# (Dis)embodiment

University of Gothenburg, Sweden, September 14-16, 2022

(Dis)embodiment will bring together researchers from various areas looking to answer the question of the role of grounding and embodiment in modelling human language tasks and behaviour -- or limits thereof. The conference is open to viewpoints from machine learning, computational linguistics, theoretical linguistics and philosophy, cognitive science and psycholinguistics, as well as artificial intelligence ethics and policy. We hope to see technical contributions and the full spectrum of reasoned debate.

## Topics of interest

We welcome all relevant approaches to text-based and multimodal computational neural language modeling as well as psycholinguistic perspectives, neurolinguistic perspectives, ethical, and policy issues. Papers are invited on topics in these and closely related areas, including (but not limited to) the following:

large-scale neural language modeling, both text-only and multimodal

training corpus and test task development

visual, dialogue and multi-modal inference systems

neurolinguistic and psycholinguistic experimental approaches to human language processing

philosophical discussions of linguistic groundedness and embodiment (or limits thereof) as it pertains to computational modeling

semantics and pragmatics in neural models

dialogue modelling and linguistic interaction

formal and theoretical approaches to language production and comprehension

statistical, machine learning and information theoretic approaches that either avoid or embrace groundedness and/or embodiment

methodologies and practices for annotating dialogue and multi-modal datasets

visual, dialogue and multi-modal generation

text generation in both the dialogue and monologue settings

multimodal and grounded approaches to computing meaning

semantics-pragmatics interface

social and ethical implications of the development and application of neural language models, as well as relevant policy implications and debates.

## Submission Requirements

*********** NEW: Late-breaking and non-archival round ************

We now open submissions to (1) late-breaking papers (short and long) intended for the proceedings and (2) papers and abstracts that have been previously published or not intended for inclusion in the proceedings (non-archival papers). For the late-breaking papers, the requirements are the same as the original call and will be reviewed by the program committee. For the non-archival papers, the organizers will select participants in the programme. These are all due July 11.

## Original call:

(Dis)embodiment 2022 will feature three types of submissions: long papers, student papers, and short papers. All types of papers should be submitted not later than 16 May 2022. Long papers must describe original research, and they must not exceed 8 pages excluding references. They will be presented at the conference either orally or as posters. Student papers describe original research, and the first author must be a student, or at least 2/3 of the work on a paper should be done by students. Student papers must not exceed 6 pages excluding references. Reviewers will give special support to student authors through mentoring. The papers will be presented orally or as posters at the conference. Short papers present work in progress, or they describe systems and/or projects. They must not exceed 4 pages excluding references. They will be presented as posters at the conference and summarised in lightning talks. Position papers are also accepted. These should be formatted in the same way as long papers. All types of papers will be published in the conference proceedings in the ACL Anthology.

Submissions should be pdf files and use the Latex or Word templates provided for ACL 2022 submissions. An overleaf template can be found here. Submissions have to be anonymous.

Papers should be electronically submitted in PDF format via the softconf system at: https://www.softconf.com/m/disembodiment2022/user/. Please make sure that you select the right track when submitting your paper. Contact the organisers if you have problems using softconf.

## Concurrent submissions

Papers that have been or will be submitted to other meetings or publications must indicate this at submission time using a footnote on the title page of the submissions. Authors of papers accepted for presentation at (Dis)embodiment 2022 must notify the program chairs by the camera-ready deadline as to whether the paper will be presented. All accepted papers must be presented at the conference to appear in the proceedings. We will not accept for publication or presentation papers that overlap significantly in content or results with papers that will be (or have been) published elsewhere.

## Camera Ready versions

Camera ready versions should follow the same guidelines with respect to style and page numbers as the initial submission, i.e. there are no additional pages allowed in the final submission. Please submit the camera ready version by 2022 August 19.

Important dates

NEW! Late-breaking and archival submission deadline: 2020 July 11, anywhere on Earth

Submission deadline: 2022 May 16 2020 May 30, anywhere on Earth

Notification of acceptance: 2022 June 30, anywhere on Earth

Camera ready: 2022 August 19, anywhere on Earth

Conference: 2022 September 14-16, not anywhere on Earth, but in Gothenburg