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IWCLUL 2026
The 11th International Workshop on Computational Linguistics for Uralic Languages 2026
IWCLUL 2026 is the 11th International Workshop on Computational Linguistics for Uralic Languages, bringing together researchers working on NLP approaches for Uralic languages, many of which are endangered and resource-poor. The workshop focuses on addressing challenges posed by their rich morphological structures and promotes collaborative efforts to advance computational tools and resources for these languages.
Key deadlines
Verified September 9, 2026Full paper
October 11, 2026
AoE
Workshop timeline
Submission and decisions
Full paperKey deadline
October 11, 2026 · AoE
Paper fit
Contribution paths
A strong submission should clearly identify its contribution and evaluate it appropriately.
Short papers
Up to 4 pages in length, with unlimited pages for references; accepted papers may add one additional page for camera-ready version.
Lightning talks
Submitted as 750-word abstracts; suited for discussing ideas or presenting work in progress; abstracts will be published in a lightning proceedings.
Research areas in scope
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Appropriate topics include (but are not limited to):
Multilingual approaches in NLP presenting work on at least one Uralic languageLLMs and their use in the context of (endangered) Uralic languagesPosition papersParsers, analysers and processing pipelines of Uralic languagesLexical databases, electronic dictionariesFinished end-user applications aimed at Uralic languages, such as spelling or grammar checkers, machine translation or speech processingEvaluation methods and gold standards, tagged corpora, treebanksReports on language-independent or unsupervised methods as applied to Uralic languagesSurveys and review articles on subjects related to computational linguistics for one or more Uralic languagesAny work that aims at combining efforts and reducing duplication of workHow to elicit activity from the language community, agitation campaigns, games with a purpose
Policies worth checking twice
- Submissions must be original and unpublished.
- All submissions must be anonymous and undergo double-blind peer review.
- Submissions must follow the ACL stylesheet (Overleaf template).
- Submissions must be made via OpenReview by the deadline.
- At least one author of an accepted paper must attend the event to present.
- Accepted papers (short and long) will be published in the ACL Anthology.
- Accepted papers are granted an additional page to address reviewers' comments (5 pages for short, 9 for long).
- Remote attendance is permitted for those with valid reasons (e.g., visa or health issues).
Official sources
Compiled from the official call for papers. The organizers’ pages remain authoritative.
Last verified September 9, 2026