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WoLaLa 2025 is approaching
by Enikő Héja 06 Oct '25

06 Oct '25

The date of WoLaLa 2025 (1st International Workshop on Language and Language Models), an international, English-language workshop conference, is approaching. The event is organized by the Research Centre for Linguistics, Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE) and will take place in Budapest on November 20–21, 2025. Invited keynote speakers: · Erhard Hinrichs (University of Tübingen, Germany) · Alessandro Lenci (University of Pisa, Italy) · András Kornai (HUN-REN SZTAKI & BME, Hungary) The goal of the workshop is to provide a forum for presenting and discussing research at the intersection of linguistics and artificial intelligence, highlighting the latest results and challenges. Registration fees: · Early registration (until October 6, 2025): 70,000 HUF · Standard registration (after October 6): 85,000 HUF · Non-academic / industry participants: 100,000 HUF For the workshop website, detailed program, and registration form, please visit: 👉 https://wolala.nytud.hu <https://wolala.nytud.hu/> If you have any questions, feel free to contact us at info(a)wolala.nytud.hu

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Call for Papers: WSLP 2025 – Workshop on Sign Language Processing
by keren.artiaga＠adaptcentre.ie 06 Oct '25

06 Oct '25

🚨 Call for Papers: WSLP 2025 – Workshop on Sign Language Processing 🚨 We are excited to announce the Workshop on Sign Language Processing (WSLP 2025), co-located with IJCNLP–AACL 2025, to be held at Victor Menezes Convention Centre, IIT Bombay, Mumbai, India on December 24th, 2025. 🌏 This one-day event will provide a dedicated forum to present and discuss advances in sign language processing and translation, with a focus on low-resource and underrepresented sign languages. Alongside paper presentations, WSLP 2025 will feature shared tasks and invited talks by leading researchers. 🔑 Important Links 📌 Workshop Website: https://exploration-lab.github.io/WSLP 📄 CFP & Submissions (OpenReview): https://openreview.net/group?id=aclweb.org/AACL-IJCNLP/2025/Workshop/WSLP 📝 ARR Commitment: https://openreview.net/group?id=aclweb.org/AACL-IJCNLP/2025/Workshop/WSLP_A… 📚 Shared Tasks: https://exploration-lab.github.io/WSLP/task/ 💬 Discord (Workshop): https://discord.gg/jP7j4NmUE4 💬 Discord (Shared Task): https://discord.gg/su2rRxSjkY 🗓️ Key Dates (AoE) Paper Submission Deadline (Extended): October 28, 2025 ARR Commitment Deadline: Oct 27, 2025 Notification of Acceptance: Nov 3, 2025 Camera-Ready Papers Due: Nov 11, 2025 Workshop: Dec 24, 2025 🔍 Topics of Interest (But not limited to) Low-resource & underrepresented sign languages Continuous & gloss-free SLT Multilingual, cross-modal & zero-shot SLT Cultural & dialectal variation in sign Language Corpus creation, fairness, ethics & real-world applications 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Shared Tasks at WSLP 2025 Indian Sign Language to English Translation Isolated Sign (Gloss) Recognition Word Presence Prediction in Sign Videos 📢 We strongly encourage submissions that focus on underrepresented sign languages and communities.

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Call for Papers - 18th ACM Web Science Conference 2026
by Kaiser, Sierra Ann 06 Oct '25

06 Oct '25

Call for Papers | ACM WebSci’26 May 21-24, 2026 | TU Braunschweig | https://websci26.org/ Important Dates * December 10, 2025: Paper submission * February 4, 2026: Notification * February 28, 2026: Camera-ready versions due * May 26-29, 2026: Conference dates About the Web Science Conference Web Science is an interdisciplinary field dedicated to understanding the complex and multiple impacts of the Web on society and vice versa. The interdisciplinary field is well situated to address pressing issues of our time by incorporating various scientific approaches. We welcome quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods research, including techniques from the social sciences and computer science. In addition, we are interested in work exploring Web-based data collection, research ethics, and emerging methods. We also encourage studies that combine analyses of Web data and other types of data (e.g., from surveys or interviews) to help better understand user behavior online and offline. Theme for Web Science 2026: Managing Risks in the Era of Generative AI - How 20 Years of Web Science Research Can Help Web content is influencing human experiences more than ever before. The rapid deployment of artificial intelligence (including large language models) has created new risks for humans in the digital environment. These risks include customly crafted misinformation at scale, realistic AI-generated harmful content and deepfakes, as well as fraudulent activities and scams becoming more effective thanks to AI. Trust and community have been eroded during this current era of the Web, and researching means to manage these risks on the Web is as essential as ever. The Web Science community has looked at this complex socio-technical system for 20 years, exploring its structure, dynamics, and impact on society. This year’s conference especially encourages contributions investigating the risks for society on the web in the presence of artificial intelligence. Additionally, we welcome papers on a wide range of topics at the heart of Web Science. In 2026, we will also be able to allocate a limited amount of funding for student travel provided by SIGWEB and WebIST. Possible topics include, but are not limited to: Understanding the Web Trends in globalization and fragmentation of the Web The architecture, philosophy, and evolution of the Web Automation and AI in all its manifestations relevant to the Web The interrelationship between the structure of the web and social behavior Critical analyses of the Web and Web technologies The spread of large models on the web Making the Web Inclusive Issues of discrimination and fairness Intersectionality and design justice in questions of marginalization and inequality Ethical challenges of technologies, data, algorithms, platforms, and people on the Web Safeguarding and governance of the Web, including anonymity, security, and trust Inclusion, literacy, and the digital divide Human-centered security and robustness on the Web The Web and Everyday Life Social machines, crowd computing, and collective intelligence Web economics, social entrepreneurship, and innovation Legal and policy issues, including rights and accountability for the AI industry The creator economy: Humanities, arts, and culture on the Web Politics and social activism on the Web Relationships, organization, and social interaction on the Web Online education and remote learning Health and well-being online Social presence in online professional event spaces The Web as a source of news and information Doing Web Science Data curation, Web archives, and stewardship in Web Science Temporal and spatial dimensions of the Web as a repository of information Analysis and modeling of human and automatic behavior (e.g., bots) Analysis of online social and information networks Detecting, preventing, and predicting anomalies in Web data (e.g., fake content, spam) Novel analysis techniques for Web and social network analysis Recommendation engines and contextual adaptation for Web tasks Web-based information retrieval and information generation Supporting heterogeneity across modalities, sensors, and channels on the Web. User modeling and personalization approaches on the Web. Format of the submissions Please upload your submissions via EasyChair: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=websci26 There are two submission formats: Full paper should be between 6 and 10 pages (including references, appendices, etc.). Full papers typically report on mature and completed projects. Short papers should be up to 5 pages (including references, appendices, etc.) and primarily report on high-quality ongoing work that is not mature enough for a full-length publication. All papers should adopt the current ACM SIG Conference proceedings template (acmart.cls). Please submit papers as PDF files using the ACM template, either in Microsoft Word format (available at https://www.acm.org/publications/proceedings-template under “Word Authors”) or with the ACM LaTeX template on the Overleaf platform, which is available at https://www.overleaf.com/latex/templates/association-for-computing-machiner…. In particular, please ensure that you are using the two-column version of the appropriate template. All contributions will be judged by the Program Committee by at least three referees based on rigorous peer review standards for quality and fit for the conference. Additionally, each paper will be assigned to a Senior Program Committee member to ensure review quality. WebSci-2026 review is double-blind. Therefore, please anonymize your submission: do not put the author(s )' names or affiliation(s) at the start of the paper, and do not include funding or other acknowledgments in papers submitted for review. References to the authors’ own prior relevant work should be included, but should not specify that this is the authors’ own work. It is up to the authors’ discretion how much to further modify the body of the paper to preserve anonymity. The requirement for anonymity does not extend outside the review process, e.g., the authors can decide how widely to distribute their papers over the Internet. Even in cases where the author’s identity is known to a reviewer, the double-blind process will serve as a symbolic reminder of the importance of evaluating the submitted work on its own merits without regard to the author’s reputation. Authors who wish to opt out of publication proceedings will be given this option upon acceptance. This will encourage the participation of researchers from the social sciences who prefer to publish their work as journal articles. All authors of accepted papers (including those who opt out of proceedings) are expected to present their work at the conference. ACM Publication Policies 1. By submitting your article to an ACM Publication, you acknowledge that you and your co-authors are subject to all ACM Publications Policies, including ACM’s new Policy on Research Involving Human Participants and Subjects<https://www.acm.org/publications/policies/research-involving-human-particip…>. Alleged violations of this policy or any ACM Publications Policy will be investigated by ACM and may result in a full retraction of your paper, in addition to other potential penalties, as per ACM Publications Policy. 2. Please ensure that you and your co-authors obtain an ORCID ID<https://orcid.org/register> to complete the publishing process for your accepted paper. ACM has been involved in ORCID from the start, and we have recently made a commitment to collect ORCID IDs from all of our published authors<https://authors.acm.org/author-resources/orcid-faqs>. The collection process started in 2022 and will be a requirement. We are committed to improving author discoverability, ensuring proper attribution, and contributing to ongoing community efforts around name normalization; your ORCID ID will help in these efforts. 3. For guidelines on the use of generative AI tools, please refer to https://www.acm.org/publications/policies/frequently-asked-questions Important update on ACM's new open access publishing model for 2026 ACM Conferences! Starting January 1, 2026, ACM will fully transition to Open Access. All ACM publications, including those from ACM-sponsored conferences, will be 100% Open Access (https://www.acm.org/publications/openaccess). Authors will have two primary options for publishing Open Access articles with ACM: the ACM Open institutional model or by paying Article Processing Charges (APCs). With over 1,800 institutions already part of ACM Open, the majority of ACM-sponsored conference papers will not require APCs from authors or conferences (currently, around 70-75%). Authors from institutions not participating in ACM Open must pay an APC to publish their papers, unless they qualify for a financial or discretionary waiver. To find out whether an APC applies to your article, please consult the list of participating institutions<https://libraries.acm.org/acmopen/open-participants> in ACM Open and review the APC Waivers and Discounts Policy<https://www.acm.org/publications/policies/policy-on-open-access-apc-waivers…>. Remember that waivers are rare and are granted based on specific criteria set by ACM. Understanding that this change could present financial challenges, ACM has approved a temporary subsidy for 2026 to ease the transition and allow more time for institutions to join ACM Open. The subsidy will offer: $250 APC for ACM/SIG members $350 for non-members This represents a 65% discount<https://www.acm.org/publications/openaccess>, funded directly by ACM. Authors are encouraged to help advocate for their institutions to join ACM Open during this transition period. You can find an FAQ here: <https://www.acm.org/publications/open-access-model-for-acm-and-sig-sponsore…> Open Access Model for ACM and SIG Sponsored Conferences: Frequently Asked Questions<https://www.acm.org/publications/open-access-model-for-acm-and-sig-sponsore…>, and more information here: <https://www.acm.org/publications/openaccess> Open Access Publication & ACM<https://www.acm.org/publications/openaccess> Program Committee Chairs: Gianluca Demartini (The University of Queensland, Australia) Stefan Dietze (Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf & GESIS, Germany) Jen Golbeck (University of Maryland, USA) For any questions and queries regarding the paper submission, please contact the chairs at websci26(a)easychair.org<mailto:websci26@easychair.org>. <https://t63605f96.emailsys1a.net/91/8138/3f626b8c5a/subscribe/form.html?_g=…>

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PhD positions in the Corpling lab at Georgetown University: Discourse Structure, Corpus Resources, Low-Resource NLP and Digital Humanities
by Amir.Zeldes＠georgetown.edu 06 Oct '25

06 Oct '25

The Corpling lab <https://gucorpling.org/corpling/> in the Department of Linguistics <https://linguistics.georgetown.edu/> at Georgetown University (Washington, DC), directed by Amir Zeldes <https://gucorpling.org/amir/> , is looking for qualified candidates for a PhD in Computational Linguistics, to start in Fall 2026. Applicants will be most competitive for the PhD program if they have prior experience in Linguistics, Computer Science, or a related field; are proficient in basic programming; and articulate a clear area of research specialization that they wish to pursue, which aligns with research at the lab. Georgetown also offers a 2-year MS in Computational Linguistics for students wishing to gain a foundation in the field. The application deadline for the PhD program is December 1, 2025 – see details here: � https://linguistics.georgetown.edu/programs/apply/ � The lab focuses on research about computational models of discourse, annotated corpus resource creation and Natural Language Processing, especially for low-resource languages and applications in the Digital Humanities. Some recent research topics have included: � * Understanding relative salience in discourse using LLMs * Modeling discourse relations expressing causality, argumentation and temporality * The study of different types of anaphoric relations between entities and events * Creating and benchmarking models for multilingual discourse understanding * Building datasets and tools for under-resourced and historical languages (especially for Coptic <https://copticscriptorium.org/> ) � For more on our research see the lab’s website and Amir’s homepage linked above. � Students in the Computational Linguistics program benefit from a range of courses in NLP and computational modeling techniques, as well as foundational courses in Linguistics. Applicants must hold at least a bachelor’s degree by Fall 2026. PhD students in the Department (domestic as well as international) benefit from a 5-year funding package including a stipend, tuition scholarship and health insurance. For questions please contact amir.zeldes(a)georgetown.edu <mailto:amir.zeldes@georgetown.edu> . �

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PhD position in Language Technology at the University of Helsinki
by Jauhiainen, Tommi S 06 Oct '25

06 Oct '25

Dear all, We are seeking a researcher with a background in Language Technology, Machine Learning, or Language Typology who is interested in automatic classification and analysis of hundreds of languages to undertake a PhD project exploring Unseen Languages in Language Identification. For further information, see the job posting at: https://jobs.helsinki.fi/job-invite/4438/ Cheers, Tommi — Tommi Jauhiainen Academy Research Fellow Department of Digital Humanities University of Helsinki https://researchportal.helsinki.fi/en/persons/tommi-jauhiainen

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[Last CFP] QuantumNLP Workshop @ IJCNLP-AACL 2025
by Dr. Partha Pakray 06 Oct '25

06 Oct '25

Dear All, [Last CFP]: * "**QuantumNLP: Integrating Quantum Computing with Natural Language Processing"** Workshop under **IJCNLP-AACL 2025** Conference* *(with our apologies for cross-posting)* *Under:* IJCNLP-AACL 2025 *Date:* December 23-24, 2025 (tentative) *Venue:* Victor Menezes Convention Centre (VMCC), IIT Bombay, Mumbai, India *Website:* http://qnlp.in/ *Main Conference:* https://www.afnlp.org/conferences/ijcnlp2025/ *Submission Portal:* OpenReview <https://openreview.net/group?id=aclweb.org/AACL-IJCNLP/2025/Workshop/Quantu…> *Submission Deadline:* October 15, 2025 ** Call for Papers ** The *QuantumNLP 2025 Workshop* aims to bridge the gap between NLP and Quantum Machine Learning (QML). It will offer insights into foundational principles, practical tools, and the latest advancements in hybrid quantum-classical NLP models. We invite original research papers, work-in-progress, and case studies in areas such as: - Quantum word embeddings and language model - Quantum-enhanced sequence modeling (e.g., QRNN, QLSTM) - QuantumNLP on NISQ devices - Quantum-inspired optimisation and multimodal AI - Hybrid quantum-classical architectures for NLP - Quantum AI - Quantum NLP - Quantum ML - Variational Quantum Circuits - Quantum-Inspired Optimisation - any other topic that is related to Quantum Selected papers will be published in the *ACL Anthology*. We welcome *original research papers*, *work-in-progress*, and *industry case studies*. All submissions will be peer-reviewed and selected contributions will be invited for presentation. The proceedings will be published in the ACL Anthology. *Submission Link (Login in OpenReview First): * https://openreview.net/group?id=aclweb.org/AACL-IJCNLP/2025/Workshop/Quantu… ** Organizers* * - *Partha Pakray*, National Institute of Technology Silchar, partha(a)cse.nits.ac.in - *Santanu Pal*, Wipro AI Lab 45, santanu.pal.ju(a)gmail.com - *Sivaji Bandyopadhyay*, Jadavpur University, sivaji.cse.ju(a)gmail.com - *Priyanka Jain*, CDAC Delhi, priyankaj(a)cdac.in - *Asif Ekbal*, IIT Patna, asif(a)iitp.ac.in ** Invited speaker ** - *Prof. **Hachem Kadri*, Aix-Marseille University, France ** Contact ** For questions, please send an email to *partha(a)cse.nits.ac.in <partha(a)cse.nits.ac.in>*.

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ELRA Catalogue of Language Resources - Update
by info＠elda.org 03 Oct '25

03 Oct '25

[Apologies for multiple postings] We are happy to announce that 1 new lexicon and 1 new evaluation package are available in our catalogue. *Arab Full Names Database <https://catalog.elra.info/en-us/repository/browse/ELRA-L0209/>*** ISLRN: 548-506-480-213-6 <http://www.islrn.org/resources/548-506-480-213-6> This database consists of over six million Arab Full Names comprising real people Arabic names (not foreign names), including phonological data such as romanization and optional vowel diacritics, as well as English equivalents. If heteronyms (same spelling, different pronunciations, like Muhammad and Muhammid) are included, the number of entries is approximately 43.9 million. *MiLQ: Mixed-Language Query Test Set for Bilingual Web Search – Evaluation Package <https://catalog.elra.info/en-us/repository/browse/ELRA-E0047/>*** ISLRN:200-586-423-805-2 <http://www.islrn.org/resources/200-586-423-805-2> MiLQ is a benchmark of mixed-language (code-switched) search queries created by bilingual speakers for evaluating Information Retrieval with mixed-language queries. It provides query versions where English expressions are embedded within native-language structures for the following languages: Swahili, Somali, Finnish, German, French, Chinese, Persian and Russian. For more information on the catalogue or if you would like to enquire about having your resources distributed by ELRA, please *contact us* <mailto:contact@elda.org>. _________________________________________ Visit the *ELRA Catalogue of Language Resources* <http://catalog.elra.info> *Archives * <https://www.elra.info/catalogues/language-resources-announcements/>of ELRA Language Resources Catalogue Updates

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The 33rd IEEE International Conference on Software Analysis, Evolution and Reengineering (SANER 2026): Last Call for Papers to the Research Track
by Announce 03 Oct '25

03 Oct '25

*** Last Call for Papers to the Research Track *** The 33rd IEEE International Conference on Software Analysis, Evolution and Reengineering (SANER 2026) 17-20 March, 2026, 5* St. Raphael Resort and Marina, Limassol, Cyprus https://conf.researchr.org/home/saner-2026<http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/GPLists_2021/lm.php?tk=Y29ycG9yYQkJCWNvcnBv…> The 33rd edition of the IEEE International Conference on Software Analysis, Evolution, and Reengineering (SANER 2026) invites high-quality submissions of papers describing original and unpublished research results. We encourage submissions describing various types of research, including empirical, theoretical, and tool-oriented studies. TOPICS OF INTEREST The topics of the submissions should be of direct interest to the software analysis, evolution, and reengineering community (including researchers, practitioners, educators). Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: • AI for Software Engineering and Software Engineering for AI (see note below); • Generative AI and LLM Applied to Analysis, Evolution and Reengineering of Software; • Software Analysis, Parsing, and Fact Extraction; • Software Maintenance and Evolution, Evolution Analysis; • Software Reverse Engineering and Reengineering; • Program Comprehension; • Software Architecture Recovery and Reverse Architecting; • Program Transformation and Refactoring; • Mining Software Repositories and Software Analytics; • Software Visualization; • Software Reconstruction and Migration; • Program Repair; • Software Release Engineering, Continuous Integration and Delivery; • Software Security, Safety, Reliability and Quality Analysis; • Software Tools for Software Evolution and Maintenance; • Human Factors and Legal Aspects in the Context of Software Analysis, Evolution and Reengineering; • Empirical Studies in the Context of Software Analysis, Evolution and Reengineering; • Education and Training in the Context of Software Analysis, Evolution and Reengineering. SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS All submitted papers will undergo a rigorous peer review process and will be selected based on originality, quality, soundness, and relevance. Submissions must be original, not published, accepted, or under review elsewhere. All submissions must be in PDF format and conform to the IEEE Conference Proceedings Formatting Guidelines. Submissions should not exceed 12 pages (with the last 2 pages reserved for references only). Important Note: The Research Track follows a double-anonymous review process. Please refer to the conference website for more details. Submission Link: https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=saner2026<http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/GPLists_2021/lm.php?tk=Y29ycG9yYQkJCWNvcnBv…> PAPERS INVOLVING AI AND ML Papers involving AI or ML must either (a) concern a software system as a whole, or a subsystem, and not simply its AI or ML component, (b) consider software engineering artifacts, (c) target a novel context for a software engineering task, or (d) study human, social, socio-technical, and organizational aspects in the development of AI- or ML- intensive software systems (see also "Scoping Software Engineering for AI: The TSE Perspective", 10.1109/TSE.2024.3470368). Papers involving AI or ML must explicitly explain how they address a software engineering problem. Papers not meeting these criteria may be more suitable for AI- or ML-focused venues instead. Papers that do not clearly explain how they address a software engineering problem or don't meet the above criteria will be desk-rejected. SPECIAL JOURNAL ISSUE Authors of selected research papers accepted at SANER 2026 will be invited to submit revised, extended versions of their manuscripts for a special issue featured by Springer’s Empirical Software Engineering Journal (EMSE). The best papers from the conference will be awarded. IMPORTANT DATES (All deadlines are 23:59h "Anywhere on Earth" time) Research Track • Abstract Submission Deadline: 9 October, 2025 • Paper Submission Deadline: 16 October, 2025 • Notifications: 9 December, 2025 • Camera-Ready: 9 January, 2026 ORGANISING COMMITTEE General Chair • Georgia Kapitsaki, University of Cyprus, Cyprus Local Organizing Chair • George Angelos Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus Program Chairs • Eunjong Choi, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Japan • Matthias Galster, University of Canterbury, New Zealand Industrial Chairs • Anne Etien, University of Lille, France • Tushar Sharma, Dalhousie University, Canada ERA Chairs • Mairieli Wessel, Radboud University, Netherlands • Christoph Treude, Singapore Management University, Singapore Short Papers and Posters Chairs • Eleni Constantinou, University of Cyprus, Cyprus • Sandro Schulze, Anhalt University of Applied Sciences, Germany RENE Chairs • Apostolos Ampatzoglou, University of Macedonia, Greece • Sebastian Proksch, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands Workshop/Tutorial Chairs • Marcelo De Almeida Maia, Federal University of Uberlandia, Brazil • Juri Di Rocco, University of L'Aquila, Italy Journal-First Chairs • Luigi Lavazza, Università degli Studi dell'Insubria, Italy • Yuxia Zhang, Beijing Institute of Technology, China Registered Report Chairs • Sherlock A. Licorish, University of Otago, New Zealand • Sebastiano Panichella, Zurich University of Applied Science, Switzerland Tool Demo Chairs • Maliheh Izadi, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands • Roberto Verdecchia, University of Florence, Italy Diversity, Inclusion, and Newcomers Chairs • Catia Trubiani, Gran Sasso Science Institute, Italy • Aldeida Aleti, Monash University, Australia Proceedings Chair • Raula Gaikovina Kula, Osaka University, Japan Most Influential Paper Award Chairs • Alexander Chatzigeorgiou, University of Macedonia, Greece • Michele Lanza, Software Institute - USI, Lugano, Switzerland Sustainability Chair • Maria Papoutsoglou, University of Cyprus, Cyprus Financial Chair • Constantinos Pattichis, University of Cyprus, Cyprus Publicity and Social Media Chair • Erina Makihara, Ritsumeikan University, Japan

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SEARCH SOLUTIONS 2025 - London, 26 Nov
by Udo Kruschwitz 02 Oct '25

02 Oct '25

Search Solutions 2025 Wednesday 26 November 2025, London Innovations in Search and Information Retrieval Search Solutions is the BCS Information Retrieval Specialist Group’s (BCS IRSG) annual event focused on practitioner issues in the arena of search and information retrieval (IR). We bring together practitioners, researchers, analysts and end users to discuss the latest developments in the IR community and to share insights between research and practice. The event consists of a Tutorial day (25 November) and a Conference day (26 November), each of which has a separate registration.The conference day includes presentations, panels and keynote talks by influential industry leaders on novel and emerging applications in search and information retrieval. 09:30 - 09:50 Registration and coffee 09:50 - 10:00 Introduction We will then have a full day of talks and discussion. The detailed programme will be announced soon but here is the list of confirmed speakers so far: * Alessandro Benedetti (Sease) “Search Quality Evaluation in the Era of Large Language Models: RRE-Dataset Generator” * Jon Brassey (TRIP) “Harnessing AI for Faster, Smarter Clinical Decision Support: The Evolution of Trip Database” * Gianna Cipponeri “Evaluating Citation Quality and Context Faithfulness in Retrieval-Augmented Generation: A Product-Specific Framework” * Mark Harwood (Ex Elastic Developer) “Plasticine Not Porcelain: Shaping Embeddings Through Interactive Clustering” * Orland Hoeber (University of Regina) “Support Human Intelligence – An Alternative to Retrieval Augmented Generation in Academic Digital Library Search” * Marianne Lykke (Aalborg University) “Role of metadata and taxonomies in professional contexts” * Sean MacAvaney (University of Glasgow) “Re-thinking re-ranking” * Adam Roegiest (Zuva) “Information Retrieval Evaluation in the Real-World: A Legal Tech Perspective” * Cedric Ulmer (France Labs) “Adding GenAI to Datafari Community Edition - what and why” 16:30 - 17:15 PANEL SESSION 17:15 - 17:25 BCS SEARCH INDUSTRY AWARDS 17:25 - 17:30 Closing words 17:30 EVENING RECEPTION LOCATION Search Solutions is organised by the Information Retrieval Specialist Group of the BCS (The Chartered Institute for IT) and ISKO (International Society for Knowledge Organization), and is held at the BCS Central London Office: BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT Ground Floor 25 Copthall Avenue London EC2R 7BP https://www.bcs.org/about-us/our-london-office-and-event-venue/ REGISTRATION Registration fees (including VAT at 20%) for Search Solutions are as follows: * BCS / ISKO member rate: £92 * Non-member rate: £110 * Students: £80 Registration fees include lunch. Tea and coffee will also be available throughout the day followed by a drinks reception in the evening. Register here: https://IRSGSearchSolutions2025.eventbrite.co.uk TUTORIAL DAY Search Solutions also includes a Tutorial Programme on Tuesday, 25 November. A detailed programme will be announced in due course. Tutorials are payable separately. PAST EVENTS Search Solutions has been held annually since 2007. For details of past events please see: https://www.bcs.org/membership-and-registrations/member-communities/informa…

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[PhD Positions] Natural Language Understanding at University of Copenhagen
by Isabelle Augenstein 02 Oct '25

02 Oct '25

The Natural Language Understanding Research Group at the Department of Computer Science, University of Copenhagen is seeking to recruit PhD students for a start in Spring or Autumn 2026. - A fully funded 3-year PhD fellowship on Explainable Natural Language Understanding for a start in Spring 2026 is available as part of the ExplainYourself project<https://erc.europa.eu/news/erc-2021-starting-grants-results> on Explainable and Robust Automatic Fact Checking. The position requires candidates to have completed a Master’s degree by the start date. The successful candidate will be supervised by Isabelle Augenstein<http://isabelleaugenstein.github.io/> and co-supervised by Pepa Atanasova<https://apepa.github.io/>. Read more about the position and apply here<https://candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationInit.aspx/?cid=1307&departmentI…> by 31 October 2025. - A fully funded 3-year PhD fellowship in Trustworthy Natural Language Processing with expected start date of 1st March 2026 (or as soon as possible thereafter). The successful candidate will engage in developing innovative methods for trustworthy NLP models, including but not limited to mechanistic interpretability, explainability, reasoning, factuality, safety mechanisms, and practical applications of trustworthy AI. This independent fellowship offers flexibility in developing your research direction within trustworthy NLP, tailored in collaboration with the candidate to align their interests and the group’s research goals. The fellowship is offered with Pepa Atanasova<https://apepa.github.io/> as the main project supervisor and will be co-supervised by Isabelle Augenstein<http://isabelleaugenstein.github.io/>. Read more about the position and apply here<https://candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationInit.aspx?cid=1307&ProjectId=16…> by 31 October 2025. - For a start in Autumn 2026, we are considering candidates on any topic aligned with the focus areas of our lab<https://www.copenlu.com/#projects>. Candidates should express their interest by applying to the ELLIS PhD programme<https://ellis.eu/news/ellis-phd-program-call-for-applications-2025> by 31 October 2025, naming Isabelle Augenstein as a supervisor. More information about the positions can be found here<https://www.copenlu.com/news/phd-fellowships-for-start-in-spring-or-autumn-…>. Informal enquiries about the positions can be made to Professor Isabelle Augenstein, Department of Computer Science, University of Copenhagen, e-mail: augenstein(a)di.ku.dk. Isabelle Augenstein, Dr. Scient., Ph.D. Professor and Head of the NLP Section, Department of Computer Science (DIKU) Co-Lead, Pioneer Centre for Artificial Intelligence University of Copenhagen Østervold Observatory Øster Voldgade 3 1350 Copenhagen augenstein(a)di.ku.dk<mailto:augenstein@di.ku.dk> http://isabelleaugenstein.github.io/

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