Call for Papers
The 8th Workshop on Representation Learning for NLP (RepL4NLP 2023), co-located with ACL 2023 in Toronto, Canada, invites papers of a theoretical or experimental nature describing recent advances in vector space models of meaning, compositionality, and the application of deep neural networks and spectral methods to NLP. Relevant topics for the workshop include, but are not limited to, the following areas:
Developing new representations: at the document, sentence, word, or sub-word level, using language model objectives, word embeddings, spectral methods, etc.
Evaluating existing representations: probing representations for generalization, compositionality & robustness, adversarial evaluation, analysis of representations.
Efficient learning of representations and inference: with respect to training and inference time, model size, amount of training data, etc.
Beyond English / text representations: multi-modal, cross-lingual, knowledge-informed representations, structure-informed representations (syntax, morphology)
Important Dates
Direct paper submission deadline: April 24, 2023
Direct paper submission deadline: April 28, 2023
ACL 2023 fast-track deadline: May 15, 2023
ARR commitment deadline: May 15, 2023
Notification of acceptance: May 22, 2023
Camera-ready paper due: May 30, 2023
Pre-recorded video due: June 12, 2023
Workshop date: July 13, 2023
Submissions
We solicit three categories of papers: regular workshop papers, extended abstracts and cross-submissions. Only regular workshop papers will be included in the proceedings as archival publications, and only regular workshop papers will be eligible for best paper prizes. All three categories of papers may be long (maximum 8 pages plus references) or short (maximum 4 pages plus references). We encourage authors to include a broader impact and ethical concerns statement, following ARR Ethics Policy from the main conference. Papers can be submitted directly via OpenReview via the following link: https://openreview.net/group?id=aclweb.org/ACL/2023/Workshop/RepL4NLP.
Regular Workshop Papers
Authors should submit a long paper of up to 8 pages, with unlimited additional pages for references, or a short paper of up to 4 pages, with unlimited additional pages for references, following the ACL 2023 formatting requirements (see the ACL 2023 Call For Papers for reference: https://2023.aclweb.org/calls/main_conference/). The reported research should be substantially original. Accepted papers will be presented as posters. Reviewing will be double-blind, and thus no author information should be included in the papers; self-reference that identifies the authors should be avoided or anonymized. Accepted papers will appear in the workshop proceedings.
Extended Abstracts
Preliminary but interesting ideas or results that have not been published before may be submitted as extended abstracts. Accepted extended abstracts will be presented as posters, and included in the workshop program and handbook, but will not be included in the workshop proceedings (and are not eligible for best paper prizes).
Extended abstract submissions are therefore ideal for preliminary work which would benefit from exposure but is not ready for publication. Authors should submit a long extended abstract of up to 8 pages, with up to 2 additional pages for references, or a short extended abstract of up to 4 pages, with up to 2 additional pages for references. Submissions should follow the ACL 2023 formatting requirements (see the ACL 2023 Call For Papers for reference: https://2023.aclweb.org/calls/main_conference/). Reviewing will be double-blind, and thus no author information should be included in the papers; self-reference that identifies the authors should be avoided or anonymized.
Cross-Submissions
In addition to previously unpublished work, we also solicit papers on relevant topics that have appeared in a non-NLP venue (e.g., workshop or conference papers at NeurIPS or ICML) or findings papers in NLP venues. Accepted cross-submissions will be presented as posters, with an indication of original venue, but will not be included in the workshop program and handbook, or the workshop proceedings (and are not eligible for best paper prizes). Cross-submissions are ideal for related work which would benefit from exposure to the RepL4NLP audience. Submission length is determined by the original venue. Interested authors should submit their papers in PDF format through the RepL4NLP submission portal with a note on the original venue. Papers in this category do not need to follow the ACL format and selection will be solely determined by the organising committee.
ACL 2023 fast-track submissions
Papers submitted to the ACL 2023 main conference that have not been selected can be submitted to the RepL4NLP 2023 fast-track. To do so, please complete the following form: https://forms.gle/sTUjKQRVQHuUZszw7. We will then make a decision based on your reviews received from ACL 2023. Note that you do not need to submit the reviews received from ACL 2023.
Presenting your work
Poster (obligatory): We ask all authors that present their work as part of our workshop (main workshop papers and Findings papers) to submit a poster about your work that will be hosted as part of the virtual conference setup. All posters should be A0 with portrait orientation. The deadline to submit such poster is June 12, 2023. Please submit via Underline's submission form.
Pre-recorded video (voluntarily): We welcome you to submit a pre-recorded presentation about your work that will be hosted as part of the virtual conference setup. The deadline to submit the pre-recorded presentation is June 12, 2023. Note, that such a submission is voluntarily. Please follow Underline's guidline son how to record your video and submit via their submission form. The presentations should not be longer than 10 minutes.
Contact Information
The co-chairs of the workshop can be contacted by email at: repl4nlp@googlegroups.com.
More details will be posted at the workshop website: https://sites.google.com/view/repl4nlp2023