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LeWiDi: Shared task on Learning With Disagreement
by Casola, Silvia 15 May '25

15 May '25

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

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

14 May '25

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

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

14 May '25

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

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

14 May '25

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

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

14 May '25

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

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

14 May '25

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

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

13 May '25

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

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

13 May '25

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

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

13 May '25

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

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

12 May '25

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