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Special sessions are very small and specialized events to be held during the conference as a set of oral and poster presentations that are highly specialized in some particular theme or consisting of the works of some particular international project. The goal of special sessions (minimum 4 papers; maximum 9) is to provide a focused discussion on innovative topics. All accepted papers will be published in a special section of the conference proceedings book, under an ISBN reference, and on digital support. All papers presented at the conference venue will be available at the SCITEPRESS Digital Library. SCITEPRESS is a member of CrossRef and every paper is given a DOI (Digital Object Identifier). The proceedings are submitted for indexation by SCOPUS, Google Scholar, DBLP, Semantic Scholar, EI and Web of Science / Conference Proceedings Citation Index.


Special session proposals are accepted until:

October 29, 2025


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SPECIAL SESSIONS LIST

STP-LRL 2026Special Session on Speech and Text Processing for Low-Resource Languages
Chair(s): Mounir Zrigui, Mohamed Ali Sghaier and Mohamed Lazhar Bellagha

Special Session on Speech and Text Processing for Low-Resource Languages - STP-LRL 2026

Paper Submission: December 17, 2025
Authors Notification: January 14, 2026
Camera Ready and Registration: January 22, 2026


Co-chairs

Mounir Zrigui
University of Monastir
Tunisia
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Mohamed Ali Sghaier
University of Monastir
Tunisia
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Mohamed Lazhar Bellagha
University of Monastir
Tunisia
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Scope

Speech and text technologies have achieved significant progress in recent years, driven by deep learning and large-scale data. However, most advances still focus on high-resource languages, leaving many languages underrepresented.
The special session on Speech and Text Processing for Low-Resource Languages (STP-LRL) at ICAART 2026 aims to unite researchers and practitioners dedicated to advancing speech and text technologies for low-resource languages. It will provide a forum to discuss recent breakthroughs, share innovative approaches and resources, and address future challenges in creating inclusive and accessible language technologies.
We invite contributions presenting novel theoretical advances, practical implementations, and methods designed to overcome data scarcity and support low-resource languages.



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