[Lingtyp] CfP: 10th Workshop on the Use of Computational Methods in the Study of Endangered Languages (ComputEL-10)

[Antti Arppe]

ComputEL-10: Tenth Workshop on the Use of Computational Methods in the 
Study of Endangered Languages

First CALL FOR PAPERS

Workshop dates: March 2-3, 2027
Place: Honolulu, Hawaii, USA (hybrid)
Submission deadline: October 2, 2026
Submission link: TBD

ComputEL-10 will be co-located with the 10th International Conference on 
Language Documentation and Conservation (ICLDC 10) in Honolulu, Hawaii. 
ComputEL-10 and ICDLC 10 do **not** have joint registration. If you wish 
to attend ICDLC 10, visit their website: 
https://ling.lll.hawaii.edu/sites/icldc/.

ComputEL-10 explores the interface and intersection of computational 
linguistics, documentary linguistics, and community-based efforts in 
language revitalization and reclamation. We encourage submissions that 
present their work from an interdisciplinary perspective with a focus on 
one of three areas:

(i) Academic: develop new methods or technologies for tasks or 
applications focused on low-resource, and in particular, endangered 
languages; propose models in the study or processing of under-documented 
languages; or evaluate tools or methods for curation and analysis of 
data in such languages, oriented towards language documentation, 
description, reclamation and revitalization;

(ii) Community: develop new technology toward the goals of language 
reclamation, revitalization, including language teaching and 
acquisition; propose new models for the collection, management, and 
mobilization of language data in community settings, with attention to 
issues of data sovereignty and community protocols and involvement; 
describes new uses of language technology by the language's community;

(iii) Collaboration: describe challenges and rewards in past or on-going 
collaboration and interaction among computer scientists and/or 
documentary linguists that involve(d) language communities; formulate 
concrete steps for a more fruitful interaction among computer 
scientists, documentary linguists, and language communities.
Note: priority will be given to descriptions of actual collaborations 
(successful or unsuccessful) over proposals or position papers. (For an 
example, see Cox et al. 2025: 
https://aclanthology.org/2025.computel-main.12/)

IMPORTANT DATES
2 October, 2026		Deadline for submission of papers
13 November 2026		Notification of Acceptance
2-3 March 2027		Workshop

SUBMISSIONS
We offer two types of submissions: abstracts and papers. Please 
carefully read the requirements below. Submissions that do not fulfill 
all relevant requirements will be desk-rejected. The type of submission 
does not influence the likelihood of acceptance.

GENERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR ALL SUBMISSIONS
All submissions must be anonymous. Both submission types have the same 
deadline.
Authors may submit no more than two submissions where they are 
co-author. In no case may an author submit more than one individually- 
or first-authored submission. Authors must submit and present in 
English. Proposals will undergo blind review, so please do not list your 
name, affiliation, or contact information within the file. (Author names 
appearing in reference lists or citations are fine and do not need to be 
anonymized.)

ABSTRACTS
Abstracts clearly describe the content that author intends to present to 
the ComputEL-10 audience. Abstracts are max. 800 words not including 
title or references. Abstracts will NOT be published (in the Proceedings 
of the workshop in ACL Anthology). Abstracts are intended for academics 
not accustomed to publishing in proceedings or non-academic community 
members wishing to share with and receive feedback from the other 
communities. Upload your abstract as a PDF or MS Word file.

PAPERS
Paper submission can be of two lengths: short (up to 4 pages) or long 
(up to 8 pages) paper. The length of submission does not influence the 
likelihood of acceptance. Both paper types must include a section on 
ethical consideration and a section on limitations; these sections are 
not considered part of the page limit. Papers must follow the style and 
formatting guidelines provided in by ACL Style Files (download template 
files for LaTeX: https://github.com/acl-org/acl-style-files). 
Submissions that violate anonymity, exceed the length requirements, or 
are missing an ethics or a limitations section will be desk rejected.

ACL has discontinued making available a submission template for 
Microsoft Word. Therefore, we strongly recommend using the above LaTeX 
template with Overleaf, which enables WYSIWYG editing. Nevertheless, we 
do allow the use of the older ACL Microsoft Word template: 
https://2023.aclweb.org/calls/style_and_formatting/. While we intend to 
help accepted authors convert their paper into a format acceptable for 
ACL Anthology, we may not be able to resolve all potential 
discrepancies. Therefore, using the MS Word template may run the risk of 
not being accepted for publication. If you wish assistance with LaTeX, 
please email soon.

A. Short Paper:
Short paper submissions must describe original and unpublished work. 
They are max. 4 pages excluding references and sections on ethical 
consideration and limitations. A short paper is not a shortened long 
paper. Instead, short papers have a small, focused contribution or 
describe work in progress (“working paper”). Recommended topics for 
short papers include pilot studies, negative results, opinion pieces, 
interesting application nuggets, or descriptions of initial 
collaborative teamwork.

B. Long Paper:
Long papers must describe substantial, original, completed and 
unpublished work. Long papers are max. 8 pages excluding references and 
appendices and sections on ethical consideration and limitations. 
Wherever appropriate, concrete qualitative and quantitative evaluation 
and analysis should be included.

PROCEEDINGS
The Organizing Committee will select from the papers (excluding all 
abstracts) that have been accepted for presentation at the workshop for 
online publication via the open-access ACL Anthology. Not all accepted 
papers for presentation are guaranteed inclusion in the publication. 
Long and short papers that are accepted for publication will be allotted 
one additional page (altogether 5 and 9 pages) excluding references and 
ethics and limitations sections. Papers accepted for inclusion in the 
Anthology must be revised versions of the work that underwent 
ComputEL-10 review. Revisions and improvements should address reviewer 
comments or add relevant details and clarifications, but should not 
include entirely new, unreviewed content.

ADDITIONAL AND CONTACT INFORMATION
Please see the ComputEL-10 website for further information:
https://computel-workshop.org/ComputEL-10/
Organizing Committee Email: computel.workshop at gmail.com
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Antti Arppe - Ph.D (General Linguistics), M.Sc. (Engineering)
Professor of Quantitative Linguistics
Director, Alberta Language Technology Lab (ALTLab)
Project Director, 21st Century Tools for Indigenous Languages (21C)
Department of Linguistics, University of Alberta
Algonquian Studies Association - Secretary-Treasurer
E-mail: arppe at ualberta.ca - antti.arppe at iki.fi
WWW: www.ualberta.ca/~arppe - altlab.ualberta.ca - 21c.tools
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