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[RetroEval 2026] 2nd Call for Papers
by Saad Mahamood 09 Mar '26

09 Mar '26

RetroEval 2026: Symposium on Natural Language Generation Evaluations ============================================ 1-2 June 2026, Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom https://retroeval.github.io/ ============================================ Evaluation in the field of Natural Language Generation (NLG) has changed considerably over the past several decades. This special symposium in honour of Prof. Ehud Reiter’s retirement provides a forum for academic and industry researchers to look back on the topic of how evaluations in the field of NLG have changed and to explore unaddressed challenges. The two day symposium will be held in-person at the Sir Duncan Rice Library in the historic University of Aberdeen, June 1-2, 2026. For this symposium, we welcome submissions of long papers, short papers, and extended abstracts. *** Workshop Theme *** Ehud Reiter has been a leading light in Natural Language Generation (NLG) research throughout the four decades he worked in this area, in both academia (Aberdeen) and industry (CoGenTech; Arria NLG). Ehud’s influence extends to all aspects of NLG, but the areas in which it has arguably been the strongest is evaluation of NLG systems. On the occasion of his retirement, this workshop, which is held in his honour, will therefore focus on evaluation of NLG systems, highlighting in particular some of the topics that Ehud has tended to emphasize (see below) such as the importance of reproducibility and the risks of data contamination. *** Topics of Interest *** Topics of interest include (but are not limited to) the following: -- The aims of NLG and NLG evaluation -- Intrinsic versus extrinsic NLG evaluation -- Evaluation of NLG systems in the real world -- Impact assessment of NLG systems and LLMs -- New evaluation challenges arising from the use of LLMs -- Hallucination annotation and its role in NLG evaluation -- Statistical analysis for NLG evaluations -- Data contamination in NLG evaluation -- LLMs as evaluators: opportunities and pitfalls -- The role of LLMs in the development of evaluation metrics -- Reproduction and reproducibility of human evaluation experiments -- Publication bias: What to do with negative results? -- Pre-publication of research hypotheses in NLG evaluation -- NLG evaluation versus psycholinguistic experimentation: what can we learn from each other? -- Disciplinary cultures and evaluation methods -- Evaluating NLG systems/LLMs for assistive technology *** Submission Types *** The workshop accepts the following submission types: • Long Papers (archival) • Short Papers (archival) • Extended Abstracts (non-archival) Accepted contributions will be presented as oral or poster presentations. *** Archival Submissions *** • Long papers: • Up to 8 pages (excluding references) • Unlimited references • Up to 2 appendix pages • 1 additional page in the final version to address reviewer comments • Short papers: • Up to 4 pages (excluding references) • Unlimited references • Up to 1 appendix page • 1 additional page in the final version for reviewer comments *** Non-Archival Submissions *** • Extended abstracts: • Up to 2 pages including references • 1 additional appendix page for tables/figures • Selection based on the symposium fit *** Submission Format *** • Two-column ACL 2026 format • LaTeX template only • PDF submissions only • Submissions via OpenReview *** Important Dates *** Note: All deadlines are 23:59 UTC-12. • ARR commitment deadline (archival): 16 March, 2026 • Direct paper submission deadline (archival): 24 April, 2026 • Direct paper submission deadline (non-archival): 1 May, 2026 • Notification of acceptance: 8 May, 2026 • Camera-ready deadline: 22 May, 2026 • Symposium dates: 1-2 June, 2026 *** Review Policy *** Long and short papers will follow ACL double-blind review policies. Submissions must be anonymized, including self-references and links. Papers violating anonymity requirements will be rejected without review. Demo descriptions are exempt from anonymization. Contact and Information • Website: https://retroeval.github.io/ • Email: retroeval(a)googlegroups.com <mailto:retroeval@googlegroups.com> Workshop Organisers: Saad Mahamood (Shopware), David Howcroft (University of Aberdeen), Kees van Deemter (Utrecht University), Albert Gatt (Utrecht University), Simone Balloccu (TU Darmstadt), Margaret Mitchell (Hugging Face), Alberto Bugarín Diz (CiTIUS & University of Santiago de Compostela), Jose María Alonso-Moral (CiTIUS & University of Santiago de Compostela), Adarsa Sivaprasad (University of Aberdeen), Chenghua Lin (Manchester University), and Alexandra Johnstone (University of Aberdeen).

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[CFP] Workshop on Computer Vision × Education (CV4Edu 2026) @ CVPR 2026
by Janis Pagel 08 Mar '26

08 Mar '26

[Apologies for cross-postings] CALL FOR PAPERS CV4Edu: Computer Vision × Education: building a cross-community agenda for multimodal vision in classrooms In conjunction with CVPR 2026, June 3 or 4, Denver, CO, US. Website: https://cv4edu.github.io/ Computer vision (CV) plays a central role in multimodal human-centered AI, yet most models are trained on web-scale benchmarks that poorly reflect real classrooms. Educational data are noisy, private, small-scale, and multimodal (e.g., video, audio, text). Students’ cognitive/behavioral states (e.g., engagement, mind-wandering) and learning processes (e.g., self-regulation, collaboration) can be inferred from subtle multimodal cues (e.g., gaze, pose, facial features). Still, today’s models struggle to generalize to classroom data, limiting reliability in deployed human-centered applications (e.g., assistive technology, collaborative AI). CV4Edu brings together computer vision, natural language processing, human-computer interaction, and educational researchers to chart a community agenda for efficient, privacy-aware multimodal data-driven models that are more reliable in low-resource, real-world classroom settings — potentially launching shared datasets, metrics, and unified practices. Our goal is to support research that bridges CV, NLP, HCI, cognitive science, and the learning sciences/education communities. We welcome submissions both within and beyond education contexts—such as multimodal modeling, sensing, behavior forecasting, cognitive state inference, robotics, and embodied AI—provided they discuss transferability to classroom settings (e.g., what may break or carry over under noise, occlusions, viewpoints, multi-person dynamics, privacy constraints, limited annotations, distribution shift, hardware variability). *********************************** TOPICS The workshop topics include (but are not limited to): Multimodal classroom perception - Face, gaze, pose, gesture, posture, affect, and prosody - Video, audio, gaze sensors, and wearables (egocentric and exocentric) - Multimodal fusion, representation learning, and cross-view / multi-camera setups Language-centered multimodal learning analytics - Linking speech/text to video events, gaze/attention, and instructional context - Classroom NLP: ASR robustness, diarization, evaluating and mitigating bias, discourse modeling, dialogue/tutoring interactions, simplification, misconception detection - Retrieval-augmented classroom analytics, model adaptation, evaluation for learning-aligned outcomes Robustness & generalization - Domain shift beyond the lab, occlusions, noisy data, and missing modalities - Few-/low-shot learning, continual and on-device adaptation - Generalization across classroom layouts and populations Human behavior modeling for learning - Engagement, attention, affect, confusion, self-regulation, and metacognition - Collaboration, group dynamics, and teacher–student interactions - Gaze-informed models, saliency/scanpath prediction, activity recognition Temporal modeling & intervention - Sequential/temporal models of learning processes - Behavioral forecasting, early-warning systems, and interventions - Real-time inference, feedback, and human-in-the-loop systems Interpretability, reliability & evaluation - Interpretable models, uncertainty estimation, and calibration - OOD detection, fairness, and bias analysis - Evaluation protocols aligned with learning outcomes Privacy-aware, datasets & deployments - Privacy-preserving data collection, anonymization, de-identification, and governance - Annotation strategies, construct-aligned labeling, active learning, synthetic data, and dataset curation - Classroom-ready systems, scalable multimodal data-collection frameworks, edge/on-device inference, and real-world deployments **We encourage general computer-vision, visually grounded NLP, and human-centered, collaborative AI submissions (e.g., behavioral modeling, pose/activity recognition, gaze estimation, attention modeling, multimodal learning, methods “in the wild”, cognitive state inference and forecasting) that make a clear connection to educational/learning environments (even if primarily in the discussion).** *********************************** SUBMISSIONS The workshop invites submissions presenting original research, emerging ideas, datasets and benchmarks, systems, applications, and position papers advancing methods for real-world educational settings. We welcome both archival and non-archival contributions, including early-stage work and previously published research, with the goal of fostering discussion and community building. All submissions must follow the CVPR 2026 paper template and official style guidelines (https://cvpr.thecvf.com/Conferences/2026/AuthorGuidelines). **Archival Track (Full Papers)** Papers submitted to the Archival Track must present original, unpublished work and will be considered for inclusion in the official CVPR 2026 workshop proceedings. The main text must be 6–8 pages in length and formatted according to the CVPR 2026 submission guidelines. References and appendices are not subject to a page limit. **Non-Archival Track (Extended Abstracts + Short / Position Papers)** We invite non-archival submissions describing ongoing projects, preliminary results, datasets or benchmarks in progress, negative results, lessons learned, position papers, and work previously published elsewhere (including papers on arXiv or at other venues). These submissions will not be included in the official proceedings. Extended abstracts may be up to 2 pages and short/position papers up to 4 pages (excluding references), formatted according to the CVPR 2026 submission guidelines. Review Process - All submissions will undergo double-blind peer review. - Archival submissions will receive at least two reviews, followed by a meta-review. - Submissions must comply with CVPR policies. - An ethics/IRB checklist is required where applicable, and an optional ethics and broader impact statement may be included. Important Dates (AoE) - **Submission Deadline (All Tracks)**: March 12, 2026 - **Notification of Decision**: April 3, 2026 - **Camera-Ready Deadline (Archival Only)**: April 10, 2026 Submission Site Papers can be submitted through the OpenReview Submission Site (https://openreview.net/group?id=thecvf.com/CVPR/2026/Workshop/CV4Edu). *********************************** ORGANIZERS Ekta Sood: University of Colorado Boulder Joyce Horn Fonteles: Vanderbilt University Mariah Bradford: Colorado State University Paul Gavrikov: Independent researcher Prajit Dhar: University of Marburg Janis Pagel: University of Cologne Trisha Mital: Dolby Laboratories Gautam Biswas: Vanderbilt University Sidney D'Mello: University of Colorado Boulder Contact: cv4edu.cvpr(a)gmail.com

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CFP: 47th Translating and the Computer Conference (TC47)
by Amal Haddad 08 Mar '26

08 Mar '26

Call for Presentations and papers 47th Translating and the Computer Conference (TC47) Luxembourg, 8 to 10 December 2026 AI-assisted or AI-eclipsed? Language services between promise and pressure AsLing invites submissions for the 47th edition of the Translating and the Computer Conference (TC47), to be held from 8 to 10 December 2026 in Luxembourg. The TC conference series brings together professionals, researchers, developers and decision-makers from the language industry, academia and public institutions. TC47 will explore how technological innovation - particularly AI - is reshaping multilingual communication, raising new questions about human agency, professional ethics, and sustainable practices in the language services sector. Conference theme _AI-assisted or AI-eclipsed? Language Services between Promise and Pressure_ From Machine Translation and LLMs applied to translation, language professionals face unprecedented change. TC47 invites reflection on how to navigate this evolving landscape - to ensure that technology empowers rather than eclipses, and that multilingual communication remains inclusive, trusted and professionally grounded. We especially welcome contributions exploring: * Synergy between human expertise and AI-powered tools * The role of AI in promoting or undermining inclusion and equity * Strategies for sustainable and ethical language services * Cross-sector collaboration between academia, industry, and institutions Submissions not focused on AI are equally welcome, particularly those addressing broader trends in multilingual communication, training, translation workflows, and evolving professional practices. We also welcome critical reviews and discussions on: * The broader impact of AI and automation on the language industry * Implications for training, education and career development of language professionals * Coexistence of AI and traditional practices * Impact of AI on language professionals * Adoption barriers and risks for LSPs new to AI * Future trends in translation, interpreting, and localisation - with or without AI * Responsible and sustainable development in language technologies (environmental, social, professional) Key areas of interest Include, but are not limited to: * Multilingual NLP and large language models * Human-in-control systems vs. human-in-the-loop AI * Terminology management and controlled language * AI readiness and digital transformation in LSPs * NLP, semantic technologies and linked data * Collaborative translation tools and environments * Quality assurance, benchmarking and evaluation * Training, professional development and digital upskilling * Inclusive and culturally aware AI systems * Sustainable practices across the language lifecycle * Language policy and digital language equality * FAIR data, corpora and infrastructure * Ethical implications and human oversight * Empowering language professionals to shape - not just use - AI tools * Non-AI innovations and evolutions in translation, interpreting, localisation or terminology work We invite: * Innovative research: studies that expand the boundaries of language technologies, multilingual NLP, or AI ethics. * Practical applications: case studies from public or private sector stakeholders showcasing language technology use and development. * Workshops and panels: interactive formats encouraging dialogue on timely, challenging or divisive issues in AI and language work. * Critical reflections: well-argued contributions questioning current uses of AI and proposing alternative, human-centred approaches. * Posters and short talks: snapshots of emerging projects, tools, or preliminary research. Submission tracks All submissions are for talks, within the following categories: * Research track (Academic) * 20-minute talk * Followed by a paper (max. 5,000 words) presenting original, unpublished research * User experience track (Non-academic) * 20-minute talk * Optional post-facto paper (max. 5,000 words) detailing workflows, tools or implementation cases * Posters / Short talks * 7-8-minute talk * Followed by a paper (max. 2,000 words) outlining a project, experiment, or tool * Workshops and panels * Interactive sessions with multiple speakers * Moderators may submit an optional post-facto paper summarising key takeaways Submission instructions Submissions must be made via the START conference submission system: https://www.softconf.com/p/tc2026 [1] Important dates * Deadline for research/user experience talks: 30 June 2026 ➤ Notification of acceptance: 31 August 2026 * Deadline for workshops and panels: 31 July 2026 ➤ Notification of acceptance: 15 September 2026 * Deadline for posters and short talks: 15 September 2026 ➤ Notification of acceptance: 30 September 2026 * Final paper submission (except post facto workshop and panel papers): 31 October 2026 * Conference dates: 8-10 December 2026 Submission guidelines Detailed submission guidelines, including templates and formatting instructions, will be available on the TC47 conference website. We look forward to your contributions that will help shape the future of language services through innovation, collaboration, and inclusivity. Why submit to TC47? TC47 offers a unique opportunity to engage in a multi-stakeholder dialogue that bridges research, practice and policy. It is a space for shared reflection on what language professionals need, what tools actually deliver and how we co-create a future where humans and AI work better together. Let's explore, challenge and shape the future of multilingual communication together! -- Amal Haddad Haddad (She/her) Facultad de Traducción e Interpretación Universidad de Granada |https://www.ugr.es/personal/amal-haddad-haddad Lexicon Research Group |http://lexicon.ugr.es/haddad Co-Convenor, BAAL SIG 'Humans, Machines, Language'|https://r.jyu.fi/humala Event Coordinator, BAAL SIG 'Language, Learning and Teaching' =============== Cláusula de Confidencialidad: "Este mensaje se dirige exclusivamente a su destinatario y puede contener información privilegiada o confidencial. Si no es Ud. el destinatario indicado, queda notificado de que la utilización, divulgación o copia sin autorización está prohibida en virtud de la legislación vigente. Si ha recibido este mensaje por error, se ruega lo comunique inmediatamente por esta misma vía y proceda a su destrucción. 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Second Call for Papers, Participation and Demo - IWSLT 2026
by Atul K. Ojha 08 Mar '26

08 Mar '26

Apologies for cross-posting. ---------------------------------------- The International Conference on Spoken Language Translation ACL – 23rd IWSLT 2026 – First Call for Participation July 3-4, 2026 - San Diego, CA, USA http://iwslt.org The International Conference on Spoken Language Translation (IWSLT) is the premier annual conference for all aspects of Spoken Language Translation. Every year, the conference organises and sponsors open evaluation campaigns around key challenges in simultaneous and consecutive translation, under real-time/low-latency or offline conditions and under low-resource or multilingual constraints. System descriptions and results from participants’ systems and scientific papers related to key algorithmic advances and best practices are presented. IWSLT is the venue of the SIGSLTs, the Special Interest Group on Spoken Language Translation of ACL, ISCA and ELRA. With a track record of 22 years, IWSLT benchmarks and proceedings serve as reference for all researchers and practitioners working on speech translation and related fields. The 23rd edition of IWSLT will be run as an ELRA/ACL event and co-located with ACL 202 <https://2026.aclweb.org/>6 on July 3-4, 2026. It will be run as a hybrid event. Important Dates January 1, 2026: Release of shared task training and dev data March 15, 2026: Scientific paper submission deadline Apr 1-15, 2026: Evaluation period April 24, 2026: System description paper submission deadline May 15, 2026: Notification of acceptance June 1, 2026: Camera-ready deadline (all papers) July 3-4, 2026: IWSLT conference Evaluation The IWSLT 2026 features shared tasks <https://iwslt.org/2026/#shared-tasks> that address the following focus areas: - Speech to Text Translation track: Offline, Low-resource - Customized Speech Translation track: Compression, Subtitling, Simultaneous - Speech Generation track: Indic S2S, African S2S, Cross-lingual Voice Cloning - Instruction Following track - Speech Translation Metrics track Training and development data for each shared task will be prepared and released by the respective organisers (for further information on this initiative, please refer to the website). Participants will receive instructions about how to submit their runs. In addition, participants have the opportunity to present their work through a system paper that will be published in the ACL Proceedings. Conference IWSLT also invites submissions of scientific papers to be published in the ACL Proceedings and presented either in oral or poster format. The conference selects high-quality, original contributions on theoretical and practical issues of spoken language translation research, technologies and applications. Submissions will be accepted directly through the IWSLT submission site (to be announced at the conference website <https://iwslt.org/2026/>). We will also accept commitments of submissions with reviews from the ACL Rolling Review. Additionally, to foster cross-pollination of ideas, the conference also invites the presentation of papers on speech translation recently published elsewhere. Please note that this is for non-archival presentation of papers relevant to speech translation already published in other venues (e.g., ACL 2026 Findings papers, speech, NLP or MT conferences). Submissions for this category will be accepted through a dedicated form (to be announced at the conference website <https://iwslt.org/2026/>). Papers will be checked for relevance to IWSLT and assigned either oral or poster presentation slots if selected. Contact Please send an email to iwslt-evaluation-campaign(a)googlegroups.com if you have any questions related to the shared tasks. Thanks, Marcello, Alex, Antonios, Luisa, Matteo, Jan, Sebastian, Marco Elizabeth, Atul (IWSLT organisers)

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Job offer: Two Junior Researcher Positions in NLP / Computational Linguistics (Eurac Research, Italy)
by Frey Jennifer-Carmen 08 Mar '26

08 Mar '26

Dear colleagues, The Language Technologies (LT) group at the Institute for Applied Linguistics, Eurac Research (Bolzano/Bozen, Italy), is currently hiring two junior researchers in Computational Linguistics / NLP: Junior Researcher in NLP / Corpus Linguistics * 12 months with the possibility of extension depending on project needs and the candidate’s performance, full-time (40h/week, part-time ≥70% possible) * The position will contribute to various projects centred around corpus collection, compilation and processing/annotation for mono- and multilingual data, including the implementation and evaluation of state-of-the-art NLP methods for those purposes. * Full job posting and further information on requirements: https://eurac.onboard.org/jobs/qmjnLBmD * Contact: jennifer.frey(a)eurac.edu<mailto:jennifer.frey@eurac.edu> Junior Researcher in Speech-to-Text (STT) Technologies for Minority Languages * 18 months, full-time (40h/week, part-time ≥70% possible) * The position will work on a project on the development of STT technologies for minority languages and will contribute to data collection and preparation, training and fine-tuning of STT models and evaluation of methods. * Full job posting and further information on requirements: https://eurac.onboard.org/jobs/VG8pLxG9 * Contact: luca.ducceschi(a)eurac.edu We Application deadline: 31/03/2026 We would be grateful if you could share this call with potentially interested candidates! With kind regards, Jennifer-Carmen Frey Jennifer-Carmen Frey, PhD [cid:3e3772a0-c83d-48a2-a8fe-34fc4ee1496a] <https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7008-6394> Eurac Research Institute for Applied Linguistics Drususallee/Viale Druso 1 I-39100 Bozen/Bolzano www.eurac.edu<http://www.eurac.edu/> [signature_1401579056]<https://www.eurac.edu/en> According to regulation (EU) 2016/679 this transmission is intended only for the use of the addressee and may contain confidential information. If you receive this transmission in error, please notify the sender immediately by email and delete all copies of this message and any attachments.

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EMNLP 2026 Call for Main Conference Papers
by Yuki Arase 07 Mar '26

07 Mar '26

Call for Main Conference Papers Overview EMNLP 2026 invites the submission of long and short papers featuring substantial, original, and unpublished research on empirical methods for Natural Language Processing. EMNLP 2026 has a goal of curating a diverse technical program—in addition to traditional research results, papers may contribute negative findings, survey an area, announce the creation of a new resource, argue a position, report novel linguistic insights derived using existing computational techniques, and reproduce (or fail to reproduce) previous results. As in recent years, some of the presentations at the conference will be of papers accepted by the Transactions of the ACL (TACL) and the Computational Linguistics (CL) journals. Important Dates ARR submission deadline (long & short papers) May 25, 2026 Reviewer registration deadline for ALL authors May 27, 2026 Author response and author-reviewer discussion July 7 - July 13, 2026 Meta review released July 30, 2026 EMNLP commitment deadline August 2, 2026 Notification of acceptance (long & short papers) August 20, 2026 Camera-ready papers due (long & short) September 20, 2026 Main Conference (dates for Workshops/Tutorials TBD) October 22 - 26, 2026 Note: All deadlines are 11:59PM UTC-12:00 (“anywhere on Earth”). Following the ACL and ARR policies, there is no anonymity period requirement. At the time of submission to ARR, authors will be asked to select a preferred venue (e.g., EMNLP 2026). This is used only to calculate acceptance rates. Authors who selected EMNLP 2026 as a preferred venue when submitting to ARR may choose not to commit to EMNLP 2026 after receiving their reviews, and authors who selected a preferred venue other than EMNLP 2026 when submitting to ARR are still welcome to commit to EMNLP 2026. New: Paper Integrity Policies at EMNLP There is growing concern in our community regarding unethical paper submissions that overwhelm community resources, including but not limited to, thinly sliced contributions, submissions with hallucinated citations, and entirely AI-generated papers (AI writing assistance is permitted). EMNLP will take actions against such submissions, as well as submissions that violate the ACL Policy on Publication Ethics. Such submissions may be desk rejected, and all authors involved in the submission may be ineligible to commit their paper(s) to EMNLP 2026 and EMNLP 2027. Paper Submission Information Dual submissions are not allowed! Please check the ARR Multiple Submission Policy for details. Papers must be submitted, at latest, by the ARR 2026 May cycle. Papers that have received reviews and a meta-review from ARR (whether from the ARR 2026 May cycle or an earlier ARR cycle) may be committed to EMNLP via the commitment link. Mandatory Reviewing Workload All authors are expected to sign up to review, or serve as an Area Chair or Senior Area Chair, with assignments subsequently based on qualifications. After submission, all authors must complete the author registration form by May 27, 2026 EoD AoE. If you receive assignments, your reviews must be completed by July 6, or your meta-reviews - by July 29. In case of any emergencies, the chairs should be warned via the emergency declaration form. Highly irresponsible reviewers may be ineligible to (re-)submit or commit their work during the next ARR cycle. The submitting authors should (a) make sure that all other authors are aware of this policy, and (b) check that everybody on their team(s) submits their (meta-)reviews on time and in accordance with the guidelines. You can read additional details on the definition of highly irresponsible reviewers and the corresponding ARR policy here: https://aclrollingreview.org/incentives2025 AI Reviewing Experiment (opt-in) The Program Committee plans on running an opt-in AI Reviewing Experiment to collect feedback from authors on the utility of AI Reviewers in the review process. The AI Reviews for opted-in submissions will not inform any part of the conference decision process. We will run this experiment under IRB approval, using open-weights models running on in-house compute resources, or closed models that guarantee zero-data retention. Submission Topics EMNLP 2026 aims to have a broad technical program. Relevant topics for the conference include, but are not limited to, the following areas: Clinical and Biomedical Applications NLP and Code Models Computational Social Science and Cultural Analytics Dialogue and Interactive Systems Discourse and Pragmatics Efficient Methods for NLP Ethics, Bias, and Fairness NLP and Symbolic Reasoning Generation Human-Centered NLP and Human-AI Interaction Information Extraction Information Retrieval and Text Mining Interpretability and Analysis of Models for NLP Language Modeling LLM Agents LLM Security Linguistic Theories, Cognitive Modeling, and Psycholinguistics Machine Learning for NLP Machine Translation Multilingualism and Cross-Lingual NLP Multimodality and Language Grounding to Vision, Robotics and Beyond NLP Applications Phonology, Morphology, and Word Segmentation Question Answering Resources and Evaluation Semantics: Lexical and Sentence-Level Sentiment Analysis, Stylistic Analysis, and Argument Mining Speech Recognition, Text-to-Speech and Spoken Language Understanding Summarization Syntax: Tagging, Chunking and Parsing Special Theme: New Missions for NLP Research EMNLP 2026 Theme Track: New Missions for NLP Research Large language models have rapidly shifted from research prototypes to widely used infrastructure. This new reality is changing the center of gravity of NLP research, and progress can no longer be measured only by fractional improvements in benchmark scores. When strong general-purpose models are increasingly available through open releases and commercial platforms, the field faces a more foundational question: What are the missions of NLP research now, and what kinds of contributions most advance that mission? The EMNLP 2026 special theme invites papers that articulate, test, and advance visions for NLP in this era. We welcome work that reflects on the mission(s) of NLP research, reframes our collective research goals, proposes new evaluation and scientific methodologies, and builds bridges across multiple disciplines that can sharpen both our theories and our impact. Submissions may be empirical, theoretical, or position and survey papers, but should be grounded in clear claims, strong evidence, and actionable insights. Relevant topics include, but are not limited to: • Rethinking progress and evaluation in NLP For example, going beyond static leaderboards, including real-world impact, trustworthiness, robustness, and longitudinal behavior; what “generalization” should mean for humans vs models, and when models are reused, adapted, and deployed in diverse settings, etc. • From models to systems and ecosystems For example, how does system-level research on agentic workflows, tool use, and multi-model orchestration interface with human experiences; and at an ecosystem level, how do people, organizations, and communities use and interact with language technology. • Scientific understanding of language and cognition For example, using contemporary models as experimental instruments for psycholinguistics, cognitive science, language acquisition, and field linguistics; and what models reveal, and fail to reveal, about human cognition, the nature of language, learning, and meaning. • Data as a bottleneck and a responsibility For example, research on data scarcity and limits, contamination, and the consequences of synthetic data feedback loops, and new approaches to data creation, documentation, governance, and consent. • LLMs as research tools: AI in research For example, rigorous studies of how LLMs can support the research process in hypothesis generation, experiment design, analysis, and peer review support tools without eroding scientific standards. This special theme is intended to complement the breadth of EMNLP, not narrow it. We encourage submissions that are ambitious in scope while remaining concrete in claims and methodology, and that help the community clarify what research looks like in the next chapter of NLP. Two Stage Review: Submission to ARR, Commitment to EMNLP EMNLP 2026 will use ACL Rolling Review (ARR) as a reviewing system, but final decisions will be made by the conference. Both submissions of articles for review and commitment of reviewed articles to the conference will be performed via the Open Review platform. Specifically, authors will follow a two-step process: Authors submit articles to ARR, where submissions receive reviews and meta-reviews from ARR reviewers and action editors; Authors commit their reviewed articles to a publication venue (e.g., EMNLP 2026), where Senior Area Chairs and Program Chairs make acceptance decisions from the ARR reviews and meta-reviews. Authorship during commitment. During the commitment phase, it is not allowed to modify the author list (i.e., addition/deletion of authors is not allowed). However, modification of author order is possible. EMNLP 2026 has chosen this approach in coordination with *CL 2026 conferences, which are adopting the same procedure and a coordinated submission plan to allow maximum flexibility during their submission periods for the authors. At each cycle, after a paper has been fully reviewed, authors have the option to commit their paper to a conference, or revise and resubmit for another round of reviews. The reviewing process will continue to be double-blind. Reviewers will not see authors, nor will authors see reviewers and reviews on ARR will not be made publicly visible. However, authors will be given the option through ARR to make their anonymized submitted articles publicly visible. Paper Submission Details Both long and short paper submissions should follow all of the ARR submission requirements, including: Long Papers (8 pages) and Short Papers (4 pages) Instructions for Two-Way Anonymized Review Authorship Citation and Comparison Multiple Submission Policy, Resubmission Policy, and Withdrawal Policy ACL’s Publication Ethics Policy, and ARR’s Ethics Policy including the responsible NLP research checklist ACL’s Disclosure Policy Limitations Writing Assistance Paper Submission and Templates Optional Supplementary Materials Final versions of accepted papers will be given one additional page of content (up to 9 pages for long papers, up to 5 pages for short papers) to address reviewers’ comments. Presentation at the Conference All accepted papers must be presented at the conference to appear in the proceedings. The conference will include both in-person and virtual presentation options. Papers without at least one presenting author registered by the early registration deadline may be subject to rejection. Long and short papers will be presented orally or as posters as determined by the program committee. While short papers will be distinguished from long papers in the proceedings, there will be no distinction in the proceedings between papers presented orally and papers presented as posters. Contact Information General Chair: André Martins, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa Program Chairs: Sunipa Dev, Google Desmond Elliott, University of Copenhagen Hung-yi Lee, National Taiwan University Jessy Li, The University of Texas at Austin For questions related to paper submission, and the review process in general, email: editors(a)aclrollingreview.org For questions about commitment and post review related topics, email: emnlp2026-programchairs(a)googlegroups.com

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How Are Researchers Using LLMs? Participate in Our Research Survey
by Ansgar Scherp 06 Mar '26

06 Mar '26

We invite you to participate in our survey “Investigating the Use of Large Language Models in Academic Research and Coding (LLM-ARCo)”🤖📚 The goal of this study is to better understand how researchers use large language models in their academic work. The survey takes approximately 15 minutes⏱️. All responses are anonymous🔒, and the data will be used only for research purposes. As a small thank-you, 10 participants will be randomly selected🎁 to receive a €50 Amazon voucher💶. You can participate here:👉https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/RYBRXQL <https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/RYBRXQL> Please feel free to share this invitation with colleagueswho might be interested 🔁👩‍🔬👨‍💻.Thank you very much for supporting our research! ❤️ On behalf of Dr. Younes, Ansgar

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Call for Papers - 1st International Workshop on Science-Related Discourse on the Web (SDW'26)
by Philipp Leon Alfred Meier 06 Mar '26

06 Mar '26

** Call for Papers ** 1st International Workshop on Science-Related Discourse on the Web (SDW'26) We are excited to announce the 1st International Workshop on Science-Related Discourse on the Web (SDWâ€™26), collocated with ACM Web Science Conference 2026, 26-29 May, Braunschweig, Germany In recent years, a growing number of people have been engaging in science-related discussions on online platforms. This typically informal and sometimes decontextualized discourse may result in oversimplification, misinterpretation or instrumentalization of scientific knowledge. Analyzing such discourse is challenging: it differs from general online talk, spans multiple platforms, and requires interdisciplinary methods. This workshop provides a venue for interdisciplinary exchange on computational and social scientific approaches and resources to platform specific and cross platform analysis of science-related communication. ***Workshop Themes*** - Methodological challenges related to the analysis of science-related discourse on the Web, including data acquisition and processing - Insights concerning science-related discourse on the Web, e.g., its characteristics, evolution, and impact Topics of interest within these themes include, but are not limited to the following: - (Cross-platform-) crawling approaches for science-related discourse - Methods for the detection and filtering of science-related online discourse data - Issues and methods related to tracking/linking of users and messages within and across different platforms (e.g., X, Bluesky, Mastodon, Threads) - Practical/legal/ethical issues concerning data access - Detection of arguments, claims, evidence, sources, or stances in science-related online discourse data - Classification of scientific claims w.r.t. verifiability, credibility, or veracity (including distinguishing different types of misinformation such as oversimplification) - Analysis of science-related discourse on social media platforms and in online news - Assessment of the expertness of social media users (e.g., scientist, expert, lay person) - Classification of sources w.r.t. credibility, political leaning, and other biases - Usage of social media platforms (e.g., X, Bluesky, Mastodon, Threads) by different user groups - Usage of memes in science-related discourse on social media - Analysis of LLM-generated text in science-related discourse - Usage of preprints and open access publications in science-related Web discourse ***Submissions*** We invite contributions from Computer Science, Computational Social Science, Communication Science, Science Communication, Media and Communication Studies, Information Science, Computational Linguistics and related fields. We accept both technical and non technical submissions, including research papers (completed or in progress and unpublished work), annotated datasets, questionnaires, novel data collections, tools, and other resources. Emphasis is placed on discussion and exchange of ideas, thus we welcome submissions of work in progress. - full papers (6 - 10 pages, including references, appendices, etc.), - short papers (up to 5 pages including references, appendices, etc.), - extended abstracts for posters and demos (up to 2 pages including references, appendices, etc.). All accepted contributions except extended abstracts will be part of the WebSci'26 workshop proceedings, which will be published in a companion volume in the ACM Digital Library. Submission of all papers is electronic, using the EasyChair conference management system: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=sdw26 Please find more information on the workshop website: https://sdw2026.wordpress.com/dates-and-submission/ ***Important Dates*** Papers due: March 24, 2026 Paper notifications: April 3, 2026 Paper camera-ready versions due: April 14, 2026 Workshop: May 26, 2026

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International Conference on Software and Systems Reuse, Product Lines, and Configuration (VARIABILITY 2026): Third Call for Research Papers
by Announce 06 Mar '26

06 Mar '26

*** Third Call for Research Papers *** International Conference on Software and Systems Reuse, Product Lines, and Configuration (VARIABILITY 2026) 29 September - 2 October 2026, 5* St. Raphael Resort and Marina Limassol, Cyprus https://conf.researchr.org/home/variability-2026 The International Conference on Software and Systems Reuse, Product Lines, and Configuration (VARIABILITY 2026) invites high-quality contributions from researchers and practitioners in software engineering, systems engineering, and related disciplines focussing on a broad spectrum of methods, concepts, and tools for variability. VARIABILITY aims to be the premier forum for the exchange of ideas, experiences, and results in all aspects of software and systems variability management, reuse, software configuration, and customization. As software and systems become increasingly configurable, reusable, and adaptable, managing their variability across all lifecycle phases is more critical—and more challenging —than ever. VARIABILITY 2026 seeks to bring together the diverse communities that address these challenges from theoretical, technical, and practical perspectives. VARIABILITY results from a merge of three prominent conferences focussing on software and systems variability, configuration and reuse: SPLC (the International Systems and Software Product Line Conference, 29 successful editions), VaMoS (the International Working Conference on Variability Modelling of Software-Intensive Systems, 19 successful editions), and ICSR (the International Conference on Systems and Software Reuse, 22 successful editions). VARIABILITY is by design open as a conference. It welcomes new fields of variability- intensive research, such as artificial intelligence, hybrid software-hardware systems, etc. For this first edition of VARIABILITY, we strive to continue the success of the predecessor conferences ICSR, SPLC, and VaMoS by welcoming high-quality submissions for the research track in numerous closely related areas, such as systems and software product lines, systems and software reuse, configurable systems and software, product configuration, and systems and software variability. We will award the best research paper and the best artifact paper. Topics of Interest We invite contributions on variability management, reuse, and configuration across all phases of the software and systems lifecycle. The topics of interest include, but are not limited to: Requirements & Domain Engineering • Domain analysis and variability modeling • Decision modeling and support • Customization and personalization specification • Requirements variability and traceability Architecture & Design • Variability-aware software architectures • Architecture-centric product line engineering • Model-driven engineering (MDE) • Multi-product lines, program families, product lines of product lines, software ecosystems Implementation & Code Generation • Generative programming and code synthesis • Modularization techniques for reusable code • Programming languages and frameworks for variability • Open-source strategies for software reuse Testing, Verification & Quality Assurance • Testing and analysis of configurable systems • Safety and security in variable systems • Formal Methods for Software Product Lines • Non-functional properties: quality-aware analysis, quality-driven configuration • Reuse in testing, verification, and quality assurance Evolution, Maintenance & Operation • Refactoring and restructuring of configurable systems • Reverse engineering, variability mining, and refactoring • Runtime variability and dynamic (software) product lines • Maintenance strategies for large-scale reused systems • Variability in DevOps and CI/CD pipelines AI and Data-Driven Methods • Machine learning for variability management • AI-assisted product configuration • Data and repository mining from product lines and configuration histories • Recommendation systems for reuse and customization Publication of Proceedings Accepted papers will be published in the VARIABILITY 2026 proceedings by Springer in the LNCS series. Submission Guidelines Paper Types We invite the following types of submissions: • Full Papers (up to 18 pages excluding references): Research papers must present original, unpublished work with validated results through empirical evaluation, formal analysis, or implementation-based experiments. Submissions must clearly articulate the problem, its relevance, the proposed contribution, and validation results. • Short Papers (6 - 8 pages excluding references): Short papers present early-stage research, novel ideas, or conceptual proposals that are not yet fully developed or validated but offer promising directions. These papers should articulate the vision, motivation, and potential impact. Formatting Papers must use the Springer LNCS template according to: https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-gu… Springer provides author guidelines that should be consulted for further details: https://resource-preview-cms.springernature.com/springer-cms/rest/v1/conten… Submission Link Submissions should be made via Easy Chair, selecting the research track: https://easychair.org/conferences?conf=variability2026 Paper Originality, Double-Anonymous Policy, Reviewing All papers must be original and not under review elsewhere. Submissions will be double- anonymous and reviewed by at least three experts. Submissions will be evaluated based on their novelty, relevance, rigor, transparency, and presentation. Authors of submissions to the first deadline might be invited to submit a revision of their papers to the second deadline, which will be reviewed as a revision. Revisions Research-track papers can be submitted to the first or second cycle. In the first cycle, papers can receive the following decisions: accept, revision, or reject. Revision means that the reviewers believe that the paper has potential, but that its quality or contribution is not yet ready for publication. Such papers are offered lightweight shepherding by a community member, who is not necessarily a PC member or reviewer. Revised papers should be submitted to the second cycle together with a response letter, explaining how the reviewer comments were addressed. They are then reviewed by the same PC members. Papers rejected in the first cycle can be resubmitted in the second cycle, but need to contain an appendix “Changes to First-Cycle Submission” at the end of the PDF (after references, regardless of the page limit) that lists the major changes in bullet-point format. Best Paper Awards Springer will sponsor the awards for bet papers with an overall amount of €1000. Journal Special Issue Selected accepted papers will be invited to submit extended versions with at least 30% additional and original material, to be published in a special issue in a reputable Software Engineering journal (currently under negotiation). Important Dates (AoE) • Paper Submission Deadline: 2 April 2026 • Notification of Acceptance: 1 June 2026 • Camera-Ready Deadline: 15 July 2025 • Author Registration: 15 July 2025 Organisation General Chairs • George A. Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus • Gilles Perrouin, FNRS & University of Namur, Belgium Research Track Chairs • Thorsten Berger, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany • Ina Schaefer, KIT, Germany Industry Track Chairs • Shaukat Ali, Simula Research Lab and Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway • Martin Becker, Fraunhofer IESE, Germany Journal First Track Chairs • Mathieu Acher, University Rennes, Inria, CNRS, IRISA, France • Xhevahire Tërnava, LTCI, Télécom Paris, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, France Doctoral Symposium Track Chairs • Rick Rabiser, LIT CPS, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria • Iris Reinhartz-Berger, University of Haifa, Israel Demos and Tools Track Chairs • Sandra Greiner, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark • Leopoldo Teixeira, Federal University of Pernambuco Projects Showcase Chairs • Daniel Struber, Chalmers, University of Gothenburg, Radbound University, Sweden • Dalila Tamzalit, Nantes Université, France Hall of Fame Chairs • Martin Becker, Fraunhofer IESE, Germany • Goetz Botterweck, Lero - The Irish Software Research Centre and University of Limerick, Ireland • Natsuko Noda, Shibaura Institute of Technology, Japan Workshops Chairs • Lidia Fuentes, Universidad de Malaga, Spain • Malte Lochau, University of Siegen, Germany Tutorials Chairs • Loek Cleophas, Eindhoven University of Technology and Stellenbosch University, The Netherlands • Mahsa Varshosaz, IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark Proceedings Chair • Sophie Fortz, King's College London, UK Publicity Chairs • Wesley Assunção, North Carolina State University, USA • Kentaro Yoshimura, Hitachi Ltd, Japan Local Organiser and Finance Chair • George A. Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus

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LREC 2026: Early-Bird Deadline Extension to March 15, 2026 (23:59 AoE)
by Helene Mazo 05 Mar '26

05 Mar '26

[Apologies for multiple postings] The Early-Bird Deadline has been extended to March 15, 2026 (23:59 AoE) All participants are encouraged to take advantage of the extended deadline and register. Main Conference authors must submit their camera-ready paper(s) and complete their registration for LREC 2026 by this date. We also encourage on-site participants to book their accommodation in Palma as soon as possible. Two partner hotel options are currently available for LREC participants. 1. Meliá Hotels: https://events.melia.com/en/events/palma-port/LREC-2026 2. Aubamar Palma Resort: https://www.aubamar.com/en/?promocode=LREC2026 <https://www.aubamar.com/en/?promocode=LREC2026&utm_source=lrec2026&utm_medi…> Please consider using these options when arranging your stay. LREC 2026 Management Chairs --- Fees: https://lrec2026.info/registration-fees/ Registration Policy: https://lrec2026.info/registration-policy/ *LREC 2026 Contacts* * Invitation and visa letters: german.rigau(a)ehu.es * ELRA membership, payment, invoices: elrasecretariat(a)lrec2026.info * Scientific programme and Main conference papers: lrec2026-pcs(a)googlegroups.com * Workshops: lrec2026-workshop-chairs(a)googlegroups.com * Tutorials: lrec2026-tutorial-chairs(a)googlegroups.com General contact: info(a)lrec2026.info https://lrec2026.info Follow us on LinkedIn

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