Dear all (Ori in CC as he hasn't yet accepted the mailing list invitation),
On 2026-08-26 12:44, Tristan Miller via groups.io wrote:
Joe suggested Lydia Chilton of Columbia, who has published on multimodal AI for creative work and on AI humour generation.
I had a look at her web page https://www.engineering.columbia.edu/faculty-staff/directory/lydia-chilton and Google Scholar profile https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=RpxD-7QAAAAJ and she seems like a good choice. I think she's only put out one paper on humour (on generating captions) but her other work on co-creation with generative AI seems relevant. If others agree, who would like to send her an invitation?
Regards, Tristan
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I agree! She seems like a great pick. Are we inviting her to give a keynote virtually or in person? Perhaps we can give her both options. Do we fund anything besides the workshop registration fees?
And let me accept the invitation now (had to collect a bed earlier)... Ori
On Wed, Aug 26, 2026 at 3:36 PM Tristan Miller <Tristan.Miller@umanitoba.camailto:Tristan.Miller@umanitoba.ca> wrote: Dear all (Ori in CC as he hasn't yet accepted the mailing list invitation),
On 2026-08-26 12:44, Tristan Miller via groups.iohttp://groups.io wrote:
Joe suggested Lydia Chilton of Columbia, who has published on multimodal AI for creative work and on AI humour generation.
I had a look at her web page https://www.engineering.columbia.edu/faculty-staff/directory/lydia-chilton and Google Scholar profile https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=RpxD-7QAAAAJ and she seems like a good choice. I think she's only put out one paper on humour (on generating captions) but her other work on co-creation with generative AI seems relevant. If others agree, who would like to send her an invitation?
Regards, Tristan
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Greetings.
On 2026-08-26 15:46, Ori Amir wrote:
I agree! She seems like a great pick. Are we inviting her to give a keynote virtually or in person? Perhaps we can give her both options. Do we fund anything besides the workshop registration fees?
I think it's up to the ACL Workshop Chairs to decide which conferences will be virtual-only and which will be hybrid, so we need to word the invitations accordingly. I imagine that among us we'll be able to scrounge up enough funds to register our invited speakers for virtual attendance, but covering in-person registration and travel/accommodation expenses is probably out of our reach unless we get sponsorship. (And we should probably apply for such sponsorship as soon as we get an acceptance notification, or even now!)
See my recent e-mail to Ryan North's agent for sample wording that reflects the circumstances summarized above.
Regards, Tristan
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Alright! I will assume nobody objects to having Lydia then and write her.
She had a paper right after mine at ICCC, though she was not there (her student, Sean Kim, presented).
Ori
On Wed, Aug 26, 2026 at 5:06 PM Tristan Miller <Tristan.Miller@umanitoba.camailto:Tristan.Miller@umanitoba.ca> wrote: Greetings.
On 2026-08-26 15:46, Ori Amir wrote:
I agree! She seems like a great pick. Are we inviting her to give a keynote virtually or in person? Perhaps we can give her both options. Do we fund anything besides the workshop registration fees?
I think it's up to the ACL Workshop Chairs to decide which conferences will be virtual-only and which will be hybrid, so we need to word the invitations accordingly. I imagine that among us we'll be able to scrounge up enough funds to register our invited speakers for virtual attendance, but covering in-person registration and travel/accommodation expenses is probably out of our reach unless we get sponsorship. (And we should probably apply for such sponsorship as soon as we get an acceptance notification, or even now!)
See my recent e-mail to Ryan North's agent for sample wording that reflects the circumstances summarized above.
Regards, Tristan
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Hi all,
I have completed the draft for "Workshop Topics and Content" in the Overleaf project Tristan shared (here: https://www.overleaf.com/project/6a8f1f0cc5dc0fce3fef5e40). It is 90% recycled from our previous proposals and the introduction section of the EJHR paper I just wrote with Kiki and Ruch. It seems to do the job of selling the workshop, but I am not attached to any of it, so feel free to edit/replace any of it. It seems like this year they want a shorter content description and no abstract, so I reduced everything to ~300 words. I believe we are allowed up to 100 more.
I also copied the committee list from last year - with the appropriate formatting updates.
I'll be on the road from Friday to Sunday. I'll try to get more of the sections done before then, but I'll finish what I don't when I'm back. What I can use help with especially is the diversity subsections, as well as suggestions for additional keynote invitees.
Cheers! Ori
On Wed, Aug 26, 2026 at 9:58 PM Ori Amir <oriacadem@gmail.commailto:oriacadem@gmail.com> wrote: Alright! I will assume nobody objects to having Lydia then and write her.
She had a paper right after mine at ICCC, though she was not there (her student, Sean Kim, presented).
Ori
On Wed, Aug 26, 2026 at 5:06 PM Tristan Miller <Tristan.Miller@umanitoba.camailto:Tristan.Miller@umanitoba.ca> wrote: Greetings.
On 2026-08-26 15:46, Ori Amir wrote:
I agree! She seems like a great pick. Are we inviting her to give a keynote virtually or in person? Perhaps we can give her both options. Do we fund anything besides the workshop registration fees?
I think it's up to the ACL Workshop Chairs to decide which conferences will be virtual-only and which will be hybrid, so we need to word the invitations accordingly. I imagine that among us we'll be able to scrounge up enough funds to register our invited speakers for virtual attendance, but covering in-person registration and travel/accommodation expenses is probably out of our reach unless we get sponsorship. (And we should probably apply for such sponsorship as soon as we get an acceptance notification, or even now!)
See my recent e-mail to Ryan North's agent for sample wording that reflects the circumstances summarized above.
Regards, Tristan
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Dear all,
On 2026-08-27 19:59, Ori Amir wrote:
I have completed the draft for "Workshop Topics and Content" in the Overleaf project Tristan shared (here: https://www.overleaf.com/ project/6a8f1f0cc5dc0fce3fef5e40 <https://www.overleaf.com/ project/6a8f1f0cc5dc0fce3fef5e40>). It is 90% recycled from our previous proposals and the introduction section of the EJHR paper I just wrote with Kiki and Ruch. It seems to do the job of selling the workshop, but I am not attached to any of it, so feel free to edit/replace any of it. It seems like this year they want a shorter content description and no abstract, so I reduced everything to ~300 words. I believe we are allowed up to 100 more.
I also copied the committee list from last year - with the appropriate formatting updates.
I'll be on the road from Friday to Sunday. I'll try to get more of the sections done before then, but I'll finish what I don't when I'm back. What I can use help with especially is the diversity subsections, as well as suggestions for additional keynote invitees.
I wrote the Invited Speaker, Workshop Size/Prior Events, Shared Tasks, and Preferred Venue sections. (The latter I promoted from \paragraph to \section to correct what looked like a structural error in the template.) I updated my own biography in the Workshop Organizers section. In the Program Committee section, I revised the estimate of number submissions down from 30–40 to 15–30 (in line with actual numbers for our last two workshops) and trimmed the PC list to the most active 30.
I didn't have time to touch the Diversity and Inclusion section, whose text is still that from the template instructions. Perhaps someone could copy in and expand the text from the previous proposal (reproduced below) to make it better fit the instructions and what we discussed in our most recent meeting? For example, we could talk a bit more about:
* ...how humour is a relatively understudied area of NLP, so our workshop increases thematic diversity within the field;
* ...the multi-/interdisciplinary aspect of computational humour and how we are specifically guiding NLP researchers towards incorporating ideas, theories, and resources from other fields;
* ...how our selection of invited speakers and/or PC members supports the above two points
Regards, Tristan
Diversity and Inclusion Efforts: The workshop advances diversity through multilingual and multicultural computational humor research, led by a geographically, demographically, linguistically, and disciplinarily diverse Organizing Committee with expertise in fields like computer science, linguistics, neuroscience, and entertainment. Drawing on a global network, the Committee will issue targeted calls for papers to reach diverse scholars internationally, and has already secured participation of invited speakers who are new to the *ACL community. Half of our invited panelists and PC members are women.
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Thank you Tristan!
I will resume working on it tomorrow and will try to finish it. I’ll incorporate your and others diversity suggestions.
Ori
On Mon, Aug 31, 2026 at 22:59 Tristan Miller <Tristan.Miller@umanitoba.camailto:Tristan.Miller@umanitoba.ca> wrote: Dear all,
On 2026-08-27 19:59, Ori Amir wrote:
I have completed the draft for "Workshop Topics and Content" in the Overleaf project Tristan shared (here: https://www.overleaf.com/ project/6a8f1f0cc5dc0fce3fef5e40 https://www.overleaf.com/ project/6a8f1f0cc5dc0fce3fef5e40). It is 90% recycled from our previous proposals and the introduction section of the EJHR paper I just wrote with Kiki and Ruch. It seems to do the job of selling the workshop, but I am not attached to any of it, so feel free to edit/replace any of it. It seems like this year they want a shorter content description and no abstract, so I reduced everything to ~300 words. I believe we are allowed up to 100 more.
I also copied the committee list from last year - with the appropriate formatting updates.
I'll be on the road from Friday to Sunday. I'll try to get more of the sections done before then, but I'll finish what I don't when I'm back. What I can use help with especially is the diversity subsections, as well as suggestions for additional keynote invitees.
I wrote the Invited Speaker, Workshop Size/Prior Events, Shared Tasks, and Preferred Venue sections. (The latter I promoted from \paragraph to \section to correct what looked like a structural error in the template.) I updated my own biography in the Workshop Organizers section. In the Program Committee section, I revised the estimate of number submissions down from 30–40 to 15–30 (in line with actual numbers for our last two workshops) and trimmed the PC list to the most active 30.
I didn't have time to touch the Diversity and Inclusion section, whose text is still that from the template instructions. Perhaps someone could copy in and expand the text from the previous proposal (reproduced below) to make it better fit the instructions and what we discussed in our most recent meeting? For example, we could talk a bit more about:
* ...how humour is a relatively understudied area of NLP, so our workshop increases thematic diversity within the field;
* ...the multi-/interdisciplinary aspect of computational humour and how we are specifically guiding NLP researchers towards incorporating ideas, theories, and resources from other fields;
* ...how our selection of invited speakers and/or PC members supports the above two points
Regards, Tristan
Diversity and Inclusion Efforts: The workshop advances diversity through multilingual and multicultural computational humor research, led by a geographically, demographically, linguistically, and disciplinarily diverse Organizing Committee with expertise in fields like computer science, linguistics, neuroscience, and entertainment. Drawing on a global network, the Committee will issue targeted calls for papers to reach diverse scholars internationally, and has already secured participation of invited speakers who are new to the *ACL community. Half of our invited panelists and PC members are women.
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Working on the diversity section. Do you believe it is best to use their suggested subsections? - in which case, we are weak on the third point, "diversifying participation" (which states: "providing mentoring, subsidies, coordinating with affinity groups, diversifying the selection of papers, and so on"). Or is it better to make it one long paragraph instead, like last time but extended?
I'm copying their instructions below:
6 Diversity and Inclusion The proposals should describe potential ways in which the workshop will support diversity in NLP. We suggest organizers consider the following points, while developing the proposal:
Contribution to academic diversity: The pro- posals could explain how the subject matter of the workshop will contribute to the diversity of the field, e.g. use of multilingual data, indications of how the described methods scale up to various languages or domains, accessibility of resources, supporting underrepresented communities of NLP and so on.
Diversifying representation: Following the WiNLP initiative, we recognize the current prob- lems of demographic imbalance in the field. There- fore, we particularly encourage submissions includ- ing members of under-represented groups in compu- tational linguistics. The proposals should describe how their selection of invited speakers, panelists, or- ganizers, and program committee promotes diverse representation (for example, considering underrep- resented demographics based on gender, ethnicity, nationality, and so on). We also suggest including speakers and panelists, who have not appeared as a keynote speaker or panelist in recent conferences.
Diversifying participation: The proposals could describe how the call-for-papers and outreach will encourage people from marginalized groups to at- tend and submit to the workshop, e.g. providing mentoring, subsidies, coordinating with affinity groups, diversifying the selection of papers and so on.
On Tue, Sep 1, 2026 at 12:07 AM Ori Amir <oriacadem@gmail.commailto:oriacadem@gmail.com> wrote: Thank you Tristan!
I will resume working on it tomorrow and will try to finish it. I’ll incorporate your and others diversity suggestions.
Ori
On Mon, Aug 31, 2026 at 22:59 Tristan Miller <Tristan.Miller@umanitoba.camailto:Tristan.Miller@umanitoba.ca> wrote: Dear all,
On 2026-08-27 19:59, Ori Amir wrote:
I have completed the draft for "Workshop Topics and Content" in the Overleaf project Tristan shared (here: https://www.overleaf.com/ project/6a8f1f0cc5dc0fce3fef5e40 https://www.overleaf.com/ project/6a8f1f0cc5dc0fce3fef5e40). It is 90% recycled from our previous proposals and the introduction section of the EJHR paper I just wrote with Kiki and Ruch. It seems to do the job of selling the workshop, but I am not attached to any of it, so feel free to edit/replace any of it. It seems like this year they want a shorter content description and no abstract, so I reduced everything to ~300 words. I believe we are allowed up to 100 more.
I also copied the committee list from last year - with the appropriate formatting updates.
I'll be on the road from Friday to Sunday. I'll try to get more of the sections done before then, but I'll finish what I don't when I'm back. What I can use help with especially is the diversity subsections, as well as suggestions for additional keynote invitees.
I wrote the Invited Speaker, Workshop Size/Prior Events, Shared Tasks, and Preferred Venue sections. (The latter I promoted from \paragraph to \section to correct what looked like a structural error in the template.) I updated my own biography in the Workshop Organizers section. In the Program Committee section, I revised the estimate of number submissions down from 30–40 to 15–30 (in line with actual numbers for our last two workshops) and trimmed the PC list to the most active 30.
I didn't have time to touch the Diversity and Inclusion section, whose text is still that from the template instructions. Perhaps someone could copy in and expand the text from the previous proposal (reproduced below) to make it better fit the instructions and what we discussed in our most recent meeting? For example, we could talk a bit more about:
* ...how humour is a relatively understudied area of NLP, so our workshop increases thematic diversity within the field;
* ...the multi-/interdisciplinary aspect of computational humour and how we are specifically guiding NLP researchers towards incorporating ideas, theories, and resources from other fields;
* ...how our selection of invited speakers and/or PC members supports the above two points
Regards, Tristan
Diversity and Inclusion Efforts: The workshop advances diversity through multilingual and multicultural computational humor research, led by a geographically, demographically, linguistically, and disciplinarily diverse Organizing Committee with expertise in fields like computer science, linguistics, neuroscience, and entertainment. Drawing on a global network, the Committee will issue targeted calls for papers to reach diverse scholars internationally, and has already secured participation of invited speakers who are new to the *ACL community. Half of our invited panelists and PC members are women.
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Greetings.
On 2026-09-01 14:45, Ori Amir wrote:
Working on the diversity section. Do you believe it is best to use their suggested subsections? - in which case, we are weak on the third point, "diversifying participation" (which states: "providing mentoring, subsidies, coordinating with affinity groups, diversifying the selection of papers, and so on"). Or is it better to make it one long paragraph instead, like last time but extended?
Those aren't subsections in the template; they're just points that they suggest we consider. We don't need to address all of them, and don't need to list them explicitly as in the template. One or more unlabelled paragraphs should be fine. It's also fine if the paragraphs say nothing about the "diversifying participation" point.
Regards, Tristan
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Great! That makes things easier!
Ori
On Tue, Sep 1, 2026 at 3:51 PM Tristan Miller <Tristan.Miller@umanitoba.camailto:Tristan.Miller@umanitoba.ca> wrote: Greetings.
On 2026-09-01 14:45, Ori Amir wrote:
Working on the diversity section. Do you believe it is best to use their suggested subsections? - in which case, we are weak on the third point, "diversifying participation" (which states: "providing mentoring, subsidies, coordinating with affinity groups, diversifying the selection of papers, and so on"). Or is it better to make it one long paragraph instead, like last time but extended?
Those aren't subsections in the template; they're just points that they suggest we consider. We don't need to address all of them, and don't need to list them explicitly as in the template. One or more unlabelled paragraphs should be fine. It's also fine if the paragraphs say nothing about the "diversifying participation" point.
Regards, Tristan
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Alright! The file is nearly complete, including the diversity statement. The application technically has everything, but we are not making full use of the permitted space (2 pages for everything excluding the organizers, committee, and references sections; 4 pages overall). I suggest we fill the extra space with a 3rd Scope and Purpose paragraph discussing this year's multi-model theme. If nobody objects, I'll write it tomorrow (unless someone else beats me to it).
Ori
On Tue, Sep 1, 2026 at 4:44 PM Ori Amir <oriacadem@gmail.commailto:oriacadem@gmail.com> wrote: Great! That makes things easier!
Ori
On Tue, Sep 1, 2026 at 3:51 PM Tristan Miller <Tristan.Miller@umanitoba.camailto:Tristan.Miller@umanitoba.ca> wrote: Greetings.
On 2026-09-01 14:45, Ori Amir wrote:
Working on the diversity section. Do you believe it is best to use their suggested subsections? - in which case, we are weak on the third point, "diversifying participation" (which states: "providing mentoring, subsidies, coordinating with affinity groups, diversifying the selection of papers, and so on"). Or is it better to make it one long paragraph instead, like last time but extended?
Those aren't subsections in the template; they're just points that they suggest we consider. We don't need to address all of them, and don't need to list them explicitly as in the template. One or more unlabelled paragraphs should be fine. It's also fine if the paragraphs say nothing about the "diversifying participation" point.
Regards, Tristan
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Greetings.
On 2026-09-02 01:46, Ori Amir wrote:
Alright! The file is nearly complete, including the diversity statement. The application technically has everything, but we are not making full use of the permitted space (2 pages for everything excluding the organizers, committee, and references sections; 4 pages overall). I suggest we fill the extra space with a 3rd Scope and Purpose paragraph discussing this year's multi-model theme. If nobody objects, I'll write it tomorrow (unless someone else beats me to it).
I've made some further revisions to correct some claims that seem to have been copied over from last year's proposal but which no longer applied to the current proposal:
* The text claimed that the Organizing Committee was "geographically diverse", but this is no longer true as we're all in North America now. I fixed this by saying that it's the Organizing and Program Committees together that are geographically diverse.
* The text claimed that our invited speakers connect NLP methods with "established humor research outside the conference circuit", but one of our speakers doesn't do humor research at all and the other one does speak on the conference circuit. I reworded this to make it clearer that the speakers aren't common on the NLP conference circuit, and that they're involved in "the study and/or practice of humor".
* The text claimed that "half our invited panelists and PC members are women", but we have no panelists, and (at least with my trimmed PC list) less than half were women. I changed "invited panelists" to "proposed invited speakers" and replaced some names in the PC list so that 15 of 30 are women.
* The text claimed that we've already sent out invitations to the PC members, but IIRC we haven't yet, so I changed this to "have been or will be invited".
Regards, Tristan
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Thank you for the corrections. I thought I removed the panelists language but I guess I copied an earlier edit.
I’m half way done with the multimodal paragraph and will add it soon.
Ori
On Wed, Sep 2, 2026 at 14:50 Tristan Miller <Tristan.Miller@umanitoba.camailto:Tristan.Miller@umanitoba.ca> wrote: Greetings.
On 2026-09-02 01:46, Ori Amir wrote:
Alright! The file is nearly complete, including the diversity statement. The application technically has everything, but we are not making full use of the permitted space (2 pages for everything excluding the organizers, committee, and references sections; 4 pages overall). I suggest we fill the extra space with a 3rd Scope and Purpose paragraph discussing this year's multi-model theme. If nobody objects, I'll write it tomorrow (unless someone else beats me to it).
I've made some further revisions to correct some claims that seem to have been copied over from last year's proposal but which no longer applied to the current proposal:
* The text claimed that the Organizing Committee was "geographically diverse", but this is no longer true as we're all in North America now. I fixed this by saying that it's the Organizing and Program Committees together that are geographically diverse.
* The text claimed that our invited speakers connect NLP methods with "established humor research outside the conference circuit", but one of our speakers doesn't do humor research at all and the other one does speak on the conference circuit. I reworded this to make it clearer that the speakers aren't common on the NLP conference circuit, and that they're involved in "the study and/or practice of humor".
* The text claimed that "half our invited panelists and PC members are women", but we have no panelists, and (at least with my trimmed PC list) less than half were women. I changed "invited panelists" to "proposed invited speakers" and replaced some names in the PC list so that 15 of 30 are women.
* The text claimed that we've already sent out invitations to the PC members, but IIRC we haven't yet, so I changed this to "have been or will be invited".
Regards, Tristan
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… speaking of Geographically Diverse, has Tiansi replied to Kiki?
On Wed, Sep 2, 2026 at 15:08 Ori Amir <oriacadem@gmail.commailto:oriacadem@gmail.com> wrote: Thank you for the corrections. I thought I removed the panelists language but I guess I copied an earlier edit.
I’m half way done with the multimodal paragraph and will add it soon.
Ori
On Wed, Sep 2, 2026 at 14:50 Tristan Miller <Tristan.Miller@umanitoba.camailto:Tristan.Miller@umanitoba.ca> wrote: Greetings.
On 2026-09-02 01:46, Ori Amir wrote:
Alright! The file is nearly complete, including the diversity statement. The application technically has everything, but we are not making full use of the permitted space (2 pages for everything excluding the organizers, committee, and references sections; 4 pages overall). I suggest we fill the extra space with a 3rd Scope and Purpose paragraph discussing this year's multi-model theme. If nobody objects, I'll write it tomorrow (unless someone else beats me to it).
I've made some further revisions to correct some claims that seem to have been copied over from last year's proposal but which no longer applied to the current proposal:
* The text claimed that the Organizing Committee was "geographically diverse", but this is no longer true as we're all in North America now. I fixed this by saying that it's the Organizing and Program Committees together that are geographically diverse.
* The text claimed that our invited speakers connect NLP methods with "established humor research outside the conference circuit", but one of our speakers doesn't do humor research at all and the other one does speak on the conference circuit. I reworded this to make it clearer that the speakers aren't common on the NLP conference circuit, and that they're involved in "the study and/or practice of humor".
* The text claimed that "half our invited panelists and PC members are women", but we have no panelists, and (at least with my trimmed PC list) less than half were women. I changed "invited panelists" to "proposed invited speakers" and replaced some names in the PC list so that 15 of 30 are women.
* The text claimed that we've already sent out invitations to the PC members, but IIRC we haven't yet, so I changed this to "have been or will be invited".
Regards, Tristan
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Greetings.
On 2026-09-02 15:19, Ori Amir wrote:
… speaking of Geographically Diverse, has Tiansi replied to Kiki?
Yes, he's not participating this year.
Regards, Tristan
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Hi everyone, Thank you, Tristan and Ori, for working on the draft! I have some questions: 1. We have a tagline, but I don’t see where it is specified in the call for proposals. If we keep it, does it capture the spirit of multi-modal systems? Also, are we interested in jokes in their narrow(er) sense or humor in general? 2. Since Ori agreed to be the point of most of the organization, should he be listed first? J.
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Greetings.
On 2026-09-02 15:19, Ori Amir wrote:
… speaking of Geographically Diverse, has Tiansi replied to Kiki?
Yes, he's not participating this year.
Regards, Tristan
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Hey all,
I added the multimodal paragraph to the scope and purpose. The tagline now emphasizes multimodal - I believe the new template asks for it. I updated the organizers' order based on the order we want ACL organizers to contact us (but that's not necessarily the order we need to keep for the proceedings authorship).
We still have 1/3 of the 4th page blank. I wonder if that may cause ACL reviewers to view us less favorably... If so, perhaps adding to any of the sections before "Organizers" would help. Otherwise, if everyone is happy with it, we can submit.
Ori
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Hi everyone, Thank you, Tristan and Ori, for working on the draft! I have some questions: 1. We have a tagline, but I don’t see where it is specified in the call for proposals. If we keep it, does it capture the spirit of multi-modal systems? Also, are we interested in jokes in their narrow(er) sense or humor in general? 2. Since Ori agreed to be the point of most of the organization, should he be listed first? J.
On Sep 2, 2026, at 4:28 PM, Tristan Miller <Tristan.Miller@umanitoba.camailto:Tristan.Miller@umanitoba.ca> wrote:
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Greetings.
On 2026-09-02 15:19, Ori Amir wrote:
… speaking of Geographically Diverse, has Tiansi replied to Kiki?
Yes, he's not participating this year.
Regards, Tristan
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Hello,
I re-read the instructions and found a few things we were missing. So, I made the following minor changes to meet 2027's requirements:
* Section 2 Invited speakers: I put “(tentative)” after invited as the template instructs – “invited” suggests they did not accept yet but better be explicit and avoid desk rejection. Right? * Section 3 Prior events: Past CHum editions stated as virtual-only; in-person attendance = 0; virtual attendance estimated 30–50 (no exact headcount) – as the instructions require mentioning estimated number of [in person] attendees. Note, we estimated COLING was ~50 in last year's proposal. 2027 still proposed as full-day hybrid, with virtual-only explicitly mentioned as a fallback. * Section 3: added two new paragraphs based on our last year’s submission: labeled Technical requirements and Hybrid/virtual plan (they are required based on the instructions but not the template) * Section 7 PC: added START only (no ARR, no OpenReview). Instructions say it needs to be mentioned somewhere in the last two pages.
Please check that all is in order. Once we are happy with the proposal, one of us can submit it (happy to be that person; just let me know!) Cheers! Ori
On Wed, Sep 2, 2026 at 5:50 PM Ori Amir <oriacadem@gmail.commailto:oriacadem@gmail.com> wrote: Hey all,
I added the multimodal paragraph to the scope and purpose. The tagline now emphasizes multimodal - I believe the new template asks for it. I updated the organizers' order based on the order we want ACL organizers to contact us (but that's not necessarily the order we need to keep for the proceedings authorship).
We still have 1/3 of the 4th page blank. I wonder if that may cause ACL reviewers to view us less favorably... If so, perhaps adding to any of the sections before "Organizers" would help. Otherwise, if everyone is happy with it, we can submit.
Ori
On Wed, Sep 2, 2026 at 3:59 PM Julia M Rayz <jtaylor1@purdue.edumailto:jtaylor1@purdue.edu> wrote: Caution! This message was sent from outside the University of Manitoba.
Hi everyone, Thank you, Tristan and Ori, for working on the draft! I have some questions: 1. We have a tagline, but I don’t see where it is specified in the call for proposals. If we keep it, does it capture the spirit of multi-modal systems? Also, are we interested in jokes in their narrow(er) sense or humor in general? 2. Since Ori agreed to be the point of most of the organization, should he be listed first? J.
On Sep 2, 2026, at 4:28 PM, Tristan Miller <Tristan.Miller@umanitoba.camailto:Tristan.Miller@umanitoba.ca> wrote:
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Greetings.
On 2026-09-02 15:19, Ori Amir wrote:
… speaking of Geographically Diverse, has Tiansi replied to Kiki?
Yes, he's not participating this year.
Regards, Tristan
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Greetings.
On 2026-09-03 22:07, Ori Amir wrote:
I re-read the instructions and found a few things we were missing. So, I made the following minor changes to meet 2027's requirements:
- Section 2 Invited speakers: I put “(tentative)” after invited as the template instructs – “invited” suggests they did not accept yet but better be explicit and avoid desk rejection. Right?
I changed "invited (tentative) comedy writer" to "provisionally invited comedy writer", since it's the invitation, not the job title, which is yet unsettled.
- Section 3 Prior events: Past CHum editions stated as virtual-only; in-person attendance = 0; virtual attendance estimated 30–50 (no exact headcount) – as the instructions require mentioning estimated number of [in person] attendees. Note, we estimated COLING was ~50 in last year's proposal. 2027 still proposed as full-day hybrid, with virtual-only explicitly mentioned as a fallback.
Great; thanks!
- Section 3: added two new paragraphs based on our last year’s submission: labeled Technical requirements and Hybrid/virtual plan (they are required based on the instructions but not the template)
OK! I did some minor copy-editing, mostly to make it clear that the technical needs are only if we're accepted as a hybrid event, and to account for the probability that the videos will be posted by the conference organizers (or whoever they contract for this -- e.g., Underline) rather than us.
- Section 7 PC: added START only (no ARR, no OpenReview). Instructions say it needs to be mentioned somewhere in the last two pages.
Thanks for catching this. I made some minor edits to say that START is our preference but that we could accommodate ARR/OpenReview if necessary.
Please check that all is in order. Once we are happy with the proposal, one of us can submit it (happy to be that person; just let me know!)
I'm happy with it in its current state, so unless Kiki or Julia have any further changes, I think you can submit it now at https://softconf.com/p/acl-workshops2027/.
Regards, Tristan
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Thank you, Tristan!
Looking at the submission form, it seems like we need a "short summary." The 2027 template says abstract is not required so we didn't include one - but now we need to write one for the form. Here's what I suggest (75% is adapted from last year's):
Modeling humor, deemed “AI-complete” due to its reliance on context, cultural knowledge, and inference, remains a challenge—and a potential test case for AGI—despite generative AI advances. The 3rd Workshop on Computational Humor (CHum 2027) fosters work on modeling humor with current methods in computational linguistics and NLP, against the backdrop of humor theory and with reference to textual, visual, and multimodal corpora. A central open question is whether LLMs understand humor in a human-like way (internal representations of setup/punchline, incongruity, script opposition, and cultural inference) or mainly match surface patterns. Evidence is mixed on explanation, detection, rating, and generation. We particularly welcome theory-driven probes, multimodal work, and applications such as joke generation and humor-preserving computer-assisted translation. The full-day workshop emphasizes diverse, multilingual, and interdisciplinary perspectives.
I am not attached to it, please edit whatever you don't like/can improve. If everyone's happy with it and the proposal, I'll submit. Ori
On Fri, Sep 4, 2026 at 3:36 PM Tristan Miller <Tristan.Miller@umanitoba.camailto:Tristan.Miller@umanitoba.ca> wrote: Greetings.
On 2026-09-03 22:07, Ori Amir wrote:
I re-read the instructions and found a few things we were missing. So, I made the following minor changes to meet 2027's requirements:
- Section 2 Invited speakers: I put “(tentative)” after invited as the template instructs – “invited” suggests they did not accept yet but better be explicit and avoid desk rejection. Right?
I changed "invited (tentative) comedy writer" to "provisionally invited comedy writer", since it's the invitation, not the job title, which is yet unsettled.
- Section 3 Prior events: Past CHum editions stated as virtual-only; in-person attendance = 0; virtual attendance estimated 30–50 (no exact headcount) – as the instructions require mentioning estimated number of [in person] attendees. Note, we estimated COLING was ~50 in last year's proposal. 2027 still proposed as full-day hybrid, with virtual-only explicitly mentioned as a fallback.
Great; thanks!
- Section 3: added two new paragraphs based on our last year’s submission: labeled Technical requirements and Hybrid/virtual plan (they are required based on the instructions but not the template)
OK! I did some minor copy-editing, mostly to make it clear that the technical needs are only if we're accepted as a hybrid event, and to account for the probability that the videos will be posted by the conference organizers (or whoever they contract for this -- e.g., Underline) rather than us.
- Section 7 PC: added START only (no ARR, no OpenReview). Instructions say it needs to be mentioned somewhere in the last two pages.
Thanks for catching this. I made some minor edits to say that START is our preference but that we could accommodate ARR/OpenReview if necessary.
Please check that all is in order. Once we are happy with the proposal, one of us can submit it (happy to be that person; just let me know!)
I'm happy with it in its current state, so unless Kiki or Julia have any further changes, I think you can submit it now at https://softconf.com/p/acl-workshops2027/.
Regards, Tristan
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Slightly modified version (removed AGI reference and the "CHum" shorthand, since the instructions explicitly say there is no need to repeat the title)
Modeling humor, deemed “AI-complete” due to its reliance on context, cultural knowledge, and inference, remains a challenge despite generative AI advances. The 3rd Workshop on Computational Humor fosters work on modeling humor with current methods in computational linguistics and NLP, against the backdrop of humor theory and with reference to textual, visual, and multimodal corpora. A central open question is whether LLMs understand humor in a human-like way (internal representations of setup/punchline, incongruity, script opposition, and cultural inference) or mainly match surface patterns. Evidence is mixed on explanation, detection, rating, and generation. We particularly welcome theory-driven probes, multimodal work, and applications such as joke generation and humor-preserving computer-assisted translation. The full-day workshop emphasizes diverse, multilingual, and interdisciplinary perspectives.
On Fri, Sep 4, 2026 at 5:41 PM Ori Amir <oriacadem@gmail.commailto:oriacadem@gmail.com> wrote: Thank you, Tristan!
Looking at the submission form, it seems like we need a "short summary." The 2027 template says abstract is not required so we didn't include one - but now we need to write one for the form. Here's what I suggest (75% is adapted from last year's):
Modeling humor, deemed “AI-complete” due to its reliance on context, cultural knowledge, and inference, remains a challenge—and a potential test case for AGI—despite generative AI advances. The 3rd Workshop on Computational Humor (CHum 2027) fosters work on modeling humor with current methods in computational linguistics and NLP, against the backdrop of humor theory and with reference to textual, visual, and multimodal corpora. A central open question is whether LLMs understand humor in a human-like way (internal representations of setup/punchline, incongruity, script opposition, and cultural inference) or mainly match surface patterns. Evidence is mixed on explanation, detection, rating, and generation. We particularly welcome theory-driven probes, multimodal work, and applications such as joke generation and humor-preserving computer-assisted translation. The full-day workshop emphasizes diverse, multilingual, and interdisciplinary perspectives.
I am not attached to it, please edit whatever you don't like/can improve. If everyone's happy with it and the proposal, I'll submit. Ori
On Fri, Sep 4, 2026 at 3:36 PM Tristan Miller <Tristan.Miller@umanitoba.camailto:Tristan.Miller@umanitoba.ca> wrote: Greetings.
On 2026-09-03 22:07, Ori Amir wrote:
I re-read the instructions and found a few things we were missing. So, I made the following minor changes to meet 2027's requirements:
- Section 2 Invited speakers: I put “(tentative)” after invited as the template instructs – “invited” suggests they did not accept yet but better be explicit and avoid desk rejection. Right?
I changed "invited (tentative) comedy writer" to "provisionally invited comedy writer", since it's the invitation, not the job title, which is yet unsettled.
- Section 3 Prior events: Past CHum editions stated as virtual-only; in-person attendance = 0; virtual attendance estimated 30–50 (no exact headcount) – as the instructions require mentioning estimated number of [in person] attendees. Note, we estimated COLING was ~50 in last year's proposal. 2027 still proposed as full-day hybrid, with virtual-only explicitly mentioned as a fallback.
Great; thanks!
- Section 3: added two new paragraphs based on our last year’s submission: labeled Technical requirements and Hybrid/virtual plan (they are required based on the instructions but not the template)
OK! I did some minor copy-editing, mostly to make it clear that the technical needs are only if we're accepted as a hybrid event, and to account for the probability that the videos will be posted by the conference organizers (or whoever they contract for this -- e.g., Underline) rather than us.
- Section 7 PC: added START only (no ARR, no OpenReview). Instructions say it needs to be mentioned somewhere in the last two pages.
Thanks for catching this. I made some minor edits to say that START is our preference but that we could accommodate ARR/OpenReview if necessary.
Please check that all is in order. Once we are happy with the proposal, one of us can submit it (happy to be that person; just let me know!)
I'm happy with it in its current state, so unless Kiki or Julia have any further changes, I think you can submit it now at https://softconf.com/p/acl-workshops2027/.
Regards, Tristan
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Dear Ori,
On 2026-09-04 20:20, Ori Amir wrote:
Slightly modified version (removed AGI reference and the "CHum" shorthand, since the instructions explicitly say there is no need to repeat the title)
Looks good to me!
Regards, Tristan
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Alright! I’ll submit it then. I will confirm when I do.
On Fri, Sep 4, 2026 at 20:58 Tristan Miller <Tristan.Miller@umanitoba.camailto:Tristan.Miller@umanitoba.ca> wrote: Dear Ori,
On 2026-09-04 20:20, Ori Amir wrote:
Slightly modified version (removed AGI reference and the "CHum" shorthand, since the instructions explicitly say there is no need to repeat the title)
Looks good to me!
Regards, Tristan
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Agreed, looks good!
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Dear Ori,
On 2026-09-04 20:20, Ori Amir wrote:
Slightly modified version (removed AGI reference and the "CHum" shorthand, since the instructions explicitly say there is no need to repeat the title)
Looks good to me!
Regards, Tristan
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Tristan Miller