ALPS 2026: The sixth Advanced Language Processing School
Dates: Sunday 29th March to Friday 3rd April, 2026
Location: Aussois, French Alps
Website: https://lig-alps.imag.fr/
Application: https://lig-alps.imag.fr/index.php/application/
Previous year website (for reference, e.g. program): http://alps-2025.imag.fr/
About ALPS
ALPS is co-organized by LIG (Univ. Grenoble Alpes), Naver Labs Europe, and Cohere, and consists in a week-long series of lectures by world-class NLP researchers, sessions where participants present their work, social sessions, lab sessions, and outdoor activities in the mountains. The school will take place in the Alps (the Vanoise massif) at Aussois (1500m) and close to France’s first national park.
What ALPS represents:
Advanced lectures by first class researchers.
An atmosphere that fosters connections and interactions.
A poster session for attendees to present their work, gather feedback and brainstorm future work ideas..
Target audience
The intended audience of ALPS 2026 are graduate students (PhD students or advanced master students) in natural language processing or related fields. We also welcome other NLP practitioners working in industry or academia.
Application
See more details at https://lig-alps.imag.fr/index.php/application/
You will need a resumé (maximum length: 2 pages) and a cover letter. For the cover letter, it should be in English and explain your motivation in attending this advanced research school. We are unfortunately not capable of accepting all candidates, and this letter is a key component that helps us to ensure that the participant’s profiles are balanced and diverse.
Important dates:
Application deadline: 12th October 2025
Acceptance notification: 14th November 2025
Registration deadline: 15th January 2026
Winter School: 29th March to 3th April
Fees
The registration fees for the event encompass accommodation and full board at the conference venue, the Centre Paul Langevin.
Fees:
students: 700 euros
academic non student: 900 euros
industry & independents: 1300 euros
fee waiver recipients: 0 euro
If you have any questions, please contact us at the email specified at the following page: https://lig-alps.imag.fr/index.php/organizers/
