Long papers
Describe original research and may consist of up to eight (8) pages of content, plus unlimited pages for references. Final versions are given one additional page (up to 9 pages).
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ARR Commitment Link to *SEM2026 2026
ARR Commitment Link to *SEM2026 The 15th Joint Conference on Lexical and Computational Semantics
*SEM 2026 is the 15th Joint Conference on Lexical and Computational Semantics, co-located with ACL 2026, bringing together researchers focused on the computational modeling of natural language semantics. The conference welcomes diverse approaches—data-driven, neural, symbolic, and theoretical—and emphasizes research questions centered on language, human behavior, or automatic language processing, with a focus on lasting scientific impact and ethical considerations.
Key deadlines
Verified September 9, 2026Full paper
April 11, 2026
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Submission and decisions
Full paperKey deadline
April 11, 2026 · AoE
Paper fit
Contribution paths
A strong submission should clearly identify its contribution and evaluate it appropriately.
Short papers
Describe original focused research and may consist of up to four (4) pages, plus unlimited pages for references. Upon acceptance, short papers are given five (5) content pages in the proceedings.
Research areas in scope
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Topics of Interest
Lexical semantics and word representationsCompositional semantics and sentence representationsStatistical, machine learning, and deep learning methods in semantic tasksMultilingual and cross-lingual semanticsWord sense disambiguation and inductionSentiment Analysis, Computational Affective Science, Stylistic Analysis, and Argument MiningComputational Social Science, Digital Humanities, and Cultural AnalyticsSemantic parsing, and syntax-semantics interfaceFrame semantics and semantic role labelingTextual inference, textual entailment, and question answeringFormal approaches to semanticsExtraction of events and of causal and temporal relationsEntity linking, pronouns and coreferenceDiscourse, pragmatics, and dialogueMachine readingAbusive language detection, Fact verification and related tasksExtra-propositional aspects of meaningMultidisciplinary research on semanticsGrounding and multimodal semanticsPsycholinguisticsInterpretability and ExplainabilityHuman semantic processingSemantic annotation, evaluation, and resourcesNLP ApplicationsEthical aspects and bias in semantic representationsMultiword and idiomatic expressionsMetaphor, irony, and humor processingKnowledge mining and acquisitionCommon sense reasoningLanguage generation
Policies worth checking twice
- Submissions must describe unpublished work and be written in English.
- Limitations and Ethics Statement sections are allowed and encouraged but not mandatory; they do not count toward the page limit.
- Submissions must follow the ARR formatting requirements.
- Multiple submission policy: *SEM does not prohibit simultaneous submission to other venues, but authors must declare this at submission time.
- There is no anonymity period requirement.
- Authors are asked to explicitly identify the predominant research question type (linguistic phenomena, human behavior, or automatic language processing) and any additional categories in the submission form.
- Reviewers are asked to assess the potential lasting impact of each submission as part of their evaluation.
Official sources
Compiled from the official call for papers. The organizers’ pages remain authoritative.
Last verified September 9, 2026