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Dear Colleagues,
This is the last call for tutorial proposals for COLING 2025.
Due: July, 31, 2024
CFT:
The 2025 International Conference on Computational Linguistics (COLING 2025)
invites proposals for tutorials to be held in conjunction with the conference.
We seek proposals in all areas of natural language processing and computation,
language resources (LRs) and evaluation, including spoken language, sign
language, and multimodal interaction.
We invite proposals for three types of tutorials, and we especially encourage
submissions from early-career researchers:
Cutting-edge: tutorials that cover advances in newly emerging areas. The
tutorials are expected to give a brief introduction to the topic, but
participants are assumed to have some prior knowledge of the topic. The focus
of the class will be on discussing the most recent developments in the field,
and it will spend a considerable amount of time pointing out open research
questions and important novel research directions.
Introductory to computational linguistics/NLP topics: tutorials that provide
introductions to topics that are established in the COLING communities. The
lecturers provide an overview of the development of the field from the
beginning until now. Attendees are not expected to come with prior knowledge.
They acquire sufficient understanding of the topic to understand the most
recent research in the field.
Introduction to Key Concepts in Linguistics including Semantics, Syntax,
Psycholinguistics, Neurolinguistics, and Sociolinguistics: tutorials that
provide introductions to topics that are established or emerging in areas
adjacent to CL/NLP. The lecturers provide an overview of the development of the
field from the beginning until now. Attendees are not expected to come with
prior knowledge. They acquire a sufficient understanding of the topic to
understand the most recent research in the field and the relevance for the
CL/NLP domains.
Each of these types of tutorials can either be half-day (4h long including a
coffee break (30m long)) or full-day (8h long including two coffee breaks (1h
long in total) but excluding a lunch break).
In all cases, the aim of a tutorial is primarily to help understand a
scientific problem, its tractability, and its theoretical and practical
implications. Presentations of particular technological solutions or systems
are welcome, provided that they serve as illustrations of broader scientific
considerations. None of the tutorial types are expected to be “self-invited”
long talks – the content should be a good balance between research from
multiple groups and perspectives, not only fromof the teachers of the tutorial.
The tutorials will be held at COLING 2025 in Abu Dhabi, UAE, on 19 and 20
January, 2025.
Important Dates
All deadlines are 11:59PM UTC-12:00 (“anywhere on Earth”).
Proposal submission due July 31, 2024
Notification of acceptance August 31, 2024
COLIING2025 tutorials January 19-20, 2025
COLING2025 conference January 21-24, 2025
Diversity and Inclusion
We particularly encourage submissions of underrepresented groups in
computational linguistics, researchers from any demographic or geographic
minority, with disabilities, or others. In the evaluation of the proposal, we
will take these aspects into account to create a varied and balanced set of
tutorials.
This includes several aspects of diversity, namely (1) how the topic of the
tutorial contributes to improved diversity and increased fairness in the field,
(2) if the topic is particularly relevant for a specific underrepresented group
of potential participants, (3), if the presenters are from an underrepresented
group.
Submission Details
They should contain:
A title that helps the potential attendees to understand what the tutorial will
be about.
An abstract that summarizes the topics, goals, target audience, and type (see
above) of the tutorial (this abstract will also be on the LREC-COLING website).
A section called “Introduction” that explains the topic and summarizes the
starting point and relevance for our community and in general.
A section called “Target Audience” that explains for whom the tutorial will be
developed and what the expected prior knowledge is. Clearly specify what
attendees should know and be able to practically do to get the most out of your
tutorial. Examples of what to specify include prior mathematical knowledge,
knowledge of specific modeling approaches and methods, programming skills, or
adjacent areas like computer vision. Also specify the number of expected
participants.
A section called “Outline” in which the various topics are explained. This can
be a list of bullet points or a set of paragraphs explaining the content.
Explain what you intend and how long the tutorial will be.
A section called “Diversity Considerations”, discussing each of the three
aspects of diversity mentioned above or others.
A section called “Reading List”: What are introductory papers or books that
potential attendees can read to get a first impression of the tutorial content?
What do you expect them to have read before attending? What does provide
further information beyond the content of the tutorial?
A section called “Presenters” in which each tutorial presenter is briefly
introduced in one paragraph, including their research interests, their areas of
expertise for the tutorial topic, and their experience in teaching a diverse
and international audience.
A section called “Other Information” which should include information on how
many people are expected to participate and how you came to this estimate. You
can also explain any other aspects that you find important, including special
equipment that you would need.
A section called “Ethics Statement” which discusses ethical considerations
related to the topics of the tutorial.
The proposals should be submitted no later than 31 July, 2024, 11:59 PM Samoa
Standard Time (SST) (UTC/GMT-11, “anywhere on Earth”).
Submission is electronic. Please submit the proposals using the START system at
this URL: https://softconf.com/coling2025/tutorialsCL25
<https://softconf.com/coling2025/tutorialsCL25>
Please note that tutorials should either be 100% in-person or 100% virtual;
hybrid formats will not be allowed. For in-person tutorials, at least one
tutorial organiser should be physically present to run the tutorial at COLING.
Evaluation Criteria
The tutorial proposals will be evaluated according to their originality and
impact, the expected interest level of participants, as well as the quality of
the organizing team and Program Committee and their contribution to the
diversity of the conference.
Each tutorial will be evaluated regarding its clarity and preparedness, novelty
or timely character of the topic, the instructor’s experience, the audience
interest, and the potential to increase diversity in our community.
Instructor Responsibilities
Accepted tutorial presenters will be notified by the date mentioned above. They
must then provide abstracts of their tutorials for inclusion in the conference
registration material by the specific deadlines. The abstract needs to be
provided in ASCII format. The summary will be submitted in PDF format and can
be updated from the version submitted for review. The instructors will make
their material available in an appropriate way, for instance, by setting up a
website. They will be invited to submit their slides to the ACL Anthology.
Tutorial Chairs
Email: coling25tutorialcha...@gmail.com
The tutorial chairs are:
Djamé Seddah, Senior Researcher, INRIA, Paris, Frace (on leave from Sorbonne
University)
Shaonan Wang, Associate Professor at the Institute of Automation, Chinese
Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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