Dear Colleagues,

Happy New Year!

We are delighted to announce the Call for Papers for a thematic section in the *Computación y Sistemas (CyS)* journal, titled: *"Language Equity Through NLP: Addressing Low-Resource Challenges"*.

This special thematic section in the *Computación y Sistemas (CyS)* aims to serve as a comprehensive resource for researchers, and other stakeholders who are committed to advancing Natural Language Processing (NLP) for low-resource languages.

The special issue will explore a wide range of topics, including but not limited to:

- Data collection and preprocessing techniques for low-resource languages. - Feature extraction and modeling strategies to overcome resource constraints. - Evaluation frameworks designed for low-resource NLP applications. - Cross-lingual transfer learning and zero-shot techniques. - Ethical considerations in NLP for low-resource communities. - Quantum NLP for low-resource communities.

*Submission Guidelines and Deadlines:*

- *Proposal Submission Deadline:* April 30, 2025 - *First Review/Desk Rejection:* May 30, 2025 - *Second Review:* June 30, 2025 - *Final Acceptance:* July 30, 2025 - *Final Online Publication:* September 2025

Submissions should be made through the CyS journal portal: Submission Link https://www.cys.cic.ipn.mx/ojs/index.php/ under "*Thematic Section for Low Resource Languages*."

*Guest Editors:*

- Dr. Partha Pakray, National Institute of Technology, Silchar, India ( partha@cse.nits.ac.in) - Dr. Sudip Kumar Naskar, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India ( sudip.naskar@gmail.com) - Prof. Sivaji Bandyopadhyay, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India ( sivaji.cse.ju@gmail.com)

The *Computación y Sistemas* journal is indexed in Scopus, Web of Science (Emerging Sources), and Journal Citation Reports (JCR, IF=0.6).

We invite you to contribute to this thematic issue and help advance the field of NLP for low-resource languages. For inquiries, please do not hesitate to contact us.

We look forward to your valuable submissions.

Best regards, Thanks & Regards, *Dr. Partha Pakray* Associate Professor Department of Computer Science & Engineering National Institute of Technology Silchar Silchar, Assam, India +918259065018 (M) *pakray parthapakray@gmail.com**partha parthapakray@gmail.com**@gmail.com parthapakray@gmail.com* partha@cse.nits.ac.in http://cs.nits.ac.in/partha *www.parthapakray.com http://www.parthapakray.com/*