We invite proposals for shared tasks related to Arabic NLP to be included in the ArabicNLP 2025 conference. Proposals should include the following details:
Overview of the proposed task
Motivation for the task
Data/Resource Collection and Creation (please specify the current status of the data: planned, in progress, or ready)
Task Description
Pilot Run Details (if available)
Tentative Timeline
Task Organizers (name, email, and affiliation)
Proposals should be submitted in PDF format and can be up to 4 pages long.
Shared Task Proposal Submission Link: https://forms.gle/3bWWBFV42cYNYaUP9
All deadlines are 11:59 pm UTC -12h (“Anywhere on Earth”).
Selection Process
The proposals will be reviewed by the organizing committee and selected based on multiple factors such as the novelty of the task, the expected interest from the community, how convincing the data collection plans are, the soundness of the evaluation method, and the expected impact of the task.
Task Organization
Upon acceptance, the task organizers are expected to verify that the task organization and data delivery to participants are happening in a timely manner, provide the participants with all needed resources related to the task, create a mailing list, and maintain communication and support to participants, create and manage CodaLab or similar competition website, manage submissions to CodaLab, write a task description paper, manage participants submissions of system description papers, and review and maintain the quality of submitted system description papers.
Important Dates
April 6th, 2025 April 14th, 2025: Shared task proposals due
April 20th, 2025 April 28th, 2025: Notification of shared task proposal acceptance
Proposals should target the following dates when planning their calls
June 1, 2025: Release of training, dev and dev-test data, and evaluation scripts
July 20, 2025: Registration deadline and release of test data
July 25, 2025: End of evaluation cycle (test set submission closes)
July 30, 2025: Final results released
August 15, 2025: System description paper submissions due
August 25, 2025: Notification of acceptance
September 5, 2025: Camera-ready versions due
November 5-9, 2025: Main Conference
All deadlines are 11:59 pm UTC -12h (“Anywhere on Earth”).
For any questions, please contact the Shared Task Chairs: arabicnlp-shared-task-chair@sigarab.org