37.303, Confs: BriGap-3, Bridges and Gaps Between Formal and Computational Linguistics (France)

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Date: 20-Jan-2026
From: Timothée Bernard [timothee.bernard at u-paris.fr]
Subject: BriGap-3, Bridges and Gaps Between Formal and Computational Linguistics


BriGap-3, Bridges and Gaps Between Formal and Computational
Linguistics
Short Title: BriGap-3

Date: 11-Jul-2026 - 11-Jul-2026
Location: Paris, France
Meeting URL: https://brigap-workshop.github.io/

Linguistic Field(s): Computational Linguistics; General Linguistics

Submission Deadline: 27-Apr-2026

BriGap-3 is a venue for formal linguists, computational linguists, and
NLP scientists to meet: what fruitful interactions can we have? How do
we build upon each other’s work?
Description:
Due to the groundbreaking achievements in the LLM era, the ongoing
discourse in NLP has shifted more to what can be achieved through
language than studying language for its own sake, and traditional
conferences are increasingly dominated by engineering-oriented work.
It could thus appear that computational and formal linguistics are
more than ever separate domains.
Yet, we are also witnessing a growing interest in linguistics in both
explaining the successes of neural models and uncovering their
limitations. Conversely, neural methods have proven their usefulness
for linguistics time and again.
To what extent are these traditions truly divorced, and what fruitful
bridges can be (re)built? To answer these questions, the third
iteration of the workshop on Bridges and Gaps between Formal and
Computational Linguistics (BriGap-3) intends to provide a space for
formal linguists, computational linguists, and NLP scientists to
exchange their perspectives on how their different domains of research
can build upon one another.
Event Topics:
- investigation of the linguistic properties of machine learning
models,
- linguistic representations, vector space semantics, and their
relations with theoretical concepts such as compositionality,
- use of computational and information-theoretical methods for
linguistic inquiry,
- formal distributional semantics and neural-symbolic integration for
NLP,
- formal grammars, symbolic structures and their applications for
computational linguistics and NLP,
- trends in the history of computational linguistics and NLP,
- …
Invited Speakers:
- Raquel Fernández, Universiteit van Amsterdam
- Tal Linzen, New York University (to be confirmed)
Submission Details:
The event is designed with a widely inclusive submission policy so as
to foster as vibrant a discussion as possible.
In particular, we will accept:
- Archival submissions, corresponding to novel and unpublished
research, to be included in the event proceedings,
- Non-archival submissions, corresponding to work in progress, early
results, and articles presented in other venues that engage with the
topics of the event.
The event accepts both archival (original and unpublished research)
submissions in either short (up to 4 pages) or long (up to 8 pages)
format, and non-archival (work-in-progress, dissemination of research
published or accepted elsewhere, etc.) submissions in short (up to 4
pages) format. Camera-ready versions of papers will be given one
additional page of content so that reviewers’ comments can be taken
into account.
Each submission should mention whether it targets archival or
non-archival status. Archival papers accepted at BriGap-3 will be
indexed in the ACL Anthology.
Please use the ACL style templates available here:
https://github.com/acl-org/acl-style-files
Event website: https://brigap-workshop.github.io/
Important Dates:
- Submission deadline: Monday, April 27th, 2026, (23:59 AoE)
- Notification of acceptance: Monday, May 11th 2026
- Event: Saturday, July 11th, 2026
Contact:
For questions, please send an email to brigapworkshop at gmail.com or
contact one of the event chairs:
- Timothée Bernard, Université Paris Cité
- Emmanuele Chersoni, Hong Kong Polytechnic University
- Giulia Rambelli, Università di Bologna



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