1st Call for Papers for the 25th Conference on Computational Natural Language Learning (CoNLL 2021)


SIGNLL invites submissions to the 25th Conference on Computational Natural
Language Learning (CoNLL 2021). The focus of CoNLL is on theoretically,
cognitively and scientifically motivated approaches to computational
linguistics, rather than on work driven by particular engineering
applications. Such approaches include:
- Computational learning theory and other techniques for theoretical analysis of machine learning models for NLP
- Models of first, second and bilingual language acquisition by humans
- Models of language evolution and change
- Computational simulation and analysis of findings from psycholinguistic and neurolinguistic experiments
- Analysis and interpretation of NLP models, using methods inspired by cognitive science or linguistics or other methods
- Data resources, techniques and tools for scientifically-oriented research in computational linguistics
- Connections between computational models and formal languages or linguistic theories
- Linguistic typology, translation, and other multilingual work
- Theoretically, cognitively and scientifically motivated approaches to text generation

We welcome work targeting any aspect of language, including:
- Speech and phonology
- Syntax
- Lexical, compositional and discourse semantics
- Dialogue and interactive language use
- Sociolinguistics
- Multimodal and grounded language learning

We do not restrict the topic of submissions to fall into this list. However,
the submissions' relevance to the conference's focus on theoretically,
cognitively and scientifically motivated approaches, will play an important
role in the review process.

Submitted papers must be anonymous and use the EMNLP 2021
template. Submitted papers may consist of up to 8 pages of content plus
unlimited space for references. Authors of accepted papers will have an
additional page to address reviewers’ comments in the camera-ready version
(9 pages of content in total, excluding references). Optional anonymized
supplementary materials and a PDF appendix are allowed, according to the
EMNLP 2021 guidelines. Please refer to the EMNLP 2021 Call for Papers for
more details on the submission format. Submission is electronic, using the
Softconf START conference management system (link to be provided later).

CoNLL adheres to the ACL anonymity policy, as described in the EMNLP 2021
Call for Papers. Briefly, non-anonymized manuscripts submitted to CoNLL
cannot be posted to preprint websites such as arXiv or advertised on social
media after May 14.


Multiple submission policy
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CoNLL 2021 will not accept papers that are currently under submission, or
that will be submitted to other meetings or publications, including
EMNLP. Papers submitted elsewhere as well as papers that overlap
significantly in content or results with papers that will be (or have been)
published elsewhere will be rejected. Authors submitting more than one paper
to CoNLL 2021 must ensure that the submissions do not overlap significantly
()25%) with each other in content or results.


Important Dates
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May 14, 2021: Anonymity period begins
June 14, 2021: Submission deadline
August 31, 2021: Notification of acceptance
September 13, 2021: Camera ready papers due
November 10-11, 2021: Conference

All deadlines are at 11:59pm UTC-12h ("anywhere on earth").


CoNLL 2021 Chairs
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Arianna Bisazza (University of Groningen, The Netherlands)
Omri Abend (Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel)

Our email is conll2021chairs@gmail.com.
Website: https://www.conll.org/