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2nd conference call for LTC 2023 (extended deadline)
by Patrick Paroubek 22 Oct '22

22 Oct '22

10th LANGUAGE AND TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE: Human Language Technologies as a Challenge for Computer Science and Linguistics, April 21-23, 2023, Poznań, Poland (LTC 2023) 2nd CALL FOR PAPERS VENUE: April 21-23, 2023 in Poznań, Poland. IMPORTANT DATES/DEADLINES: * Deadline for submission of papers for review: November 14, 2022 (extended dealine) * Acceptance/Refusal notification: December 14, 2022 * Deadline for submission of final versions of accepted papers: January 9, 2023 * Conference: April 21-23, 2023 WEB SITE: http://ltc.amu.edu.pl/ The Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science of the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań (Poland) and the Adam Mickiewicz University Foundation organize the 10th LTC on April 21-23, 2023. Following the tradition of the past events, it is supported by ELRA, FlaReNet and META-NET. Since 2005 LTC is organized every two years as the “Language & Technology Conference: Human Language Technologies as a Challenge for Computer Science and Linguistics”. Started 27 years ago, the conference find its origin in the Language and Technology Awareness Days, a meeting organized in 1995 with the assistance of the European Commission (DG XIII), with among the key speakers: Antonio Zampolli (Italy), Dafydd Gibbon (Germany), Dan Tufiş (Romania) and Orest Kossak (Ukraina). The conference addresses to researchers, advanced and beginning students, as well as all other people interested in the new advances at the borderline between computer science, human language industries and linguistics. CONFERENCE TOPICS LTC 2023 welcomes the submission of original unpublished papers on various aspects of Human Language Technology of both theoretical and practical importance including: * AI-oriented studies of human language competence * communicative intelligence * computational semantics * computer modeling of language competence * corpora-based methods in language engineering * electronic language resources and tools * formalization of natural languages * HLT related policies * HLT standards and best practices * HLTs as support for e-learning * HLTs as support for foreign language teaching * HLTs as support in solving Homeland Security problems (technology applications and legal aspects) * human-machine NL interfaces * knowledge representation * language-specific computational challenges for HLTs (especially for languages other than English) * legal issues connected with HLTs (problems and challenges) * Logic Programming in Natural Language Processing * methodological issues in HLT * neural networks in language engineering * NL applications in robotics * NL understanding by computers * NL user modeling * NLP methods in cyber-criminality detection and prevention * paralinguistic phenomena in Natural Language Processing * parsing and other forms of NL processing * question answering * sentiment, opinion and emotion analysis * socio-political aspects of HLTs * speech processing * system prototype presentations * technological aspects of nonverbal linguistics * text-based information retrieval and extraction * tools and methodologies for developing multilingual systems * translation enhancement tools * validation in all areas of HLTs * visionary papers in the field of HLT * WordNet-like ontologies ---PAPER SUBMISSION The conference accepts papers in English only. Papers (5 formatted pages in the conference format) are due by November 14, 2022 (midnight, any time zone) and should not disclose the author(s) in any manner. In order to facilitate submission we have decided to reduce the formatting requirements as much as possible at the submission stage. All submissions are to be made electronically via the LTC 2023 web submission system (EasyChair). Paper templates are available at http://www.ltc.amu.edu.pl (Paper Submission section). PUBLICATION POLICY Acceptance will be based on the reviewers' assessments (blind peer review by tree experts). The accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings (hard and electronic copy, with ISBN number). The abstracts of the accepted contributions will also be made available via the conference page (during its lifetime). Publication requires full electronic registration and payment of the conference fee (full registration) by at least one co-authors in the due time (dates will be presented at the conference site). One registration fee entitles publication of one paper. Since 2005 until now, post-conference volumes with substantially extended versions of selected conference papers were published. Since 2007 these post-conference monographs were published in the Springer Verlag series Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence. We intend to continue this tradition. Papers will be selected based on reviewers’ reports among the best evaluated papers of general interest with new innovative results. Preference will be given to papers providing significant content extension with respect to the paper presented at the conference. More details will be provided via the LTC23 web site. AWARDS FOR BEST STUDENT PAPERS Special awards will be granted to the best student (status at the date of paper submission). The majoritarian student contribution to the paper must be confirmed by all paper co-authors in a written form. More details will be provided at the LTC website. To find information out about the winners at previous conferences please visit www.ltc.amu.edu.pl. ACCOMPANYING EVENTS Please do not hesitate to contact us with new suggestions and ideas concerning accompanying events (workshops, exhibits, panels, etc.). Suggestions, ideas and observations may be addressed directly to the LTC Chairs (vetulani(a)amu.edu.pl and pap(a)limsi.fr (cc to ltc23(a)amu.edu.pl and marta.witkowska(a)amu.edu.pl). LANGUAGE: The conference language is English. Contacts: Zygmunt Vetulani (vetulani(a)amu.edu.pl) and Patrick Paroubek (pap(a)lisn.fr) (LTC23 Co-chairs), Marta Witkowska (LTC23 Secretary) (marta.witkowska(a)amu.edu.pl) MORE ABOUT THE CONFERENCE at the LTC23 website: http://www.ltc.amu.edu.pl *) City of Poznań: https://www.poznan.pl/mim/en/

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Multiple faculty positions at Purdue University’s School of Languages and Cultures (SLC) in the College of Liberal Arts
by Goldwasser, Dan 21 Oct '22

21 Oct '22

Purdue University’s School of Languages and Cultures (SLC) in the College of Liberal Arts (CLA) is seeking two computational linguists specializing in Second Language Acquisition (SLA) with an emphasis on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and/or Natural Language Processing (NLP) and machine learning for an academic year appointment at the Assistant Professor level (tenure track). These faculty members will hold 100% appointments in SLC and will also be affiliated with the Department of Linguistics in the School of Interdisciplinary Studies. The successful candidates will develop and/or lead a nationally recognized research program and will work together to develop a curriculum in AI and SLA. The faculty holding this position will also create and disseminate relevant knowledge through student instruction and research. They will teach courses at all levels, both in English and in one of the languages housed in SLC, and are expected to contribute to both undergraduate and graduate student mentorship. More information and link to apply: https://careers.purdue.edu/job/West-Lafayette-Professor-Assistant-IN-47906/…

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NoDaLiDa 2023: Call for Papers - 24rd Nordic Conference on Computational Linguistics
by Mark Fišel 21 Oct '22

21 Oct '22

24rd Nordic Conference on Computational Linguistics (NoDaLiDa 2023) May 22 - May 24, 2023 in Tórshavn, Faroe Islands https://www.nodalida2023.fo/ CALL FOR PAPERS The Northern European Association for Language Technology (NEALT) invites submissions to its bi-annual conference on human language and speech technologies. NoDaLiDa 2023 will be held between Monday, May 22 and Wednesday, May 24, 2023 in Norðurlandahúsið - The Nordic House in Tórshavn, Faroe Islands. SUBMISSIONS NoDaLiDa addresses all aspects of natural language processing, speech recognition and synthesis and computational linguistics, including work in closely-related neighboring disciplines (such as, for example, machine learning, linguistics or psychology) that is sufficiently formalized or applied to bear relevance to speech and language technologies. We invite paper submissions of three types: * regular papers on substantial, original, and unpublished research, including empirical evaluation results, where appropriate; * short papers on smaller, focused contributions, work in progress, negative results, surveys, or opinion pieces; and * demonstration papers on software or resource demonstrations, e.g. of systems, interfaces, infrastructures, data collections, or annotations. We particularly encourage the submission of papers on completed or on-going work, where the first author is a Master or PhD student. This should be indicated at submission time. Papers accepted for presentation at the conference will be included in the NoDaLiDa 2023 proceedings, which are published as part of the NEALT Proceedings Series by Linköping University Electronic Press and in the ACL Anthology. SCHEDULE * Monday, January 30, 2023: Submission of Papers * Monday, March 20, 2023: Notification of Acceptance * Monday, April 17, 2023: Camera-Ready Manuscripts * Monday, May 22, 2023: Pre-Conference Workshops * Tuesday and Wednesday, May 23-24, 2023: Main Conference SUBMISSION FORMATS All submissions must follow the NoDaLiDa 2023 style files, which are available for LaTeX (preferred) and MS Word and can be retrieved from the conference homepage. Submissions must be anonymous, i.e. not reveal author(s) on the title page or through self-references. Papers must be submitted digitally, in PDF, and uploaded through the on-line conference system. Paper submissions that violate either of these requirements will be returned without review. The page limits for submissions are: up to eight pages for regular papers, and up to four pages for short papers and demo papers. For all three submission types, these page limits do not include additional pages with bibliographic references. DOUBLE SUBMISSION and PRE-PUBLICATION Papers that have been or will be submitted to other venues must indicate this at submission time, and must be withdrawn from the other venues if accepted to NoDALiDa 2023. Authors of papers accepted for presentation at NoDALiDa must notify the program chairs by the camera-ready deadline as to whether the paper will be presented. We will not accept for publication or presentation the papers that overlap significantly in content or results with papers that will be (or have been) published elsewhere. NoDaLiDA follows the ACL policy on anonymization and anonymity period for non-anonymous pre-prints. The anonymity period for NoDaLiDa 2023 is from January 1, 2023. SUBMISSION MANAGEMENT Submissions to the conference must be uploaded electronically, obeying the above requirements and no later than (end of day, anywhere on the world): Monday, January 30, 2023. NoDaLiDa 2023 uses the OpenReview conference management system for submission, reviewing, and preparation of proceedings. General Chair * Mark Fishel, University of Tartu, Estonia To inquire about the submission and reviewing process or the scientific programme of the conference, please email ‘nodalida2023-pc(a)googlegroups.xn--com-to0a. Local Chairs * Iben Nyholm Debess, University of the Faroe Islands (chair) * Bergur Djurhuus Hansen, University of the Faroe Islands (co-chair) * Peter Juel Henrichsen, Danish Language Council (co-chair) For all practical inquiries, please email ‘nodalida2023-loc(a)googlegroups.xn--com-to0a. Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/NoDaLiDa

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Fully-funded NLP PhD position in pragmatic program generation at Saarland University -- Deadline Oct 30, 2022
by Sebastian Schuster 21 Oct '22

21 Oct '22

We invite applications for one PhD student position in pragmatic program generation. The goal of the PhD project is to develop and evaluate methods that can automatically turn natural language descriptions of what a program should do into executable computer code, with a special focus on dealing with ambiguities and lack of detail in the natural language descriptions. The position, to be established in the group "Computer Science and Computational Linguistics" (Prof. Vera Demberg <https://www.uni-saarland.de/lehrstuhl/demberg.html>), is part of a collaboration with the Software Engineering Group <https://www.se.cs.uni-saarland.de/> of Prof. Sven Apel and the Machine Teaching Group <https://machineteaching.mpi-sws.org/> of Dr. Adish Singla at the Max Planck Institute for Software Systems (MPI-SWS). Candidates for this position should have a master's degree in computational linguistics, computer science or a related discipline. Experience with machine learning including deep learning is expected. The research will be conducted in English. Dates: Application deadline: October 30, 2022 Start date: Spring 2023 (start date flexible) The expected duration of the PhD is 3 years, the position is paid according to 75% TV-L E13, see also https://oeffentlicher-dienst.info/c/t/rechner/tv-l/west?id=tv-l-2020&matrix… <https://oeffentlicher-dienst.info/c/t/rechner/tv-l/west?id=tv-l-2020&matrix…>. The job does not come with any teaching obligation. You can however choose to participate in teaching activities (tutoring or co-teaching). Applicants are requested to submit their application, including a cover letter that specifies why you would like to work on this topic and what qualifies you for it, an academic CV, a list of academic publications (if applicable), your MSc thesis (or a current draft), copies of academic degree certificates and names of two potential references. Saarland University <https://www.uni-saarland.de/en/home.html> is one of the leading centres for computational linguistics and computer science in Europe, and offers a dynamic and stimulating research environment. It is famous for its interdisciplinary research in language, translation, computation and cognition. The group is affiliated with both the Department of Computer Science <https://www.uni-saarland.de/fachrichtung/informatik.html> and with the Department of Language Science and Technology <https://www.lst.uni-saarland.de/>. The Department of Language Science and Technology organizes about 100 research staff in ten research groups in the fields of computational linguistics, psycholinguistics, speech processing, and corpus linguistics. Both departments are part of the Saarland Informatics Campus <https://saarland-informatics-campus.de/en>, which brings together 800 researchers and 2000 students from 81 countries. We collaborate closely with the university's Department of Computer Science, the Max Planck Institute for Informatics <https://www.mpi-inf.mpg.de/home/>, the Max Planck Institute for Software Systems <https://www.mpi-sws.org/>, and the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence <https://www.dfki.de/en/web/> (DFKI). Our researchers and students come from all over the world, and our primary working language is English. Saarland University is an equal opportunity employer. Applications of women are strongly encouraged; applications of disabled persons will be given preferential treatment to those of other candidates with equal qualifications. Applications should be sent via email directly to Prof. Vera Demberg (vera(a)coli.uni-saarland.de <mailto:vera@coli.uni-saarland.de>coli.uni-saarland.de <>).

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Job-Research Assistant- Natural Language Processing -University of Galway-reg
by Bharathi Raja Asoka Chakravarthi 21 Oct '22

21 Oct '22

*Research Assistant* *Natural Language Processing and Linked Data* *School of Computer Science and Data Science Institute* *Ref. No. University of Galway 272-22* Applications are invited from suitably qualified candidates for a full-time, fixed-term position as a Research Assistant with the School of Computer Science and Data Science Institute at the National University of Ireland, Galway. This position is funded by SFI Insight Research Centre for Data Analytics and Fidelity Investments and is available from 1 November 2022 to contract end date of 30 October 2023. The School of Computer Science is ambitious and growing, and we invite the new appointees to contribute to this together with us. The vision of the School of Computer Science is to build a strong and sustainable learning environment with world-recognised research that informs high-quality undergraduate and postgraduate teaching that is inclusive and relevant to the needs of our stakeholders and society in general. The School of Computer Science was initially established in 1991 as the Information Technology Discipline, and became a School in 2019, recognising its growth and significance. DSI incorporates the University of Galway node of the nationwide Insight Centre for Data Analytics. DSI hosts more than 100 staff and has established itself as a top player worldwide in the areas of Semantic Web and Linked Data. It has successfully implemented a research strategy around the goal of “Enabling Networked Knowledge”, which aims at capitalizing on knowledge as the fuel for the digital service economy, by linking information and exploiting the resulting knowledge graphs as the basis for economic productivity. The institute performs fundamental and applied research in a range of research areas to enable this, including data streams and sensor networks, knowledge discovery, natural language processing, social semantics and social network analysis, among others. Research outcomes are applied in use cases across a range of domains, including eGovernment, financial services, manufacturing, eHealth and Life Sciences. School of Computer Science - University of Galway <https://www.universityofgalway.ie/science-engineering/school-of-computer-sc…> *https://www.insight-centre.org/* <https://www.insight-centre.org/> *Job Description:* This research assistant position is in the area of Inclusive language detection, and will focus on the combination of existing natural language processing and linked data technologies. This work will build on the definition of inclusive language provided in the Fidelity report “Inclusion Guide: Language, Accessibility and more”. In addition, we will investigate open benchmarks. The successful candidate supports the activities of the project through provision of research and administrative assistance and will work under the direction of the Project Leaders Dr Bharathi Raja Chakravarthi and Dr. John McCrae. The School of Computer Science and Data Science Institute (DSI) at University of Galway is inviting applications for the position of research assistant for 1 year in the context of the SFI Insight Research Centre for Data Analytics. *Duties:* *Research * · Actively participate as a member of a research team and assist an individual research leader or team to conduct a particular study (or group of studies). · To provide assistance in conducting research activities, including planning, organizing, conducting, and communicating research studies within the overall scope of a research project. · To coordinate and perform a variety of independent tasks and team activities involved in the collection, analysis, documentation and some interpretation of information/results. · Conduct literature and database searches and interpret and present the findings of the literature searches as appropriate. · Assist in analysis and interpretation of results of own research. *Write up & Disseminate* · Write up results from own research activity (e.g. as project report) for review by PI, including preparing technical reports, conclusions and recommendations. · Contribute to the publication of findings. · Provide input into the research project’s dissemination, in whatever form (report, papers, chapters, book) as directed by the PI/project leader. Authorship should be decided in line with guidelines such as the Vancouver Protocol, or similar authorship guidelines as appropriate. · Present on research progress and outcomes e.g. to bodies supervising research; steering groups; other team members, as agreed with the PI/project leader. · Should write at least workshop level papers. *Management* · Work under the direction of the Principal Investigator/Project Leader. Plan and manage own day-to-day research activity within this framework & direction. · Provide guidance as required to any support staff and/or research students assisting with the research project, as agreed with the Principal Investigator/Grant holder. · To perform other related duties incidental to the work described herein. · Where appropriate provide advice and / or assistance to support staff, research students. *Qualifications/Skills required: * *Essential Requirements: * · MSc in Natural Language Processing, Computer Science or Linguistics · Experience with natural language processing, linked data or related technologies · Excellent understanding of experimental design and scientific methodologies · Strong command of oral and written English · Good programming skills and evidence of previously completed software projects *Desirable Requirements: * · Strong knowledge of language technology for equality, diversity, and inclusion · Knowledge of debiasing techniques in NLP task · Knowledge of gender inclusive languages · Programming experience with deep learning in Python · Strong publication record · Track record of contribution to open source projects. *Employment permit restrictions apply for this category of post * *Salary: *€27,380 to €31,050 per annum, per annum pro rata for shorter and/or part-time contracts (public sector pay policy rules pertaining to new entrants will apply *Start date*: Position is available from November 2022 *Continuing Professional Development/Training*: Further information on research and working at University of Galway is available on Research at University of Galway <http://www.nuigalway.ie/our-research/> Researchers at University of Galway are encouraged to avail of a range of training and development opportunities designed to support their personal career development plans. University of Galway provides continuing professional development supports for all researchers seeking to build their own career pathways either within or beyond academia. Researchers are encouraged to engage with our Researcher Development Centre (RDC) upon commencing employment - see https://www.universityofgalway.ie/rdc/ for further information. For information on moving to Ireland please see www.euraxess.ie Further information about the School of Computer Science and Data Science Institute is available at School of Computer Science - University of Galway <https://www.universityofgalway.ie/science-engineering/school-of-computer-sc…> https://www.universityofgalway.ie/dsi/ *NB*: Gárda vetting is a requirement for this post *To Apply:* Applications to include a covering letter, CV, and the contact details of three referees should be sent, via e-mail (in word or PDF only) to Dr. Bharathi Raja Chakravarthi ( bharathiraja.asokachakravarthi(a)universityofgalway.ie) and Dr. John P. McCrae, (john.mccrae(a)universityofgalway.ie) Please put reference number *University of Galway 272-22 *in subject line of e-mail application. *Closing date for receipt of applications is 5.00 pm 28th October 2022* We reserve the right to re-advertise or extend the closing date for this post. University of Galway is an equal opportunities employer. All positions are recruited in line with Open, Transparent, Merit (OTM) and Competency based recruitment with regards, Dr. Bharathi Raja Chakravarthi, Assistant Professor / Lecturer-above-the-bar School of Computer Science, University of Galway, Ireland Insight SFI Research Centre for Data Analytics, Data Science Institute, University of Galway, Ireland E-mail: bharathiraja.akr(a)gmail.com , bharathiraja.asokachakravarthi(a)universityofgalway.ie Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=irCl028AAAAJ&hl=en

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Second Call for Papers: Construction Grammars and NLP (CxGs+NLP) Workshop
by Harish Tayyar Madabushi 21 Oct '22

21 Oct '22

Apologies for cross-posting We are delighted to announce the First Construction Grammars and NLP (CxGs+NLP) Workshop as part of the Georgetown University Round Table and invite long and short papers submissions to the workshop. Please join the workshop’s Google Group for the latest updates and to post any questions you might have: https://groups.google.com/g/cxgsnlp-workshop All accepted papers will be included in the CxGs + NLP 2023 proceedings volume, which will be part of the ACL Anthology. Revised paper submission deadline: 15th November 2022 Second Call for Papers: Construction Grammars and NLP (CxGs+NLP) Workshop September 2022 | Claire Bonial & Harish Tayyar Madabushi Event Notification Type: Call for Papers Abbreviated Title: CxGs + NLP Website: https://sites.google.com/view/cxgsnlpworkshop Half-day workshop as part of Georgetown University Round Table (GURT), 9-12 March 2023 Location: Washington DC Contact: Please join the workshop’s Google Group for the latest updates and to post any questions you might have: https://groups.google.com/g/cxgsnlp-workshop Contact: Claire Bonial (U.S. Army Research Lab) Harish Tayyar Madabushi (University of Bath) Construction Grammar (CxG) approaches recognize all levels of linguistic structure as contributing meaning, which makes them a powerful tool for considering a wide variety of linguistic problems, from determining parts-of-speech to aspectual properties. How we look at these problems has an impact on a variety of related NLP and NLU applications, including parsing, question-answering and interactive information extraction, machine translation, language grounding in robotics, etc. For many applications in the traditional NLP pipeline, existing assumptions that meaning is tied to individual lexical items and composed according to rules leave some language phenomena unaccounted for. CxGs offer theoretical solutions to such phenomena and have made headway in the development of computational resources such as constructicons, but there is more to do in fruitfully bringing CxG theories to NLP applications. Similarly, recent advances in NLP, driven in large part by the introduction of pre-trained language models, have led to the development of computational methods independent of a linguistic grounding. Although there exists work in attempting to understand the cognitive and linguistic feasibility of these models, such work remains in its infancy. Given this dichotomy between the recent direction of NLP research and the closely related field of CxGs, we are excited to announce the CxGs + NLP workshop, aimed at bringing together researchers in the fields of Natural Language Processing and Construction Grammar so as to jump-start, what we believe is, an important conversation between these two complementary, yet currently disparate fields. Our aim is to bring together theoretical and computational researchers interested in CxG approaches and encourage topics examining how theoretical research can inform computational approaches and applications, whether existing or needed in the future. Thus, we invite original research papers from a range of topics, including but not limited to: - Theory and Linguistics - Formalisms for construction grammar - Natural Language Understanding (NLU) - Opinion pieces on the interplay between CxGs and NLP - Constructions and Language Models (BERTology) - Constructicons and corpora annotated for construction grammar - Construction grammar learning and adaptation - Applications In addition to the presentation of papers at the intersection of CxGs and NLP, we will have invited speakers discussing the relation between these fields from different perspectives. The workshop will also include a discussion consisting of experts from both fields discussing possible synergies between the two fields. Venue: The Georgetown University Round Table on Linguistics (GURT) is a peer-reviewed annual linguistics conference held continuously since 1949 at Georgetown University in Washington DC, with topics and co-located events varying from year to year. Under an overarching theme of ‘Computational and Corpus Linguistics’, GURT 2023 will feature four events, which are workshops or conferences focused on computational and corpus approaches to syntax but also covering theoretical issues: Universal Dependency Workshop (UDW), Depling, Treebanks and Linguistic Theory (TLT), and CxGs+NLP. All talks from all events will take place in a single (non-parallel) plenary session, with the papers from one event being presented contiguously. The goal of co-locating these events to promote cross-fertilization of ideas across subcommunities. Proceedings will be published separately for each event, and will be available in the ACL Anthology. Please see the GURT website here: https://gurt.georgetown.edu/ In order to support rich discussions and networking with minimal overhead and cost, GURT will be primarily an in-person event; we will, however, accommodate a limited number of live/synchronous remote presentations, prioritizing those with circumstances that prevent travel. University policies regarding COVID safety will be in force during the event. Georgetown University is located in a historic neighborhood in the heart of the nation’s capital. The city is a premier tourist destination, and the region is served by Reagan National (DCA), Dulles (IAD), and Baltimore-Washington (BWI) airports. Important dates: - Workshop papers due: 1 November 2022 15th November 2022 (Extended) - Notification of acceptance: 9 January 2023 - Camera-ready papers due: 28 January 2023 - Workshop date: half day TBD in the period of 9-12 March 2023 All deadlines are 11.59 pm UTC -12h ("anywhere on Earth"). Submissions We accept two types of submissions, long papers and short papers, following the ACL policy on submission, review, and citation: https://www.aclweb.org/adminwiki/index.php?title=ACL_Policies_for_Submissio… All papers accepted for presentation at the workshop will be included in the CxGs + NLP 2023 proceedings volume, which will be part of the ACL Anthology. Additionally, non-archival short papers will be considered for acceptance into the workshop as in-person poster presentations only; these should be submitted by email directly to the organizers for review as opposed to submission through the EasyChair conference website and will not undergo double-blind review. Long papers may consist of up to eight (8) pages of main content; short papers may consist of up to four (4) pages of main content; and final versions will be given one additional page of content so that reviewers' comments can be taken into account. Limits on main content do not apply to references or (optional) ethics statements. After the references, the submission may include appendices for supplementary content not necessary for evaluating the contributions of the paper (reviewers will not be required to review the appendices). Submissions should be sent in electronic forms, using the EasyChair conference management system: https://openreview.net/group?id=georgetown.edu/GURT/2023/Conference Submissions are open to all, and are to be submitted anonymously. All papers will be refereed through a double-blind peer review process with final acceptance decisions made by the workshop organizers. Submissions may be selected for publication in a GURT venue other than CxGs + NLP at the discretion of the organizers. Paper Submission and Templates: Submission is electronic, using the EasyChair conference management system. Both long and short papers must follow the ACL two-column format, using the supplied official style files: https://github.com/acl-org/acl-style-files Please do not modify these style files, nor should you use templates designed for other conferences. Double submission policy: We will accept submissions that have been or will be submitted elsewhere, but require that the authors notify us, including information on where else they are submitting. We also require that authors withdraw work that will be published elsewhere (no double publication). Submissions that violate these requirements will be rejected without review. Instructions For Double-Blind Review: As reviewing will be double blind, papers must not include authors’ names and affiliations. Furthermore, self-references or links (such as github) that reveal the author’s identity, e.g., “We previously showed (Smith, 1991) …” must be avoided. Instead, use citations such as “Smith previously showed (Smith, 1991) …” Papers that do not conform to these requirements will be rejected without review. Papers should not refer, for further detail, to documents that are not available to the reviewers. For example, do not omit or redact important citation information to preserve anonymity. Instead, use third person or named reference to this work, as described above (“Smith showed” rather than “we showed”). If important citations are not available to reviewers (e.g., awaiting publication), these paper/s should be anonymised and included in the appendix. They can then be referenced from the submission without compromising anonymity. Papers may be accompanied by a resource (software and/or data) described in the paper, but these resources should also be anonymized. More information about the workshop can be found on the CxGs+NLP website: https://sites.google.com/view/cxgsnlpworkshop

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Workshop on Multimodal Machine Learning in Low-resource Languages at ICON-2022
by Shardul Suryawanshi 19 Oct '22

19 Oct '22

Sorry for cross-posting. We are happy to announce that the call for submission at the "Workshop on Multimodal Machine Learning in Low-resource Languages" at the 19th International Conference on Natural Language Processing (ICON-2022) is open. The workshop aims to bring together members of the* machine learning and multimodal data fusion fields in regional languages*. We anticipate contributions that hate speech and emotional analysis in multimodality include video, audio, text, drawings, and synthetic material in regional language. This workshop's objective is to advance scientific study in the broad field of *multimodal interaction, techniques, and systems, emphasising important trends and difficulties in regional languages*, with the goal of developing a roadmap for future research and commercial success. We invite *submissions on topics* that include, but are not limited to, the following: - Multimodal Sentiment Analysis in regional languages - Hate content video detection in regional languages - Trolling and Offensive post detection in Memes - Multimodal data fusion and data representation for hate speech detection in regional language - Multimodal hate speech benchmark datasets and evaluations in regional languages - Multimodal fake news in regional languages - Data collection and annotation methodologies for safer social media in low-resourced languages - Content moderation strategies in regional languages - Cybersecurity and social media in regional languages *Important Dates:* - Paper Submission *Deadline: Oct 30, 2022* - Paper Acceptance *Notification: Nov 15, 2022* - *Camera-ready* Submission Deadline: *Dec 01, 2022* - *Workshop: Dec 15, 2022* Please follow the workshop link <https://sites.google.com/view/mmlow-icon2022/home?authuser=0> for more information. Thanks & Regards, Organizers @ Multimodal Machine Learning in Low-resource Languages

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2x Research Associate (post-doc) positions at The University of Sheffield, UK
by Carol Scarton 19 Oct '22

19 Oct '22

Dear all, We are hiring two Research Associates (post-doc) to work in the area of natural language processing and machine learning, and more specifically analysis of online misinformation. These posts are for approximately 3 years and the expected start is December 2022 (or shortly after). The deadline for application is 1st of November 2022. More information and link to apply: https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/CUB141/research-associate-in-machine-learning-an… Kind regards -- *Carolina Scarton* Lecturer in Natural Language Processing Department of Computer Science University of Sheffield http://staffwww.dcs.shef.ac.uk/people/C.Scarton/

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CfP: GURT 2023 - CxGs+NLP, Depling, TLT, UDW (SyntaxFest)
by Amir Zeldes 18 Oct '22

18 Oct '22

Call for Papers - Georgetown University Round Table on Linguistics (GURT 2023) � Theme: Computational and Corpus Linguistics Workshops: CxGs+NLP, Depling, TLT, UDW Location: Washington, DC Date: March 9-12, 2023 � The Georgetown University Round Table on Linguistics (GURT) is a peer-reviewed annual linguistics conference held continuously since 1949 at Georgetown University in Washington DC, with topics and co-located events varying from year to year. � Under an overarching theme of ‘Computational and Corpus Linguistics’, GURT 2023 will consist of four workshops focused on computational and corpus approaches to syntax: a new workshop on CxGs+NLP, and three returning SyntaxFest workshops, Depling, TLT, and UDW. Talks will take place in plenary sessions to promote crossfertilization of ideas across subcommunities. � � Proceedings will be published in the ACL Anthology. � New Workshop: * Construction Grammars and NLP (CxGs+NLP) � Returning SyntaxFest events: * Depling - International Conference on Dependency Linguistics * TLT - Treebanks and Linguistic Theories * UDW - Universal Dependencies Workshop � There will be a joint program committee to review short and long paper submissions. Authors of each submission will indicate which of the four workshops (possibly multiple) would be appropriate. Individual event CfPs and themes can be found at: � <https://gurt.georgetown.edu/calls-for-papers/> https://gurt.georgetown.edu/calls-for-papers/ � � Important Dates � November 15, 2022 – submission deadline (long and short papers) January 11, 2023 – notification of acceptance February 1, 2023 – camera-ready version March 9–12, 2023 – GURT 2023 � We look forward to your submission and to seeing you in Washington in 2023! � The GURT organizers �

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Call for participation: Workshop on Reflection on Intelligent Systems (online, free, Oct 20/21)
by Gabriella Lapesa 18 Oct '22

18 Oct '22

Dear colleagues, I would like to bring to your attention the program of the online workshop on Reflection on Intelligent Systems, organized by IRIS (Interchange forum for Reflecting on Intelligent Systems) at the University of Stuttgart. When/where: the workshop will take place on October 20/21, online, and there is no participation fee (you just have to register, see the link in the program). What: we have a very diverse program ranging different disciplines (NLP, physics, philosophy, education, literary studies, etc.). For the full program, see: https://www.iris.uni-stuttgart.de/public-engagement/event/Digital-Workshop-… <https://www.iris.uni-stuttgart.de/public-engagement/event/Digital-Workshop-…> But to give you a gist, here are the titles/abstracts of the keynote talks: Anne Lauscher (University of Hamburg) Fairness & Inclusion in Machine Learning for Text: Back to the Future? The majority of the research efforts in Natural Language Processing are mostly opting for better performance on major benchmarks and downstream tasks. However, it is vital to acknowledge that eventually, these systems will be deployed in a concrete sociotechnical environment, and, thus, their development and their decisions will directly or indirectly affect individuals and more generally, society as a whole. For instance, NLP systems are prone to encode and amplify unfair stereotypes and often simply fail to adequately represent terms referring to minority groups, which might lead to further discrimination and exclusion of marginalised individuals. In this talk, I will provide an introduction to the training mechanism of modern machine learning-based NLP systems and point to the input data as one potential source of these ethical issues with case studies in conversational AI and machine translation. Bob Williamson (University of Tübingen) AI as Mediator Much of the current discussion of AI views it as an autonomous force. In this talk I will present a complementary view of “AI as mediator”, whereby AI is viewed as an intermediary between humans and the world. This does not solve all the problems of AI. But it does give a different way of thinking about them, and one which is better aligned with the view of AI as IA — Intelligence Augmentation. In pursuing this agenda, I will also talk about technology in general, the importance of context, the distinction between tools and machines, when and where decisions get made, and notions of delegation. The talk is more “mediations on mediation” than a definitive proposal or argument. Gregor Betz (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology) Are Large Language Models "Intelligent" Agents? Large Large Models (LLMs) such as GPT-3 are causing a minor scientific revolution in NLP and AI. In the same time, these technologies have sparked broader controversies about their very nature as intelligent, possible sentient beings. In this keynote, I'll flashlight key controversies surrounding LLMs, re-visit some fundamental debates in philosophy of mind and epistemology, and try to come up with a philosophically informed outlook on LLMs as "intelligent" agents. Kanta Dihal (University of Cambridge) A History of Imagining Intelligent Systems People have been imagining intelligent systems for millennia, in ways that vary greatly across cultures. While themes such as embodiment seem to be widespread, ideas of what constitutes an intelligent system and what its place in society should be are strongly dependent on cultural, national, and other contexts. Yet as artificial intelligence begins to fulfil its potential as a technology, spreading across the globe from its origins in 1950s America, many of these perspectives are marginalised. These stories, films, and visions matter: they are entangled in broader cultural attitudes and approaches to AI, reflecting or inspiring, embedding or disputing them. This lecture will introduce a history of such visions from across the globe, how they influence public perceptions of AI, and what they can tell us now that intelligent systems are becoming a technological reality. Hope this is of interest for many of you! Best, Gabriella

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