Mentorship program (both Mentor & Mentee)
Sign up for the WiNLP 2020 Mentorship program (both Mentor & Mentee) if you would like to participate:
https://winlp.ling.washington.edu/survey/index.php/312766?lang=en
Lots of activities including Mentor roundtables on selected topics, one-to-one connection with a mentor, etc.
Registration and Invitation letter
The ACL 2020 registration fees are drastically reduced, reflecting the move to being 100% virtual. The Early registration deadline is June 26th (Friday).
The fees charged will allow full access to all parts of the conference including the WiNLP workshop.
Please make sure to register before the early registration deadline and follow instructions through ACL at https://acl2020.org/
See more information on the Registration and Membership page.
Note: If you would require financial assistance to attend WiNLP, please fill-up the WiNLP2020 Virtual Attendance Grant Application form.
The registration subsidy is for the ACL main conference which would cover WiNLP Workshop as well.
Please contact us immediately if you encounter any issues regarding your registration.
Submission guidelines and templates
Submissions must follow the standard one-column format. Each submission should be a two-page extended abstract PDF, with any number of additional pages allowed for references (WiNLP/COLING proceedings format). No appendices will be accepted.
Submissions should follow the same style and format guidelines (LaTeX style files, Word template) and be submitted electronically in PDF format via the WiNLP 2020 online submission system: https://www.softconf.com/acl2020/WiNLP/.
Note: the page limit for the camera-ready submission is 3 pages plus references. The final versions of papers are given one additional page of content so that reviewers’ comments can be taken into account.
Editing and Reviewing Procedure
- One week prior to the submission deadline, authors will have the option to peer-review each others’ abstracts in a non-anonymous format, in groups of two or three authors. Authors taking this option commit to help their peers edit and format their submissions, or revise for clarity, or provide general feedback before the submission is reviewed. Authors may use the feedback provided during this peer-editing period to update their submissions in time for the submission deadline. As in WiNLP 2019, the program committee may still provide reviews, feedback, and direct writing mentorship for applicants, but the intent of peer-editing is to share this responsibility with the participants so that it can scale with the size of the workshop. Whether or not authors take advantage of this peer-review option in advance of submission, all submissions are due on the deadline. More information can be found here, and the signup form is available here.
- After the submission deadline, abstracts will be reviewed in the traditional double-blind format. Abstracts will be evaluated on relevance to the community; the presentation format (talk or poster) will be decided based on scientific merit and potential interest to a broad audience.
Multiple-Submission Policy
As we aim for improved and increased representation of underrepresented minorities, we will consider anonymized two pages abstracts of papers that have been submitted to other venues or have already been published elsewhere since January 1, 2019. However, authors must clearly indicate this at submission time.
Authors may not submit to both the regular and visa-friendly deadlines.
Contact information
Website: https://www.winlp.org/winlp-2020-workshop/
Twitter: @winlpworkshop
Facebook: Widening NLP
E-mail: winlp-chairs@googlegroups.com