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Call for Participation in iKAT 2026 as Part of SCAI@SIGIR 2026
by Marcel Ewald Gohsen 10 Apr '26

10 Apr '26

We invite participation to the 4th shared task on interactive (personalized) knowledge assistance (iKAT 2026), which will be hosted as part of the 10th Workshop on Search-Oriented Conversational AI (SCAI)<https://scai.info/scai-2026/> , colocated with SIGIR 2026 in Melbourne, Australia. * Name: Interactive Knowledge Assistance Track (iKAT) * Organizers: Marcel Gohsen<https://www.uni-weimar.de/en/media/chairs/computer-science-department/webis…>, Mohammad Aliannejadi<https://aliannejadi.com/>, Simon Lupart<https://simonlupart.github.io/>, Zahra Abbasiantaeb<https://zahraabbasiantaeb.github.io/>, Nailia Mirzakhmedova<https://www.uni-weimar.de/en/media/chairs/computer-science-department/webis…>, Johannes Kiesel<https://kiesels.de/johannes>, Jeff Dalton<https://www.dcs.gla.ac.uk/~jeff/> * Preliminary timeline (exact dates might still be subject of change): * Registration deadline: May 27, 2026 * System submission opens: May 27, 2026 * System submission deadline: June 10, 2026 * Report submission deadline: July 17, 2026 * SCAI Workshop: July 24, 2026 * Website: https://www.trecikat.com/ * Registration: https://form.jotform.com/260753949743066 Motivation While the conversational interaction paradigm becomes more and more prevalent for search, the challenge of adapting system responses to individual users (i.e., personalization) still remains a challenge for conversational retrieval systems. Since answer relevance is highly subjective, personalization is necessary to build effective user-centric retrieval systems. From the beginning, personalization of conversational search is the central goal of the Interactive Knowledge Assistance Track (iKAT). The iKAT shared task can look back on four years under former name, Conversational Assistance Track (CAsT), and three years under the current name, iKAT, hosted at TREC. In 2026, iKAT will be organized in collaboration with the SCAI workshop that will take place at SIGIR 2026 in Melbourne, Australia. Task Overview Participants of iKAT will receive the following resources to provide their run submissions. 1. Test dataset that contains the following information: a) Topics b) Example conversations c) Personal Text Knowledge Bases (PTKB) of the users 2. Passage collection (iKAT subset of ClueWeb22-B) 3. Access to the user simulation API (Sim.API<https://github.com/marcel-gohsen/user-simulation-api>) and documentation. Participants submit conversational search systems that, for each real-time simulated user turn, retrieves and ranks relevant passages from the passage collection. Then, the system use the ranked passages to generate a personalized response based on the user’s PTKB, utterance, and context. This response will be passed back to the simulated user, which again produces an utterance. This process will be repeated until the user terminates the conversation. The systems have to provide the generated text response, the ranked list of passages (citations), and the PTKB statements that were deemed relevant for each produced turn. Submission Participants submit their runs via an API and submit a report to describe their approaches. Every participating team will be invited to present their approaches during the SCAI workshop and the reports will be released as part of our proceedings. Further Details For more information and updates on the task please keep an eye on our guidelines and on our iKAT website<https://www.trecikat.com/>.

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[Jobs@ELDA] Offre de missions de traduction en anglais, français, allemand et russe (H/F) / English, French, German and Russian Translators (F/M)
by info＠elda.org 10 Apr '26

10 Apr '26

[Apologies for multiple postings] English, French, German and Russian translators (F/M) (English version below) Context: In order to create high-quality linguistic resources, ELDA (Evaluations and Language resources Distribution Agency) is hiring translators to work in the following language pairs: • French to English • German to French • English to German • Russian to English Mission details: • Document type: political newspaper articles (defense-oriented); • Volume: 15.000 words ; • Modality: full translation (target text to be created from scratch); • Technical terminology: journalistic discourse - may contain political, judicial or military jargon; • Start date: as soon as possible; • End date: May 22nd, 2026; • Location: ELDA main office (Paris, 13th district). Remote work allowed; • Contract type: freelance (possible fixed-term contract upon request); • Send estimate to: <menel(a)elda.org> Additional job specificities: • Knowledge of annotation softwares (Label Studio) is a great-to-have. • You are able to quickly understand and apply complex annotation guidelines. How to apply : • Send your resume to <menel(a)elda.org>. ------------------------------------------------------- Offre de missions de traduction - anglais, français, allemand et russe (H/F) Contexte : Dans le cadre de ses activités de production de ressources linguistiques, ELDA (Evaluations and Language resources Distribution Agency) recherche des traducteurs (F/H) amenés à travailler dans les paires de langues suivantes : • Français vers anglais • Allemand vers français • Anglais vers allemand • Russe vers anglais Détails de la mission : • Documents : articles politiques contemporains (axés défense) ; • Volume : 15 000 mots ; • Modalité : traduction complète (production du texte cible) ; • Langage technique : discours journalistique, avec jargons politique, juridique et/ou militaire occasionnels ; • Date d’embauche prévue : Dès que possible ; • Date de fin de mission : 22 mai 2026 ; • Lieu : Locaux d’ELDA (Paris 13ème arrondissement), télétravail possible ; • Type de contrat : freelance (CDD envisageable sur demande) ; • Envoi de devis : <menel(a)elda.org> Autres spécificités du poste : • La connaissance du logiciel d’annotation Label Studio est très appréciée. • Capacité à intégrer et appliquer rapidement des règles d’annotation complexes. Candidature : • Envoyer un CV à <menel(a)elda.org>

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[Jobs@ELDA] Annotateurs (H/F) en allemand, anglais et russe / Annotators (M/F) in German, English and Russian
by info＠elda.org 10 Apr '26

10 Apr '26

[Apologies for multiple postings] Contexte : ELDA (Evaluations and Language resources Distribution Agency) recherche, dans le cadre de ses activités de production de ressources linguistiques, des annotateurs (F/H) pour une mission de deux semaines (renouvelable) à temps plein. Langues concernées : • Allemand • Anglais • Russe Mission : Dans le cadre d’un projet européen, nous constituons des corpus d’évaluation des technologies langagières. L’annotateur sera amené à travailler sur les tâches suivantes : • Entités nommées (NER), • Reconnaissance de la parole (ASR), • Reconnaissance automatique de caractères (OCR). La mission aura lieu dans les locaux d'ELDA (Paris 13e) et peut démarrer dès que possible. Profil recherché : • Locuteur natif (ou niveau C2 minimum) d’une des langues concernées ; • Connaissances dans le domaine des langues et/ou de la linguistique afin de comprendre et mobiliser des concepts fins (sémantique, phonétique) ; • Connaissances en traitement automatique des langues ou humanités numériques très appréciées ; • Capacité à travailler sur les types de textes suivants : presse politique, documentation technique en lien avec la défense, données de défense européenne ; • Capacité à travailler avec les formats de données suivants : images, audio, texte ; • Bonne maîtrise de l’outil informatique ; la connaissance de logiciels d'annotation (Label Studio, Praat en particulier) est très appréciée ; • Capacité à intégrer rapidement et suivre des règles d’annotation complexes ; • Curiosité, minutie, attention au détail, rigueur. Modalités du contrat : • Rémunération SMIC +20% soit 2162,16€ brut mensuel ; • Premiers jours de formation sur site, télétravail possible par la suite ; • CDD de 2 semaines renouvelable. Candidature : • Envoyer un CV à <menel(a)elda.org>. ------------------------------------------------------------------ Context: In order to create high-quality language resources, ELDA (Evaluations and Language resources Distribution Agency) is hiring full-time annotators. Targeted Languages: • German • English • Russian Mission : Currently taking part in a European-funded project, ELDA is developing evaluation datasets for language technologies. The annotators will work on the following tasks: • Named Entity Recognition (NER), • Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR), • Optical Character Recognition (OCR). The position will be based at the ELDA main office (Paris, 13th district) and can start as soon as possible. Requirements and qualifications : • You are a native (or at least C2 level) speaker in one of the targeted languages; • You have extensive knowledge in language sciences and/or linguistics. This will be necessary to discuss advanced concepts such as semantics or phonetics; • Ideally, you have knowledge in Natural Language Processing (NLP) or in Digital Humanities (DH); • You can handle the following textual types: political news, technical documentation on the defense domain, European defense data; • You can handle the following data types: image, audio and text; • You have solid computer skills; knowing annotation software (esp. Label Studio and Praat) is a great-to-have; • You are able to quickly understand and apply complex annotation guidelines; • You are curious, meticulous and detail-oriented. Contract specifications: • Compensation: French minimum wage (SMIC) +20%, amounting to €2162.16 (gross monthly salary); • Location: on-site for the first days of training, then remote work is allowed for the remaining days; • Duration: 2-week renewable fixed-term contract (CDD). How to apply : • Send your resume to <menel(a)elda.org>.

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[2nd CFP] NALOMA: Natural Language Meets Logic and Machine Learning
by Abzianidze, L. (Lasha) 09 Apr '26

09 Apr '26

[Apologies for cross-posting] TL;DR Time & place: 3-7 August, ESSLLI in Prague, Czech Republic Submission types: ACL Anthology archival (short/long/demo) and non-archival (extended abstract) Deadline: 30 April Website: https://naloma.github.io The 6th iteration of the NALOMA (Natural Language Meets Logic and Machine Learning) workshop invites submissions on any (theoretical or computational) aspect of hybrid methods concerning Natural Language Understanding and Reasoning (NLU&R). The topics include but are not limited to: - Hybrid NLU&R systems that integrate logic-based/symbolic methods with neural networks - Explainable NLU&R (with structured explanations) - Opening the black-box of deep learning in NLU&R - Downstream applications of hybrid NLU&R systems - Probabilistic semantics for NLU&R - Comparison and contrast between symbolic and deep learning work on NLU&R - Creation, criticism, refinement, and augmentation of NLU&R datasets - (Dis)Alignment of humans and machines on NLU&R tasks - Addressing inherent human disagreements in NLU&R tasks - Generalization of NLU&R systems - Fine-grained evaluation of NLU&R systems NALOMA accepts archival papers (long, short, and demo) to appear in the ACL anthology proceedings and non-archival extended abstracts. The workshop is co-located with ESSLLI (https://2026.esslli.eu), 3-7 August, Prague, Czech Republic. The submission deadline is 30 April. Please visit https://naloma.github.io for more details about the call. NALOMA PC chairs, Lasha Abzianidze and Hitomi Yanaka Lasha Abzianidze Assistant professor Institute for Language Sciences, Utrecht University

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Summer Corpus Intensive
by Daniel HENKEL 09 Apr '26

09 Apr '26

(Texte en français ci-dessous) Paris 8 University is pleased to announce their upcoming Summer Intensive Program "*Corpus Methods in Linguistics--compilation, annotation, and quantitative analysis*", to be held 26-29 May 2026. This will be a 30h week-long course consisting of: --morning sessions devoted to data collection, extraction and organization, as well as DIY corpus building --afternoon sessions focusing on statistical analysis of the data produced during the morning sessions --several half-day sessions on automatic annotation and manual annotation methods Participants will learn how to: --formulate advanced search queries in a concordancer (e.g. TextSTAT, AntConc) --compile a text corpus with BootCaT --automatically annotate a text corpus in TreeTagger --measure keyword specificity and collocation strength using AntConc --perform statistical analyses of categorical variables in R This program is intended primarily for researchers and upper-level students (Masters or Doctorate). Tuition will be 90€. To participate*, or request further information, please send an email to the organizers indicating name, status (e.g. Doctoral student, Post-doctoral researcher, Faculty) and 5 keywords describing your research interests using this link <mailto:daniel.henkel@univ-paris8.fr?subject=Summer%20Corpus%20Intensive&body=Name:%0D%0A%0D%0AStatus%2FAffiliation:%0D%0A%0D%0AKeywords:%0D%0A%0D%0AHow%2FWhere%20did%20you%20learn%20about%20the%20Paris%208%20Summer%20Corpus%20Intensive%3F:%0D%0A%0D%0AMessage:%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0ANB.%20Please%20leave%20the%20subject%20line%20%22Summer%20Corpus%20Intensive%22%20unchanged.%0D%0AVeuillez%20ne%20pas%20modifier%20la%20ligne%20objet%20%22Summer%20Corpus%20Intensive%22.&cc=dsg.up8@gmail.com,summer.school.paris8@gmail.com>. Please note that this is an international Summer School and that we will work with corpora in English, French and possibly other languages. Knowledge of French is thus an advantage but is not strictly necessary. /*Pending confirmation/ *** Nous avons le plaisir de vous annoncer l'ouverture prochaine du Séminaire Intensif « *Méthodes en Linguistique de Corpus--compilation, annotation et analyse quantitative* », de l'Université Paris 8 qui aura lieu du 26 au 29 mai 2026. Ce programme, d'une durée d'une semaine, comprend 30h de cours répartis de la manière suivante : --le matin, des séances consacrées à la récolte et à la préparation des données --l'après-midi, des cours dédiés à l'analyse statistique des données récoltées lors des séances du matin --plusieurs demi-journées d'entraînement à l'annotation automatique et manuelle. Les participants apprendront à : --concevoir des formules de recherche complexes dans un concordancier (p.ex. TextSTAT, AntConc) --rassembler un corpus thématique avec BootCaT --étiqueter un corpus de texte automatiquement avec TreeTagger --mesurer la spécificité des mots clefs et la force des collocations dans AntConc --réaliser des analyses statistiques de variables catégoriques dans R Ce programme s'adresse principalement à des enseignants-chercheurs et étudiants de deuxième ou troisième cycle (Master, Doctorat). Les frais de participation seront de 90€. Pour y participer*, ou pour tout complément d'information, envoyez un courriel aux organisateurs indiquant votre nom, statut (p.ex. Doctorant, Post-doc, Enseignant-chercheur) et 5 mots clefs décrivant vos intérêts de recherche en cliquant ici <mailto:daniel.henkel@univ-paris8.fr?subject=Summer%20Corpus%20Intensive&body=Name:%0D%0A%0D%0AStatus%2FAffiliation:%0D%0A%0D%0AKeywords:%0D%0A%0D%0AHow%2FWhere%20did%20you%20learn%20about%20the%20Paris%208%20Summer%20Corpus%20Intensive%3F:%0D%0A%0D%0AMessage:%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0ANB.%20Please%20leave%20the%20subject%20line%20%22Summer%20Corpus%20Intensive%22%20unchanged.%0D%0AVeuillez%20ne%20pas%20modifier%20la%20ligne%20objet%20%22Summer%20Corpus%20Intensive%22.&cc=dsg.up8@gmail.com,summer.school.paris8@gmail.com>. /*Sous réserve de confirmation/

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ACM ICMI 2026 Call for Tutorials
by Gualtiero Volpe 09 Apr '26

09 Apr '26

ICMI 2026 CALL FOR TUTORIALS ============================================ 5-9 October 2026, Napoli - Italy https://icmi.acm.org/2026/ ============================================ ACM ICMI 2026 seeks half-day tutorial proposals addressing current and emerging topics within the scope of context and cultural awareness for multimodal interaction. Tutorials are designed to offer a high-quality learning experience to participants with diverse backgrounds. It is expected that tutorials are self-contained. Prospective organizers should submit a 4-page (maximum) proposal containing the following information: 1. Title. 2. Abstract, appropriate for possible Web promotion of the tutorial. 3. A short list of the distinctive topics to be addressed. 4. Learning objectives (specific and measurable objectives). 5. The targeted audience (student / early stage / advanced researchers, pre-requisite knowledge, field of study). 6. Detailed description of the tutorial and its relevance to multimodal interaction. 7. Outline of the tutorial content with a tentative schedule and its duration. 8. Description of the presentation format (number of presenters, interactive sessions, practical aspects). 9. Accompanying material (repository, references) and equipment, emphasizing any required material from the organization committee (subject to approval). 10. Short biography of the organizers (preferably from multiple institutions) together with their contact information and a list of 1-2 key publications related to the tutorial topic. 11. Previous editions: If the tutorial was given before, describe when and where it was delivered. Proposals will be evaluated using the following criteria: - Importance of the topic and the relevance to ACM ICMI 2026. - Presenters’ experience. - Adequacy of the presentation format to the topic. - Targeted audience interest and impact. - Accessibility and quality of accompanying materials (open access). Proposals that focus exclusively on the presenters’ own work or commercial presentations are not acceptable. However, we encourage non-academic researchers to propose tutorials. Contact Details Proposals should be emailed to the ICMI 2026 Tutorial Chairs, Prof. Marco Cristani and Prof. Tsvi Kuflik at: icmi2026-tutorials-chairs(a)acm.org Prospective organizers are also encouraged to contact the co-chairs if they have any questions. Important Dates Tutorial proposal deadline: April 30th, 2026 Tutorial acceptance notification: May 23th, 2026 Camera-ready version of the tutorial abstract: August 2nd, 2026 Tutorial date: October 5th or October 9th 2026 ICMI organization will provide rooms, coffee, and lunch for participants, and one free registration for a speaker or organizer for each tutorial.

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Post-doc position in archive digital valorization (computer science & digital humanities)
by Antonin Descampe 09 Apr '26

09 Apr '26

[Version française ci-dessous, apologies for cross-posting, mes excuses en cas d’envoi multiple] Job offer summary In the context of the BELSPO FED-tWIN<https://www.belspo.be/belspo/research/FEDtWIN_en.stm> research program (ARKEY funded proposal), the MiiL<https://uclouvain.be/en/research-institutes/ilc/miil> (Media Innovation and Intelligibility Lab from UCLouvain<https://uclouvain.be/en/index.html>, Belgium) and the States Archives of Belgium<https://www.arch.be/index.php?l=en> (SAB) are looking for a post-doc researcher in computer science or digital humanities, with a significant experience in the automatic processing of digital documents involving both text and images. The proposed contract is an open-ended FTE contract (50% UCLouvain, 50% SAB). The funding is guaranteed over a period of 7.5 years, with the intention of securing the position. The main objective of this ARKEY research profile will be to improve the digital valorization of archive collections through long-term tools and recent advances in artificial intelligence. It involves (1) the research and development of an enhanced access key to digitized content (through text and layout recognition, and enriched digital archival representation), and (2) the improvement of the navigation experience within archive collections, through semantic search and conversational interfaces. It builds on the expertise of a multidisciplinary team from SAB and from several research groups within UCLouvain (MiiL<https://uclouvain.be/en/research-institutes/ilc/miil>, Cental<https://uclouvain.be/fr/instituts-recherche/ilc/cental>, ARCH<https://uclouvain.be/fr/decouvrir/archives>, and GEMCA<https://uclouvain.be/fr/instituts-recherche/incal/gemca>). ARKEY aims to bring added value for society and public service, by improving the accessibility and intelligibility of archives: a priority for many researchers and a foundation of democratic states. The complete offer is available here<https://www.uclouvain.be/en/research-institutes/ilc/miil/jobs>. Application should be sent to Antonin Descampe (antonin.descampe(a)uclouvain.be<mailto:antonin.descampe@uclouvain.be>) and Johan Van Der Eycken (johan.vandereycken(a)arch.be<mailto:johan.vandereycken@arch.be>) as soon as possible and no later than May 10, 2026. Résumé de l’offre Dans le cadre du programme de recherche BELSPO FED-tWIN<https://www.belspo.be/belspo/research/FEDtWIN_fr.stm> (proposition financée « ARKEY »), le MiiL<https://uclouvain.be/fr/instituts-recherche/ilc/miil> (Media Innovation and Intelligibility Lab de l'UCLouvain<https://uclouvain.be/fr/index.html>, Belgique) et les Archives de l’Etat en Belgique<https://www.arch.be/index.php?l=fr> (AGR) recherchent un post-doctorant en informatique ou en humanités numériques, avec une expérience importante dans le le traitement automatique de documents numériques impliquant à la fois du texte et des images. Le contrat proposé est un contrat à temps plein à durée indéterminée (50% UCLouvain, 50% AGR). Le financement est garanti sur 7,5 ans, avec une intention de pérennisation du poste. L'objectif principal de ce profil de recherche ARKEY sera d’optimiser la valorisation numérique des collections d'archives grâce à des outils informatiques pérennes et aux avancées récentes en intelligence artificielle. Il propose (1) la recherche et le développement de moyens d'accès enrichis au contenu numérisé (grâce à la reconnaissance de texte et de structure, ainsi qu’à une représentation enrichie des archives), et (2) l'amélioration de l'expérience de navigation au sein des collections d’archives, notamment via des interfaces de recherche sémantique et conversationnelle. Il s'appuie sur l'expertise d'une équipe pluridisciplinaire des AGR et de plusieurs groupes de recherche au sein de l'UCLouvain (MiiL<https://uclouvain.be/fr/instituts-recherche/ilc/miil>, Cental<https://uclouvain.be/fr/instituts-recherche/ilc/cental>, ARCH<https://uclouvain.be/fr/decouvrir/archives> et GEMCA<https://uclouvain.be/fr/instituts-recherche/incal/gemca>). ARKEY vise à apporter une valeur ajoutée pour la société et le service public en améliorant l'accessibilité et l'intelligibilité des archives : une priorité pour de nombreux chercheurs et chercheuses, et un fondement des États démocratiques. L'offre complète est également disponible ici<https://uclouvain.be/fr/instituts-recherche/ilc/miil/offres-d-emploi.html>. Les candidatures doivent être envoyées à Antonin Descampe (antonin.descampe(a)uclouvain.be<mailto:antonin.descampe@uclouvain.be>) et Johan Van Der Eycken (johan.vandereycken(a)arch.be<mailto:johan.vandereycken@arch.be>) dès que possible et au plus tard le 10 mai 2026. Antonin Descampe - PhD Assistant Professor @ UCLouvain<https://www.uclouvain.be/> (personal page<https://www.uclouvain.be/people/antonin.descampe>) Teacher @ Louvain School of Communication and Journalism (COMU<https://www.uclouvain.be/fr/facultes/espo/comu>/EjL<https://uclouvain.be/fr/facultes/espo/comu/master-en-journalisme.html>) Researcher @ Observatory for Research on Media and journalism (ILC<https://www.uclouvain.be/fr/instituts-recherche/ilc>/ORM<https://www.uclouvain.be/orm>) Academic Supervisor @ Media Innovation and Intelligibility Lab (MiiL<https://www.uclouvain.be/miil>) Special Advisor to the Rector for Digital Communication Place de l'Université, 16, bur. b.405 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgium) Tel. +32 (0)10 47 27 87 antonin.descampe(a)uclouvain.be<mailto:antonin.descampe@uclouvain.be>

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Call for Participation in Touché @ CLEF 2026: Shared Tasks on Argumentation Systems (Fallacies, Causality, Generalizability, RAG Advertisements)
by Johannes.Kiesel＠gesis.org 08 Apr '26

08 Apr '26

We invite you to participate in the following shared tasks at Touché 2026 held in conjunction with the CLEF conference. 1. Fallacy Detection. Given an argument, determine whether it is fallacious and what type of fallacy it is. https://touche.webis.de/clef26/touche26-web/fallacy-detection.html 2. Causality Extraction. Given a text, determine whether it contains causal information, identify the information in the text, and classify the expressed relationship. https://touche.webis.de/clef26/touche26-web/causality-extraction.html 3. Generalizability of Argument Identification in Context. Given a sentence from some argumentation dataset, determine whether the sentence was annotated as argument (using annotator guidelines etc.). https://touche.webis.de/clef26/touche26-web/generalizable-argument-mining.h… 4. Advertisement in Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG). Given a query and response of an RAG system, determine whether the response contains an ad, identify the ad in the response, and remove the ad. https://touche.webis.de/clef25/touche25-web/advertisement-detection.html Find out more at https://touche.webis.de/clef26/touche26-web/ and join our mailing list at https://groups.google.com/g/touche-lab for staying up to date. Awards -------------------------- The best submission for each task will receive an award. In addition, our partners at Methods Hub (https://methodshub.gesis.org/) have agreed to provide priority support to the award-winning teams in developing their submissions into fully reusable software packages to maximize your impact. Important Dates -------------------------- 2026-05-07: Approaches submission deadline 2026-05-28: Participant paper submission 2026-06-30: Peer review notification 2026-07-06: Camera-ready participant papers submission 2026-09 21-24: CLEF Conference in Jena and Touché Workshop Links -------------------------- Touché: https://touche.webis.de Contact: touche(a)webis.de We are looking forward to your submission! The Touché team

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7th Call for Papers – LaTeLL 2026 (Low-Resource Languages)
by ernesto.estevanell＠ua.es 08 Apr '26

08 Apr '26

International Conference 'LAnguage TEchnologies for Low-resource Languages' (LaTeLL '2026) Fes, Morocco 30 September, 1 and 2 October 2026 www.latell.org/2026/ [1] 7th Call for Papers The conference Natural Language Processing (NLP) has witnessed remarkable progress in recent years, largely driven by the emergence of deep learning architectures and, more recently, large language models (LLMs). Nevertheless, these advances have disproportionately benefited high-resource languages that possess abundant data for model training. By contrast, low-resource languages which account for at least 85% of the world's linguistic diversity and are often spoken by smaller or marginalised communities, have not yet reaped the full benefits of contemporary NLP technologies. This imbalance can be attributed to several interrelated factors, including the scarcity of high-quality training data, limited computational and financial resources, and insufficient community engagement in data collection and model development. Developing NLP applications for low-resource languages poses major challenges, particularly the need for large, well-annotated datasets, standardised tools, and robust linguistic resources. Although several workshops have previously addressed NLP for low-resource languages, _LaTeLL_ represents the first international conference dedicated specifically to the automatic processing of such languages. The event aims to provide a forum for researchers to present and discuss their latest work in NLP in general, and in the development and evaluation of language models for low-resource languages in particular. Conference topics We invite submissions on a broad range of themes concerning linguistic and computational studies focusing on low-resource languages, including but not limited to the following topics: Language resources for low-resource languages * Dataset creation and annotation * Evaluation methodologies and benchmarks for low-resource settings * Lexical resources, corpora, and linguistic databases * Crowdsourcing and community-driven data collection * Tools and frameworks for low-resource language processing Core language technologies for low-resource languages * Language modelling and pre-training for low-resource languages * Speech recognition, text-to-speech, and spoken language understanding * Phonology, morphology, word segmentation, and tokenisation * Syntax: tagging, chunking, and parsing * Semantics: lexical and sentence-level representation NLP Applications for low-resource languages * Information extraction and named entity recognition * Question answering systems * Dialogue and interactive systems * Summarisation * Machine translation * Sentiment analysis, stylistic analysis, and argument mining * Content moderation * Information retrieval and text mining Multimodality and Grounding for low-resource languages * Vision and language for low-resource contexts * Speech and text multimodal systems * Low-resource sign language processing Ethics, Equity, and Social Impact for low-resource languages * Bias and fairness in low-resource language technologies * Sociolinguistic considerations in technology development * Cultural appropriateness and sensitivity Human-Centred Approaches in low-resource languages * Usability and accessibility of low-resource language technologies * Educational applications and language learning * Community needs assessment and technology adoption * User experience research in low-resource contexts Multilinguality and Cross-Lingual Methods for low-resource languages * Multilingual language models and their adaptation * Code-switching and code-mixing * Cross-lingual transfer learning in low-resource languages. Special Theme Track 1 -- Building Applications Based on Large Language Models for Low-Resource Languages _LaTeLL'2026_ will feature a Special Theme Track dedicated to the development of applications based on Large Language Models (LLMs) for low-resource languages. This track aims to explore innovative methodologies, architectures, and tools that leverage the power of LLMs to enhance linguistic processing, accessibility, and inclusivity for underrepresented languages. Contributions are encouraged on topics such as model adaptation and fine-tuning, multilingual and cross-lingual transfer, ethical and fairness considerations, and the creation of datasets and benchmarks that facilitate the integration of LLM-based solutions in low-resource settings. Special Theme Track 2 -- Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) and Arabic Dialects This special track addresses the unique challenges and opportunities in processing Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) and the rich landscape of Arabic dialects. The diglossic nature of Arabic, where the formal MSA coexists with numerous, widely used spoken dialects, presents a significant hurdle for NLP. While MSA is relatively well-resourced, Arabic dialects are quintessential examples of low-resource languages, often lacking standardised orthographies, annotated corpora, and dedicated processing tools. This track invites submissions on novel research and resources aimed at bridging this gap and advancing the state of the art in Arabic language technology. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: * Dialect identification and classification * Creation of corpora and lexical resources for Arabic dialects * Machine translation between MSA and dialects, and across different dialects * Speech recognition and synthesis for dialectal Arabic * Computational modelling of morphology, syntax, and semantics for dialects * NLP applications (e.g., sentiment analysis, NER) for dialectal user-generated content * Code-switching between Arabic dialects, MSA, and other languages Submissions and Publication _LaTeLL'2026_ welcomes high-quality submissions in English, which may take one of the following two forms: * Regular (long) papers: Up to eight (8) pages in length, presenting substantial, original, completed, and unpublished research. * Short (poster) papers: Up to four (4) pages in length, suitable for concise or focused contributions, ongoing research, negative results, system demonstrations, and similar work. Short papers will be presented during a dedicated poster session. The conference will not consider submissions consisting of abstracts only. All accepted papers (both long and short) will be published as electronic proceedings (with ISBN) and made available on the conference website at the time of the event. The organisers intend to submit the proceedings for inclusion in the ACL Anthology. To prepare your submission, please make sure to use the LaTeLL'2026 style files available here: LaTeX: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RceWyUqjFLEbv_oNto-x2Quop7qT4-wf/view?usp=… [2] Word: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1m6VeC9jtMpe-Ku2QREgrPlE2-NTDvJvZ/edit?u… [3] Overleaf: https://www.overleaf.com/read/ttzzfcnjrgvw#e82bef [4] Papers should be submitted through Softconf/START using the following link: https://softconf.com/p/latell2026 Authors of papers receiving exceptionally positive reviews will be invited to prepare extended and substantially revised versions for submission to a leading journal in the field of Natural Language Processing (NLP). The conference will also feature a Student Workshop, and awards will be presented to the authors of outstanding papers. Important dates * Submissions due: 1 June 2026 * Notification of acceptance: 21 July 2026 * Camera-ready due: 31 July 2026 * Conference: 30 September, 1 October and 2 October 2026 Keynote speaker Nizar Habash (New York University Abu Dhabi) Organisation Conference Chair Ruslan Mitkov (Lancaster University and University of Alicante) Programme Committee Chairs Saad Ezzini (King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals) Salima Lamsiyah (University of Luxembourg) Tharindu Ranasinghe (Lancaster University) Organising Committee Maram Alharbi (Lancaster University) Salmane Chafik (Mohammed VI Polytechnic University) Ernesto Estevanell (University of Alicante) Milica Ikonić Nešić (University of Belgrade) Further information and contact details The follow-up calls will provide more details on the conference venue and registration. The conference website is www.latell.org/2026/ [1] and will be updated on a regular basis. For further information, please email 2026(a)latell.org Registration will open before the end of April 2026. Links: ------ [1] http://www.latell.org/2026/ [2] https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RceWyUqjFLEbv_oNto-x2Quop7qT4-wf/view?usp=… [3] https://docs.google.com/document/d/1m6VeC9jtMpe-Ku2QREgrPlE2-NTDvJvZ/edit?u… [4] https://www.overleaf.com/latex/templates/latell-26-template/kfcvbgxmccvb

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CfP: RiCL Journal special issue - Learner Corpus Research meets the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages and the Companion Volume
by María Belén Díez Bedmar 08 Apr '26

08 Apr '26

*CFPs special issue of Research in Corpus Linguistics (RiCL)* *‘Learner Corpus Research meets the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages and the Companion Volume’* Due to the importance of the *Common European Framework of Reference for Languages* (CEFR) and the *Companion Volume* (CV) (Council of Europe, 2001, 2020) for the learning, teaching and assessment of languages, most learner corpora nowadays employ the learner’s CEFR level to specify the student’s communicative language competence level or proficiency level. Most learner corpora compiled in CEFR-aligned high-stakes foreign language accreditation/certification exams - for instance, the *Cambridge Learner Corpus* (O’Keeffe & Mark, 2017), the *FineDesc Learner Corpus *(Díez-Bedmar, 2025) - are composed of learners of English production in successful certification/accreditation exams at different CEFR levels. Other target languages are compiled in similar foreign language accreditation/certification exam conditions, such as the CELI corpus for Italian (Spina et al., 2023) or the Merlin corpus for Italian, German and Czech (Wisniewski, 2020). Other learner corpora composed of accreditation/certification exams that are not aligned to the CEFR or learner corpora compiled in other contexts have also been partially or fully aligned to the CEFR levels, as reported by Gablasova et al., (2019) regarding the *Trinity Lancaster* *Corpus*, Thewissen (2013) concerning *ICLE* or Tono (2018) as to the *JEFLL corpus*. The use of LCR results from CEFR-aligned learner corpora to inform or facilitate the implementation of the CEFR/CV is, however, still limited. Among the most important LCR contributions in this respect are those by the *English Profile Project* (Salamoura, 2008) and the CEFR-J Project (Tono, 2019). The former used the *Cambridge Learner Corpus* to provide linguistic information on the language produced at each CEFR level (UCLES/CUP, 2011) and freely available online resources (eg., the English Grammar Profile and the English Vocabulary Profile). The latter employed learner corpora, among other corpora types, to adapt the CEFR for the L1 Japanese EFL context (12 sublevels), create the Vocabulary Profile and the Grammar Profile. Despite these efforts, CEFR/CV end-users and stake-holders find difficulties in the implementation of the CEFR/CV in their L1-contexts, on most occasions due to the language neutral nature of the CEFR/CV descriptors (see Díez-Bedmar & Byram, 2019; Díez-Bedmar & Luque-Agulló, 2023; Luque-Agulló & Díez-Bedmar, 2025). It is for this reason that they demand fine-tuned descriptors, i.e., CEFR/CV descriptors informed by CEFR-aligned L1-specific learner corpus results (Díez-Bedmar, 2018). In the Spanish context, the *FineDesc Project* (Grant PID2020-117041GA-I00, funded by MICIU/AEI/10.13039/501100011033) has provided L1 Spanish CEFR/CV end-users and stake-holders’ with fine-tuned descriptors thanks to the analysis of the 1.3-million-word *FineDesc Learner* *Corpus* (Díez-Bedmar, 2025), a freely available L1-specific learner corpus by L1 Spanish monolingual students (or bilingual L1 Spanish/a co-official language in Spain). The learner corpus results have informed fine-tuned descriptors not only for the linguistic competence, but also for the sociolinguistic and pragmatic ones, when students engage in different communicative language activities at B1, B2 and C1 levels (see Díez-Bedmar et al., 2026). These fine-tuned descriptors aim at paving the way for the implementation of the CEFR/CV in the L1 Spanish context. These are just some examples which show how LCR may inform the CEFR/CV and facilitate its implementation in different contexts. Other efforts are being made by the LCR community by using either general CEFR-aligned learner corpora or L1-specific ones, as shown in some papers presented at the International Online Conference ‘Bringing together research on the CEFR/CV and LCR: a focus on descriptors’ which was organized by the FineDesc Project (https://web.ujaen.es/investiga/finedesc/index.php). It is the objective of this special issue to bring together research on the different ways how LCR may meet the CEFR/CV. Contributions which employ any reliably CEFR-aligned learner corpus with this objective in mind are welcome, whether they were presented at the conference or not. Researchers who do not have access to any CEFR-aligned learner corpus are encouraged to use the *FineDesc Learner Corpus*, freely available at www.finedesc.com. *Potential topics for this special issue are (but are not limited to):* -The fine-tuning of CEFR/CV descriptors for L1-specific contexts thanks to LCR. -The integration of CAF results in fine-tuned descriptors. -The (cross-sectional) analysis of CEFR-aligned learner corpora considering the linguistic, sociolinguistic or pragmatic competences to inform CEFR-aligned pedagogical resources/language assessment. -The exploitation of CEFR-aligned learner corpora to design tools/software which may help analyse learner corpora at different CEFR levels. -The overcoming of any difficulties in CEFR/CV implementation with the help of LCR. *Important dates* Deadline for proposals: April 30, 2026 Outcome of proposal review: May 21, 2026 Deadline for manuscript first drafts: December 1,2026 Notification of reviewer outcome: March 5, 2027 Deadline for manuscript final drafts: May 28th, 2027 Special issue publication: Autumn 2027 *Proposal format and submission* Potential contributors should prepare an extended 800-word abstract of the proposed paper following RiCL’s submission guidelines, which can be found at https://ricl.aelinco.es/index.php/ricl/about/submissions The abstract should include a tentative title, motivate the study, state the research questions, provide methodological information (learner corpus or learner corpora analysed and the procedure employed to align it/them to CEFR/CV levels as well as the statistical tests employed), tentative results and clear information on the way how the results inform the CEFR/CV and its implementation. Please submit your proposal to the special issue editor, María Belén Díez-Bedmar (belendb(a)ujaen.es), before the deadline (April 30, 2026) including in your proposal your name(s), email(s) and affiliation(s). *Peer review* All accepted manuscripts will undergo double-blind peer review. *References* Council of Europe (2001). Common European Framework of Reference for Languages: learning, teaching, assessment. Council of Europe Publishing. Council of Europe (2020). Common European Framework of Reference for Languages: learning, teaching, assessment – Companion Volume. Council of Europe Publishing. Díez-Bedmar, M. B. (2018). Fine-tuning descriptors for CEFR B1 level: insights from learner corpora. *ELT Journal*, 72(2), 199-209. https://doi.org/10.1093/elt/ccx052 Díez-Bedmar, M. B. (2025). FineDesc Learner Corpus 2.0 (España, 2510243469857). SafeCreative. https://www.safecreative.org/validity Díez-Bedmar, M. B., & Byram, M. (2019). The current influence of the CEFR in secondary education: teachers’ perceptions. *Language, Culture and Curriculum*,* 32*(1), 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1080/07908318.2018.1493492 Díez-Bedmar, M. B., Laso-Martín, N. J., Maíz-Arévalo, C., & Carrió-Pastor, M. L. (2026). Supplement to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages and the Companion Volume: L1 Spanish users (Spain, 2601214327051). SafeCreative. https://www.safecreative.org/validity Díez-Bedmar, M. B. & Luque-Agulló, G. (2023). Analysing the CEFR/CV in University Language Centres in Spain: The Raters' Perspective. In M. Fernández Álvarez & A. L. Gordenstein Montes (Eds.), *Global Perspectives on Effective Assessment in English Language Teaching* (pp. 1-33). IGI Global. Gablasova, D., Brezina, V., & McEnery, T. (2019). The Trinity Lancaster Corpus. Development, description and application. *International Journal of Learner Corpus Research*, *5*(2), 126-158. https://doi.org/10.1075/ijlcr.19001.gab Luque-Agulló, G. & Díez-Bedmar, M.B. (2025). Listening to the teachers: CEFR implementation in University language Centres in Spain. *Revista de Lingüística y Lenguas Aplicadas* (RLyLA),*20*, 72-86. https://doi.org/10.4995/rlyla.2025.21285 O’Keeffe, A., and Mark, G. 2017. The English Grammar Profile of learner competence: Methodology and key findings. *International Journal of Corpus Linguistics,* *22*(4), 457-489. https://doi.org/10.1075/ijcl.14086.oke Salamoura, A. (2008). Aligning English Profile research data to the CEFR. Cambridge ESOL: *Research Notes*, *33*, 5–7. Spina, S., Fioravanti, I., Forti, L., & Zanda, F. (2023). The CELI corpus: Design and linguistic annotation of a new online learner corpus. *Second Language Research*, 40(2), 457-477. https://doi.org/10.1177/02676583231176370 Thewissen, J. (2013). Capturing L2 accuracy developmental patterns: Insights from an error-tagged EFL learner corpus. *The Modern Language Journal*, *97*(S1), 77-101. Tono, Y. (2018). Corpus approaches to L2 Learner Profiling Research. In Y. N. Leung, J. Katchen, S. Y. Hwang & Y. Chen (Eds.), Reconceptualizing English language teaching and learning in the 21st century: A special monograph in memory of Professor Kai-Chong Cheung (pp. 390-402). Taipei, Taiwan: Crane Publishing Company. Tono, Y. (2019). Coming full circle – from CEFR to CEFR-J and back. CEFR Journal. *Research and Practice*, *1*, 5-17. https://doi.org/10.37546/JALTSIG.CEFR1-1 UCLES/CUP (2011). *English Profile. Introducing the CEFR for English Version 1.1*. Cambridge University Press. Wisniewski, K. (2020). SLA developmental stages in the CEFR-related learner corpus MERLIN: Inversion and verb-end structures in German A2 and B1 learner texts. *International Journal of* *Learner Corpus Research*, *6*(1), 1–17. https://doi.org/10.1075/ijlcr.18008.wis <https://doi.org/10.1075/ijlcr.18008.wis> <https://doi.org/10.1075/ijlcr.18008.wis>

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