[SIGARAB] 9th International Conference on Arabic Language Processing - Second Call

[Imad Zeroual]

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CALL FOR PAPERS

The Ninth International Conference on Arabic Language Processing

26-27th November 2026 (Hybrid Mode)

Publication: Communications in Computer and Information Science (CCIS) series by Springer (Under review).

Website: https://alesm.ma/icalp2026/

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* IMPORTANT DATES

* Paper submission deadline: August 02th, 2026

* Notification of Acceptance: August 23th 2026

* Camera ready version submission: September 06th, 2026

* Conference Date: November 26th-27th, 2026

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INTRODUCTION

The International Conference on Arabic Language Processing ICALP2026 aims to be one of the most important and leading conference on Arabic NLP: all branches of NLP related to Arabic or Semitic languages are welcomed. The conference focuses on all approaches from theoretical models to industrial applications. ICALP2026 will be held at FSTE (The Faculty of Science and Technology Errachidia). We look forward to welcoming you to a scientifically inspiring event and we hope that ICALP2026 will be a highly positive scientific experience for all the participants. Our keynote speakers will shed light on a wide spectrum of research and applications as well as promote cross-pollination of research ideas and interests in Arabic Language Processing and related applications.

TOPICS OF INTEREST

Participants are invited to submit their original papers in one of the following topics (the list is not exhaustive):

Track 1: Generative AI, Large Language Models, & Transformer Architectures

Arabic Large Language Models (Pre-training, Instruction Tuning, Alignment, and Prompt Engineering)

Transformer Architectures and Pre-trained Language Models (PLMs) for Arabic

Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) and Agentic Applications for Arabic

Generative and Discriminative Machine Learning Approaches

Evaluation Benchmarks, Robustness, and Safety of Arabic AI

Ethics, Bias, Fairness, and Cultural Alignment in Arabic Models

Track 2: Speech, Vision, and Multimodality

Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) and Text-to-Speech (TTS)

Vision-to-Language, Arabic OCR, Image Captioning, and Video Understanding

Human-Machine Dialogue, Chatbots, and Conversational Agents

Multimodal Systems and Cross-Language Applications

Track 3: Dialectal, Comparative, and Core NLP

Arabic Dialect Processing, Computational Modeling, and Sentiment Analysis

Code-Switching and Mixed-Language Phenomena

Morphological, Syntactic, Semantic Analysis, and Named Entity Recognition

Comparative Linguistic Studies and Contrastive Analysis

Track 4: Resources, Data Mining, and Digital Humanities

Linguistic Resources, Corpora Creation, and Annotation Guidelines for Arabic NLP

Building Ontologies, Lexicons, and Knowledge Graphs

Information Retrieval, Text Mining, and Social Media Analytics

Digital Humanities and Cultural Heritage Preservation

HOW TO SUBMIT

We encourage submissions that describe original unpublished work not currently under review for any other conference or journal. Submissions should be prepared according to the main conference guidelines and format described at the Author instructions Web Page: http://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-guidelines. All submissions should be written in English and submitted as PDF. Submissions will be peer reviewed by the program committee members. Evaluation criteria will include correctness, originality, technical strength, significance, quality of presentation, and interest and relevance to the conference attendees. All the submissions should be submitted via EasyChair: https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/ICALP2026/Track/1/Submission

FURTHER INFORMATION & CONTACT DETAILS

* The conference website (https://alesm.ma/icalp2026/) will be updated on a regular basis.

* The last three editions published in the Springer CCIS series: https://link.springer.com/conference/aicalp

* For further information, please email icalp...@gmail.com

Best regards,

Conference Chair: Imad Zeroual

Assoc. Prof. Imad Zeroual  | Ph.D. in Computer Science

Faculty of Sciences and Techniques, Moulay Ismail University.
Address: BP 509, Boutalamine 52000, Errachidia, Morocco.

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