4th International Conference on Speech and NLP (SPNLP 2026)
May 30 ~ 31, 2026, Virtual Conference
https://spnlp2026.org/

Scope & Topics

The 4th International Conference on Speech and NLP (SPNLP 2026) will provide an excellent international forum for sharing knowledge and results in the theory, methodology, and applications of Speech Processing and Natural Language Processing (NLP). As speech, language, and multimodal intelligence continue to advance at an unprecedented pace, the conference aims to bring together researchers, practitioners, and industry experts to exchange innovative ideas, discuss emerging challenges, and explore cutting edge developments shaping the future of human–machine communication.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following

NLP, Linguistics and Language

·     Foundational NLP and Linguistics
·     Morphology, Phonology, Syntax and Semantics
·     Parsing, Structured Prediction and Grammatical Formalisms
·     Lexical Semantics and Word Sense Disambiguation
·     Discourse, Pragmatics and Dialogue Structure
·     Linguistic Resources, Corpora, Annotation and Benchmarking
·     Computational Linguistics and Formal Models of Language
·     Multilingual NLP, Cross Lingual Transfer and Low Resource NLP
·     Sociolinguistic NLP: Dialects, Code Switching and Language Variation

Modern NLP Paradigms

  • Large Language Models (LLMs) and Foundation Models
  • Instruction Tuning, Preference Optimization (DPO, PPO, ORPO)
  • Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) and Knowledge Augmented NLP
  • Long Context Models and Memory Augmented LLMs
  • Reasoning Models: Chain of Thought, Tool Use and Planning
  • Neuro Symbolic NLP and Hybrid Reasoning
  • Continual, Lifelong and Incremental NLP
  • Personalized NLP and User Modeling
  • Efficient NLP: Distillation, Quantization, Pruning, TinyNLP and TinyLLMs
Speech, Audio and Multimodal Intelligence

  • Speech and Spoken Language Processing
  • Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR)
  • Text to Speech (TTS) and Speech Synthesis
  • Spoken Dialogue Systems and Conversational AI
  • Speech Understanding, Emotion Recognition and Prosody
  • Speech Translation and Cross Modal Speech Text Models
  • Robust Speech Processing and Noise Resilient Models
  • Speech Foundation Models and Speech Language Joint Models
  • Voice Cloning, Voice Conversion and Speech Editing
  • Speaker Diarization, Attribution and Multi Speaker Modeling
  • On Device and Real Time Speech Models (TinySpeech)
Audio Intelligence and Generative Audio

  • Audio Diffusion Models and Generative Audio
  • Sound Event Detection, Classification and Generation
  • Audio Language Models (ALMs)
  • Audio Forensics and Deepfake Speech Detection
Multimodal and Embodied AI

  • Vision Language Models (VLMs)
  • Audio Language Vision Models
  • Vision Language Action (VLA) Models
  • Video Language Models and Video Reasoning
  • 3D Multimodal Models and Embodied 3D Reasoning
  • Language Grounding in Vision, Robotics and Embodied Agents
  • Sign Language Processing and Gesture Language Integration
NLP Applications, Generation and Knowledge Technologies

  • NLP Applications
  • Information Extraction, Text Mining and Knowledge Extraction
  • Information Retrieval, Neural IR and Search Systems
  • Question Answering, Reading Comprehension and Open Domain QA
  • Summarization (Extractive, Abstractive, Multimodal)
  • Machine Translation and Cross Lingual Generation
  • Sentiment Analysis, Opinion Mining and Argument Mining
  • NLP for Healthcare, Finance, Education and Social Media
  • NLP for Accessibility and Assistive Technologies
  • NLP for Misinformation, Disinformation and Digital Trust
  • NLP for Policy, Governance and Societal Impact
Text Generation and Language Modeling

  • Paraphrasing, Entailment and Natural Language Generation (NLG)
  • Controlled Generation, Style Transfer and Content Manipulation
  • Narrative Generation, Storytelling and Creative NLP
  • Safety Aware Generation and Toxicity Mitigation
Knowledge Enhanced NLP

  • Knowledge Graphs, Ontologies and Semantic Web
  • Knowledge Grounded Dialogue and QA
  • Commonsense Reasoning and World Knowledge Integration
  • Symbolic Neural Hybrid Models
Machine Learning for NLP and Model Analysis

  • ML Techniques for NLP
  • Deep Learning Architectures for NLP
  • Transformers, Attention Mechanisms and Sequence Modeling
  • Reinforcement Learning for Language Tasks
  • Continual Learning, Meta Learning and Transfer Learning
  • Statistical NLP (modernized) and Hybrid ML Approaches
Model Evaluation, Interpretability and Safety

  • Interpretability, Explainability and Model Transparency
  • Evaluation Metrics, Benchmarks and Human Evaluation
  • Bias, Fairness, Ethics and Responsible NLP
  • Robustness, Adversarial Attacks and Defenses
  • Hallucination Detection and Mitigation in LLMs
  • Safety, Alignment and Red Teaming for NLP Models
  • Holistic Evaluation of LLMs and Multimodal Models
  • Agent Based Evaluation and Real World Task Evaluation
Emerging Topics in Speech and NLP

  • Agentic NLP Systems and Autonomous Language Agents
  • Multi Agent Communication, Coordination and Social Simulation
  • Multilingual LLMs and Universal Speech Language Models
  • Low Resource and Zero Shot Speech/NLP
  • Synthetic Data for Speech and NLP
  • Human AI Collaboration and Co Creation
  • Cognitive NLP and Psycholinguistic Modeling
  • Theory of Mind (ToM) in NLP and Language Reasoning
  • Real World Deployment, Efficiency and Scalability of NLP Systems
  • NLP for Safety, Security and Digital Trust

Paper Submission

Authors are invited to submit papers through the conference Submission System by May 02, 2026. Submissions must be original and should not have been published previously or be under consideration for publication while being evaluated for this conference. The proceedings of nde conference will be published by International Journal on Cybernetics & Informatics (IJCI) (Confirmed).

 Selected papers from SPNLP 2026, after further revisions, will be published in the special issue of the following journals

Important Dates

Third Batch : Submissions after April 21, 2026

·       Submission Deadline : May 02, 2026

·       Authors Notification : May 21, 2026
·       Registration & Camera-Ready Paper Due : May 25, 2026

Contact Us

Here's where you can reach us : spnlp@spnlp2026.org or spnlpconfe@yahoo.com

For More Details: https://spnlp2026.org