36.3769, Confs: Workshop at LREC 2026: Dialects in NLP: A Resource Perspective (Spain)

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Subject: 36.3769, Confs: Workshop at LREC 2026: Dialects in NLP: A Resource Perspective (Spain)

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Date: 08-Dec-2025
From: Stavros Bompolas [s.bompolas at athenarc.gr]
Subject: Workshop at LREC 2026: Dialects in NLP: A Resource Perspective


Workshop at LREC 2026: Dialects in NLP: A Resource Perspective
Short Title: DialRes-LREC26

Date: 11-May-2026 - 16-May-2026
Location: Palma de Mallorca, Spain
Contact Email: dialres-lrec26 at googlegroups.com
Meeting URL: https://dialres.github.io/dialres/index.html

Linguistic Field(s): Computational Linguistics; Language
Documentation; Text/Corpus Linguistics; Translation; Writing Systems

Submission Deadline: 20-Feb-2026

Overview:
DialRes-LREC26 addresses the growing need for high-quality resources
supporting dialect-focused NLP. The workshop aims to bring together
researchers from linguistics, computational linguistics, digital
humanities, and adjacent fields to exchange insights on the creation,
documentation, evaluation, and use of dialectal resources.
Topics of Interest:
We invite submissions relating to any aspect of developing or using
resources for dialectal NLP. Topics include — but are not limited to —
the following:
 - Creation and evaluation of spoken and written dialect resources
 - Orthographic normalization and standardization
 - Treatment of dialect–standard distinctions in annotation frameworks
for speech and text
 - Cross-dialect and cross-lingual transfer; model adaptation methods
 - Scalability issues and resource-efficient techniques
 - Use of LLMs in resource creation, augmentation, annotation, or
processing
 - Resources supporting dialect preservation, revitalization, and
community engagement
 - Pedagogical, sociolinguistic, and linguistic applications viewed
through a resource lens
 - Practical considerations when working with dialect resources
(legal, financial, academic, societal)
 - Empowering dialect communities in developing their own resources
Invited Speaker:
Prof. Barbara Plank, LMU Munich (https://bplank.github.io/)
Details will be announced on the workshop website.
Submission Guidelines:
Papers must be submitted electronically through Softconf: [link to
come]. Submissions should:
 - Be 4–8 pages, excluding references and optional Ethics Statements
 - Follow the LREC 2026 style guidelines, available on the conference
website: https://lrec2026.info/authors-kit/
 - Use templates provided here:
https://lrec2026.info/calls/second-call-for-papers/
Authors will be asked to supply information on any language resources
(broadly defined — data, tools, standards, evaluation sets, etc.) used
in or resulting from their work. ELRA strongly encourages sharing such
resources to support reproducibility and reuse.
Accepted papers will appear in the workshop proceedings. Presentation
format (oral/poster) will be based solely on how best to communicate
the work.
For inquiries: dialres-lrec26 at googlegroups.com
Important Dates:
 - 20 February 2026 — Submission Deadline
 - 11 March 2026 — Notification of Acceptance
 - 28 March 2026 — Camera-ready Papers Due
Endorsements:
The workshop is endorsed by:
 - UniDive COST Action CA21167, which supports work on language
diversity and resource development
 - Archimedes/Athena RC, a major AI research hub in Greece with strong
academic and industrial collaborations
Organizing Committee:
Antonios Anastasopoulos — George Mason University / Archimedes–Athena
RC
Stella Markantonatou — ILSP / Archimedes–Athena RC
Angela Ralli — University of Patras / Archimedes–Athena RC
Marcos Zampieri — George Mason University
Stavros Bompolas — Archimedes–Athena RC
Vivian Stamou — Archimedes–Athena RC



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