*Call for Participation - GSI:detect at EVALITA 2026*
We are happy to announce that, in the context of EVALITA 2026 https://www.evalita.it/campaigns/evalita-2026/ (the 9th evaluation campaign of NLP and Speech Tools for Italian), we are organizing GSI:detect, the first shared task on gender stereotypes detection in Italian.
*Task Description:*
The GSI:detect task aims at evaluating systems' ability to detect and classify gender stereotypes (GSs) in Italian short texts and is organized as follows:
- GS Detection (main task): given a text, assign is a numerical score, the GS value, that quantifies the degree to which the text contains or refers to a gender stereotype. - GS Classification (subtask, optional but strongly encouraged): Assign each text to one of the following categories: Role, Personality, Competence, Physical, Sexual, and Relational.
*Participation:*
We invite participation from both academic institutions and industrial organizations. Please visit our website https://gsi-d-evalita.fbk.eu/ where more information is available. To indicate your intention to participate, fill out the EVALITA form https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdKLnMNzds1oaGwPYOVB7FTbmzWTqhTG5fWdsh6lozzdmVPnQ/viewform (open until November 21st 2025) selecting GSI:detect as a task of interest.
*Data:*
We just released the development data at the following link: download devset https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScorCdSGtF_Q3ZYk4AzYWXuMO1yocmPR06HTEFqZpLZO9oR1g/viewform
*Publication:*
Participants will submit a report (that will undergo regular peer review) to be presented at the EVALITA 2026 final workshop, which will take place in Bari (Italy), 26-27 February 2026 (submission instructions will be available on the EVALITA website https://www.evalita.it/campaigns/evalita-2026/).
*Important Dates *(refer to the EVALITA website https://www.evalita.it/campaigns/evalita-2026/ for updates):
- 1st December - 8thDecember 2025: GSI:detect evaluation window - 15th December 2025: assessments returned to participants - 9th January 2026: submission of participants’ reports - 16th January 2026: submission of organizers’ reports - 7th February 2026: review deadline - 16th February 2026: camera-ready version deadline - 26 - 27th February 2026: final workshop in Bari (Italy)
*Task Organizers: *
- Gloria Comandini - Istituto Italiano di Studi Germanici - Manuela Speranza - FBK - Sofia Brenna - FBK ~ Free University of Bozen-Bolzano - Davide Testa - FBK ~ Università di Roma La Sapienza - Stefania Cavagnoli - Università di Roma Tor Vergata - Bernardo Magnini - FBK
*Contact: *gsievalita@gmail.com
*Website:* https://gsi-d-evalita.fbk.eu/