*Call for Participation*
*First workshop on Challenges in Processing South Asian Languages (CHiPSAL 2025)Co-located with the 31st International Conference on Computational Linguistics (COLING 2025)* *Virtual*
*January 19, 2025 8.30 AM - 3.00 PM (GMT +4)* *Accepted papers - *https://sites.google.com/view/chipsal/accepted-papers *W**orkshop program** -* https://sites.google.com/view/chipsal/workshop-program *Workshop Website - https://sites.google.com/view/chipsal/ https://sites.google.com/view/chipsal/*
Please join us!
We are excited to engage with the research community in advancing NLP for South Asian languages and fostering meaningful collaborations.
*Why CHiPSAL?* South Asia, with over 1.97 billion people, is one of the most linguistically diverse regions globally, home to 700+ languages and 25+ major scripts. This region is rich in cultural and linguistic heritage but faces significant challenges in natural language processing (NLP). These include encoding and orthographic issues, resource constraints, linguistic complexities, dialectal diversity, and more. *CHiPSAL* addresses these challenges and advances NLP research for South Asian languages while fostering collaborations across linguistic, technical, and cultural domains.
*Organizing Chairs:* Kengatharaiyer Sarveswaran, University of Jaffna, Jaffna, Sri Lanka Ashwini Vaidya, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, India Bal Krishna Bal, Kathmandu University, Kathmandu, Nepal Sana Shams, University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore, Pakistan Surendrabikram Thapa, Virginia Tech, USA
*Program Committee Members (alphabetical order):*A M Abirami, Thiagarajar College of Engineering, India. Abhai Pratap Singh, Amazon, USA. Akaash Vishal Hazarika, Splunk, USA. Aloka Fernando, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka. Aman Shakya,Institute of Engineering, Pulchowk, Tribhuvan University, Nepal. Anitha Dhakshina Moorthy, Thiagarajar College of Engineering, India. Ann Sinthusha Anton Vijeevaraj, University of Vavuniya, Sri Lanka. Annette Hautli-Janisz, University of Passau, Germany. Ashwini Vaidya, IIT Delhi, India. Bal Krishna Bal, Kathmandu University, Nepal. Balaram Prasain, Tribhuvan University, Nepal. Bareera Sadia, Al-Khawarizmi Institute of Computer Science, UET, Lahore Pakistan. Brinda Gurusamy, Cisco, USA. Buddhika Karunarathne, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka. Eugene Y A Charles, University of Jaffna, Sri Lanka. Farah Adeeba, University of Engineering and Technology, KSK, Pakistan. Farhan Jafri, Jamia Millia Islamia, India. Gihan Dias, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka. H N D Thilini, University of Colombo School of Computing, Sri Lanka. Hariram Veeramani, UCLA, USA. Hassan Sajjad, Dalhousie University, Canada. Jayeeta Putatunda, Fitch Ratings, USA. Kengatharaiyer Sarveswaran, University of Jaffna, Sri Lanka. Krishna Chalise, Tribhuvan University, Nepal. Kritesh Rauniyar, IIMS College, Nepal. Lekhnath Pathak, Tribhuvan University, Nepal. Lynnette Hui Xian Ng, CMU, USA. Mahak Shah, Columbia University, USA. Manjunath Chandrashekaraiah, Astera Labs, USA. Menan Velayuthan, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka. Munief Tahir, Al-Khawarizmi Institute of Computer Science, UET, Lahore Pakistan. Parameswari Krishnamurthy,IIIT Hyderabad, India. Paritosh Katre, PayPal, USA. Prakash Poudyal, Kathmandu University, Nepal. Preetish Kakkar, Adobe, USA. Qurat-ul-Ain Akram, University of Engineering and Technology, KSK, Pakistan. Randil Pushpananda, University of Colombo School of Computing, Sri Lanka. Sahar Rauf, Al-Khawarizmi Institute of Computer Science, UET, Lahore Pakistan. Sana Shams, Al-Khawarizmi Institute of Computer Science, UET, Lahore Pakistan. Shuvam Shiwakoti, Virginia Tech, USA. Siddhant Bikram Shah, Northeastern University, USA. Sinnathamby Mahesan, University of Jaffna, Sri Lanka. Suganya Ramamoorthy, Vellore Institute of Technology University, India. Surabhi Adhikari, Columbia University, USA. Surangika Ranathunga, Massey University, New Zealand. Surendrabikram Thapa, Virginia Tech, USA. Tafseer Ahmed, Alexa Translations, Canada. Toqeer Ehsan, Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence, United Arab Emirates. Usman Naseem, Macquarie University, Australia. Uthayasanker Thayasivam, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka. Vijayrajsinh Gohil, New York University, USA.
*Volunteers (alphabetical order):* Ahrane Mahaganapathy, University of Jaffna, Sri Lanka. Menan Velayuthan, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka. Suthakar Sivashanth, University of Jaffna, Sri Lanka.
Thank you