Dear Corpora members,

this is a reminder of the call for the *"Emanuele Pianta" Award 2025*, which recognizes outstanding Master's theses in Computational Linguistics submitted at Italian universities.

To recognise excellence in student research as well as promote awareness of our field and with the endorsement of the Italian Association of Computational Linguistics (AILC), we are conferring the Emanuele Pianta Award for the best Master’s Thesis (Laurea Magistrale) in Computational Linguistics submitted at an Italian University. The prize consists of €500.00 plus free membership to AILC for one year and free registration to the upcoming CLiC-it 2025, where the author will have the chance to present the thesis.

Master’s theses submitted to and defended at any University in Italy within the yearly time frame specified in the call (see below) are eligible for the prize. The thesis should address a topic in computational linguistics or its applications, and may be written in Italian or English. The sub-areas involved are those listed in the yearly call for papers of the Italian Conference on Computational Linguistics (CLiC-it).

The candidates’ works will be evaluated by a jury composed of three members: one of the co-chairs of the previous CLiC-it conference, one co-chair of the current CLiC-it conference (who agrees to serve for two years, so as to ensure continuity), and a member of the board of AILC.

The jury will decide in consensus to which candidate the prize will be awarded. The jury can also decide not to award a prize or to award the prize to a maximum of two candidates. In the latter case, the money prize will be shared. Procedure

Master theses *defended between August 1st 2024 and July 31st 2025* are eligible for the 2025 prize. The supervisor of the thesis submits the thesis by *August 1st, 2025* (11:59 pm CEST) with a motivation letter (1 page) that explains why the thesis deserves the prize. Both the thesis and the motivation letter should be submitted through the START platform using the following link: https://softconf.com/p/clic-it2025. The prize will be awarded by a member of the jury during CLiC-it 2025. The thesis must be available on-line, and will be presented during CLiC-it 2025 by the author.

The full text of the call can also be found here: https://clic2025.unica.it/emanuele-pianta-award-for-the-best-masters-thesis/