Fifth Workshop on Speech, Vision, and Language Technologies for Dravidian Languages (DravidianLangTech-2025) at NAACL 2025

Saturday, May 3, 2025, 09:00 - 17:30 (UTC−06:00)

With the advancement of technology, internet usage has surged and brought most global languages into the digital age. However, many regional and under-resourced languages continue to face challenges due to the lack of progress in language technology. One such group of languages is the Dravidian language family primarily spoken in South India and Sri Lanka, with communities of speakers also found in Nepal, Pakistan,Malaysia, London, other parts of India, and various regions around the world. Dravidian languages, which are 4,500 years old and spoken by millions across the world, remain underrepresented in digital spaces. This is the fifth workshop on speech and language technologies for Dravidian languages.

The main objectives of DravidianLangTech-2025 are as follows:

To identify and address the challenges involved in developing speech and language resources for dravidian languages.
To implement suitable language technology models tailored to the unique needs of dravidian languages.
To promote cross-disciplinary collaboration among global researchers.
To promote inclusive and safe digital spaces for dravidian language speakers through multimodal content moderation.

Call for Papers :

DravidianLangTech-2025 welcomes theoretical and practical paper submission on any Dravidian languages (Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, Telugu, Tulu, Allar, Aranadan, Attapadya, Kurumba, Badaga, Beary, Betta Kurumba, Bharia, Bishavan, Brahui, Chenchu, Duruwa, Eravallan, Gondi, Holiya, Irula, Jeseri, Kadar, Kaikadi, Kalanadi, Kanikkaran, Khiwar, Kodava, Kolami, Konda, Koraga, Kota, Koya, Kurambhag Paharia, Kui, Kumbaran, Kunduvadi, Kurichiya, Kurukh, Kurumba, Kuvi, Madiya, Mala Malasar, Malankuravan, Malapandaram, Malasar, Malto, Manda, Muduga, Mullu Kurumba, Muria, Muthuvan, Naiki, Ollari, Paliyan, Paniya, Pardhan, Pathiya, Pattapu, Pengo, Ravula, Sholaga, Thachanadan, Toda, Wayanad Chetti, and Yerukala) that contributes to research in language processing, speech technologies or resources for the same. We will particularly encourage studies that address either practical application or improving resources for a given language in the field.

This comprehensive call for papers invites submissions on critical topics related to hate speech, offensive language, misinformation, and content safety in social media and online environments, especially as they pertain to Dravidian languages. Researchers are encouraged to explore innovative methods for detecting and mitigating various forms of harmful content, such as political hate speech, offensive language, and AI-generated misinformation, with a focus on cross-lingual and multimodal approaches that integrate text, images, and video.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

Detection of Political Hate Speech in social media
Multimodal Hate Speech Detection Across Text, Image, and Video Content
AI-Generated Content Detection and Mitigation in Online Media
Corpus Development for Hate Speech Detection in Multilingual Contexts
Identifying Offensive Language in Political Discourse on Social Platforms
Cross-Modal Techniques for Multimodal Hate Speech Detection
Fake News and Rumor Detection in Dravidian Language Media
Emotion Analysis and Sentiment Detection in Hate Speech
Cyberbullying and Hostility Detection for Safer Online Environments
Disinformation and Misinformation Detection in Political Speech
Racial and Religious Abuse Detection Using Multimodal Approaches
Automated Detection of AI-Generated Harmful Content
Social Contagion of Hate Speech in Online Political Discussions
Accent and Emotion Recognition in Dravidian Language Speech
Social Bias Detection in AI-Generated Text
Sexism and Misogynistic Attitudes in Multimodal Online Content
Detection of Violent Incidents in social media Using Multimodal Data
Phonology and Morphology in Dravidian Language Processing
Document and Image Analysis for Hate Speech Detection in social media

Invited Speaker:

Soman K.P

Dean of the School of Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Head and Professor at Amrita Centre for Computational Engineering and Networking (CEN)

Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, India

Organizers

Bharathi Raja Chakravarthi

School of Computer Science, University of Galway, Ireland.

Ruba Priyadharshini

Gandhigram Rural Institute-Deemed to be University, India

Anand Kumar M

National Institute of Technology Karnataka Surathkal, India.

Sajeetha Thavareesan

Eastern University, Sri Lanka

Elizabeth Sherly

Digital University Kerala, India

Saranya Rajiakodi

Central University of Tamil Nadu, India

Balasubramanian Palani

Indian Institute of Information Technology Kottayam, Kerala, India

Malliga Subramanian

Kongu Engineering College, Tamil Nadu, India

Subalalitha CN

SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Dhivya Chinnappa

JPMorgan Chase & Co., Texas, United States

Programme Committee

A. Justin Gopinath, Vellore Institute of Technology, India.
Aathavan Nithiyananthan, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka.
Abdullah Al Nahian, American International University, Bangladesh.
Abdur Rahman, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Bangladesh.
Abhai Pratap Singh, Carnegie Mellon University, USA.
Abhay Vishwakarma, Motilal Nehru National Institute Of Technology, India.
Abhinav Kumar, Sikha 'O' Anushandhan University, India.
Abirami Jayaraman, Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar Institutions, India.
Adarsh Valoor, University of Southampton, UK.
Adeep Hande, Comcast Applied AI, USA.
Advait Vats, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India.
Ahamed Rameez Mohamed Nizzad, British College of Applied Studies, Sri Lanka.
Aishwarya Gaddam, George Mason University, USA.
Aishwarya Selvamurugan, Sri Eshwar College of Engineering, India.
Alessandra Teresa Cignarella, Ghent University, Belgium.
Amit Jaspal, Facebook, USA.
Angel Deborah S, Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering, India.
Anik Mahmud Shanto, Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology, Bangladesh.
Anindo barua, Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology, Bangladesh.
Anisha Ahmed, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Bangladesh.
Anusha M D Gowda, Yenepoya Deemed to be University, India.
Aravindh M, RMK Engineering College, India.
Arivuchudar K, RMK Engineering College, India.
Arpita Mallik, Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology, Bangladesh.
Arthi R, RMK Engineering College, India.
Arun Prasad T D, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (Deemed University), India.
Aruna Devi Shanmugam, Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar Institutions, India.
Arunaggiri Pandian Karunanidhi, Micron Technology, USA.
Arupa Barua, Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology, Bangladesh.
Arya Palackal Shijish, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (Deemed University), India.
Asha Hegde, Mangalore University, India.
Ashim Dey, Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology, Bangladesh.
Ashok Yadav, Indian Institute of Information Technology Allahabad, India.
Ashraf Deen, RMK Engineering College, India.
Ashraful Islam Paran, Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology, Bangladesh.
Ashutosh Tripathi, Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology, India.
Avaneesh Koushik, Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar Institutions, India.
Azmine Toushik Wasi, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Bangladesh.
B Saathvik, Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar Institutions, India.
Boomika E, RMK Engineering College, India.
Burugu Rahul, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (Deemed University), India.
Babatunde Abimbola Abiola, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, South Africa.
Bachu Naga sri Harini, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (Deemed University), India.
Bagavathi C, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (Deemed University), India.
Bharathi B, Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College Of Engineering, India.
Bhuvaneswari Sivagnanam, Central University of Tamil Nadu, India.
Billodal Roy, Lowe's, USA.
Bitan Mallik, Vellore Institute of Technology, India.
Bommineni Sahitya, RMK Engineering College, India.
Dhanyashree G, RMK Engineering College, India.
Dharunika Sasikumar, Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar Institutions, India.
Diya Seshan, Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar Institutions, India.
Dola Chakraborty, Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology, Bangladesh.
Dondluru Keerthana, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (Deemed University), India.
Durga Prasad Manukonda, ASRlytics, India.
Enjamamul Haque Eram, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Bangladesh.
Eric SanJuan, Université d'Avignon, France.
Eshwanth Karti T R, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (Deemed University), India.
Fariha Haq, Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology, Bangladesh.
Farjana Alam Tofa, Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology, Bangladesh.
Fatima Uroosa, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Mexico.
Fiona Victoria Stanley Jothiraj, Oregon State University, USA.
Fred Philippy, University of Luxemburg, Luxemburg.
Ganesh Sundhar S, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, India.
G Manikandan, RMK Engineering College, India.
Gersome Shimi, Madras Christian College, India.
Girma Yohannis Bade, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Mexico.
Gladiss Merlin N.R, RMK Engineering College, India.
Habiba A, National Institute of Technology Puducherry, India.
Hamada Nayel, Prince Sattam bin Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia.
Hare Ram C, RMK Engineering College, India.
Hari Krishnan N, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (Deemed University), India.
Harish Vijay V, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (Deemed University), India.
Harry Thomas Kandathil, Vellore Institute of Technology, India.
Harshita Sharma, University of Delhi, India.
Hasan Murad, Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology, Bangladesh.
Hosahalli Lakshmaiah Shashirekha, Mangalore University, India.
Ippatapu Venkata Srichandra, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (Deemed University), India.
J Bhuvana, Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering, India.
Jahnavi Murali, Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar Institutions, India.
Janeshvar Sivakumar, Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar Institutions, India.
Jannath Nisha O S, Vellore Institute of Technology, India.
Jerin Mahibha C, Meenakshi Sundararajan Engineering College, India.
Jobin Jose, Indian Institute of Information Technology Kottayam, India.
Jubeerathan Thevakumar, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka.
Jyothish Lal G, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (Deemed University), India.
K Anishka, Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College Of Engineering, India.
Kalaivani K S, Kongu Engineering College, India.
Kalpana K, RMK Engineering College, India.
Kankipati Venkata Meghana, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (Deemed University), India.
Kasu Sai Kartheek Reddy, Indian Institute of Information Technology Dharwad, India.
Kavin Bharathi, Vellore Institute of Technology, India.
Kawsar Ahmed, Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology, Bangladesh.
Keerthana NNL, Indian Institute of Information Technology Kottayam, India.
Keerthi Vasan A, RMK Engineering College, India.
Khadiza Sultana Sayma, Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology, Bangladesh.
Kogilavani Shanmugavadivel, kongu engineering college, India.
Kondakindi Supriya, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (Deemed University), India.
Konkimalla Laxmi Vignesh, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (Deemed University), India.
Kritika A, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (Deemed University), India.
Lahari P, RMK Engineering College, India.
Lalith Kishore V P, RMK Engineering College, India.
Lekhashree A, RMK Engineering College, India.
Lemlem Eyob Kawo, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Mexico.
Livin Nector Dhasan, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India.
Luxshan Thavarasa, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka.
MD Musa Kalimullah Ratul, Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology, Bangladesh.
Mahankali Sri Ram Krishna, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (Deemed University), India.
Mahfuz Ahmed Anik, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Bangladesh.
Mahir Absar Khan, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Bangladesh.
Manan Buddhadev, Rochester Institute of Technology, USA.
Marc Brysbaert, Universiteit Gent, Belgium.
Md Ayon Mia, Dhaka International University, Bangladesh.
Md Minhazul Kabir, Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology, Bangladesh.
Md Mizanur Rahman, Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology, Bangladesh.
Md. Alam Miah, Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology, Bangladesh.
Md. Mahadi Rahman, Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology, Bangladesh.
Md. Mohiuddin, Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology, Bangladesh.
Md. Refaj Hossan, Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology, Bangladesh.
Md. Sajid Alam Chowdhury, Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology, Bangladesh.
Md. Sajjad Hossain, Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology, Bangladesh.
Md. Tanvir Ahammed Shawon, Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology, Bangladesh.
Md. Zahid Hasan, Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology, Bangladesh.
Meenakshy S, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (Deemed University), India.
Meetesh Saini, Vellore Institute of Technology, India.
Mesay Gemeda Yigezu, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Mexico.
Mikhail Krasitskii, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Mexico.
Minhaz Chowdhury, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Bangladesh.
Minoru Sasaki, Ibaraki University, Japan.
Miriam Butt, Universität Konstanz, Germany.
Mohan Raj, Monash University, Malaysia.
Mohan Raj M A, RMK Engineering College, India.
Momtazul Arefin Labib, Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology, Bangladesh.
Monorama Swain, Copenhagen University, Denmark.
Moogambigai A, Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College Of Engineering, India.
Mugilkrishna D U, Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College Of Engineering, India.
N.Nasurudeen Ahamed, United Arab Emirates University, UAE.
Naihao Deng, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor, USA.
Navneet Agarwal, Université de Caen Basse Normandie, France.
Navneet Krishna Chukka, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (Deemed University), India.
Nazmus Sakib, Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology, Bangladesh.
Nida Hafeez, Instituto Politecnico Nacional, Mexico.
Niranjan kumar M, Lowe's, USA.
Nishanth.S, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (Deemed University), India.
Nithish Ariyha K, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (Deemed University), India.
Nitisha Aggarwal, University of Delhi, India.
Noor Mairukh Khan Arnob, University of Asia Pacific, Bangladesh.
Olga Kolesnikova, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Mexico.
Pandiarajan D, Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar Institutions, India.
Pathange Omkareshwara Rao, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (Deemed University), India.
Pavithra J, RMK Engineering College, India.
Ponsubash Raj R, Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College Of Engineering, India.
Poojitha Sai Manikandan, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (Deemed University), India.
Pranav Gupta, Lowes Inc.
Premjith B, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (Deemed University), India.
Priyatharshan Balachandran, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka.
Rahatun Nesa Priti, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Bangladesh.
Raj Sonani, Cornell University, USA.
Rajalakshmi Sivanaiah, Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering, India.
Raksha Adyanthaya, Yenepoya Institute of Arts, Science, Commerce and Management, India.
Ramesh Kannan R, Vellore Institute of Technology, India.
Rasha Sharma, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (Deemed University), India.
Ratnavel Rajalakshmi, Vellore Institute of Technology, India.
Ravi Teja Potla, NVIDIA, USA.
Riya Rajeev, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (Deemed University), India.
Rohan R, Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar Institutions, India.
Rohith Gowtham Kodali, asrlytics, India.
S Ananthasivan, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (Deemed University), India.
Sabik Aftahee, Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology, Bangladesh.
Sabrina Afroz Mitu, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Bangladesh.
Safiul Alam Sarker, Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology, Bangladesh.
Sai Koneru, Pennsylvania State University, USA.
Sakkthi Gurru D, Vellore Institute of Technology, India.
Sandra Johnson, RMK Engineering College, India.
Sangeetha S, Kumaraguru College of Technology, India.
Santhosh Kakarla, George Mason University, USA.
Sarbajeet Pattanaik, Indian Institute of Information Technology Allahabad, India.
Sarumathi P, Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College Of Engineering, India.
Satya Subrahmanya Gautama Shastry Bulusu Venkata, George Mason University, USA.
Saurabh Aggarwal, Autodesk, USA.
Shamima Afroz, Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology, Bangladesh.
Shankari S R, Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College Of Engineering, India.
Shanmitha Thirumoorthy, Vellore Institute of Technology, India.
Sharon Sunny, University of Southampton, UK.
Sheikh Ayatur Rahman, BRAC University, Bangladesh.
Shreyas Karthik, Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar Institutions, India.
Shriya Alladi, Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar Institutions, India.
Shruthi Rengarajan, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (Deemed University), India.
Shruthikaa V, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (Deemed University), India.
Shuang Ao, University of Southampton, UK.
Siddhaarth Sekar, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (Deemed University), India.
Sidney Wong, University of Canterbury, New Zealand.
Simran, Institute of Informatics and Communication, India.
Sivasuthan Sukumar, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka.
Somsubhra De, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India.
Sourabh Deoghare, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay.
Souvik Bhattacharyya, Lowe's, USA.
Sowmya Vajjala, National Research Council Canada, Canada.
Spurthi Amba Hombaiah, Google DeepMind, USA.
Sreeja K, Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering, India.
Srihari V K, Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar Institutions, India.
Srijita Dhar, Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology, Bangladesh.
Sripriya N, Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering, India.
Subhashini Sudhakar, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (Deemed University), India.
Suriya KP, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (Deemed University), India.
Swetha.N.G, Vellore Institute of Technology, India.
Syeda Alisha Noor, Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology, Bangladesh.
Symom Hossain Shohan, Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology, Bangladesh.
Tanisha Sriram, Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College Of Engineering, India.
Tara Samiksha, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (Deemed University), India.
Tareque Md Hanif, Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology, Bangladesh.
Temitope Oladepo, Federal University Oye-Ekiti, Nigeria.
Tewodros Achamaleh, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Mexico.
Thenmozhi Durairaj, SSN College of Engineering, India.
Tofayel Ahmmed Babu, Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology, Bangladesh.
Tolulope Olalekan Abiola, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Mexico.
Trina Chakraborty, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Bangladesh.
Udoy Das, East Delta University, Bangladesh.
Uma Jothi, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (Deemed University), India.
V Guru charan, Collaborative Dynamics, USA.
Vajratiya Vajrobol, University of Delhi, India.
Venkatesh Velugubantla, Meridian Cooperative, USA.
Vijay Karthick Vaidyanathan, Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar Institutions, India.
Vijay Manickam R, Vellore Institute of Technology, India.
Vikash J, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (Deemed University), India.
Vishal A S, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (Deemed University), India.
Vrijendra Singh, Indian Institute of Information Technology Allahabad, India.
Wahid Faisal, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Bangladesh.
Yeshwanth Balaji A P, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (Deemed University), India.
Yves Scherrer, University of Oslo, Norway.

Publication Chairs

Rahul Ponnusamy, Data Science Institute, University of Galway, Ireland
Shunmuga Priya Muthusamy Chinnan, University of Galway, Ireland
Prasanna Kumar Kumaresan, Data Science Institute, University of Galway, Ireland

Best Reviewers

Ashutosh Tripathi, Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology, India
Adeep Hande, Comcast Applied AI, USA
Amit Jaspal, Facebook, USA

Active Reviewers

Md. Refaj Hossan, Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology, Bangladesh
Mahir Absar Khan, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Bangladesh
Bitan Mallik, Vellore Institute of Technology, India
Durga Prasad Manukonda, ASRlytics, India
Jananth Nisha O S, Vellore Institute of Technology, India
Arunaggiri Pandian Karunanidhi, Micron Technology, USA
Fred Philippy, University of Luxemburg, Luxemburg
B Saathvik, Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar Institutions, India
Sowmya Vajjala, National Research Council Canada, Canada
Ashok Yadav, Indian Institute of Information Technology Allahabad, India

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