Final Call for Participation: 6th AfricaNLP Workshop @ ACL 2025
The 6th AfricaNLP workshop, co-located with ACL 2025 in Vienna, Austria, is now accepting submissions until March 7, 2025. Focus on multilingual and multicultural-aware LLMs in African languages.
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 are welcome in the following formats:
- Extended Abstracts (up to 2 pages): Non-archival submissions.
- Papers (4-8 pages): Authors can choose between archival and non-archival submissions. 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.
Formatting guidelines and the Overleaf template are available at this link.
Submit your work via the submission portal.
Important dates:
- Submission Deadline: March 7, 2025 (AoE)
- Acceptance Notification: April 17, 2025 (AoE)
- Camera-ready Deadline: May 9, 2025 (AoE)
- Workshop Date: July 31 or August 1, 2025
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)
- Joyce Nabende (Makerere University)
For more information, visit the workshop website or contact the organizers at africanlp-acl2025@googlegroups.com.
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