<div dir="ltr"><div><p style="background:transparent;color:rgb(14,16,26);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><strong style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-weight:400">[Apologies</span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-weight:400"> for </span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-weight:400">cross</span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-weight:400">-posting]</span></span></strong></p><p style="background:transparent;color:rgb(14,16,26);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><strong style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-weight:400"><br></span></span></strong></p><p style="background:transparent;color:rgb(14,16,26);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">Dear Researchers,</span></span></p><p style="background:transparent;color:rgb(14,16,26);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></span></span></p><p style="background:transparent;color:rgb(14,16,26);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"></p><p style="background:transparent;color:rgb(14,16,26);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">We are pleased to invite you to participate in the </span><strong style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">PolyHope-M Shared Task at RANLP 2025</span></strong><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">, an exciting challenge </span><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">aimed at advancing</span><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> the computational understanding of </span><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">hope</span></span><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> across multiple languages. Hope is a crucial human emotion </span><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">that influences</span><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> decision-making, resilience, and social interactions. This shared task focuses on detecting and categorizing hope-related expressions in </span><strong style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">English, German, Spanish, and Urdu social media texts</span></strong><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">.</span></p><p style="background:transparent;color:rgb(14,16,26);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"></p><p style="background:transparent;color:rgb(14,16,26);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">Unlike traditional binary sentiment classification, </span><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">PolyHope-M</span></span><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> introduces a </span><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">nuanced multiclass classification approach</span></span><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> to distinguish between:</span></p><ul style="background:transparent;color:rgb(14,16,26);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li style="margin-left:15px;background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;list-style-type:disc"><strong style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">Generalized Hope:</span></strong><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> A broad sense of optimism not tied to specific outcomes.</span></li><li style="margin-left:15px;background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;list-style-type:disc"><strong style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">Realistic Hope:</span></strong><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> Expectations grounded in achievable goals.</span></li><li style="margin-left:15px;background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;list-style-type:disc"><strong style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">Unrealistic Hope:</span></strong><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> Desires for outcomes that are unlikely or impossible.</span></li><li style="margin-left:15px;background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;list-style-type:disc"><strong style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">Not Hope:</span></strong><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> Texts that do not express hope.</span></li></ul><div><font color="#0e101a"><br></font></div><div><font color="#0e101a"><br></font></div><span style="background:transparent;color:rgb(14,16,26);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><strong style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">Task Description</span></strong></span><p style="background:transparent;color:rgb(14,16,26);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">Participants will develop NLP models for classifying hope-related expressions through two main subtasks:</span></p><ol style="background:transparent;color:rgb(14,16,26);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li style="margin-left:15px;background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;list-style-type:decimal"><strong style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">Binary Hope Speech Detection</span></strong><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> (Subtask 1 - separate for each language): Classifying texts as </span><strong style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">Hope</span></strong><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> or </span><strong style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">Not Hope</span></strong><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">.</span></li><li style="margin-left:15px;background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;list-style-type:decimal"><strong style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">Multiclass Hope Speech Detection</span></strong><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> (Subtask 2 - separate for each language): Distinguishing between different types of hope expressions.</span></li></ol><div><font color="#0e101a"><br></font></div><div><font color="#0e101a"><br></font></div><span style="background:transparent;color:rgb(14,16,26);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><strong style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">Important Dates</span></strong></span><ul style="background:transparent;color:rgb(14,16,26);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li style="margin-left:15px;background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;list-style-type:disc"><strike><strong style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">Training data release:</span></strong><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> February 20, 2025</span></strike></li><li style="margin-left:15px;background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;list-style-type:disc"><strike><strong style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">Evaluation data release & evaluation start:</span></strong><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> February 25, 2025</span></strike></li><li style="margin-left:15px;background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;list-style-type:disc"><strong style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">Evaluation end:</span></strong><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> March 25, 2025</span></li><li style="margin-left:15px;background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;list-style-type:disc"><strong style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">Publication of official results:</span></strong><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> March 26, 2025</span></li><li style="margin-left:15px;background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;list-style-type:disc"><strong style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">Paper submission deadline:</span></strong><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> April 26, 2025</span></li><li style="margin-left:15px;background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;list-style-type:disc"><strong style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">Author notifications:</span></strong><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> May 10, 2025</span></li><li style="margin-left:15px;background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;list-style-type:disc"><strong style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">Camera-ready submission:</span></strong><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> June 10, 2025</span></li><li style="margin-left:15px;background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;list-style-type:disc"><strong style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">Shared task presentation at RANLP 2025:</span></strong><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> September 11-12, 2025</span></li></ul><div><font color="#0e101a"><br></font></div><div><font color="#0e101a"><br></font></div><span style="background:transparent;color:rgb(14,16,26);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><strong style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">Organizing Committee</span></strong></span><ul style="background:transparent;color:rgb(14,16,26);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li style="margin-left:15px;background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;list-style-type:disc"><strong style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">Fazlourrahman Balouchzahi</span></strong><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">, Independent Researcher, Mexico</span></li><li style="margin-left:15px;background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;list-style-type:disc"><strong style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">Sabur Butt</span></strong><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">, Institute for the Future of Education (IFE), Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico</span></li><li style="margin-left:15px;background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;list-style-type:disc"><strong style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">Maaz Amjad</span></strong><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, USA</span></li><li style="margin-left:15px;background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;list-style-type:disc"><strong style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">Luis Jose Gonzalez-Gomez</span></strong><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">, IFE, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico</span></li><li style="margin-left:15px;background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;list-style-type:disc"><strong style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">Abdul Gafar Manuel Meque</span></strong><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">, Centro de Investigación en Computación, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Mexico</span></li><li style="margin-left:15px;background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;list-style-type:disc"><strong style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">Helena Gómez-Adorno</span></strong><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">, IIMAS, UNAM, Mexico</span></li><li style="margin-left:15px;background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;list-style-type:disc"><strong style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">Bharathi Raja Chakravarthi</span></strong><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">, University of Galway, Ireland</span></li><li style="margin-left:15px;background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;list-style-type:disc"><strong style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">Grigori Sidorov</span></strong><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">, Centro de Investigación en Computación, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Mexico</span></li><li style="margin-left:15px;background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;list-style-type:disc"><strong style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">Thomas Mandl</span></strong><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">, University of Hildesheim, Germany</span></li><li style="margin-left:15px;background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;list-style-type:disc"><strong style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">Hector G Ceballos</span></strong><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">, IFE, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico</span></li><li style="margin-left:15px;background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;list-style-type:disc"><strong style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">Ruba Priyadharshini</span></strong><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">, Gandhigram Rural Institute, India</span></li><li style="margin-left:15px;background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;list-style-type:disc"><strong style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">Saranya Rajiakodi</span></strong><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">, Central University of Tamilnadu, India</span></li></ul><span style="background:transparent;color:rgb(14,16,26);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><strong style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></span></strong></span><span style="background:transparent;color:rgb(14,16,26);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><strong style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">Contact Information</span></strong></span><p style="background:transparent;color:rgb(14,16,26);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">For any inquiries, </span><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">please contact the organizing team</span><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">:</span></p><ul style="background:transparent;color:rgb(14,16,26);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li style="margin-left:15px;background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;list-style-type:disc"><strong style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">Fazlourrahman Balouchzahi:</span></strong><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> <a href="mailto:fbalouchzahi2021@cic.ipn.mx" target="_blank">fbalouchzahi2021@cic.ipn.mx</a></span></li><li style="margin-left:15px;background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;list-style-type:disc"><strong style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">Sabur Butt:</span></strong><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> <a href="mailto:saburb@tec.mx" target="_blank">saburb@tec.mx</a></span></li><li style="margin-left:15px;background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;list-style-type:disc"><strong style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">Helena Gómez-Adorno:</span></strong><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> <a href="mailto:helena.gomez@iimas.unam.mx" target="_blank">helena.gomez@iimas.unam.mx</a></span></li></ul><p style="background:transparent;color:rgb(14,16,26);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></span></p><p style="background:transparent;color:rgb(14,16,26);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">For more details and participation guidelines, visit:</span></p><p style="background:transparent;color:rgb(14,16,26);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"></p><p style="background:transparent;color:rgb(14,16,26);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><strong style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">PolyHope-M Competition Page</span></strong><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">: <a href="https://www.codabench.org/competitions/5635/" target="_blank">https://www.codabench.org/competitions/5635/</a></span></p><p style="background:transparent;color:rgb(14,16,26);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><strong style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">RANLP Website</span></strong><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">: <a href="https://ranlp.org/ranlp2025/" target="_blank">https://ranlp.org/ranlp2025/</a></span></p><p style="background:transparent;color:rgb(14,16,26);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"></p><p style="background:transparent;color:rgb(14,16,26);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></span></p><p style="background:transparent;color:rgb(14,16,26);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">We look forward to your participation in </span><strong style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">PolyHope-M at RANLP 2025</span></strong><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> and your contributions toward enhancing hope speech detection across multiple languages!</span></p><p style="background:transparent;color:rgb(14,16,26);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></span></p><p style="background:transparent;color:rgb(14,16,26);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"></p><p style="background:transparent;color:rgb(14,16,26);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">Best regards,</span></p><p style="background:transparent;color:rgb(14,16,26);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">Sabur Butt</span></span></p><p style="background:transparent;color:rgb(14,16,26);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></span></span></p></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div style="border:0px;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:9.75pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:arial,sans-serif;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(32,33,36)"><b>Sabur Butt, Ph.D. </b>(He/Him)</span></div><div style="border:0px;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:medium;line-height:inherit;font-family:"Segoe UI Web (West European)","Segoe UI",-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,Roboto,"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0);direction:ltr"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:9.75pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:arial,sans-serif;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(32,33,36)">Institute for the Future of Education (IFE)</span></div><div style="border:0px;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:medium;line-height:inherit;font-family:"Segoe UI Web (West European)","Segoe UI",-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,Roboto,"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0);direction:ltr"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:9.75pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:arial,sans-serif;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(32,33,36)"><b>Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico</b></span></div><div style="border:0px;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:medium;line-height:inherit;font-family:"Segoe UI Web (West European)","Segoe UI",-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,Roboto,"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0);direction:ltr"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:10px;line-height:inherit;font-family:arial,sans-serif;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(32,33,36)">Address: Av. Eugenio Garza Sada 2501 Sur Tecnológico, 64849 Monterrey, N.L.</span></div><div style="border:0px;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:medium;line-height:inherit;font-family:"Segoe UI Web (West European)","Segoe UI",-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,Roboto,"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0);direction:ltr"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;f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