci-dessous] Dear all, As part of the MOOCResearch2.0 project<https://www.uclouvain.be/fr/instituts-recherche/ilc/moocresearch2-0-0> at UCLouvain (Belgium), we are conducting a survey on the motivations, attitudes, and challenges of non-native English speakers when taking Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) in English. If you’re a non-native English speaker who has taken a MOOC in English, we’d love to hear from you! The survey is quick (15 minutes) and anonymous 👉 https://surveys.uclouvain.be/index.php/228944?lang=en Your feedback will help us better understand the needs of non-native English speakers and contribute to the development of guidelines for more accessible and inclusive MOOCs. We would also greatly appreciate it if you could help us spread the word by sharing the survey with your networks—including students, professionals, lifelong learners, or anyone you know who might have taken a MOOC in English. The broader and more diverse the input, the more meaningful our results will be. Thank you for your support! Best regards, The MOOCResearch2.0 Team UCLouvain ################## Bonjour, Dans le cadre du projet MOOCResearch2.0<https://www.uclouvain.be/fr/instituts-recherche/ilc/moocresearch2-0-0> à l'UCLouvain (Belgique), nous menons une enquête portant sur les motivations, attitudes et défis rencontrés par les apprenants non-anglophones lorsqu’ils suivent des MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) en anglais. Si vous êtes non-anglophone et que vous avez déjà suivi un MOOC en anglais, nous serions ravis d'avoir votre avis ! L'enquête est rapide (15 minutes) et anonyme. 👉 https://surveys.uclouvain.be/index.php/319832?lang=fr Vos réponses nous aideront à mieux comprendre les besoins des personnes non anglophones et à élaborer des recommandations pour rendre les MOOCs plus accessibles et inclusifs. Nous vous serions également très reconnaissants si vous pouviez nous aider à diffuser ce questionnaire dans vos réseaux — auprès d’étudiant·es, de professionnel·les, d’adultes adeptes de l’apprentissage continu, ou de toute personne ayant suivi un MOOC en anglais. Plus les profils des répondant·es seront variés, plus nos résultats seront riches et pertinents. Bien à vous, L'équipe MOOCResearch2.0 UCLouvain

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Ext deadline: Natural Logic Meets Machine Learning (NALOMA)
by Abzianidze, L. (Lasha) 24 Apr '25

24 Apr '25

[Apologies for cross-posting] TL;DR; The submission deadline has been extended to 6 May The 5th iteration of the NALOMA (Natural Logic Meets Machine Learning) workshop invites submissions on any (theoretical or computational) aspect of hybrid methods concerning Natural Language Understanding and Reasoning (NLU&R). The topics include but are not limited to: * Hybrid NLU&R systems that integrate logic-based/symbolic methods with neural networks * Explainable NLU&R (with structured explanations) * Opening the black-box of deep learning in NLU&R * Downstream applications of hybrid NLU&R systems * Probabilistic semantics for NLU&R * Comparison and contrast between symbolic and deep learning work on NLU&R * Creation, criticism, refinement, and augmentation of NLU&R datasets *(Dis)Alignment of humans and machines on NLU&R tasks * Addressing inherent human disagreements in NLU&R tasks * Generalization of NLU&R systems * Fine-grained evaluation of NLU&R systems NALOMA accepts archival papers (to appear in the ACL anthology proceedings) and (non-archival) extended abstracts. The workshop is co-located with ESSLLI (https://2025.esslli.eu), 4-8 August 2025, Bochum (Germany). The submission deadline has been extended to 6 May 2025. Visit https://naloma.github.io for more details. - The NALOMA chairs, Lasha Abzianidze and Valeria de Paiva Lasha Abzianidze Assistant professor Institute for Language Sciences, Utrecht University

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Reminder: CIRCE Online Seminar | 28/04/2025 | Dr. Alice Henderson | "Learning to listen: Coping with spoken variation in the workplace "
by Claudia Soria 23 Apr '25

23 Apr '25

*🎓 *We are happy to remind you about the next webinar in the CIRCE online seminar series, organized by the CIRCE <https://www.circe-project.eu/> project in collaboration with DFCLAM University of Siena <https://www.dfclam.unisi.it/it>, H2IOSC <https://www.h2iosc.cnr.it/> project and CNR-ILC. *Speaker*: _Alice Henderson_ (Université de Grenoble Alpes, France) *Title*: Learning to listen: Coping with spoken variation in the workplace *Date*: Monday, April 28, 2025 - 16:30 CET *Venue*: Online via Teams *Attendees*: Secondary school teachers, researchers, language instructors *Summary*: The university workplace is representative of international-ised/-ising workplaces in general, where different communities, languages, and cultures coexist. Staff encounter their colleagues’ and students’ accents – of Italian, of English, and in my case, French - and sometimes the result is that communication can be quite hard work. Even with the best intentions, sometimes we just cannot understand a speaker. However, when we think about spoken interactions, we have to accept that it is not just about how the speaker produces a language; the actions and skills of listeners should also be addressed. This flip or change of perspective begs two questions: can we, as listeners, learn to cope better with spoken variation? And if so, how? In this talk I’ll summarize speech research findings about how listeners can improve their ability to adapt to new speakers and new accents. I’ll look at listener accommodation and accentism, as well as the conceptual trio of accentedness, comprehensibility and intelligibility. I’ll describe concrete ways to prepare listeners to cope with accented speech, with a primary focus on listeners instead of speakers. Examples will come mainly from my work with non-academic staff at a large, French public university; my 1-hour format for listener training can be reused in other professional contexts. If possible, I’ll also describe the next steps in this work, as I prepare to continue training previous workshop participants as part of a longitudinal study. *Bio*: Alice Henderson is a Professor at Université Grenoble - Alpes, France where she teaches English for Specific Purposes to Science & Technology students. She taught English phonetics and phonology for 24 years and has been involved in training teachers in France, Norway, Poland, and Spain. In 2009 she initiated the international bi-annual conference English Pronunciation: Issues & Practices. Her research interests include English pronunciation teaching and learning, the perception of foreign-accented speech, and English Medium Instruction (EMI). Much of her research has focused on speakers, but she is also intrigued by listeners’ roles, from an intercultural and sociolinguistic perspective. Upcoming webinars: - Ana Tankosic, /Intersectionality in translingual spaces: Migrant experiences from ‘down-under’/ (Monday, May 12, 2025) - Giuliana Regnoli, /Unveiling linguistic bias: Approaches to accent perception and discrimination/ (Monday, May 26, 2025) - Clara Molina, Unlearning Accentism: Action Research and Critical Pedagogies (Monday, June 30, 2025 To receive the link for the conference on 28/4, send an email to contact(a)circe-project.eu <mailto: contact(a)circe-project.eu> (Subject: Alice Henderson, link request) Warm regards, Claudia Soria on behalf of the CIRCE Team

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📢 CfP | Special Issue on Human-Centered, Augmented MT (Linguistica Antverpiensia)
by Vicent Briva-Iglesias 23 Apr '25

23 Apr '25

Dear colleagues, (apologies for cross-posting) We are excited to remind you that there are just *7 days left to submit your abstract *for the Special Issue of Linguistica Antverpiensia, New Series – Themes in Translation Studies (2026) (Q1 Journal), dedicated to: *Human-Centered, Augmented Machine Translation (HCAMT)* ( https://lans-tts.uantwerpen.be/index.php/LANS-TTS/announcement/view/26) Guest-edited by myself and Sharon O'Brien (Dublin City University) This special issue calls for research that challenges conventional paradigms of machine translation by focusing on human empowerment, user experience, and augmented collaboration between humans and language technologies. We are particularly interested in contributions that explore: ✅ New methodologies for measuring human-MT interaction & MT user experience (MTUX) ✅ Studies on how MT can augment rather than replace human capabilities ✅ Issues of diversity, inclusion, and ethics in HCAMT ✅ How MT and AI can empower translators, interpreters, and multilingual communication in real-world contexts *Submission Details:* - Abstracts (500–1000 words) due by: 1 May 2025 - Submit to: vicent.brivaiglesias(a)dcu.ie and sharon.obrien(a)dcu.ie - If accepted, full papers (approx. 8,000 words) will be due: 1 December 2025 If you’re working with machine translation, user-centered design, accessibility, ethics, or Human-Computer Interaction, this is your moment to contribute to a leading venue and shape the future of human-centered translation technologies. Please circulate this CfP widely among your networks and encourage colleagues to submit. We look forward to receiving your proposals! Warm regards, *Vicent Briva-Iglesias, PhD* MT and HCI Researcher SFI Centre for Research Training in Digitally-Enhanced Reality (D-REAL) School of Applied Language and Intercultural Studies (SALIS) Dublin City University -- __ Séanadh Ríomhphoist/_ Email Disclaimer__ ** Tá an ríomhphost seo agus aon chomhad a sheoltar leis faoi rún agus is lena úsáid ag an seolaí agus sin amháin é. Is féidir tuilleadh a léamh anseo. <https://www.dcu.ie/iss/seanadh-riomhphoist.shtml> <https://www4.dcu.ie/iss/seanadh-riomhphoist.shtml>* _ This e-mail and any files transmitted with it are confidential and are intended solely for use by the addressee. Read more here. <https://www.dcu.ie/iss/email-disclaimer.shtml> _ *_

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GermEval @KONVENS 2025 - SustainEval - Training Data Release
by Jakob, Charlott Frederike 23 Apr '25

23 Apr '25

3rd Call for Participation: SustainEval Shared Task 2025 - Understanding Sustainability Reports 🔹Training data is published 🔹Registration is open 🔹Validation phase started We invite system and paper submissions for SustainEval 2025, a GermEval Shared Task co-located with KONVENS 2025 in Hildesheim, Germany, in September 2025. With this shared task, we aim to fuel research on automatic analysis and detection of greenwashing by challenging participants to build systems that categorise excerpts from German-language sustainability reports for (A) content class and (B) statement verifiability rating. Important Links: * Website: https://sustaineval.github.io/ * Codabench Task A: https://www.codabench.org/competitions/7630/ * Codabench Task B: https://www.codabench.org/competitions/7633/ * Data Repo: https://github.com/SustainEval/sustaineval2025_data Important Dates: * Development Data Release: 12th March 2025 * Training Data Release: 14th April 2025 * Registration Deadline / Start Evaluation Phase: 10th June 2025 * Results Submission Deadline: 27th June 2025 * Paper Submission Deadline: 11th July 2025 * Camera-ready Deadline: 15th Aug 2025 * Workshop & Final Presentation: 10th Sept 2025 If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us at sustaineval(a)gmail.com<mailto:sustaineval@gmail.com>. Best regards, The Shared Task Organizers Jakob Prange, Universität Augsburg (contact for task-specific questions): jakob.prange(a)uni-a.de<mailto:jakob.prange@uni-a.de> Charlott Jakob, TU Berlin (contact for organisational questions): c.jakob(a)tu-berlin.de<mailto:c.jakob@tu-berlin.de> Annemarie Friedrich, Universität Augsburg —————————————————— Charlott Jakob (she/her) Academic Researcher Technische Universität Berlin Quality and Usability Lab Institute of Software Engineering and Theoretical Computer Science Faculty IV Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Technische Universität Berlin Sekr. MAR 6-7, Marchstr. 23, 10587 Berlin, Germany

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Call for participation: ADoBo 2025 dev set released
by ELENA ALVAREZ MELLADO 23 Apr '25

23 Apr '25

The dev set for ADoBo 2025 shared task on automatic detection of borrowings in Spanish has been released and is now live on Codabench. https://www.codabench.org/competitions/7284/ To gain access to the data, make submissions and check the leaderboard please join the competition at Codabench. The development phase will end on May 5th. Updates on the task will be announced on ADoBo website and Google group. https://adobo-task.github.io/ https://groups.google.com/g/adobo-task TIMELINE April 21: Dev set released.<https://www.codabench.org/competitions/7284/> May 6: Test set released. May 19: Systems output submissions. May 26: Results posted and Test set with GS annotations released. June 2: Working notes paper submission. June 16: Notification of acceptance (peer-reviews). June 23: Camera ready paper submission. September: ADoBo results to be presented at IberLEF 2025. ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE Elena Álvarez-Mellado, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED). Julio Gonzalo, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED). Constantine Lignos, Brandeis University. Jordi Porta-Zamorano, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM). AVISO LEGAL. Este mensaje puede contener información reservada y confidencial. Si usted no es el destinatario no está autorizado a copiar, reproducir o distribuir este mensaje ni su contenido. Si ha recibido este mensaje por error, le rogamos que lo notifique al remitente. Le informamos de que sus datos personales, que puedan constar en este mensaje, serán tratados en calidad de responsable de tratamiento por la UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE EDUCACIÓN A DISTANCIA (UNED) c/ Bravo Murillo, 38, 28015-MADRID-, con la finalidad de mantener el contacto con usted. La base jurídica que legitima este tratamiento, será su consentimiento, el interés legítimo o la necesidad para gestionar una relación contractual o similar. En cualquier momento podrá ejercer sus derechos de acceso, rectificación, supresión, oposición, limitación al tratamiento o portabilidad de los datos, ante la UNED, Oficina de Protección de datos<https://www.uned.es/dpj>, o a través de la Sede electrónica<https://sede.uned.es/> de la Universidad. Para más información visite nuestra Política de Privacidad<https://descargas.uned.es/publico/pdf/Politica_privacidad_UNED.pdf>.

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CFP - Extension de date de soumission - Atelier 4AS@TALN2025 - Représentations Sémantiques
by Maxime Amblard 23 Apr '25

23 Apr '25

[english version below] **************************** Atelier 4 AS Atelier sur les Avancées en AMR et en Analyse Sémantiques 4AS@TALN2025 - Marseille - 30 juin 2025 **************************** https://team.inria.fr/semagramme/fr/atelier-4-as/ **************************** -> Nouvelle date de soumission 27 avril 2025 (anywhere on earth) Beaucoup de chercheurs et chercheuses ont rêvé de créer une intelligence artificielle générale et pour cela ont imaginé d’exploiter la sémantique du langage (parsing et génération). Aujourd’hui nous nous rapprochons de cette possibilité quand nous voyons la capacité des modèles à appréhender des problèmes complexes. Mais, aucun de ces systèmes n’exploite véritablement l’analyse sémantique qui reste un terrain de recherche fertile du point de vue des formalismes, des architectures/modèles et des publications. Bien qu’imparfait, un formalisme tentant de faire le lien entre ces différentes problématiques, les AMR, a concentré beaucoup d'efforts. Cet atelier vise à réunir les différentes équipes qui s’intéressent à la sémantique du langage avec trois objectifs. • Faire le point sur les différentes approches d’exploitation de la sémantique du langage, ses différents formalismes (DRS, AMR, Yarn, …) et leurs usages (modèles d’IA plus frugale, répondre à des problèmes où la sémantique a des avantages clairs par rapport des LLMs, ...). Un focus sera fait sur l’AMR, ses forces, faiblesses, ses successeurs potentiels et évolutions à venir. • Identifier et positionner les différentes ressources utiles à l'analyse sémantique. Si le développement d'un Propbank en français n'apparaît pas comme une stratégie gagnante, porter le développement d'un alignement des mots du français vers Propbank, dans la ligné de VerbNet et Semlink serait intéressant. La question des corpus annotés est aussi largement ouverte. • Echanger les différents points de vue sur l’intérêt de poursuivre cette recherche face aux capacités des très grands modèles de langue (LLM), la meilleure façon de structurer cette recherche (projets collaboratifs par exemple) et de communiquer auprès d’un vaste public. -------------------- Thèmes -------------------- L'atelier sollicite des communications qui abordent un ou plusieurs des thèmes suivants : • Interface syntaxe-sémantique ; • Les ressources pour la sémantique • Expansion ou couplage de ressources sémantiques avec des LLM ; • Conception et annotation des représentations sémantiques ; • Comparaison des framework de représentations sémantiques ; • Génération automatique de textes à partir de représentations de sens ; • Forces et faiblesses des représentations sémantiques existantes ; • Utilisation des représentations sémantique dans des applications réelles ; • Application des représentations sémantiques et multilinguismes ; • Multimodalité dans les représentations du sens ; • La relation entre les représentations symboliques du sens et les représentations sémantiques distribuées ; • Propriétés formelles des représentations de sens ; -------------------- Soumission -------------------- La longueur attendue des soumissions est de 4 pages, augmentée d'une page pour les versions camera ready. Les soumissions doivent être rédigées selon la feuille de style ci-dessous et être soumises sous forme de fichiers PDF via le système EasyChair. Les traductions de soumissions précédemment acceptées dans des conférences de plus grande envergure sont acceptées. Système de soumission est une track 4AS sur le site easychair de la conférence principale : https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=coriataln2025 Les feuilles de style sont communes à TALN, CORIA, RECITAL et RJCRI, voir sur le site web -------------------- Dates -------------------- • Date limite de soumission : 22 avril 2025 (anywhere on earth) -> Nouvelle date de soumission 27 avril 2025 (anywhere on earth) • Notification : 7 Mai 2025 (anywhere on earth) • Camera Ready version : 14 Mai 2025 (anywhere on earth) En intégrant les contraintes de calendrier, aucune extension ne sera possible. -------------------- Organisateurices -------------------- • Maxime Amblard (Loria, Université de Lorraine) • Maria Boritchev (Telecom Paris Tech) • Bruno Guillaume (Inria) • Johannes Heinecke (Orange) • Frédéric Herledan (Orange) *********************************************************************************************************************************** Workshop 4 AS Workshop on Advances in AMR and Semantic Analysis 4AS@TALN2025 - Marseille - June, 30th 2025 **************************** https://team.inria.fr/semagramme/fr/atelier-4-as/ **************************** -> New deadline: April 27th 2025 (anywhere on earth) Many researchers have dreamed of creating general artificial intelligence, and to do so have imagined exploiting the semantics of language (parsing and generation). Today, we’re getting closer to this possibility when we see the ability of models to grasp complex problems. But none of these systems really exploits semantic analysis, which remains a fertile field of research in terms of formalisms, architectures/models and publications. Although imperfect, a formalism that attempts to bridge these different issues, AMR, has been the focus of much effort. This workshop aims to bring together the various teams working on language semantics, with three objectives. • Take stock of the different approaches to exploiting language semantics, its various formalisms (DRS, AMR, Yarn, …) and their uses (more frugal AI models, answering problems where semantics has clear advantages over LLMs, …). The focus will be on AMR, its strengths, weaknesses, potential successors and future developments. • Identify and position the various resources useful for semantic analysis. While the development of Propbank in French does not appear to be a winning strategy, the development of a word alignment from French to Propbank, along the lines of VerbNet and Semlink, would be interesting. The question of annotated corpora is also wide open. • Exchange different points of view on the interest of pursuing this research in the face of the capabilities of very large language models (LLMs), the best way of structuring this research (collaborative projects, for example) and communicating to a wide audience. -------------------- Themes -------------------- The workshop invites papers that address one or more of the following themes: • Syntax-Semantics Interface; • Resources for semantics; • Expanding or coupling semantic resources with LLMs ; • Designing and annotating semantic representations; • Comparison of semantic representation frameworks; • Automatic text generation from meaning representations; • Strengths and weaknesses of existing semantic representations; • Use of semantic representations in real-life applications; • Application of semantic representations and multilingualism ; • Multimodality in meaning representations; • The relationship between symbolic representations of meaning and distributed semantic representations; • Formal properties of meaning representations; -------------------- Submission -------------------- The expected length of submissions is 4 pages, plus one page for camera ready versions. Submissions must follow the style sheet below and be submitted as PDF files via the EasyChair system. Translations of previously accepted submissions to larger conferences are accepted. The submission system is a 4AS track on the easychair site of the main conference: https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=coriataln2025 Style sheets are common to TALN, CORIA, RECITAL and RJCRI. An Overleaf model is available here: Feuilles de style CORIA-TALN 2025, see on the website. -------------------- Date -------------------- • Submission dead-line: April 22th, 2025 -> New deadline: April 27th 2025 (anywhere on earth) • Notification: May 7th, 2025 • Camera Ready version: May 14th, 2025 Given the time constraints, no extension will be possible. -------------------- Organizers -------------------- • Maxime Amblard (Loria, Université de Lorraine) • Maria Boritchev (Telecom Paris Tech) • Bruno Guillaume (Inria) • Johannes Heinecke (Orange) • Frédéric Herledan (Orange) ---------------------- Maxime Amblard Université de Lorraine https://members.loria.fr/mamblard http://espoir-ul.fr Si vous lisez ce message en dehors de vos heures de travail, merci de ne le traiter qu’en cas d’urgence avérée.

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[2nd CFP] EcoDL 2025: Workshop on Digital Libraries and AI-based Information Systems for Ecological Research and Practice
by D'Souza, Jennifer 23 Apr '25

23 Apr '25

EcoDL 2025: The 1st Workshop on Digital Libraries and AI-based Information Systems for Ecological Research and Practice in conjunction with TPDL 2025 EcoDL 2025 aims to explore the integration of AI, digital libraries, and FAIR data principles in ecological research to improve knowledge synthesis and predictive modeling. Ecology's complexity and data heterogeneity present challenges in generalization, requiring advanced computational tools for structured knowledge representation, search, and decision support. We invite researchers from ecology, AI, and digital information systems to discuss AI-driven data synthesis, semantic search, causal inference, and machine learning applications in biodiversity and conservation. Through interdisciplinary contributions, EcoDL 2025 seeks to foster innovation in ecological informatics, supporting open science and advancing digital methods for ecological research and environmental sustainability. ************************************************************** Workshop website: https://sites.google.com/view/ecodl2025/ Paper Submission Deadline: 16th May 2025 (AoE) *************************************************************** Topics of interest ------------ The EcoDL 2025 workshop welcomes submissions on, but not limited to, the following topics: · Knowledge graphs and structured ecological data representation o Biodiversity knowledge graphs o Linked open data for integrating scattered ecological knowledge sources o Ontologies for data interoperability in ecology: Standardizing environmental terms and concepts o Semantic annotation and classification of ecological data o AI-driven taxonomy generation for ecological datasets · Advanced search and retrieval for ecological and environmental data o Neural search for literature and reports: Improving retrieval of species, habitats, and ecosystem information o Improving retrieval of study question, research hypothesis and applied method o LLMs for information extraction: Capturing species interactions, climate impacts, and conservation policies o Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) for ecological research: Hybrid AI systems for answering complex scientific questions o Multimodal search for biodiversity and environmental studies: Combining text, image, and geospatial data retrieval o Automated knowledge discovery from climate and biodiversity repositories · FAIR data principles in ecological research o Data interoperability o Open science infrastructure for ecological and environmental data o Ontologies for data interoperability in ecology: Standardizing environmental terms and concepts o FAIR data and software o Data lifecycle management (Create, Store, Share, Reuse) o NanopublicationsMapping-based Knowledge Graph Construction · AI for assisting ecological research o AI-based literature review o AI-driven synthesis of ecological knowledge: taking complexity and context-dependence into account o Monitoring biases in study system, study regions and methods in ecological research o Tracking Misinformation in Climate Science Using NLP: Identifying and mitigating the spread of false environmental claims · Digital libraries and ecological informatics o Methods for digitizing and analyzing historical ecological archives o Indigenous knowledge and digital archives for sustainability o AI-powered environmental storytelling and digital heritage o Human-nature interactions in digital libraries o Digitization and NLP for analyzing historical climate data · Methods for integrating heterogeneous ecological datasets o Integrating remote sensing data with ecological repositories o Multimodal search for biodiversity studies · Applications of AI in ecosystem restoration, conservation planning and decision-making o AI-powered decision support systems for restoration and conservation o Lay summaries based on ecological evidence o Impact assessment of conservation policies via digital libraries · Reflections on knowledge synthesis in ecology and on the contributions of AI o Evaluating the role of AI in ecological research o Challenges and limitations of AI-driven ecological modeling o The impact of automated systems on scientific knowledge creation o Ethical considerations in AI-assisted ecological analysis o Future directions for AI in knowledge synthesis for ecology Submission guidelines ---------------- The EcoDL workshop solicits submissions in any of the following three formats: § Long Papers: Up to 15 LNCS style pages, including references. § Short Papers: Up to 10 LNCS style pages, including references. § Abstracts: Up to 2 LNCS style pages, including references. All accepted long and short workshop papers will be published in the proceedings of the Springer series Communications in Computer and Information Science (CCIS). For detailed formatting instructions, please refer to the following link<https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-gu…>. Abstract submissions will be invited as poster presentations, to foster discussion and networking at the workshop, but will not be compiled in the proceedings. Important dates ----------- Paper Submission: 16th May 2025 (AOE) Acceptance Notification: 20th June 2025 (AOE) Camera-ready Version: 10th July 2025 (AOE) Workshop: 23rd September 2025 in Tampere, Finland The EcoDL 2025 Workshop is collocated with the The 29th International Conference on Theory and Practice of Digital Libraries (TPDL 2025) https://tpdl2025.github.io/, 23rd to 26th September 2025. EcoDL 2025 Organising Committee ---------------- Jennifer D'Souza, TIB Leibniz Information Centre for Science and Technology, Hannover, Germany Birgitta König-Ries, University of Jena, Germany Tina Heger, Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB), Berlin, Germany Marie Kaiser, Bielefeld University, Germany The list of workshops and tutorials at TPDL this year can be found at https://tpdl2025.github.io/Program/workshops_tutorials.html

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Call for Interest: DISRPT 2025 - Shared Task on Discourse Relation Parsing and Treebanking
by Chloé Braud 22 Apr '25

22 Apr '25

Call for Interest: DISRPT 2025 - Shared Task on Discourse Relation Parsing and Treebanking Call for expression of interest: DISRPT 2025 - Shared Task on Discourse Relation Parsing and Treebanking In conjunction with CODI-CRAC & EMNLP 2025 - Suzhou, China, Nov. 5-9. This year, we are organizing the fourth edition of the DISRPT shared task on discourse processing across formalisms, for a variety of languages and genres, with three subtasks: * Task 1: discourse segmentation * Task 2: connective identification * Task 3: relation classification We will provide training, development and test datasets from all available languages in RST / eRST, SDRT, PDTB, ISO 24617, and discourse dependencies, using a uniform format. Because different corpora, languages, and frameworks use different guidelines, the shared task will promote the design of flexible methods for dealing with various guidelines, and will help to push forward the discussion of converging standards for discourse units. For datasets which have treebanks, we will evaluate segmentation in two different scenarios: with and without gold syntax. An automatically parsed version is provided for all corpora without a gold parse. This year, the shared task will feature: * the inclusion of more frameworks, with datasets from: RST / eRST, SDRT, PDTB, ISO 24617, and discourse dependencies * the inclusion of new corpora and new languages, some of them kept a surprise! * a unified set of labels for the discourse relations, to make easier the evaluation across datasets * a new constraint: only one multilingual model should be submitted per task, and it should be small! This will make our replication work easier, but more importantly, it will simplify using such a model and test the robustness of your solution! At this time we are calling for expressions of interest to participate. Registered participants will be added to our mailing list and receive updates as soon as data is made available. Please join us on: disrpt2025_participants(a)googlegroups.com **Important dates:** * May 15 2025 – sample data release * June 16 2025 – training data release * July 14 2025 – test data release * August 1 2025 – system + paper submissions due * September 12 2025 – notification of acceptance * September 19 2025 – camera ready papers * November 8-9 2025 – CODI at EMNLP **Information:** Contact the organizers:disrpt_chairs@googlegroups.com Official website: https://sites.google.com/view/disrpt2025/ Google group for participants, please join us on: disrpt2025_participants(a)googlegroups.com **Organization:** Peter Bourgonje (Universität Potsdam, Germany) Chloé Braud (CNRS - IRIT, University of Toulouse, France) Chuyuan Li (University of British Columbia, Canada) Janet Yang Liu (LMU Munich, Germany) Philippe Muller (CNRS - University of Toulouse, France) Amir Zeldes (Georgetown University, Washington DC, USA)

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[PhD offer] POLITO + EURECOM - Enhancing Educational Storytelling with,Human-Centered AI in the LLM Era - deadline is 28/04/2025
by Raphaël Troncy 22 Apr '25

22 Apr '25

Dear colleagues, A fully funded three-years PhD position is open at POLITO and EURECOM. Do not hesitate to share with interested candidates around you. ===================================== Web: https://www.polito.it/sites/default/files/2025-03/borsa_scudo_25762_Eurecom… Title: Enhancing Educational Storytelling with,Human-Centered AI in the LLM Era Summary: The PhD aims to develop novel methods and techniques for allowing endusers to create interactive educational narratives from structured resources such as knowledge graphs. The research envisions combining generative models with Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) and end-user personalization strategies, moving beyond simple binary-choice formats and thus enabling more engaging, custom-tailored, and culturally adaptive storytelling. Location: - 18 months at Politecnico di Torino (Department of Control and Computer Engineering) - 18 months at EURECOM (Data Science Department) Supervisors : Luigi de Russis, Raphael Troncy, Pasquale Lisena Application deadline: April 28, 2025 Starting date: Fall 2025 To apply: send your CV + Motivation letter + Transcripts of your MSc + your master thesis + 2 references to <raphael.troncy(a)eurecom.fr> and <luigi.derussis(a)polito.it> by Monday 28 April 2025! -- Raphaël Troncy EURECOM, Campus SophiaTech Data Science Department 450 route des Chappes, 06410 Biot, France. e-mail: raphael.troncy(a)eurecom.fr & raphael.troncy(a)gmail.com Tel: +33 (0)4 - 9300 8242 Fax: +33 (0)4 - 9000 8200 Web: http://www.eurecom.fr/~troncy/

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*SEM2025 - Second Call for Papers
by Kemal Kurniawan 22 Apr '25

22 Apr '25

(Apologies for cross-posting) *SEM2025: The 14th Joint Conference on Lexical and Computational Semantics, Suzhou, China. (Co-located with EMNLP) https://starsem2025.github.io/ Second Call for Papers *SEM brings together researchers interested in the semantics of natural languages and its computational modelling. The conference embraces a wide range of approaches including data-driven, neural, probabilistic and symbolic; practical applications as well as theoretical contributions are welcome. The long-term goal of *SEM is to provide a forum for NLP researchers working on any aspect of natural language semantics. *SEM invites submissions related to the computational modelling of natural language semantics (understood broadly) and its application. Relevant areas include (but are not limited to) theoretical aspects of computational semantics, empirical and data-driven approaches, resources, evaluation and applications/tools. *SEM encourages authors to consider ethical aspects of their work, and to address and discuss ethical questions and implications relevant to their research. *SEM also values reproducibility and particularly welcomes submissions that adhere to the reproducibility guidelines as specified here<https://folk.idi.ntnu.no/odderik/reproducibility_guidelines.pdf>. Submission Instructions Submissions must describe unpublished work and be written in English. We solicit both long and short papers. Long papers describe original research and may consist of up to eight (8) pages of content, plus unlimited pages for references. Appendices are allowed after the references, but the paper should be self-contained and reviewers will not be required to check the appendices, if any. 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 describe original focused research and may consist of up to four (4) pages, plus unlimited pages for references. Upon acceptance, short papers will be given five (5) content pages in the proceedings. Authors are encouraged to use this additional page to address reviewers comments in their final versions. Limitations and Ethics Statement sections are allowed and encouraged, but are not mandatory. These sections should be placed after the conclusion and will not count towards the overall page limit. Submissions should follow the ARR formatting requirements<https://github.com/acl-org/acl-style-files>. Submission routes and deadlines *SEM solicits both direct submissions and ACL Rolling Review (ARR) commitments. The deadline for direct submissions is May 30, 2025, and these submissions will be reviewed by the *SEM2025 program committee. ACL Rolling Review (ARR) submissions can be committed to *SEM up to August 22, 2025 (authors of ARR-reviewed papers need to include their OpenReview link with reviews in the submission form). Both types of submissions are made through OpenReview. Direct submission link: https://openreview.net/group?id=aclweb.org/StarSEM/2025/Conference<https://openreview.net/group?id=aclweb.org/StarSEM/2025/Conference> Multiple submission policy: *SEM does not prohibit the submission of work that is under consideration for another venue at the same time as the *SEM review period. However, authors of such papers will be asked to declare this at submission time. Important Dates (All deadlines are 11:59pm UTC-12h, AoE) Direct submission deadline (long & short papers): May 30, 2025 ARR-reviewed submission deadline (long & short papers): August 22, 2025 Notification of acceptance: September 5, 2025 Camera-ready deadline: September 26, 2025 Conference date: TBA (co-located with EMNLP 2025) Following ACL and ARR policies<https://www.aclweb.org/portal/content/report-acl-committee-anonymity-policy>, there is no anonymity period requirement. Kemal Kurniawan | Research Fellow | (he/him) PhD School of Computing and Information Systems | Faculty of Engineering and IT Level 4, Melbourne Connect, 700 Swanston St The University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010 Australia E: kurniawan.k(a)unimelb.edu.au<mailto:kurniawan.k@unimelb.edu.au>

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3rd CfP for IBERLEF-PRESTA
by Eugenio Martínez Camara 21 Apr '25

21 Apr '25

THIRD CALL FOR PARTICIPATION - IberLEF 2025 - PRESTA: Questions and Answers about Tables in Spanish *Web*: https://www.codabench.org/competitions/5538/ We are pleased to announce the first IberLEF task on Question Answering on Tabular Data: PRESTA. The PRESTA shared-task consists of Question Answering over Tabular Data making use of the DataBenchSPA benchmark. DataBenchSPA is a benchmark composed of real-world table datasets from different domains and with large size of rows and columns, as well as a wide variety of data types that allow to assess distinct sort of questions related to each data type. We propose a task to encourage participants to develop a system that answers the questions of the kind present in DataBenchSPA over day-to-day datasets, where the answer is either a number, a categorical value, a boolean value or lists of several types. DataBenchSPA can be used as a training and validation set, while we will release another test set explicitly compiled for the task competition. The system developed by the participants will be provided by a series of (dataset, question) pairs and will need to provide an answer which would then be compared with a gold standard. The answer might be achieved through a variety of methods. In our paper [1] we illustrate two different approaches: In-Context Learning and Code Generation. You may use any of these or come up with your own approach. There will be two subtasks: Subtask I : DataBenchSPA QA Participants will be provided with a dataset (of any size) and a question over it. The question should be answered using the data from the dataset only. Subtask II: DataBenchSPA Lite QA The task is essentially the same as the previous subtask, but involves using the sampled version of each dataset with a maximum of 20 rows per dataset. 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PhD Position on Automatic translation with large multimodal models at Fondazione Bruno Kessler - Application deadline: *30th of May*
by Matteo Negri 21 Apr '25

21 Apr '25

-- Apologies for cross-posting. -- Have you recently completed or expect very soon an MSc or equivalent degree in computer science, artificial intelligence, computational linguistics, engineering, or a related area? Are you interested in carrying out research on automatic translation during the next few years? Are you excited to spend a part of your life in a pleasant city in the heart of the Italian Alps? WE ARE LOOKING FOR YOU!!! The Machine Translation <https://mt.fbk.eu/> (MT) group at Fondazione Bruno Kessler <https://www.fbk.eu/en/> (Trento, Italy) in conjunction with the ICT International Doctorate School of the University of Trento <https://iecs.unitn.it/> is pleased to announce the availability of the following fully-funded PhD position: TITLE: Automatic translation with large multimodal models DESCRIPTION: The rise of large, multimodal foundation models has driven remarkable progress in natural language processing. In text and speech translation, their growing adoption comes with quality improvements while also opening critical research directions for successful deployment and widespread access. Among the current hot research topics, three are particularly relevant to this PhD position: resource efficiency, model alignment, and model accessibility. (i) Resource efficiency aims to reduce computational demands through model compression techniques that shrink large general-purpose models, optimizing them for specific hardware (e.g., mobile devices), translation tasks, domains, or language settings. (ii) Model alignment ensures outputs are trustworthy, fair, and human-centered by integrating cultural, sociodemographic, and human factors into model design and evaluation. This includes bias-aware solutions that promote diversity and inclusivity, as well as improved evaluation methods that better capture real-world user needs. (iii) Model accessibility enhances inclusivity for individuals with visual, hearing, or cognitive impairments by integrating multimodal solutions such as sign language, speech-to-text simplification, and description-augmented subtitling, expanding the capabilities of large models. This PhD position is open to candidates with a strong interest in advancing the state of the art in any of these areas. CONTACTS: negri(a)fbk.eu, bentivo(a)fbk.eu COMPLETE DETAILS AVAILABLE AT: https://iecs.unitn.it/education/admission/call-for-application IMPORTANT DATES: The deadline for application is May 12th, 2025, hrs. 04:00 PM (CEST) Prospective candidates are strongly invited to contact us in advance for preliminary interviews. Depending on the short time remaining before the application deadline, precedence for interviews will be given to short-listed candidates that will send us a complete CV via email ( negri(a)fbk.eu, bentivo(a)fbk.eu) by May 5, 2025. Candidate profile The ideal candidate must have recently completed or expect very soon an MSc or equivalent degree in computer science, artificial intelligence, computational linguistics, engineering, or a closely related area. In addition, the applicant should: - Have an interest in Machine and Speech Translation - Have experience in deep learning and machine learning, in general - Have good programming skills in Python and experience in PyTorch - Enjoy working with real-world problems and large data sets - Have good knowledge of written and spoken English - Enjoy working in a closely collaborating team Working Environment The doctoral student will be employed at the MT Unit <https://mt.fbk.eu/> at Fondazione Bruno Kessler <https://www.fbk.eu/en/>, Trento, Italy. The group (about 10 people including staff and students) has a long tradition in research on machine and speech translation and is currently involved in several projects. Former students are nowadays employed in leading IT companies in the world. Benefits Fondazione Bruno Kessler offers an attractive benefits package, including a flexible work week, full reimbursement for conferences and summer schools, an excellent team of supervisors and mentors, help with housing, full health insurance, the possibility of Italian courses, and sporting facilities. Further Information Should you need further information about the position, please contact Matteo Negri (negri(a)fbk.eu) and Luisa Bentivogli (bentivo(a)fbk.eu). Best Regards, Matteo Negri -- -- 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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2025 NARNiHS Research Incubator -- April 25-27 -- program now available
by Lauersdorf, Mark R. 19 Apr '25

19 Apr '25

************************************************** *** Join us this coming weekend for the *** 2025 NARNiHS Research Incubator! ************************************************** ==> 25-27 April 2025 <== Consult the program for the richest Incubator line-up ever: https://narnihs.org/?page_id=3075 Fourteen (14 !!!) exciting international projects in Historical Sociolinguistics and an expert roundtable! The event is fully online and free for NARNiHS members. Not yet a NARNiHS member? Membership is free: https://narnihs.org/?page_id=2 Information concerning access to the online venue will be distributed through the NARNiHS members' listserv a few days before the event. We look forward to seeing you there! The 2025 NARNiHS Research Incubator organizing committee

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Final call for papers and extended deadline: 23rd International Workshop on Treebanks and Linguistic Theories (TLT 2025)
by Zinsmeister, Heike 19 Apr '25

19 Apr '25

The 23rd International Workshop on Treebanks and Linguistic Theories (TLT 2025) will bring together developers and users of linguistically annotated natural language corpora. The workshop is part of SyntaxFest 2025 and will be hosted by University of Ljubljana in Slovenia on August 26-29, 2025. Link to TLT 2025: https://www.korpuslab.uni-hamburg.de/en/tlt2025.html Link to SyntaxFest 2025: https://syntaxfest.github.io/ ----------------------------- INVITED TALK ----------------------------- Amir Zeldes (Georgetown University) ----------------------------- SUBMISSION INFORMATION ----------------------------- TLT addresses all aspects of treebank design, development, and use. As ‘treebanks’ we consider any pairing of natural language data (spoken, signed, or written) with annotations of linguistic structure at various levels of analysis, including, e.g., morpho-phonology, syntax, semantics, and discourse. Annotations can take any form (including trees or general graphs), but they should be encoded in a way that enables computational processing. Reflections on the design of linguistic annotations, methodology studies, resource announcements or updates, annotation or conversion tool development, or reports on treebank usage including probing the leakage of treebanks into large language models are but some examples of the types of papers we anticipate for TLT. SyntaxFest joint submission link: https://openreview.net/group?id=SyntaxFest/2025 ----------------------------- IMPORTANT DATES ----------------------------- * April 22, 2025: Extended paper submission deadline * June 2, 2025: Notification of acceptance * June 16, 2025: Camera-ready papers due * August 26-29, 2025: SyntaxFest conference (about two workshop days for TLT; attendants are encouraged but not obliged to participate in the whole SyntaxFest.) All deadlines are 11.59 pm Anywhere on Earth (UTC -12h). ----------------------------- TLT2025 WORKSHOP CHAIRS ----------------------------- * Sarah Jablotschkin, University of Hamburg * Sandra Kübler, Indiana University * Heike Zinsmeister, University of Hamburg Contact: tlt2025.gw(a)uni-hamburg.de<mailto:tlt2025.gw@uni-hamburg.de> Website: https://www.korpuslab.uni-hamburg.de/en/tlt2025.html

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Submit by May 5: ClinIQLink Medical QA Challenge (BioNLP/ACL Track – Hallucination Detection) - Evaluating Hallucinations in Medical QA Systems
by Colelough, Brandon (NIH/NLM) [F] 18 Apr '25

18 Apr '25

--------------------- Challenge Links: Challenge Homepage: https://brandonio-c.github.io/ClinIQLink-2025/ Challenge Sample Dataset: https://github.com/Brandonio-c/ClinIQLink_Sample-dataset CodaBench ClinIQLink Docker Setup (GitHub): https://github.com/Brandonio-c/ClinIQLink_CodaBench_docker-setup --------------------- Challenge Links: ClinIQLink @ BIONLP @ ACL 2025 - Important updates! We are pleased to share a set of important updates regarding the ClinIQLink Challenge, focused on evaluating factuality in clinical question answering: 1. Extended Submission Deadline The system submission deadline has been extended to 05 May 2025 at 23:59 AOE (Anywhere on Earth). This allows additional time for teams to finalize and submit their models. 2. Rolling Evaluation Process Submissions are being evaluated on a first-come, first-served basis. We encourage early submission to receive results in a timely manner. 3. Baseline Benchmark Release We will release performance benchmarks this Friday from a selection of open-source large language models evaluated on the ClinIQLink dataset. These results will serve as reference points for participating teams. 4. Updated Submission Instructions Submission guidelines have been clarified to support reproducibility and containerized evaluation. The revised instructions are available at: https://github.com/Brandonio-c/ClinIQLink_CodaBench_docker-setup/blob/main/… 5. Large Model Submissions Still Accepted Teams submitting large models (e.g., models between 10GB and 750GB) may request access. For full challenge details, please visit the challenge homepage: https://cliniqlink.org/ If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to me at brandon.colelough(a)nih.gov<mailto:brandon.colelough@nih.gov>. We look forward to your participation. Best regards, Brandon Colelough brandon.colelough(a)nih.gov<mailto:brandon.colelough@nih.gov>

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Call for Papers: Slav-NLP 2025: 10th Workshop on NLP for Slaviclanguages
by Roman Yangarber 18 Apr '25

18 Apr '25

**Call for Papers:* * * Slav-NLP:10thWorkshoponNLP for Slavic languages Co-located with ACL 2025, Vienna, Austria 31 July / 1 August 2025 http://bsnlp.cs.helsinki.fi <http://bsnlp.cs.helsinki.fi/> Submission Deadline: 27 April 2025 WORKSHOPDESCRIPTION The 10th edition of the Slav-NLP Workshop — at ACL 2025. Sponsored by SIGSLAV: ACL Special Interest Group on Slavic NLP. Slavic languages play a crucial role due to their diverse cultural heritage and wide use — over 400M speakers worldwide. Current political and economic developments in Central/ Eastern Europe thrust the Slavic-speaking societies — and their languages — into sharp focus, especially in light of rapid technological advancements and expanding consumer markets. Research on theoretical and applied topics in the context of Slavic languages is still lagging in the community. Linguistic phenomena that are common to the Slavic languages — rich morphology, free word order, etc. — make NLP for these languages challenging. Slav-NLP Workshops gather researchers from academia and industry. We aim to stimulate research in Slavic NLP, and foster the creation of tools and resources. The Workshops provide a forum for exchange of ideas and experience, discussing current challenges, and making the available resources widely-known. The structural similarity, as well as the easily recognizable core vocabulary and inflectional inventory spanning this large language group, creates a special environment where researchers can appreciate the shared problems and communicate naturally — despite the lack of mutual intelligibility. We are happy to organize Slav-NLP again in Central Europe. This Workshop addresses Natural Language Processing (NLP) for the Slavic languages. NLP tasks in urgent need of attention include: * language modeling, * morphological, syntactic and semantic analysis, * lexical semantics, * named-entity recognition, * text normalization and processing non-standard language, * co-reference resolution, * information extraction, * question answering, * text summarization, * machine translation, * development of linguistic resources, * development and assessment of large language models, * text classification, * text generation, * disinformation detection, * fact verification, * sentiment analysis. The Workshop continues the proud tradition established by the 9 previous (B)SNLP Workshops. IMPORTANT DATES * Submission deadline: 27 April 2025 * Pre-reviewed ARR commitment20 May 2025 * Notification of acceptance: 27 May 2025 * Camera-ready papers due: 3 June 2025 * Workshop: 31 July or 1 August 2025 SHARED TASK This year's Slav-NLP features — Shared Task on Detection and Classification of Persuasion Techniques— in two types of texts: (a) parliamentary debateson highly-contested topics, and (b) social media postsrelated to the spread of propaganda and disinformation. Information about the Shared Task is available on the Workshop’s Web page. SUBMISSION At the Workshop’s Web page: bsnlp.cs.helsinki.fi <http://bsnlp.cs.helsinki.fi/call-for-papers.html> Workshop contact: bsnlp(a)cs.helsinki.fi * -- Roman Yangarber Professor, University of Helsinki, Finland Digital Humanities INEQ: Helsinki Inequality Initiative <https://helsinki.fi/en/ineq-helsinki-inequality-initiative> — Linguistic Inequalities and Translation Technologies ------------------------------------------------------------------------ e-Learning & language learning Language Learning Lab Unioninkatu 40, Metsätalo A214 helsinki.fi/revita <https://www.helsinki.fi/revita> helsinki.fi/language-learning-lab <https://www.helsinki.fi/language-learning-lab> mobile: +358 50 41 51 71 3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ RЯ

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Final Call for Papers: LxGr2025
by Costas Gabrielatos 18 Apr '25

18 Apr '25

10th Symposium on Corpus Approaches to Lexicogrammar (LxGr2025) FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS Deadline for abstract submission: 20 April 2025 The symposium will take place online on Friday 11 and Saturday 12 July 2025. LxGr primarily welcomes papers reporting on corpus-based research on any aspect of the interaction of lexis and grammar -- particularly studies that interrogate the system lexicogrammatically to get lexicogrammatical answers. However, position papers discussing theoretical or methodological issues, as well as descriptions or demonstrations of tools or resources are also welcome, as long as they are relevant to both lexicogrammar and corpus linguistics. The theme of LxGr2025 is: Conceptions of Lexicogrammar: How can corpus linguistics shed light on its nature? If you would like to present, send an abstract of 500 words (excluding references) to lxgr(a)edgehill.ac.uk<mailto:lxgr@edgehill.ac.uk>. * Abstracts for research papers should specify the research focus (research questions or hypotheses), the corpus, the methodology (techniques, metrics), the theoretical orientation, and the main findings. * Abstracts for position papers should specify the theoretical orientation and the potential contribution to both lexicogrammar and corpus linguistics. * Abstracts for tools or resources should provide a clear description of the main functions, and specify the potential contribution to both lexicogrammar and corpus linguistics. Full papers will be allocated 35 minutes (including 10 minutes for discussion). Work-in-progress reports will be allocated 20 minutes (including 5 minutes for discussion). There will be no parallel sessions. Participation is free. For details, visit the LxGr website: https://sites.edgehill.ac.uk/lxgr If you 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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[CfP] Call for Research & Innovation Papers at SEMANTiCS 2025 - Extended Deadline
by Kossi Amouzouvi 18 Apr '25

18 Apr '25

Call for Research & Innovation Papers SEMANTiCS 2025 EU 21st International Conference on Semantic Systems Vienna, Austria September 3 - 5, 2025 Important Dates: - *Abstract Submission Deadline: April 25 , 2025 May 16, 2025* - *Paper Submission Deadline: May 2, 2025 May 23, 2025* - *Notification of Acceptance: June 13, 2025 June 27, 2025* - *Camera-Ready Paper Deadline: July 04, 2025 July 15, 2025* *All deadlines are set for 11:59 pm, Anywhere On Earth time (UTC-12)* *Submissions will be through Easychair and the submission link will be provided soon.* Proceedings of SEMANTiCS 2025 EU will be made available *open access*. Research and Innovation Track The SEMANTiCS 2025 conference is excited to invite submissions for the Research and Innovation Track, welcoming groundbreaking research contributions, innovative solutions, and experimental studies relevant to the Semantic Web, Semantic Technologies, and AI-enabled semantics. We also encourage submissions at the intersections of these fields with other scientific and applied disciplines, fostering cross-disciplinary exchange and advancement. Papers should present original work that has not been published or is not under consideration elsewhere. All submissions must adhere to the submission guidelines, including reference formatting and any additional documentation as required. Each submission will undergo a rigorous review process, with at least three independent reviews, evaluating the novelty, technical quality, reproducibility, and practical relevance of the work. Topics of Interest SEMANTiCS 2025 calls for submissions of high-quality research papers across a broad spectrum of topics in Semantic Web, Semantic Technologies, and AI. We are particularly interested in new and emerging trends, especially where semantic technologies intersect with evolving fields such as large language models, explainable AI, and trustworthy data infrastructures. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: - Web Semantics & Linked (Open) Data - Enterprise Knowledge Graphs, Graph Data Management - Machine Learning Techniques for/using Knowledge Graphs (e.g. reinforcement learning, deep learning, data mining and knowledge discovery) - Generative AI and Knowledge Graphs (e.g., Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) with knowledge graph integration, generative model grounding) - Reasoning, Rules, and Policies on RAG - Knowledge Engineering and Management (e.g., knowledge acquisition, extraction, integration, and publication workflows) - Terminology, Thesaurus & Ontology Management, Ontology engineering - Web agents - Natural Language Processing for/using Knowledge Graphs (e.g. entity linking and resolution using target knowledge such as Wikidata and DBpedia, foundation models) - Crowdsourcing for/using Knowledge Graphs - Data Quality Management and Assurance - Mathematical and Logical Foundations of Knowledge-aware AI - Multimodal Knowledge Graphs (e.g., text, image, audio fusion in graph structures) - Semantic-Enhanced Data Science Pipelines and Processes - Semantics in Blockchain environments (e.g., traceability, decentralized knowledge representation) - Trust, Data Privacy, and Security with Semantic Technologies - Internet of Things (IoT), Stream Processing, and Temporal Data Management (e.g., real-time semantic processing and predictive analytics) - Conversational AI and Dialogue Systems powered by Knowledge Graphs - Provenance and Data Change Tracking (e.g., semantic versioning, data updates in distributed settings) - Semantic Interoperability (e.g., cross-domain standards, mapping frameworks, ontology alignment) - Linked Data storage, triple stores, graph databases - Robust, Scalable, and Fault-Tolerant Semantic Data Systems (e.g., distributed querying, optimization) - User Interfaces and Usability of Semantic Technologies (e.g., visualizations, intelligent user interaction) - Explainable and Interoperable AI - Decentralised and Federated Knowledge Graphs (e.g., federated querying, link traversal) Applied Semantic Technologies and AI in Real-World Scenarios, such as, but not limited to: - Biomedicine and Health (e.g., Knowledge Graphs for biomedical applications, AI-driven diagnostics, personalized health) - AI for Environmental and Climate Solutions (e.g., semantic modeling for environmental impact, biodiversity knowledge graphs) - Scientific Knowledge Graphs and Open Science (e.g., FAIR data principles, enhanced scholarly communication) - Semantic Technologies in GLAM (Galleries, Libraries, Archives, and Museums) - Knowledge Graphs and Hybrid AI for Industry 4.0/5.0 and Predictive Maintenance - Digital Humanities and Cultural Heritage Preservation - Legal Technology, AI Ethics, and Regulatory Compliance (e.g., AI and legal frameworks, semantic-enabled compliance with the EU AI Act) - Economics and Governance of Data Ecosystems (e.g., data marketplaces, semantic service interoperability, data policy) Submission Guidelines The Research and Innovation Track at SEMANTiCS 2025 invites both *long* and *short paper submissions*. - *Long papers* should be *12-15 pages* in length (excluding references). These submissions are expected to present comprehensive, mature research findings, including in-depth theoretical or practical insights. - *Short papers* should be a *maximum of 6 pages* (excluding references). These submissions can include preliminary findings, innovative ideas, or position papers that aim to spark discussion and exploration. References are not included in the page count, so authors may add additional pages for relevant citations if needed. This flexibility allows authors to fully reference foundational and related work to strengthen the context and impact of their research. - Submissions should follow the guidelines of IOS Press. Details are available at *https://www.iospress.com/book-article-instructions*. <https://www.iospress.com/book-article-instructions> - Authors need to use the *Word template* <https://www.iospress.com/sites/default/files/media/files/2022-06/ECRC-Autho…> or *LaTeX* <https://vtex-soft.github.io/texsupport.IOS-Book-Article/> template provided by IOS Press. Overleaf users can copy the project *from here* <https://www.overleaf.com/read/gkkspcvjgwxv#563836> (follow instructions in the abstract). - Abstract submission is mandatory for all papers. To aid the review and bidding process, we highly encourage authors to submit structured abstracts. - All papers and abstracts have to be submitted electronically via EasyChair. - Submissions must be in English. - Submissions must adhere to the fair use of Large Language Models. Please refer to the SEMANTiCS *full policy* <https://2025-eu.semantics.cc/page/llm-policy> for more details. - Submissions must be anonymous; the reviewing process is double-blind, but reviewers will be able to disclose their identities if they wish, by signing their reviews. - Accepted papers will be published in open access proceedings by IOS Press, and the text of all the reviews (excluding the scores) of all the accepted papers will be posted on the conference website and will be archived on Zenodo as publicly available material. - At least one author of each accepted paper must present it in person and therefore register for the conference at the ONSITE rate. - All authors are strongly suggested to provide optional links to code, materials, and datasets during the submission process - we will have specific optional fields in the EasyChair submission form - the review process will take these into account when provided. To anonymise resources for the reviewing process, authors can use services like *Anonymous GitHub* <https://anonymous.4open.science/> or figshare/Zenodo as described *here* <https://github.com/dgraziotin/disclose-data-dbr-first-then-opendata?tab=rea…>. - The Research and Innovation Track will not accept papers that, at the time of submission, are under review or have already been published in or accepted for publication in a journal or another conference. - All authors will have the opportunity to provide an ORKG comparison in the Open Research Knowledge Graph (*https://orkg.org* <https://orkg.org>) during the submission process - we will have a specific optional field in the EasyChair submission form. Review and Evaluation Criteria Each submission will be reviewed by at least three Programme Committee members. The reviewing process is double-blind. However, reviewers can disclose their identity by signing their reviews and/or adding one of their persistent identifiers (e.g. their ORCID). The text of all the reviews (excluding the scores) of all the accepted papers will be posted on the conference website with the basic bibliographic metadata of the reviewed submission (i.e. title and authors), and it will be archived on Zenodo as publicly available material. All the signed reviews of the accepted papers will be licensed using a Creative Commons Attribution license (CC-BY, the copyright holder will be the reviewer), except the anonymous ones that will be released in CC0. Papers submitted to this track will be evaluated according to the following criteria: - Appropriateness - Originality, novelty, and innovativeness - Impact of results - Technical quality of the methods - Soundness of the evaluation - Proper comparison to related work - Clarity and quality of writing - Reproducibility of results and resources *We look forward to receiving your contributions!* Research and Innovation Track Chairs Blerina Spahiu (University of Milano-Bicocca, IT) Mehdi Ali (Lamarr Institute & Fraunhofer IAIS, Germany) Kind Regards, On behalf of the organising committee. ========================= Dr. Kossi Amouzouvi ScaDS.AI Dresden/Leipzig, TU Dresden -- DISCLAIMER: The contents of this email and any attachments are confidential. They are intended for the named recipient(s) only. 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Full-time research position at University College Dublin
by Stephanie Dornschneider-Elkink 17 Apr '25

17 Apr '25

Dear Colleagues, I am recruiting for a one-year fully funded research assistant position involving NLP/ quantitative methods in text analysis. I would be grateful if you could share this ad with anyone interested. I am available for any questions potential applicants might have. Thanks a lot! Kind regards, Stephanie *One-year fulltime research assistant position at University College Dublin* *Start Date* 1st September 2025 *Duration* 12 months *Deadline* 22nd May, noon IST *Full ad* https://my.corehr.com/pls/coreportal_ucdp/apply?id=018505 University College Dublin is currently recruiting a researcher to implement natural language processing (NLP) tools on interviews and speeches in Arabic. The research assistant will support the development of tools to identify and analyse so-called cognitive maps (Axelrod 1976). Dornschneider and Henderson (2016, 2024) and Dornschneider (2019) have developed tools for the computational analysis of cognitive maps. What is needed is a set of tools to infer cognitive maps from natural language. This Irish Research Council funded project investigates the role of women in Muslim resistance movements. The cognitive mapping analysis has several main objectives: 1- to show typical behavioral decisions (e.g. to join a resistance a movement) described by the interviewees; 2- to identify common reasoning processes related to these decisions; and 3- to trace the role of religious beliefs in these reasoning processes. The research assistant will work with the Principal Investigator, Dr. Stephanie Dornschneider-Elkink, to deliver the research objectives of the project. Tasks will include but are not limited to web scraping, POS tagging, and OCR, as well as the checks necessary to review the accuracy of the automated processes. Knowledge of Arabic is not necessary, but a plus. Applicants should submit a CV, a cover letter, as well as a piece of well-documented NLP-related sample code in R or Python. Principal duties · Work under the supervision of the Principal Investigator to implement the objectives of the IRC project · Apply quantitative text analysis to Arabic text/interviews · Help generate and analyse cognitive maps · Web scraping · OCR · Quality checking · Report to the team and PI on a regular basis Mandatory requirements · Some undergraduate or graduate-level training in quantitative text analysis/NLP · Preferably a political science, data science, and/ or computer science background · Experience with programming in R and/ or Python · Ability to work independently and take the initiative to implement the outlined tasks · Candidates must demonstrate an awareness of equality, diversity and inclusion agenda. *References* Axelrod, R. (ed.). 1976. Structure of decision: The cognitive maps of political elites. Princeton: Princeton university press. Dornschneider-Elkink, S. and Henderson, N., 2024. Repression and Dissent: How Tit-for-Tat Leads to Violent and Nonviolent Resistance. Journal of Conflict Resolution, 68(4), 756-785. Dornschneider, S., 2019. High‐Stakes Decision‐Making Within Complex Social Environments: A Computational Model of Belief Systems in the Arab Spring. Cognitive Science, 43(7), p.e12762. https://doi.org/10.1111/cogs.12762 Dornschneider, S. and Henderson, N., 2016. A computational model of cognitive maps: Analyzing violent and nonviolent activity in Egypt and Germany. Journal of Conflict Resolution, 60(2), pp.368-399. -- Dr Stephanie Dornschneider-Elkink Associate Professor, School of Politics & International Relations (SPIRe) University College Dublin Newman Building, F316, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland http://www.dornschneider.net/

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2nd Call for participation: Robust WSI Shared Task @ CoNLL-2025
by Ondřej Herman 17 Apr '25

17 Apr '25

Dear colleagues, We invite you to participate in the Robust Word Sense Induction shared task, which is organized as a part of CoNLL-2025 in Vienna (31.7 - 1. 8. 2025). TASK OVERVIEW The task focuses on unsupervised word sense induction without relying on predefined sense inventories. Participants will receive sentences containing target words and cluster them according to word sense usage. What makes this task unique is the novel evaluation approach using multi-annotated data and robust metrics that account for natural sense ambiguity and provide a fairer evaluation compared to traditional approaches. The benchmark datasets will be available in English, Czech, German, Spanish, Estonian and Chinese. The submissions are currently open. Please note that the deadlines have been slightly postponed. IMPORTANT DATES - Updated 25. 4. 2025 - Test phase ends 2. 5. 2025 - Submission of system description papers 31. 7. 2025 or 1. 8. 2025 - The CoNLL-2025 workshop at ACL 2025 in Vienna For more information and participation instructions, please visit https://projects.sketchengine.eu/conll2025/. This shared task is organized by Ondřej Herman, Miloš Jakubíček, Pavel Rychlý and Vojtěch Kovář at Lexical Computing and Masaryk University. If you have any questions, please contact us at conll2025(a)sketchengine.eu. Best regards, The Shared Task Organizers

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First call for papers Sixth Workshop on Resources for African Indigenous Language (RAIL)
by Menno Van Zaanen 17 Apr '25

17 Apr '25

First call for papers Sixth Workshop on Resources for African Indigenous Language (RAIL) Co-located with DHASA 2025 https://sadilar.org/rail-2025/ RAIL Workshop date: 10 November 2025 DHASA Conference dates: 10-14 November 2025 Venue: CSIR International Convention Centre. The sixth RAIL workshop website: https://sadilar.org/rail-2025/ DHASA website: https://digitalhumanities.org.za/ The sixth Resources for African Indigenous Languages (RAIL) workshop will be co-located with the Digital Humanities Association of Southern Africa (DHASA) 2025 conference at the CSIR International Convention Centre in Pretoria, South Africa, on 10 November 2025. The RAIL workshop is an interdisciplinary platform for researchers working on African indigenous languages resources such as natural languages processing (NLP) tools, Human Language Technologies (HLT), data collections, and annotations. This workshop aims to foster a scientific community of practice that focuses on computational linguistic tools and data that are designed for or applied to the indigenous languages of Africa. Many African languages are under-resourced while only a few are considered to be somewhat better resourced. These languages often share interesting properties such as writing systems, making them different from most high-resourced languages. From a computational perspective, these languages lack enough corpora to undertake high level development of NLP and HLT tools, which in turn impedes the development of African languages in these areas. During previous workshops, it was noted that the problems and solutions presented were not only applicable to African languages but were also relevant to many other low-resource languages across the world. Because these languages share similar challenges, this workshop provides researchers with opportunities to work collaboratively on issues of language resource development and learn from each other. The RAIL workshop has several aims. First, the workshop brings together researchers who work on African indigenous languages, forming a community of practice for people working on indigenous languages. Second, the workshop aims to reveal currently unknown or unpublished existing resources (corpora, NLP tools, and applications), resulting in a better overview of the current state-of-the-art, and also allows for discussions on novel, desired resources for future research in this area. Third, it enhances sharing of knowledge on the development of low-resource languages. Finally, it enables discussions on how to improve the quality as well as availability of the resources. The workshop has “Language resources in the age of large language models” as its theme, but submissions on any topic related to properties of African indigenous languages (including related non- African languages) may be accepted. Suggested topics include (but are not limited to) the following: * Digital representations of linguistic structures * Descriptions of corpora or other data sets of African indigenous languages * Building resources for (under-resourced) African indigenous languages * Developing and using African indigenous languages in the digital age * Effectiveness of digital technologies for the development of African indigenous languages * Revealing unknown or unpublished existing resources for African indigenous languages * Developing desired resources for African indigenous languages * Improving quality, availability and accessibility of African indigenous language resources Submission requirements: We invite papers on original, unpublished work related to the topics of the workshop. Submissions, presenting completed work, may consist of up to eight (8) pages of content plus additional pages of references. The final camera-ready version of accepted long papers are allowed one additional page of content (up to 9 pages) so that reviewers’ feedback can be incorporated. Papers should be formatted according to the DHASA style sheet which is provided on the Journal of the Digital Humanities Association of Southern Africa website (https://upjournals.up.ac.za/index.php/dhasa/about). Reviewing is double-blind, so make sure to anonymise your submission (e.g., do not provide author names, affiliations, project names, etc.) Limit the amount of self citations (anonymised citations should not be used). The RAIL workshop follows the DHASA submission requirements. Please submit papers in PDF format (the submission link will be available soon). Accepted papers will be published in proceedings linked to the DHASA conference. Important dates: Submission deadline: 14 July 2025 Date of notification: 16 September 2025 Camera ready copy deadline: 24 October 2025 Workshop: 10 November 2025 DHASA conference: 10 November 2025-14 November 2025 Organising Committee Rooweither Mabuya, South African Centre for Digital Language Resources (SADiLaR), South Africa Muzi Matfunjwa, South African Centre for Digital Language Resources (SADiLaR), South Africa Mmasibidi Setaka, South African Centre for Digital Language Resources (SADiLaR), South Africa Menno van Zaanen, South African Centre for Digital Language Resources (SADiLaR), South Africa -- 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. 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PhD Position at SpeechTek research unit at Fondazione Bruno Kessler: application deadline May 12 2025
by Daniele Falavigna 17 Apr '25

17 Apr '25

The Speech Technology group (SpeechTek) at Fondazione Bruno Kessler <https://www.fbk.eu/en/> (Trento, Italy) in conjunction with the ICT International Doctorate School of the University of Trento <https://iecs.unitn.it/> is pleased to announce the availability of the following fully funded PhD position. *Title: Advancing speech recognition and understanding* *Description: *Recent advancements in speech recognition and language technologies have significantly improved their performance across various applications: speech recognition, spoken language understanding, speaker diarization, speech analytics. However,these systems still face challenges when applied “in the wild, e.g. in typical domestic or office-like settings, due to background noise and overlapping speech. These factors hinder the effectiveness of current speech technologies, highlighting a need for further research and development. The project aims to investigate novel speech processing methods to address these challenges, eventually leveraging multimodal language models, to enhance performance in real operational conditions. This research will contribute to the creation of more reliable and trustworthy speech technologies, ultimately improving user experiences and expanding the applicability of these technologies. The project aims to investigate novel speech processing methods to address these challenges, eventually leveraging multimodal language models, to enhance performance in real operational conditions. This research will contribute to the creation of more reliable and trustworthy speech technologies, ultimately improving user experiences and expanding the applicability of these technologies. If you have recently completed a Master's degree or an equivalent qualification and if you are interested in carrying out research in an extremely interesting field of artificial intelligence that addresses the problem of recognition and understanding of spoken language, collaborating with an Italian research group with a long tradition in the field, you are certainly interested in applying to the above-mentioned call. *Scholarship: * The annual gross amount of the doctoral scholarship is €18.345,00. Students who have been awarded a PhD scholarship are entitled to get a 50% scholarship increase when staying abroad for reasons related to their doctoral research and studies. Each student is provided with a budget which can be used for educational and research purposes. Fondazione Bruno Kessler will provide any help for accomodation and administrative procedures. APPLICATION DEADLINE: May 12th, 2025, hrs. 04:00 PM (CEST) *CONTACTS*: brutti(a)fbk.eu <guerini(a)fbk.eu> *COMPLETE DETAILS AVAILABLE AT*: Call for application | Doctoral Program - Information Engineering and Computer Science <https://iecs.unitn.it/education/admission/call-for-application> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Giuseppe Daniele Falavigna Fondazione Bruno Kessler Via Sommarive 18 - 38123 Povo - Trento, Italy mail:falavi@fbk.eu - tel:+39(0)461314562 - fax:+39(0)461314591 HomePage: https://speechtek.fbk.eu/people/profile/falavi ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- -- 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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[CfP] Call for Short Papers ICCC'25 – The 16th International Conference on Computational Creativity
by Hugo Gonçalo Oliveira 17 Apr '25

17 Apr '25

---------- Forwarded message --------- De: International Conference on Computational Creativity < iccc25.computationalcreativity(a)8468461.brevosend.com> Date: quinta, 17/04/2025, 10:51 Subject: [CfP] Call for Short Papers ICCC'25 – The 16th International Conference on Computational Creativity To: <hgoliv(a)gmail.com> Submissions due: April 21, 2025‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ *The 16th International Conference on Computational Creativity (ICCC'25)* June 23–27, 2025 — Campinas, Brazil Hi Hugo, Below, you will find a reminder for the official Call for Short Papers for the 16th International Conference on Computational Creativity (ICCC'25), which will be held in Campinas, Brazil, from June 23 to 27, 2025. We hope that you may be able to contribute to the conference by submitting your research. Please feel free to share it with anyone who might be interested. We hope to see you at ICCC'25 in Campinas, Brazil, in June 2025! *Call for papers: short papers* http://computationalcreativity.net/iccc25/short-papers/ <https://ewb61.r.sp1-brevo.net/mk/cl/f/sh/6rqJfgq8dINmOPp80mYnKVrZxIO/AcAUaH…> Computational Creativity (CC) is a discipline with its roots in scientific disciplines such as Artificial Intelligence, Cognitive Science, Engineering, Design, Psychology and Philosophy that each explores the potential for computers to be creative – either in partnership with humans or as autonomous creators in their own right. The International Conference on Computational Creativity (ICCC) is an annual conference that welcomes papers on different aspects of CC, on systems that exhibit varying degrees of creative autonomy, on systems that act as creative partners for human creators, on frameworks that offer greater clarity or computational felicity for thinking about machine (and human) creativity, on methodologies for building or evaluating CC systems, on approaches to teaching CC in schools and universities or to promoting societal uptake of CC as a field and as a technology, and so on. **** Themes and Topics **** The ICCC call for short papers invites research on the same topics as the main call. See Full Papers <https://ewb61.r.sp1-brevo.net/mk/cl/f/sh/6rqJfgq8dIPRQs7HV5yLG6zVabQ/IAc4nt…> for more information. In summary, new papers reflecting all computational approaches and perspectives on creativity are welcome, including e.g., symbolic approaches, neural and statistical approaches, hybrid approaches, big-data approaches, rule-based approaches, curated approaches, and so on. The onus is on authors to argue and/or explicitly demonstrate the relevance of their work to the topic of computational creativity. *A note on generative AI models:* while the study of generative AI models is both welcomed and encouraged, such models and their application must be properly situated in the CC literature and evaluated according to acceptable practices in the field. Papers that fail to do this are unlikely to be reviewed favorably. *Difference between long and short papers:* Short papers are intended to share new directions and ideas, spark debate, and enrich the conference and program, without the same evaluation and rigor requirements of long papers. They are not merely long papers with fewer pages. To this end, different review criteria will be applied to long and short papers. **** Paper Types **** Short papers offer concise treatments of work and ideas that are better suited to this concentrated format. 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ELLIS ESSIR 2025 – European Summer School on Information Retrieval
by Ingo Frommholz 16 Apr '25

16 Apr '25

ELLIS ESSIR 2025, the European Summer School on Information Retrieval, will take place July 7-11 in Wolverhampton, UK. https://2025.essir.eu/ About the School The European Summer School on Information Retrieval (ESSIR) is held regularly, providing high-quality teaching of Information Retrieval (IR) and advanced IR topics to an audience of researchers and research students. The mission of the school is to enable students to learn about modern research challenges and methods on IR and related disciplines like AI and NLP; to stimulate scientific research and collaboration in these fields; and to grow a community of researchers, students, and industry professionals working on IR with collaborations all around the world. ESSIR 2025 will take place in Wolverhampton, UK, July 7-11, 2025. We will offer a rich programme of high-profile and world leading lecturers in Information Retrieval, NLP and AI. Taught topics include: Introduction to Information Retrieval and Evaluation Generative AI and Information Retrieval Scholarly Document Processing and Retrieval UX and HCI with Information Retrieval Neural Re-ranking RAG and agentic IR Explainability in AI The Future Directions in Information Access (FDIA 2025) symposium will be held along ESSIR. Please visit https://2025.essir.eu/ for further information. For additional enquiries, please contact essir-2025(a)googlegroups.com <mailto:essir-2025@googlegroups.com>. Registration will open soon. We are looking forward to welcoming you in Wolverhampton! -- Prof. Dr. Ingo Frommholz (he/him), PhD, Dipl.-Inform., FBCS, FHEA Professor of Applied Data Science, Modul University Vienna, Austria Adjunct Professor, Bern University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland Web: http://www.frommholz.org/ | Email: ifrommholz(a)acm.org Bluesky: @ifromm.bsky.social | Mastodon: @ingo@idf.social

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CODI CRAC 2025 Workshop: 2nd call for papers
by Chloé Braud 16 Apr '25

16 Apr '25

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

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1 PhD position in discourse studies at the University of Lisbon
by Amália Mendes 16 Apr '25

16 Apr '25

The Centre of Linguistics at the University of Lisbon (School of Arts and Humanities) is opening 1 PhD position in Discourse Studies. Research focus: questions in monologic discourse, at the crossroad between pragmatics, textual coherence, argumentation, and corpus linguistics We welcome applicants with a Master’s degree (MA) in Linguistics, languages, or related areas. Deadline: 29 April 2025 Email for application: clul(a)letras.ulisboa.pt<mailto:clul@letras.ulisboa.pt> For more details: https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/334941 For any questions about the position, feel free to contact us at clul(a)letras.ulisboa.pt<mailto:clul@letras.ulisboa.pt>

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Assistant Professorship with Tenure Track at TU Wien (Deadline May 22, 2025)
by Pia Pachinger 16 Apr '25

16 Apr '25

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CALL FOR PAPERS: Special issue on Machine Translation for Low-Resource Languages@Language Resources and Evaluation Journal
by Atul K. Ojha 16 Apr '25

16 Apr '25

Apologies for cross-posting. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- *CALL FOR PAPERS: Language Resources and Evaluation Journal- Special Issue on Machine Translation for Low-Resource Languages* https://link.springer.com/collections/gbdgacbgbg *Guest Editors:* - Atul Kr. Ojha (Insight Research Ireland Centre for Data Analytics, DSI, University of Galway, Ireland) - Chao-Hong Liu (Industrial Technology Research Institute, Potamu Research Ltd.) - Ekaterina Vylomova (University of Melbourne, Australia) - Flammie Pirinen (UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø) - Jonathan Washington (Swarthmore College, USA) - Nathaniel Oco (De La Salle University, Philippines) - Xiaobing Zhao (Minzu University of China) Machine translation (MT) technologies have been improved significantly in the last decade using neural MT (NMT) approaches. However, most of these methods rely on the availability of large parallel data for training the MT systems, resources which are not available for the majority of language pairs. Hence, current technologies often fall short in their ability to be applied to low-resource languages. Developing MT technologies using relatively small corpora still presents a major challenge for the MT community. In addition, many methods for developing MT systems still rely on several natural language processing (NLP) tools to pre-process texts in source languages and post-process MT outputs in target languages. The performance of these tools often has a great impact on the quality of the resulting translation. The availability of MT technologies and NLP tools can facilitate equal access to information for the speakers of a language and determine on which side of the digital divide they will end up. The lack of these technologies for many of the world's languages provides opportunities both for the field to grow and for making tools available for speakers of low-resource languages. In the past few years, several workshops and evaluations have been organized to promote research on low-resource languages. NIST has been conducting Low Resource Human Language Technology evaluations (LoReHLT) annually from 2016 to 2019. In LoReHLT evaluations, there is no training data in the evaluation language. Participants receive training data in related languages but need to bootstrap systems in the surprise evaluation language at the start of the evaluation. Methods for this include pivoting approaches and taking advantage of linguistic universals. The evaluations are supported by DARPA's Low Resource Languages for Emergent Incidents (LORELEI) program, which seeks to advance technologies that are less dependent on large data resources and that can be quickly pivoted to new languages within a very short amount of time so that information from any language can be extracted in a timely manner to provide situation awareness to emergent incidents. There are also the Workshop on Technologies for MT of Low-Resource Languages (LoResMT), Special Interest Group on Under-resourced Languages (SIGUL), Workshop on Resources and Technologies for Indigenous, Endangered and Lesser-resourced Languages in Eurasia (EURALI), the Workshop on Deep Learning Approaches for Low-Resource Natural Language Processing (DeepLo). AfricaNLP, TurkLang, Conference on Machine Translation (WMT), and International Conference on Spoken Language Translation (IWSLT) workshop, which provide a venue for sharing research and working on research and development in this field. This topical collection solicits original research papers on MT systems/methods and related NLP tools for low-resource languages in general. LoReHLT, LORELEI, LoResMT, SIGUL, EURALI, DeepLo, WMT, and IWSLT participants are very welcome to submit their work to the special issue. Summary papers on MT research for specific low-resource languages, as well as extended versions (>40% difference) of published papers from relevant conferences/workshops, are also welcome. Topics of the special issue include, but are not limited to: * Research and review papers on MT systems/methods for low-resource languages * Research and review papers on pre-processing and/or post-processing NLP tools for MT * Word tokenizers/de-tokenizers for low-resource languages * Word/morpheme segmenters for low-resource languages * Use of morphological analyzers and/or morpheme segmenters in MT * Multilingual/cross-lingual NLP tools for MT * Review of available corpora of low-resource languages for MT * Pivot MT for low-resource languages * Zero-shot MT for low-resource languages * Fast building of MT systems for low-resource languages * Re-usability of existing MT systems and/or NLP tools for low-resource languages * Machine translation for language preservation * Techniques that work across many languages and modalities * Techniques that are less dependent on large data resources * Use of language-universal resources * Bootstrap-trained resources for the short development cycle * Entity, relation- and event-extraction * Sentiment detection in MT * MT Summarisation * Processing diverse languages, genres (news, social media, etc.) and modalities (text, speech, video, etc.) * Speech Translation for low-resource languages * Multimodal MT for low-resource languages * MT models using LLMs for low-resource languages * Generative AI models for low-resource languages * Evaluation metrics and datasets for low-resource languages For further information on this initiative, please refer to https://link.springer.com/collections/gbdgacbgbg *IMPORTANT DATES* May 26, 2025: Expression of interest (EOI) via this form: https://forms.gle/QqeqxZgGfsxP6rZ77 August 26, 2025: Paper submission deadline December 05, 2025: Revised papers due March 2026: Publication * SUBMISSION GUIDELINES* Authors should follow the "Instructions for Authors <https://link.springer.com/journal/10579/submission-guidelines> ( https://link.springer.com/journal/10579/submission-guidelines)" on the LRE journal website <https://link.springer.com/journal/10579>. Thanks, Atul

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First call for papers DHASA Conference 2025
by Menno Van Zaanen 16 Apr '25

16 Apr '25

First call for papers DHASA Conference 2025 https://dh2025.digitalhumanities.org.za Theme: The role of humanities in digital humanities and artificial intelligence The Digital Humanities Association of Southern Africa (DHASA) is pleased to announce its fifth conference, focusing on the theme The role of humanities in digital humanities and artificial intelligence. In a region where the field of Digital Humanities is still relatively underdeveloped, this conference aims to address this gap and foster growth and collaboration in the field. The conference offers an opportunity for researchers interested in showcasing their work in the broad field of Digital Humanities to come together. By doing so, the conference provides a comprehensive overview of the current state-of- the-art in Digital Humanities, particularly within the Southern Africa region. As such, we welcome submissions related to Digital Humanities research conducted by individuals from Southern Africa or research focused on the geographical area of Southern Africa in the broad sense. Furthermore, the conference serves as a platform for information sharing and networking among researchers passionate about Digital Humanities. By bringing together experts working on Digital Humanities in Southern Africa or with a focus on Southern Africa, we aim to promote collaboration and facilitate further research in this dynamic field. In addition to the main conference, affiliated workshops and tutorials will be organised, providing researchers with valuable insights into novel technologies and tools. These supplementary events are designed for researchers interested in specific aspects of Digital Humanities or seeking practical information to enter or advance their knowledge in the field. The DHASA conference welcomes interdisciplinary contributions from researchers in various domains of Digital Humanities, including, but not limited to, language, literature, visual art, performance and theatre studies, media studies, music, history, sociology, psychology, language technologies, library studies, philosophy, methodologies, software and computation, AI, and more. Our goal is to cultivate an inclusive scientific community of practice within Digital Humanities. Suggested topics include the following: * The role of AI in digital humanities, the role of Digital Humanities in shaping AI, and the broader role of the humanities in both AI and DH projects; * Digital archives and the preservation of marginalised voices; * Intersectionality and the digital humanities: exploring the intersections of race, gender, sexuality, culture, and class in digital research and activism; * Activism and social change through digital media: how digital humanities tools and methodologies can be used to promote inclusion; * Engaging marginalised communities in the creation and use of digital tools, resources, and AI; * Exploring the role of digital humanities in decolonising knowledge and promoting indigenous perspectives; * The ethics of data collection and analysis in digital humanities and AI research; * The role of digital humanities and AI in promoting inclusive and equitable pedagogy; * Digital humanities and inclusion in the context of African and global perspectives and international collaborations; * Critical approaches to digital humanities and inclusion: examining the limitations and possibilities of digital tools and methodologies in promoting inclusion; and * Collaborative digital humanities projects with non-profit organisations, community groups, and cultural institutions; * Development of digital and AI tools for supporting digital humanities; * Novel utilisation of digital and AI tools for performing digital humanities research; * The role of digital humanities in the classroom: reimagining literacy and AI fluency * Digital humanities data and project management; * The role of librarians in the digital humanities project; * Any other digital humanities-related topic that serves the Southern African community. Submission Guidelines The DHASA conference 2025 asks for three types of submissions: * Long papers: Authors may submit long papers with a maximum of 8 content pages and unlimited pages for references and appendices. The final versions of accepted long papers will be granted an additional page (leading to a total of up to 9 content pages) to incorporate reviewers' comments. Long papers accepted for the conference will be presented in 30-minute time slots (which includes 10 minutes for questions). * Short papers: Authors may submit short papers with a maximum of 5 content pages and unlimited pages for references and appendices. The final versions of accepted short papers will be allowed an extra page (leading to a total of up to 6 content pages) to accommodate reviewers' comments. Short papers accepted for the conference will be presented in 15-minute time slots (which includes 5 minutes for questions). * Executive summaries: Authors can submit an executive summary for work in progress, limited to 1 page. Executive summaries accepted for the conference will be presented as posters during a dedicated poster presentation slot. All accepted long and short paper submissions that are presented at the conference will be published in the JDHASA journal, see https://upjournals.up.ac.za/index.php/dhasa. In addition, the executive summaries for the poster presentations will be published in a book of executive summaries before the conference. We particularly encourage student submissions where the first author is a student. All submissions should adhere to the ACL style guide: https://acl-org.github.io/ACLPUB/formatting.html Submissions should be submitted in PDF format. Submissions that do not adhere to the prescribed style guide will be rejected. Follow this link to go to the submission platform: https://dh2025.digitalhumanities.org.za/submission/ Authors are encouraged to upload their datasets to the SADiLaR repository: https://repo.sadilar.org/. In case of difficulties uploading the datasets, please reach out to Benito Trollip (benito.trollip(a)nwu.ac.za). Important dates Submission deadline: 14 July 2025 Date of notification: 16 September 2025 Camera-ready copy deadline: 24 October 2025 Conference: 10 November 2025 – 14 November 2025 Conference venue: CSIR ICC, Pretoria, South Africa Co-located events Several co-located events are currently being prepared, including workshops and tutorials. These will be updated on the conference website. Organising Committee Aby Louw, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research Andiswa Bukula, South African Centre for Digital Language Resources Avi Moodley, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research Franco Mak, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research Franziska Pannach, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen Ilana Wilken, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research Johannes Sibeko, Nelson Mandela University Juan Steyn, South African Centre for Digital Language Resources Laurette Marais, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research Marissa Griesel, South African Centre for Digital Language Resources Menno van Zaanen, South African Centre for Digital Language Resources Privolin Naidoo, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research Sthembiso Mkhwanazi, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research -- 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. 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CIRCE Online Seminar | 28/04/2025 | Dr. Alice Henderson | "Ten things everybody should know about (spoken) language"
by Claudia Soria 16 Apr '25

16 Apr '25

*🎓 *We are happy to remind you about the next webinar in the CIRCE online seminar series, organized by the CIRCE <https://www.circe-project.eu/> project in collaboration with DFCLAM University of Siena <https://www.dfclam.unisi.it/it>, H2IOSC <https://www.h2iosc.cnr.it/> project and CNR-ILC. *Speaker*: _Alice Henderson_ (Université de Grenoble Alpes, France) *Title*: Learning to listen: Coping with spoken variation in the workplace *Date*: Monday, April 28, 2025 - 16:30 CET *Venue*: Online Attendees: Secondary school teachers, researchers, language instructors *Summary*: The university workplace is representative of international-ised/-ising workplaces in general, where different communities, languages, and cultures coexist. Staff encounter their colleagues’ and students’ accents – of Italian, of English, and in my case, French - and sometimes the result is that communication can be quite hard work. Even with the best intentions, sometimes we just cannot understand a speaker. However, when we think about spoken interactions, we have to accept that it is not just about how the speaker produces a language; the actions and skills of listeners should also be addressed. This flip or change of perspective begs two questions: can we, as listeners, learn to cope better with spoken variation? And if so, how? In this talk I’ll summarize speech research findings about how listeners can improve their ability to adapt to new speakers and new accents. I’ll look at listener accommodation and accentism, as well as the conceptual trio of accentedness, comprehensibility and intelligibility. I’ll describe concrete ways to prepare listeners to cope with accented speech, with a primary focus on listeners instead of speakers. Examples will come mainly from my work with non-academic staff at a large, French public university; my 1-hour format for listener training can be reused in other professional contexts. If possible, I’ll also describe the next steps in this work, as I prepare to continue training previous workshop participants as part of a longitudinal study. *Bio*: Alice Henderson is a Professor at Université Grenoble - Alpes, France where she teaches English for Specific Purposes to Science & Technology students. She taught English phonetics and phonology for 24 years and has been involved in training teachers in France, Norway, Poland, and Spain. In 2009 she initiated the international bi-annual conference English Pronunciation: Issues & Practices. Her research interests include English pronunciation teaching and learning, the perception of foreign-accented speech, and English Medium Instruction (EMI). Much of her research has focused on speakers, but she is also intrigued by listeners’ roles, from an intercultural and sociolinguistic perspective. Upcoming webinars: - Ana Tankosic, /Intersectionality in translingual spaces: Migrant experiences from ‘down-under’/ (Monday, May 12, 2025) - Giuliana Regnoli, /Unveiling linguistic bias: Approaches to accent perception and discrimination/ (Monday, May 26, 2025) - Clara Molina, Unlearning Accentism: Action Research and Critical Pedagogies (Monday, June 30, 2025 The seminar is free of charge, but participants must register. To access this and next events, you should create an account on theH2IOSC Training Environment <https://h2iosc-training-platform.ilc4clarin.ilc.cnr.it/registration>. Once logged in with your credentials, choose the course “Language and Accent Discrimination - Online Seminar Series” and activate it with the code PbK837GtE. Make sure to have the Teams platform installed. The registrations of the previous CIRCE Seminars are also available on the H2IOSC Training Environment <https://h2iosc-training-platform.ilc4clarin.ilc.cnr.it/>. For any inquiry, write to contact(a)circe-project.eu <mailto: contact(a)circe-project.eu>.

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Second Call for Special Issue Proposals - Journal Natural Language Processing
by Ranasinghe, Tharindu 16 Apr '25

16 Apr '25

Journal Natural Language Processing (formerly Journal of Natural Language Engineering) *** Second Call for Special Issue Proposals *** In recent years the area of Natural Language Processing (NLP) has enjoyed unprecedented developments since the emergence of Deep Learning and, lately, Large Language Models. At the same time, NLP is following the trend of many other areas in becoming highly specialised, with a number of application-orientated and narrow-domain topics emerging or growing in importance. These developments, often coinciding with a lack of related literature, necessitate and warrant the publication of specialised volumes focusing on a specific topic of interest to the NLP research community. The Journal Natural Language Processing (formerly Journal of Natural Language Engineering), which features six 160-page issues per year and has had its impact factor increase yearly, invites proposals for special issues on a competitive basis covering any topics in applied NLP which have emerged as important recent developments and have attracted the attention of a number of researchers. The Journal Calls for Proposals for special issues have resulted in high-quality outputs and this year we look forward to another successful competition. Proposals on topics covering a variety of methods, tasks, resources and applications from Natural Language Processing, Computational Linguistics, Speech and Language Processing, Text Analytics and related areas are eligible. Special issues on timely NLP topics such as latest language models including Large Language Models/Generative AI, are welcome. Special issue proposals may be based on a successful workshop or a body of work associated with a particular group or section of the community. In the case of papers previously submitted to workshops, the Guest Editors will not be able to re-use previous workshop reviews. In addition, the call for papers of the accepted proposals must be open to all interested parties and all authors will be given equal treatment; in the case of proposals based on previous workshops, submissions cannot be limited to workshop participants only. Prospective proposers are also encouraged to consult the successful Journal columns "Industry Watch" and "Emerging Trends" for additional inspiration. Interested parties have the option of preliminary feedback by emailing expressions of interest accompanied by a brief description of the intended special issue to the Executive Editor (Ruslan.Mitkov(a)ua.es). He will give a brief indication of whether the topic is appropriate to the Journal. In the case of initial positive feedback, the prospective Guest Editors will be asked to submit a proposal for a special issue that will be reviewed by the Editors of the Journal and by other members of the Journal Editorial Board. The proposal for a special issue should include a brief outline of the field and rationale as to why it is important to launch a special issue on the particular topic of interest at the current time. It should include a relevant literature survey (related previous special issues, volumes, workshop and conference proceedings) and should explain the added value of the proposed special issue against the background of other relevant or competing publications and volumes (if applicable). It is desirable that evidence for the estimate of expected submissions to the special issue be provided and justified. The proposals should also include a tentative Guest Editorial Board. It is desirable that at least one (preferably two) of the members of the Guest Editorial Board is on the Editorial Board of the Journal Natural Language Processing. The proposal should also include a tentative time-scale for the production of the special issue (the time-scale committed to in the proposal should be adhered to, if the proposal is accepted), and information about the prospective Guest Editors such as relevant experience, publications etc. Time-scale - Deadline for submission of special issue proposals: 28 April 2025 (proposals to be emailed to Ruslan.Mitkov(a)ua.es with a copy to NLP(a)cambridge.org) - Notification of acceptance/rejection: 19 May 2025 - Calls for papers related to the successful proposals (at least 2 calls are recommended): 7 June 2025 first call July-September 2025 second (and third call, if applicable) Once the special issue is approved and launched, Guest Editors are expected to adhere to the same reviewing and acceptance standards as regular issues of the Journal. In particular, each submission needs to be reviewed by three members of the Guest Editorial Board or other experts in the field. To ensure geographical diversity and balance, and to avoid over-reliance on the same reviewers, each submission must not be reviewed by three experts from the same country, and no single reviewer should evaluate more than two submissions. If the Executive Editor is not satisfied with the review process for a special issue paper, he may either reject the paper or send it for additional review. As a last resort, the Executive Editor has the discretion to reject the entire special issue if the reviewing practices are found to be flawed. All special issues are required to include a survey of the field (at least 15 pages) as its first article, which can be written either by the Guest Editors or experts in the field commissioned by the Guest Editors. This is in addition to a 1-2 page preface by the Guest Editors. Best Regards Dr Tharindu Ranasinghe | Lecturer in Security and Protection Science School of Computing and Communications | Lancaster University Contact me on Teams<https://teams.microsoft.com/l/chat/0/0?users=t.ranasinghe@lancaster.ac.uk> www.lancaster.ac.uk<https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/>

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Call for participation: Automatic Detection of Borrowings (ADoBo 2025)
by ELENA ALVAREZ MELLADO 16 Apr '25

16 Apr '25

We are pleased to announce the second edition of ADoBo, the shared task on automatic detection of borrowings (automatically retrieving words from one language that are incorporated into another language.) For ADoBo 2025 we propose a shared task on retrieving anglicisms from Spanish text, i.e. words borrowed specifically from English that have recently been imported into the Spanish language (words like "running", "smartwatch", "influencer" or "youtuber"). The task will run from April 2025 to June 2025 and is part of IberLEF 2025, which will take place in September 2025 in Zaragoza, Spain. WEBSITE https://adobo-task.github.io/ TIMELINE April 21: Dev set released. May 6: Test set released. May 19: Systems output submissions. May 26: Results posted and Test set with GS annotations released. June 2: Working notes paper submission. June 16: Notification of acceptance (peer-reviews). June 23: Camera ready paper submission. September: ADoBo results to be presented at IberLEF 2025. ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE Elena Álvarez-Mellado, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED). Julio Gonzalo, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED). Constantine Lignos, Brandeis University. Jordi Porta-Zamorano, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM). AVISO LEGAL. Este mensaje puede contener información reservada y confidencial. Si usted no es el destinatario no está autorizado a copiar, reproducir o distribuir este mensaje ni su contenido. Si ha recibido este mensaje por error, le rogamos que lo notifique al remitente. Le informamos de que sus datos personales, que puedan constar en este mensaje, serán tratados en calidad de responsable de tratamiento por la UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE EDUCACIÓN A DISTANCIA (UNED) c/ Bravo Murillo, 38, 28015-MADRID-, con la finalidad de mantener el contacto con usted. La base jurídica que legitima este tratamiento, será su consentimiento, el interés legítimo o la necesidad para gestionar una relación contractual o similar. En cualquier momento podrá ejercer sus derechos de acceso, rectificación, supresión, oposición, limitación al tratamiento o portabilidad de los datos, ante la UNED, Oficina de Protección de datos<https://www.uned.es/dpj>, o a través de la Sede electrónica<https://sede.uned.es/> de la Universidad. Para más información visite nuestra Política de Privacidad<https://descargas.uned.es/publico/pdf/Politica_privacidad_UNED.pdf>.

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Lectures on Computational Linguistics 2025- Italian Association of Computational Linguistics, Milan 18-20 Jnee
by Elisabetta Jezek 16 Apr '25

16 Apr '25

We are pleased to announce that the 2025 edition of the *Lectures on Computational Linguistics*, a series of lectures dedicated to central topics in the field of Computational Linguistics and Natural Language Processing, will be held in *Milan* from *18 to 20 June*. The programme and all information are available on the Lectures website <https://www.ai-lc.it/lectures/lectures-2025/> The 2025 edition is organized by the *Italian Association of Computational Linguistics*/*Associazione Italiana di Linguistica Computazionale* (*AILC*) with the Department of Linguistic Sciences and Foreign Literatures at *Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore*, Milan, and the Department of Informatics, Systems, and Communication at the *University of Milano-Bicocca*. The interdisciplinary nature of the school crosses several areas, particularly the Humanities, Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence. The program includes tutorials, labs, evening lectures and two student presentation sessions. The 2025 edition is focused on *Linguistic Linked Open Data*, *Neuro-symbolic AI* and *their interplay*. Programme June 18th 2025: Linguistic Linked Open Data • 9:00– 9:30: Welcome and opening • 9:30 – 11:30: *Tutorial 1 – Fundamentals of Linguistic Linked Open Data, Jorge Gracia, University of Zaragoza* • 11:30 – 12:00: BREAK • 12:00 – 13:30: Student session • 13:30 – 15:00: LUNCH • 15:00 – 17:00: *Tutorial 2 – Advanced Topics of Linguistic Linked Open Data, Max Ionov, University of Cologne* • 17:00 – 17:30: BREAK • 17:30 – 18:30: *Evening lecture – LiLa Now: Lessons Learned and the Road Ahead for a Large-Scale Linguistic Linked Data Project, Francesco Mambrini, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan* • 19:30: Welcome drink June 19th 2025: Neuro-symbolic AI • 9:00 – 11:00: *Tutorial 3 –Beyond Naive RAG: How Entities and Graphs Enhance Retrieval-Augmented Generation, Matteo Palmonari, University of Milano-Bicocca* • 11:00 – 11:30: BREAK • 11:30 – 13:30: *Lab. 1 (part 1) – Retrieval Augmented Generation, Large Language Models and Knowledge Bases, Marco Cremaschi, University of Milano-Bicocca* • 13:30 – 15:00: LUNCH • 15:00 – 17:00: *Lab. 1 (part 2) – Evaluating Large Language Models for Linguistic Linked Data Generation, Blerina Spahiu, University of Milano-Bicocca* • 17:00 – 17:30: BREAK • 17:30 – 18:30: *Evening lecture – Memorization or Generalization? Exploring Transformer-based Large Language Models and, possibly, novel approaches, Fabio Massimo Zanzotto, University of Roma Tor Vergata* June 20th 2025: Resources and Evaluation • 9:00 – 11:00: *Tutorial 4 – From Corpora to Capabilities: Rethinking Language Resources in the LLM Era, Zheng Yuan, University of Sheffield* • 11:00 – 11:30: BREAK • 11:30 – 13:00: Student session • 13:00 – 14:00: LUNCH • 14:00 – 16:00: *Lab 2 – The LiLa Knowledge Base: Hands-on Session, Eleonora Litta and Federica Iurescia, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milano* Registration The school is mainly aimed at Doctoral and Master's degree students, although a minimum qualification is not required for access. Participation is *free* but subject to *registration *and* association to AILC**, *and places are limited to 200. Register at: https://www.ai-lc.it/en/lcl-registration-procedure/. Membership fees to AILC at: https://www.ai-lc.it/en/memberships/ Students wishing to present aspects of their work in the "Student Presentations" sessions are asked to send a *500-word abstract* to ailc. lectures(a)gmail.com by *May 10, 2025*. Notifications of acceptance will be sent by *May 20, 2025*. Scientific Committee Pierpaolo Basile, University of Studi di Bari Aldo Moro Raffaella Bernardi, University of Trento Tommaso Caselli, University of Groningen Elisabetta Fersini, University of Milano-Bicocca Elisabetta Jezek, University of Pavia Local Organizing Committee Marco Passarotti, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan Federica Iurescia, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan Matteo Pellegrini, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan Elisabetta Fersini, University of Milano-Bicocca Giulia Rizzi, University of Milano-Bicocca Contacts: ailc.lectures(a)gmail.com -- [image: LOGO-UNIPV] PhD ELISABETTA JEZEK Dipartimento di Studi Umanistici PROFESSORE ASSOCIATO IN LINGUISTICA E GLOTTOLOGIA Presidente del corso di laurea magistrale internazionale in European Languages, Cultures and Societies in Contact Membro del Consiglio Direttivo dell'Associazione Italiana di Linguistica Computazionale <https://firmamail.unipv.it/index.php/firme/genera> https://unipv.unifind.cineca.it/resource/person/659960 Elisabetta Jezek's Personal Meeting Room https://us02web.zoom.us/j/7814331810 -- 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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Deadline extension: The 20th Workshop on Innovative Use of NLP for Building Educational Applications (BEA 2025)
by Ekaterina Kochmar 16 Apr '25

16 Apr '25

Final Call for Papers: *The 20th Workshop on Innovative Use of NLP for Building Educational Applications (BEA 2025)* *Location*: Vienna, Austria and online (co-located with ACL 2025) *Date*: Thursday, July 31 and Friday, August 1, 2025 *Website*: https://sig-edu.org/bea/2025 <https://sig-edu.org/bea/2025> *Submission Deadline*: Thursday, April 24, 2025, 11:59pm UTC-12 *Submission Link*: https://softconf.com/acl2025/bea2025/ Dear all, due to multiple requests, we will be extending the submission deadline for BEA 2025 by one week – the submissions are due by April 24, 2025, 11:59pm UTC-12. WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION The BEA Workshop is a leading venue for NLP innovation in the context of educational applications. It is one of the largest one-day workshops in the ACL community with over 100 registered attendees in the past several years. The growing interest in educational applications and a diverse community of researchers involved resulted in the creation of the Special Interest Group in Educational Applications (SIGEDU) (https://sig-edu.org<https://sig-edu.org/>) in 2017, which currently has over 400 members. The 20th BEA workshop will be the first edition of BEA as *a 2-day workshop*, and it will feature a keynote by *Kostiantyn Omelianchuk (Grammarly)*, oral presentation sessions and large poster sessions to facilitate the presentation of a wide array of original research. This year, the workshop is also hosting *a shared task on Pedagogical Ability Assessment of AI-powered Tutors*, and *a half-day tutorial on LLMs for Education: Understanding the Needs of Stakeholders, Current Capabilities and the Path Forward *(more details on both to follow). We expect that the workshop will continue to highlight novel technologies and opportunities for educational NLP in English as well as other languages. The workshop will accept submissions of both full papers and short papers, eligible for either oral or poster presentation at https://softconf.com/acl2025/bea2025/. We solicit papers that incorporate NLP methods, including, but not limited to: - use of generative AI in education and its impact; - automated scoring of open-ended textual and spoken responses; - automated scoring/evaluation for written student responses (across multiple genres); - game-based instruction and assessment; - educational data mining; - intelligent tutoring; - collaborative learning environments; - peer review; - grammatical error detection and correction; - learner cognition; - spoken dialog; - multimodal applications; - annotation standards and schemas; - tools and applications for classroom teachers, learners and/or test developers; and - use of corpora in educational tools. INVITED TALKS The workshop will feature a keynote by Kostiantyn Omelianchuk (Grammarly), and an invited talk by a speaker from one of the IAALDE (https://alliancelss.com<https://alliancelss.com/>) societies. SHARED TASK The workshop will also host a shared task on Pedagogical Ability Assessment of AI-powered Tutors. See more details here: https://sig-edu.org/sharedtask/2025 IMPORTANT DATES All deadlines are 11.59 pm UTC-12 (anywhere on earth). - Submission deadline: *Thursday, April 24, 2025* - Notification of acceptance: *Thursday, May 22, 2025* - Camera-ready papers due: *Monday, June 9, 2025* - Workshop: *Thursday, July 31, and Friday, August 1, 2025* SUBMISSION INFORMATION We will be using the ACL Submission Guidelines for the BEA Workshop this year. Authors are invited to submit a long paper of up to eight (8) pages of content, plus unlimited references; 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. We also invite short papers of up to four (4) pages of content, plus unlimited references. Upon acceptance, short papers will be given five (5) content pages in the proceedings. Authors are encouraged to use this additional page to address reviewers’ comments in their final versions. We generally follow ACL submission guidelines and will require that all submitted papers should include a dedicated "Limitations" section, which does not count toward the page limit. Papers which describe systems are also invited to give a demo of their system. If you would like to present a demo in addition to presenting the paper, please make sure to select either “long paper + demo” or “short paper + demo” under “Submission Category” in the START submission page. Previously published papers cannot be accepted. The submissions will be reviewed by the program committee. As reviewing will be blind, please ensure that papers are anonymous. Self-references that reveal the author’s identity, e.g., “We previously showed (Smith, 1991) …”, should be avoided. Instead, use citations such as “Smith previously showed (Smith, 1991) …”. We have also included conflict of interest in the submission form. You should mark all potential reviewers who have been authors on the paper, are from the same research group or institution, or who have seen versions of this paper or discussed it with you. We will be using the START conference system to manage submissions: https://softconf.com/acl2025/bea2025/ DOUBLE SUBMISSION POLICY We will follow the official ACL double-submission policy. Specifically, papers being submitted both to BEA and another conference or workshop must: - Note on the title page the other conference or workshop to which they are being submitted. - State on the title page that if the authors choose to present their paper at BEA (assuming it was accepted), then the paper will be withdrawn from other conferences and workshops. ORGANIZING COMMITTEE - Ekaterina Kochmar, MBZUAI - Andrea Horbach, Hildesheim University - Ronja Laarmann-Quante, Ruhr University Bochum - Marie Bexte, FernUniversität in Hagen - Anaïs Tack, KU Leuven, imec - Victoria Yaneva, National Board of Medical Examiners - Bashar Alhafni, New York University (NYU) & CAMeL Lab in NYUAD - Zheng Yuan, King’s College London - Jill Burstein, Duolingo Workshop contact email address: bea.nlp.workshop(a)gmail.com<mailto:bea.nlp.workshop@gmail.com> PROGRAM COMMITTEE https://sig-edu.org/bea/2025#program-committee

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Job opening (Vienna, Austria): PhD Student, Researcher & Lecturer in Applied Data Science
by Ingo Frommholz 15 Apr '25

15 Apr '25

PhD Student, Researcher & Lecturer in Applied Data Science (all genders) Full-time (40 h/w) in Vienna, Austria Relevant for those interested in computer science, data science, artificial intelligence, information retrieval, natural language processing, or a related discipline. Temporary, Full-time - Modul University Vienna, Austria More info and application link at https://modul-university-vienna-gmbh.jobs.personio.com/job/2053035?language… JOB POSITION AND DEPARTMENT´S OVERVIEW Modul University Vienna is seeking an outstanding scholar for a Researcher & Lecturer position for its School of Applied Data Science to join its research team and teach undergraduate courses in the broader areas of data science (www.modul.ac.at/study-programs). This position is at the Researcher & Lecturer level and foresees candidates to develop their PhD research and participate in university self-governance. The School of Applied Data Science seeks candidates whose doctoral research will be related to one or more of the main research areas of the school. YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES Have a career ambition to conduct internationally recognized research, i.e. by publishing research articles and writing a doctoral thesis; Enthusiastically engage in teaching undergraduate courses; Assist in the general administration of the university; YOUR PROFILE A completed Master (by August 2025) in any of the fields of computer science, data science, artificial intelligence, information retrieval, natural language processing or a related discipline; Strong background in quantitative research methods; Excellent analytical skills and evidence of the potential to undertake cutting-edge research; Excellent written and spoken English (German is not a requirement as English is the working language). The minimum scores are: TOEFL: 100 Internet-based test (IBT) with no individual section score less than 20; or IELTS: overall band score between 7 and 7.5 with no sub-score below 6.0. The Admissions Committee may decide upon the recognition of other evidence of language skills. WHY JOIN US? Cutting-edge and interdisciplinary research approach Individual professional development An international and multicultural working environment FURTHER INFORMATION This is a full‐time, limited contract position where applicants are prepared to work up to 40 hours per week (with overtime hours). The position remains open until filled; the review of applications will commence immediately after the announcement. Starting date: 1 September 2025. The position is available as of September 1st for four years. Successful candidates will use about 50% of their working hours (40h/week) for their PhD studies. The starting salary is EUR 30,000 gross (annual teaching load: two units, @45 min per unit, of weekly teaching) plus approx. 30% Arbeitgeberanteil (= contribution to the social security and pension fund paid by the employer according to Austrian Law), with additional remuneration for extra teaching or supervision of theses. From the 2nd year onwards, the salary increases to EUR 39,350 gross with an annual teaching load of six units. Tuition for the PhD program is covered by Modul University Vienna. For questions related to this position, please contact the Dean of the PhD program astrid.dickinger(a)modul.ac.at or the Head of the School of Applied Data Science ingo.frommholz(a)modul.ac.at. Please submit on our job portal your complete application including cover letter, curriculum vitae, a motivation letter, two recommendation letters, academic transcripts, a statement of your research interests referring to any of the research profiles of Sustainability, Governance, and Methods Professors, and a statement of your teaching interests referring to one of the above-mentioned teaching areas (in English; preferably as a single PDF file not exceeding 8 MB). ABOUT US Modul University Vienna is an international private university and offers cutting-edge education at BBA, BSc, MSc, MBA and PhD levels. Students and staff come from over 70 countries around the world, providing for a multicultural and diverse work environment. As an employer, Modul University Vienna offers: Opportunities to work from home Flexible working hours International and dynamic team Personal and professional development Independent working environment Public transport ticket Modul University Vienna is an equal opportunity employer with a strong commitment to equality and diversity that does not discriminate on the basis of, among other factors, age, color, disability, ethnicity, gender or gender expression, national origin, race, sexual orientation, or social class. We especially encourage women and people who belong minority groups to apply and welcome all applications that can contribute to a diverse working culture. -- Prof. Dr. Ingo Frommholz (he/him), PhD, Dipl.-Inform., FBCS, FHEA Professor of Applied Data Science, Modul University Vienna, Austria Adjunct Professor, Bern University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland Web: http://www.frommholz.org/ | Email: ifrommholz(a)acm.org Bluesky: @ifromm.bsky.social | Mastodon: @ingo@idf.social

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April 2025 Newsletter - LDC
by Penn LDC 15 Apr '25

15 Apr '25

In this newsletter: LDC launches upgraded, mobile-friendly website Connect with LDC on Bluesky New publications: DEFT Spanish Light and Rich ERE Annotation<https://catalog.ldc.upenn.edu/LDC2025T04> MATERIAL Kazakh-English Language Pack<https://catalog.ldc.upenn.edu/LDC2025S03> ________________________________ LDC launches upgraded, mobile-friendly website We are pleased to announce the launch of the newly upgraded LDC main website: https://www.ldc.upenn.edu/. Designed with a modern layout, the site now offers an improved experience across all devices. While the LDC Catalog, LDC user accounts, and LDC Submissions are not affected by this upgrade, they are now more accessible than ever from any page on the site. We invite you to explore the website and enjoy a smoother, more intuitive LDC web experience. Connect with LDC on Bluesky In addition to Facebook, X and LinkedIn, you can now connect with LDC on the microblogging platform, Bluesky<https://bsky.app/profile/ldcupenn.bsky.social>. Follow us today to learn the latest news, announcements and corpora releases from the Consortium. ________________________________ New publications: DEFT Spanish Light and Rich ERE Annotation<https://catalog.ldc.upenn.edu/LDC2025T04> was developed by LDC and consists of 158 Spanish discussion forum and newswire documents annotated for entities, relations, and events (ERE). Light ERE annotation labels entity mentions for the target set of entity, relation, and event types between and among those entities including coreference. Rich ERE annotation expands types and tagging in the entities, relations, and events annotation tasks and replaces strict event coreference with a more loosely defined event hopper annotation. The source data consists of Spanish newswire text and Latin American discussion forum data from DEFT Spanish Treebank LDC2018T01<https://catalog.ldc.upenn.edu/LDC2018T01>. 128 documents were annotated following Light ERE annotation guidelines. 154 files were labeled with Rich ERE annotation, 124 of which were also labeled with Light ERE annotation. DARPA's Deep Exploration and Filtering of Text (DEFT) program aimed to address remaining capability gaps in state-of-the-art natural language processing technologies related to inference, causal relationships and anomaly detection. LDC supported the DEFT program by collecting, creating and annotating a variety of data sources. 2025 members can access this corpus through their LDC accounts. Non-members may license this data for a fee. * MATERIAL Kazakh-English Language Pack<https://catalog.ldc.upenn.edu/LDC2025S03> was developed by Appen<http://www.appen.com/> for the IARPA MATERIAL<https://www.iarpa.gov/index.php/research-programs/material> program and contains 57 hours of Kazakh conversational telephone speech, transcripts, English translations, annotations, and queries. Calls were made using different telephones (e.g., mobile, landline) from a variety of environments. Transcripts cover approximately 17% of the speech files, all of which were translated into English. This release also includes English queries and their relevance annotations. The MATERIAL program focused on underserved languages with the ultimate goal to build cross language information retrieval systems to find speech and text content using English search queries. 2025 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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Reminder: EURALEX Talk - Mark Davies
by Iztok Kosem 15 Apr '25

15 Apr '25

Dear colleagues, This is a reminder that the next instalment of EURALEX Talks will take place tomorrow, on Wednesday 16 April, at 16.00 (CET). In this video lecture, Mark Davies, Professor Emeritus of Linguistics at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, USA, will talk about his recent large-scale investigation of how the predictions on linguistic variation from two Large Language Models match actual corpus data. He will also present and demo his current work on integrating LLMs into his interface for English-Corpora.org. Further details, including a Zoom link, are available at https://euralex.org/euralex-talks/. Iztok Kosem EURALEX President

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2nd CfP for IBERLEF-PRESTA
by Eugenio Martínez Camara 15 Apr '25

15 Apr '25

SECOND CALL FOR PARTICIPATION - IberLEF 2025 - PRESTA: Questions and Answers about Tables in Spanish *Web*: https://www.codabench.org/competitions/5538/ We are pleased to announce the first IberLEF task on Question Answering on Tabular Data: PRESTA. The PRESTA shared-task consists of Question Answering over Tabular Data making use of the DataBenchSPA benchmark. DataBenchSPA is a benchmark composed of real-world table datasets from different domains and with large size of rows and columns, as well as a wide variety of data types that allow to assess distinct sort of questions related to each data type. We propose a task to encourage participants to develop a system that answers the questions of the kind present in DataBenchSPA over day-to-day datasets, where the answer is either a number, a categorical value, a boolean value or lists of several types. DataBenchSPA can be used as a training and validation set, while we will release another test set explicitly compiled for the task competition. The system developed by the participants will be provided by a series of (dataset, question) pairs and will need to provide an answer which would then be compared with a gold standard. The answer might be achieved through a variety of methods. In our paper [1] we illustrate two different approaches: In-Context Learning and Code Generation. You may use any of these or come up with your own approach. There will be two subtasks: Subtask I : DataBenchSPA QA Participants will be provided with a dataset (of any size) and a question over it. The question should be answered using the data from the dataset only. Subtask II: DataBenchSPA Lite QA The task is essentially the same as the previous subtask, but involves using the sampled version of each dataset with a maximum of 20 rows per dataset. The question should be answered using the data from the sampled dataset only. For the test set, we will similarly provide a reduced version of each dataset for this subtask. This task is especially relevant when testing for models with a smaller window size. Important Dates Release of training data: 18 March 2025 Release of test data - competition starts: 30 April 2025 Submission of the results - competition ends: 12 May 2025 Submission of the description paper: 30 May 2025 Task Organizers Jorge Osés Grijalba - Graphext L. 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Fwd: [CfP] Sci-K @ISWC 2025 – 5th Intl. Workshop on Scientific Knowledge Representation, Discovery, and Assessment
by Khalid Choukri 15 Apr '25

15 Apr '25

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IWCS International Conference on Computational Semantics: 2nd CfP
by Kilian Evang 15 Apr '25

15 Apr '25

16th International Conference on Computational Semantics (IWCS) Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf 22-24 September 2025 https://iwcs2025.github.io/ IWCS is a biennial conference on computational semantics. This year's edition is organized by Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf. The conference is endorsed by SIGSEM, the ACL Special Interest Group on Computational Semantics. The aim of the IWCS conference is to bring together researchers interested in any aspects of the computation, annotation, extraction, representation and learning of meaning in natural language, whether this is from a lexical or structural semantic perspective. IWCS embraces both symbolic and machine learning approaches to computational semantics, and everything in between. The conference and workshops will take place 22-24 September 2025. The invited speakers of IWCS 2025 are: Oana-Maria Camburu (University College London) Alexander Koller (Saarland University) Denis Paperno (Utrecht University) We invite paper submissions in all areas of computational semantics, in other words all computational aspects of meaning of natural language within written, spoken, signed, or multi-modal communication. Submissions are invited on these closely related areas: design of meaning representations syntax-semantics interface representing and resolving semantic ambiguity shallow and deep semantic processing and reasoning hybrid symbolic and statistical approaches to semantics distributional semantics alternative approaches to compositional semantics inference methods for computational semantics recognising textual entailment learning by reading methodologies and practices for semantic annotation machine learning of semantic structures probabilistic computational semantics neural semantic parsing computing meaning with large language models computational aspects of lexical semantics semantics and ontologies semantic web and natural language processing semantic aspects of language generation generating from meaning representations semantic relations in discourse and dialogue semantics and pragmatics of dialogue acts multimodal and grounded approaches to computing meaning semantics-pragmatics interface applications of computational semantics SUBMISSION INFORMATION Two types of submission are solicited: long papers and short papers. Both types should be submitted no later than 06 June 2025 (anywhere on earth). Long papers should describe original research and must not exceed 8 pages. Short papers (typically system or project descriptions, or ongoing research) must not exceed 4 pages. Acknowledgments, references, a limitations section (optional), an ethics statement (optional), and a technical appendix (optional, not subject to reviewing) do not count towards the page limit. Accepted papers get an extra page in the camera-ready version and will be published in the conference proceedings in the ACL Anthology. For inclusion in the proceedings, at least one author must register to the conference and present the paper in person. Papers will be accepted either for oral presentation or for a poster presentation. Submissions should be fully anonymous to ensure double-blind reviewing. Style-files IWCS 2025 papers should be formatted following the common two-column structure as used by IWCS 2021 (borrowed from ACL 2021). Please use these specific style-files or the Overleaf template. Style files: https://iwcs2021.github.io/download/iwcs2021-templates.zip Overleaf template: https://www.overleaf.com/latex/templates/instructions-for-iwcs-2021-proceed… Submitting Papers should be submitted in PDF format. Submission link: https://openreview.net/group?id=IWCS/2025/Conference Please contact the program chairs if you have problems using OpenReview. No anonymity period IWCS 2025 does not have an anonymity period. However, we ask you to be reasonable and not publicly advertise your preprint during (or right before) review. Double submission policy Papers that have been or will be submitted to other meetings or publications must indicate this at submission time. Authors of papers accepted for presentation at IWCS 2025 must notify the program chairs by the camera-ready deadline as to whether the paper will be presented. All accepted papers must be presented at the conference to appear in the proceedings. We will not accept for publication or presentation papers that overlap significantly in content or results with papers that will be (or have been) published elsewhere. IMPORTANT DATES All dates are anywhere on earth. Paper submission: 06 June 2025 Notification of acceptance: 01 August 2025 Camera-ready due: 22 August 2025 IWCS conference: 22-24 September 2025 CONTACT Local Organizers Chen Long Rafael Ehren Kilian Evang Laura Kallmeyer Rainer Osswald Christian Wurm Deniz Ekin Yavaş iwcs2025-organizers(a)uni-duesseldorf.de Program Chairs Kilian Evang (Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf) Laura Kallmeyer (Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf) Sylvain Pogodalla (INRIA Nancy) iwcs2025-program-chairs(a)uni-duesseldorf.de -- Dr. Kilian Evang · Institut für Linguistik · Universität Düsseldorf Universitätsstr. 1 · 40225 Düsseldorf · https://kilian.evang.name

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The 24th IFIP Conference e-Business, e-Services, and e-Society (I3E 2025): Fifth Call for Papers
by Announce 15 Apr '25

15 Apr '25

*** Fifth Call for Papers *** The 24th IFIP Conference e-Business, e-Services, and e-Society (I3E 2025) September 9-11, 2025, 5* St. Raphael Resort and Marina, Limassol, Cyprus https://cyprusconferences.org/i3e2025/ (*** Proceedings to be published by Springer in LNCS ***) (*** Journal Special Issue with Springer's SN Computer Science ***) Conference theme: “Pervasive digital services for people’s well-being, inclusion and sustainable development” OVERVIEW Next-gen digital services contribute to people’s well-being, inclusion, and sustainable development, re-shaping e-business, e-services, and e-society. Such services are pervasive both since they run on a large variety of heterogeneous devices and they permeate various aspects of daily life, by offering accessible and personalised experiences to all individuals. The proposed theme advocates for the design, implementation and operations of novel digital solutions that satisfy the needs of different individuals, while contributing to their well-being and to preserving the Planet. I3E 2025 will collect contributions about the creation and management of user-centric accessible platforms, applications, and services that empower individuals to live healthier and more fulfilling lives. The proposed theme aims at emphasizing how it is possible to leverage different technologies to address pressing societal challenges such as, for instance, healthcare access, education, poverty alleviation, sustainable usage of resources, and social equity, towards a more inclusive and sustainable future. TOPICS OF INTEREST Areas of particular interest include but are not limited to: e-Business • Innovative e-business models • Inter-organizational systems • Business process integration • Business process re-engineering • e-Marketplaces, e-Hubs and portals • Digital goods and products • User behaviour modeling • Mobile business • Enterprise application integration • e-Negotiations, auctioning and contracting • Supply, demand, and value chains • e-Commerce content management • Dynamic pricing models • Trust and security • Mobile Commerce • Business Intelligence • Business Ontologies and Models • E-Business Models e-Services • e-Service composition • Inter-organizational services • e-Collaboration and e-Services • Service-oriented computing • Web services • Semantic web services • Service workflows • Virtual organizations and coalitions • Virtual enterprises and virtual markets • Web 2.0 applications • Agent-oriented e-Services • P2P co-operation models • Ubiquitous, mobile, and pervasive services • Application service management • Services and service management in the cloud-edge continuum • Next-gen AI services • Enterprise Ontologies • Accessibility • Usability e-Society • e-Government (e.g. G2G, G2B, or G2C) • Digital cities and regions • e-Democracy and e-Governance • e-Inclusion to information society • e-Health and e-Education • Public e-Services for citizens and enterprises • One-stop government service integration • Mobile public services • Multimedia and multilingualism • Digital culture and digital divide • Privacy and security • Legal societal and cultural issues • Public-private partnerships • International dimension of e-Gov • E-society and AI • Digital Transformation • Social Computing • Green Computing • Sustainable Technologies • Humanitarian & Emergency Management • Digital Inclusion • Digital Literacy SUBMISSION Authors should submit original, unpublished research papers. All papers must not simultaneously be submitted to another journal or conference. All accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings. Therefore, submissions should not be under consideration for any other conference or journal outlet. Authors should consult Springer’s authors’ guidelines and use their proceedings templates to prepare their papers (https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-gu…). Authors can submit their proceedings articles using the EasyChair platform. Please use the following link: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=i3e2025 . Length of papers The most common types of papers accepted for publication are full papers (12 pages) and short papers (7 pages). We only wish to publish papers of significant scientific content. Journal Special Issue Authors of selected papers will be invited to submit an extended and revised version of their paper (with at least 30% additional material) for fast-track review and publication in Springer's SN Computer Science (https://link.springer.com/journal/42979). IMPORTANT DATES • Paper Submission: May 19, 2025 (AoE) • Author Notification: June 23, 2025 • Camera-ready: June 30, 2025 • Author Registration: June 30, 2025 ORGANISATION Conference Chair • George A. Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus Conference Co-Chairs • Yogesh K. Dwivedi, Emerging Markets Research Centre (EMaRC) • Georgia Kapitsaki, University of Cyprus • Matti Mäntymäki, University of Turku • Ilias Pappas, Norwegian University of Science and Technology • Marinos Themistocleous, University of Nicosia Program Co-Chairs • Achilleas Achilleos, Frederick University of Cyprus • Stefano Forti, University of Pisa • Angelika Kokkinaki, University of Nicosia

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PhD students at Saarland University - RTG Neuroexplicit Models
by Alexander Koller 15 Apr '25

15 Apr '25

Hi all, this is a really cool opportunity, and the last chance to apply. I look forward to receiving your applications! Best, Alexander. The Research Training Group 2853 “Neuroexplicit Models of Language, Vision, and Action” is looking for Multiple PhD Students - Fall 2025 Neuroexplicit models combine neural and human-interpretable (“explicit”) models in order to overcome the limitations that each model class has separately. They include neurosymbolic models, which combine neural and symbolic models, but also e.g. combinations of neural and physics-based models. In the RTG, we will improve the state of the art in natural language processing (“Language”), computer vision (“Vision”), and planning and reinforcement learning (“Action”). We also develop novel machine learning techniques for neuroexplicit models (“Foundations”). Our overarching aim is to contribute to a better understanding of the cross-cutting design principles of effective neuroexplicit models through interdisciplinary collaboration. We are now filling the last few remaining positions to grow to a total of 24 PhD students by the end of 2025. You will join a very international crowd of sixteen PhD students and one postdoc who are already being funded by the RTG. Through the inclusion of ~15 associated PhD students and postdocs funded from other sources, it will be one of the largest research centers on neuroexplicit or neurosymbolic models in the world. The RTG brings together researchers at Saarland University, the Max Planck Institute for Informatics, the Max Planck Institute for Software Systems, the CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security, and the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI). All of these institutions are collocated on the same campus in Saarbrücken, Germany. The positions will be funded for four years at the TV-L E13 100% pay scale. They are intended to start in September 2025, but could start a little earlier or later depending on the student’s availability. You should have or be about to complete an MSc degree in computer science or a related field and have demonstrated expertise in one of the research areas of the RTG, e.g. through an excellent Master’s thesis or relevant publications. The RTG is part of the Saarland Informatics Campus, one of the leading centers for research in computer science, artificial intelligence, and natural language processing in Europe. The Saarland Informatics Campus brings together 900 researchers and 2500 students from 81 countries. The CISPA Helmholtz Center, located on the same campus, is home to an additional 350 researchers and on track to grow to 800 by 2026. Researchers at SIC and CISPA are part of the ELLIS network and have been awarded more than 40 ERC grants. Each PhD student in the RTG will be jointly supervised by two PhD advisors from the list of Principal Investigators below. Each student will freely define their own research topic; we encourage the choice of topics that cross the traditional boundaries of research fields. Students may be affiliated with Saarland University or with one of the participating institutes. Vera Demberg, Saarland University - Computational Linguistics Dietrich Klakow, Saarland University - Natural Language Processing Alexander Koller, Saarland University - Computational Linguistics Mariya Toneva, MPI for Software Systems - Computational Neuroscience, Machine Learning Jörg Hoffmann, Saarland University - AI Planning Bernt Schiele, MPI for Informatics - Computer Vision, Machine Learning Philipp Slusallek, DFKI and Saarland University - Computer Graphics, Artificial Intelligence Christian Theobalt, MPI for Informatics - Visual Computing, Machine Learning Isabel Valera, Saarland University - Machine Learning Jilles Vreeken, CISPA - Machine Learning, Causality Joachim Weickert, Saarland University - Mathematical Data Analysis Verena Wolf, DFKI and Saarland University - Modeling and Simulation, Reinforcement Learning Ellie Pavlick, Brown University and Google AI, is joining us regularly as a Mercator Fellow. Please send your application by May 7th 2025 to apply(a)neuroexplicit.org and include the reference number W2639. We aim to conduct job interviews in June 2025. For more details on the position, including what materials to submit with your application, please see our website: https://www.neuroexplicit.org/jobs/

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CALL FOR BIDS TO HOST EACL 2026
by ACL Announcements 15 Apr '25

15 Apr '25

*CALL FOR BIDS TO HOST EACL 2026* The European Chapter of the Association for Computational Linguistics (EACL) invites expressions of interest to host the 2026 EACL conference, to be held in Europe, the Middle East or Africa (EMEA) in Spring (preferably April/May) 2026. The 2026 conference will be the 18th meeting of the EACL. At the same time, we also invite expressions of interest to host the 2027 EACL conference. *At this stage, we seek draft proposals from prospective bidders.* These will be evaluated, and promising bidders will be asked to provide additional information for the final selection. The EACL Board will appoint the general chair for the conference, the programme committee co- chairs, and all other chairs (tutorial co-chairs, workshop co-chairs, etc.), except for the local arrangements chair. *It seems we have had a malfunction with our mailing list. Please resend your bid if you haven't received a confirmation from us!* Draft bid proposals (due *April 16th, 2025*) should include information on all of the following items: 1. *Proposed dates:* in Spring (preferably March/April) 2026 2. *Location:* city and conference venue. Indicate whether the conference would be held at a university, hotel or convention center. Bear in mind that EACL is growing. While Gothenburg (EACL 2014) had 520 registered participants, Valencia (EACL 2017) had 680 registered participants and EACL 2024 had over 800 participants. So please suggest a location that could host 1000 people for plenary sessions, plus at least 4 conference rooms hosting parallel sessions (200-250 people each), a large poster or exhibit room; 11 rooms on the workshops/tutorials days among which at least two host 200 people and the others 60 persons; and rooms for demos, small meetings and registration. 3. *Local arrangements team:* local chair/co-chair, committee, volunteer labour (e.g. students), registration handling. The local arrangements team will be responsible for activities such as arranging meeting rooms, equipment, refreshments, accommodation, on-site registration, participant internet access, the reception, the conference dinner, and working with the other chairs and the EACL Board to develop the budget and registration materials. Indicate whether a professional conference organizer (PCO) will be involved in the organization. Also, indicate whether any national/regional associations for Computational Linguistics would be on board of the local organization *The final bids will also include detailed information on the following items:* 1. Computing/wifi/audiovisual: whether there will be desktop/laptop in conference rooms and high-speed wireless Internet access, what the audiovisual facilities are 2. Printing of conference booklet 3. Food catering including breaks, reception, poster sessions and conference dinner 4. Accommodation options at the venue, including low-cost student accommodation 5. Travel alternatives to the venue from Europe and beyond 6. Social events including infrastructure for banquet/other social event and reception 7. Potential for local sponsorships 8. Opportunities for co-location with other meetings 9. The costs related to all of the above items, which should be indicated in the expenses spreadsheet (template provided below). Proposals will be evaluated with respect to a number of criteria (unordered): - Adequacy of conference and exhibit facilities for the anticipated number of registrants - Adequacy of accommodations and food services (in a range of price categories) and proximity to the conference facilities - Adequacy of expenses projections and expected surplus - Appropriateness of proposed dates - Geographical and national balance with regard to previous EACL and ACL conferences, and other major Natural Language Processing conferences held in EMEA - Co-location with national/regional conferences - Experience with the local arrangements team - Local CL community support - Local government and industry support - Appropriateness of expected registration fees - Accessibility of the proposed site Reports, lessons learnt and successful bids from previous years: - EACL 23 report [1]https://www.romanklinger.de/blog-assets/2023-05-12/eacl2023-conf-report.pdf [2] The EACL conference handbook: https://2024.eacl.org/downloads/handbook.pdf [3] Please send your expressions of interest electronically to the EACL Board: nina.tahmasebi(a)gu.se The EACL board encourages groups who intend to submit a proposal to ask questions about how to prepare the proposal. *Important Dates:* 16th April 2025: Deadline for draft bids April 2025: Feedback to bidders, announcement of shortlist of bidders May 2025: Deadline for final bids June 2025: Final bid chosen (to be publicly announced in July at ACL2025) April/May 2026: EACL Conference Best regards, Nina Tahmasebi - Secretary of EACL - Links: ------ [1] http://aclweb.org/adminwiki/index.php?title=2017Q3_Reports:_EACL_2017 [2] https://ems-urlprotect.trendmicro.com/wis/clicktime/v1/query?url=https%3a%2… [3] https://ems-urlprotect.trendmicro.com/wis/clicktime/v1/query?url=https%3a%2…

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[RANLP 2025 Shared Task - Ahasis] Phase 1 Started: Training Data Now Available! 🔔
by chafik.salmane＠um6p.ma 14 Apr '25

14 Apr '25

🔔 Training Set Now Available! The training dataset for Ahasis is now live! 👉 If you're registered, access it directly via CodaBench: https://www.codabench.org/competitions/5871 👉 Not registered yet? Visit our official website to register, then head to CodaBench to get started! 😊 Sentiment Across Multi-Dialectal Arabic: A Benchmark for Sentiment Analysis in the Hospitality Domain We invite researchers, practitioners, and NLP enthusiasts to participate in the Sentiment Across Multi-Dialectal Arabic shared task, a challenge aimed at advancing sentiment analysis for Arabic dialects in the hospitality sector. 🧠 About the Task Arabic is one of the world’s most spoken languages, characterised by rich dialectal variation across different regions. These dialects significantly differ in syntax, vocabulary, and sentiment expression, making sentiment analysis a challenging NLP task. This task focuses on multi-dialectal sentiment detection in hotel reviews, where participants will classify sentiment as positive, neutral, or negative across multiple Arabic dialects, including Saudi, Moroccan, and Egyptian Arabic. This shared task provides a high-quality multi-dialect parallel dataset, enabling participants to explore: 1. Dialect-Specific Sentiment Detection – Understanding how sentiment varies across dialects. 2. Cross-Linguistic Sentiment Analysis – Investigating sentiment preservation across dialects. 3. Benchmarking on Multi-Dialect Data – Evaluating models on a standardised Arabic dialect dataset. 📦 Dataset Overview - Hotel reviews across multiple Arabic dialects. - Balanced sentiment distribution (positive, neutral, negative). - Multi-Dialect Parallel Dataset – Each review is available in multiple dialects, allowing for cross-linguistic comparison. 📏 Evaluation Metrics - Primary Metric: F1-Score. - Additional Analysis: Comparison of sentiment accuracy across dialects. 🧪 Baseline System - Pre-trained BERT-based model (AraBERT) fine-tuned on MSA and Arabic dialect data. - Participants are encouraged to improve upon the baseline model with their own techniques and use LLMs. 🌟 Why Participate? - Contribute to Arabic NLP Research – Help advance sentiment analysis for Arabic dialects. - Gain Access to a High-Quality Dataset – A unique multi-dialect benchmark for future research. - Collaborate with the NLP Community – Engage with leading researchers and practitioners. - Showcase Your Work – High-performing models may be featured in a post-task publication. 🗓️ Timeline - Training data ready – April 15, 2024 - Test Evaluation starts – May 1, 2025 - Test Evaluation end – May 5, 2025 - Paper submission due – May 16, 2025 - Notification to authors – May 31, 2025 - Shared task presentation co-located with RANLP 2025 – September 11 and September 12, 2025 ✅ How to Participate? 1. Register for the task via https://ahasis-42267.web.app/ 2. Download the dataset and baseline system. 3. Develop and test your sentiment analysis model. 4. Submit your results for evaluation. 👥 Organising Team - Maram Alharbi, Lancaster University, UK - Salmane Chafik, Mohammed VI Polytechnic University, Morocco - Professor Ruslan Mitkov, Lancaster University, UK - Dr. Saad Ezzini, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia - Dr. Tharindo Ranasinghe, Lancaster University, UK - Dr. Hansi Hettiarachchi, Lancaster University, UK 📬 For inquiries, please contact us at ahasis.task(a)gmail.com 🎉 Don’t forget to enjoy the challenge, explore the beauty of Arabic dialects, and push the boundaries of what your models can do! 🚀

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Edge Hill Corpus Research Group: Meeting #16
by Costas Gabrielatos 14 Apr '25

14 Apr '25

The next meeting of the Edge Hill Corpus Research Group will take place online (MS Teams) on Friday 2 May 2025, 2:00-3:30 pm (BST<https://time.is/United_Kingdom>). Topic: LLMs and Lexical Priming Theory Speaker: Michael Pace-Sigge<https://uefconnect.uef.fi/en/person/michael.pace-sigge/> (University of Eastern Finland) Title: Large-Language-Model Tools and the Theory of Lexical Priming: Where technology and human cognition meet and diverge The abstract and registration link are here: https://sites.edgehill.ac.uk/crg/next Attendance is free. Registration closes on Wednesday 30 April. If you have problems registering, or have any questions, please send an email to: gabrielc(a)edgehill.ac.uk<mailto:gabrielc@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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Job Opportunity : AI Research Engineer for the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre in Brussels, Belgium (DDL: 24/04)
by DE LONGUEVILLE Bertrand 14 Apr '25

14 Apr '25

Who said EU Jobs in Brussels are only for Policy wonks? We’re looking for a talented AI Research Engineer here! The European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC), is looking for a Research Engineer to reinforce its GENESIS project, which is an enabler for research on AI and with AI, and an incubator for innovative Generative AI systems. GENESIS is an exciting project for anyone willing to be part of the “AI Revolution” and deliver tangible impact on science AND policies. The job is based in Brussels, Belgium. (vacancy notice here : https://recruitment.jrc.ec.europa.eu/vacancy/1752) An ideal candidate will have a minimum of several years of professional experience after Master degree, with a good mix skills: technical (practical experience in AI Systems design and implementation), organisational (project coordination, IT governance) and research (peer-reviewed papers and/or PhD are a plus). Contract duration: 36 months initial contract with possible renewals up to maximum 6 years. The basic monthly salary for Function Group IV (depending on years of experience): 3 555,98 - 6 593,66€. In addition to the basic salary, the candidate may be eligible for various allowances (including expatriation and household allowances). For further information, see: eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:52020XC1211(01)&from=EN<https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:52020XC1211(0…> As Contract Agent, the selected candidate benefits from EU statutory staff conditions for enrolment of children to childcare facilities (“crêches”, after-school) and European Schools (primary, secondary). Also, JRC allows telework from the area around Brussels and nearby cities for 2 or 3 days per week, and even telework from more remote locations in the EU up to 10 days per year, which allows for a better work-life balance. While the job is located at EU's epicentre, the selected candidate will be in close contact with our researchers based on other JRC sites, notably in Ispra (Italy) and Seville (Spain). To apply: 1. Create a profile on one of these two application portals: a. JRC specialised call for researchers https://recruitment.jrc.ec.europa.eu/cast OR b. EPSO Permanent CAST https://eu-careers.europa.eu/en/Cast-Permanent (less adequate for researcher profiles, but should be considered if you are familiar/have succeeded in such competitions) 2. Once you have created your profile via one of the above portals, create your application via: https://recruitment.jrc.ec.europa.eu/vacancy/1752 !! Deadline: 24/04/2025 !! 📣 Please Share widely with your network, thank you! Bertrand DE LONGUEVILLE, PhD Head of the Text Mining and Analysis Competence Centre [cid:image001.png@01DBA551.2ECBBE00] European Commission DG JRC – Joint Research Centre Directorate T – Digital Transformation & Data Unit T.5 – Text and Data Mining CDMA 04/171 B-1049 Brussels/Belgium +32 2 29 52555 bertrand.de-longueville(a)ec.europa.eu<mailto:name.surname@ec.europa.eu>

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Lecturer/Senior Lecturer Post in Computational Linguistics at the University of Manchester
by colin.bannard＠manchester.ac.uk 14 Apr '25

14 Apr '25

The University of Manchester Faculty of Humanities is advertising for a cluster of permanent positions at the Lecturer and Senior Lecturer level in "AI Trust and Security” broadly defined. People appointed will be placed into a department in whichever of the four schools across the Faculty of Humanities best suits their expertise. As noted in the formal advertisement linked to below, one highlighted area of expertise is "the analysis of large language models", and we would very much welcome applications from computational linguists working in this this or any other relevant area. https://www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetail?JobId=31004&Source=Jobtrain…

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2nd Call for Papers: DiSS 2025 - 12th Workshop on Disfluency in Spontaneous Speech
by Fernando Batista 14 Apr '25

14 Apr '25

============================================================= DiSS 2025 - 12th Workshop on Disfluency in Spontaneous Speech https://diss2025.inesc-id.pt <https://diss2025.inesc-id.pt/> ============================================================= We are pleased to announce the 12th edition of DiSS workshop – Disfluency in Spontaneous Speech, which will take place in Lisbon, Portugal, on September 4-5, 2025. This year’s theme is “Disfluencies in the Age of AI: A Multidisciplinary View“. The workshop is organized as a satellite event of INTERSPEECH 2025 and is proudly sponsored by ISCA. We invite submissions from all fields addressing disfluency, paralinguistics, and related phenomena, including (but not limited to): psychology, neuropsychology and neurocognition, psycholinguistics, linguistics, speech production and perception, conversational AI, gesture analysis, computational linguistics, speech technology, dialogue systems, human-centered AI, brain-computer interfaces, healthcare, and generative AI. IMPORTANT DATES - Paper submission deadline: April 26, 2025 - Notification of acceptance: May 24, 2025 - Camera-ready submission deadline: June 16, 2025 - Author registration deadline: June 23, 2025 - DiSS Workshop: September 4–5, 2025 SUBMISSION GUIDELINES Please prepare your manuscript using the official Interspeech 2025 template <https://www.interspeech2025.org/author-resources> (LaTeX or Word) and submit a single PDF file. Submissions will be managed through the Microsoft CMT system <https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/diss2025>. Please use this link <https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/diss2025> to submit your paper. Authors must create a free account to submit their papers. COMMITTEES Organizers - Helena Moniz, University of Lisbon, Portugal - Elizabeth Shriberg, Ellipsis Health, USA - Julia Hirschberg, Columbia University, USA - Robert Eklund, Linköping University, Sweden - Fernando Batista, ISCTE and INESC-ID Lisboa, Portugal Publicity Chair - Isabel Trancoso, University of Lisbon and INESC-ID Lisboa, Portugal Local Organisation - Ana Isabel Mata, University of Lisbon, Portugal - Anna Havras, University of Lisbon and VoiceInteraction, Portugal - Anna Maria Pompili, INESC-ID Lisboa, Portugal - Miguel Menezes, University of Lisbon and Unbabel, Portugal - Rubén Solera Ureña, INESC-ID Lisboa, Portugal - Sérgio Paulo, INESC-ID Lisboa, Portugal Scientific Committee - Alexandra Markó, SSNS Institute for Expert Services, Hungary - Ana Isabel Mata, University of Lisbon, Portugal - Anna Havras, VoiceInteraction and University of Lisbon - Anna Maria Pompili, INESC-ID Lisbon, Portugal - Antonio Bonafonte, SANAS AI, Barcelona, Spain - Catarina Botelho, INESC-ID Lisbon - Chiara Mazzocconi, Aix Marseille Université, France - Clara Niza, University of Lisbon and INESC-ID Lisbon, Portugal - Daniela Braga, Defined.ai, USA - David Escudero, Universidad de Valladolid, Spain - David Matos, University of Lisbon and INESC-ID Lisbon, Portugal - Elizabeth Shriberg, Ellipsis Health, USA - Eugénio Ribeiro, ISCTE and INESC-ID Lisboa - Francesco Cutugno, Universita’ Degli Studi di Napoli, Italy - Francisco Teixeira, INESC-ID Lisbon - Gueorgui Nenov Hristovky, University of Lisbon, Portugal - George Georgiou, University of Nicosia, Greece - Harshal Shah, General Motors, USA - Hermann Ney, RWTH Aachen University, Germany - Ivana Didirková, Université Paul Valéry – Montpellier 3, France - Jens Allwood, University of Götenburg, Sweden - Jessica di Napoli, Aachen University, Germany - Joakim Gustafson, KTH, Sweden - João Graça, Unbabel and Widn.AI, USA - Judit Bóna, Eötvös Loránd University, Hungary - Julia Hirschberg, Columbia University, USA - Jürgen Trouvain, Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany - Keikichi Hirose, University of Tokyo, Japan - Khiet Truong, University of Twente, The Netherlands - Kikuo Maekawa, National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics, Japan - Loulou Kosmala, Université Paris-Est Créteil, France - Mária Gosy, Eötvös Loránd University, Hungary - Mariana Julião, INESC-ID Lisbon - Malte Belz, Humboldt-Universität, Germany - Martin Corley, University of Edinburgh, Scotland - Miguel Menezes, University of Lisbon and INESC-ID Lisbon, Portugal - Paulina Peltone, University of Turku, Finland - Petra Wagner, University of Bielefeld, Germany - Plínio Barbosa, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Brazil - Ralph Rose, Waseda University, Japan - Robert Hartsuiker, Ghent University, Belgium - Rubén Solera Ureña, INESC-ID Lisboa, Portugal - Sérgio Paulo, INESC-ID Lisboa, Portugal - Simon Betz, University of Bielefeld, Germany - Štefan Beňuš, University in Nitra, Slovakia - Vera Cabarrão, Unbabel, Portugal - Vered Silber Varod, Tel Aviv University, Israel Please visit our webpage for up-to-date information: https://diss2025.inesc-id.pt/ <https://diss2025.inesc-id.pt/> Any questions should be directed to: diss2025(a)googlegroups.com <mailto:diss2025@googlegroups.com> We look forward to welcoming you in Lisbon for an engaging and collaborative event! — The DiSS 2025 Organizing Committee

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2nd Call for Papers: DiSS 2025 - 12th Workshop on Disfluency in Spontaneous Speech
by Fernando Batista 14 Apr '25

14 Apr '25

============================================================= DiSS 2025 - 12th Workshop on Disfluency in Spontaneous Speech https://diss2025.inesc-id.pt<https://diss2025.inesc-id.pt/> ============================================================= We are pleased to announce the 12th edition of DiSS workshop – Disfluency in Spontaneous Speech, which will take place in Lisbon, Portugal, on September 4-5, 2025. This year’s theme is “Disfluencies in the Age of AI: A Multidisciplinary View“. The workshop is organized as a satellite event of INTERSPEECH 2025 and is proudly sponsored by ISCA. We invite submissions from all fields addressing disfluency, paralinguistics, and related phenomena, including (but not limited to): psychology, neuropsychology and neurocognition, psycholinguistics, linguistics, speech production and perception, conversational AI, gesture analysis, computational linguistics, speech technology, dialogue systems, human-centered AI, brain-computer interfaces, healthcare, and generative AI. IMPORTANT DATES - Paper submission deadline: April 26, 2025 - Notification of acceptance: May 24, 2025 - Camera-ready submission deadline: June 16, 2025 - Author registration deadline: June 23, 2025 - DiSS Workshop: September 4–5, 2025 SUBMISSION GUIDELINES Please prepare your manuscript using the official Interspeech 2025 template<https://www.interspeech2025.org/author-resources> (LaTeX or Word) and submit a single PDF file. Submissions will be managed through the Microsoft CMT system<https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/diss2025>. Please use this link<https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/diss2025> to submit your paper. Authors must create a free account to submit their papers. COMMITTEES Organizers - Helena Moniz, University of Lisbon, Portugal - Elizabeth Shriberg, Ellipsis Health, USA - Julia Hirschberg, Columbia University, USA - Robert Eklund, Linköping University, Sweden - Fernando Batista, ISCTE and INESC-ID Lisboa, Portugal Publicity Chair - Isabel Trancoso, University of Lisbon and INESC-ID Lisboa, Portugal Local Organisation - Ana Isabel Mata, University of Lisbon, Portugal - Anna Havras, University of Lisbon and VoiceInteraction, Portugal - Anna Maria Pompili, INESC-ID Lisboa, Portugal - Miguel Menezes, University of Lisbon and Unbabel, Portugal - Rubén Solera Ureña, INESC-ID Lisboa, Portugal - Sérgio Paulo, INESC-ID Lisboa, Portugal Scientific Committee - Alexandra Markó, SSNS Institute for Expert Services, Hungary - Ana Isabel Mata, University of Lisbon, Portugal - Anna Havras, VoiceInteraction and University of Lisbon - Anna Maria Pompili, INESC-ID Lisbon, Portugal - Antonio Bonafonte, SANAS AI, Barcelona, Spain - Catarina Botelho, INESC-ID Lisbon - Chiara Mazzocconi, Aix Marseille Université, France - Clara Niza, University of Lisbon and INESC-ID Lisbon, Portugal - Daniela Braga, Defined.ai, USA - David Escudero, Universidad de Valladolid, Spain - David Matos, University of Lisbon and INESC-ID Lisbon, Portugal - Elizabeth Shriberg, Ellipsis Health, USA - Eugénio Ribeiro, ISCTE and INESC-ID Lisboa - Francesco Cutugno, Universita’ Degli Studi di Napoli, Italy - Francisco Teixeira, INESC-ID Lisbon - Gueorgui Nenov Hristovky, University of Lisbon, Portugal - George Georgiou, University of Nicosia, Greece - Harshal Shah, General Motors, USA - Hermann Ney, RWTH Aachen University, Germany - Ivana Didirková, Université Paul Valéry – Montpellier 3, France - Jens Allwood, University of Götenburg, Sweden - Jessica di Napoli, Aachen University, Germany - Joakim Gustafson, KTH, Sweden - João Graça, Unbabel and Widn.AI, USA - Judit Bóna, Eötvös Loránd University, Hungary - Julia Hirschberg, Columbia University, USA - Jürgen Trouvain, Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany - Keikichi Hirose, University of Tokyo, Japan - Khiet Truong, University of Twente, The Netherlands - Kikuo Maekawa, National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics, Japan - Loulou Kosmala, Université Paris-Est Créteil, France - Mária Gosy, Eötvös Loránd University, Hungary - Mariana Julião, INESC-ID Lisbon - Malte Belz, Humboldt-Universität, Germany - Martin Corley, University of Edinburgh, Scotland - Miguel Menezes, University of Lisbon and INESC-ID Lisbon, Portugal - Paulina Peltone, University of Turku, Finland - Petra Wagner, University of Bielefeld, Germany - Plínio Barbosa, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Brazil - Ralph Rose, Waseda University, Japan - Robert Hartsuiker, Ghent University, Belgium - Rubén Solera Ureña, INESC-ID Lisboa, Portugal - Sérgio Paulo, INESC-ID Lisboa, Portugal - Simon Betz, University of Bielefeld, Germany - Štefan Beňuš, University in Nitra, Slovakia - Vera Cabarrão, Unbabel, Portugal - Vered Silber Varod, Tel Aviv University, Israel Please visit our webpage for up-to-date information: https://diss2025.inesc-id.pt/ Any questions should be directed to: diss2025(a)googlegroups.com<mailto:diss2025@googlegroups.com> We look forward to welcoming you in Lisbon for an engaging and collaborative event! — The DiSS 2025 Organizing Committee

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Call for Papers: LxGr2025 – Extended Deadline
by Costas Gabrielatos 13 Apr '25

13 Apr '25

10th Symposium on Corpus Approaches to Lexicogrammar (LxGr2025) CALL FOR PAPERS Extended deadline for abstract submission: 20 April 2025 The symposium will take place online on Friday 11 and Saturday 12 July 2025. LxGr primarily welcomes papers reporting on corpus-based research on any aspect of the interaction of lexis and grammar -- particularly studies that interrogate the system lexicogrammatically to get lexicogrammatical answers. However, position papers discussing theoretical or methodological issues, as well as descriptions or demonstrations of tools or resources are also welcome, as long as they are relevant to both lexicogrammar and corpus linguistics. The theme of LxGr2025 is: Conceptions of Lexicogrammar: How can corpus linguistics shed light on its nature? If you would like to present, send an abstract of 500 words (excluding references) to lxgr(a)edgehill.ac.uk<mailto:lxgr@edgehill.ac.uk>. • Abstracts for research papers should specify the research focus (research questions or hypotheses), the corpus, the methodology (techniques, metrics), the theoretical orientation, and the main findings. • Abstracts for position papers should specify the theoretical orientation and the potential contribution to both lexicogrammar and corpus linguistics. • Abstracts for tools or resources should provide a clear description of the main functions, and specify the potential contribution to both lexicogrammar and corpus linguistics. Full papers will be allocated 35 minutes (including 10 minutes for discussion). Work-in-progress reports will be allocated 20 minutes (including 5 minutes for discussion). There will be no parallel sessions. Participation is free. For details, visit the LxGr website: https://sites.edgehill.ac.uk/lxgr If you 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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4 PhD positions in NLP / ML / AI Security / Cybersecurity in Copenhagen
by Johannes Bjerva 12 Apr '25

12 Apr '25

📢 PhD Positions in AI Security – Aalborg University (Copenhagen) We are excited to announce four fully funded PhD positions at the AI:DEFENCE Lab at Aalborg University. Our lab explores new synergies between Natural Language Processing (NLP) and Cybersecurity, with the goal of developing safe, robust, and trustworthy AI systems. Research topics include: * Security and safety in LLMs * Adversarial robustness and alignment * Federated learning and privacy-preserving AI * Autonomous cyber defense using multi-agent systems and reinforcement learning We welcome applicants with strong backgrounds in NLP, machine learning, or cybersecurity. The lab is based in Copenhagen, and the positions start August 2025. 🗓 Deadline: 28 April 2025 🔗 More info and application: https://www.stillinger.aau.dk/vis-stilling/vacancyId/1219578 Feel free to share widely or reach out with any questions! Johannes Bjerva Professor | Natural Language Processing | Department of Computer Science Head of Section for AAU CS-CPH Aalborg University Copenhagen Office 2.2.089, A.C. Meyers Vænge 15, 2450 Copenhagen, Denmark

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Linguistics, Cambridge: Assistant Professor in Natural Language Processing (0.4, cover role, flexible working)
by Dora Alexopoulou 11 Apr '25

11 Apr '25

Dear all, please follow the link below for information on an job opportunity for a Computational Linguist. https://www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/50879/ Best, Dora Dora Alexopoulou https://www.mmll.cam.ac.uk/ta259

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[Second CfP] The 2025 CLASP Conference on Language models And RePresentations (LARP 2025)
by larp2025＠flov.gu.se 11 Apr '25

11 Apr '25

SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS ======= LARP Language models And RePresentations September 8 - September 9, 2025, Gothenburg, Sweden ======= https://gu-clasp.github.io/LARP/index.html Invited speakers ---- Dan Roth, University of Pennsylvania and Oracle Vaishak Belle, University of Edinburgh Moa Johansson, Chalmers University of Technology Important dates ---- - Submission deadline (archival): April 28, 2025 - Notification of acceptance (archival): June 20, 2025 - NEW!!! Commitment deadline for pre-reviewed ACL ARR submissions: July 31, 2025 - Submission deadline (non-archival): August 1, 2025 - Notification of acceptance (non-archival): August 8, 2025 - Camera ready (archival): August 8, 2025 - Camera ready (ARR Commitments): August 15, 2025 - Registration deadline: TBA - Conference: September 8–9, 2025, University of Gothenburg, Sweden All deadlines are 11:59PM UTC-12:00 (“anywhere on Earth”). Language models And RePresentations (LARP) brings together researchers that explore how information is structured, encoded and used in computational language systems. We encourage submissions on both neural (sub-symbolic) and discrete (symbolic) representations from the fields of computational linguistics and artificial intelligence or their intersection. The conference is organised by the Centre for Linguistic Theory and Studies in Probability (CLASP, https://gu-clasp.github.io/), University of Gothenburg. The conference will be held between September 8 and 9 in Gothenburg, Sweden (on-site and hybrid). Topics of interest ---- We hope to see innovative work that considers neural and symbolic learning and processing in terms of different modelling perspectives. Papers are invited on the following topics as they relate to natural language: - Neuro-symbolic integration: novel hybrid frameworks combining symbolic representations with neural network learning for enhanced reasoning and natural language processing - Explainable machine learning: techniques that allow for better interpretability, transparency, and explainability of neural, symbolic and neuro-symbolic architectures - Logical constraints in neural networks: methods that use logical structures (e.g., knowledge bases, ontologies) for post-hoc or inherent explainability - Automated reasoning systems providing human-interpretable rationales for decisions - Symbolic planning and control in neural workflows - Application-driven scenarios (robots, autonomous systems) showcasing benefits of symbolic approaches - Techniques that integrate symbolic representations into text or multimodal generation - Approaches that enforce domain knowledge, consistency, or adherence to constraints in text and/or multimodal generation - Fine-tuning and in-context learning strategies that incorporate logical or rule-based knowledge This list is illustrative but is not intended to be exhaustive. Submission Requirements ---- **Archival track** Archival track will feature the following types of submissions to appear in conference proceedings: we accept long papers (max 8 pages) and short papers (max 4 pages). Long and short papers must describe substantial, original, and unpublished research. Supplementary materials, appendices, a section on limitations and ethical concerns do not count towards the page limit. Archival accepted papers will be published in the 2025 ACL Anthology as a CLASP Conference Proceedings. Papers should be electronically submitted via the OpenReview system at https://openreview.net/group?id=CLASP/LARP/2025/Conference. Submissions should be .pdf files and use the LaTeX or Word templates provided for ACL submissions (https://github.com/acl-org/acl-style-files). Archival submissions must be anonymous. Please make sure that you select the right track when submitting your paper. Contact the organisers if you have questions. **NEW!!! ARR Commitment** We accept papers that have been pre-reviewed via ACL Rolling Review. You are welcome to submit the link to your ARR submission. The linked submission must include both the reviews and the meta-review. Both the submission and its reviews will be evaluated by the programme committee for their relevance to the conference topic. To submit, please visit https://openreview.net/group?id=CLASP/LARP/2025/ARR_Commitment. **Non-archival track** At the time of submission, authors may indicate that their paper should be considered for the non-archival track. The format for non-archival submissions is the same for both long and short papers as it is for the archival submissions. Non-archival papers will not undergo the peer review process. They will be evaluated by the programme committee for clarity and content relevance before the decision by the PC is made. Non-archival papers do not need to be anonymous. If accepted, they are to be published on the conference website and presented as posters. **Poster abstracts** We invite researchers to submit abstracts in the above areas of interest. Abstract submissions are non-archival. This is a great opportunity to get feedback on work in progress or to present previously published work to a new audience. The deadline for abstract submission is the same as for non-archival papers. Notifications of acceptance will be sent out by August 8, 2025. Abstract submissions should be .pdf files and use the LaTeX or Word templates provided for ACL submissions (https://github.com/acl-org/acl-style-files). Abstracts should not exceed 2 pages (supplementary materials, appendices, a section on limitations and ethical concerns are not included) and be submitted via OpenReview system at https://openreview.net/group?id=CLASP/LARP/2025/Conference. The acceptance decision on abstracts will go through the same procedure as papers for the non-archival track. Accepted abstracts will be presented as posters. Concurrent Submissions ---- Papers that have been or will be submitted to other conferences or publications must indicate this at submission time using a footnote on the title page of the submissions. We will not accept publications or presentation papers that overlap significantly in content or results with papers that will be (or have been) published elsewhere. Authors of papers accepted for presentation at LARP must notify the program chairs by the camera-ready deadline as to whether the paper will be presented. All accepted papers must be presented at the conference to appear in the Proceedings. Camera Ready Versions ---- Camera ready versions must be deanonymised. Archival submissions get 1 more page to address comments from reviewers: long papers can be maximum up to 9 pages, short papers can be maximum up to 5 pages. Organisers ---- LARP is organised by the Centre for Linguistic Theory and Studies in Probability (CLASP, https://gu-clasp.github.io/) at the Department of Philosophy, Linguistics and Theory of Science (FLoV), University of Gothenburg. CLASP focuses its research on the application of probabilistic and information theoretic methods to the analysis of natural language. CLASP is concerned both with understanding the cognitive foundations of language and developing efficient language technology. We work at the interface of computational linguistics/natural language processing, theoretical linguistics, and cognitive science. For practical inquiries, send an email to larp2025(a)flov.gu.se.

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First Call for Papers: Eighth Universal Dependencies Workshop
by Gosse Bouma 11 Apr '25

11 Apr '25

The eighth workshop on Universal Dependencies Part of SyntaxFest 2025, Ljubljana, August 26-29 Call for Papers Universal Dependencies (UD) is a framework for cross-linguistically consistent treebank annotation that has so far been applied to over 150 languages (https://universaldependencies.org <https://universaldependencies.org/>). The framework is aiming to capture similarities as well as idiosyncrasies among typologically different languages (e.g., morphologically rich languages, pro-drop languages, and languages featuring clitic doubling). The goal in developing UD was not only to support comparative evaluation and cross-lingual learning but also to facilitate multilingual natural language processing and enable comparative linguistic studies. The Universal Dependencies Workshop series was started to create a forum for discussion of the theory and practice of UD, its use in research and development, and its future goals and challenges. Some of the previous workshops have been co-located with Coling, EMNLP, and SyntaxFest. We invite papers on all topics relevant to UD, including but not limited to: * Theoretical foundations and universal guidelines * Linguistic analysis of specific languages and/or constructions * Language typology and linguistic universals * Treebank annotation, conversion and validation * Word segmentation, morphological tagging and syntactic parsing * The use of the UD data for evaluating or understanding language models * Linguistic studies based on the UD data Priority will be given to papers that adopt a cross-lingual perspective. SyntaxFest 2025 https://syntaxfest.github.io/syntaxfest25/index.html SyntaxFest is a biennial event that brings together a series of events focusing on topics such as empirical syntax, linguistic annotation, statistical language analysis, and natural language processing. Apart from the 8th UDW, it hosts TLT, DepLing, IWPT, and Quasy. Each workshop publishes its own proceedings, but all events follow a shared submission process, timeline, and programme. The UniDive 1st Shared Task on Morphosyntactic Parsing takes place on Aug, 26. Important Dates Paper submission DeadlineApril 15, 2025 Notification of acceptanceJune 2, 2025 Camera-ready version dueJune 16, 2025 Conference datesAugust 26-29, 2025 Submission Information Submission site and paper requirements will be provided in the next CfP Workshop Chairs Gosse Bouma (University of Groningen) Cagri Coltekin (University of Tübingen) -- Gosse Bouma, Communication and Information Science, Groningen University, P.o. box 716, 9700 AS Groningen G.Bouma(a)rug.nl tel. +31-50-3635937

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BEA 2025 Shared Task on Pedagogical Ability Assessment of AI-powered Tutors: Test phase begins
by Ekaterina Kochmar 11 Apr '25

11 Apr '25

(Apologies for cross-posting) Conversational agents offer promising opportunities for education as they can fulfill various roles (e.g., intelligent tutors and service-oriented assistants) and pursue different objectives (e.g., improving student skills and increasing instructional efficiency), among which serving as an AI tutor is one of the most prevalent tasks. Recent advances in the development of Large Language Models (LLMs) provide our field with promising ways of building AI-based conversational tutors, which can generate human-sounding dialogues on the fly. The key question posed in previous research, however, remains: How can we test whether state-of-the-art generative models are good AI teachers, capable of replying to a student in an educational dialogue? In this shared task, we focus on educational dialogues between a student and a tutor in the mathematical domain grounded in student mistakes or confusion, where the AI tutor aims to remediate such mistakes or confusions, with the goal of evaluating the quality of tutor responses along the key dimensions of tutor’s ability to (1) identify student’s mistake, (2) point to its location, (3) provide the student with relevant pedagogical guidance, that is also (4) actionable. Dialogues used in this shared task include the dialogue contexts from MathDial (Macina et al., 2023) and Bridge (Wang et al., 2024) datasets, including the last utterance from the student containing a mistake, and a set of responses to the last student’s utterance from a range of LLM-based tutors and, where available, human tutors, aimed at mistake remediation and annotated for their quality. Data Release We are pleased to announce that the test data is now released and can be accessed at https://github.com/kaushal0494/UnifyingAITutorEvaluation/blob/main/BEA_Shar…. Test Platform The competition is hosted on the CodaBench (https://www.codabench.org<https://www.codabench.org/>) platform, with a separate page for each track. Track 1 – Mistake Identification: https://www.codabench.org/competitions/7195/ Track 2 – Mistake Location: https://www.codabench.org/competitions/7200/ Track 3 – Providing Guidance: https://www.codabench.org/competitions/7202/ Track 4 – Actionability: https://www.codabench.org/competitions/7203/ Track 5 – Tutor Identification: https://www.codabench.org/competitions/7206/ Registered teams are welcome to participate in any number of tracks. Participation In order to participate in the test phase, you will need to create an account on CodaBench<https://www.codabench.org/>, if you don't already have one. After that, please register for the specific track(s) you wish to submit your systems' predictions to. By participating in this shared task, you are agreeing to the Terms outlined on the shared task track webpages (see tab "Terms"). The total number of submissions per each team is capped at 5 for each track (with the maximum of 2 submissions per day). The platform will ask you to provide your team name and a title for each submission – the latter may be useful to distinguish between your different submissions. All submissions will then be reflected on the CodaBench platform together with all the accompanying information (team name, affiliation, and submission name). Please note that we will publish the official final leaderboard on the shared task website (https://sig-edu.org/sharedtask/2025), where only the first 5 submissions per team will be included to adhere with the terms of this shared task. To be added to the shared task mailing list for further updates, please register here: https://forms.gle/fKJcdvL2kCrPcu8X6 Important dates All deadlines are 11:59pm UTC-12 (anywhere on Earth). - March 12, 2025: Development data release - April 10, 2025: Test data release - April 24, 2025: System submissions from teams due - April 30, 2025: Evaluation of the results by the organizers - May 21, 2025: System papers due - May 28, 2025: Paper reviews returned - June 9, 2025: Final camera-ready submissions - July 31 and August 1, 2025: BEA 2025 workshop at ACL Contact: bea.sharedtask.2025(a)gmail.com<mailto:bea.sharedtask.2025@gmail.com> Shared task website: https://sig-edu.org/sharedtask/2025

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18 month postdoc position in Natural Language Processing at the University of Copenhagen
by Desmond Elliott 11 Apr '25

11 Apr '25

The Natural Language Processing Section at the Department of Computer Science at University of Copenhagen is advertising an 18 month position for a Postdoctoral Researcher in Natural Language Processing. The position involves interdisciplinary research on the development and application of large language models in public service, and sometimes sensitive legal settings, within the context of low-reserouce languages, such as Danish and order Nordic languages. Applicants should have a genuine interest in collaborating across inter-disciplinary boundaries with researchers in the areas of ethics, governance, and AI. The post is funded by the Poul Due Jensen Foundation – project: Responsible AI for Value Creation, with partners spanning several major universities in Denmark, and a collection of Danish public- and private organizations. The exact research topics are open to discussion between the successful candidate and the project co-ordinators. The successful candidate will join the Language and Multimodal Processing group, which is part of a section with a strong, international, and diverse environment for research within core as well as emerging topics in natural language processing, natural language understanding, computational linguistics, and multi-modal language processing. It is housed within the main Science Campus, which is centrally located in Copenhagen. Further information about the group is available here: https://lampgroup.github.io/, and further information about the Department is available here: https://di.ku.dk/english/. The application deadline is May 1, 2025, with interviews on the June 4, 2025, and a start date of 1 August, 2025, or as soon as possible thereafter. Further information about the position can be found here: https://candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationInit.aspx/?cid=1307&departmentI… Inquiries about the position can be made at de(a)di.ku.dk.

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Applications for Birds of a Feather (BoF) sessions and Affinity Group meetings at ACL 2025
by ACL Announcements 11 Apr '25

11 Apr '25

Dear Applicants, The Diversity & Inclusion (D&I) chairs are delighted to invite applications for Birds of a Feather (BoF) sessions and Affinity Group meetings at ACL 2025. Please see our call at https://2025.aclweb.org/calls/bof_affinity_events/ for more details and up-to-date information. If you are interested in organizing a BoF session and/or an Affinity Group meeting to explore a specific theme in NLP and beyond, we encourage you to submit your proposals. We are here to support you in facilitating these sessions. Submission Deadline: May 25, 2025, 11:59pm (Anywhere on Earth) Notification Date: June 3, 2025, 11:59 pm (Anywhere on Earth) If you have any questions or concerns, feel free to reach out to us at acl2025diversity(a)googlegroups.com. Sincerely, ACL 2025 D&I Committee

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First Call for Participation EUROLAN-2025 Summer School on NLP in the Age of Complex Networks and Agentic AI
by Nancy Ide 10 Apr '25

10 Apr '25

First Call for Participation EUROLAN-2025 Summer School on NLP in the Age of Complex Networks and Agentic AI 15 – 21 September 2025, Timișoara (Romania) & online https://conferences.info.uaic.ro/eurolan/2025/ The 17th in the series of EUROLAN biannual Schools on Natural Language Processing EUROLAN-2025 will bring together researchers and experts in machine learning, artificial intelligence (AI), reasoning systems, and computational linguistics applied to natural language processing (NLP), with a special focus on the interaction between NLP, complex networks, and agentic AI. Following the tradition of previous EUROLAN schools (see past editions <https://conferences.info.uaic.ro/eurolan/2025/?page_id=14023>), each day will feature: Morning sessions with tutorials, offering in-depth insights into key concepts. Afternoon hands-on exercises, where participants will apply lecture content to real-world problems and develop small-scale applications as a basis for future work. Brainstorming sessions and round tables, encouraging direct interaction with experts and fostering collaborative discussions. Tutorials and practical sessions will deal with the following topics: Graph-Based Representations of Text and Knowledge Social Network Analysis for Linguistic Modeling Influence Propagation and Discourse Dynamics in Online Platforms, Multimodal NLP Integrating Text, Image, and Speech Processing NLP and Autonomous AI Invited Lecturers Mădălina Chitez - West University of Timișoara Liviu Dinu - University of Bucharest Nancy Ide - Vassar College and Brandeis University Rada Mihalcea - University of Michigan Dan Tufiș - Romanian Academy Mihai Dascălu - POLITEHNICA University of Bucharest Mark Finlayson - Florida International University others TBA

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ASIRF 2025- Autumn School Information Retrieval and Information Foraging - August in Dagstuhl - Call for Participation
by Thomas Mandl 10 Apr '25

10 Apr '25

Registration has opened for ASIRF 2025, the Autumn School 2025 - Information Retrieval and Information Foraging. For more information on the schedule, program, or registration: https://fg-retrieval.gi.de/veranstaltung/asirf2025 ASIRF provides a holistic perspective and shows how Information Retrieval and Information Foraging interact. In addition to conceptual and methodological knowledge from both fields, ASIRF is highly interdisciplinary. The autumn school will provide different tutorials, from foundations of Information Retrieval and Information Foraging to recent research topics such as using large language models for information retrieval tasks or applications of IR techniques in application domains. The intended audience of ASIRF are doctoral or MA students and young researchers working in Information Retrieval, Information Foraging, or using concepts or methods from these fields in their research domains. Students and lecturers will live together for a week at Schloss Dagstuhl, which guarantees the school's traditionally highly communicative and interactive atmosphere. The registration is free this year. A small number of partial travel grants are also available. The autumn school will take place at the best computer science venue ever Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (LZI) between 24 and 29 August 2025. The program includes the following lectures and tutorials: - Foundations of Interactive IR (Norbert Fuhr, U Duisburg-Essen) - Deep Learning for IR (Avishek Anand, TU Delft) - Conversational Search (Ralf Schenkel, U Trier) - Fairness and Bias (Andrea Horbach, U Kiel) - Multimodal retrieval and data analysis (Henning Müller, HES-SO) - User Experiments and Interactive IR (Thomas Mandl, U Hildesheim) - Complex Casual Leisure Information Needs (Vivien Petras, HU Berlin) - User Simulations for IR (Philipp Schaer, TH Köln) See you in Dagstuhl! ASIRF 2025 organizers Philipp Schaer, Ralf Schenkel, and Thomas Mandl

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[ACL 2025] Applications for Birds of a Feather (BoF) sessions and Affinity Group meetings at ACL 2025
by Horacio Saggion 10 Apr '25

10 Apr '25

Dear Applicants, The Diversity & Inclusion (D&I) chairs are delighted to invite applications for Birds of a Feather (BoF) sessions and Affinity Group meetings at ACL 2025. Please see our call at https://2025.aclweb.org/calls/bof_affinity_events/ for more details and up-to-date information. If you are interested in organizing a BoF session and/or an Affinity Group meeting to explore a specific theme in NLP and beyond, we encourage you to submit your proposals. We are here to support you in facilitating these sessions. Submission Deadline: May 25, 2025, 11:59pm (Anywhere on Earth) Notification Date: June 3, 2025, 11:59 pm (Anywhere on Earth) If you have any questions or concerns, feel free to reach out to us at acl2025diversity(a)googlegroups.com. Sincerely, ACL 2025 D&I Committee -- Horacio Saggion Full Professor / Chair in Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Head of the Natural Language Processing Group - TALN Project Coordinator iDEM Project (HE) Co-PI of the AI-BOOST project (HE) Co-PI of the IDEAL project (HE) Universitat Pompeu Fabra https://twitter.com/h_saggion https://www.linkedin.com/in/horacio-saggion-1749b916

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Opera Latina Adnotata (v0.2.0)
by Giuseppe G. A. Celano 10 Apr '25

10 Apr '25

Dear all, I am glad to announce the release of Opera Latina Adnotata (v0.2.0), a multilayer Latin corpus consisting of 736 texts and 17M+ tokens searchable by: 1. word form 2. lemma 3. morphology (POS and morphological features) 4. syntax (dependency syntax following the AGDT annotation scheme) 5. CTS URN for work, author, and edition 6. CTS structure (e.g., "book," "section," etc.) 7. author name 8. work title 9. (experimental) IPA transcription of word forms (the "Classical Latin" one) The data is hosted on Zenodo [1] and can be queried online through ANNIS [2]. More information can be found in the associated repository [3]. Best regards, Giuseppe Celano ----- [1] https://zenodo.org/records/15183688 [2] https://annis.varro.informatik.uni-leipzig.de/ola020#_q=bGVtbWE9InByYWVzYWd… [3] https://github.com/OperaLatinaAdnotata/OLA -- Universität Leipzig Institute of Computer Science Augustusplatz 10 04109 Leipzig Deutschland celano(a)informatik.uni-leipzig.de

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[CfP] SEMANTiCS 2025 - 1st Call for Industry & Use Case Presentations
by Kossi Amouzouvi 10 Apr '25

10 Apr '25

Call for Industry & Use Case Presentations The Industry & Use Case track at SEMANTiCS welcomes submissions that present use cases and industry adoption of semantic technology. Solutions that deal with semantic processing of data and/or information in areas like Linked Data, Knowledge Graphs, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Data Publishing, Thesaurus and/or Ontology management, and any related fields. All submissions have a strong focus on real world applications beyond the prototypical status and demonstrate the power of semantic systems! *Important dates* - *Submission Deadline:* May 14, 2025 (11:59 pm) - *Notification of Acceptance:* June 13, 2025 (11:59 pm) - *Presentation Ready:* August 18, 2025 (11:59 pm) All deadlines are set for 11:59 pm, Anywhere On Earth time (UTC-12) *Submission via Easychair on* *https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=semantics2025* <https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=semantics2025>. Please notice that a paper abstract is not necessary, as your submission will only include a presentation at SEMANTiCS and not a paper. Any submission should contain a summary of 200 to 300 words that will be used in the final program. Your submission must also include a full page description of the use case you want to present, in particular: initial situation, approach, business value and benefits of the semantic solution, prospects and recommendation. Submissions that don’t meet these requirements cannot be taken into account. Via Easychair, you can enter your summary in the field “Abstract”, and the full page description via the “upload paper” button. The summary will appear in the program on the webpage, the full page description will only be used in the selection process. *Topics of Interest* SEMANTiCS 2025 especially invites contributions that target the following main topics in the context of semantic-based research and systems as well as applicative domains. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: - Large Language Models (LLM) combined with Knowledge Graphs - Enterprise Knowledge Graphs, Graph Data Management - Machine Learning Techniques for/using Knowledge Graphs (e.g. reinforcement learning, deep learning, data mining and knowledge discovery) - Knowledge Management (e.g. acquisition, capture, extraction, authoring, integration, publication) - Reasoning, rules and policies - Web Semantics & Linked (Open) Data - Natural Language Processing for/using Knowledge Graphs - Crowdsourcing for/using Knowledge Graphs - Semantics in Data Science - Trust, Data Privacy, and Security with Semantic Technologies - Authentication of knowledge graphs - IoT and Stream Processing, Linked Data Event Streams - Conversational AI and Dialogue Systems - Provenance and Data Change Tracking - Semantic Interoperability (via mapping, crosswalks, standards, etc.) *Author Guidelines and Submission* - This call for presentations reaches out to professionals in the areas related to the topics of SEMANTiCS for proposals to present industry implementations, best practices and use case prototypes, to discuss semantic systems in birds-of-a-feather sessions as well as informal settings. Additionally, we explicitly encourage the submission of software applications, apps or services that demonstrate the usefulness and benefits of semantic technologies and semantic data management. - To contribute a submission for a presentation at SEMANTiCS 2025 please prepare the following: Fill out the online application at Easychair and give us relevant information about your expertise and your professional background. - Please notice that a paper abstract is not necessary, as your submission will only include a presentation at SEMANTiCS and not a paper. Any submission should contain a summary of 200 to 300 words that will be used in the final program. Your submission must also include a full page description of the use case you want to present, iIn particular: initial situation, approach, business value and benefits of the semantic solution, prospects and recommendation. Submissions that don’t meet these requirements cannot be taken into account. - Via Easychair, you can enter your summary in the field “Abstract”, and the full page description via the “upload paper” button. The summary will appear in the program on the webpage, the full page description will only be used in the selection process. - All accepted submissions will be granted a presentation slot at the main conference. Please stick to this time pattern when preparing your talk. This is the only way we can guarantee a smooth and satisfying programme and allow all conference participants to attend as many slots as possible without missing important information. - Submissions must adhere to the fair use of Large Language Models. Please refer to the SEMANTiCS full policy for more details: https://2025-eu.semantics.cc/page/llm-policy When your submission is accepted and you are preparing your talk, please take care to address the following aspects: - *Initial Situation *What kind of challenge did you face in the beginning of the project? What problems needed to be solved? - *Approach and IT-Solution *Which approach and methodology has been chosen to tackle the problem(s)? How is your solution composed with respect to technological aspects / human aspects / organisational aspects? How do the semantic components support the process from data to knowledge? - *Success Criteria for / Benefit of the Semantic Solution *Which factors (conscious and unconscious) have been crucial to the success of your project? Which obstacles did you face? How can you measure the benefit of your solution? How does the organisation benefit from your solution? - *Prospects and Recommendations *What are the next steps planned in your project? Can you give recommendations with respect to development / deployment of semantic solutions within organisational / corporate settings? - *Demo (if applicable) *Prepare a short demonstration of your tool / service. *Review and Evaluation Criteria* Every submission will be reviewed by the Programme Committee. Submissions to this track will be evaluated according to the following criteria: - Your presentation is relevant to industry and industrial purposes. It illustrates how semantic technologies / solutions contribute to or improve existing businesses and / or generate new ones. - The presented solution has already been deployed and / or has been tested in a practical environment – at least prototypically. - Your presentation is well-structured and does bring across its message. - The topic is well described and covers enough explanations, examples, use cases, graphics, etc. - Novelty: The topic covered is new to your industry – not necessarily new to business in general In case your presentation will be accepted, we will provide you with detailed information on organisational matters according to the selection of submissions and conference participation. We are looking forward to your contribution! Marco Brattinga Artem Revenko *Industry & Use Case Track Chairs* -- DISCLAIMER: The contents of this email and any attachments are confidential. They are intended for the named recipient(s) only. If you have received this email by mistake, please notify the sender immediately and you are herewith notified that the contents are legally privileged and that you do not have permission to disclose the contents to anyone, make copies thereof, retain or distribute or act upon it by any means, electronically, digitally or in print. The views expressed in this communication may be of a personal nature and not be representative of AIMS-NEI and/or any of its Centres or Initiatives.

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CfA: International Conference on Inferentialism, Law, and Language AI, 10-13 September 2025, Zurich, Switzerland
by reto.gubelmann＠uzh.ch 09 Apr '25

09 Apr '25

Please direct any inquiries to: conference-ile(a)unisg.ch CALL FOR ABSTRACTS Exploring Reasons, Rationality, and Rationalism International Conference on Inferentialism   10 – 13 September 2025   University of Zurich & University of St. Gallen   The University of Zurich’s Digital Society Initiative (DSI), Department of Philosophy, and Department of Computational Linguistics, together with the Institute of Law & Economics of the University of St. Gallen are pleased to announce their first international conference on Inferentialism, to be held from 10 to 13 September 2025 at the University of Zurich.   This four-day event will feature contributions from leading scholars in the field as well as selected presentations from emerging young researchers. We invite submissions of extended abstracts on any topic related to rationalism and inferentialism as developed in “Reasons for Logic, Logic for Reasons” as well as applications of inferentialism in AI and the field of law.   Confirmed Keynote Speakers   • Robert Brandom (University of Pittsburgh)  • Ulf Hlobil (Concordia University, Montreal)  • Damiano Canale (Bocconi University, Milan) The publication of “Reasons for Logic, Logic for Reasons” (Brandom/Hlobil 2024) last year has marked a milestone for both the technical and the philosophical development of inferentialist logic. This conference offers a first take on the book’s reception and its potential operationalization in such diverse research fields as Epistemology, Philosophy of Language, Legal Studies, and Natural Language Processing. We invite submissions of extended abstracts that fit one of the following topics: Day 1: Are Reason Relations Universal? The first day of the conference is dedicated to the question whether reason relations, conceived as the set of all good, radically open reason relations capable of encoding material inferences in natural language use, can make up one single consistent set. Given expressivist commitments to logic as a means of explication, wouldn’t this imply the existence of a “master base vocabulary”, comprising all other possible base vocabularies as its subsets? Day 2: Inferentialism in the Legal Sphere The legal discipline is characterized by complex and partly opaque argumentation structures. Inferentialism can help to reveal the reasons why courts and scholars may accept certain conclusions on legal issues and reject others. Our workshop aims to further develop ideas on how lawyers and legal scholars can improve their practice by better understanding the structure of reasoning in complex legal settings. Day 3: Neuro-Symbolic Language AI inspired by Inferentialism Inferentialism, conceived, as a philosophical theory of the relationship between meaning and logical inference, has started to inspire innovative approaches in the area of language AI. Proposals encompass a broad range of methods, ranging from combinations of neural and symbolic methods that are informed by inferentialist semantics, to attempts at building neural architectures from scratch that are inspired by inferentialist ideas of rationalizing structures. The goal of our workshop is to bring together experts working in a broad range of language AI. Submission Guidelines   • Submissions should take the form of extended abstracts (maximum 500 words).  • Abstracts must be submitted in English and prepared for anonymous review.  • In addition to the abstract, authors must include their name, institutional affiliation, and contact information in the body of the email accompanying the submission.  • Accepted abstracts will be allocated a 25-minute presentation slot, followed by discussion.  • Please submit your abstract in PDF format to the following email address: conference-ile(a)unisg.ch Important Dates   • Submission Deadline: 31 May 2025 • Notification of Results: 30 June Scientific and Organizing Committee   • Reto Gubelmann (University of Zurich)  • Peter Hongler (University of St. Gallen)  • Ghassen Karray (University of Zurich)  • Marco Toscano (University of Zurich)    For further inquiries, please contact the organizing committee at: conference-ile(a)unisg.ch

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Call for trainers: UniDive training school on diversity in NLP, Yerevan, January 2026
by Dan Zeman 09 Apr '25

09 Apr '25

* UniDive COST Action <https://unidive.lisn.upsaclay.fr/>is a scientific network dedicated to universality, diversity and idiosyncrasy in language technology. We are looking for trainers for our winter training school in Yerevan <https://unidive.lisn.upsaclay.fr/doku.php?id=meetings:other-events:2nd_unid…>, Armenia, organized at the Yerevan State University on January 20-24, 2026.The training school is dedicated tolinguistic diversityand related topics. We are interested in various aspects of diversity relevant to NLP like lexical, syntactic, semantic, typological, cultural, genre diversity, etc. We invite course proposals covering (but not necessarily restricted to) the following: * Introduction to typology for newcomers (especially from NLP) * Diversity quantification in NLP * Diversity and Large Language Models (LLMs) * LLMs for low-resourced languages * Enhancing diversity in models and datasets * Using “universalist” resources (such as Universal Dependencies or PARSEME corpora) for typological research * LLMs and language creativity vs. wooden language Proposals of courses (4 pages max.) should be sent by Monday June 2, 2025 at the latest to Dan Zeman <zeman(a)ufal.mff.cuni.cz <mailto:zeman@ufal.mff.cuni.cz>>, Verginica Mititelu <vergi(a)racai.ro <mailto:vergi@racai.ro>> and Marie-Catherine de Marneffe <marie-catherine.demarneffe(a)uclouvain.be <mailto:marie-catherine.demarneffe@uclouvain.be>>, with the subject “UniDive training school proposal”. The proposals should include: * Title of the course * Abstract, including the topics to be covered * Level (introductory, intermediate or advanced course) * Draft schedule, with a brief description of each session (max. 5 sessions of up to 2h each – the training school goes over 5 days, but courses do not have to be given every day, see the schedule of our previous training school <https://unidive.lisn.upsaclay.fr/doku.php?id=meetings:other-events:1st_unid…>) * Necessary infrastructure * Prerequisites for the trainees (bibliography to be covered, software to be installed, accounts to be created, etc.) * Bibliography (highlighting the recommended readings for the trainees) * Instructors, their affiliation, contact details and experience Important dates (anywhere on Earth): * Monday June 2, 2025: Submission of course proposals from potential trainers * Thursday June 12, 2025: Notification * Wednesday November 26, 2025: Publishing the prerequisites for the courses * Tuesday-Saturday January 20-24, 2026: Training school We cannot offer a salary for the courses themselves but long-distance travel costs of the trainers will be covered, as well as a daily allowance of 185 EUR (to cover hotel, meals and local transportation – see COST Annotated Rules <https://www.cost.eu/uploads/2025/02/COST-094-21-V2.0-Annotated-Rules-for-CO…>, Annex A1-3.1 TRAVEL REIMBURSEMENT RULES). Marie-Catherine de Marneffe, Verginica Barbu Mititelu, Agata Savary, Dan Zeman (on behalf of the UniDive Core Group) *

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Konvens 2025. 2nd Call for Papers
by Christian Wartena 09 Apr '25

09 Apr '25

Dear all, We warmly welcome the submission of papers for KONVENS 2025 in Hildesheim, Germany (September 10-13). KONVENS (Conference on Natural Language Processing) is an annual scientific conference on all topics in the fields of computational linguistics and language technology, organised by four scientific organisations in the German-speaking countries and regions (GSCL, DGfS-CL, ASAI, and SwissNLP). In addition to its technical program, KONVENS will facilitate dynamic interactions among academic researchers and industry peers, offering workshops, tutorials, shared tasks, and networking events. Confirmed keynotes: * Michael Hahn (Saarland University) * Sina Zarrieß (Universität Bielefeld) * Timo Freiesleben (Universität Tübingen) Paper Submission Information We invite submissions of original and unpublished work on all aspects of computational linguistics and natural language processing from fundamental inquiries to the practical implementation of natural language resources, components, and systems. We particularly encourage submissions of NLP approaches dedicated to the German language, including survey papers that provide insights into the current state of the art in German language and speech processing. We welcome contributions from both academic and industry professionals. Papers can be submitted either to the main conference track or to the special track on application of Large Language Models focussing on the utilisation of LLMs and language-model approaches for the analysis and exploitation of textual resources in Linguistics, Computer Science, Information Science, the Humanities and the Social Sciences. We welcome the following types of paper submissions: * Long papers (8 pages plus references), describing original research with substantial new results. * Short papers (4 pages plus references), including small focused contributions, work in progress, as well as descriptions of projects, systems and resources. * Abstracts (1 page, non-archival). Abstracts can be presented at the poster session but will not be included in the conference proceedings. We especially invite submission on ongoing projects, student projects, past or ongoing bachelor and master theses, ongoing or recently completed PhD theses, and opinion pieces in this category to foster interaction and discussion in our community. Accepted papers will be presented orally or as posters as determined by the program chairs. However, a preference for a poster or oral presentation can be given. All presentations will take place in person (no online/hybrid format). The main conference language is English. Contributions written in both German or English will be accepted, however, English is recommended. The review process for long and short papers will be double-blind. Submissions of long and short papers must be anonymized accordingly. The submission of non-archival abstracts must not be anonymous (review of abstracts is single-blind). The conference proceedings will be published via the ACL Anthology (archival submissions only). Papers must be presented at the conference by at least one of the authors in order to be published as part of the proceedings. Papers must be formatted in accordance with the ACL style sheet: https://github.com/acl-org/acl-style-files. We strongly encourage authors to use LaTeX in preparing their document. Papers must be submitted via OpenReview: https://openreview.net/group?id=GSCL.org/KONVENS/2025 Important Dates Paper Submission Deadline: May 3, 2025 Paper Notification: June 27, 2025 Camera Ready: August 15, 2025 Main Conference: September 10 - 12, 2025 Best wishes Christian Wartena Ulrich Heid Prof. Dr. Christian Wartena Hochschule Hannover Fakultät III - Medien, Information und Design Abt. Information und Kommunikation Lehrgebiet Sprach- und Wissensverarbeitung Expo Plaza 12 30539 Hannover e-mail: christian.wartena(a)hs-hannover.de<mailto:christian.wartena@hs-hannover.de> [DATA-H-Logo_RGB_Unterzeile_klein]

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AIRiAL 2025 Call for Proposals
by AIRiALconference, TC 09 Apr '25

09 Apr '25

***Apologies for cross-posting; please distribute widely.*** AIRiAL 2025 Conference Artificial Intelligence Research in Applied Linguistics Theme Social AI: The Future of Emotionally Intelligent Machines The theme explores how Social & Emotional AI—AI technologies capable of recognizing, interpreting, and responding to human emotions—can revolutionize language learning and assessment, communication technologies, and cross-cultural interactions. Location Teachers College, Columbia University Dates September 25-27, 2025 *CALL FOR PROPOSALS <https://sites.google.com/tc.columbia.edu/airialconference/airial-2025>* Submission Platform is *Now Open* Submit your abstract at this link: https://www.conftool.pro/airial2025 The submission deadline is May 2, 2025 (11:59pm EDT) Looking forward to your submissions, -- Erik Voss on behalf of the AIRiAL planning committee Follow us on LinkedIn <https://www.linkedin.com/company/airial-conference>

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Call for Submissions to SIGIR 2025 Workshop on Information Retrieval for Climate Impact (MANILA25)
by Maarten de Rijke 09 Apr '25

09 Apr '25

TL;DR: Help to shape research agenda for IR for climate change impacts: * 2-4 pages * About one month until deadline: May 7, 2025 (AOE) * Workshop: https://sites.google.com/view/ir-for-climate-impact/home * Submission: https://openreview.net/forum?id=BClxIu1p-C1x - - - - - - - - Call for Submissions — MANILA25: SIGIR 2025 Workshop on Information Retrieval for Climate Impact Climate change is a far-reaching, global phenomenon that will impact many aspects of our society. The evidence base for observed climate impacts is expanding, and the wider climate literature (white and grey) is growing exponentially. How can effective access be provided to the growing body of peer-reviewed literature on climate change impacts? This year we are particularly interested in tracking climate adaptation literature (white and grey) and welcome contributions on this topic. Purpose The emphasis of MANILA25 will be on discussion, not a mini-conference but a dynamic sharing of ideas. The workshop will be organized along three areas of interest: (i) Addressing information needs concerning climate change impacts; (ii) Updates to the IR for Climate Change agenda that resulted from the MANILA24 workshop (see https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.01162), and (iii) Tracking climate adaptation. During the workshop, we will work towards updating the MANILA24 agenda and creating an actionable technical research agendas around tracking climate adaptation. Call for contributions To help shape a research agenda for information retrieval for climate impact, we welcome technical contributions and position papers as extended abstracts (2-4 pages) on a wide range of topics related to information retrieval for climate change impacts, including but not limited to very large-scale systematic reviews, climate language models, geolocated literature with climate information, evidence synthesis. Be sure to emphasize how your ideas connect to IR for climate change impacts and the ambition to create an agenda on the topic. Important dates - May 7, 2025: Extended abstracts due (AOE) - May 21, 2025: Notifications - July 17, 2025: Workshop at SIGIR 2025 - November 30, 2025: Submission of the Information Retrieval for Climate Impact Agenda for publication in SIGIR Forum How to submit Extended abstracts submitted to the workshop should be in English, in PDF, and formatted using the standard ACM sigconf format (using \documentclass[sigconf, natbib=true, anonymous=false]{acmart}). The review process is single-blind. The workshop uses EasyChair to handle submissions: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=manila25. No official proceedings will be published. Organization Bart van den Hurk (IPCC), Maarten de Rijke (U. Amsterdam), Flora Salim (UNSW, Sydney) Workshop site https://sites.google.com/view/ir-for-climate-impact/home Contact m.derijke(a)uva.nl<mailto:m.derijke@uva.nl> -- Maarten de Rijke Distinguished University Professor, University of Amsterdam Scientific Director, Innovation Center for AI (ICAI) http://staff.fnwi.uva.nl/m.derijke

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ELLIS ESSIR 2025 – European Summer School on Information Retrieval in Wolverhapton, UK
by Ingo Frommholz 09 Apr '25

09 Apr '25

ELLIS ESSIR 2025 – European Summer School on Information Retrieval July 7–11, 2025 Wolverhampton, UK https://2025.essir.eu/ Join us for the 16th edition of ESSIR—your opportunity to learn about the latest trends, challenges, and methods in Information Retrieval (IR) and AI, and get in touch with leading experts in the field! Highlights: • High-quality teaching sessions on fundamental and advanced IR topics • Interactive format including practical exercises and a hackathon • Friendly and engaging discussions • FDIA 2025 (Future Directions in Information Access Symposium): A supportive environment for students to showcase their research and receive career advice Selected Topics Include (more to be confirmed): Introduction to Information Retrieval and evaluation Generative AI and Information Retrieval Scholarly Document Processing and Retrieval UX and HCI with Information Retrieval Neural Re-ranking RAG and agentic IR Organisers: Anirban Chakraborty, University of Wolverhampton, UK Haiming Liu, University of Southampton, UK Emine Yilmaz, UCL, London, UK Ingo Frommholz, Modul University Vienna, Austria Come to Wolverhampton and engage with leading researchers, fellow students, and industry professionals from around the globe! For more details visit our website: https://2025.essir.eu/ Contact: essir-2025(a)googlegroups.com We look forward to welcoming you to ESSIR 2025! 🌟 -- Prof. Dr. Ingo Frommholz (he/him), PhD, Dipl.-Inform., FBCS, FHEA Professor of Applied Data Science, Modul University Vienna, Austria Adjunct Professor, Bern University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland Web: http://www.frommholz.org/ | Email: ifrommholz(a)acm.org Bluesky: @ifromm.bsky.social | Mastodon: @ingo@idf.social

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[CFP] The Second Workshop on Multimodal Semantic Representations
by richardbrutti＠gmail.com 09 Apr '25

09 Apr '25

Multimodal Semantic Representations (MMSR II) Co-located with IWCS 2025 (https://iwcs2025.github.io/) 22-24 September, Düsseldorf, Germany (workshop on 24 September) Workshop website: https://mmsr-workshop.github.io/ Description: The demand for more sophisticated natural human-computer and human-robot interactions is rapidly increasing as users become more accustomed to conversation-like interactions with AI and NLP systems. Such interactions require not only the robust recognition and generation of expressions through multiple modalities (language, gesture, vision, action, etc.), but also the encoding of situated meaning. When communications become multimodal, each modality in operation provides an orthogonal angle through which to probe the computational model of the other modalities, including the behaviors and communicative capabilities afforded by each. Multimodal interactions thus require a unified framework and control language through which systems interpret inputs and behaviors and generate informative outputs. This is vital for intelligent and often embodied systems to understand the situation and context that they inhabit, whether in the real world or in a mixed-reality environment shared with humans. Furthermore, multimodal large language models appear to offer the possibility for more dynamic and contextually rich interactions across various modalities, including facial expressions, gestures, actions, and language. We invite discussion on how representations and pipelines can potentially integrate such state-of-the-art language models. We solicit papers on multimodal semantic representation, including but not limited to the following topics: - Semantic frameworks for individual linguistic co-modalities (e.g. gaze, facial expression); - Formal representation of situated conversation and embodiment, including knowledge graphs, designed to represent epistemic state; - Design, annotation, and corpora of multimodal interaction and meaning representation; - Challenges (including cross-lingual and cross-cultural) in multimodal representation and/or processing; - Criteria or frameworks for evaluation of multimodal semantics; - Challenges in aligning co-modalities in formal representation and/or NLP tasks; - Design and implementation of neurosymbolic or fusion models for multimodal processing (with a representational component); - Methods for probing knowledge of multimodal (language and vision) models; - Virtual and situated agents that embody multimodal representations of common ground. Submission Information: Two types of submissions are solicited: long papers and short papers. Long papers should describe original research and must not exceed 8 pages, excluding references. Short papers (typically system or project descriptions, or ongoing research) must not exceed 4 pages, excluding references. Accepted papers get an extra page in the camera-ready version. We strongly encourage students to submit to the workshop. Papers should be formatted using the IWCS style files, available at: https://iwcs2025.github.io/call_for_papers Submission Link: https://openreview.net/group?id=IWCS/2025/Workshop/MMSR Please do not hesitate to reach out with any questions. Richard Brutti, Lucia Donatelli, Nikhil Krishnaswamy, Kenneth Lai, & James Pustejovsky (MMSR II organizers)

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Last call for papers: Argument Mining Workshop at ACL 2025 (Deadline: April 17th)
by Gabriella Lapesa 08 Apr '25

08 Apr '25

LAST CALL FOR PAPERS The 12th Workshop on Argument Mining @ ACL 2025 July 31, 2025 https://argmining-org.github.io/2025/ The 12th Workshop on Argument Mining will be held on July 31, 2025, in Vienna, Austria, together with ACL 2025. The Workshop on Argument Mining provides a regular forum for presenting and discussing cutting-edge research in argument mining (a.k.a argumentation mining) for academic and industry researchers. By continuing a series of eleven successful previous workshops, this edition will welcome the submission of long and short papers, as well as extended abstracts and PhD proposals. It will also feature a number of shared tasks and a keynote talk. IMPORTANT DATES *** Direct paper submission deadline (OpenReview): April 17, 2025 [due to constraints in the publication of the proceedings, we will not be able to extend the deadline!] Paper commitment from ARR: May 21, 2025 Notification of acceptance: May 28, 2025 Camera-ready papers due: June 4, 2025 Workshop: July 31, 2025 INVITED SPEAKER Andreas Vlachos, University of Cambridge PANEL Topic: "Broadening the Scope of Argument Mining". Panelists: check the website! SHARED TASKS 1, Critical Questions Generation https://hitz-zentroa.github.io/shared-task-critical-questions-generation/ 2. Multimodal Argumentative Fallacy Detection and Classification on Political Debates https://nlp-unibo.github.io/mm-argfallacy/2025/ TOPICS OF INTEREST - Identification, Assessment, and Analysis of Arguments - Identification of argument components (e.g., premises and conclusions) - Structure analysis of arguments within and across documents - Relation Identification between arguments and counterarguments (e.g., support and attack) - Creation and evaluation of argument annotation schemes, relationships to linguistic and discourse annotations, (semi-) automatic argument annotation methods and tools, and creation of argumentation corpora - Assessment of arguments for various properties (e.g., stance, clarity) - Generation of Arguments, Multi-modal and Multi-lingual Argument Mining - Automatic generation of arguments and their components - Consideration of discourse goals in argument generation - Argument mining and generation from multi-modal/multi-lingual data - Mining and Analysis of different Genres and Domains of Arguments - Argument mining in specific genres and domains (e.g., education, law, scientific writing) - Analysis of unique styles within genres (e.g., short informal text, highly structured writing) - Modelling, assessing, and critically reflecting on the argumentative reasoning capabilities of Large Language Models - Knowledge Integration, Information Retrieval, and Real-world Applications - Integration of commonsense and domain knowledge into argumentation models - Combination of information retrieval methods with argument mining - Real-world applications, including argument web search, opinion analysis and summarization, and misinformation detection - Interdisciplinary interfaces of Argument Mining - Mining political discourse, by experts and laypeople - Argument mining support for deliberation - Persuasion and convincingess from a psychological perspective - Subjectivity, disagreements and perspectivism in argumentation - Ethical Considerations and Future Reflections - Reflection on the ethical aspects and societal impact of argument-mining methods - Reflection on the future of argument mining in light of the fast advancement of large language models (LLMs) SUBMISSIONS The organizing committee welcomes submitting long papers, short papers, extended abstracts and PhD proposals. Accepted papers will be presented via oral or poster presentations. Long and short papers will be included in the ACL proceedings as workshop papers. Extended abstracts and PhD proposals will be non-archival. - Long paper submissions must describe substantial, original, completed, and unpublished work. Wherever appropriate, concrete evaluation and analysis should be included. Long papers must be at most eight pages, including title, text, figures, and tables. An unlimited number of pages is allowed for references. Two additional pages are allowed for appendices, and an extra page is allowed in the final version to address reviewers’ comments. - Short paper submissions must describe original and unpublished work. Please note that a short paper is not a shortened long paper. Instead, short papers should have a point that can be made in a few pages, such as a small, focused contribution, a negative result, or an interesting application nugget. Short papers must be at most four pages, including title, text, figures, and tables. An unlimited number of pages is allowed for references. One additional page is allowed for the appendix, and an extra page is allowed in the final version to address reviewers’ comments. - Extended abstracts must be at most two pages including references describing ongoing projects, interesting pieces of data or results, or already published work. - PhD proposals must describe PhD projects being or to be developed within the broad field of natural language argumentation processing. PhD proposals must be at most four pages including the main research directions or challenges being investigated, the specific contributions made (on the research direction), and the directions for the remaining work. A dedicated poster session will be hosted, allowing students to get feedback and discuss their work with a broad and multidisciplinary community. Multiple Submissions ArgMining 2025 will not consider any paper under review in a journal or another conference or workshop at the time of submission, and submitted papers must not be submitted elsewhere during the review period. ArgMining 2025 will also accept submissions of ARR-reviewed papers, provided that the ARR reviews and meta-reviews are available by the ARR commitment deadline (May 21). However, ArgMining 2025 will not accept direct submissions that are actively under review in ARR, or that overlap significantly (>25%) with such submissions. Submission Format All long, short, and non-archival submissions must follow the two-column ACL 2025 format. Authors are expected to use the LaTeX or Microsoft Word style template (https://github.com/acl-org/acl-style-files). Submissions must conform to the official ACL style guidelines contained in these templates. Submissions must be electronic and in PDF format. Submission Link and Deadline For Direct Submissions Authors have to fill in the submission form in the OpenReview system and upload a PDF of their paper before April 17, 2025, 11:59 pm UTC-12h (anywhere on earth). https://openreview.net/group?id=aclweb.org/ACL/2025/Workshop/ArgMining For the ARR commitment process, we will provide details in our second call for papers. Double Blind Review ArgMining 2025 will follow the ACL policies for preserving the integrity of double-blind review for long and short paper submissions. Papers must not include authors’ names and affiliations. Furthermore, self-references or links (such as GitHub) that reveal the author’s identity, e.g., “We previously showed (Smith, 1991) …” must be avoided. Instead, use citations such as “Smith previously showed (Smith, 1991) …” Papers that do not conform to these requirements will be rejected without review. Papers should not refer, for further detail, to documents that are not available to the reviewers. For example, do not omit or redact important citation information to preserve anonymity. Instead, use the third person or named reference to this work, as described above (“Smith showed” rather than “we showed”). Papers may be accompanied by a resource (software and/or data) described in the paper, but these resources should also be anonymized. Unlike long and short papers, demo descriptions will not be anonymous. Demo descriptions should include the authors’ names and affiliations, and self-references are allowed. ANONYMITY PERIOD (taken from the ACL call for papers in verbatim for the most part) We follow the ACL Policies for Review and Citation. Submissions must be anonymized, but there is no anonymity period or limitation on posting or discussing non-anonymous preprints while the work is under peer review. BEST PAPER AWARD In order to recognize significant advancements in argument mining science and technology, ArgMining 2025 will include the Best Paper award. All papers at the workshop are eligible for the best paper award, and a selection committee consisting of prominent researchers in the fields of interest will select the award recipients. SPONSORS CITEC, IBM, GSCL ArgMining 2025 ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Elena Chistova, Laboratory for Analysis and Controllable Text Generation Technologies, RAS Philipp Cimiano, Bielefeld University Shohreh Haddadan, Machine learning department, Moffitt Cancer Center Gabriella Lapesa, Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences (GESIS), Cologne, and Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf Ramon Ruiz-Dolz, Centre for Argument Technology (ARG-tech), University of Dundee

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CfP: 2nd Call for Research, In-use, and Resource Track Papers at ISWC 2025 (Abstract: May 6)
by Genet Asefa Gesese 08 Apr '25

08 Apr '25

24th International Semantic Web Conference (ISWC 2025) Nara, Japan November 2-6, 2025 Follow us: Twitter/X: @iswc_conf #iswc_conf ( https://twitter.com/iswc_conf ) LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/iswc/ Mastodon Social: https://mastodon.social/@iswc_conf Bsky: https://bsky.app/profile/iswc-conf.bsky.social ISWC 2025 features multiple tracks - including Research, Resources, and In-Use, among others, Hence, authors are kindly asked to check out the calls of each track to choose the one that best fits their contribution. ========================= Call for Research Track Papers The research track of ISWC 2025 solicits novel and significant research contributions addressing theoretical, analytical, and empirical aspects of the Semantic Web. We welcome work describing original and replicable research showing evidence of significant contribution to the Semantic Web. More details: https://iswc2025.semanticweb.org/#/calls/research Research Track Chairs: Contact: iswc2025-research(a)easychair.org Daniel Garijo, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain Sabrina Kirrane, Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria ======================== Call for Resource Track Papers The ISWC 2025 Resources Track aims to promote the sharing of resources that support, enable, or utilize semantic web research. We welcome descriptions of resources that leverage knowledge representation based on Semantic Web standards or other graph data models to improve the acquisition, processing, and sharing of data on the web. More details: https://iswc2025.semanticweb.org/#/calls/resource Resource Track Chairs: Contact: iswc2025-resource(a)easychair.org Cogan Shimizu, Wright State University, US Angelo Salatino, KMi,The Open University, UK ======================= Call for In-use Track Papers The In-Use track seeks submissions describing applied research as well as software tools, systems, or architectures that benefit from the use of Semantic Web and Knowledge Graph technologies (including, but not limited to, technologies based on the Semantic Web standards). Importantly, submitted papers should provide convincing evidence of the use of the proposed application or tool by the target user group, preferably outside the group that conducted the development and, more broadly, outside the Semantic Web and Knowledge Graph research communities. More details: https://iswc2025.semanticweb.org/#/calls/in-use In-Use Track Chairs: Contact: iswc2025-in-use(a)easychair.org Maribel Acosta Technical University of Munich, Germany Andrea Giovanni Nuzzolese CNR - Institute of Cognitive Sciences and Technologies, Italy =========================================== Important Dates: Abstract submission due May 6th, 2025 Full paper submission due May 13th, 2025 Rebuttal June 17th - 20th, 2025 Notifications July 17th, 2025 Camera ready papers due July 31st, 2025 Website: https://iswc2025.semanticweb.org/ Would you like to know about the host city, Nara? Check out this blog: https://iswc2025.semanticweb.org/#/blogs/host -- *Dr.-Ing. **Genet Asefa Gesese* Head of Machine Learning Department (Abteilungsleitung Maschinelles Lernen) FIZ Karlsruhe – Leibniz Institute for Information Infrastructure, Germany ( *https://www.fiz-karlsruhe.de/en/bereiche/lebenslauf-und-publikationen-dr-ing-genet-asefa-gesese <https://www.fiz-karlsruhe.de/en/bereiche/lebenslauf-und-publikationen-dr-in…>* ) AND Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) *( https://ise.aifb.kit.edu/21_89.php <https://ise.aifb.kit.edu/21_89.php> )*

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First Call for Participation: LLMs with Limited Resources WMT2025 Shared Task
by Daryna Dementieva 08 Apr '25

08 Apr '25

LLMs with Limited Resources for Slavic Languages @ WMT2025 @ EMNLP2025 Website: https://www2.statmt.org/wmt25/limited-resources-slavic-llm.html Join our Google Group! https://groups.google.com/g/slavic-llms-mt2025 HuggingFace Collection: https://huggingface.co/collections/tum-nlp/llms-for-slavic-languages-67f399… This shared task explores how LLMs perform on MT and QA jointly, aiming to investigate task synergy under limited data and compute resources. Ukrainian (uk) is a mid-resource language (~40M L1 speakers), while Upper Sorbian (hsb) and Lower Sorbian (dsb) are minority West Slavic languages (30k and 7k L1 speakers, respectively) spoken in Germany. Data Overview Ukrainian - MT directions: en→uk, cs→uk - QA: Derived from high-school graduation exams (ZNO) - Training sets examples: - MT: WMT24++ <https://huggingface.co/datasets/google/wmt24pp>, SMOL <https://huggingface.co/datasets/google/smol> - QA: UNLP2024 <https://huggingface.co/datasets/osyvokon/zno>, ZNO-EVAL <https://github.com/NLPForUA/ZNO>, Cohere INCLUDE <https://huggingface.co/datasets/CohereForAI/include-base-44> Upper Sorbian & Lower Sorbian (two separate tracks) - MT directions: de→hsb, de→dsb - QA: Multiple-choice questions based on actual CEFR-based language certification exams (A1–C1 levels) - We will prepare the following resources: - Parallel & monolingual corpora via Witaj-Sprachzentrum and Leipzig Corpora Collection; - Previous WMT low-resource tracks (2020–2022); - QA task adapted from language certifications of different levels. Submission Guidelines - Models must produce both MT & QA outputs for the chosen language(s); - Submissions are language-specific; submit to one or multiple language tracks; - Participants can only use one of the following base models that are restricted to 3B parameters maximum: - Qwen2.5-3B-Instruct <https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen2.5-3B-Instruct> - Qwen2.5-1.5B <https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen2.5-1.5B-Instruct> - Qwen2.5-0.5B <https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen2.5-0.5B-Instruct> - Quantized or Unsloth variants from HuggingFace collections Key Dates (AoE) - Registration opens now!: Join our Google group https://groups.google.com/g/slavic-llms-mt2025 - Training/dev data release: Late April - Test data release: Late June - Submission deadline: Early July - System description deadline: Late July - Final workshop: 5-9th November @ EMNLP 2025 in Suzhou, China! Organisers TUM Heilbronn: Daryna Dementieva Marion di Marco Lukas Edman Alexander Fraser Kathy Hämmerl Shu Okabe Witaj-Sprachzentrum: Beate Brězan, Anita Hendrichowa Marko Měškank Tomaš Šołta Acknowledgements We thank the UNLP 2024 Shared Task team (Roman Kyslyi, Mariana Romanyshyn, Oleksiy Syvokon) for kindly sharing Ukrainian QA resources. Best regards, Daryna Dementieva On behalf of TUM Heilbronn Workshop Organizers

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Assistant professor in Computational lingustics
by Sara Stymne 08 Apr '25

08 Apr '25

Join the Computational Linguistics group at Uppsala University! We are hiring an Assistant Professor (Tenure Track) in Computational Linguistics Application deadline: April 29, 2025 Find out more and apply: https://uu.varbi.com/en/what:job/jobID:809532/ ****************************** Description The department is seeking an associate senior lecturer in computational linguistics. Computational linguistics, or language technology, is an interdisciplinary field dealing with computational models of natural language. Traditionally, research has been driven both by the theoretical goal of understanding human language and by practical applications such as machine translation, information retrieval, and human-computer dialogue. The area has in recent years increasingly been influenced by the emergence of large language models and generative AI. The computational linguistics group at Uppsala University conducts research within a broad field with two focus areas: digital philology and multilingual language technology. Education is primarily offered at the second-cycle level, within the international master’s program in language technology, and at the third-cycle level within the PhD program in computational linguistics. Subject area Computational linguistics Duties The aim of the position is to give the teacher the opportunity to develop independence as a researcher and enhance their academic as well as their pedagogical qualifications in order to meet the criteria for employment as senior lecturer. The duties comprise research within the relevant area of specialization (50% of full-time) as well as teaching and administration (no more than 50% of full-time). Teaching includes supervision, course responsibility, course administration, and course development. Teaching primarily consists of courses in language technology, including master’s thesis supervision, within the international master’s program in language technology, which is taught in English. Teaching may include courses with the following specializations: general language technology, language technology applications such as information retrieval and machine translation, machine learning in language technology, as well as programming and mathematics. It may also include supervision of PhD students. As an associate senior lecturer, the candidate is expected to actively apply for external research funding, to stay aware of developments within their field of specialization, and to take part in the faculty’s and department’s development of research and teaching. Eligibility requirements Applicants are eligible for employment as associate senior lecturer if they hold a doctoral degree or have the equivalent academic competence, have demonstrated pedagogical competence, and have the personal characteristics required in order to carry out the duties that the position involves well. Precedence will be given to applicants who completed their PhD projects or reached the equivalent competence no more than five years before the deadline for applications. In order to meet the requirement of pedagogical competence, the applicant should have completed at least five weeks of relevant training in tertiary-level teaching or acquired the equivalent competence in other ways. In special circumstances, the training can be carried out during the first two years of employment. Ability to teach in English is required. The candidate is furthermore expected to be able to use Swedish as a working language within two years. The candidate should have the personal characteristics required to carry out the duties of the position well. Such characteristics include flexibility, the capacity to work well with others, and a sense of responsibility. It is a requirement that the applicant’s academic, pedagogical, and professional competence is relevant to the subject area and duties that the position involves. 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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Survey about data annotation and data acquisition platforms
by Roman Klinger 08 Apr '25

08 Apr '25

Dear Colleagues, Cornelia Sindermann (computational psychologist, University of Stuttgart) and I (natural language processing person, University of Bamberg) are in the phase of preparing a project proposal, for which we could use your help. Our goal is to develop a novel annotation and data acquisition platform that is flexible enough to be used across research fields. In preparation for that, we would like to collect some information on the use of data acquisition platforms (survey tools, annotation tools) that are used in our various research communities. You could help us with that by filling the form at https://tinyurl.com/annotation2025fis (redirects to a qualtrics survey). If you have questions about this, please do not hesitate to contact us at roman.klinger(a)uni-bamberg.de and cornelia.sindermann(a)iris.uni-stuttgart.de! Thank you in advance and best regards, Roman

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[2nd CFP] The LLMs4Subjects Shared Task -- LLM-based Subject Tagging for a Technical Library's Digital Catalog
by D'Souza, Jennifer 08 Apr '25

08 Apr '25

The 2nd LLMs4Subjects Shared Task: LLM-based Subject Tagging for the TIB Technical Library's Digital Catalog Theme: The Development of Energy- and Compute-Efficient LLM Systems Organized as part of the German Evaluation (GermEval 2025) Shared Task Series 10. - 12. September, 2025 Hildesheim, Germany (co-located with KONVENS 2025 - Conference on Natural Language Processing) 2nd LLMs4Subjects Shared Task: https://sites.google.com/view/llms4subjects-germeval/ KONVENS 2025: https://konvens-2025.hs-hannover.de/about/ Task Overview LLMs4Subjects challenges the research community to develop cutting-edge LLM-based solutions for subject tagging of technical records from Leibniz University's Technical Library (TIBKAT). Participants are tasked with leveraging large language models (LLMs) to tag technical records using the GND taxonomy. The task involves bilingual language modeling, as systems must process technical documents in both German and English. Successful solutions may be integrated into the operational workflows of TIB, the Leibniz Information Centre for Science and Technology. With the rapid advancements in LLMs, the focus is shifting toward making these models more energy- and compute-efficient while maintaining high performance. Recent innovations, such as the DeepSeek series, have demonstrated how techniques like mixture-of-experts (MoE) and model distillation can significantly reduce computational costs without sacrificing effectiveness. The 2nd LLMs4Subjects shared task highlights the importance of efficiency in LLMs, encouraging participants to explore strategies that enhance model performance while optimizing for energy consumption and inference speed. We welcome approaches (but not limited to) that leverage model compression, quantization, efficient fine-tuning, and adaptive computation techniques to push the boundaries of sustainable AI development. Subtasks The 2nd LLMs4Subjects shared task organizes the following two subtasks: Subtask 1 - Multi-Domain Classification of Library Records Subtask 2 - Large-scale Multilabel Subject Indexing of Library Records Important Dates * Release of training data: March 8, 2025 * Release of testing data: May 23, 2025 * Deadline for system submissions: June 2, 2025 * Evaluation end: June 27, 2025 * Paper submission deadline: July 7, 2025 * Notification of acceptance: June 28, 2025 * Camera-ready paper due: August 15, 2025 * Workshop/KONVENS: September 10 - 12, 2025 (TBA)

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Fully-funded PhD position in language acquisition / computational linguistics
by Matusevych, Yevgen 08 Apr '25

08 Apr '25

A PhD position at the University of Groningen, the Netherlands: - Fully-funded 4-year position - Research focus: using computational models (including small probabilistic models and neural network language models) to study the acquisition of modal verbs - Programming skills and background in linguistics / language acquisition required - Supervisors: Annemarie van Dooren, Yevgen Matusevych, Arianna Bisazza - Application deadline: 24 April 2025 - More details and application: https://www.rug.nl/about-ug/work-with-us/job-opportunities/?details=00347-0… -- Yevgen Matusevych Assistant Professor Computational Linguistics, University of Groningen https://yevgen.web.rug.nl

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2nd CFP: ClimateCheck – Shared Task on Scientific Fact-Checking of Social Media Claims on Climate Change
by Georg Rehm 08 Apr '25

08 Apr '25

ClimateCheck: Shared Task on Scientific Fact-Checking of Social Media Claims on Climate Change Hosted as part of the SDP 2025 Workshop at ACL 2025 31 July 2025 Vienna, Austria ClimateCheck Shared Task: https://sdproc.org/2025/climatecheck.html Competition on Codabench: https://www.codabench.org/competitions/6639/ Shared Task Overview Social media facilitates discussions on critical issues such as climate change, but it also contributes to the rapid dissemination of misinformation, which complicates efforts to maintain an informed public and create evidence-based policies. In this shared task, we emphasise the need to link public discourse to peer-reviewed scholarly articles by gathering claims from social media about climate change (both real-life and automatically generated ones) as well as a corpus of about 400,000 abstracts of publications from climate science research. The participants will be asked to retrieve relevant abstracts for each claim (subtask I) and classify the relation between the claim and abstract as ‘supports’, ‘refutes’, or ‘not enough information’ (subtask II). Participants are allowed to take part either in subtask I only, or in both subtasks. Subtask I: Abstracts Retrieval Task: given a claim from social media about climate change and a corpus of abstracts, retrieve the top 10 most relevant abstracts. Evaluation: Recall@K (K=2, 5, 10) and B-Pref based on annotated gold data; additional unjudged documents will be reviewed by annotators. Subtask II: Claim Verification Task: given the claim-abstract pairs received from the previous subtask, classify their relation as ‘supports’, ‘refutes’, or ‘not enough information’. Evaluation: Precision, Recall, and F1 weighted scores based on annotated documents. Important dates Release of training data: April 1, 2025 Release of testing data: April 15, 2025 Deadline for system submissions: May 16, 2025 Paper submission deadline: May 23, 2025 Notification of acceptance: June 13, 2025 Camera-ready paper due: June 20, 2025 Workshop: July 31, 2025 We encourage and invite participation from junior researchers and students from diverse backgrounds. Participants are also encouraged to submit a paper describing their systems to the SDP 2025 workshop. Organisers Raia Abu Ahmad (DFKI, Berlin, Germany) Aida Usmanova (Leuphana University, Lüneburg, Germany) Georg Rehm (DFKI, Berlin, Germany)

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2nd Call for Participation: Scientific Visual Question Answering Shared Task (SciVQA)
by Georg Rehm 08 Apr '25

08 Apr '25

SciVQA: Scientific Visual Question Answering Shared Task Hosted as part of the SDP 2025 Workshop at ACL 2025 31 July 2025 Vienna, Austria SciVQA Shared Task: https://sdproc.org/2025/scivqa.html Competition on Codabench: https://www.codabench.org/competitions/5904 Shared Task Overview Scholarly articles convey valuable information not only through unstructured text but also via (semi-)structured figures such as charts and diagrams. Automatically interpreting the semantics of knowledge encoded in these figures can be beneficial for downstream tasks such as question answering (QA). In SciVQA, challenge participants will develop multimodal QA systems using a dataset of 3000 images of scientific figures from ACL Anthology and arXiv papers. Each figure is annotated with seven QA pairs (21000 in total) and includes metadata such as caption, ID, type (e.g., compound, line graph, bar chart, scatter plot), and QA pair type. This shared task specifically focuses on closed-ended visual (i.e., addressing visual attributes such as colour, shape, size, height, etc.) and non-visual (not addressing figure visual attributes) questions. Evaluation Systems will be evaluated using BERTscore, ROUGE-L, and ROUGE-1 metrics. Automated evaluations of submitted systems will be performed through Codabench. Important Dates Release of training data: April 1, 2025 Release of testing data: April 15, 2025 Deadline for system submissions: May 16, 2025 Paper submission deadline: May 23, 2025 Notification of acceptance: June 13, 2025 Camera-ready paper due: June 20, 2025 Workshop: July 31, 2025 Participants are invited to submit papers on their systems. Successful submissions will be published in the proceedings of the SDP 2025 workshop. Organizers Ekaterina Borisova (DFKI, Berlin, Germany) Georg Rehm (DFKI, Berlin, Germany)

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