Submission Deadline postponed to Oct. 15, 2024.
In addition to the main session, ComputEL-8 invites self-identified submissions to a special themed session on “Building Tools Together”, oriented toward amplifying our shared understanding of how best to work together across disciplinary and cultural boundaries to build technological tools that support community language revitalization.
We invite presentations that: (1) describe collaborations in the development of new tools and technologies; and/or (2) describe or identify technological or computational needs within community language reclamation contexts, and/or propose solutions.
For presentations that describe a collaboration among language communities, academic researchers, and (in some cases) industry or non-governmental organizations towards the development of new tools, resources, and technologies in, we encourage submissions which address questions such as:
- How did the idea for the tool or technology come about?
- How did the team members meet and come to work together?
- What has been the impact of this tool? How are you evaluating it? How has the project benefitted community efforts at language maintenance and revitalization?
- What are some challenges (logistical, technical, interdisciplinary, intercultural) that you encountered, and how did you address them?
- How have you balanced the needs and priorities of different team members through the lifespan of the project?
- What lessons have you learned that might benefit similar collaborations?
For presentations that identify technological or computational needs within community language reclamation contexts, and/or propose solutions, e we encourage submissions which address questions such as:
- What is the need that this tool would meet? Who will it serve?
- What is the blue-sky version of this tool? What is the minimum viable product version?
- What kinds of data, digital assets, or media content would be required to create the tool, and how would they be assembled?
- What challenges might the team face in the development process?
- How do you anticipate the collaborative process to best incorporate diverse areas of expertise from cultural and community-grounded knowledge to academic, technical, and production-oriented knowledge?
Please submit anonymous extended abstracts of up to 1500 words, excluding references.
Submissions representing community-led collaborations are strongly encouraged.
Submissions must be uploaded to EasyChair (https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=computel8) no later than October 15, 2024 11:59PM (UTC-12, “anywhere on earth”). Submissions may be considered for both the regular session and the special session.
Notification of acceptance to the Special Session will be sent out by November 22, 2024.
All authors of papers in the Special Theme Session will be invited to contribute to a follow-up paper that synthesizes the findings of the Session.
Important Dates
15-Oct-2024 | Deadline for submission of extended abstracts |
| 22-Nov-2024 | Notification of Acceptance |
| 10-Jan-2025 | Camera-ready papers due |
| 4-5 March 2025 | Workshop |
Organizing Committee
Godfred Agyapong (University of Florida)
Antti Arppe (University of Alberta)
Aditi Chaudhary (Google Research)
Jordan Lachler (University of Alberta)
Sarah Moeller (University of Florida)
Shruti Rijhwani (Google DeepMind)
Daisy Rosenblum (University of British Columbia)
Olivia Waring (University of Hawai’i Mānoa)
Contact Us
Email us at: computel.workshop@gmail.com