# EACL — Conference of the European Chapter of the Association for Computational Linguistics - **Submission deadline**: 2026-08-03 - **Notification date**: 2026-11-12 - **Conference date**: 2027-03-09 - **Location**: Athens, Greece - **Rankings**: CORE A - **Conference Partner Index**: 81.6/100 (ranked #178, confidence 1.00, algorithm 1.1) — how this is computed: https://www.myhuiban.com/ranking - **Trackers**: 19 - **Attendees**: 0 - **Canonical page**: https://www.myhuiban.com/conference/2400 ## Acceptance history | Year | Submitted | Accepted | Rate | |---|---|---|---| | 2023 | 1550 | 482 | 31.1% | | 2021 | 1400 | 326 | 23.3% | | 2017 | 441 | 119 | 27% | | 2014 | 317 | 78 | 24.6% | | 2012 | 316 | 82 | 25.9% | | 2009 | 360 | 100 | 27.8% | | 2006 | 264 | 52 | 19.7% | ## Past editions | Year | Deadline | Conference date | Location | |---|---|---|---| | 2026 | 2025-10-06 | 2026-03-24 | Rabat, Morocco | ## Call for papers EACL 2027 aims to have a broad technical program. Relevant topics for the conference include, but are not limited to, the following areas: Clinical and Biomedical Applications Computational Social Science and Cultural Analytics Dialogue and Interactive Systems Discourse and Pragmatics Efficient Methods for NLP Ethics, Bias, and Fairness Generation Human-Centered NLP and Human-AI Interaction Information Extraction Information Retrieval and Text Mining Interpretability and Analysis of Models for NLP Language Modeling LLM Agents Linguistic Theories, Cognitive Modeling, and Psycholinguistics Machine Learning for NLP Machine Translation Multilingualism and Cross-Lingual NLP Multimodality and Language Grounding to Vision, Robotics and Beyond NLP Applications NLP and Code Models NLP and Symbolic Reasoning Phonology, Morphology, and Word Segmentation Question Answering Resources and Evaluation Semantics: Lexical and Sentence-Level Sentiment Analysis, Stylistic Analysis, and Argument Mining Speech Recognition, Text-to-Speech and Spoken Language Understanding Summarization Syntax: Tagging, Chunking and Parsing EACL 2027 Special Theme: The Human in Language Natural language processing has historically been grounded in the scientific study of human language. Linguistics, psycholinguistics, cognitive science, sociolinguistics, and related disciplines have shaped many of the core concepts underlying NLP, including syntax, semantics, discourse, pragmatics, language acquisition, and communication. Yet, as modern NLP increasingly shifts toward large-scale end-to-end learning and benchmark-driven evaluation, the connection between language technologies and the broader scientific understanding of human language is often becoming less explicit. The EACL 2027 special theme, The Human in Language, invites papers that explore how the human sciences of language can inform and shape NLP research across the full research cycle: model development, representation learning, data collection and annotation, evaluation, interpretability, interaction, and deployment. We particularly encourage work that brings linguistic and cognitive insights into the design and analysis of NLP systems, develops evaluation methodologies grounded in human language behavior and communication, and revisits foundational questions about what language technologies should model and optimize for. At the same time, we also welcome work that uses NLP methods and contemporary language models to advance the scientific study of language, cognition, communication, and the brain. However, the central focus of the track is on strengthening the role of language sciences as a source of scientific grounding, methodological guidance, and conceptual insight for NLP itself. Relevant topics include, but are not limited to: Linguistically informed NLP For example, incorporating linguistic structure, compositionality, pragmatics, discourse, multilinguality, or theories of meaning into model architectures, representations, prompting strategies, or training objectives. Human-centered evaluation and annotation For example, evaluation methodologies grounded in human communication and cognition; human-informed task design; annotation frameworks derived from linguistic or psycholinguistic theory; communicative grounding; and evaluation beyond benchmark-centric notions of performance. Language models and the scientific study of language For example, using NLP models as tools for studying linguistic phenomena, language acquisition, psycholinguistics, discourse, communication, and social interaction; and understanding where current models align with or diverge from human language behavior. Language, the brain, and neuroscience For example, computational models of language processing in the brain; neural and behavioral alignment studies; multimodal studies of language understanding; and NLP methods for studying cognition and communication in naturalistic settings. Language, interaction, and society For example, conversational alignment, communication in social contexts, language and identity, language and emotion, behavioral modeling through language, and the role of language technologies in human-centered applications. Foundations of language and meaning For example, representation of meaning in humans and machines; pragmatics, reference, grounding, ambiguity, context dependence, and philosophical perspectives on language and communication. This special theme is intended to complement the broad scope of EACL while highlighting the continuing importance of language itself, not merely as large-scale training data, but as a deeply human phenomenon central to communication, cognition, and society. We encourage submissions that combine methodological rigor with broader scientific insight, and that help strengthen the dialogue between NLP and the scientific study of human language. ## Related conferences - AACL — Conference of the Asia-Pacific Chapter of the Association for Computational Linguistics — https://www.myhuiban.com/conference/3754 - NAACL — Annual Conference of the North American Chapter of the Association for Computational Linguistics — https://www.myhuiban.com/conference/426 - PACLING — International Conference of the Pacific Association for Computational Linguistics — https://www.myhuiban.com/conference/3287 - ACL — Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics — https://www.myhuiban.com/conference/411 - Eurographics — Annual Conference of the European Association for Computer Graphics — https://www.myhuiban.com/conference/271 ## Related journals - Transactions of the Association for Computational Linguistics — https://www.myhuiban.com/journal/1101 - Journal of the Association of Information Systems — https://www.myhuiban.com/journal/726 - Computational Linguistics — https://www.myhuiban.com/journal/177 - The European Journal on Artificial Intelligence — https://www.myhuiban.com/journal/173 - The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology — https://www.myhuiban.com/journal/487 --- Source: Conference Partner — https://www.myhuiban.com/conference/2400 (rankings reproduced from CCF / ICORE / QUALIS; data cached up to 1 hour)