The 8th International Conference on Natural Language and Speech Processing (ICNLSP 2025) welcomes contributions on both the theoretical foundations and applied aspects of Natural Language Processing (NLP) and Speech Processing. The conference will feature regular sessions, along with keynote talks delivered by distinguished international researchers.
We invite authors to submit their work on topics relevant to ICNLSP 2025 and contribute to advancing research in the field.

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TOPICS OF INTEREST
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The 8th International Conference on Natural Language and Speech Processing (ICNLSP 2025) invites contributions on a wide range of topics, including but not limited to:

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Natural Language Processing (NLP)
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Generative AI
Large language models (LLMs)
Cognition and NLP
Machine translation
Text categorization
Summarization
Sentiment analysis and opinion mining
Computational social web
Under-resourced languages: tools and corpora
Large language models (LLMs)
NLP tools for software requirements and engineering
Text annotation tools
Knowledge fundamentals and knowledge management systems
Information extraction
Data mining and information retrieval
Lexical semantics and knowledge representation
Visualization for nlp
Knowledge graphs.

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Speech Processing
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Signal processing and acoustic modeling
Speech recognition (architecture, search methods, lexical modeling, language modeling, adaptation, multimodal systems, applications in education and learning, zero-resource speech recognition, etc.)
Speech analysis
Paralinguistics in speech and language (perception of paralinguistic phenomena, speaker states and traits analysis, etc.)
Spoken dialogue systems and conversational analysis
Speech translation
Speech synthesis
Speaker verification and identification
Language identification
Speech coding, enhancement, and intelligibility
Speech perception and production
Brain studies on speech
Phonetics, phonology, and prosody
Speech and hearing disorders
Paralinguistics of pathological speech and language
Speech technology for disordered speech and hearing


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IMPORTANT DATES
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All deadlines are 11:59 PM UTC-12:00 (“anywhere on Earth”).

Submission deadline: May 25, 2025 11:59 PM (GMT).
Notification of acceptance: July 20, 2025.
Camera-ready paper due: August 3, 2025.
Conference dates: August 25-26, 2025.


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PUBLICATION
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1- All accepted papers will be published in ACL Anthology.
2- Selected papers will be published (after extension) in: Signals and Communication Technology (Springer), indexed in Scopus and zbMATH.


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Keynote Speakers
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1- Prof. Dr. Barbara Plank, LMU Munich, Germany.
2- Prof. Peter Schneider-Kamp, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark.


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INDUSTRY SESSION & JOB EXHIBITION at ICNLSP 2025
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We are pleased to invite companies, startups, institutions, and industry stakeholders to participate in the Industry Session and Job Exhibition at ICNLSP 2025. For more information, check the call for papers (https://www.icnlsp.org/industry-session-exibition/).

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BEST PAPER AWARD
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To recognize outstanding scientific contributions, ICNLSP 2025 will present two awards:

- Best Full Paper Award.
- Best Short Paper Award.

These awards will be judged by the Scientific Committee, based on recommendations from the Program Committee. The selection process will consider the originality, significance, and quality of the research, as well as the clarity of presentation.

We look forward to honoring exceptional contributions to the field of Natural Language and Speech Processing!