Welcome to SPELLL 2025

CALL FOR TUTORIALS

We invite tutorial proposals for the Fourth edition of the International Conference on Speech & Language Technology for Low-resource Languages SPELLL 2025. The conference will be hosted by the Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), Kottayam, Kerala from December 18 – 20, 2025. Tutorials at SPELLL 2025 covers various aspects related to computational linguistics, Explainable AI and related fields.

Tutorial presentations will be a part of the parallel technical track at the conference. The conference is planned as an in-person event with no virtual participation/presentation option.

There are two types of tutorials that can be planned.

1. Introductory Tutorials: These tutorials should introduce related fields that have potential relevance for NLP, computational linguistics, AI and related fields.
2. Cutting-Edge Tutorials: These tutorials should focus on the latest advancements in emerging areas of NLP, computational linguistics, AI and related fields.

The proposal must be submitted as a single PDF file, as per the submission instructions specified on this page. The proposal should fit within 4 pages (excluding unlimited pages for references). The proposal should contain the following information:

• Title & Abstract (up to 250 words): would be used to publicise the tutorial.
• Proposed duration: 3 hours. We encourage you to include interactive hands-on coding sessions during the tutorials.
• Type of tutorial: Please indicate the type of tutorial, introductory or cutting edge at proposal.
• Description & Outline: Provide a brief description of the planned materials in the tutorial and their depth, along with a rough point-form outline of the tutorial.
• Goals: The objectives of the tutorial, benefits to attendees, importance to include the tutorial at SPELLL 2025 are to be mentioned.
• Details of the previous tutorials (If any): If the tutorial was presented earlier, provide the details, including web links, if any.
• Target Audience: Briefly describe the target audience and any prerequisite background they should possess.
• Describe special technical equipment requirement, if any.
• Proposers/Presenters: Please provide names, affiliations, email addresses, and short CV for each proposer of the tutorial. CVs should cover the proposer’s expertise and experience related to the tutorial topic. Indicate who among the proposers would present the tutorial. There should be at least one presenter. We strongly encourage all proposers to attend and present in person.
• References: A list of the most important references that will be covered.
• Note that the tutorial presentation materials, including slides, captioned video recordings, software data or other resources, will be made publically available. If any materials that cannot be shared, please justify with proper reason.
• Include an ethics statement discussing any ethical considerations related to the tutorial topics.
• Evaluation of the tutorial proposals will be based on factors such as clarity, preparedness, novelty or timeliness of the topic, instructor’s experience, anticipated audience interest, availability of tutorial materials under open access and, considerations of diversity and inclusion.

*No change in the tutorial title, abstract, proposed duration, and presenters will be allowed after the acceptance of the tutorial.

The tutorial proposal can be submitted through the following link: Link

TIMELINES FOR TUTORIALS PROPOSALS

• Proposal Submission Deadline: August 28, 2025
• Notification of Acceptance: September 28, 2025
• Tutorial slides + abstract + bibliography + other relevant material submission: October 30, 2025

For more details, please reach out to the track chairs at

• Jobin Jose - jobin@iiitkottayam.ac.in
• Anbukkarasi - anbu.1318@gmail.com
• Sara Renjit - sararenjit@iiitkottayam.ac.in