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Call for participation in Web Survey on Data Bottlenecks in Supervised NLP
by Romberg, Julia 19 Dec '24

19 Dec '24

Dear list members, We invite you to participate in our web survey exploring how recent advancements in NLP, such as LLMs, have changed the need for labeled data in Supervised Machine Learning. Survey details: * Topic: Web survey on Data Annotation and Active Learning * Target group: Researchers and practitioners alike in the fields of NLP, Supervised Machine Learning, and Active Learning in particular (not required). * Duration: ~15 minutes * Deadline for participation: January 12, 2025 * Survey link: https://bildungsportal.sachsen.de/umfragen/limesurvey/index.php/538271 Why should I invest my time in this survey? * Make an impact: Participate in a community-effort and help to gain a better understanding of the current state and open issues on methods that are used to overcome a lack of labeled data. * Gain insights: Receive a report with key findings to incorporate these insights into research and development of new methods and technologies. Thank you for considering participating in our survey! If you have any questions or require additional information, please don't hesitate to contact us directly at activelearningsurvey2024(a)gmail.com<mailto:activeLearningSurvey2024@gmail.com>. If you know colleagues or peers who might be interested, we'd be grateful if you could forward this survey to them as well. Best regards, Julia Romberg (GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences, Germany) Christopher Schröder (Institut für Angewandte Informatik e. V., Germany) Julius Gonsior (TUD Dresden University of Technology) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [gesis-logo-new-50-50] Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences Julia Romberg Computational Social Science, Team Data Science Methods +49(221)47694-742

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MSCA 16 Doctoral Candidate Positions - BICEPS project
by Nikola Milosevic 19 Dec '24

19 Dec '24

Dear all, I would like to draw your attention to BICEPS Marie Curie Sklodowska doctoral program, where we have 16 PhD positions across the following institutions across Europe: German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE) Bayer metaSysX GmbH University of Groningen Aarhus University University of Athens University of Belgrade Anacalypsis Therapeutics Sulfateq B.V. H. Lundbeck A/S University of Oxford Suleyman Demirel University Semical Biosurgery Several positions are focusing on bioinformatics and there are few also dealing with text. (e.g. Bayer one). You can find positions here: https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/search?f%5B0%5D=offer_type%3Ajob_offer&f… Beyond neuroInflammation: new Concepts to Elucidate the peripheral immune system's vital role in Parkinson's disease Decades of research into Parkinson's disease (PD) have fallen short in fully comprehending its mechanisms, leaving us without a cure. Current treatments merely alleviate symptoms temporarily, but are unable to impede the progression of the disease. Clearly, PD research has hit a wall, and new approaches are needed. Recent discoveries of the involvement of the peripheral immune system in PD have sparked a groundbreaking proposition by BICEPS: PD must be considered a systemic disease with an immune response involving both brain and periphery. Thus, to revolutionize PD research, we must shift away from the neuro-centric approach of past decades and extend our focus to studying the immune system outside the brain. Furthermore, recent advancements, such as systems biology and artificial intelligence (AI)-driven data mining, diagnosis, and drug development, hold significant promise for advancing PD research. Therefore, BICEPS is uniting PD researchers, immunologists, and experts in AI and systems biology from leading European academic institutions, startup companies, and established pharmaceutical firms into a unique consortium. The primary objective is to train a new generation of PD researchers with interdisciplinary expertise in these fields. This ambitious goal will be realized through an intensive training program that encompasses cutting-edge methodologies, encourages innovation, nurtures transferable skills, and provides immersive, hands-on research experiences. Thereby, the BICEPS network aims to shape the future of PD research by adopting a fresh perspective and expediting the development of diagnostics and therapies for PD, with a particular focus on the immune system. Position in Bayer you can find here: https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/286014 AI-driven data analysis, target identification and treatment development in PD The project will be implemented at Bayer A.G. , under the supervision of Nikola Milošević. Parkinson's disease (PD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder characterized by the loss of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra, leading to motor symptoms such as tremors, rigidity, and bradykinesia. Recent research has highlighted the complex interplay between the nervous and immune systems in PD pathogenesis, emphasizing the need for integrated approaches to study neuro-immune interactions. This project aims to research best practices for, and develop novel collaborative no-code analytical platform specifically designed to explore and analyze neuro-immune interfaces in the context of PD and other neurodegenerative diseases. The research will first focus on full integration and making easily accessible evidence from both user-provided data and publicly available biomedical databases and literature sources, adhering to FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable) principles. This will be followed by the representation of data in a knowledge graph, enabling sophisticated reasoning and hypothesis generation. Finally, the project will establish explainable AI-powered analytics, reasoning, hypothesis generation, and ranking pipelines about targets, pathways, and potential treatments. The platform will incorporate various data types, including genetic, biochemical, and clinical information, to provide a comprehensive view of the neuro-immune landscape in PD. By leveraging advanced machine learning techniques and natural language processing, the system will be able to analyze and integrate results from multiple experimental studies, literature sources, and other relevant data repositories. This multidisciplinary approach combines techniques from computer science, bioinformatics, and neuroscience to create a powerful tool for PD research. Expected outcomes of this project include determining the precise best practices for multi-layered analysis of targets involved in neurodegenerative diseases and developing a system that can help scientists collaborate, review, analyze, and integrate results from diverse sources. Ultimately, this work could lead to the identification of novel therapeutic targets and potential treatments for PD by facilitating a deeper understanding of the complex neuro-immune interactions underlying the disease. The collaborative nature of the platform will foster interdisciplinary research and accelerate the pace of discovery in the field of neurodegenerative diseases. Freundliche Grüße / Best regards, Dr. Nikola Milosevic Senior Computational Scientist | Bayer Science Fellow //////////////////////// Bayer AG Research & Development, Pharmaceuticals R&D Data Sciences and AI, Scientific Insights Solutions Building S105, 342 13342 Berlin, Germany Tel: +49 30 46817948 Mobile: +49 174 2169881 E-mail: nikola.milosevic(a)bayer.com<mailto:nikola.milosevic@bayer.com> Web: http://www.bayer.com Datenschutzhinweise<https://www.bayer.de/de/datenschutzhinweise-fuer-ausgewaehlte-verarbeitungs…> // Data privacy information<https://www.bayer.com/en/data-privacy-information-for-specific-processing-a…> /// Board of Management: Bill Anderson, Chairman | Wolfgang Nickl, Stefan Oelrich, Heike Prinz, Rodrigo Santos, Julio Triana /// Chairman of the Supervisory Board: Norbert Winkeljohann /// Registered office: Leverkusen | Amtsgericht Köln, HRB 48248

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1st CFP-GITT-2025 at MT Summit 2025
by bsavoldi＠fbk.eu 19 Dec '24

19 Dec '24

1st CALL FOR PAPERS Third International Workshop on Gender-Inclusive Translation Technologies (GITT) at MT Summit 2025 23 June 2025, Geneva, Switzerland https://sites.google.com/tilburguniversity.edu/gitt2025 @gitt-workshop.bsky.social **Important Dates (Time zone: Anywhere on Earth)** Submission deadline: 10 March, 2025 Notification of Acceptance: 4 April, 2025 Camera Ready Copy due: 11 April, 2025 Workshop: 23 June, 2025 **Aim and scope** The Gender-Inclusive Translation Technologies Workshop (GITT) is set out to be the dedicated workshop that focuses on gender-inclusive language in translation and cross-lingual scenarios. The workshop aims to bring together researchers from diverse areas, including industry partners, MT practitioners, and language professionals. GITT aims to encourage multidisciplinary research that develops and interrogates both solutions and challenges for addressing bias and promoting gender inclusivity in MT and translation tools, including LMs applications for the translation task. **Topics** GITT invites technical as well as non-technical submissions, which consist of experimental, theoretical or methodological contributions. We explicitly welcome interdisciplinary submissions and submissions that focus on innovative, non-binary linguistic strategies and/or with sociolinguistically-informed perspectives. The topics of interest include, but are not limited to: - Models or methods for assessing and mitigating gender bias - New resources for inclusive language and gender translation (e.g., datasets, translation memories, dictionaries) - Social, cross-lingual, and ethical implications of gender bias - Qualitative and quantitative analyses on the potential limits of current approaches to gender bias in translation and MT, error taxonomies as well as best practices and guidelines - User-centric case studies on the impact of biased language and/or mitigating approaches which can include translators, post-editors, or monolingual MT users GITT is also open to other non-listed topics aligned with the scope of the workshop and works focusing on non-textual modalities (e.g., audiovisual translation) **Submission** We welcome four types of submissions, two archival and two non-archival. --ARCHIVAL-- - Research papers: of at least 4 up to 10 pages (excluding references) -- Extended Abstracts: up to 2 pages (including references) Accepted papers and extended abstracts consisting of novel work will be published online as proceedings in the ACL Anthology. --NON-ARCHIVAL-- - Research Communications: up to 2 pages (including references). We include a parallel submission policy in the form of Research Communications for papers related to the topic of GITT that were accepted in other venues in 2024 and 2025. - Potluck Communications: short abstract up to 500 words (including references). Potluck Communications offer a space for anyone—especially students and early career researchers—to discuss bold new ideas for collaboration, brainstorm about ongoing work, and explore future research directions. The communications will not be included in the proceedings, but will serve to promote the dissemination of research aligned with the scope of the workshop. All submissions should adhere to the MT Summit 2025 guidelines and style templates (PDF, LaTeX, Word) and be uploaded on Easychair. **Workshop organizers** Janiça Hackenbuchner, University of Ghent Luisa Bentivogli, Fondazione Bruno Kessler Joke Daems, University of Ghent Chiara Manna, University of Tilburg Beatrice Savoldi, Fondazione Bruno Kessler Eva Vanmassenhove, University of Tilburg

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Biceps MSCA 16 Doctoral Candidate Positions
by Nikola Milosevic 19 Dec '24

19 Dec '24

Dear all, I would like to draw your attention to BICEPS Marie Curie Sklodowska doctoral program, where we have 16 PhD positions across the following institutions across Europe: German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE) Bayer metaSysX GmbH University of Groningen Aarhus University University of Athens University of Belgrade Anacalypsis Therapeutics Sulfateq B.V. H. Lundbeck A/S University of Oxford Suleyman Demirel University Semical Biosurgery Several positions are focusing on bioinformatics and there are few also dealing with text. (e.g. Bayer one). You can find positions here: https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/search?f%5B0%5D=offer_type%3Ajob_offer&f… *Beyond neuroInflammation: new Concepts to Elucidate the peripheral immune system's vital role in Parkinson's disease* Decades of research into Parkinson's disease (PD) have fallen short in fully comprehending its mechanisms, leaving us without a cure. Current treatments merely alleviate symptoms temporarily, but are unable to impede the progression of the disease. Clearly, PD research has hit a wall, and new approaches are needed. Recent discoveries of the involvement of the peripheral immune system in PD have sparked a groundbreaking proposition by BICEPS: PD must be considered a systemic disease with an immune response involving both brain and periphery. Thus, to revolutionize PD research, we must shift away from the neuro-centric approach of past decades and extend our focus to studying the immune system outside the brain. Furthermore, recent advancements, such as systems biology and artificial intelligence (AI)-driven data mining, diagnosis, and drug development, hold significant promise for advancing PD research. Therefore, BICEPS is uniting PD researchers, immunologists, and experts in AI and systems biology from leading European academic institutions, startup companies, and established pharmaceutical firms into a unique consortium. The primary objective is to train a new generation of PD researchers with interdisciplinary expertise in these fields. This ambitious goal will be realized through an intensive training program that encompasses cutting-edge methodologies, encourages innovation, nurtures transferable skills, and provides immersive, hands-on research experiences. Thereby, the BICEPS network aims to shape the future of PD research by adopting a fresh perspective and expediting the development of diagnostics and therapies for PD, with a particular focus on the immune system. Best regards, Dr Nikola Milosevic

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9th Workshop on Online Abuse and Harms (WOAH) @ACL: 1st CFP
by Agostina Calabrese 19 Dec '24

19 Dec '24

*** First Call for Papers *** We invite paper submissions to the 9th Workshop on Online Abuse and Harms (WOAH), which will take place on July 31/August 1 at ACL 2025. Website: https://www.workshopononlineabuse.com/cfp.html Important Dates * Submission due: March 7, 2025 * ARR reviewed submission due: April 10, 2025 * Notification of acceptance: April 17, 2025 * Camera-ready papers due: May 16, 2025 * Workshop: July 31st - August 1st, 2025 Overview Digital technologies have brought significant benefits to society, transforming how people connect, communicate, and interact. However, these same technologies have also enabled the widespread dissemination and amplification of abusive and harmful content, such as hate speech, harassment, and misinformation. Given the sheer volume of content shared online, addressing abuse and harm at scale requires the use of computational tools. Yet, detecting and moderating online abuse remains a complex task, fraught with technical, social, legal, and ethical challenges. The 9th Workshop on Online Abuse and Harms (WOAH) invites paper submissions from a diverse range of fields, including but not limited to natural language processing, machine learning, computational social science, law, political science, psychology, sociology, and cultural studies. We explicitly encourage interdisciplinary research, technical and non-technical contributions, and submissions that focus on under-resourced languages. Non-archival papers and civil society reports are also welcome. Topics covered by WOAH include, but are not limited to: * New models or methods for detecting abusive and harmful online content, including misinformation; * Biases and limitations in existing detection models or datasets for abusive and harmful content, especially those in commercial use; * Development of new datasets and taxonomies for online abuse and harms; * Novel evaluation metrics and procedures for detecting harmful content; * Analyses of the dynamics of online abuse, its propagation, and its impact on different communities; * Social, legal, and ethical considerations in detecting, monitoring, and moderating online abuse. Special Theme: Harms Beyond Hate Speech In its 9th edition, WOAH highlights the theme Harms Beyond Hate Speech. We aim to expand the conversation beyond conventional definitions of harmful content by exploring the nuanced ways online harms manifest—such as technologically mediated inauthentic behavior, the power of technologies to reshape perceptions and opinions, and their potential to incite discrimination, hostility, violence, or even genocide. Additionally, we emphasize the diverse targets affected by such harms and the unique considerations computational interventions demand. To facilitate this exploration, we invite NLP researchers, social scientists, cultural scholars, and practitioners to engage with key issues, including child sexual abuse material, radicalization, misinformation, platform policies, security, and the politics of computational approaches. By fostering interdisciplinary collaboration, our goal is to deepen understanding of these complex phenomena and advance effective, ethical solutions Submission Submission is electronic, using the Softconf START conference management system. Submission link: TBA The workshop will accept three types of papers: 1) Academic Papers (long and short): Long papers of up to 8 pages, excluding references, and short papers of up to 4 pages, excluding references. Unlimited pages for references and appendices. Accepted papers will be given an additional page of content to address reviewer comments. Previously published papers cannot be accepted. 2) Non-Archival Submissions: Up to 2 pages, excluding references, to summarise and showcase in-progress work and work published elsewhere. 3) Civil Society Reports: Non-archival submissions, with a minimum of 2 pages and no upper limit. Can include work published elsewhere. All submissions must use the official ACL style files<https://github.com/acl-org/acl-style-files>. Submissions that do not conform to the required styles, including paper size, margin width, and font size restrictions, will be rejected without review. All submissions should adhere to the workshop policies https://www.workshopononlineabuse.com/policies.html. WOAH Community We are excited to share the WOAH community Slack channel — a workspace for researchers interested in or working on understanding and addressing online abuse and harms! Join us here: https://join.slack.com/t/hatespeechdet-47d7560/shared_invite/zt-2a8d96j4z-g… Contact Info Please send any questions about the workshop to organizers(a)workshopononlineabuse.com<mailto:organizers@workshopononlineabuse.com> Organisers Agostina Calabrese, University of Edinburgh Christine de Kock, University of Melbourne Debora Nozza, Bocconi University Flor Miriam Plaza-del-Arco, Bocconi University Zeerak Talat, University of Edinburgh Francielle Vargas, University of São Paulo 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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PhD position in Cologne on the role of gender in prominence hierarchies
by Elen Le Foll 19 Dec '24

19 Dec '24

Dear all, We are looking to fill a PhD position (4 years, 65% FTE) in the project “The role of gender in prominence hierarchies: A cross-linguistic and cross-register perspective”. This project is part of the CRC “Prominence in Language” at the University of Cologne. The project is co-led by Elen Le Foll and Stefan Hinterwimmer. We aim to investigate the extent to which both social and grammatical gender hierarchies are reflected in linguistic prominence hierarchies. We will conduct corpus and experimental studies to investigate the potential role of gender in a number of morphosyntactic alternations in (i) English (a language with no grammatical gender), (ii) French (a language with two grammatical genders that mostly match social/referential genders), and (iii) German (a language with more than two grammatical genders). We are looking for a doctoral researcher interested in using quantitative corpus-linguistic methods and multivariable statistical techniques to account for the multi-dimensionality of prominence in naturally occurring data. *Your tasks* * Collect and pre-process corpus data in German and French * Perform linguistic annotation on corpus data in German and French * Design and conduct corpus studies on morpho-syntactic alternations in German and French * Analyse the results using multivariable statistical methods * Collaborate with the project leaders on related studies * Present your work at international conferences * Publish your results in academic journals *Your profile* * You are familiar with corpus linguistics research * You have experience with R (and/or other programming languages) * You have experience with statistical modeling (preferably in R) * You are highly proficient in English * You are proficient in German and French * You enjoy working in a team * You can quickly adapt to new research topics * You are interested in learning new research methods Application deadline: *17 January 2025* Start date: *1 April 2025* * More information about the position <https://sfb1252.uni-koeln.de/sites/sfb_1252/user_upload/Ausschreibungen/PhD…>. * More information on the CRC. <https://sfb1252.uni-koeln.de> Feel free to contact me if you have any questions. Best regards and happy holidays! Elen -- *Dr. Elen Le Foll* /Post-Doctoral Researcher & Lecturer/ Applied Linguistics | Corpus Linguistics | Language Teaching & Learning Department of Romance Studies <https://romanistik.phil-fak.uni-koeln.de/> | Data Center for the Humanities <https://dch.phil-fak.uni-koeln.de/> <https://dch.phil-fak.uni-koeln.de/> <https://dch.phil-fak.uni-koeln.de/>University of Cologne <https://portal.uni-koeln.de/en/uoc-home> ORCID <https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5839-8010> ResearchGate <https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Elen-Le-Foll>

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SCOLIA@ECIR2025 – 2nd CfP
by Ingo Frommholz 19 Dec '24

19 Dec '24

*** Apologies for cross-posting *** === CALL FOR PAPERS === **************************************************************************** First International Workshop on Scholarly Information Access (SCOLIA’25) held in conjunction with the 47th European Conference on Information Retrieval (ECIR'25), April 10th, 2025 – Lucca, Italy Website: https://sites.google.com/view/bir-ws/scolia-2025 **************************************************************************** Dear colleagues, You are invited to submit your contribution to the First International Workshop on Scholarly Information Access (SCOLIA 2025), following the successful BIR workshop series, to be held as part of the 47th European Conference on Information Retrieval (ECIR 2025, https://www.ecir2025.org) in Lucca, Tuscany. https://sites.google.com/view/bir-ws/scolia-2025 The workshop is planned as an onsite event. We encourage all speakers to join us in Lucca (IT). === Important Dates === All dates are in Anywhere on Earth – AoE Time Zone - Submissions: 27th January 2025 - Notifications: 10th March 2025 - Camera Ready Contributions: 1st April 2025 - Workshop: 10th April 2025 === tl;dr === The SCOLIA (SChOLarly Information Access) workshop aims to bring together researchers and practitioners from Information Retrieval (IR), Natural Language Processing (NLP), and Scientometrics/Bibliometrics who are working on the analysis of scientific/scholarly documents. The SCOLIA workshop at ECIR is a half-day workshop. === Keywords === Academic Information Access • Information Retrieval • Recommendation • Conversational Interfaces • Digital Libraries • Bibliometrics • Scientometrics • Natural Language Processing === Workshop Topics === SCOLIA 2025 addresses current research issues regarding the broad scope of scholarly information access in the age of retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) and GenAI. Submissions should discuss, but are not limited to, the following topics • Construction of scholarly information access systems for tasks such as search, recommendation, or conversational information access, e.g., • Chatting with papers via chatbots • Bibliometric-enhanced IR • Finding relevant papers/authors for a literature review • Identifying expert reviewers for a given submission • Information extraction, text mining and parsing of scholarly literature • Recommendation of citations based on the context • Discourse modelling and argument mining • Retrieval-augmented Generation for LLM-enhanced academic search and recommendation • Challenges and opportunities for scholarly information access coming from GenAI and LLMs. • Evaluation of scholarly information access systems, e.g., • Quantification of the suitability of the output produced by an LLM • Evaluation challenges of generative AI and LLMs for scholarly texts and references • Simulated users. • User Models and Collections, e.g., • Understanding information-seeking behaviour and HCI in academic search • Modelling the multifaceted nature of scientific information interaction • Building test collections. • Pre- and Post-Publication Quality Insurance and Scientific Integrity, e.g., • Filtering high-quality research papers, e.g., in preprint servers • Tracking and taming error propagation in the scientific record or scientific misbehaviour • Detecting "Fake Science", low quality or automatically generated papers • Measuring the degree of plagiarism in a paper • Flagging predatory conferences and journals. We especially invite descriptions of running projects and ongoing work as well as contributions from industry. Papers that investigate multiple themes directly are especially welcome. === Submission Details === All submissions must be written in English following the CEURART 1-column paper style (6 pages (short paper), 12 pages (full paper), please see below) and should be submitted as PDF files to EasyChair. All submissions will be reviewed by at least two independent reviewers. Please be aware of the fact that at least one author per paper needs to register for the workshop and attend the workshop to present the work. In case of no-show the paper (even if accepted) will be deleted from the proceedings AND from the program. • CEURART (incl. LaTeX and Word templates): https://ceurws.wordpress.com/2020/03/31/ceurws-publishes-ceurart-paper-styl… • Submission via EasyChair: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=scolia2025 Page limits: • Full paper: 12 pages excluding references • Short paper: 6 pages excluding references Workshop proceedings will be deposited online in the CEUR workshop proceedings publication service (ISSN 1613-0073) - this way the proceedings will be permanently available and citable (digital persistent identifiers and long-term preservation). === Workshop Chairs === Ingo Frommholz, University of Wolverhampton, UK Philipp Mayr, GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences, Germany Guillaume Cabanac, University of Toulouse, France Suzan Verberne, Leiden University, the Netherlands Christin Kreutz, TH Mittelhessen & Herder Institute, Germany For any enquiries please email scolia2025(a)easychair.org. -- Ingo Frommholz (he/him), PhD, Dipl.-Inform., FBCS, FHEA Reader (~Associate Professor) in Data Science Head of Data, AI, Interaction, Retrieval and Language Group http://dairel.org University of Wolverhampton, UK 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 PGP/GPG fingerprint: B74E A422 C7B2 A5BB 2BC2 523B 2790 216E F8F8 D166 http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x2790216EF8F8D166

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Call for Participation: The First Workshop on Language Models for Low-Resource Languages (LoResLM 2025@COLING)
by Ranasinghe, Tharindu 18 Dec '24

18 Dec '24

Neural language models have revolutionised natural language processing (NLP) and have provided state-of-the-art results for many tasks. However, their effectiveness is largely dependent on the pre-training resources. Therefore, language models (LMs) often struggle with low-resource languages in both training and evaluation. Recently, there has been a growing trend in developing and adopting LMs for low-resource languages. LoResLM aims to provide a forum for researchers to share and discuss their ongoing work on LMs for low-resource languages. LoResLM 2025 will be a physical workshop co-located with COLING 2025, Abu Dhabi on 20th January 2025. We are pleased to share the programme of LoResLM 2025 with you. Please visit https://loreslm.github.io/program for the full programme. To register for the workshop, please visit https://coling2025.org/registration/ We are looking forward to welcoming you at LoResLM 2025 in Abu Dhabi. The workshop is supported in part by CLARIN-UK, funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council as part of the Infrastructure for Digital Arts and Humanities programme. >> Keynote Speaker Jose Camacho-Collados, Cardiff University. >> Organising Committee Hansi Hettiarachchi, Lancaster University, UK Tharindu Ranasinghe, Lancaster University, UK Paul Rayson, Lancaster University, UK Ruslan Mitkov, Lancaster University, UK Mohamed Gaber, Birmingham City University, UK Damith Premasiri, Lancaster University, UK Fiona Anting Tan, National University of Singapore, Singapore Lasitha Uyangodage, University of Münster, Germany >> Programme Committee Gábor Bella - IMT Atlantique, France Samuel Cahyawijaya - The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong Burcu Can - University of Stirling, UK Çağrı Çöltekin - University of Tübingen, Germany Raj Dabre - National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Japan Vera Danilova - Uppsala University, Sweden Debashish Das - Birmingham City University, UK Ona de Gibert - University of Helsinki, Finland Alphaeus Dmonte - George Mason University, USA Bonaventure F. P. Dossou - McGill University, Canada Daan van Esch - Google Ignatius Ezeani - Lancaster University, UK Anna Furtado - University of Galway, Ireland Amal Htait - Aston University, UK Ali Hürriyetoğlu - Wageningen University & Research, Netherlands Danka Jokic - University of Belgrade, Serbia Diptesh Kanojia - University of Surrey, UK Daisy Lal - Lancaster University, UK Colin Leong - University of Dayton, USA Veronika Lipp - Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics, Hungary Muhidin Mohamed - Aston University, UK Farhad Nooralahzadeh - University of Zurich, Switzerland Rrubaa Panchendrarajan - Queen Mary University of London, UK Nadeesha Pathirana - Aston University, UK Alistair Plum - University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg Nishat Raihan - George Mason University, USA Omid Rohanian - University of Oxford, UK Sandaru Seneviratne - Australian National University, Australia Ravi Shekhar - University of Essex, UK Archchana Sindhujan - University of Surrey, UK Claytone Sikasote - University of Cape Town, South Africa Marjana Prifti Skenduli - University of New York Tirana, Albania Uthayasanker Thayasivam - University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka Taro Watanabe - Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Japan John Vidler - Lancaster University, UK Phil Weber - Aston University, UK Bryan Wilie - Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, Hong Kong Artūrs Znotiņš - University of Latvia, Latvia URL - https://loreslm.github.io/ Twitter - https://x.com/LoResLM2025 Dr Tharindu Ranasinghe 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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First Call for Papers: NLP4Disability The Second Workshop on Natural Language Processing (NLP) for Disability @ PETRA 2025
by Mourad Abbas 18 Dec '24

18 Dec '24

We are delighted to invite you to NLP4Disability <https://nlp4disability.github.io/>, the Second Workshop on Natural Language Processing (NLP) for Disability @ PETRA 2025, which will be held late June 2025 (*VIRTUAL*). *Topics* - Text-based disability identification through automated analysis and accessibility support - Accessible natural language interfaces designed for users with diverse needs - Alt-text generation creating automated image descriptions for visual impairments - Speech recognition enhancing ASR systems for hearing-impaired users - Speech synthesis tools supporting users with speech and vocal disabilities - Assistive NLP technologies developing language tools for communication access - Computational linguistics adapting language processing for disability support - Text processing modifying content for varied cognitive and learning needs - NLP bias addressing model fairness and representation in disability contexts - Memory assistance tools supporting age-related cognitive decline * Submission* · Papers must be submitted via the link: https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=petra2025 · Each submitted paper will be reviewed by three program committee members. · The reviewing process is *double-blind*. · Authors should use the *ACM format* <https://www.petrae.org/guide.html>*.* · Submitted papers should be *3-10 pages*, including references. *Important dates* *Submission deadline: 10 February 2025 * *Notification of acceptance:* 15 March 2025 *Camera-ready paper due:* 30 April 2025 *Publication* All accepted papers will be published in ACM <https://www.acm.org/>. Mourad Abbas

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CfP: Workshop on Creative-text Translation and Technology
by HANSEN Damien 18 Dec '24

18 Dec '24

[Apologies for cross-posting] Call for papers Second Workshop on Creative-text Translation and Technology, co-located with the MT Summit 2025 The workshop on Creative-text Translation and Technology (CTT) aims to attract a broad range of attendees, such as researchers, educators, translators and industry stakeholders, to discuss the applicability of language technology on translation efforts. Translation technology encompasses tools such as large language models (LLM), machine translation (MT) and computer-assisted translation (CAT) and their application in creative use cases such as marketing, literature and poetry, audiovisual translation and subtitling, and multilingual content creation on social media. We also encourage paper submissions on reception studies, and the development and user-testing of tools related to creative-text translation. Workshop date 23 or 24 June 2025 (to be decided by MT Summit organizers) Topics CTT welcomes contribution from a diverse audience, including translators, tool developers and users, researchers, students, and industry professionals working on or with creative-text translation. We invite submissions that explore the intersection of language technology and creative domains, addressing both practical applications and theoretical considerations. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: * Computer-assisted/machine translation in marketing * Computer-assisted/machine translation of literary works, including poetry and prose * Computer-assisted/machine translation in audiovisual translation * Computer-assisted/machine translation in subtitling * Computer-assisted/machine translation in multilingual content creation * Resources (models, datasets, tools) for multilingual or parallel creative-text translation * User studies on creative-text CAT/MT * Limitations of current language technology in creative domains * Generative AI for creative text generation and translation * Impact of language technology on the creative translation process * Reception studies of machine-translated creative texts * Cross-lingual creativity: Translation challenges and innovations * Case studies of MT and CAT in creative industries Submission guidelines We accept long papers (up to 10 pages, plus unlimited pages for references, appendices and sustainability statement). While we endeavor all papers to be presented as an oral presentation, depending on the number of submissions, we may select papers to be presented as posters instead. Accepted papers will only be published in the proceedings if (and only if) they were also presented in person at the workshop. * Submissions must be anonymized. The review will be double-blind. * Submissions should be formatted according to the official MT Summit style templates. * Papers should be submitted as PDF using the EasyChair platform. Details will be shared soon. * Work that has been or is planned to be submitted to other venues must be declared as such. Upon acceptance at CTT, it must be withdrawn from the other venues. Important dates * Paper submission: March 10th 2025 * Notification to authors: 31 March 2025 * Camera-ready: 7 April 2025 * (All deadlines are at 23.59 GMT) More information on: https://ctt2025.ccl.kuleuven.be/

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CfP 12th International Conference on CMC and Social Media Corpora for the Humanities (CMC-Corpora)
by Fábián-Trost, Annamária 18 Dec '24

18 Dec '24

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 below and attached). Keynotes Gavin Brookes (Lancaster University) Stephanie Evert (Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg) Deadline paper/abstract submission: 15th May 2025, 23:59 CEST The conference 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. We invite submissions to the 12th conference on following topics: * 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). Templates Submission templates for MS Word and LaTeX are provided on the conference’s homepage: https://www.cmc2025.uni-bayreuth.de/en/. Important Dates * Platform opening for short paper and abstract submission: 17th February 2025 * Deadline paper/abstract submission: 15th May 2025, 23:59 CEST More information on the CMC2025 conference: https://www.cmc2025.uni-bayreuth.de/en/ For all enquiries, please contact the organizers at cmc2025(a)uni-bayreuth.de. More information on the “International Conference Series on CMC and Social Media Corpora (cmc-corpora)”: https://cmc-corpora.org/series/# Local organizing committee: * Dr. Annamária Fábián (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) Scientific chairs: * Dr. Steven Coats (University Oulu) * Dr. Annamária Fábián (University of Bayreuth) * Prof. Dr. Julien Longhi (CY Cergy Paris University) * Prof. Igor Trost (Alpen-Adria University Klagenfurt/U. of Passau) * Prof. Reinhild Vandekerckhove (University of Antwerp) * Dr. Lieke Verheijen (Radboud University) Scientific committee (so far confirmed): * Paul Baker (Lancaster University) * Gavin Brookes (Lancaster University) * Noah Bubenhofer (University of Zürich) * Mario Cal Varela (Universidade de Santiago de Compostela) * Louis Cotgrove (Leibniz-Institut für Deutsche Sprache Mannheim) * Steven Coats (University of Oulu) * Orphée DeClercq (Ghent University) * Stephanie Evert (Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nüremberg) * Francisco Javier Fernández Polo (University of Santiago de Compostela) * Annamária Fábián (University of Bayreuth/Bavarian Research Institute for Digital Transformation – Bavarian Academy of Science) * Jenny Frey (European Academy of Bozen) * Aivars Glaznieks (Eurac Research Bolzano) * Claire Hardaker (Lancaster University) * Stefan Hartmann (Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf) * Iris Hendrickx (Radboud University Nijmegen) * Axel Herold (Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften) * Besim Kabashi (Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nüremberg) * Erik-Tjong Kim-Sang (Netherlands eScience Center) * Alexander Koenig (CLARIN ERIC) * Marc Kupietz (Leibniz-Institut für deutsche Sprache Mannheim) * Mikko Laitinen (University of Eastern Finland) * Els Lefever (Ghent University) * Julien Longhi (Cergy-Pontoise Université) * Harald Lüngen (Leibniz-Institut für deutsche Sprache Mannheim) * Konstanze Marx-Wischnowski (University of Greifswald) * Maja Miličević-Petrović (University of Bologna) * Nelleke Oostdijk (Radboud University) * Jan Oliver Rüdiger (Leibniz-Institut für deutsche Sprache Mannheim) * Tatjana Scheffler (Ruhr-Universität Bochum) * Steven Schoonjans (Alpen-Adria University Klagenfurt) * Mirco Schönfeld (University of Bayreuth) * Stefania Spina (Università per Stranieri di Perugia) * Egon Stemle (Eurac Research) * Caroline Tagg (The Open University) * Stefanie Ullmann (University of Cambridge) * Igor Trost (Alpen-Adria University Klagenfurt/Universität Passau) * Reinhild Vandekerckhove (University of Antwerp) * Lieke Verheijen (Radboud University) * Stefanie Walter (Technical University Munich) * Katrin Weller (GESIS Cologne) All the best, Annamaria Fabian (Bayreuth) and Igor Trost (Klagenfurt/Passau) Dr. Annamaria Fabian Principal Investigator (Post-Doc) of the project "Disability diversity and the communicative realization of inclusion on Social Media" Department German Linguistics University of Bayreuth https://www.gl.uni-bayreuth.de/de/team/A-Fabian/index.php Member of the Bavarian Research Institute for Digital Transformation (Bavarian Academy of Science) Head of the Research Group "Diversity and Inclusion in Digital Societies" Newly published: Annamaria Fabian, Igor Trost, Kevin Altmann & Mara Schwind (2024): The analysis of ‘inclusion’ and ‘accessibility’ in Computer-Mediated-Communication for an inclusive transformation in digital societies. pp. 16-20 (double-side print). In: Céline Poudat, Mathilde Guernut. Proceedings of the 11th Conference on CMC and Social Media Corpora for the Humanities. 11th Conference on CMC and Social Media Corpora for the Humanities (CMC 2024), CORLI; Université Côte d’Azur, 2024. halshs-04673776v1 available here: https://cmc-corpora-nice.sciencesconf.org/data/pages/CMC2024_2_.pdf

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1st CFP: The 19th Linguistic Annotation Workshop (LAW-XIX)
by Ines Rehbein 18 Dec '24

18 Dec '24

Call for Papers: The 19th Linguistic Annotation Workshop (LAW-XIX) We invite submissions for LAW-XIX, co-located with ACL 2025 in Vienna, Austria, in July/Aug 2025. The LAW-XIX will provide a forum for presentation and discussion of innovative research on all aspects of linguistic annotation, including creation/evaluation of annotation schemes, methods for automatic and manual annotation, use and evaluation of annotation software and frameworks, representation of linguistic data and annotations, semi-supervised “human in the loop” methods of annotation, crowd-sourcing approaches, and more. Special Theme The special theme of LAW-XIX is "*Subjectivity and variation in linguistic annotations*". In addition to LAW's general topics, we specifically invite submissions on: * Subjectivity and human label variation in linguistic annotations * Learning from annotation disagreements * Detecting annotation noise in human label variation * Accounting for subjectivity in label aggregation * Ways to aggregate multiple annotators' labels beyond majority vote * Any other topics related to the special theme. Regarding subjectivity, we are particularly interested in work addressing the*annotation of multidimensional constructs from the political and social sciences* and encourage submissions on the following topics: * Theory-driven operationalization of complex political or socio-psychological constructs, * such as populism, moral values, or stereotypes Creation of linguistically annotated datasets that capture such constructs * Relation between theories and textual annotations * Challenges for the measurement of multidimensional constructs from text * Challenges for validating (a) theories, (b) annotations * Implications and risks for manual annotation and automatic prediction of socio-psychological constructs from text. Important Dates All submission deadlines are 11:59 p.m. UTC-12:00 “anywhere on Earth.” Workshop papers due (ARR Commitment) Mar 25, 2025 Workshop papers due (Direct Submission) April 04, 2025 Notification of acceptance May 16, 2025 Camera-ready papers due May 30, 2025 Workshop date July/Aug, 2025 Submissions For more information on the workshop and submission formats, please refer to the workshop homepage: https://sigann.github.io/LAW-XIX-2025 If you have any questions, please feel free to contact the program co-chairs at law2025workshop(a)gmail.com. Workshop Organizers Siyao (Logan) Peng (Program Co-Chair) Ines Rehbein (Program Co-Chair) Amir Zeldes (ACL SIGANN President) -- Ines Rehbein Data and Web Science Group University of Mannheim, Germany

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Fully funded PhD positions in Language Technology, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
by Dimitrios Kokkinakis 18 Dec '24

18 Dec '24

Dear colleagues, Apologies for cross-postings. We are inviting applications for one (or more) fully funded PhD positions in Language Technology. Location: Department of Swedish, Multilingualism, Language Technology, University of Gothenburg, Sweden. Type of employment: Fixed-term employment, 4 years Basis: 100% Deadline for applications: March 3rd, 2025 (24:00, CET). First day of employment: September 1st, 2025, or as soon as possible after this date, by agreement. For candidate requirements, application instructions, and further details, please visit this link: https://web103.reachmee.com/ext/I005/1035/job?site=7&lang=UK&validator=9b89… Please forward this announcement to candidates who might be interested. Best regards, Dimitrios Kokkinakis

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Podcast Corpus - French and English
by michelecardo1＠gmail.com 17 Dec '24

17 Dec '24

Hello all, I am a PhD student at Université Paris Cité working on a project about question sequences in monologic discourse. I am trying to find a corpus of podcasts in French and English where there is one speaker. Does anyone have access to such a corpus or might be able to lead me in the right direction? I would be ever so grateful for any help or ideas of the best way to proceed. Sincerely, Michele Cardo

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December 2024 Newsletter - LDC
by Penn LDC 16 Dec '24

16 Dec '24

In this newsletter: LDC 2025 membership discounts now available Approaching deadline for Spring 2025 data scholarship applications LDC closed for Winter Break December 25-January 1 New publications: MATERIAL Farsi-English Language Pack<https://catalog.ldc.upenn.edu/LDC2024S13> Abstract Meaning Representation 3.0 - Machine Translations<https://catalog.ldc.upenn.edu/LDC2024T11> ________________________________ LDC 2025 membership discounts now available Now through March 3, 2025, current 2024 members receive a 10% discount for renewing their membership, and new or returning organizations receive a 5% discount. Membership remains the most economical way to access current and past LDC releases. Consult Join LDC<https://www.ldc.upenn.edu/members/join-ldc> for details on membership options and benefits. Approaching deadline for Spring 2025 data scholarship applications Attention students: don't miss out on the chance to receive no-cost access to LDC data for your research. Applications for Spring 2025 data scholarships are due January 15, 2025. For more information on requirements and program rules, see LDC Data Scholarships<https://www.ldc.upenn.edu/language-resources/data/data-scholarships>. LDC closed for Winter Break December 25-January 1 LDC will be closed from Wednesday December 25, 2024, through Wednesday, January 1, 2025, in accordance with the University of Pennsylvania Winter Break Policy. Our offices will reopen on Thursday, January 2, 2025. Requests received by the Membership Office during Winter Break will be processed when the office reopens. ________________________________ New publications: MATERIAL Farsi-English Language Pack<https://catalog.ldc.upenn.edu/LDC2024S13> was developed by Appen<http://www.appen.com/> for the IARPA MATERIAL<https://www.iarpa.gov/index.php/research-programs/material> program and contains 61 hours of Farsi 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 30% of the speech files, and approximately 3% of the speech files 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. 2024 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. * Abstract Meaning Representation 3.0 - Machine Translations<https://catalog.ldc.upenn.edu/LDC2024T11> was developed by the Center for Computational Linguistics at KU Leuven<https://www.arts.kuleuven.be/ling/ccl> in the HORIZON2020<https://research-and-innovation.ec.europa.eu/funding/funding-opportunities/…> project SignON<https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/101017255>. It is an automatic translation of a subset of sentences from Abstract Meaning Representation (AMR) Annotation Release 3.0 (LDC2020T02)<https://catalog.ldc.upenn.edu/LDC2020T02> into Spanish, Irish Gaelic, and Dutch. AMR 3.0 training, development, and test splits were translated using Google Translate<https://translate.google.com>. "Unsplit" directories were not translated and are not included in this release. Translations were not manually verified, but formal issues (such as unexpected new lines) were corrected, and special tokens and encoding issues were fixed with the Python tool ftfy.fix_text<https://ftfy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/>. AMR 3.0 is a semantic treebank of over 59,000 English natural language sentences drawn from material collected by LDC, specifically, discussion forum text from the DARPA BOLT and DARPA DEFT programs, transcripts and English translations of Mandarin Chinese broadcast news programming, Wall Street Journal text, translated Xinhua news texts, various newswire texts from NIST OpenMT evaluations, and weblog data from the DARPA GALE program. 2024 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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SMASH: Fourth Call for Postdoc Fellowships
by Matthew Purver 16 Dec '24

16 Dec '24

The SMASH programme has just opened its fourth and final call for applications, for 2-year postdoc fellowships on a range of topics that includes "Linguistic knowledge injection into deep learning" and "Cross-lingual transfer for less-resourced languages". Please see below for more info: ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Smash <smash(a)ung.si> The fourth call for applications for SMASH postdoctoral Fellowships, co-funded by Marie Sklodowska Curie Actions, is now open! It offers excellent research opportunities that revolve around machine learning and its applications to the fields of climate research, linguistics, precision medicine and fundamental physics. In this call, SMASH aims to hire about 6 fellows who will be hosted in five Slovenian institutions. They can also spend up to 1/3 of their 2-years appointments at one of our international academic partners (including top EU centres like Gravitation and Astroparticle Physics at the University of Amsterdam, and world-leading institutions like CERN and UC Berkeley) or at some of the most successful Slovenian companies. Each 2-year fellowship offers excellent working conditions, access to top infrastructure (including the HPC Vega), substantial research and travel funds and a salary that is significantly higher than local costs of living. The SMASH program values an inclusive culture and believes diversity is the key to success, so SMASH warmly welcomes applicants from underrepresented groups. Note also that SMASH offers a dedicated allowance to support applicants with special needs. In order to apply, fellows need to contact their desired supervisor who will assist them in preparing short research proposals and provide them with the necessary letters of support from the host institutions. *For more information see:https://smash.ung.si/open-call-4/ <https://smash.ung.si/open-call-4/> .* *The application deadline is April 1st 2025.* -- -- Matthew Purver - http://www.eecs.qmul.ac.uk/~mpurver/ Computational Linguistics Lab - http://compling.eecs.qmul.ac.uk/ Cognitive Science Research Group - http://cogsci.eecs.qmul.ac.uk/ School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science Queen Mary University of London, London E1 4NS, UK *My working days for QMUL are **Tuesday-Thursday**; responses to mail on other days may be delayed.*

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Deadline 15th January: 5-6 months M2 internship, A computational socio-linguistic exploration of the Ethics of AI landscape, at Télécom Paris
by Maria Boritchev 16 Dec '24

16 Dec '24

Hi everyone, Tiphaine Viard and Maria Boritchev are offering a master 2 internship at Télécom Paris. Feel free to contact us if you have any questions about the offer or the project, the details on the offer are below: Title: A computational socio-linguistic exploration of the Ethics of AI landscape Duration: 5-6 months, starting from April 1st (flexible) Location: Télécom Paris, 19 Pl. Marguerite Perey, 91120 Palaiseau, France Advisors: [ https://mboritchev.github.io/page-perso-TP/ | Maria Boritchev ] , [ https://tiphainev.github.io/ | Tiphaine Viard ] Gratification: Approximately 600 euros per month (more or less 20 euros per month, the precise amount will depend on changes in the French labor code in 2025). Context: The recent years have seen a surge of initiatives with the goal of defining what “ethical” artificial intelligence would or should entail, resulting in the publication of various charters and manifestos discussing AI ethics; these documents originate from academia, AI industry companies, non-profits, regulatory institutions, and the civil society. The contents of such documents vary wildly, from short, vague position statements to verbatims of democratic debates or impact assessment studies. As such, they are a marker of the social world of artificial intelligence, outlining the tenets of different actors, the consensus and dissensus on important goals, and so on [1]. We have assembled a corpus of charters and manifestos of Ethics of AI, in English, written by different actors of the current AI landscape. This corpus is called MapAIE: [ https://mapaie.telecom-paris.fr/ | https://mapaie.telecom-paris.fr/ ] . We are conducting research on data from MapAIE both from a sociological and linguistic perspectives: * Sociologically, who are the groups of people who write about Ethics of AI? * Linguistically, what type of vocabulary or semantic constructions do people use to write about Ethics of AI? * Socio-linguistically, is there a difference in linguistic usage between different groups of people who write about Ethics of AI? To conduct these investigations, we would like to go further than traditional tools: we intend to develop graph-based natural language processing and computational sociology approaches making better use of modern NLP methods to explore our data. In particular, we could to exploit word sense induction approaches to automatically extract different linguistic usages. Objectives: The goal of this internship is to investigate MapAIE by using and developing graph-based natural language processing and computational sociology approaches. The internship will proceed in three steps: (1) Conduct a state of the art exploration on existing graph-based natural language processing and computational sociology techniques, starting from Abstract Meaning Representations (AMR, [ https://github.com/amrisi/amr-guidelines/blob/master/amr.md | https://github.com/amrisi/amr-guidelines/blob/master/amr.md ] ) and Cortext ( [ https://www.cortext.net/ | https://www.cortext.net/ ] ). (2) Re-implement existing techniques identified in (1), in particular [2], and analyse the obtained results sociologically and linguistically in view of the research questions of the project. (3) Propose new research questions and new graph-based data exploration approaches relevant to MapAIE. Bibliography: [1] Mapping AI ethics: a meso-scale analysis of its charters and manifestos, Mélanie Gornet, Simon Delarue, Maria Boritchev, and Tiphaine Viard, ACM Conference on Fairness, Accountability and Transparency 2024. [2] Matan Eyal, Shoval Sadde, Hillel Taub-Tabib, and Yoav Goldberg. 2022. Large Scale Substitution-based Word Sense Induction. In Proceedings of the 60th Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics. [3] Roth, C., & Hellsten, I. (2023). Socio-semantic configuration of an online conversation space: The case of Twitter users discussing the# IPCC reports. Social Networks, 75, 186-196. [4] Becker, H. S. (1976). Art worlds and social types. American behavioral scientist, 19(6), 703-718. [5] Cefaï, D. (2016). Publics, problèmes publics, arènes publiques…. Que nous apprend le pragmatisme?. Questions de communication, (30), 25-64. Application: * deadline: January 15th, 2025 * To apply for this position, please send an email with your CV and a few words explaining your interest in this project to Maria Boritchev and Tiphaine Viard ( [ mailto:firstname.lastname@univ-nantes.fr | firstname.lastname(a)telecom-paris.fr ] ). We are looking for applications from students preparing a Master’s degree or equivalent with solid skills (and ideally experience) in Natural Language Processing, Machine Learning and Deep Learning, Computational Social Sciences. Knowledge of English is necessary.

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[Corpora-List][CFP] IJCNN Special Session on Explainable Deep Neural Networks for Responsible AI: Post-Hoc and Self-Explaining Approaches (DeepXplain 2025)
by Francielle Vargas 16 Dec '24

16 Dec '24

Dear Colleagues, We are delighted to invite you to participate in "Explainable Deep Neural Networks for Responsible AI: Post-Hoc and Self-Explaining Approaches (DeepXplain 2025)," a special session at IJCNN 2025 dedicated to innovative methodologies for improving the interpretability of Deep Neural Networks (DNNs) while maintaining high predictive accuracy. Website: https://deepxplain.github.io/ Contributions This special session aims to foster interdisciplinary collaboration, promote the ethical design of AI systems, and encourage the development of benchmarks and datasets for explainability research. Our goal is to advance both post-hoc and intrinsic interpretability approaches, bridging the gap between the high performance of deep neural networks and their transparency. By doing so, we seek to enhance human trust in these models and mitigate the risks of negative social impacts. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: - Theoretical advancements in post-hoc explanation methods (e.g., LIME, SHAP, Grad-CAM) for DNNs. - Development of inherently interpretable architectures using self-explaining mechanisms, such as attention-based or saliency-based models, prototype networks, and SENNs (Self-Explaining Neural Networks). - Post-hoc and self-explaining methods for Large Language Models (LLMs). - Application-driven explainability insights, particularly in Natural Language Processing and Computer Vision. - Ethical evaluations of DNN-based AI models with a focus on reducing bias and social impact. - Methods, metrics, and methodologies for improving interpretability and fairness in DNNs. - Ethical discussions about the social impact of non-transparent AI models. - Datasets and benchmarking tools for explainability. - Explainable AI in critical applications: healthcare, governance, misinformation, hate speech, etc. Submission Information We welcome submissions of academic papers (both long and short) across the spectrum of theoretical and practical work, including research ideas, methods, tools, simulations, applications or demonstrations, practical evaluations, position papers, and surveys. Submissions must be written in English, adhere to the IJCNN-2025 formatting guidelines, and be submitted as a single PDF file. Important Dates: - Submission link: https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/IJCNN2025/ - Submission deadline: January 15, 2025 - Notification date: March 15, 2025 - Camera-ready submission: May 1, 2025 Organizers - Francielle Vargas <https://franciellevargas.github.io/>, University of São Paulo, Brazil - Roseli Romero <https://sites.icmc.usp.br/rafrance/>, University of São Paulo, Brazil - Jackson Trager <https://www.jacksonptrager.com/>, University of Southern California, USA - Edson Prestes <https://www.inf.ufrgs.br/~prestes/site/Welcome.html>, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil [], *Francielle Vargas* PhD in Computer Science University of São Paulo https://franciellevargas.github.io

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Elements in Semantics: new series
by Jonathan Ginzburg 16 Dec '24

16 Dec '24

We are happy to announce the first two titles in the series *Elements in Semantics,* published by Cambridge University Press, both by Kristina Liefke. Given how fundamental ontology is to semantics, it is particularly apposite that the first titles in the series address this topic. CUP makes these works freely available for download until January 4 and January 8, respectively: Kristina Liefke *Natural Language Ontology and Semantic Theory* https://tinyurl.com/3kv5wcdj Kristina Liefke *Reduction and Unification in Natural Language Ontology* https://tinyurl.com/bdk5ufat Forthcoming titles in the series to appear shortly include: Lasha Abzianidze, Lisa Bylinina, and Denis Paperno *Deep Learning and Semantics, * Stergios Chatzikyriakidis, Robin Cooper, Eleni Gregoromichelaki, and Peter Sutton *Types and the structure of meaning: Issues in compositional and lexical semantics, * Katherine Davidson *s* *About Elements in Semantics* Interest in semantics has exploded in a number of fields in recent years. Yet there are still many unresolved issues about basic issues in the field, as well as new questions that have arisen as a result of interdisciplinary engagement. What are word meanings, and where do they come from? How can we explain the learnability of language and its structured nature? What are the computational properties of language, and how does the brain implement these? How does individual cognition relate to the social aspect of meaning? These, and many more, have been raised or sharpened as a result of engagement with game theory, robotics, and deep learning, to name a few. Given the importance of meaning in human cognition and society at large, results in semantics bear on issues as diverse as legal decision-making and the use of spoken dialogue systems to operate a robot on Mars. The innovative edge of Elements in Semantics consists in three aspects in particular. First, we provide a platform that emphasizes the interdisciplinary nature of current work in semantics. Second, Elements will offer an integrated account of classical topics in semantics (e.g., negation, anaphora, conditionals) from a broader range of disciplines than traditional surveys. Third, Elements offers authors the ability to convey their research to audiences in innovative ways, using in-line audio and video as well as in-line simulations and data analysis via runnable code snippets in a variety of programming languages. Website: https://www.cambridge.org/core/publications/elements/elements-in-semantics Dan Lassiter, Jonathan Ginzburg (series editors)

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Deadline 18th: Postdoc in computational linguistics / data science in Change is Key!
by Nina Tahmasebi 16 Dec '24

16 Dec '24

Want to work as a postdoc in a vibrant research group on cutting-edge methodology for computational modeling of meaning and meaning change? We are hiring one or more postdocs in the Change is Key! research program. The program is multi-national and multi-disciplinary covering both core NLP research as well as its application for humanities and social sciences. You will be working with LLMs for modeling meaning and semantic change and using this to detect cultural and societal changes. We publish regularly in top tier venues with generous research funds. The position is located in the heart of Gothenburg in Sweden, and we will provide help with finding researcher apartments if needed. We are a diverse research group that values our differences and thus we welcome any and all applicants with relevant research backgrounds interested in our topics. Find more about our work here: https://www.changeiskey.org/ Deadline for the call: December 18, 2024. Apply here: https://web103.reachmee.com/ext/I005/1035/job?site=7&lang=UK&validator=9b89… Or email me back if you have any questions. Sincerely, -Nina. Nina N. Tahmasebi, Associate Professor Change is Key! • University of Gothenburg nina.tahmasebi(a)gu.se https://changeiskey.org/ https://languagechange.org/ http://tahmasebi.se/ https://gu-se.zoom.us/my/ninatahmasebi “Intelligence + Effort = Achievement" S. Mendaglio

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UCCTS 2025 - Second Call for Papers
by Ekaterina Lapshinova-Koltunski 16 Dec '24

16 Dec '24

UCCTS 2025 - Second Call for Papers The eighth edition of the UCCTS conference (www.uni-hildesheim.de/uccts2025) will be held on the 8-10th of September 2025 in Hildesheim, Germany. UCCTS conference series are meant to bring together researchers who collect, annotate, analyze corpora and/or use them to inform contrastive linguistics and translation theory and/or develop corpus-informed tools (in foreign language teaching, language testing and quality assessment, translation pedagogy, computer-aided/machine translation or other related NLP domains). We invite original submissions that open to various topics within empirical contrastive linguistics and translation studies (see below). We welcome interdisciplinary contributions that combine corpus data with other types of empirical data (e.g. experiment) and allow for an interplay between different methods and data types. Moreover, we encourage contributions applying information and computational technologies including Large Language Models (LLMs). Conference topics include: * Quantitative approaches in corpus-based contrastive and translation/interpreting studies, in particular with multi-methodological designs (corpus-based, corpus-driven, experimental) and advanced statistical modeling * Computational methods derived from NLP and data mining (e.g. computational semantics, pragmatics) applied to contrastive linguistics and translation studies * LLMs for contrastive linguistics and translation research (data annotation, data analysis, etc.) * Method and data triangulation: combined use of corpus data and methods and other sources of data * New or remodeled theoretical frameworks relevant to corpus-based contrastive and translation/interpreting studies * Presentation of new resources for contrastive and translation studies (spoken and multimodal corpora, sign language (interpreting) corpora, transcript datasets, corpora of low-resourced languages, lexicons, databases, etc.) * Linguistic variation of various types, e.g. variation driven by register or genre variation, learner language, target audience, mode of production, etc. * Cognitive approaches to translation (and other language product) properties * Analysis of non-canonical forms of (multilingual) communication * Corpus use in translator training, foreign language learning/teaching * Corpus use in multilingual (e-)lexicography and terminology * Quality assessment in (automatic) translation and interpreting * Non-canonical forms of translation/interpreting and multilingual communication * Corpus analysis of translation between close languages, from a third language, non-native translation, indirect/relay translation, etc. * Analysis of accessible communication (e.g. intralingual translation, audio-visual and audio-descriptive forms, etc.) The submissions are to be made in the form of anonymized extended abstracts (in PDF) that should be between 800 and 1000 words long (excluding references) by February 10, 2025. Apart from a clear outline of the aims and methods of the study, the abstracts should also provide (preliminary) results. The abstracts will be submitted through the Open review system and reviewed by at least two members of the scientific committee. The accepted contributions will be presented either as oral talks or as posters. All submissions must follow abstract submission instructions given below. Abstract text must be in single-spaced 12pt Arial font, with no indents and 1 inch borders on each side (2.54 cm). The title should be in 12pt Arial, bold and centered, in title case. Page numbers should be omitted. Figure and table captions should be in 10pt Arial font. Table and figure captions should appear below the table or figure. References must be in 9pt Arial font, in APA7 format.Publications The abstracts of the accepted papers will be published in an online book of abstracts. We also plan to publish selected papers in an edited volume or in a special issue of a journal. Further information will be communicated in due course. Keynote speakers We are pleased to announce that the following plenary lectures are planned for the UCCTS2025 conference in Hildesheim: * Elke Teich, Saarland University in Germany * Dylan Glynn, Université Paris 8, Vincennes - St Denis * Christian Hardmeier, IT University of Copenhagen Important dates * Conference abstract submission due: Feb 10, 2025 * Notification of acceptance: April 14, 2025 * Final abstract version due: May 5, 2025 * Registration open: May 12, 2025 * Early-bird registration: July 7, 2025 * Conference date: September 8-10, 2025 -- Prof. Dr. Ekaterina Lapshinova-Koltunski Mehrsprachige technische Fachkommunikation Institut für Übersetzungswissenschaft und Fachkommunikation Fachbereich 3: Sprach und Informationswissenschaften Stiftung Universität Hildesheim Lübecker Straße 3 31141 Hildesheim +49 5121 883-30934

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Invitation for Research Collaboration in Multimodal and Explainable AI
by Dushyant Chauhan 16 Dec '24

16 Dec '24

Hello everyone, I am Dushyant Singh Chauhan, a PhD graduate from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Patna, India, where I conducted my research under the guidance of Prof. Asif Ekbal (IIT Jodhpur) and Prof. Pushpak Bhattacharyya (IIT Bombay). Dr. Dushyant Singh Chauhan --> https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=Gs8MoW4AAAAJ&hl=en Prof. Asif Ekbal --> https://ekbalasif.github.io/ Prof. Pushpak Bhattacharyya --> https://www.cse.iitb.ac.in/~pb/ Prof. Asif Ekbal and I are looking for research collaborators in the following areas: - [Multimodal Causal Reasoning] refers to how AI systems can infer cause-and-effect relationships across multiple data modalities to enhance decision-making and reasoning capabilities. - [Missing Modalities] refer to scenarios where certain data modalities are absent or incomplete, aiming to ensure robust performance and adaptability despite missing information. - [Topic Switching] refers to how AI systems manage abrupt shifts in topics or contexts, ensuring smooth and coherent transitions during conversation. - [Multimodal Question-Answering] refers to AI systems integrating multiple data modalities to provide accurate, context-aware answers. - [Video Summarization] refers to condensing long videos into shorter summaries while preserving key information and context for easier understanding. - [Interpretability and Explainability] refer to ensuring that AI systems are not only understandable in terms of their internal workings (interpretability) but also provide clear human understandable justifications for their decisions (explainability). - And similar research areas of your interest. If you are interested in collaborating on these topics with the ultimate goal of publishing impactful research, we would be delighted to hear from you. Additionally, we welcome discussions about your research interests and are open to exploring ideas in alignment with your expertise. To express your interest and reach out for collaboration, please fill out this form at https://forms.gle/fM7xsXgHTxjiuGLV6. Please note that this is not a paid collaboration but rather a shared academic effort aimed at advancing research in these exciting fields and contributing to high-quality publications. Looking forward to your response. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Regards, Dushyant Singh Chauhan Ph.D. Scholar, Department of CSE, AI-NLP-ML Lab, IIT Patna, India +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

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Labs CLEF 2025: Call for Participation
by Damiano Spina 16 Dec '24

16 Dec '24

RMIT Classification: Trusted CLEF 2025 Conference and Labs of the Evaluation Forum https://clef2025.clef-initiative.eu/ 9-12 September 2025, Madrid, Spain *** CALL FOR PARTICIPATION *** CLEF 2025 is the 16th CLEF conference continuing the popular CLEF campaigns which have run since 2000 contributing to the systematic evaluation of information access systems, primarily through experimentation on shared tasks. Building on the format first introduced in 2010, CLEF 2025 consists of an independent peer-reviewed conference on a broad range of issues in the fields of multilingual and multimodal information access evaluation, and a set of labs and workshops designed to test different aspects of mono and cross-language Information retrieval systems. Together, the conference and the lab series will maintain and expand upon the CLEF tradition of community-based evaluation and discussion on evaluation issues. *** LABS REGISTRATION *** Registration for participation in labs is now open and available at https://clef2025.clef-initiative.eu/index.php?page=Pages/registration.html *** 2025 TASKS *** BioASQ: A Challenge in Large-scale Biomedical Semantic Indexing and Question Answering https://www.bioasq.org/workshop2025 The aim of the BioASQ Lab is to push the research frontier towards systems that use the diverse and voluminous information available online to respond directly to the information needs of biomedical scientists. CheckThat!: Lab on Subjectivity, Fact-Checking, Claim Extraction & Normalization, and Retrieval https://checkthat.gitlab.io/clef2025/ The eighth edition of the CheckThat! lab at CLEF presents a diverse set of challenges aimed at advancing technology to support and enhance the journalistic verification process. This edition revisits core tasks in the verification pipeline while also introducing auxiliary tasks such as subjectivity identification, claim normalization, and fact-checking numerical claims, with a particular emphasis on scientific web discourse. These tasks pose complex classification and retrieval problems at both the document level, including in multilingual contexts. ELOQUENT lab for evaluation of generative language model quality https://eloquent-lab.github.io/ The ELOQUENT lab for evaluation of generative language model quality and usefulness addresses high-level quality criteria through a set of open-ended shared tasks implemented to require minimal human assessment effort. eRisk: Early Risk Prediction on the Internet https://erisk.irlab.org/ eRisk explores the evaluation methodology, effectiveness metrics and practical applications (particularly those related to health and safety) of early risk detection on the Internet. EXIST: sEXism Identification in Social neTworks https://nlp.uned.es/exist2025/ EXIST aims to capture and categorize sexism, from explicit misogyny to other subtle behaviors, in social networks. In 2024 the EXIST campaign included multimedia content in the format of memes, stepping forward research on more robust techniques to identify sexism in social networks. Following this line, in 2025 we will focus on TikTok videos in the challenge, thus including in the dataset the three most important sources of sexism spreading: text, images and videos. Consequently, it is essential to develop automated multimodal tools capable of detecting sexism in text, images, and videos, to raise alarms or automatically remove such content from social network because platforms’ algorithms often amplify content that perpetuates gender stereotypes and internalized misogyny. This lab will contribute to the creation of applications that identify sexist content in social media across all three formats. ImageCLEF: Multimodal Challenge in CLEF https://www.imageclef.org/ ImageCLEF 2025 focuses on evaluating technologies for annotating, indexing, classifying, retrieving and generating multimodal data, providing access to large datasets across a veriety of scenarios, including medical, social media, and internet-based applications. Building on the success of recent editions, it encourages interdisciplinary methods by engaging participants in diverse domains, providing large amounts of challenging multimodal data and providing am evaluation platform for a large number of use cases. JOKER: Humour in the Machine https://www.joker-project.com/clef-2024/ JOKER aims to foster interdisciplinary approaches to the (semi-)automatic analysis and processing of humour and wordplay. LifeCLEF: Challenges on Species Presence Prediction and Identification, and Individual Animal Identification https://www.imageclef.org/LifeCLEF The LifeCLEF 2025 lab focuses on advancing AI-driven solutions for biodiversity monitoring through challenges on species and individuals recognition and prediction. LongEval: Longitudinal Evaluation of Model Performance https://clef-longeval.github.io/ The goal of this task is to ignite the development of Information Retrieval systems that can handle temporal data evolution. The retrieval systems evaluated in this task are expected to be persistent in their retrieval efficiency over time, as Web documents and Web queries evolve. To evaluate such features of systems, we rely on collections of documents and queries, corresponding to real data acquired from actual Web search engines. PAN Lab on Stylometry and Digital Text Forensics https://pan.webis.de/ PAN is a series of scientific events and shared tasks on digital text forensics and stylometry whose goal is to advance the state of the art and provide for an objective evaluation on newly developed benchmark datasets in those areas. QuantumCLEF https://qclef.dei.unipd.it/ The second edition of the QuantumCLEF lab is composed of three tasks and aims at: (i) Discovering and evaluating Quantum Annealing approaches compared to their traditional counterpart; (ii) Identifying new ways of formulating Information Retrieval and Recommender Systems algorithms and methods, so that they can be solved with Quantum Annealing; (iii) Establishing collaborations among researchers from different fields to harness their knowledge and skills to solve the considered challenges and promote the usage of Quantum Annealing. This lab allows participants to use real quantum computers provided by CINECA, one of the most important computing centers worldwide. SimpleText: Simplify Scientific Text https://simpletext-project.com/ The SimpleText track aims at improving accessibility to scientific information for everyone, developing corpora, evaluation measures, and new IR/NL models able to reduce scientific text complexity with strict faithfulness to the original text. TalentCLEF: Skill and Job Title Intelligence for Human Capital Management https://talentclef.github.io/talentclef/ TalentCLEF aims to drive technological advancement in Human Capital Management by establishing a public benchmark for NLP models that facilitates their application in real-world Human Resources (HR) scenarios, incorporating evaluation criteria incluiding multilingualism, fairness, and cross-industry adaptability. The lab also seeks to build a community for researchers and practitioners to generate, evaluate, and discuss ideas on the use of AI in Human Resources, pushing the state-of-the-art of NLP applications for Human Resources. Touché: Argumentation Systems https://touche.webis.de/ Touché is a series of scientific events and shared tasks on computational argumentation and causality. *** IMPORTANT DATES *** (may vary depending on the task) 18 November 2025: Registration opens 25 April 2025: Registration closes 10 May 2025: End of Evaluation Cycle [submission of runs] 30 May 2025: Submission of Participant Papers [CEUR-WS] 30 May–27 June 2025: Review process of participant papers 27 June 2025: Notification of Acceptance for Participant Papers [CEUR-WS] 7 July 2025: Camera Ready Participant Papers and Extended Lab Overviews [CEUR-WS] due 9-12 September 2025, CLEF 2025 Conference, Madrid, Spain *** OVERALL COORDINATION *** General Chairs Laura Plaza, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED), Spain Jorge Carrillo de Albornoz, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED), Spain Julio Gonzalo, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED), Spain Alba García Seco de Herrera, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED), Spain Lab Chairs Paolo Rosso, Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain Damiano Spina, RMIT University, Australia

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TOC: Journal of Language Modelling 12(2) (special issue on computational approaches to morphological typology )
by Adam Przepiórkowski 15 Dec '24

15 Dec '24

It is our pleasure to announce the publication of issue 12(2) – a special issue on computational approaches to morphological typology – of the Journal of Language Modelling (JLM), a free Diamond Open-Access peer-reviewed journal aiming to bridge the gap between theoretical, formal and computational linguistics: http://jlm.ipipan.waw.pl/ (see “CURRENT” or “ALL ISSUES”). The direct persistent link to this issue is: http://jlm.ipipan.waw.pl/index.php/JLM/issue/view/32. JLM is indexed by SCOPUS, ERIH PLUS, DBLP, DOAJ, etc., and it is a member of OASPA. TABLE OF CONTENTS: Editorial: “Computational approaches to morphological typology” Micha Elsner, Sacha Beniamine 271–286 Articles: “Alignment everywhere all at once: Applying the late aggregation principle to a typological database of argument marking” David Inman, Alena Witzlack-Makarevich, Natalia Chousou-Polydouri, Melvin Steiger 287–347 “Zero marking in inflection: A token-based approach” Laura Becker 349–413 “An analogical approach to the typology of inflectional complexity” Matías Guzmán Naranjo 415–475 “Corpus-based measures discriminate inflection and derivation cross-linguistically” Coleman Haley, Edoardo M. Ponti, Sharon Goldwater 477–529 The current make-up of the JLM Editorial Board is enclosed below. Best regards, Adam Przepiórkowski (JLM Editor-in-Chief) ====================================================================== EDITORIAL BOARD: • Steven Abney (University of Michigan, USA) • Ash Asudeh (University of Rochester, USA) • Igor Boguslavsky (Technical University of Madrid, SPAIN) • Paul Boersma (University of Amsterdam, THE NETHERLANDS) • Olivier Bonami (Université Paris Cité, Laboratoire de linguistique formelle, CNRS, France) • Robert D. Borsley (Professor Emeritus, University of Essex, UNITED KINGDOM; Honorary Professor, Bangor University, UNITED KINGDOM) • António Branco (University of Lisbon, PORTUGAL) • David Chiang (University of Notre Dame, USA) • Dan Cristea (University of Iași, ROMANIA) • Berthold Crysmann (Université Paris Cité, Laboratoire de linguistique formelle, CNRS, FRANCE) • Jan Daciuk (Gdańsk University of Technology, POLAND) • Łukasz Dębowski (Institute of Computer Science, Polish Academy of Sciences, POLAND) • Mary Dalrymple (Professor Emerita, University of Oxford, UNITED KINGDOM) • Anette Frank (Universität Heidelberg, GERMANY) • Claire Gardent (LORIA, CNRS and Université de Lorraine, FRANCE) • Jonathan Ginzburg (Université Paris Cité, Laboratoire de linguistique formelle, CNRS, FRANCE; Laboratoire d’Excellence LabEx-EFLt, FRANCE) • Thomas Graf (Stony Brook University, UNITED STATES) • Stefan Th. Gries (University of California, Santa Barbara, USA; Justus Liebig University Giessen, Germany) • Adam Jardine (Rutgers Department of Linguistics, UNITED STATES) • Heiki-Jaan Kaalep (University of Tartu, ESTONIA) • Laura Kallmeyer (Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, GERMANY) • Jong-Bok Kim (Kyung Hee University, Seoul, KOREA) • Kimmo Koskenniemi (Professor Emeritus, University of Helsinki, FINLAND) • Jonas Kuhn (Universität Stuttgart, GERMANY) • Alessandro Lenci (University of Pisa, ITALY) • John J. Lowe (University of Oxford, UNITED KINGDOM) • Ján Mačutek (Comenius University, Bratislava, SLOVAKIA) • Igor Meľčuk (Professor Emeritus, University of Montreal, CANADA) • Richard Moot (CNRS, LIRMM, University of Montpellier, FRANCE) • Glyn Morrill (Technical University of Catalonia, Barcelona, SPAIN) • Stefan Müller (Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, GERMANY) • Mark-Jan Nederhof (University of St Andrews, UNITED KINGDOM) • Petya Osenova (Sofia University, BULGARIA) • David Pesetsky (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA) • Maciej Piasecki (Wrocław University of Science and Technology, POLAND) • Christopher Potts (Stanford University, USA) • Agata Savary (University of Paris-Saclay, FRANCE) • Sabine Schulte im Walde (Universität Stuttgart, GERMANY) • Stuart M. Shieber (Harvard University, USA) • Mark Steedman (University of Edinburgh, UNITED KINGDOM) • Stan Szpakowicz (Professor Emeritus, University of Ottawa, CANADA) • Shravan Vasishth (Universität Potsdam, GERMANY) • Aline Villavicencio (Institute for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence University of Exeter, UNITED KINGDOM; University of Sheffield, UNITED KINGDOM) • Veronika Vincze (University of Szeged, HUNGARY) • Shuly Wintner (University of Haifa, ISRAEL) • Zdeněk Žabokrtský (Charles University in Prague, CZECH REPUBLIC) ====================================================================== -- Adam Przepiórkowski Visiting Professor @ MIT (Linguistics) Full Professor @ Polish Academy of Sciences (Computer Science) Full Professor @ University of Warsaw (Cognitive Science) Editor-in-Chief @ Journal of Language Modelling <https://jlm.ipipan.waw.pl/> WWW: https://zil.ipipan.waw.pl/AdamPrzepiorkowski

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REMINDER: (Self-)nominations for the ACL 2025 review process
by Anette Frank 14 Dec '24

14 Dec '24

Dear NLP community members, Reminder from ACL 2025: We invite for *nominations* and *self-nominations* to join the ACL 2025 programme committee, as a*reviewer *or an *area chair*, depending on your interest, availability and experience. The ACL 2025 review process will be run through ARR in the February cycle. The tentative timeline for the review period is 1 March to 20 March 2025 and the rebuttal period is 26 March to 31 March 2025. Area chairs need to be available throughout the ARR February cycle. Please submit your (self-)nominations through this form by *20 December 2024 (slightly extended deadline):* https://forms.gle/Yu34Z13YzQ3sM8R4A Afterwards, you will be invited to join the ARR February reviewer or area chair (action editor) pool through the ARR OpenReview platform. Please share this message with your colleagues, postdocs and PhD students. Many thanks in advance for your time and contribution! on behalf of the ACL 2025 PC chairs -- Prof. Dr. Anette Frankhttp://www.cl.uni-heidelberg.de/~frank Computational Linguistics Department email:frank@cl.uni-heidelberg.de University of Heidelberg phone: +49-(0)6221/54-3247 Im Neuenheimer Feld 325 secr: +49-(0)6221/54-3245 69120 Heidelberg, Germany fax: +49-(0)6221/54-3242

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Deadline extended and final CfP - TheWebConf 2025 workshop on Protecting Women Online
by Debora Nozza 13 Dec '24

13 Dec '24

[Apologies for cross-posting] ******************************************************************** CALL FOR PAPERS ACM TSWWW 2025 Towards a Safer Web for Women - First International Workshop on Protecting Women Online co-located with The Web Conference 2025 Sydney, Australia 28 April - 2 May 2025 https://tsww25.github.io/ ******************************************************************** NEXT DEADLINES (all deadlines are AoE) ******************************************************************** 22nd December 2024 18th December 2024: Workshop paper submission deadline 13th January 2025: Notification of acceptance ******************************************************************** SCOPE AND OVERVIEW __________________ The workshop is dedicated to addressing the pressing issue of online violence against women by fostering dialogue and innovation. The workshop will explore global challenges and solutions for gender-based violence and the impact of online harms on women, among others. We aim to encourage the development of technological and interdisciplinary frameworks and innovations to ensure women's online safety. The workshop aims to review progress in approaches combating online violence against women, identify persistent barriers, and propose solutions to emerging challenges. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: * Detection and prevention of gender-based online violence (e.g., harassment, stalking, cyberbullying) * Sentiment and emotion analysis in abusive or harmful online interactions towards women * Gender bias identification and mitigation in AI * Human-centered approaches for online safety applications * Approaches to preventing, understanding, identifying and mitigating online harms faced by women with multiple marginalised identities (e.g., misogynoir, LGBTQ+ women, or women from religious or cultural minorities) * Analysis of tracking devices, surveillance tools, and hidden cameras misused against women * Detection and mitigation of non-consensual deepfake generation and dissemination * Interdisciplinary approaches to identifying and addressing online harm * Legal and ethical frameworks for protecting women online * Psychological, social, and legal impacts of online technology when used for gender-based abuse PAPER FORMAT AND SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS ________________________________________ We welcome both new and recent research, including non-archival submissions to showcase work published elsewhere, if it is especially relevant to the workshop's theme. Accepted formats include: * Long papers: Maximum 8 pages (excluding references) * Short papers: Maximum 4 pages (excluding references) * Position, idea, and emerging problem papers: Maximum 4 pages (excluding references) * Non-archival submissions: Up to 2 pages (excluding references) All papers should be submitted via Easychair: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=tsww25 For full details, visit our Call for Papers page. Further, at least one author of each accepted workshop paper has to register. Workshop attendance is only granted for registered participants. Accepted papers (except for non-archival submissions) will be included in the workshop proceedings, which will be published as companion proceedings of The Web Conference, and indexed according to the main conference policy. ORGANISING COMMITTEE ____________________ Workshop chairs: * Ángel Pavón Pérez, The Open University * Miriam Fernandez, The Open University * Tracie Farrell, The Open University * Debora Nozza, Bocconi University * Christine de Kock, University of Melbourne

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CfP for CMCL at NAACL 2025: 14th Workshop on Cognitive Modeling and Computational Linguistics
by Takmaz, E.K. (Ece) 13 Dec '24

13 Dec '24

Call for Papers The 14th edition of the Workshop on Cognitive Modeling and Computational Linguistics (CMCL 2025) CMCL 2025 will be co-located with the 2025 Annual Conference of the Nations of the Americas Chapter of the Association for Computational Linguistics (NAACL 2025). Workshop Description CMCL 2025 is a one-day workshop held in conjunction with NAACL 2025. CMCL invites papers on cognitive modeling, cognitively-inspired natural language processing, and, more broadly, the alignment of language models with human cognition/perception. The 2025 workshop follows in the tradition of earlier meetings at ACL 2010, ACL 2011, NAACL-HLT 2012, ACL 2013, ACL 2014, NAACL 2015, EACL 2017, LSA 2018, NAACL 2019, EMNLP 2020, NAACL 2021, ACL 2022, and ACL 2024. Scope and Topics The research interests/questions include, but are not limited to: * Analysis of computational models that process language data (e.g., neural language models, parsers) to give insights into fundamental linguistic questions, e.g., on human language processing/acquisition. * Analysis of human language data to give insights into fundamental linguistic questions, e.g., on human language processing/acquisition. * Comparing/aligning computational models (e.g., neural language models, parsers) with human language data to understand/reverse-engineer what and how humans compute during language comprehension/production/acquisition. * How insights from CogSci/linguistics and NLP fields can contribute to each other. * Sufficient conditions/pressures for the emergence of human-like communication/language. A more comprehensive description of the workshop scope is: * Models of lexical acquisition, including phonology, morphology, and semantics. * Models of semantic interpretation, including psychologically realistic notions of word and phrase meaning and composition. * Models of incremental parsers for diverse grammar formalisms and their psychological plausibility. * Psychologically plausible models of discourse and dialogue. * Models of speaker-specific linguistic adaptation and/or generalization. * Models of first and second language acquisition and bilingual language processing. * Models of language disorders, such as aphasia, dyslexia, or dysgraphia. * Datasets or resources for modeling language processing or production in languages other than English. * Models of linguistic information propagation and language evolution in communities. * Analyzing computational models that process language data (e.g., neural language models, parsers) from the above perspectives. Invited Speakers We are pleased to announce the following invited speakers for the 2025 edition: * John T. Hale<https://cogsci.jhu.edu/directory/john-t-hale/> (Johns Hopkins University) * Tessa Verhoef<https://sites.google.com/view/tessa-verhoef/home> (Leiden University) Sponsoring Institutions This workshop is supported by the National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics (NINJAL). Important Dates * February 16, 2025: Paper submission/commitment deadline * March 10, 2025: Notification of acceptance * March 17, 2025: Camera-ready paper due * May 3 or May 4, 2025: Workshop dates (the exact date TBA) Deadlines are at 11:59 pm AOE. The timeline may change slightly. We are trying to set our CMCL deadline to be after the completion of the ARR December cycle (Feb. 16), in contrast to the timeline suggested in https://2025.naacl.org/calls/workshops/ That is, the authors in the ARR December cycle will have options to resubmit/commit it to the upcoming ARR rounds OR make a new direct submission to CMCL (see Submission types and Cross-submission policy Sections). Workshop submissions CMCL accepts direct submissions through the OpenReview site: https://openreview.net/group?id=aclweb.org/NAACL/2025/Workshop/CMCL This year, we do not accept the commitment of ARR-reviewed papers. Submission types We invite three types of submissions: (1) Archival regular workshop submissions that present original research in either long (8 pages + references) or short (4 pages + references) paper format. (2) Non-archival submissions of extended abstracts that present preliminary results (from 2 to 4 pages + references). (3) Non-archival cross-submission of long/short papers that present relevant research submitted/published elsewhere (including ACL “Findings of…” papers). Other submission details: * Authors must indicate if the paper is archival (1) or non-archival (2,3) when submitting the paper. That is, authors are not allowed to decide/change the archival/non-archival mode after receiving the reviews/notification. * Only regular workshop papers submitted via (1) will be included in the proceedings, but all types of papers will have a presentation opportunity in the workshop. * Submissions must be formatted using the ACL style template (https://github.com/acl-org/acl-style-files) and submitted via a PDF file. * It is strongly recommended that the paper include a “Limitations” section (after the main parts and before the references), which is not counted in the part of the page limit. * Final versions of accepted papers will be given one additional page of content (up to 9 pages for long papers, up to 5 pages for short papers) to address reviewers’ comments. * Non-archival papers (2,3) will be reviewed in a separate process than archival papers (1), although the timeline is the same; specifically, non-archival papers will be evaluated with more priority to broader factors, such as the fit of the topic with the workshop, the status of the paper (e.g., already accepted to elsewhere or not), and the entire diversity of the topic/community in the workshop, as well as the soundness of the paper. * We adhere to the new ACL anonymity policy: https://www.aclweb.org/adminwiki/index.php/ACL_Anonymity_Policy * This year, we do not host a shared task. * This year, we do not receive the commitment of ARR-reviewed papers to simplify the logistics. Instead, authors should submit their work via direct submission (without past reviews). Cross-submission policy For regular archival submission (1), CMCL will refuse papers that are under review or will be submitted to other conferences, including the ARR cycles. For non-archival submissions (2,3), we allow the submission of papers that have been or will be published elsewhere, but again, authors can not change the presentation mode to be archival after their submission. Workshop Organizers Tatsuki Kuribayashi (MBZUAI, tatsuki.kuribayashi(a)mbzuai.ac.ae<mailto:tatsuki.kuribayashi@mbzuai.ac.ae>) Giulia Rambelli (University of Bologna, giulia.rambelli4(a)unibo.it<mailto:giulia.rambelli4@unibo.it>) Ece Takmaz (Utrecht University, e.k.takmaz(a)uu.nl<mailto:e.k.takmaz@uu.nl>) Philipp Wicke (Ludwig Maximilian University LMU, pwicke(a)cis.lmu.de<mailto:pwicke@cis.lmu.de>) Jixing Li (City University of Hong Kong, jixingli(a)cityu.edu.hk<mailto:jixingli@cityu.edu.hk>) Byung-Doh Oh (New York University, oh.b(a)nyu.edu<mailto:oh.b@nyu.edu>) Website https://cmclorg.github.io/ Contact cmclorganizers2025(a)gmail.com<mailto:cmclorganizers2025@gmail.com>

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Two senior researcher positions at GESIS/Cologne in NLP & Computational Social Science
by Dietze, Stefan 13 Dec '24

13 Dec '24

Dear all, We are offering two exciting positions as postdoc / senior researcher within the department Knowledge Technologies for the Social Sciences (https://gesis.org/en/kts) at GESIS in Cologne, Germany. Both positions are concerned with computational methods (NLP) for mining and analysing web data in the social sciences, one with a methodological focus and the other with an more applied perspective. The positions are limited to 4 years, with option for tenure/permanency. Further information can be found at: - PostDoc in Computational Social Science: https://www.hidden-professionals.de/HPv3.Jobs/gesis/stellenangebot/45089/Se… - PostDoc in NLP & Knowledge Graphs: https://www.hidden-professionals.de/HPv3.Jobs/gesis/stellenangebot/45112/Se… For any questions, please don't hesitate to get in touch with me. Best regards, Stefan -- Prof. Dr. Stefan Dietze Scientific Director Knowledge Technologies for the Social Sciences GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences Web: https://www.gesis.org/en/kts Chair of Data & Knowledge Engineering Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf Web: https://www.cs.hhu.de/en/research-groups/data-knowledge-engineering Phone: +49 (0)221-47694-421 Web: http://stefandietze.net

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Postdoc Position: Multimodal Contexts & LLMs in Language Research
by Sharid Loáiciga 13 Dec '24

13 Dec '24

We’re hiring a postdoc to investigate how multimodal contexts shape human judgments of sentence well-formedness, with a focus on leveraging LLMs. Location: CLASP, University of Gothenburg, Sweden Duration: 2 years Interested or have questions? I’m happy to provide more details. Apply here: https://web103.reachmee.com/ext/I005/1035/job?site=7&lang=UK&validator=9b89…

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[Call for Papers] Special Issue on Language Models for Portuguese of the Journal of the Brazilian Computer Society (JBCS)
by Aline Paes 13 Dec '24

13 Dec '24

Call for Papers *Special Issue on Language Models for Portuguese* of the Journal of the Brazilian Computer Society (JBCS) JBCS <https://journals-sol.sbc.org.br/index.php/jbcs/> invites the submission of papers featuring substantial, original, and unpublished research in all aspects of creating, adapting, using, and evaluating *Language Models for Portuguese*. The use of Language Models in the most diverse areas of computing has raised several issues that deserve the attention of researchers. In the specific case of the Portuguese language, we face major challenges. Whereas efforts are put forward for the construction of good Portuguese models, the most diverse applications are still created using multilingual models or even models built for other languages. It is extremely important that the Portuguese-speaking scientific community makes an effort to build adequate resources to ensure safe and quality systems. This Special Issue aims to gather original papers discussing Portuguese language models. In addition to automatic evaluation measures, submissions should also discuss the linguistic issues regarding these models' capabilities, limitations, and biases. Topics covered by this Special Issue extend to all research works involving the creation, adaptation, use and evaluation of Language Models for Portuguese processing, including the topics of interest below. Topics of interest: Comparative and critical analyses of language models Social, ethical, financial, and ecological issues related to language models Discussion on alternative solutions to language models Domain-specific language models Adequacy of not-so-large language models for specific tasks Multilingual x Portuguese-specific models Semantic issues in language models Cultural issues in language models Resources for training language models Evaluation of language models The papers must be written in English and the authors should follow the Author Guidelines of the JBCS described here <https://journals-sol.sbc.org.br/index.php/jbcs/about/submissions> using this JBCS LaTeX template <https://www.overleaf.com/project/63b08a6f82cc2ad5aa297ac8>. - Submission deadline: *March 1, 2025* - Review deadline (1st round): *April 30, 2025* - Submission of revised version deadline: *May 31, 2025* - Review deadline (2nd round): *June 30, 2025* - Submission of revised version deadline: *July 31, 2025* - Decision deadline (rejection, acceptance): *August 2025* - Camera-ready submission deadline: *September 2025* - Publication: *October, 2025* The submission for this Special Issue will be opened soon, and will be made through the JBCS website https://journals-sol.sbc.org.br/index.php/jbcs/about/submissions. Guest Editors: Renata Vieira - UEVORA Aline Paes - IC-UFF Graça Nunes - ICMC-USP Helena Caseli - DC-UFSCar An initiative of Brasileiras em PLN group (https://brasileiraspln.com/) in partnership with CE-PLN <https://www.sbc.org.br/>, the special group in NLP of the Brazilian Computing Society <https://www.sbc.org.br/>. contact email: jbcs-si-lmpt(a)googlegroups.com homepage: https://sites.google.com/view/jbcs-si-on-portugueselm ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *Profa. Dra. Aline Paes (she/her)* *Associate professor - Computer Science (Artificial Intelligence)* Institute of Computing / Universidade Federal Fluminense (IC/UFF) Member of CE-PLN <https://sites.google.com/view/ce-pln/inicio> and BPLN <https://brasileiraspln.com/> CNPq PQ-E and FAPERJ JCNE __________________________________________________________ url: www.ic.uff.br/~alinepaes Av Gal Milton Tavares de Souza, S/N, Computing Building, Office 504 São Domingos, Niterói, RJ, Brazil. ZIP 24210-346 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ****Please do not feel any pressure to respond out of your own regular working hours. Remember that this is supposed to be an asynchronous tool***

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PostDoc in NLP: Multilingual Coreference Resolution
by michael.strube＠h-its.org 13 Dec '24

13 Dec '24

Dear all, HITS is looking for a two-year Postdoctoral Researcher in Natural Language Processing (m/f/x) to perform research in multilingual coreference resolution. Application deadline: January 15th, 2025. Starting date (negotiable): March 1st, 2025. Please see for details https://www.h-its.org/hits-job/postdoctoral-researcher-in-natural-language-… If you have further questions please don't hesitate to contact Michael Strube at michael.strube(a)h-its.org. With best regards, Michael Strube -- Michael Strube NLP Group HITS gGmbH Schloss-Wolfsbrunnenweg 35 69118 Heidelberg, Germany http://www.h-its.org/nlp

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CfP deadline extension: Nordic-Baltic Responsible Evaluation and Alignment of Language Models (NB-REAL 2025)
by Annika Simonsen - HI 13 Dec '24

13 Dec '24

***Apologies for possible cross-posting *** CALL FOR PAPERS DEADLINE EXTENSION We are pleased to announce that the submission deadline for the 1st Workshop on Nordic-Baltic Responsible Evaluation and Alignment of Language Models (NB-REAL) has been extended from December 16th to December 23rd, 2024. The workshop will be held on March 2, 2025, as part of the NoDaLiDa/Baltic-HLT 2025 conference in Tallinn, Estonia. About the Workshop This half-day workshop focuses on the responsible evaluation and alignment of Large Language Models (LLMs) for Nordic and Baltic languages. Our goal is to bring together researchers, practitioners, and stakeholders to address the unique challenges and opportunities in this rapidly evolving field. Topics of Interest We welcome submissions on topics including, but not limited to: - Ethical benchmarks for evaluating LLMs in Nordic and Baltic languages - Methods for creating culturally sensitive and inclusive evaluation datasets - Responsible techniques for generating or collecting alignment data - Challenges and solutions in ethical LLM alignment for less-resourced languages - Case studies on responsible LLM evaluation or alignment projects - Ethical considerations in LLM evaluation and alignment - Comparative studies of LLM performance and fairness in Nordic and Baltic languages - Innovative approaches to leveraging limited language resources in evaluation or alignment of language models Important Dates Paper Submission Deadline: December 16, 2024 Notification of Acceptance: January 13, 2025 Camera-Ready Deadline: February 3, 2025 Workshop Date: March 2, 2025 Workshop Format NB-REAL 2025 will be a half-day workshop held on March 2, 2025 (pre-conference). It will be a hybrid event with both on-site and online participation available. Submission Submissions can be long papers (8 pages) or short papers (4 pages). All submissions must follow the NoDaLida template, available in both LaTeX and MS Word. The templates are available at the official conference website, see https://www.nodalida-bhlt2025.eu/call-for-papers#h.v2k63awq0fpe. All submissions will undergo peer review by the program committee. To submit your paper please visit NB-REAL 2025 Workshop | OpenReview<https://openreview.net/group?id=NoDaLiDa/Baltic-HLT/2025/Workshop/NB-REAL#t…> Organizers Hafsteinn Einarsson, Associate Professor in Computer Science, University of Iceland (hafsteinne(a)hi.is) Annika Simonsen, PhD Student, University of Iceland (annika(a)hi.is) Dan Saattrup Nielsen, Senior AI Specialist, Alexandra Institute (dan.nielsen(a)alexandra.dk) For more information, please visit our website: https://nbreal.xyz/ We look forward to your contributions and to seeing you at NB-REAL 2025!

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Workshop "Large Language Models for the History, Philosophy, and Sociology of Science" (2-4 April 2025, TU Berlin)
by Arno Simons 13 Dec '24

13 Dec '24

Dear Colleagues, This is a friendly reminder that the deadline for submissions to our workshop on "Large Language Models (LLMs) in the History, Philosophy, and Sociology of Science (HPSS)" is fast approaching! The deadline is December 31, 2024—just two weeks away. To contribute a talk, please send an abstract of your planned contribution of 300-600 words by e-mail to arno.simons(a)tu-berlin.de <mailto:arno.simons@tu-berlin.de>. We encourage every contributor to present on site and to participate in the whole workshop program. In exceptional cases, we will offer the possibility to present remotely. The workshop will focus on exploring use cases and proposals for how, and to what extent, LLMs might help overcome long-standing challenges in studies of how science works. The event will take place from April 2–4, 2025, at Technische Universität Berlin, Germany. We look for contributions that help resolve questions like these: How can LLMs help gain new perspectives on long-standing problems in HPSS such as determining the relevant contexts of knowledge claims, the dynamics of scientific controversies, problems of incommensurability, and generalizability of case studies? How can LLMs handle the specialized language of scientific texts, including technical jargon, citations, and mathematical formulas? How can LLMs bridge the gap between qualitative and computational methods and help overcome their limitations? How can LLMs be integrated into existing theoretical and methodological frameworks in HPSS, or how should these frameworks evolve to accommodate LLM-based analysis? How can we evaluate the validity of results generated by LLMs, given their opacity? How can LLMs account for the temporal development of scientific language and knowledge over time? For more details about the workshop and the CFP, please visit: https://www.tu.berlin/hps-mod-sci/workshop-llms-for-hpss We look forward to your contributions! Best regards, Arno Simons -- Arno Simons Technische Universität Berlin Institut für Philosophie, Literatur-, Wissenschafts- und Technikgeschichte https://www.tu.berlin/hps-mod-sci/arno-simons

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IWCS 2025: Call for Workshop Proposals
by Kilian Evang 13 Dec '24

13 Dec '24

Call for Workshop Proposals 16th International Conference on Computational Semantics (IWCS) Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany 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 IWCS 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. === WORKSHOP PROPOSALS === We invite proposals for workshops to be held in conjunction with IWCS 2025. Accepted workshops will have the option to publish their proceedings in the ACL Anthology. We solicit proposals 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. Workshops are invited on these closely related areas, including the following: * 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 * recognizing 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 === Proposals for workshops should contain: * A title and brief (max two pages) description of the workshop topic and content; * The names, affiliation and email addresses of the organisers; * An estimate of the expected audience size; * If the workshop has been held before, a note specifying where previous workshops were held, how many submissions the workshop received, how many papers were accepted and how many attendees the workshop attracted; * Whether you plan a half-day or full-day workshop; * Whether or not the workshop proceedings should be published in the ACL Anthology. Proposals should be submitted on OpenReview: https://openreview.net/group?id=aclweb.org/SIGSEM/IWCS/2025/Workshop_Propos… The person submitting the proposal will need an OpenReview account. Please note OpenReview's moderation policy, where newly created accounts with an institutional email address are approved automatically, but other email addresses can take up to two weeks to approve. === FINANCES === Workshops must cover their own costs for invited speakers as well as organizers' traveling costs. === IMPORTANT DATES === 31 January 2025 Workshop proposal submissions due 07 February 2025 Workshop proposal notification of acceptance 24 September 2025 Workshop date === CONTACT === For questions, contact: iwcs2025-program-chairs(a)uni-duesseldorf.de Kilian Evang, Laura Kallmeyer, Sylvain Pogodalla (the IWCS 2025 program chairs) -- Dr. Kilian Evang · Institut für Linguistik · Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf Universitätsstr. 1 · 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany · https://kilian.evang.name

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NLP4Ecology 2025 – Deadline Extension Announcement
by Valerio Basile 13 Dec '24

13 Dec '24

Great news—we’ve extended the paper submission deadline for our workshop to *December 30th, 2024*. Below is the Call for Papers. Please feel free to share it widely. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *Call for Papers *for the *NLP4Ecology 2025 Workshop*, titled "The 1st Workshop on Ecology, Environment, and Natural Language Processing," The workshop will be co-located with *the Joint 25th Nordic Conference on Computational Linguistics and the 11th Baltic Conference on Human Language Technologies (NoDaLiDa/Baltic-HLT 2025)*. We are inviting submissions that explore how NLP and computational linguistics can help address ecological challenges. The workshop focuses on interdisciplinary approaches to tackle the environmental crises by leveraging NLP tools to, e.g., analyze harmful narratives, detect misinformation, and examine public discourse related to ecological issues. Topics of interest include sentiment analysis, bias detection, framing analysis, and more. We aim to attract a highly interdisciplinary audience and welcome contributions at the intersection of *linguistics*, *ecology*, and *computer science*, particularly from fields such as *AI*, *computational linguistics* , *digital humanities*, *ecolinguistics*, *ethics*, *philosophy*, and *environmental humanities, *with the goal of fostering collaboration between the NLP community and scholars from diverse disciplines to explore how language technology can help address climate change and environmental crises. More details on the Call for Papers are on the workshop website <https://econlpws2025.di.unito.it/>. Key dates: *Paper Submission Deadline*: December 16, 2024 *December 30, 2024* *Camera-Ready Deadline*: February 3, 2025 *Workshop Date*: March 2, 2025 (Tallinn, Estonia)

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[IberLEF 2025] Second Call for Task Proposals
by Salud María Jiménez Zafra 11 Dec '24

11 Dec '24

================================= IberLEF 2025 -- Second Call for Task Proposals ================================= IberLEF (the Iberian Language Evaluation Forum) is a shared evaluation campaign of Natural Language Processing systems in Spanish and other Iberian languages, whose 2025 edition will be held as part of the 41th International Conference of the Spanish Society for Natural Language Processing (SEPLN). The 2025 edition of the SEPLN conference will take place in Zaragoza, Spain. The goal of IberLEF is to encourage the research community to organize competitive text processing, understanding and generation tasks, with the aim of defining new research challenges and advancing the state of the art in Natural Language Processing challenges involving at least one of the following Iberian languages: Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, Basque or Galician. Researchers and practitioners from all areas of Natural Language Processing and related communities are invited to submit task proposals that fit IberLEF goals by December 22, 2024. Proposals must be submitted (as a pdf file) to iberlef(a)googlegroups.com, and should include the following fields: - Title of the task. - Description of the task, highlighting: - Relevance and novelty of the task, and the challenges involved. - Evaluation measures, and other relevant methodological aspects. - Expected target community, and actual or potential industrial takeup. - Related evaluation activities, if any. - Previous editions of the task, if any. If it has been organized previously, what the roadmap is and what the novelties for 2024 are. - Linguistic resources to be gathered, created and/or reused. Please include as many details on data gathering, selection and annotation procedures as possible: sources and representativity, training/validation/test sizes, harvesting procedures, profile of annotators (experts, linguists, crowdworkers, etc.), multiple annotation policy, IPR issues, baselines, etc. - Tentative schedule (note that camera-ready versions of the proceedings must be ready by July 3, 2025). - Organization committee: full name and affiliation of the organizers, with a succinct description of their research interests, areas of expertise and experience organizing similar events. - Funding, if available. - Contact person. - Any other relevant issues. Task organizers duties Note that organizers of accepted tasks are expected to: - Set up the evaluation exercise according to the submitted proposal. - Promote the task within the target research community. - Manage the submission and scientific evaluation of the system description papers of the corresponding systems submitted by the participants. The accepted papers will be published in the IberLEF proceedings. - Prepare and submit an overview of the evaluation exercise. - Present the results of the task at IberLEF 2025. Task selection procedure Each submitted proposal will be reviewed by members of the IberLEF steering and program committee, and decisions will be sent back to the task organizers by January 24, 2025. Proceedings IberLEF 2025 Proceedings including the description of the participating systems will be published at CEUR-WS.org. Task Overviews will be published in the SEPLN journal (http://www.sepln.org/en/journal, indexed in Clarivate ESCI (JCI: 0.21), CiteScore (Scopus): 2,9 and SJR: 0,421) in its September 2025 issue. Task Organizers are expected to notify participants the acceptance of their works by June 20, 2025, and send the camera ready task and system description papers for their task to IberLEF organizers by July 3, 2025. Important dates - Task proposals due: December 22, 2024. - Notification of acceptance: January 24, 2025. - Final date for sending paper acceptance to task participants: June 20, 2025. - Camera ready submissions due: July 3, 2025. - IberLEF Workshop: September 2025. IberLEF general chairs Salud María Jiménez Zafra, SINAI, Universidad de Jaén (Spain) Luis Chiruzzo, Universidad de la República (Uruguay) José Ángel González Barba, Symanto Research (Spain) Website https://sites.google.com/view/iberlef-2025 Contact E-mail: iberlef(a)googlegroups.com ================================= [image: Universidad de Jaén] <http://www.uja.es/> *Salud María Jiménez Zafra* sjzafra(a)ujaen.es Universidad de Jaén Grupo de Investigación SINAI <http://sinai.ujaen.es/> | Departamento de Informática EPS Jaén, Edificio A3, Despacho 326 Campus Las Lagunillas s/n 23071 - Jaén | +34 953212992 [image: Universidad de Jaén] <http://www.uja.es/>

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Ukrainian NLP Workshop @ ACL 2025: First CFP
by Mariana Romanyshyn 11 Dec '24

11 Dec '24

*The Fourth Ukrainian Natural Language Processing Workshop (UNLP 2025) <https://unlp.org.ua/>* *Call For Papers* UNLP 2025 <https://unlp.org.ua/> will be held *online* on July 31 or August 1, 2025, in conjunction with ACL 2025. The workshop will bring together leading professionals from academia and industry who develop language resources, tools, and NLP solutions for the Ukrainian language or do cross-lingual research that can be applied to the Ukrainian language. The workshop will facilitate developments in the processing of the Ukrainian language, as well as provide a platform for discussion and sharing of ideas, encourage collaboration between different research groups, and improve the visibility of the Ukrainian research community. Topics of interest lie in the area of Ukrainian NLP and Computational Linguistics and include, but are not limited to, the following tasks: - morphosyntactic tagging, - named-entity recognition, - syntactic and semantic parsing, - coreference resolution, - information extraction and text mining, - automated question answering and information retrieval, - language modelling and natural language generation, - grammatical error correction, - text summarization, - machine translation, - sentiment analysis, - argument mining, - disinformation detection and fact verification, - development of language resources and evaluation methods, - speech recognition and generation, - knowledge representation and computational pragmatics, - computational semantics, - computational methods for phonology, - cross-lingual models applicable to Ukrainian, - Ukrainian dialects, sociolects, and code-switching, - Ukrainian NLP in interaction with other artificial intelligence technologies. *Note: *The workshop will accept research papers for the Crimean Tatar language with the aim of supporting this severely endangered language of the indigenous people of Ukraine. The workshop will also accept papers with negative results. *Shared Task* UNLP 2025 organizes a Shared Task on Detecting Social Media Manipulation. This Shared Task aims to challenge and assess AI capabilities to detect and classify manipulation, laying the groundwork for progress in cybersecurity and the identification of disinformation within the context of Ukraine. Organized jointly with Texty.org.ua, the task will be based on 9,500 Telegram posts manually annotated for ten manipulation techniques by media experts. The shared task will have two tracks: techniques classification and detection of manipulative text spans. More details will follow soon. Check for updates at https://unlp.org.ua/. *Important dates* April 14, 2025 — Workshop paper due (direct submission) May 5, 2025 — Pre-reviewed ARR commitment deadline May 12, 2025 — Notification of acceptance June 2, 2025 — Camera-ready papers due June 30, 2025 — Pre-recorded video due July 31 or August 1, 2025 — Workshop *Submissions* UNLP invites submissions of completed and ongoing projects. Submissions describing resources or solutions that have been made available to the broader public are strongly encouraged. We invite two types of submissions: long and short papers. Long papers should describe original, unpublished, and completed work. The short papers may describe work in progress, small focused contributions, system demonstrations, new linguistic resources, or experiments based on existing software and resources. The paper submission link will be added soon. Check for updates at https://unlp.org.ua/. The workshop will provide Grammarly Premium to all authors. To request Grammarly Premium, please fill in this form <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSemG2fVh_KJo6JZF9pC4TNQ9gdMawd-TC_…> . *Workshop Organizers* *Main Organizers* Andrii Hlybovets, National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, Ukraine Mariana Romanyshyn, Grammarly, Ukraine Olena Nahorna, Grammarly, Germany Oleksii Ignatenko, Ukrainian Catholic University, Ukraine *Shared Task Organizers* Nataliia Romanyshyn, Ukrainian Catholic University, Ukraine Oleksii Syvokon, Microsoft, Ukraine Roman Kyslyi, Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute, Ukraine Volodymyr Sydorskyi, Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute, Ukraine Find our program committee at https://unlp.org.ua/committees/. *Follow us* Website: https://unlp.org.ua/. X: https://x.com/UNLP_workshop. Telegram: https://t.me/UNLP_workshop. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/UNLPworkshop. Email: info(a)unlp.org.ua.

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12th Workshop on Argument Mining @ACL2025: Call for Shared Task Proposals
by Gabriella Lapesa 11 Dec '24

11 Dec '24

12th Workshop on Argument Mining - Call for Shared Task Proposals (Deadline: January 7th) We cordially invite submissions of shared task proposals, as part of ArgMining 2025, the “12th Workshop on Argument Mining”. The workshop will be co-located with ACL 2025 (to be held in Vienna, Austria). The call for papers will be circulated separately, in the next days Argument mining (also known as “argumentation mining”) is a gradually maturing research area within computational linguistics. It involves the automatic identification of argumentative structures in free text, as well as argument quality assessment, argument persuasiveness, and the synthesis of argumentative texts. To advance research on specific aspects of argument mining, previous editions of the ArgMining workshop series have promoted shared tasks, including key point analysis for quantitative summarization of arguments (see Argmining 2021), the validity and novelty of arguments (see Argmining 2022), multimodal argument mining and pragmatic tagging of peer reviews (see Argmining 2023), and argument mining considering perspective and dialogical aspects (see Argmining 2024). Following the success of previous workshops, ArgMining 2025 plans to share one or more unsolved problems to be investigated by the community. Proposals for shared tasks should include: • a title and a brief description of the task • a description of the datasets that will be used in the task and their readiness, and a proposed plan for data collection and annotation • previous work on the datasets, including publications (if any) • a few lines regarding evaluation of the submitted systems • a brief introduction of the task organizers Shared task organizers will have the opportunity to publish a task overview paper in the workshop proceedings. Please submit your shared task proposal via email to argmining.org2025 [at] gmail.com. The submission deadline is January 7th, 2025, and task organizers will be notified of proposal acceptance on January 19th. While exact dates are not yet available, we assume the following tentative schedule: • End of February - Training data release • Mid of April - Test data release, evaluation start • End of April - Evaluation end • Mid of May - Results announcement • End of May - Paper submission due • Mid of June - Camera-ready version due • July 31st or August 1st 2025 - ArgMining 2025 workshop (ACL) The timeline will be finalized with the shared task organizers. Organizers: Elena Chistova, Philipp Cimiano, Gabriella Lapesa, Shoreh Haddadan, Ramon Ruiz-Doiz

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KONVENS 2025: Call for Tutorials and Workshop Proposals
by Christian Wartena 11 Dec '24

11 Dec '24

We cordially invite proposals for workshops and tutorials as part of KONVENS 2025 in Hildesheim, Germany (September 9-12). KONVENS is an annual conference series on computational linguistics that started in 1992 and that is organized under the auspices of the German Society for Computational Linguistics and Language Technology, the Special Interest Group on Computational Linguistics of the German Linguistic Society, the Austrian Society for Artificial Intelligence and SwissText. Past conferences are listed here: https://konvens.org. See https://konvens-2025.hs-hannover.de/ for more information! Workshop Proposals Workshop proposals should contain: * a title and a brief description (at most 4 pages in ACL format) of the workshop topic * the desired workshop length (half-day or full-day) * the names and email addresses of the organizers, with one-paragraph statements of their research interests and areas of expertise * a list of potential members of the program committee, with an indication of which members have already agreed to serve Workshop proposals should be submitted by email to info.konvens2025(a)gscl.org<mailto:info.konvens2025@gscl.org> no later than February 14, 2025. Notifications will be sent out by February 21, 2025. Organizers of accepted proposals will be responsible for publicizing and running the workshop, including reviewing submissions and producing the camera-ready workshop proceedings. The time schedule for workshops is: Workshop Proposal Deadline February 14, 2025 Workshop Proposal Notification February 21, 2025 Suggested Workshop Paper Deadline July 2, 2025 Suggested Workshop Paper Notification August 4, 2025 Mandatory Camera Ready Deadline August 15, 2025 Proceedings Camera Ready Deadline August 22, 2025 Tutorials Tutorials are intended to either provide a comprehensive introduction to core techniques/areas of interest or address advanced topics relevant for the KONVENS community. We invite half-day tutorials on established or emerging research topics in these areas but we also welcome tutorials from related research fields or applications. Tutorials may be explicitly introductory, targeting experienced researchers or attracting a wide audience by addressing basic as well as advanced topics. Tutorial proposals should contain: * a title and abstract of the tutorial * the language in which the tutorial will be held (English/German) * a brief description of the tutorial content and its relevance to the KONVENS community * a brief outline of the tutorial structure showing that the tutorial's core content can be covered in half a day * the names and email addresses of the tutorial instructors, including one-paragraph statements of their research interests and areas of expertise * a list of previous venues and approximate audience sizes, if the same or a similar tutorial has been given elsewhere Tutorial proposals should be submitted by email to info.konvens2025(a)gscl.org<mailto:info.konvens2025@gscl.org> no later than February 14, 2025. Notifications will be sent out by February 21, 2025. Proceedings Peer-reviewed workshop papers can be published in the KONVENS 2025 Proceedings. A camera-ready version of all accepted papers should be available at latest on August 22, 2025. 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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2nd CFP: Second Workshop on Patient-Oriented Language Processing (CL4Health) @ NAACL 2025
by Paul Thompson 11 Dec '24

11 Dec '24

Second Workshop on Patient-Oriented Language Processing (CL4Health) @ NAACL 2025 https://bionlp.nlm.nih.gov/cl4health2025/ Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA SCOPE CL4Health fills the gap among the different biomedical language processing workshops by providing a general venue for a broad spectrum of patient-oriented language processing research. The second workshop on patient-oriented language processing follows the successful inaugural CL4Health workshop (co-located with LREC-COLING 2024), which clearly demonstrated the need for a computational linguistics venue that focuses on language related to health of the public. CL4Health is concerned with the resources, computational approaches, and behavioral and socio-economic aspects of the public interactions with digital resources in search of health-related information that satisfies their information needs and guides their actions. The workshop invites papers concerning all areas of language processing focused on patients' health and health-related issues concerning the public. The issues include, but are not limited to accessibility and trustworthiness of health information provided to the public; explainable and evidence-supported answers to consumer-health questions; accurate summarization of patients' health records at their health-literacy level; understanding patients' non-informational needs through their language, and accurate and accessible interpretations of biomedical research. The topics of interest for the workshop include but are not limited to the following: * Health-related information needs and online behaviors of the public; * Quality assurance and ethics considerations in language technologies and approaches applied to text and other modalities for public consumption; * Summarization of data from electronic health records for patients; * Detection of misinformation in consumer health-related resources and mitigation of potential harms; * Consumer health question answering (Community Question Answering)(CQA); * Biomedical text simplification/adaptation; * Dialogue systems to support patients' interactions with clinicians, healthcare systems, and online resources; * Linguistic resources, data and tools for language technologies focusing on consumer health; * Infrastructures and pre-trained language models for consumer health; SHARED TASK Perspective-aware Healthcare Answer Summarization (PerAnsSumm) will be co-located with the workshop. In community / consumer health question answering, several aspects, such as question understanding and answer generation, have been studied for over a decade. A new and important question posed by this task is the different perspectives provided in the answers to questions posted to online forums. The responses to the questions offer different answer perspectives, e.g., personal experiences, factual information, and suggestions. Traditionally, the CQA answer summarization task has focused on a single best-voted answer as a reference summary. A single answer does not capture all the perspectives. Moreover, a structured presentation of the information in the form of perspective-specific summaries may be more useful for the end-users. To address these gaps, this challenge introduces a novel perspective-specific answer summarization task within a CQA setup. The task will use the Perspective-aware healthcare Answer SuMmarizAtion (PUMA) dataset, a corpus of medical question-answer pairs created by the task organizers. The PUMA dataset consists of 3,167 CQA threads with approximately 10K answers filtered from the Yahoo! L6 corpus. Each answer in PUMA is annotated with five perspective spans: ‘cause’, ‘suggestion’, ‘experience’, ‘question’, and ‘information’. Further details are about the shared task are available at: https://peranssumm.github.io/ IMPORTANT DATES (Tentative) January 30, 2025 -Workshop Paper Due Date️ March 1, 2025 - Notification of acceptance March 10, 2025 - Camera-ready papers due April 8, 2025 - Pre-recorded video due (hard deadline) May 3 OR 4, 2025 - Workshop SUBMISSIONS Two types of submissions are invited: - Full papers: should not exceed eight (8) pages of text, plus unlimited references. These are intended to be reports of original research. - Short papers: may consist of up to four (4) pages of content, plus unlimited references. Appropriate short paper topics include preliminary results, application notes, descriptions of work in progress, etc. Electronic Submission: Submissions must be electronic and in PDF format, using the Softconf START conference management system. Submissions need to be anonymous. Submission site: https://softconf.com/naacl2025/cl4health2025 Dual submission policy: papers may NOT be submitted to the workshop if they are or will be concurrently submitted to another meeting or publication. MEETING The workshop will be hybrid. Virtual attendees must be registered for the workshop to access the online environment. Accepted papers will be presented as posters or oral presentations based on the reviewers’ recommendations. ORGANIZERS - Dina Demner-Fushman, US National Library of Medicine - Sophia Ananiadou, National Centre for Text Mining and University of Manchester, UK - Paul Thompson, National Centre for Text Mining and University of Manchester, UK - Deepak Gupta, US National Library of Medicine -- Paul Thompson Research Fellow Department of Computer Science National Centre for Text Mining Manchester Institute of Biotechnology University of Manchester 131 Princess Street Manchester M1 7DN UK http://personalpages.manchester.ac.uk/staff/Paul.Thompson/

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PhD and PostDoc positions in human-centered NLP at University of Göttingen
by Beinborn, Lisa 09 Dec '24

09 Dec '24

Dear fellow NLPers, we are looking for a PhD candidate and a PostDoc to join our group at the University of Göttingen. We take a human-centered perspective on natural language processing research and focus on the following topics: - the cognitive plausibility, interpretability and generalization capabilities of language processing models - cross-lingual transfer and typological diversity in multilingual models - exploring how language processing differences between humans and computers can guide the development of more efficient models - language technology for education (e.g., readability and simplification, exercise generation, learner modeling) PhD Candidate (E13): https://www.uni-goettingen.de/en/644546.html?&details=74728 PostDoc (E14, up to 5 years): https://www.uni-goettingen.de/en/644546.html?&details=74732 If the timing of the position is not right for you but everything else is, please reach out! We will have more positions coming up in the next few months. If you like our topics but already have a job, consider coming to the third edition of our HumanCLAIM workshop<https://clap-lab.github.io/workshop> (March 26th/27th, Göttingen). We bring together language researchers from computer science, linguistics, and cognitive science to exchange our ideas about “The Human Perspective on Cross-Lingual AI Models”. 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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SwissText 2025: 2ND CALL FOR SHARED TASK, WORKSHOP AND TUTORIAL PROPOSALS
by Tuggener Don (tuge) 08 Dec '24

08 Dec '24

Dear colleagues, We cordially invite submissions of proposals for shared tasks, workshops, and tutorials to be held at the SwissText 2025 conference (https://www.swisstext.org/). SwissText will take place on 14th and 15th of May, 2025 at ZHAW in Winterthur. ABOUT SwissText SwissText is an annual conference that brings together text analytics experts from industry and academia. It is organized by the Swiss Association for Natural Language Processing (SwissNLP) in collaboration with the Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW). SPECIAL EDITION This edition of SwissText will be special, since we celebrate its 10th anniversary! This is a great opportunity to look back. Hence, in addition to novel ideas for shared tasks, we also invite previous organizers of shared tasks to re-submit their ideas: What has changed since the last run of the shared task? Is the task still relevant? Do LLMs solve everything now? This offers us to see what progress has been made over the years. To give you some ideas, here is a list of previous shared tasks: * NLP for Sustainable Development Goals Monitoring * Swissdox Hackathon * Detecting greenwashing signals through a comparison of ESG reports and public media * Swiss German Speech to Standard German Text Shared Task * Low-Resource Speech-to-Text * The Sentence End and Punctuation Prediction in NLG text (SEPP-NLG) * German Text Summarization Challenge * .. and many more (see the SwissText website archive)! FORMAT FOR PROPOSALS Proposals for shared tasks should contain: * a title and a brief description of the topic of the task * a description of the data sets that will be used in the shared task and their readiness * a sketch of how the submitted systems will be evaluated * a tentative timeline Proposals for workshops should contain: * a title and a brief description of the topic * a description of the intended audience * workshop format (paper presentations, poster session, etc.) * a tentative timeline Proposals for tutorials should contain: * a title and a brief description of the topic and the goal of the tutorial * an introduction of the workshop speakers and their background and expertise * a description of the intended audience and the required level of expertise (beginners, experts, etc.) * a tentative outline of the tutorial schedule Note that the organization and running of the shared tasks, workshops, and tutorial is in the hands of the respective organizers. The SwissText organizers will provide infrastructure (rooms, paper submission platform) and assist where they can, of course. Interested? We are looking forward to your proposals. Submit your proposals by email to info(a)swisstext.org<mailto:info@swisstext.org> no later than December 15, 2024. Notifications will be sent out in the beginning of 2025. ________________________________ ZHAW School of Engineering / CAI Dr. Don Tuggener Technikumstrasse 71 Postfach 8401 Winterthur Tel: +41 58 934 78 55 Web: https://www.zhaw.ch/de/ueber-uns/person/tuge/

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LLMs4Subjects Shared Task 5 at SemEval 2025 -- Last and final call for participation
by D'Souza, Jennifer 08 Dec '24

08 Dec '24

Libraries are at the heart of our society and education, so we believe in driving technological innovation in these age-old institutions as well as modern digital libraries when we can! If you're passionate about bringing AI and LLMs into library workflows, join computer science researchers and AI enthusiasts worldwide in the LLMs4Subjects shared task! **We are excited to announce the 3rd Call for Participation to the LLMs4Subjects Shared Task organized as part of SemEval 2025.** Calling all researchers interested to explore research objectives or new research questions around which to test LLMs. Questions such as: To what extent do LLMs pass semantic subject comprehension tests given a technical context? How effectively do they function in bilingual contexts, specifically German and English? What strategies can enhance their capability as bilingual semantic comprehension models? If these questions spark your interest, we invite you to participate in the LLMs4Subjects shared task at SemEval 2025. **TL;DR Overview – LLMs4Subjects SemEval 2025 Shared Task:** LLMs4Subjects marks the first shared task of its kind, challenging participants to develop innovative LLM-based solutions for subject tagging of technical records from Leibniz University’s Technical Library (TIBKAT). The task requires systems to process documents in both German and English using the GND taxonomy. Successful implementations may be integrated into TIB’s operational workflows, enhancing the Leibniz Information Centre for Science and Technology. For more details, visit our website: https://sites.google.com/view/llms4subjects/ Why Participate? • Explore critical LLM research areas like prompting, fine-tuning, RAG techniques, agentic workflows, and more! 🔍 • The SemEval meeting is held is conjunction with premier NLP conferences like ACL, EMNLP, or COLING. Hence participants will have the opportunity to publish a paper, present and discuss your work at one of these venues! 🗣️ • Your solutions could be integrated into the workflows of the TIB Leibniz Information Centre! 🏛️ How to Participate: 1. please submit your interest to participate using our online form (https://forms.gle/YQzupcoySAyJi45c6), 2. sign up to the shared task Google Groups (https://groups.google.com/u/6/g/llms4subjects) for FAQs, news, and announcements, and, 3. last but not the least, download the datasets (https://github.com/jd-coderepos/llms4subjects/) to begin development. Participants have a month remaining to develop solutions, and we welcome hackathon-style proofs-of-concept to showcase promising directions. The official evaluation phase begins in January 2025. Don’t wait – get started today! And please, share this with your network if you think it might interest others.

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SIGIR 2025 - Call for Workshop Proposals
by Surya Kallumadi 08 Dec '24

08 Dec '24

Call for Workshop Proposals: https://sigir2025.dei.unipd.it/call-workshops.html 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 held in person in Padua, Italy, from July 13th to 18th, 2025. SIGIR 2025 workshops will provide a platform for presenting novel ideas and emerging areas in IR, in a less formal and more focused way than the conference itself. Researchers and practitioners from all areas of IR are invited to submit workshop proposals for review. 2025 Format Workshops will be on-site and in person. All workshops will require at least one organizer to attend, as well as a (yet-to-be-determined) number of participants. More information at the SIGIR 2025 In-presence Policy <https://sigir2025.dei.unipd.it/> page. Important Dates for Workshop Proposals Time zone: Anywhere on Earth (AoE) - Proposal submission: January 9, 2025 - Proposal acceptance notification: February 6, 2025 - Individual workshop paper submission: April 23, 2025 - Tentative workshop overview camera ready: April 24, 2025 - Tentative workshop paper acceptance notification: May 21, 2025 - Workshop day: July 17, 2025 Topics of Interest Workshop topics typically match those identified in the SIGIR 2025 general call for contributions <https://sigir2025.dei.unipd.it/call-full-papers.html> (see, e.g., full papers); proposals on other topics related to IR are welcome. We encourage prospective workshop organizers to submit proposals for highly interactive workshops (either full-day or half-day) focusing on either in-depth analysis or broad-ranging approaches to information retrieval. The format of each workshop is to be determined by the organizers. We expect workshops to contain ample time for discussion and engagement for all participants – not just those presenting papers. Workshops fostering collaboration, discussion, group problem-solving, and community-building initiatives are particularly encouraged. Workshops focused solely on the presentation of papers in a “mini conference” format are discouraged. The organizers of approved workshops are expected to define the workshop’s focus, gather and review submissions, and decide on the final program content. Organizers (including co-organizers) are strongly encouraged to write an article for the ACM SIGIR Forum summarizing the event. At least one organizer is expected to attend the entire workshop. Submission Guidelines Workshop proposals, in no more than 4 pages, should include the following information: - Title - Motivation for the workshop, its appropriateness for SIGIR, its complementarity to the main SIGIR 2025 conference topics, and why it would be of interest to the IR community - Theme and purpose of the workshop - Format (half/full-day), planned activities, and a tentative schedule of events, including potential keynote or other speakers - Planned interaction and engagement: Describe how the workshop will be structured to encourage active discussions, idea exchange, and collaboration among participants. Detail how the organizers will create an interactive format, distinct from a "mini conference," such as breakout discussions, group exercises, and panels designed to deepen engagement with the topic. - Distinction from main conference topics: Outline how the workshop theme covers areas complementary to or not typically discussed in the main conference program, highlighting emerging, niche, or interdisciplinary topics that could provide fresh perspectives to participants. - Audience reach: Describe the potential to attract new attendees who may not traditionally participate in SIGIR, including practitioners, academics from related fields, or industry specialists with unique insights or applications in information retrieval. - For each organizer, an indication of their likelihood of attending onsite - Special requirements and their importance to the workshop’s success, along with a contingency plan if requirements are unmet (such as potential last-minute organizers to ensure the workshop runs onsite) - List of organizers with a short biographical sketch of each organizer, describing relevant qualifications and experience - Names of potential program committee (PC) members – if a PC is required (any workshop involving written papers should have a PC) - Selection process for participants and/or presenters - Expected target audience and how the workshop will be advertised to reach them - Related workshops (if applicable): if previously held at SIGIR or another conference, organizers should briefly describe past attendance, outcomes, and the need for another workshop Workshop proposals should be prepared in the current ACM two-column conference format. Suitable LaTeX, Word, and Overleaf <https://www.overleaf.com/gallery/tagged/acm-official> templates are available from the ACM website <https://www.acm.org/publications/proceedings-template> (use the “sigconf” proceedings template). For LaTeX, the following should be used: documentclass[sigconf,natbib=true]{acmart} Proposals will be reviewed based on quality, complementarity to SIGIR 2025 conference topics, likelihood of attracting enough participants, and venue hosting capacity. Submissions will be reviewed by a program committee selected for this purpose, with final decisions made at the SIGIR Program Committee meeting. Proposals should be submitted in PDF through the EasyChair system: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=sigir2025. by selecting the “SIGIR 2025 Workshops” track. Organizers of accepted workshops will be invited to submit a camera-ready summary for inclusion in the SIGIR 2025 conference proceedings. Important Dates for Workshop Proposals Time zone: Anywhere on Earth (AoE) - Proposal submission: January 9, 2025 - Proposal acceptance notification: February 6, 2025 - Individual workshop paper submission: April 23, 2025 - Tentative workshop overview camera ready: April 24, 2025 - Tentative workshop paper acceptance notification: May 21, 2025 - Workshop day: July 17, 2025 Workshop Chairs - Surya Kallumadi, Coursera.org, USA - Zhaochun Ren, Leiden University, the Netherlands Contact For further information, please contact the SIGIR 2025 Workshop Co-chairs by email: sigir2025-workshop(a)dei.unipd.it.

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COLING 2025 Tutorial: Bridging Linguistic Theory & AI - Unlocking Usage-Based Learning in Humans & Machines (Call for Participation)
by claire.n.bonial.civ＠army.mil 07 Dec '24

07 Dec '24

We’re delighted to invite you to the on-site tutorial at COLING 2025 that will discuss the latest work on bridging the worlds of linguistic theory with Large Language Models: “Bridging Linguistic Theory and AI: Usage-Based Learning in Humans and Machines.” For More information, visit: https://sites.google.com/view/linguistic-theory-and-ai/ The takeaways of this tutorial, which will be held in-person, will be an overview of the shared and divergent aspects of human and machine usage and data-driven learning, outlined from the theoretical perspective of usage-based psycholinguistic theory, with an emphasis on how this can shed light on the capabilities and limitations of LLMs, including multimodal models. This will serve as the bedrock for guiding participants and the NLP community towards more informed evaluation of large, pre-trained models, as well as energising solutions drawing upon the multi-modal information and linguistic theory that enriches language and many dimensions of interaction. Background: Unlike our past NLP tools, such as syntactic parsers and automatic semantic role labelling, LLMs lack grounding in linguistic theory. Instead, their development is based on the encoder-decoder architecture, which was originally designed for sequence- to-sequence tasks, specifically translation. This dichotomy impedes methods for evaluating LLMs, as their performance on meta-linguistic tasks, such as semantic role labelling, which previously served as benchmarks for the individual components in an NLP pipeline, are poor predictors of their fluency on downstream applications. However, the fact that LLMs, designed primarily to meet information-theoretic needs, can capture any linguistic information at all is fascinating. Additionally, it offers a novel foundation for exploring what can be achieved through exposure to information alone. Therefore, it has been compelling to turn to usage-based theories of language, such as Construction Grammar, to establish experimentally validated structures of language that speakers of a given language consistently recognise and are able to generalise over. We can then compare such structures to the linguistic structure that we can probe for within LLMs. For More information, visit: https://sites.google.com/view/linguistic-theory-and-ai/ We look forward to seeing you at COLING 2025 in January. On behalf of, Claire Bonial, Harish Tayyar Madabushi, Nikhil Krishnaswamy, James Pustejovsky

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Workshop on Diversity in Large Speech and Language Models
by Hillmann, Stefan, Dr. 06 Dec '24

06 Dec '24

Dear all, Please find in the following the CoP for the workshop on Diversity in Large Speech and Language Models Date: 20 February 2025 Place: Humboldt-Universität Berlin, Dorotheenstraße 24, Berlin, Germany Machine learning techniques have conquered many different tasks in speech and natural language processing, such as speech recognition, information extraction, text and speech generation, and human machine interaction using natural language or speech (chatbots). Modern techniques typically rely on large models for representing general knowledge of one or several languages (Large Language Models, LLMs), or for representing speech and general audio characteristics. These models have been trained with large amounts of speech and language data, typically including web content. When humans interact with such technologies, the effectiveness of the interaction will be influenced by how far humans make use of the same type of language the models have been trained on or, in other words, if the models are able to generalize to the language used by humans when interacting with the technology. This may lead to some gradual forms of adaptation in human speech and language production, and users who do not adapt may be excluded from efficient use of such technologies. On top of this, as commercial model development follows market needs, under-represented languages and dialects/sociolects may decrease in terms of priorities. Furthermore, for many lesser spoken languages the necessary data is not available, which will worsen a digital divide in speech and language technology usage. The workshop sets out to discuss this problem based on scientific contributions from the perspective of computer science and linguistics (including computational linguistics and NLP). Topics which we aim to address include but are not limited to: User diversity: Which aspects of human speech and language production affect the performance of large foundation models? In which way, and for which tasks? Language use: How are large language models able to cope with different languages, dialects, and sociolects? How do they deal with code switching? Human adaptation: How does the use of large language models affect language comprehension, as well as speech and language production? Which alignment effects occur, and in which time spans? Model adaptation: How do models need to be designed to better cope with speech and language diversity? How do training and finetuning affect model performance? Inclusion: What data and technologies are necessary to better cope with diversity in large speech and language models? The workshop will consist of a number of oral presentations and discussion panels. Accepted speakers are invited to submit a short or long paper which will be published online after the workshop. Details and registration: https://www.tu.berlin/en/qu/about-us/news/isca-itg-workshop Best, Stefan Hillmann -- Dr.-Ing. Stefan Hillmann Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter / Senior Researcher er, ihm / he, his Anrede / Form of address: Herr / Mr. Technische Universität Berlin Fakultät IV / Faculty 4 Elektrotechnik und Informatik / Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Quality and Usability Lab Sekr. MAR 6-7, Marchstr. 23, 10587 Berlin, GERMANY

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Call for Birds of a Feather/Affinity Group Proposals at COLING 2025
by Mukund Choudhary 06 Dec '24

06 Dec '24

Dear colleagues, We hope you are doing great. As the Diversity & Inclusion team at the COLING 2025, we are excited to announce the calls to organize Birds of a Feather (BoF)/ Affinity Group sessions at the conference! If you are interested in discussing a specific theme in CL, NLP, or research in general, please take a few minutes to complete the form<https://forms.gle/8JrSBH7Gc3sgqLRBA>. We would appreciate receiving your proposal by 23:59 (AOE time), December 20th, 2024. Let us know if there is more we can assist with at coling2025diversity(a)googlegroups.com<mailto:coling2025diversity@googlegroups.com>. Best regards, Hawau and Mukund COLING 2025 Social Diversity & Inclusion (SD&I) Team P.S. All BoF hosts should be registered for COLING 2025, and the sessions will be in-person. If the link above is not clickable, please use this URL: https://forms.gle/8JrSBH7Gc3sgqLRBA

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FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS: Scoping workshop “Corpus linguistics 2040: Which data, which methods, which models?”
by christian.mair＠anglistik.uni-freiburg.de 06 Dec '24

06 Dec '24

The workshop is jointly organised by the English Department of the University of Freiburg and the Institut für Deutsche Sprache (IDS) in Mannheim and, as a scoping workshop, designed to explore the major empirical, methodological and conceptual challenges facing our research community. Although the two organising institutions focus on English and German, corpus linguists working on other languages are explicitly invited to attend and contribute. Venue: IDS, Mannheim, Germany Date: 10 – 11 July 2025 For info on abstract submission etc. see: https://linguistlist.org/issues/35-3417 https://www.ids-mannheim.de/fi/veranstaltungen/workshop-corpus-linguistics-… Topics in focus include: - Corpora of spontaneous speech – new formats, new searches - Corpora versus AI/LLMs? Corpora and AI/LLMs? - Multilingual and multimodal corpora - Infrastructures for CLx and Digital Humanities Several renowned colleagues have already made commitments to present keynotes and/or organise round tables, including Silvia Bernardini, Mark Davies, Tony McEnery and Michaela Mahlberg. Christian Mair & Andreas Witt _______________________________________________________

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[FinNLP@EMNLP-2025] Call for Shared Task Proposal
by CHUNG-CHI CHEN 06 Dec '24

06 Dec '24

Dear Colleagues, We are excited to announce the launch of the ACL Special Interest Group on Economic and Financial Natural Language Processing (SIG-FinTech)! To learn more about SIG-FinTech, we invite you to visit our official website: https://sigfintech.github.io/ We are also excited to share that the next FinNLP workshop will be held in conjunction with EMNLP 2025, taking place from November 5–9, 2025, in Suzhou, China. Stay tuned for more details—we will share updates soon! *As part of this event, we are now accepting shared task proposals for FinNLP@EMNLP-2025. Details about the call for proposals can be found below and on our website: https://sigfintech.github.io/fineval.html <https://sigfintech.github.io/fineval.html>* *Submission Deadline: January 31, 2025* We warmly encourage you to join us as shared task organizers. Feel free to contact us if you have any questions. Best regards, Chung-Chi --- 陳重吉 (Chung-Chi Chen), Ph.D. Researcher Artificial Intelligence Research Center, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Japan E-mail: c.c.chen(a)acm.org Website: https://nlpfin.github.io/ FinEval-Proposal-2025: Financial Information Access and Evaluation Suzhou, China, November 5-9, 2025 Conference website https://sigfintech.github.io/fineval.html Submission link https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=finevalproposal2025Financial Information Access and Evaluation (FinEval) EMNLP-2025, Nov. 5th-9th, 2025, Suzhou, China Shared tasks are collaborative initiatives where researchers and practitioners work together to address a common challenge using shared datasets and evaluation metrics. These tasks foster competition, collaboration, and advancement within the field, playing a significant role in both academic and industry communities. FinEval provides a venue for the community to share valuable insights and inspiration. Every year, we will call for proposals for the next edition of FinEval, which is collocated with the FinNLP workshop. *Call for Shared Task Proposal* We encourage submissions for tasks that test systems on financial text analysis, with a particular focus on cross-lingual, application-oriented tasks, and novel uses of NLP in finance. Tasks for non-English languages and cross-domain applications are welcome. *Proposal Criteria* Your task proposal will be evaluated on: - *Novelty:* Is the task addressing a unique or under-explored problem in financial NLP? - *Interest:* Will the task attract broad participation? - *Data Quality:* Is the data collection plan robust, with high inter-annotator agreement and appropriate licensing? - *Evaluation:* Is the evaluation methodology rigorous, and will it inspire future research? - *Impact:* What long-term impact will this task have on financial NLP? - *Ethics:* Data should avoid PII and adhere to ethical guidelines, including privacy compliance and ethical data use. *Task Organization* Organizers should be prepared to: - Ensure data quality and licensing, addressing ethical and security concerns. - Provide format checkers, baseline systems, and evaluation tools for participants. - Manage a competition platform (e.g., CodaLab) and maintain communication channels. - Write and present a task description paper at the FinEval session in FinNLP workshop. - Organize and review participant submissions and related documentation. *Organizer Roles* - *Lead Organizer:* Oversees the task, ensuring timely completion of deliverables. - *Co-Organizers:* Assist with data preparation, evaluation, and participant communication. - *Advisory Organizers:* Provide guidance, not necessarily engaged in daily tasks. Note: A minimum of two organizers is required per task. Single-organizer submissions will not be accepted. *Submission Guidelines* Task proposals should be in PDF format, following the ACL Template <https://github.com/acl-org/acl-style-files>, and must be no longer than 4 pages (plus references). Include the following sections: - *Overview:* Summary, community interest, and anticipated impact. - *Data & Resources:* Data sources, copyright details, data quantity, quality assurance, and ethical considerations. - *Pilot Task:* (recommended) Results and insights from initial studies. - *Evaluation:* Clear evaluation methodology and criteria. - *Task Reruns:* If a rerun, provide justification and expected impact. - *Task Organizers:* Names, affiliations, contact details, and relevant experience. *Important Dates* - *Task proposals due: *31 January 2025 - *Task selection notification: *20 February 2025 - *Sample data ready: *15 March 2025 - *Training data ready: *1 May 2025 - *Evaluation data ready: *1 June 2024 - *Evaluation start: *10 July 2025 - *Evaluation end: *31 July 2025 - *Paper submission: *31 Augest 2025 - *Notification to authors: *15 September 2025 - *Camera-ready papers due: *25 September 2025 - *FinNLP Workshop: *EMNLP-2025

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Call for Participation: eRisk Lab @ CLEF 2025
by ACL Announcements 06 Dec '24

06 Dec '24

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Call for Participation: eRisk Lab @ CLEF 2025 Date: 2024-12-05 19:50 From: ACL Announcements <announcements(a)aclweb.org> To: Announcements <announcements(a)aclweb.org> Call for Participation: eRisk Lab @ CLEF 2025 Are you passionate about leveraging AI for societal good? Join us for eRisk 2025, the ninth edition this lab at CLEF, where we delve into the methodologies and applications of early risk detection on the Internet. Our mission is to foster interdisciplinary research that addresses critical health and safety challenges, from identifying signs of depression to preventing online harm. Tasks for eRisk 2025 (More info at https://erisk.irlab.org/ ) Task 1: Search for Symptoms of Depression - Objective: Rank sentences from user writings by relevance to the 21 symptoms of the BDI-II questionnaire. - Highlights: - Use a TREC-formatted dataset with human-assessed relevance judgments. - Generate rankings for symptoms with evaluation via metrics like MAP and nDCG. - Create a valuable annotated corpus with broad applications beyond this task. - This is the third edition of the task: two years of training data. Task 2: Contextualized Early Detection of Depression *(New in 2025)* - Objective: Analyze full conversational contexts to detect early signs of depression. - Highlights: - Evaluate sequential user interactions for a holistic view of conversational dynamics. - Train on isolated writings and test in real-world-like scenarios with chronologically ordered conversations. - Metrics include accuracy and timeliness, measured via ERDE and similar frameworks. - This is the first edition of the contextualized tasks: three year of un-contextualized training data. Pilot Task: Conversational Depression Detection via LLMs (New in 2025, Interactive Task) - Objective: Engage with LLM personas to identify depressive symptoms based on conversational exchanges. - Highlights: - No training data provided—use creative and unsupervised approaches. - Collaborate in a limited-message dialogue setting, simulating real-world conditions. - Push the boundaries of AI-human interaction for mental health applications: are we able to accurately reproduce personas? -This is a pilot task. Participants will need to book a slot to interact with the LLM personas: register before the slots are gone! Key Dates - Dataset Release: -T1: 1st December 2024 for training collections and test dataset -T2: 1st December 2024 for training and 5th February 2025 for beginning of test stage (server opens) -T3: 5th February 2025 for beginning of test stage (server opens for interacting with the LLM) - Submission Deadlines: -T1: 1st April 2025 for submitting participants’ results to FTP -T2: 12th April 2025 end of test stage (server closes) -T3: 12th April 2025 end of test stage (server closes) - CLEF 2025 Conference: 9-12 September 2025, Madrid, Spain. How to Participate 1. Register: Sign up through the [CLEF 2025 Labs Registration site](https://clef2025-labs-registration.dei.unipd.it/) 2. Submit Agreements: Complete the user agreement form to access datasets. 3. Join the Community: Join our Google Groups https://groups.google.com/g/erisk-clef ! Lab co-chairs Javier Parapar, Univ. A Coruña, Spain Anxo Pérez, Univ. A Coruña, Spain Xi Wang, Univ. Sheffield, United Kingdom Fabio Crestani, Univ. Lugano, Switzerland More Information Visit the [eRisk website](https://erisk.irlab.org) for task details, datasets, and registration guidelines.

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Computational linguistics lecturer (assistant professor) vacancy, Queen Mary University of London
by Matthew Purver 05 Dec '24

05 Dec '24

Queen Mary University of London is currently advertising a Computational Linguistics faculty position at the level of Lecturer (Assistant Professor). The closing date is 5 January. https://qmul-jobs.tal.net/vx/mobile-0/appcentre-ext/brand-4/candidate/so/pm… This post is based in the Linguistics Department, in Humanities and Social Sciences. Faculty in the department have a number of CL-adjacent interests and collaborations. There is also a substantial Computational Linguistics group in Computer Science, with whom the department has strong ties. The appointed candidate will enhance our teaching at the interface of Linguistics and CL/AI, for students who are interested in gaining more computational or AI-linked skills.The position is a good fit for applicants with a wide range of computational and AI-related interests, whether text or speech, and who are interested in working with students with a range of backgrounds and interests. For further information please contact Prof Devyani Sharma < d.sharma(a)qmul.ac.uk> -- Matthew Purver - http://www.eecs.qmul.ac.uk/~mpurver/ Computational Linguistics Lab - http://compling.eecs.qmul.ac.uk/ Cognitive Science Research Group - http://cogsci.eecs.qmul.ac.uk/ School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science Queen Mary University of London, London E1 4NS, UK *My working days for QMUL are **Tuesday-Thursday**; responses to mail on other days may be delayed.*

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Webminar by Javier de la Rosa - Artificial Intelligence Lab (National Library of Norway)
by HiTZ zentroa 05 Dec '24

05 Dec '24

**** 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 check the videos of previous webinars and the schedule for upcoming webinars here: http://www.hitz.eus/webinars Next webinar: Speaker: Javier de la Rosa - Artificial Intelligence Lab (National Library of Norway) Title: The Mímir Project: Impact of copyrighted materials in LLMs Date: Thursday, December 12, 2024 - 15:00 Summary: The Mímir Project is an initiative by the Norwegian government that aims to assess the significance and influence of copyrighted materials in the development and performance of generative large language models (LLMs) tailored to the Norwegian languages. This collaborative effort involves three leading institutions from different regions of the country: the National Library of Norway (NB), the University of Oslo (UiO), and the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU); each contributing unique expertise in language technology, corpus curation, model training, copyright law, and computational linguistics. The ultimate goal of the project was to gather empirical evidence that informed the formulation of a compensation scheme for authors whose works are utilized by these advanced artificial intelligence (AI) systems, ensuring that intellectual property rights are respected and adequately compensated. Bio: Javier de la Rosa is a Research Scientist at the Artificial Intelligence Lab at the National Library of Norway. A former Postdoctoral Fellow in Natural Language Processing at UNED, he holds a PhD in Hispanic Studies with a specialization in Digital Humanities by the University of Western Ontario, and a Masters in Artificial Intelligence by the University of Seville. Javier has previously worked as a Research Engineer at the Stanford University, and as the Technical Lead at the University of Western Ontario CulturePlex Lab. He is interested in Natural Language Processing applied to historical and literary text, with a special focus on large language models. Upcoming webinars: · Ekaterina Shutova (January 30, 2025) · Sebastian Ruder (February 6, 2025) · Christian Herff (Thursday, March 6, 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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Reminder: 3-year postdoc position in NLP at the University of Oslo
by Lilja Øvrelid 05 Dec '24

05 Dec '24

Reminder that the closing date for this position is *December 13th*: A position as Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Natural Language Processing is available within MediaFutures:Research Centre for Responsible Media Technology & Innovation at the Language Technology Group (LTG) at the University of Oslo (UiO), Norway. The closing date is December 13th, 2024. For more information about the position and the research group, please see the full announcement here: https://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/270966/postdoctoral-research… Please do not hesitate to contact me for any further information. Best regards, Lilja

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Interspeech 2025: Call for tutorials
by Grzegorz Chrupała 05 Dec '24

05 Dec '24

============================================ Interspeech 2025 17 - 21 August, Rotterdam, The Netherlands https://www.interspeech2025.org/ ============================================ Call for Tutorials https://www.interspeech2025.org/call-for-tutorials ============================================ Important Dates =============== Proposals of tutorials due: 1 February 2025 Notification of selection to organizers: 5 April 2025 Final announcement of tutorials on the website: 20 April 2025 Tutorial Day: 17 August 2025 The Tutorial Day is an important component of INTERSPEECH. It offers a unique opportunity for experts in various speech-related domains to provide conference attendees with rich learning experiences. To ensure a high-quality and diverse set of tutorials at INTERSPEECH 2025, we invite proposals that cover both introductory and advanced topics, from longstanding research challenges and current research trends to emerging areas of study. These proposals should target early-stage researchers and experienced researchers who wish to deepen their knowledge in a new area. Each tutorial will be 3 hours long. The tutorials are expected to provide an overview of an area of research rather than focus on an individual presenter’s research program and findings. While it is not mandatory to address the theme of Interspeech 2025, "Fair and Inclusive Speech Science and Technology,” we encourage proposals to consider how their tutorials might align with or reflect this theme. We especially welcome proposals related to the four strands of Interspeech 2025: Individual Differences in Speech Processing, Under-Researched Languages, Dialects, and Accents, Inclusive Technology for Atypical Speech Communication, and Ethical Considerations. Proposals from individuals who identify as being underrepresented in the speech science and technology community (due to factors such as geographical location, economic status, race, age, gender, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic) are particularly welcome. Proposals Should Include (in the following order) • Title • Presenter(s) name and affiliation • Contact information (email, telephone) • Abstract (no more than 200 words) summarizing the proposed tutorial that could be used as an advertisement • Description (1 – 2 pages; no more than 800 words), which includes a few relevant references and any webpages/material useful for reviewing the proposal • Relevance of the proposed tutorial for Interspeech 2025 (0.5 – 1 page; no more than 400 words) • Tutorial logistics, including • Duration (1 session or 2 sessions; 3 hours = 1 session). If 1 session, please indicate your preference for morning or afternoon. • Presenter(s) information (name(s)) • Special equipment required for the tutorial • Description of accompanying material provided (handouts, storage devices with media, etc.) • Presenter information • Biography of presenter(s) • Key publications of presenter(s) on the tutorial topic • List of previous tutorial experience • Audience information • Target audience (e.g. new researchers to the field, research students, specialists of adjacent fields) • Other considerations/comments Submission Procedure Proposals for the INTERSPEECH 2025 tutorials must be no more than 5 pages long and must conform to the format stated above; please ensure that the headings listed above are identified clearly. Proposals should be submitted by email to tutorials(a)interspeech2025.org by Feb 1, 2025. Notifications of selection will go out by April 5, 2025. By submitting a proposal, the presenter(s) understand the ISCA policy of strongly encouraging video recording of the tutorial for education purposes if the proposal is accepted. Access to recording materials will be given through the ISCA Video Archives. Questions? Please contact our Tutorial Chairs at tutorials(a)interspeech2025.org • Yiya Chen - Leiden University, The Netherlands • Daan van Esch - Google (Amsterdam)

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First Call for Participation- IWSLT 2025
by Atul K. Ojha 04 Dec '24

04 Dec '24

Apologies for cross-posting. ---------------------------------------- *The International Conference on Spoken Language Translation* *ACL – 22nd IWSLT 2025 – First Call for Participation* *31 July-1 August 2025 - Vienna, Austria* http://iwslt.org The International Conference on Spoken Language Translation (IWSLT) <https://iwslt.org/> is the premier annual conference for all aspects of Spoken Language Translation. Every year, the conference organises and sponsors open evaluation campaigns around key challenges in simultaneous and consecutive translation, under real-time/low latency or offline conditions and under low-resource or multilingual constraints. System descriptions and results from participants’ systems and scientific papers related to key algorithmic advances and best practices are presented. IWSLT is the venue of the SIGSLTs <https://iwslt.org/sigslt/>, the Special Interest Group on Spoken Language Translation <https://iwslt.org/sigslt/> of ACL <https://www.aclweb.org/portal/>, ISCA <https://www.isca-speech.org/> and ELRA <https://www.elra.info/>. With a track record of 21 years, IWSLT benchmarks and proceedings serve as reference for all researchers and practitioners working on speech translation and related fields. The 22nd edition of IWSLT will be run as a hybrid ELRA <https://www.elra.info/>/ACL <https://www.aclweb.org/portal/> event, co-located with ACL 2025 <https://2025.aclweb.org/> from 31 July to 1 August 2025. *Important Dates* *January 1, 2025*: Release of shared task training and dev data *March 15, 2025*: Scientific paper submission deadline *Apr 1-15, 2025*: Evaluation period *April 21, 2025*: System description paper submission deadline *May 15, 2025*: Notification of acceptance *June 1, 2025*: Camera-ready deadline (all paper) *July 31-Aug 1*, *2025*: IWSLT conference Evaluation The IWSLT 2025 features shared tasks <https://iwslt.org/2025/#shared-tasks> that address the following focus areas: - High-resource ST: Offline track, Simultaneous track, Subtitling track - Low-resource ST: Low-resource and Indic (multilingual) tracks - Instruction-following Speech Processing track: Technical domain ST, ASR, Summarization, and QA Training and development data for each shared task will be prepared and released by the respective organisers (for further information on this initiative, please refer to the IWSLT website <https://iwslt.org/2025/>). Participants will receive instructions about how to submit their runs. In addition, participants have the opportunity to present their work through a system paper that will be published in the ACL Proceedings. Conference IWSLT also invites submissions of scientific papers to be published in the ACL Proceedings and presented either in oral or poster format. The conference selects high-quality, original contributions on theoretical and practical issues of spoken language translation research, technologies and applications. Submissions will be accepted directly through the IWSLT submission site (to be announced on the website <https://iwslt.org/2025/>). We will also accept commitments of submissions with reviews from the ACL Rolling Review. Additionally, to foster cross-pollination of ideas, the conference also invites the presentation of papers on speech translation recently published elsewhere. Please note that this is for non-archival presentation of papers relevant to speech translation already published in other venues (e.g., Findings for the *ACL, speech, NLP or MT conferences). Submissions for this category will be accepted through a dedicated form (to be announced on the website <https://iwslt.org/2025/>). Papers will be checked for relevance to IWSLT, and assigned either oral or poster presentation slots if selected. Contact Please email iwslt-evaluation-campaign(a)googlegroups.com if you have any questions related to the shared tasks. Thanks, Marine, Marcello, Alex, Jan, Sebastian, Elizabeth, Atul (IWSLT organisers)

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Call for online participation: Treebanks and Linguistic Theories (TLT 2024), December 5-6
by Zinsmeister, Heike 04 Dec '24

04 Dec '24

Dear all, On 5 and 6 December, the 22nd International Workshop on Treebanks and Linguistic Theories (TLT 2024) is being hosted at University of Hamburg. The workshop will be held in hybrid form and you are welcome to join us online! Keynote talks: December 5: 10:00-11:00 h Anna Nedoluzhko (Charles University Prague) Multilingual Coreference and Treebanking: Benefits of Interaction<https://www.korpuslab.uni-hamburg.de/en/tlt2024/program/_boxes/abstract-ann…> December 6: 12:00-13:00 h Marcel Bollmann (Linköping University) Increasing language diversity in NLP: Insights from CreoleVal<https://www.korpuslab.uni-hamburg.de/en/tlt2024/program/_boxes/abstract-mar…> On Friday, December 6 14:30-16:30 h There will be a discussion panel on "Treebanks and linguistic annotation in the area of LLMs” Panelists: Marcel Bollmann (Linköping University), Daniel Dakota (Indiana University), Sandra Kübler (Indiana University), Anna Nedoluzhko (Charles University Prague), Juri Opitz (Universität Zürich) Find the full workshop programme on our website: https://www.korpuslab.uni-hamburg.de/en/tlt2024/program.html If you would like to participate, please register via this form and we will send you the Zoom link in advance of the workshop: https://www.korpuslab.uni-hamburg.de/en/tlt2024/registration.html Please note that due to security reasons, University of Hamburg allows Zoom conferencing only via the Zoom app, so joining via browser will not work. Do not hesitate to contact us via tlt2024.gw(a)uni-hamburg.de<mailto:tlt2024.gw@uni-hamburg.de> if you have any further questions. The workshop is endorsed by ACL SIGPARSE<https://www.sigparse.org/> and we like to thank SFB 1102<https://sfb1102.uni-saarland.de/> for their financial support. Best, TLT 2024 Program Chairs --------------------------- Prof. Dr. Heike Zinsmeister (sie/ihr) Linguistik des Deutschen / Korpuslinguistik Universität Hamburg, Institut für Germanistik, Raum C7012 Von-Melle-Park 6, Postfach #15, D-20146 Hamburg Tel.: 040 42838-7119 heike.zinsmeister(a)uni-hamburg.de http://www.slm.uni-hamburg.de/germanistik/personen/zinsmeister.html

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PhD in Mathematical foundations for AI in London
by Haim Dubossarsky 03 Dec '24

03 Dec '24

On behalf of Prof. Omer Bobrowski and Prof Primoz Skraba. An exciting PhD opportunity at the intersection of Machine Learning, Mathematics and model interpretability is offered at the Centre for Probability, Statistics and Data Science at Queen Mary University of London. Project description This PhD position is part of the “Erlangen Programme for AI,” a prestigious multi-university initiative focused on developing a rigorous mathematical foundation for Artificial Intelligence. The project emphasizes the integration of concepts from topology, geometry, and probability, with the overarching goal of enhancing the interpretability, robustness, and generalization of AI models. Understanding Deep Neural Networks DNNs represent a cutting-edge approach in machine learning and AI, but there remains a significant gap in understanding the intrinsic mechanisms behind their powerful performance. This research aims to combine topological and geometric tools with probabilistic analysis to unveil hidden structures in neural networks. By investigating how these structures arise during training, how information flows through layers, and what vulnerabilities exist, we expect to gain insights that will drive future advancements in model design, optimization, and resilience. Understanding Large Language Models LLMs have shown to capture (encode) both the semantics and structure (grammar) of language within their learned parameters. However, the methods used to access this knowledge (decoding) remain basic, typically involving the representation of textual objects (e.g., words, sentences) as continuous vectors in Euclidean space. This project aims to leverage geometry and topology to explore the internal representations and latent spaces within the LLMs parameters that go beyond simple vectors analysis. We will develop advanced methods for decoding meaning and structure from LLMs, enabling richer and more diverse access to the linguistic knowledge they encode, and test it in a range of linguistic tasks (polysemy, cross-lingual transfer, among others). This approach holds the potential for breakthroughs in both AI theory and practical applications. Deadline is Wednesday, January 29, 2025 Further details can be found here: https://www.findaphd.com/phds/project/mathematical-foundations-for-ai/?p177…

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2nd CfP: 9th SIGHUM Workshop on Computational Linguistics for Cultural Heritage, Social Sciences, Humanities and Literature
by Anna Kazantseva 03 Dec '24

03 Dec '24

LaTeCH-CLfL 2025: The 9th Joint SIGHUM Workshop on Computational Linguistics for Cultural Heritage, Social Sciences, Humanities and Literature to be held on May 3rd or 4th, 2025 in conjunction with NAACL 2025 <https://2025.naacl.org/> in Albuquerque, NM. https://sighum.wordpress.com/latech-clfl-2025/ Second Call for Papers (with apologies for cross-posting) Organisers: Diego Alves, Yuri Bizzoni, Stefania Degaetano-Ortlieb, Anna Kazantseva, Janis Pagel, Stan Szpakowicz LaTeCH-CLfL 2025 is the ninth in a series of meetings for NLP researchers who work with data from the broadly understood arts, humanities and social sciences, and for specialists in those disciplines who apply NLP techniques in their work. The workshop continues a long tradition of annual meetings. The SIGHUM Workshops on Language Technology for Cultural Heritage, Social Sciences, and Humanities (LaTeCH) ran ten times in 2007-2016. The five Workshops on Computational Linguistics for Literature (CLfL) took place in 2012-2016. The first eight joint workshops (LaTeCH-CLfL) were held in 2017-2024. Topics and content In the Humanities, Social Sciences, Cultural Heritage and literary communities, there is increasing interest in, and demand for, NLP methods for semantic and structural annotation, intelligent linking, discovery, querying, cleaning and visualization of both primary and secondary data. This is even true of primarily non-textual collections, given that text is also the pervasive medium for metadata. Such applications pose new challenges for NLP research: noisy, non-standard textual or multi-modal input, historical languages, vague research concepts, multilingual parts within one document, and so no. Digital resources often have insufficient coverage; resource-intensive methods require (semi-)automatic processing tools and domain adaptation, or intense manual effort (e.g., annotation). Literary texts bring their own problems, because navigating this form of creative expression requires more than the typical information-seeking tools. Examples of advanced tasks include the study of literature of a certain period, author or sub-genre, recognition of certain literary devices, or quantitative analysis of poetry. NLP methods applied in this context not only need to achieve high performance, but are often applied as a first step in research or scholarly workflow. That is why it is crucial to interpret model results properly; model interpretability might be more important than raw performance scores, depending on the context. More generally, there is a growing interest in computational models whose results can be used or interpreted in meaningful ways. It is, therefore, of mutual benefit that NLP experts, data specialists and Digital Humanities researchers who work in and across their domains get involved in the Computational Linguistics community and present their fundamental or applied research results. It has already been demonstrated how cross-disciplinary exchange not only supports work in the Humanities, Social Sciences, and Cultural Heritage communities but also promotes work in the Computational Linguistics community to build richer and more effective tools and models. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following: • adaptation of NLP tools to Cultural Heritage, Social Sciences, Humanities and literature; • automatic error detection and cleaning of textual data; • complex annotation schemas, tools and interfaces; • creation (fully- or semi-automatic) of semantic resources; • creation and analysis of social networks of literary characters; • discourse and narrative analysis/modelling, notably in literature; • emotion analysis for the humanities and for literature; • generation of literary narrative, dialogue or poetry; • identification and analysis of literary genres; • interpretability of large language models output for DH-related tasks (explainable AI); • linking and retrieving information from different sources, media, and domains; • low-resource and historical language processing; • modelling dialogue literary style for generation; • modelling of information and knowledge in the Humanities, Social Sciences, and Cultural Heritage; • profiling and authorship attribution; • search for scientific and/or scholarly literature; • work with linguistic variation and non-standard or historical use of language. Information for authors We invite papers on original, unpublished work in the topic areas of the workshop. In addition to long papers, we will consider short papers and system descriptions (demos). We also welcome position papers. • Long papers, presenting completed work, may consist of up to eight (8) pages of content plus additional pages of references (just two if possible -:). The final camera-ready versions of accepted long papers will be given one additional page of content (up to 9 pages) so that reviewers’ comments can be taken into account. • A short paper / demo presenting work in progress, or the description of a system, and may consist of up to four (4) pages of content plus additional pages of references (one if you can). Upon acceptance, short papers will be given five (5) content pages in the proceedings. • A position paper — clearly marked as such — should not exceed eight (8) pages including references. All submissions are to follow the *ACL paper styles (for LaTeX / Overleaf and MS Word) available at https://github.com/acl-org/acl-style-files. Papers should be submitted electronically, only in PDF, via the LaTeCH-CLfL 2025 submission website on the SoftConf pages (we will publish the link as soon as we have it). Reviewing will be double-blind. Please do not include the authors’ names and affiliations, or any references to Web sites, project names, acknowledgements and so on — anything that immediately reveals the authors’ identity. Self-references should be kept to a reasonable minimum, and anonymous citations cannot be used. Accepted papers will be published in the workshop proceedings available as usual in the ACL Anthology. Important dates (tentative) Workshop paper due: January 30, 2025 Notification of acceptance: March 1, 2025 Camera-ready papers due: March 10, 2025 Workshop date: May 3rd or 4th, 2025 More on the organizers Diego Alves, Language Science and Technology, Saarland University Yuri Bizzoni, Center for Humanities Computing / School for Communication and Culture, Århus University Stefania Degaetano-Ortlieb, Language Science and Technology, Saarland University Anna Kazantseva, National Research Council Canada Janis Pagel, Department of Digital Humanities, University of Cologne Stan Szpakowicz, School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Ottawa Contact latech-clfl(a)googlegroups.com <mailto:latech-clfl@googlegroups.com>

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CFP - PAC 2025 "Spoken English Varieties - Perception and Representations" (Aix en Provence, FR)
by Anne Przewozny desriaux 03 Dec '24

03 Dec '24

Dear colleagues, Following several demands for a new extension of the submission deadline, we extend it to January, 5 2025. You will find all the information about the international conference PAC 2025 (Phonology of Contemporary English) - Spoken English Varieties - Perception and Representations, which will be held in Aix-en-Provence from 18 to 20 June 2025, on the website: https://pac2025.sciencesconf.org/?lang=fr The conference will be preceded on Wednesday 18 June morning by a workshop on perception experiments, and followed on Friday 20 June afternoon by a workshop on depositing and sharing data. Important dates: Conference: 18-20 June 2025, Laboratoire Parole et Langage, Aix-en-Provence, France. Abstract submission date: 6 December 2024 5 January 2025 Notification: 29 January 2025 Please circulate as widely as possible and we apologise in advance for any duplication. Sincerely, The PAC 2025 Organising Committee. ---------------- Chères et chers collègues, Suite à plusieurs demandes de report de la date limite de soumission, nous la reportons au 5 janvier 2025. Vous trouverez toutes les informations concernant la conférence internationale PAC 2025 (Phonology of Contemporary English) - Spoken English Varieties - Perception and Representations, qui se tiendra à Aix-en-Provence du 18 au 20 juin 2025, sur le site web: https://pac2025.sciencesconf.org/?lang=fr La conférence sera précédée le mercredi 18 juin matin d'un atelier sur les expériences de perception, et suivie le vendredi 20 juin d'un atelier sur le dépôt et le partage des données. Dates à retenir : Conférence : 18-20 juin 2025, Laboratoire Parole et Langage, Aix-en-Provence. Date de soumission des résumés: 6 décembre 2024 5 janvier 2025 Merci de diffuser le plus largement possible et toutes nos excuses par avance pour les doublons. Cordialement, Le comité d’organisation PAC 2025. ******************* Anne Przewozny-Desriaux English linguistics - Phonology - Sociolinguistics CLLE | CNRS UMR 5263 https://clle.univ-tlse2.fr/ Université Toulouse-Jean Jaurès, France PAC programme & LVTI project https://www.pacprogramme.net/ New Perspectives on English Word Stress https://edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-new-perspectives-on-english-word-… The Corpus Phonology of English: Multifocal Analyses of Variation https://edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-the-corpus-phonology-of-english-h…

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GermEval: Call for Shared Task Proposals
by Christian Wartena 03 Dec '24

03 Dec '24

GermEval: Call for Shared Task Proposals We cordially invite proposals for the GermEval Shared Task 2025 co-located with Konvens 2025 in Hildesheim, Germany (September 9-12), https://konvens-2025.hs-hannover.de/ . Background GermEval is a series of shared task evaluation campaigns that focus on Natural Language Processing for the German language and has been running since 2014, traditionally co-located with Konvens. Previous shared tasks Previous shared tasks have been devoted to: * Named entity recognition (2014) * Lexical Substitution (2015) * Aspect-based Sentiment in Social Media Customer Feedback (2016) * Offensive Language (2018, 2019) * Hierarchical classification of blurbs (2019) * Lemmatization of German web and social media texts (2019) * Text Complexity (2022) * Speaker Attribution (2023) * Sexism Detection in German Online News Fora (2024) See also https://germeval.github.io/tasks/ for details. Time schedule Proposal submission deadline: December 15, 2024 Notification: December 20, 2024 Extended submission period January 4 - February 14, 2025 Extended notification: One week after submission Workshop: September 10, 2025 The early deadline facilitates a quick start of the organization of a shared task. Later submission is possible until February 14. We will try to review the proposal in that case within one week. While fixing the exact timeline for the shared task is up to the task organizers, we propose the following tentative schedule: Trial data ready: March 8, 2025 Training data ready: April 12, 2025 Test data ready: May 17, 2025 Evaluation start: June 16, 2025 Evaluation end: June 27, 2025 Paper submission due: July 11, 2025 Camera ready due: August 15, 2025 Submission guidelines For GermEval proposals are invited for any shared task involving natural language processing in the context of the German language. For a detailed questionnaire to be submitted please see: https://gscl.org/germeval Proposals should be submitted by e-mail to info.konvens2025(a)gscl.org<mailto:info.konvens2025@gscl.org>, from the email of the contact person, with the subject "GermEval-2025 Shared Task Proposal". Proposals should make clear that a schedule similar to that suggested above can be implemented, especially for the preparation of resources (trial/training/development/test data sets). Proposals should be 2 to 3 pages long, in ACL - PDF format. We encourage proposers to include appendices with examples that help understanding the data and type of evaluation. Proposals will be reviewed by the KONVENS Program Committee. Proposers might be contacted during the reviewing period to provide further information. Potential proposers should feel free to indicate the intention to submit by emailing info.konvens2025(a)gscl.org<mailto:info.konvens2025@gscl.org>. We are also happy to answer your questions about the process, or to solicit early feedback for a proposal. Proceedings Peer-reviewed workshop papers can be published in the KONVENS 2025 Proceedings. A camera-ready version of all accepted papers should be available at latest on August 22, 2025. 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] 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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Last Call for Abstracts: LLM fails – Failed experiments with Generative AI and what we can learn from them
by Ngoc Duyen Tanja Tu 03 Dec '24

03 Dec '24

more information on our Workshop-Website: https://www.ids-mannheim.de/home/lexiktagungen/llm-fails Dear list members, we would like to invite you to submit abstracts to our workshop "LLM fails – Failed experiments with Generative AI and what we can learn from them" taking place from April 8-9, 2025 at the Leibniz Institute for the German Language, Mannheim, Germany. If the extended short papers are positively reviewed, there is an opportunity to publish them in a special issue of the Journal for Language Technology and Computational Linguistics. Further information (automatic English translation): Failed experiments typically have no place in scientific discourse; they are discarded and not published. We believe this leads to a loss of potential knowledge. After all, a systematic reflection on the reasons for failure allows for the questioning and/or improvement of methods used. Furthermore, when previously failed experiments are repeated and succeed, explicit progress can be determined. Thus, the discussion and documentation of failures creates added value for the scientific community from the perspective of methodological reflection. This is even more relevant in a field like research into and with Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI), which cannot look back on decades of tradition and where best practices are still being negotiated. This workshop focuses on linguistic and NLP experiments with Generative AI that did not yield the desired results, such as but not limited to: • Using Generative AI as a Named-Entity Recognizer • Using Generative AI for automatic transcription of spoken language data • Using Generative AI for the creation of dictionary entries • Using Generative AI for the detection of language change phenomena The contribution should clarify how this failure can contribute to knowledge gain regarding the work with Generative AI. Unpublished proposals can be submitted anonymously as an abstract (500-750 words) in either German or English to the following email address by December 11, 2024: llmfails(at)ids-mannheim.de The organization team will decide on the acceptance of contributions by December 16, 2025. If a contribution is accepted, a short paper (4-6 pages without references) in English will be requested by February 15, 2025. The short papers will undergo double-blind peer review and will be published in a special issue of the Journal for Language Technology and Computational Linguistics and archived at ACL Anthology. Best, Annelen Brunner, Christian Lang, Ngoc Duyen Tanja Tu (Organising committee) -- Dr. Ngoc Duyen Tanja Tu Leibniz-Institut für Deutsche Sprache Abteilung Grammatik Tel: +49 621-1581-242

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Junior Professorship in Information&Language Processing / AI at LMU Munich
by Hinrich Schuetze 03 Dec '24

03 Dec '24

Dear community members, We cordially invite applications for the following position. Thanks - Hinrich Junior Professorship (W1) Information and Language Processing Using AI Methods LMU Munich tenure track apply by December 12 https://job-portal.lmu.de/jobposting/7815e9257475585704e21860f79f54abceadb4…

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Corpora of English novels
by Martin Wynne 02 Dec '24

02 Dec '24

I have a student who is interested in tracing the development of the English novel from its origins to the present day (or at least to the start of the twentieth century), and I'm trying to gather information about relevant corpora covering this text type and period. We know about the European Literary Text Collection (ELTeC, https://www.distant-reading.net/eltec/) which will be very useful for the later end of the timescale. We also know it is possible to assemble a corpus from Project Gutenberg, archive.org, Oxford Text Archive, etc. , but would be interested in re-using any corpora that people might already have made, which aim to be representative of particular periods within this genre. The student has some flexibility with her research question, so while the original idea of 'English novels' was probably 'novels in English from Great Britain and Ireland', other related areas such as US novels might be interesting as well. Any tips and suggestions gratefully received. If we get a number of interesting direct emails, I'll be happy to summarize the results to the list. Best wishes, Martin -- Senior Researcher in Corpus Linguistics Faculty of Linguistics, Philology and Phonetics, University of Oxford National Co-ordinator, CLARIN-UK martin.wynne(a)ling-phil.ox.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4155-0530

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6th HPLT & NLPL Winter School on Pretraining Data Quality and Multilingual LLM Evaluation
by Andrey Kutuzov 29 Nov '24

29 Nov '24

(Apologies for cross-posting) Dear colleagues, We invite participants to a three-day winter school on large-scale NLP research, with special emphasis on pretraining data quality and multilingual evaluation of large language models (LLMs). The school will provide lectures and space for discussion by the following invited speakers: - Jenia Jitsev (Jülich Supercomputing Centre) - Marianna Nezhurina (LAION) - Guilherme Penedo (Huggingface) - Gema Ramírez-Sánchez (Prompsit Language Engineering) - Anna Rogers (IT University of Copenhagen) - Ahmet Üstün (Cohere AI) - other international experts to be confirmed. The winter school is organized as a collaboration between the Horizon Europe project High-Performance Language Technologies (HPLT, https://hplt-project.org/) and the Nordic Language Processing Laboratory (NLPL). The event will be held ‘in real life’ on February 3–5, 2025, in Norway. For additional information, please see: http://wiki.nlpl.eu/Community/training There is no participant fee for the winter school, and HPLT will provide free bus transfer between the Oslo airport and the conference hotel (about two hours north of Oslo, with skiing facilities just outside the door). Participants will need to cover their own travel to Oslo and accommodation at the hotel (NOK 3855 for two nights in a single room, including all meals and conference facilities). We kindly invite expressions of interest in participation in the winter school. Please register through the on-line form linked up from the above overview page. We will process requests for participation on a first-come, first-served basis, with an eye toward regional balance. Participation will be confirmed in three batches, one on December 6, another one on December 13, and finally after the closing date for registration, which is Friday, December 20, 2024. Welcome to Skeikampen in February 2025! Andrey Kutuzov & Stephan Oepen (for the organizing team) -- Andrey Language Technology Group (LTG) University of Oslo

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ACL 2025 - nominations and self-nominations to join the ACL 2025 programme committee
by Horacio Saggion 29 Nov '24

29 Nov '24

Dear NLP community members, Greetings from ACL 2025! We would like to invite nominations and self-nominations to join the ACL 2025 programme committee, as a reviewer or an area chair, depending on your interest, availability and experience. ACL 2025 review process will be run through ARR in the February cycle. The tentative timeline for the review period is 1 March to 20 March 2025 and the rebuttal period 26 March to 31 March 2025. Area chairs need to be available throughout the ARR February cycle. Please submit your (self-)nominations through this form by 16 December 2024: https://forms.gle/Yu34Z13YzQ3sM8R4A Afterwards, you will be invited to join the ARR February reviewer or area chair (action editor) pool through the ARR OpenReview platform. Finally, please share this message with your colleagues, postdocs and PhD students. Many thanks in advance for your time and contribution! ACL 2025 PC chairs -- Horacio Saggion Full Professor / Chair in Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Head of the Natural Language Processing Group - TALN DTIC Deputy Director for Recruitment Project Coordinator iDEM Project Universitat Pompeu Fabra https://twitter.com/h_saggion https://www.linkedin.com/in/horacio-saggion-1749b916

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CfP: 13th International Quantitative Linguistics Conference QUALICO 2025 to be held in Brno, Czechia, June 26-28, 2025
by gmikros＠gmail.com 29 Nov '24

29 Nov '24

#Apologies for cross-posting# The International Quantitative Linguistics Association and Masaryk University, Faculty of Arts, invites the submission of abstracts for the 13th International Quantitative Linguistics Conference QUALICO 2025, to be held in Brno, Czechia, June 26-28, 2025. TOPICS All contributions relating to quantitative linguistics and text analysis are welcome. We particularly encourage submissions on: - Descriptions and analysis of all aspects of language and text phenomena, insofar as they use quantitative mathematical methods (probability theory, stochastic processes, differential and difference equations, multidimensional analysis, fuzzy logic and set theory, function theory, etc.). - Development of mathematical and/or statistical concepts and methods which contribute to theoretical understanding of language phenomena. - Applications of methods, models, or findings from quantitative linguistics to problems of natural language processing, text classification, stylistics, authorship attribution, text mining, language complexity, and complex network analysis. - Epistemological issues relevant to quantitative linguistics such as explanation of language and text phenomena, contributions to theory construction, systems theory, philosophy of science. - Application of theories and methods of quantitative linguistics to the analysis of text generated by AI and Large Language Models (LLM). Please note that the use of mathematical and statistical concepts and methods or their computational implementation on an ad hoc basis, without placing them in a linguistic context, does not in itself qualify an abstract for acceptance at the conference. MULTIPLE WORKS BY THE SAME AUTHOR The maximum number of submissions by the same author or co-author is two papers. Submissions exceeding this threshold will be automatically deleted without notification. SUBMISSION OF ABSTRACTS Abstracts should be in English and include keywords, author affiliations, and references. They should not exceed 250 words. The requested format for submission is plain text .txt. Each paper will be allotted 30 minutes (20 minutes for presentation and 10 minutes for discussion). There will also be a poster session (accepted formats A0, A1 or similar). Abstracts can be submitted via the Oxford Abstracts system. Submission link: you can submit here: https://app.oxfordabstracts.com/stages/76890/submissions/new?behalf=false&f… VENUE Masaryk University in Brno, Faculty of Arts, Arne Nováka 1/1, 602 00 Brno. The conference webpage: https://sites.google.com/view/qualico2025/home IMPORTANT DATES Submission deadline: February 2, 2025, 11:59:59 pm (CET) Notification of acceptance: March 2, 2025 Conference fee payment: April 27, 2025 Registration deadline: May 25, 2025 Conference dates: June 26–28, 2025 CONFERENCE FEES Regular: 300€ IQLA Member: 200€ CONFERENCE VOLUME Authors of the accepted abstracts will be invited to submit full papers for publication in the volume at one of the leading publishing houses (e.g., John Benjamins, Springer, Routledge, De Gruyter). Please note that the deadline for submitting papers will be approximately three months after the conference.

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Join us for the LLM Hackathon in Ecology in Bielefeld, Germany or Online!
by D'Souza, Jennifer 29 Nov '24

29 Nov '24

We are excited to host the “AI & LLM Hackathon for Applications in Evidence-based Ecological Research and Practice” in a hybrid format. The onsite event will take place at ZiF, Bielefeld, Germany from 20th to 22nd January, 2025. The online event happens in parallel with communications conveyed via Zoom. The event aims to explore and demonstrate innovative applications of artificial intelligence and large language models in ecology. It is part of the ZiF Resident Group „Mapping Evidence to Theory in Ecology: Addressing the Challenges of Generalization and Causality“ (https://www.uni-bielefeld.de/einrichtungen/zif/groups/ongoing/mapping-evide…). Event highlights: • An introductory talk on the potential of LLMs in ecology. • A wide range of projects to get involved in. • And, of course, lots of pizza! 🍕 For onsite participants, travel scholarships will be offered to up to 15 participants. So do not miss out! To secure your place at the AI & LLM Hackathon register now here: https://forms.gle/w7DDFUWc6zEQ2VpU9 The same form is used for both online and onsite participants. If you want to apply for a scholarship make sure to register before December 15. Over time, you will find more details on the event page: https://www.uni-bielefeld.de/einrichtungen/zif/events/#/event/8023 We look forward to seeing you!

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(Self-)nominations for the ACL 2025 review process
by Anette Frank 29 Nov '24

29 Nov '24

Dear NLP community members, Greetings from ACL 2025! We would like to invite nominations and self-nominations to join the ACL 2025 programme committee, as a reviewer or an area chair, depending on your interest, availability and experience. The ACL 2025 review process will be run through ARR in the February cycle. The tentative timeline for the review period is 1 March to 20 March 2025 and the rebuttal period 26 March to 31 March 2025. Area chairs need to be available throughout the ARR February cycle. Please submit your (self-)nominations through this form by *16 December 2024:* https://forms.gle/Yu34Z13YzQ3sM8R4A Afterwards, you will be invited to join the ARR February reviewer or area chair (action editor) pool through the ARR OpenReview platform. Finally, please share this message with your colleagues, postdocs and PhD students. Many thanks in advance for your time and contribution! ACL 2025 PC chairs -- Prof. Dr. Anette Frankhttp://www.cl.uni-heidelberg.de/~frank Computational Linguistics Department email:frank@cl.uni-heidelberg.de University of Heidelberg phone: +49-(0)6221/54-3247 Im Neuenheimer Feld 325 secr: +49-(0)6221/54-3245 69120 Heidelberg, Germany fax: +49-(0)6221/54-3242

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Join us for the LLM Hackathon in Ecology in Bielefeld, Germany or Online!
by Jennifer D'Souza 29 Nov '24

29 Nov '24

We are excited to host the “AI & LLM Hackathon for Applications in Evidence-based Ecological Research and Practice” in a hybrid format. The onsite event will take place at ZiF, Bielefeld, Germany from 20th to 22nd January, 2025. The online event happens in parallel with communications conveyed via Zoom. The event aims to explore and demonstrate innovative applications of artificial intelligence and large language models in ecology. It is part of the ZiF Resident Group „Mapping Evidence to Theory in Ecology: Addressing the Challenges of Generalization and Causality“ ( https://www.uni-bielefeld.de/einrichtungen/zif/groups/ongoing/mapping-evide… ). Event highlights: • An introductory talk on the potential of LLMs in ecology. • A wide range of projects to get involved in. • And, of course, lots of pizza! 🍕 For onsite participants, travel scholarships will be offered to up to 15 participants. So do not miss out! To secure your place at the AI & LLM Hackathon register now here: https://forms.gle/w7DDFUWc6zEQ2VpU9 The same form is used for both online and onsite participants. If you want to apply for a scholarship make sure to register before December 15. Over time, you will find more details on the event page: https://www.uni-bielefeld.de/einrichtungen/zif/events/#/event/8023 We look forward to seeing you!

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PhD position in LLMs & reasoning for scientific discovery in cancer
by André Freitas 29 Nov '24

29 Nov '24

PhD position in LLMs & complex reasoning for supporting scientific discovery in cancer (University of Manchester) We have an exciting new PhD position at the interface between LLMs, complex reasoning and cancer discovery. Melanoma is an aggressive type of skin cancer associated with an incidence of ≈17500 patients and 2300 deaths per year in the United Kingdom. Immunotherapy (checkpoint inhibitors [CPI]; anti-CTLA-4, anti-PD-1, anti-LAG3) has revolutionised patient outcomes in melanoma and other cancers however, challenges remain. Critically, the presence of liver metastasis is associated with poor CPI response and prognosis, with patients with liver metastasis progressing on average 15 months earlier than those without. The aims of this exciting project will be to understand complex interactions between melanoma and cells within the liver microenvironment to understand mechanisms associated with immune suppression and resistance to CPI. To do this, the student will systematically integrate curated databases (e.g. KEGG, Reactome, STRING, and HMDB) alongside systematic extraction from the literature to derive models of signalling pathways, metabolic reactions, and protein-protein interactions relevant to this immunosuppressive environment. The student will develop techniques in open information extraction, integration of large datasets from multiple sources, large language models, causal reasoning, natural language inference and explainable question answering. Furthermore, they will gain an in-depth understanding of cancer biology and the immune system. We are looking for a hard-working, focused, ambitious person to join our excellent, friendly, inclusive and collaborative teams. The student will enjoy integrating with both the Freitas laboratory which focuses on development of AI methods to support abstract, explainable and flexible inference and the Lee laboratory which uses a broad range of in vitro and in vivo techniques to study melanoma, with the aim of developing novel therapies for patients. We would be particularly happy to receive applications from individuals with a strong academic track record and Masters-level and/or other research experience in artificial intelligence, large language models and bioinformatics. The project will provide comprehensive training in cancer biology, large language models and use of artificial intelligence to inform mechanisms behind complex tumour-microenvironment interactions and to build complex models of these. Essential requirements: - BSc and MSc in computer science, bioinformatics or related areas. - Experience in the construction of NLP and ML models evidenced by academic or industrial projects. - Python programming. - Confident in the development of complex computational pipelines. - Experience in biomedical problems is a plus. Interested applicants please send an email to andre.freitas(a)manchester.ac.uk and rebecca.lee-3(a)manchester.ac.uk with your CV by December 31st. Additional information. https://www.findaphd.com/phds/project/bicentenary-modelling-melanoma-induce…

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PhD position in Agent/LLM-based Evidence-based Reasoning
by André Freitas 29 Nov '24

29 Nov '24

PhD position in Agent/LLM-based Evidence-based Reasoning (IDIAP - Switzerland) - How to make LLM-based models capable of rigorous, fact-based inference? - How to build AI models which can make sense of large-scale complex evidence? This is an exciting opportunity to work at the interface between Large Language Models (LLMs) and complex reasoning. The project: LLMs have defined the foundations for the construction of models which can interpret and reason over language at scale. However, technical challenges remain in delivering models which are capable of factually correct, controlled and rigorous reasoning, fundamental in critical domains of applications such as biomedicine and policy-making. In this project, we will work on the development of novel natural language inference (NLI) paradigms which can jointly reason over qualitative and quantitative evidence at scale. The project will focus on areas such as: (i) the development of new reasoning planning models for evidence-based reasoning and (ii) the integration of NLI models with statistical, causal and mechanistic inference paradigms. The candidate will work at the Neuro-symbolic AI Group at IDIAP and will also be affiliated with the EPFL PhD programme. This is a 4-year position funded by the SNSF-FAPESP RATIONAL project in collaboration with Daniel Pedronette (UNESP). Candidates are expected to have: - A BSc/MSc degree in Computer Science or related areas. - Previous academic or industrial project experience in NLP (evidenced by project results and papers). - Be confident in software development and in developing complex NLP experimental pipelines. Interested applicants please send your CV to andre.freitas(a)idiap.ch by December 31st.

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Call For Volunteers COLING 2025
by Ekaterina Kochmar 29 Nov '24

29 Nov '24

A limited number of student volunteers are needed for the success of COLING 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 one full day equivalent of work, students receive free registration to the main conference, workshops and tutorials, and the social events. The work will be divided, probably into two half-day shifts, and the shifts will be scheduled to maximize volunteer access to the conference events. Please see the official call for volunteers here: https://coling2025.org/calls/volunteers/ **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 and accommodation arrangements independent of the results of the application. COLING Abu Dhabi 2025 Volunteer Registration Application <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScuV_MawOEbPo3k_aq74RT1OBZ1gCOGQqt…> **Important Dates** All deadlines are 11:59PM UTC-12:00 (“anywhere on Earth”). - Application deadline: *December 6, 2024* - Notification of acceptance: *December 15, 2024*

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CFP - TheWebConf 2025 workshop on Protecting Women Online
by Debora Nozza 28 Nov '24

28 Nov '24

[Apologies for cross-posting] ******************************************************************** CALL FOR PAPERS ACM TSWWW 2025 Towards a Safer Web for Women - First International Workshop on Protecting Women Online co-located with The Web Conference 2025<https://www2025.thewebconf.org/> Sydney, Australia 28 April - 2 May 2025 https://tsww25.github.io/ ******************************************************************** NEXT DEADLINES (all deadlines are AoE) ******************************************************************** 18th December 2024: Workshop paper submission deadline 13th January 2025: Notification of acceptance ******************************************************************** SCOPE AND OVERVIEW __________________ The workshop is dedicated to addressing the pressing issue of online violence against women by fostering dialogue and innovation. The workshop will explore global challenges and solutions for gender-based violence and the impact of online harms on women, among others. We aim to encourage the development of technological and interdisciplinary frameworks and innovations to ensure women's online safety. The workshop aims to review progress in approaches combating online violence against women, identify persistent barriers, and propose solutions to emerging challenges. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: * Detection and prevention of gender-based online violence (e.g., harassment, stalking, cyberbullying) * Sentiment and emotion analysis in abusive or harmful online interactions towards women * Gender bias identification and mitigation in AI * Human-centered approaches for online safety applications * Approaches to preventing, understanding, identifying and mitigating online harms faced by women with multiple marginalised identities (e.g., misogynoir, LGBTQ+ women, or women from religious or cultural minorities) * Analysis of tracking devices, surveillance tools, and hidden cameras misused against women * Detection and mitigation of non-consensual deepfake generation and dissemination * Interdisciplinary approaches to identifying and addressing online harm * Legal and ethical frameworks for protecting women online * Psychological, social, and legal impacts of online technology when used for gender-based abuse PAPER FORMAT AND SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS ________________________________________ We welcome both new and recent research, including non-archival submissions to showcase work published elsewhere, if it is especially relevant to the workshop's theme. Accepted formats include: * Long papers: Maximum 8 pages * Short papers: Maximum 4 pages * Position, idea, and emerging problem papers: Maximum 4 pages * Non-archival submissions: Up to 2 pages For full details, visit our Call for Papers<https://tsww25.github.io/cfp.html> page. Further, at least one author of each accepted workshop paper has to register. Workshop attendance is only granted for registered participants. Accepted papers (except for non-archival submissions) will be included in the workshop proceedings, which will be published as companion proceedings of The Web Conference, and indexed according to the main conference policy. ORGANISING COMMITTEE ____________________ Workshop chairs: * Ángel Pavón Pérez, The Open University * Miriam Fernandez, The Open University * Tracie Farrell, The Open University * Debora Nozza, Bocconi University

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Reading Concordances Training Day & Symposium @ FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg 19–21 March 2025
by Nathan Dykes 28 Nov '24

28 Nov '24

The team of the /Reading Concordances in the 21^st Century/ project (RC21) is inviting you to two events on concordance reading that will take place at FAU in Erlangen, Germany. Both events are **free**, but places are limited, so please register early. *Thu 20 & Fri 21 March 2025 – RC21 Symposium* Join us for a two-day symposium with talks by guest speakers and the project team. The talks will cover methodology, theory, and applications of concordance reading. The symposium also includes a poster session, where participants can present their own research. Submission for the poster session is open now. Invited speakers include: Laurence Anthony <https://www.dhss.phil.fau.eu/person/laurence-anthony-ph-d-2/>, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan Ulrich Heid <https://www.uni-hildesheim.de/fb3/institute/iwist/mitglieder/heid/>, Hildesheim University, Germany Susan Hunston <https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/staff/profiles/elal/hunston-susan>, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom Marc Kupietz <https://www.ids-mannheim.de/digspra/personal/kupietz/>, Leibniz Institute for the German Language (IDS), Mannheim, Germany Patricia Ronan <https://islk.kuwi.tu-dortmund.de/ronan/>, Technical University Dortmund, Germany Yukio Tono <https://www.tufs.ac.jp/research/researcher/people/english/tono_yukio.html>, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Japan Valentin Werner <https://www.uni-bamberg.de/eng-ling/personen/werner/>, University of Bamberg, Germany Viola Wiegand <https://www.stir.ac.uk/people/1844219>, University of Stirling, UK *Wed 19 March 2025 – RC21 Training Day* The Concordance Reading Training Day, which precedes the symposium, will include hands-on sessions on different aspects of concordance reading. Participants need to bring their own devices for the event. *Deadline for registration: 19 February 2025* *Deadline for submission of poster abstracts: 31 January 2025* The events are part of the /Reading Concordances in the 21^st Century/ project jointly funded by the AHRC and the DFG. For more information and registration details: https://www.dhss.phil.fau.eu/reading-concordances-in-the-21st-century-rc21/… The RC21 team is looking forward to welcoming you to FAU! Stephanie Evert, Michaela Mahlberg, Nathan Dykes, Sasha Piperski -- Nathan Dykes Department Digital Humanities and Social Studies Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg Werner-von-Siemens-Str. 61 91052 Erlangen

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UMass Amherst hiring TT faculty in natural language processing
by Brendan O'Connor 28 Nov '24

28 Nov '24

Hello Corpora-List! Here at UMass Amherst, we're excited to be hiring tenure-track faculty in Natural Language Processing (NLP) and similar areas, at the Assistant and Associate Professor levels, in the College of Information and Computer Sciences. Applications are due December 1. If interested, please see here for details: https://careers.umass.edu/amherst/en-us/job/525002/assistantassociate-profe… -Brendan -- Brendan O'Connor (http://brenocon.com) Associate Professor, College of Information and Computer Sciences Associate Director, Computational Social Science Institute University of Massachusetts Amherst

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The First Arabic NLP Winter School External
by Salam Khalifa 27 Nov '24

27 Nov '24

Hello all, SIGARAB is organizing the first "Arabic NLP Winter School" taking place from 18-19 of January 2025, and co-located with COLING 2025 in Abu Dhabi. This is a two-day event with an exciting and diverse program. In addition to hands-on technical sessions, there will be a hackathon organized by aiXplain. Check out the full program here: program <https://winterschool2025.sigarab.org/#h.rv0u5v6dwlq4>. Registration will open soon and will be part of COLING's registration. If you are interested, please fill the following survey: Participant Information Survey <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScn1UlpmMGdGEaedTjzBQGTdK69_kbNNrn…> For all other details, please check the winter school website: https://winterschool2025.sigarab.org/ Best, -- Salam Khalifa PhD Candidate at Stony Brook Linguistics <https://www.linguistics.stonybrook.edu/>.

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PerAnsSumm 2025 Shared Task - CL4Health Workshop @ NAACL 2025 - Call for Participation
by Siddhant Agarwal 27 Nov '24

27 Nov '24

🌟Join the PerAnsSumm Shared Task, part of the CL4Health Workshop at NAACL 2025, one of the biggest and most prestigious NLP conferences! 🌟 Website: peranssumm.github.io 🩺 The Challenge: Healthcare CQA forums feature diverse user perspectives—personal stories, factual advice, and more. Traditional summarization methods often overlook this richness. Our task aims to create perspective-aware summaries that cater to real-world information needs. 💰 Cash Prizes: - 1st Place: $100 - 2nd Place: $50 🚀 Get Started Quickly: We’ve got you covered with a starter code to simplify your journey and help you focus on innovating. Tasks: - Task A: Identify and classify perspective-specific spans in answers. - Task B: Generate structured, perspective-specific summaries for question-answer threads. 📅 Key Dates: - Registration and Training Data Live now! - Release of test data: 25th January, 2025 - Submission of Results: 1st February, 2025 🔗 Details & Registration: - More information: peranssumm.github.io - CodaBench Registration page: https://www.codabench.org/competitions/4312/ Take this opportunity to showcase your skills, collaborate with a vibrant community, and make a meaningful impact in healthcare NLP! 🌍✨ Contact us via email at sagarw38(a)uic.edu Looking forward to your participation! Best, Organizers: Shweta Yadav Assistant Professor of Computer Science University of Illinois, Chicago (UIC) Md. Shad Akhtar Assistant Professor (CSE) Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology, Delhi (IIITD) Siddhant Agarwal PhD Student University of Illinois, Chicago (UIC)

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Postdoc in computational linguistics / data science in Change is Key!
by Nina Tahmasebi 27 Nov '24

27 Nov '24

Want to work as a postdoc in a vibrant research group on cutting-edge methodology for computational modeling of meaning and meaning change? We are hiring one or more postdocs in the Change is Key! research program. The program is multi-national and multi-disciplinary covering both core NLP research as well as its application for humanities and social sciences. You will be working with LLMs for modeling meaning and semantic change and using this to detect cultural and societal changes. We publish regularly in top tier venues with generous research funds. The position is located in the heart of Gothenburg in Sweden, and we will provide help with finding researcher apartments if needed. We are a diverse research group that values our differences and thus we welcome any and all applicants with relevant research backgrounds interested in our topics. Find more about our work here: https://www.changeiskey.org/ Deadline for the call: December 18, 2024. Apply here: https://web103.reachmee.com/ext/I005/1035/job?site=7&lang=UK&validator=9b89… Postdoctoral Researcher in Computational linguistics / data science, one or several<https://web103.reachmee.com/ext/I005/1035/job?site=7&lang=UK&validator=9b89…> We offer The University of Gothenburg is a state authority, which means excellent employment benefits such web103.reachmee.com Nina N. Tahmasebi, Associate Professor Change is Key! • University of Gothenburg nina.tahmasebi(a)gu.se https://changeiskey.org/ https://languagechange.org/ http://tahmasebi.se/ https://gu-se.zoom.us/my/ninatahmasebi “Intelligence + Effort = Achievement" S. Mendaglio

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Survey: What do we even mean by 'intelligence', and does it apply to ChatGPT?
by Anna Rogers 27 Nov '24

27 Nov '24

[apologies for cross-posting] The term 'intelligence' is often used in various fields including Artificial Intelligence, Cognitive Science, Natural Language Processing, and Machine Learning. But research papers rarely specify what is meant by that term. As a result, we as a research community often talk past each other, even about our basic premises and goals. Authors may even change how they write their papers, based on a wrong impression of what most other researchers believe. We are a team of CogSci/NLP researchers from the IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark. We combed through the literature to collect the key definitional criteria for 'intelligence', and we designed this survey to find out the following: *- to what degree do the researchers in different areas agree about what 'intelligence' even means?- what role, if any, does this term play in their research agenda?* *- what is their perception of the current systems based on large language models (e.g. Claude or ChatGPT)?* We would much appreciate hearing your perspective! The survey takes 5-10 minutes and is available until December 18 at this link: https://www.survey-xact.dk/LinkCollector?key=4S7VSN4MS536 Your response is anonymous and will be used for research purposes only. Anonymous and aggregated responses will be publicly available under Creative Commons-Attribution-Non-Commercial license, and we will also publish our analysis. Project team: Bertram Højer, Terne Sasha Thorn Jakobsen, Anna Rogers, Stefan Heinrich Project page: https://bertramhojer.github.io/projects/intelligence-survey/ -- Best regards, Anna Rogers Associate Professor Computer Science Department, IT University of Copenhagen http://annargrs.github.io/

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Associate Professor in Artificial Intelligence (Research and Education)
by Mark Lee 27 Nov '24

27 Nov '24

Associate Professor in Artificial Intelligence (Research and Education) Location: Birmingham Salary: £56,921 to £65,814 Grade 9 Hours: Full Time Contract Type: Permanent Placed On: 26th November 2024 Closes: 8th January 2025 Job Ref: 101425 We are looking for applications from academics specialising in all areas of Artificial Intelligence including Natural Language Processing. Please see https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DKV585/associate-professor-in-artificial-intelli… For applications working in NLP – I am more than happy to answer questions etc. With best regards, Mark Lee Professor of Artificial Intelligence School of Computer Science University of Birmingham www.cs.bham.ac.uk/~mgl<http://www.cs.bham.ac.uk/~mgl>

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PhD Scholarships in Artificial Intelligence (NLP and e-Health) at Queen’s University Belfast, UK
by hasanuzzaman.im＠gmail.com 27 Nov '24

27 Nov '24

Dear Colleagues, I am looking for PhD students in e-Health and Sign Language Translation at the School of School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Queen's University Belfast, UK. The details of the projects are below: 1. Breaking Barriers: AI-Powered Sign Language Translation for Enhanced Healthcare Access for the Deaf (https://www.qub.ac.uk/courses/postgraduate-research/phd-opportunities/break…). The Project is co-supervised by Prof. Asif Ekbal, Professor, IIT Jodhpur, India and Dr. Anna Jurek-Loughrey, Senior Lecturer, EEECS, Queen’s University Belfast. 2. Empowering Mothers: AI-Enhanced Personalized Management of Gestational Diabetes (https://www.qub.ac.uk/courses/postgraduate-research/phd-opportunities/empow…). The project is co-supervised by Prof. Pietro Liò, Professor, Department of Computer Science and Technology, University of Cambridge, UK. Both projects offer an exciting opportunity for students to spend time at the prestigious University of Cambridge in the UK and IIT Jodhpur in India. Requirements: The successful candidate is expected to have a solid background in NLP, Machine Learning, Statistics, computer science or related discipline. The minimum academic requirement for admission to a research degree programme is normally an Upper Second Class Honours degree from a UK or ROI HE provider, or an equivalent qualification acceptable to the University. Refer to the official application process for details: https://www.qub.ac.uk/courses/postgraduate-research/phd-opportunities/empow… Application Process: For enquiries, please send an email to Dr. Mohammed Hasanuzzaman at m.hasanuzzaman(a)qub.ac.uk with your CV and transcript as well as a brief description of your research interests. Unfortunately, due to a high volume of inquiries, I may not be able to respond to all emails. Submit your formal application through the following link. https://dap.qub.ac.uk/portal/user/u_login.php Your application should be clearly marked as EEECS/2025/MH1 and/or EEECS/2025/MH2 to ensure consideration for funding About Queen's: The Queen's University Belfast, founded almost two centuries ago, is one of the oldest universities in the United Kingdom. As a member of the prestigious Russell Group, Queen’s is one of the UK’s 24 leading research-intensive universities (ranked 13th in the UK for research intensity). For more details: https://www.qub.ac.uk/Study/Why-Study-at-Queens/rankings-and-reputation/ *International students are welcome to apply, but additional funding (https://www.qub.ac.uk/Study/international-students/international-scholarshi…) or personal finances will be required to cover the difference between home (UK) and overseas fees. Best regards, Mohammed

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Research position (PhD/PostDoc) at Bielefeld University, Germany
by Sina Zarrieß 27 Nov '24

27 Nov '24

The Computational Linguistics Group at Bielefeld University is looking for a ** Researcher (full-time, PhD or PostDoc) ** to work in a project on measuring linguistic creativity in different genres. The project is part of a newly established Collaborative Research Centre (CRC 1646) on “Linguistic Creativity in Communication” [1]. The announced position will focus on computational aspects of measuring linguistic creativity. A central task will be to develop sentence embedding models that disentangle style and content, based on language models for different literary and non-literary genres, and to work on the analysis of linguistic creativity in large language models, in collaboration with other projects of the CRC. The duration of the position is approx. 3 years (until the end of 2027). Deadline for applications: 10.12.2024 (extended) Contact: Sina Zarrieß (sina.zarriess(a)uni-bielefeld.de) Apply here: https://uni-bielefeld.hr4you.org/job/view/3794/research-position?page_lang=… [1] https://www.uni-bielefeld.de/fakultaeten/linguistik-literaturwissenschaft/f… -- Prof. Dr. Sina Zarrieß Computational Linguistics https://clause-bielefeld.github.io/ University of Bielefeld Universitätsstr. 25 33615 Bielefeld, Germany +49 521 106-2534

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NBME Summer Internships in Psychometrics and Data Science
by Christopher Runyon 26 Nov '24

26 Nov '24

NBME (National Board of Medical Examiners) Summer 2025 Internships in Psychometrics and Data Science June 2 - July 25, 2025 NBME invites applications for multiple full-time internship positions, all fully remote, for the Summer of 2025. Over an 8-week period, interns will have the opportunity to collaborate with NBME staff and interact with fellow graduate students as they complete a research project. The expected deliverable is an internal research presentation. Specific projects for the summer of 2025 will be discussed with applicants as part of the interview process. Compensation is $12,600, and all interns are eligible to receive up to $1,000 to support their attendance at a conference (not conditional on presenting). The application deadline is Wednesday, January 31, 2025, at midnight PST. Interested students can learn more and apply here: https://nbme.applicantpro.com/jobs/3562778 If you have any questions or need additional information, please contact Chris Runyon: CRunyon(a)nbme.org<mailto:CRunyon@nbme.org> This email message and any attachments may contain privileged and/or confidential business information and are for the sole use of the intended recipient(s). Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender immediately by reply email and destroy all copies of the original message and any attachments.

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Call for participation: MultiLexNorm 2: Multilingual Lexical Normalization
by Rob van der Goot 26 Nov '24

26 Nov '24

Dear all, After a successful first edition in 2021, we are glad to invite you to the second MultiLexNorm shared task! The shared task will be hosted at WNUT 2025. As defined in the previous iteration, lexical normalization is: The task of transforming an utterance into its standard form, word by word, including both one-to-many (1-n) and many-to-one (n-1) replacements. Building on the previous task which focused on Indo-European languages written in the Latin script, we extended the benchmark to include languages written in other scripts. We now include data for Thai, Vietnamese, and Indonesian. The data and more information about the task can be found on: https://noisy-text.github.io/2025/multi-lexnorm.html# Dates: Data available Nov 15, 2024 Data freeze Jan 07, 2025 Test data Jan 25, 2025 Final Evaluation Feb 07, 2025 Paper deadline Feb 25, 2025 Paper reviewed Mar 01, 2025 Camera ready Mar 10, 2025 Workshop May 03, 2025 (TBD) Best, The organizers: Rob van der Goot Weerayut Buaphet Peerat Limkonchotiwat Thanh-Nhi Nguyen Thanh-Phong Le

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Call for participation for MultiLexNorm 2: shared task on Multilingual Lexical Normalization
by Rob van der Goot 26 Nov '24

26 Nov '24

Dear all, After a successful first edition in 2021, we are glad to invite you to the second MultiLexNorm shared task! The shared task will be hosted at WNUT 2025. Building on the previous task which focused on Indo-European languages written in the Latin script, we extended the benchmark to include languages written in other scripts. We now include data for Thai, Vietnamese, and Indonesian. The data and more information about the task can be found on: https://noisy-text.github.io/2025/multi-lexnorm.html# Dates: Data available Nov 15, 2024 Data freeze Jan 07, 2025 Test data Jan 25, 2025 Final Evaluation Feb 07, 2025 Paper deadline Feb 25, 2025 Paper reviewed Mar 01, 2025 Camera ready Mar 10, 2025 Workshop May 03, 2025 (TBD) Best, The organizers: Rob van der Goot Weerayut Buaphet Peerat Limkonchotiwat Thanh-Nhi Nguyen Thanh-Phong Le

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Call for Application: Postdoctoral Positions at the Chilean National Center for Artificial Intelligence (CENIA)
by Felipe Bravo 26 Nov '24

26 Nov '24

As part of its development plan, the Chilean National Center for Artificial Intelligence (cenia.cl/en <https://cenia.cl/en/home/>) invites interested individuals to apply for 3 Postdoc positions in AI and related areas. Candidates must hold a PhD in AI or related fields, such as cognitive robotics, neuroscience, cognitive science, mathematics, or related scientific areas. In line with our commitment to actively promote gender equity in the field of AI, the postdoctoral competition will include diversity criteria in its evaluation process. The positions aim to conduct research activities in the following areas: 1. *Deep Learning for Vision and Language*: New theories and methods to further unlock the potential of Deep Learning and Generative AI to create advanced cognitive systems with a focus on vision, language, and multimodality. 2. *Neuro-symbolic AI*: Integration of deductive AI and machine learning-based AI, mutually invoking solutions from each part, injecting and utilizing semantics in current AI models. 3. *Brain-inspired AI*: Brings together scientists from neuroscience, cognitive psychology, and AI to develop AI models based on brain mechanisms and cognitive functions, while also developing AI tools to understand human cognition. 4. *Physics-based Machine Learning*: Gathers mathematicians, physicists, and AI scientists to develop hybrid machine learning models based on physical laws to solve complex problems in science and engineering, generate scientific discoveries, and explore causal relationships. 5. *Human-centered AI*: New technologies for the fair, safe, and transparent use of AI in society, as well as methodologies to assess its impact. Promotes new tools for interpretable and explainable AI. *I. Eligibility Criteria:* Applicants must: - Hold a PhD degree. - Have proven research experience, including a record of publications. - Have experience in developing or using AI tools. - Be available to work full-time in Santiago of Chile, joining Cenia preferably no later than April 2025 (exceptional cases will be considered). - Not receive incentives or salaries from other sources of the Chilean Research and Development Agency (ANID). *II. Roles/Responsibilities of the Cenia Postdoc:* - Conduct research in Cenia’s areas of interest. - Participate in Cenia’s applications for national and international funding. - Apply for competitive grants as the lead researcher, including the Fondecyt Postdoctoral Competition 2025. *III. Documents to Submit with Application:* *Phase 1:* Submit the following documents to Cenia. - An updated full CV, including a list of scientific publications. - A statement of interest (maximum 2 pages), which should include: - Reasons for joining Cenia. - Main research topics of interest at Cenia. - Groups or individuals at Cenia you would like to collaborate with. - Two letters of recommendation (free format). *Phase 2:* Pre-selected candidates will be contacted to prepare a brief research proposal, in collaboration with Cenia’s researchers. *IV. Important Dates:* - Phase 1: October 18 to December 16 (late applications may be considered in exceptional cases). - Phase 2: December 20 to January 20, 2025. - Results announcement: Monday, January 27, 2025. *V. Benefits:* - Full-time contract (42 hours/week) for one year, renewable, with the possibility of obtaining a permanent contract as a Cenia Researcher. - Monthly gross salary of CLP 2,500,000, plus financial incentives for securing competitive grants at national and international levels. - Access to a stimulating research environment, excellent facilities, and cutting-edge computational resources in Latin America. - Full-time dedication to research, with no teaching obligations. - Support for grant applications. - Opportunity to participate in Cenia’s scientific and technological transfer activities to the industrial and governmental sectors. - Opportunity to participate in outreach and community engagement activities. *VI. About Cenia:* Cenia is one of the leading organizations dedicated to AI development in Chile and Latin America. Founded in 2021, its mission is to generate knowledge and technological solutions based on AI. Cenia works closely with universities, research centers, and companies both nationally and internationally, fostering interdisciplinary research and training specialized talent in AI. Additionally, Cenia stands out for its commitment to gender equity and inclusion, actively promoting diversity in all its projects and programs. *All documents and inquiries should be sent to postdoc(a)cenia.cl <postdoc(a)cenia.cl>, with the subject line: “Postdoc Application 2024”. For any questions to the application process send an email to talento(a)cenia.cl <talento(a)cenia.cl>.* *Link: * https://cenia.cl/en/2024/10/18/call-for-application-postdoctoral-positions/

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[CfP] - Call for Research & Innovation Papers at SEMANTiCS 2025
by Beyza Yaman 26 Nov '24

26 Nov '24

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 - Paper Submission Deadline: May 2, 2025 - Notification of Acceptance: June 13, 2025 - Camera-Ready Paper Deadline: July 04, 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) Submissions will be through Easychair. Stay tuned for the submission link. For Submission Guidelines and Review and Evaluation Criteria please head to the online call for papers: https://2025-eu.semantics.cc/page/cfp_rev_rep We would highly appreciate it if you could disseminate this call within your network. 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, Beyza Yaman

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Call for papers: Register and task variation in Learner Corpus Research (VAR4LCR), Louvain-la-Neuve, 7-8 July 2025
by Gaëtanelle Gilquin 25 Nov '24

25 Nov '24

Register and task variation in Learner Corpus Research (VAR4LCR), Louvain-la-Neuve, 7-8 July 2025 To mark the end of a Hoover Seedfund collaborative project between the Centre for English Corpus Linguistics at the University of Louvain (UCLouvain) and the Department of English at Northern Arizona University (NAU), a conference on Register and task variation in Learner Corpus Research will be organized in Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium, on 7-8 July 2025 under the aegis of the Learner Corpus Association. The conference will be an on-site event only. RATIONALE Ample evidence has been provided to demonstrate that language varies according to register. Much of this evidence for register variation comes from corpora, which have provided insights into linguistic patterns associated with distinct registers (see, e.g., Biber 1988, Biber 2006, Biber & Egbert 2018). Register variation is an important aspect of any language and language variety, but it is particularly relevant in the case of learner language, because L2 learners may not show the same register awareness as native/expert writers/speakers (cf. Gilquin & Paquot 2008, Larsson 2019). Learner Corpus Research (LCR) has taken register into account in the sense that studies have been carried out on the basis of learner corpora representing certain registers (e.g. essays in Ädel 2006 or interviews in Götz 2013). However, studies comparing learner language registers are less common. Yet, the LCR studies that have drawn such comparisons have highlighted the importance of register for learner language (e.g. Fuchs et al. 2016, Staples et al. 2018, Larsson et al. 2021). Related to register is the notion of task, particularly relevant in LCR since learner corpora are often compiled from data produced as part of specific pedagogical tasks (e.g. writing a letter, describing a graph, retelling a movie scene). As with register, LCR studies comparing different tasks are not very common, but they have underlined the potential effect of this variable (e.g. Tracy-Ventura & Myles 2015, Alexopoulou et al. 2017, Gablasova et al. 2017, Goulart & Dixon 2025). SUBMISSIONS We welcome submissions which compare two or more registers or tasks in corpora of learner language, using the methods of corpus linguistics / LCR, and which analyse the possible effects of register/task on the linguistic features of learner language. The learner registers/tasks may, in addition, be compared against some reference corpus data such as native or expert language. Both quantitative and qualitative approaches are welcome, with a focus on any aspects of language (phraseology, grammatical complexity, fluency, etc.). We are particularly interested in submissions that - use data representing different registers/tasks produced by the same L2 learners; - compare registers/tasks displaying different degrees of formality or involving different degrees of communicative control; - combine quantitative and qualitative methods of analysis; - discuss the methodological issues related to the comparison of registers/tasks in learner language; - include under-researched registers/tasks/languages. There will be three different categories of presentation: - full paper - work-in-progress report - poster ABSTRACTS Abstracts should be about 500 words (not including references) and specify how the paper will contribute to the theme of the conference, in particular by highlighting the registers/tasks that will be compared and the corpora that will be used. They should also provide a clear outline of the aim(s) of the paper, including clearly articulated research questions, sufficient details about the methodology and (preliminary) results. Abstracts should be uploaded to OpenReview (https://openreview.net/group?id=VAR4LCR/2025/Conference) no later than 20 January 2025 at 23:59 UTC. If you are new to OpenReview, you will first have to create a profile. We recommend that you use an institutional email address to do so, as profiles created without an institutional email address will go through a moderation process that can take up to two weeks. Please note that most questions asked as part of the creation of a profile are optional. Providing your current institution (under ‘History’) and a link to a webpage that displays your name and email address (under ‘Personal Links’) will be sufficient. IMPORTANT DATES - Deadline for submission of abstracts: 20 January 2025 - Notification of acceptance/rejection: 15 March 2025 - Conference: 7-8 July 2025 KEYNOTE SPEAKERS We are pleased to announce that the following speakers have agreed to give a keynote presentation at the conference: - Prof. Douglas Biber (Northern Arizona University) - Prof. Marije Michel (University of Groningen) - Prof. Shelley Staples (University of Arizona) LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Sylvie De Cock (UCLouvain) Gaëtanelle Gilquin (UCLouvain) Sylviane Granger (UCLouvain) Pauline Jadoulle (UCLouvain) Magali Paquot (UCLouvain) Lieven Vandelanotte (UNamur) SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE Douglas Biber (NAU) Sylvie De Cock (UCLouvain) Jesse Egbert (NAU) Gaëtanelle Gilquin (UCLouvain) Sylviane Granger (UCLouvain) Francesca Grixoni (NAU) A.J. Holmberg (NAU) Pauline Jadoulle (UCLouvain) Tove Larsson (NAU) Magali Paquot (UCLouvain) Randi Reppen (NAU) CONFERENCE WEBSITE: https://uclouvain.be/en/research-institutes/ilc/cecl/register-and-task-vari… CONTACT: var4lcr(a)uclouvain.be REFERENCES Ädel, Annelie. 2006. Metadiscourse in L1 and L2 English. Amsterdam: John Benjamins. Alexopoulou, Theodora, Michel, Marije, Murakami, Akira & Meurers, Detmar. 2017. Task effects on linguistic complexity and accuracy: A large-scale learner corpus analysis employing natural language processing techniques. Language Learning 67(S1): 180-208. Biber, Douglas. 1988. Variation across Speech and Writing. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Biber, Douglas. 2006. University Language: A Corpus-based Study of Spoken and Written Registers. Amsterdam: John Benjamins. Biber, Douglas & Egbert, Jesse. 2018. Register Variation Online. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Fuchs, Robert, Götz, Sandra & Werner, Valentin. 2016. The present perfect in learner Englishes: A corpus-based case study on L1 German intermediate and advanced speech and writing. In Valentin Werner, Elena Seoane & Cristina Suárez-Gómez (eds) Re-assessing the Present Perfect (pp. 297-338). Berlin: De Gruyter. Gablasova, Dana, Brezina, Vaclav, McEnery, Tony & Boyd, Elaine. 2017. Epistemic stance in spoken L2 English: The effect of task and speaker style. Applied Linguistics 38(5): 613-637. Gilquin, Gaëtanelle & Paquot, Magali. 2008. Too chatty: Learner academic writing and register variation. English Text Construction 1(1): 41-61. Götz, Sandra. 2013. Fluency in Native and Nonnative English Speech. Amsterdam: John Benjamins. Goulart, Larissa & Dixon, Tülay. 2025. The relative influence of language backgrounds, communicative text types, and disciplines in undergraduate student writing. International Journal of Learner Corpus Research 11(1). Larsson, Tove. 2019. Grammatical stance marking across registers: Revisiting the formal-informal dichotomy. Register Studies 1(2): 243-268. Larsson, Tove, Paquot, Magali & Biber, Douglas. 2021. On the importance of register in learner writing: A multi-dimensional approach. In Elena Seoane & Douglas Biber (eds) Corpus-based Approaches to Register Variation (pp. 235-258). Amsterdam: John Benjamins. Staples, Shelley, Biber, Douglas & Reppen, Randi. 2018. Using corpus-based register analysis to explore the authenticity of high-stakes language exams: A register comparison of TOEFL iBT and disciplinary writing tasks. The Modern Language Journal 102(2): 310-332. Tracy-Ventura, Nicole & Myles, Florence. 2015. The importance of task variability in the design of learner corpora for SLA research. International Journal of Learner Corpus Research 1(1): 58-95.

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Opera Graeca Adnotata (v0.2.0)
by Giuseppe G. A. Celano 25 Nov '24

25 Nov '24

Dear All, I am delighted to announce the release of Opera Graeca Adnotata (v0.2.0). With its 1,999 texts and 40M+ tokens, Opera Graeca Adnotata is the largest multilayer corpus for Ancient Greek online. The corpus can be queried through ANNIS 4 <https://annis.varro.informatik.uni-leipzig.de/?id=f49da342-4db7-4283-b6c1-3…> or be downloaded from Zenodo <https://zenodo.org/records/14206061>. For more information, visit the GitHub <https://github.com/OperaGraecaAdnotata/OGA> repository, where you can also find instructions on how to query the corpus <https://github.com/OperaGraecaAdnotata/OGA/tree/main/query>. Best regards, Giuseppe Dr. Giuseppe G. A. Celano DFG-project leader Universität Leipzig Institute of Computer Science, NLP Augustusplatz 10 Tel: +4934132223 04109 Leipzig Deutschland

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CFP-DravidianLangTech-2025 at NAACL 2025
by Bharathi Raja Asoka Chakravarthi 25 Nov '24

25 Nov '24

*Apologies for cross-posting* *Fifth Workshop on Speech, Vision, and Language Technologies for Dravidian Languages (DravidianLangTech-2025) at NAACL 2025* *Call for Papers : * DravidianLangTech-2025 welcomes theoretical and practical paper submission on any Dravidian languages (Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, Telugu, Tulu, Allar, Aranadan, Attapadya, Kurumba, Badaga, Beary, Betta Kurumba, Bharia, Bishavan, Brahui, Chenchu, Duruwa, Eravallan, Gondi, Holiya, Irula, Jeseri, Kadar, Kaikadi, Kalanadi, Kanikkaran, Khiwar, Kodava, Kolami, Konda, Koraga, Kota, Koya, Kurambhag Paharia, Kui, Kumbaran, Kunduvadi, Kurichiya, Kurukh, Kurumba, Kuvi, Madiya, Mala Malasar, Malankuravan, Malapandaram, Malasar, Malto, Manda, Muduga, Mullu Kurumba, Muria, Muthuvan, Naiki, Ollari, Paliyan, Paniya, Pardhan, Pathiya, Pattapu, Pengo, Ravula, Sholaga, Thachanadan, Toda, Wayanad Chetti, and Yerukala) that contributes to research in language processing, speech technologies or resources for the same. We will particularly encourage studies that address either practical application or improving resources for a given language in the field. This comprehensive call for papers invites submissions on critical topics related to hate speech, offensive language, misinformation, and content safety in social media and online environments, especially as they pertain to Dravidian languages. Researchers are encouraged to explore innovative methods for detecting and mitigating various forms of harmful content, such as political hate speech, offensive language, and AI-generated misinformation, with a focus on cross-lingual and multimodal approaches that integrate text, images, and video. *Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:* · Detection of Political Hate Speech in social media · Multimodal Hate Speech Detection Across Text, Image, and Video Content · AI-Generated Content Detection and Mitigation in Online Media · Corpus Development for Hate Speech Detection in Multilingual Contexts · Identifying Offensive Language in Political Discourse on Social Platforms · Cross-Modal Techniques for Multimodal Hate Speech Detection · Fake News and Rumor Detection in Dravidian Language Media · Emotion Analysis and Sentiment Detection in Hate Speech · Cyberbullying and Hostility Detection for Safer Online Environments · Disinformation and Misinformation Detection in Political Speech · Racial and Religious Abuse Detection Using Multimodal Approaches · Automated Detection of AI-Generated Harmful Content · Social Contagion of Hate Speech in Online Political Discussions · Accent and Emotion Recognition in Dravidian Language Speech · Social Bias Detection in AI-Generated Text · Sexism and Misogynistic Attitudes in Multimodal Online Content · Detection of Violent Incidents in social media Using Multimodal Data · Phonology and Morphology in Dravidian Language Processing · Document and Image Analysis for Hate Speech Detection in social media *Important dates* - Workshop paper Submission deadline: January 30, 2025 - Pre-reviewed (ARR) submission deadline: February 20, 2025 - Notification of acceptance: March 1, 2025 - Camera-ready paper due: March 10, 2025 - Pre-recorded video due (hard deadline): April 8, 2025 - Workshop dates: May 3-4, 2025 Submission link: https://openreview.net/group?id=aclweb.org/NAACL/2025/Workshop/DravidianLan… Webpage: https://sites.google.com/view/dravidianlangtech-2025/ with regards, Dr. Bharathi Raja Chakravarthi, Assistant Professor / Lecturer-above-the-bar Programme Director (MSc Computer Science - Artificial Intelligence) <https://www.universityofgalway.ie/courses/taught-postgraduate-courses/compu…> School of Computer Science, University of Galway, Ireland Insight SFI Research Centre for Data Analytics, Data Science Institute, University of Galway, Ireland E-mail: bharathiraja.akr(a)gmail.com , bharathi.raja(a)universityofgalway.ie <bharathiraja.asokachakravarthi(a)universityofgalway.ie> Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=irCl028AAAAJ&hl=en Website: https://www.universityofgalway.ie/our-research/people/computer-science/bhar… <https://www.universityofgalway.ie/our-research/people/computer-science/bhar…>

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open PhD position in psycholinguistics
by Vera Demberg 25 Nov '24

25 Nov '24

** *PhD position in Psycholinguistics* * The Language Science and Technology department at Saarland University invites excellent students holding a master's degree to pursue a PhD (3 years) in the field of Psycholinguistics. You will join Vera Demberg’s lab, which works at the interfact of the highly interdisciplinary and fast-paced fields of psycholinguistics and computational linguistics. What is the focus of the project? When humans read and listen to language, they construct rich mental representations of the presented information. A crucial element of these representations is the construction of discourse relations: semantic-pragmatic links such as cause-consequenceand contrast. Comprehenders can make use of many different types of information to construct discourse relations, such as connectives (e.g., because, but), or even visual information such as gesture (e.g., two hands on opposing side of the body to signal on the one hand / on the other hand). However, we know little about what other cues signal discourse relations, and whether languages differ in the type of cues they contain and the effects of these cues. The position will be funded as part of the Collaborative Research Centre 1102, project B2 “Cognitive Modelling of Information Density for Discourse Relations”. The goal of the project is to develop models that explain how readers and listeners can effectively make sense of discourse during online and offline processing. This is done by examining how discourse signals influence discourse processing and comprehension, at the level of linguistic cues, speech cues and gestural cues.The project adopts a multi-method approach, combining methods such as reading time studies, comprehension studies and acceptability studies. What we offer you * The position is intended to begin in April 2025 (start-date is negotiable in both directions, i.e. earlier start as soon as Jan 2025 or a later start are possible). * Salary determined according to the German TVöD (Tarifvertrag für den öffentlichen Dienst) and is classified in salary group/level E13, 75%. * 30 holidays per year, based on full-time employment; in addition, we honor the German public holidays. * Enrollment in a personal pension scheme to which both employer and employee pay a monthly contribution. * Access to state-of-the art research and training facilities and a generous conference and travel budget. * Immersion in an interdisciplinary community made up of cognitive and computational researchers. What qualities does the successful applicant bring? * A finished Master’s degree in a relevant field, such as linguistics, psycholinguistics, experimental psychology, cognitive science, data science, or a related discipline. * Prior experience of research activities in experimental linguistics, including experimental design and data analysis. * Excellent spoken and written proficiency in English. * Willingness to learn new experimental methods through guidance from colleagues and training courses. * Interest in bridging scientific fields, specifically cognitive and computational linguistics. * Proficiency in programming languages such as R or Python. How to apply? Applicants are requested to submit their application, including a cover letter that specifies why you would like to work on this topic and what qualifies you for it, an academic CV, a list of academic publications, your BSc/ MSc thesis (or a current draft), copies of academic degree certificates and names of two potential references. For application to the PhD position please quote opening number W2561. The official job ad document can be found here <https://www.uni-saarland.de/fileadmin/upload/lehrstuhl/demberg/Ausschreibun…>. The applications should be sent via email directly to Prof. Vera Demberg:applications-vd(at)lst.uni-saarland.de The application deadline is December 15th, 2024 / OR Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. Saarland University is one of the leading centres for computer science and computational linguistics in Europe, and offers a dynamic and stimulating research environment. The group is affiliated with both the Department of Computer Science and with the Department of Language Science and Technology. The student will become part of the collaborative research center SFB 1102 “Information Density and Linguistic Encoding”, which offers a rich and vibrant environment of students working on related questions. On site, there is also the new research training group on Neuroexplicit models of Language, Vision and Action. Our researchers and students come from all over the world, and our primary working language is English. The Saarland University is an equal opportunities employer. In accordance with its policy of increasing the proportion of women in this type of employment, the University actively encourages applications from women. Women are given preference in cases of equal suitability, ability and professional performance. Applications from severely disabled persons will be given preferential consideration in the event of equal suitability. Part-time employment is generally possible. We welcome applications regardless of gender, nationality, ethnic and social origin, religion/belief, disability, age, and sexual orientation and identity. Pay grade classification is based on the particular details of the position held and the extent to which the applicant meets the requirements of the pay grade within the TV-L salary scale. When you submit a job application to Saarland University you will be transmitting personal data. Please refer to our privacy notice for information on how we collect and process personal data in accordance with Art. 13 of the Datenschutz-Grundverordnung. By submitting your application you confirm that you have taken note of the information in the Saarland University privacy notice. *

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CFP TalentCLEF @ CLEF 2025 - Skill and Job Title Intelligence for Human Capital Management
by ALVARO RODRIGO YUSTE 22 Nov '24

22 Nov '24

CALL FOR PARTICIPATION TalentCLEF @ CLEF 2025 Lab on Skill and Job Title Intelligence for Human Capital Management https://talentclef.github.io/talentclef/ Lab description: TalentCLEF introduces an innovative evaluation lab designed to foster the development of Natural Language Processing (NLP) systems in the field of Human Capital Management (HCM). In a corporate environment that is rapidly moving towards a globalized and multilingual workforce, organizations are increasingly relying on language technologies to optimize and accelerate recruitment processes. This scenario brings a critical challenge: developing systems that guarantee fairness in outcomes, with the ability to function across multiple languages and adapt to various industries. TalentCLEF addresses this challenge by creating a public benchmark, carefully considering these aspects in its design, with the aims of promoting the development and evaluation of NLP systems applied to HR, creating a meeting point for the discussion of such systems, and pushing the state-of-the-art in the area of HCM. The first edition of TalentCLEF will be held at CLEF 2025 and will have two tasks: -Task A: Multilingual Job Title Matching, where the goal is to develop systems capable of retrieving job positions similar to a given one. -Task B: Job Title-Based Skill Prediction, where teams must develop systems that identify professional skills relevant to a specific job position. More information at: https://talentclef.github.io/talentclef/ Register to our lab at: https://clef2025-labs-registration.dei.unipd.it/registrationForm.php Task organizers: Luis Gascó, Avature, Spain Hermenegildo Fabregat, Avature, Spain Laura García-Sardiña, Avature, Spain Daniel Deniz Cerpa, Avature, Spain Alvaro Rodrigo, UNED, Spain Rabih Zbib, Avature, Spain Important dates 25th October 2024 - Sample set release 13th November 2024 - Registration opens 20th January 2025 - Training data available for Tasks A and B 17th February 2025 - Start of Task A, release of development data 17th March 2025 - Start of Task B, release of development data 21st April 2025 - Test set release 21st April to 5th May 2025 - Evaluation period for both tasks 7th May 2025 - Publication of official results 15th June 2025 - Submission of CLEF 2025 Working Notes (Tentative) 30th June to 7th July 2025 - Review of labs overviews (Tentative) CLEF 2025: 9-12 September 2025, Madrid - Spain 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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KONVENS 2025 - Save the Date
by Christian Wartena 22 Nov '24

22 Nov '24

Save the date: KONVENS 2025: September 9th - 12th, 2025 in Hildesheim, Germany The international Conference on Natural Language Processing (KONVENS), the major conference on Natural Language Processing in the German-speaking area, will be held at Universität Hildesheim on September 9th to 12th, 2025. Conference language are English and German. Submissions on all aspects of NLP, in particular work dedicated to the German language and to the development, adaptation and/or application of Language Models in (Computational) Linguistics, Computer Science, Information Science as well as in the Humanities and Social Sciences are welcome: a Call for Papers, Posters and pre-Conference Workshops will be issued in due time. The conference is endorsed by the NLP associations of Germany, Austria and Switzerland and jointly organized by Hochschule Hannover and Universität Hildesheim. Website (still under construction): https://konvens-2025.hs-hannover.de/ -- Christian Wartena, Hochschule Hannover (christian.wartena(a)hs-hannover.de<mailto:christian.wartena@hs-hannover.de>) Ulrich Heid, University of Hildesheim (ulrich.heid(a)uni-hildesheim.de<mailto:ulrich.heid@uni-hildesheim.de>) Gertrud Faaß, University of Hildesheim (gertrud.faass(a)uni-hildesheim.de<mailto:gertrud.faass@uni-hildesheim.de>)

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Call for Papers: TOIS Special Issue on Query Performance Prediction Towards Novel Information Retrieval Paradigms
by Guglielmo Faggioli 22 Nov '24

22 Nov '24

ACM Digital Library <https://maestro.acm.org/trk/click?ref=z16l2snue3_2-31603_0x332a2ax019610> [image: journal banner] <https://maestro.acm.org/trk/click?ref=z16l2snue3_2-31603_0x33ae5dx019610> *CALL FOR PAPERS* *ACM Transactions on Information Systems* *Special Issue on Query Performance Prediction Towards Novel Information Retrieval Paradigms* *Guest Editors* Dr. Suchana Datta <https://maestro.acm.org/trk/click?ref=z16l2snue3_2-31603_0x341ef9x019610>, University College Dublin, Ireland Dr. Guglielmo Faggioli <https://maestro.acm.org/trk/click?ref=z16l2snue3_2-31603_0x341efax019610>, University of Padua, Italy Prof. Nicola Ferro <https://maestro.acm.org/trk/click?ref=z16l2snue3_2-31603_0x341efbx019610>, University of Padua, Italy Dr. Debasis Ganguly <https://maestro.acm.org/trk/click?ref=z16l2snue3_2-31603_0x341efcx019610>, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom Prof. Iadh Ounis <https://maestro.acm.org/trk/click?ref=z16l2snue3_2-31603_0x341efdx019610>, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom [image: journal cover image]This special issue focuses on works involving QPP models that employ or are designed for novel searching and filtering paradigms, including but not limited to neural IR, Large Language Models, and Retrieval Augmented Generation, as well as the QPP evaluation paradigms also in light of recent IR advances. QPP is a branch of IR evaluation: it is defined as the task of assessing or predicting the performance of a query without human-made relevance judgements. The focus of the special issue will be on three major topics concerning QPP: • The development of novel QPP models that employ recent neural state-of-the-art solutions, such as Large Language Models (LLMs) and semantic representations. • The application of QPP models to novel IR tasks, such as conversational search, fairness-oriented tasks, multimedia and multimodal retrieval, and Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG). • The evaluation of QPP methods performance. *Topics*We welcome submissions on the following topics, including but not limited to: • Application of QPP to Neural Information Retrieval Systems • Usage of QPP for modern tasks, including, but not limited to, conversational search, fairness, RAG, multimodal retrieval • Usage of Large Language Models for QPP • QPPs based on non-lexical (e.g., semantic, multimodal) signals • Supervised QPP • Simulation and construction of evaluation collections with Large Language Models • QPP evaluation measures • Development of QPP evaluation collection • Performance Prediction in neighboring areas including NLP and Recommender Systems • Theory underneath QPP • Applications of QPP for downstream tasks, e.g., selective application of second-stage ranking or relevance feedback. • Explainability of QPP models and QPP models for explainability *Click here for the full Call for Papers and submission instructions.* <https://maestro.acm.org/trk/click?ref=z16l2snue3_2-31603_0x341efex019610> *Important Dates* Submissions deadline: March 15, 2025 First-round review decisions: May 15, 2025 Deadline for revision submissions: July 15, 2025 Notification of final decisions: September 15, 2025 Tentative publication: Late 2025 For questions and further information, please write to *Dr. Guglielmo Faggioli* at guglielmo.faggioli(a)unipd.it <https://maestro.acm.org/trk/click?ref=z16l2snue3_2-31603_0x341effx019610>. Sign up for TOIS TOC alerts. <https://maestro.acm.org/trk/click?ref=z16l2snue3_2-31603_0x341f00x019610> *https://tois.acm.org* <https://maestro.acm.org/trk/click?ref=z16l2snue3_2-31603_0x341f01x019610>

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The ReproHum 2024 Survey; ML researchers' experience and views of reproducibility
by Thomson, Craig 22 Nov '24

22 Nov '24

Dear Corpora list members, As part of the EPSRC UK ReproHum project, PI Prof. Anya Belz (DCU/Adapt), Co-I Prof. Ehud Reiter (University of Aberdeen), RF Dr Craig Thomson (DCU/Adapt & University of Aberdeen), we are performing a survey of NLP and ML researchers’ experience and views of reproducibility. We have sufficient responses from NLP researchers, and are now looking only for the ML researchers (including students) who do not primarily work in NLP. We would like to hear from as many researchers as possible , not just those who work on evaluation! If you completed a similar survey in 2022 we would still like you to complete this one, we are interested in the differences between then and now. We would be most grateful if you are able to spend 5-10 minutes taking part in the survey, it can be accessed via the below link: https://forms.gle/RshrHcvAXxAEEFj59 Many thanks, Craig, Anya, and Ehud The University of Aberdeen is a charity registered in Scotland, No SC013683. Tha Oilthigh Obar Dheathain na charthannas clàraichte ann an Alba, Àir. SC013683.

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CFP: SemEval 2025 Task 5 - LLMs4Subjects - 2nd Call for Shared Task Participation
by Sina Zarrieß 22 Nov '24

22 Nov '24

Libraries are at the heart of our society and education, so we believe in driving technological innovation in these age-old institutions as well as modern digital libraries when we can! If you're passionate about bringing AI and LLMs into library workflows, join computer science researchers and AI enthusiasts worldwide in the LLMs4Subjects shared task! *We are excited to announce the 2nd Call for Participation to the LLMs4Subjects Shared Task organized as part of SemEval 2025.* *Overview:* As the first of its kind, LLMs4Subjects invites the research community to *develop cutting-edge LLM-based semantic solutions for the subject tagging of the Leibniz University's Technical Library's open-access collection*. The shared task provides an opportunity for the research community to creatively utilize LLMs for subject tagging of technical records. *Systems need to demonstrate bilingual language modeling in understanding technical documents in both German and English.* Moreover, successful solutions may be directly integrated into the operational workflows of the TIB Leibniz Information Centre for Science and Technology University Library. *What we provide to participants:* a human-readable form of a subject's taxonomy (this is the *GND* or *Gemeinsame Normdatei*, the integrated authority file used for cataloging in German-speaking countries) and a large collection of technical records tagged with these subjects from the TIB's open-access collection called *TIBKAT*. More details on the task website: https://sites.google.com/view/llms4subjects/ <https://sites.google.com/view/llms4subjects/> *LLMs4Subjects defines the following three tasks:* - Task 1: Learn the GND - Task 2: Align subject tagging to the TIBKAT collection - (Optional and Fun) Task 3: Develop Elegant Frontend Interfaces for Subject Tagging *LLMs4Subjects will have three separate evaluations:* - Evaluation 1: Quantitative Metrics-based Evaluations - Evaluation 2: Qualitative Evaluations by the Human Subject Specialists - (Optional) Evaluation 3: HCI evaluations for subject indexing interfaces submitted *To participate in the LLMs4Subjects shared task,* 1. please submit your interest to participate using our online form (https://forms.gle/YQzupcoySAyJi45c6 <https://forms.gle/YQzupcoySAyJi45c6>), 2. sign up to the shared task Google Groups (https://groups.google.com/u/6/g/llms4subject <https://groups.google.com/u/6/g/llms4subject>s) for FAQs, news, and announcements, and, 3. last but not the least, download the datasets (https://github.com/jd-coderepos/llms4subjects/ <https://github.com/jd-coderepos/llms4subjects/>) to begin development. *Dates* Training and validation datasets available:October 2, 2024 Test data available/Evaluation starts: January 10, 2025 Evaluation ends: January 31, 2025 Participant paper submissions due: February 28, 2025 Notification to authors: March 31, 2025 Camera ready due: April 21, 2025 SemEval workshop: TBD *Task Organizers* Jennifer D'Souza, Sameer Sadruddin, Holger Israel, Mathias Begoin et al. All organizers are affiliated with the TIB Leibniz Information Centre for Science and Technology - Germany (https://www.tib.eu/en/ <https://www.tib.eu/en/>) /We look forward to having you on board!/ *Contact: *llms4subjects [at] gmail.com <http://gmail.com/>

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CFP: ACL 2025 Call for Papers
by ACL Announcements 22 Nov '24

22 Nov '24

ACL 2025 Call for Papers MAIN CONFERENCE ACL 2025 Website: https://2025.aclweb.org/ [1] Submission Deadline: February 15, 2025 Conference Dates: July 27 to August 1, 2025 Location: Vienna, Austria Special Theme: "Generalization of NLP Models" Contact: * Roberto Navigli [2] (General Chair) * Wanxiang Che [3], Joyce Nabende [4], Mohammad Taher Pilehvar [5], Ekaterina Shutova [6] (Program Chairs): For questions related to paper submission, email: editors(a)aclrollingreview.org For all other questions, email: acl2025pcs(a)gmail.com OVERVIEW ACL 2025 invites the submission of long and short papers featuring substantial, original, and unpublished research in all aspects of Computational Linguistics and Natural Language Processing. ACL 2025 has a goal of a diverse technical program--in addition to traditional research results, papers may contribute negative findings, survey an area, announce the creation of a new resource, argue a position, report novel linguistic insights derived using existing computational techniques, and reproduce, or fail to reproduce, previous results. As in recent years, some of the presentations at the conference will be of papers accepted by the Transactions of the ACL (TACL) and by the Computational Linguistics (CL) journals. Papers submitted to ACL 2025, but not selected for the main conference, will also automatically be considered for publication in the Findings of the Association of Computational Linguistics. PAPER SUBMISSION INFORMATION Papers may be submitted to the ARR 2025 February cycle. Papers that have received reviews and a meta-review from ARR (whether from the ARR 2025 February cycle or an earlier ARR cycle) may be committed to ACL 2025 via the conference commitment site (TBA). SUBMISSION TOPICS ACL 2025 aims to have a broad technical program. Relevant topics for the conference include, but are not limited to, the following areas (in alphabetical order): * Computational Social Science and Cultural Analytics * Dialogue and Interactive Systems * Discourse and Pragmatics * Efficient/Low-Resource Methods for NLP * Ethics, Bias, and Fairness * Generation * Human-centered NLP * Information Extraction * Information Retrieval and Text Mining * Interpretability and Analysis of Models for NLP * Language Modeling * Linguistic theories, Cognitive Modeling and Psycholinguistics * Machine Learning for NLP * Machine Translation * Multilinguality and Language Diversity * Multimodality and Language Grounding to Vision, Robotics and Beyond * NLP Applications * Phonology, Morphology and Word Segmentation * Question Answering * Resources and Evaluation * Semantics: Lexical and Sentence-Level * Sentiment Analysis, Stylistic Analysis, and Argument Mining * Speech recognition, text-to-speech and spoken language understanding * Summarization * Syntax: Tagging, Chunking and Parsing * Special Theme: Generalization of NLP Models ACL 2025 Theme Track: Generalization of NLP Models Following the success of the ACL 2020-2024 Theme tracks, we are happy to announce that ACL 2025 will have a new theme with the goal of reflecting and stimulating discussion about the current state of development of the field of NLP. Generalization is crucial for ensuring that models behave robustly, reliably, and fairly when making predictions on data different from their training data. Achieving good generalization is critically important for models used in real-world applications, as they should emulate human-like behavior. Humans are known for their ability to generalize well, and models should aspire to this standard. The theme track invites empirical and theoretical research and position and survey papers reflecting on the Generalization of NLP Models. The possible topics of discussion include (but are not limited to) the following: * How can we enhance the generalization of NLP models across various dimensions--compositional, structural, cross-task, cross-lingual, cross-domain, and robustness? * What factors affect the generalization of NLP models? * What are the most effective methods for evaluating the generalization capabilities of NLP models? * While Large Language Models (LLMs) significantly enhance the generalization of NLP models, what are the key limitations of LLMs in this regard? The theme track submissions can be either long or short. We anticipate having a special session for this theme at the conference and a Thematic Paper Award in addition to other categories of awards. TWO-STAGE REVIEW: SUBMISSION TO ARR, COMMITMENT TO ACL 2025 ACL 2025 will use ACL Rolling Review [7] (ARR) as a reviewing system, but final decisions will be made by the conference. Both submissions of articles for review and commitment of reviewed articles to the conference will be performed via the Open Review [8] platform. Specifically, authors will follow a two-step process: * Authors submit articles to ARR, where submissions receive reviews and meta-reviews from ARR reviewers and action editors; * Authors commit their reviewed articles to a publication venue (e.g., ACL 2025), where Senior Area Chairs and Program Chairs make acceptance decisions from the ARR reviews and meta-reviews. ACL 2025 has chosen this approach in coordination with *CL 2024 conferences, which are adopting the same procedure and a coordinated submission plan to allow maximum flexibility during their submission periods for the authors. At each cycle, after a paper has been fully reviewed, authors have the option to commit their paper to a conference or revise and resubmit for another round of reviews. The reviewing process will continue to be double-blind. Reviewers will not see authors, nor will authors see reviewers, and reviews on ARR will not be made publicly visible. However, authors will be given the option through ARR to make their anonymized submitted articles publicly visible. MANDATORY REVIEWING WORKLOAD AS THE PACE OF RESEARCH IN THE FIELD CONTINUES TO INCREASE, WE NEED TO STRENGTHEN THE COMMITMENT TO REVIEWING FOR EACH PAPER SUBMISSION. DURING THE ARR SUBMISSION PROCESS, AUTHORS WILL BE REQUIRED TO SPECIFY WHICH CO-AUTHORS ARE COMMITTING TO COVER REVIEWING IN THIS REVIEWING CYCLE. PLEASE SEE THE NEW ARR POLICY REGARDING REVIEWING WORKLOAD HERE. AS THIS IS AN ARR-WIDE POLICY FOR ALL *CL CONFERENCES, QUESTIONS OR CLARIFICATIONS SHOULD BE ADDRESSED TO ARR DIRECTLY. IMPORTANT DATES Submission deadline (all papers are submitted to ARR) February 15, 2025 ARR reviews & meta-reviews available to authors of the February cycle April 15, 2025 Commitment deadline for ACL 2025 April 20, 2025 Notification of acceptance May 15, 2025 Withdrawal deadline May 30, 2025 Camera-ready papers due May 30, 2025 Tutorials July 27, 2025 Conference July 28 - 30, 2025 Workshops July 31 - August 1, 2025 Note: All deadlines are 11:59PM UTC-12:00 ("anywhere on Earth"). Paper Submission Details Both long and short paper submissions should follow all of the ARR submission requirements [9], including: * Long Papers [10] (8 pages) and Short Papers [11] (4 pages) * Instructions for Two-Way Anonymized Review [12] * Authorship [13] * Citation and Comparison [14] * Multiple Submission Policy [15], Resubmission Policy [16], and Withdrawal Policy [17] * Ethics Policy [18] including the responsible NLP research checklist [19] * Limitations [20] * Paper Submission and Templates [21] * Optional Supplementary Materials [22] Final versions of accepted papers will be given one additional page of content (up to 9 pages for long papers, up to 5 pages for short papers) to address reviewers' comments. Following the ACL and ARR policies [23], there is no anonymity period requirement. At the time of submission to ARR, authors will be asked to select a preferred venue (e.g., ACL 2025). This is used only to calculate acceptance rates. Authors who selected ACL 2025 as a preferred venue when submitting to ARR may choose not to commit to ACL 2025 after receiving their reviews, and authors who selected a preferred venue other than ACL 2025 when submitting to ARR are still welcome to commit to ACL 2025. Presentation at the Conference All accepted papers must be presented at the conference to appear in the proceedings. The conference will include both in-person and virtual presentation options. Papers without at least one presenting author registered by the early registration deadline may be subject to desk rejection. Long and short papers will be presented orally or as posters as determined by the program committee. While short papers will be distinguished from long papers in the proceedings, there will be no distinction in the proceedings between papers presented orally and papers presented as posters. Links: ------ [1] https://2025.aclweb.org/ [2] https://www.diag.uniroma1.it/navigli/ [3] http://ir.hit.edu.cn/~car/ [4] https://sites.google.com/view/jnabende/home?authuser=0 [5] https://pilehvar.github.io/ [6] https://www.shutova.org/ [7] https://aclrollingreview.org/cfp [8] https://openreview.net/ [9] https://aclrollingreview.org/cfp#paper-submission-information [10] https://aclrollingreview.org/cfp#long-papers [11] https://aclrollingreview.org/cfp#short-papers [12] https://aclrollingreview.org/cfp#instructions-for-two-way-anonymized-review [13] https://aclrollingreview.org/cfp#authorship [14] https://aclrollingreview.org/cfp#citation-and-comparison [15] https://aclrollingreview.org/cfp#multiple-submission-policy [16] https://aclrollingreview.org/cfp#resubmission-policy [17] https://aclrollingreview.org/cfp#withdrawal-policy [18] https://aclrollingreview.org/cfp#ethics-policy [19] https://aclrollingreview.org/responsibleNLPresearch [20] https://aclrollingreview.org/cfp#limitations [21] https://aclrollingreview.org/cfp#paper-submission-and-templates [22] https://aclrollingreview.org/cfp#optional-supplementary-materials-appendice… [23] https://www.aclweb.org/portal/content/report-acl-committee-anonymity-policy

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[IberLEF 2025] Call for Task Proposals
by Salud María Jiménez Zafra 21 Nov '24

21 Nov '24

================================= IberLEF 2025 -- Call for Task Proposals ================================= IberLEF (the Iberian Language Evaluation Forum) is a shared evaluation campaign of Natural Language Processing systems in Spanish and other Iberian languages, whose 2025 edition will be held as part of the 41th International Conference of the Spanish Society for Natural Language Processing (SEPLN). The 2025 edition of the SEPLN conference will take place in Zaragoza, Spain. The goal of IberLEF is to encourage the research community to organize competitive text processing, understanding and generation tasks, with the aim of defining new research challenges and advancing the state of the art in Natural Language Processing challenges involving at least one of the following Iberian languages: Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, Basque or Galician. Researchers and practitioners from all areas of Natural Language Processing and related communities are invited to submit task proposals that fit IberLEF goals by December 22, 2024. Proposals must be submitted (as a pdf file) to iberlef(a)googlegroups.com, and should include the following fields: - Title of the task. - Description of the task, highlighting: - Relevance and novelty of the task, and the challenges involved. - Evaluation measures, and other relevant methodological aspects. - Expected target community, and actual or potential industrial takeup. - Related evaluation activities, if any. - Previous editions of the task, if any. If it has been organized previously, what the roadmap is and what the novelties for 2024 are. - Linguistic resources to be gathered, created and/or reused. Please include as many details on data gathering, selection and annotation procedures as possible: sources and representativity, training/validation/test sizes, harvesting procedures, profile of annotators (experts, linguists, crowdworkers, etc.), multiple annotation policy, IPR issues, baselines, etc. - Tentative schedule (note that camera-ready versions of the proceedings must be ready by July 3, 2025). - Organization committee: full name and affiliation of the organizers, with a succinct description of their research interests, areas of expertise and experience organizing similar events. - Funding, if available. - Contact person. - Any other relevant issues. Task organizers duties Note that organizers of accepted tasks are expected to: - Set up the evaluation exercise according to the submitted proposal. - Promote the task within the target research community. - Manage the submission and scientific evaluation of the system description papers of the corresponding systems submitted by the participants. The accepted papers will be published in the IberLEF proceedings. - Prepare and submit an overview of the evaluation exercise. - Present the results of the task at IberLEF 2025. Task selection procedure Each submitted proposal will be reviewed by members of the IberLEF steering and program committee, and decisions will be sent back to the task organizers by January 24, 2025. Proceedings IberLEF 2025 Proceedings including the description of the participating systems will be published at CEUR-WS.org. Task Overviews will be published in the SEPLN journal (http://www.sepln.org/en/journal, indexed in Clarivate ESCI (JCI: 0.21), CiteScore (Scopus): 2,9 and SJR: 0,421) in its September 2025 issue. Task Organizers are expected to notify participants the acceptance of their works by June 20, 2025, and send the camera ready task and system description papers for their task to IberLEF organizers by July 3, 2025. Important dates - Task proposals due: December 22, 2024. - Notification of acceptance: January 24, 2025. - Final date for sending paper acceptance to task participants: June 20, 2025. - Camera ready submissions due: July 3, 2025. - IberLEF Workshop: September 2025. IberLEF general chairs Salud María Jiménez Zafra, SINAI, Universidad de Jaén (Spain) Luis Chiruzzo, Universidad de la República (Uruguay) José Ángel González Barba, Symanto Research (Spain) Website https://sites.google.com/view/iberlef-2025 Contact E-mail: iberlef(a)googlegroups.com ================================= [image: Universidad de Jaén] <http://www.uja.es/> *Salud María Jiménez Zafra* sjzafra(a)ujaen.es Universidad de Jaén Grupo de Investigación SINAI <http://sinai.ujaen.es/> | Departamento de Informática EPS Jaén, Edificio A3, Despacho 326 Campus Las Lagunillas s/n 23071 - Jaén | +34 953212992 [image: Universidad de Jaén] <http://www.uja.es/>

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The First Workshop on Multilingual Counterspeech Generation (COLING 2025) : SUBMISSION DEADLINE EXTENDED
by mevallec＠ujaen.es 21 Nov '24

21 Nov '24

Background and Scope --------------------- While interest in automatic approaches to Counterspeech generation has been steadily growing, including studies on data curation (Chung et al., 2019a; Fanton et al., 2021), detection (Chung et al., 2021a; Mathew et al., 2018), and generation (Tekiroglu et al., 2020; Chung et al., 2021b; Zhu and Bhat, 2021; Tekiroglu et al., 2022), the large majority of the published experimental work on automatic Counterspeech generation has been carried out for English. This is due to the scarcity of both non-English manually curated training data and to the crushing predominance of English in the generative Large Language Models (LLMs) ecosystem. A workshop on exploring Multilingual Counterspeech Generation is proposed to promote and encourage research on multilingual approaches for this challenging topic. Thus, this workshop aims to test monolingual and multilingual LLMs in particular and Language Technology in general to automatically generate counterspeech not only in English but also in languages with fewer resources. In this sense, an important goal of the workshop will be to understand the impact of using LLMs, considering for example how to deal with pressing issues such as biases, hallucinated content, data scarcity or data contamination. We seek to maximize the scientific and social impact of this workshop by promoting the creation of a community of researchers from diverse fields, such as computer and social sciences, as well as policy makers and other stakeholders interested in automatic counterspeech generation. By doing so we aim to gain a deeper understanding of how counterspeech is currently used to tackle abuse by individuals, activists, and organizations and how Natural Language Processing (NLP) and Generation (NLG) may be best applied to counteract it. Call for Papers --------------------- We welcome submissions on the following topics (but not limited to): - Models and methods for generating counterspeech in different languages. - Automatic Counterspeech generation for low resource languages with scarce training data. - Dialogue agents that use counterspeech to combat offensive messages that are directed to individuals or groups, targeted based on various aspects such as ideology, gender, sexual orientation and religion. - Methods for human and automatic evaluation of counterspeech. - Multidisciplinary studies providing different perspectives on the topic such as computer science, social science, psychology, etc. - Development of taxonomies and quality datasets for counterspeech in multiple languages. - Potentials and limitations (e.g., fairness, biases, hallucinated content) of applying different NLP methods, such as LLMs, to generate counterspeech. - Social impact and empirical studies of counterspeech in social networks, including research on the effectiveness and consequences for users of using counterspeech to combat hate online. Submission --------------------- We welcome two types of papers: regular workshop papers and non-archival submissions. Regular workshop papers will be included in the workshop proceedings. All submissions must be in PDF format and made through START [https://softconf.com/coling2025/MCG25/] - Regular workshop papers: Authors can submit papers up to 8 pages, with unlimited pages for references. Authors may submit up to 100 MB of supplementary materials separately and their code for reproducibility. All submissions undergo an double-blind single-track review. Accepted papers will be presented as posters with the possibility of oral presentations. - Non-archival submissions: Cross-submissions are welcome. Accepted papers will be presented at the workshop, but will not be included in the workshop proceedings. Papers must be in PDF format and will be reviewed in a double-blind fashion by workshop reviewers. We also welcome extended abstracts (up to 2 pages) of papers that are work in progress, under review or to be submitted to other venues. Papers in this category need to follow the COLING format. Important Dates --------------------- - Submission: November 25th, 2024 - Notification of Acceptance: December 8th, 2024 - Camera-Ready Papers Due: December 13th, 2024

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MultiGEC-2025 shared task: DEADLINE EXTENDED
by Arianna Masciolini 21 Nov '24

21 Nov '24

MultiGEC-2025 shared task: system submission deadline extended to November 29, 2024 We renew our invitation to participate in the MultiGEC-2025 shared task on Multilingual Grammatical Error Correction, covering 12 languages: Czech, English, Estonian, German, Greek, Icelandic, Italian, Latvian, Russian, Slovene, Swedish and Ukrainian. The system submissions deadline is now extended to November 29, 2024. System output is to be submitted via CodaLab (https://codalab.lisn.upsaclay.fr/competitions/20500) The results will be presented on March 5th 2025, at the NLP4CALL workshop, co-located with the NoDaLiDa conference to be held in Estonia, Tallinn, on 2--5 March 2025. https://spraakbanken.gu.se/en/research/themes/icall/nlp4call-workshop-serie… The publication venue for system descriptions will be the proceedings of the NLP4CALL workshop, also co-published in the ACL anthology. To register for/express interest in the shared task and get access to the data, please fill in this form (https://forms.gle/nTPfARVqy1XmqT4t6). Note that you will be prompted to sign Terms of Use for the data at https://forms.gle/VLJ18WbwsxitEBYi7. Data access is personal, please do not forget to fill in the form. You are also welcome to join the MultiGEC-2025 Google group (https://groups.google.com/g/multigec-2025) in order to ask questions, hold discussions and browse for already answered questions about the shared task. The task description below, as well as general information, is also available on our website https://spraakbanken.gu.se/en/compsla/multigec-2025 and GitHub repository https://github.com/spraakbanken/multigec-2025/ * TASK DESCRIPTION In this shared task, your goal is to rewrite learner-written texts to make them grammatically correct or both grammatically correct and idiomatic, that is either adhering to the "minimal correction" principle or applying fluency edits. For instance, the text > My mother became very sad, no food. But my sister better five months later. can be corrected minimally as > My mother became very sad, and ate no food. But my sister felt better five months later. or with fluency edits as > My mother was very distressed and refused to eat. Luckily, my sister recovered five months later. For fair evaluation of both approaches to the correction task, we will provide two evaluation metrics, one favoring minimal correction, one suited for fluency-edited output (read more under Evaluation). We particularly encourage development of multilingual systems that can process all (or several) languages using a single model, but this is not a mandatory requirement to participate in the task. * DATA We provide training, development and test data for each of the languages. The training and development dataset splits are available through Github. Evaluation will be performed on a separate test set. See website for more detailed information: https://github.com/spraakbanken/multigec-2025/ Note: The English data is expected a bit later. * EVALUATION During the shared task, evaluation will be based on cross-lingually applicable automatic metrics: - reference-based: - GLEU score - Precision, Recall, F0.5 score - reference-free: Scribendi score After the shared task, we also plan on carrying out a human evaluation experiment on a subset of the submitted results. * TIMELINE - June 18, 2024 - first call for participation ✓ - September 20, 2024 - second call for participation ✓ - October 20, 2024 - third call for participation. Training and validation data released ✓ - October 31, 2024 - reminder. CodaLab opens for team registrations, validation phase starts ✓ - November 13, 2024 - test phase starts ✓ - November 29, 2024 (extended) - system submission deadline (system output) - December 2, 2024 - results announced - December 16, 2024 - paper submission deadline with system descriptions - January 20, 2025 - paper reviews sent to the authors - February 3, 2025 - camera-ready deadline - March 5, 2025 - presentations of the systems at the NLP4CALL workshop * PUBLICATION We encourage you to submit a paper with your system description to the NLP4CALL workshop special track. We follow the same requirements for paper submissions as the NLP4CALL workshop, i.e. we use the same template and apply the same page limit. All papers will be reviewed by the organizing committee. Upon paper publication, we encourage you to share models, code, fact sheets, extra data, etc. with the community through GitHub or other repositories. * ORGANIZERS - Arianna Masciolini, University of Gothenburg, Sweden - Andrew Caines, University of Cambridge, UK - Orphée De Clercq, Ghent university, Belgium - Joni Kruijsbergen, Ghent university, Belgium - Murathan Kurfali, Stockholm University, Sweden - Ricardo Muñoz Sánchez, University of Gothenburg, Sweden - Elena Volodina, University of Gothenburg, Sweden - Robert Östling, Stockholm University, Sweden * DATA PROVIDERS - Czech: -- Alexandr Rosen, Charles University, Prague - English: -- Diane Nicholls, ELiT, Cambridge University Press & Assessment -- Andrew Caines, University of Cambridge -- Paula Buttery, University of Cambridge - Estonian: -- Mark Fishel, University of Tartu, Estonia -- Kais Allkivi, Tallinn University, Estonia -- Kristjan Suluste, Eesti Keele Instituut, Estonia - German: -- Andrea Horbach, IPN / CAU Kiel, Germany -- Josef Ruppenhofer, FernUniversität in Hagen, Germany -- Katrin Wisniewski, Universität Leipzig -- Torsten Zesch, FernUniversität in Hagen, Germany - Greek: -- Alex Tantos, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki -- Konstantinos Tsiotskas, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki -- Vassilis Varsamopoulos, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki -- Pinelopi Kikilintza, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki -- Elena Drakonaki, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki -- Eleni Tsourilla, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki -- Despoina-Ourania Touriki, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki - Icelandic: -- Isidora Glisič, University of Iceland - Italian: -- Jennifer-Carmen Frey, Eurac Research Bolzano, Italy -- Lionel Nicolas, Eurac Research Bolzano, Italy - Latvian: -- Roberts Darģis, University of Latvia -- Ilze Auzina, University of Latvia - Russian: -- Alla Rozovskaya, City University of New York (CUNY), USA - Slovene: -- Špela Arhar Holdt, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia -- Aleš Žagar, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia - Swedish: -- Arianna Masciolini, University of Gothenburg, Sweden - Ukrainian: -- Oleksiy Syvokon, Microsoft -- Mariana Romanyshyn, Grammarly * CONTACT Please join the MultiGEC-2025 Google group (https://groups.google.com/g/multigec-2025) in order to ask questions, hold discussions and browse for already answered questions.

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Text2Story@ECIR'25 Call for Papers
by Hugo Sousa 21 Nov '24

21 Nov '24

*** Apologies for cross-posting *** ++ CALL FOR PAPERS ++ **************************************************************************** Eighth International Workshop on Narrative Extraction from Texts (Text2Story'25) Held in conjunction with the 47th European Conference on Information Retrieval (ECIR'25) April 10th, 2025 – Lucca, Italy Website: https://text2story25.inesctec.pt **************************************************************************** ++ Important Dates ++ - Submission Deadline: January 24th, 2025 - Acceptance Notification: March 3rd, 2025 - Camera-ready copies: March 17th, 2025 - Workshop: April 10th, 2025 ++ Overview ++ For seven years, the Text2Story Workshop series has fostered a vibrant community dedicated to understanding narrative structure in text, resulting in significant contributions to the field and developing a shared understanding of the challenges in this domain. While traditional methods have yielded valuable insights, the advent of Transformers and LLMs have ignited a new wave of interest in narrative understanding. In the eighth edition of the Text2Story workshop, we propose to go deeper into the role of LLMs in narrative understanding exploring the issues involved in using LLMs to unravel narrative structures, while also examining the characteristics of narratives generated by LLMs. By fostering dialogue on these emerging areas, we aim to identify the wide-ranging issues related to the narrative extraction task and continue the workshop's tradition of driving innovation in narrative understanding research. ++ List of Topics ++ Research works submitted to the workshop should advance the scientific understanding of all aspects of narrative extraction from texts. This includes, but is not limited to, topics such as narrative information extraction, formal representation of narratives, narrative analysis and generation, development of datasets and evaluation protocols, as well as ethics and bias in narratives, and narrative applications. We encourage the submission of high-quality and original submissions covering the following topics and contributions focused on low and medium-resource languages. Narrative Information Extraction - Identification of Participants, Events and Temporal Expressions - Identification of Participants, Events and Temporal Expressions - Temporal Reasoning and Ordering of Events - Causality Detection - Big Data Applied to Narrative Extraction - LLMs for Narrative Extraction Narrative Representation - Annotation Protocols - Narrative Representation Models - Lexical, Syntactic, and Semantic Ambiguity in Narrative Representation - LLM-learned Representation Narrative Analysis and Generation - Discourse and Argument Structure Analysis - Narrative analysis of LLM generated text - Multilingual and Cross-lingual Narrative Analysis - Story Evolution and Shift Detection - Automatic Timeline Generation - Generative Language Models for Narrative Generation Datasets and Evaluation Protocol - Evaluating LLM-Generated Narratives - Evaluation of Multimodal Narrative Models - Annotated datasets - Narrative Resources - Using LLMs for Data Creation and Augmentation Ethics and Bias in Narratives - Identifying and Mitigating Bias in Generated Narratives - Ethical and Fair Narrative Generation - Misinformation and Fact Checking - Bias in LLM-generated narratives Narrative Applications - Narrative-focused Search in Text Collections - Narrative Summarization - Narrative Q&A - Multimodal Narrative Summarization - Multimodal Narrative-focused Search - Sentiment and Opinion Detection in Narratives - Social Media Narratives - Narrative Text Simplification - Narrative-based Text Anonymization - Personalization and Recommendation of Narratives - Storyline Visualization (including multimodal) and Narrative Structures ++ Submission Guidelines ++ We solicit the following types of contributions: -> Full papers (up to 8 pages + references): Original and high-quality unpublished contributions to the theory and practical aspects of the narrative extraction task. Full papers should introduce existing approaches, describe the methodology and the experiments conducted in detail. Negative result papers to highlight tested hypotheses that did not get the expected outcome are also welcomed. -> Short papers (up to 5 pages + references): Unpublished short papers describing work in progress; position papers introducing a new point of view, a research vision or a reasoned opinion on the workshop topics; and dissemination papers describing project ideas, ongoing research lines, case studies or summarized versions of previously published papers in high-quality conferences/journals that is worthwhile sharing with the Text2Story community, but where novelty is not a fundamental issue. -> Demos | Resource Papers (up to 5 pages + references): Unpublished papers presenting research/industrial demos; papers describing important resources (datasets or software packages) to the text2story community; Submissions will be refereed through a single-blind peer-review process by three reviewers with final acceptance decisions made by all the workshop organizers. The accepted papers will appear in the proceedings published at CEUR workshop proceedings (indexed in Scopus and DBLP) as long as they don't conflict with previous publication rights. ++ Workshop Format ++ Participants of accepted papers will be given 15 minutes for oral presentations. ++ Invited Speakers ++ Jochen L. Leidner, Coburg University of Applied Sciences, Germany Mirella Lapata, University of Edinburgh, Scotland ++ Organizing committee ++ Ricardo Campos (INESC TEC; University of Beira Interior, Covilhã, Portugal) Alípio M. Jorge (INESC TEC; University of Porto, Portugal) Adam Jatowt (University of Innsbruck, Austria) Sumit Bhatia (Media and Data Science Research Lab, Adobe) Marina Litvak (Shamoon Academic College of Engineering, Israel) ++ Proceedings Chair ++ João Paulo Cordeiro (NOVA Lincs & University of Beira Interior, Covilhã, Portugal) Conceição Rocha (INESC TEC, Portugal) ++ Web and Dissemination Chair ++ Hugo Sousa (INESC TEC & University of Porto, Portugal) Behrooz Mansouri (University of Maine, USA) ++ Program Committee ++ Ali Salehi (University at Buffalo) Arian Pasquali (Faktion AI) Andreas Spitz (University of Konstanz) Antoine Doucet (Université de La Rochelle) António Horta Branco (University of Lisbon) Bart Gajderowicz (University of Toronto) Behrooz Mansouri (Rochester Institute of Technology) Brenda Santana (Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul) Brucce dos Santos (Computational Intelligence Laboratory (LABIC) - ICMC/USP) Bruno Martins (IST & INESC-ID, University of Lisbon) David Semedo (Universidade NOVA de Lisboa) Dennis Aumiller (Cohere) Dhruv Gupta (Norwegian University of Science and Technology) Evelin Amorim (INESC TEC) Sérgio Matos (University of Aveiro) Florian Boudin (Nantes University) Henrique Lopes Cardoso (LIACC & University of Porto) Irina Rabaev (Shamoon College of Engineering) Ismail Altingovde (Middle East Technical University) Junbo Huang (University of Hamburg) Jakub Piskorski (Polish Academy of Sciences) João Paulo Cordeiro (Nova lincs & University of Beira Interior) Jin Zhao (Brandeis University) Luca Cagliero (Politecnico di Torino) Ludovic Moncla (INSA Lyon) Luis Filipe Cunha (INESC TEC & University of Minho) Marc Finlayson (Florida International University) Marc Spaniol (Université de Caen Normandie) Moreno La Quatra (Kore University of Enna) Nianwen Xue (Brandeis University) Nuno Guimarães (INESC TEC & University of Porto) Paulo Quaresma (Universidade de Évora) Paul Rayson (Lancaster University) Purificação Silvano (CLUP & University of Porto) Ross Purves (University of Zurich) Sérgio Nunes (INESC TEC & University of Porto) Sriharsh Bhyravajjula (University of Washington) Udo Kruschwitz (University of Regensburg) Valentina Bartalesi (ISTI-CNR, Italy) Yangyang Chen (Brandeis University) ++ Contacts ++ Website: https://text2story25.inesctec.pt For general inquiries regarding the workshop, reach the organizers at: text2story2025(a)easychair.org

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Shared Tasks on AI-Generated Content (text and image) Detection @ DEFACTIFY - AAAI 2025
by Amitava Das 20 Nov '24

20 Nov '24

Apologies for the multiple postings. ------------------------------------- *Motivation:* A report by the European Union Law Enforcement Agency predicts that by 2026, up to 90% of online content could be synthetically generated, raising concerns among policymakers, who cautioned that ”*Generative AI could act as a force multiplier for political disinformation. The combined effect of the generative text, images, videos, and audio may surpass the influence of any single modality*”. In response, California’s Bill AB 3211 mandates the watermarking of AI-generated images, videos, and audio. However, concerns remain regarding the vulnerability of invisible watermarking techniques to tampering and the potential for malicious actors to bypass them entirely. Therefore, AI-generated content detection has become an essential research problem. https://defactify.com/ Shared Task 1: CT2: AI-Generated Text Detection Colab: https://codalab.lisn.upsaclay.fr/competitions/20330 A snapshot of the data can be viewed here <https://huggingface.co/datasets/gsingh1-py/train>. Shared Task 2: CT2: AI-Generated Image Detection Colab: https://codalab.lisn.upsaclay.fr/competitions/20331 A snapshot of the data can be viewed here <https://huggingface.co/datasets/NasrinImp/Defactify4_Train> Please take part in the shared tasks if you are interested in AI-generated content detection. Thanks, A *Prof. (Dr.) Amitava Das* Research Associate Professor Artificial Intelligence Institute of the University of South Carolina <http://aiisc.ai> Web <http://www.amitavadas.com/> | LinkedIn <http://:%20https:/www.linkedin.com/in/prof-dr-amitava-das-78348022/> | Google Scholar <https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=HYpfhaEAAAAJ> Advisory Scientist Wipro AI Lab <https://wiprodigital.com/> Bangalore, India [image: Mailsuite] Sent with Mailsuite · Unsubscribe <https://mailtrack.io/en/privacy/opt-out/unsubscribe/646a9eaa87f3fb95b71d0ae…> 20/11/24, 12:42:56 pm

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PerAnsSumm 2025 Shared Task - CL4Health Workshop @ NAACL 2025 - Call for Participation
by sagarw38＠uic.edu 20 Nov '24

20 Nov '24

Introducing the PerAnsSumm: Perspective-aware Healthcare answer summarization Shared Task at the CL4Health Workshop colocated with NAACL 2025! Website: peranssumm.github.io Motivation: Healthcare community question-answering (CQA) forums are rich with diverse user perspectives ranging from personal experiences and factual advice to thoughtful suggestions. However, traditional summarization methods focus on a single "best" answer, overlooking this diversity in perspectives. Tasks: - Task A: Identifying and classifying perspective-specific spans in answers. - Task B: Generating structured, perspective-specific summaries for question-answer threads. Key Dates: - Registration and Training Data Live now! - Release of test data: 25th January, 2025 - Submission of Results: 1st February, 2025 Learn More & Join the Shared Task: - More information: peranssumm.github.io - CodaBench Registration page: https://www.codabench.org/competitions/4312/ Contact us via email at sagarw38(a)uic.edu

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Data Statements schema version 3 & guide now available
by Emily M. Bender 20 Nov '24

20 Nov '24

Dear all, A Guide for Creating and Documenting Language Datasets with Data Statements Schema Version 3 (Angelina McMillan-Major and Emily M. Bender, 2024) is now available! You can find the Guide along with templates for data statements and other resources here: https://techpolicylab.uw.edu/data-statements/ Data Statements schema version 3 builds on McMillan-Major's 2023 dissertation Language Dataset Documentation Design: Learning from Deaf and Indigenous Communities <http://hdl.handle.net/1773/50854>. The updated guide serves as both both as a resource for writing data statements and as an aid for planning data collection. Emily -- Emily M. Bender (she/her) Department of Linguistics Thomas L. and Margo G. Wyckoff Endowed Professor University of Washington Fedi: @emilymbender@dair-community.social

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First call for papers: The 10th Workshop on Noisy and User-generated Text (WNUT 2025)
by Rob van der Goot 20 Nov '24

20 Nov '24

The WNUT Workshop will be collocated with NAACL 2025 (Albuquerque, New Mexico). The website for the workshop is at: http://noisy-text.github.io/ The WNUT workshop focuses on core NLP tasks (e.g., POS/NER tagging and translation; not computational social science) over user-generated text, such as that found on social media, web forums, online reviews, digital health records, or language learner essays. We seek submissions of long and short papers on original and unpublished work (same format and page limit as NAACL main conference). All accepted submissions will be presented as posters. Additionally, selected submissions will be presented orally. There will be best paper awards for both short and long papers. Topics of interest include but are not limited to: * NLP of noisy text, e.g. POS, NER tagging, Parsing * Text normalization and error correction * Paraphrase identification and semantic similarity of short text or noisy text * Extracting user demographics, profiles, and major life events * Machine translation and Multilingual NLP over noisy text * Information extraction from noisy text, global and regional trend detection, and event extraction * Colloquial language, e.g. idiom detection * Domain adaptation to user-generated text * Detecting rumors, contradictory information, sarcasm and humor on social media * Sentiment analysis * Temporal aspects of user-generated content (resolving time expressions, concept drift, etc...) * Representing and mining language variation in user-generated content * Processing of automatically generated data [IMPORTANT DATES] * Submission Deadline: January 30, 2025 (anytime on earth; dual-submission allowed) * Final ARR Submission Date: February 15, 2025 * ARR Commitment Date: February 20, 2025 * Acceptance Notification: March 1, 2025 * Camera-Ready Deadline: March 10, 2025 * Workshop Day: May 3 or 4, 2025 (TBD) [INVITED SPEAKERS] * Su Lin Blodgett * Verena Blaschke [ORGANIZERS] * JinYeong Bak (SungKyunKwan University) * Wei Xu (Georgia Institute of Technology) * Alan Ritter (Georgia Institute of Technology) * Rob van der Goot (IT University of Copenhagen) * Hyeju Jang (Indiana University) * Weerayut Buaphet (Vidyasirimedhi Institute of Science and Technology) [SUBMISSION] Submissions should conform to the ACL style guidelines. Long and short paper submissions must be anonymized. Please submit your papers via OpenReview: https://openreview.net/group?id=aclweb.org/NAACL/2025/Workshop/WNUT or commit them through ARR: https://openreview.net/group?id=aclweb.org/NAACL/2025/Workshop/WNUT_ARR_Com…

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Call for Abstracts: FOM@Play Conference 2–5 September 2025 on Migration, Identity, and Transnational Discourses
by PASCUAL FRANCISCO PEREZ PAREDES 20 Nov '24

20 Nov '24

Call for Abstracts: FOM@Play Conference on Migration, Identity, and Transnational Discourses Dear Colleagues, We are excited to announce the FOM@Play Conference: Migration, Identity, and Transnational Discourses, to take place 2–5 September 2025 in Granada, Spain. Organized by the University of Granada, this conference offers a platform for interdisciplinary dialogue on migration, identity, and the lived experiences of transnational communities in Europe and beyond. The conference is an activity of the FOM@Play project,<http://www.um.es/fomatplay> funded by the European Commission, which aims to shed light on the complexities of migration, the concept of freedom of movement, and how these shape collective and individual identities. The discussions will focus on the intersections of migration policies, societal narratives, and personal journeys, fostering a deeper understanding of transnational discourses in an era of globalization and socio-political change. FOM@Play is not just a conference but a forum for meaningful exchange among researchers, practitioners, and policymakers. Attendees will have opportunities to network, present cutting-edge research, and engage in thought-provoking discussions about the future of migration and identity in Europe. We invite scholars from diverse fields, including but not limited to: - Migration studies - Discourse analysis and sociolinguistics - Political science and international relations - Cultural studies and anthropology - Sociology and psychology Topics of interest include (but are not limited to): - Narratives of migration in media and politics - The role of freedom of movement in shaping transnational identities - The impact of migration policies on social cohesion and inclusion - The representation of migrants in European cultural production - Methodological advancements in studying migration and identity (e.g., corpus linguistics, critical discourse analysis) Important Dates - Abstract submission deadline: 21 March 2025 - Notification of acceptance: 7 April 2025 - Early registration deadline: 7 May 2025 For detailed submission guidelines and further information, please visit our website: https://www.granadacongresos.com/fomaplay For any inquiries, feel free to contact fomatplay(a)granadacongresos.com<mailto:fomatplay@granadacongresos.com> We look forward to your contributions and hope to see you in Granada! Warm regards, Prof Pascual Pérez-Paredes On behalf of the FOM@Play Organising Committee

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Working Group on Metadata in Learner Corpus Research
by Magali Paquot 20 Nov '24

20 Nov '24

Dear colleagues, As announced at LCR2024, we are pleased to confirm the formation of a new Working Group on Metadata in Learner Corpus Research, established under the aegis of the Learner Corpus Association (LCA) and in collaboration with the CLARIN K-centre for Learner Corpora (https://uclouvain.be/en/research-institutes/ilc/clarin-knowledge-centre-for…). This initiative follows the successful release of the second version of the Core Metadata Schema for Learner Corpora (LC-meta), a milestone that reflects our collective commitment to advancing the field. To understand the rationale behind LC-meta, we invite you to read our recently published open-access article in the International Journal of Learner Corpus Research: https://doi.org/10.1075/ijlcr.24010.paq. Alternatively, if you prefer listening to a lecture, you can tune into a talk given by M. Paquot at the Corpus Linguistics and Applied Linguistics 2023 online seminar series: https://www.um.es/languagecorpora/2023/09/14/the-core-metadata-schema-for-l…. The schema itself is downloadable at: https://doi.org/10.14428/DVN/AAUEM2. The Working Group will focus on evaluating and refining the schema, promoting its adoption, and addressing metadata-related challenges in learner corpus research. It will also work towards integrating the schema into relevant infrastructures and developing user-friendly interfaces that enhance accessibility. We believe that by working together, we can significantly enhance the quality, accessibility, and impact of learner corpora. As a first step, we invite interested colleagues to express their interest in joining the working group by contacting us at kc-l2corpora(a)uclouvain.be<mailto:kc-l2corpora@uclouvain.be> by January 20. We extend our thanks to everyone who has already reached out and will be in touch shortly. Due to busy schedules over the coming months, we have decided to schedule the first WGT meeting for early spring 2025. This additional time will allow us to better organize the event and ensure we can share updates on accessibility and user-friendliness. In the meantime, we would greatly appreciate hearing from colleagues who have already attempted to use the schema in new corpus compilation projects. If that is the case, we would be delighted to discuss your experiences with you! We look forward to your active participation and to collectively driving forward this important aspect of learner corpus research. Best regards, Magali Paquot, Jennifer-Carmen Frey, Alexander König, and Egon Stemle

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[Call For Paper] COLING-2025 - FinNLP-FNP-LLMFinLegal Workshop
by CHUNG-CHI CHEN 20 Nov '24

20 Nov '24

Dear colleague, (We apologize if you receive this email multiple times from different mailing lists.) We are excited to invite you to submit your paper to the FinNLP-FNP-LLMFinLegal Workshop at COLING-2025 in Abu Dhabi, UAE! This event brings together three workshops in the fields of financial technology, narrative processing, and the emerging role of large language models in finance and legal domains. The submission deadline is Nov. 25th, 2025. Below are more details of the call for papers. Please visit our website for more details ( https://sites.google.com/nlg.csie.ntu.edu.tw/finnlp-fnp-llmfinlegal/). We have 5 shared tasks and will have 5 invited speakers for this event. Looking forward to your participation. Best Regards, FinNLP-FNP-LLMFinLegal Organizers Chung-Chi Chen, Antonio Moreno-Sandoval, Qianqian Xie, Jimin Huang, Sophia Ananiadou, Hsin-Hsi Chen *Topics of Interest*We invite submissions of original contributions on methods, theories, applications, and systems on artificial intelligence, machine learning, natural language processing & understanding, big data, statistical learning, data analytics, and deep learning, with a focus on knowledge discovery in the financial services domain. The scope of the workshop includes, but is not limited to, the following areas: - Language modeling on financial corpora, including tabular and numerical data, and multi-modal modeling - Graph representation learning and mining on financial data - Multi-source knowledge integration and fusion - Synthetic and genuine financial datasets and benchmarks - Transfer learning applications for financial data - Financial search and question answering systems - Event discovery and impact on organizational equity price - ESG event discovery, evaluation, and impact assessment - Compliance monitoring - Cross-disciplinary LLM-based methodologies for financial and legal domains - Applications of LLMs in financial auditing and regulatory reporting - Ethical implications and bias mitigation in AI applications - Hallucination mitigation and evaluation in LLMs - Privacy concerns and data protection strategies - Enhancing interpretability and explainability of LLM models - Responsible AI practices and governance - Methods, evaluation metrics, benchmarks, and datasets for LLMs in finance and law *Submission Details* - *Submission Deadline: November 25th, 2024 (Time zone: Anywhere On Earth (AOE)) * - *Submission System: https://softconf.com/coling2025/FinNLP25/ <https://softconf.com/coling2025/FinNLP25/>* - Paper Notification: December 5th, 2024 - Camera-Ready Deadline: December 13th, 2024 - FinNLP-FNP-LLMFinLegal-2024: Jan 19-20, 2025 (Two-Day Workshop) Format - The ACL Template MUST be used for your submission(s).* Accepted papers proceedings will be published at ACL Anthology.* - Long Paper: May consist of up to 8 pages of content, plus unlimited pages for references and appendix. - Short Paper and Demo Paper: May consist of up to 4 pages of content, plus unlimited references and appendix. Policies - The reviewing process will be double-blind for Long and Short Paper, and single-blind for Demo Paper. Submissions must be in electronic form using the FinNLP-FNP-LLMFinLegal-2024 paper submission link above. - At least one author of each accepted paper should register and present their work in FinNLP-FNP-LLMFinLegal-2024.

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Faculty Search at UT Austin Computational Linguistics
by Jessy Li 19 Nov '24

19 Nov '24

Dear all, We are hiring for two faculty positions in UT Austin Linguistics, in the area of computational linguistics. One assistant professor position, the other can be either assistant or associate. Deadline: December 1. See the ad here: https://apply.interfolio.com/158280 and below. Feel free to reach out to me or my colleague (and search chair) Jessy Li jessy(a)austin.utexas.edu<mailto:jessy@austin.utexas.edu> if you have questions! *************************************************** ad: https://apply.interfolio.com/158280 Description The Department of Linguistics at The University of Texas at Austin invites applications for two positions in computational linguistics to begin Fall of academic year 2025-26. One position will be at the Assistant Professor rank, and one can be at the rank of Assistant Professor or Associate Professor with tenure. We seek candidates whose work develops computational methods in any area of linguistics and specifically connects linguistics to artificial intelligence, with particular interest in candidates who can interface with any of our current major areas of research in syntax, semantics, pragmatics, sounds, psycholinguistics, cognitive science, language documentation, historical linguistics, sign language linguistics, or sociolinguistics. Duties will include research, service, and teaching linguistics courses at all levels (lower- and upper-division undergraduate, and graduate), and training the next generation of researchers working in AI, natural language processing and machine learning, and computational methods for language. Qualifications Applicants must hold a Ph.D. in linguistics, computer science, cognitive science, or a related field by the time of appointment and have demonstrated a strong research and teaching trajectory. Application Instructions Applicants must upload a letter of application, a CV, a statement describing their research program, a statement of teaching interests (including a list of courses that the applicant would be prepared to teach), evidence of past teaching performance or teaching potential, three letters of recommendation, and three writing samples. The search committee will begin reviewing applications on December 1, 2024, and continue until the position is filled. Salary is competitive and commensurate with experience and qualifications. Position funding is subject to budget availability. For further information, please contact: Prof. Jessy Li, Search Committee Chair Email:jessy@austin.utexas.edu<mailto:Email%3Ajessy@austin.utexas.edu>

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[CFP] SemEval 2025 Task 5 - LLMs4Subjects - 2nd Call for Shared Task Participation
by Jennifer D'Souza 19 Nov '24

19 Nov '24

Libraries are at the heart of our society and education, so we believe in driving technological innovation in these age-old institutions as well as modern digital libraries when we can! If you're passionate about bringing AI and LLMs into library workflows, join computer science researchers and AI enthusiasts worldwide in the LLMs4Subjects shared task! *We are excited to announce the 2nd Call for Participation to the LLMs4Subjects Shared Task organized as part of SemEval 2025.* *Overview:* As the first of its kind, LLMs4Subjects invites the research community to *develop cutting-edge LLM-based semantic solutions for the subject tagging of the Leibniz University's Technical Library's open-access collection*. The shared task provides an opportunity for the research community to creatively utilize LLMs for subject tagging of technical records. *Systems need to demonstrate bilingual language modeling in understanding technical documents in both German and English.* Moreover, successful solutions may be directly integrated into the operational workflows of the TIB Leibniz Information Centre for Science and Technology University Library. *What we provide to participants:* a human-readable form of a subject's taxonomy (this is the *GND* or *Gemeinsame Normdatei*, the integrated authority file used for cataloging in German-speaking countries) and a large collection of technical records tagged with these subjects from the TIB's open-access collection called *TIBKAT*. More details on the task website: https://sites.google.com/view/llms4subjects/ *LLMs4Subjects defines the following three tasks:* - Task 1: Learn the GND - Task 2: Align subject tagging to the TIBKAT collection - (Optional and Fun) Task 3: Develop Elegant Frontend Interfaces for Subject Tagging *LLMs4Subjects will have three separate evaluations:* - Evaluation 1: Quantitative Metrics-based Evaluations - Evaluation 2: Qualitative Evaluations by the Human Subject Specialists - (Optional) Evaluation 3: HCI evaluations for subject indexing interfaces submitted *To participate in the LLMs4Subjects shared task,* 1. please submit your interest to participate using our online form ( https://forms.gle/YQzupcoySAyJi45c6), 2. sign up to the shared task Google Groups ( https://groups.google.com/u/6/g/llms4subjects) for FAQs, news, and announcements, and, 3. last but not the least, download the datasets ( https://github.com/jd-coderepos/llms4subjects/) to begin development. *Dates* Training and validation datasets available:October 2, 2024 Test data available/Evaluation starts: January 10, 2025 Evaluation ends: January 31, 2025 Participant paper submissions due: February 28, 2025 Notification to authors: March 31, 2025 Camera ready due: April 21, 2025 SemEval workshop: TBD *Task Organizers* Jennifer D'Souza, Sameer Sadruddin, Holger Israel, Mathias Begoin et al. All organizers are affiliated with the TIB Leibniz Information Centre for Science and Technology - Germany (https://www.tib.eu/en/) *We look forward to having you on board!* *Contact: *llms4subjects [at] gmail.com

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SEPLN Deadline extension ****December 5th****
by aitziber.atucha＠ehu.eus 19 Nov '24

19 Nov '24

Please consider contributing and/or forwarding to appropriate colleagues and groups. *******We apologize for the multiple copies of this e-mail****** Call for papers for issue 74 of the journal Procesamiento del Lenguaje Natural http://www.sepln.org/en/journal http://www.sepln.org/en/journal/author-guidelines Introduction The journal Procesamiento del Lenguaje Natural aims to provide a forum for the publication of scientific-technical articles in the field of Natural Language Processing (NLP), for both the national and international scientific community. The articles must be unpublished and cannot be simultaneously submitted for publication in other journals or conference proceedings. The journal also aims to promote the development of areas related to NLP, disseminate research carried out, identify future guidelines for basic research, and present software applications in this field. Every year the Sociedad Española de Procesamiento del Lenguaje Natural (SEPLN) (Spanish Society for the Natural Language Processing) publishes two issues of the journal, including original articles, presentations of R&D projects, book reviews, and summaries of PhD theses. The scientific quality of the Journal is supported by the 2023 JCR index (JIF: 1.2, JCI: 0.39, Q2-Linguistics - Q4-Computer Sciences, Artificial Intelligence ESCI), the SCImago Journal Ranking (2023 SJR: 0.677, Q2-Computer Science Applications, Q1-Linguistics and Language), the Scopus Index (2023 CiteScore: 5.4) and the index SNIP (Source Normalized Impact per Paper) with 2.07 points. More information at: http://www.sepln.org/en/journal/quality. Topics NLP for low-resource languages Efficient and sustainable NLP methods Ethics, Bias and Fairness in NLP Truthworthy and explainability in NLP Security and privacy in NLP Text and Multimodal Generation Multimodality and Language Grounding to Vision Knowledge and common sense Computational lexicography and terminology Linguistic theories, Cognitive Modeling and Psycholinguistics Morphological and Syntactic Analysis Corpus linguistics Development of linguistic resources and tools Semantics, pragmatics, and discourse Machine translation Speech synthesis and recognition Audio indexing and retrieval Dialogue systems and interactive systems/ Conversational assistants Monolingual and multilingual information extraction and retrieval Question answering systems Automatic textual content analysis Sentiment analysis, opinion mining and argument mining Plagiarism detection Negation and speculation processing Text summarization Text simplification Image retrieval NLP in specific domains (Medicine, Law, Education) Submission Information The proposal must be submitted by November 22nd, 2024, and must meet certain format and style requirements. All submissions must be in PDF format and submitted electronically using the OpenReview system. Submitted papers will be subjected to a blind review by at least three program committee members. Categories of papers Regular papers with original contributions. Summary of PhD thesis. Information for Authors The proposals can be written in Spanish or English and should be at most 10 A4-size pages of content, plus unlimited pages for references, and 4 pages maximum for summaries of PhD theses. The papers must include the following sections: The title of the communication (in English and Spanish). An abstract in English and Spanish (maximum 150 words). A list of keywords or related topics (in English and Spanish). The documents must not include headers or footers. As reviewing will be blind, the paper should not include the authors’ names and affiliations. Furthermore, self-references that reveal the author’s identity should be avoided. The articles should only include the title, the abstract, the keywords, and the proposal. We recommend using the LaTeX and Word templates that can be downloaded from the SEPLN web (author guidelines have been updated): http://www.sepln.org/index.php/en/journal/author-guidelines Note on camera ready The final version of the paper (camera-ready) should be submitted together with a cover letter explaining how the reviewers' suggestions were implemented in the final version. This cover letter will be considered when deciding whether to accept or reject the selected paper. Preprint policy The Journal allows the publication of preprints (non-refereed paper posted online, such as ArXiv) anytime, but during the review period the preprint must indicate that the paper it is “under review” in the Journal Procesamiento del Lenguaje Natural. Likewise, if the paper is accepted, the preprint must be updated with the DOI, name of the Journal and the bibliographic information of the paper. Important dates Submission deadline: ****EXTENSION TO DECEMBER 5th**** Notification of acceptance: January 27th, 2025 Camera-ready: February 7th, 2025 Publication: March 2025 Contact person: Aitziber Atutxa (aitziber.atucha(a)ehu.eus) Editorial Committee of the Procesamiento del Lenguaje Natural

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SEPLN Second CFP ***Deadline November 22nd ***
by aitziber.atucha＠ehu.eus 19 Nov '24

19 Nov '24

Please consider contributing and/or forwarding to appropriate colleagues and groups. *******We apologize for the multiple copies of this e-mail****** Call for papers for issue 74 of the journal Procesamiento del Lenguaje Natural http://www.sepln.org/en/journal http://www.sepln.org/en/journal/author-guidelines Introduction The aim of the journal Procesamiento del Lenguaje Natural is to provide a forum for the publication of scientific-technical articles in the field of Natural Language Processing (NLP), for both the national and international scientific community. The articles must be unpublished and cannot be simultaneously submitted for publication in other journals or conference proceedings. The journal also aims to promote the development of areas related to NLP, disseminate research carried out, identify future guidelines for basic research, and present software applications in this field. Every year the Sociedad Española de Procesamiento del Lenguaje Natural (SEPLN) (Spanish Society for the Natural Language Processing) publishes two issues of the journal, including original articles, presentations of R&D projects, book reviews, and summaries of PhD theses. The scientific quality of the Journal is supported by the 2023 JCR index (JIF: 1.2, JCI: 0.39, Q2-Linguistics - Q4-Computer Sciences, Artificial Intelligence ESCI), the SCImago Journal Ranking (2023 SJR: 0.677, Q2-Computer Science Applications, Q1-Linguistics and Language), the Scopus Index (2023 CiteScore: 5.4) and the index SNIP (Source Normalized Impact per Paper) with 2.07 points. More information at: http://www.sepln.org/en/journal/quality. Topics NLP for low-resource languages Efficient and sustainable NLP methods Ethics, Bias and Fairness in NLP Truthworthy and explainability in NLP Security and privacy in NLP Text and Multimodal Generation Multimodality and Language Grounding to Vision Knowledge and common sense Computational lexicography and terminology Linguistic theories, Cognitive Modeling and Psycholinguistics Morphological and Syntactic Analysis Corpus linguistics Development of linguistic resources and tools Semantics, pragmatics, and discourse Machine translation Speech synthesis and recognition Audio indexing and retrieval Dialogue systems and interactive systems/ Conversational assistants Monolingual and multilingual information extraction and retrieval Question answering systems Automatic textual content analysis Sentiment analysis, opinion mining and argument mining Plagiarism detection Negation and speculation processing Text summarization Text simplification Image retrieval NLP in specific domains (Medicine, Law, Education) Submission Information The proposal must be submitted by November 22nd, 2024, and must meet certain format and style requirements. All submissions must be in PDF format and submitted electronically using the OpenReview system. Submitted papers will be subjected to a blind review by at least three members of the program committee. Categories of papers Regular papers with original contributions. Summary of PhD thesis. Information for Authors The proposals can be written in Spanish or English and should be at most 10 A4-size pages of content, plus unlimited pages for references, and 4 pages maximum for summaries of PhD theses. The papers must include the following sections: The title of the communication (in English and Spanish). An abstract in English and Spanish (maximum 150 words). A list of keywords or related topics (in English and Spanish). The documents must not include headers or footers. As reviewing will be blind, the paper should not include the authors’ names and affiliations. Furthermore, self-references that reveal the author’s identity should be avoided. The articles should only include the title, the abstract, the keywords, and the proposal. We recommend using the LaTeX and Word templates that can be downloaded from the SEPLN web (author guidelines have been updated): http://www.sepln.org/index.php/en/journal/author-guidelines Note on camera ready The final version of the paper (camera ready) should be submitted together with a cover letter explaining how the suggestions of the reviewers were implemented in the final version. This cover letter will be considered in order to accept or finally reject the selected paper. Preprint policy The Journal allows the publication of preprints (non-refereed paper posted online, such as ArXiv) anytime, but during the review period the preprint must indicate that the paper it is “under review” in the Journal Procesamiento del Lenguaje Natural. Likewise, if the paper is accepted, the preprint must be updated with the DOI, name of the Journal and the bibliographic information of the paper. Important dates Submission deadline: November 22nd, 2024 Notification of acceptance: January 27th, 2025 Camera ready: February 7th, 2025 Publication: March 2025 Contact person: Aitziber Atutxa (aitziber.atucha(a)ehu.eus) Editorial Committee of the Procesamiento del Lenguaje Natural

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CFP: Natural Language Processing for Digital Humanities NLP4DH @ NAACL 2025
by Mika Hämäläinen 19 Nov '24

19 Nov '24

The 5th International Conference on Natural Language Processing for Digital Humanities will co-locate with NAACL in Albuquerque, USA! The proceedings will be published in the ACL anthology. The event will take place on May 3–4, 2025. https://www.nlp4dh.com/nlp4dh-2025 Submission deadline: February 23, 2025 The focus of NLP4DH is on applying natural language processing techniques to digital humanities research. The topics can be anything of digital humanities interest with a natural language processing or generation aspect. A list of suitable NLP4DH topics include but are not limited to: -Text analysis and processing related to humanities using computational methods -Dataset creation and curation for NLP (e.g. digitization, digitalization, datafication, and data preservation). -Research on cultural heritage collections such as national archives and libraries using NLP -NLP for error detection, correction, normalization and denoising data -Generation and analysis of literary works such as poetry and novels -Analysis and detection of text genres Short papers can be up to 4 pages in length. Short papers can report on work in progress or a more targeted contribution such as software or partial results. Long papers can be up to 8 pages in length. Long papers should report on previously unpublished, completed, original work. Lightning talks can be submitted as 750-word abstracts. Lightning talks are suited for discussing ideas or presenting work in progress. Lightning talks will be published in lightning proceedings on Zenodo. Accepted papers (short and long) will be published in the proceedings that will appear in the ACL Anthology. Accepted papers will also be given an additional page to address the reviewers’ comments. The length of a camera ready submission can then be 5 pages for a short paper and 9 for a long paper with an unlimited number of pages for references. The authors of the accepted papers will be invited to submit an extended version of their paper to a special issue in the Journal of Data Mining & Digital Humanities<https://jdmdh.episciences.org/volume/view/id/593>. Important dates - Direct paper submission (long and short): February 23, 2025 - Notification of acceptance: March 10, 2025 - Camera ready deadline: March 23, 2025 - Conference: May 3-4, 2025

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Assistant professor positions in Computer Science, Maine, USA
by Brian Helder 19 Nov '24

19 Nov '24

Website: https://careers.bowdoin.edu/postings/14874 Details: The Department of Computer Science at Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine, USA, invites applications for two full-time tenure-track faculty appointments at the Assistant Professor level, beginning July 1, 2025. We welcome applications from all areas of computer science, especially those that focus on systems and software engineering, bioinformatics, AI, data science and applications, and human-computer interaction. We also welcome applications from areas that cross disciplinary boundaries. The teaching load is two courses per semester. The successful candidates will share responsibility for introductory and intermediate level courses, teach advanced courses in their area of specialization, and encourage student involvement in their research. A PhD in Computer Science is expected by the date of appointment. Advanced ABD considered. We are particularly interested in candidates with a strong commitment to undergraduate liberal arts education.

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CoNLL 2025: 1st Call for Papers
by Michael Roth 18 Nov '24

18 Nov '24

CoNLL 2025: 1st Call for Papers Vienna, Austria, July 31 - August 1, 2025 (co-located with ACL) SIGNLL invites submissions to the 29th Conference on Computational Natural Language Learning (CoNLL 2025). The focus of CoNLL is on theoretically, cognitively and scientifically motivated approaches to computational linguistics, rather than on work driven by particular engineering applications. We welcome work targeting any aspect of language and its computational modeling, including: * Computational Psycholinguistics, Cognition and Linguistics * Computational Social Science and Sociolinguistics * Interaction and Dialogue * Language Acquisition, Learning, Emergence, and Evolution * Multimodality and Grounding * Typology and Multilinguality * Speech and Phonology * Syntax and Morphology * Lexical, Compositional and Discourse Semantics * Theoretical Analysis and Interpretation of ML Models for NLP * Resources and Tools for Scientifically Motivated Research We do not restrict the topic of submissions to fall into this list. However, the submissions’ relevance to the conference’s focus on theoretically, cognitively and scientifically motivated approaches will play an important role in the review process. Submitted papers must be anonymous and use the same template as the ACL 2025<https://2025.aclweb.org/>. Submitted papers may consist of up to 8 pages of content plus unlimited space for references. Authors of accepted papers will have an additional page to address reviewers’ comments in the camera-ready version (9 pages of content in total, excluding references). Optional anonymized supplementary materials and a PDF appendix are allowed. The appendix should be submitted as a separate PDF file (reviewers are not required to consider the materials in the appendix so it should not include any essential content to the understanding of the paper). Please refer to the ACL 2025 Call for Papers<https://2025.aclweb.org/calls/main_conference_papers/> for more details on the submission format. Note that, unlike ACL, we do not mandate that papers have a discussion section of the limitations of the work. However, we strongly encourage authors to have such a section in the appendix. Submission will be via OpenReview. CoNLL 2025 will also accept ARR submission depending on the full review to be completed by May 19 2025. Please note that CoNLL 2025 is an in-person conference. We expect all accepted papers to be presented physically and presenting authors must register through ACL (workshop). Timeline (All deadlines are 11:59pm UTC-12h, AoE) * Direct submission deadline: Friday, March 14 2025 * ARR commitment deadline: Monday, May 19 2025 * Notification of acceptance: Friday, May 23 2025 * Camera ready papers due: Wednesday, June 25 2025 * Conference: July 31 - August 1, 2025 Venue CoNLL 2025 will be held in-person, along with ACL in Vienna, Austria. Multiple submission policy CoNLL 2025 will refuse papers that are currently under submission, or that will be submitted to other meetings or publications, including ACL. Papers submitted elsewhere and papers that overlap significantly in content or results with papers that will be (or have been) published elsewhere will be rejected. Authors submitting more than one paper to CoNLL 2025 must ensure that the submissions do not overlap significantly (>25%) with each other in content or results. Further information Further information (such as travel visas) will be announced in the 2nd Call for Papers. CoNLL 2025 Co-Chairs Gemma Boleda<https://gboleda.github.io>, Universitat Pompeu Fabra / ICREA Michael Roth<https://www.utn.de/person/prof-dr-michael-roth/>, University of Technology Nuremberg

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Second CfP: Nordic-Baltic Responsible Evaluation and Alignment of Language Models (NB-REAL 2025)
by Annika Simonsen - HI 18 Nov '24

18 Nov '24

***Apologies for possible cross-posting *** SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS We are pleased to invite submissions to the 1st Workshop on Nordic-Baltic Responsible Evaluation and Alignment of Language Models (NB-REAL), to be held on March 2, 2025, as part of the NoDaLiDa/Baltic-HLT 2025 conference in Tallinn, Estonia. About the Workshop This half-day workshop focuses on the responsible evaluation and alignment of Large Language Models (LLMs) for Nordic and Baltic languages. Our goal is to bring together researchers, practitioners, and stakeholders to address the unique challenges and opportunities in this rapidly evolving field. Topics of Interest We welcome submissions on topics including, but not limited to: - Ethical benchmarks for evaluating LLMs in Nordic and Baltic languages - Methods for creating culturally sensitive and inclusive evaluation datasets - Responsible techniques for generating or collecting alignment data - Challenges and solutions in ethical LLM alignment for less-resourced languages - Case studies on responsible LLM evaluation or alignment projects - Ethical considerations in LLM evaluation and alignment - Comparative studies of LLM performance and fairness in Nordic and Baltic languages - Innovative approaches to leveraging limited language resources in evaluation or alignment of language models Important Dates Paper Submission Deadline: December 16, 2024 Notification of Acceptance: January 13, 2025 Camera-Ready Deadline: February 3, 2025 Workshop Date: March 2, 2025 Workshop Format NB-REAL 2025 will be a half-day workshop held on March 2, 2025 (pre-conference). It will be a hybrid event with both on-site and online participation available. Submission Submissions can be long papers (8 pages) or short papers (4 pages). All submissions must follow the NoDaLida template, available in both LaTeX and MS Word. The templates are available at the official conference website, see https://www.nodalida-bhlt2025.eu/call-for-papers#h.v2k63awq0fpe. All submissions will undergo peer review by the program committee. To submit your paper please visit NB-REAL 2025 Workshop | OpenReview<https://openreview.net/group?id=NoDaLiDa/Baltic-HLT/2025/Workshop/NB-REAL#t…> Organizers Hafsteinn Einarsson, Associate Professor in Computer Science, University of Iceland (hafsteinne(a)hi.is) Annika Simonsen, PhD Student, University of Iceland (annika(a)hi.is) Dan Saattrup Nielsen, Senior AI Specialist, Alexandra Institute (dan.nielsen(a)alexandra.dk) For more information, please visit our website: https://nbreal.xyz/ We look forward to your contributions and to seeing you at NB-REAL 2025!

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CFP: 38th Canadian Conference on Artificial Intelligence (Canadian AI 2025)
by pmvul089＠uottawa.ca 18 Nov '24

18 Nov '24

---------- Call for Papers: Canadian AI 2025 ---------- ---------- May 26-29, 2025, in Calgary, Alberta ---------- We are now inviting researchers to submit papers in all areas of Artificial Intelligence, either theoretical or applied, to the 38th Canadian Conference on Artificial Intelligence taking place in Calgary on May 26-29. We also welcome the submission of position papers, which present evidence-based arguments for a particular point of view without necessarily presenting a new system. **Paper submissions are due by Monday, Feb 10, 2025 (11:59 p.m. AoE time zone).** Conference proceedings will be published in PubPub open-access online format and submitted to be indexed/abstracted in leading indexing services such as DBLP, ACM, and Google Scholar. ---------- Submission details ---------- Canadian AI is accepting submissions of both long and short papers. Long papers must be no longer than 12 pages, and short papers must be no longer than 6 pages, including references. Submissions in both LaTeX and Word are accepted. More information and submission templates are available under Submission Details here: https://www.caiac.ca/en/conferences/canadianai-2025/call-papers **The portal for submission is now open and can be found here:** https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/CANADIANAI2025/ Papers submitted to the conference must not have already been published, or accepted for publication, or be under review by a journal or another conference (preprint is acceptable if the title is different). Submissions will go through a double-blind review process by Program Committee members to assess originality, significance, technical merit, and clarity of presentation. As such, submissions must be anonymized, and papers that fail to do so will be desk rejected without a review. ---------- Topics of interest include: ---------- - Agent Systems - AI Applications - Automated Reasoning - Case‐based Reasoning - Cognitive Models - Constraint Satisfaction - Data Mining - Deep Learning and Neural Models - E‐Commerce - Ethics in AI, AI for social good - Evolutionary Computation - Explainable AI - Fair, Secure, Private, and Trusted AI - Games - Information Retrieval and Search - Knowledge Management - Knowledge Representation - Large Language Models - Machine Learning - Multimedia Processing - Natural Language Processing - Planning - Robotics - Uncertainty - User Modeling - Web Mining and Applications Authors of accepted long papers will be allotted time for an oral presentation during the conference. Accepted short papers will also be allotted time for a 5-minute oral presentation, followed by a poster session presentation. It is mandatory for at least one author of each accepted paper to attend the conference in person to present their work. Authors are expected to agree to this requirement before submitting their paper for review. Furthermore, the corresponding author of each paper must complete and sign a copyright form on behalf of all authors associated with the paper. It is important that the corresponding author who signs the copyright form matches the corresponding author listed on the paper. ---------- Awards ---------- A Best Paper Award and a Best Student Paper Award will be given at the conference, respectively, to the authors of each best paper, as judged by the Best Paper Award Selection Committee. For the Best Student Paper Award, the first author must be a registered student at the time of submitting the paper. ---------- Important dates ---------- - Submission deadline: Monday, Feb 10, 2025 (11:59 p.m. AoE time zone) - Author notification: Tuesday, April 1, 2025 - Camera-ready copy due: Tuesday, April 15, 2025 (11:59 p.m. AoE time zone) - Conference dates: May 26-29 2025 ---------- Program Chairs ---------- Paula Branco School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Ottawa pbranco(a)uottawa.ca https://uniweb.uottawa.ca/view/profile/members/4218?lang=en Amine Trabelsi Département d'informatique, Université de Sherbrooke Amine.Trabelsi(a)USherbrooke.ca https://www.usherbrooke.ca/informatique/trabelsi We look forward to your participation in Canadian AI 2025!

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Permanent research positions, LLF, Paris, France
by Olivier Bonami 18 Nov '24

18 Nov '24

[Apologies for cross-posting] The Laboratoire de Linguistique Formelle (www.llf.cnrs.fr <http://www.llf.cnrs.fr/>, LLF) is seeking to support applications in linguistics and language sciences to Research Associate positions at the French Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (cnrs.fr <http://cnrs.fr/>). CNRS Research Associate positions are full-time permanent positions intended for candidates in their early career. Applicants must hold a PhD by the application deadline. Knowledge of French is not required. Although CNRS recruits researchers by way of a national competition, applicants are encouraged to select one or more research labs to which they would like to be assigned, and support is crucial for a successful application. Located at Université Paris Cité (u-paris.fr <http://u-paris.fr/>), the LLF has about 80 members, including 36 permanent faculty members, working on every subfield of linguistics. In recent years, it has extended its focus from formal and theoretical linguistics to domains such as psycholinguistics, sociolinguistics, experimental linguistics, computational linguistics, dialogue, typology, and Sign language linguistics. The LLF is interested in supporting a limited number of applicants, with an excellent research record and willing to develop a project that would fit the lab's areas of inquiry. The official call for application will be published in early December, 2024 with an application deadline in early January, 2025 (https://carrieres.cnrs.fr/en/external-competitions-for-researchers-m-f/). Prospective applicants that wish to be supported by the LLF are invited to contact the lab by December 13, sending a CV (including a publication list) and a short description of their research profile to direction.llf(a)listes.u-paris.fr <mailto:direction.llf@listes.u-paris.fr>. Decisions on whether support is granted will be taken by December 18. Olivier Bonami Professeur de linguistique, Université Paris Cité Directeur du Laboratoire de Linguistique Formelle UMR 7110 - Université de Paris & CNRS Tel: +33 1 57 27 57 97 Bâtiment Olympe de Gouges 8 place Paul Ricoeur 75013 Paris Bureau 520

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INTERSPEECH 2025: Call for Satellite Workshops
by Grzegorz Chrupała 18 Nov '24

18 Nov '24

============================================ Interspeech 2025 17 - 21 August, Rotterdam, The Netherlands https://www.interspeech2025.org/ ============================================ Call for Satellite Workshops https://www.interspeech2025.org/call-for-workshops ============================================ Important Dates =============== Proposals of workshops to ISCA Workshop portal (for ISCA endorsement): 8 January 2025 Proposals of workshops to IS2025 Satellite Workshop Committee (after having gotten ISCA endorsement): 1 February 2025 Notification by IS2025 Satellite Workshop Committee: 15 February 2025 Submissions for satellite workshop proposals are invited for Interspeech 2025! The Interspeech 2025 satellite workshops committee calls for proposals for satellite workshops. The aim of these satellite workshops is to stimulate discussion in research areas related to speech and language. Advertising your workshop as an Interspeech 2025 satellite event greatly increases the visibility of your workshop. Please note that all Interspeech 2025 satellite workshops need to obtain ISCA endorsement. This is a novel Interspeech requirement. ISCA endorsement may entail financial and/or practical help in organizing your workshop. For details, please see the guidelines for ISCA endorsement here. In order to obtain ISCA endorsement, proposals for Interspeech 2025 satellite workshops should first be submitted to the ISCA workshop portal. This ISCA endorsement procedure takes about two weeks. Once ISCA endorsement has been granted, proposals for Interspeech 2025 satellite workshops should be submitted to the Interspeech satellite workshop committee at satelliteevents(a)interspeech2025.org. For more information about organizing a satellite workshop, please contact the satellite workshop chairs at satelliteevents(a)interspeech2025.org. Interspeech 2025 satellite workshop proposal criteria We invite workshop proposals that meet the general criteria below: • Workshops should take place around the same time as Interspeech 2025. Interspeech 2025 takes place from 17 to 21 August. On Sunday 17 August several tutorials are planned. Applicants who wish to organize a satellite event are therefore discouraged to organize the event on Sunday 17 August, so as to avoid thematic overlap with any Interspeech tutorial planned for that day. • Workshops should take place within reasonable travel distance from Rotterdam, the Netherlands In addition, proposals need to meet the ISCA criteria below: • topic should be in the ISCA scope • organizing committees as well as invited speakers have to be international and diverse • organizing committee has to (ideally) cover more than one university • keynote speaker(s) has to be someone relevant for her/his domain Roadmap 1. As of now: Applicants may contact the satellite workshop committee (for questions, or if you would like to have an idea of the planned satellite workshop proposals so far). 2. 8 January 2025: Submission deadline for applicants to submit satellite workshop proposals to ISCA workshop portal in order to obtain ISCA endorsement 3. 1 February 2025: Submission deadline for applicants to submit their proposal to the satellite workshop committee after having gotten ISCA endorsement (submissions after 1 February 2025 might be considered with less priority). We as Interspeech 2025 satellite workshop committee will only check whether multiple research teams intend to organize satellite events around the same (or largely overlapping) topics. Please send us a brief description (approx. 2 pages) of your proposed workshop, including target audience, title, topic, location and date, organizational team, and website. Please also inform us about the status of your ISCA endorsement application. 4. 15 February 2025: Decision notification by the satellite workshop committee. Thereafter, satellite workshop organizers may contact the professional conference organizer (PCO) for additional advice (pco(a)interspeech2025.org).

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3-year postdoc position in NLP at the University of Oslo
by Lilja Øvrelid 18 Nov '24

18 Nov '24

A position as Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Natural Language Processing is available within MediaFutures:Research Centre for Responsible Media Technology & Innovation at the Language Technology Group (LTG) at the University of Oslo (UiO), Norway. The closing date is December 13th, 2024. For more information about the position and the research group, please see the full announcement here: https://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/270966/postdoctoral-research… Please do not hesitate to contact me for any further information. Best regards, Lilja

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Final CFP: Building and Using Comparable Corpora Workshop
by s.sharoff＠leeds.ac.uk 17 Nov '24

17 Nov '24

Note the paper submission deadline: 30 November, 2024 Workshop website: https://comparable.lisn.upsaclay.fr/bucc2025/ COLING website: https://coling2025.org/ Keynote speaker: Preslav Nakov, Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence, Abu Dhabi ************************************************************** * Motivation In the language engineering and linguistics communities, research in comparable corpora has been motivated by two main reasons. In language engineering, on the one hand, it is chiefly motivated by the need to use comparable corpora as training data for statistical NLP applications such as statistical and neural machine translation or cross-lingual retrieval. In linguistics, on the other hand, comparable corpora are of interest because they enable cross-language discoveries and comparisons. It is generally accepted in both communities that comparable corpora consist of documents that are comparable in content and form in various degrees and dimensions across several languages. Parallel corpora are on the one end of this spectrum, and unrelated corpora are on the other. In recent years, the use of comparable corpora for pre-training Large Language Models (LLMs) has led to their impressive multilingual and cross-lingual abilities, which are relevant to a range of applications, including Information Retrieval, Machine Translation, Cross-lingual text classification, etc. The linguistic definitions and observations related to comparable corpora can improve methods to mine such corpora or to improve cross-lingual transfer of LLMs. Therefore, it is of great interest to bring together builders and users of such corpora. * Shared Task This year we will run a shared task aimed at detecting translations of terms via comparable corpora. Please see the website for details: https://comparable.limsi.fr/bucc2025/bucc2025-task.html * Topics We solicit contributions on all topics related to comparable (and parallel) corpora, including but not limited to the following: Building Comparable Corpora: - Automatic and semi-automatic methods - Methods to mine parallel and non-parallel corpora from the web - Tools and criteria to evaluate the comparability of corpora - Parallel vs non-parallel corpora, monolingual corpora - Rare and minority languages, across language families - Multi-media/multi-modal comparable corpora Applications of comparable corpora: - Human translation - Language learning - Cross-language information retrieval & document categorization - Bilingual and multilingual projections - (Unsupervised) Machine translation - Writing assistance - Machine learning techniques using comparable corpora Mining from Comparable Corpora: - Cross-language distributional semantics, word embeddings and pre-trained multilingual transformer models - Extraction of parallel segments or paraphrases from comparable corpora - Methods to derive parallel from non-parallel corpora (e.g. to provide for low-resource languages in neural machine translation) - Extraction of bilingual and multilingual translations of single words, multi-word expressions, proper names, named entities, sentences, and paraphrases from comparable corpora, etc. - Induction of morphological, grammatical, and translation rules from comparable corpora - Induction of multilingual word classes from comparable corpora Comparable Corpora in the Humanities: - Comparing linguistic phenomena across languages in contrastive linguistics - Analyzing properties of translated language in translation studies - Studying language change over time in diachronic linguistics - Assigning texts to authors via authors' corpora in forensic linguistics - Comparing rhetorical features in discourse analysis - Studying cultural differences in sociolinguistics - Analyzing language universals in typological research * Workshop Organizers - Serge Sharoff (University of Leeds) - Ayla Rigouts Terryn (Université de Montréal (UdeM), Mila) - Pierre Zweigenbaum (Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, LISN, Orsay) - Reinhard Rapp (University of Mainz, Germany) * Program Committee - Ebrahim Ansari (Institute for Advanced Studies in Basic Sciences, Iran) - Eleftherios Avramidis (DFKI, Germany) - Gabriel Bernier-Colborne (National Research Council, Canada) - Thierry Etchegoyhen (Vicomtech, Spain) - Alex Fraser (University of Munich, Germany) - Natalia Grabar (University of Lille, France) - Amal Haddad Haddad (Universidad de Granada, Spain) - Amir Hazem (University of Tokyo, Japan) - Kyo Kageura (University of Tokyo, Japan) - Natalie Kübler (Université Paris Cité, France) - Philippe Langlais (Université de Montréal, Canada) - Yves Lepage (Waseda University, Japan). - Shervin Malmasi (Amazon, USA) - Michael Mohler (Language Computer Corporation, USA) - Emmanuel Morin (Nantes Université, France) - Dragos Stefan Munteanu (RWS, USA) - Ted Pedersen (University of Minnesota, Duluth, USA) - Nasredine Semmar (CEA LIST, Paris, France) - Silvia Severini (Leonardo Labs, Italy) - Pranaydeep Singh (University of Gent, Belgium) - Richard Sproat (Google, USA) - Marko Tadić (University of Zagreb, Croatia) - François Yvon (Sorbonne Université, France)

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Call for Papers ROMCIR 2025 @ ECIR: The 5th International Workshop on Reducing Online Misinformation through Credible Information Retrieval
by Udo Kruschwitz 17 Nov '24

17 Nov '24

ROMCIR 2025: The 5th International Workshop on Reducing Online Misinformation through Credible Information Retrieval Co-located with ECIR 2025: The 47th European Conference on Information Retrieval Lucca, Italy | April 10, 2025 Workshop website: https://romcir.disco.unimib.it Submission link: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=romcir2025 ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GENERAL DESCRIPTION The fifth edition of ROMCIR concerns providing access to users to (topically) relevant and factually accurate information, to mitigate the human-generated or AI-generated information disorder phenomenon concerning distinct domains. By "information disorder" we mean all forms of communication pollution, from misinformation made out of ignorance, automatically built based on biased content, to intentional sharing of false content (generated both manually and automatically). In this context, all those approaches that can serve to assess the factual accuracy of information circulating online and in social media in particular find their place. This topic is very broad, as it concerns different contents (e.g., Web pages, news, reviews, medical information, online accounts, etc.), different Web and social media platforms (e.g., microblogging platforms, social networking services, social question-answering systems, etc.), different purposes (e.g., identifying false information, accessing information based on its truthfulness, retrieving truthful information, etc.), and different open issues related in particular to AI (e.g., explainability of search results, assessment of the truthfulness of automatically generated content, generative models to support IRSs, etc.). **************************************************************************************************** THEMES The themes of interest include, but are not limited to, the following: * Access to and retrieval of truthful information * Bot/spam/troll detection * Computational fact-checking * Credibility assessment of online documents * Crowdsourcing for information truthfulness assessment * Disinformation/misinformation/bias detection * Evaluation strategies to assess information truthfulness * Generative models and information truthfulness assessment * Human-in-the-loop misinformation detection * Information polarization in online communities, echo chambers * Propaganda identification/analysis * Retrieval of credible and truthful information * Security, privacy, and information truthfulness * Societal reaction to misinformation * Stance detection * Trust and reputation Data-driven approaches, supported by publicly available datasets, are more than welcome. **************************************************************************************************** CONTRIBUTIONS The Workshop solicits the sending of two types of contributions relevant to the Workshop and suitable to generate discussion: * Original, unpublished contributions (pre-prints submitted to ArXiv are eligible) that will be included in an open-access post-proceedings volume of CEUR Workshop Proceedings (http://ceur-ws.org/), indexed by both Scopus and DBLP. * Already published or preliminary work that will not be included in the post-proceedings volume. All submissions will undergo SINGLE-BLIND peer review by the Program Committee. Submissions are to be done electronically through the EasyChair at: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=romcir2025 **************************************************************************************************** SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS Submissions must be: * Regular papers: between 10 and 14 pages long * Short papers: Between 5 and 9 pages long We recommend that authors use the new CEUR-ART style for writing papers to be published: * An Overleaf page for LaTeX users is available at: https://www.overleaf.com/project/671e05abc213fddad9644a94 * An offline version with the style files including DOCX template files is available at: http://ceur-ws.org/Vol-XXX/CEURART.zip * The paper must contain, as the name of the conference: ROMCIR 2025: The 5th Workshop on Reducing Online Misinformation through Credible Information Retrieval (held as part of ECIR 2025: The 47th European Conference on Information Retrieval), April 10, 2025, Lucca, Italy * The title of the paper should follow the regular capitalization of English (e.g., Example of a Title of a Paper Correctly Capitalized) * Please, choose the one-column template * According to CEUR-WS policy, the papers will be published under a CC BY 4.0 license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.en If the paper is accepted, authors will be asked to sign (at pen) an author agreement with CEUR: * In case you do not employ Third-Party Material (TPM) in your draft, sign the document at: https://ceur-ws.org/ceur-author-agreement-ccby-ntp.pdf?ver=2024-06-04 * If you do use TPM, the agreement can be found at: https://ceur-ws.org/ceur-author-agreement-ccby-tp.pdf?ver=2024-06-04 For further information: https://ceur-ws.org/HOWTOSUBMIT.html **************************************************************************************************** IMPORTANT DATES (AoE) * Abstract submission: January 05, 2025 * Paper submission: January 12, 2025 * Decision notification: February 16, 2025 * Workshop day: April 10, 2025 **************************************************************************************************** ORGANIZERS * Udo Kruschwitz (https://www.linkedin.com/in/udo-kruschwitz-57106b5/), University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany * Marinella Petrocchi (https://www.iit.cnr.it/en/marinella.petrocchi/), IIT-CNR, Pisa, Italy * Marco Viviani (https://ikr3.disco.unimib.it/people/marco-viviani/), University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy

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CfP: Workshop on Context and Meaning—Navigating Disagreements in NLP Annotations
by Michael Roth 17 Nov '24

17 Nov '24

******************************************************************************** CoMeDiNLP: Context and Meaning--Navigating Disagreements in NLP Annotations https://unimplicit.github.io/ Workshop held in conjunction with COLING 2025 January 19/20, 2025 ******************************************************************************** Disagreements among annotators pose a significant challenge in Natural Language Processing, impacting the quality and reliability of datasets and consequently the performance of NLP models. This workshop aims to explore the complexities of annotation disagreements, their causes, and strategies towards their effective resolution, with a focus on meaning in context. The quality and reliability of annotated data is crucial for the development of robust NLP models. However, managing disagreements among annotators poses significant challenges to researchers and practitioners. Such disagreements can stem from various factors, including subjective interpretations, cultural biases and ambiguous guidelines. Early research has highlighted the impact of annotator disagreements on data quality and model performance (e.g. Artstein and Poesio, 2008; Pustejovsky and Stubbs, 2012; Plank et al., 2014). More recent work on perspectivism in NLP, such as that by Basile et al. (2021), highlights the importance of embracing multiple perspectives in annotation tasks to better capture the diversity of human language. This approach argues for the inclusion of various viewpoints to improve the robustness and fairness of NLP models. On the modeling side, various methods for dealing with annotation disagreements have been proposed. For example, Hovy et al. (2013) and Passonneau and Carpenter (2014) identify and weigh annotator reliability to better aggregate contributions, whereas recent approaches following the perspectivism approach leverage inherent disagreements in subjective tasks to train models handling diverse opinions (Davani et al., 2022; Deng et al., 2023). == Call for Submissions == We invite both long (8 pages) and short (4 page) papers. The limits refer to the content and any number of additional pages for references are allowed. The papers should follow the COLING 2025 formatting instructions. Each submission must be anonymized, written in English, and contain a title and abstract. We especially welcome papers that address the following themes, for a single type of disagreement or annotation disagreements in general: - New benchmarks for detecting or categorizing disagreements - Models and modeling strategies for variations in annotation - Evaluation schemes and metrics for phenomena without a single ground truth - Phenomena that are not yet within reach with current NLP technology. To encourage discussion and community building and to bootstrap potential collaborations, we elicit, in addition to shared task papers and regular "archival" track papers, also non-archival submissions. These can take 2 forms: - Works in progress, that are not yet mature enough for a full submission, can be submitted in the form of a title and abstract. Abstracts may be up to two pages in length. - Already published work, or work currently under submission elsewhere, can be submitted in the form of an abstract and a copy of the submission/publication. These works will be reviewed for topical fit and accepted submissions will be presented as posters. Depending on the final workshop program, selected works may be presented in panels. We plan for these to be an opportunity for researchers to present and discuss their work with the relevant community. Please submit your papers here: https://softconf.com/coling2025/CM-ND-NLP25/ == Important Dates == November 18, 2024: Due date for workshop and shared task papers [1] December 1-3, 2024: Author response period December 5, 2024: Notification of acceptance December 13, 2024: Camera-ready submission deadline January 19/20, 2025: Workshop date All deadlines are 11:59pm UTC-12 ("anywhere on Earth"). [1] If you plan to submit a paper but require a deadline extension, please send us an email to michael.roth(a)utn.de and dominik.schlechtweg(a)ims.uni-stuttgart.de == Organizers == Michael Roth, University of Technology Nuremberg Dominik Schlechtweg, University of Stuttgart == Program Committee == David Alfter, University of Gothenburg Valerio Basile, University of Turin Felipe Bravo, University of Chile Jing Chen, Hong Kong Polytechnic University Naihao Deng, University of Michigan Aida Mostafazadeh Davani, Google Research Diego Frassinelli, University of Konstanz / LMU Munich Haim Dubossarsky, Queen Mary University Simon Hengchen, iguanodon.ai & Université de Genève Sandra Kübler, Indiana University Andrei Kutuzov, University of Oslo Elisa Leonardelli, Fondazione Bruno Kessler Marie-Catherine de Marneffe, UCLouvain Maja Pavlovic, Queen Mary University Siyao Peng, LMU Munich Pauline Sander, University of Stuttgart Pia Sommerauer, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Nina Tahmasebi, University of Gothenburg Alexandra Uma Frank D. Zamora-Reina, University of Chile Wei Zhao, University of Aberdeen --- Prof. Michael Roth [he/him] Natural Language Understanding Lab University of Technology Nuremberg Technische Universität Nürnberg

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Deadline extended: International Workshop on Nakba Narratives as Language Resources (Nakba-NLP 2025)
by Amal Haddad Haddad [She/her] 16 Nov '24

16 Nov '24

Deadline extended: 28 November (extended) Keynote Speaker: Ilan Pappe Panel Discussion: Digital Archives and Cultural Heritage in the LLMs Era Nakba-NLP 2025 International Workshop on Nakba Narratives as Language Resources Part of the COLING 2025 Conference (virtual) January 19, 2025 https://sina.birzeit.edu/nakba-nlp [1] إغناء الرواية والنكبة الفلسطينية بتقنيات معالجة اللغة والذكاء الاصطناعي (مدونات، صور، فيديو، اخبار، خطاب، تحيز، شبكات تواصل اجتماعي، نماذج لغوية، تصنيف، احداث، ....) We invite submissions for Nakba-NLP 2025, a workshop dedicated to exploring and preserving Nakba narratives through the application of artificial intelligence, natural language processing, and corpus linguistics. We seek contributions on the following topics: ◈ Digitization of oral and written narratives ◈ Creation and labeling of language corpora and datasets ◈ Digital archives, metadata, and semantic/content mark-up ◈ Annotation tools and annotation guidelines ◈ Document classification, topic modeling, and information retrieval ◈ Named entity recognition for identifying people, places, organizations, and events ◈ Entity linking and relationship extraction ◈ Event detection and event argument extraction ◈ Knowledge Graphs and Linked Data ◈ Vocabularies, dictionaries, and ontologies ◈ Data visualization ◈ Knowledge representation ◈ Machine translation, summarisation, and paraphrasing ◈ Natural Language Generation ◈ Large Language Models ◈ Sentiment analysis and emotional content extraction ◈ Discourse analysis (e.g., bias, offensive language, and misinformation) related to Nakba narratives ◈ Voice & dialogue-based systems; ASR ◈ Palestinian dialects (written and spoken) Suggested Datasets: a list of datasets can be found here https://t.ly/00Ul6 [2] Important Dates: ===================== All deadlines are 11:59 pm UTC-12 (anywhere on Earth). - Submission Deadline: 28 November 2024 - Notifications of Acceptance: 5 December 2024 - Camera Ready Deadline: 13 December 2024 (cannot be changed) Organizing Committee: ===================== - Mustafa Jarrar, Birzeit University, Palestine - Nizar Habash, New York University, UAE - Mo El-Haj, Lancaster University, UK - Zeina Jallad, Harvard Law School, USA - Camille Mansour, Paris-Sorbonne University, France - Diana Allan, McGill University, Canada - Paul Rayson, Lancaster University, UK Publicity Chairs ===================== - Amal Haddad, University of Granada, Spain - Sanad Malaysha, Birzeit University, Palestine Contact: Nakba-NLP25_coling2025(a)softconf.com -- Links: ------ [1] https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://sina.birzeit.edu/nakba-nlp/__;!!D9dNQww… [2] https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://t.ly/00Ul6__;!!D9dNQwwGXtA!Qs4o1RM4JHxc…

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CfP: AAAI 2025 Workshop on Advancing LLM-Based Multi-Agent Collaboration (WMAC-2025)
by Yi Zhang 16 Nov '24

16 Nov '24

Apologies for cross-posting. We invite submissions to the AAAI 2025 Workshop on Advancing LLM-Based Multi-Agent Collaboration (WMAC 2025), to be held in Philadelphia during the AAAI 2025 conference (February 25 - March 4, 2025). This full-day workshop seeks to ignite discussion on cutting-edge research areas and challenges associated with multi-agent collaboration driven by large language models (LLMs). As LLMs continue to showcase the ability to coordinate multiple AI agents for complex problem-solving, the workshop will delve into pivotal open research questions that advance the understanding and potential of LLM-based multi-agent collaboration. We invite submissions on a range of topics, including but not limited to: * Architectures for multi-agent collaboration, hierarchy, and decision-making * Cross-agent knowledge sharing * Inter-agent communication protocols * Distributed and decentralized agent * Multi-agent group behavior learning * Strategic planning in multi-agent problem-solving * Guardrails and ethical considerations in multi-agent systems [Important Dates] Submission deadline: November 24, 2024 Notification of acceptance: December 9, 2024 Workshop date: March 4th, 2025 [Submission Guidelines] We welcome both short papers (up to 4 pages) and long papers (up to 8 pages) following the AAAI format. Submissions may include recently published work, under-review papers, work in progress, and position papers. All submissions will undergo peer review through a single-blind process. While workshop publication is non-archival, accepted papers will be featured on our website with author permission. [Submission Site] Please submit your work via: https://openreview.net/group?id=AAAI.org/2025/Workshop/WMAC [Workshop Format] The one-day workshop features invited talks, oral presentations, lightning talks, poster sessions, and a panel discussion. Additional details on speakers and the schedule will be available on our website. [More Information] Workshop website: https://multiagents.org/workshop Contact for inquires: pc(a)multiagents.org We look forward to your submissions and to seeing you at the workshop!

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November 2024 Newsletter - LDC
by Penn LDC 15 Nov '24

15 Nov '24

In this newsletter: Join LDC for membership year 2025 Spring 2025 data scholarship application deadline New publications: LORELEI Yoruba Representative Language Pack<https://catalog.ldc.upenn.edu/LDC2024T10> Samrómur Synthetic<https://catalog.ldc.upenn.edu/LDC2024S12> ________________________________ Join LDC for membership year 2025 It's time to renew your LDC membership for 2025. Current (2024) members who renew their membership before March 3, 2025, will receive a 10% discount. New or returning organizations will receive a 5% discount if they join the Consortium by March 3. In addition to receiving new publications, current LDC members enjoy the benefit of licensing older data from our Catalog of 950+ holdings at reduced fees. Current-year for-profit members may use most data for commercial applications. Plans for next year's publications are in progress. Among the expected releases are: * Iraqi Arabic - English Lexical Database: a set of six interrelated tables (roots, lemmas, wordforms, multi-word expressions, English definitions, example phrases) presenting each Iraqi Arabic word in Arabic script and IPA format, a result of LDC's collaboration with Georgetown University Press to enhance and update three dialectal Arabic dictionaries * AIDA topic source data and annotations: multimodal source data and annotations in multiple languages (Russian, English, Spanish) for information and entity extraction * 2015 NIST Language Recognition Evaluation Test Set: 164,000+ segments of conversational telephone speech and broadcast narrow band speech in six linguistic varieties (Arabic, Spanish, English, Chinese, Slavic, French) representing 20 languages, used in NIST's 2015 language recognition evaluation * BOLT CALLFRIEND CALLHOME CTS audio, transcripts and translations: previously unpublished Chinese and Egyptian Arabic telephone conversations from the CALLFRIEND and CALLHOME collections, with transcripts and translations developed by LDC for the DARPA BOLT program * Chinese Sentence Pattern Structure Treebank: 5,000+ sentences from ancient and modern Chinese texts with syntactic annotation based on sentence constituent analysis, developed by Beijing Normal University and Peking University * IARPA MATERIAL language packs: conversational telephone speech, transcripts, English translations, annotations, and queries in multiple languages (e.g., Georgian, Kazakh, Lithuanian) * LORELEI: representative and incident language packs containing monolingual text, bi-text, translations, annotations, supplemental resources, and related tools in various languages (e.g., Hungarian, Hindi, Amharic, Somali) For full descriptions of all LDC data sets, browse our Catalog<https://catalog.ldc.upenn.edu/>. Visit Join LDC<https://www.ldc.upenn.edu/members/join-ldc> for details on membership, user accounts and payment. Spring 2025 data scholarship application deadline Applications are now being accepted through January 15, 2025, for the Spring 2025 LDC data scholarship program which provides university students with no-cost access to LDC data. Consult the LDC Data Scholarships<https://www.ldc.upenn.edu/language-resources/data/data-scholarships> page for more information about program rules and submission requirements. ________________________________ New publications: LORELEI Yoruba Representative Language Pack<https://catalog.ldc.upenn.edu/LDC2024T10> was developed by LDC and is comprised of approximately 7.2 million words of Yoruba monolingual text, 127,000 Yoruba words translated from English data, and 810,000 words of Yoruba-English parallel text. Approximately 77,000 words were annotated for named entities, over 25,000 words were annotated for full entity (including nominals and pronouns) and simple semantic annotation, and around 10,000 words were annotated for noun phrase chunking. Data was collected from discussion forum, news, reference, social network, and weblogs. The LORELEI (Low Resource Languages for Emergent Incidents) program was concerned with building human language technology for low resource languages in the context of emergent situations. Representative languages were selected to provide broad typological coverage. The knowledge base for entity linking annotation is available separately as LORELEI Entity Detection and Linking Knowledge Base (LDC2020T10)<https://catalog.ldc.upenn.edu/LDC2020T10>. 2024 members can access this corpus through their LDC accounts. Non-members may license this data for a fee. * Samrómur Synthetic<https://catalog.ldc.upenn.edu/LDC2024S12> was developed by the Language and Voice Lab, Reykjavik University<https://lvl.ru.is/> and contains 72 hours of Icelandic synthetic speech, transcripts and metadata. Source sentences were extracted from the Samrómur platform<https://samromur.is>, comprised of texts and transcripts covering various genres. Text was processed through a text-to-speech system developed by Reykjavik University's Language and Voice Lab to generate speech files. Synthesized speech was created with 44 voices (22 male, 22 female) at four different speed rates for a total of 220 speakers and 62,700 utterances (with 285 sentences/speaker). 2024 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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Universal Dependencies, release 2.15
by Dan Zeman 15 Nov '24

15 Nov '24

We are very happy to announce the twenty-first release of annotated treebanks in Universal Dependencies, v2.15, 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 *296* treebanks in v2.15 are annotated according to version 2 of the UD guidelines and represent the following *168* languages: Abaza, Abkhaz, Afrikaans, Akkadian, Akuntsu, Albanian, Amharic, Ancient Greek, Ancient Hebrew, Apurina, Arabic, Armenian, Assyrian, Azerbaijani, Bambara, Basque, Bavarian, Beja, Belarusian, Bengali, Bhojpuri, Bororo, Breton, Bulgarian, Buryat, Cantonese, Cappadocian, Catalan, Cebuano, Chinese, Chukchi, Classical Armenian, Classical Chinese, Coptic, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Egyptian, English, Erzya, 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, Indonesian, Irish, Italian, Japanese, Javanese, Kaapor, Kangri, Karelian, Karo, Kazakh, 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, Naija, Nayini, Neapolitan, Nheengatu, North Sami, Northwest Gbaya, Norwegian, Old Church Slavonic, Old East Slavic, Old French, Old Irish, Old Turkish, Ottoman Turkish, Pashto, Paumari, Persian, Pesh, Phrygian, Polish, Pomak, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Sanskrit, Scottish Gaelic, Serbian, Sinhala, Skolt Sami, Slovak, Slovenian, Soi, South Levantine Arabic, Spanish, Spanish Sign Language, Swedish, Swedish Sign Language, Swiss German, Tagalog, Tamil, Tatar, Teko, Telugu, Telugu English, Thai, Tswana, Tupinamba, Turkish, 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 168 languages belong to *33* families: Afro-Asiatic, Arawakan, Arawan, Austro-Asiatic, Austronesian, Basque, Bororoan, Chibchan, Chukotko-Kamchatkan, Code switching, Creole, Dravidian, Eskimo-Aleut, Indo-European, Japanese, Kartvelian, 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 May 2025. The size of the following 24 treebanks changed significantly since the last release: Abkhaz AbNC : 2444 → 6363 Albanian STAF : 0 → 3563 Beja Autogramm : 0 → 11951 Beja NSC : 5888 → 0 Cappadocian AMGiC : 0 → 451 Egyptian UJaen : 5515 → 14650 Georgian GLC : 2335 → 60173 Gwichin TueCL : 0 → 1008 Hebrew IAHLTknesset : 0 → 67007 Italian Old : 82644 → 122038 Korean KSL : 0 → 66989 Kyrgyz KTMU : 7451 → 23654 Nheengatu CompLin : 15036 → 19278 Northwest Gbaya Autogramm: 0 → 2417 Old East Slavic RNC : 95551 → 168064 Old East Slavic Ruthenian: 96803 → 111503 Pashto Sikaram : 0 → 995 Pesh ChibErgIS : 0 → 2508 Phrygian KUL : 0 → 1687 Portuguese DANTEStocks : 0 → 80997 Slovenian SST : 76341 → 98393 Spanish Sign Language LSE: 0 → 1393 Ukrainian ParlaMint : 0 → 51997 Uzbek UT : 0 → 5850 In total, the new release contains *1,939,085* sentences, 32,078,118 surface tokens and *32,741,781* syntactic words. Daniel Zeman, Joakim Nivre, Mitchell Abrams, Elia Ackermann, 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, 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, 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, Kepa Bengoetxea, İbrahim Benli, Yifat Ben Moshe, Ansu Berg, Gözde Berk, Riyaz Ahmad Bhat, Erica Biagetti, Eckhard Bick, Agnė Bielinskienė, Esma Fatıma Bilgin Taşdemir, Kristín Bjarnadóttir, Verena Blaschke, Rogier Blokland, Nina Böbel, Victoria Bobicev, Loïc Boizou, Johnatan Bonilla, Emanuel Borges Völker, Carl Börstell, Cristina Bosco, Gosse Bouma, Sam Bowman, Adriane Boyd, Anouck Braggaar, António Branco, Kristina Brokaitė, 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, Elizabeth Davidson, Leonel Figueiredo de Alencar, Mathieu Dehouck, Martina de Laurentiis, Marie-Catherine de Marneffe, 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, 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, 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, Jan Hajič, Jan Hajič jr., Mika Hämäläinen, Linh Hà Mỹ, Na-Rae Han, Muhammad Yudistira Hanifmuti, Takahiro Harada, Sam Hardwick, Kim Harris, Naïma Hassert, Dag Haug, 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, Sandra Jagodzińska, Siratun Jannat, Tomáš Jelínek, Apoorva Jha, Katharine Jiang, Mayank Jobanputra, Anders Johannsen, Hildur Jónsdóttir, Fredrik Jørgensen, Markus Juutinen, Hüner Kaşıkara, Nadezhda Kabaeva, Sylvain Kahane, Hiroshi Kanayama, Jenna Kanerva, Neslihan Kara, Ritván Karahóǧa, Andre Kåsen, Tolga Kayadelen, Sarveswaran Kengatharaiyer, Václava Kettnerová, Lilit Kharatyan, Jesse Kirchner, Elena Klementieva, Elena Klyachko, Petr Kocharov, Arne Köhn, Abdullatif Köksal, Kamil Kopacewicz, Timo Korkiakangas, Mehmet Köse, Alexey Koshevoy, Nelda Kote, Natalia Kotsyba, Barbara Kovačić, Jolanta Kovalevskaitė, Emmanuelle Kowner, Simon Krek, Parameswari Krishnamurthy, Sandra Kübler, Adrian Kuqi, Oğuzhan Kuyrukçu, Aslı Kuzgun, Sookyoung Kwak, Kris Kyle, Käbi Laan, Veronika Laippala, Lorenzo Lambertino, Israel Landau, Tatiana Lando, Septina Dian Larasati, 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, Nikola Ljubešić, Irina Lobzhanidze, Olga Loginova, 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, Emilia Milano, Aaron Miller, Yael Minerbi, Karina Mischenkova, Anna Missilä, Cătălin Mititelu, Maria Mitrofan, Yusuke Miyao, 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, 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, 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, Şaziye Betül Özateş, Merve Özçelik, Arzucan Özgür, Balkız Öztürk Başaran, Teresa Paccosi, Alessio Palmero Aprosio, Anastasia Panova, Thiago Alexandre Salgueiro Pardo, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, Syeda Shahzadi, Mo Shen, Atsuko Shimada, Gyu-Ho Shin, Hiroyuki Shirasu, Yana Shishkina, Muh Shohibussirri, Maria Shvedova, 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, Barbara Sonnenhauser, Shafi Sourov, Rachele Sprugnoli, Vivian Stamou, Steinþór Steingrímsson, Antonio Stella, 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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1st CfP: 9th SIGHUM Workshop on Computational Linguistics for Cultural Heritage, Social Sciences, Humanities and Literature
by Anna Kazantseva 14 Nov '24

14 Nov '24

LaTeCH-CLfL 2025: The 9th Joint SIGHUM Workshop on Computational Linguistics for Cultural Heritage, Social Sciences, Humanities and Literature to be held on May 3rd or 4th, 2025 in conjunction with NAACL 2025 <https://2025.naacl.org/> in Albuquerque, NM. https://sighum.wordpress.com/latech-clfl-2025/ First Call for Papers (with apologies for cross-posting) Organisers: Diego Alves, Yuri Bizzoni, Stefania Degaetano-Ortlieb, Anna Kazantseva, Janis Pagel, Stan Szpakowicz LaTeCH-CLfL 2025 is the ninth in a series of meetings for NLP researchers who work with data from the broadly understood arts, humanities and social sciences, and for specialists in those disciplines who apply NLP techniques in their work. The workshop continues a long tradition of annual meetings. The SIGHUM Workshops on Language Technology for Cultural Heritage, Social Sciences, and Humanities (LaTeCH) ran ten times in 2007-2016. The five Workshops on Computational Linguistics for Literature (CLfL) took place in 2012-2016. The first eight joint workshops (LaTeCH-CLfL) were held in 2017-2024. Topics and content In the Humanities, Social Sciences, Cultural Heritage and literary communities, there is increasing interest in, and demand for, NLP methods for semantic and structural annotation, intelligent linking, discovery, querying, cleaning and visualization of both primary and secondary data. This is even true of primarily non-textual collections, given that text is also the pervasive medium for metadata. Such applications pose new challenges for NLP research: noisy, non-standard textual or multi-modal input, historical languages, vague research concepts, multilingual parts within one document, and so no. Digital resources often have insufficient coverage; resource-intensive methods require (semi-) automatic processing tools and domain adaptation, or intense manual effort (e.g., annotation). Literary texts bring their own problems, because navigating this form of creative expression requires more than the typical information-seeking tools. Examples of advanced tasks include the study of literature of a certain period, author or sub-genre, recognition of certain literary devices, or quantitative analysis of poetry. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following: • adaptation of NLP tools to Cultural Heritage, Social Sciences, Humanities and literature; • automatic error detection and cleaning of textual data; • complex annotation schemas, tools and interfaces; • creation (fully- or semi-automatic) of semantic resources; • creation and analysis of social networks of literary characters; • discourse and narrative analysis/modelling, notably in literature; • emotion analysis for the humanities and for literature; • generation of literary narrative, dialogue or poetry; • identification and analysis of literary genres; • interpretability of large language models output for DH-related tasks (explainable AI); • linking and retrieving information from different sources, media, and domains; • low-resource and historical language processing; • modelling dialogue literary style for generation; • modelling of information and knowledge in the Humanities, Social Sciences, and Cultural Heritage; • profiling and authorship attribution; • search for scientific and/or scholarly literature; • work with linguistic variation and non-standard or historical use of language. Information for authors We invite papers on original, unpublished work in the topic areas of the workshop. In addition to long papers, we will consider short papers and system descriptions (demos). We also welcome position papers. Please find submission requirements on the website https://sighum.wordpress.com/latech-clfl-2025/. Important dates (tentative) Workshop paper due: January 30, 2025 Notification of acceptance: March 1, 2025 Camera-ready papers due: March 10, 2025 Workshop date: May 3rd or 4th, 2025 More on the organizers Diego Alves, Language Science and Technology, Saarland University Yuri Bizzoni, Center for Humanities Computing / School for Communication and Culture, Århus University Stefania Degaetano-Ortlieb, Language Science and Technology, Saarland University Anna Kazantseva, National Research Council Canada Janis Pagel, Department of Digital Humanities, University of Cologne Stan Szpakowicz, School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Ottawa Contact latech-clfl(a)googlegroups.com <mailto:latech-clfl@googlegroups.com>

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Call For papers: 1st Workshop for non Arabic Languages using Arabic script
by Amal Haddad 14 Nov '24

14 Nov '24

AbjadNLP 2025 [1] The 1st Workshop on NLP for Languages Using Arabic Script https://wp.lancs.ac.uk/abjad/cfp/ CALL FOR PAPERS CALL FOR PAPERS: THE 1ST WORKSHOP ON NLP FOR LANGUAGES USING ARABIC SCRIPT (ABJADNLP 2025) Co-located with COLING 2025 Conference, Abu Dhabi, UAE (19-20 January 2025) Submission URL [2] AbjadNLP is dedicated to advancing innovation and gaining deeper insights into Natural Language Processing (NLP) for languages that use the Arabic script. Our primary focus is on Abjad and Ajami languages that utilise the Arabic script or its variations. Traditionally associated with Semitic languages, Abjad scripts represent consonants in every syllable. In contrast, Ajami scripts denote the alphabetic use of the Arabic script in various African contexts, representing non-Arabic languages. We are interested in research on languages that fall under the Abjad or Ajami categories that use the Arabic script or any variations of it. We invite contributions, discussions, and explorations that delve deep into the unique linguistic structures, resources, challenges, and untapped potential presented by Abjad and Ajami languages within the realm of NLP and language resources. Our goal is to create synergies among researchers by addressing the diverse phenomena and challenges inherent in these rich linguistic traditions. The workshop is proud to highlight our connections with the Masakhane NLP community and collaborations with institutions worldwide, such as COMSATS on Urdu, and the long-standing UCREL NLP Group at Lancaster University, whose work encompasses over 20 languages worldwide, including Abjad and Ajami languages. Note: We chose the name Abjad for simplicity, but our focus includes Abjad and other languages that have adopted the Arabic and Perso-Arabic scripts, as well as Ajami languages. We acknowledge that Sorani Kurdish, when written in Arabic script, follows an alphabet style rather than an Abjad style. TOPICS OF INTEREST: * Core Technologies: morphological analysis, disambiguation, tokenisation, POS tagging, named entity detection, chunking, parsing, semantic role labelling, sentiment analysis, language modelling, etc. * Applications: machine translation, speech recognition, speech synthesis, optical character recognition, assistive technologies, social media, etc. * Resources and Tools: dictionaries, annotated data, corpora, orthography descriptions, font technology, glyph rendering, text input methodologies, spell-checking, speech-to-text solutions, BLARK descriptions, open access corpora. * Cultural and Sociolinguistic Considerations: text processing, transliteration challenges, and solutions, cultural contexts in NLP applications. SUBMISSION GUIDELINES: We follow the COLING 2025 standards for submission format and guidelines. Submissions should conform to the following types: * Long papers: Up to eight (8) pages, presenting substantial, original, completed, and unpublished work. * Short papers: Up to four (4) pages, describing a small focused contribution, negative results, system demonstrations, etc. KEY DATES: * 1st Call for Papers Announcement: 16 July 2024 * 2nd Call for Papers Announcement: 16 August 2024 * Paper Submission Deadline: 2 December 2024 * Notification of Paper Acceptance: 6 December 2024 * Camera-ready Paper Deadline: 13 December 2024 * Workshop Date: 19 or 20 January 2025 ORGANISING COMMITTEE: General Chair: Mo El-Haj, Lancaster University Programme Chairs: * Hugh Paterson III, Collaborative Scholar * Saad Ezzini, Lancaster University * Ignatius Ezeani, Lancaster University Review Committee: * Mahum Hayat Khan, University of La Rioja * Muhammad Sharjeel, COMSATS University Islamabad Publication Chair: Sina Ahmadi, University of Zurich Publicity Chairs: * Cynthia Amol, Maseno University * Amal Haddad Haddad, University of Granada * Jaleh Delfani, University of Surrey Advisory Committee: * Ruslan Mitkov, Lancaster University * Paul Rayson, Lancaster University -- Amal Haddad Haddad (She/her) Facultad de Traducción e Interpretación Universidad de Granada |https://www.ugr.es/personal/amal-haddad-haddad Lexicon Research Group |http://lexicon.ugr.es/haddad Co-Convenor, BAAL SIG 'Humans, Machines, Language'|https://r.jyu.fi/humala Event Coordinator, BAAL SIG 'Language, Learning and Teaching' =============== Cláusula de Confidencialidad: "Este mensaje se dirige exclusivamente a su destinatario y puede contener información privilegiada o confidencial. 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CFP: International Workshop on Nakba Narratives as Language Resources
by Amal Haddad 14 Nov '24

14 Nov '24

NAKBA-NLP 2025 The 1st International Workshop on Nakba Narratives as Language Resources Part of the COLING-2025 [1] Conference Abu Dhabi, UAE (Fully Virtual) January 20, 2025 CALL FOR PAPERS We invite submissions for Nakba-NLP 2025, a workshop dedicated to the exploration and preservation of Nakba narratives through the application of artificial intelligence, natural language processing, and corpus linguistics. All submitted papers should explain their relevance to the topic of 'Nakba Narratives as Language Resources'. The organisers reserve the right to reject any papers that incite hatred, refute established facts, or undermine the suffering of individuals. We seek contributions on the following issues of interest: * Digitisation of oral and written narratives * Creation and labeling of language corpora and datasets * Digital archives, metadata, and semantic/content mark-up * Annotation tools and annotation guidelines * Document classification, topic modeling, and information retrieval * Named entity recognition for identifying people, places, organizations, and events * Entity linking and relationship extraction * Event detection and event argument extraction * Knowledge Graphs and Linked Data * Vocabularies, dictionaries, and ontologies * Data visualisation * Knowledge representation * Machine translation, summarisation, and paraphrasing * Natural Language Generation * Large Language Models * Sentiment analysis and emotional content extraction * Discourse analysis (e.g., bias, offensive language, and misinformation) related to Nakba narratives * Voice & dialogue-based systems; ASR * Palestinian dialects (written and spoken) Participants are invited to use the following archives: Institute for Palestine Studies [2], The Palestinian Museum [3], Nakba-Archive [4], POHA [5],Alhaq [6],ICHR [7], as well as Wikipedia and the Wikidata Knowledge Graph. SUBMISSION DETAILS All submitted papers must clearly state and explain their relevance to the topic of 'Nakba Narratives as Language Resources'. The organisers reserve the right to reject any papers that incite hatred, refute established facts, or undermine the suffering of individuals. Submissions may be of two types: * Long papers - up to eight (8) pages maximum, presenting substantial, original, completed, and unpublished work. * Short papers - up to four (4) pages, describing a small focused contribution, negative results, system demonstrations, etc. The workshop supports the COLING anti-harassment policy: Policy [8]. COLING 2025 submission templates: Template [9]. Submission URL: Please submit here [10]. IMPORTANT DATES * Submission Deadline: 25 November 2024 * Notifications of Acceptance: 5 December 2024 * Camera Ready Deadline: 13 December 2024 (cannot be changed). Links: ------ [1] https://coling2025.org/ [2] https://www.palestine-studies.org/ [3] https://palmuseum.org/en [4] https://www.nakba-archive.org/ [5] https://libraries.aub.edu.lb/poha/ [6] https://www.alhaq.org/ [7] https://www.ichr.ps/en [8] https://coling2022.org/policy [9] https://coling2025.org/calls/main_conference_papers/ [10] https://softconf.com/coling2025/Nakba-NLP25/

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11th International Conference on Computational Social Science
by Nina Tahmasebi 14 Nov '24

14 Nov '24

We are pleased to announce the Call for Abstracts for the 2025 IC2S2 conference taking place July 22-24 in Norrköping, Sweden Conference website: https://www.ic2s2-2025.org Important dates Abstract submission deadline: February 24, 2025 Notification of acceptance: April 18, 2025 Early-bird registration deadline: May 9, 2025 Conference days: July 22-24, 2025 Call for abstracts The International Conference on Computational Social Science (IC2S2) is the premier conference bringing together researchers from different disciplines interested in using computational and data-intensive methods to address relevant societal problems. IC2S2 hosts academics and practitioners in computational science, social science, complexity, and network science, and provides a platform for new research in the field of computational social science. Submission instructions Submissions are in the form of extended abstracts (max 2 pages) in PDF format, formatted according to the official LaTeX<https://www.ic2s2-2025.org/files/ic2s2_2025_latex_template.zip> or MS Word<https://www.ic2s2-2025.org/files/ic2s2_2025_word_template.docx> templates that can be downloaded from the submission website. The submission should include a title, a list of 5 keywords, and an extended abstract (serving as the main text of the submission). The abstract should outline the impact of the work, along with (if relevant) the main theoretical contribution, data and methods used, and findings. Authors are strongly encouraged to include figures and/or tables in their submission (note that figures will not count towards the page limit). Submitted abstracts will undergo a double-blind review process. Therefore, abstracts must be anonymized: do not include the author(s) names or affiliation(s) in the paper, and do not include funding or other acknowledgments. When submitting, authors will be also asked to provide a short summary paragraph that will be used during the review bidding phase. Submissions that violate these guidelines will be automatically rejected. Submissions will be non-archival, and thus the presented work can be already published, in preparation for publication elsewhere, or ongoing research. Abstracts will be reviewed by multiple members of a Program Committee composed of experts in computational social science. The accepted contributions will be selected for one of the following presentations: (i) a lightning talk (~6 mins) in a plenary session, (ii) an oral presentation in parallel tracks (~15 mins), or (iii) a poster presentation session. Lightning talks will be preferentially assigned to those requesting this form of presentation at submission and to early career researchers. In order to be included in the program, at least one of the authors must register for the conference by the early-bird registration deadline. Topics We welcome submissions on any topic in the field of computational social science, including (a) work that advances methods and approaches for computational social science, (b) data-driven work that describes and discovers social and cultural phenomena or explains and estimates relations between them and other things, and (c) theoretical work that generates new insights, connections and frameworks for computational social science research. Researchers across disciplines, faculty, graduate students, industry researchers, policy makers, and nonprofit workers are all encouraged to submit computational data-driven research and innovative computational methodological or theoretical contributions on social phenomena for consideration. Topics include but are not limited to: * Network analysis of social systems * Large-scale social experiments * Empirically calibrated simulation models * Large language models for social research * Text analysis and natural language processing (NLP) of social phenomena * Analysis of meaning through computational analysis of text, images, audio, video, etc. * Computational methods to map and study cultural patterns and dynamics * Agent-based or other simulation of social phenomena * Methods and issues of social data collection * Images as social data * Causal inference and machine learning * Methods and analyses of biased, selective, or incomplete observational social data * Integration and triangulation of multi-modal social and cultural data * Methods and analyses for social information / digital communication dynamics * Neural network methods for social analysis and policy exploration * Reproducibility in computational social science research * Theoretical discussions/concepts in computational social science * Ethics of computational research on human behavior * Issues of inclusivity in computational social science * Methods and analyses of algorithmic accountability and trustworthiness * Novel digital data and/or computational analyses for addressing societal challenges * Social news curation and collaborative filtering * Building and evaluating socio-technical systems * Methods and analyses of integrated human-machine decision-making * Science and technology studies approaches to computational science work * Infrastructure to facilitate industry/academic cooperation in computational social science * Computational social science research in industry, government, and philanthropy * Practical problems in computational social science Enquiries For any questions regarding abstract submissions, please write to: ic2s2-2025(a)liu.se<mailto:ic2s2-2025@liu.se> Please find attached a call for tutorials held on July 21 the day before the conference. We look forward to receiving your submissions. The organizers, Marc Keuschnigg, Peter Hedström, Sonia Yeh, Nina Tahmasebi, Yuan Liao, and Martin Arvidsson Nina N. Tahmasebi, Associate Professor Change is Key! • University of Gothenburg nina.tahmasebi(a)gu.se https://changeiskey.org/ https://languagechange.org/ http://tahmasebi.se/ https://gu-se.zoom.us/my/ninatahmasebi “Intelligence + Effort = Achievement" S. Mendaglio

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ALTA2024 Workshop - Registrations now open
by Kathy Reid 14 Nov '24

14 Nov '24

Dear Colleagues, We're delighted to announce that registrations for the 22nd Australasian Language Technology Association Workshop - #ALTA2024 - are now open via Humanitix<https://events.humanitix.com/alta-2024?hxchl=mkt-sch>. ALTA, aligned with the Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL), is the premier venue for research on natural language processing (NLP), information retrieval and extraction and related topics in Australasia. This year, we're delighted to host outstanding keynotes and panellists including Professor Eduard Hovy of the University of Melbourne, Professor Steven Bird of Charles Darwin University and Professor Hannah Suominen of the Australian National University, with others to be announced. Our accepted papers this year were of a very high calibre and oral presentations will be delivered for long and short papers and for abstracts. ALTA 2024 will take place 2nd-4th December in the award-winning Birch building at Australian National University's Acton campus, Canberra, Australian National Territory. Website: https://alta2024.alta.asn.au Schedule to be announced shortly. With kind regards, on behalf of the ALTA 2024 Team: Dr Gabriela Ferraro, General Chair Professor Tim Baldwin, Program Chair Dr Sergio José Rodríguez Méndez, Program Chair Dr Nicholas Kuo, Program Chair Dr Anton Malko, Publication Chair Dr Dawei Chen, Technology Chair A/Prof Shunichi Ishihara, Finance Chair Charbel El-Khaissi, PhD candidate, Sponsorship Chair Ned Cooper, PhD candidate, Local Chair Kathy Reid, PhD candidate, Publicity Chair

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Call for Papers: Slav-NLP 2025: The 10th Workshop on NLP for Slaviclanguages
by Roman Yangarber 13 Nov '24

13 Nov '24

*Call for Papers * * Slav-NLP: The10thWorkshoponNLP for Slavic languages <http://bsnlp.cs.helsinki.fi/> co-located with ACL 2025, Vienna, Austria 31 July or 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 2025Sponsored by SIGSLAV: The ACL Special Interest Group on Slavic NLP Slavic languages play an important 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 a challenging task. The Slav-NLP Workshop gathers researchers from academia and industry. It aims to stimulate research in Slavic NLP, and foster the creation of tools and resources. The Workshops provides 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 glad to have an opportunity to organize Slav-NLP again in Central Europe. This Workshop addresses Natural Language Processing (NLP) for the Slavic languages. The 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, * coreference 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. This 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 a Shared Task on Detection and Classification of Persuasion Techniquesin Slavic languages in two types of texts: (a) parliamentary debateson highly-contested topics, and (b) social media postsrelated to the spread of 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 Language Learning Lab <https://www.helsinki.fi/language-learning-lab>

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PhD position on Data Diversity for Fair and Robust NLP
by d.p.nguyen＠uu.nl 13 Nov '24

13 Nov '24

Utrecht University, The Netherlands In NLP, there is a growing recognition that data quality is key to better language models, yet we still know very little about the link between data and model behavior. In this project, we will develop methods to measure the diversity of NLP datasets, assess the impact of diversity on NLP models, and improve data collection and model training. As a PhD student, you will develop innovative methods to measure the diversity of NLP datasets. A major focus will be on measuring the dataset diversity from a sociolinguistic perspective, considering language variation – such as styles and dialects - and combining (socio)linguistic insights with neural language modeling. You will also draw from relevant disciplines, particularly the social sciences, that have developed measurement approaches for diversity. Furthermore, you will carry out experiments to assess the impact of data diversity on NLP models, with a focus on fairness and robustness, and investigate ways to leverage data diversity to improve NLP models. You will join the NLP & Society Lab, headed by Dong Nguyen, where we work on a variety of topics, including computational sociolinguistics, analysis of online conversations, data-centered NLP, and evaluation of NLP models. We are part of the wider NLP group within the Department of Information and Computing Sciences of Utrecht University (UU), the Netherlands. For more details and to apply, visit the link below: https://www.uu.nl/en/organisation/working-at-utrecht-university/jobs/phd-po… (Deadline: Jan 5) Contact: Dong Nguyen (d.p.nguyen(a)uu.nl)

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ICLC-11: 2nd Call for Abstracts
by alexandr.rosen＠ff.cuni.cz 13 Nov '24

13 Nov '24

ICLC-11 11TH INTERNATIONAL CONTRASTIVE LINGUISTICS CONFERENCE Second Call for Abstracts September 17–19, 2025 Prague, Czech Republic The Faculty of Arts at Charles University in Prague is pleased to announce the 11th International Contrastive Linguistics Conference. The ICLC conference series, running since 1998, aims to promote fine-grained cross-linguistic research comprising two or more languages from a broad range of theoretical and methodological perspectives. Following the success of ICLC-10 in Mannheim 2023, ICLC-11 wants to bring together researchers from different linguistic subfields and neighbouring disciplines to continue the interdisciplinary dialog on comparing languages, to foster the development of an international community and to advance possible new areas of cross-linguistic research. See https://iclc11.ff.cuni.cz/ for more and note the submission deadline of February 24, 2025. We invite abstracts on a broad range of topics, including but not limited to: (1) Comparison of phenomena in two or more languages focused on any area and level of linguistic analysis: * lexicon * phonetics and phonology * morphology, syntax and morphosyntax, linguistic complexity * semantics, pragmatics, register and socio-cultural context (2) Methodological challenges and solutions in cross-linguistic research: * language corpora (multilingual, learner, and multimodal) and issues of linguistic annotation (e.g., Universal Dependencies) * comparability issues, tertia comparationis, language universals; experimental and naturalistic interaction data * AI and new digital tools in linguistic analysis * low-resourced languages (3) Contrastive linguistics in touch with related disciplines: * generative, model-theoretic, functional or cognitive (e.g., constructional) approches * historical, sociolinguistic and variationist perspectives; registers, multimodality, pragmatics, interculturality; language contact; language policy * cognitive and psycholinguistic approaches to bilingualism and multilingualism; language acquisition, language teaching and learning * translation studies The abstracts should present empirical research, well-defined research questions or hypotheses, details of the research approach and methods, theoretical insights, and (preliminary or expected) results. For details see https://iclc11.ff.cuni.cz/calls-and-circulars/call-for-papers/. PRELIMINARY PROGRAM * Parallel Oral Sessions * Poster Sessions * Keynote Speakers: Sabine De Knop (Université Saint-Louis, Bruxelles, Belgium) Volker Gast (Friedrich-Schiller-University, Jena, Germany) Dan Zeman (Charles University, Prague) * Panel Discussion IMPORTANT DATES 24.02.2025: Deadline for abstract submission 26.05.2025: Notification of acceptance 02.06.2025: Registration opens 16.06.2025: Deadline for revised abstract submission 30.06.2025: Last day for early bird registration 01.09.2025: Online registration closes 16.09.2025: Arrival, Registration, Get-together 17–19.09.2025: Conference ORGANIZING COMMITTEE * Mirjam Fried (chair) 1) * Viktor Elšík 1) * Jana Kocková 2) * Michal Křen 1) * Olga Nádvorníková 1) * Alexandr Rosen 1) 1) Charles University, Faculty of Arts 2) Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Slavonic Studies PROGRAM COMMITTEE: tba CONTACT INFORMATION Website: https://iclc11.ff.cuni.cz/ Email: iclc11(a)ff.cuni.cz

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MultiGEC-2025 shared task: test phase officially open
by Arianna Masciolini 13 Nov '24

13 Nov '24

MultiGEC-2025 shared task: test phase officially open We invite you to participate in the shared task on Multilingual Grammatical Error Correction, MultiGEC-2025, covering 12 languages: Czech, English, Estonian, German, Greek, Icelandic, Italian, Latvian, Russian, Slovene, Swedish and Ukrainian. The task has just entered its test phase, during which participants are invited to submit their system output to CodaLab: https://codalab.lisn.upsaclay.fr/competitions/20500 . The system submission deadline is November 20. The results will be presented on March 5th 2025, at the NLP4CALL workshop, colocated with the NoDaLiDa conference to be held in Estonia, Tallinn, on 2--5 March 2025. https://spraakbanken.gu.se/en/research/themes/icall/nlp4call-workshop-serie… The publication venue for system descriptions will be the proceedings of the NLP4CALL workshop, also co-published in the ACL anthology. Official system evaluation will be carried out on CodaLab (link comes later). To register for/express interest in the shared task, please fill in this form (https://forms.gle/nTPfARVqy1XmqT4t6). Note that you will be prompted to sign Terms of Use for the data at https://forms.gle/VLJ18WbwsxitEBYi7. The data access is personal, please do not forget to fill in the form. The GitHub page for the shared task is https://github.com/spraakbanken/multigec-2025/; task description and general information are also available on https://spraakbanken.gu.se/en/compsla/multigec-2025 * TASK DESCRIPTION In this shared task, your goal is to rewrite learner-written texts to make them grammatically correct or both grammatically correct and idiomatic, that is either adhering to the "minimal correction" principle or applying fluency edits. For instance, the text > My mother became very sad, no food. But my sister better five months later. can be corrected minimally as > My mother became very sad, and ate no food. But my sister felt better five months later. or with fluency edits as > My mother was very distressed and refused to eat. Luckily, my sister recovered five months later. For fair evaluation of both approaches to the correction task, we will provide two evaluation metrics, one favoring minimal correction, one suited for fluency-edited output (read more under Evaluation). We particularly encourage development of multilingual systems that can process all (or several) languages using a single model, but this is not a mandatory requirement to participate in the task. * DATA We provide training, development and test data for each of the languages. The training and development dataset splits are available through Github. Evaluation will be performed on a separate test set. See website for more detailed information: https://github.com/spraakbanken/multigec-2025/ Note: The English data is expected a bit later. * EVALUATION During the shared task, evaluation will be based on cross-lingually applicable automatic metrics: - reference-based: - GLEU score - Precision, Recall, F0.5 score - reference-free: Scribendi score After the shared task, we also plan on carrying out a human evaluation experiment on a subset of the submitted results. * TIMELINE - June 18, 2024 - first call for participation ✓ - September 20, 2024 - second call for participation ✓ - October 20, 2024 - third call for participation. Training and validation data released ✓ - October 31, 2024 - reminder. CodaLab opens for team registrations, validation phase starts ✓ - November 13, 2024 - test phase starts ✓ - November 20, 2024 - system submission deadline (system output) - November 29, 2024 - results announced - December 16, 2024 - paper submission deadline with system descriptions - January 20, 2025 - paper reviews sent to the authors - February 3, 2025 - camera-ready deadline - March 5, 2025 - presentations of the systems at the NLP4CALL workshop * PUBLICATION We encourage you to submit a paper with your system description to the NLP4CALL workshop special track. We follow the same requirements for paper submissions as the NLP4CALL workshop, i.e. we use the same template and apply the same page limit. All papers will be reviewed by the organizing committee. Upon paper publication, we encourage you to share models, code, fact sheets, extra data, etc. with the community through GitHub or other repositories. * ORGANIZERS - Arianna Masciolini, University of Gothenburg, Sweden - Andrew Caines, University of Cambridge, UK - Orphée De Clercq, Ghent university, Belgium - Joni Kruijsbergen, Ghent university, Belgium - Murathan Kurfali, Stockholm University, Sweden - Ricardo Muñoz Sánchez, University of Gothenburg, Sweden - Elena Volodina, University of Gothenburg, Sweden - Robert Östling, Stockholm University, Sweden * DATA PROVIDERS - Czech: -- Alexandr Rosen, Charles University, Prague - English: -- Andrew Caines, University of Cambridge - Estonian: -- Mark Fishel, University of Tartu, Estonia -- Kais Allkivi-Metsoja, Tallinn University, Estonia -- Kristjan Suluste, Eesti Keele Instituut, Estonia - German: -- Andrea Horbach, IPN / CAU Kiel, Germany -- Josef Ruppenhofer, FernUniversität in Hagen, Germany -- Katrin Wisniewski, Universität Leipzig -- Torsten Zesch, FernUniversität in Hagen, Germany - Greek: -- Alex Tantos, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki -- Konstantinos Tsiotskas, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki -- Vassilis Varsamopoulos, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki -- Pinelopi Kikilintza, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki -- Elena Drakonaki, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki -- Eleni Tsourilla, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki -- Despoina-Ourania Touriki, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki - Icelandic: -- Isidora Glisič, University of Iceland - Italian: -- Jennifer-Carmen Frey, Eurac Research Bolzano, Italy -- Lionel Nicolas, Eurac Research Bolzano, Italy - Latvian: -- Roberts Darģis, University of Latvia -- Ilze Auzina, University of Latvia - Russian: -- Alla Rozovskaya, City University of New York (CUNY), USA - Slovene: -- Špela Arhar Holdt, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia -- Aleš Žagar, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia - Swedish: -- Arianna Masciolini, University of Gothenburg, Sweden - Ukrainian: -- Oleksiy Syvokon, Microsoft -- Mariana Romanyshyn, Grammarly * CONTACT Please join the MultiGEC-2025 Google group (https://groups.google.com/g/multigec-2025) in order to ask questions, hold discussions and browse for already answered questions.

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1st CFP: Second Workshop on Patient-Oriented Language Processing (CL4Health) @ NAACL 2025
by Paul Thompson 12 Nov '24

12 Nov '24

Second Workshop on Patient-Oriented Language Processing (CL4Health) @ NAACL 2025 https://bionlp.nlm.nih.gov/cl4health2025/ Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA SCOPE CL4Health fills the gap among the different biomedical language processing workshops by providing a general venue for a broad spectrum of patient-oriented language processing research. The second workshop on patient-oriented language processing follows the successful inaugural CL4Health workshop (co-located with LREC-COLING 2024), which clearly demonstrated the need for a computational linguistics venue that focuses on language related to health of the public. CL4Health is concerned with the resources, computational approaches, and behavioral and socio-economic aspects of the public interactions with digital resources in search of health-related information that satisfies their information needs and guides their actions. The workshop invites papers concerning all areas of language processing focused on patients' health and health-related issues concerning the public. The issues include, but are not limited to accessibility and trustworthiness of health information provided to the public; explainable and evidence-supported answers to consumer-health questions; accurate summarization of patients' health records at their health-literacy level; understanding patients' non-informational needs through their language, and accurate and accessible interpretations of biomedical research. The topics of interest for the workshop include but are not limited to the following: * Health-related information needs and online behaviors of the public; * Quality assurance and ethics considerations in language technologies and approaches applied to text and other modalities for public consumption; * Summarization of data from electronic health records for patients; * Detection of misinformation in consumer health-related resources and mitigation of potential harms; * Consumer health question answering (Community Question Answering)(CQA); * Biomedical text simplification/adaptation; * Dialogue systems to support patients' interactions with clinicians, healthcare systems, and online resources; * Linguistic resources, data and tools for language technologies focusing on consumer health; * Infrastructures and pre-trained language models for consumer health; SHARED TASK Perspective-aware Healthcare Answer Summarization (PerAnsSumm) will be co-located with the workshop. In community / consumer health question answering, several aspects, such as question understanding and answer generation, have been studied for over a decade. A new and important question posed by this task is the different perspectives provided in the answers to questions posted to online forums. The responses to the questions offer different answer perspectives, e.g., personal experiences, factual information, and suggestions. Traditionally, the CQA answer summarization task has focused on a single best-voted answer as a reference summary. A single answer does not capture all the perspectives. Moreover, a structured presentation of the information in the form of perspective-specific summaries may be more useful for the end-users. To address these gaps, this challenge introduces a novel perspective-specific answer summarization task within a CQA setup. The task will use the Perspective-aware healthcare Answer SuMmarizAtion (PUMA) dataset, a corpus of medical question-answer pairs created by the task organizers. The PUMA dataset consists of 3,167 CQA threads with approximately 10K answers filtered from the Yahoo! L6 corpus. Each answer in PUMA is annotated with five perspective spans: ‘cause’, ‘suggestion’, ‘experience’, ‘question’, and ‘information’. IMPORTANT DATES (Tentative) January 30, 2025 -Workshop Paper Due Date️: March 1, 2025 - Notification of acceptance: March 10, 2025 - Camera-ready papers due: April 8, 2025 - Pre-recorded video due (hard deadline): May 3 OR 4, 2025 - Workshop SUBMISSIONS Two types of submissions are invited: - Full papers: should not exceed eight (8) pages of text, plus unlimited references. These are intended to be reports of original research. - Short papers: may consist of up to four (4) pages of content, plus unlimited references. Appropriate short paper topics include preliminary results, application notes, descriptions of work in progress, etc. Electronic Submission: Submissions must be electronic and in PDF format, using the Softconf START conference management system. Submissions need to be anonymous. The submission site will be announced shortly. Dual submission policy: papers may NOT be submitted to the workshop if they are or will be concurrently submitted to another meeting or publication. MEETING The workshop will be hybrid. Virtual attendees must be registered for the workshop to access the online environment. Accepted papers will be presented as posters or oral presentations based on the reviewers’ recommendations. ORGANIZERS - Dina Demner-Fushman, US National Library of Medicine - Sophia Ananiadou, National Centre for Text Mining and University of Manchester, UK - Paul Thompson, National Centre for Text Mining and University of Manchester, UK - Deepak Gupta, US National Library of Medicine -- Paul Thompson Research Fellow Department of Computer Science National Centre for Text Mining Manchester Institute of Biotechnology University of Manchester 131 Princess Street Manchester M1 7DN UK http://personalpages.manchester.ac.uk/staff/Paul.Thompson/

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Edge Hill Corpus Research Group: Meeting #13
by Costas Gabrielatos 12 Nov '24

12 Nov '24

The next meeting of the Edge Hill Corpus Research Group will take place online (via MS Teams) on Friday 15 November 2024, 2-4 pm (GMT) Topic: Discourse-Oriented Corpus Studies 2-3 pm Katia Adimora (Edge Hill University) Mexican immigration/immigrants in American and Mexican newspapers 3-4 pm Dan Malone (Edge Hill University) When is the extreme also typical? Using prototypicality to investigate representations of the lone-wolf terrorist Attendance is free. The abstracts and registration link are here: https://sites.edgehill.ac.uk/crg/next Registration closes tomorrow (Wednesday 13 November) at 11 am (GMT). If you have problems registering, or have any questions, please contact me: 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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Postdoc position at Cardiff University
by Steven Schockaert 11 Nov '24

11 Nov '24

Location: Cardiff, UK Deadline for applications: 25th November Start date: available immediately End date: 30th April 2027 Keywords: natural language processing, neuro-symbolic AI, graph neural networks, commonsense reasoning Details about the post Applications are invited for a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Cardiff University School of Computer Science & Informatics, to work on the EPSRC Open Fellowship project ReStoRe (Reasoning about Structured Story Representations), which is focused on story-level language understanding. The overall aim of this project is to develop methods for learning graph-structured representations of stories. For this post, the specific focus will be on developing neuro-symbolic reasoning strategies to fill the gap between what is explicitly stated in a story and what a human reader would infer by “reading between the lines”. More details about the post and instructions on how to apply are available at https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DKK088/research-associate

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Neurocognition, Language and Visual Processing (NLVP) talk series, Dec 2024 & Jan 2025 (Zoom and University of Exeter)
by h.dong2＠exeter.ac.uk 11 Nov '24

11 Nov '24

We are happy to announce the next online seminar in the Neurocognition, Language and Visual Processing (NLVP) series organized by the NLVP group and IDSAI at the University of Exeter. You can check the slides, videos of previous talks and the schedule for upcoming talks here: https://sites.google.com/view/neurocognit-lang-viz-group/seminars Zoom meeting link: https://Universityofexeter.zoom.us/j/93707609239?pwd=ErfOgIy30fwkAH7V5iFFVg… (Meeting ID: 937 0760 9239 Password: 259613) ***Seminar 1: Thursday, 12 Dec 2024, 16:00 to 17:00, BST*** Speaker: Dr Vered Shwartz (University of British Columbia) Title: Navigating Cultural Adaptation of LLMs: Knowledge, Context, and Consistency Abstract: Despite their amazing success, large language models and vision and language models suffer from several limitations. This talk focuses on one of these limitations: the models’ narrow Western, North American, or even US-centric lens, as a result of training on web text and images primarily from US-based users. As a result, users from diverse cultures that are interacting with these tools may feel misunderstood and experience them as less useful. Worse still, when such models are used in applications that make decisions about people’s lives, lack of cultural awareness may lead to models perpetuating stereotypes and reinforcing societal inequalities. In this talk, I will present a line of work from our lab aimed at quantifying and mitigating this bias. Speaker's short bio: Vered Shwartz is an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at the University of British Columbia, and a CIFAR AI Chair at the Vector Institute. Her research interests include commonsense reasoning, computational semantics and pragmatics, multimodal models, and cultural considerations in NLP. Previously, Vered was a postdoctoral researcher at the Allen Institute for AI (AI2) and the University of Washington, and received her PhD in Computer Science from Bar-Ilan University. ***Seminar 2: Thursday, 16 Jan 2025, 15:00 to 16:00, BST*** Speaker: Prof Roberto Navigli (Sapienza University of Rome) Title: What's Behind Text? The Long, Challenging Path Towards a Unified Language-Independent Representation of Meaning Abstract: In the era of Large Language Models (LLMs), the pursuit of a unified, language-independent representation of meaning remains both essential and complex. This talk revisits the rationale for advancing semantic understanding beyond the capabilities of LLMs and highlights the development of a large-scale multilingual inter-task resource like MOSAICo and the design of innovative methods that bridge word- and sentence-level meanings across languages. I will also explore how building a robust, multilingual framework for interpreting meaning with greater precision and depth enhances the quality and reliability of system outputs, including text generated by LLMs. Speaker's short bio: Roberto Navigli is Professor of Natural Language Processing at the Sapienza University of Rome, where he leads the Sapienza NLP Group. He has received two ERC grants on lexical and sentence-level multilingual semantics, highlighted among the 15 projects through which the ERC transformed science. He received several prizes, including two Artificial Intelligence Journal prominent paper awards and several outstanding/best paper awards from ACL. He is the co-founder of Babelscape, a successful deep-tech company which enables NLU in dozens of languages. He served as Associate Editor of the Artificial Intelligence Journal (2013-2020) and Program Co-Chair of ACL-IJCNLP 2021. He is a Fellow of ACL, ELLIS and EurAI and currently serves as General Chair of ACL 2025. Check past and upcoming seminars at the following url: https://sites.google.com/view/neurocognit-lang-viz-group/seminars. If you want to follow future NLVP seminars, you are welcome to join our *Google group*: https://groups.google.com/g/neurocognition-language-and-vision-processing-g… Best wishes, Hang Dong (https://computerscience.exeter.ac.uk/staff/hd524) on behalf of the NLVP group (https://sites.google.com/view/neurocognit-lang-viz-group/members)

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New discourse parsing framework - eRST
by Amir.Zeldes＠georgetown.edu 11 Nov '24

11 Nov '24

*Apologies for cross-postings* � eRST – enhanced Rhetorical Structure Theory � We are delighted to introduce a new parsing framework and datasets for discourse relation recognition: eRST is an ehanced version of Rhetorical Structure Theory which allows multiple, concurrent and non-projective discourse relations in a formally constrained graph, aligned to a large inventory of discourse relation signals, based on the Signaling Corpus taxonomy. Signals are divided into 9 classes and 45 sub-classes, including traditional discourse markers such as PDTB-style connectives, but also lexical, syntactic and semantic signals, such as repetition, lexical chains and anaphoric relations. � eRST is described in depth in this paper: � Zeldes, Amir, Aoyama, Tatsuya, Liu, Yang Janet, Peng, Siyao, Das, Debopam and Gessler, Luke (2024) "eRST: A Signaled Graph Theory of Discourse Relations and Organization". Computational Linguistics, 1–47. https://direct.mit.edu/coli/article/doi/10.1162/coli_a_00538/124464/eRST-A-… � You can also find an overview at the following website, as well as analyses for nearly 250K words of English in 24 spoken and written text types, from the freely available UD English GUM and GENTLE corpora: � https://gucorpling.org/erst/ � If you want to learn more and are participating in EMNLP in Miami this week, please check out our talk on Wednesday! And if you are interested in shallow discourse parsing, please check out our paper on Tuesday and the aligned PDTB3-style relations for the same data in this paper: https://aclanthology.org/2024.emnlp-main.684/ �

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Digital lexicography and lexical computing workshop, Bari, Italy
by Ondřej Matuška 11 Nov '24

11 Nov '24

*<Lexicom/>* a workshop in digital lexicography and lexical computing *Registration open* *Bari, Italy*15 – 19 September 2025 Your 5 days to get up-to-date with the latest developments in *corpus-driven lexicography* and to practice your *corpus building and corpus query skills* with some of the top experts in the field. For the programme, lecturers, invited speakers, fees and registration, visit this website *lexicom.courses <https://lexicom.courses/upcoming-lexicom/>* I hope to meet you in Bari in September! Ondřej *Ondřej Matuška* sketchengine.eu <http://www.sketchengine.eu/> | Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/SketchEngine/> | LinkedIn <https://www.linkedin.com/in/ondrejmatuska> | Twitter <https://twitter.com/SketchEngine>

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NTCIR-18 - CALL FOR TASK PARTICIPATION - June 2025, Tokyo, Japan
by CHUNG-CHI CHEN 11 Nov '24

11 Nov '24

[apologies if you receive multiple copies of this call] NTCIR-18 tasks: https://research.nii.ac.jp/ntcir/ntcir-18/tasks.html NTCIR-18 registration: https://research.nii.ac.jp/ntcir/ntcir-18/howto.html ____________________________________________________________ NTCIR-18 (June 10-13, 2025, Tokyo, Japan) now calls for task participation of anyone interested in research on information access technologies and their evaluation, such as retrieval from a large amount of document collections, question answering and natural language processing. We welcome students, young researchers, professors who supervise students, researchers working for a company, and anyone who is interested in informatics. == What is NTCIR? == Development of Information Access technologies based on techniques of Information Retrieval, Natural Language Processing, and Database Management becomes increasingly more important for many applications, (e.g., providing effective access to Web resources and text archives, and analyzing big data obtained from various kinds of sensors). It is indispensable for developing such technologies to experimentally evaluate them by using test collections constructed under collaborations of many researchers. Over the past 20 years, NTCIR has been formulating the infrastructure for the evaluation, and contributing to development of the Information Access technologies. A total of over 80 "evaluation tasks" have been organized, attracting over 1,000 participant research groups worldwide so far. Furthermore, over 4,600 research groups have signed up to use the NTCIR test collections in their research. Consequently, NTCIR has been a major forum for researchers to intensively discuss the evaluation methodology of emerging information access technologies. == NTCIR-18 Tasks == NTCIR-18 Program Committee has selected 10 tasks. The overview slide of each task is available at the kick-off page: https://research.nii.ac.jp/ntcir/ntcir-18/kickoffcfp.html For more details, please visit the websites of each task: Task Overview page: https://research.nii.ac.jp/ntcir/ntcir-18/tasks.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- NTCIR-18 Tasks Core Tasks AEOLLM: Automatic Evaluation of LLMs - https://aeollm.github.io/ FairWeb-2: The Second Fair Web Task - sakailab.com/fairweb2/ FinArg-2: Temporal Inference of Financial Arguments - https://sites.google.com/nlg.csie.ntu.edu.tw/ntcir-18-finarg-2/ <https://sites.google.com/nlg.csie.ntu.edu.tw/ntcir-18-finarg-2/finarg-2> Lifelog-6: Personal Lifelog Organisation & Retrieval Task - http://lifelogsearch.org/ntcir-lifelog/ RadNLP: Natural Language Processing for Radiology - https://sociocom.naist.jp/radnlp-2024 MedNLP-CHAT Medical Natural Language Processing for AI Chat - https://sociocom.naist.jp/mednlp-chat Transfer-2: Resource Transfer Based Dense Retrieval - https://github.com/ntcirtransfer/transfer2/discussions Pilot Tasks HIDDEN-RAD: Hidden Causality Inclusion in Radiology Report Generation - https://sites.google.com/view/ntcir-18-hidden-rad/hidden-rad SUSHI: Searching Unseen Sources for Historical Information - https://sites.google.com/view/ntcir-sushi-task/ U4: Unifying, Understanding, and Utilizing Unstructured Data in Financial Reports - https://sites.google.com/view/ntcir18-u4/ == How to Participate == 1. Please carefully read "How to Participate to NTCIR-18 Task(s)": https://research.nii.ac.jp/ntcir/ntcir-18/howto.html 2. Please register at https://ntcir.nii.ac.jp/index.php/ntcir-18-registration-form/ The datasets of each task will be delivered to the team after registration (the date may vary depending on the task). Registration Due (Depend on the task): Nov. 1st, 2024 (Passed) - FairWeb-2: The Second Fair Web Task Nov. 15th, 2024 - SUSHI Searching Unseen Sources for Historical Information Dec. 1st, 2024 - RadNLP: Natural Language Processing for Radiology Dec. 16th, 2024 - Transfer-2: Resource Transfer Based Dense Retrieval Dec. 28th, 2024 - U4: Unifying, Understanding, and Utilizing Unstructured Data in Financial Reports Jan 8th, 2025 - HIDDEN-RAD: Hidden Causality Inclusion in Radiology Report Generation Jan 15th, 2025 - AEOLLM: Automatic Evaluation of LLMs - FinArg-2: Temporal Inference of Financial Arguments - Lifelog-6: Personal Lifelog Organisation & Retrieval Task Jan 17th, 2025 - MedNLP-CHAT: Medical Natural Language Processing for AI Chat == Schedule == (*Schedule can be different for different tasks. Please visit webpages of each task for the details.) Sep 2024-Feb 2025 Formal run* Feb 1, 2025 Evaluation results return Feb 1, 2025 Task overview release (draft) Mar 1, 2025 Submission due of participant papers (draft) May 1, 2025 Camera-ready participant paper due Jun 10-13, 2025 NTCIR-18 Conference (At the NTCIR-18 Conference, an online presentation will be available) == Questions? == For information regarding the task specifications etc., please contact the NTCIR Program Chairs: ntc18-pcc(a)nii.ac.jp or task organizers. For information regarding the online registration and previous NTCIR test collections, please contact the NTCIR office: ntc-secretariat(a)nii.ac.jp We are looking forward to your participation! NTCIR-18 Program Co-Chairs: Qingyao Ai (Tsinghua University, China) Chung-Chi Chen (AIST, Japan) Shoko Wakamiya (NAIST, Japan) NTCIR-18 General Co-Chairs: Charles Clarke (University of Waterloo, Canada) Noriko Kando (National Institute of Informatics, Japan) Makoto P. Kato (University of Tsukuba, Japan) Yiqun Liu (Tsinghua University, China)

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Call for Papers: Special Issue on Neurosymbolic Generative Models
by Kordjamshidi, Parisa 08 Nov '24

08 Nov '24

Apologies for cross-posting. We are pleased to announce a special issue of the Neurosymbolic Artificial Intelligence journal on the topic of "Neurosymbolic Generative Models". The full call for papers is available at: https://neurosymbolic-ai-journal.com/content/call-papers-special-issue-neur… Key dates: Submission deadline: November 15, 2024 Fast track submission deadline: December 15, 2024 Neurosymbolic Artificial Intelligence is an open access journal published by IOS Press. There are no fees for submission, publication or access to published articles. This special issue aims to bring together cutting-edge research on applying neurosymbolic AI techniques to Deep Generative Models (DGMs), such as large language models. We invite contributions on integrating neural and symbolic approaches to improve the performance, interpretability, and robustness of DGMs. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: Neurosymbolic approaches for learning and reasoning in DGMs Integration of expert knowledge in learning for DGMs Neurosymbolic AI for improving interpretability and explainability of DGMs Applications of neurosymbolic DGMs in various domains We also welcome survey papers and work on related topics like neural program synthesis for DGMs. SUBMISSION GUIDELINES Full papers and surveys are invited. Submissions must be original and not previously published or under consideration elsewhere. Authors can extend previously published conference/workshop papers (see guidelines for details). Submissions should be made through the journal website: https://neurosymbolic-ai-journal.com/ Please indicate in the cover letter that the submission is for the "Special Issue on Neurosymbolic Generative Models". For any questions, please contact the guest editors at: nesy-genai(a)googlegroups.com We look forward to your submissions! ------------------------------------------------ Kordjamshidi, Parisa Associate Professor Computer Science and Engineering Michigan State University http://www.cse.msu.edu/~kordjams/ Heterogeneous Learning & Reasoning Lab: https://hlr.github.io/ Woman, Life, Freedom

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[Andaluz.IA 2024] Call for registration
by Salud María Jiménez Zafra 08 Nov '24

08 Nov '24

(Spanish version below / Versión en español más abajo) ==================================================================== Call for Registration II Andaluz.IA Forum December 20, 2024, Antigua Escuela de Magisterio (Universidad de Jaén) https://sites.google.com/view/andaluzia ==================================================================== From ten Andalusian universities, the Joint Research Center of the European Commission, and several Andalusian researchers currently at other national and international institutions, we are organizing the II Andaluz.IA Forum <https://sites.google.com/view/andaluzia/home>, a meeting whose main objective is to show the potential and give visibility to the academic and research community in Artificial Intelligence in our region. This forum seeks to highlight the work of Andalusian scientists, both those who are currently working in Andalusia, as well as those who have spent part of their training or career in the region, regardless of their current place of work. The first edition of the Andaluz.IA forum <https://sites.google.com/view/andaluzia2023/> was organized at Universidad Pablo Olavide in Seville and this year it will take place at Universidad de Jaén. With this second edition, we want to continue highlighting the great potential for research and academic development in Artificial Intelligence that Andalusia has, in areas such as machine learning, deep learning, robotics and natural language processing. The event will be held in person on December 20, 2024 at the Antigua Escuela de Magisterio (Universidad de Jaén). Interested researchers can participate by presenting their results in oral or poster format, provided that they have been accepted in relevant conferences or journals in the area. In addition, professionals and companies wishing to participate may do so through sponsorship or direct participation by registering on the event's website. STRUCTURE OF THE EVENT The II Andaluz.IA Forum will feature two keynote lectures by two leading researchers, in particular the professor José Camacho-Collados from Cardiff University and the professor Laura Sevilla from University of Edinburgh. You can read more details about the keynotes at: https://sites.google.com/view/andaluzia/program/keynotes. Moreover, it will include two oral sessions and two poster sessions (one with coffee and one with lunch) in which the research results of the accepted participants' papers will be presented. In addition, there will be a panel discussion, a community wrap-up and a more relaxed final session with mantecados and turrón. Likewise, on December 19, the "Fundamentals of Deep Learning" workshop of the NVIDIA Deep Learning Institute training program will be held. More information about the workshop and registration can be found at: https://sites.google.com/view/andaluzia/program/nvidia-workshop. REGISTRATION We stand out that the early registration deadline is November 15, 2024, so we encourage you to take advantage of the fees of the early registration. All participants and attendees must register at https://sites.google.com/view/andaluzia/registration. IMPORTANT DATES ● Deadline for submission of papers: October 15, 2024 (extended October 24, 2024) ● Notification of acceptance: November 4, 2024 ● Deadline for registration at a reduced rate: November 15, 2024 CONTACT INFORMATION maite(a)ujaen.es sjzafra(a)ujaen.es ORGANIZING COMMITTEE https://sites.google.com/view/andaluzia/organisers ==================================================================== Llamada al Registro II Foro Andaluz.IA 20 de diciembre de 2024, Antigua Escuela de Magisterio de la Universidad de Jaén https://sites.google.com/view/andaluzia-es ==================================================================== Desde diez universidades andaluzas, el Joint Research Center de la Comisión Europea y algunos investigadores andaluces actualmente en otras instituciones nacionales e internacionales, estamos organizando el II Foro Andaluz.IA <https://sites.google.com/view/andaluzia/home>, un encuentro que tiene como objetivo principal mostrar el potencial y dar visibilidad a la comunidad académica y de investigación en Inteligencia Artificial de nuestra región. Este foro busca poner en valor el trabajo de los científicos andaluces, tanto los que actualmente desarrollan su labor en Andalucía, como aquellos que han llevado parte de su formación o carrera en la región, independientemente de su lugar de trabajo actual. La primera edición del foro Andaluz.IA <https://sites.google.com/view/andaluzia2023/> se organizó en la Universidad Pablo Olavide de Sevilla y este año tendrá lugar en la Universidad de Jaén. Con esta segunda edición, queremos continuar destacando el gran potencial de investigación y desarrollo académico en Inteligencia Artificial que posee Andalucía, en áreas como el aprendizaje automático, aprendizaje profundo, robótica y procesamiento del lenguaje natural. El evento se llevará a cabo de forma presencial el 20 de diciembre de 2024 en la Antigua Escuela de Magisterio de la Universidad de Jaén. Los investigadores interesados pueden participar presentando sus resultados en formato oral o póster, siempre que hayan sido aceptados en conferencias o revistas relevantes del área. Además, los profesionales y empresas que deseen participar podrán hacerlo a través de patrocinio o mediante participación directa, registrándose en la página web del evento. ESTRUCTURA DEL EVENTO El II Foro Andaluz.IA contará con dos ponencias a cargo de dos destacados investigadores, en concreto el profesor José Camacho-Collados de la Universidad de Cardiff y la profesora Laura Sevilla de la Universidad de Edimburgo. Pueden leer más detalles sobre las conferencias magistrales en: https://sites.google.com/view/andaluzia-es/programa/ponentes. Además, incluirá dos sesiones orales y dos sesiones de pósters (una con café y otra con almuerzo) en las que se presentarán los resultados de investigación de los trabajos de los participantes aceptados. Además, habrá una mesa redonda, una recapitulación comunitaria y una sesión final más distendida con mantecados y turrón. Asimismo, el 19 de diciembre se celebrará el taller «Fundamentos del Deep Learning» del programa de formación NVIDIA Deep Learning Institute. Más información sobre el taller e inscripciones en: https://sites.google.com/view/andaluzia-es/programa/taller-nvidia. REGISTRO El plazo de inscripción a precio reducido finaliza el 15 de Noviembre de 2024, por lo que les animamos a aprovechar la tarifa de la inscripción anticipada. Todos los participantes y asistentes deben registrarse en https://sites.google.com/view/andaluzia-es/registro. FECHAS IMPORTANTES ● Fecha tope de envío de trabajos: 15 de octubre de 2024 (extendida al 20 de octubre de 2024) ● Notificación de aceptación: 4 de noviembre de 2024 ● Fecha límite de registro a precio reducido: 15 de noviembre de 2024 INFORMACIÓN DE CONTACTO maite(a)ujaen.es sjzafra(a)ujaen.es COMITÉ ORGANIZADOR https://sites.google.com/view/andaluzia-es/organizadores [image: Universidad de Jaén] <http://www.uja.es/> *Salud María Jiménez Zafra* sjzafra(a)ujaen.es Universidad de Jaén Grupo de Investigación SINAI <http://sinai.ujaen.es/> | Departamento de Informática EPS Jaén, Edificio A3, Despacho 326 Campus Las Lagunillas s/n 23071 - Jaén | +34 953212992 [image: Universidad de Jaén] <http://www.uja.es/>

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Research position (PhD/PostDoc) at Bielefeld University, Germany
by Sina Zarrieß 08 Nov '24

08 Nov '24

The Computional Linguistics Group at Bielefeld University is looking for a ** Researcher (full-time, PhD or PostDoc) ** to work in a project on measuring linguistic creativity in different genres. The project is part of a newly established Collaborative Research Centre (CRC 1646) on “Linguistic Creativity in Communication” [1]. The announced position will focus on computational aspects of measuring linguistic creativity. A central task will be to develop sentence embedding models that disentangle style and content, based on language models for different literary and non-literary genres, and to work on the analysis of linguistic creativity in large language models, in collaboration with other projects of the CRC. The duration of the position is approx. 3 years (until the end of 2027). Deadline for applications: 20.11.2024 Contact: Sina Zarrieß (sina.zarriess(a)uni-bielefeld.de) Apply here: https://uni-bielefeld.hr4you.org/job/view/3794/research-position?page_lang=… [1] https://www.uni-bielefeld.de/fakultaeten/linguistik-literaturwissenschaft/f… -- Prof. Dr. Sina Zarrieß Computational Linguistics https://clause-bielefeld.github.io/ University of Bielefeld Universitätsstr. 25 33615 Bielefeld, Germany +49 521 106-2534

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PhD positions in Computational Linguistics, University of Manitoba
by Tristan Miller 06 Nov '24

06 Nov '24

The Computational Linguistics at Manitoba (CLAM) Lab [1] at the University of Manitoba [2] is offering funded PhD positions starting in 2025 for the following research topics: 1. Computational humour, with a focus on validation of linguistic theories of humour, translation of humour, and/or classification of aggressive humour. 2. Historical born-digital corpora, with a focus on constructing and analyzing structured, annotated text corpora from Usenet or other pre-Web archives. 3. Indigenous language technology, with a focus on developing digital resources for text processing, writing, typesetting, and/or language revitalization. We are seeking highly motivated candidates with a strong interest in linguistically informed approaches to these topics. ROLE DESCRIPTION Successful candidates will pursue a doctoral degree in the Computer Science [3] or Individual Interdisciplinary Studies [4] program while working as a graduate research assistant. In these roles, and supported by their supervisor(s), they will design and carry out scientific experiments, construct and analyze text corpora or other data sets, develop and publish research software, collaborate with local and international researchers, and write papers for high-quality journals and conferences. The prospective starting date is September 2025. QUALIFICATIONS Required: * A research-based Master's degree in computer science or a related discipline, together with a strong background in (computational) linguistics or natural language processing. (Candidates with a Master's degree in linguistics and strong technical and programming skills may also be considered.) * Fulfillment of the admission requirements for the Computer Science PhD program or the Individual Interdisciplinary Studies PhD program. * Ability to work both independently and as part of a team. Highly desirable: * Past research publications in computer science or linguistics * Knowledge of any of the following: * theories of verbal humour or verbal aggression * text corpora * history of computing (pre-WWW) * language tools and resources (dictionaries, wordnets, parsers, etc.) * an indigenous language (particularly one of the Anishinaabeg, Ininiwak, Anisininewuk, Dakota Oyate, Dene, or Métis people) ABOUT THE UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA The University of Manitoba [2] is consistently ranked among the top research-intensive universities in Canada [5]. Its strong and rapidly growing Department of Computer Science [6] advances research at the frontiers of artificial intelligence, human–computer interaction, autonomous agents, and other areas, with a track record of interdisciplinary and industry collaboration. Winnipeg [7], the sixth-largest city in Canada, and one of the most livable [8], boasts a vibrant, multicultural community and ample opportunities for sport, leisure, and entertainment. It is home to internationally renowned festivals, galleries, and museums; the historic Exchange District and The Forks; and ever-expanding research, education, and business sectors. From the Hudson Bay waters, across the farmland fields, to the pulse of the cities and towns, the province of Manitoba [9] has 100,000 lakes, 92 provincial parks, winding river valleys, and storied prairie skies. HOW TO APPLY Send the following to Dr. Tristan Miller [10] at Tristan.Miller(a)umanitoba.ca: * Your curriculum vitae * Copies of your degree certificates and transcripts * A copy of your Master's thesis and any academic publications * A cover e-mail that summarizes your interest in and aptitude for one of the three research topics above, with specific reference to your background and to any relevant projects or publications you were involved in. Applications will be accepted until December 1, 2024 or until the positions are filled. Applications are particularly encouraged from those who are women, non-binary, indigenous, or members of other underrepresented groups. Only those candidates who are shortlisted for an interview will be contacted. [1] https://clam.cs.umanitoba.ca/ [2] https://www.umanitoba.ca/ [3] https://umanitoba.ca/explore/programs-of-study/computer-science-phd [4] https://umanitoba.ca/explore/programs-of-study/individual-interdisciplinary… [5] https://u15.ca/about-us/our-members/ [6] https://www.cs.umanitoba.ca/ [7] https://www.tourismwinnipeg.com/ [8] https://www.economicdevelopmentwinnipeg.com/newsroom/read,post/1026/winnipe… [9] https://www.travelmanitoba.com/ [10] https://logological.org/ -- Dr. Tristan Miller, Assistant Professor Department of Computer Science, University of Manitoba https://clam.cs.umanitoba.ca/ | Tel. +1 204 474 6792

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PhD positions in Computational Linguistics, University of Manitoba
by Tristan Miller 06 Nov '24

06 Nov '24

The Computational Linguistics at Manitoba (CLAM) Lab [1] at the University of Manitoba [2] is offering funded PhD positions starting in 2025 for the following research topics: 1. Computational humour, with a focus on validation of linguistic theories of humour, translation of humour, and/or classification of aggressive humour. 2. Historical born-digital corpora, with a focus on constructing and analyzing structured, annotated text corpora from Usenet or other pre-Web archives. 3. Indigenous language technology, with a focus on developing digital resources for text processing, writing, typesetting, and/or language revitalization. We are seeking highly motivated candidates with a strong interest in linguistically informed approaches to these topics. ROLE DESCRIPTION Successful candidates will pursue a doctoral degree in the Computer Science [3] or Individual Interdisciplinary Studies [4] program while working as a graduate research assistant. In these roles, and supported by their supervisor(s), they will design and carry out scientific experiments, construct and analyze text corpora or other data sets, develop and publish research software, collaborate with local and international researchers, and write papers for high-quality journals and conferences. The prospective starting date is September 2025. QUALIFICATIONS Required: * A research-based Master's degree in computer science or a related discipline, together with a strong background in (computational) linguistics or natural language processing. (Candidates with a Master's degree in linguistics and strong technical and programming skills may also be considered.) * Fulfillment of the admission requirements for the Computer Science PhD program or the Individual Interdisciplinary Studies PhD program. * Ability to work both independently and as part of a team. Highly desirable: * Past research publications in computer science or linguistics * Knowledge of any of the following: * theories of verbal humour or verbal aggression * text corpora * history of computing (pre-WWW) * language tools and resources (dictionaries, wordnets, parsers, etc.) * an indigenous language (particularly one of the Anishinaabeg, Ininiwak, Anisininewuk, Dakota Oyate, Dene, or Métis people) ABOUT THE UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA The University of Manitoba [2] is consistently ranked among the top research-intensive universities in Canada [5]. Its strong and rapidly growing Department of Computer Science [6] advances research at the frontiers of artificial intelligence, human–computer interaction, autonomous agents, and other areas, with a track record of interdisciplinary and industry collaboration. Winnipeg [7], the sixth-largest city in Canada, and one of the most livable [8], boasts a vibrant, multicultural community and ample opportunities for sport, leisure, and entertainment. It is home to internationally renowned festivals, galleries, and museums; the historic Exchange District and The Forks; and ever-expanding research, education, and business sectors. From the Hudson Bay waters, across the farmland fields, to the pulse of the cities and towns, the province of Manitoba [9] has 100,000 lakes, 92 provincial parks, winding river valleys, and storied prairie skies. HOW TO APPLY Send the following to Dr. Tristan Miller [10] at Tristan.Miller(a)umanitoba.ca: * Your curriculum vitae * Copies of your degree certificates and transcripts * A copy of your Master's thesis and any academic publications * A cover e-mail that summarizes your interest in and aptitude for one of the three research topics above, with specific reference to your background and to any relevant projects or publications you were involved in. Applications will be accepted until December 1, 2024 or until the positions are filled. Applications are particularly encouraged from those who are women, non-binary, indigenous, or members of other underrepresented groups. Only those candidates who are shortlisted for an interview will be contacted. [1] https://clam.cs.umanitoba.ca/ [2] https://www.umanitoba.ca/ [3] https://umanitoba.ca/explore/programs-of-study/computer-science-phd [4] https://umanitoba.ca/explore/programs-of-study/individual-interdisciplinary… [5] https://u15.ca/about-us/our-members/ [6] https://www.cs.umanitoba.ca/ [7] https://www.tourismwinnipeg.com/ [8] https://www.economicdevelopmentwinnipeg.com/newsroom/read,post/1026/winnipe… [9] https://www.travelmanitoba.com/ [10] https://logological.org/ -- Dr. Tristan Miller, Assistant Professor Department of Computer Science, University of Manitoba https://clam.cs.umanitoba.ca/ | Tel. +1 204 474 6792

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Digital Research Data and Human Sciences in the Age of A.I. - call for registration
by Michael Pace-Sigge 06 Nov '24

06 Nov '24

Dear friends and colleagues (apologies for cross-posting) Digital Research Data and Human Sciences in the Age of A.I. Final Call for registration (ends 05/12/2024) University of Eastern Finland, Joensuu campus, December 10 ̶ 12, 2024 https://sites.uef.fi/drd-hum-2024/ Please register here: https://registration.contio.fi/uef/Registration/Login?id=7500-T_7500-8717 Today, there are many ways in which the human and social sciences use digital tools to investigate different aspects of human life and society. As the significance and use of digital resources continually expands into new fields of study, there are some disciplines which have already been working with digital methods for decades. This conference aims to present an overview of the current state of research in fields such as archival studies, cultural studies, history, linguistics, literature, performing and visual arts, philosophy where novel approaches are being made available through digital tools. The 2024 conference focusses on novel and innovative approaches to make use of digital applications, in particular in the light of the advent of machine learning and A.I. solutions. DRDHum 2024 is organized by the University of Eastern Finland. The first (D)RDHum Conference was hosted at the University of Oulu in 2019, where the focus was specifically on linguistic text corpora. The second conference, 2022 at the University of Jyväskylä was more expansive, looking at digital resources and technologies within the humanities and include multi-modal approaches. Plenary Speakers: Professor Katherine Bode, Australian National University Professor Anna Foka, Uppsala University, Sweden Professor Michaela Mahlberg, FAU, Germany Professor Tony McEnery, University of Lancaster, UK Dr Michael Pace-Sigge (he/him/his) School of Humanities Dept. of English Language and Culture University of Eastern Finland Room 155 Agora Tel.+ 358 (0) 504423473 P.O. Box 111 FI-80101 Joensuu Finland https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5164-5242 https://sites.uef.fi/drd-hum-2024/

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ENEOLI Survey on Studying and Documenting Neologisms: deadline extension
by kris.heylen＠ivdnt.org 05 Nov '24

05 Nov '24

Dear colleague, working on lexical innovation and neologisms, If you didn’t have the chance yet, we kindly invite you to participate in the ENEOLI survey on neology by November 15 and help us get valuable information about available resources for neology research and documentation: https://1ka.arnes.si/eneoli . The survey is being conducted as part of the European Network on Lexical Innovation (ENEOLI) Cost Action CA22126. Its objective is to gather insights into the methods, practices, tools, and resources used in neology, the study of lexical innovations, including both neologisms (new words or expressions) and new senses of existing words. We want to reach as many people as we can, so please share the survey with your colleagues, your local research and expert communities and through social media channels Best regards, On behalf of the ENEOLI action, Kris Heylen (Dutch Language Institute, Leiden, The Netherlands)

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[Extended Deadline] Call for Papers: The First Workshop on Language Models for Low-Resource Languages (LoResLM 2025@COLING)
by Ranasinghe, Tharindu 04 Nov '24

04 Nov '24

[Due to many requests, we have extended the submission deadline] Neural language models have revolutionised natural language processing (NLP) and have provided state-of-the-art results for many tasks. However, their effectiveness is largely dependent on the pre-training resources. Therefore, language models (LMs) often struggle with low-resource languages in both training and evaluation. Recently, there has been a growing trend in developing and adopting LMs for low-resource languages. LoResLM aims to provide a forum for researchers to share and discuss their ongoing work on LMs for low-resource languages. >> Topics LoResLM 2025 invites submissions on a broad range of topics related to the development and evaluation of neural language models for low-resource languages, including but not limited to the following. * Building language models for low-resource languages. * Adapting/extending existing language models/large language models for low-resource languages. * Corpora creation and curation technologies for training language models/large language models for low-resource languages. * Benchmarks to evaluate language models/large language models in low-resource languages. * Prompting/in-context learning strategies for low-resource languages with large language models. * Review of available corpora to train/fine-tune language models/large language models for low-resource languages. * Multilingual/cross-lingual language models/large language models for low-resource languages. * Applications of language models/large language models for low-resource languages (i.e. machine translation, chatbots, content moderation, etc. >> Important Dates * Paper submission due – 5th November 2024 12th November 2024 * Notification of acceptance – 25th November 2024 * Camera-ready due – 13th December 2024 * LoResLM 2025 workshop – 19th / 20th January 2025 co-located with COLING 2025 >> Submission Guidelines We follow the COLING 2025 standards for submission format and guidelines. LoResLM 2025 invites the submission of long papers of up to eight pages and short papers of up to four pages. These page limits only apply to the main body of the paper. At the end of the paper (after the conclusions but before the references), papers need to include a mandatory section discussing the limitations of the work and, optionally, a section discussing ethical considerations. Papers can include unlimited pages of references and an unlimited appendix. To prepare your submission, please make sure to use the COLING 2025 style files available here: * Latex - https://coling2025.org/downloads/coling-2025.zip * Word - https://coling2025.org/downloads/coling-2025.docx * Overleaf - https://www.overleaf.com/latex/templates/instructions-for-coling-2025-proce… Papers should be submitted through Softconf/START using the following link: https://softconf.com/coling2025/LoResLM25/ >> Organising Committee * Hansi Hettiarachchi, Lancaster University, UK * Tharindu Ranasinghe, Lancaster University, UK * Paul Rayson, Lancaster University, UK * Ruslan Mitkov, Lancaster University, UK * Mohamed Gaber, Birmingham City University, UK * Damith Premasiri, Lancaster University, UK * Fiona Anting Tan, National University of Singapore, Singapore * Lasitha Uyangodage, University of Münster, Germany >> Programme Committee * Burcu Can - University of Stirling, UK * Çağrı Çöltekin - University of Tübingen, Germany * Debashish Das - Birmingham City University, UK * Alphaeus Dmonte - George Mason University, USA * Daan van Esch - Google * Ignatius Ezeani - Lancaster University, UK * Anna Furtado - University of Galway, Ireland * Amal Htait - Aston University, UK * Ali Hürriyetoğlu - Wageningen University & Research, Netherlands * Danka Jokic - University of Belgrade, Serbia * Diptesh Kanojia - University of Surrey, UK * Jean Maillard - Meta * Maite Melero - Barcelona Supercomputing Centre, Spain * Muhidin Mohamed - Aston University, UK * Nadeesha Pathirana - Aston University, UK * Alistair Plum - University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg * Sandaru Seneviratne - Australian National University, Australia * Ravi Shekhar - University of Essex, UK * Taro Watanabe - Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Japan * Phil Weber - Aston University, UK URL - https://loreslm.github.io/ Twitter - https://x.com/LoResLM2025 Best Regards Tharindu Ranasinghe

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UCCTS 2025 - First Call for Papers
by Ekaterina Lapshinova-Koltunski 04 Nov '24

04 Nov '24

UCCTS 2025 - First Call for Papers The eighth edition of the UCCTS conference (www.uni-hildesheim.de/uccts2025) will be held on the 8-10th of September 2025 in Hildesheim, Germany. UCCTS conference series are meant to bring together researchers who collect, annotate, analyze corpora and/or use them to inform contrastive linguistics and translation theory and/or develop corpus-informed tools (in foreign language teaching, language testing and quality assessment, translation pedagogy, computer-aided/machine translation or other related NLP domains). We invite original submissions that open to various topics within empirical contrastive linguistics and translation studies (see below). We welcome interdisciplinary contributions that combine corpus data with other types of empirical data (e.g. experiment) and allow for an interplay between different methods and data types. Moreover, we encourage contributions applying information and computational technologies including Large Language Models (LLMs). Conference topics include: * Quantitative approaches in corpus-based contrastive and translation/interpreting studies, in particular with multi-methodological designs (corpus-based, corpus-driven, experimental) and advanced statistical modeling * Computational methods derived from NLP and data mining (e.g. computational semantics, pragmatics) applied to contrastive linguistics and translation studies * LLMs for contrastive linguistics and translation research (data annotation, data analysis, etc.) * Method and data triangulation: combined use of corpus data and methods and other sources of data * New or remodeled theoretical frameworks relevant to corpus-based contrastive and translation/interpreting studies * Presentation of new resources for contrastive and translation studies (spoken and multimodal corpora, sign language (interpreting) corpora, transcript datasets, corpora of low-resourced languages, lexicons, databases, etc.) * Linguistic variation of various types, e.g. variation driven by register or genre variation, learner language, target audience, mode of production, etc. * Cognitive approaches to translation (and other language product) properties * Analysis of non-canonical forms of (multilingual) communication * Corpus use in translator training, foreign language learning/teaching * Corpus use in multilingual (e-)lexicography and terminology * Quality assessment in (automatic) translation and interpreting * Non-canonical forms of translation/interpreting and multilingual communication * Corpus analysis of translation between close languages, from a third language, non-native translation, indirect/relay translation, etc. * Analysis of accessible communication (e.g. intralingual translation, audio-visual and audio-descriptive forms, etc.) The submissions are to be made in the form of anonymized extended abstracts (in PDF) that should be between 800 and 1000 words long (excluding references) by February 10, 2025. Apart from a clear outline of the aims and methods of the study, the abstracts should also provide (preliminary) results. The abstracts will be submitted through the Open review system and reviewed by at least two members of the scientific committee. The accepted contributions will be presented either as oral talks or as posters. All submissions must follow abstract submission instructions given below. Abstract text must be in single-spaced 12pt Arial font, with no indents and 1 inch borders on each side (2.54 cm). The title should be in 12pt Arial, bold and centered, in title case. Page numbers should be omitted. Figure and table captions should be in 10pt Arial font. Table and figure captions should appear below the table or figure. References must be in 9pt Arial font, in APA7 format.Publications The abstracts of the accepted papers will be published in an online book of abstracts. We also plan to publish selected papers in an edited volume or in a special issue of a journal. Further information will be communicated in due course. Important dates * Conference abstract submission due: Feb 10, 2025 * Notification of acceptance: April 14, 2025 * Final abstract version due: May 5, 2025 * Registration open: May 12, 2025 * Early-bird registration: July 7, 2025 * Conference date: September 8-10, 2025 -- Prof. Dr. Ekaterina Lapshinova-Koltunski Mehrsprachige technische Fachkommunikation Institut für Übersetzungswissenschaft und Fachkommunikation Fachbereich 3: Sprach und Informationswissenschaften Stiftung Universität Hildesheim Lübecker Straße 3 31141 Hildesheim +49 5121 883-30934

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ACL 2025 Call for Papers
by ACL Announcements 04 Nov '24

04 Nov '24

ACL 2025 Call for Papers MAIN CONFERENCE ACL 2025 Website: https://2025.aclweb.org/ [1] Submission Deadline: February 15, 2025 Conference Dates: July 27 to August 1, 2025 Location: Vienna, Austria Special Theme: "Generalization of NLP Models" Contact: * Roberto Navigli [2] (General Chair) * Wanxiang Che [3], Joyce Nabende [4], Mohammad Taher Pilehvar [5], Ekaterina Shutova [6] (Program Chairs): For questions related to paper submission, email: editors(a)aclrollingreview.org For all other questions, email: acl2025pcs(a)gmail.com OVERVIEW ACL 2025 invites the submission of long and short papers featuring substantial, original, and unpublished research in all aspects of Computational Linguistics and Natural Language Processing. ACL 2025 has a goal of a diverse technical program--in addition to traditional research results, papers may contribute negative findings, survey an area, announce the creation of a new resource, argue a position, report novel linguistic insights derived using existing computational techniques, and reproduce, or fail to reproduce, previous results. As in recent years, some of the presentations at the conference will be of papers accepted by the Transactions of the ACL (TACL) and by the Computational Linguistics (CL) journals. Papers submitted to ACL 2025, but not selected for the main conference, will also automatically be considered for publication in the Findings of the Association of Computational Linguistics. PAPER SUBMISSION INFORMATION Papers may be submitted to the ARR 2025 February cycle. Papers that have received reviews and a meta-review from ARR (whether from the ARR 2025 February cycle or an earlier ARR cycle) may be committed to ACL 2025 via the conference commitment site (TBA). SUBMISSION TOPICS ACL 2025 aims to have a broad technical program. Relevant topics for the conference include, but are not limited to, the following areas (in alphabetical order): * Computational Social Science and Cultural Analytics * Dialogue and Interactive Systems * Discourse and Pragmatics * Efficient/Low-Resource Methods for NLP * Ethics, Bias, and Fairness * Generation * Information Extraction * Information Retrieval and Text Mining * Interpretability and Analysis of Models for NLP * Language Modeling * Linguistic theories, Cognitive Modeling and Psycholinguistics * Machine Learning for NLP * Machine Translation * Multilinguality and Language Diversity * Multimodality and Language Grounding to Vision, Robotics and Beyond * NLP Applications * Phonology, Morphology and Word Segmentation * Question Answering * Resources and Evaluation * Semantics: Lexical and Sentence-Level * Sentiment Analysis, Stylistic Analysis, and Argument Mining * Speech recognition, text-to-speech and spoken language understanding * Summarization * Syntax: Tagging, Chunking and Parsing * Special Theme: Generalization of NLP Models ACL 2025 Theme Track: Generalization of NLP Models Following the success of the ACL 2020-2024 Theme tracks, we are happy to announce that ACL 2025 will have a new theme with the goal of reflecting and stimulating discussion about the current state of development of the field of NLP. Generalization is crucial for ensuring that models behave robustly, reliably, and fairly when making predictions on data different from their training data. Achieving good generalization is critically important for models used in real-world applications, as they should emulate human-like behavior. Humans are known for their ability to generalize well, and models should aspire to this standard. The theme track invites empirical and theoretical research and position and survey papers reflecting on the Generalization of NLP Models. The possible topics of discussion include (but are not limited to) the following: * How can we enhance the generalization of NLP models across various dimensions--compositional, structural, cross-task, cross-lingual, cross-domain, and robustness? * What factors affect the generalization of NLP models? * What are the most effective methods for evaluating the generalization capabilities of NLP models? * While Large Language Models (LLMs) significantly enhance the generalization of NLP models, what are the key limitations of LLMs in this regard? The theme track submissions can be either long or short. We anticipate having a special session for this theme at the conference and a Thematic Paper Award in addition to other categories of awards. TWO-STAGE REVIEW: SUBMISSION TO ARR, COMMITMENT TO ACL 2025 ACL 2025 will use ACL Rolling Review [7] (ARR) https://aclrollingreview.org/cfp as a reviewing system, but final decisions will be made by the conference. Both submissions of articles for review and commitment of reviewed articles to the conference will be performed via the Open Review [8] platform. Specifically, authors will follow a two-step process: * Authors submit articles to ARR, where submissions receive reviews and meta-reviews from ARR reviewers and action editors; * Authors commit their reviewed articles to a publication venue (e.g., ACL 2025), where Senior Area Chairs and Program Chairs make acceptance decisions from the ARR reviews and meta-reviews. ACL 2025 has chosen this approach in coordination with *CL 2024 conferences, which are adopting the same procedure and a coordinated submission plan to allow maximum flexibility during their submission periods for the authors. At each cycle, after a paper has been fully reviewed, authors have the option to commit their paper to a conference or revise and resubmit for another round of reviews. The reviewing process will continue to be double-blind. Reviewers will not see authors, nor will authors see reviewers, and reviews on ARR will not be made publicly visible. However, authors will be given the option through ARR to make their anonymized submitted articles publicly visible. MANDATORY REVIEWING WORKLOAD AS THE PACE OF RESEARCH IN THE FIELD CONTINUES TO INCREASE, WE NEED TO STRENGTHEN THE COMMITMENT TO REVIEWING FOR EACH PAPER SUBMISSION. DURING THE ARR SUBMISSION PROCESS, AUTHORS WILL BE REQUIRED TO SPECIFY WHICH CO-AUTHORS ARE COMMITTING TO COVER REVIEWING IN THIS REVIEWING CYCLE. PLEASE SEE THE NEW ARR POLICY REGARDING REVIEWING WORKLOAD HERE. AS THIS IS AN ARR-WIDE POLICY FOR ALL *CL CONFERENCES, QUESTIONS OR CLARIFICATIONS SHOULD BE ADDRESSED TO ARR DIRECTLY. IMPORTANT DATES Submission deadline (all papers are submitted to ARR) February 15, 2025 ARR reviews & meta-reviews available to authors of the February cycle April 15, 2025 Commitment deadline for ACL 2025 April 20, 2025 Notification of acceptance May 15, 2025 Withdrawal deadline May 30, 2025 Camera-ready papers due May 30, 2025 Tutorials July 27, 2025 Conference July 28 - 30, 2025 Workshops July 31 - August 1, 2025 Note: All deadlines are 11:59PM UTC-12:00 ("anywhere on Earth"). Paper Submission Details Both long and short paper submissions should follow all of the ARR submission requirements [9], including: * Long Papers [10] (8 pages) and Short Papers [11] (4 pages) * Instructions for Two-Way Anonymized Review [12] * Authorship [13] * Citation and Comparison [14] * Multiple Submission Policy [15], Resubmission Policy [16], and Withdrawal Policy [17] * Ethics Policy [18] including the responsible NLP research checklist [19] * Limitations [20] * Paper Submission and Templates [21] * Optional Supplementary Materials [22] Final versions of accepted papers will be given one additional page of content (up to 9 pages for long papers, up to 5 pages for short papers) to address reviewers' comments. Following the ACL and ARR policies (https://www.aclweb.org/portal/content/report-acl-committee-anonymity-policy) [23], there is no anonymity period requirement. At the time of submission to ARR, authors will be asked to select a preferred venue (e.g., ACL 2025). This is used only to calculate acceptance rates. Authors who selected ACL 2025 as a preferred venue when submitting to ARR may choose not to commit to ACL 2025 after receiving their reviews, and authors who selected a preferred venue other than ACL 2025 when submitting to ARR are still welcome to commit to ACL 2025. Presentation at the Conference All accepted papers must be presented at the conference to appear in the proceedings. The conference will include both in-person and virtual presentation options. Papers without at least one presenting author registered by the early registration deadline may be subject to desk rejection. Long and short papers will be presented orally or as posters as determined by the program committee. While short papers will be distinguished from long papers in the proceedings, there will be no distinction in the proceedings between papers presented orally and papers presented as posters. Links: ------ [1] https://2025.aclweb.org/ [2] https://www.diag.uniroma1.it/navigli/ [3] http://ir.hit.edu.cn/~car/ [4] https://sites.google.com/view/jnabende/home?authuser=0 [5] https://pilehvar.github.io/ [6] https://www.shutova.org/ [7] https://aclrollingreview.org/cfp [8] https://openreview.net/ [9] https://aclrollingreview.org/cfp#paper-submission-information [10] https://aclrollingreview.org/cfp#long-papers [11] https://aclrollingreview.org/cfp#short-papers [12] https://aclrollingreview.org/cfp#instructions-for-two-way-anonymized-review [13] https://aclrollingreview.org/cfp#authorship [14] https://aclrollingreview.org/cfp#citation-and-comparison [15] https://aclrollingreview.org/cfp#multiple-submission-policy [16] https://aclrollingreview.org/cfp#resubmission-policy [17] https://aclrollingreview.org/cfp#withdrawal-policy [18] https://aclrollingreview.org/cfp#ethics-policy [19] https://aclrollingreview.org/responsibleNLPresearch [20] https://aclrollingreview.org/cfp#limitations [21] https://aclrollingreview.org/cfp#paper-submission-and-templates [22] https://aclrollingreview.org/cfp#optional-supplementary-materials-appendice… [23] https://www.aclweb.org/portal/content/report-acl-committee-anonymity-policy

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CfP: Second Forlì International Workshop on Corpus-based Interpreting Studies and Applications: At the Interface of Data and Technology
by Nannan Liu 04 Nov '24

04 Nov '24

Second Forlì International Workshop on Corpus-based Interpreting Studies and Applications: At the Interface of Data and Technology 8–10 May 2025, Forlì, Italy, and online Call for Papers The Department of Interpreting and Translation at the University of Bologna is organising the Second Forlì International Workshop on Corpus-based Interpreting Studies and Applications on 8–10 May 2025 in Forlì, Italy, and online. Background The Forlì International Workshop series was launched in 2015 to stimulate the creation of interpreting corpora and corpus-based research projects. The first workshop gathered more than 100 scholars from around the world, resulting in a volume of state-of-the-art research (Russo et al. 2018<https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-981-10-6199-8>) and a special issue (Bendazzoli et al. 2018<https://www.intralinea.org/specials/cbis>). The tenth anniversary of the first workshop marks an opportune occasion to take stock of recent developments and chart new directions in light of corpora’s fundamental role in technological advancements. Theme Interpreting corpora serve as the descriptive foundation of research and the ground truth against which machine interpreting technologies are evaluated. Corpus-based interpreting studies, as envisaged by Shlesinger (1998<https://doi.org/10.7202/004136ar>), have developed into a highly productive line of inquiry with theoretical inputs from cognitive linguistics and sociology and methodological contributions from natural language processing, prosody research, and multimodality. Recently, large interpreting corpora have fuelled the deployment of machine interpreting technologies, together with deep learning algorithms that synthesise signing images and texts (e.g. Saunders et al. 2022<https://doi.org/10.1109/CVPR52688.2022.00508>). Amidst changing conceptual boundaries (Pöchhacker 2024<https://doi.org/10.1075/ts.23028.poc>), methodological developments, and technological landscape, a field-wide reflection on the role of corpora is necessary. In this context, we view the Second Forlì International Workshop as an opportunity to bring together researchers who create, analyse, and use corpora to study interpreting and develop tools and applications for corpus-based research, computer-assisted interpreting, machine interpreting, automated interpreting quality assessment, pedagogy, and other related domains. Submissions We particularly welcome abstracts addressing the following topics: * Theory testing and comparisons using corpora * Replication studies using corpora * Quantitative and qualitative approaches to corpus-based studies * Triangulating corpora with other data sources (e.g. user response, eye-tracking, EEG, and workplace ethnography) * Underrepresented corpora, e.g. those involving signed language interpreting and onsite versus remote interpreting * Corpora of constrained communication (Kotze & van Rooy 2024<https://doi.org/10.1075/coll.60.01kot>), e.g. those by untrained interpreters and learners * Multimodal and multiple interpreting corpora * Computer-assisted interpreting software and applications * Machine interpreting systems * Automated interpreting quality assessment based on corpora * Corpus design according to principles of scientific data management (e.g. FAIR principles; Wilkinson et al. 2016<https://doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2016.18>) The first page of the submission should contain each author’s name, affiliation (if any), and e-mail address. The abstract should be placed from the second page onwards, including the title, a text between 300 and 400 words (including examples, excluding references) that clearly states the research questions, methods, data, and (preliminary) results, and up to five keywords. The abstract should not contain any identifying information to allow for double-blind peer reviewing. There will be three types of presentations: * Full paper (20 minutes + 10 minutes Q & A) * Poster * Software demonstration Abstracts will be submitted to unic(a)dipintra.it<mailto:unic@dipintra.it>. Authors may indicate a full paper, a poster, or a software presentation upon submission. Posters will be displayed on Day 1 of the Workshop, and a time slot will be reserved in the programme for participants to discuss with poster presenters. Software demonstrations will be held on Day 2 in a dedicated time slot. A selection of papers will be published in an edited volume and a special issue in a scientific journal. Language of the conference English Important dates * Submission deadline: 1 February 2025 * Notification of acceptance and rejection: 1 March 2025 * Pre-workshop session on the Unified Interpreting Corpus (UNIC; https://unic.dipintra.it/) platform: 15:00–17:30, 8 May 2025 * Workshop: 9–10 May 2025 Pre-workshop session convenors * Nannan Liu * Mariachiara Russo Scientific committee members Claudia Angelelli (Herriot-Watt University) Alberto Barrón-Cedeño (University of Bologna) Claudio Bendazzoli (University of Verona) Silvia Bernardini (University of Bologna) Sabine Braun (University of Surrey) Agnieszka Chmiel (Adam Mickiewicz University) Elena Davitti (University of Surrey) Bart Defrancq (Ghent University) Adriano Ferraresi (University of Bologna) Min-hua Liu (Hong Kong Baptist University) Nannan Liu (University of Bologna) Bernd Meyer (Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz) Maja Miličević Petrović (University of Bologna) Koen Plevoets (Ghent University) Bianca Prandi (University of Bologna) Mariachiara Russo (University of Bologna) Annalisa Sandrelli (University of the International Studies of Rome) Elisabet Tiselius (Stockholm University) Ira Torresi (University of Bologna) Kim Wallmach (Stellenbosch University) Organising committee members Alberto Barrón-Cedeño (University of Bologna) Michela Bertozzi (University of Bologna) Silvia Bernardini (University of Bologna) Francesca D’Angelo (University of Bologna) Bart Defrancq (Ghent University) Adriano Ferraresi (University of Bologna) Serena Ghiselli (University of Bologna) Nannan Liu (University of Bologna) Marco Lobascio (University of Bologna) Natacha Niemants (University of Bologna) Maja Miličević Petrović (University of Bologna) Bianca Prandi (University of Bologna) Mariachiara Russo (University of Bologna) Nicoletta Spinolo (University of Bologna) Han Wang (University of Bologna) Contact unic(a)dipintra.it<mailto:unic@dipintra.it> Workshop website Website coming soon. Dr Nannan Liu Marie Curie Fellow Project FAITH<https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/101108651> Department of Interpreting and Translation University of Bologna

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SwissText 2025: 1ST CALL FOR SHARED TASK, WORKSHOP AND TUTORIAL PROPOSALS
by Tuggener Don (tuge) 04 Nov '24

04 Nov '24

Dear colleagues, We cordially invite submissions of proposals for shared tasks, workshops, and tutorials to be held at the SwissText 2025 conference. SwissText will take place from June 17-18, 2025 at ZHAW in Winterthur. ABOUT SwissText SwissText is an annual conference that brings together text analytics experts from industry and academia. It is organized by the Swiss Association for Natural Language Processing (SwissNLP) in collaboration with the Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW). SPECIAL EDITION This edition of SwissText will be special, since we celebrate its 10th anniversary! This is a great opportunity to look back. Hence, in addition to novel ideas for shared tasks, we also invite previous organizers of shared tasks to re-submit their ideas: What has changed since the last run of the shared task? Is the task still relevant? Do LLMs solve everything now? This offers us to see what progress has been made over the years. To give you some ideas, here is a list of previous shared tasks: * NLP for Sustainable Development Goals Monitoring * Swissdox Hackathon * Detecting greenwashing signals through a comparison of ESG reports and public media * Swiss German Speech to Standard German Text Shared Task * Low-Resource Speech-to-Text * The Sentence End and Punctuation Prediction in NLG text (SEPP-NLG) * German Text Summarization Challenge * .. and many more (see the SwissText website archive)! FORMAT FOR PROPOSALS Proposals for shared tasks should contain: * a title and a brief description of the topic of the task * a description of the data sets that will be used in the shared task and their readiness * a sketch of how the submitted systems will be evaluated * a tentative timeline Proposals for workshops should contain: * a title and a brief description of the topic * a description of the intended audience * workshop format (paper presentations, poster session, etc.) * a tentative timeline Proposals for tutorials should contain: * a title and a brief description of the topic and the goal of the tutorial * an introduction of the workshop speakers and their background and expertise * a description of the intended audience and the required level of expertise (beginners, experts, etc.) * a tentative outline of the tutorial schedule Note that the organization and running of the shared tasks, workshops, and tutorial is in the hands of the respective organizers. The SwissText organizers will provide infrastructure (rooms, paper submission platform) and assist where they can, of course. Interested? We are looking forward to your proposals. Submit your proposals by email to info(a)swisstext.org<mailto:info@swisstext.org> no later than November 30, 2024. Notifications will be sent out by December 15, 2024. Kind regards, Don ________________________________ ZHAW School of Engineering / CAI Dr. Don Tuggener Technikumstrasse 71 Postfach 8401 Winterthur Tel: +41 58 934 78 55 Web: https://www.zhaw.ch/de/ueber-uns/person/tuge/

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Call for Applications: Georgetown Linguistics PhD and MS Programs
by Ethan Wilcox 03 Nov '24

03 Nov '24

Call for Applications: Georgetown University MS and Ph.D. programs in Computational Linguistics Georgetown University (Washington, DC) invites applications to our MS and Ph.D. programs for students wishing to study Computational Linguistics starting in Fall 2025. Georgetown is strategically located in the nation's capital with proximity to government institutions, a thriving tech industry, and other major universities. Our programs offer advanced training and cutting-edge research opportunities in topics such as natural language processing, syntactic/semantic analysis, corpora, contemporary machine learning/deep learning methods for language, and applications of Large Language Models and AI technologies. Current research priorities include computational psycholinguistics, computational models of discourse, and linguistics-based language modeling. Students have the opportunity to learn from faculty across a range of departments and to participate in our interdisciplinary research community (http://gucl.georgetown.edu/). Additionally, students who apply to the Ph.D. program in Computational Linguistics may elect to participate in the university’s Interdisciplinary Concentration in Cognitive Science. Admitted Ph.D. applicants are offered full funding. Admissions and funding decisions are made without regard to domestic vs. international status. Our programs include: - MS in Computational Linguistics <https://linguistics.georgetown.edu/graduate/master-degree-programs/master-o…> (Dept. of Linguistics, Jan. 15 deadline) - Ph.D. in Computational Linguistics <https://linguistics.georgetown.edu/graduate/phd-programs> (Dept. of Linguistics, Dec. 1 deadline) - Optional: Interdisciplinary Concentration in Cognitive Science <https://cogsci.georgetown.edu/concentration/> Requirements: A bachelor’s degree by August 2025 is required to enter either program. Both programs include core courses in Linguistics, so a prior degree in Linguistics is not required. Ph.D. applicants are expected to have some programming experience and a commitment to participating in computational linguistics research. See recommendations for the Ph.D. Statement of Purpose <https://medium.com/@nschneid/inside-ph-d-admissions-what-readers-look-for-i…> . Applications: https://linguistics.georgetown.edu/programs/apply/ Questions about application requirements and procedures should be directed to Erin Esch Pereira (eee8(a)georgetown.edu), Graduate Program Coordinator, Dept. of Linguistics. Sincerely, Nathan Schneider <http://nathan.cl/>, Depts. of Linguistics and Computer Science; concentration director Amir Zeldes <https://gucorpling.org/amir/>, Dept. of Linguistics, Computational Linguistics Ethan Gotlieb Wilcox <https://wilcoxeg.github.io/>, Dept. of Linguistics, Computational Linguistics -- Ethan Gotlieb Wilcox Assistant Professor, Computational Linguistics Georgetown University www.wilcoxeg.github.io

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Edge Hill Corpus Research Group: Meeting #13
by Costas Gabrielatos 02 Nov '24

02 Nov '24

The next meeting of the Edge Hill Corpus Research Group will take place online (via MS Teams) on Friday 15 November 2024, 2-4 pm (GMT). Topic: Discourse-Oriented Corpus Studies 2-3 pm Katia Adimora (Edge Hill University) Mexican immigration/immigrants in American and Mexican newspapers 3-4 pm Dan Malone (Edge Hill University) When is the extreme also typical? Using prototypicality to investigate representations of the lone-wolf terrorist Attendance is free. The abstracts and registration link are here: https://sites.edgehill.ac.uk/crg/next Registration closes on Wednesday 13 November, 11 am (GMT). If you have any questions, please contact Costas Gabrielatos (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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Final CFP : Workshop on Challenges in Processing South Asian Languages (CHiPSAL @ COLING 2025)
by Velayuthan Menan 01 Nov '24

01 Nov '24

Hello Everyone, Based on the emails received we have extended the submission deadline to November 7th 2024. Please read below for more information on the workshop and the updated timeline. ---- Don’t miss this unique opportunity to discuss key issues and contribute to the advancement of language processing in the South Asian region, home to 25% of the world’s population and rich in linguistic and cultural diversity. Submit your papers by October 30, 2024, and join us at the first Workshop on Challenges in Processing South Asian Languages (CHiPSAL), taking place at COLING 2025 on January 19, 2025. Please submit your papers via *https://softconf.com/coling2025/CHiPSAL25 https://softconf.com/coling2025/CHiPSAL25 * ---- *CHiPSAL 2025*, the First workshop on Challenges in Processing South Asian Languages (CHiPSAL), will be held as part of the 31st International Conference on Computational Linguistics (COLING 2025) in Abu Dhabi, UAE, on *January 19, 2025*. The workshop will be conducted in *virtual mode*. CHiPSAL 2025 invites the submission of original research papers, review/opinion papers, and system demonstration papers, in short or long forms, on topics that highlight the challenges related to South Asian languages, including but not limited to the following areas: - Encoding and Unicode Issues in South Asian Scripts - Orthographic Complexities and Their Impact on Language Technology - Morphological Analysis and Generation in South Asian Languages - Dialectal Variations and Language Standardisation - Code-Mixing and Multilingualism in South Asian Contexts - Building Linguistic Resources for South Asian Languages - Speech Recognition and Synthesis for South Asian Languages - Preserving Linguistic Heritage through Technology - Benchmarking Models for South Asian Languages *Important Dates* All deadlines are 11:59PM UTC-12:00 (“Anywhere on Earth”). The First CFP Monday, 15 July 2024 Submission Deadline October 30, 2024 *November 7, 2024* Notification of acceptance November 29, 2024 Camera-ready papers December 13, 2024 Pre-recorded video due January 5, 2024 Workshop (Virtual) January 19, 2025 *For more information: https://sites.google.com/view/chipsal https://sites.google.com/view/chipsal*

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Opening of the Faetar Low-Resource ASR Challenge 2025
by Ewan Dunbar 01 Nov '24

01 Nov '24

Opening of the Faetar Low-Resource ASR Challenge 2025 We are pleased to officially announce the opening of the Faetar Low-Resource ASR Challenge 2025. While we were not able to secure a special session dedicated to the challenge at the conference, we strongly encourage submission of papers describing your systems to Interspeech 2025. As such, we plan to adhere to a timeline that will allow us to return test results and announce winners in time for participants to prepare Interspeech papers (see below). Challenge website: https://perceptimatic.github.io/faetarspeech/ The Faetar Low-Resource ASR Challenge aims to focus researchers’ attention on several issues which are common to many archival collections of speech data: - noisy field recordings - lack of standard orthography, leading to noise in the transcriptions in the form of transcriber inconsistencies - only a few hours of transcribed data - a larger collection of untranscribed data - no additional data in the language (textual or speech) that is easily available - “dirty” transcriptions in documents, which contain matter that needs to be filtered out By focusing multiple research groups on a single corpus of this kind, we aim to gain deeper insights into these problems than can be achieved otherwise. The challenge uses the Faetar ASR Benchmark Corpus. Faetar (pronounced [fajdar]) is a variety of the Franco-Provençal language which developed in isolation in Italy, far from other speakers of Franco-Provençal, and in close contact with Italian. Faetar has less than 1000 speakers around the world, in Italy and in the diaspora. It is endangered, and preservation, learning, and documentation are a priority for many community members. The benchmark data represents the majority of all archived speech recordings of Faetar in existence, and it is not available from any other source. We propose four tracks: - Constrained ASR. Participants should focus on the challenge of improving ASR architectures to work with small, poor-quality sets. Participants may not use any resources to train / fine-tune their models beyond the files contained in the provided train set. No external pre-trained acoustic models or language models are allowed, and the use of the unlabelled portion of the Faetar challenge data set is not allowed either. Three other “thematic tracks” can be explored, and should not be considered mutually exclusive: - Using pre-trained acoustic models or language models. Participants focus on the most effective way to make use of models pre-trained on other languages. - Using unlabelled data. The challenge data also includes ~20 hrs of unlabelled data. Participants focus on finding the most effective way to make use of it. - Dirty data. The training data was extracted and automatically aligned from long-form audio and partial transcriptions in “cluttered” word processor files, relying on (error-prone) VAD, scraping, and alignment. Participants focus on improving the pipeline for extracting useful training data, with the ultimate goal of improving performance. Submissions will be evaluated on phone error rate (PER) on the test set. Participants are provided with a dev kit allowing them to calculate the PER on dev and train, as well as reproduce the baselines. For more information, and to register and obtain the data and the dev kit, please visit the challenge website: https://perceptimatic.github.io/faetarspeech/ For more information, or for questions, please contact us by writing to faetarasrchallenge(a)gmail.com.

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Deadline extension CFP: The 1st Workshop on NLP for Languages Using Arabic Script (AbjadNLP 2025)
by Amal Haddad 31 Oct '24

31 Oct '24

CALL FOR PAPERS: THE 1ST WORKSHOP ON NLP FOR LANGUAGES USING ARABIC SCRIPT (ABJADNLP 2025) Co-located with COLING 2025 Conference, Abu Dhabi, UAE (19-20 January 2025) https://wp.lancs.ac.uk/abjad/ Submission URL [1] AbjadNLP is dedicated to advancing innovation and gaining deeper insights into Natural Language Processing (NLP) for languages that use the Arabic script. Our primary focus is on Abjad and Ajami languages that utilise the Arabic script or its variations. Traditionally associated with Semitic languages, Abjad scripts represent consonants in every syllable. In contrast, Ajami scripts denote the alphabetic use of the Arabic script in various African contexts, representing non-Arabic languages. We are interested in research on languages that fall under the Abjad or Ajami categories that use the Arabic script or any variations of it. We invite contributions, discussions, and explorations that delve deep into the unique linguistic structures, resources, challenges, and untapped potential presented by Abjad and Ajami languages within the realm of NLP and language resources. Our goal is to create synergies among researchers by addressing the diverse phenomena and challenges inherent in these rich linguistic traditions. The workshop is proud to highlight our connections with the Masakhane NLP community and collaborations with institutions worldwide, such as COMSATS on Urdu, and the long-standing UCREL NLP Group at Lancaster University, whose work encompasses over 20 languages worldwide, including Abjad and Ajami languages. Note: We chose the name Abjad for simplicity, but our focus includes Abjad and other languages that have adopted the Arabic and Perso-Arabic scripts, as well as Ajami languages. We acknowledge that Sorani Kurdish, when written in Arabic script, follows an alphabet style rather than an Abjad style. TOPICS OF INTEREST: * Core Technologies: morphological analysis, disambiguation, tokenisation, POS tagging, named entity detection, chunking, parsing, semantic role labelling, sentiment analysis, language modelling, etc. * Applications: machine translation, speech recognition, speech synthesis, optical character recognition, assistive technologies, social media, etc. * Resources and Tools: dictionaries, annotated data, corpora, orthography descriptions, font technology, glyph rendering, text input methodologies, spell-checking, speech-to-text solutions, BLARK descriptions, open access corpora. * Cultural and Sociolinguistic Considerations: text processing, transliteration challenges, and solutions, cultural contexts in NLP applications. SUBMISSION GUIDELINES: We follow the COLING 2025 standards for submission format and guidelines. Submissions should conform to the following types: * Long papers: Up to eight (8) pages, presenting substantial, original, completed, and unpublished work. * Short papers: Up to four (4) pages, describing a small focused contribution, negative results, system demonstrations, etc. KEY DATES: * 1st Call for Papers Announcement: 16 July 2024 * 2nd Call for Papers Announcement: 16 August 2024 * Paper Submission Deadline: 2 December 2024 * Workshop Date: 19 or 20 January 2025 ORGANISING COMMITTEE: General Chair: Mo El-Haj, Lancaster University Programme Chairs: * Hugh Paterson III, Collaborative Scholar * Saad Ezzini, Lancaster University * Ignatius Ezeani, Lancaster University Review Committee: * Mahum Hayat Khan, University of La Rioja * Muhammad Sharjeel, COMSATS University Islamabad Publication Chair: Sina Ahmadi, University of Zurich Publicity Chairs: * Cynthia Amol, Maseno University * Amal Haddad Haddad, University of Granada * Jaleh Delfani, University of Surrey Advisory Committee: * Ruslan Mitkov, Lancaster University * Paul Rayson, Lancaster University -- Amal Haddad Haddad (She/her) Facultad de Traducción e Interpretación Universidad de Granada |https://www.ugr.es/personal/amal-haddad-haddad Lexicon Research Group |http://lexicon.ugr.es/haddad Co-Convenor, BAAL SIG 'Humans, Machines, Language'|https://r.jyu.fi/humala Event Coordinator, BAAL SIG 'Language, Learning and Teaching' =============== Cláusula de Confidencialidad: "Este mensaje se dirige exclusivamente a su destinatario y puede contener información privilegiada o confidencial. 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UMRs in Boston 2025 Summer School - Second Call for Applications
by kristine.stenzel＠colorado.edu 31 Oct '24

31 Oct '24

UMRs in Boston Summer School – 2nd Call for Applications June 9-13, 2025 Brandeis University, Massachusetts, USA URL: https://umr4nlp.github.io/web/SummerSchool2025.html We invite applications for a five-day summer school on Uniform Meaning Representations (UMR). Impressive progress has been made in many aspects of natural language processing (NLP) in recent years. Most notably, the achievements of transformer-based large language models such as ChatGPT would seem to obviate the need for any type of semantic representation beyond what can be encoded as contextualized word embeddings of surface text. Advances have been particularly notable in areas where large training data sets exist, and it is advantageous to build an end-to-end training architecture without resorting to intermediate representations. For any truly interactive NLP applications, however, a more complete understanding of the information conveyed by each sentence is needed to advance the state of the art. Here, "understanding'' entails the use of some form of meaning representation. NLP techniques that can accurately capture the required elements of the meaning of each utterance in a formal representation are critical to making progress in these areas and have long been a central goal of the field. As with end-to-end NLP applications, the dominant approach for deriving meaning representations from raw textual data is through the use of machine learning and appropriate training data. This allows the development of systems that can assign appropriate meaning representations to previously unseen text. In this five-day course, instructors from the University of Colorado and Brandeis University will describe the framework of Uniform Meaning Representations (UMRs), a recent cross-lingual, multi-sentence incarnation of Abstract Meaning Representations (AMRs), that addresses these issues and comprises such a transformative representation. Incorporating Named Entity tagging, discourse relations, intra-sentential coreference, negation and modality, and the popular PropBank-style predicate argument structures with semantic role labels into a single directed acyclic graph structure, UMR builds on AMR and keeps the essential characteristics of AMR while making it cross-lingual and extending it to be a document-level representation. It also adds aspect, multi-sentence coreference and temporal relations, and scope. Each day will include lectures and hands-on practice. Topics to be covered may include the following, among others: 1. The basic structural representation of UMR and its application to multiple languages; 2. How UMR encodes different types of MWE (multi-word expressions), discourse and temporal relations, and TAM (tense-aspect-modality) information in multiple languages, and differences between AMR and UMR; 3. Going from IGT (interlinear glossed text) to UMR graphs semi-automatically; 4. Formal semantic interpretation of UMR incorporating a continuation-based semantics for scope phenomena involving modality, negation, and quantification; 5. Extension to UMR for encoding gesture in multimodal dialogue, Gesture AMR (GAMR), which aligns with speech-based UMR to account for situated grounding in dialogue. 6. UMR parsing and applications To apply, please complete this form by Nov. 15, 2024. https://www.colorado.edu/linguistics/umrs-boston-summer-school-application Other important dates: ● Notification of acceptance: Dec. 15, 2024 ● Confirmation of participation: Jan. 31, 2025 Participation will be fully funded (reasonable airfare, lodging, and meals). This summer school has been made possible by funding from NSF Collaborative Research: Building a Broad Infrastructure for Uniform Meaning Representations (Award # 2213805), with additional support from Brandeis University.

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Webminar by Elena Sokolova (Amazon Text-to-Speech Group)
by HiTZ zentroa 31 Oct '24

31 Oct '24

**** 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 check the videos of previous webinars and the schedule for upcoming webinars here: http://www.hitz.eus/webinars Next webinar: *Speaker:* Elena Sokolova (Amazon Text-to-Speech Group) *Title:* How we do research in Speech at Amazon *Date: * Thursday, November 7, 2024 - 15:00 CET *Summary:* In this talk we will present how Speech technology has developed in the past 20 years. We will take a dive deep into the research that we do at Amazon in our Text-to-Speech lab, describe the challenges that we face and how we solve them at scale. We will also give an overview of the internship opportunities we have in our department for those of you who want to join our team in 2025. *Bio:* Elena is a Machine Learning team manager at Amazon, where she leads novel research in the field of speech technology. Over the past five years, she has overseen the deployment of machine learning projects into production and collaborated with her team to publish cutting-edge research on text-to-speech technology. Before joining Amazon, Elena completed her PhD at Radboud University Nijmegen in the Netherlands and gained industry experience as a Senior Machine Learning Scientist at Booking.com. * Upcoming webinars:* · Javier de la Rosa (December 12, 2024) · Ekaterina Shutova (January 30, 2025) · Sebastian Ruder (February 6, 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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2 year post-doc position available at Lattice (Paris/Montrouge, France) F/H
by Thierry Poibeau 31 Oct '24

31 Oct '24

Offer Description For the full description, see: https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/286797 for the online description. Lattice is offering a two-year postdoctoral position starting on January 1, 2025 or soon thereafter. Candidates may choose from one of the following research topics: 1. AI and Society: impact of AI on society, including topics such as climate effects, changes in the workforce, issues around data access (especially. copyright challenges linked to large models), and more. 2. Interpretation of Large Language Models (LLMs) from a Linguistic Perspective: relationship between LLMs and linguistic theory. Topics might include what LLMs reveal about language, their (non) alignment with linguistic theory, etc. 3. Cultural Analytics Using Large Corpora: cultural analysis based on large datasets, particularly those from the Bibliothèque nationale de France (which include literature, but also newspapers and francophone web archives). The successful candidate should have completed their PhD in recent years or be close to completion. A relevant publication track record in a related field is required. To apply, please submit a CV (including a list of publications), a short research proposal (2–4 pages), a link to one or two relevant publications, and the names of two references to thierry.poibeau(a)ens.psl.eu by November 15, 2024. The proposal should clearly outline the research topic and the intended methodology. I can briefly answer questions (for ex. on the adequacy of a research topic), but the successful candidate will be selected through interviews after Nov 15. The position is based in Montrouge and Paris (Montrouge is a 5-minute walk from the Mairie de Montrouge metro station). Salary will be commensurate with experience and follows the ENS salary scale. Lattice is an interdisciplinary lab conducting research in linguistics, natural language processing, and computational humanities. International profiles are strongly encouraged to apply. Mastering French is a plus, but is not mandatory.

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PhD positions in Research Training Group KEMAI on Medical XAI
by Christiane Böhm 31 Oct '24

31 Oct '24

Dear all, starting January 2025, 9 doctoral positions are available within our DFG Research Training Group KEMAI (Knowledge Infusion and Extraction for Explainable Medical AI) at Ulm University in Germany. The KEMAI team aims at combining the benefits of knowledge- and learning-based systems, to not only allow for state-of-the-art accuracy in medical diagnosis, but to also clearly communicate the obtained predictions to physicians, considering ethical implications within the medical decision process. KEMAI’s main purpose is to interdisciplenarily train PhD students from computer science, medicine, and ethics in the area of explainable medical AI. The RTG offers a structured doctoral program that creates an environment in which young scientists can conduct research at the highest level in the field of medical AI. We invite highly motivated candidates with a passion for research and a desire to contribute to an interdisciplinary academic environment to apply for these positions. (The positions are fully funded for 3+1 years and come with an E13 salary.) Projects include: Data Exploitation • A1 – Harvesting Medical Guidelines using Pre-trained Language Models Project Leads: Prof. Scherp (Computer Science), Prof. Braun (Computer Science), Dr. Vernikouskaya (Medicine) This project focuses on researching multimodal pre-trained language models (LM) that extract symbolic knowledge on medical diagnosis and treatments from input documents. The models will incorporate structured knowledge and represent extracted information using an extended process ontology. The project applies these models to COVID-19 related imaging and treatments, contributing to OpenClinical’s COVID-19 Knowledge reference model and adapting to various benchmarks. • A2 – Stability Improved Learning with External Knowledge through Contrastive Pre-training Project Leads: Jun.-Prof. Götz (Medicine), Prof. Scherp (Computer Science) This project aims to improve machine learning reliability in small data settings by learning from disconnected datasets using contrastive learning. It investigates if contrastive learning can reduce classifier susceptibility to confounders, reverse confounding effects, and identify out-of-distribution test samples. The project seeks to find approaches that address these technical challenges. Knowledge Infusion • B2 – Semantic Design Patterns for High-Dimensional Diagnostics Project Leads: Prof. Kestler (Medicine), Prof. M. Beer (Medicine) This project defines semantic design patterns for incorporating SemDK in ML algorithms to improve clinical predictions and tumor characterization. The patterns will be categorized by their mechanisms and knowledge representation, providing guidelines for application. The project evaluates these patterns in image analysis and molecular diagnostics based on high-dimensional data. Knowledge Extraction • C2 – Learning Search and Decision Mechanisms in Medical Diagnoses Project Leads: Prof. Neumann (Computer Science), Jun.-Prof. Götz (Medicine) This project studies human attentive search and object attention principles for vision-based medical diagnosis. It investigates mechanisms of object-based attention and visual routines for task execution. The goal is to formalize human visual search strategies and integrate them into deep neural networks (DNNs) for improved medical diagnosis. Model Explanation • D1 – Accountability of AI-based Medical Diagnoses Project Leads: Prof. Steger (Ethics), Prof. Ropinski (Computer Science) This project addresses the ethical analysis of AI system designs for medical diagnoses. It focuses on determining which AI-supported processes need to be explainable and transparent, generating comprehensive information to help users understand AI-driven medical decisions. • D2 – Explainability, Understanding, and Acceptance Requirements Project Leads: Prof. Hufendiek (Philosophy), Prof. Glimm (Computer Science), Dr. Lisson (Medicine) This project applies philosophical insights on understanding and explanations to the use of AI in medical diagnosis. It clarifies the roles of understanding and abductive reasoning in medical diagnosis, identifies conflicts between stakeholders, and suggests ways to develop and integrate AI explanations with human experts' reasoning processes. Medical PhD Projects (10 months) The outlined PhD projects are complemented by medical PhD projects, which complement the technical and ethical projects, and which are targeted towards medical researchers. For further information on KEMAI and application please go to https://kemai.uni-ulm.de/ Best regards Christiane Böhm - Coordinator - RTG KEMAI Ulm University James-Franck-Ring - O27 Room 321 D-89081 Ulm Germany phone: +49 731 50 31321 christiane.boehm(a)uni-ulm.de kemai(a)uni-ulm.de

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[CfP] "Contemporary Trends in English-Language Studies 2" (Zielona Góra)
by Leszek Szymański 30 Oct '24

30 Oct '24

Dear Colleagues,the Institute of Modern Languages at the University of Zielona Góra announces the "Contemporary Trends in English-Language Studies 2" conference. This year's edition will be held in a hybrid mode on April 3-4, 2025.The abstract submission deadline is January 31, 2025.The 2025 edition of the conference is organized under the honorary patronage of the Polish Linguistic Society.More information is available at: https://sites.google.com/view/ctiels/ Thank you!Leszek Szymański

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Call for Papers: NAACL Student Research Workshop (SRW) 2025
by mengyan3＠andrew.cmu.edu 30 Oct '24

30 Oct '24

### Call for Papers The Student Research Workshop (SRW) provides a venue for student researchers to present their work in computational linguistics and natural language processing. Students receive feedback from the general conference audience as well as from mentors specifically assigned according to the topic of their work. We invite papers in two different categories: <b>Research Papers </b>: Papers in this category can describe completed work, or work in progress with preliminary results. For these papers, the first author must be a current student. Topics of interest for the SRW are the same as NAACL main conference. See the list of topics here. <b>Thesis Proposals</b>: This category is appropriate for advanced students who have decided on a thesis topic and wish to get feedback on their proposal and broader ideas for their continuing work. ### Submissions Papers should be submitted on OpenReview by December 1, 2024. OpenReview link: https://openreview.net/group?id=aclweb.org/NAACL/2024/Workshop/Student_Rese… Submissions should be no more than five pages not including references. Make sure to read through the Author Guidelines on our website for detailed submission instructions. Not following the author guidelines may result in your paper being desk-rejected. Please use the standard ACL templates and style guide, though please keep in mind that the SRW page limit is 5 pages (not including references) ACL templates: https://github.com/acl-org/acl-style-files ### Website Please see our CfP on the website for more details: https://naacl2025-srw.github.io/cfp

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[Deadline Extension] Call for Shared Task Proposals for RANLP 2025
by Ranasinghe, Tharindu 30 Oct '24

30 Oct '24

[Due to many requests, we have extended the deadlines.] We invite proposals for tasks to be run as part of RANLP 2025 (Recent Advances in Natural Language Processing): https://ranlp.org/ranlp2025/.<https://ranlp.org/ranlp2025/> RANLP is one of the most influential and competitive NLP conferences. RANLP 2025 will take place in September 2025 at the Black Sea city of Varna. For the first time in RANLP history, we are organising a shared task campaign as part of the main conference and inviting task organisers to submit their task proposals. Researchers and practitioners from all areas of Natural Language Processing and related communities are invited to submit task proposals. For RANLP 2025, we welcome any task that can evaluate an automatic system for natural language processing. We especially encourage tasks for languages other than English, multi-lingual tasks, and tasks that develop novel applications of natural language processing. We strongly encourage proposals based on already published datasets, as this can provide concrete examples and help minimise the challenges of organising the shared task. In the event of receiving many proposals, preference will be given to proposals based on already published datasets. If you are unsure whether a task is suitable, please contact the shared task chairs to discuss your idea. Task Selection Task proposals will be reviewed by at least two reviewers, and the reviews will serve as the basis for acceptance decisions. Task proposals will be evaluated on: * Novelty - Is the task based on a new problem that has not been explored much in the community? If similar tasks have been organised before, does this task cover new languages/ domains? * Data – Is the data available and published already? Do annotations have meaningfully high inter-annotator agreements? Have all appropriate licenses for the use and re-use of the data been secured? * Evaluation—Is the evaluation methodology sound? Is there an automated platform for the evaluation (e.g., CodaLab, Kaggle)? Task Organisation We specifically welcome task proposals from early career researchers. However, we strongly encourage tasks that have a diverse team of organisers as that will ease the task organisation. Apart from providing a dataset, task organisers are expected to: 1. Verify data quality in terms of annotator agreement. 2. Verify licenses for the data to allow its use in the competition. 3. Provide task participants with baseline systems. 4. Create a CodaLab or other similar evaluation platform for the task and manage automatic evaluation. 5. Promote the task within the target research community. 6. Manage and organise review process of participants’ submissions of system description papers. 7. Write a task description paper to be included in RANLP proceedings. 8. Contribute to the tasks overview paper written by shared task chairs and other task organisers which will also be included in RANLP proceedings. 9. Register and present the shared task description paper at RANLP 2025 on either 11th or 12th September 2025 (the exact date will be confirmed later) Important Dates * Task proposals due - November 20, 2024 * Task selection notification – November 25, 2024 Recommended Timeline for the Tasks * Sample data and task website ready - December 1, 2024 * Training data ready - December 15, 2024 * Evaluation data ready - March 1, 2025 * Evaluation starts – March 10, 2025 * Evaluation end - March 31, 2025 (latest date; task organisers may choose an earlier date) * Paper submission due – April 20, 2025 * Notification to authors – May 16, 2025 * Task overview paper due – May 25, 2025 * Camera-ready due - May 31, 2025 * Shared task presentation co-located with RANLP 2025 – September 11 and September 12, 2025 Tasks that do not meet critical deadlines, such as those for launching the task, setting up the CodaLab website, and uploading samples, training, and evaluation data, may be cancelled at the discretion of the shared task chairs. Submission Details The task proposal should be a self-contained document of no longer than 2 pages (plus additional pages for references). All submissions must be in PDF format, following the RANLP 2023 template available at https://ranlp.org/ranlp2023/index.php/submissions/ Each proposal should contain the following: * Overview * Summary of the task – What is the goal of the task * Expected number of participants and justification * Data & Resources * How the training/testing data will be produced. Discuss whether the dataset is already published * Details of license, so that the data can be used by the research community * How much data will be produced * How data quality will be ensured and evaluated * An example of what the data would look like * Evaluation * The evaluation methodology to be used, including clear evaluation criteria - * The evaluation platform (i.e. CodaLab, Kaggle etc.) * Task organisers * Names, affiliations, email addresses * brief description of relevant experience or expertise The submissions should be done via START - https://softconf.com/ranlp25/papers/user/scmd.cgi?scmd=submitPaperCustom&pa… Proceedings Tasks overview paper, task description papers and participant papers will be published as part of RANLP 2025 proceedings in ACLAnthology. Task organisers and participants are expected to attend RANLP 2025 on September 11 and September 12, 2025, and present their work in order to include it in the proceedings. Shared Task Chairs Dr Tharindu Ranasinghe, Lancaster University, UK Dr Saad Ezzini, Lancaster University, UK RANLP 2024 Chairs Programme Committee Chair: Prof Dr Ruslan Mitkov, Lancaster University, UK Organising Committee Chair: Prof Dr Galia Angelova, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgaria 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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PostDoc at TurkuNLP (NLP/Digital linguistics)
by Veronika Laippala 30 Oct '24

30 Oct '24

Dear colleagues, TurkuNLP at the University of Turku, Finland, has a fully funded open PostDoc position in NLP / digital linguistics. Term: 1.12.2024-31.12.2025 (or upon agreement) Deadline: 18.11. 2024 Topics: Web register (genre) identification / web register studies, processing massively multilingual web crawls, massively multilingual cross-linguistic comparisons of web registers. Detailed information: https://ats.talentadore.com/apply/tutkijatohtorin-projektitutkijan-maaraaik… Please contact me for further information. Applications must be made using the Talentadore system linked above. Best, Veronika Laippala Professor of Digital linguistics, TurkuNLP

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CfP: Workshop on Generative AI and Knowledge Graphs (GenAIK) co-located with COLING 2025 (with some travel grant for 2 students)
by Genet Asefa Gesese 28 Oct '24

28 Oct '24

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Workshop on Generative AI and Knowledge Graphs (GenAIK), 19 January 2025, Abu Dhabi, UAE Web: https://genetasefa.github.io/GenAIK2025/ X: @GenAIK25 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/9868047 Mastodon: https://sigmoid.social/@GenAIK --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In conjunction with COLING 2025, January 19-24 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Workshop Overview --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) is a branch of artificial intelligence capable of creating seemingly new, meaningful content, including text, images, and audio. It utilizes deep learning models, such as Large Language Models (LLMs), to recognize and replicate data patterns, enabling the generation of human-like content. Notable families of LLMs include GPT (GPT-3.5, GPT-3.5 Turbo, and GPT-4), LLaMA (LLaMA and LLaMA-2), and Mistral (Mistral and Mixtral). GPT, which stands for Generative Pretrained Transformer, is especially popular for text generation and is widely used in applications like ChatGPT. GenAI has taken the world by storm and revolutionized various industries, including healthcare, finance, and entertainment. However, GenAI models have several limitations, including biases from training data, generating factually incorrect information, and difficulty in understanding complex content. Additionally, their performance can vary based on domain specificity. In recent times, Knowledge Graphs (KGs) have attracted considerable attention for their ability to represent structured and interconnected information, and adopted by many companies in various domains. KGs represent knowledge by depicting relationships between entities, known as facts, usually based on formal ontological models. Consequently, they enable accuracy, decisiveness, interpretability, domain-specific knowledge, and evolving knowledge in various AI applications. The intersection between GenAI and KG has ignited significant interest and innovation in Natural Language Processing (NLP). For instance, by integrating LLMs with KGs during pre-training and inference, external knowledge can be incorporated for enhancing the model’s capabilities and improving interpretability. When integrated, they offer a robust approach to problem solving in diverse areas such as information enrichment, representation learning, conversational AI, cross-domain AI transfer, bias, content generation, and semantic understanding. This workshop aims at reinforcing the relationships between Deep Learning, Knowledge Graphs, and NLP communities and foster interdisciplinary research in the area of GenAI. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Topics of Interest --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Enhancing KG construction and completion with GenAI * Multimodal KG generation * Text-to-KG using LLMs * Multilingual KGs * GenAI for KG embeddings * GenAI for Temporal KGs * Dialogue systems enhanced by KG and GenAI * Cross-domain knowledge transfer with GenAI * Bias mitigation using KGs in GenAI * Explainability with KGs and GenAI * Natural language querying of KGs via GenAI * NLP tasks using KGs and GenAI * Prompt Engineering using KGs * GenAI for Ontology learning and schema induction in KGs * Hybrid QA systems combining KGs and GenAI * Recommendation systems and KGs with GenAI * Creating benchmark datasets relevant for tasks combining KGs and GenAI * Real-world applications on scholarly data, biomedical domain, etc. * Knowledge Graph Alignment * Applying to real-world scenarios ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Important Dates ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - Submission deadline: 5 November 2024 - Notification of Acceptance: 5 December 2024 - Camera-ready paper due: 13 December 2024 - COLING2025 Workshop day: 19 January 2025 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Submissions ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Full research papers (6-8 pages) Short research papers (4-6 pages) Position papers (2 pages) These page limits only apply to the main body of the paper. At the end of the paper (after the conclusions but before the references) papers need to include a mandatory section discussing the limitations of the work and, optionally, a section discussing ethical considerations. Papers can include unlimited pages of references and an unlimited appendix. Papers must follow the two-column format of *ACL conferences, using the official templates ( https://www.overleaf.com/latex/templates/association-for-computational-ling… <https://goto-ng.fiz-karlsruhe.de/latex/templates/association-for-computatio…> ). The templates are available for download as style files and formatting guidelines. Submissions that do not adhere to the specified styles, including paper size, font size restrictions, and margin width, will be desk-rejected. Submissions are open to all and must be anonymous, adhering to COLING 2025's double-blind submission and reproducibility guidelines. All accepted papers (after double-blind review of at least 3 experts) will appear in the workshop proceedings that will be published in ACL Anthology. At least one of the authors of the accepted papers must register for the workshop to be included into the workshop proceedings. The workshop will be a 100% in-person 1-day event at COLING 2025. Submissions must be made using the START portal: https://softconf.com/coling2025/GenAIK25/ <https://goto-ng.fiz-karlsruhe.de/coling2025/GenAIK25/,DanaInfo=softconf.com…> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sponsors --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NFDI4DataScience (NFDI4DS - https://www.nfdi4datascience.de/ <https://goto-ng.fiz-karlsruhe.de/,DanaInfo=www.nfdi4datascience.de,SSL+> ) is a national research data infrastructure for Data Science and AI project. The overarching objective of the project is the development, establishment, and sustainment of a national research data infrastructure (NFDI) for the Data Science and Artificial Intelligence community in Germany. The vision of NFDI4DS is to support all steps of the complex and interdisciplinary research data lifecycle, including collecting/creating, processing, analyzing, publishing, archiving, and reusing resources in Data Science and Artificial Intelligence. NFDI4ds is offering a total of €2000 in travel grants (€1000 each) to two selected students who will attend and present their work at GenAIK 2025! To be considered, submit your paper to the workshop, and if your paper is accepted, you’ll be eligible for a chance to receive one of the two grants. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Organization --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Genet Asefa Gesese, FIZ Karlsruhe, KIT, Germany - Harald Sack, FIZ Karlsruhe, KIT, Germany - Heiko Paulheim, University of Mannheim, Germany - Albert Meroño-Peñuela, King’s College London, UK - Lihu Chen, Imperial College London, UK If you have published in ACL conferences previously, and are interested to be part of the program committee of GenAIK2025, please fill in this form: https://forms.gle/t56dP6McD1VJmTfT9 <https://goto-ng.fiz-karlsruhe.de/,DanaInfo=forms.gle,SSL+t56dP6McD1VJmTfT9> -- *Dr.-Ing. **Genet Asefa Gesese* Head of Machine Learning Department (Abteilungsleitung Maschinelles Lernen) FIZ Karlsruhe – Leibniz Institute for Information Infrastructure ( *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://www.aifb.kit.edu/web/Genet_Asefa_Gesese/en <https://www.aifb.kit.edu/web/Genet_Asefa_Gesese/en> )*

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SyntaxFest 2025 - First Announcement
by Dobrovoljc, Kaja 28 Oct '24

28 Oct '24

Dear colleagues, We are pleased to announce that SyntaxFest 2025 (https://syntaxfest.github.io/syntaxfest25/) will take place in Ljubljana, Slovenia, from 26 to 29 August 2025. 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. SyntaxFest 2025, organized by the University of Ljubljana, will host five events under a unified submission process and program: * TLT: 23rd Workshop on Treebanks and Linguistic Theories * DepLing: 8th International Conference on Dependency Linguistics * UDW: 8th Universal Dependencies Workshop * IWPT: 18th International Conference on Parsing Technologies * Quasy: 2nd Workshop on Quantitative Syntax In addition, the event will be co-located with the UniDive 1st Shared Task on Morphosyntactic Parsing, organized by the UniDive COST Action CA21167, on 26 August 2025. Preliminary timeline for paper submission procedure: * First call for papers: December 2024 * Submission deadline: April 2025 * Notification of acceptance: June 2025 * Conference dates: 26 to 29 August 2025 Workshop organizers / Programme chairs: TLT: * Heike Zinsmeister (University of Hamburg) * Sarah Jablotschkin (University of Hamburg) * Sandra Kübler (Indiana University) DepLing: * Eva Hajičová (Charles University, Prague) * Sylvain Kahane (Université Paris Nanterre) UDW: * Gosse Bouma (University of Groningen) * Cagri Coltekin (University of Tübingen) IWPT: * Kenji Sagae (University of California, Davis) * Stephan Oepen (University of Oslo) Quasy: * Xinying Chen (University of Ostrava) * Yaqin Wang (Guangdong University of Foreign Studies) Local Organizing Committee: * Kaja Dobrovoljc (University of Ljubljana, chair) * Špela Arhar Holdt (University of Ljubljana) * Marko Robnik Šikonja (University of Ljubljana) * Matej Klemen (University of Ljubljana) * Luka Terčon (University of Ljubljana) * Sara Kos (University of Ljubljana) We look forward to seeing you in Ljubljana! On behalf of SyntaxFest 2025 Organizing Committee, Kaja Dobrovoljc

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2nd Call for papers "WRAICogS1 - Writing Aids at the Crossroads of AI, Cognitive Science, and NLP" (COLING workshop)
by Michael Zock 27 Oct '24

27 Oct '24

(Apologies for cross-posting) Second call for papers: "WRAICogS1 - Writing Aids at the Crossroads of AI, Cognitive Science, and NLP" * Co-located with COLING 2025, Abu Dhabi, https://coling2025.org/ * SUBMISSION DEADLINE: November 25, 2024 * SUBMISSION LINK: https://softconf.com/coling2025/AAC-AI25/ KEYNOTE SPEAKER Cerstin Mahlow, Professor of Digital Linguistics and Writing Research, ZHAW School of Applied Linguistics, Winterthur, Switzerland MOTIVATION This workshop is dedicated to developing writing aids grounded in human cognition (limitations of attention and memory, typically observed habits, knowledge states, and information needs). In other words, we focus on the cognitive and engineering aspects of interactive writing. Our goal is not only to help people acquire and improve their writing skills but also to enhance their productivity. By leveraging computer technology, we aim to enable them to produce better texts in less time. Writing is one of the four cornerstones of communication. By leaving a trace, it allows us to reach many people, to transcend space and time, and to spare ourselves the trouble of memorization. Writing is undeniably important, whether as a communication tool, a thinking aid, or a memorial support. However, what is less obvious is the process—that is, the precise steps required to transform an intuition or vague idea into concrete, well-polished prose. Producing readable, well-written text requires many skills, deep and broad knowledge of various sorts (topic, language, audience, metaknowledge, i.e., how to use the information at hand?)— a lot of practice and appropriate feedback. No one can learn all this overnight. The quantity and diversity of knowledge to interiorize, as well as the variety of cognitive states encountered, may explain why writing is so difficult and why it takes time to gain control over the whole process and become an expert writer. Unfortunately, knowledge alone is not enough. Writing is also a time- and energy-consuming endeavor. It is very hard work. Since writing is difficult, and since there are now computer programs capable of doing it, one may wonder: - whether we should leave the job entirely to the machine, or - whether we could use these programs to help people write or to acquire the skill of writing. Indeed, there are situations where it makes sense to rely on machines (e.g., routine work, business letters), but there are also many situations where this strategy is not recommended (e.g., writing to understand, writing to enrich and clarify our thoughts, writing to support thinking). That being said, one may find a middle ground where humans and machines work together, each contributing their strengths. It remains to be seen where machines can assist in the process (e.g., idea generation, idea structuring, translation into language, revision, editing) and where it is better to leave control to humans. Hence, the main question is not whether we should use LLMs to produce texts, but rather how, when, and at what level to use them or other techniques to help people produce written text. In sum, our main goal is not to substitute machines for people or to have them do the job in people's place, but rather to have machines assist people. Specifically, we aim to help people learn to write, speed up the process, gain better control, and reduce stress and cognitive load. Our motivation is largely practical and educational. Obviously, we are not the first ones to pursue this goal. However, while many workshops focused on developing educational software, creating intelligent writing assistants, or evaluating written text, the submitted papers have primarily addressed formal aspects, such as grammatical error detection and spotting spelling mistakes. Yet good writing (text composition) requires much more than just the production of well-formed sentences. Our mission is to go beyond merely identifying errors or mistakes made at the very end of the writing process, such as those due to ignorance or inattention. Instead, we aim to evaluate the quality of the choices made at higher levels. In other words, we are interested in the full spectrum of writing, including technology-based writing aids that address all tasks involved in writing: conceptual planning (ideation, organization), linguistic expression, editing, and revision. Hence, we welcome papers that focus on the higher levels of composition—such as thinking, reasoning, and planning (idea generation, outline planning)—as well as those concerned with the lower levels (grammar, spelling, and punctuation). Arguably, this is the first workshop to: - Consider the entire spectrum of writing rather than only the lower levels, - Integrate humans right from the start into the development cycle of writing aids, and - Provide support and feedback at any moment —before, during, and after writing— rather than only at the very end. TOPICS We welcome contributions on all topics related to writing aids, including but not limited to the following: 1. THE HUMAN PERSPECTIVE: Cognitive scientific viewpoints, including education, psycholinguistics, and neuroscience. (a) Support: How can AI tools support critical thinking and logical reasoning in writing? How can writing assistants tailor feedback to individual writers, considering their unique needs and styles? How can we assess the quality and impact of AI-generated feedback on students' writing (methods, metrics, etc.)? (b) Topical coherence: How can we help people organize their ideas into a coherent whole? How do we model or operationalize the concept of a topic, the paragraph's most central element? How do we detect possible topics within our data? What are typical subtopics of a given topic, and how do we identify them? How do we cluster content/ideas into topics and give the clusters appropriate names? (c) Building software: How do we include humans in the development cycle of writing aids? How and at what level can engineers use insights from psycholinguistics and neuroscience? How can they model the writing process while accounting for human and technological factors? (d) Metacognition: What do people typically know about writing in general and their own writing in particular? What are their problems and needs? How do people manage to coordinate the different processes? What should an authoring ecosystem look like (components)? What could be automated, and what is best left for interactive processing? (e) Shared tasks: What kinds of shared task would be meaningful while being technically feasible? 2. THE ENGINEERING SIDE (a) LLMs: Where in the writing process could we use methods developed in AI (e.g., LLMs) or computational linguistics (e.g., content generation, content structuring, translation into language, revision)? What are the potential benefits, dangers, and limitations of LLMs as writing aids? How could revealing the 'knowledge' embedded within black-box models improve their effectiveness, particularly in terms of increasing the accuracy and relevance of the feedback they provide? How can we address challenges related to data collection, privacy, and ethical considerations in developing and deploying AI writing tools? (b) Tools and resources: What kinds of tools and resources (e.g., Sketch Engine, Rhetorical Structure Theory, knowledge graphs, and linked data) could be useful? (c) Quality assessment: How can we check the veracity of facts, relevance, cohesion, coherence, style, fluency, proper use of pronouns, grammar, word choice, spelling, and punctuation? (d) Enhancement and evaluation: How do we enhance text analysis during or after writing (e.g., quality of coherence, style) using corpus linguistic tools? How do we evaluate or compare existing writing assistants (e.g., adequacy, design features, ease of use, lessons learned)? SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS Please submit your papers via the START/SoftConf submission portal (https://softconf.com/coling2025/AAC-AI25/), following the COLING 2025 templates. Submitted versions must be anonymous and should not exceed 8 pages for long papers and 4 pages for short papers. References do not count toward the page limit, and may be up to 4 pages long. Supplementary material and appendices are also allowed. We also invite papers discussing tools and applications (system demonstrations) related to our workshop topics. PUBLICATION All the accepted papers (be it for oral presentation or as poster) will be published as proceedings appearing in the ACL anthology. PARTICIPATION The workshop requires a physical presence. If any authors are unable to attend and present in person, alternative arrangements (such as remote presentations or video recordings) may be considered. However, we cannot guarantee these options, as the COLING organizers and local chairs have informed us that they will not provide technical support or online access. Generally, work presented in person will be given preference over work presented virtually. ORGANIZERS * Michael Zock (CNRS, LIS, Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, France) * Kentaro Inui (Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence, UAE; Tohoku University, Japan; RIKEN, Japan) * Zheng Yuan (King's College London and the University of Cambridge, UK) MORE DETAILS: * homepage : https://sites.google.com/view/wraicogs1 * better readable CFP : https://sites.google.com/view/wraicogs1/home/call-for-papers * program committee : https://sites.google.com/view/wraicogs1/home/programme-committee * background information : https://sites.google.com/view/wraicogs1/home/background-and-topics -- Michael ZOCK Emeritus Research Director CNRS LIS UMR 7020 (Group TALEP) Aix Marseille Université 163 avenue de Luminy - case 901 13288 Marseille / France Mail: michael.zock(a)lis-lab.fr <mailto:michael.zock@lis-lab.fr> Tel.: +33 (0)6 51.70.97.22 Secr.: +33 (0)4.86.09.04.60 http://pageperso.lif.univ-mrs.fr/~michael.zock/ <http://pageperso.lif.univ-mrs.fr/%7Emichael.zock/>

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[CFP] : Call for Tutorial : FIRE 2024
by Bhargav Dave 26 Oct '24

26 Oct '24

Apologies for the multiple postings. --------------------------------------------- *Call for Tutorial* *FIRE 2024: 16th meeting of the Forum for Information Retrieval Evaluation* 12th - 15th December 2024 DA-IICT, Gandhinagar, India *Submission Deadline: 15th November 2024* Website: fire.irsi.org.in Submission Link : https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/FIRE2024 ------------------------------ The 16th meeting of the Forum for Information Retrieval Evaluation 2024 will be held at Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology (DA-IICT), Gandhinagar, India. It will be an in-person conference. We are inviting proposals for half-day tutorials covering topics relevant to information retrieval (IR) and its applications. We welcome topics that range from the theoretical foundations of IR to practical applications, as well as tutorials on IR and machine learning (ML) systems. Each tutorial should cover a single topic in depth. Tutorial proposals should include details according to guidelines below. *Submission Guidelines* Proposals should be *at most 4 pages (excluding references) * must follow ACM SIG's template available on https://authors.acm.org/proceedings/production-information/taps-production-…. The only accepted format of submissions is PDF. We strongly encourage the proposers to attend and present in-person. Submissions should include: - Title and abstract - Duration: Half Day - Proposed content of the tutorial - Target Audience - Speaker's bio: Name, affiliations, contact and short bio. Submissions are not anonymous (reviewing will be *single-blind*) and should contain speaker details. Proposals which do not conform to the requirements are likely to be rejected without review. All proposals should be submitted via Microsoft CMT: https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/FIRE2024 *Important dates* Tutorial proposal due *Nov 15, 2024 * Tutorials notification *Nov 20, 2024 * Camera ready due *Nov 30, 2024 * Tutorial day *Dec 12-15, 2024* Note: All submission deadlines are 11:59 PM AoE Time Zone (Anywhere on Earth). *Presentation Requirements* If accepted, at least one author will have to register for the conference and present tutorial in-person. For queries related to conference please email us at [ clia(a)isical.ac.in ] For latest updates subscribe the FIRE mailing List [ https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/fire-list ]

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Final CfP: 1st Workshop on Computational Humor (CHum @ COLING 2025)
by Tristan Miller 26 Oct '24

26 Oct '24

Call for papers: 1st Workshop on Computational Humor (CHum 2025) ================================================================ The 1st Workshop on Computational Humor (CHum 2025) will take place virtually on January 19, 2025 as part of the 31st International Conference on Computational Linguistics (COLING 2025). Scope and topics ---------------- CHum 2025 aims to foster further work on modeling the processes of humor with current methods in computational linguistics and natural language processing, against the theoretical backdrop of humor research and with reference to relevant corpora of textual, visual, and multimodal materials. A principal goal of the workshop is to unite researchers who can together probe the limits of various meaning representations -- symbolic, neural, and hybrid -- for humor processing. We welcome contributions on any topic relevant to the computational processing of humor, including but not limited to the following: * LLMs, knowledge representation * Resources and evaluation * Human-computer interaction * Computer-mediated communication * Assisted content creation * Machine and computer-assisted translation * Digital humanities applications * Formal modeling of humor * Proof-of-concept humor detection and classification Particularly encouraged are submissions describing inter- or multi-disciplinary work, whether completed or in progress, and position papers that critically discuss the past, present, and future of computational humor systems. Submission instructions ----------------------- Long and short papers should be formatted according to the same guidelines for the main COLING 2025 conference papers <https://coling2025.org/calls/submission_guidlines/> and submitted through START: <https://softconf.com/coling2025/CompHum25/> Important dates --------------- All deadlines are at 23:59 UTC-12:00 ("anywhere on Earth"). * Initial submission: November 15, 2024 * Notification of acceptance: December 2, 2024 * Camera-ready submission: December 13, 2024 * Workshop: January 19, 2025 Organizers ---------- * Christian F. Hempelmann, Texas A&M University-Commerce * Julia Rayz, Purdue University * Tiansi Dong, Fraunhofer IAIS * Tristan Miller, University of Manitoba Further information ------------------- * Website: <https://chum2025.github.io/> * E-mail: chum(a)groups.io -- Dr. Tristan Miller, Assistant Professor Department of Computer Science, University of Manitoba https://clam.cs.umanitoba.ca/ | Tel. +1 204 474 6792

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Lin Lougheed Doctoral Fellowship in Language & Technology
by Voss, Erik 25 Oct '24

25 Oct '24

Apologies for cross posting *Lin Lougheed Doctoral Fellowship in Language & Technology* The Applied Linguistics & TESOL program at Teachers College, Columbia University announces the Lin Lougheed Doctoral Fellowship in Language & Technology. The fellowship will be offered to one student to develop and research AI technologies for language learning or language assessment. This 4-year fellowship will provide tuition and a stipend for a student in good standing during the program. Teachers College Application Portal: https://apply.tc.edu/apply/ The application deadline is December 1, 2024. Contact Prof. Erik Voss at ev2449(a)tc.columbia.edu with questions about this fellowship. -- Erik Voss, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Applied Linguistics & TESOL program Language & Technology Specialization Department of Arts & Humanities Teachers College, Columbia University TC Faculty Profile <https://www.tc.columbia.edu/faculty/ev2449/>, Linkedin Profile <https://www.linkedin.com/in/erik-voss-ph-d-941a3ab9>, Google Scholar <https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=FMnVdjcAAAAJ&hl=en> ALTESOL Language & Technology Research Group <https://sites.google.com/tc.columbia.edu/al-tesol-language-technology/home> Editor-in-Chief of NYS TESOL Journal Associate Editor of Language Assessment Quarterly *Latest Publications* Voss, E. et al. (2023). The Use of Assistive Technologies Including Generative AI by Test Takers in Language Assessment: A Debate of Theory and Practice. <https://doi.org/10.1080/15434303.2023.2288256> LAQ Journal Voss, E. (2024) Duolingo Webinar: Current Applications of Artificial Intelligence in Language Assessment <https://youtu.be/b-mjLmvXLBU?si=nmph76-lizkfzi1J> (1 hour) Voss, E. (2024). Language Assessment and Artificial Intelligence. <https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=ht8aEQAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PA112&ot…> The Concise Companion to Language Assessment.

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New issue of Research in Corpus Linguistics
by Paula Rodríguez-Puente 25 Oct '24

25 Oct '24

We are very pleased to announce that the second issue of volume 12 (2024) of *Research in Corpus Linguistics *(RiCL) has just been published. This is an issue guest edited by Robbie Love (Aston University) which includes a compilation of fantastic articles intended to shed new light on *"Innovations in the compilation and analysis of spoken corpora". *Please, visit our website <https://ricl.aelinco.es/index.php/ricl/issue/view/26> to see the whole volume. The table of contents can be found below. With best wishes, Paula Rodríguez-Puente & Carlos Prado-Alonso Editors of RiCL *Articles* - *Introduction: Innovation in spoken corpus linguistics <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/ricl.aelinco.es/index.php/ricl/article/v…>*. Robbie Love - *“We’ve lost you Ian”: Multi-modal corpus innovations in capturing, processing and analysing professional online spoken interactions <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/ricl.aelinco.es/index.php/ricl/article/v…>*. Anne O'Keeffe, Dawn Knight, Geraldine Mark, Christopher Fitzgerald, Justin McNamara, Svenja Adolphs, Benjamin Cowan, Tania Fahey Palma, Fiona Farr, Sandrine Peraldi - *Building LANA-CASE, a spoken corpus of American English conversation: Challenges and innovations in corpus compilation <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/ricl.aelinco.es/index.php/ricl/article/v…>*. Elizabeth Hanks, Tony McEnery, Jesse Egbert, Tove Larsson, Douglas Biber, Randi Reppen, Paul Baker, Vaclav Brezina, Gavin Brookes, Isobelle Clarke, Raffaella Bottini - *Compiling a corpus of African American Language from oral histories <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/ricl.aelinco.es/index.php/ricl/article/v…>*. Sarah Moeller, Alexis Davis, Wilermine Previlon, Michael Bottini, Kevin Tang - *Addressing comparability and retrieval issues in conversation corpora: A case study on the Spoken British National Corpora (1994 and 2014), using the past perfect <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/ricl.aelinco.es/index.php/ricl/article/v…>*. Nicholas Smith, Cristiano Broccias, Cathleen Waters - *Rethinking interviews as representations of spoken language in learner corpora <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/ricl.aelinco.es/index.php/ricl/article/v…>*. Pascual Pérez-Paredes, Geraldine Mark - *Developing a coding scheme for annotating opinion statements in L2 interactive spoken English with application for language teaching and assessment <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/ricl.aelinco.es/index.php/ricl/article/v…>*. Yejin Jung, Dana Gablasova, Vaclav Brezina, Hanna Schmück - *Corpus as a slice of life: Representing naturally occurring language and its speakers <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/ricl.aelinco.es/index.php/ricl/article/v…>*. Giorgia Troiani, John W. Du Bois, Andrey Filchenko - *Design and construction of a social media corpus: Influencers’ speech in vlogs <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/ricl.aelinco.es/index.php/ricl/article/v…>*. Hülya Mısır *Book Reviews* - *Review of Gillings, Mathew, Gerlinde Mautner and Paul Baker. 2023. Corpus-Assisted Discourse Studies. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN: 978-1-009-16815-1. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009168144 <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/ricl.aelinco.es/index.php/ricl/article/v…>*. Tamsin Parnell - *Review of Brookes, Gavin and Luke C. Collins. 2023. Corpus Linguistics for Health Communication: A Guide for Research. London: Routledge. ISBN: 978-1-003-09965-9 https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003099659 <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/ricl.aelinco.es/index.php/ricl/article/v…>*. Ovidia Martínez Sánchez - *Review of Pettersson-Traba, Daniela. 2022. The Development of the Concept of SMELL in American English. A Usage-Based View of Near-Synonymy. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton. ISBN: 978-3-11079-2201. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110792294 <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/ricl.aelinco.es/index.php/ricl/article/v…>*. Daniel Granados-Meroño - *Review of Izquierdo, Marlén and Zuriñe Sanz-Villar eds. 2023. Corpus Use in Cross-linguistic Research: Paving the Way for Teaching, Translation and Professional Communication. Amsterdam: John Benjamins. ISBN: 978-9-027-21430-0. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1075/scl.113 <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/ricl.aelinco.es/index.php/ricl/article/v…>*. Isabel Pizarro-Sánchez - *Review of Viana, Vander ed. 2023. Teaching English with Corpora: A Resource Book. London: Routledge. ISBN: 978-1-032-25297-1. DOI: https://doi.org/10.4324/b22833 <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/ricl.aelinco.es/index.php/ricl/article/v…>*. Gaëtanelle Gilquin *Paula Rodríguez-Puente* Departamento de Filología Inglesa, Francesa y Alemana Universidad de Oviedo Campus El Milán C/ Amparo Pedregal s/n 33011 Oviedo *Tlf*. 985-104570 Variation, Linguistic Change and Grammaticalization <http://www.usc-vlcg.es/PRP.htm> LINGUO <https://linguo.grupos.uniovi.es/presentacion/miembros/detalle/-/asset_publi…> Academia <https://uniovi.academia.edu/PaulaRodr%C3%ADguezPuente> Scholar <https://scholar.google.es/citations?user=I4axNDUAAAAJ&hl=es>

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Genre-enriched web corpora and multilingual genre classifier
by Taja Kuzman 25 Oct '24

25 Oct '24

Dear all, If you are involved in (web) corpora creation and curation, interested in large multilingual corpora for European languages, or working with automatic genre annotation, the following resources might be useful for you. Multiple multilingual genre-related resources and technologies are now available on the CLARIN.SI and Hugging Face repositories: - 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗿𝗲-𝗲𝗻𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗱 𝗠𝗮𝗖𝗼𝗖𝘂-𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗲𝗯 𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗽𝗼𝗿𝗮 - MaCoCu web corpora for 13 European languages (Albanian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Catalan, Croatian, Greek, Icelandic, Macedonian, Montenegrin, Serbian, Slovenian, Turkish, and Ukrainian), automatically annotated with genre labels. In total, the corpus collection comprises 67 million texts and 28.5 billion words. They are available on the CLARIN.SI repository: http://hdl.handle.net/11356/1969 - 𝗫-𝗚𝗘𝗡𝗥𝗘 𝗰𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗲𝗿 - multilingual text genre classifier, applicable to any of the 100 languages that are included in the XLM-RoBERTa model - available on Hugging Face (https://huggingface.co/classla/xlm-roberta-base-multilingual-text-genre-cla…) and CLARIN.SI repository (http://hdl.handle.net/11356/1961) - 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵-𝗦𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗫-𝗚𝗘𝗡𝗥𝗘 𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗮𝘀𝗲𝘁 - manually-annotated genre dataset, used for training and evaluation of the X-GENRE classifier - available on Hugging Face (https://huggingface.co/datasets/TajaKuzman/X-GENRE-text-genre-dataset) and CLARIN.SI repository (http://hdl.handle.net/11356/1960). Additionally, we set up a 𝗯𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗵𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗸 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 (https://github.com/TajaKuzman/AGILE-Automatic-Genre-Identification-Benchmark) for continuous evaluation of the emerging technologies on this task. The benchmark is based on unpublished manually-annotated datasets - if you wish to test your own systems on the task, let me know, and we'll be happy to share them with you. Best regards, -- TajaKuzman Research Assistant Department of Knowledge Technologies | Jožef Stefan Institute, Slovenia CLASSLA Knowledge Centre for South Slavic languages | CLARIN.SI twitter <https://twitter.com/TajaKuzman> linkedin <https://www.linkedin.com/in/taja-kuzman/>

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COLING 2025 - Call for Emergency Reviewers
by sakhar＠cs.columbia.edu 24 Oct '24

24 Oct '24

Dear Colleagues, The COLING2025 conference aims for a high-quality peer reviewing process by experts on a wide range of topics. We are looking for people who are willing to serve as emergency reviewers for COLING 2025. Emergency reviewing will take place between 23 and 29 October. We are counting on your help to provide 1 or 2 reviews with a quick turnaround time during this period. To volunteer, please fill in your information on this link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfDIxZGeyKOe5nV8YFUreNxA4Uw367oYpP…

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3 open PhD or PostDoc Positions University of Technology Nuremberg [UTN]
by Steffen Eger 24 Oct '24

24 Oct '24

The Natural Language Learning Group (NLLG) at University of Technology Nuremberg (UTN) has three fully funded PhD / PostDoc positions in Natural Language Processing. Deadlines: 31.11.2024, 02.11.2024, 04.11.2024 Topics are: Next Generation LLMs, Multimodal Evaluation Metrics for Generative AI, NLP for science Detailed information: https://nl2g.github.io/positions Please direct all inquiries regarding scientific content to Steffen Eger (steffen.eger(a)utn.de<mailto:steffen.eger@utn.de>). For general questions, contact stars(a)utn.de<mailto:stars@utn.de>. Applications must be made to stars(a)utn.de with the corresponding reference numbers. --------------------------------------------- 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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Call for Bids to Host TPDL 2026 - applications due 13 December 2024
by Antoine Doucet 24 Oct '24

24 Oct '24

Invitation to Tender for a TPDL Conference The Steering Committee of the TPDL conference invites interested parties to submit bids to host the TPDL 2026 Conference, held in conjunction as an event of the duration of 3 days. One additional day for workshops can be proposed. Please note that proposals may also may considered for TPDL 2027. Institutions submitting a bid for TPDL 2026 also commit themselves to collect the fees and manage the conference budget. TPDL is an international forum focused on digital libraries and their associated technical, practical, and social issues. The conference encompasses the many meanings of the term “digital libraries,” embracing the whole spectrum of the LAM (Library, Archive, and Museum) community; operational information systems with all manner of digital content; new means of selecting, collecting, organizing, and distributing digital content; and theoretical models of information media, including document genres and electronic publishing. From 2024, TPDL is expanding its scope to prominently include Document Analysis, Recognition and Information Retrieval, acknowledging the vital role of those research areas in the creation (by means of digitization and information extraction from heterogeneous sources), access, discovery, and dissemination of digital content. Parties interested in hosting TPDL are invited to submit proposals, in PDF format, by email to the TPDL Steering Committee Chair (Antoine Doucet <antoine.doucet(a)univ-lr.fr <mailto:<antoine.doucet(a)univ-lr.fr>>) and Deputy Chair (Gianmaria Silvello<gianmaria.silvello(a)unipd.it <mailto:<gianmaria.silvello(a)unipd.it>>) by Friday, December 13th, 2024. The Steering Committee will review and select the proposals. The Steering Committee can ask for modifications and changes to the proposals, if deemed necessary. Important dates: - Bid submission deadline: Friday, December 13th, 2024 - Feedback to bidders and discussion (if needed): January 2025 - Bid selection: February 2025 Proposals should cover the topics covered by the attached (proposed) template. Feel free to get in touch well ahead of submission. Best regards, Antoine Doucet and Gianmaria Sivello (Chair and Deputy Chair of the TPDL steering committee)

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Call for Postdoctoral Research Fellowships
by Menno Van Zaanen 23 Oct '24

23 Oct '24

Call for Postdoctoral Research Fellowships The South African Centre for Digital Language Resources, a national research infrastructure hosted at the North-West University within the Faculty of Humanities is inviting applications from outstanding early career researchers for Postdoctoral Research Fellowships (PDRF) in applied linguistics in general and language for academic purposes in particular. Full details available here: https://bit.ly/3UeRf7h -- Prof Menno van Zaanen menno.vanzaanen(a)nwu.ac.za Professor in Digital Humanities South African Centre for Digital Language Resources https://www.sadilar.org ________________________________ NWU PRIVACY STATEMENT: http://www.nwu.ac.za/it/gov-man/disclaimer.html DISCLAIMER: This e-mail message and attachments thereto are intended solely for the recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorised review, use, disclosure, or distribution is prohibited. If you have received the e-mail by mistake, please contact the sender or reply e-mail and delete the e-mail and its attachments (where appropriate) from your system. ________________________________

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Webminar by Ekaterina Shutova (University of Amsterdam)
by HiTZ zentroa 21 Oct '24

21 Oct '24

Estimado Manuel, adjunto información sobre un webinar relevante para los miembros de AEPIA. Agradecería que se distribuyera en la lista. gracias! un saludo oier & eneko **** 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 check the videos of previous webinars and the schedule for upcoming webinars here: http://www.hitz.eus/webinars Next webinar: *Speaker:* Ekaterina Shutova (University of Amsterdam) *Title:* Cross-lingual information sharing in multilingual language models *Date: *Thursday, October 24, 2024 - 15:00 CET *Summary:* Multilingual language models (MLMs), such as XLM-R or BLOOM, are pretrained on data covering many languages and share their parameters across all languages. This modeling approach has several powerful advantages, such as allowing similar languages to exert positive influence on each other, and enabling cross-lingual task transfer (i.e., fine-tuning on some source language(s), then using the model on different target languages). The success of such transfer, however, depends on the model's ability to effectively share information between different languages in its parameter space. Yet, the cross-lingual information sharing mechanisms within MLMs are still not fully understood. In this talk, I will present our recent research that investigates this question from three different perspectives: encoding of typological relationships between languages within MLMs, language-wise modularity of MLMs and the influence of training examples in specific languages on predictions made in others. *Bio* Ekaterina Shutova is an Associate Professor at the ILLC, University of Amsterdam, where she leads the Amsterdam Natural Language Understanding Lab and the Natural Language Processing & Digital Humanities research unit. She received her PhD from the University of Cambridge, and then worked as a research scientist at the University of California, Berkeley. Ekaterina’s current research focuses on few-shot learning for language interpretation tasks, multilingual NLP, generalisability and robustness of NLP models and interpretability in deep learning. Her prominent service roles include Program Chair of ACL 2025, Senior Action Editor of ACL Rolling Review, Action Editor of Computational Linguistics and Demonstrations chair at EMNLP 2022. She is also an ELLIS scholar. * Upcoming webinars:* ·Elena Sokolova (November 7, 2024) ·Javier de la Rosa (December 12, 2024) ·Sebastian Ruder (February 6, 2025) Check past and upcoming webinars at the following url: http://www.hitz.eus/webinars. 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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Webminar by Ekaterina Shutova (University of Amsterdam)
by HiTZ zentroa 21 Oct '24

21 Oct '24

**** 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 check the videos of previous webinars and the schedule for upcoming webinars here: http://www.hitz.eus/webinars Next webinar: *Speaker:* Ekaterina Shutova (University of Amsterdam) *Title:* Cross-lingual information sharing in multilingual language models *Date: *Thursday, October 24, 2024 - 15:00 CET *Summary:* Multilingual language models (MLMs), such as XLM-R or BLOOM, are pretrained on data covering many languages and share their parameters across all languages. This modeling approach has several powerful advantages, such as allowing similar languages to exert positive influence on each other, and enabling cross-lingual task transfer (i.e., fine-tuning on some source language(s), then using the model on different target languages). The success of such transfer, however, depends on the model's ability to effectively share information between different languages in its parameter space. Yet, the cross-lingual information sharing mechanisms within MLMs are still not fully understood. In this talk, I will present our recent research that investigates this question from three different perspectives: encoding of typological relationships between languages within MLMs, language-wise modularity of MLMs and the influence of training examples in specific languages on predictions made in others. *Bio* Ekaterina Shutova is an Associate Professor at the ILLC, University of Amsterdam, where she leads the Amsterdam Natural Language Understanding Lab and the Natural Language Processing & Digital Humanities research unit. She received her PhD from the University of Cambridge, and then worked as a research scientist at the University of California, Berkeley. Ekaterina’s current research focuses on few-shot learning for language interpretation tasks, multilingual NLP, generalisability and robustness of NLP models and interpretability in deep learning. Her prominent service roles include Program Chair of ACL 2025, Senior Action Editor of ACL Rolling Review, Action Editor of Computational Linguistics and Demonstrations chair at EMNLP 2022. She is also an ELLIS scholar. * Upcoming webinars:* ·Elena Sokolova (November 7, 2024) ·Javier de la Rosa (December 12, 2024) ·Sebastian Ruder (February 6, 2025) Check past and upcoming webinars at the following url: http://www.hitz.eus/webinars. 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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ACL Anthology Graph
by Hugh Paterson III 21 Oct '24

21 Oct '24

Greetings, Does anyone have a citation graph of the ACL Anthology? Kind regards, Hugh Paterson III

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Interspeech 2025: Call for papers
by Grzegorz Chrupała 21 Oct '24

21 Oct '24

============================================ Interspeech 2025 17 - 21 August, Rotterdam, The Netherlands https://www.interspeech2025.org/ ============================================ Call for Papers https://www.interspeech2025.org/call-for-papers ============================================ Important Dates =============== Paper Submission Portal Open: 18 December 2024 Paper Submission Deadline: 12 February 2025 Paper Update Deadline: 19 February 2025 Paper Acceptance Notification: 21 May 2025 Interspeech is the world’s largest and most comprehensive conference on the science and technology of spoken language processing. Interspeech conferences emphasize interdisciplinary approaches addressing all aspects of speech science and technology, ranging from psycholinguistic theories of human speech processing to advanced applications of speech technology. The theme of Interspeech 2025 is “Fair and Inclusive Speech Science and Technology” and aims to celebrate and incorporate the vast speech diversity both within and between individuals, as well as within and between languages. This theme emphasizes diversity as a source of richness and information, contributing to the development of fairer, more robust, and personalized speech technology applications and more accurate theories of human speech processing. By embracing this diversity, we can create theories and technologies that are inclusive of everyone, ensuring that speech science and technology benefit all individuals and communities. Interspeech 2025 will feature the usual oral and poster sessions, plenary talks by internationally renowned experts, tutorials, special sessions and challenges, show & tell, exhibits, and satellite events. Following Interspeech 2024 we will feature a Blue Sky track. New this year is a Speech Science Festival for the general public on the Sunday prior to Interspeech. Watch our website for more information in the coming months on how you can participate! Paper Submission Please note that the paper submission deadline is earlier than previous years because the conference is held in August. The paper submission deadline is February 12 2025. Interspeech 2025 seeks original and innovative papers covering all aspects of human and machine speech science and technology. The language of the conference is English, so papers must be written in English. The paper length is up to four pages in two columns with an additional page for references and acknowledgments only. Submitted papers must conform to the format defined in the paper kit provided on the conference website (and as an overleaf template) and may optionally be accompanied by multimedia files. Interspeech 2025 will follow a double-blind review process so papers submitted for review should not reveal the identity or affiliation of the authors. Authors must declare that their contributions are original and that they have not submitted their papers elsewhere for publication. Papers must be submitted electronically and will be evaluated through rigorous peer review on the basis of novelty and originality, technical correctness, clarity of presentation, key strengths, and quality of references. The Technical Programme Committee will decide which papers to include in the conference programme using peer review as the primary criterion, with secondary criteria of addressing the conference theme, and diversity across the programme as a whole. If accepted, each paper needs to be presented by one of the authors during the in-person conference. Blue Sky Track Interspeech 2024 introduced the new BLUE SKY track of highly innovative papers in fields or directions that have not yet been explored. Large-scale experimental evaluation will not be required for papers in this track. If you think your work satisfies these requirements, please consider submitting a paper to this challenging and competitive track. Please note that to achieve the objectives of this BLUE SKY track, we will ask the most experienced reviewers to assess the proposals. Venue Interspeech 2025 will take place at Rotterdam Ahoy Convention Center in the Netherlands. For more information, you can visit the website https://www.interspeech2025.org Scientific Areas and Topics Interspeech 2025 embraces a broad range of science and technology in speech, language and communication, including – but not limited to – the following topics: ● Human Speech Perception, Production and Acquisition ● Speech Synthesis ● Phonetics, Phonology, and Prosody ● Spoken Language Generation ● Paralinguistics in Speech and Language ● Automatic Speech Recognition ● Analysis of Conversation ● Spoken Dialogue and Conversational AI Systems ● Speech, Voice, and Hearing Disorders ● Spoken Language Translation, Information Retrieval, Summarization ● Speaker and Language Identification ● Technologies and Systems for New Applications ● Speech and Audio Signal Analysis ● Resources and Evaluation ● Speech Coding and Enhancement ● Speech and Language Processing for Health ● Beyond traditional speech topics (not limited to the provided list) Contact For questions regarding the technical programme: TPC-chairs(a)interspeech2025.org For general questions: pco(a)interspeech2025.org

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II Andaluz.IA Forum - Deadline extension
by Salud María Jiménez Zafra 21 Oct '24

21 Oct '24

==================================================================== CFP II Andaluz.IA Forum December 20, 2024, Antigua Escuela de Magisterio (Universidad de Jaén) *Deadline for submissions of papers extended to October 27, 2024* ==================================================================== From ten Andalusian universities, the Joint Research Center of the European Commission, and several Andalusian researchers currently at other national and international institutions, we are organizing the II Andaluz.IA Forum <https://sites.google.com/view/andaluzia/home>, a meeting whose main objective is to show the potential and give visibility to the academic and research community in Artificial Intelligence in our region. This forum seeks to highlight the work of Andalusian scientists, both those who are currently working in Andalusia, as well as those who have spent part of their training or career in the region, regardless of their current place of work. The first edition of the Andaluz.IA forum <https://sites.google.com/view/andaluzia2023/> was organized at Universidad Pablo Olavide in Seville and this year it will take place at Universidad de Jaén. With this second edition, we want to continue highlighting the great potential for research and academic development in Artificial Intelligence that Andalusia has, in areas such as machine learning, deep learning, robotics and natural language processing. The event will be held in person on December 20, 2024 at the Antigua Escuela de Magisterio (Universidad de Jaén). Interested researchers can participate by presenting their results in oral or poster format, provided that they have been accepted in relevant conferences or journals in the area. In addition, professionals and companies wishing to participate may do so through sponsorship or direct participation by registering on the event's website. For more information on registration, submission of papers and forms of sponsorship, please consult the following link: https://sites.google.com/view/andaluzia/call-for-papers <https://sites.google.com/view/andaluzia/call-for-papers>. IMPORTANT DATES ● *Deadline for submission of papers: October 15, 2024 October 27, 2024* ● Notification of acceptance: November 4, 2024 ● Deadline for registration at a reduced rate: November 15, 2024 CONTACT INFORMATION maite(a)ujaen.es sjzafra(a)ujaen.es ORGANIZING COMMITTEE https://sites.google.com/view/andaluzia/organisers [image: Universidad de Jaén] <http://www.uja.es/> *Salud María Jiménez Zafra* sjzafra(a)ujaen.es Universidad de Jaén Grupo de Investigación SINAI <http://sinai.ujaen.es/> | Departamento de Informática EPS Jaén, Edificio A3, Despacho 326 Campus Las Lagunillas s/n 23071 - Jaén | +34 953212992 [image: Universidad de Jaén] <http://www.uja.es/>

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Edge Hill Corpus Research Group: Meeting #13
by Costas Gabrielatos 20 Oct '24

20 Oct '24

The next meeting of the Edge Hill Corpus Research Group will take place online (via MS Teams) on Friday 15 November 2024, 2-4 pm (GMT) Topic: Discourse-Oriented Corpus Studies 2-3 pm Katia Adimora (Edge Hill University) Mexican immigration/immigrants in American and Mexican newspapers 3-4 pm Dan Malone (Edge Hill University) When is the extreme also typical? Using prototypicality to investigate representations of the lone-wolf terrorist Attendance is free. The abstracts and registration link are here: https://sites.edgehill.ac.uk/crg/next Registration closes on Wednesday 13 November, 11 am (GMT). ________________________________ 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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2nd CfP: First workshop on Data Models, Citation, Access, and Re-usability impacting Historical Linguistic Datasets
by sil.linguist＠gmail.com 20 Oct '24

20 Oct '24

This workshop proposes to provide a forum to discuss the structures and models of information resources in historical-comparative linguistic research outputs through the integration of informatic models from library science and archivy. We want to address pertinent issues impacting the indexing (for citation) and interoperability of datasets (for sustainability). WS Title: First workshop on Data Models, Citation, Access, and Re-usability impacting Historical Linguistic Datasets Workshop at ICHL27, Santiago de Chile, 18-22 August 2025 Workshop Type: in-person Organizers: Hugh Paterson III & Oksana Zavalina Abstract Deadline: October 18th EXTENDED NEW DEADLINE NOV 7th. Abstract Details: up to 800 words excluding references. Submission: Email PDF of abstracts to both i(a)hp3.me and oksana.zavalina(a)unt.edu with [ICHL27 w8] in the subject line. Note: Workshops are in most cases restricted to 6 papers; all other papers, if accepted, will be given as part of the ICHL general sessions. Should there be sufficient interest for an extended workshop (up to 12 papers), we will lobby the local organizers to permit this format. Workshop Website: https://hughandbecky.us/Hugh-CV/project/2025-ichl27-historical-linguistic-d… Conference Website: https://ichl27santiago.cl PDF of Workshop abstract: https://hughandbecky.us/Hugh-CV/project/2025-ichl27-historical-linguistic-d… Publication: We are pursuing publication via edited volume post-workshop. ==Goal & Questions== The role of library models (e.g., IFLA-LRM: Riva, Le Bœuf, and Žumer 2017) and archival practice (e.g., lifecycle management: Higgins 2012) is under-explored in relation to the construction and reuse of Historical Linguistic Information Sources. This workshop proposes to provide a forum to discuss the structures and models of information resources in historical-comparative linguistic research outputs through the integration of informatic models from library science and archivy. We invite papers describing the information models used for assembling large corpora (including wordlists) used in historical linguistics, highlighting assumptions for citation, referencing, segmentation, and reusability of the assembled collection of texts and their digital surrogates. We encourage papers which present typologies of use cases, categories of tracked information, provenance of data content, citability of aggregate content, and the identifiers-for and permanence-of user-generated datasets on research platforms. What are the design patterns within datasets? What are the categories used? and what are their scopes? What are the kinds of objects subsumed into datasets? ==Background== Significant advances have been made in historical linguistics through the use of large compiled datasets (e.g., Kamholz et al. 2024; Tresoldi 2023; Arora et al. 2023; Dellert et al. 2020; Greenhill 2015; Segerer and Flavier 2013; Mielke 2008; Greenhill, Blust, and Gray 2008). While not precluding the contributions of single historical manuscripts and traditional manuscript consultation methods, the use of and creation of datasets (including corpora) has become the defacto way of generating new hypotheses (Wichmann and Saunders 2007; Steiner, Cysouw, and Stadler 2011; Segerer 2015). Datasets in historical linguistics generally do two things: (1) record critical researcher-created information such as reconstructed forms, cognacy judgments, confidence levels, along with contextual notes; and (2) contain foundational content from sources not created by the dataset compiler. Such source material often include historically published and unpublished resources including: maps (Hessle and Kirk 2020), language specific lexicons and published reconstructions (Kamholz et al. 2024), wordlists (Forkel et al. 2024; Segerer and Flavier 2013), transcriptions of manuscripts and texts (Weber et al. 2023; Genee and Junker 2018; Kytö 2011), and even reconstructions by other scholars, etc. Interactional platform-tools such as RefLex (Segerer and Flavier 2013) or OUTOFPAPUA (Kamholz et al. 2024) allow users to create custom datasets based on specific selected resources available to the platform. They do this without requiring users to interact with the complete set of underlying resources and/or the platforms allow users to create new derivative aggregate collections (reconstructed forms and cognacy relations) independent of other platform users. Citing, referencing, and redistributing these custom datasets is challenging and impacts the verifiability of claims. It is broadly accepted across linguistic research that scholarly work—including evidence— should be citable, accessable, and reusable (Bird and Simons 2003). Together these issues impact reproducibility, an important tenet in scholarship often overlooked in linguistics (Berez-Kroeker et al. 2018). However, it is also well acknowledged that the citation and reference of original source material for linguistic evidence is lacking across the field (Gawne et al. 2017). More specifically in historical-comparative linguistics, the context of citation and referencing of the evidentiary record along with current dataset assemblage and distribution practices generally do not support fine-grained or Work-oriented citation and referencing. This often means that specific and necessary details in comparative linguistics are not retrievable. Therefore, the data models embedded within historical comparative datasets become all the more important for the reproducibility of work and the testing, verification, and refinement of hypotheses (Bakro-Nagy 2010). With the exception of leading work around Cross-Linguistic Data Formats (CLDF) use with historical-comparative data (Forkel et al. 2018; Forkel, Swanson, and Moran 2024) and approaches using linked data in linguistics (Kesäniemi et al. 2018; Tittel, Gillis-Webber, and Nannini 2020), the literature has been silent about the storage formats for historical-comparative data. Undiscussed are the information categories represented in historical comparative linguistic datasets. The informatic arrangement and description of compiled datasets has generally been ad-hoc and served the needs of individually-funded projects. This has resulted in a proliferation of divergent data categories mitigating against ease-of-reuse. We set out to ignite discussion around compilations of manuscripts, wordlists, and other derivative resources which have become mainstream tools in hypothesis generation related to the language evolution. We explore the heretofore unapproached contribution that models such as Work-Expression-Manifestation-Item (WEMI), illustrated in figure 1, from library and information science (Coyle 2023; Riva, Le Bœuf, and Žumer 2017; IFLA, 1998) can offer those who compile, and cite/reference aggregate linguistic resources. Specifically, clarifying linking relationships between the literature and datasets, including dataset portions. We invite papers describing the information models used for assembling large corpora (including wordlists) used in historical linguistics, highlighting assumptions for citation, referencing, segmentation, and reusability of the assembled collection of texts and their digital surrogates. We encourage papers which present typologies of use cases, categories of tracked information, provenance of data content, citability of aggregate content, and the identifiers-for and permanence-of user-generated datasets on research platforms. Figure 1. Is available at the workshop website and the abstract in PDF form. ==References== Arora, Aryaman, Adam Farris, Samopriya Basu, and Suresh Kolichala. 2023. “Jambu: A Historical Linguistic Database for South Asian Languages.” arXiv. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2306.02514. Bakro-Nagy, Marianne. 2010. “Data in Historical Linguistics: On Utterances, Sources, and Reliability.” Sprachtheorie Und Germanistische Linguistik 20.2: 133-195., January. https://www.academia.edu/3629841/Data_in_historical_linguistics_On_utteranc…. Berez-Kroeker, Andrea L., Lauren Gawne, Susan Smythe Kung, Barbara F. Kelly, Tyler Heston, Gary Holton, Peter Pulsifer, et al. 2018. “Reproducible Research in Linguistics: A Position Statement on Data Citation and Attribution in Our Field.” Linguistics 56 (1): 1–18. https://doi.org/10.1515/ling-2017-0032. Bird, Steven, and Gary F. Simons. 2003. “Seven Dimensions of Portability for Language Documentation and Description.” Language 79 (3): 557–82. https://doi.org/10.1353/lan.2003.0149. Coyle, Karen. 2023. “openWEMI.” In Proceedings of the International Conference on Dublin Core and Metadata Applications. Dublin, Ohio: Dublin Core Metadata Initiative. https://doi.org/10.23106/DCMI.953115290. Dellert, Johannes, Thora Daneyko, Alla Münch, Alina Ladygina, Armin Buch, Natalie Clarius, Ilja Grigorjew, et al. 2020. “NorthEuraLex: A Wide-Coverage Lexical Database of Northern Eurasia.” Language Resources and Evaluation 54 (1): 273–301. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10579-019-09480-6. Forkel, Robert, Johann-Mattis List, Simon J. Greenhill, Christoph Rzymski, Sebastian Bank, Michael Cysouw, Harald Hammarström, Martin Haspelmath, Gereon A. Kaiping, and Russell D. Gray. 2018. “Cross-Linguistic Data Formats, Advancing Data Sharing and Re-Use in Comparative Linguistics.” Scientific Data 5 (1): 180205. https://doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2018.205. Forkel, Robert, Johann-Mattis List, Christoph Rzymski, and Guillaume Segerer. 2024. “Linguistic Survey of India and Polyglotta Africana: Two Retrostandardized Digital Editions of Large Historical Collections of Multilingual Wordlists.” In _Proceedings of the 2024 Joint International Conference on Computational Linguistics, Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC-COLING 2024), edited by Nicoletta Calzolari, Min-Yen Kan, Veronique Hoste, Alessandro Lenci, Sakriani Sakti, and Nianwen Xue, 10578–83. Torino, Italia: ELRA and ICCL. https://aclanthology.org/2024.lrec-main.925. Forkel, Robert, Daniel G. Swanson, and Steven Moran. 2024. “Converting Legacy Data to CLDF: A FAIR Exit Strategy for Linguistic Web Apps.” In Proceedings of the 2024 Joint International Conference on Computational Linguistics, Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC-COLING 2024), edited by Nicoletta Calzolari, Min-Yen Kan, Veronique Hoste, Alessandro Lenci, Sakriani Sakti, and Nianwen Xue, 3978–82. Torino, Italia: ELRA and ICCL. https://aclanthology.org/2024.lrec-main.353. Gawne, Lauren, Barbara F. Kelley, Andrea L. Berez-Kroeker, and Tyler Heston. 2017. “Putting Practice into Words: The State of Data and Methods Transparency in Grammatical Descriptions.” Language Documentation & Description 11:157–89. http://hdl.handle.net/10125/24731. Genee, Inge, and Marie-Odile Junker. 2018. “The Blackfoot Language Resources and Digital Dictionary Project: Creating Integrated Web Resources for Language Documentation and Revitalization.” Language Documentation & Conservation 12:274–314. http://hdl.handle.net/10125/24770. Greenhill, Simon J. 2015. “TransNewGuinea.Org: An Online Database of New Guinea Languages.” PLOS ONE 10 (10): e0141563. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0141563. Greenhill, Simon J., Robert Blust, and Russell D. Gray. 2008. “The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics.” Evolutionary Bioinformatics 4 (January):EBO.S893. https://doi.org/10.4137/EBO.S893. Hessle, Christian, and John Kirk. 2020. “Digitising Collections of Historical Linguistic Data: The Example of The Linguistic Atlas of Scotland.” Journal of Data Mining & Digital Humanities Special issue on Visualisations in Historical Linguistics. https://doi.org/10.46298/jdmdh.5611. Higgins, Sarah. 2012. “The Lifecycle of Data Managment.” In Managing Research Data, edited by Graham Pryor, 17–46. London, UK: Facet Publishing. IFLA Study Group on the Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records and Plassard, Marie-France. 1998. “Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records: Final Report.” 2nd ed. [UBCIM Publications, New Series] IFLA Series on Bibliographic Control 19. Munich, Germany: K.G. Saur. http://www.ifla.org/VII/s13/frbr. Kamholz, David, Anne van Schie, Allahverdi Verdizade, Maria Zielenbach, and Antoinette Schapper. 2024. “OUTOFPAPUA.” Database. 2024. https://outofpapua.com. Kesäniemi, Joonas, Turo Vartiainen, Tanja Säily, and Terttu Nevalainen. 2018. “Exploring Meta-Analysis for Historical Corpus Linguistics Based on Linked Data.” Journal of Research Design and Statistics in Linguistics and Communication Science 5 (1–2): 4–47. https://doi.org/10.1558/jrds.36709. Kytö, Merja. 2011. “Corpora and Historical Linguistics.” Revista Brasileira de Linguística Aplicada 11 (2): 417–57. https://doi.org/10.1590/S1984-63982011000200007. Mielke, Jeff. 2008. The Emergence of Distinctive Features. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press. Riva, Pat, Patrick Le Bœuf, and Maja Žumer, eds. 2017. IFLA Library Reference Model: A Conceptual Model for Bibliographic Information. December 2017. Den Haag, Netherlands: International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA). https://www.ifla.org/publications/node/11412. Segerer, Guillaume. 2015. “How Databases Shape Research: Labial-Velars Distribution in Africa.” In 8th World Congress of African Linguistics (WOCAL8). Kyoto, Japan. https://inria.hal.science/halshs-01251122. Segerer, Guillaume, and Sébastien Flavier. 2013. “The RefLex Project: Documenting and Exploring Lexical Resources in Africa.” Oral Presentation presented at the Research, records and responsibility: Ten years of the Pacific and Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures, Sydney, Australia. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/9854. Steiner, Lydia, Michael Cysouw, and Peter Stadler. 2011. “A Pipeline for Computational Historical Linguistics,” January. https://doi.org/10.1163/221058211X570358. Tittel, Sabine, Frances Gillis-Webber, and Alessandro A. Nannini. 2020. “Towards an Ontology Based on Hallig-Wartburg’s Begriffssystem for Historical Linguistic Linked Data.” In Proceedings of the 7th Workshop on Linked Data in Linguistics (LDL-2020), edited by Maxim Ionov, John P. McCrae, Christian Chiarcos, Thierry Declerck, Julia Bosque-Gil, and Jorge Gracia, 1–10. Marseille, France: European Language Resources Association. https://aclanthology.org/2020.ldl-1.1. Tresoldi, Tiago. 2023. “A Global Lexical Database (GLED) for Computational Historical Linguistics.” Journal of Open Humanities Data 9 (1): Article 2. https://doi.org/10.5334/johd.96. 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50th Anniversary Public Lecture Series: The shared anti-science discourses
by Hardaker, Claire (hardakec) 19 Oct '24

19 Oct '24

With the usual apologies for any cross-posting: In the Department of Linguistics and English Language at Lancaster University, we’re celebrating our 50th anniversary in 2024. In a series of public lectures, we will showcase our recent research in different areas of linguistics. Everyone is welcome! Our next talk should be of particular interest to corpus linguists, forensic linguists, researchers broadly interested in the security and protection sciences: The shared anti-science discourses, by Dr Isobelle Clarke<https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/linguistics/about/people/isobelle-clarke> Anti-science discourse has been studied through the optic of particular governments (Carter et al., 2019) or specific topics, such as anti-vaccination (Davis, 2019), anti-genetically modified organisms (Cook et al. 2004), stem cell research (Marcon, Murdoch and Caulfield, 2017), and climate denial discourse (Park, 2015). This research often details the development and content of the anti-science position and discourses. Yet, little is known about how the discourses compare across topics. Are there anti-science discourses that are shared across topics or does the discourse vary with the topic? In this talk, I will present the results of the common discourses which are shared between texts from websites known to promote pseudoscience and conspiracy on the topics of stem cells, climate change, vaccination and genetically modified organisms. For details of this talk and the upcoming programme, please visit our 50th anniversary website<https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/linguistics/50th-anniversary/>. Register Register here<https://www.trybooking.com/uk/events/landing/68278> to attend. Date and time 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM (UTC+01), Thursday 24th October 2024 Location Faraday Lecture<https://use.mazemap.com/#v=1&config=lancaster&campusid=341&zlevel=1&center=…> Theatre, Lancaster University, Lancaster, LA1 4YW Getting to the University More information on ways to get to the university can be found here<https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/about-us/maps-and-travel/>. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to ask. Regards Claire Professor Claire Hardaker (she/her) Professor of Forensic Linguistics Director of the MSc in Forensic Linguistics & Speech Science<https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/postgraduate-courses/forensi…> Lancaster University, LA1 4YL

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Call for Papers: The First Workshop on Natural Language Processing for Indo-Aryan and Dravidian Languages (IndoNLP2025@COLING)
by Nanomi Arachchige, Isuri (Postgraduate Researcher) 19 Oct '24

19 Oct '24

Call for papers for the COLING-2025 workshop: The First Workshop on Natural Language Processing for Indo-Aryan and Dravidian Languages (IndoNLP2025) Date: 20th January 2025 (full day) Venue: Abu Dhabi, UAE Webpage: https://indonlp-workshop.github.io/IndoNLP-Workshop/ Submission Deadline: 5 November 2024 Submission Portal: https://softconf.com/coling2025/IndoNLP25/ Workshop description The rapid advancement of Natural Language Processing (NLP) and Large Language Models (LLMs) has transformed the landscape of computational linguistics. However, Indo-Aryan and Dravidian Languages (IADL), which represent a significant portion of South Asia's linguistic heritage, remain under-resourced and under-researched in these technological developments. This workshop aims to bridge this gap by bringing together researchers, linguists, and technologists to focus on the unique challenges and opportunities. Participants will explore innovative methods for creating and annotating digital corpora, develop speech and language technologies suited to IADL, and promote interdisciplinary collaborations. By leveraging LLMs, we seek to address the complexities of syntax, morphology, and semantics in these languages to enhance the performance of NLP applications. Furthermore, the workshop will provide a platform for sharing best practices, tools, and resources, enhancing the digital infrastructure necessary for language preservation. Through collaborative efforts, we aim to build a research community to advance NLP for IADL, contributing to linguistic diversity and cultural preservation in the digital age. The topics of the workshop include, but are not limited to: - Large Language Models for Indo-Aryan Languages and Dravidian Languages. - Developing a cleaned Indo-Aryan and Dravidian language corpus (UNICODE) and digital linguistic resources. - Machine Translation and Cross-Lingual Systems - Speech Technologies: Recognition and Synthesis - Language Identification and Dialect Detection - Information Extraction, OCR systems and Knowledge Modelling - NLP Applications - Fake News, Spam, and Rumour Detection - Hate speech and Offensive Language Detection - Sentiment Analysis and Text Summarisation - NLP applications: Misinformation, Conspiracy theories. Rumours, SPAM, Phishing, and similar applications. Submission & Publication Papers will be evaluated according to their significance, originality, technical content, style, clarity, and relevance to the workshop. We welcome the following types of contributions: - Standard research papers (up to 8 pages, plus more pages for references if needed) - Short research papers (from 4 to 6 pages, plus more pages for references if needed) At the end of the paper (after the conclusions but before the references), papers need to include a mandatory section discussing the limitations of the work and, optionally, a section discussing ethical considerations. Papers can include unlimited pages of references and an unlimited appendix. To prepare your submission, please make sure to use the COLING 2025 style files available here: - Latex - https://coling2025.org/downloads/coling-2025.zip - Word - https://coling2025.org/downloads/coling-2025.docx - Overleaf - https://www.overleaf.com/latex/templates/instructions-for-coling-2025-proce… All papers should be electronically submitted in PDF format via the main conference platform via START<https://softconf.com/coling2025/IndoNLP25/>. Important Dates - Paper submission deadline: November 5, 2024 - Notification of acceptance: November 25, 2024 - Camera-ready paper: December 13, 2024 - Workshop date: January 20, 2025 Organising Committee - Ruvan Weerasinghe, Informatics Institute of Technology, Sri Lanka - Isuri Anuradha, Lancaster University, UK - Deshan Sumanathilaka, Swansea University, UK - Mo El-Haj, Lancaster University, UK - Chamila Liyanage, University of Colombo School of Computing, Sri Lanka - Fahad Khan, Istituto di Linguistica Computazionale in CNR, Italy - Andrew Hardie, Lancaster University, UK - Asim Abbas, Birmingham University, UK - Ruslan Mitkov Lancaster University, UK - Julian Hough, Swansea University, UK - Nicholas Micallef, Swansea University, UK - Naomi Krishnarajah, Informatics Institute of Technology, Sri Lanka Programme Committee - Randil Pushpanandha, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka - Dulip Herath, Queensland University,Australia - Daisy Lal, Lancaster University, UK - Damith Premasiri, Lancaster University, UK - Venkatesh Raju, Stealth Mode AI Startup, India - Gayanath Chandrasena, University of Helsinki, Finland - Kaza Sri Sai Swaroop, IBM, India - Asanka Wasala,Dell Technologies, Ireland - Kengatharaiyer Sarveswaran - University of Jaffna, Sri Lanka - Sinnathamby Mahesan - University of Jaffna, Sri Lanka - Nishantha Medagoda - Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand - Prasan Yapa, Kyoto University of Advance Science, Japan - Paul Rayson, Lancaster University, UK - Lochandaka Ranathunga, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka - Kaneeka Vidanage, General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University, Sri Lanka - Achala Aponso, Edith Cowan University, Australia - Rajitha Jayasinghe, University of Westminster, UK, - Arjumand Younus, University College Dublin, Ireland - Abdul Nazeer, National Institute of Technology, Calicut, India - Pabitra Mitra, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India - Tanmoy Chakraborty, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, India - Tirthankar Dasgupta, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India - Girish Nath Jha, School for Sanskrit and Indic Studies, JNU, India - Arka Majhi, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, India - Anand Kumar, National Institute of Technology, Karnataka, India - Kishorjit Nongmeikapam, Indian Institute of Information Technology, India - Abdullah Alzahrani, Swansea University, Wales, UK Gmail: indonlp2025(a)gmail.com<mailto:indonlp2025@gmail.com> Twitter: https://x.com/indo_nlp

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Postdoc (or PhD) position in NLU at the University of Technology Nuremberg
by Michael Roth 18 Oct '24

18 Oct '24

The University of Technology Nuremberg (UTN) is looking to fill a full-time position in the Department of Engineering as soon as possible: # Research Associate - Postdoc (m/f/d) in Natural Language Understanding (NLU) UTN is dedicated to harnessing the knowledge and innovation of the humanities to shape a sustainable future. The Department of Engineering seeks to establish strong, dynamic collaboration across disciplines, connecting engineering with the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences. The position offers an opportunity for scientific qualification, allowing you to build your research profile and gain experience in line with your academic background and personal aspirations. The research project should make a contribution to one of the NLU Lab's key research areas listed below. ## Your tasks * Active collaboration in research and teaching * Participation in the lab's research areas "background knowledge in language understanding and misunderstanding" and "implicit and underspecified language" * Support in the conception and organization of scientific events and public engangement projects (in coordination with the Communication Unit) * Participation in research cooperations of the department ## Your profile * Very good academic degree (Master's or comparable) in computational linguistics or a related field * Doctorate in the field of computational linguistics * Proven research focus in natural language understanding, as demonstrated by relevant publications * Interest in interdisciplinary cooperation in research and teaching ## We offer * An employment contract or position as a civil servant for initially 3 years * Active support in the development of your own research agenda and corresponding applications for projects or an independent research group * Salary corresponding to group A13 of the Bavarian Salary Act or pay group E13 TV-L (https://oeffentlicher-dienst.info/tv-l/allg/) if the personal and pay scale requirements are met. * Opportunity to actively participate in the development of the newly founded University of Technology Nuremberg and to take on responsible tasks * A dynamic and flexible working environment * A modern workplace with all the attractive social benefits of the public sector * Flexible working hours to reconcile family and career * Mobile working opportunities * Attractive training and development opportunities The position is suitable for people with severe disabilities. Severely disabled applicants will be given preference if they have the same suitability, qualifications and professional performance. Women are encouraged to apply in accordance with Art. 7 Para. 3 of the Bavarian Equal Opportunities Act. The NLU Lab is committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment and we highly welcome applications from minority groups and candidates of all backgrounds. The position is open to part-time arrangements, provided that the responsibilities can be fulfilled through job sharing. ## Are you interested? Please send us your detailed application by 03.11.2024. Please only use our application portal. Interviews for this vacancy are expected to take place in the week commencing 10.11.2024. Job portal: https://jobs.utn.de/en/jobposting/ead54f69ce980cfe6f7d04fba57812b88328f4a00… ## Do you have questions? We are happy to receive general questions by e-mail to jobs(a)utn.de, quoting the reference number ENG-2024-04, and we will call you back. If you have content related questions, please contact Prof. Dr. Michael Roth at michael.roth(a)utn.de The official version of this announcement is available in German on www.utn.de

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Join Us: EMNLP 2024 Tutorial on Countering Hateful and Offensive Speech Online - Open Challenges
by Flor Miriam Plaza Del Arco 18 Oct '24

18 Oct '24

Dear colleagues, We are pleased to invite you to the tutorial, “Countering Hateful and Offensive Speech Online—Open Challenges,” which will take place on Friday, November 15, from 9:00 to 12:30 at EMNLP 2024 in Miami. Overview: In today's digital age, hate speech and offensive speech online pose a significant challenge to maintaining respectful and inclusive online environments. This tutorial aims to provide attendees with a comprehensive understanding of the field by delving into essential dimensions such as: 1. Data Creation and Multilingualism. 2. Counter-narrative generation. 3. A hands-on session with one of the most popular APIs for detecting hate speech. 4. Fairness and ethics in AI. 5. The use of recent advanced approaches. For the full program and detailed agenda, please visit the tutorial website. https://nlp-for-countering-hate-speech-tutorial.github.io/ Tutorial Organizers * Flor Miriam Plaza-del-Arco, MilaNLP, Bocconi University, Italy. * Debora Nozza, MilaNLP, Bocconi University, Italy. * Marco Guerini, LanD_FBK, Fondazione Bruno Kessler, Italy. * Jeffrey Sorensen, Jigsaw, USA. * Marcos Zampieri, Language Technology Group, George Masson University, USA. We look forward to your participation and hope to see you there! Best regards, The Tutorial Organizing Team ------------------------------------------------ Flor Miriam Plaza del Arco, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Researcher MilaNLP<https://milanlproc.github.io/>, Computing Sciences Department Bocconi University Via Röntgen, 1-2, 20136 Milan, MI, Italy Twitter: @florplaza22 Web: https://fmplaza.github.io/

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PhD position in multilingual NLP (4 years, fully funded) at USI, Lugano, Switzerland
by Lonneke van der Plas 18 Oct '24

18 Oct '24

We are looking for a PhD candidate for a fully-funded 4-year project focusing on multilingual NLP, including extremely low-resource languages. The PhD project is part of the National Centre of Competence in Research (NCCR) Evolving Language (www.evolvinglanguage.ch), a Swiss consortium with the ambitious goal of creating a new discipline, Evolutionary Language Science, that targets the past and future of language. The consortium consists of leading scientists from traditionally separated academic domains, which allows us to harvest the diverse expertise from the humanities, social sciences, computational sciences, natural sciences and medicine towards a broad-scale interdisciplinary collaboration. Within this framework, the successful candidate will be expected to investigate how new terms emerge in a given language and how they spread in different contexts, thereby comparing Western societies with hunter-gatherer societies. This task is led by computational linguists and evolutionary anthropologists from the USI Università della Svizzera italiana and the University of Zurich (UZH): Prof. Lonneke van der Plas, Prof. Lena Jäger, and Prof. Andrea Migliano. The ideal candidate should satisfy the following requirements: • A Master (or equivalent title) in Computational Linguistics, Natural Language Processing, or related disciplines, such as Computer Science or Computational Cognitive Science • High personal interest in multilingual approaches to NLP, low-resource languages, and language change • Expertise in machine learning and computational modelling of language (change) • Good skills in oral and written English (official language of the Ph.D. program) • Good oral and writing skills in one (or more) national Swiss languages. Italian is particularly welcome. • Ability to work independently and to plan and direct own work • Motivation to engage in the elaboration of a PhD dissertation. Ability to work in team and autonomy in scheduling research steps. Interest in teaching and tutoring students and availability to collaborate with colleagues, especially with colleagues from the different disciplines of the NCCR Evolving Language (engage in scientific dialogue, listen and think critically) are required. More information and a link to apply for the position can be found here: https://sites.google.com/site/lonnekenlp/phd-positions-available

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Final Call for Papers: IWCLUL 2024 in Helsinki
by Mika Hämäläinen 18 Oct '24

18 Oct '24

The 9th International Workshop on Computational Linguistics for Uralic Languages (IWCLUL 2024) will be organized by ACL SIGUR. The proceedings of the event will be published in the ACL anthology. The workshop will take place in November 28-29, 2024 in Helsinki, Finland at Metropolia University of Applied Sciences. https://acl-sigur.github.io/iwclul2024.html Submission deadline: October 25, 2024 (extended) Registration/publication fees: 0€! We solicit original and unpublished work related to NLP methods for Uralic languages, including multilingual methods that include at least one Uralic language (e.g. Finnish, Estonian, Hungarian etc). Appropriate topics include (but are not limited to): - Multilingual approaches in NLP presenting work on at least one Uralic language - LLMs and their use in the context of (endangered) Uralic languages - Position papers - Parsers, analysers and processing pipelines of Uralic languages - Lexical databases, electronic dictionaries - Finished end-user applications aimed at Uralic languages, such as spelling or grammar checkers, machine translation or speech processing - Evaluation methods and gold standards, tagged corpora, treebanks - Reports on language-independent or unsupervised methods as applied to Uralic languages - Surveys and review articles on subjects related to computational linguistics for one or more Uralic languages - Any work that aims at combining efforts and reducing duplication of work - How to elicit activity from the language community, agitation campaigns, games with a purpose Short papers can be up to 4 pages in length (5 for camera-ready version). Short papers can report on work in progress or a more targeted contribution such as software or partial results. Long papers can be up to 8 pages in length (9 for camera-ready version). Long papers should report on previously unpublished, completed, original work. Lightning talks submitted as 750-word abstracts. Lightning talks are suited for discussing ideas or presenting work in progress. The abstracts will be published in a lightning proceedings on Zenodo. All submission formats can have an unlimited number of pages for references. All submissions must follow the ACL stylesheet. The submissions must be anonymous, and they will be peer-reviewed by our program committee. The peer review is double blinded. Papers must be submitted using the conference submission system by the deadline. At least one of the authors of an accepted paper must attend the event and present their paper. Accepted papers (short and long) will be published in the joint proceedings that will appear in the ACL Anthology. Accepted papers will also be given an additional page to address the reviewers’ comments. The length of a camera-ready submission can then be 5 pages for a short paper and 9 for a long paper with an unlimited number of pages for references. Important dates: - Paper submission (full and short): October 25, 2024 (extended) - Notification of acceptance: November 3, 2024 - Camera ready deadline: November 10, 2024 - Registration deadline: November 10, 2024 - Workshop: November 28-29, 2024

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[CFP-Extended Shared Task deadlines] The First Workshop and Shared Task on Multilingual Counterspeech Generation at COLING-2025
by mevallec＠ujaen.es 18 Oct '24

18 Oct '24

----------------------------------------------------- Shared Task on Multilingual Counterspeech Generation ----------------------------------------------------- *WE HAVE EXTENDED THE DEADLINES!* (You can find the new deadlines in the "Important Dates" section of this CFP) In addition to paper contributions, we are organizing a shared task on multilingual counterspeech generation with the aim of sharing in a central space current efforts, especially those for languages different to English. It is envisaged that the shared task would allow the community to study how we can improve counterspeech generation for both lower resource languages but also to reinforce the strong body of research already existing for English. The counterspeech generated by participants should be respectful, non-offensive, and contain information that is specific and truthful with respect to the following targets: Jews, LGBT+, immigrants, people of color, women. Data --------------------- We release new data consisting of 596 Hate Speech-Counter Narrative (HS-CN) pairs. In this dataset, the HS are taken from MTCONAN [https://github.com/marcoguerini/CONAN/tree/master/Multitarget-CONAN], while the CN are newly generated. Together with each HS-CN pair, we also provide 5 background knowledge sentences, some of which are relevant for obtaining the Counter Narratives. The dataset is available in 4 different languages (Basque, English, Italian and Spanish) and divided in the following splits: - Development: 100 pairs. [AVAILABLE NOW!] [https://huggingface.co/datasets/LanD-FBK/ML_MTCONAN_KN] - Train: 396 pairs [AVAILABLE NOW!] [https://huggingface.co/datasets/LanD-FBK/ML_MTCONAN_KN] - Test: 100 pairs [AVAILABLE ON 28th OCTOBER] In order to score the shared task participants, the CNs will be kept hidden during the shared task while the HS and the background knowledge will be released for participants to prepare their submissions. The languages, Basque, English, Italian and Spanish, offer a varied spectrum of complexity including an agglutinative language isolate (Basque), two romance languages (Italian, Spanish) and a Germanic one (English). The choice of languages obeys to the existing linguistic expertise among the organizers required to successfully run the shared task. Additional Multilingual Data --------------------- Participants also have available the English, Italian, Basque and Spanish CONAN manually curated data: - CONAN (English and Italian) [https://github.com/marcoguerini/CONAN/tree/master/CONAN] - CONAN (Basque and Spanish) [https://huggingface.co/datasets/HiTZ/CONAN-EUS] - CONAN-MT-SP (Spanish) [https://github.com/sinai-uja/CONAN-MT-SP] or [https://huggingface.co/datasets/SINAI/CONAN-MT-SP] - Multitarget-CONAN (English) [https://github.com/marcoguerini/CONAN/tree/master/Multitarget-CONAN] Participation --------------------- The aim of the shared task is, given a HS (and optionally any additional knowledge the participants may like to use), generate a CN to counteract the HS. An example of CN appears bellow: - English: + HS: We should ban all homosexuals. + CN: When will the love prosper and the hatred start to dissipate? I will not only respect my fellow LGBT+ people, I will promote their rights. - Italian: + HS: Dovremmo espellere tutti gli omosessuali. + CN: Quand'è che l'amore prospererà e l'odio inizierà a dissiparsi? Non solo rispetterò i miei compagni LGBT+, ma promuoverò i loro diritti. - Spanish: + HS: Deberíamos prohibir a todos los homosexuales. + CN: ¿Cuándo prosperará el amor y empezará a disiparse el odio? No sólo respetaré a mis compañeros LGBT+, sino que promoveré sus derechos. - Basque: + HS: Homosexual guztiak debekatu beharko genituzke. + CN: Noiz hasiko da maitasuna irabazten eta gorrotoa desagertzen? LGBT+ pertsonak errespetatzeaz gain, haien eskubideak sustatuko ditut. Participants will download the test HS for the 4 languages and generate at most three different CNs per HS for each language). The test window will last 5 days. Participants are allowed to use any resource (language model, data, etc.) to generate the CN. **Note:** If you are going to participate in the shared task, please fill the following form: [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeAZTJsrEXt35HfFFchPNdPi289q5kKerq…] Evaluation --------------------- The CNs submitted by the participants will be evaluated: - Using traditional automatic metrics as in Tekiroglu et al.( 2022), which include BLEU, ROUGE, Novelty and Repetition Rate. - Using LLM as a Judge following the approach described in this paper: https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.15227 Important Dates --------------------- - Test dataset release: October 28th, 2024 - Results submission: November 4th, 2024 - Results notification: November 15th, 2024 - Working papers submission: November 25th, 2024 - Notification of Acceptance: December 8th, 2024 - Camera-Ready Papers Due: December 13th, 2024 - Workshop: January 19th, 2025 ----------------------------------------------------- Workshop on Multilingual Counterspeech Generation ----------------------------------------------------- The Shared Task is associated to the First Workshop on Multilingual Counterspeech Generation at COLING 2025. --------------------- Background and Scope --------------------- While interest in automatic approaches to Counterspeech generation has been steadily growing, including studies on data curation (Chung et al., 2019a; Fanton et al., 2021), detection (Chung et al., 2021a; Mathew et al., 2018), and generation (Tekiroglu et al., 2020; Chung et al., 2021b; Zhu and Bhat, 2021; Tekiroglu et al., 2022), the large majority of the published experimental work on automatic Counterspeech generation has been carried out for English. This is due to the scarcity of both non-English manually curated training data and to the crushing predominance of English in the generative Large Language Models (LLMs) ecosystem. A workshop on exploring Multilingual Counterspeech Generation is proposed to promote and encourage research on multilingual approaches for this challenging topic. Thus, this workshop aims to test monolingual and multilingual LLMs in particular and Language Technology in general to automatically generate counterspeech not only in English but also in languages with fewer resources. In this sense, an important goal of the workshop will be to understand the impact of using LLMs, considering for example how to deal with pressing issues such as biases, hallucinated content, data scarcity or data contamination. We seek to maximize the scientific and social impact of this workshop by promoting the creation of a community of researchers from diverse fields, such as computer and social sciences, as well as policy makers and other stakeholders interested in automatic counterspeech generation. By doing so we aim to gain a deeper understanding of how counterspeech is currently used to tackle abuse by individuals, activists, and organizations and how Natural Language Processing (NLP) and Generation (NLG) may be best applied to counteract it. Call for Papers --------------------- We welcome submissions on the following topics (but not limited to): - Models and methods for generating counterspeech in different languages. - Automatic Counterspeech generation for low resource languages with scarce training data. - Dialogue agents that use counterspeech to combat offensive messages that are directed to individuals or groups, targeted based on various aspects such as ideology, gender, sexual orientation and religion. - Methods for human and automatic evaluation of counterspeech. - Multidisciplinary studies providing different perspectives on the topic such as computer science, social science, psychology, etc. - Development of taxonomies and quality datasets for counterspeech in multiple languages. - Potentials and limitations (e.g., fairness, biases, hallucinated content) of applying different NLP methods, such as LLMs, to generate counterspeech. - Social impact and empirical studies of counterspeech in social networks, including research on the effectiveness and consequences for users of using counterspeech to combat hate online. Submission --------------------- We welcome two types of papers: regular workshop papers and non-archival submissions. Regular workshop papers will be included in the workshop proceedings. All submissions must be in PDF format and made through START [https://softconf.com/coling2025/MCG25/] - Regular workshop papers: Authors can submit papers up to 8 pages, with unlimited pages for references. Authors may submit up to 100 MB of supplementary materials separately and their code for reproducibility. All submissions undergo an double-blind single-track review. Accepted papers will be presented as posters with the possibility of oral presentations. - Non-archival submissions: Cross-submissions are welcome. Accepted papers in other venues or journals will be presented at the workshop, but will not be included in the workshop proceedings. Papers must be in PDF format and will be reviewed in a double-blind fashion by workshop reviewers. We also welcome extended abstracts (up to 2 pages) of papers that are work in progress, under review or to be submitted to other venues. Papers in this category need to follow the COLING format. Important Dates --------------------- - Submission: November 20th, 2024 - Notification of Acceptance: December 2nd, 2024 - Camera-Ready Papers Due: December 10th, 2024 For more information you can join the Google group [https://groups.google.com/g/multilingual-cs-generation-coling2025] or visit our website [https://sites.google.com/view/multilang-counterspeech-gen/home] [https://sites.google.com/view/multilang-counterspeech-gen/shared-task] Best regards, The Multilingual Counterspeech Generation Workshop Organizers.

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Computing Conference | London | 19-20 June 2025 - Call for Papers Now Open
by Supriya Kapoor 18 Oct '24

18 Oct '24

Dear Colleagues, We are pleased to announce the Call for Papers for the *Computing Conference 2025 <https://saiconference.com/Computing>*, scheduled to take place from 19-20 June 2025 in London. The conference aims to bring together researchers, scholars, practitioners, and experts from around the world to share their insights, discoveries, and research outcomes. We invite you to submit your original research papers, posters, and proposals on a wide range of topics within the realm of computing, including but not limited to: - High-Performance Computing - Quantum Computing - Data Science and Analytics - Cloud Computing and Distributed Systems - Cybersecurity and Privacy - Emerging Technologies in Computing - Natural Language Processing and LLMs - Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning - Computer Vision and Image Processing - Intelligent Educational systems and e-Learning - Ambient Intelligence and IoT *Important Dates - Round 2:* Full Paper Submission Deadline: 15 November 2024 Notification of Acceptance: 15 December 2024 Camera-Ready Paper Submission: 15 January 2025 Conference Dates: 19-20 June 2025 Proceedings will be published in Springer series "Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems" and submitted for consideration to Web of Science, SCOPUS, INSPEC, WTI Frankfurt eG, zbMATH and SCImago. Submissions will undergo a rigorous double blind peer-review process by an esteemed panel of experts, ensuring the highest academic and technical standards. Detailed submission guidelines and conference updates are available on our official website at https://saiconference.com/Computing. Looking forward to your valuable contributions to the Computing Conference 2025. Sincerely, Kohei Arai Program Chair Computing Conference View 2024 Recap <https://youtu.be/Am9rE4tm3ms> | Unsubscribe <https://mailing.thesai.org/sendy/unsubscribe-success.php?c=9056>

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1st CfP: Asia Pacific Journal of Corpus Research (APJCR) Vol. 5, No. 2 (Deadline: 31 October 2024)
by Prof CK Jung 18 Oct '24

18 Oct '24

[Apologies for cross-posting] Dear colleagues We are inviting submissions for the next issue of Asia Pacific Journal of Corpus Research, to appear on 31 December 2024. *ABOUT*The Asia Pacific Journal of Corpus Research (APJCR, e-ISSN 2733-8096, DOI: https://doi.org/10.22925/apjcr) is an international and interdisciplinary peer-reviewed journal intended to explore corpus research in the Asia Pacific region. APJCR addresses areas of methodological, applied and theoretical work in the field of corpus research. Examples of such include discourse analysis, lexical studies, grammatical studies, language acquisition, language learning, language education, lexicography, pragmatics, sociolinguistics, (machine) translation studies, (digital) literary studies, computational linguistics, speech, phonetics, deep learning and natural language understanding in conjunction with corpus. *NO ARTICLE PROCESS CHARGE*APJCR does not charge authors an Article Processing Fee (APF). *OPEN ACCESS POLICY*APJCR provides open access to its content under the principle in the academic field that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge. *SUBMISSION* Papers (in English or Korean) should be sent to *apjcreditor(a)icr.or.kr <apjcreditor(a)icr.or.kr>* *Full instruction can be found on http://icr.or.kr/apjcr <http://icr.or.kr/apjcr>* *IMPORTANT DATES*- Manuscript submission: 31 October 2024 - First decision (articles assessed by editors): November 2024 - Final decision: November 2024 - Production: December 2024 - Online publication: 31 December 2024 *APJCR ARCHIVE*- *Google Scholar*: https://scholar.google.co.kr/scholar?hl=ko&as_sdt=0%2C5&q=apjcr&btnG= - *KoreaScience*: http://koreascience.or.kr/journal/CPSOBX/v1n1.page *ENQUIRIES* help(a)icr.or.kr --- *CK Jung BEng(Hons) Birmingham MSc Warwick EdD Warwick Cert Oxford* Associate Professor | Department of English Language and Literature, Incheon National University, *South Korea* President | The Korea Association of Secondary English Education, *South Korea *(http://kasee.org) Director | Institute for Corpus Research, Incheon National University, *South Korea* (http://icr.or.kr) Editor-in-Chief | Asia Pacific Journal of Corpus Research, ICR, *International* (http://icr.or.kr/apjcr) Editorial Board | Corpora, Edinburgh University Press, *UK* Editorial Board | English Today, Cambridge University Press, *UK* E: ckjung(a)inu.ac.kr / T: +82 (0)32 835 8129

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Second Call for papers: The 1st International Workshop on Nakba Narratives as Language Resources
by Amal Haddad 17 Oct '24

17 Oct '24

NAKBA-NLP 2025 The 1st International Workshop on Nakba Narratives as Language Resources Part of the COLING-2025 [1] Conference Abu Dhabi, UAE (Fully Virtual) January 20, 2025 https://sina.birzeit.edu/nakba-nlp/ OVERVIEW The narratives of the (ongoing) Palestinian Nakba possess significant historical, cultural, literary, and academic value. Preserving this content and empowring it with AI tools is crucial for ensuring its accessibility and usability for present and future generations. Nakba narratives and testimonies exist in diverse formats such as manuscripts, books, audio recordings, novels, and films. Converting this content into a machine-understandable format presents a notable challenge. Establishing accessible archives and well-annotated collections is essential for researchers and historians to verify and share meaningful information. This workshop aims to explore how artificial intelligence, natural language processing, and corpus linguistics can assist in understanding, disseminating and preserving, Nakba narratives and testimonies. The goal is to create accessible, comprehensive, and well-annotated collections that empower researchers and historians to validate and share critical insights derived from these data. The workshop targets datasets and narratives in Arabic, English, and other languages, however, submitted articles should be written in English. CALL FOR PAPERS We invite submissions for Nakba-NLP 2025, a workshop dedicated to the exploration and preservation of Nakba narratives through the application of artificial intelligence, natural language processing, and corpus linguistics. All submitted papers should explain their relevance to the topic of 'Nakba Narratives as Language Resources'. The organisers reserve the right to reject any papers that incite hatred, refute established facts, or undermine the suffering of individuals. We seek contributions on the following issues of interest: * Digitisation of oral and written narratives * Creation and labeling of language corpora and datasets * Digital archives, metadata, and semantic/content mark-up * Annotation tools and annotation guidelines * Document classification, topic modeling, and information retrieval * Named entity recognition for identifying people, places, organizations, and events * Entity linking and relationship extraction * Event detection and event argument extraction * Knowledge Graphs and Linked Data * Vocabularies, dictionaries, and ontologies * Data visualisation * Knowledge representation * Machine translation, summarisation, and paraphrasing * Natural Language Generation * Large Language Models * Sentiment analysis and emotional content extraction * Discourse analysis (e.g., bias, offensive language, and misinformation) related to Nakba narratives * Voice & dialogue-based systems; ASR * Palestinian dialects (written and spoken) Participants are invited to use the following archives: Institute for Palestine Studies [2], The Palestinian Museum [3], Nakba-Archive [4], POHA [5],Alhaq [6],ICHR [7], as well as Wikipedia and the Wikidata Knowledge Graph. SUBMISSION DETAILS All submitted papers must clearly state and explain their relevance to the topic of 'Nakba Narratives as Language Resources'. The organisers reserve the right to reject any papers that incite hatred, refute established facts, or undermine the suffering of individuals. Submissions may be of two types: * Long papers - up to eight (8) pages maximum, presenting substantial, original, completed, and unpublished work. * Short papers - up to four (4) pages, describing a small focused contribution, negative results, system demonstrations, etc. The workshop supports the COLING anti-harassment policy Policy. [8] IMPORTANT DATES * Submission Deadline: 25 November 2024 * Notifications of Acceptance: 5 December 2024 * Camera Ready Deadline: 13 December 2024 (cannot be changed). Links: ------ [1] https://coling2025.org/ [2] https://www.palestine-studies.org/ [3] https://palmuseum.org/en [4] https://www.nakba-archive.org/ [5] https://libraries.aub.edu.lb/poha/ [6] https://www.alhaq.org/ [7] https://www.ichr.ps/en [8] https://coling2022.org/policy

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Second Call for Papers: The 4th Workshop on Arabic Corpus Linguistics (WACL-4)
by Amal Haddad 17 Oct '24

17 Oct '24

WACL4 AT COLING’2025 WITH FOCUS ON ARABIC DIALECTS https://wp.lancs.ac.uk/wacl4/ ------------------------- The workshop will be held online on January 20th, 2025 in conjunction with the 31st edition of COLING in 2025 in Abu Dhabi (UAE). CALL FOR PAPERS THE WORKSHOP TOPICS INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO: * Development and Utilisation of Arabic Dialectal Corpora * Advancements in Natural Language Processing Techniques for Arabic Dialects * Applications and Challenges of Large Language Models in Understanding and Generating Arabic Dialects * Morphological and Syntactical Challenges in Arabic Dialects * Dialect Identification and Classification * Speech Recognition and Synthesis for Arabic Dialects * Machine Translation involving Arabic Dialects * Sentiment Analysis and Opinion Mining in Arabic Dialects * Named Entity Recognition and Information Extraction for Arabic Dialects * Development of Open Access Resources for Arabic Dialects * Text Processing and Transliteration Challenges for Arabic Dialects * Cultural and Sociolinguistic Considerations in NLP Applications for Arabic Dialects * Resources and Tools for Computational Analysis of Arabic Dialects * Applications of Arabic Dialects NLP in Real-World Scenarios Summary of the Call: We welcome submissions of papers centred around Arabic Dialects NLP and resources, focusing on supporting and advancing language technologies tailored to the diverse range of Arabic dialects. We encourage submissions that span a spectrum from theoretical investigations to practical applications, aiming to address the unique challenges, solutions, and insights that Arabic dialects introduce to the field of NLP. Submissions should adhere to the COLING 2025 standards. Authors are strongly encouraged to review and follow the COLING 2025 submission guidelines and author kit, available at https://coling2025.org/. If authors are describing dialectal variations, we request that they include relevant linguistic details and sociolinguistic contexts to enrich the understanding of the presented work. Submissions may be of two types: * Long papers - up to eight (8) pages excluding references, presenting substantial, original, completed, and unpublished work. * Short papers - up to four (4) pages excluding references, describing a small focused contribution, negative results, or system demonstrations, etc. Important dates: * 1st Call for Papers Announcement: 13 August 2024 * 2nd Call for Papers Announcement: 01 October 2024 * Paper Submission Deadline: 8 November 2024 * Notification of Paper Acceptance: 6 December 2024 * Camera-ready Paper Deadline: 13 December 2024 * Workshop Date: 20th January 2025 Format: The workshop will consist of a mix of invited talks, contributed talks, and panel discussions. The workshop will be held 100% virtually, allowing for greater accessibility and participation from scholars and researchers around the world. We anticipate 30 attendees and 2 invited speakers to the workshop. Scheduled for 20 January 2025, the workshop will be held in conjunction with the 31st edition of COLING 2025 in Abu Dhabi, UAE. Anti-Harassment policy: The workshop supports the COLING anti-harassment policy https://coling2022.org/policy _Keynote Speakers:_ * _Speaker 1: Imed Zitouni, Google, USA_ (Confirmed) * _Speaker 2: Hend Alkhalifa, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia_ (Awaiting confirmation) ORGANIZATION ORGANISING COMMITTEE: * Saad Ezzini, Lancaster University, UK (General Chair) * Hamza Alami, Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University, Morocco (Programme Co-Chair) * Ismail Berrada, Mohammed VI Polytechnic University, Morocco (Programme Co-Chair) * Abdessamad Benlahbib, Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University, Morocco (Programme Co-Chair) * Abdelkader El Mahdaouy, Mohammed VI Polytechnic University, Morocco (Review Chair) * Salima Lamsiyah, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg (Publication Chair) * Nouran Khallaf, Leeds University, UK (Publicity Co-Chair) * Hatim Derrouz, Ibn Tofail University, Morocco (Publicity Co-Chair) * Amal Haddad, University of Granada, Spain (Publicity Co-Chair) * Mustafa Jarrar, Birzeit University, Palestine (Advisory Committee) * Mo El-Haj, Lancaster University, UK (Advisory Committee) * Ruslan Mitkov, Lancaster University, UK (Advisory Committee) * Paul Rayson, Lancaster University, UK (Advisory Committee) PROGRAMME COMMITTEE: * Ahmed Ali, Qatar Computing Research Institute (QCRI), Qatar * Ahmed Abdelali, Qatar Computing Research Institute (QCRI), Qatar * Almoataz B. Al-Said, Cairo University, Egypt * Eric Atwell, Leeds University, UK * Haithem Afli, Dublin City University, Ireland * Hazem Hajj, American University of Beirut, Lebanon * Ignatius Ezeani, Lancaster University, UK * Imed Zitouni, Microsoft Research, USA * Karim Bouzoubaa, Mohamed Vth University, Morocco * Khaled Shaban, Qatar University, Qatar * Abdessamad Benlahbib, Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University, Morocco * Lama Alsudias, Lancaster University, UK * Mo El-Haj, Lancaster University, UK * Mariam Aboelezz, Birkbeck, University of London, UK * Nadi Tomeh, University of Paris 13, France * Nizar Habash, New York University Abu Dhabi, UAE * Nora Al-Twairesh, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia * Abdelkader El Mahdaoui, Mohammed VI Polytechnic University, Morocco * Paul Rayson, Lancaster University, UK * Scott Piao, Lancaster University, UK * Taha Zerrouki, Ecole Nationale Supérieure d'Informatique, Algeria * Tamer Elsayed, Qatar University, Qatar * Violetta Cavalli-Sforza, Al Akhawayn University, Morocco * Wajdi Zaghouani, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar * Hanane El Faik, Chouaïb Doukkali University, Morocco * Wassim El-Hajj, American University of Beirut, Lebanon * Ashraf Boumhidi, Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University, University, Morocco * Khadidja Merakchi, Heriot-Watt University * Ed-Drissiya El-Allaly, University of Moulay Ismail, Morocco * Driss Aboulhoucine, EMRO, WHO * El Habib Nfaoui, Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University, Morocco * Salima Lamsiyah, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg * Khaled Shaalan, The British University in Dubai, UAE * Ismail Berrada, Mohammed VI Polytechnic University, Morocco * Maram Alharbi, Lancaster University, UK * Hatim Derrouz, Ibn Tofail University, Morocco * Nouran Khallaf, Leeds University, UK * Hamza Alami, Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University, Morocco * Mustafa Jarrar, Birzeit University, Palestine * Hanane Grissette, Cadi Ayyad University, Morocco -------------------------

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12 PhD positions on Neuroexplicit models, Saarland University, Germany
by Vera Demberg 17 Oct '24

17 Oct '24

** *The Research Training Group 2853 “Neuroexplicit Models of Language, Vision, and Action” is looking for* * Twelve 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. The RTG is scheduled to grow to a total of 24 PhD students by 2025. An excellent and international group of twelve PhD students and one postdoc have already joined the RTG. Through the inclusion of ~20 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 yearsat 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 researchin 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 advisorsfrom 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 Jörg Hoffmann, Saarland University - AI Planning Dietrich Klakow, Saarland University - Natural Language Processing Alexander Koller, Saarland University - Computational Linguistics 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 Mariya Toneva, MPI for Software Systems - Computational Neuroscience, 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, will join us regularly as a Mercator Fellow. Please send your application by 26 November 2024to apply(a)neuroexplicit.org <mailto:apply@neuroexplicit.org>and include the reference number W2543. We aim to conduct job interviews in January 2025. For more details on the position, including what materials to submit with your application, please see our website: https://www.neuroexplicit.org/jobs/ <https://www.neuroexplicit.org/jobs/#phd-2023> *

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Post-Doc or Chair Assistant Position (Akademischer Rat) for 3+3 Years with the Chair for Multilingual Computational Linguistics in Passau
by Johann-Mattis List 17 Oct '24

17 Oct '24

Dear all, Our Chair of Multilingual Computational Linguistics is offering a position for an Akademischer Rat (research assistant) for 3 years with the possibility of extension by 3 more years. We look for a candidate who can teach topics in Multilingual Computational Linguistics with an open focus on any topic related to multilingual computational approaches to linguistic typology, historical linguistics, or psycholinguistics. Deadline for application is November 20, more information can be found here: https://www.uni-passau.de/fileadmin/dokumente/beschaeftigte/Stellenangebote… Sincerely, Mattis List -- Prof. Dr. Johann-Mattis List Chair of Multilingual Computational Linguistics University of Passau Dr.-Hans-Kapfinger-Str. 16 04032 Passau Germany Chair Website: https://phil.uni-passau.de/multilinguale-computerlinguistik/ Personal Website: https://lingulist.de Telephone: +49(0)851/509-3480

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