Dear All,

We are excited to announce the launch of our Shared Task on Natural Language Understanding of Devanagari Script Languages at 𝐂𝐇𝐈𝐏𝐒𝐀𝐋@𝐂𝐎𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓!

Our shared task focuses on advancing the processing and understanding of Devanagari-scripted languages by addressing three key challenges: 1️⃣ 𝐒𝐮𝐛𝐭𝐚𝐬𝐤 𝐀: 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐢 𝐒𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐩𝐭 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐈𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 Classify sentences among Nepali, Marathi, Sanskrit, Bhojpuri, and Hindi.

2️⃣ 𝐒𝐮𝐛𝐭𝐚𝐬𝐤 𝐁: 𝐇𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐞𝐜𝐡 𝐃𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 Determine whether given sentences in Devanagari-scripted languages contain hate speech.

3️⃣ 𝐒𝐮𝐛𝐭𝐚𝐬𝐤 𝐂: 𝐓𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐈𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐇𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐞𝐜𝐡 Identify the target of hate speech as "individual," "organization," or "community."

𝐔𝐬𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐬: 🔗 Codalab: https://lnkd.in/eEX_AAYq 🔗 GitHub: https://lnkd.in/eSqfphB3 🔗 Workshop Page: https://lnkd.in/eVGiUXRC

Participants are encouraged to submit a paper to the workshop, though it’s not mandatory. All accepted papers will be published in the workshop proceedings in the 𝐀𝐂𝐋 𝐀𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲.

💡 Join us in this exciting initiative to push the boundaries of low-resource languages!

𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬: 📅 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 & 𝐄𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐚 𝐀𝐯𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞: August 19, 2024 📅 𝐓𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐚 𝐀𝐯𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞: September 27, 2024 📅 𝐓𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐏𝐡𝐚𝐬𝐞: September 27 – October 17, 2024 📅 𝐒𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦 𝐃𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐏𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐮𝐛𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐃𝐮𝐞: November 3, 2024 📅 𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐀𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐬: November 29, 2024 📅 𝐂𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐚-𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞: December 13, 2024 📅 𝐂𝐇𝐈𝐏𝐒𝐀𝐋 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐩 𝐚𝐭 𝐂𝐎𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓: January 19, 2025

Best Regards, Organizers, CHIPSAL Workshop at COLING 2025