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Postdoctoral Researcher in Computational and Experimental Linguistics, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf
by David Arps 22 Apr '26

22 Apr '26

Job Location: *Düsseldorf, Germany* Web Address: https://www.ling.hhu.de/ Job Title: *Postdoctoral Researcher in Computational and Experimental Linguistics* Job Rank: Post Doc Salary: TV-L E13 (100%) Minimum Education: PhD Specialty Areas: Computational Linguistics; Pragmatics; Psycholinguistics; Semantics Specialty Language(s): English (eng) *Project Description*: The position is part of the DFG-funded project Learning Linguistic Inferences and Their Alternatives (PIs: Jacopo Romoli and Yulia Zinova, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf). The project investigates how language models learn linguistic inferences — including implicatures, presuppositions, implicated presuppositions, free choice, and distributive inferences — and whether training on one inference type facilitates learning of others. Combining theoretical, experimental, and computational methods, the project addresses foundational questions about the semantics–pragmatics interface and what language models actually learn about meaning. The project involves constructing novel datasets, running behavioral experiments with human participants, probing inference derivation and its ingredients in both humans and language models as well as training and fine-tuning models using collected data. Broader context: LaSTing Priority Programme This position is embedded within the DFG Priority Programme LaSTing (SPP 2556): "Robust Assessment & Safe Applicability of Language Modeling: Foundations for a New Field of Language Science & Technology" (https://www.lasting-spp.org) LaSTing brings together researchers across linguistics, cognitive science, and language technology to advance our understanding of language models for safer and more principled use, especially in the language sciences. The programme fosters interdisciplinary community-building, networking, and the training of a new generation of researchers at the interface of language science and language technology. *Position Description*: We invite applications for a full-time Postdoctoral Researcher (3 years) to join the project team. The postdoc will play a central role across the project's work packages, contributing to the computational components of the project as well as to the design and implementation of online behavioral experiments, dataset construction, and data analysis. The postdoc will also contribute to the writing and dissemination of research outputs, and will collaborate closely with both PIs and with Mercator Fellow Paul Marty (University of Lisbon). *Required Qualifications*: - PhD in Linguistics or a closely related field - Expertise in computational linguistics - Ability to engage with both the experimental and computational aspects of the project *Desirable Qualifications*: - Experience with experimental methods in psycholinguistics - Background in formal semantics and pragmatics and familiarity with formal approaches to pragmatic inferences - Experience working with large language models (LLMs) - Familiarity with natural language inference (NLI) tasks and datasets *Application* Deadline: 18-May-2026 Email Address for Applications: jacopo.romoli(a)hhu.de Application Instructions: Applicants should send the following to jacopo.romoli(a)hhu.de: - A CV - A cover letter describing their research profile and interests, explaining how these match the goals of the project and what they could contribute to it - Informal inquiries are also welcome at the same address. Contact Information: Jacopo Romoli Email: jacopo.romoli(a)hhu.de -- David Arps Institut für Linguistik, Abteilung Computerlinguistik Gebäude 23.21. Etage 04 Raum 101 Heinrich-Heine-Universität Duesseldorf Universitaetsstr. 1 D-40225 Duesseldorf, Germany https://davidarps.github.io/

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Efficient Multimodal Question Answering (EMM-QA) @ICML 2026
by Jordan Boyd-Graber Ying 21 Apr '26

21 Apr '26

The ICML 2026 Workshop on Efficient Multimodal Question Answering (EMM-QA) invites submissions on methods, resources, evaluations, and systems for question answering over multimodal inputs under realistic resource constraints. The workshop focuses on balancing answer quality with efficiency in modern QA systems, especially in the age of large language models. *Website and Contact* - Contact email: emm-qa-organizers(a)googlegroups.com - Workshop website: https://qanta-org.github.io/competition/2026/icml/ Please check the workshop website for updates (current keynotes: Sewon Min and Mrinmaya Sachan), submission instructions, FAQs, and final shared-challenge details. *Important Dates* All deadlines are *Anywhere on Earth (AoE)*. Paper Track - *Submission deadline: May 29, 2026* - Review deadline: June 7, 2026 - Notification date: June 10, 2026 - Camera-ready deadline: June 22, 2026 Shared Challenge - Warmup data release: May 22, 2026 - Test data release: June 1, 2026 - Challenge metric / scoring feedback deadline: June 1, 2026 - *Last system submission: June 15, 2026* - System Description Paper Submission: June 22, 2026 - In-person human competition: June 27, 2026 - Online human competition: June 28, 2026 Workshop Date and Venue - Workshop date: July 10 or July 11, 2026 *(final date to be confirmed by ICML)*, The COEX Convention and Exhibition Center, Seoul, South Korea *Topics of Interest* We welcome submissions on topics including, but not limited to: - large language models for question answering - open-domain QA under resource constraints - efficient retrieval and answer lookup - multimodal question answering - synthetic data generation for efficient QA - balancing accuracy against model and system size - token-efficient and compute-efficient QA systems - multimodal retrieval and reasoning for QA - benchmarking and evaluation for efficient multimodal systems - human verification and evaluation of QA outputs - efficiency in human-computer interaction - efficient inference for knowledge-intensive multimodal tasks - system descriptions, negative results, and position papers relevant to efficient QA The scope is intentionally *medium-broad*: the workshop is centered on efficient multimodal QA, while also welcoming closely related work on multimodal retrieval, reasoning, evaluation, and benchmarking when clearly connected to QA or other knowledge-intensive multimodal tasks. *Guidelines for Submission* Submission Categories We invite the following types of submissions: - full papers - short papers - position papers - system description papers - previously published or recently accepted work as non-archival submissions Papers accepted at ICML 2026 may be submitted as *fast-track submissions*. Fast-track submissions must include the acceptance decision and reviews from ICML. They will still be evaluated by the Area Chairs (ACs) and Program Chairs (PCs) for thematic fit. We do not plan to accept extended abstracts or poster-only submissions without a paper. Formatting - Submission platform: OpenReview <https://openreview.net/group?id=ICML.cc/2026/Workshop/EMM-QA#tab-recent-act…> - Review model: double-blind - Paper format: ICML style - Full paper length: up to 8 pages of main content - References: excluded from the page limit - Appendices: excluded from the page limit - Supplementary material: allowed and may be considered during review Review Process - Each submission will receive 3 reviews - Reviews will consider novelty, relevance to the workshop, clarity, technical quality, and discussion value - Preliminary but promising work is welcome - Desk rejection is possible for submissions that are out of scope, non-anonymized, or non-compliant Archival Policy Submissions in both categories may be *archival* or *non-archival*, based on the preference of the authors. All archival papers will be published in the workshop proceedings. Non-archival papers may be submitted to any venue in the future, and we will only link to a preprint if the authors provide such a link. All accepted submissions are expected to appear publicly on: - OpenReview - the workshop website Camera-ready versions will be required for accepted archival submissions. Archival submissions The following submissions are eligible to be archival: - newly submitted workshop papers - newly submitted system description papers Non-archival submissions The following submissions are non-archival: - previously published papers - recently accepted conference papers - papers accepted to the main conference and presented again at the workshop - work currently under review elsewhere - any submission explicitly designated as non-archival Non-archival submissions are welcome for presentation and discussion at the workshop, but they will not be published in proceedings of the workshop. Conflict of Interest Policy Workshop organizers will not submit papers. Program committee members and reviewers may submit papers, but they may not review, handle, or make decisions on submissions for which they have a conflict of interest. Conflicts include recent collaboration, shared institutional affiliation, advisor-advisee relationships, family or close personal relationships, or any other circumstance that could impair objective judgment. Conflicted submissions will be handled by non-conflicted organizers and reviewers. *About the Shared Challenge* EMM-QA 2026 will host the *QANTA 2026 shared challenge*, a multimodal quiz bowl competition on efficient question answering with incrementally revealed clues. In QANTA 2026, systems answer pyramid-style questions from streaming text and, for some questions, accompanying images. For computer teams, the core task is to decide when to buzz, produce an answer, and express confidence under realistic efficiency constraints. The challenge is closely aligned with the workshop’s focus on efficient multimodal question answering, retrieval, reasoning, and evaluation. The shared challenge includes both *computer-team submissions* and related *live human competition* events. The key challenge deadlines listed above are the *warmup data release*, *test data release*, *challenge metric / scoring feedback deadline*, *last system submission*, and *system description paper submission*. The live human competition will take place on *June 27, 2026* (in person) and *June 28, 2026* (online). Detailed task definitions, rules, scoring, technical requirements, and participation instructions are available on the following pages: - Computer Teams <https://qanta-org.github.io/competition/2026/computer-teams/> — how to build and submit systems - Human Teams <https://qanta-org.github.io/competition/2026/human-teams/> — how to register for the live human competition - Rules overview <https://qanta-org.github.io/competition/2026/rules/> — high-level competition structure - Computer rules <https://qanta-org.github.io/competition/2026/rules/computer/> — official rules for submitted systems and leaderboard scoring - Human rules <https://qanta-org.github.io/competition/2026/rules/human/> — official rules for live human–AI gameplay - Prizes and awards <https://qanta-org.github.io/competition/2026/prizes/> — prizes across competition tracks Thanks, and we hope to see you participate! -Jordan Boyd-Graber (on behalf of Ikuya, Martin, Chen, and George) -- ---------------------------------------------------------- Jordan Boyd-Graber Professor University of Maryland: CS,UMIACS, LSC, INFO Voice: 920.524.9464 jbg(a)umiacs.umd.edu http://boydgraber.org ----------------------------------------------------------

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How Are Researchers Using LLMs? Participate in Our Research Survey
by Ansgar Scherp 21 Apr '26

21 Apr '26

We invite you to participate in our survey “Investigating the Use of Large Language Models in Academic Research and Coding (LLM-ARCo)”🤖📚 The goal of this study is to better understand how researchers use large language models in their academic work. The survey takes approximately 15 minutes⏱️. All responses are anonymous🔒, and the data will be used only for research purposes. As a small thank-you, 10 participants will be randomly selected🎁 to receive a €50 Amazon voucher💶. You can participate here:👉https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/RYBRXQL <https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/RYBRXQL> Please feel free to share this invitation with colleagueswho might be interested 🔁👩‍🔬👨‍💻.Thank you very much for supporting our research! ❤️ On behalf of Dr. Younes, Ansgar

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Convocatoria premio RutaMdL al mejor artículo en Modelos de Lenguaje
by ANSELMO PEÑAS PADILLA 21 Apr '26

21 Apr '26

La Red de Investigación para la Asesoría sobre la Construcción, Evaluación y Uso de Modelos de Lenguaje convoca el Primer Premio RutaMdL al mejor artículo científico sobre la construcción o uso de Modelos de Lenguaje Para optar al premio, el primer autor del artículo debe haber estado afiliado a un centro español en el momento de su publicación. Se podrán presentar artículos publicados en abierto en los dos últimos años (2025 y 2026). Únicamente se podrá presentar un artículo con el mismo primer autor. Los artículos se enviarán mediante el siguiente formulario: https://forms.gle/R3hdCjxNKZkEjjeH8 El comité científico valorará tanto indicadores cuantitativos (citas, prestigio del congreso, impacto de la revista, etc.) como indicadores cualitativos (contribuciones del trabajo, resultados, etc.). El ganador del premio recibirá una bolsa de viaje (inscripción y dietas de alojamiento y manutención) para asistir al Congreso de la Sociedad Española para el Procesamiento del Lenguaje Natural (SEPLN), donde recogerá el premio en un acto oficial. El plazo para la presentación de artículos termina el día 30 de junio de 2026. El comité científico que evaluará los artículos candidatos está formado por: Eneko Agirre, Universidad del País Vasco / Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea (UPV/EHU) Aitor González, Barcelona Supercomputing Center Nombre (BSC) Alfonso Ureña, Universidad de Jaén (UJA) Anselmo Peñas, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia Nombre (UNED) Senén Barro, Universidade Santiago de Compostela (USC) Manuel Palomar, Universidad de Alicante (UA) David Camacho, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM) Mariona Taulé, Universitat de Barcelona (UB) Lluís Padró, Universitat Politécnica de Catalunya (UPC) Rafael Valencia, Universidad de Murcia (UM) Aitor Soroa, Universidad del País Vasco / Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea (UPV/EHU) Julio Gonzalo, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia Nombre (UNED) Rafael Muñoz, Universidad de Alicante (UA) [uned.png] Anselmo Peñas Catedrático de Universidad Director del departamento de Lenguajes y Sistemas Informáticos [separador-uned.png] ETSI Informática, UNED anselmo(a)lsi.uned.es nlp.uned.es/~anselmo @anselpp AVISO LEGAL. Este mensaje puede contener información reservada y confidencial. Si usted no es el destinatario no está autorizado a copiar, reproducir o distribuir este mensaje ni su contenido. Si ha recibido este mensaje por error, le rogamos que lo notifique al remitente. Le informamos de que sus datos personales, que puedan constar en este mensaje, serán tratados en calidad de responsable de tratamiento por la UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE EDUCACIÓN A DISTANCIA (UNED) c/ Bravo Murillo, 38, 28015-MADRID-, con la finalidad de mantener el contacto con usted. La base jurídica que legitima este tratamiento, será su consentimiento, el interés legítimo o la necesidad para gestionar una relación contractual o similar. En cualquier momento podrá ejercer sus derechos de acceso, rectificación, supresión, oposición, limitación al tratamiento o portabilidad de los datos, ante la UNED, Oficina de Protección de datos<https://www.uned.es/dpj>, o a través de la Sede electrónica<https://uned.sede.gob.es/> de la Universidad. Para más información visite nuestra Política de Privacidad<https://descargas.uned.es/publico/pdf/Politica_privacidad_UNED.pdf>.

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[CfP] CLiC-it 2026 - Twelfth Italian Conference on Computational Linguistics | 14-16 September 2026 | Palermo, Italy
by Daniel Russo 21 Apr '26

21 Apr '26

[Apologies for Cross Posting] ══════════════════════════════ *CLiC-it 2026 – Twelfth Italian Conference on Computational Linguistics* *14–16 September 2026 | Palermo, Italy* ══════════════════════════════ Conference Website: https://clic2026.unipa.it/ Contact Email: clicit2026(a)unipa.it We are pleased to invite submissions to *CLiC-it 2026*, the *Twelfth Italian Conference on Computational Linguistics*, to be held in *Palermo* from the *14th to the 16th of September 2026* and *organized by AILC* (http://www.ai-lc.it/ ). Over the years, CLiC-it has evolved into an *important forum* for the *Italian community* of researchers in *Computational Linguistics *(CL) and *Natural Language Processing* (NLP). The conference aims to promote and disseminate *high-quality, original research* covering different aspects of automatic language processing, involving both written and spoken language, and seeks to showcase cutting-edge theoretical findings, experimental methodologies, technologies, and application perspectives. CLiC-it has an inclusive spirit, bringing together researchers from Computational Linguistics, NLP, Linguistics, Cognitive Science, Machine Learning, Computer Science, Knowledge Representation, Information Retrieval, and Digital Humanities. Contributions on all languages are welcome, with a particular emphasis on Italian. *TOPICS* Topics include but are not limited to: - Machine Learning and Modeling for NLP - Large Language and Foundation Models - Interpretability, Analysis, and Explainability of NLP Models - Resources, Benchmarks, and Evaluation - Syntax, Morphology, and Phonology - Semantics, Discourse, and Pragmatics - Linguistic Theories, Cognitive Modeling, and Psycholinguistics - Natural Language Generation and Summarization - Dialogue Systems and Conversational AI - Question Answering and Reading Comprehension - Creativity, Style, and Narrative Generation - Information Extraction and Text Mining - Sentiment Analysis, Opinion Mining, and Argumentation - Multilingual and Cross-Lingual NLP - Low-Resource NLP and Linguistic Diversity - Computational Historical Linguistics, Social Science, and Cultural Analytics - Speech and Spoken Language Processing - Multimodal and Grounded Language - Applied NLP and NLP Systems - Ethics, Fairness, and Societal Impacts of NLP *SUBMISSIONS* *Regular Papers.* Original, complete, and unpublished work. Up to 11 pages of main content (with unlimited references/appendix). One additional page will be granted upon acceptance. Short vs. Regular paper classification will be upon publication based on paper length (short papers are typically 5-9 pages, regular papers are 10+ pages). Papers may be in English or Italian, with an English abstract. Accepted papers will be published in the proceedings and presented orally or as a poster during the conference. *Research Communications. *Outstanding papers accepted in 2025–2026 at major CL/NLP venues (A* CORE, Q1 SCImago, ANVUR Class A) may be submitted as a one-page abstract for presentation at the conference (not included in proceedings). All Submissions via START: https://softconf.com/p/clic-it2026 Select the "Papers and Research Communications" track. *Note*: All submissions must be compatible with CEUR (https://ceur-ws.org/) and include the CEUR Declaration on Generative AI section ( https://ceur-ws.org/GenAI/Policy.html). Papers missing this section will be desk rejected. *Templates:* - LaTeX: https://clic2026.unipa.it/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/CLiC_it_2026_CEURART_L… - ODT: https://clic2026.unipa.it/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/CLiC_it_2026_CEURART_O… - Overleaf (read-only): https://www.overleaf.com/read/qmhnsrbyqskw#96f442 *IMPORTANT DATES* *Submission deadline: **29 May 2026 *🚨 Notification to authors: 10 July 2026 Camera-ready due: 31 July 2026 Conference: 14–16 September 2026 *AWARDS* *Best Paper Award *— for papers with a Master's or PhD student as first author and presenter. Recipients of the award will be invited to submit an extended version of the paper to IJCoL. *"Emanuele Pianta" Prize* — for the best Master's Thesis (Tesi di Laurea Magistrale) in Computational Linguistics submitted at an Italian university and supervised by an AILC member. Prize: €500 + free AILC membership + free CLiC-it registration. *ORGANIZATION* *Conference Chairs:* Valerio Basile (University of Torino) Danilo Croce (University of Roma Tor Vergata) Lucia Passaro (University of Pisa) Roberto Pirrone (University of Palermo) *Senior Program Committee:* Pierpaolo Basile, Alessandro Bondielli, Cristina Bosco, Tommaso Caselli, Gloria Gagliardi, Gianluca E. Lebani, Elisa Leonardelli, Eleonora Litta, Marta Marchiori Manerba, Martina Miliani, Simonetta Montemagni, Giovanni Puccetti, Giulia Rambelli, Rachele Sprugnoli, Fabio Tamburini *Local Organizing Committee (University of Palermo):* Irene Siragusa (Lead), Germano Ammirata, Salvatore Contino, Luca Cruciata, Francesco Foderà *Publicity and Social Media Chairs:* Alessandro Bondielli (University of Pisa) Pierluigi Cassotti (University of Gothenburg) Daniel Russo (Fondazione Bruno Kessler) *Proceedings Chairs:* Francesca Grasso (University of Torino) Eliana Di Palma (University of Torino) *Web Chairs:* Salvatore Contino, Luca Cruciata, Irene Siragusa *CONTACTS * Website: https://clic2026.unipa.it/ Email: clicit2026(a)unipa.it We look forward to seeing you in Palermo! *The CLiC-it 2026 Organizing Committee* -- -- Le informazioni contenute nella presente comunicazione sono di natura privata e come tali sono da considerarsi riservate ed indirizzate esclusivamente ai destinatari indicati e per le finalità strettamente legate al relativo contenuto. 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EURALEX Talks: ‘Pattern and Construction in Learner Dictionaries’ Susan Hunston (29 April 2026 at 12pm CET - online)
by REES, GERAINT PAUL 21 Apr '26

21 Apr '26

On 29 April 2026 at 12pm CET, Professor Susan Hunston will give a talk entitled ‘Pattern and Construction in Learner Dictionaries’ as part of the European Association for Lexicography (EURALEX) Talks series. This talk is based on a Leverhulme-funded project (EM-2022-022) seeking to unify three approaches to grammar and lexis in English: Pattern Grammar, Construction Grammar, and Systemic Functional Grammar. These represent three approaches to the description of grammar and lexis, from the point of view of observation, cognition, and social semiotic respectively. The talk first explores the relationship between patterns and constructions, with examples from the 50 verb complementation patterns analysed in the project. It discusses how a focus on construction might influence the format of learner dictionaries. The talk then considers the relationship between constructions and systemic networks, speculating on potential resources for learners based on meaning networks. Examples are taken from the 10 semantic fields discussed in the project. Further details can be found on the EURALEX talks page <https://euralex.org/euralex-talks/> We hope to see you there. Geraint Rees On behalf of the EURALEX Board

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2 PhD positions at AI4DH European centre of Excellence
by Antoine Doucet 21 Apr '26

21 Apr '26

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------ Doctoral positions - AI4DH - University of Ljubljana, Slovenia------------ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The University of Ljubljana has 2* open PhD positions *in artificial intelligence for digital humanities (AI4DH) in the context of the *European centre of excellence in AI4DH*. These positions are associated with the ELEXAI (European Lexicographic Infrastructure for Artificial Intelligence) project, where newly admitted PhD students will research and develop large language models and agentic interfaces for multilingual knowledge management, using high-quality lexicographic resources. At the heart of the vibrant European capital city of Ljubljana, close to both the Alps and the Mediterranean, you will be part of an AI research group working, dedicated to AI research that can be applied to DH. You will benefit from *competitive salaries* and *top-notch infrastructure*, based in the faculty of computer and information science, yet in an *interdisciplinary context*. Full details are available here: - *Doctoral positions, for up to 3 years*: https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/429925 *Important dates: * - *Information sessions:* 22 April at 10am CEST and 5 May at 3pm CEST (see registration details on Euraxess) - Application *deadline: 22 May* CEST (Ljubljana time)

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[CFP] 3rd Workshop on Language Models for Underserved Communities (LM4UC)
by Fred PHILIPPY 21 Apr '26

21 Apr '26

We are excited to announce the 3rd Language Models for Underserved Communities (LM4UC) workshop, co-located with IJCAI 2026. The workshop will take place in person and virtually between August 15-17, 2026, in Bremen. LM4UC invites researchers, practitioners, and policymakers to address challenges and propose innovative solutions for building and deploying language models (LMs) for underserved languages and communities. Underserved communities often lack adequate access to advanced NLP technologies due to limited linguistic data, insufficient computational resources, or inadequate AI governance frameworks. This gap hinders equitable access to NLP advancements, exacerbating the digital divide. Our workshop aims to address this by fostering a multidisciplinary dialogue around the development of LMs that prioritize cultural sensitivity, resource efficiency, and sustainable AI practices. Topics of Interest We invite submissions of full papers, ongoing work, position papers, and survey papers on topics including, but not limited to: 1. Evaluation Design: Evaluations are no longer passive datasets. They are mechanisms that shape model development. We invite research that focuses on principled, technically grounded benchmark design. 2. Cultural Alignment & Safety: Most alignment research assumes Western norms. We invite papers that focus on technically grounded alignment methods that generalize across cultures and languages. 3. Agentic Systems in Global Environments: As LLMs become agents, we need formal evaluation and control in multilingual, multi-cultural environments. Submission Guidelines We welcome long papers (8 pages) and short papers (4 pages), excluding references. Submissions must follow the IJCAI 2026 style guidelines. Important Dates * Submission deadline: May 24, 2026 * Notification of acceptance: June 7, 2026 * Camera-ready paper due: August 1, 2026 * Workshop dates: August 15/16/17, 2026 Submit your paper via OpenReview: https://openreview.net/group?id=ijcai.org/IJCAI/2026/Workshop/LM4UC Contact Us: For inquiries, please contact the workshop organizer: lm4uc.organizers(a)gmail.com<mailto:lm4uc.organizers@gmail.com> <mailto:lm4uc.organizers@gmail.com>

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[RetroEval 2026] Deadline Extension
by Saad Mahamood 20 Apr '26

20 Apr '26

RetroEval 2026: Symposium on Natural Language Generation Evaluations ============================================ 1-2 June 2026, Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom https://retroeval.github.io/ ============================================ Evaluation in the field of Natural Language Generation (NLG) has changed considerably over the past several decades. This special symposium in honour of Prof. Ehud Reiter’s retirement provides a forum for academic and industry researchers to look back on the topic of how evaluations in the field of NLG have changed and to explore unaddressed challenges. The two day symposium will be held in-person at the Sir Duncan Rice Library in the historic University of Aberdeen, June 1-2, 2026. For this symposium, we welcome submissions of long papers, short papers, and extended abstracts. *** Workshop Theme *** Ehud Reiter has been a leading light in Natural Language Generation (NLG) research throughout the four decades he worked in this area, in both academia (Aberdeen) and industry (CoGenTech; Arria NLG). Ehud’s influence extends to all aspects of NLG, but the areas in which it has arguably been the strongest is evaluation of NLG systems. On the occasion of his retirement, this workshop, which is held in his honour, will therefore focus on evaluation of NLG systems, highlighting in particular some of the topics that Ehud has tended to emphasize (see below) such as the importance of reproducibility and the risks of data contamination. *** Topics of Interest *** Topics of interest include (but are not limited to) the following: -- The aims of NLG and NLG evaluation -- Intrinsic versus extrinsic NLG evaluation -- Evaluation of NLG systems in the real world -- Impact assessment of NLG systems and LLMs -- New evaluation challenges arising from the use of LLMs -- Hallucination annotation and its role in NLG evaluation -- Statistical analysis for NLG evaluations -- Data contamination in NLG evaluation -- LLMs as evaluators: opportunities and pitfalls -- The role of LLMs in the development of evaluation metrics -- Reproduction and reproducibility of human evaluation experiments -- Publication bias: What to do with negative results? -- Pre-publication of research hypotheses in NLG evaluation -- NLG evaluation versus psycholinguistic experimentation: what can we learn from each other? -- Disciplinary cultures and evaluation methods -- Evaluating NLG systems/LLMs for assistive technology *** Submission Types *** The workshop accepts the following submission types: • Long Papers (archival) • Short Papers (archival) • Extended Abstracts (non-archival) Accepted contributions will be presented as oral or poster presentations. *** Archival Submissions *** • Long papers: • Up to 8 pages (excluding references) • Unlimited references • Up to 2 appendix pages • 1 additional page in the final version to address reviewer comments • Short papers: • Up to 4 pages (excluding references) • Unlimited references • Up to 1 appendix page • 1 additional page in the final version for reviewer comments *** Non-Archival Submissions *** • Extended abstracts: • Up to 2 pages including references • 1 additional appendix page for tables/figures • Selection based on the symposium fit *** Submission Format *** • Two-column ACL 2026 format • LaTeX template only • PDF submissions only • Submissions via OpenReview *** Important Dates *** Note: All deadlines are 23:59 UTC-12. • ARR commitment deadline (archival): 16 March, 2026 * Direct paper submission deadline (non-archival): 17 April, 2026 • Extended Direct paper submission deadline (archival): 28 April, 2026 (was 24 April, 2026) • New Notification of acceptance: 11 May, 2026 (was 8 May, 2026) • Camera-ready deadline: 22 May, 2026 • Symposium dates: 1-2 June, 2026 *** Review Policy *** Long and short papers will follow ACL double-blind review policies. Submissions must be anonymized, including self-references and links. Papers violating anonymity requirements will be rejected without review. Demo descriptions are exempt from anonymization. Contact and Information • Website: https://retroeval.github.io/ • Email: retroeval(a)googlegroups.com <mailto:retroeval@googlegroups.com> Workshop Organisers: Saad Mahamood (Shopware), David Howcroft (University of Aberdeen), Kees van Deemter (Utrecht University), Albert Gatt (Utrecht University), Simone Balloccu (TU Darmstadt), Margaret Mitchell (Hugging Face), Alberto Bugarín Diz (CiTIUS & University of Santiago de Compostela), Jose María Alonso-Moral (CiTIUS & University of Santiago de Compostela), Adarsa Sivaprasad (University of Aberdeen), Chenghua Lin (Manchester University), and Alexandra Johnstone (University of Aberdeen).

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Deadline extension: BriGap-3, Bridges and Gaps between Formal and Computational Linguistics
by Timothée Bernard 20 Apr '26

20 Apr '26

*Deadline extension: BriGap-3, Bridges and Gaps between Formal and Computational Linguistics* Venue: Université Paris Cité, campus des Grands moulins, *Paris, France* Event date: *July 11th, 2026* Event website: https://brigap-workshop.github.io/ *BriGap-3 is a venue for formal linguists, computational linguists, and NLP scientists to meet: what fruitful interactions can we have? How do we build upon each other’s work?* ** Context ** Due to the groundbreaking achievements of the last decade, the ongoing discourse in NLP has shifted more to what can be achieved through language than studying language for its own sake, and traditional conferences are increasingly dominated by engineering-oriented work. It could thus appear that computational and formal linguistics are more than ever separate domains. Yet, we are also witnessing a growing interest in linguistics in both explaining the successes of neural models and uncovering their limitations. Conversely, all kinds of computational methods have proven their usefulness for linguistics time and again. To what extent are these traditions truly divorced, and what fruitful bridges can be (re)built? To answer these questions, the third iteration of the workshop on Bridges and Gaps between Formal and Computational Linguistics (BriGap-3) intends to provide a space for formal linguists, computational linguists, and NLP scientists to exchange their perspectives on how their different domains of research can build upon one another. ** Event topics ** - investigation of the linguistic properties of machine learning models, - linguistic representations, vector space semantics, and their relations with theoretical concepts such as compositionality, - use of computational and information-theoretical methods for linguistic inquiry, - formal distributional semantics and neural-symbolic integration for NLP, - formal grammars, symbolic structures and their applications for computational linguistics and NLP, - trends in the history of computational linguistics and NLP, - … ** Invited speakers ** - *Raquel FERNÁNDEZ*, Universiteit van Amsterdam - *Tal LINZEN*, New York University (online) ** Submission details ** The event is designed with a widely inclusive submission policy so as to foster as vibrant a discussion as possible. In particular, we will accept: - Archival submissions, corresponding to novel and unpublished research, to be included in the event proceedings, - Non-archival submissions, corresponding to work in progress, early results, and articles presented in other venues that engage with the topics of the event. The event accepts both archival (original and unpublished research) submissions in either short (up to 4 pages) or long (up to 8 pages) format, and non-archival (work-in-progress, dissemination of research published or accepted elsewhere, etc.) submissions in short (up to 4 pages) format. Camera-ready versions of papers will be given one additional page of content so that reviewers’ comments can be taken into account. Each submission should mention whether it targets archival or non-archival status. Archival papers accepted at BriGap-3 will be indexed in the ACL Anthology. Please use the ACL style templates available here: https://github.com/acl-org/acl-style-files Submission link: https://openreview.net/group?id=BriGap/2026/Workshop Please be aware that to submit on OpenReview, you need an OpenReview profile, and that the activation process might take up to two weeks (in case you do not use an institutional email). While it is often syntactically correct and coherent to some extent, the text produced by current generative AI systems falls below our expectations in terms of depth, clarity, and precision. Conceptual clarity and argumentation will be key criteria in the evaluation of submissions. We therefore *strongly* discourage the use of AI systems. In addition, the detection of any hallucinations in a submission (whether in the bibliography or elsewhere) will lead to rejection, regardless of the other qualities of the text. ** Important dates *- Extended submission deadline: Sunday, May 3rd, 2026* (23:59 AoE) - Notification of acceptance: Monday, May 11th 2026 - Event: Saturday, July 11th, 2026 ** Contact ** For questions, please send an email to brigapworkshop(a)gmail.com or contact one of the event chairs: - Timothée Bernard, Université Paris Cité - Emmanuele Chersoni, Hong Kong Polytechnic University - Giulia Rambelli, Università di Bologna

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