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[1] From: David Silva - IRDTA <david@irdta.eu>
Subject: AIces 2026: early registration December 30 (212)
[2] From: Yrigoyen, Kyle (yrigoykj) <yrigoykj@mail.uc.edu>
Subject: Call for Papers: “Science and Technology in the Anthropocene” - University of Cincinnati (April 2-3, 2026) (70)
[3] From: Mapes, Kristen <kmapes@msu.edu>
Subject: Global Digital Humanities Symposium - Registration Open & Program Announced! | Simposio Global de Humanidades Digitales - Registro abierto y programa anunciado (97)
[4] From: Martin Wynne <martin.wynne@ling-phil.ox.ac.uk>
Subject: cfp: Holocaust Testimonies as Language Resources (HTRes-2026) at LREC2026 (57)
[5] From: Stéphane Pouyllau <stephane.pouyllau@cnrs.fr>
Subject: Call for Methods for Social Sciences and Humanities conference - MeSSH 2026 (62)
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Date: 2025-12-20 09:21:25+00:00
From: David Silva - IRDTA <david@irdta.eu>
Subject: AIces 2026: early registration December 30
1st INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL ON THE COGNITIVE, ETHICAL AND SOCIETAL DIMENSIONS OF
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
AIces 2026
Porto – Maia, Portugal
March 30 – April 2, 2026
https://aices.irdta.eu/2026/
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Co-organized by:
University of Maia
Institute for Research Development, Training and Advice – IRDTA
Luxembourg/London
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Early registration: December 30, 2025
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SCOPE:
AIces 2026 will be the first in a series of research training events aiming at
updating participants on the most recent multidisciplinary discussions about the
foundations, meaning, challenges and risks of AI.
The event will have a global scope along 3 thematic lines: cognition, ethics,
and society. It will cover current debates about: AI and philosophy of mind;
cognitive architectures; machine learning and cognitive development; large
language models and visual information; robotics and embodied cognition;
neuroscience-inspired AI; algorithmic bias and fairness; transparency and
explainability; accountability and responsibility; privacy and surveillance;
autonomy and control; AI impact on human values and social inequalities; the
future of work and automation; governance, regulation and public policies; AI,
human rights and democracy; AI and global development; information and AI
education.
The event will consist of 10 courses, 2 keynote lectures, 3 symposia collecting
short contributions from participants, and 3 open thematic debate sessions.
Renowned academics and industry pioneers will lecture and share their views with
the audience. The organizers are convinced that outstanding speakers will
attract the brightest and most motivated students. Face to face interaction and
networking will be main ingredients of the event. It will be also possible to
fully participate in vivo remotely.
ADDRESSED TO:
Graduate students, postgraduate students and industry practitioners will be
typical profiles of participants. However, there are no formal pre-requisites
for attendance in terms of academic degrees, so people less or more advanced in
their career will be welcome as well.
Since there will be a variety of levels, specific knowledge background may be
assumed for some of the courses.
Overall, AIces 2026 is addressed to students, researchers and practitioners who
want to keep themselves updated about recent developments and future trends. All
will surely find it fruitful to listen to and discuss with major researchers,
industry leaders and innovators.
VENUE:
AIces 2026 will take place in Porto, the second largest city in Portugal,
recognized by UNESCO in 1996 as a World Heritage Site. The venue will be:
University of Maia
Avenida Carlos de Oliveira Campos - Castêlo da Maia
4475-690 Maia
Porto, Portugal
https://www.umaia.pt/en
STRUCTURE:
2 courses will run in parallel during the whole event. Participants will be able
to freely choose the courses they wish to attend as well as to move from one to
another.
Full live online participation will be possible. The organizers highlight,
however, the importance of face to face interaction and networking in this kind
of research training event.
All lectures will be videorecorded. Participants will be able to watch them
again for 45 days after the event.
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:
David Danks (University of Virginia), Trustworthy AI in an Untrustworthy World
Ming Lin (University of Maryland), Socially Responsible and Trustworthy AI
PROFESSORS AND COURSES:
Ricardo Baeza-Yates (Barcelona Supercomputing Center), [introductory]
Introduction to Responsible AI
Susan Brennan (Stony Brook University), [introductory/advanced] Where Are the
Humans in Human-Centered AI?
Thomas Breuel (Nvidia Research), [introductory] Facts and Rules in LLMs
Carlos Castillo (Pompeu Fabra University), [introductory] Algorithmic Fairness
in High-Risk AI Applications
Alan Dix (Cardiff Metropolitan University), [introductory] AI for Social Justice
Elia Formisano (Maastricht University), [introductory/intermediate] Auditory
Cognition in Humans and Machines
Marijn Janssen (Delft University of Technology), [introductory/advanced] Data
and AI Governance - From Control to Trust
Christian Lebiere (Carnegie Mellon University), [intermediate] Computational
Cognitive Models of Human-AI Teaming
Paul Smolensky (Johns Hopkins University), [intermediate/advanced] Symbol
Processing in Transformers and Other Neural Networks
Savannah Thais (City University of New York), [intermediate/advanced]
Measurement for Safer AI
SYMPOSIA:
A symposium will collect 10-minute voluntary presentations on any of the 3
thematic areas of the event: cognition, ethics, and society.
A 1-page abstract containing the title, authors, and summary of the presentation
must be sent to david@irdta.eu by February 28, 2026.
Only registered participants can contribute to symposia.
OPEN DEBATES:
Open debate sessions will be organized for each of the 3 thematic areas of the
school: cognition, ethics, and society.
A 2-page expression of interest to lead the respective session including the
topics to be debated, the structure, call for contributions, and dynamics of the
session must be sent to david@irdta.eu by December 30, 2025.
Only registered participants are eligible for leading a debate session.
SPONSORS:
Companies/institutions/organizations willing to be sponsors of the event can
download the sponsorship leaflet from
https://aices.irdta.eu/2026/sponsors/
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE:
Samuel Anjos (Maia, social networks)
José Paulo Marques dos Santos (Maia, local chair)
Carlos Martín-Vide (Tarragona, program chair)
Santiago Montes (Tarragona, webpage)
Sara Morales (Luxembourg)
José Luís Reis (Maia)
Luís Paulo Reis (Porto)
David Silva (London, organization chair)
REGISTRATION:
It has to be done at
https://aices.irdta.eu/2026/registration/
The selection of 6 courses requested in the registration template is only
tentative and non-binding. For logistical reasons, it will be helpful to have an
estimation of the respective demand for each course.
Since the capacity of the venue is limited, registration requests will be
processed on a first come first served basis. The registration period will be
closed and the on-line registration tool disabled when the capacity of the venue
will have got exhausted. It is highly recommended to register prior to the
event.
FEES:
Fees comprise access to all program activities and lunches.
There are several early registration deadlines. Fees depend on the registration
deadline.
The fees for on site and for online participation are the same.
ACCOMMODATION:
Accommodation suggestions will be available in due time at
https://aices.irdta.eu/2026/accommodation/
CERTIFICATE:
A certificate of successful participation in the event will be delivered
indicating the number of hours of academic activities. This should be sufficient
for those participants who plan to request ECTS recognition from their home
university.
QUESTIONS AND FURTHER INFORMATION:
david@irdta.eu
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS:
Universidade da Maia
Universidade do Porto
Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Institute for Research Development, Training and Advice – IRDTA,
Luxembourg/London
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Date: 2025-12-19 08:06:27+00:00
From: Yrigoyen, Kyle (yrigoykj) <yrigoykj@mail.uc.edu>
Subject: Call for Papers: “Science and Technology in the Anthropocene” - University of Cincinnati (April 2-3, 2026)
Call for Papers
“Science and Technology in the Anthropocene”
We invite applications to present at an interdisciplinary conference on
the theme of “Science and Technology in the Anthropocene” on April 2 and
3, 2026 at the University of Cincinnati.
The conference is hosted by the University of Cincinnati Department of
Philosophy, the UC Center for Humanities and Technology, the School of
Environmental and Sustainability, the Institute for Research in Sensing,
and the Charles P. Taft Research Center.
Our aim is to bring together philosophers, cognitive scientists, social
scientists, artists, and other humanists to address the topics of AI and
the climate crisis. The main question to be addressed is how to
understand human experience in a world in which there are so many
non-biological intelligent systems, the very existence of which compound
the environmental problems we are facing with their hunger for electricity.
We ask that presentations be largely non-technical and accessible to a
broad but informed academic audience. Our hope is that the conference
will provide a timely opportunity for humanists working in different
areas to engage on this important issue. Possible topics include but are
not limited to:
* Algorithmic bias, justice, and fairness
* Environmental costs of AI
* Embodied cognition and non-biological intelligence
* Art, perception, and kinds of intelligence
* AI governance in the context of the environmental crisis
* Community-based and participatory approaches to technology and
environmental futures
* The role of AI and other technologies in the (cognitive, biological,
physical) sciences
Registration for the conference is free and includes lunches. Travel
stipends are available for PhD students who present at the conference.
The following keynote speakers are confirmed:
* Jelle Bruineberg (Center for Subjectivity Research, University of
Copenhagen)
* Sina Fazelpour (Philosophy, Northeastern University)
* Shen-Yi Liao (Philosophy, University of Puget Sound)
* Shannon McMullen (Art and Design, Purdue University)
* Robin Zebrowski (Cognitive Science, Beloit College)
Please submit an abstract of 250 - 500 words prepared for blind review.
Participants should expect to give presentations of 20 - 30 minutes,
with 10 - 15 minutes for Q&A. Please upload a separate document that
includes your name, affiliation, and contact information.
Please submit abstracts to
humanitiesandtechnology@uc.edu<mailto:humanitiesandtechnology@uc.edu> by
January 15, 2026. We hope to communicate decisions by February 15, 2026.
For catering purposes, we ask that all attendees register for the
conference no later than March 15, 2026.
Additional information about the conference can be found at
https://uchumanitiestech.org/2026-conference<https://uchumanitiestech.org/2026-c
onference/#2026-conference-submission>
Organizing Committee:
* Anthony Chemero
* André Curtis-Trudel
* Kyle Yrigoyen
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Date: 2025-12-18 21:04:29+00:00
From: Mapes, Kristen <kmapes@msu.edu>
Subject: Global Digital Humanities Symposium - Registration Open & Program Announced! | Simposio Global de Humanidades Digitales - Registro abierto y programa anunciado
Dear colleagues,
The Global Digital Humanities Symposium planning committee is delighted to
announce that the program is available and free registration is open for the
11th annual Symposium. This year’s event will take place in-person on Monday, 13
April at Michigan State University (USA), virtually on Zoom and YouTube on
Tuesday and Wednesday, 14-15 April, and in-person on Friday, 17 April at
Universidad de Monterrey (Mexico). All days will be livestreamed.
Program: https://msuglobaldh.org/schedule/
Register: https://app.oxfordabstracts.com/register/event/74923
The registration deadline is Friday, 27 March 2026.
During the Virtual Symposium, we will support live interpretation of
presentations from English into Spanish and from Spanish into English.
We are delighted to feature virtual keynote presentations from Evelin Heidel
from Wikimedistas de Uruguay, Cindy A. Nguyen from UCLA, and in-person keynote
presentations from Rayvon Fouché from Northwestern University on 13 April and
Hugo Solís García from Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana on 17 April.
The daily schedule of the Symposium is listed below, and you can explore the
full program, including presentation abstracts on the website.
Virtual Symposium
- Tuesday, 14 April (12:00-6:15pm EDT / 5:00-11:15pm Nigeria / 6:00pm-12:15am
April 15 CEST / 12:00-6:15am April 15 Beijing)
- Wednesday, 15 April (9:00am-5:00pm EDT / 2:00-10:00 pm Nigeria / 3:00-11:00pm
CEST / 9:00pm-5:00am 16 April Beijing)
In-Person Symposium
- Monday, 13 April (East Lansing, Michigan, USA) (8:30am-7:30pm EDT /
1:30pm-12:30am A 14pril Nigeria / 2:30pm-1:30am 14 April CEST / 8:30pm-7:30am 14
April Beijing)
- Friday, 17 April (Monterrey, México) (8:00am-5:30pm MST / 10:00am-7:30pm EDT
/ 3:00pm-12:30am 18 April Nigeria / 4:00pm-1:30am 18 April CEST /
10:00pm-7:30am 18 April Beijing)
We hope you will be able to join us!
Sincerely,
Kristen Mapes, on behalf of the Global DH Symposium Planning Committee
——
Estimados/as colegas:
El comité de planificación del Simposio Global de Humanidades Digitales se
complace en anunciar que el programa ya está disponible y que la inscripción
gratuita para el 11º simposio anual está abierta. El evento de este año se
llevará a cabo de forma presencial el lunes 13 de abril en la Universidad
Estatal de Michigan (EE.UU.), de forma virtual a través de Zoom y YouTube el
martes 14 y el miércoles 15 de abril, y de forma presencial el viernes 17 de
abril en la Universidad de Monterrey (México). Todas las sesiones se
transmitirán en directo.
La fecha límite para inscribirse es el viernes 27 de marzo.
Durante el simposio virtual ofrecemos servicio de interpretación de las
presentaciones del inglés al español y del español al inglés.
Nos complace contar con las ponencias magistrales a cargo de Evelin Heidel de
Wikimedistas de Uruguay y Cindy A. Nguyen de UCLA, en formato virtual, así como
con las ponencias magistrales de Rayvon Fouché de la Universidad Northwestern el
13 de abril y Hugo Solís García de la Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana el 17
de abril, en formato presencial.
A continuación encontrará el programa diario del Simposio, y puede consultar el
programa completo, incluidos los resúmenes de las ponencias, en nuestra página
web.
Simposio virtual
- Martes 14 de abril (12:00-6:15pm EDT / 5:00-11:15pm Nigeria / 6:00pm-12:15am
del 15 de abril en CEST / 12:00-6:15am del 15 de abril en Beijing)
- Miércoles 15 de abril (9:00am-5:00pm EDT / 2:00-10:00 pm Nigeria /
3:00-11:00pm CEST / 9:00pm-5:00am del 16 de abril en Beijing)
Simposio en persona
- Lunes 13 de abril (East Lansing, Michigan, EE.UU.) (8:30am-7:30pm EDT /
1:30pm-12:30am A 14pril Nigeria / 2:30pm-1:30am del 14 de abril en CEST /
8:30pm-7:30am del 14 de abril en Beijing)
- Viernes 17 de abril (Monterrey, México) (8:00am-5:30pm CST / 10:00am-7:30pm
EDT / 3:00pm-12:30am del 18 de abril Nigeria / 4:00pm-1:30am del 18 de abril en
CEST / 10:00pm-7:30am del 18 de abril en Beijing)
¡Esperamos que puedan unirse a nosotros!
Sinceramente,
Kristen Mapes, El Comité de Planificación del Simposio Global de Humanidades
Digitales
Kristen Mapes
Global Digital Humanities Symposium, Co-Chair
Interim Director of Digital Humanities, College of Arts & Letters
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI
kmapes@msu.edu
she/her
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Date: 2025-12-18 09:43:56+00:00
From: Martin Wynne <martin.wynne@ling-phil.ox.ac.uk>
Subject: cfp: Holocaust Testimonies as Language Resources (HTRes-2026) at LREC2026
CALL FOR PAPERS
The Second Workshop on Holocaust Testimonies as Language Resources
(HTRes-2026), a pre-conference workshop at LREC2026
Date: 11 May 2026
Location: Palma de Mallorca, Spain
Workshop web page: https://www.clarin.eu/HTRes2026
Submission Deadline: 20 February 2026
Submission link: https://softconf.com/lrec2026/HTRes2026/
Holocaust testimonies serve as a bridge between survivors and history’s
darkest chapters, providing a connection to the profound experiences of
the past. Testimonies stand as the primary source of information that
describes the Holocaust, offering first-hand accounts and personal
narratives of those who experienced it. The majority of testimonies are
captured in an oral format, as survivors vividly explain and share their
personal experiences and observations from that time period.
Transforming Holocaust testimonies into a machine-processable digital
format can be a difficult task owing to the unstructured nature of the
text. The creation of accessible, comprehensive, and well-annotated
Holocaust testimony collections is of paramount importance to our
society. These collections empower researchers and historians to
validate the accuracy of socially and historically significant
information, enabling them to share critical insights and trends derived
from these data.
The primary objective of this workshop is to explore how various
theories, techniques, and tools from corpus linguistics, natural
language processing, and digital humanities can contribute to the
examination, analysis, dissemination, and preservation of Holocaust
testimonies and other Holocaust-related documents.
The workshop is supported by CLARIN and EHRI.
Please find full details of the call for papers at the workshop web page
at https://www.clarin.eu/HTRes2026. The main conference website is at
https://lrec2026.info/ .
IMPORTANT DATES
Final date for paper submission: 12 February 2026
Notification of Acceptance: 11 March 2026
Camera-ready version submission: 30 March 2026
Workshop date: 11 May 2026
To contact the organisers, please email holocausttlr@gmail.com
From Martin Wynne on behalf of the organizing committee.
--
Senior Researcher in Corpus Linguistics
Faculty of Linguistics, Philology and Phonetics, University of Oxford
National Co-ordinator, CLARIN-UK
martin.wynne@ling-phil.ox.ac.uk
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4155-0530
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Date: 2025-12-17 14:49:46+00:00
From: Stéphane Pouyllau <stephane.pouyllau@cnrs.fr>
Subject: Call for Methods for Social Sciences and Humanities conference - MeSSH 2026
Dear colleagues,
“MeSSH” (Methods for Social Sciences and Humanities) is a new annual conference
whose aim is to create an academic forum focused on discussing methodological
issues and bringing together all disciplines in social sciences and humanities
(SSH).
Digital transformations are profoundly affecting research practices in SSH.
Massive access to heterogeneous corpora, the rise of computational methods and
computing resources, the widespread use of data infrastructures and the
proliferation of collaborative tools are transforming the ways in which
knowledge is captured, produced, analysed and shared. These transformations are
simultaneously enabling the development of new research methodologies and
contributing to the development of more traditional approaches.
Organised by both research infrastructure Huma-Num and Progedo (France) and the
Humathèque du Campus Condorcet, the ‘MeSSH 2026’ conference provides a space for
discussion and reflection on all the methodological issues relevant to SSH
today. The event intends to bring together the entire scientific
community—researchers, doctoral students, engineers, documentation and heritage
professionals.
This event aims at :
• promoting exchanges of experiences and practices between scientific
domains, projects and institutions;
• fostering the structuration of SSH communities working on methods, tools
and infrastructures.
Nine themes will be explored in the conference and structure the call :
• Web and social media data (coordinated by Christine Barats, Valérie
Baudouin et Sophie Gebeil)
• Interviews and observations (coordinated by Monica Heintz et Guillaume
Garcia)
• Mix methods (coordinated by Cyril Benoit et Valentin Brunel)
• Digitise, model, simulate (coordinated by Xavier Granier et Livio de Luca)
• Heritage and artistic creation (coordinated by Géraldine David, Xavier
Jacques-Jourion, Sara Lammens, Kim Oosterlinck, Anne-Sophie Radermecker)
• Sound, images and geolocation data (coordinated by Julien Schuh et Marion
Maisonobe)
• Surveys and experiments (coordinated by Pierre Mercklé et Solenne Roux)
• Statistics and causal inference (coordinated by Jean Lacroix et Sophie
Panel)
• Texts and language (coordinated by Céline Poudat et Anne-Marie Turcan)
The call for paper is now open on
https://messh26.sciencesconf.org/resource/page?id=1&lang=en
Kind regards,
Stéphane.
--
Stéphane POUYLLAU
CNRS Senior Research Engineer
Co-founder of Huma-Num, ISIDORE and NAKALA
Head of the HN Lab and in charge of ISIDORE - Huma-Num research infrastructure,
Paris, France.
Non-tenured professor at the University of Evry Paris-Saclay
Publications and scientific works on my profile:
https://isidore.science/orcid/0000-0002-9619-1002
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