Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce that the 2024 edition of the *Lectures on Computational Linguistics*, a series of lectures dedicated to central topics in Computational Linguistics and Natural Language Processing, will be held in Bari from June 19 to 21.

The programme and all information are available on this https://www.ai-lc.it/en/lectures-2/lectures-2024/ site.

The 2024 edition is organized by the Italian Association of Computational Linguistics/Associazione Italiana di Linguistica Computazionale (AILC) with the Department of Computer Science and the Department of Humanistic Research and Innovation of the University of Bari 'Aldo Moro'.

The interdisciplinary nature of the school crosses several areas, particularly the Humanities, Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence.

The program includes tutorials, labs, evening lectures, and two student presentation sessions. The 2024 edition features a four-hour tutorial dedicated to introducing Large Language Models to a broad audience.

*Programme*

*Wednesday, June 19, 2024*

9:00–9:30: Welcome and opening 9.30 – 11.30: Tutorial 1 (part 1) – Introduction to Large Language Models – Andrey Kutuzov, Language Technology Group, University of Oslo 11.30 – 12.00: BREAK 12:00 – 13:30: Student session 1.30pm – 3.00pm: LUNCH 3.00pm – 5.00pm: Tutorial 1 (part 2) – Introduction to Large Language Models – Andrey Kutuzov, Language Technology Group, University of Oslo 5.00pm – 5.30pm: BREAK 5.30pm – 6.30pm: Evening lecture 7.30pm: Welcome drink

*Thursday, June 20, 2024*

9:00 – 11:00: Tutorial 2 – Computational methods for lexical semantic change detection – Nina Tahmasebi, University of Gothenburg 11:00 – 11:30: BREAK 11.30 – 13.30: Lab. 1 (part 1) – Hands-on Large Language Models – Marco Polignano & Lucia Siciliani, University of Bari Aldo Moro 1.30pm – 3.00pm: LUNCH 3.00pm – 5.00pm: Lab. 1 (part 2) – Hands-on Large Language Models – Marco Polignano & Lucia Siciliani, University of Bari Aldo Moro 5.00pm – 5.30pm: BREAK 5.30pm – 6.30pm: Evening lecture 7.00pm: Tour of the Old Town and dinner with typical food

*Friday, June 21, 2024*

9:00 – 11:00: Tutorial 3 – Dissociating language and thought in Large Language Models – Anna Ivanova, School of Psychology, Georgia Tech 11:00 – 11:30: BREAK 11.30am – 1.00pm: Student session 1.00pm – 2.00pm: LUNCH 2.00pm – 4.00pm: Lab 2 – Lab. Computational methods for lexical semantic change detection – Pierluigi Cassotti, University of Gothenburg

*Registration*

The school is mainly aimed at Doctoral and Master's degree students, although a minimum qualification is not required for access. Participation is free but subject to registration, and places are limited to 200.

Students wishing to present aspects of their work in the "Student Presentations" sessions are asked to send a 500-word abstract to ailc.lectures@gmail.com by May 10, 2024. Notifications of acceptance will be sent by May 31.

Scientific Committee

Pierpaolo Basile (University of Bari Aldo Moro) Raffaella Bernardi (University of Trento) Tommaso Caselli (University of Groningen) Felice Dell'Orletta (Institute of Computational Linguistics CNR – Pisa) Elisabetta Jezek (University of Pavia)

Local Organizing Committee

Pierpaolo Basile (Department of Computer Science, University of Bari Aldo Moro) Marco de Gemmis (Department of Computer Science, University of Bari Aldo Moro) Maristella Gatto (Department of Humanistic Research and Innovation, University of Bari Aldo Moro) Olimpia Imperio (Coordinator of the Doctorate in Letters, Languages and Arts, Department of Humanistic Research and Innovation, University of Bari Aldo Moro)

Secretariat

Lucia Siciliani (Department of Computer Science, University of Bari Aldo Moro)

Contacts: ailc.lectures@gmail.com