Long papers
Up to 8 pages of content plus unlimited references and appendix; accepted papers receive one additional content page (up to 9 pages) for revisions.
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4th ALVR 2026
4th Workshop on Advances in Language and Vision Research (ALVR)
The 4th Workshop on Advances in Language and Vision Research (ALVR 2026) will be held in conjunction with ACL 2026 on July 3, 2026, in San Diego, California. The workshop focuses on cutting-edge research at the intersection of language and vision, particularly driven by large vision-language models (LVLMs), covering topics from multimodal reasoning and embodied agents to ethics, multilingualism, and real-world applications.
Key deadlines
Verified September 9, 2026Full paper
March 25, 2026
AoE
Workshop timeline
Submission and decisions
Full paperKey deadline
March 25, 2026 · AoE
Paper fit
Contribution paths
A strong submission should clearly identify its contribution and evaluate it appropriately.
Short papers
Up to 4 pages of content plus unlimited references and appendix; accepted papers receive 5 content pages in the proceedings.
Non-archival track
Dual submissions to other conferences/journals; accepted papers present at the workshop and appear on the website but are not included in official proceedings.
Research areas in scope
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Research Topics
Self-supervised vision and language pre-trainingNew tasks and datasets that provide real-world solutions in language and visionText-to-image/video generation and text-guided image/video editing3D/Spatial reasoning and inference with language and visionMultimodal agents and Language-grounded embodied agentsVisually-grounded natural language understanding and generationCulturally-aware LVLMs and LVLMs for underrepresented culturesMultilingual LVLMsExternal knowledge integration in visual and language understandingShortcomings of the existing large vision&language models on downstream tasks and solutionsTraining efficiency and optimization of LVLMsPost-training frameworks for LVLMs, including alignment and reasoningEthics and bias on LVLMsMultidisciplinary study that may involve linguistics, cognitive science, robotics, etc.Practical applications of LVLMsExplainability and interpretability on LVLMs
Policies worth checking twice
- Submissions must use the ACL format.
- Submissions must be made through OpenReview.
- Authors must indicate if the submission is a cross-submission (non-archival) at the bottom of the submission form.
- Long papers are limited to 8 pages of content initially, with one additional page allowed after review.
- Short papers are limited to 4 pages of content initially, with 5 pages allowed in proceedings upon acceptance.
- Non-archival submissions are not included in the official proceedings but may still present at the workshop.
Official sources
Compiled from the official call for papers. The organizers’ pages remain authoritative.
Last verified September 9, 2026