Wiki-research-l February 2025

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Call for Papers: WikiNLP (ACL), Deadline: April 23, 2025
by Isaac Johnson 21 Apr '25

21 Apr '25

Hello wiki-research community! I'm sharing a call-for-papers for a workshop that I'm helping to organize at ACL 2025 (https://2025.aclweb.org/) that will be focused on celebrating Wikimedia's contributions to the natural language processing (NLP) community and highlighting approaches to ensuring the sustainability of this relationship for years to come. Our website for the workshop is on Meta (and I've summarized the content below): <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/NLP_for_Wikipedia_(EMNLP_2024> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/NLP_for_Wikipedia_(ACL_2025) The workshop will be hybrid (virtual and in-person components). We have not been assigned a date yet but it will either be July 31st or August 1st, 2025. Paper submission deadline is 23 April 2025. To get a sense of potential costs to attend, you can see last year's conference registration: <https://2023.emnlp.org/registration/#virtual-pricing> https://2024.aclweb.org/registration There are three ways in which we are inviting contributions [1]: - Wikimedian provocations: we would like to collect ideas from Wikimedians about what NLP tooling would be beneficial for your work. These are informal and will help us guide future iterations. We will also do our best to summarize them for the workshop and welcome folks who provide these to attend (though that's not required). - Datasets: these will be traditional peer-reviewed, archival papers (8 pages max) that focus on describing datasets that would be useful to the Wikimedia community. Given that we haven't collected the Wikimedian provocations yet, we've provided a few seed ideas related to Wikipedia's core content policies and the Community Wishlist: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/NLP_for_Wikipedia_(ACL_2025)/Track_2_Guidan… - Ongoing or published work on NLP for Wikimedia: if you'd like to participate in the workshop and have previous work that is relevant, we'd also love to have you. This track is also non-archival. We will also be providing a paper checklist shortly (check back on the Meta site) to give authors guidance on how to better align their work with the needs and some of the principles of the Wikimedia Movement. We encourage questions to the organizing team (cc'ed) and I have office hours that folks can book if they would benefit from a more extensive discussion about ideas (in particular for the Datasets track): https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0/appointments/schedules/AcZssZ05jfb… Best, Isaac [1] If you have early-stage work around Wikimedia that doesn't quite fit into any of these tracks (and even if you don't), I'd highly encourage you to check out WikiWorkshop: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Workshop_2025 -- Isaac Johnson <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Isaac_(WMF)> (he/him) -- Senior Research Scientist -- Wikimedia Foundation

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[events] Wiki Workshop 2025 CfP - Call for Papers (Submission deadline: March 9)
by Martin Gerlach 06 Mar '25

06 Mar '25

Hi everyone, The call for papers for the 12th Wiki Workshop in 2025 is out: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Workshop_2025/Call_for_Papers Submit your 2-page extended abstracts by March 9th. All submissions are non-archival (ongoing, completed, and already published works are welcome). The workshop will take place virtually as a standalone event on May 21-22, 2025. For more information, see the workshop website https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Workshop_2025 If you have questions about the workshop, please let us know on this list or at wikiworkshop(a)googlegroups.com with the tag [Research Track] in the subject line. Looking forward to seeing many of you in this year's edition. On behalf of the PC-chairs, Matthew Vetter, Indiana University of Pennsylvania Martin Gerlach, Wikimedia Foundation -- Martin Gerlach (he/him) | Senior Research Scientist | Wikimedia Foundation

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Lise Meitner Excellence Programme / Lise Meitner Group Leader
by MPIDR - Career 28 Feb '25

28 Feb '25

The Lise Meitner Excellence Programme is designed to attract and specifically promote exceptionally qualified female scientists Permanent W2 post with group equipment Application Deadline: April 8, 2025. The Max Planck Society<https://www.mpg.de/en> has initiated a number of measures to attract increasing numbers of women to a career in science and provide them with equal opportunities for all stages of their career. An important initiative is the Lise Meitner Excellence Program. The position as a Lise Meitner Group Leader will be advertised to recruit and promote exceptionally qualified female scientists. There is a multi-stage, competitive selection process, held in close consultation with interested Max Planck Institutes. The Lise Meitner Groups are furnished with their own resources for their entire duration. For more information, please see here<https://www.demogr.mpg.de/en/career_6122/jobs_fellowships_1910/lise_meitner…>. -- This mail has been sent through the MPI for Demographic Research. Should you receive a mail that is apparently from a MPI user without this text displayed, then the address has most likely been faked. If you are uncertain about the validity of this message, please check the mail header or ask your system administrator for assistance.

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The Wikimedia Foundation Research Award of the Year - Call for Nominations
by Kinneret Gordon 27 Feb '25

27 Feb '25

Hi all, We invite you to nominate one or more scholarly research publications to be considered for the Wikimedia Foundation Research Award of the Year. Learn more below. =Purpose of the award= Recognize recent research on or about the Wikimedia projects or recent research that is of importance to the Wikimedia projects. Recognize the researchers behind the research. You can learn more about previous winners at https://research.wikimedia.org/awards.html. =Eligibility criteria= Your nomination must meet the following criteria: - The research must be on, about, using data from, and/or of importance to Wikipedia, Wikidata, Wikisource, Wikimedia Commons or other Wikimedia projects. - The publication must be available in English. - The research must have been published between January 1, 2024 and December 31, 2024. =Nomination process= Submit your nominations by March 14, 2025 through https://openreview.net/group?id=wikimediafoundation.org/Wikimedia/2024/RAY&…. We will ask you to provide the following information in your nomination: - Title of the manuscript - A copy of the manuscript you are nominating - A summary of the research and a clear justification for why the work merits the award (in 350 words or fewer in English). Note that self-nominations and nominations of others' work are both welcome. ==Winner(s)== The winner(s) will be announced in a ceremony as part of Wiki Workshop 2025, scheduled to take place virtually on May 21&22, 2025. If you have any questions, please email kgordon(a)wikimedia.org Warm regards, Kinneret, on behalf of the WMF RAY organizing team -- Kinneret Gordon Lead Research Community Officer Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> *Learn more about Wikimedia Research <https://research.wikimedia.org/>*

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[Wikimedia Research Showcase] Wikipedia Administrators- February 26 at 17:30 UTC
by Kinneret Gordon 26 Feb '25

26 Feb '25

Hi all, The February Research Showcase will be live-streamed next Wednesday, February 26, at 9:30 AM PT / 17:30 UTC. Find your local time here <https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1740591000>. The theme for this showcase is *Wikipedia Administrators*. We invite you to watch via the YouTube stream: https://www.youtube.com/live/r88qrgi6ozA. As always, you can join the conversation in the YouTube chat as soon as the showcase goes live. We have one longer presentation this month: *Where have all the admins gone? Wikipedia administrator recruitment, retention, and attrition*By *Eli Asikin-Garmager, Yu-Ming Liou, Claudia Lo, Caroline Myrick (Wikimedia Foundation)* Wikipedia administrators are users with extra rights who do work beyond editing, such as settling disputes and preventing repeated vandalism. The tens of thousands (sometimes hundreds of thousands) of administrative actions taken every month are vital to the healthy operation of any language version of Wikipedia. We will present results from a project investigating reasons administrators come, stay, and leave the role. We obtained baseline metrics of administrator in/outflow and activity, and conducted a mixed method, cross-comparative study of potential, current, and former administrators. Results show that the number of active administrators on larger Wikipedias has been declining since 2018, with some exceptions. Our presentation will unpack these findings and explore topics such as what motivates administrators to stay in the role, and what barriers may prevent new administrators from joining. Best, Kinneret -- Kinneret Gordon Lead Research Community Officer Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> *Learn more about Wikimedia Research <https://research.wikimedia.org/>*

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Exploring Large Language Models' Threat to Wikipedia's Sustainability
by Matthew Vetter 20 Feb '25

20 Feb '25

Dear all - My co-authors and I are happy to share our recently published study entitled, "An endangered species: how LLMs threaten Wikipedia’s sustainability." https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00146-025-02199-9 This study would not have been possible without the generous contributions of six expert Wikimedians. So a special thanks goes out to those folks! Abstract follows: As a collaboratively edited and open-access knowledge archive, Wikipedia offers a vast dataset for training artificial intelligence (AI) applications and models, enhancing data accessibility and access to information. However, reliance on the crowd-sourced encyclopedia raises ethical issues related to data provenance, knowledge production, curation, and digital labor. Drawing on critical data studies, feminist posthumanism, and recent research at the intersection of Wikimedia and AI, this study employs problem-centered expert interviews to investigate the relationship between Wikipedia and large language models (LLMs). Key findings include the unclear role of Wikipedia in LLM training, ethical issues, and potential solutions for systemic biases and sustainability challenges. By foregrounding these concerns, this study contributes to ongoing discourses on the responsible use of AI in digital knowledge production and information management. Ultimately, this article calls for greater transparency and accountability in how big tech entities use open-access datasets like Wikipedia, advocating for collaborative frameworks prioritizing ethical considerations and equitable representation. Please share widely, Matt Matt Vetter, PhD (he/him) Professor of English Dept. of Language, Literature, and Writing Indiana University of Pennsylvania http://mattvetter.net<http://mattvetter.net/> Connect with me on Zoom, https://iupvideo.zoom.us/my/dr.vetterzooms Managing co-editor, Writing Spaces<http://www.writingspaces.org/> Co-chair, CCCC Wikipedia Initiative<https://cccc.ncte.org/cccc/wikipedia-initiative/> Available as open access ebook, Wikipedia and the Representation of Reality<https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-mono/10.4324/9781003094081/wikipedia…..>

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Versatile Data Sets
by Jamie Willoughby 18 Feb '25

18 Feb '25

Dear Wiki Research Community, I am a data science student at Wesleyan University. This spring, my professor asked me to choose a data set to visualize. She suggested one that contains a combination of dates, geographic information, and quantitative and qualitative variables. My mind went to Wikipedia. I've spent a long time searching, but the volume of available data is overwhelming. Can you recommend a specific Wiki dataset? Thank you, Jamie Willoughby

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[RW 2025] First Call for Participation: 21st Reasoning Web Summer School
by Kai Sauerwald 18 Feb '25

18 Feb '25

First Call for Participation: 21st Reasoning Web Summer School September 25-28, 2025, Istanbul, Turkey https://2025.declarativeai.net/events/reasoning-web Part of Declarative AI 2025, co-located with the RuleML+RR conference ************************************************************************************************************ We are happy to announce that the 21st edition of the Reasoning Web Summer School (RW 2025) will take place from September 25-28, 2025 in Istanbul, Turkey. RW 2025 is part of Declarative AI 2025, which also includes the 9th International Joint Conference on Rules and Reasoning (RuleML+RR) and DecisionCAMP 2025, both held from September 22-24, 2025. The purpose of the Reasoning Web Summer School is to disseminate recent advances in reasoning techniques and relevant topics related to ontologies, rules, logic, the semantic web, linked data, and knowledge graph applications. The summer school is primarily intended for individuals who are currently pursuing or have recently completed postgraduate degrees (PhD or MSc). However, the school also welcomes the participation of researchers at later career stages who wish to become acquainted with the area or deepen their understanding of recent developments. The RW school is a great venue for meeting like-minded researchers and exchanging with an engaging and approachable group of international lecturers! *** Summer School Program *** As in previous years, the summer school will feature 8 tutorials delivered by researchers who are experts in the area. Here are the confirmed speakers and topics for this year's school: Camille Bourgaux: Inconsistency-Tolerant Semantics Based on Preferred Repairs Esra Erdem, Aysu Bogatarkan, Muge Fidan: Human-Centered ASP Applications: Representation and Reasoning Patrick Koopmann: Explaining Reasoning Results for Description Logic Ontologies Markus Krötzsch: Modern Datalog: Concepts, Methods, Applications Antonella Poggi: From One-Level to Multi-Level Ontology-Based Data Access Francesco Ricca and Giuseppe Mazzotta: ASP Essentials: Modelling and Efficient Solving Luciano Serafini: Neuro-Symbolic Artificial Intelligence Przemyslaw Walega: Reasoning about Time in DatalogMTL Tutorial abstracts and speaker bios can be found on the RW 2025 website: https://2025.declarativeai.net/events/reasoning-web/program *** Applications & Registration *** To participate in RW 2025, you will need to submit a short application, with information on your academic and research background and motivation for attending the school. You can do so by filling out the following form: https://forms.gle/e9aDLTveQCXsBmwk9 or alternatively, by sending the organizers an email with all of the information requested on the form. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, and notifications will be sent within 1-2 weeks from the time of application. Successful applicants will receive information on how to pay the registration fee to confirm their spot in the school. There is a discounted fee of 240€ (incl. VAT) for all applications received by May 31st. The regular fee of 300€ (incl. VAT) applies to all applications received on or after June 1st. The registration fee includes access to the lectures, lunches, and coffee breaks for the four days, as well as a social event. Note that students who participate in RW 2025 are also encouraged to apply to the Rule ML+RR Doctoral Consortium. Students attending both events will not need to pay the Doctoral Consortium fee. *** If you require additional information, please get in touch with the chairs. * Alessandro Artale, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy artale(a)inf.unibz.it * Meghyn Bienvenu, CNRS & University of Bordeaux, France meghyn.bienvenu(a)u-bordeaux.fr

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The January 2025 issue of the Wikimedia Research Newsletter is out
by ABDUL-RAFIU FUSEINI 16 Feb '25

16 Feb '25

The January 2025 issue of the Wikimedia Research Newsletter is out: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Newsletter/2025/January In this issue: * GPT-4 is better at writing edit summaries than human Wikipedia editors and 3 other recent publications. Alhaji Darajaati on behalf of the Newsletter team --- Wikimedia Research Newsletter * https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Newsletter/ * Follow us on Twitter/X: https://x.com/WikiResearch * Follow us on Mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@wikiresearch * Like us on Facebook: Facebook.com/WikiResearch/ * Receive this newsletter by mail: Research-newsletter Mailing List

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Second Announcement and CfP, Conference on Intelligent Computer Mathematics (CICM), 6-11 october 2025, Brasilia
by serge.autexier＠dfki.de 15 Feb '25

15 Feb '25

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CICM 2025 Second Announcement and Call for Papers 18th Conference on Intelligent Computer Mathematics - CICM 2025 - 6-11 October 2025 Brasilia, Brazil http://www.cicm-conference.org/2025 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- More and more mathematical information is digitally processed, generated, communicated, stored, and curated. CICM brings together the many separate communities that have developed theoretical and practical solutions for mathematical applications such as computation, deduction, knowledge management, and user interfaces. It offers a venue for discussing problems and solutions in each of these areas and their integration. Besides the CICM main program soliciting formal CICM submissions there will be associated workshops with separate submission options. We are inviting formal submissions on all topics relating to intelligent computer mathematics, in particular, but not limited to * theorem proving and computer algebra * mathematical knowledge management * digital mathematical libraries A comprehensive but not exhausting list of topics of interest can be found on the conference website: https://cicm-conference.org/2025/cicm.php?event=&menu=topics The program committee is chaired by Valeria de Paiva, Berkeley and Peter Koepke, Bonn. *** Formal Paper Submissions *** Formal submissions in one of the following categories will be reviewed rigorously and accepted papers will be published in a volume of Springer LNAI: * regular papers (up to 15 pages + bibliography) present novel research results * project and survey papers (up to 15 pages + bibliography) summarize existing results * system and dataset descriptions (4 to 5 pages + bibliography) present digital artifacts *** Doctoral Symposium: Two-Page Abstracts*** The doctoral program provides PhD students a forum to present early results to receive constructive feedback and mentoring. To attend, submissions of two-page abstracts are expected in which the focus and research questions of the expected PhD theses are described; details on completed research tasks and remaining research plans should be given. In addition to these abstract, a two-pages CV of the applicant should also be submitted, detailing background information (name, university, supervisor), education (sought degree, previous degrees), employments and relevant research experience (publications, attended conferences/workshops). The doctoral program will be chaired by Claudia Nalon, UnB Brasilia, and Marcelo Finger, USP Sao Paulo. Further details on the program will be announced on the CICM 2025 website. *** Important Dates *** Formal submissions - Abstract deadline: April 28, 2025 - Full paper deadline: May 5, 2025 - Reviews sent to authors: June 16, 2025 - Rebuttals due: June 20, 2025 - Notification of acceptance: July 4, 2025 - Camera-ready copies due: July 18, 2025 - Conference: October 6-11, 2025 Doctoral programme applications - Submission deadline: TBA *** Submissions *** All submissions should be made via EasyChair at https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=cicm25 using the Springer LNCS style files https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-gu… If software or data is relevant to a paper, a link that provides access to the software/data must be provided to enable reproduction of results. *** Best Papers *** CICM 2025 honors the best paper and best student paper with respect to reviews and program committee discussions with an award. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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