Call for Workshop Proposals

RANLP-2023: 14th Conference on

Recent Advances in Natural Language Processing

Main conference: 4-6 September 2023

Workshops: 7-8 September 2023 (Thursday-Friday)

Varna, Bulgaria

https://ranlp.org/ranlp2023/

Following the workshops held in conjunction with the Conferences "Recent Advances in Natural Language Processing" RANLP-2005, RANLP-2007, RANLP-2009, RANLP-2011, RANLP-2013, RANLP-2015, RANLP-2017, RANLP-2019 and RANLP-2021, we are pleased to announce a call for workshop proposals for RANLP-2023.

RANLP-2023 invites workshop proposals on any topic of interest to the Natural Language Processing (NLP) community, ranging from fundamental research issues to more applied industrial or commercial aspects. The format of each workshop will be determined by its organisers. Workshops can vary in length from a half day to full 1-2 days and can also feature demo sessions. Accepted workshops will receive one free registration to RANLP-2023 (full registration including the summer school, tutorials, all workshops, conference, reception, conference dinner).

VENUE

The workshops will take place in Hotel "Cherno More", Varna, the main RANLP-2023 conference venue. If more than 6 workshops are selected, the RANLP-2023 organisers will provide space in some of the neighbouring hotels in downtown Varna.

IMPORTANT DATES

Workshop proposals due: 31 January 2023

Workshop selection: 15 February 2023

Workshop website due: 15 March 2023

Workshop paper submission deadline (suggested): 10 July 2023

Workshop paper acceptance notification (suggested): 5 August 2023 Workshop paper camera-ready versions (suggested): 25 August 2023 Workshop camera-ready proceedings ready (suggested): 31 August 2023

Workshops: 7-8 September 2023

Workshop organisers will need to make sure that there is no delay in terms of notifications as authors of accepted papers who need a visa, may need up to 1 month to secure it.

REQUIREMENTS

Proposals should be no longer than five pages and should contain the following:

1. Title and brief technical description of the workshop, specifying the goals and the technical issues that it will focus on;

2. Brief description of the target audience, including estimates of the numbers of submissions and attendees (a tentative list of potential contributors would be useful);

3. List of related workshops/events held in the last three years or to be held in 2023;

4. Tentative workshop program committee;

5. Names and contact information (web page, email address) of the proposed organising committee;

6. Description of the experience of the proposed organisers in the workshop topics and in organising workshops or related events.

The workshop Organising Committee is responsible for the following:

* Installing and supporting the workshop website; * Disseminating call for papers/participation; * Organising paper submission, review process, authors notification, and collecting audio/visual presentation requirements; * Verifying the camera-ready copies, providing electronic conference proceedings, generated with the conference management system.

Workshop invited speakers: If the workshop organisers intend to host an invited talk, it is recommended that they invite somebody from the main conference keynote speakers or participants. If the workshop organisers decide to invite another speaker, it is very likely that the workshop organisers will have to secure financial support for this speaker.

The RANLP-2023 Organising Committee is responsible for the following: * Supporting link to a workshop's web page; * Publishing the workshop proceedings with ISBN numbers, and registering DOI numbers for all accepted papers; * Providing the workshop venue; * Organising registration, audio/visual support, coffee breaks, registration facilities, Internet access.

WORKSHOP PROPOSAL SUBMISSION Workshop proposals in PDF format should be e-mailed to Kiril Simov <kivs[at]bultreebank[dot]org> and cc'ed to <2023[at]ranlp[dot]org >

EVALUATION Submitted proposals will be reviewed with respect to the following criteria:

* Relevance, importance, and timeliness of the topics; * Completeness, clarity, and quality of the workshop proposal; * Experience of the organisers in the proposed topics; * Viability of the workshop.

THE TEAM BEHIND RANLP-2023 Galia Angelova, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgaria (OC Chair) Ruslan Mitkov, University of Wolverhampton, UK (PC Chair) Preslav Nakov, Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence, United Arab Emirates Nikolai Nikolov, INCOMA Ltd., Shoumen, Bulgaria Ivelina Nikolova-Koleva, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgaria Petya Osenova, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgaria Rocío Caro Quintana, University of Wolverhampton, UK Kiril Simov, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgaria (Workshop coordinator)