EcoDL 2025: The 1st Workshop on Digital Libraries and AI-based Information Systems for Ecological Research and Practice in conjunction with TPDL 2025
EcoDL 2025 aims to explore the integration of AI, digital libraries, and FAIR data principles in ecological research to improve knowledge synthesis and predictive modeling. Ecology's complexity and data heterogeneity present challenges in generalization, requiring advanced computational tools for structured knowledge representation, search, and decision support. We invite researchers from ecology, AI, and digital information systems to discuss AI-driven data synthesis, semantic search, causal inference, and machine learning applications in biodiversity and conservation. Through interdisciplinary contributions, EcoDL 2025 seeks to foster innovation in ecological informatics, supporting open science and advancing digital methods for ecological research and environmental sustainability.
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Workshop website: https://sites.google.com/view/ecodl2025/
Paper Submission Deadline: 16th May 2025 (AoE)
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Topics of interest
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The EcoDL 2025 workshop welcomes submissions on, but not limited to, the following topics:
· Knowledge graphs and structured ecological data representation
o Biodiversity knowledge graphs
o Linked open data for integrating scattered ecological knowledge sources
o Ontologies for data interoperability in ecology: Standardizing environmental terms and concepts
o Semantic annotation and classification of ecological data
o AI-driven taxonomy generation for ecological datasets
· Advanced search and retrieval for ecological and environmental data
o Neural search for literature and reports: Improving retrieval of species, habitats, and ecosystem information
o Improving retrieval of study question, research hypothesis and applied method
o LLMs for information extraction: Capturing species interactions, climate impacts, and conservation policies
o Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) for ecological research: Hybrid AI systems for answering complex scientific questions
o Multimodal search for biodiversity and environmental studies: Combining text, image, and geospatial data retrieval
o Automated knowledge discovery from climate and biodiversity repositories
· FAIR data principles in ecological research
o Data interoperability
o Open science infrastructure for ecological and environmental data
o Ontologies for data interoperability in ecology: Standardizing environmental terms and concepts
o FAIR data and software
o Data lifecycle management (Create, Store, Share, Reuse)
o NanopublicationsMapping-based Knowledge Graph Construction
· AI for assisting ecological research
o AI-based literature review
o AI-driven synthesis of ecological knowledge: taking complexity and context-dependence into account
o Monitoring biases in study system, study regions and methods in ecological research
o Tracking Misinformation in Climate Science Using NLP: Identifying and mitigating the spread of false environmental claims
· Digital libraries and ecological informatics
o Methods for digitizing and analyzing historical ecological archives
o Indigenous knowledge and digital archives for sustainability
o AI-powered environmental storytelling and digital heritage
o Human-nature interactions in digital libraries
o Digitization and NLP for analyzing historical climate data
· Methods for integrating heterogeneous ecological datasets
o Integrating remote sensing data with ecological repositories
o Multimodal search for biodiversity studies
· Applications of AI in ecosystem restoration, conservation planning and decision-making
o AI-powered decision support systems for restoration and conservation
o Lay summaries based on ecological evidence
o Impact assessment of conservation policies via digital libraries
· Reflections on knowledge synthesis in ecology and on the contributions of AI
o Evaluating the role of AI in ecological research
o Challenges and limitations of AI-driven ecological modeling
o The impact of automated systems on scientific knowledge creation
o Ethical considerations in AI-assisted ecological analysis
o Future directions for AI in knowledge synthesis for ecology
Submission guidelines
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The EcoDL workshop solicits both long and short paper submissions:
§ Long Papers: Up to 15 LNCS style pages, including references.
§ Short Papers: Up to 10 LNCS style pages, including references.
All accepted workshop papers will be published in the proceedings of the Springer series Communications in Computer and Information Science (CCIS). For detailed formatting instructions, please refer to the following link<https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-gu…>.
Important dates
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Paper Submission: 16th May 2025 (AOE)
Acceptance Notification: 20th June 2025 (AOE)
Camera-ready Version: 10th July 2025 (AOE)
Workshop: 23rd September 2025 in Tampere, Finland
The EcoDL 2025 Workshop is collocated with the The 29th International Conference on Theory and Practice of Digital Libraries (TPDL 2025) https://tpdl2025.github.io/, 23rd to 26th September 2025.
EcoDL 2025 Organising Committee
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Jennifer D'Souza, TIB Leibniz Information Centre for Science and Technology, Hannover, Germany
Birgitta König-Ries, University of Jena, Germany
Tina Heger, Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB), Berlin, Germany
Marie Kaiser, Bielefeld University, Germany
The list of workshops and tutorials at TPDL this year can be found at https://tpdl2025.github.io/Program/workshops_tutorials.html
Chères et chers collègues,
L'Université de Lille met au concours deux postes de Maître·sse de conférences en 71e section.
Poste "Information, Savoir et Société" (réf. 71 MCF 251968)
Poste "Information et Transition Numérique" (réf. 71 MCF 251970)
Les deux recrutements relèvent du département Sciences de l’Information et du Document (SID) et du laboratoire GERIICO (ULR 4073).
Les fiches complètes des postes sont disponibles ici : https://www.univ-lille.fr/enseignantsetenseignants-chercheurs
N’hésitez pas à diffuser ces informations dans vos réseaux.
Bien cordialement,
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Amel Fraisse
Maitresse de Conférences
Directrice Département Sciences de l’information et du Document
Université de Lille - ICID - Laboratoire GERiiCO
amel.fraisse(a)univ-lille.fr <mailto:prenom.nom@univ-lille.fr> / https://pro.univ-lille.fr/amel-fraisse/ <http://www.univ-lille.fr/>
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Bât. 2 - bureau B2.467
T. +33 (0)3 20 41 69 38
(Apologies, this time with the correct link).
A position as Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Natural Language Processing is available within MediaFutures:Research Centre for Responsible Media Technology & Innovation at the Language Technology Group (LTG) at the University of Oslo (UiO), Norway.
The closing date is April 4th.
For more information about the position and the research group, please see the full announcement here:
https://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/276909/postdoctoral-research…
Please do not hesitate to contact me for any further information.
Best regards,
Lilja
From: Lilja Øvrelid via Corpora <corpora(a)list.elra.info>
Reply to: Lilja Øvrelid <liljao(a)ifi.uio.no>
Date: Tuesday, 11 March 2025 at 09:31
To: "corpora(a)list.elra.info" <corpora(a)list.elra.info>
Cc: "nodali(a)helsinki.fi" <nodali(a)helsinki.fi>
Subject: [Corpora-List] 3-year postdoc position in NLP at the University of Oslo
A position as Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Natural Language Processing is available within MediaFutures:Research Centre for Responsible Media Technology & Innovation at the Language Technology Group (LTG) at the University of Oslo (UiO), Norway.
The closing date is April 4th.
For more information about the position and the research group, please see the full announcement here:
https://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/237075/postdoctoral-research…
Please do not hesitate to contact me for any further information.
Best regards,
Lilja
A position as Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Natural Language Processing is available within MediaFutures:Research Centre for Responsible Media Technology & Innovation at the Language Technology Group (LTG) at the University of Oslo (UiO), Norway.
The closing date is April 4th.
For more information about the position and the research group, please see the full announcement here:
https://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/237075/postdoctoral-research…
Please do not hesitate to contact me for any further information.
Best regards,
Lilja
*CALL FOR PAPERS*
*Special Issue of The Journal of Asia TEFL *(e-ISSN 2466-1511, ISSN
1738-3102, Indexed in SCOPUS, ESCI)
*Learner Corpus Research in the AI Era: Perspectives from Asia*
The emergence of generative AI has fundamentally transformed the landscape
of corpus linguistics, particularly in the domain of learner corpus
research. These powerful technologies are not merely new analytical tools
but represent a paradigm shift in how we conceptualise, collect, and
interpret learner language data. As large language models become
increasingly embedded in language learning environments, researchers must
critically examine both the opportunities and challenges they present.
In Asian contexts, where technological adoption in education proceeds at
remarkable pace, there is an urgent need to investigate how these
developments are reshaping our understanding of learner language. This
special issue aims to bring together cutting-edge research that explores
these transformations from theoretical, methodological and practical
perspectives.
*1. RESEARCH FOCUS*
This special issue invites original contributions that examine how
generative AI is reconfiguring learner corpus research. We are particularly
interested in empirical studies that demonstrate innovative approaches to
corpus compilation, annotation and analysis in the AI era. Successful
submissions will offer insights into how corpus linguistics methodologies
are adapting to accommodate AI-mediated language learning environments.
The integration of AI technologies raises fundamental questions about the
nature of learner language itself. How do we distinguish between authentic
learner production and AI-assisted output? What new analytical frameworks
are required to interpret learner corpora in contexts where AI tools are
ubiquitous? How might AI-enhanced analysis reveal patterns in learner
language previously undetectable through conventional methods?
*Potential topics include:*
- Novel approaches to learner corpus compilation and annotation
leveraging AI technologies
- Methodological innovations in error analysis and pattern
identification using AI
- Comparative investigations of AI-generated versus authentic learner
language
- Applications of AI-driven corpus analysis in developing targeted
pedagogical interventions
- Validity and reliability concerns in corpus research within
AI-integrated learning environments
- Corpus-informed evaluations of AI feedback systems in language
learning contexts
*2. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS*
We welcome empirical studies, methodological papers, and critical analyses
that substantively advance our understanding of learner corpus research in
the AI era. Submissions should demonstrate technical rigour while
addressing practical implications for language teaching and assessment in
Asian contexts. Papers should engage critically with existing corpus
linguistics methodologies while proposing adaptations necessary for the AI
era.
*3. IMPORTANT DATES*
- *Abstract Submission Deadline: April 7, 2025*
- Notification of Acceptance: April 30, 2025
- Full Paper Submission Deadline: November 28, 2025
- Reviews by Reviewers: December 2025
- First Revisions by Authors: January 2026
- Reviews by the Editor: March 2026
- Second Revisions by Authors: April 2026
- Editing for Publishing: April 28 – May 23, 2026
- Expected Publication Date: May 26, 2026
*4. ABSTRACT SUBMISSION GUIDELINES*
Abstracts should present a clear articulation of research questions,
methodological framework, and the significance of the study to learner
corpus research in the AI era. Effective abstracts will demonstrate
precision in language and conceptual clarity while highlighting the
innovative aspects of the research. Abstracts should not exceed 500 words
and must be submitted by April 7, 2025 through the following link:
*Abstract submission (Deadline: April 7, 2025)*:
https://forms.gle/njjoaBCuv4mGnzUz9
*5. FULL PAPER SUBMISSION GUIDELINES*
Authors of accepted abstracts should prepare their manuscripts following
The Journal of Asia TEFL guidelines. Full papers must be submitted through
the journal's online submission system and will undergo a rigorous
double-blind peer review process. Successful papers will present compelling
evidence and incisive analysis of how AI technologies are transforming
corpus linguistics methodologies and applications. Papers should
demonstrate meticulous attention to data collection procedures, analytical
frameworks, and the implications of findings for both theory and practice
in learner corpus research.
For inquiries regarding this special issue, please contact the guest
editor, CK Jung, at ckjung(a)inu.ac.kr.
We look forward to receiving your contributions to this timely exploration
of how generative AI is reshaping the field of learner corpus research.
*CK Jung BEng(Hons) Birmingham MSc Warwick EdD Warwick Cert Oxford*
Associate Professor | Department of English Language and Literature,
Incheon National University, South Korea
Director | Institute for Corpus Research, Incheon National University,
South Korea
Editor-in-Chief | Asia Pacific Journal of Corpus Research, South Korea
Editorial Board | Corpora, Edinburgh University Press, UK
Editorial Board | English Today, Cambridge University Press, UK
2nd Call for Papers: 3rd TRR 318 Conference: Contextualizing Explanations (ContEx25)
http://contex2025.net/
As AI systems are used more and more in high-stakes domains, it also becomes ever-more important to make AI systems transparent to ensure meaningful human control and empower human users to contest or override AI-based decisions. Without sufficient transparency, increasingly complex and autonomous AI systems may leave users feeling overwhelmed and out of control, which is legally and ethically unacceptable, especially in the context of high-stakes decisions. For the users to feel empowered rather than out of control, explanations need to be relevant, providing sufficient information on which basis an output can be contested or challenged.
It has been increasingly noted by the XAI community that no one explanation can fit all needs. Further, recent approaches have advocated for a more participative approach to XAI in which users are not only involved but can directly shape and guide the explanations given by a certain AI System.
The 3rd TRR 318 Conference: Contextualizing Explanations is an international and interdisciplinary conference focusing on the question how explanations can be contextualized to increase their relevance and empower users.
Key research questions that we want to explore during the conference include:
How do contextual variables influence the effectiveness of explanations?
What are the relevant context factors to be taken into account in adapting an explanation to specific domains, users, or situations?
How can context be represented algorithmically to support contextual adaptation of XAI explanations?
What new architectures or approaches in XAI support the dynamic adaptation of explanations with respect to changing user needs?
How can user modelling support a more personalized explanation process?
In which ways can the dynamics of context be modelled?
How can the suitability of contextually adapted explanations be studied / validated / evaluated?
Which explanation processes are particularly suitable for which context?
Which context-specific outcomes are influenced by explanations?
How can XAI empower users across diverse contexts to make informed decisions and effectively interact with AI systems?
What constitutes a useful taxonomy for categorizing contexts in which explanations are provided?
What are the various contexts in which explanations are provided and utilized?
The 3rd TRR318 Conference: Contextualizing Explanations invites contributions from a wide range of disciplines (computational but also human/social science) seeking to contribute to advancing research on how explanations can be contextually adapted.
We invite interested participants to submit a two page abstract (+ references) using the LNCS Springer template via Easychair: https://easychair.org/conferences/directory?a=33811429
The abstracts will be peer-reviewed and appear as Proceedings published by Bielefeld University Press.
The conference is hosted and supported by the TRR 318 “Constructing Explainability”: http://trr318.de <http://trr318.de/>
Organizing Committee:
Philipp Cimiano (Bielefeld University)
Benjamin Paaßen (Bielefeld University)
Anna-Lisa Vollmer (BIelefeld University)
Invited Speakers:
Angelo Cangelosi (University of Manchester)
Virginia Dignum (Umeå University)
Kacper Sokol (ETH Zurich)
Important Dates:
Deadline for Submissions: March 31st
Notification of Acceptance: April 30th
Conference: 17th and 18th of June, Bielefeld
Prof. Dr. Philipp Cimiano
AG Semantic Computing
Coordinator of the Cognitive Interaction Technology Center (CITEC)
Co-Director of the Joint Artificial Intelligence Institute (JAII)
Universität Bielefeld
Tel: +49 521 106 12249
Fax: +49 521 106 6560
Mail: cimiano(a)cit-ec.uni-bielefeld.de
Personal Zoom Room: https://uni-bielefeld.zoom-x.de/my/pcimiano
Office CITEC-2.307
Universitätsstr. 21-25
33615 Bielefeld, NRW
Germany
Greetings,
I am wondering if anyone here has encountered a linked data vocabulary for
shadows in an image?
For example, we have digital scans of 3D text objects. When scanned in
orientation "A" the shadows fall in a certain direction, when scanned in
orientation "B" they fall in another direction. We are using this
difference to enhance text detection algorithms. We need to notate in the
metadata of the images which orientation they have relative to their
shadows. Has anyone worked with a linked data vocabulary like this?
The basic concept of how a shadow falls within an image is fundamental to
photography and art in general. I haven't found a vocabulary in use within
those domains either. We would be happy to reuse vocabulary terms from such
domains.
Kind Regards,
Hugh Paterson III
Krateros Project Manager
Institute for Advanced Study
https://www.ias.edu/krateros
hpaterson(a)ias.edu
The Data Science section at the IT University of Copenhagen has an open
position for a postdoc, funded for 2 years, on the topic of *scaling up
qualitative interviews with Large Language Models* (LLMs). The project is a
collaboration with the Center for Social Data Science <https://sodas.ku.dk/> at
the university of Copenhagen. This is a NLP position, but some relevant
background in social sciences or psychology is a plus.
*Application deadline is March 17 2025*. Applications can be submitted via
ITU job portal:
Application link:
https://candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationInit.aspx?cid=119&ProjectId=181…
IT University of Copenhagen is the leading Danish university dedicated to
various aspects of IT technology, and Copenhagen is one of the happiest and
most livable cities in the world. The candidates will be part of NLPNorth
research group <https://nlpnorth.github.io/> (with 5 full-time faculty
working in various areas of NLP), as well as Pioneer Center for AI
<https://www.aicentre.dk/>. The postdoc will be hosted by Assoc. Prof. Anna
Rogers <https://annargrs.github.io/>, to whom inquiries about the project
can be directed (arog(a)itu.dk). The domain expert on this project is Hjalmar
Alexander Bang Carlsen (sociology, hc(a)sodas.ku.dk).
--
Anna Rogers
Associate Professor
IT University of Copenhagen
http://annargrs.github.io/
*** Call for Participation for TA1C at IberLEF 2025 ***
TA1C (Te Ahorré Un Click) Clickbait Detection and Spoiling in Spanish at
IberLEF 2025
https://codalab.lisn.upsaclay.fr/competitions/21819
Clickbait is a widespread phenomenon in online news: it is a way of
creating headlines and teasers aimed at capturing readers’ attention in
order to increase traffic, relegating the function of informing to a
secondary role. There is no clear consensus at the moment about how to
define clickbait exactly, with some contradictory definitions that usually
are based on the deceptive effect created by the news failing to deliver
what they promise, or content based related phenomena such as
sensationalism or yellow journalism. For this task we will take the
following definition, based on Loewenstein's information gap theory: “Clickbait
is a method for generating teasers, especially online, that deliberately
omits part of the information with the goal of generating curiosity by
creating an information gap, thereby attracting the readers' attention and
making them click”.
Although clickbait started in low-reputation web-exclusive media that
focused on political propaganda or soft-news, such as The Huffington Post,
Buzzfeed and Upworthy, it has gained prominence across all types of news
and media. However, it is usually perceived as annoying and it can lead to
misinformation. Spoiling the clickbait involves satisfying the curiosity by
answering the information gap created. This way, the reader could have all
of the information and can decide to read the complete article based on
interest and not curiosity, just as if the headline was written in a
traditional way.
In this shared task we will provide a dataset of media tweets written in
different varieties of Spanish and from different sources, with their
corresponding associated media articles. Participants will be asked to
solve the following tasks:
* Clickbait Detection: Determine if the content of a tweet that links to a
media article is clickbait, given the previous definition of clickbait.
This is a binary classification task.
* Clickbait Spoiling: Given a clickbait teaser (tweet and title) and the
corresponding news article, generate or extract from the article a short
text that, as concisely as possible (280 characters max), fills the
information gap, satisfying the generated curiosity, or otherwise indicate
that the articles has no response for it. The generated text must be in
Spanish.
How to participate:
If you want to participate in this task, please join our Codalab competition
<https://codalab.lisn.upsaclay.fr/competitions/21819>:
Important Dates:
* April 1st, 2025: training and development sets.
* May 27th, 2025: test set and open for submissions.
* June 3rd, 2025: publication of results.
* June 12th, 2025: paper submission.
* June 20th, 2025: notification of acceptance.
* June 27th, 2025: camera-ready paper submission.
* September, 2025: IberLEF 2025 Workshop.
The *University of Bonn*, one of the few selected Universities of
Excellence in Germany, is now inviting applications for a tenured and
excellently equipped* Full Professorship (W3) in Artificial Intelligence
and Machine Learning* as a strategic flagship part of our *Lamarr Institute
for Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence.*
Applicants are expected to have demonstrated internationally outstanding
research in one or more relevant subfields of Artificial Intelligence with
a strong focus on Machine Learning, ideally related to one or more of the
major research areas of the Lamarr Institute:
- Resource-Aware ML: Optimize algorithms for available resources and new
architectures
- Trustworthy AI: Make AI ethical, reliable, understandable, and
certifiable
- Hybrid ML: Combine data and knowledge in ML algorithms
- Human-Centered Systems: Exploit human interaction contexts when
learning from data
- Embodied AI: Build ML algorithms that work in physical and autonomous
systems
Apply by March 15th, 2025:
https://www.uni-bonn.de/en/university/working-at-the-university/job-opportu…
The professorship will be appointed as Tenured Full Professor (W3) within
the Institute of Computer Science. Dual-career appointments are possible
for suitable candidates. German language skills are not required.
We expect from the candidate the capability of positioning the Lamarr
Institute towards society and industry and willingness to *contribute to
the institute’s strategic responsibilities.* The acquisition of third-party
research funds and contribution to joint grant activities in computer
science are requested.
We welcome applications regardless of nationality, ethnic and social
origin, religion/belief, age, sexual orientation and identity. Formal
requirements are defined by § 36 of the Higher Education Act of North
Rhine-Westphalia (Hochschulgesetz Nordrhein-Westfalen).