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[CFP] Final CFP: ACLing 2024 || Sept 2024 ||Hybrid Conference|| Dubai, UAE
by Khaled Shaalan 27 May '24

27 May '24

Apologies for cross-postings! ** Please forward to anyone who might be interested ** ************************************************************************************ CALL FOR PAPERS Sixth International Conference on AI in Computational Linguistics (ACLing2024) September 21-22, 2024 (Hybrid Conference) Brochure: http://acling.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/ACLing24_CFP.pdf Publication: Procedia Computer Science by ELSEVIER ( https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/procedia-computer-science) Website: https://acling.org/ ************************************************************************************ IMPORTANT DATES * Paper submission deadline: 31 May 2024 (Extended and Final) * Notification of Acceptance: 21 June 2024 * Registration: 25 June 2024 * Camera ready version submission: 14 July 2024 * Conference Date: 20 – 21 September 2024‎ ************************************************************************************ INTRODUCTION Are you interested in artificial intelligence and computational linguistics? The ACLing ‎Conference is a great opportunity to share your latest research with a global audience of experts. ‎We're inviting submissions on a wide range of topics, including machine learning, natural ‎language processing, and applications of these technologies.‎ SOME KEY TOPICS OF INTEREST:‎ * Large Language Models and their applications * Information Retrieval and Question Answering * Information Extraction * Linguistic Theories and Resources * Language Modeling * Speech and Multimodality * Machine Learning, Text Categorization, and Text Mining * Machine Translation * Multilinguality and Cross-linguality * NLP Applications * Segmentation, Tagging, and Parsing * Semantics * Sentiment Analysis and Opinion Mining * Web, Social Media and Computational Social Science * Natural Language Generation * Text Categorization and Topic Modeling * Text Mining * Language and Vision * AI applications in Computational linguistics SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS For detailed instructions on how to submit your paper, please visit the conference website:‎ https://acling.org/submission/. All the submissions should be submitted via EasyChair: https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=acling2024 BENEFITS OF PUBLISHING AT ACLING:‎ • Your work will be seen by a global audience of leading researchers in computational ‎linguistics.‎ • All accepted papers will be published in the Procedia Computer Science by ELSEVIER.‎ INDEXING, RANKING, AND IMPACT (web sources): * Abstracting and indexing: https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/procedia-computer-science/about/insig… * Scopus: https://www.scopus.com/sourceid/19700182801?origin=sbrowse * CiteScore: https://www.scopus.com/sourceid/19700182801?origin=sbrowse * SJR (scimago): https://www.scimagojr.com/journalsearch.php?q=19700182801&tip=sid * ACLingy by Google Citation: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=jkpMuFMAAAAJ&hl=en * ACLing by DBLP: https://dblp.org/db/conf/acling/index.html FURTHER INFORMATION & CONTACT DETAILS * Vist the conference website link https://acling.org/ (will be updated on a regular basis). * For further information, please contact us at ACLing2024(a)gmail.com Regards, CONFERENCE ORGANIZERS * Prof. Dr. Khaled Shaalan, The British University of Dubai, UAE * Prof. Dr. Samhaa R. El-Beltagy, Newgiza University, Egypt

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CRAC 2024 Shared Task on Multilingual Coreference Resolution
by maciej.ogrodniczuk＠gmail.com 27 May '24

27 May '24

We invite you to participate in the Shared Task on Multilingual Coreference Resolution, the results of which will be presented at CRAC 2024 <https://sites.google.com/view/crac2024/> (The 7th Workshop on Computational Models of Reference, Anaphora and Coreference) at EMNLP 2024 <https://2024.emnlp.org/> . The shared task participants are supposed to create systems that: * identify mentions in texts, including reconstruction of zero mentions, i.e. empty tokens (such as pro-drops) involved in coreference relations, * identify coreference relations between the mentions, i.e. predict which mentions belong to the same coreference cluster (i.e., refer to the same entity or event). Please refer to the Shared Task website <https://ufal.mff.cuni.cz/corefud/crac24> for full details. Important Dates and Procedures Registration: as soon as possible * Please complete the registration form <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1VzJFxIVWXmQ8MuozbZoRf6VxbojyhjOJHyc_ydcZ5b E> . Development phase: by June 3, 2024 * Select the starting point <https://ufal.mff.cuni.cz/corefud/crac24#level> . * Download <https://ufal.mff.cuni.cz/corefud/crac24#data-download> the data <https://ufal.mff.cuni.cz/corefud/crac24#data> . * Develop your system <https://ufal.mff.cuni.cz/corefud/crac24#system> . You can build it on top of the baseline systems. * Run, validate <https://ufal.mff.cuni.cz/corefud/crac24#validation> , and evaluate <https://ufal.mff.cuni.cz/corefud/crac24#evaluation> your system on the development data. * Submit the results <https://ufal.mff.cuni.cz/corefud/crac24#codalab> . Evaluation phase: June 3-17, 2024 * Download <https://ufal.mff.cuni.cz/corefud/crac24#data-download> the test data <https://ufal.mff.cuni.cz/corefud/crac24#data> . * Run your system on the test data, validate <https://ufal.mff.cuni.cz/corefud/crac24#validation> . * Submit the results <https://ufal.mff.cuni.cz/corefud/crac24#codalab> . Submission of system description papers: August 22, 2024 * Complete a questionnaire with details of your system. * Write and submit a paper <https://ufal.mff.cuni.cz/corefud/crac24#papers> describing your system(s). Workshop: November 12-16, 2024 * Take part in CRAC 2024 <https://sites.google.com/view/crac2024/> and EMNLP 2024 <https://2024.emnlp.org/> in Miami. Task Organizers * Charles University (Prague, Czechia): Anna Nedoluzhko, Michal Novák, Martin Popel, Zdeněk Žabokrtský, Daniel Zeman * Institute of Computer Science, Polish Academy of Sciences (Warsaw, Poland): Maciej Ogrodniczuk * University of West Bohemia (Pilsen, Czechia): Miloslav Konopík, Ondřej Pražák, Jakub Sido You can send any questions about the shared task to the organizers via corefud(a)googlegroups.com <mailto:corefud@googlegroups.com> .

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[Last CFP and deadline extension] Special issue on Abusive Language Detection of the journal Traitement Automatique des Langues (TAL)
by Farah Benamara 27 May '24

27 May '24

================[Apologies for any cross-posting]================ Dear Colleagues, Due to several requests, the deadline of the Special issue of the journal Traitement Automatique des Langues (TAL) "Abusive Language Detection : Linguistic Resources, Methods and Applications" *has been extended to June 15th*. **Guest Editors** Farah Benamara (IRIT-Toulouse University, IPAL Singapore), Delphine Battistelli (MoDyCo, Paris Nanterre University) and Viviana Patti (Turin University) **Motivations** Abusive language - or, in another very common terminology, hate speech - and the propagation of harmful stereotypes have unfortunately become commonplace occurrences on various social media platforms, partly due to users’ freedom and anonymity and the lack of regulation provided by these platforms. The sheer volume and often implicit nature of such unwanted content make manual moderation of these user spaces a formidable task. Various scientific communities interested in its at least partial automation have taken up the problem over the past ten years. In particular, Computational Social Science, Natural Language Processing and Computational Linguistics have proposed numerous works to create resources, datasets, and models aimed at automating the task of abusive language detection (henceforth ALD). In fact, we see that ALD has become a research theme in its own right in the field of Natural Language Processing with an abundant literature. Abusive language (umbrella term to refer to the various forms of harmful language, such as toxic, offensive language, hate speech, and stereotypes) is topically focused and each specific manifestation of abusive language targets different vulnerable groups based on characteristics such as gender (misogyny, sexism), ethnicity, race, religion (xenophobia, racism, Islamophobia), sexual orientation (homophobia), and so on. Most automatic ALD approaches cast the problem into a binary classification task but important considerations should be taken into account, in particular: (1) the topical focus or the target-oriented nature of hate speech ; (2) the degree of engagement of users in abusive content (e.g., denunciation, approbation, reporting, neutral attitude) ; (3) the question of stereotypes and dominant ideologies ; (4) the question of linguistic strategies more particularly linked or born with social networks (e.g., emoticons, hashtags). Furthermore, most of the work (resources, classifiers) is developed for English. **Topics** Motivated by the interest of the community in the problem of ALD, we invite papers from Natural Language Processing, Machine Learning and Computational Social Sciences. We explicitly encourage interdisciplinary submissions (resources, computational methods, and user applications at the interface of linguistics/psychology/socio-linguistics/sociology) but also position papers on the actual state of the art in the field discussing the limitations of the current approaches and directions for future work. The topics covered by the special issue include, but are not limited to: -- Linguistic resources and evaluation: annotation schemes, corpus linguistics studies, new datasets, with a particular interest in French language and/or multilingual resources. In the case of strictly lexical resources: methods for constituting them and coverage, semantic categories retained. -- Formal/Conceptual approaches for ALD as inspired by models in sociology, socio-linguistics and psychology. -- Models and Methods: supervised and unsupervised approaches, including LLMs. -- Role of contextual phenomena, including discourses, extra-linguistic contexts (e.g., cultural aspects). -- Models for cross-lingual and multimodal detection. -- New approaches beyond binary classification: target-oriented ALD, degrees of user engagement, etc. -- Dynamics of online AL in social media, propaganda propagation. -- Bias detection and removal in resource creation, datasets and methods. -- Application of ALD tools in education, social media content moderation, etc. -- Social, legal, and ethical implications of detecting, monitoring and moderating AL. **Important dates** June 15th, 2024: Submission deadline July 15th, 2024: Notification of acceptance after first rereading End of September 2024: Revised version Mid October 2024: Final decision End of November 2024: Camera ready January 2025: Publication of the special issue **Submission** Submissions can either be in French or English and should follow the journal templates: https://tal-65-3.sciencesconf.org/ **About the journal** Traitement Automatiques des Langues Journal (TAL) is the international French journal of Natural Language Processing (https://www.atala.org/revuetal) published by ATALA (French Association for Natural Language Processing, http://www.atala.org) since 1959 with the support of CNRS (National Centre for Scientific Research). It is indexed by ACL Anthology as well as DBLP. It is also supported by the Institute of Human and Social Sciences of the CNRS. **Contact** For any question, please contact tal-65-3(a)sciencesconf.org **External committee** -- Cristina Bosco, University of Turin -- Elena Cabrio, University of Côte d'Azur -- Tommaso Caselli, Faculty of Arts, Rijksuniveristeit Groningen -- Valentina Dragos, ONERA -- Karën Fort, Sorbonne University -- Claire Hugonnier, University of Grenoble Alpes -- Irina Illina, University of Lorraine -- Roy Ka-Wei Lee, Singapore University of Technology and Design -- Véronique Moriceau, IRIT, University of Toulouse -– Frédérique Segond, INRIA Paris -- Mariona Taulé, University of Barcelona -- Samuel Vernet, Aix-Marseille University -- Mathieu Valette, Paris Sorbonne Nouvelle University -- Marcos Zampieri, George Mason University -- ======================== Farah Benamara Zitoune Professor in Computer Science, Université Paul Sabatier IRIT-CNRS 118 Route de Narbonne, 31062, Toulouse. Tel : +33 5 61 55 77 06 http://www.irit.fr/~Farah.Benamara ================================== -- ======================== Farah Benamara Zitoune Professor in Computer Science, Université Paul Sabatier IRIT-CNRS 118 Route de Narbonne, 31062, Toulouse. Tel : +33 5 61 55 77 06 http://www.irit.fr/~Farah.Benamara ==================================

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COLING 2025 : [CFT] International Conference on Computational Linguistics - Tutorials
by sakhar＠cs.columbia.edu 27 May '24

27 May '24

Call for Tutorials COLING 2025 The 2025 International Conference on Computational Linguistics (COLING 2025) invites proposals for tutorials to be held in conjunction with the conference. We seek proposals in all areas of natural language processing and computation, language resources (LRs), and evaluation, including spoken language, sign language, and multimodal interaction. We invite proposals for three types of tutorials, and we especially encourage submissions from early-career researchers: Cutting-edge: tutorials that cover advances in newly emerging areas. The tutorials are expected to give a brief introduction to the topic, but participants are assumed to have some prior knowledge of the topic. The focus of the class will be on discussing the most recent developments in the field, and it will spend a considerable amount of time pointing out open research questions and important novel research directions. Introductory to computational linguistics/NLP topics: tutorials that provide introductions to topics that are established in the COLING communities. The lecturers provide an overview of the development of the field from the beginning until now. Attendees are not expected to come with prior knowledge. They acquire sufficient understanding of the topic to understand the most recent research in the field. Introduction to Key Concepts in Linguistics, including Semantics, Syntax, Psycholinguistics, Neurolinguistics, and Sociolinguistics: tutorials that provide introductions to topics that are established or emerging in areas adjacent to CL/NLP. The lecturers provide an overview of the development of the field from the beginning until now. Attendees are not expected to come with prior knowledge. They acquire a sufficient understanding of the topic to understand the most recent research in the field and the relevance for the CL/NLP domains. Each of these types of tutorials can either be half-day (4h long including a coffee break (30m long)) or full-day (8h long including two coffee breaks (1h long in total) but excluding a lunch break). In all cases, the aim of a tutorial is primarily to help understand a scientific problem, its tractability, and its theoretical and practical implications. Presentations of particular technological solutions or systems are welcome, provided that they serve as illustrations of broader scientific considerations. None of the tutorial types are expected to be “self-invited” long talks – the content should be a good balance between research from multiple groups and perspectives, not only from the teachers of the tutorial. The tutorials will be held at COLING 2025 in Abu Dhabi, UAE, on 19 and 20 January, 2025. Important Dates All deadlines are 11:59 PM UTC-12:00 (“anywhere on Earth”). Proposal submission due July 31, 2024 Notification of acceptance August 31, 2024 COLIING2025 tutorials January 19-20, 2025 COLING2025 conference January 21-24, 2025 Diversity and Inclusion We particularly encourage submissions of underrepresented groups in computational linguistics, researchers from any demographic or geographic minority, with disabilities, or others. In the evaluation of the proposal, we will take these aspects into account to create a varied and balanced set of tutorials. This includes several aspects of diversity, namely (1) how the topic of the tutorial contributes to improved diversity and increased fairness in the field, (2) if the topic is particularly relevant for a specific underrepresented group of potential participants, (3), if the presenters are from an underrepresented group. Submission Details They should contain: A title that helps the potential attendees to understand what the tutorial will be about. An abstract that summarizes the topics, goals, target audience, and type (see above) of the tutorial (this abstract will also be on the LREC-COLING website). A section called “Introduction” that explains the topic and summarizes the starting point and relevance for our community and in general. A section called “Target Audience” that explains for whom the tutorial will be developed and what the expected prior knowledge is. Clearly specify what attendees should know and be able to practically do to get the most out of your tutorial. Examples of what to specify include prior mathematical knowledge, knowledge of specific modeling approaches and methods, programming skills, or adjacent areas like computer vision. Also specify the number of expected participants. A section called “Outline” in which the various topics are explained. This can be a list of bullet points or a set of paragraphs explaining the content. Explain what you intend and how long the tutorial will be. A section called “Diversity Considerations”, discussing each of the three aspects of diversity mentioned above or others. A section called “Reading List”: What are introductory papers or books that potential attendees can read to get a first impression of the tutorial content? What do you expect them to have read before attending? What does provide further information beyond the content of the tutorial? A section called “Presenters” in which each tutorial presenter is briefly introduced in one paragraph, including their research interests, their areas of expertise for the tutorial topic, and their experience in teaching a diverse and international audience. A section called “Other Information” which should include information on how many people are expected to participate and how you came to this estimate. You can also explain any other aspects that you find important, including special equipment that you would need. A section called “Ethics Statement” which discusses ethical considerations related to the topics of the tutorial. The proposals should be submitted no later than 31 July, 2024, 11:59 PM Samoa Standard Time (SST) (UTC/GMT-11, “anywhere on Earth”). Submission is electronic. Please submit the proposals using the START system at this URL: https://softconf.com/coling2025/tutorialsCL25 Evaluation Criteria The tutorial proposals will be evaluated according to their originality and impact, the expected interest level of participants, as well as the quality of the organizing team and Program Committee and their contribution to the diversity of the conference. Each tutorial will be evaluated regarding its clarity and preparedness, novelty or timely character of the topic, the instructor’s experience, the audience interest, and the potential to increase diversity in our community. Instructor Responsibilities Accepted tutorial presenters will be notified by the date mentioned above. They must then provide abstracts of their tutorials for inclusion in the conference registration material by the specific deadlines. The abstract needs to be provided in ASCII format. The summary will be submitted in PDF format and can be updated from the version submitted for review. The instructors will make their material available in an appropriate way, for instance, by setting up a website. They will be invited to submit their slides to the ACL Anthology. Tutorial Chairs Email: coling25tutorialchairs(a)gmail.com The tutorial chairs are: Djamé Seddah, Senior Researcher, INRIA, Paris, Frace (on leave from Sorbonne University) Shaonan Wang, Associate Professor at the Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

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First Call for NLP for Positive Impact Workshop
by Daryna Dementieva 26 May '24

26 May '24

Dear all! We are delighted to invite you for submission to the Third Workshop on NLP for Positive Impact! Workshop website: https://sites.google.com/view/nlp4positiveimpact Submission method: ACL Rolling Review (ARR) Important Dates We align our paper acceptance with the ARR cycles <https://aclrollingreview.org/dates>: Submission deadline: June ARR, i.e., June 15, 2024, 11:59pm AoE Commitment deadline to the Workshop: August 20, 2024 Notification of Acceptance: September 20, 2024 Camera-Ready Papers Due: October 3, 2024 Workshop Date: co-located with EMNLP 2024 in November, Miami (exact date to be announced) All deadlines are 11:59 PM (Anywhere on Earth <https://www.timeanddate.com/time/zones/aoe>) Summary The widespread and indispensable use of language-oriented AI systems presents new opportunities to have a positive social impact. NLP technologies are starting to mature to the point where they could have an even broader impact, supporting the UN sustainability goals <https://sdgs.un.org/goals> by helping to address big problems such as poverty, hunger, healthcare, education, inequality, COVID-19 and climate change. Our workshop aims to promote innovative NLP research that will positively impact society, focusing on responsible methods and new applications. We will encourage submissions from areas including (but not limited to): - Work that grounds the impact of NLP: Beyond developing a better-performing NLP model, can we make a step further to connect the model to actual social impact? Example directions include: case studies of real-world deployments; or improving the deployment and maintenance of NLP models in practice. - In addition to commonly recognized NLP for social good areas such as NLP for healthcare, mental well-being, and many others, we also call for work on neglected areas such as NLP for poverty, hunger, energy, climate change, among others. - We also highly value work that builds on interdisciplinary expertise, and encourages submissions of case studies or worked examples that seek to expand the social impact of NLP through collaboration with other fields (e.g., philanthropy, social science, political science, economics, HCI). Special theme: This year, we would like to encourage submission providing solutions or concepts to address digital violence. Digital violence encompasses various forms of violence that utilize digital tools and media, such as cell phones, apps, internet applications, and emails, and occurs within digital spaces like online portals and social platforms. We aim to explore how modern NLP and AI technologies can contribute to enhancing safety in digital environments. At the workshop, you will have an opportunity to connect and share your results with NGO representatives from this field! Submission types: Thus, we would appreciate to see various types of works on this (but not only) topic like: - automatic identification of various social needs, their corresponding sizes and demographics of people affected; - position papers to propose promising new tasks or directions that the field should pursue; - literature review of a subfield; - philosophical discussions of what how positive impact can be achieved with NLP methods; - approaches to interdisciplinary collaboration; - user study designs, user surveys; - ethical considerations, and other related topics. Note that we want submissions to our workshop to have some distinctive features of social good implications, beyond a general paper on NLP. We will require each submission to discuss the ethical and societal implications of their work, and encourage a discussion of what "positive impact" means in the work. Papers Format Both long and short paper submissions should follow all of the ARR submission requirements <https://aclrollingreview.org/cfp#paper-submission-information>, including: - Long Papers <https://aclrollingreview.org/cfp#long-papers> (8 pages) and Short Papers <https://aclrollingreview.org/cfp#short-papers> (4 pages) - Instructions for Two-Way Anonymized Review <https://aclrollingreview.org/cfp#instructions-for-two-way-anonymized-review> - Authorship <https://aclrollingreview.org/cfp#authorship> - Citation and Comparison <https://aclrollingreview.org/cfp#citation-and-comparison> - Multiple Submission Policy <https://aclrollingreview.org/cfp#multiple-submission-policy>, Resubmission Policy <https://aclrollingreview.org/cfp#resubmission-policy>, and Withdrawal Policy <https://aclrollingreview.org/cfp#withdrawal-policy> - Ethics Policy <https://aclrollingreview.org/cfp#ethics-policy> including the responsible NLP research checklist <https://aclrollingreview.org/responsibleNLPresearch> - Limitations <https://aclrollingreview.org/cfp#limitations> - Writing Assistance <https://2023.aclweb.org/blog/ACL-2023-policy/> - Paper Submission and Templates <https://aclrollingreview.org/cfp#paper-submission-and-templates> - Optional Supplementary Materials <https://aclrollingreview.org/cfp#optional-supplementary-materials-appendice…> Organizers Zhijing Jin (Max Planck Institute & ETH Zurich) Daryna Dementieva (Technical University of Munich) Steven Wilson (Oakland University) Oana Ignat (University of Michigan) Jieyu Zhao (University of Maryland, College Park) Joel Tetreault (Dataminr, Inc.) Rada Michaela (University of Michigan) Contact Email - nlp4pi.workshop(a)gmail.com All positive regards, Daryna Dementieva On behalf of NLP4PI Workshop Organizers

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[CIKM-2024] - Final Call for AnalytiCup Competition proposals
by antonela.tommasel＠isistan.unicen.edu.ar 26 May '24

26 May '24

** Deadline May 31st ** ** Next friday! ** =============== =============== * We apologize if you receive multiple copies of this CfP * * For the online version of this Call, visit: https://cikm2024.org/call-for-analyticup-competition-proposals/ =============== CIKM 2024: 33rd ACM International Conference on Information and Knowledge Management Boise, Idaho, USA October 21–25, 2024 =============== CIKM 2024 AnalytiCup is an open competition including compelling data challenges aimed at members of the industry and academia interested in information and knowledge management. The challenges will be rolled out progressively and last for several weeks. The final solutions will be presented at CIKM 2024 AnalytiCup which is to be held in conjunction with the CIKM conference during October 2024. -------------------------- Key Dates -------------------------- * Proposal due: May 31 2024 * Notification: June 7 2024 * Competition Kickoff: June 24 20224 * Competition Ends: August 30, 2024 (All deadlines are at 11:59 pm AOE) -------------------------- Proposals Submissions -------------------------- We invite proposals from practitioners across industry and academia who are interested in the areas of information retrieval, databases, and knowledge management. The best fit proposal should include a well-motivated goal with a positive social impact, a novel and challenging task, a fair setup with stable evaluation approach, and adequate amount of real-world data for the competition. * A well-motivated goal: A goal of the proposed competition should be solving a challenging real-world problem at the same time impacting the research and other communities positively. A good competition is where the output of the competition should lead to a greater good of everyone, such proposals are encouraged. * A challenging task: The task should be challenging in the sense that there is enough room for improvement from the basic solutions, and novel ideas are required to succeed in the competition. At the same time the task should be manageable in about 2 months’ time. * A fair setup: The organizers should guarantee the availability of the data and the confidentiality of the test set. The evaluation metrics should be both meaningful for the application in-hand and statistically sound for the objective comparison. The baseline should be established to show that non-trivial results can be achieved. * A real-world dataset: A proposal should clearly explain what data will be provided for competition and the source of the data. Also, explain how/why the provided data is sufficient for the competition. A proposal should cover all the important details such as dates, submission and evaluation of results, etc. and describe the competition rules clearly. Please provide following details with your proposal: * Title: The title of your challenge. * Problem Description: Describe the problem clearly in detail. Explain the importance of the problem and its impact. Discuss different scenarios for the problem with its challenges and limitations. Share the simple data samples and explain the data clearly. If the proposed competition includes more than one track, please describe each track clearly and show unique value for each track. * Evaluation: Describe how you plan to evaluate the submission. Select the evaluation method which is fair and statistically robust. * Suggested Participants: Provide a list of suggested participants in the challenge. * Timeline. Dates for expected start of the competition, user registration, team formation, submission, evaluation, and notification. * Awards. Specify the type and form of the awards you want to share with the winners. * Host information: Names, affiliations, email addresses, and short biographies of the organizers. -------------------------- Chairs Contact Information -------------------------- For more information, contact the AnalytiCup Chairs at: CIKM2024-analyticup [at] easychair [dot] org Vachik Dave, Walmart Global Tech Carl Yang, Emory University

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CFW: Call for Workshop Proposals COLING 2025 - Deadline is May 31, 2024
by sakhar＠cs.columbia.edu 25 May '24

25 May '24

Dear colleagues, This is the second Call for Workshops for the 31st International Conference on Computational Linguistics, scheduled to take place from 19th to 24th January 2025 in Abu Dhabi, UAE. Website: https://coling2025.org submission link: https://softconf.com/coling2025/wsCL25/ Proposal submission due May 31, 2024 Call for Workshop Proposals: https://coling2025.org/calls/workshop_proposals/ The International Conference on Computational Linguistics (COLING) invites proposals for workshops to be held in conjunction with the 31st edition of COLING in 2025 in Abu Dhabi (UAE). We solicit proposals in all areas of computational linguistics, language resources and evaluation, broadly conceived to include related disciplines such as linguistics, language documentation, natural language processing, speech and multimodal processing, computational social science, and the digital humanities. Note: for this edition of COLING, we will not be conducting a joint call for workshops with the ACL conferences (AACL, ACL, EACL, EMNLP, NAACL). This is due to scheduling differences between COLING and the ACL conferences in 2025. COLING is happening much earlier than the *ACL conferences, which makes it impractical to coordinate a joint call. However, we anticipate a return to joint workshop calls in the future. IMPORTANT DATES All deadlines are 11:59 PM UTC-11:00 (“anywhere on Earth”). Proposal submission due May 31, 2024 Notification of acceptance June 30, 2024 COLING-2025 Workshops January 19-20, 2025 COLING-2025 conference January 21-24, 2025 SUBMISSION INFORMATION Proposals should be submitted as PDF documents. Note that submissions should essentially be ready to be turned into a Call for Workshop Papers shortly after the notification. The proposals should be at most two pages long for the main proposal, with additional two pages permitted for information about organisers, tentative program committee, and references. Hence, the entire proposal should not exceed FOUR pages in length, excluding references. Please note that workshops should either be 100% in-person or 100% virtual; hybrid formats will not be allowed. For in-person workshops, at least one workshop organiser should be physically present to run the workshop at COLING. More information about the CFW submission can be found on the website: https://coling2025.org/calls/workshop_proposals/ CONTACT For any questions related to the workshop proposals only, please send your email to coling2025-programchairs(a)googlegroups.com Please do not email the workshop chairs directly. Sincerely, COLING 2025 Website/Publicity/Social Media Chairs Hasan Iqbal (MBZUAI, UAE) Zain Muhammad Mujahid (MBZUAI, UAE) Sakhar AlKhereyf (KACST, Saudi Arabia)

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Looking for Editorial Assistant for TACL Journal
by ACL Announcements 25 May '24

25 May '24

Looking for EDITORIAL ASSISTANT for an ACADEMIC JOURNAL IN COMPUTATIONAL LINGUISTICS Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL) is seeking an Editorial Assistant for Transactions of the Association for Computational Linguistics (TACL), an ACL-sponsored journal published by MIT Press that publishes papers in all areas of computational linguistics and natural language processing. This position provides an experience in the world of academic publishing and the peer-review process and a first-hand engagement with the most current and impactful work on computational linguistics. POSITION SUMMARY The Editorial Assistant will: Manage the submission process using a web-based workflow management system (WMS) Correspond with authors, in coordination with the Editors-in-Chief (EiC), regarding submissions of articles, revisions and possibility of presentation at ACL conferences for eligible papers Correspond with action editors and reviewers, in coordination with the EiC, regarding submissions of reviews and decisions Prepare monthly Activity Report for EiCs Consult with EiCs when issues arise Interact with the API developers and oversee updates to the WMS REQUIRED SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE Candidates are required to have: Strong organizational and time-management skills Demonstrated attention to detail Strong written communication skills Knowledge and experience with using APIs The work is done remotely; interaction with the team of Editors-in-Chief, reviewers, and authors will be electronic. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION The Editorial Assistant is named on the masthead of each issue of TACL and works closely and directly with the Editors-In-Chief. The start date of this position is June 1, 2024. The workload varies somewhat over the course of the journal’s annual cycle but averages approximately 20 hours weekly. To apply, submit a cover letter, CV/resume, and three references. If you have questions about this position or to submit an application, contact us via email at: editors-in-chief(a)transacl.org and roireichart(a)gmail.com.

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[Call for Papers] NLP4MusA - 3rd Workshop on NLP for Music and Audio @ ISMIR 2024
by Sergio Oramas 24 May '24

24 May '24

Dear MIR community, We are excited to announce NLP4MusA 2024, the 3rd Workshop on NLP for Music and Audio <https://sites.google.com/view/nlp4musa-2024>, co-located with ISMIR 2024. =================================== *When*: November, 15 *Where*: San Francisco (ISMIR) *Submission deadline*: July, 5 *Proceedings*: Accepted papers will be published on the ACL Anthology *Website*: https://sites.google.com/view/nlp4musa-2024 *Submission link:* https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=nlp4musa2024 =================================== *Topics of Interest* We welcome both academic and industry submissions at the crossroads of NLP and music and audio, including (but not limited to) topics such as: - NLP for Music Understanding - Tagging and meta-tagging - Knowledge graph construction - Information extraction - Named entity recognition and linking - Speech to text - Song and podcast segmentation - Topic modeling - Sentiment analysis - Representation learning - Bias in music and audio corpora - Audio captioning - Debiasing music entity embeddings - Evaluation and adaptation of LLMs for music understanding - NLP for Music Retrieval and Personalization - Conversational AI - Slot filling and intent prediction - Information retrieval - Cross-modal retrieval - Recommender systems - Ads personalization - Responsible recommendations - Fairness and transparency - NLP for Music and Audio Generation - Lyrics generation - Music generation with (Large) Language models - Spoken audio/podcast generation *Submission Instructions* We invite short-papers of up to 4 pages (excluding references). The review process will be double-blind. Submissions should adhere to the ACL Anthology formatting guidelines. A LaTeX template is available here <https://drive.google.com/file/d/10sSh9JR6Q1644h6XP21lYEyCEoMyB0gQ/view>. Papers should be submitted via EasyChair: https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=nlp4musa2024. Accepted submissions will be published as ACL anthology papers. *Important dates* - Submission Deadline: *July 5, 2024* - Notification of Acceptance: August 2, 2024 - Camera-Ready Deadline: September 6, 2024 - Workshop Date: November 15, 2024 NLP4MusA Organizing Committee

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[Open position] Postdoc in NLP and computational social science
by khuram shehzad 24 May '24

24 May '24

Dear all, An exciting opportunity awaits in the field of Natural Language Processing (NLP) for Behavioural Data Analytics at GESIS in Cologne, Germany. We are currently seeking a Senior Researcher Postdoc to join our team. https://www.hidden-professionals.de/HPv3.Jobs/gesis/stellenangebot/37621/Se… The position is limited to 4 years, with option for further extension. Best regards Hajira *GESIS-Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften* Team Lead Big Data Analytics Tel: 49 (0)221-47694-517 https://hajirajabeen.github.io/

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[Online Panel] Modelling Climate Change: An Overview of the Crisis and Reconstruction Plans in Southern Brazil (May 24th, 3pm UK time)
by Aline Villavicencio 23 May '24

23 May '24

Dear all, reposting including link information for joining online. We are hosting a rapid response online panel on Friday 24 May 2024 at 15:00 (BST) about the recent and devastating floods in South Brazil and the role of science in modelling, predicting and responding to extreme climate events, and how it can inform and support response and replanning efforts. This online event is open to all, and details about how to join are included below. ------------------------------ Modelling Climate Change: An Overview of the Crisis and Reconstruction Plans in Southern Brazil Date: May 24, 2024, 3pm UK Website: https://sites.google.com/view/climate-change-southern-brazil <https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsites.goo…> Location: Join the Zoom Meeting <https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Funiversit…> https://Universityofexeter.zoom.us/j/94995645524?pwd=bnhlcThXalBsTWpYWXZrZF… <https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Funiversit…> Meeting ID: 949 9564 5524 Password: 409333 Climate change and the increase in extreme climatic events present a pressing challenge globally. This panel focuses on the environmental, social, and economic ramifications of climate change in the recent floods in Southern Brazil. With over 2 million people and more than 90% of the region's municipalities affected, heavy rainfalls have disrupted both electricity and treated water supplies, closed the main airport for months and caused extensive damage to traffic on highways. A substantial impact on economic activity is expected. We discuss the role of science in monitoring and preventing these crises and in supporting emergency actions and reconstruction plans. Panellists include: Márcia Barbosa <https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.if.uf…> (Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil) Rob Chadwick <https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.metof…> (Met Office, UK) Andrew Hartley <https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.metof…> (Met Office, UK) José Marengo <https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fscholar.g…> (National Centre for Monitoring and Early Warning of Natural Disasters, Brazil) Moderator: Carolina Brito <https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fscholar.g…> (Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil)

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Call for short papers - DAAfrica 2024 - Bejaia, Algeria
by Mathieu ROCHE 23 May '24

23 May '24

============================================================= Call for short papers DAAfrica - Workshop on Data Science for Agriculture in Africa November 23, 2024 Bejaia, Algeria (hybrid) Event affiliated with CARI’2024 Workshop supported by ASDS, #DigitAg and the MOOD project ============================================================= === SCOPE === Data science in agriculture has evolved with the accessibility of data by farmers that allow them to analyze and facilitate decision making. Today new technology like Internet of Things (IoT) enables us to collect and store farm and environmental data (e.g. soil data, water data, etc.) in dedicated databases and/or data warehouses. This agricultural data can be combined with other data sources (e.g. remote sensing, weather stations, web and social media, etc.) that need to address new challenges like ingestion of heterogeneous data. Data science in agriculture aims to explore and mine agricultural data using different techniques like machine learning, deep learning, computer vision, text-mining, large language models (LLM), etc. For instance, data science can predict crop yields and plant and animal diseases with different variables, including rainfall, temperature fluctuations, and soil conditions by using a variety of data (e.g. sensor data, texts, satellite images, plant images, etc.). So, agriculture professionals and decision-makers can use data science to provide information and knowledge in order to make decisions about agricultural activities in Africa. === TOPICS OF INTEREST === The topics of the workshop encompass all aspects concerning the intersection of data science and agriculture in Africa with different applications: - Smart Farming - Yield and production - Plant specie identification - Land cover monitoring - Crop recommendation - Crop monitoring & forecasting - Animal and plant health monitoring - Water management - Food safety & security - Agroecology - etc. === SUBMISSIONS === Researchers, academics, and students working on the field of data science with application in agriculture in Africa are invited to submit short papers for oral presentations or posters. Submitted abstracts must be in English and will be reviewed by the workshop committees for suitability and interest to the DAAfrica audience. The authors can submit papers of unpublished work reporting original and early results, introducing new ideas or describing prototypes. Every accepted submission must have at least one author registered for the workshop. All submitted extended abstracts must follow the LNCS format (https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-gu…) with a page limit of up to 6 pages including the title page, figures, references, and an optional appendix. The abstracts should be submitted electronically in PDF format via EasyChair via the following link: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=daafrica2024 Accepted extended abstract will be published as CEUR proceedings. Selected contributions will be invited to submit full papers to ARIMA Journal (indexed by DBLP and DOAJ) for a peer-review according to its usual reviewing process. === IMPORTANT DATES === - Submission deadline: July 31, 2024 - Notification to authors: September 23, 2024 - Workshop date: November 23, 2024 === PARTICIPATION === The workshop will be held in Bejaia, Algeria, as an event affiliated to CARI’2024 (https://www.cari-info.org). This workshop will be a hybrid event that combines a "live" in-person event with a "virtual" online component. Further information related to registration is available on the ASDS website: https://asds.africa/daafrica2024 === WORKSHOP CHAIRS === - Paulin Melatagia, University of Yaoundé I, Cameroun - Mathieu Roche, CIRAD, UMR TETIS, France

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[CFP] International Combined Workshop on Spatial Language Understanding (SpLU) and Grounded Communication for Robotics (RoboNLP) @ACL 2024
by Kordjamshidi, Parisa 23 May '24

23 May '24

--------------------------------------------------------------- First CALL FOR PAPERS ---------------------------------------------------------------- International Combined Workshop on Spatial Language Understanding (SpLU) and Grounded Communication for Robotics (RoboNLP) @ACL 2024 (https://splu-robonlp-2024.github.io/ <https://splu-robonlp-2024.github.io/>) Location: Bangkok, Thailand Date: August 16, 2024 --------------------------------------------------------------- IMPORTANT DATES --------------------------------------------------------------- Important Dates - Submission Deadline: 17 May 2024 (Anywhere on Earth) - Notification of Acceptance: 17 June 2024 (Anywhere on Earth) - Camera Ready Deadline: 1 July 2024 (Anywhere on Earth) - Workshop Day: 16 August 2024 (co-located with ACL 2024) --------------------------------------------------------------- AIM AND SCOPE --------------------------------------------------------------- Leveraging the foundation built in the prior workshops SpLU-RoboNLP 2023, SpLU-RoboNLP 2021, SpLU 2020, SpLU-RoboNLP 2019, SpLU 2018, and RoboNLP 2017, we propose the fourth combined workshop on Spatial Language Understanding and Grounded Communication for Robotics. Natural language communication with general-purpose embodied robots has long been a dream inspired by science fiction, and natural language interfaces have the potential to make robots more accessible to a wider range of users. Achieving this goal requires the continuous improvement of and development of new technologies for linking language to perception and action in the physical world. In particular, given the rise of large vision and language generative models, spatial language understanding and natural interactions have become more exciting topics to explore. This joint workshop aims to bring together the perspectives of researchers working on physical robot systems with human users, simulated embodied environments, multimodal interaction, and spatial language understanding to forge collaborations. --------------------------------------------------------------- TOPICS OF INTEREST --------------------------------------------------------------- We are interested in but not limited to original research in developing computational models, benchmarks, evaluation metrics, analysis, surveys, and position papers on the following topics: - Deployment of Large Language Models for Situated Dialogue and Language Grounding - Spatial Reasoning with Large Language Models - Aligning and Translating Language to Situated Actions - Evaluation Metrics for Language Grounding and Human-Robot Communication - Human-Computer Interactions Through Natural or Structural Language - Instruction Understanding and Spatial Reasoning based on Multimodal Information for Navigation, Articulation, and Manipulation - Interactive Situated Dialogue for Physical Tasks - Language-based Game Playing for Grounding - Spatial Language and Skill Learning via Grounded Dialogue - (Spatial) Language Generation for Embodied Tasks - (Spatially-) Grounded Knowledge Representations - Spatial Reasoning in Image and Video Diffusion Models - Qualitative Spatial Representations and Neuro-symbolic Modeling - Utilization and Limitations of Large (Multimodal-)Language Models in Spatial Understanding and Grounded Communication --------------------------------------------------------------- INVITED SPEAKERS --------------------------------------------------------------- We are open to the nomination of speakers and encourage self-nomination. The speakers are REQUIRED to attend the workshop in person. We aim to gather a diverse set of senior/junior speakers from academia/industry who work on related topics in language, vision and robotics and did not have a chance to speak in the past versions of the workshop. If you are interested, please email splu-robonlp2024(a)googlegroups.com <mailto:splu-robonlp2024@googlegroups.com> and include your tentative topic. --------------------------------------------------------------- SUBMISSION AND SELECTION PROCESS --------------------------------------------------------------- * Long Papers * Technical papers: ACL style, 8 pages excluding references * Short Papers * Position statements describing previously unpublished work or demos: ACL style, 4 pages excluding references ACL Style Files (GitHub): https://github.com/acl-org/ACLPUB/tree/master/templates <https://github.com/acl-org/ACLPUB/tree/master/templates> ACL Style Files (Overview): https://www.overleaf.com/read/crtcwgxzjskr <https://www.overleaf.com/read/crtcwgxzjskr> OpenReview Submission: https://openreview.net/group?id=aclweb.org/ACL/2024/Workshop/SpLU-RoboNLP <https://openreview.net/group?id=aclweb.org/ACL/2024/Workshop/SpLU-RoboNLP> Non-Archival Option: ACL workshops are traditionally archival. To allow dual submission of your work to SpLU-RoboNLP 2024 from *ACL Findings and other conferences/journals, we are also including a non-archival track. Space permitting, these submissions will still participate and present their work in the workshop, and will be hosted on the workshop website, but will not be included in the official proceedings. Please apply the ACL format and submit through OpenReview, but indicate that this is a cross-submission (non-archival) at the bottom of the submission form. --------------------------------------------------------------- ORGANIZING COMMITTEE --------------------------------------------------------------- Parisa Kordjamshidi, Michigan State University Malihe Alikhani, Northeastern University Xin Eric Wang, University of California Santa Cruz Yue Zhang, Michigan State University Ziqiao Ma, University of Michigan Mert Inan, Northeastern University --------------------------------------------------------------- ADVISING COMMITTEE --------------------------------------------------------------- Raymond J. Mooney, The University of Texas at Austin Joyce Y. Chai, University of Michigan Anthony G. Cohn, University of Leeds --------------------------------------------------------------- CONTACT --------------------------------------------------------------- Feel free to contact the Organizing Committee at splu-robonlp2024(a)googlegroups.com <mailto:splu-robonlp2024@googlegroups.com>. ------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------ Kordjamshidi, Parisa Assistant Professor Computer Science and Engineering Michigan State University http://www.cse.msu.edu/~kordjams/ <http://www.cse.msu.edu/~kordjams/> Heterogeneous Learning & Reasoning Lab: https://hlr.github.io/ Woman, Life, Freedom

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[CFP] 3rd Call for Participation and Extended Timeline - ISWC-LLMs4OL 2024 Challenge: Large Language Models for Ontology Learning
by Jennifer D'Souza 22 May '24

22 May '24

[apologies if you received multiple copies of this call] Dear colleagues and friends, *We are pleased to release the 3rd Call for Participation - LLMs4OL Challenge collocated with The International Semantic Web Conference (ISWC 2024)* *Overview:* LLMs4OL stands for "Large Language Models for Ontology Learning." The LLMs4OL paradigm was first introduced in our research paper ( https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-47240-4_22) published in the ISWC 2023 main conference proceedings. In this context, we aimed to test the readiness of LLMs to address the Ontology Learning (OL) task w.r.t. three main subtasks: 1) Term Typing, 2) Type Taxonomy Discovery, and 3) Non-Taxonomic Relation Extraction. Therein our evaluations included ontolgies from various knowledge domains, i.e. lexicosemantics (WordNet), geography (GeoNames), biomedicine (NCI, MEDICIN, SNOMEDCT), and web content types (schema.org). With the ISWC-LLMs4OL 2024 challenge, we aim to catalyze community-wide engagement in validating and expanding the use of LLMs in OL by releasing our evaluation datasets publicly in the community. This initiative is poised to advance our comprehension of LLMs’ roles within the Semantic Web, encouraging innovation and collaboration in developing scalable and accurate OL methods. More info on the task website: https://sites.google.com/view/llms4ol/ The LLMs4OL Challenge will be divided into two evaluation phases: - Evaluation Phase 1: Few-shot Testing; - Evaluation Phase 2: Zero-shot Testing *Dates (Extended!!)* Training datasets available: March 30, 2024 Test data available (Task A): June 27, 2024 Evaluation ends (Task A): July 4, 2024 Test data available (Tasks B & C): July 5, 2024 Evaluation ends (Tasks B & C): July 18, 2024 Participant papers due: July 28, 2024 Notification to authors: August 19, 2024 Camera ready due: August 30, 2024 ISWC 2024, Baltimore, Maryland, USA: 11-15 November 2024 If you wish to compare the changes in schedule, the original timeline can be seen here https://sites.google.com/view/llms4ol/important-dates *Task Organizers* Hamed Babaei Giglou (TIB Leibniz Information Centre for Science and Technology - Germany) Jennifer D’Souza (TIB Leibniz Information Centre for Science and Technology - Germany) Sören Auer (TIB Leibniz Information Centre for Science and Technology - Germany) We look forward to having you on board! Help us spread the word to other interested researchers within your network! *Contact:* llms4ol.challenge [at] gmail.com

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[CIKM 2024] - Call for Resource Papers
by antonela.tommasel＠isistan.unicen.edu.ar 22 May '24

22 May '24

** Abstract deadline May 27th ** ** Five days to go ** =============== =============== * We apologize if you receive multiple copies of this CfP * * For the online version of this Call, visit: https://cikm2024.org/call-for-resource-papers/ =============== CIKM 2024: 33rd ACM International Conference on Information and Knowledge Management Boise, Idaho, USA October 21–25, 2024 =============== The Conference on Information and Knowledge Management (CIKM) is a premier forum for researchers and practitioners from academia, industry, and government bodies to share technologies and state-of-the-art research on the emerging aspects of artificial intelligence, data mining, data management, and information retrieval. The resource track at CIKM 2024 provides a unique opportunity to researchers to share and highlight their latest technologies that enable intelligent decision-making, predictive analytics, and machine learning. -------------------------- Key Dates -------------------------- * Resource Papers abstract: 27 May 2024 * Resource Papers: 3 June 2024 * Resource Papers notifications: 16 July 2024 * Camera Ready: 8 August 2024 (All deadlines are at 11:59 pm AOE) -------------------------- Topics of Interest -------------------------- We welcome submissions on all topics in the general areas of artificial intelligence, machine learning, data science, databases, information retrieval, and knowledge management. An ideal resource paper’s topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following areas: * Data resources comprising a new and innovative dataset or protocol, or one created using novel methods and/or algorithms * Data resources labelled using novel and well-described annotation and/or crowdsourcing approaches * Software resources to support research on novel application domains or support novel evaluation or benchmark tasks * Software resources such as prototypes and services, open source frameworks, or tools and libraries which support computing, visualization, evaluation and other exploration tasks in data science, data engineering, or information & knowledge management -------------------------- Paper Submissions -------------------------- Recourse papers must be no more than 4 pages long including appendices, plus unlimited pages for references. Supplementary material: It is allowed to cite supplementary materials including source code, videos, datasets, and demonstration prototypes that are accessible via online platforms like GitHub. Reviewers have the discretion to decide whether or not they will review such materials. The review of the resource papers will be single-blind, which means that the authors should include their names and affiliations in the paper. All submissions will be reviewed by the Program Committee of the Resource track, who will evaluate the novelty of the technical features and/or research being presented, the research and/or development challenges, its expected impact, and its timeliness and relevance for the CIKM audience of practitioners and researchers. Manuscripts should be submitted to CIKM 2024’s Easychair page in PDF format using the ACM’s two-column template “sigconf”, see https://www.acm.org/publications/proceedings-template. All papers should be submitted via Easychair: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=cikm24 Papers that include text generated from a large-scale language model (LLM), such as ChatGPT, are prohibited unless this produced text is presented as a part of the paper’s experimental analysis. AI tools may be used to edit and polish authors’ work, such as using LLMs for light editing of their text (e.g., automate grammar checks, word autocorrect, and other editing of author-written text), but text “produced entirely” by generative/AI models is not allowed. -------------------------- Authorship Policy -------------------------- Before paper submission, authors should carefully review ACM’s authorship policy, including ACM’s new Publications Policy on Research Involving Human Participants and Subjects https://www.acm.org/publications/policies/research-involving-human-particip… At least one author of each accepted paper must register to present the work at the conference. -------------------------- Guidelines and review rubric for Resource papers -------------------------- Papers presenting a dataset or a benchmark must publish the datasets and metadata using a dataset-sharing service (e.g., Zenodo, Datorium, Dataverse, or any other dataset-sharing service that indexes your dataset and metadata and increase the re-findability of the data) that provides a DOI for the dataset, which should be included in the dataset paper submission. Ethical considerations must be discussed. Authors are encouraged to include a description of how they intend to make their datasets FAIR. We would also encourage authors to consider addressing the questions covered in the Datasheets for Datasets recommendations. For papers detailing code resources, such as libraries, external tools, frameworks, etc., it is imperative that authors adhere to rigorous standards in code sharing and ethical considerations. Specifically, authors should ensure that their code resources are made publicly available through reputable, code-sharing platforms such as GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, or similar services that facilitate code access and enhance code reusability, thereby ensuring transparency and reproducibility. We advocate for the incorporation of best practices in code documentation and versioning, urging authors to provide comprehensive documentation covering code functionalities, dependencies, and potential limitations, fostering transparency and usability in research practices. The reviewing guidelines for the resource paper track will focus on the following criteria: * Novelty: - What is new about this resource? - Does the resource represent an incremental advance or something more dramatic? * Availability: - Is the resource available to the reviewer at the time of review? - Are there discrepancies between what is described and what is available? - Are the licensing/terms of use sufficiently open to allow most academic and industry researchers access to the resource? - If the resource is data collected from people, do appropriate human subjects control board (IRB) procedures appear to have been followed and included in the repo? * Utility: - Is the resource well documented? What level of expertise do you expect is required to make use of the resource? - Are there tutorials or examples? Do they resemble actual uses, or are they toy examples? - If the resource is data, are appropriate tools provided for loading that data? - If the resource is data, are the provenance (source, pre-processing, cleaning, aggregation) stages clearly documented? * Predicted Impact: - What CIKM research activity is enabled by the availability of this resource? - Does the resource advance a well-established research area or a brand new one? - Do you expect that this resource will be useful for a long time, or will it need to be curated or updated? If the latter, is that planned? - How large is the (anticipated) research user community? Will that grow or shrink in the next few years? -------------------------- Ethics of Resource Type Papers -------------------------- Resources are expected to be available as described, where “available” means that most researchers in our community could obtain and make use of the resource without strongly limiting the research they can perform with it. Datasets are expected to be collected in accordance with institutional review board standards and ACM standards of ethics. Reviewers are instructed not to use their reviews as an advocacy platform for these issues but to do what they can to help authors bring their resources to fruition. -------------------------- Disclosure of Competing Interests -------------------------- Disclosure of funding and competing interests: Authors are required to provide an explicit disclosure of funding (financial activities supporting the submitted work) and competing interests (related financial activities outside the submitted work) that could result in conflicts of interest in a section (e.g., “Acknowledgments”) that should be added in the submitted version for review. -------------------------- Dual Submission Policy -------------------------- It is not allowed to submit papers that are identical (or substantially similar) to versions that have been previously published or accepted for publication or that have been submitted in parallel to other conferences (or any venue with published proceedings). Such submissions violate our dual-submission policy. However, submissions are permitted for papers presented or to be presented at conferences or workshops without proceedings or with only abstracts published. Authors may also submit work already available as a preprint (e.g., in arXiv). -------------------------- Desk Rejection Policy -------------------------- Submissions that fail to adhere to the length, or formatting requirements, or violate ACM’s policies on academic dishonesty—such as plagiarism, author misrepresentation, or falsification—may be subject to desk rejection by the chairs. -------------------------- ACM Policy Against Harassment -------------------------- All authors and participants must adhere to the ACM’s discrimination policy. For full details, please visit this site: https://www.acm.org/special-interest-groups/volunteer-resources/officers-ma… -------------------------- Chairs Contact Information -------------------------- For more information, contact the resource chairs at: CIKM2024-resources [at] easychair [dot] org Nicolas Kourtellis, Telefonica, Spain Davide Mottin, Aarhus University, Denmark

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[CIKM 2024] - Final Call for Demo Papers
by antonela.tommasel＠isistan.unicen.edu.ar 22 May '24

22 May '24

** Abstract deadline May 27th ** ** Five days to go ** =============== =============== * We apologize if you receive multiple copies of this CfP * * For the online version of this Call, visit: https://cikm2024.org/call-for-demo-papers/ =============== CIKM 2024: 33rd ACM International Conference on Information and Knowledge Management Boise, Idaho, USA October 21–25, 2024 =============== The Conference on Information and Knowledge Management (CIKM) is a premier forum for researchers and practitioners from academia, industry, and government bodies to share technologies and state-of-the-art research on the emerging aspects of artificial intelligence, data mining, data management, and information retrieval. The demo track at CIKM 2024 provides a unique opportunity to share research ideas through prototypes. Accepted demo papers will be part of the main conference proceeding. -------------------------- Key Dates -------------------------- * Demo Papers abstract: 27 May 2024 * Demo Papers: 3 June 2024 * Demo Papers notification: 16 July 2024 * Camera ready: 8 August 2024 (All deadlines are at 11:59 pm AOE) -------------------------- Topics of Interest -------------------------- We seek demonstrations that showcase exciting new technologies and early prototypes within the scope of CIKM, as well as case studies from more mature systems with innovative features and functionalities. We welcome submissions on all topics in the general areas of artificial intelligence, data mining, data management, information retrieval, and knowledge management. -------------------------- Paper Submissions -------------------------- Demo papers must be no more than 4 pages long including appendices, plus unlimited pages for references. Authors should also prepare a 3 minutes long demonstration video, showcasing the main features of the system. A URL of the video (e.g., YouTube, Dropbox, etc.) should be included in the paper. Supplementary material: It is allowed to cite supplementary materials including source code, datasets, and demonstration prototypes that are accessible via online platforms like GitHub. Reviewers have the discretion to decide whether or not they will review such materials. The review of the demo papers will be single-blind, which means that the authors should include their names and affiliations in the paper. All submissions will be reviewed by the Program Committee of the Demo track, who will evaluate the novelty of the technical features and/or research being presented, the research and/or development challenges, its expected impact, and its timeliness and relevance for the CIKM audience of practitioners and researchers. Manuscripts should be submitted to CIKM 2024’s Easychair page in PDF format using the ACM’s two-column template “sigconf”, see https://www.acm.org/publications/proceedings-template. -------------------------- Guidelines and review rubric -------------------------- Demo papers should describe the intended audience, point out the innovative aspects of the system being presented, and explain how those aspects contribute to the state-of-the-art in the CIKM topics of interest. Each submission must also make clear what the audience will experience during the demo, what kind of functionality is supported, user scenarios, interface and interaction options provided, and how it is compared with existing systems (if any). Submissions that are case studies should also explain the case being demonstrated. Demo papers that describe case studies from mature systems will also be evaluated on the relevance of the system and innovative features and functionalities that are being included in the demonstration. Papers that include text generated from a large-scale language model (LLM), such as ChatGPT, are prohibited unless this produced text is presented as a part of the paper’s experimental analysis. AI tools may be used to edit and polish authors’ work, such as using LLMs for light editing of their text (e.g., automate grammar checks, word autocorrect, and other editing of author-written text), but text “produced entirely” by generative/AI models is not allowed. -------------------------- Disclosure of Competing Interests -------------------------- Disclosure of funding and competing interests: Authors are required to provide an explicit disclosure of funding (financial activities supporting the submitted work) and competing interests (related financial activities outside the submitted work) that could result in conflicts of interest in a section (e.g., “Acknowledgments”) that should be added in the submitted version for review. -------------------------- Dual Submission Policy -------------------------- It is not allowed to submit papers that are identical (or substantially similar) to versions that have been previously published or accepted for publication or that have been submitted in parallel to other conferences (or any venue with published proceedings). Such submissions violate our dual-submission policy. However, submissions are permitted for papers presented or to be presented at conferences or workshops without proceedings or with only abstracts published. Authors may also submit work already available as a preprint (e.g., in arXiv). -------------------------- Authorship Policy -------------------------- At least one author of each accepted paper must register to present the work at the conference. Before paper submission, authors are advised to review ACM’s authorship policy carefully. Please ensure that all authors are identified in EasyChair before the submission deadline. To help reviewers identify potential conflicts of interest, the full author list must be specified by the abstract submission deadline. Consequently, no changes to authorship will be allowed under any circumstance after the abstract submission deadline; neither update will be permitted for camera-ready versions. -------------------------- Desk Rejection Policy -------------------------- Submissions that fail to adhere to the length, or formatting requirements, or violate ACM’s policies on academic dishonesty—such as plagiarism, author misrepresentation, or falsification—may be subject to desk rejection by the chairs. -------------------------- ACM Policy Against Harassment -------------------------- All authors and participants must adhere to the ACM’s discrimination policy. For full details, please visit this site: https://www.acm.org/special-interest-groups/volunteer-resources/officers-ma… -------------------------- Chairs Contact Information -------------------------- For more information, contact the Demo chairs at: CIKM2024-demo [at] easychair [dot] org Nicolas Kourtellis, Telefonica, Spain Davide Mottin, Aarhus University, Denmark

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[CIKM 2024] - Final Call for Short Research Papers
by antonela.tommasel＠isistan.unicen.edu.ar 22 May '24

22 May '24

** Abstract deadline May 27th ** ** Five days to go ** =============== =============== * We apologize if you receive multiple copies of this CfP * * For the online version of this Call, visit: https://cikm2024.org/call-for-short-research-papers/ =============== CIKM 2024: 33rd ACM International Conference on Information and Knowledge Management Boise, Idaho, USA October 21–25, 2024 =============== The Conference on Information and Knowledge Management (CIKM) provides a unique venue for industry and academia to present and discuss state-of-the-art research on artificial intelligence, search and discovery, data mining, and database systems, all at a single conference. CIKM is uniquely situated to highlight technologies and insights that materialize the big data and artificial intelligence vision of the future. CIKM 2024 will take place between October 21-25, 2024 in Boise, Idaho, USA. -------------------------- Key Dates -------------------------- * Short Papers abstract: 27 May 2024 * Short Papers: 3 June 2024 * Short Papers notifications: 16 July 2024 * Camera ready: 8 August 2024 (All deadlines are at 11:59 pm AOE) -------------------------- Topics of Interest -------------------------- We encourage submissions of high-quality research papers on all topics in the general areas of artificial intelligence, data science, databases, information retrieval, and knowledge management. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following areas: * Data and information acquisition and preprocessing (e.g., data crawling, IoT data, data quality, data privacy, mitigating biases, data wrangling) * Integration and aggregation (e.g., semantic processing, data provenance, data linkage, data fusion, knowledge graphs, data warehousing, privacy and security, modeling, information credibility) * Efficient data processing (e.g., serverless, data-intensive computing, database systems, indexing and compression, architectures, distributed data systems, dataspaces, customized hardware) * Special data processing (e.g., multilingual text, sequential, stream, spatio-temporal, (knowledge) graphs, multimedia, scientific, and social media data) * Analytics and machine learning (e.g., OLAP, data mining, machine learning and AI, scalable analysis algorithms, algorithmic biases, event detection and tracking, understanding, interpretability) * Neural Information and knowledge processing (e.g., graph neural networks, domain adaptation, transfer learning, network architectures, neural ranking, neural recommendation, and neural prediction) * Information access and retrieval (e.g., ad hoc and web search, facets and entities, question answering and dialogue systems, retrieval models, query processing, personalization, recommender and filtering systems) * Users and interfaces for information and data systems (e.g., user behavior analysis, user interface design, perception of biases, personalization, interactive information retrieval, interactive analysis, spoken interfaces) * Evaluation, performance studies, and benchmarks (e.g., online and offline evaluation, best practices) Crowdsourcing (e.g. task assignment, worker reliability, optimization, trustworthiness, transparency, best practices) * Understanding multi-modal content (e.g., natural language processing, speech recognition, computer vision, content understanding, knowledge extraction, knowledge graphs, and knowledge representations) * Data presentation (e.g., visualization, summarization, readability, VR, speech input/output) * Applications (e.g., urban systems, biomedical and health informatics, legal informatics, crisis informatics, computational social science, data-enabled discovery, social media) -------------------------- Paper Submissions -------------------------- Authors are invited to submit original short papers that have not been previously published, and are not being considered for publication in any other forum. Short papers should describe ongoing work, recent insights, or summaries of significant research, that address research problems targeting top-tier research venues. Short papers should be particularly well suited to poster presentations.Manuscripts should be submitted to the CIKM 2024 Easychair site in PDF format, using the ACM sigconf template, see https://www.acm.org/publications/proceedings-template. Submissions should be in 2-column sigconf format. Short papers cannot exceed 4 pages plus unlimited references. Papers should be submitted through the CIKM 2024 online submission system. The review of short papers will be double-blind, and those submissions that have not been properly anonymized will be desk-rejected without review. Papers that include text generated from a large-scale language model (LLM) such as ChatGPT are prohibited unless this produced text is presented as a part of the paper’s experimental analysis. AI tools may be used to edit and polish authors’ work, such as using LLMs for light editing of their own text (e.g., automate grammar checks, word autocorrect, and other editing work), but text “produced entirely” by AI is not allowed. At least one author of each accepted paper must register to present the work on-site in Boise, Idaho, USA, as scheduled in the conference program. The official publication date is when the proceedings are made available in the ACM Digital Library. This date may be up to two weeks before the first day of the conference. The official publication date affects the deadline for any patent filings related to published work. -------------------------- Dual Submission Policy -------------------------- It is not allowed to submit papers that are identical (or substantially similar) to versions that have been previously published, or accepted for publication, or that have been submitted in parallel to other conferences (or any venue with published proceedings). Such submissions violate our dual-submission policy. There are several exceptions to this rule: Submission is permitted for papers presented or to be presented at conferences or workshops without proceedings, or with only abstracts published. Submission is permitted for papers that have previously been made available as a technical report or similar, e.g., in arXiv. In this case, the authors should not cite the report, so as to preserve anonymity. -------------------------- Authorship Policy -------------------------- Before paper submission, authors are advised to review ACM’s authorship policy carefully. Please ensure that all authors are identified in EasyChair before the submission deadline. To help reviewers identify potential conflicts of interest, the full author list must be specified by the abstract submission deadline. Consequently, no changes to authorship will be allowed under any circumstance after the abstract submission deadline; neither update will be permitted for camera-ready versions. -------------------------- Desk Rejection Policy -------------------------- Submissions that fail to adhere to the anonymity, length, or formatting requirements, or violate ACM’s policies on academic dishonesty—such as plagiarism, author misrepresentation, or falsification—may be subject to desk rejection by the chairs. -------------------------- ACM Policy Against Harassment -------------------------- All authors and participants must adhere to the ACM Policy Against Harassment. For full details, please visit this site: https://www.acm.org/about-acm/policy-against-harassment -------------------------- Chairs Contact Information -------------------------- For more information, contact the short paper chairs at: CIKM2024-short [at] easychair [dot] org Arijit Khan, Aalborg University, Denmark Barbara Poblete, University of Chile, Chile/Amazon, USA. Hua Wen, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR, China

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PhD position in Modelling Word Order and Cognitive Constraints (4 years)
by Jelke Bloem 21 May '24

21 May '24

Dear colleagues, Please disseminate our PhD position vacancy to any interested students: https://vacatures.uva.nl/UvA/job/PhD-Position-in-Modelling-Word-Order-and-C… It is a 4-year PhD position starting in September or October and the deadline is May 31st, 2024. --- Do you enjoy working in an interdisciplinary research environment? Are you interested in using state of the art language technology to advance research in cognitive science and linguistics? If you imagine yourself in a PhD position at the crossroads of experimental research and natural language processing, then you should apply for this position at the Institute for Logic, Language and Computation (ILLC) (https://www.illc.uva.nl/) of the University of Amsterdam. We work on understanding the nature of human language using state-of-the-art language models as tools. In this project you will combine experiments and distributional semantic modelling to investigate patterns of variation in word order (e.g. the order of Subject, Object and Verb) in the languages of the world, and the cognitive/learning biases that drive these patterns. Have a look at the full vacancy text for more information. Applications can also be submitted on the vacancy webpage: https://vacatures.uva.nl/UvA/job/PhD-Position-in-Modelling-Word-Order-and-C… --- Best regards, Jelke Bloem University of Amsterdam

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2nd CfP: AI in Digital Humanities, Computational Social Sciences and Economics Research (AI‑HuSo)
by Johanna Binnewitt 21 May '24

21 May '24

Dear corpora-list, We would like to draw your attention to the Thematic Track "AI in Digital Humanities, Computational Social Sciences and Economics Research (AI-HuSo)", which will take place at FedCSIS 2024 in Belgrade from September 8-11, 2024. Submission deadline is on *May 28th 2024*. The event aims to bring together research from various disciplines in the humanities, social sciences and economics, focusing on the use of computational methods, machine learning and AI. Further information on the topics and the deadlines can be found here: https://2024.fedcsis.org/thematic/ai-huso Contact: ai-huso(a)fedcsis.org ======================================================================= AI in Digital Humanities, Computational Social Sciences and Economics Research (AI‑HuSo) ======================================================================= Belgrade, Serbia, 8–11 September, 2024 This thematic track is dedicated to the computational study of Social Sciences, Economics and Humanities, including all subjects like, for example, education, labour market, history, religious studies, theology, cultural heritage, and informative predictions for decision-making and behavioural-science perspectives. While digital methods and AI have been emerging topics in these fields for several decades, this thematic track is not only limited to discoveries in these domains, but also dedicated to the reflections of these methods and results within the field of computer science. Thus, we are in particular interested in interdisciplinary exchange and dissemination with a clear focus on computational and AI methods. Since there is a clear methodological overlap between these three domains and often similar algorithms and AI approaches are considered, we see this thematic track as place for interdisciplinary learning, discussing a joint toolbox as a support for scholars from these field with human and context-aware agents. The aim of this thematic track is thus to bridge the gap between scientific domains, foster interdisciplinary exchange and discuss how research questions from other domains challenge current computer science. In particular, we are interested in communications between researchers from different fields of computer science, social sciences, economics, humanities, and practitioners from different fields. Topics The list of topics includes, but is not limited to: - AI and computational approaches for the interdisciplinary work of the social sciences, economics, and humanities: report on theoretical, methodological, experimental, and applied research. - AI and computational approaches for linking data from different digital resources, including online social networks, web and data mining, Knowledge Graphs, Ontologies. - AI and computational methods for text mining and textual analysis, for example texts within social sciences, digital literary studies, computational stylistics and stylometry. - Text encoding, computational linguistics, annotation guidelines, OCR for humanities, economics, and social sciences. - Network analysis, including social and historical network analysis. While we encourage submissions from a broad background, every year we also encourage submissions to two special topics. In 2024 these will be: - Ethical and philosophical considerations of AI in society and research. - Sociological challenges for AI in society, e.g., labour market, education or media. In general, the applications of interest are included in the list below, but are not limited to: - Labour market research and qualification, including behavioral-science perspectives. - Education: Digital methods and systems, e-learning, adult education, etc. - Contributions to the application of technology to culture, history, and societal issues: For example, computational text analysis, analytical and visualization, databases, etc. - In particular, we welcome submissions which focus on a critical reflection of digital methods in the humanities, economics and social sciences within computer science. - Linking of digital resources, a discussion of data sets, their quality and reliability, combining quantitative and qualitative data, anonymization and data protection.

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HealTAC 2024 - Registration and Accommodation
by Jaya Chaturvedi 21 May '24

21 May '24

---------------------------- HealTAC 2024 June 12-14th, 2024, Lancaster (UK) https://healtac2024.github.io/ [healtac2024.github.io]<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://healtac2024.github.io/__;!!PDiH4ENfjr2_…> ---------------------------- 1) Full conference programme is out. 2) Registration fees, travel and accommodation details announced. Conference programme The 7th Healthcare Text Analytics Conference (HealTAC 2024) is pleased to announce the full programme of the conference, including - Keynotes by Suzan Verberne ("Large Language Models in healthcare: should we care more?") and Alistair Johnson ("The bottleneck has always been data!"); - Panels on "Secure data environments for healthcare NLP" and "Collaboration models for clinical large language modelling"; - 8 talks, 4 PhD projects, 24 posters and 2 demos. - Tutorial on "Healthcare Text Analytics in the Era of LLMs" (Wednesday 12 June) Registration The (expected) fees will be £100 for students and £200 for others, and will include lunch on June 13th and 14th, and dinner on June 13th. The registration site will be open shortly. Travel and accommodation Travel and accommodation details are available on the web site (https://healtac2024.github.io/venue/ [healtac2024.github.io]<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://healtac2024.github.io/venue/__;!!PDiH4E…> and https://healtac2024.github.io/accommodation/ [healtac2024.github.io]<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://healtac2024.github.io/accommodation/__;…>). Announcements Follow the conference announcements on social media: #HEALTAC2024 We are looking forward to welcoming you to HealTAC 2024. Jaya Chaturvedi Research Associate in Health Related Natural Language Processing Department of Biostatistics and Health Informatics C3.15, Social Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience King’s College London PO Box 80, De Crespigny Park London SE5 8AF Pronunciation: Juh-yaa Pronouns: she/her GitHub: https://github.com/jayachaturvedi X: @JayaChatur Project website: https://sites.google.com/view/pain-mental-health/home If you receive an email from me outside of normal working hours, please do not feel the need to respond outside of your own working hours.

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3rd CfP MILLing 2024 [UPDATE: Non-archival track]
by William Noble 21 May '24

21 May '24

https://gu-clasp.github.io/MILLing *Multimodality and Interaction in Language Learning (MILLing)* will bring together researchers in linguistics and computational linguistics to discuss learning through linguistic interaction, from the perspectives of both human language acquisition and machine learning. We encourage contributions from the fields of theoretical linguistics, experimental linguistics, pragmatics, computational linguistics, artificial intelligence, and cognitive science. The conference is organised by the Centre for Linguistic Theory and Studies in Probability (CLASP, <https://gu-clasp.github.io/>), University of Gothenburg. The conference will be held between October 14 and 15 in Gothenburg, Sweden. Important dates ---- - Submission deadline: May 31, 2024, anywhere on Earth - Notification of acceptance: Aug 30, 2024, anywhere on Earth - Camera ready: Sep 20, 2024, anywhere on Earth - Conference: Oct 14--15, 2024, University of Gothenburg, Sweden Invited speakers ---- - Catherine Pelachaud <http://chronos.isir.upmc.fr/~pelachaud/>, Director of Research at CNRS in the laboratory LTCI, TELECOM ParisTech - Charles Yang <https://www.ling.upenn.edu/~ycharles/> Professor of Linguistics and Computer Science at the University of Pennsylvania - Napoleon Katsos <https://sites.google.com/site/napoleonkatsos/home> Professor of Experimental Pragmatics at the Section of Theoretical and Applied Linguistics at the University of Cambridge and Fellow at Trinity College, Cambridge Topics of interest ---- We hope to see innovative work that considers language learning from different perspectives, and we hope to cultivate discussion that reaches across traditionally disparate disciplines. Papers are invited on topics in these and closely related areas, including (but not limited to) the following: - Language acquisition: formal, statistical, experimental, and machine learning-based work - Language learning through dialogue in humans and machines - Multi-modality and figurativeness in language learning and dialogue - Linguistic variation, adaptation, and audience design - Low-resource and ecologically plausible language modelling (e.g., BabyLM) - Cognitive architectures for language learning - Information state update in humans and machines - Cognitive approaches to second language acquisition - Dialogue systems for language learning - Online, reinforcement and curriculum learning in NLP - Atypical development and language learning - Ethical considerations in AI-assisted language learning Submission Requirements ---- MILLing will feature two types of submissions: long papers and short papers. Long papers must describe original research, and they must not exceed 8 pages excluding references (position papers are also accepted and should be formatted in the same way). Short papers present work in progress, or they describe systems and/or projects. They must not exceed 4 pages excluding references. All types of papers will be published in the 2024 ACL Anthology as a CLASP Conference Proceedings. Papers should be electronically submitted via the softconf system at: <https://softconf.com/n/MILLing2024/>. Submissions should be PDF files and use the LaTeX or Word templates provided for ACL submissions (<https://github.com/acl-org/acl-style-files>). Submissions have to be anonymous. Please make sure that you select the right track when submitting your paper. Contact the organisers if you have problems using softconf. Non-archival track ---- At the time of submission, authors may indicate that their paper should be considered for the non-archival track. The format for non-archival submissions is the same for both long and short papers. Non-archival papers will also undergo peer review. Concurrent Submissions ---- Papers that have been or will be submitted to other conferences or publications must indicate this at submission time using a footnote on the title page of the submissions. Authors of papers accepted for presentation at MILLing must notify the program chairs by the camera-ready deadline as to whether the paper will be presented. All accepted papers must be presented at the conference to appear in the proceedings. We will not accept publications or presentation papers that overlap significantly in content or results with papers that will be (or have been) published elsewhere. Camera Ready Versions ---- Camera ready versions should follow the same guidelines with respect to style and page numbers as the initial submission, i.e. there are no additional pages allowed in the final submission. Please submit the camera ready version by Sep 20, 2024. About CLASP ---- MILLing is organised by the Centre for Linguistic Theory and Studies in Probability (CLASP, <https://gu-clasp.github.io/>) at the Department of Philosophy, Linguistics and Theory of Science (FLoV), University of Gothenburg. CLASP focuses its research on the application of probabilistic and information theoretic methods to the analysis of natural language. CLASP is concerned both with understanding the cognitive foundations of language and developing efficient language technology. We work at the interface of computational linguistics/natural language processing, theoretical linguistics, and cognitive science.

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JOB OPENING: TACL EDITORIAL ASSISTANT
by dilek.iataslp＠gmail.com 21 May '24

21 May '24

Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL) is seeking an Editorial Assistant for Transactions of the Association for Computational Linguistics (TACL), an ACL-sponsored journal published by MIT Press that publishes papers in all areas of computational linguistics and natural language processing. This position provides an experience in the world of academic publishing and the peer-review process and a first-hand engagement with the most current and impactful work on computational linguistics. POSITION SUMMARY The Editorial Assistant will: - Manage the submission process using a web-based workflow management system (WMS) - Correspond with authors, in coordination with the Editors-in-Chief (EiC), regarding submissions of articles, revisions and possibility of presentation at ACL conferences for eligible papers - Correspond with action editors and reviewers, in coordination with the EiC, regarding submissions of reviews and decisions - Prepare monthly Activity Report for EiCs - Consult with EiCs when issues arise - Interact with the API developers and oversee updates to the WMS REQUIRED SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE Candidates are required to have: - Strong organizational and time-management skills - Demonstrated attention to detail - Strong written communication skills - Knowledge and experience with using APIs The work is done remotely; interaction with the team of Editors-in-Chief, reviewers, and authors will be electronic. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION The Editorial Assistant is named on the masthead of each issue of TACL. The Editorial Assistant works under the direct supervision of the Editors-in-Chief. The start date of this position is June 1, 2024. The workload varies somewhat over the course of the journal’s annual cycle but averages approximately 20 hours weekly. To apply, submit a cover letter, CV/resume, and three references. If you have questions about this position or to submit an application, contact us via email at: editors-in-chief(a)transacl.org and roireichart(a)gmail.com.

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Last call for participation at the Third Ukrainian NLP Workshop @ LREC-Coling 2024
by Mariana Romanyshyn 20 May '24

20 May '24

We warmly welcome you to attend the third Ukrainian Natural Language Processing Workshop (UNLP 2024 <https://unlp.org.ua/>), held in conjunction with LREC-COLING 2024 <https://lrec-coling-2024.org/>! *When: *May 25, 2024, 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM CET, in a hybrid format *What to expect:* - amazing keynote speakers — Ivan Vulić <https://scholar.google.be/citations?user=ZX8js60AAAAJ> (University of Cambridge), Vasyl Starko <https://scholar.google.be/citations?hl=uk&user=n3oDJtUAAAAJ> (Ukrainian Catholic University), and Andriy Rysin <https://www.linkedin.com/in/andriy-rysin-33a5161/> (Independent Researcher) - the latest datasets and tools for processing Ukrainian - findings from our shared task on Fine-Tuning LLMs for Ukrainian <https://github.com/unlp-workshop/unlp-2024-shared-task> - a comprehensive lineup of presentations about innovative uses of LLMs in the Ukrainian context - and much more! The full workshop program is available at https://unlp.org.ua/program/. *Registration* The General Chairs kindly offer free registration for the *remote* participation of people based in Ukraine! Register at https://forms.gle/bqrfP99GCTUnYLSC9. For non-Ukrainian folks, we welcome you to register through https://lrec-coling-2024.org/. *Like and Share* - X <https://x.com/UNLP_workshop/status/1780923178006544464> - Telegram <https://t.me/UNLP_workshop> - Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/UNLPworkshop/posts/pfbid02dcbzfLyiCGyBs4zCjToHX2C6…> - LinkedIn <https://www.linkedin.com/posts/mariana-romanyshyn-b5896529_unlp-2024-regist…>

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SemDial 2024: EXTENDED Submission Deadline: June 2, 2024
by Raffaella Bernardi 20 May '24

20 May '24

SemDial 2024 -- TrentoLogue The 28th Workshop on the Semantics and Pragmatics of Dialogue 11 and 12 September 2024 University of Trento, Italy https://tinyurl.com/3c7rracn TrentoLogue will be the 28th edition of the SemDial workshop series which aim to bring together researchers working on the semantics and pragmatics of dialogue in fields such as formal semantics and pragmatics, computational linguistics, artificial intelligence, philosophy, psychology, and neuroscience. Keynote speakers Uri Hasson, Princeton University Azzurra Ruggeri, Technical University Munich and CEU, Vienna Bernardo Magnini, Fondazone Bruno Kessler (FBK), Italy # IMPORTANT DATES: * *EXTENDED* l*ong paper submission deadline: June 2, 2024* * Reviews due to: June 24, 2024 * Notification for long papers: July 1, 2024 * Short paper submissions: July 11, 2024 * Notification for short papers: July 17, 2024 * Camera Ready: August 26, 2024 * Registration Deadline: August 27, 2024 Note: All deadlines are 11:59PM UTC-12:00 ("Anywhere on Earth"). #TOPICS We welcome submissions with formal, computational, and empirical approaches to the semantics and pragmatics of dialogue, including, but not limited to: * the dynamics of agents' information states in dialogue * common ground/mutual belief * goals, intentions, and commitments in communication * turn-taking and interaction control * semantic/pragmatic interpretation in dialogue * dialogue and discourse structure * categorization of dialogue phenomena in corpora * child-adult interaction * language learning through dialogue * gesture, gaze, and intonational meaning in communication * multimodal dialogue * interpretation and reasoning in spoken dialogue systems * dialogue management * designing and evaluating dialogue systems * modelling miscommunication, disfluency, and repair * dialogue/interaction studies from a psychological perspective * neuroscience of dialogue * Interactivist approaches to dialogue * animal communication # SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS: Long papers: Authors should submit an anonymous paper of at most 8 pages of content (up to 2 additional pages are allowed for references). Short papers: Authors should submit a non-anonymized paper of at most 2 pages of content (up to 1 additional page allowed for references). Submissions to this track can be non-archival on request. Submissions should be pdf files and use the LaTeX or Word ( https://github.com/acl-org/acl-style-files) templates provided for ACL. Concurrent submission policy: Papers that have been or will be submitted to other meetings or publications must provide this information, using a footnote on the title page of the submissions. SemDial 2024 cannot accept work for publication or presentation that will be (or has been) published elsewhere. Submission is electronic, using the EasyChair conference management system at our Easychair submission site https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=semdial2024trentolog Organizing Committee Raffaella Bernardi Vanessa Maria Caleca Jakub Szymanik Roberto Zamparelli Programme Committee Chairs Raffaella Bernardi, University of Trento Ellen Breitholtz, University of Gothenburg Giuseppe Riccardi, University of Trento TrentoLogue is endorsed by SIGdial and SIGsem. ============================================================== University of Trento CIMeC: C225, second floor, Corso Bettini 31, 38068 Rovereto (TN), DISI: Povo 2, Room: 110, Via Sommarive 9, I 38123, Povo (TN) Tel. +39 0464 80 8704 (CIMeC) http://disi.unitn.it/~bernardi/ ==============================================================

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CFP: Special Track - Enhancing Online Safety and Wellbeing through AI (WISE 2024)
by Wajdi Zaghouani 19 May '24

19 May '24

**CFP Special Track: Enhancing Online Safety and Wellbeing through AI ** Are you passionate about leveraging AI for a safer, healthier digital world? Join us for an exciting special track that delves into how Natural Language Processing (NLP) and Large Language Models (LLMs) can transform online safety and user wellbeing. All accepted papers will be published in Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS). Topics Include but not limited to: ---------------- - AI-driven user experience & safety - Detecting & mitigating online harassment - Mental health support via AI - Combating misinformation & fact-checking - Digital literacy & education - Ethical AI deployment - Advanced content moderation - Privacy & data security - Cyberbullying prevention - Empowering vulnerable populations - AI in emergency response - Community building - Regulatory & policy impacts Key Dates: ----------- - Submission Deadline: 30 June, 2024 - Acceptance Notification: 30 August, 2024 - Camera-Ready Submission: 07 September, 2024 For more details and to submit your papers, visit the Special Track Webpage: https://sites.google.com/view/onlinesafetyandwellbeing/home Join us in advancing the dialogue on AI's role in creating a secure and empowering digital space! Organizers: ------------ - Wajdi Zaghouani, Hamad Bin Khalifa University (wzaghouani(a)hbku.edu.qa) - Firoj Alam, QCRI, Hamad Bin Khalifa University (fialam(a)hbku.edu.qa) - Reem Suwaileh, Hamad Bin Khalifa University (rs081123(a)student.qu.edu.qa) - Venus Jin, Northwestern University Qatar (venus.jin(a)northwestern.edu) - Raian Ali, Hamad Bin Khalifa University (raali2(a)hbku.edu.qa) - Anis Charfi, Carnegie Mellon University (acharfi(a)andrew.cmu.edu) Submission Guidelines: ------------------------ - Papers should be in PDF format, unpublished, and not under review elsewhere. - Submissions must conform to Springer's LNCS format, not exceeding 15 pages. - Submit via EasyChair: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=wise20240 We look forward to your contributions! ---- *Wajdi Zaghouani, Ph.D.* *Associate Professor in Digital Humanities* College of Humanities and Social Sciences P.O. Box 34110 | Education City | Doha, Qatar tel: +974 4454 5601 | mob: +974 33454992 wzaghouani(a)hbku.edu.qa| Office A141, LAS Building

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