General Information
Our community brings together students and researchers interested in NLP.
We foster discussions on exciting topics and organize activities to exchange ideas and learn from each other.
Most events will be held in person. 🎤
Organizers
Irina Proskurina
ERIC Laboratory
Hubert Curie Laboratory
University of Lyon
University of Lyon 2
Jean Monnet University
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
Community Members
So far, we have more than 30 members 🎉 Most participants are PhD students working on NLP-related topics. Below are some insights from our initial survey.
Highlights from the responses: