ROCLING 2026
National Tsing Hua University campus

THE 38TH CONFERENCE

ON COMPUTATIONAL LINGUISTICS AND SPEECH PROCESSING

(ROCLING 2026)

November 6th–7th, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan

📢 Announcements

- July 20 2026: Paper Submission Due

2 Conference days
38th Edition
NTHU Host institution
2026 Conference year

Welcome

ROCLING 2026

Welcome to the 38th Conference on Computational Linguistics and Speech Processing (ROCLING 2026), to be held in Hsinchu, Taiwan, from November 6–7, 2026.

ROCLING 2026 invites paper submissions reporting original research results, system development experiences, and real-world applications. Each submission will be reviewed based on originality, significance, technical soundness, and relevance to the conference.

Call for Papers

ROCLING 2026

ROCLING 2026 offers multiple submission tracks to accommodate different publication needs:

  • Online submission system:
    Paper submissions must use the official ROCLING 2026 style templates (Latex and Word), which can be downloaded Here. Submission is electronic, using the EasyChair conference management system. The submission site is available at https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=rocling2026

    As the review process will be double-blind, papers must not include authors' names or affiliations. Furthermore, self-references that reveal the author's identity will be rejected. Papers may include links to resources (software and/or data) or to artifacts described in the paper, but these should also be anonymized.
    • Archival Track: Papers accepted in this track will be published in the ROCLING 2026 conference proceedings and included in the ACL Anthology. These submissions must present original, unpublished work. Papers in the archival track are eligible to compete for best paper awards.
  • Non-Archival Track: This track provides an opportunity to present research without formal publication in the proceedings. We welcome submissions of papers currently under review at other venues, provided submitting to ROCLING does not violate the anonymity policies of those venues, as well as papers intended for future submission elsewhere. This allows authors to share their ongoing or completed work with the ROCLING community while preserving their ability to publish in other venues. Papers in this track will NOT be included in the conference proceedings or ACL Anthology and are NOT eligible for best paper awards.
  • Special-Session Track: Papers submitted to this track will follow the same submission process as the main conference but will be reviewed independently by specialized committees. Papers accepted in this track will be included in the conference proceedings and are NOT eligible for best paper awards.

Authors should clearly indicate their preferred track during submission. All tracks will undergo peer review to ensure high quality presentations at the conference. A number of papers will be selected and invited for extension into journal versions and publication in a special issue of the International Journal of Computational Linguistics and Chinese Language Processing (IJCLCLP) .

Natural Language Processing Speech Processing
  • Dialogue and Interactive Systems
  • Discourse, Pragmatics, and Reasoning
  • Domain-Specific NLP (e.g. biomedical, financial, legal, etc.)
  • Hierarchical Structure Prediction, Syntax, and Parsing
  • Human-Centric NLP
  • Information Extraction and Retrieval
  • Interpretability and Analysis of Models for NLP
  • Large Language Models
  • Linguistic Theories, Cognitive Modeling, and Psycholinguistics
  • Low-Resource Methods for NLP
  • Machine Learning for NLP
  • Machine Translation
  • Mathematical, Symbolic, Neurosymbolic, and Logical Reasoning
  • Multilinguality and Language Diversity
  • Natural Language Generation
  • NLP Applications
  • Phonology, Morphology, and Word Segmentation
  • Question Answering
  • Resources and Evaluation
  • Retrieval-Augmented Language Models
  • Safety and Alignment in LLMs
  • Semantics: Lexical, Sentence-level, Textual Inference, and Other Areas
  • Sentiment Analysis, Stylistic Analysis, and Argument Mining
  • Summarization
  • Speech Perception, Production, and Acquisition
  • Phonetics, Phonology, and Prosody
  • Analysis of Paralinguistics in Speech and Language
  • Speaker and Language Identification
  • Analysis of Speech and Audio Signals
  • Self-Supervised Speech Representation
  • Speech Coding and Enhancement
  • Spoken Language Model
  • Speech Synthesis and Spoken Language Generation
  • Speech Recognition
  • Spoken Dialogue Systems and Analysis of Conversation
  • Spoken Language Processing: Retrieval, Translation, Summarization, Resources, and Evaluation
  • Speech and Language Processing for Health
  • Generative AI for Speech and Language Processing
  • Technologies and Systems for New Applications

Workshop

Creativity and Language Play in Digital Discourse

Creativity and language play are central to human communication and are increasingly visible in digital discourse. Online environments such as social media, video platforms, and interactive communities provide rich contexts for the emergence of creative language practices, including wordplay, metaphor, stance-taking, and multimodal expression. With the growing presence of AI-mediated interaction, these practices are further reshaped by new forms of human-machine engagement.

Research on creativity and language play has drawn on diverse theoretical and methodological traditions, including corpus linguistics, discourse analysis, pragmatics, cognitive linguistics, and computational approaches. However, existing work suggests that these phenomena cannot be fully accounted for from a single perspective. Creativity in digital discourse emerges through the interaction of linguistic form, constructional patterns, speaker agency, audience interpretation, and cognitive processes, while also being shaped by platform affordances, cultural norms, and interactional dynamics.

This workshop aims to bring together researchers working on creativity and language play in digital discourse from multiple perspectives. It seeks to foster dialogue across linguistic and computational approaches and to develop a more integrated understanding of how creative language use is produced, interpreted, and modeled in contemporary digital contexts.

For inquiries, please contact
Siaw-Fong Chung, National Chengchi University
sfchung@nccu.edu.tw
CFP-Special Session

Topics of Interest

We invite submissions on topics including, but not limited to:

  • Linguistic creativity and language play in digital discourse
  • Wordplay, metaphor, and stylistic variation
  • Corpus-based and corpus-informed approaches to creativity
  • Creativity in human-AI interaction and AI-mediated discourse
  • Speaker agency, stance, and audience interpretation
  • Multilingual, multimodal, and platform-based perspectives on creative language use

Submission Guidelines

Submission format: Papers should follow the ROCLING 2026 submission format and requirements https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=rocling2026

Paper Submission Due: July 20, 2026

Submission and Event Timeline

Paper Submission Due

July 20, 2026

Last date to submit papers.

Notification of Acceptance

September 18, 2026

Notifications regarding paper acceptance will be sent.

Camera-Ready Due

October 5, 2026

Camera-ready versions of accepted papers must be submitted.

Conference Date

November 6–7, 2026

ROCLING 2026 takes place in Hsinchu, Taiwan.

Venue

Conference Location

C.L. Liu Building
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building

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Accommodation

Recommended Hotel

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Organizing Committee

Conference Team

General Chair

Yi-Shin Chen (陳宜欣)

National Tsing Hua University

General Chair

Hung-Yu Kao (高宏宇)

National Tsing Hua University

Program Chair

Po-Chih Kuo (郭柏志)

National Tsing Hua University

Program Chair

Lung-Hao Lee (李龍豪)

National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University

Program Chair

An-Zi Yen (顏安孜)

National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University

Keynote Chair

Yu Tsao (曹昱)

Academia Sinica

Publication Chair

Fernando Henrique Calderon Alvarado (費南多)

Fu Jen Catholic University

Publication Chair

Carlos Argueta (安凱若)

National Tsing Hua University

Shared Task Chair

Tzu-Mi Lin (林孜彌)

National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University

Special Session Chairs

Siaw-Fong Chung (鍾曉芳)

National Chengchi University

Contact

Contact Information

Email: itliu@mx.nthu.edu.tw

Phone: +886-3-5715131 #33495

Contact Person: Trista Liu