Call for Papers: Special Issue on Language Models for Portuguese
Submit your research on Language Models for Portuguese to the JBCS Special Issue. Important deadlines and submission guidelines provided.
The Journal of the Brazilian Computer Society (JBCS) is inviting submissions for a Special Issue on Language Models for Portuguese. This issue aims to gather original research papers that discuss the creation, adaptation, use, and evaluation of language models specifically for the Portuguese language.
Topics of interest include:
- Comparative and critical analyses of language models
- Social, ethical, financial, and ecological issues related to language models
- Discussion on alternative solutions to language models
- Domain-specific language models
- Adequacy of not-so-large language models
- Multilingual vs. Portuguese-specific models
- Semantic and cultural issues in language models
- Resources for training language models
- Evaluation of language models
Submissions must be in English and should not exceed 20 pages, excluding references and appendices. Authors should follow the Author Guidelines of the JBCS and use the JBCS LaTeX template.
Important dates:
- Submission deadline: March 1, 2025
- Review deadline (1st round): April 30, 2025
- Submission of revised version deadline: May 31, 2025
- Review deadline (2nd round): June 30, 2025
- Submission of revised version deadline: July 31, 2025
- Decision deadline: August 2025
- Camera-ready submission deadline: September 2025
- Publication: October 2025
Submit your papers through the JBCS website.
For more information, visit the homepage or contact the guest editors at jbcs-si-lmpt at googlegroups.com.
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