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The 22nd International Workshop on Treebanks and Linguistic Theories – SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS
by Zinsmeister, Heike 22 Aug '24

22 Aug '24

[With apologies for cross-posting] We are excited to announce the 22nd International Workshop on Treebanks and Linguistic Theories (TLT 2024), which will bring together developers and users of linguistically annotated natural language corpora. The workshop is endorsed by ACL SIGPARSE and will be hosted by Universität Hamburg in Germany on December 5th-6th, 2024. ----------------------------- VENUE ----------------------------- TLT 2024 will take place at the guest house of Universität Hamburg. In order to support rich discussions and networking, TLT 2024 will primarily be an in-person event; we will, however, accommodate a limited number of live / synchronous remote presentations, prioritizing those with circumstances that prevent travel. Universität Hamburg and its guest house are conveniently located near the Dammtor train station / metro station Stephansplatz which are well-connected with many parts of the city and beyond, providing an easy commute for attendees. Hamburg is a vibrant city known for its rich maritime history as one of the leading cities in the medieval Hanseatic League, as well as its modern cultural diversity, including events at the world-famous Elbphilharmonie Concert Hall. The city is easily accessible by train or plane (Hamburg Airport (HAM); about 1 to 1.5 hours train ride: Bremen Airport (BRE) and Hannover Airport (HAJ)). ----------------------------- SUBMISSION INFORMATION ----------------------------- TLT addresses all aspects of treebank design, development, and use. As ‘treebanks’ we consider any pairing of natural language data (spoken, signed, or written) with annotations of linguistic structure at various levels of analysis, including, e.g., morpho-phonology, syntax, semantics, and discourse. Annotations can take any form (including trees or general graphs), but they should be encoded in a way that enables computational processing. Reflections on the design of linguistic annotations, methodology studies, resource announcements or updates, annotation or conversion tool development, or reports on treebank usage including probing the leakage of treebanks into large language models are but some examples of the types of papers we anticipate for TLT. Papers should describe original work; they should emphasize completed work rather than intended work, and should indicate clearly the state of completion of the reported results. Submissions will be judged on correctness, originality, technical strength, significance and relevance to the conference, and interest to the attendees. We invite paper submissions in two distinct tracks: * regular papers on substantial and original research, including empirical evaluation results, where appropriate; * short papers on smaller, focused contributions, work in progress, negative results, surveys, or opinion pieces. Submissions (in both tracks) may either be archival—in case of unpublished work—or non-archival, based on the wish of the authors. All archival papers accepted for presentation at the workshop will be included in the TLT 2024 proceedings volume, which will be part of the ACL Anthology. Non-archival papers must have been published or accepted for publication at another CL conference. Long papers may consist of up to 8 pages of content (excluding references and appendices). Short papers may consist of up to 4 pages of content (excluding references and appendices). Accepted papers will be given an additional page to address reviewer comments. All submissions should follow the two-column format and the ACL style guidelines. We strongly recommend the use of the LaTeX style files, OpenDocument, or Microsoft Word templates created for ACL: https://github.com/acl-org/acl-style-files Submissions will be reviewed double-blind, and all full and short papers must be anonymous, i.e. not reveal author(s) on the title page or through self-references. So e.g., “We previously showed (Smith, 2020) …”, should be avoided. Instead, use citations such as “Smith (2020) previously showed …. Papers must be submitted digitally, in PDF, and uploaded through the on-line conference system (link forthcoming). Submissions that violate these requirements will be rejected without review. ----------------------------- IMPORTANT DATES ----------------------------- * Long and short paper submission deadlines: August 15th, 2024 * Reviews Due: September 26th, 2024 * Notification of acceptance: October 6th, 2024 * Final version of papers due: November 6th, 2024 * TLT2024: December 5th-6th, 2024 in Hamburg ----------------------------- TLT2024 WORKSHOP CHAIRS ----------------------------- Daniel Dakota, Indiana University Sandra Kübler, Indiana University Heike Zinsmeister, Universität Hamburg ----------------------------- TLT2024 COMMUNICATION CHAIR ----------------------------- Sarah Jablotschkin, Universität Hamburg Contact: tlt2024.gw(a)uni-hamburg.de Website: https://www.korpuslab.uni-hamburg.de/en/tlt2024.html --------------------------- Prof. Dr. Heike Zinsmeister (sie/ihr) Linguistik des Deutschen / Korpuslinguistik Universität Hamburg, Institut für Germanistik, Raum C7012 Von-Melle-Park 6, Postfach #15, D-20146 Hamburg Tel.: 040 42838-7119 heike.zinsmeister(a)uni-hamburg.de http://www.slm.uni-hamburg.de/germanistik/personen/zinsmeister.html

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a postdoc in text and data mining (newspapers) at Uni Tartu
by Peeter Tinits 22 Aug '24

22 Aug '24

Hi all, I have a postdoc job to share, see below. Thank you for sharing the offer in potentially interested circles. Best, Peeter ---- Post doc job(s) available for text and data mining and social history / sustainability transitions. The project “The Crisis and Transformation of Industrial Modernity, 1900-2055”, is a five-year project at the University of Tartu. It is based on the Deep Transitions framework which theorizes industrialization as a long-term co-evolution of various socio-technical systems. Website: https://www.deeptransitions.ut.ee/. Job description: https://www.deeptransitions.ut.ee/jobs/ Job call PDF: http://tiny.cc/dt_postdoc_call_2024<http://tiny.cc/dt_postdoc_call_2024> 1,5 FTE available for jobs. Some flexibility in workload and work location based on the exact focus. Contact laur.kanger(a)ut.ee<mailto:laur.kanger@ut.ee> for more details.

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ELRA Catalogue of Language Resources - Update
by info＠elda.org 22 Aug '24

22 Aug '24

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Saarland University - Postdoc in NLP/Computational Linguistics
by Alexander Koller 22 Aug '24

22 Aug '24

Hello everyone, I have an open postdoc position at Saarland University (initially two years, with the possibility of extension). I would like to fill it around the end of the year, in October or later. The position offers a lot of flexibility in developing your own research agenda and scientific network. It is also flexible with respect to topic. Current topics of interest in our group include accurate reasoning and planning with LLMs (including tool use); dialogue systems (in particular user adaptation and joint problem solving); and neurosymbolic models for NLP. If you are interested, please see the website for details: https://www.coli.uni-saarland.de/groups/AK/jobs/ I look forward to hearing from you! Best, Alexander Koller.

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COLING 2025 : [CFT] International Conference on Computational Linguistics - Last Call for Tutorials
by Sakhar AlKhereyf 22 Aug '24

22 Aug '24

** Apologies for cross-posting ** Dear Colleagues, This is the last call for tutorial proposals for COLING 2025. Due: July, 31, 2024 CFT: The 2025 International Conference on Computational Linguistics (COLING 2025) invites proposals for tutorials to be held in conjunction with the conference. We seek proposals in all areas of natural language processing and computation, language resources (LRs) and evaluation, including spoken language, sign language, and multimodal interaction. We invite proposals for three types of tutorials, and we especially encourage submissions from early-career researchers: Cutting-edge: tutorials that cover advances in newly emerging areas. The tutorials are expected to give a brief introduction to the topic, but participants are assumed to have some prior knowledge of the topic. The focus of the class will be on discussing the most recent developments in the field, and it will spend a considerable amount of time pointing out open research questions and important novel research directions. Introductory to computational linguistics/NLP topics: tutorials that provide introductions to topics that are established in the COLING communities. The lecturers provide an overview of the development of the field from the beginning until now. Attendees are not expected to come with prior knowledge. They acquire sufficient understanding of the topic to understand the most recent research in the field. Introduction to Key Concepts in Linguistics including Semantics, Syntax, Psycholinguistics, Neurolinguistics, and Sociolinguistics: tutorials that provide introductions to topics that are established or emerging in areas adjacent to CL/NLP. The lecturers provide an overview of the development of the field from the beginning until now. Attendees are not expected to come with prior knowledge. They acquire a sufficient understanding of the topic to understand the most recent research in the field and the relevance for the CL/NLP domains. Each of these types of tutorials can either be half-day (4h long including a coffee break (30m long)) or full-day (8h long including two coffee breaks (1h long in total) but excluding a lunch break). In all cases, the aim of a tutorial is primarily to help understand a scientific problem, its tractability, and its theoretical and practical implications. Presentations of particular technological solutions or systems are welcome, provided that they serve as illustrations of broader scientific considerations. None of the tutorial types are expected to be “self-invited” long talks – the content should be a good balance between research from multiple groups and perspectives, not only fromof the teachers of the tutorial. The tutorials will be held at COLING 2025 in Abu Dhabi, UAE, on 19 and 20 January, 2025. Important Dates All deadlines are 11:59PM UTC-12:00 (“anywhere on Earth”). Proposal submission due July 31, 2024 Notification of acceptance August 31, 2024 COLIING2025 tutorials January 19-20, 2025 COLING2025 conference January 21-24, 2025 Diversity and Inclusion We particularly encourage submissions of underrepresented groups in computational linguistics, researchers from any demographic or geographic minority, with disabilities, or others. In the evaluation of the proposal, we will take these aspects into account to create a varied and balanced set of tutorials. This includes several aspects of diversity, namely (1) how the topic of the tutorial contributes to improved diversity and increased fairness in the field, (2) if the topic is particularly relevant for a specific underrepresented group of potential participants, (3), if the presenters are from an underrepresented group. Submission Details They should contain: A title that helps the potential attendees to understand what the tutorial will be about. An abstract that summarizes the topics, goals, target audience, and type (see above) of the tutorial (this abstract will also be on the LREC-COLING website). A section called “Introduction” that explains the topic and summarizes the starting point and relevance for our community and in general. A section called “Target Audience” that explains for whom the tutorial will be developed and what the expected prior knowledge is. Clearly specify what attendees should know and be able to practically do to get the most out of your tutorial. Examples of what to specify include prior mathematical knowledge, knowledge of specific modeling approaches and methods, programming skills, or adjacent areas like computer vision. Also specify the number of expected participants. A section called “Outline” in which the various topics are explained. This can be a list of bullet points or a set of paragraphs explaining the content. Explain what you intend and how long the tutorial will be. A section called “Diversity Considerations”, discussing each of the three aspects of diversity mentioned above or others. A section called “Reading List”: What are introductory papers or books that potential attendees can read to get a first impression of the tutorial content? What do you expect them to have read before attending? What does provide further information beyond the content of the tutorial? A section called “Presenters” in which each tutorial presenter is briefly introduced in one paragraph, including their research interests, their areas of expertise for the tutorial topic, and their experience in teaching a diverse and international audience. A section called “Other Information” which should include information on how many people are expected to participate and how you came to this estimate. You can also explain any other aspects that you find important, including special equipment that you would need. A section called “Ethics Statement” which discusses ethical considerations related to the topics of the tutorial. The proposals should be submitted no later than 31 July, 2024, 11:59 PM Samoa Standard Time (SST) (UTC/GMT-11, “anywhere on Earth”). Submission is electronic. Please submit the proposals using the START system at this URL: https://softconf.com/coling2025/tutorialsCL25 <https://softconf.com/coling2025/tutorialsCL25> Please note that tutorials should either be 100% in-person or 100% virtual; hybrid formats will not be allowed. For in-person tutorials, at least one tutorial organiser should be physically present to run the tutorial at COLING. Evaluation Criteria The tutorial proposals will be evaluated according to their originality and impact, the expected interest level of participants, as well as the quality of the organizing team and Program Committee and their contribution to the diversity of the conference. Each tutorial will be evaluated regarding its clarity and preparedness, novelty or timely character of the topic, the instructor’s experience, the audience interest, and the potential to increase diversity in our community. Instructor Responsibilities Accepted tutorial presenters will be notified by the date mentioned above. They must then provide abstracts of their tutorials for inclusion in the conference registration material by the specific deadlines. The abstract needs to be provided in ASCII format. The summary will be submitted in PDF format and can be updated from the version submitted for review. The instructors will make their material available in an appropriate way, for instance, by setting up a website. They will be invited to submit their slides to the ACL Anthology. Tutorial Chairs Email: coling25tutorialchairs(a)gmail.com The tutorial chairs are: Djamé Seddah, Senior Researcher, INRIA, Paris, Frace (on leave from Sorbonne University) Shaonan Wang, Associate Professor at the Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

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CfP: 1st Workshop on Computational Humor (CHum @ COLING 2025)
by Tristan Miller 22 Aug '24

22 Aug '24

Call for papers: 1st Workshop on Computational Humor (CHum 2025) ================================================================ The 1st Workshop on Computational Humor (CHum 2025) will take place virtually on January 19 or 20, 2025 (exact date TBD) as part of the 31st International Conference on Computational Linguistics (COLING 2025). Scope and topics ---------------- CHum 2025 aims to foster further work on modeling the processes of humor with current methods in computational linguistics and natural language processing, against the theoretical backdrop of humor research and with reference to relevant corpora of textual, visual, and multimodal materials. A principal goal of the workshop is to unite researchers who can together probe the limits of various meaning representations -- symbolic, neural, and hybrid -- for humor processing. We welcome contributions on any topic relevant to the computational processing of humor, including but not limited to the following: * LLMs, knowledge representation * Resources and evaluation * Human-computer interaction * Computer-mediated communication * Assisted content creation * Machine and computer-assisted translation * Digital humanities applications * Formal modeling of humor * Proof-of-concept humor detection and classification Particularly encouraged are submissions describing inter- or multi-disciplinary work, whether completed or in progress, and position papers that critically discuss the past, present, and future of computational humor systems. Submission instructions ----------------------- Long and short papers should be formatted according to the same guidelines for the main COLING 2025 conference papers <https://coling2025.org/calls/submission_guidlines/> and submitted through START: <https://softconf.com/coling2025/CompHum25/> Important dates --------------- All deadlines are at 23:59 UTC-12:00 ("anywhere on Earth"). * Initial submission: November 15, 2024 * Notification of acceptance: December 2, 2024 * Camera-ready submission: December 13, 2024 * Workshop: January 19 or 20, 2025 Organizers ---------- * Christian F. Hempelmann, Texas A&M University-Commerce * Julia Rayz, Purdue University * Tiansi Dong, Fraunhofer IAIS * Tristan Miller, University of Manitoba Further information ------------------- * Website: <https://chum2025.github.io/> * E-mail: chum(a)groups.io -- Dr. Tristan Miller, Assistant Professor Department of Computer Science, University of Manitoba https://logological.org/ | Tel. +1 204 474 6792

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Final call: TRANSLATING AND THE COMPUTER CONFERENCE 2024 (TC46) – Call for Presentations and Papers
by amalhaddad 22 Aug '24

22 Aug '24

Deadline: 31 July 2024 TRANSLATING AND THE COMPUTER CONFERENCE 2024 (TC46) - Call for Presentations and Papers https://asling.org/tc46/call-for-papers-cfp/ "Navigating the future of language: Innovation, integration, inspiration" Embracing innovation in language technologies - From AI to traditional practices -, TC46 welcomes submissions on a broad spectrum of topics related to language technologies in the provision of language services. While there is a special emphasis on the advancements and implications of AI and Generative AI, we strongly encourage contributions that cover a wide range of interests and perspectives in the language services field. Whether you are deeply involved in AI-driven projects or are focused on traditional or emerging practices independent of AI, your insights are invaluable. * Deadline for submitting proposals for full length talks (academic and user-experience) and short/Poster talks for TC46 is extended to 31 July * Deadline for submitting proposals for workshops and panels is extended to 15 August

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Last CfP (submission deadline on August 9th) - OM-2024: The 19th International Workshop on Ontology Matching collocated with ISWC2024
by Huanyu Li 22 Aug '24

22 Aug '24

*****We apologize for possible cross-posting***** *************** Last Call for Papers *************** The 19th International Workshop on ONTOLOGY MATCHING (OM-2024) http://om.ontologymatching.org/2024/ November 11th or 12th, 2024, International Semantic Web Conference (ISWC) Workshop Program, Live! Casino & Hotel Maryland, Baltimore, USA. BRIEF DESCRIPTION AND OBJECTIVES Ontology matching is a key interoperability enabler for the Semantic Web, as well as a useful technique in some classical data integration tasks dealing with the semantic heterogeneity problem. It takes ontologies as input and determines as output an alignment, that is, a set of correspondences between the semantically related entities of those ontologies. These correspondences can be used for various tasks, such as ontology merging, data interlinking, query answering or navigation over knowledge graphs. Thus, matching ontologies enables the knowledge and data expressed with the matched ontologies to interoperate. The workshop has three goals: 1. To bring together leaders from academia, industry and user institutions to assess how academic advances are addressing real-world requirements. The workshop will strive to improve academic awareness of industrial and final user needs, and therefore, direct research towards those needs. Simultaneously, the workshop will serve to inform industry and user representatives about existing research efforts that may meet their requirements. The workshop will also investigate how the ontology matching technology is going to evolve, especially with respect to data interlinking, knowledge graph and web table matching tasks. 2. To conduct an extensive and rigorous evaluation of ontology matching and instance matching (link discovery) approaches through the OAEI (Ontology Alignment Evaluation Initiative) 2024 campaign: http://oaei.ontologymatching.org/2024/ 3. To examine similarities and differences from other, old, new and emerging, techniques and usages, such as web table matching or knowledge embeddings. TOPICS of interest include but are not limited to: Business and use cases for matching (e.g., big, open, closed data); Requirements to matching from specific application scenarios; Formal foundations and frameworks for matching; Novel matching methods, including link prediction, ontology-based access; Matching and knowledge graphs; Matching and deep learning; Matching and embeddings; Matching and big data; Matching and linked data; Instance matching, data interlinking and relations between them; Privacy-aware matching; Process model matching; Large-scale and efficient matching techniques; Matcher selection, combination and tuning; User involvement (including both technical and organizational aspects); Explanations in matching; Social and collaborative matching; Uncertainty in matching; Expressive alignments; Reasoning with alignments; Alignment coherence and debugging; Alignment management; FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable) alignments; Matching for traditional applications (e.g., data science); Matching for emerging applications (e.g., web tables, knowledge graphs). SUBMISSIONS Contributions to the workshop can be made in terms of technical papers and posters/statements of interest addressing different issues of ontology matching as well as participating in the OAEI 2024 campaign. Long technical papers should be of max. 12 pages. Short technical papers should be of max. 6 pages. Posters/statements of interest should not exceed 3 pages. All contributions have to be prepared using the CEUR-ART, 1-column style. Overleaf page for LaTeX users is available at https://www.overleaf.com/read/gwhxnqcghhdt, while offline version with the style files is available from http://ceur-ws.org/Vol-XXX/CEURART.zip. Submissions should be uploaded in PDF format through the workshop submission site at: https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=om2024 Contributors to the OAEI 2024 campaign have to follow the campaign conditions and schedule at http://oaei.ontologymatching.org/2024/. DATES FOR TECHNICAL PAPERS AND POSTERS: August 9th, 2024: Deadline for the submission of papers. August 30th, 2024: Deadline for the notification of acceptance/rejection. September 9th, 2024: Workshop camera ready copy submission. November 11th or 12th, 2024: OM-2024, Live! Casino & Hotel Maryland, Baltimore, USA. Contributions will be refereed by the Program Committee. Accepted papers will be published in the workshop proceedings as a volume of CEUR-WS as well as indexed on DBLP. ORGANIZING COMMITTEE 1. Pavel Shvaiko Trentino Digitale, Italy 2. Jérôme Euzenat INRIA & Univ. Grenoble Alpes, France 3. Ernesto Jiménez-Ruiz City, University of London, UK & SIRIUS, University of Oslo, Norway 4. Oktie Hassanzadeh IBM Research, USA 5. Cássia Trojahn IRIT, France 6. Sven Hertling FIZ Karlsruhe, Germany 7. Huanyu Li Linköping University, Sweden PROGRAM COMMITTEE: Alsayed Algergawy, Jena University, Germany Manuel Atencia, Universidad de Málaga, Spain Jiaoyan Chen, University of Oxford, UK Jérôme David, University Grenoble Alpes & INRIA, France Gayo Diallo, University of Bordeaux, France Daniel Faria, INESC-ID&IST, University of Lisbon, Portugal Alfio Ferrara, University of Milan, Italy Marko Gulić, University of Rijeka, Croatia Wei Hu, Nanjing University, China Ryutaro Ichise, National Institute of Informatics, Japan Antoine Isaac, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam & Europeana, Netherlands Naouel Karam, Fraunhofer, Germany Prodromos Kolyvakis, EPFL, Switzerland Patrick Lambrix, Linköpings Universitet, Sweden Oliver Lehmberg, University of Mannheim, Germany Fiona McNeill, University of Edinburgh, UK Hoa Ngo, CSIRO, Australia George Papadakis, University of Athens, Greece Catia Pesquita, University of Lisbon, Portugal Henry Rosales-Méndez, University of Chile, Chile Booma Sowkarthiga, Microsoft, USA Kavitha Srinivas, IBM, USA Giorgos Stoilos, University of Oxford, UK Valentina Tamma, University of Liverpool, UK Ludger van Elst, DFKI, Germany Xingsi Xue, Fujian University of Technology, China Ondřej Zamazal, Prague University of Economics, Czech Republic Songmao Zhang, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China Lu Zhou, TigerGraph, USA ------------------------------------------------------- More about ontology matching: http://www.ontologymatching.org/ http://book.ontologymatching.org/ -------------------------------------------------------

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Call for Proposals CoNLL Shared Task 2025
by Fokkens, A.S. (Antske) 22 Aug '24

22 Aug '24

SIGNLL (ACL's Special Interest Group on Natural Language Learning) invites proposals for the CoNLL Shared Task 2025. Background Since 1999, CoNLL (the Conference on Computational Natural Language Learning) has regularly included a shared task in which training and test data are provided by the organizers, which allows participating systems to be evaluated and compared in a systematic way. Descriptions of the participating systems and an evaluation of their performance are presented both at the conference and in the proceedings. Previous shared tasks Previous shared tasks have been devoted to: * Chunking (1999, 2000) * Clause identifications (2001) * Named entity recognition (2002, 2003) * Semantic role labeling (2004, 2005) * Dependency parsing (2006, 2007) * Joint parsing of syntactic and semantic dependencies (2008, 2009) * Hedge detection (2010) * Co-reference resolution (2011, 2012) * Grammatical error correction (2013, 2014) * Universal morphological reinflection (2017, 2018) * Multilingual parsing from raw text to universal dependencies (2017, 2018) * Cross-framework Meaning Representation Parsing (2019, 2020) * BabyLM Challenge (2023) Submission guidelines For CoNLL-2025 proposals are invited for any shared task involving natural language learning and processing, that will directly contribute to theoretically, cognitively and scientifically motivated approaches to computational linguistics (rather than driven by particular engineering applications). Proposals should contain the following information: * Names and affiliations of the members of the organizing committee (including a designated contact person). * Description of the shared task, including its relevance to theoretically, cognitively and scientifically motivated approaches to computational linguistics. * Description of the process for selecting, acquiring and preparing the data for training and evaluation, including conditions of availability. * Description of the procedure for evaluating the performance of participating systems, including the availability of evaluation software. * Description of any ethical or licensing issues that may arise from the organization and participation in the proposed task. * Any other relevant information. The exact timeline of the shared task will be determined according to the venue CoNLL will be collocated with (either NAACL, ACL or EMNLP; aiming for ACL). Proposals should be submitted by October 1, 2024. Proposals should be submitted by e-mail to proposals(a)signll.org, from the email of the contact person, with the subject “CoNLL-2025 Shared Task Proposal”. A tentative timeline for the CoNLL Shared Task 2025 is as follows: * October 1, 2024: deadline for proposals * October 15, 2024: confirmation of acceptance * December 15, 2024: first version of task website online * December 15, 2024: first call for papers out * January 30, 2019: all trial datasets (plus documentation and scorer) available * February 15, 2025: test data available * April 15, 2025: test phase ends * April 22, 2025: submission of system description papers Proposals should make clear that a similar schedule can be implemented, especially for the preparation of resources (trial/training/development/test data sets). Proposals should be 2 to 3 pages long, in PDF format. We encourage proposers to include appendices with examples that help understanding the data and type of evaluation. Proposals will be reviewed by the SIGNLL steering committee. Proposers might be contacted during the reviewing period to provide further information. Potential proposers should feel free to indicate the intention to submit by emailing proposals(a)signll.org. We are also happy to answer your questions about the process, or to solicit early feedback for a proposal. -- prof. dr. Antske Fokkens University Research Chair Computational Linguistic Methods Computational Linguistics & Text Mining Lab, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

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Fourth Inria-DFKI European Summer School on AI (IDESSAI 2024)
by simon.ostermann＠dfki.de 22 Aug '24

22 Aug '24

*******************************************************************   Fourth Inria-DFKI European Summer School on AI (IDESSAI 2024) Large AI Models and Robotics and AI Saarbrücken, Germany September 9th - September 13th, 2024 https://idessai.eu/ Registration deadline: August 23th, 2024 ******************************************************************* IDESSAI 2024 is the fourth yearly Summer School organized by the two renowned German and French AI institutes, DFKI and Inria. It stands out from the crowd of offerings for AI students in several aspects: We ensure a good balance in the number of participants and instructors: participants will have the opportunity to join a community of like-minded people, and, at the same time, they will be in close contact with the experts. Our program features a line-up of courses focused on two themes, Large AI Models, and Robotics and AI, which are at the forefront of socio-economic issues related to AI. On top of the latest methodological advances and the shared vision of the future that both organizing institutes have to offer, IDESSAI 2024 will be practically oriented. We will achieve this through hands-on courses and the involvement of industry practitioners and innovators. Participants will be offered to the opportunity to present their work to each other in dedicated poster/demo sessions. Large AI Models and Robotic and AI will take place in two parallel tracks. There will be plenty of opportunities to exchange between these two tracks at coffee breaks, meals, and social events, as well as through joint cross-track sessions. TARGETED AUDIENCE IDESSAI 2024 was designed for PhD students in all areas of AI, including machine learning, knowledge representation and reasoning, search and optimisation, planning and scheduling, multi-agent systems, natural language processing, robotics, computer vision, and other areas. PhD students in other fields, MSc students, postdocs, and researchers in academia and industry are also welcome. VENUE IDESSAI 2024 is planned as a fully in-person event, which will take place at the University of Saarland. Remote attendance will not be possible. CONFIRMED SPEAKERS Keynotes: Wolfgang Wahlster (DFKI) – Industrial AI for Smart Manufacturing Karën Fort (Université de Lorraine) - Ethics in Natural Language Processing: don't look up! Kai Warsönke und Henrik Waschke (Volkswagen) - Increasing product quality in the automotive industry through the Virtual Measurement Data Analysis (VMDA) Xavier Hinaut (Inria) - BrainGPT: Tailoring Transformers into Cognitive Language Models Large AI Models: Christophe Cerisara (CNRS) - Introduction to Large Language Malte Ostendorff (Deutsche Telekom) – Training Data for Large Language Models Christophe Cerisara (CNRS) - Efficient LLM training Mariya Toneva (MPI) - Relating LLMs to human brains Jindong Gu (Google Deep Mind) - Responsible Generative AI Marc Lelarge (Inria) - LLMs for code Gerit Großmann und Islam Mesabah (DFKI) - Language Models and Structured Knowledge in AI Alexandre Défossez (Kyutai) - Auto-regressive modeling of discrete audio tokens Robotics and AI: Daniel Porta (DFKI) - Digital twins for AI-based industrial applications Pia Bideau (Inria) - Navigating Together: Integrating Analytical and Learning-Based Approaches for Distance Estimation Marie-Odile Berger (Inria) - AI for computer vision: using high level features for localization RICAIP-Day Xiaomei Xu – Hands-On Robotic-Course - Multi-Robot Simulation using Siemens Tecnomatix Martin Suda und Miklas Janota (CIIRC Prague) - Powering Logic-Based Reasoning with Machine Learning and Vice Versa? Tim Schwartz (DFKI) – Practical Tour through the German-Czech Innovation Lab for Human-Robot Collaboration in Industrie 4.0 (MRK 4.0 Lab) Maurice Rekrut und Marc Tabie (NEARBY/DFKI) - The NEARBY Project - Variabilities in Brain-Computer Interfaces – Towards applying BCIs in real-world applications FEES AND REGISTRATION Our fees are all-inclusive. Please keep in mind that an accommodation must be organised on your own and paid by your own. For more details and to register, see https://idessai.eu/registration-2024/ (deadline: August 23th, 2024). To ensure a good balance in the number of participants and instructors and maximize the chances of interaction, the number of attendees is limited to 50 per track. Applicants will be selected on the grounds of diversity and benefit gained from attending the selected track. ORGANIZERS Co-organized by: Inria, DFKI Contact us: idessai-support(a)dfki.de.

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