Connectionists: [CFP Reminder] ACLing 2026 – 8th International Conference on AI in Computational Linguistics | Submission Deadline: 1 October 2026

[Khaled Shaalan]

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ACLing 2026
8th International Conference on AI in Computational Linguistics
25–26 November 2026 | Multi-Site Hybrid Conference

Dubai, UAE – The British University in Dubai (BUiD)
Jordan – Jadara University
Virtual Participation Worldwide

Paper Submission Deadline: 1 October 2026

Publication: Procedia Computer Science by ELSEVIER
Conference Website: https://acling.org/
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CALL FOR PAPERS – DEADLINE APPROACHING

The 8th International Conference on AI in Computational Linguistics
(ACLing 2026) invites researchers, academics, practitioners, and
industry professionals worldwide to submit original research
contributions in Artificial Intelligence (AI), Natural Language
Processing (NLP), Machine Learning (ML), and Computational
Linguistics.

The paper submission deadline is 1 October 2026.

ACLing 2026 will be held on 25–26 November 2026 as a Multi-Site
Hybrid Conference, connecting two physical conference hubs in
Dubai, UAE, and Jordan, with synchronous virtual participation
worldwide.

Authors may participate and present:

• In person at The British University in Dubai (BUiD), UAE
• In person at Jadara University, Jordan
• Virtually from anywhere in the world

Two Countries. Two Physical Hubs. One International Research Community.

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IMPORTANT DATES
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• Paper Submission Deadline: 1 October 2026
• Acceptance Notification: 20 October 2026
• Camera-Ready Submission: 30 October 2026
• Author Registration: 10 November 2026
• Conference: 25–26 November 2026

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PUBLICATION & INDEXING
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All accepted and presented papers will be published in Procedia
Computer Science (ISSN: 1877-0509) by ELSEVIER.

Peer-reviewed research articles published in Procedia Computer
Science are:

• Published Open Access on ScienceDirect
• Assigned a DOI
• Indexed in Scopus
• Ranked by SCImago Journal Rank (SJR)
• Covered by major scholarly indexing and abstracting services

Previous ACLing proceedings have also been catalogued in DBLP.

Previous ACLing proceedings published by Elsevier include ACLing
2017, ACLing 2018, ACLing 2021, ACLing 2024, and ACLing 2025.

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EXTENDED JOURNAL PUBLICATION OPPORTUNITY
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Authors of accepted ACLing 2026 papers will also have the opportunity
to prepare a substantially extended version of their conference paper
for submission to the MDPI journal Computation through the Special
Issue:

"Recent Advances on Computational Linguistics and Natural Language
Processing – 2nd Edition"

Eligible ACLing authors will receive a special APC discount.

Extended submissions must meet the journal's originality requirements
and will undergo the journal's independent peer-review process.

Special Issue information:
https://www.mdpi.com/journal/computation/special_issues/844FZG56H7

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TOPICS OF INTEREST
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ACLing 2026 welcomes original research addressing theoretical
foundations, algorithms, architectures, resources, evaluation,
and practical applications in AI, NLP, and Computational Linguistics.

Topics include, but are not limited to:

• Large Language Models (LLMs): Architecture, Optimization, and Applications
• Generative AI and Emerging Language Technologies
• Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) and Information Retrieval
• Conversational AI, Dialogue Systems, and AI Agents
• Advanced Information Retrieval and Question Answering
• Knowledge and Information Extraction
• Statistical and Neural Language Modeling
• Machine Translation and Cross-Lingual NLP
• Multilingual NLP, Code-Switching, and Low-Resource Languages
• AI for Resource-Poor and Endangered Languages
• Speech Technologies and Multimodal Language Interfaces
• Vision-Language Models and Multimodal AI
• Domain-Specific NLP: Legal, Biomedical, Scientific, and Educational
• Syntactic Analysis, Tagging, and Parsing
• Semantics, Pragmatics, and Commonsense Reasoning
• Emotion Recognition and Sentiment Analysis
• NLP for Social Media and Computational Social Science
• Text Summarization and Natural Language Generation
• Text Classification, Topic Modeling, and Document Understanding
• Text Mining and Large-Scale Knowledge Discovery
• Responsible, Ethical, and Interpretable AI
• Human-Centered NLP
• Benchmarking, Evaluation Metrics, and Explainability
• Prompt Engineering and Reinforcement Learning for NLP
• AI-Augmented Writing, Reading, and Translation Tools

Interdisciplinary contributions and innovative applications of AI
to language technologies are particularly encouraged.

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SUBMISSION & REVIEW
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ACLing 2026 welcomes original, unpublished work that is not currently
under review by another conference or journal.

Submitted papers will undergo peer review by experts in the field.

Paper length:

• Regular papers: 3–8 pages, including figures, tables, and references
• Extended papers: Up to 10 pages, subject to the applicable
  additional-page fee

At least one author of each accepted paper must present the paper for
inclusion in the conference proceedings.

Paper Submission:
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=acling2026

Submission Guidelines:
https://acling.org/submission/

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WHY ACLing 2026?
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ACLing provides an international forum for researchers working at the
rapidly evolving intersection of AI and language technologies.

ACLing 2026 offers:

• International research visibility
• Elsevier Procedia Computer Science publication
• Open-access publication on ScienceDirect
• Scopus-indexed proceedings
• Opportunities for international research collaboration
• Interaction with researchers in AI, NLP, ML, and Computational Linguistics
• Flexible physical and virtual presentation options
• Extended journal publication opportunity

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USEFUL LINKS
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Conference Website:
https://acling.org/

Call for Papers:
https://acling.org/call-for-papers/

Paper Submission:
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=acling2026

Submission Guidelines:
https://acling.org/submission/

Previous ACLing Proceedings:
https://dblp.org/db/conf/acling/index.html

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CONTACT
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General Inquiries:
ACLing2026 at gmail.com

Prof. Khaled Shaalan:
khaled.shaalan at buid.ac.ae

Prof. Samhaa R. El-Beltagy:
samhaa at computer.org

Dr. Taher M. Ghazal:
taher.ghazal at ieee.org

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We warmly invite you to submit your research to ACLing 2026 and join
an international community advancing AI-powered language technologies.

Please feel free to circulate this Call for Papers among interested
colleagues, research groups, students, and professional networks.

We look forward to receiving your submissions and welcoming you to
ACLing 2026.

ACLing 2026
8th International Conference on AI in Computational Linguistics
25–26 November 2026
Dubai • Jordan • Worldwide Online

https://acling.org/
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