The idea behind Lyon NLP Connect is to foster collaborations between PhD students in Lyon and Saint-Étienne working on NLP-related topics.
Most events will be held in person. 🎤
Participants
TB updated soon for the 2025–2026 academic year.
About the Meetups
Each meetup consists of:
- A round-table introduction of participants
- A short presentation by one member on a recently published paper
- Paper discussions in a Birds-of-a-Feather (BoF) format
What are BoFs?
Birds-of-a-Feather (BoF) sessions are informal group discussions focused on a shared topic in ML/NLP. Instead of formal talks, participants sit together, exchange experiences, raise questions, and explore ideas in an open conversation. Examples of BoF sessions from conferences:
How to propose a topic?
Want to suggest a topic? Fill out the form on the homepage and join the discussion on Discord 🚀
How are BoFs organized?
To foster discussion, we provide topics with guiding questions. Each group member shares their answers, and a representative summarizes the main takeaways for everyone.
Example topics from our first session:
- Language generation in research and applications
- Recent papers or articles on language generation
- Limitations of language generation
Organizers
Irina Proskurina
ERIC Laboratory · Hubert Curien Laboratory
University of Lyon 2 · Jean Monnet University
