Short papers
Up to 4 pages (excluding references and appendix)
NLP/CORE Unranked
CBW 2026
COLM Workshop on Context Beyond the Window: Persistent Knowledge in Language Models
The CBW 2026 workshop, held in conjunction with COLM 2026 in San Francisco, explores how language models manage context beyond finite windows, focusing on the trade-off between context-time memory (inference-time information) and weight-time memory (knowledge internalized into parameters). It brings together researchers from long-context modeling, retrieval-augmented systems, continual learning, knowledge distillation, and agentic memory to build a shared vocabulary and advance techniques for compression, accumulation, and internalization of knowledge.
Key deadlines
Verified September 9, 2026Full paper
June 27, 2026
AoE
Workshop timeline
Submission and decisions
Full paperKey deadline
June 27, 2026 · AoE
Paper fit
Contribution paths
A strong submission should clearly identify its contribution and evaluate it appropriately.
Long papers
Up to 8 pages (excluding references and appendix)
Research areas in scope
01
Topics of interest
Context compression and summarizationLong-context and infinite-context architecturesMemory-augmented and recurrent modelsKV cache optimizationRetrieval-augmented generationMulti-turn and multi-session context managementAgentic memory and orchestrationKnowledge distillation and internalizationContinual and lifelong learningState space modelsTest-time training and memorizationBenchmarks and evaluation
Policies worth checking twice
- Submissions are non-archival
- Use the official COLM 2026 LaTeX template
- Double-blind review: author identities and affiliations must be removed, and self-citations must be anonymized
- Each submission must have at least one author committed to reviewing for the workshop
- Failure to fulfill reviewing commitment may result in desk-rejection
- Dual submission to other venues is permitted
Official sources
Compiled from the official call for papers. The organizers’ pages remain authoritative.
Last verified September 9, 2026