6th AfricaNLP Workshop: Call for Papers
The 6th AfricaNLP workshop, co-located with ACL 2025 in Vienna, is now accepting submissions. Focus on enhancing LLMs in African languages and cultural awareness.
The 6th AfricaNLP workshop, co-located with ACL 2025 in Vienna, Austria, is now accepting submissions. The deadline for submissions is March 7, 2025 (AoE).
Submissions can be in the form of:
- Extended Abstracts (up to 2 pages): Non-archival submissions.
- Papers (4-8 pages): Authors can choose between archival or non-archival submission. Longer papers (more than 4 pages) are encouraged to opt for archival submission.
- ARR Submissions: Papers previously submitted to ARR, with reviews and a metareview, from the December 2024 cycle or earlier.
Submissions must not have been previously published in an archival venue and should follow the ACL template (LaTeX and Word formats available).
Important Dates:
- Submission Deadline: March 7, 2025 (AoE)
- Acceptance Notification: April 17, 2025 (AoE)
- Camera-ready Deadline: May 9, 2025 (AoE)
- Workshop Date: TBD
The theme for the 2025 workshop is ‘Multilingual and Multicultural-aware LLMs,’ focusing on enhancing LLMs’ capabilities in African languages and ensuring cultural awareness in their applications.
Keynote speakers include Sebastian Ruder (Meta), Muhammad Abdul-Mageed (UBC, MBZUAI), Jesujoba Alabi (Saarland University), Hellina Hailu Nigatu (UC Berkeley, MBZUAI), and Joyce Nabende (Makerere University).
For more information and to submit your work, visit the submission portal.
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