Paper Submission Guidelines
WHAT FORMAT SHOULD THE PAPER BE?
The paper will be included in the ArabicNLP Conference proceedings and must adhere to one of the following templates:
- The paper is expected to be up to 4 pages long, plus any number of additional pages for references and appendices. Please note that the review process is not double-blind; anonymity is not required.
- It is recommended to use the Overleaf template for writing your paper, available here:
[Overleaf Template]
More formatting Details in the following link: https://github.com/acl-org/acl-style-files
If you are not familiar with Overleaf or LaTeX (not recommended), you may use the Word Document Template available here:
[Word Document Template]
- Please download the .Doc file. You may consult a sample PDF paper as well located in the same folder.
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1-g1uk9xoMjBTIB-MPMQ2nCPN7eSP6Pox?usp=sharing
**Submission Website:**
Submissions should be made via OpenReview. Please ensure you have an OpenReview account set up if you have not done so already. The submission link will be provided soon.
Visit OpenReview here: [OpenReview] https://openreview.net
Required Citation
Please use the following Bibtex entry to cite the shared task description paper:
Word Versions
Wajdi Zaghouani, Mustafa Jarrar, Nizar Habash, Houda Bouamor, Imed Zitouni, Mona Diab, Samhaa R. El-Beltagy and Muhammed Raed AbuOdeh . 2024. The FIGNEWS Shared Task on News Media Narratives, In Proceedings of the Second Arabic Natural Language Processing Conference (ArabicNLP 2024). Association for Computational Linguistics, Bangkok, Thailand.
Overleaf BibText vesions
@proceedings{zaghouani2024arabicnlp,
title = {The FIGNEWS Shared Task on News Media Narratives},
editor = {Wajdi Zaghouani and Mustafa Jarrar and Nizar Habash and Houda Bouamor and Imed Zitouni and Mona Diab and Samhaa R. El-Beltagy and Muhammed Raed AbuOdeh },
booktitle = {Proceedings of the Second Arabic Natural Language Processing Conference (ArabicNLP 2024)},
month = aug,
year = 2024,
address = {Bangkok, Thailand},
publisher = {Association for Computational Linguistics},
}
HOW SHOULD THE PAPER BE STRUCTURED?
Title
• The paper's title should follow the format: “[TeamName] at FIGNEWS 2024 Shared Task: [Extended Title]”. For example, “NLPExperts at FIGNEWS 2024 Shared Task: Innovations in Bias and Propaganda Annotation”.
Abstract
• Summarize the main objectives, methodology, key findings, and note the inclusion of related work and detailed examples for annotation labels.
1. Introduction
• Introduce the shared task (cite the FIGNEWS Overvier paper here), emphasizing its relevance and objectives.
• Mention the paper's adherence to the title format and its alignment with the shared task's goals.
• Discuss shared tasks, datathons, or similar efforts in dataset and guidelines creation within the NLP community, citing relevant works.
• Compare and contrast these efforts with the current shared task, highlighting any novel approaches or contributions made by the team.
2. Annotation Methodology and Examples
2.1 Development of Annotation Guidelines
• Describe the process of creating guidelines, emphasizing the inclusion of label-specific examples for both subtasks.
2.2 Data Annotation Process
• Explain the annotation process, highlighting how examples were used to guide and standardize the application of guidelines.
2.3 Inter-Annotator Agreement (IAA) Analysis
• Outline the IAA methodology, noting the role of examples in achieving reliable agreement.
3. Team Composition and Training
• Include detailed subsections on annotator demographics, training, and team coordination, as previously outlined.
4. Task Participation and Results
• Detail the team's performance, emphasizing how the inclusion of examples and the comparison with related work informed their approach and outcomes.
5. Discussion
• Analyze the team's findings in the context of the related work, discussing the implications and contributions to the field.
6. Conclusion
• Summarize key insights, emphasizing the role of thorough examples and the understanding of related work in the task's success.
References
• Include all necessary citations, ensuring proper acknowledgment of related shared tasks and previous guideline creation efforts.
Appendices (if applicable)
• Provide additional materials that support the paper's content.