2025Q1 Reports: EACL - Revision history

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	EACL 2024 took place in Malta between the March 17 and 22. The Conference included 5 Tutorials and 20 Workshops. It received 1,275 submissions via ARR, 474 papers then committed to EACL 2024, of which 226 were accepted to the main conference, and a further 163 to the Findings of the EACL. The pool of potential candidates numbered 1,114 papers, yielding an overall acceptance rate of 20.3% to the main conference, and 14.5% more to Findings. This is comparable to other recent *ACL conferences (EACL 2023 quoted 24.1% and 17.2% respectively). The conference programme also featured three papers from the Transactions of the Association for Computational Linguistics (TACL) journal, and one from the Computational Linguistics (CL) journal.		EACL 2024 took place in Malta between the March 17 and 22. The Conference included 5 Tutorials and 20 Workshops. It received 1,275 submissions via ARR, 474 papers then committed to EACL 2024, of which 226 were accepted to the main conference, and a further 163 to the Findings of the EACL. The pool of potential candidates numbered 1,114 papers, yielding an overall acceptance rate of 20.3% to the main conference, and 14.5% more to Findings. This is comparable to other recent *ACL conferences (EACL 2023 quoted 24.1% and 17.2% respectively). The conference programme also featured three papers from the Transactions of the Association for Computational Linguistics (TACL) journal, and one from the Computational Linguistics (CL) journal.

	~~EACL 2025~~ will be ~~part of ACL~~ 2025, as ACL is taking place in Europe in 2025 (in Vienna, Austria).		There will be no EACL 2025, as ACL is taking place in Europe in 2025 (in Vienna, Austria).

	EACL 2026 has its location unknown yet. We are working on a call for bids and on appointing a general chair and a PC chair.		EACL 2026 has its location unknown yet. We are working on a call for bids and on appointing a general chair and a PC chair.

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	=== Conferences ===		=== Conferences ===

	EACL 2024 took place in Malta between the March 17 and 22. The Conference included 5 Tutorials and 20 Workshops. ~~EACL 2023 receive~~ 1,275 submissions via ARR, 474 papers then committed to EACL 2024, of which 226 were accepted to the main conference, and a further 163 to the Findings of the EACL. The pool of potential candidates numbered 1,114 papers, yielding an overall acceptance rate of 20.3% to the main conference, and 14.5% more to Findings. This is comparable to other recent *ACL conferences (EACL 2023 quoted 24.1% and 17.2% respectively). The conference programme also featured three papers from the Transactions of the Association for Computational Linguistics (TACL) journal, and one from the Computational Linguistics (CL) journal.		EACL 2024 took place in Malta between the March 17 and 22. The Conference included 5 Tutorials and 20 Workshops. It received 1,275 submissions via ARR, 474 papers then committed to EACL 2024, of which 226 were accepted to the main conference, and a further 163 to the Findings of the EACL. The pool of potential candidates numbered 1,114 papers, yielding an overall acceptance rate of 20.3% to the main conference, and 14.5% more to Findings. This is comparable to other recent *ACL conferences (EACL 2023 quoted 24.1% and 17.2% respectively). The conference programme also featured three papers from the Transactions of the Association for Computational Linguistics (TACL) journal, and one from the Computational Linguistics (CL) journal.

	EACL 2025 will be part of ACL 2025, as ACL is taking place in Europe in 2025 (in Vienna, Austria).		EACL 2025 will be part of ACL 2025, as ACL is taking place in Europe in 2025 (in Vienna, Austria).

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EACL Officers as of February 2025

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	**Veronique Hoste, Ghent University, Belgium		**Veronique Hoste, Ghent University, Belgium
	**Menno van Zaanen, South African Centre for Digital Language Resources, South Africa		**Menno van Zaanen, South African Centre for Digital Language Resources, South Africa
	**Sebastian Ruder, ~~Cohere~~, Germany		**Sebastian Ruder, Meta, Germany

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	=== Other Issues ===		=== Other Issues ===

	The EACL Board has decided to confirm the traditional sponsorship to the ESSLLI 2023 Summer School, that will be held in Ljubljana, Slovenia, from July 31 to August 11, 2023. Barbara Planck, as the Treasurer, is in charge of this activity.		N/A

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	The transfer of signatories on the EACL account is still in progress.		The transfer of signatories on the EACL account is still in progress.
	This transfer proves to be difficult due to the paperwork and multiple signatures required from people in various international locations~~. Barbara Planck is working to this issue~~. The Board confirm the wish of making the ACL shadow account the main EACL account, as the need for a Europe-based bank account is still diminishing.		This transfer proves to be difficult due to the paperwork and multiple signatures required from people in various international locations. The Board confirm the wish of making the ACL shadow account the main EACL account, as the need for a Europe-based bank account is still diminishing.

	=== Other Issues ===		=== Other Issues ===

	The EACL Board has decided to confirm the traditional sponsorship to the ESSLLI 2023 Summer School, that will be held in Ljubljana, Slovenia, from July 31 to August 11, 2023. Barbara Planck, as the Treasurer, is in charge of this activity.		The EACL Board has decided to confirm the traditional sponsorship to the ESSLLI 2023 Summer School, that will be held in Ljubljana, Slovenia, from July 31 to August 11, 2023. Barbara Planck, as the Treasurer, is in charge of this activity.

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EACL Officers as of February 2025

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	*Advisory Board		*Advisory Board
	**François Yvon, Interdisciplinary Computer Science Laboratory (LISN), CNRS, France		**François Yvon, Interdisciplinary Computer Science Laboratory (LISN), CNRS, France
	**Veronique Hoste, Ghent University		**Veronique Hoste, Ghent University, Belgium
	**Menno van Zaanen, South African Centre for Digital Language Resources		**Menno van Zaanen, South African Centre for Digital Language Resources, South Africa
	**Sebastian Ruder, Cohere, Germany		**Sebastian Ruder, Cohere, Germany


	*Nominating Committee		*Nominating Committee
	**Shuly Wintner, University of Haifa.		**Shuly Wintner, University of Haifa, Israel
	**Barbara Plank, LMU Munich ~~and IT University of Copenhagen~~		**Barbara Plank, LMU Munich, Germany
	**Georg Rehm, DFKI, Germany		**Georg Rehm, DFKI, Germany
	**Roberto Basili, University of Roma, Tor Vergata, Italy		**Roberto Basili, University of Roma, Tor Vergata, Italy
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	*Student Board		*Student Board
	**Matthias Lindemann, University of Edinburgh, UK		**Matthias Lindemann, University of Edinburgh, UK
	**Elisa Bassignana, IT University of Copenhagen, ~~(DK)~~		**Elisa Bassignana, IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark

	=== Conferences ===		=== Conferences ===

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	**Shuly Wintner, University of Haifa.		**Shuly Wintner, University of Haifa.
	**Barbara Plank, LMU Munich and IT University of Copenhagen		**Barbara Plank, LMU Munich and IT University of Copenhagen
	**Georg Rehm		**Georg Rehm, DFKI, Germany
	**Roberto Basili		**Roberto Basili, University of Roma, Tor Vergata, Italy

	*Student Board		*Student Board

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EACL Officers as of February 2025

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	*Advisory Board		*Advisory Board
	**François Yvon, Interdisciplinary Computer Science Laboratory (LISN), CNRS, France		**François Yvon, Interdisciplinary Computer Science Laboratory (LISN), CNRS, France
	**Yoav Goldberg, Bar Ilan University.
	**Veronique Hoste, Ghent University		**Veronique Hoste, Ghent University
	**Menno van Zaanen, South African Centre for Digital Language Resources		**Menno van Zaanen, South African Centre for Digital Language Resources
			**Sebastian Ruder, Cohere, Germany


	*Nominating Committee		*Nominating Committee
	**Shuly Wintner, University of Haifa.		**Shuly Wintner, University of Haifa.
	**Barbara ~~Planck~~, LMU Munich and IT University of Copenhagen		**Barbara Plank, LMU Munich and IT University of Copenhagen
	**~~Sharon Goldwater, University of Edinburgh, UK~~		**Georg Rehm
	**~~Lucia Specia, Imperial College and University of Sheffield, UK~~		**Roberto Basili


	*Student Board		*Student Board
	**Alban Petit, Interdisciplinary Computer Science Laboratory (LISN), CNRS, France
	**Matthias Lindemann, University of Edinburgh, UK		**Matthias Lindemann, University of Edinburgh, UK
	**Elisa Bassignana, IT University of Copenhagen, (DK)		**Elisa Bassignana, IT University of Copenhagen, (DK)

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	=== Conferences ===		=== Conferences ===

	EACL ~~2023, initially scheduled as an on-line conference, will be held~~ in ~~Dubrovnik,~~ between the ~~2nd~~ and ~~6th of May~~. The Conference ~~includes 6~~ Tutorials and 12 Workshops ~~(May 5-6)~~. EACL 2023 ~~received about 1200 valid~~ submissions~~. It had~~ a 23.9% of ~~accepted regular~~ papers, 17% ~~accepted in as "findings"~~ and ~~a reject rate of 59~~.1%.		EACL 2024 took place in Malta between the March 17 and 22. The Conference included 5 Tutorials and 20 Workshops. EACL 2023 receive 1,275 submissions via ARR, 474 papers then committed to EACL 2024, of which 226 were accepted to the main conference, and a further 163 to the Findings of the EACL. The pool of potential candidates numbered 1,114 papers, yielding an overall acceptance rate of 20.3% to the main conference, and 14.5% more to Findings. This is comparable to other recent *ACL conferences (EACL 2023 quoted 24.1% and 17.2% respectively). The conference programme also featured three papers from the Transactions of the Association for Computational Linguistics (TACL) journal, and one from the Computational Linguistics (CL) journal.

	~~For the~~ EACL ~~2024 the Conference~~ will be ~~held~~ in ~~April~~, ~~and three bids are under evaluation by the~~ EACL ~~Board and by the ACL group including David Yarowsky and Jennifer Rachford. The target is to assess the quality of the bidding Conference~~ location ~~through an on-site visit~~. ~~Visits~~ are ~~scheduled between the 13th~~ and ~~the 15th of March. The Board is also discussing the selection of the EACL 2024 General Chair~~ and a ~~decision is expected in the days just after March 15th, in line with the location decision~~.		EACL 2025 will be part of ACL 2025, as ACL is taking place in Europe in 2025 (in Vienna, Austria).

			EACL 2026 has its location unknown yet. We are working on a call for bids and on appointing a general chair and a PC chair.

	=== Finances ===		=== Finances ===

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	**Claudia Borg, University of Malta, Malta		**Claudia Borg, University of Malta, Malta
	*Chair-elect		*Chair-elect
	**~~Preslav Nakov~~, ~~QCRI~~, ~~Qatar~~		**Anna Korhonen, University of Cambridge, UK