Call for Papers

General Invitation for Submission

The Student Research Workshop (SRW) provides a venue for student researchers to present their work in computational linguistics and natural language processing. Students receive feedback from the general conference audience as well as from mentors specifically assigned according to the topic of their work.

We invite papers in two different categories:

• Research Papers : Papers in this category can describe completed work, or work in progress with preliminary results. For these papers, the first author must be a current student. Topics of interest for the SRW are the same as NAACL main conference. See the list of topics here.
• Thesis Proposals: This category is appropriate for advanced students who have decided on a thesis topic and wish to get feedback on their proposal and broader ideas for their continuing work.

How to submit

Papers should be submitted on OpenReview by December 1, 2024.

Submissions should be no more than five pages not including references. Make sure to read through the Author Guidelines for detailed submission instructions. Not following the author guidelines may result in your paper being desk-rejected.

Please use the standard ACL templates and style guide, though please keep in mind that the SRW page limit is 5 pages (not including references)

Benefits of participation

• All accepted papers will be presented in the main conference poster session, giving students an opportunity to interact with and present their work to a large and diverse audience, including top researchers in the field.
• All accepted thesis proposals will be presented during a session at the main conference, giving students an opportunity to receive feedback from assigned mentors and other researchers.
• Submissions (in both categories) may either be archival or non-archival, based on the wishes of the authors. All archival papers will be published in the NAACL 2025 SRW Proceedings. All non-archival papers may be submitted to any venue in the future except another SRW.
• Each participant is also assigned a mentor - an experienced researcher - who can provide valuable advice on the submission during the pre-submission period and mentoring during the conference.

Important Dates

• Submission for mentoring deadline (optional): December 1, 2024.
• Mentorship feedback: January 10, 2025.
• Papers submission deadline: January 30, 2025.
• Reviews due: February 25, 2025.
• Acceptance notification: March 11, 2025.
• Camera-ready papers due: March 25, 2025.
• Conference dates: April 30 - May 2, 2025.

All deadlines are calculated at 11:59 PM Anywhere on Earth (UTC-12 hours)

Please check the Author Guidelines for additional submission instructions.