ACL, the Association for Computational Linguistics, is the professional body behind NLP conferences and journals, including EMNLP. Recent coverage has focused on conference logistics: ACL proposed a "sustainable reviewing" policy requiring each submission to supply a qualified reviewer or service contributor, otherwise entering a lottery, with caps of 20 total and 5 first-author submissions per author per cycle. Other posts discussed EMNLP registration and funding, and authors facing paper removal over visa-related no-shows.
EMNLP authors fear paper removal due to visa no-showAuthors of an accepted EMNLP paper cannot attend in person due to visa issues; organizers say virtual presentation is not possible. They fear removal from proceedings and seek advice, as it is their only work from over a year.
Confusion regarding EMNLP registrationA Reddit user on r/MachineLearning asked about EMNLP registration after moving from undergrad to grad school, describing grant rejections and asking whether they can attend as an author, registration fee differences, and available funding options.
ACL proposes sustainable reviewing policyACL announced a “sustainable reviewing” proposal: each submission must supply a qualified reviewer or service contributor or else enter a lottery; per-author caps are 20 total and 5 first-author submissions per cycle. A mentorship system and measures to penalize abuse are planned to align submissions with reviewer capacity.
The A.I. Daily