Dear all,

 

We are pleased to announce that the 2026 edition of the Lectures on Computational Linguistics, a series of lectures dedicated to central topics in the field of Computational Linguistics and Natural Language Processing, will be held in Bolzano from 15 to 17 June. 
 
The 2026 edition is organized by the Italian Association of Computational Linguistics/Associazione Italiana di Linguistica Computazionale (AILC) together with  

The Free University of Bozen-Bolzano (Faculty of Engineering and Faculty of Education) and EURAC Research Center.   It focuses on Natural Language Processing for the Society, covering topics from Low Resources Languages, Speech and Text, Embodied AI, Interpretability and Small Language Models for education in schools. Featuring frontal classes, evening lectures and hands-on labs, it provides both a high-level overview of the field as well as an introduction to specific topics, and practical experiences. 

 

 

SPEAKERS 

Tutorials: 

Barbara Plank (LMU Munich) 

Oliver Lemon (Edinburgh Center for Robotic) 

Barbara Schuppler (TU Graz) 

 

Evening Lectures: 

Julia Hockenmaier (University of Illinois) 

Aurelie Herbelot (Denotation UG) 

 

Labs: 

Loredana Schettino and Alessandro Vietti (Faculty of Education, UNIBZ) 

Leonardo Bertolazzi (University of Trento) 

Egon Stemle and Luca Ducceschi (EURAC Research Center) 

 

The detailed programme is available on the Lectures website 

 
Student Presentations 

Students wishing to present aspects of their work in the "Student Presentations" sessions are asked to send a 500-word abstract to ailc.lectures@gmail.com by May 16, 2026. Notifications of acceptance will be sent by May 23, 2026. 

 

Registration 
The school is mainly aimed at Doctoral and Master's degree students, although a minimum qualification is not required for access. Participation is free but subject to registration and association with AILC, and places are limited to 150.  

The registration link will be open soon and will close on May 27, or when the maximum number of participants is reached. 

 

Accommodation: 

Information and suggestions will be published on the website soon. We recommend booking your accommodation well in advance to avoid higher prices. 

 

Scientific Committee 
Pierpaolo Basile, University of Studi di Bari Aldo Moro 
Raffaella Bernardi, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano 
Tommaso Caselli, University of Groningen 
Elisabetta Fersini, University of Milano-Bicocca 
Elisabetta Jezek, University of Pavia 
 
Local Organizing Committee 
Raffaella Bernardi, Faculty of Engineering, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano 

Alessandro Vietti, Faculty of Education, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano 

Luca Ducceschi, EURAC Research Center 

 

Contacts: ailc.lectures@gmail.com