Place: San Diego, California, United States
Conference Date: Friday, July 03, 2026
With the rapid advancement of artificial intelligence and language technologies, internet usage has continued to surge globally, enabling many widely spoken languages to adapt successfully to the digital age. However, regional and underresourced languages still face significant challenges due to limited computational resources, annotated datasets, and specialized tools. One such group is the Dravidian language family, primarily spoken in South India and Sri Lanka, with communities across Nepal, Pakistan, Malaysia, London, and other parts of the world. The Dravidian languages, with a history spanning more than 4,500 years and spoken by millions of speakers, are under-resourced in speech and natural language processing. Despite growing research interest, gaps persist in areas such as speech recognition, multimodal processing, and generative AI applications for Dravidian languages. This is the sixth workshop on speech and language technologies for Dravidian languages, building upon the success of the previous editions. DravidianLangTech-2026 continues to serve as a collaborative forum for researchers, practitioners, and students to share insights and advance computational methods for Dravidian languages. The main objectives of DravidianLangTech-2026 are as follows:
To explore challenges and innovations in developing speech and language resources for Dravidian languages.
To design and adapt language technologies for multilingual, multimodal, and code-mixed Dravidian contexts.
To facilitate collaboration between the global Dravidian language community and international scholars across computational linguistics, AI, and digital humanities.
To address ethical, cultural, and inclusivity aspects in the creation of language technologies for under-represented communities.
To encourage the integration of Agentic AI frameworks for building interactive, explainable, and collaborative language systems in Dravidian contexts.
Tagline: Advancing multilingual, multimodal, and inclusive technologies for under-resourced Dravidian languages.
Call for Papers :
DravidianLangTech-2026 welcomes theoretical, empirical, and applicationdriven contributions on any Dravidian languages (e.g., Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, Telugu, Tulu, Allar, Aranadan, Attapadya, Kurumba, etc.) that advance language processing, speech technologies, multimodality, or resource development. Submissions can address challenges in monolingual, bilingual, and code-mixed settings as well as crosslingual and low-resource transfer approaches.
Topics of interest include but are not limited to
Corpus(Data) development, annotation tools, benchmarks, and evaluation methodologies
Detecting Hate Speech, Offensive Language, Misinformation, Fake News, Spam, and Rumor
Generative AI and Prompt Engineering for Dravidian languages
Agentic AI and Multi-agent Systems: workflow orchestration, reasoning agents, and collaborative agents for Dravidian language processing
Multimodal processing: Text, Speech, Image, Video, and Memes in Dravidian contexts
Speech Technology: Automatic Speech Recognition, Speech Synthesis, Voice Conversion
Impaired/Normal Speech Recognition and Assistive Technologies for Dravidian speech
Accent Recognition, Verification, and Dialect Modeling
Emotion and Sentiment Recognition from Dravidian Speech and Text
Machine Translation and Cross-lingual Transfer in Dravidian languages
Language Resources for Generative and Instruction-Tuned LLMs
Document Analysis and Understanding for Dravidian texts and scripts
Object Detection and Recognition in multimodal Dravidian datasets
Ethical and Fair AI for Low-resource Language Communities
Healthcare and Mental Health Applications (e.g., depression detection, doctor-patient communication) in Dravidian speech
Educational Applications: Digital literacy, inclusive tools for rural Dravidian language communities
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
Saranya Rajiakodi
Central University of Tamil Nadu, India
Subalalitha CN
SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Dhivya Chinnappa
JPMorgan Chase & Co., Texas, United States
Balasubramanian Palani
Indian Institute of Information Technology Kottayam, Kerala, India
Malliga Subramanian
Kongu Engineering College, Tamil Nadu, India
Kogilavani Shanmugavadivel
National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research (NITTTR) Chennai, India
Ratnavel Rajalakshmi
Vellore Institute of Technology Chennai, India
Shunmuga Priya Muthusamy Chinnan, Data Science Institute, University of Galway, Ireland
Premjith B, Amrita School of Artificial Intelligence, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore, India
Prasanna Kumar Kumaresan, Data Science Institute, University of Galway, Ireland
Abhay Goyal, Missouri University of Science and Technology
Abhishake Reddy Onteddu, University of Central Missouri
Adeep Hande, Comcast Applied AI
Adnan Faisal, Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology
Ahamed Rameez Mohamed Nizzad, Zayed University
Ajees A P, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Dhirubhai Ambani Institute Of Information and Communication Technology
Aleksander Wieczorek, University of Basel
Amritha Prabakaran, National University of Ireland, Galway
Anagha Ananth, University of California, Berkeley
Anbukkarasi Sampath, Manipal University
Andrew Li, Lake Washington School District
Anjishnu Mukherjee, George Mason University
Arunaggiri Pandian Karunanidhi, Micron Technology
Arup Baruah, Assam Don Bosco University
Asha Hegde, Mangalore University
Ashutosh Tripathi, Publicis Sapient
Bagavathi C, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (Deemed University)
Bala Siva Sai Akhil Malepati, Independent
Benakeshkh Benakeshkh, National Institute of Technology Karnataka, India
Bharti Goel, F5 networks
Bhuvaneswari Sivagnanam, Central University of Tamil Nadu
Biniyam Lombe, Yale University
Brinda Gurusamy, Cisco
C. Oswald, NIT Tiruchirappalli
Chahat Raj, George Mason University
Chandrakanth Puligundla, Arizona State University
Chava Srinivasa Sai, Boston University
Chen-Yu Yen, ByteDance Inc.
Dao Sy Duy Minh, Ho Chi Minh City University of Science
Debajyoti Mazumder, IISER-Bhopal
Devi Sivakumar, University of California, Berkeley
Devpriya Dave, Bloomberg
Dhiman Goswami, George Mason University
Dipanjan Saha, Jadavpur University
Disne Kajanath, Eastern University of Sri Lanka
S. Delsi Robinsha, SRM Institute of Science and Technology
V.Sakthivel, Vellore Institute of Technology, India
Dss Lakshmi Kumari P, SRKR Engineering College
Farjana Yesmin, Boise State University
Fatima Uroosa, Instituto Politcnico Nacional
Fiona Victoria Stanley Jothiraj, Oregon State University
Garthigan Kumarasamy, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka
Gaurangi Sinha, Texas A&M University
Gersome Shimi, Madras Christian College
Ghanshyam Verma, University of Galway
HMokrane, Observatoire de Paris
Habiba A, National Institute of Technology Puducherry, India
Hans Krupakar, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani
Hariharan R L, Vellore Institute of Technology
Hasan Murad, Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology
Hosahalli Lakshmaiah Shashirekha, Mangalore University
Jamaluddin Jamaluddin, Aligarh Muslim University, India
Jerin Mahibha C, Meenakshi Sundararajan Engineering College
Jobin Jose, Indian Institute of Information Technology Kottayam, India
Jubeerathan Thevakumar, University of Moratuwa
Judith Jeyafreeda Andrew, Universit Paris Cit
Jyothish Lal G, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (Deemed University)
Kalaivani K S, Kongu Engineering College
Kamalakkannan Ravi, Harvard Medical School, Harvard University
Kamanasish Bhattacharjee, National Institute of Technology Agartala
Kanimozhi Selvi C S, Kongu Engineering College
Karthika Prabhu, Anna University
Karthika Subbaraj, Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar Institutions
Keerthi Vasan A, RMK Engineering College, India
Kevlyn Kadamala, National University of Ireland, Galway
Kiran Pala, University of Eastern Finland
Koyel Ghosh, Central Institute of Technology Kokrajhar
Krishnakumari K, University College of Engineering, Panruti
Kuan Lu, Cornell University
Mamta Mamta, King's College London, University of London
Manan Mehta, University of Southern California
Manohar Sita Rama Madhurapantula, National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research
Manoj Balaji Jagadeeshan, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Dhirubhai Ambani Institute Of Information and Communication Technology
Martina Galletti, Sony Computer Science Laboratories-Paris
Md. Refaj Hossan, Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology
Megha Sundriyal, Max Planck Institute for Security and Privacy
Mehal Sakthi M S, Anna University, Thirunelveli
Menan Velayuthan, University of Moratuwa
Minoru Sasaki, Ibaraki University
Mithun Kumar S R, Birla Institute of Technology and Science
Mohammed Moshiul Hoque, Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology
Mohan Raj, Monash University, Malaysia
Mohanrasu S S, United Arab Emirates University
Momtazul Arefin Labib, Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology
Monorama Swain, Johannes Kepler Universitt Linz
Msvpj Sathvik, University of Birmingham
Muhammad Arif N.Nasurudeen Ahamed, College of Information Technology, United Arab Emirates University
Narthana Sivalingam, University of Moratuwa
Nazmus Sakib, Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology
Nida Hafeez, Instituto Politcnico Nacional, Mexico
Nida Saddaf Khan, University of Texas Health Center at Houston
Nilu R Salim, Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar Institutions
Nitin Nikamanth Appiah Balaji, Hexion Inc.
Nurmyrat Amanmadov, University of Washington
Oleksii Cherkashyn, Blynk Technologies Inc.
Parthasarathi Jayaraman, SRM Institute Of Science & Technology (Deemed University)
Pengrui Han, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and California Institute of Technology
Prabalakshmi Arumugam, Boise State University
Prajna Prajna, Amity University
Pranav Gupta, Cisco
Prasanna Kumar Rangarajan, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham
Prateek Jalan, Walmart
Pritam Deka, The Queen's University Belfast
R Tharaniya Sairaj, Indian Institute of Information Technology Kottayam
Radhe Shyam Salopanthula, Dhirubhai Ambani Institute Of Information and Communication Technology
Raghav Sharma, Workday
Rahul Seetharaman, LinkedIn
Rajat Dandekar, Vizuara
Rajat Patel, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Rakesh Chandra Balabantaray, Indian Institute of Information Technology, Bhubaneswar, India
Rakesh Prakash, University of Colorado at Boulder
Ramakrishna Kolikipogu, Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology
Ramesh Kannan R, Vellore Institute of Technology
Ratna Kandala, University of Kansas
Ratnajit Dhar, Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology
Ravi Teja Potla, NVIDIA
Rishabh Jain, eBay Inc.
Rizwana Kallooravi Thandil, Sullamussalam Science College Areekode
Rohan R
Sabita Langkam, SEEDS FINCAP PVT LTD
Sachin Sharma, Gran Sasso Science Institute
Sadiya Sayara Chowdhury Puspo, George Mason University
Sahil Rajesh Dhayalkar, Brain Corporation
Sai Kartheek Reddy Kasu, Colorado State University
Sai Koneru, Pennsylvania State University
Sampavi Jesuthas, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka
Sara Renjit, Indian Institute of Information Technology Kottayam
Sathurgini Uthayakumar, University of Moratuwa
Satya Sai Srinath Namburi Gnvv, GE HealthCare
Saurabh Aggarwal, Autodesk
Selam Abitte, Instituto Politcnico Nacional, Mexico
Seshu Babu Pulagara, National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research
Shaibal Saha, Oakland University
Shiti Chowdhury, Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology
Shouvik Kumar Guha, The West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences
Shradha Sehgal, Department of Computer Science
Shravani Nag, Uber
Shubham Shubham, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Hyderabad
Sidney Wong, University of Otago
Sikha Pentyala, University of Washington
Siranjeevi Rajamanickam, Government Polytechnic College, Trichy, India
Somsubhra De, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee
Soubraylu Sivakumar, SRM Institute of Science and Technology
Soumedhik Bharati, Sister Nivedita University
Sourabh Deoghare, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India
Sowbarnigaa Sowbarnigaa, Anna University
Sowmya Vijayakumar, Technological University of the Shannon
Sreedath Panat, Vizuara AI Labs
Sreedeepa H S, Dhirubhai Ambani Institute Of Information and Communication Technology
Sreeja P. S, Vellore Institute of Technology
Sudhansu Bala Das, University of Galway, Ireland
Sudip Barik, Techno International New Town
Suresh Kumar Samarla, SRKR Engineering College
Surya Koppisetti, Reality Defender Inc
Sushovan Jena, Indian Institute of Technology Mandi, India
Swarup Ranjan Behera, ExxonMobil
Tasmiah Tahsin Mayeesha, University of North Texas
Tayyab Rehman, Universit degli Studi dell'Aquila
Tewodros Achamaleh, Instituto Politcnico Nacional, Mexico
Tran Chi Nguyen Trung-Kiet Huynh, Ho Chi Minh City University of Science, Vietnam
Tulika Bose, Vivoka
UmaJothi, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (Deemed University)
Uthayasanker Thayasivam, University of Moratuwa
Vaibhava Lakshmi Ravideshik, GRAIL
Vani Kanjirangat, Dalle Molle Institute for Artificial Intelligence USI-SUPSI
Venkatesh Velugubantla, Meridian Cooperative
Vijayalakshmi P, Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar Institutions
Vinay Babu Ulli, Oogwai Analytics
Vivek Pandit, Cadence Design Systems
Yazhmozhi V M, University of Dundee