[fire-list] [CFP] Shared Task on Hate and Hope Speech Detection in Dravidian Languages : DravidianCodeMix @ FIRE 2026
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Website: https://sites.google.com/view/dravidiancodemix-2026
DravidianCodeMix 2026 shared task addresses Hate and Hope speech detection across code-mixed Dravidian languages, with a specific focus on Tamil, Tulu, and Kannada. The track is organized into three complementary subtasks, each targeting distinct linguistic communities and computational challenges in under-resourced language. Together, the subtasks cover a spectrum of social-media harms from gender-targeted hate speech to caste and migration-based discrimination while advancing positive discourse detection as a counterpart to harmful content identification.
- SubTask 1: Hierarchical Gender-aware Tamil Hate Speech Detection (Tamil-English)
- SubTask 2: Multi-Task Hope Speech Detection in Code-Mixed Tulu
- SubTask 3: Hate Speech on Caste and Migration in Kannada
Important Dates:
Open track websites and release of training data: 21 JUN 2026
Test data release: 20 JUL 2026
Run submission deadline: 30 JUL 2026
Track results declaration: 10 AUG 2026
Working notes due: 30 AUG 2026
Camera-ready copies of working notes and overview paper due: 30 SEP 2026
FIRE 2026 Conference: 17–20 DEC 2026Organizers:
- Sripriya N, Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering, Tamil Nadu, India
- Saranya Rajiakodi, Central University of Tamil Nadu, Thiruvarur, Tamil Nadu, India
- Durairaj Thenmozhi, Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering, Tamil Nadu, India
- Bharathi B, Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering, Tamil Nadu, India
- Subalalitha C N, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Tamil Nadu, India
- Kathiravan Pannerselvam, Central University of Tamil Nadu, Thiruvarur, Tamil Nadu, India
- Prasanna Kumar Kumaresan, University of Galway, Ireland
- Anusha M D, Yenepoya Institute of Arts, Science, Management & commerce, Mangalore, India
- Parameshwar R. Hegde, Yenepoya Institute of Arts, Science, Management & commerce, Mangalore, India
- Deepthi Vikram, Yenepoya Institute of Arts, Science, Management & commerce, Mangalore, India
- Raksha Adyanthaya, Yenepoya Institute of Arts, Science, Management & commerce, Mangalore, India
- Rathnakar Shetty P, Yenepoya Institute of Arts, Science, Management & commerce, Mangalore, India
- Asha Hegde, Presidency University, Bangalore, India
- HarishKumar K S, Presidency University, Bangalore, India
- Malliga subramanian, Kongu Engineering College, Tamil Nadu, India
- Bharathi Raja Chakravarthi, University of Galway, Ireland
Student Volunteer:
- Charmathi Rajkumar, Kongu Engineering College, Tamil Nadu, India
We look forward to your valuable contributions and participation in FIRE 2026.