2026Q3 Reports: SIGMOL

SIGMOL is the special interest group on mathematics of language, which refers to the investigation of mathematical structures and methods that are of importance to the study of language.

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Members and Officers

As of 2026-06-20 SIGMOL has 318 registered members. Since August 17, 2025, Thomas Graf (Stony Brook University, USA) is the acting president. Jeffrey Heinz (Stony Brook University) was elected vice president on November 11, 2025. In line with SIGMOL regulations, he will take over the role of president after the next biannual meeting, which is planned for summer 2027 (MOL 2027; see activities). Elections will be held at the same time to elect a new vice president, who will become president after MOL 2029.

Activities

The main activity of the SIG is the organization of the meeting "Mathematics of Language (MOL)", which is held every other year. The most recent MOL meeting took place in a hybrid format at Stony Brook University, NY from 2025-08-16 to 2025-08-17. The peer-reviewed proceedings were published in the ACL proceedings series. Leadership is currently looking for a host for MOL 2027.

We continue to investigate the option of offering an online conference in off-years where MOL isn't held (Project "MOL everywhere (MOLe)"). We are also in the process of updating central infrastructure, such as the mailing list and the website.