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SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS
We are pleased to invite submissions to the 1st Workshop on Nordic-Baltic Responsible Evaluation and Alignment of Language Models (NB-REAL), to be held on March 2, 2025, as part of the NoDaLiDa/Baltic-HLT 2025 conference in Tallinn, Estonia.
About the Workshop This half-day workshop focuses on the responsible evaluation and alignment of Large Language Models (LLMs) for Nordic and Baltic languages. Our goal is to bring together researchers, practitioners, and stakeholders to address the unique challenges and opportunities in this rapidly evolving field.
Topics of Interest We welcome submissions on topics including, but not limited to:
- Ethical benchmarks for evaluating LLMs in Nordic and Baltic languages - Methods for creating culturally sensitive and inclusive evaluation datasets - Responsible techniques for generating or collecting alignment data - Challenges and solutions in ethical LLM alignment for less-resourced languages - Case studies on responsible LLM evaluation or alignment projects - Ethical considerations in LLM evaluation and alignment - Comparative studies of LLM performance and fairness in Nordic and Baltic languages - Innovative approaches to leveraging limited language resources in evaluation or alignment of language models
Important Dates Paper Submission Deadline: December 16, 2024 Notification of Acceptance: January 13, 2025 Camera-Ready Deadline: February 3, 2025 Workshop Date: March 2, 2025
Workshop Format NB-REAL 2025 will be a half-day workshop held on March 2, 2025 (pre-conference). It will be a hybrid event with both on-site and online participation available.
Submission Submissions can be long papers (8 pages) or short papers (4 pages). All submissions must follow the NoDaLida template, available in both LaTeX and MS Word. The templates are available at the official conference website, see https://www.nodalida-bhlt2025.eu/call-for-papers#h.v2k63awq0fpe. All submissions will undergo peer review by the program committee. To submit your paper please visit NB-REAL 2025 Workshop | OpenReviewhttps://openreview.net/group?id=NoDaLiDa/Baltic-HLT/2025/Workshop/NB-REAL#tab-your-consoles
Organizers Hafsteinn Einarsson, Associate Professor in Computer Science, University of Iceland (hafsteinne@hi.is) Annika Simonsen, PhD Student, University of Iceland (annika@hi.is) Dan Saattrup Nielsen, Senior AI Specialist, Alexandra Institute (dan.nielsen@alexandra.dk)
For more information, please visit our website: https://nbreal.xyz/
We look forward to your contributions and to seeing you at NB-REAL 2025!