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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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Call for papers: BAAL Corpus Linguistics SIG Symposium 2025
by Robbie Love 02 Oct '25

02 Oct '25

Dear colleagues Please see below the call for papers and registration information for the BAAL Corpus Linguistics SIG Symposium 2025, taking place at Coventry University. Best wishes Robbie Love, BAAL Corpus Linguistics SIG Convenor *** BAAL Corpus Linguistics SIG Symposium 2025 AI and EAP: New Directions Monday 15th December 2025, Coventry University (in-person event) Register here<https://www.eventsforce.net/cugroup/frontend/reg/tregistration.csp?pageID=6…>! Generative AI is still a recent development, yet it is having a significant impact in the fields of English for Academic Purposes (EAP) and Corpus Linguistics. A general consensus is emerging that researchers and practitioners need to have a thorough understanding of the uses of Gen AI, but it can be hard to keep track of developments in such a fast-moving field. The aim of this one-day event is to discuss current and future developments concerning AI in EAP with a specific focus on corpus linguistics and corpus approaches. Abstract submission We invite proposals for 20-minute presentations (15 minutes + 5 minutes for questions). These will offer short, thought-provoking talks on what speakers feel are essential corpus linguistic elements for EAP teacher training. We encourage early-stage work that focuses on innovation, as well as more advanced research. Please send 250-word abstracts to Hilary Nesi (h.nesi(a)coventry.ac.uk<mailto:h.nesi@coventry.ac.uk>) with 'BAALSIG COV2025' in the subject line by 23 October 2025. Notification of successful abstract submissions will be on 31 October 2025. Attendance The event fee (£20) covers attendance and a light lunch and refreshments. We will also provide links to nearby food outlets. The Journal of EAP<https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/journal-of-english-for-academic-purpo…> is kindly providing sponsorship for the event for those who would like to present but haven't got the financial means to attend. If you would like to be considered for sponsorship, please include a maximum 100-word justification for sponsorship with your abstract submission. The BAAL CL SIG<https://baal-clsig.weebly.com/about.html> is also able to offer a number of attendance fee waivers for non-presenters; these are aimed at enabling students and early career researchers to participate. If you would like to be considered for fee waiver, please send a maximum 100-word explanation of the benefits to you of participation to sian.alsop(a)coventry.ac.uk<mailto:sian.alsop@coventry.ac.uk>, with 'BAALSIG COV2025' in the subject line by 23 October 2025. Registration To register for the event, please enter your details and pay the registration fee here<https://www.eventsforce.net/cugroup/frontend/reg/tregistration.csp?pageID=6…> (choose the Register tab). Dr Robbie Love (he/him) BA (Hons), ma, phd, cdls, fhea Senior Lecturer in English Language and Linguistics Department of Communication and Culture, School of Law and Social Sciences Aston University, Birmingham, UK [Aston University] Newsletter Editor, British Association for Applied Linguistics (BAAL)<https://www.baal.org.uk/> Convenor, BAAL Corpus Linguistics Special Interest Group<https://baal-clsig.weebly.com/> Research profile: research.aston.ac.uk/en/persons/robbie-love<https://research.aston.ac.uk/en/persons/robbie-love> Website: robbielove.org/<https://robbielove.org/>

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[Last CFP]: "QuantumNLP: Integrating Quantum Computing with Natural Language Processing" Workshop under IJCNLP-AACL 2025 Conference (with our apologies for cross-posting)
by Santanu Pal 02 Oct '25

02 Oct '25

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://2025.aaclnet.org/ Submission Portal: OpenReview 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. Dr. Santanu Pal <https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-santanu-pal-6511076a/> Sivaji Bandyopadhyay <https://www.linkedin.com/in/sivaji-bandyopadhyay-a3790569/> Asif Ekbal <https://www.linkedin.com/in/asif-ekbal-3b8a4517/> Priyanka Jain, PhD <https://www.linkedin.com/in/priyanka-jain-phd-23308114/>

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Open PhD position in NLP at Stockholm University
by Aron Henriksson 02 Oct '25

02 Oct '25

Hi all, Please help me share that we have an open PhD position in our NLP group at Stockholm University. Deadline: October 15 Link: https://su.varbi.com/en/what:job/jobID:852233/where:4/ Thanks! Best regards, Aron —— Aron Henriksson Associate Professor (Docent) Department of Computer and Systems Sciences (DSV) Stockholm University P.O. Box 1073, SE-164 25 Kista, Sweden Visiting address: Borgarfjordsgatan 12, Kista Phone: +46-8-164985

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Call for participation: Desegma-IT - Detection and Segmentation of Machine Generated Text in Italian
by Andrea Esuli 02 Oct '25

02 Oct '25

# Desegma-IT - Detection and Segmentation of Machine Generated Text in Italian ## Call for participation https://desegma.github.io/ Desegma-IT is a Shared Task of the 9th evaluation campaign organized by the EVALITA initiative. Desegma-IT’s shared tasks of Detection and Segmentation aim to stress-test the robustness of machine-generated text detectors by evaluating their performance under settings where the I.I.D. (independent and identically distributed) assumption does not hold. While state-of-the-art MGT detectors have reported high accuracy, such results often stem from unrealistic experimental settings: for example, relying on prior knowledge of the text generator, or failing to consider domain shifts and efficient fine-tuning - or post-tuning - strategies. ## Tasks * MGT Detection in the Wild * Human-Machine Text Segmentation Check the Tasks page https://desegma.github.io/tasks/ for more details about the tasks and the dataset. We support and wish for many diverse approaches to the tasks. Any kind of submission, either based on LLMs or any other approach is welcome! ## Team Registration Register your team at this google form, to receive updates on the tasks: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdAgOMmO-GK1K-w5Mn-eZQRJNTn9BQj8mQ… ## Important Dates * Data Release: September 22nd, 2025 * Evaluation Window: November 24th - December 1st * Camera Ready Deadline: February 2nd, 2026 * Workshop Date: February 26th-27th, 2026, Bari (Italy) ## Organizers Andrea Esuli, Andrea Pedrotti, Giovanni Puccetti ISTI-CNR

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EACL 2026 Student Research Workshop (SRW)
by ACL Announcements 02 Oct '25

02 Oct '25

EACL 2026 Student Research Workshop (SRW) The EACL 2026 Student Research Workshop (SRW) is a forum to bring together students investigating various areas of Computational Linguistics and Natural Language Processing. The workshop provides an excellent opportunity for participants to present their work and to receive mentorship and valuable feedback from the international research community. The workshop's goal is to aid students at multiple stages of their education, including undergraduate, MSc/MA, junior and senior PhD students, in getting familiar with conducting and presenting their research. We invite papers in two different categories: * Thesis Proposals: This category is appropriate for PhD students who have decided on a thesis topic and wish to get feedback on their proposal and broader ideas for their continuing work. * Research Papers: Papers in this category can describe completed work, or work in progress with preliminary results. For these papers, the first author MUST be a student (undergraduate or graduate). Topics of interest for the SRW are the same as for the main EACL 2026 conference: https://2026.eacl.org/calls/papers/ [1]. Important Dates * Pre-submission mentorship deadline: October 27th, 2025 * Pre-submission mentorship feedback due: December 1, 2025 * Direct Workshop paper submission deadline: December 22, 2025 * ARR Commitment deadline: TBC * Notification of acceptance: February 2, 2025 * Camera-ready papers due: February 16, 2025 * Grant application deadline: TBC * Grant application notification: TBC * Workshop dates: TBC (the same as the main conference) All deadlines are 11:59PM UTC-12 ("anywhere on Earth"). See full details at: https://2026.eacl.org/calls/srw/ [2] EACL 2026 Student Research Workshop Chairs: * Selene Baez Santamaria, University of Zurich * Sai Ashish Somayajula, Oracle * Atsuki Yamaguchi, University of Sheffield contact: eaclsrw(a)gmail.com Links: ------ [1] https://2026.eacl.org/calls/papers/ [2] https://2026.eacl.org/calls/srw/

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EACL 2026 - Industry Track — Call for Papers
by ACL Announcements 02 Oct '25

02 Oct '25

EACL 2026 - Industry Track -- Call for Papers We invite submissions describing innovations and implementations in all areas of speech and natural language processing technologies and systems that are relevant to real-word applications. The primary focus of this track is on papers that advance the understanding of, and demonstrate the effective handling of, practical issues related to the deployment of language (or speech) processing technologies in real-world use applications, i.e., outside controlled environments such as laboratories, classrooms or experimental crowd-sourced setups. We encourage submissions from both non-profit and for-profit sectors, with the understanding that the end-users of these systems extend beyond the NLP community. Please note that if submissions involve proprietary data, there is no requirement to make this data available. The EACL 2026 Industry Track provides the opportunity to highlight key insights and new research challenges that arise from the development and deployment of real-world applications using language technologies. Relevant areas include system design, efficiency, maintainability, and scalability of real-world applications, with topics including (but not limited to): * Benchmarks and methods for improving latency and efficiency of systems * Continuous maintenance and improvement of deployed systems * Efficient methods for training and inference * Enabling infrastructure for large-scale deployment * Human-in-the-loop approaches to application development * Implementation at speed, scale, or low-cost * System combination Novel applications and use cases, including but not limited to: * Best practices, lessons learned, or vision pieces on deploying real-world applications * Case studies, from design to deployment * Description of an application or system * Design of application-relevant datasets * Development of methods under system constraints (model or data size) * Novel NLP applications Methods for deployed systems (alphabetical; including but not limited to): * Ethics, bias, fairness, and harmlessness * Interpretability * Interactive systems * Offline/online system evaluation methodologies * Online learning * Robustness Important Dates (23:59 AoE) * Paper submission deadline: 17 November 2025 * Notification of acceptance: 5 January 2026 * Camera-ready due: 19 January 2026 * Main conference (including Industry Track): 24-29 March 2026 Following the ACL and ARR policies, there is no anonymity period requirement. Papers can be posted on arXiv or other online repositories at any time. Please check the call details at: https://2026.eacl.org/calls/industry/ [1] EACL 2026 Industry Track Chairs: * Nikolaos Aletras, University of Sheffield * Gülşen Eryiğit, Istanbul Technical University * Yevgen Matusevych, University of Groningen Email: eacl2026-industry(a)googlegroups.com Links: ------ [1] https://2026.eacl.org/calls/industry/

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EACL 2026 - Call for System Demonstrations
by ACL Announcements 02 Oct '25

02 Oct '25

EACL 2026 - Call for System Demonstrations The EACL 202 System Demonstration Program Committee invites proposals for the Demonstrations Program. Demonstrations may range from early research prototypes to mature production-ready systems. Publicly available open-source or open-access systems are of special interest. We additionally strongly encourage demonstrations of industrial systems that are technologically innovative, given the current state of the art of theory and applied research in natural language processing. Areas of interest include all topics related to theoretical and applied natural language processing, such as (but not limited to) the topics listed on the main conference website. Submitted systems may be of the following types: * Natural language processing systems or system components * Application systems using language technology components * Software tools for natural language processing research * Software for demonstration or evaluation * Software supporting learning or education * Tools for data visualization and annotation * Tools for model inspection * Development tools Papers describing accepted demonstrations will be published in a companion volume of the EACL 2026 conference proceedings. We require at least one of the authors to present a live demo during a demo session at EACL 2026, with an accompanying poster. At least one author of each accepted paper must register for EACL 2026 and present the demo. Please note: Commercial sales and marketing activities are not appropriate in the Demonstrations Program and should be arranged as part of the Exhibit Program. Important Dates: * Paper submission deadline: Monday, 1 December 2025 * Notification of acceptance: Tuesday, 10 February 2026 * Camera-ready submission: Friday, 20 February 2026 * Main Conference: Tuesday-Sunday, 24-29 March 2026 All deadlines are 11.59 pm UTC -12h ("anywhere on Earth"). Note that there is no rebuttal stage. Please check the details at: https://2026.eacl.org/calls/demos/ [1] EACL 2026 Demonstration Co-chairs * Danilo Croce * Jochen Leidner * Nafise Sadat Moosavi Contact: eacl-demo-chairs-2026(a)googlegroups.com Links: ------ [1] https://2026.eacl.org/calls/demos/

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Cruciverb-IT Shared Task at EVALITA 2026
by alessio.miaschi＠ilc.cnr.it 01 Oct '25

01 Oct '25

Dear Corpora members, We are happy to announce that, in the context of EVALITA (the 9th evaluation campaign of NLP and Speech Tools for Italian), we are organizing Cruciverb-IT, the first shared task on crossword puzzle solving. *Task Description:* This Shared Task aims to challenge and assess NLP systems in the context of crossword solving and is organized around two subtasks: i) answering clues extracted from Italian crosswords; ii) autonomously solving Italian crossword grids. We just released the training data at the following link: https://huggingface.co/datasets/cruciverb-it/evalita2026. You can find all the information about the shared task on the official webpage: https://sites.google.com/view/cruciverbit2026 *Publication:* Participants in the shared task are invited to submit a paper to the EVALITA 2026 (https://www.evalita.it/campaigns/evalita-2026/) workshop, which will take place in Bari (Italy), 24-26 February 2026. Papers must follow the workshop submission instructions and will undergo regular peer review. *Important Dates:* -- 22nd September 2025: development data available to participants -- 24th November - 1st December 2025: Cruciverb-IT evaluation window -- 15th December 2025: assessments returned to participants -- 9th January 2026: final reports due to task participants -- 16th January 2026: final reports due to task organizers -- 7th February 2026: review deadline -- 16th February 2026: camera-ready version deadline -- 26 – 27th February 2026: final workshop in Bari (Italy) *Contact:* Mail: cruciverbit.evalita2026(a)gmail.com Website: https://sites.google.com/view/cruciverbit2026/ The Cruciverb-IT Shared Task Organizers: Cristiano Ciaccio (ItaliaNLP Lab, Istituto di Linguistica Computazionale "A. Zampolli", CNR-ILC, Pisa) Gabriele Sarti (Center for Language and Cognition (CLCG), University of Groningen, The Netherlands) Alessio Miaschi (ItaliaNLP Lab, Istituto di Linguistica Computazionale "A. Zampolli", CNR-ILC, Pisa) Felice Dell'Orletta (ItaliaNLP Lab, Istituto di Linguistica Computazionale "A. Zampolli", CNR-ILC, Pisa) Malvina Nissim (Center for Language and Cognition (CLCG), University of Groningen, The Netherlands)

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