37.569, Calls: Workshop on Multilingual Language Processing: Multilingual Minds and Machines Meeting (Netherlands)

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Subject: 37.569, Calls: Workshop on Multilingual Language Processing: Multilingual Minds and Machines Meeting (Netherlands)

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Date: 10-Feb-2026
From: Stefan Frank [stefan.frank at ru.nl]
Subject: Workshop on Multilingual Language Processing: Multilingual Minds and Machines Meeting


Full Title: Workshop on Multilingual Language Processing: Multilingual
Minds and Machines Meeting
Short Title: MMMM

Date: 22-Jun-2026 - 23-Jun-2026
Location: Nijmegen, Netherlands
Meeting Email: mmmm at ru.nl
Web Site: https://mmmm2026.github.io/

Linguistic Field(s): Cognitive Science; Computational Linguistics;
Neurolinguistics; Psycholinguistics

Call Deadline: 15-Mar-2026

Call for Papers:
Computational modelling has long been a highly influential research
method in the study of human language processing. In the last decade
or so, the impact of computational simulations has further increased
with the availability of models with human-scale knowledge of language
statistics and the development of powerful linking functions (based
on, for instance, information theory and distributional semantics)
between model predictions and human processing, as well as the
availability of large-scale, high resolution behavioural and
neurophysiological language processing data sets.
However, relatively little attention seems to be paid to simulations
of bi- and multilingual processing. For example, large language models
are, typically, massively multilingual yet they are rarely connected
back to theories and data of human multilingualism. In this way, they
are unlike traditional models of bilingualism that increase our
understanding of the unique properties of comprehending, producing, or
learning a non-native language, of acquiring two or more languages
simultaneously, and of the interaction between multiple languages in
one mind.
This workshop aims to bridge the gap between the scientific
disciplines of multilingual language research, experimental
psycholinguistics, and computational cognitive science. By exploring
how empirical, human-oriented approaches can be more tightly
integrated with the theoretical, computation-oriented methodologies,
the workshop will further enhance research into the cognitive science
of bi-/multilingualism.
The workshop will take place on June 22-23, 2026, at the Max Planck
Institute for Psycholinguistics
(https://www.mpi.nl/page/visitors-newcomers) in Nijmegen, the
Netherlands.
In addition to the keynote presentations, there will be a small number
of submitted talks, poster sessions, and ample opportunity for
informal meetings and discussions including a dinner and a social
event. Participation is free but places are limited. If registration
exceeds availability, preference will be given to attendees with
accepted talks or posters, to junior researchers/students, and to
people from less represented countries and institutes.



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