📢 EMNLP 2026 authors: ORCID is required for camera-ready submission. All authors must have an ORCID linked to their OpenReview profile before the paper can be submitted. Please check with your co-authors early: orcid.org #ACL #EMNLP #NLProc

Call for papers for our Special Issue on the Ethics of NLP and CL in Computational Linguistics: submissions.cljournal.org/index.php/cl... (Submission deadline: 27 November, 2026) #CLJournal #NLProc

If you're an author of an upcoming paper in the CL journal, please make yourself known (follow us or make your affiliation and field clear in your profile), so we can tag you when your paper is out! Thanks! #NLPRoc #CLJournal PS. Ok, the photo is from the past, but hope it gets your attention 🙃

Have you noticed that preference datasets in reinforcement learning/DPO are not fully utilised? This article proposes a framework called Vote-based Preference Optimisation that leverages user voting data to better align language models with diverse subjective preferences: doi.org/10.1162/COLI...

🚨 Call for #EMNLP2026 Student Volunteers Volunteer for 10 hours and receive FREE conference registration Both in-person and virtual roles are available 📅 Deadline: September 1 📢 Decisions: September 9 🔗 Link: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... More info: 2026.emnlp.org/calls/volunt...

Due to technical issues with OpenReview, the commitment deadline is extended. We will notify the new commitment dates for AACL-IJCNLP 2026, and the link soon. Apologies for the inconvenience. #NLProc

How do prompt language and cultural framing influence model responses and their alignment with human values in different countries? Answer to this and more insights at: doi.org/10.1162/COLI... #NLProc #CLjournal @aylart.bsky.social

This paper introduces a wide range of encodings for constituent parsing as sequence adaptations of parsers from other paradigms that had not previously been cast under the sequence-labeling framework. Code: github.com/Polifack/CoD... and paper:https://doi.org/10.1162/COLI.a.603 @carlosg.bsky.social

Thanks to everyone for making ACL a great success. Some photos! 🧵

At this year's ACL business meeting, it was wonderful to see so many attendees - a sign that this community cares. As president, I wanted to use the occasion to give some insights into ACL - the premier organization for computational linguistics, founded in 1962. (1/5)

🏆 𝗕𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗣𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝗔𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱 @ 𝗔𝗖𝗟 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 Thrilled to share that our linguistic paper "The Imperfective Paradox in LLMs" received a Best Paper Award at #ACL2026 ! 🎉 Hoping this encourages more linguistics-informed evaluation in NLP. aclanthology.org/2026.acl-lon...

🏆 Congrats to #MCML Junior Member Bolei Ma on receiving both a Best Paper Award and a SAC Highlight Award at #ACL2026! 📄 His awarded work reveals a blind spot in LLMs. 📊 His co-authored survey reviews table question answering with LLMs. 🔎 Read more here: mcml.ai/news/2026-07...

The ACL Computational Linguistics Doctoral Dissertation Award (ACL Dissertation Award) recognises three honourable mentions: Dennis Ulmer, Shen-Chieh Lin, and Haoran Xu. Congratulations to all three for this achievement! #NLproc #CLJournal @dnnslmr.bsky.social

🏆 2026 Computational Linguistics Distinguished Reviewer Awards: It aims to highlight and promote high standards in peer review and to acknowledge reviewers whose contributions have had a meaningful impact on the quality of our journal. Congratulations to our 2026 awardees! #NLProc #CLjournal

Final Day at #ACL2026 (July 7, Harbor Ballroom L2): • 15:30 (Session 18): Memorial, Test of Time (ToT), & Lifetime Achievement Awards. • 16:00 (Session 19): Paper Awards (Best Papers & Outstanding Papers).

Tonight at #ACL2026 (July 6): • 18:30–22:00: Main Conference Social Event aboard the USS Midway Museum (910 N Harbor Dr). Food, drinks, and ship exhibits included for Main Conference registrants. Details: 2026.aclweb.org/program/soci...

Main Conference Day 2 at #ACL2026 (July 6): • 16:00: Invited Keynote 3 by Tania Lombrozo (Princeton Univ.) on "Explanation and Understanding: A Cognitive Science Perspective." Keynote details: 2026.aclweb.org/program/keyn...

Main Conference Day 2 at #ACL2026 (July 6): • 15:45 (Harbor Ballroom L2): Presidential Address delivered by ACL President Barbara Plank (LMU Munich). Conference schedule: 2026.aclweb.org/program/

Main Conference Day 2 at #ACL2026 (July 6): • 14:45 (Harbor Ballroom L2): Panel discussion on "Explainability of LLMs: Academic vs Industry perspective" with T. Linzen, S. Singh, K. Das; moderated by J. McAuley. 2026.aclweb.org/program/panel/

Main Conference Day 2 afternoon at #ACL2026 (July 6): • 13:00: Invited Keynote 2 by Yue Zhang (Westlake Univ.) on "How AI Can Help Us Manage AI Conferences (Even Though AI Caused the Trouble in the First Place)." 2026.aclweb.org/program/keyn...

Main Conference Day 2 morning at #ACL2026 (July 6): • 09:00–10:30: Linguistics Symposium ("Linguistics and NLP in the LLM Era") featuring A. Ettinger, R. Futrell, Z. Liu, and T. McCoy. Full program overview: 2026.aclweb.org/program/

Don't forget to attend the "ACL Computational Linguistics Doctoral Dissertation Award 2026" session on Mon Jul 6 9:00-9:30 AM (Location: Promenade) in the "Session 8: Oral/Poster Session D" /w 3 honorable mentions and 1 winner presented by Jason Eisner and Mohit Bansal: 2026.aclweb.org/program/

ACL SRW 2026 Day 1 is happening today in Gaslamp A-B! Oral sessions: 11:00–12:30 14:00–15:30 Panel discussion, 16:00–17:30: “The next big questions in NLP: What should students work on?” See you there! #ACL2026 #NLProc #NLPhD

Community engagement at #ACL2026: • 13:30–14:30 (Harbor Ballroom L2): Official ACL Business Meeting. All conference attendees are welcome to attend and participate in association governance. Overview: 2026.aclweb.org/program/

Throughout Main Conference days at #ACL2026 (July 5–7): Birds-of-a-Feather (BoF) and Affinity Group meetups provide space for community networking and discussion. Check Underline/Whova for exact rooms. Details: 2026.aclweb.org/program/bof/

Main Conference Day 1 afternoon at #ACL2026 (July 5): Multiple parallel oral presentation tracks and interactive poster sessions run throughout the day. Browse accepted conference papers here: 2026.aclweb.org/program/acce...

Main Conference Day 1 at #ACL2026 (July 5): • 09:30: Invited Keynote 1 by Philip Resnik (Univ. of Maryland) on "A New Balancing Act: Reflections on the Relationship between Computational Linguistics and AI." Info: 2026.aclweb.org/program/keyn...

Saturday at #ACL2026 (July 4): • 18:00–20:00: Official Welcome Reception at Manchester Grand Hyatt (networking & refreshments). • 21:00: San Diego Bay fireworks display outside the venue. Reception info: 2026.aclweb.org/program/rece...

Days 2 & 3 at #ACL2026 (July 3–4): Specialized co-located workshops run throughout both days across various NLP subfields. Verify room locations in the conference handbook or app. Workshop schedule: 2026.aclweb.org/program/work...

For the Industry track, we have two exciting sessions. 1. A keynote by Roberto Navigli on bridging academic and industrial AI 2. A session on Careers in NLP #ACL2026