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Conference on Language Modeling @colmweb.org · 29/08/2026

We released tickets to our waiting list (as of yesterday). If you were on the wait list, please check your email. Tickets that are not claimed will be re-distributed. The wait list remains open, so sign up if interested

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Conference on Language Modeling @colmweb.org · 21/08/2026

We moved to colm.cc Our old website will forward you automatically, so don't stress 😅 The archives of 2024 and 2025 are linked from the new website

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Conference on Language Modeling @colmweb.org · 10/08/2026

The first batch of tickets will be released TODAY (Aug 10) at 1pm PT (pacific time). We are fairly certain we will be able to release more later on, so if tickets run out, we will direct people to a wait list (sign up if interested) colm.eventhosts.cc/register

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Conference on Language Modeling @colmweb.org · 03/08/2026

We are delaying general registration to Aug 10 to carefully manage author registration and make sure that all authors (main + workshops) get to register. We appreciate the patience

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Conference on Language Modeling @colmweb.org · 31/07/2026

📢 New blog post describing the COLM 2026 PCs’ analyses of AI use in submitted papers. gregdurrett.github.io/colm2026-blo... (temporary home, new COLM website coming soon!)

Title and first few paragraphs of the blog post "AI submissions at COLM: theoryslop, slopterpretability, and papers in the age of agents"

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Conference on Language Modeling @colmweb.org · 20/07/2026

Camera ready deadline is Aug 8! Also, financial assistance form is up: forms.gle/HhXhv8ND38X1... Deadline is July 31 Author registration is ongoing (authors, get on it!) Non-author registration will follow up in (very) early August

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Conference on Language Modeling @colmweb.org · 27/05/2026

COLM 2026 will host 16(!) workshops: colmweb.org/workshops.html CFPs are all online, and deadlines are coming up, so check the CFP of your workshops of interest

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Conference on Language Modeling @colmweb.org · 24/05/2026

The discussion period for COLM 2026 is underway! We're sharing a CDF of average review scores. Note that final decisions will reflect deliberation by ACs and PCs, so these are only meant to be a heuristic guideline to give you a sense of where your papers stand. Good luck!

Cumulative distribution function of review scores for COLM 2026. 50th percentile: 5. 75th percentile: 5.67

Sweating cartoon llama with neutral expression looking at COLM reviews

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Conference on Language Modeling @colmweb.org · 31/03/2026

❗The full paper submission deadline for COLM is ~14 hours from now (11:59pm AOE)! Please submit your final PDFs on the same page where you uploaded your abstracts. And please use the provided LaTeX templates; do not handwrite your manuscript like this llama is! Good luck!

A llama sweating while writing a paper at a desk. A sign says "Deadline! March 31 11:59pm AOE"

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Conference on Language Modeling @colmweb.org · 25/03/2026

~45 hours until the abstract deadline! Submit abstracts on OpenReview by 3/26 11:59pm AOE, full papers 3/31. Final reminders & submission instructions for COLM are below. Note that as of the March 31 deadline, papers must not be under review for ICML or committed to ACL colmweb.org/submission-i...

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Conference on Language Modeling @colmweb.org · 22/03/2026

The COLM abstract deadline is approaching fast --> March 26! Full paper deadline is March 31 Verify using the COLM template (and font!) to avoid silly desk rejections. Careful of copy-pasting from other venue submissions, because it often overrides our template

Generate an image of a llama nearing the finish line, just to realize the real finish line is a bit later... Oh, chatgpt, what is going on?!

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Conference on Language Modeling @colmweb.org · 19/01/2026

We have a mailing list for big announcements: groups.google.com/g/colm-annou... We use it very sparingly, roughly 1-2 times a year

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Conference on Language Modeling @colmweb.org · 18/01/2026

Call for papers -- due March 31, 2026 (abstracts due March 26) colmweb.org/cfp.html Call for workshops -- due April 14, 2026 colmweb.org/cfw.html

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Conference on Language Modeling @colmweb.org · 16/12/2025

COLM 2026 is just around the corner! Mark your calendars for: 💡 Abstract deadline: Thursday, March 26, 2026 📄 Full paper submission deadline: Tuesday, March 31, 2026 Call for papers (website coming soon): docs.google.com/document/d/1...

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Conference on Language Modeling @colmweb.org · 11/11/2025

COLM is going to San Francisco for 2026! 🗓️Dates: October 6-9, 2026 🏨Venue: Hilton San Francisco Union Square Website and CFPs for papers and workshops coming up soon!

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Conference on Language Modeling @colmweb.org · 07/10/2025

We are excited to announce 4 outstanding papers 🏆🏆🏆🏆 --> 🧵

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Conference on Language Modeling @colmweb.org · 07/10/2025

COLM is on! Opening remarks: docs.google.com/presentation...

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Conference on Language Modeling @colmweb.org · 07/10/2025

My feed is on 🔥🔥🔥🔥 Can't wait to meet you all It's C-11 hours!

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Maria Antoniak @mariaa.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

Here’s a #COLM2025 feed! Pin it 📌 to follow along with the conference this week!

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Yoav Artzi @yoavartzi.com · 06/10/2025

Blue sky all the way. @colmweb.org C day -1

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Maria Ryskina @mryskina.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

Also, if you're at COLM, come to Gillian's keynote and find out what our lab is working on!

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Conference on Language Modeling @colmweb.org · 03/10/2025

My registration site is down... working on it!

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Conference on Language Modeling @colmweb.org · 27/09/2025

Our complete program schedule is now online (and in Whova): colmweb.org/schedule.html

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Conference on Language Modeling @colmweb.org · 23/09/2025

Keynote spotlight #5: the third of COLM (and last day of the main conference) will open with a keynote by Nicholas Carlini (Anthropic)

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Conference on Language Modeling @colmweb.org · 22/09/2025

Keynote spotlight #4: the second day of COLM will close with @ghadfield.bsky.social from JHU talking about human society alignment, and lessons for AI alignment

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Conference on Language Modeling @colmweb.org · 18/09/2025

As we are spotlighting these last few days, let's also spotlight the spotlights. COLM 2025 has 24 spotlight papers that will be presented as plenary orals 👏

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Conference on Language Modeling @colmweb.org · 18/09/2025

Keynote spotlight #3: COLM's second day will open with some *real* intelligence 🧠🧠🧠 with Tom Griffiths from Princeton

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Conference on Language Modeling @colmweb.org · 17/09/2025

Keynote spotlight #2: COLM's first-day afternoon session will go polymathic 🔭 with Shirley Ho 🌌 from the Flatiron Institute

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Conference on Language Modeling @colmweb.org · 16/09/2025

Keynote spotlight #1: COLM will open on Oct 7 with a keynote by @lukezettlemoyer.bsky.social about mixed-modals models 🌈

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Nikhil Krishnaswamy @nikhilkrishnaswamy.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

We are excited to welcome @qveraliao.bsky.social to the ORIGen workshop at @colmweb.org for her invited talk "Facilitating Appropriate Reliance on AI: Lessons from HCI Research"! October 10 at the Palais des Congrès in Montreal!

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Nikhil Krishnaswamy @nikhilkrishnaswamy.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

We are excited to welcome @andreasvlachos.bsky.social to ORIGen @ @colmweb.org for his invited talk "Toward Constructive Conversations"! #LLMs #AI #NLP #HCI

Invited speaker Andreas Vlachos of the University of Cambridge

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Nikhil Krishnaswamy @nikhilkrishnaswamy.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

We are excited to welcome Bertram F. Malle of Brown University to ORIGen @ @colmweb.org for his invited talk "Could Generative Language Models Have Moral Trustworthiness?" #LLMs #AI #NLP #HCI

Invited speaker Bertram F. Malle of Brown University

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Conference on Language Modeling @colmweb.org · 26/08/2025

COLM 2025 accepted submissions are now public: openreview.net/group?id=col... Congratulations to all the authors, and see you all in Montreal!

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COLM 2025 Conference

Welcome to the OpenReview homepage for COLM 2025 Conference

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Conference on Language Modeling @colmweb.org · 07/08/2025

Authors, your camera ready is due today!

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Conference on Language Modeling @colmweb.org · 30/07/2025

Several application deadlines tomorrow (July 31!): financial assistance, volunteers, and childcare financial assistance. Also, we are proud to announce the COLM Children's Program -- our affordable (and fun!) program for children All linked from colmweb.org

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Conference on Language Modeling @colmweb.org · 14/07/2025

COLM 2025 is now accepting applications for: Financial Assistance Application -- docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... Volunteer Application -- docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... Childcare Financial Assistance Application -- docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... All due by July 31

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COLM 2025 Financial Assistance Application

Goal of the Financial Assistance Program. We at COLM believe our community should be diverse and inclusive. We recognize that some might be less likely to attend because of financial burden of travel ...

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Conference on Language Modeling @colmweb.org · 14/07/2025

The list of accepted papers for COLM 2025 is now available here: colmweb.org/AcceptedPape... The papers will be made available around mid August, following the camera ready deadline

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COLM 2025: Accepted Papers

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Nikhil Krishnaswamy @nikhilkrishnaswamy.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

The ORIGen workshop @colmweb.org is accepting late-breaking submissions until July 14!

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Late-Breaking deadline extended

Late-Breaking deadline extended to July 14

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Yoav Artzi @yoavartzi.com · 08/07/2025

@colmweb.org decisions are out, and so are we The strength of submissions this year amazed us! Many many hard decisions 😩 + Aditi, @eunsol.bsky.social , @ranjaykrishna.bsky.social 😴😴😴

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INTERPLAY Workshop@COLM '25 @interplay-workshop.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

Delighted that ✨Mor Geva (@megamor2.bsky.social) and ✨Anna Ivanova (@neuranna.bsky.social) will complete our speaker line-up and talk about the INTERPLAY of model internals and behavior. Be there and submit by June 30th 📄 shorturl.at/sBomu See you in 🇨🇦 @colmweb.org #nlproc #interpretability

Mor Geva and Anna Ivanova will talk at the INTERPLAY workshop.

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Nikhil Krishnaswamy @nikhilkrishnaswamy.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

We extended the deadline so submissions to ORIGen at @colmweb.org are still due in one week! Submit by June 27! See you in 🇨🇦 #AI #NLP #LLMs

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INTERPLAY Workshop@COLM '25 @interplay-workshop.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

Excited that ✨John Hewitt (shorturl.at/t4qOm) and ✨Aaron Mueller (@amuuueller.bsky.social) will talk in person about how model internals and behavior relate at the INTERPLAY workshop. Be there and submit by June 23rd 📄 shorturl.at/sBomu See you in Montréal 🇨🇦 @colmweb.org #nlproc #interpretability

John Hewitt and Aaron Mueller will talk in person at the INTERPLAY workshop.

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Nikhil Krishnaswamy @nikhilkrishnaswamy.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

Submissions are due to the ORIGen workshop at @colmweb.org in one week! #AI #NLP #HCI

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Conference on Language Modeling @colmweb.org · 10/06/2025

COLM 2025 will include 6 plenary sessions. The details about the format (panel vs. keynote) and topic will come up soon. We are excited to have our plenary sessions led by experts displaying the broad impact and intellectual spectrum of language modeling. Registration is now open

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Conference on Language Modeling @colmweb.org · 09/06/2025

We are making progress on discussions, but also running out of time. Discussion ends tomorrow. Reviewers and ACs, please get jiggy with it! 💃🕺 Updated stats in the next message ⬇️

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Conference on Language Modeling @colmweb.org · 06/06/2025

We are doing our best to encourage engagement during the discussion period. It's moving, even if we wish folks would engage more. 🫵🫵🫵Reviewers, please login, read author responses, consider them, write back! 🫵ACs🫵, we need your help too :)

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MELT Workshop @meltworkshop.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

🧑‍💻 Call for Reviewers – Melt Workshop @colmweb.org 2025 🌍 We're looking for researchers passionate about multilingual, multicultural, and inclusive NLP to join our reviewer team! 🔗 Fill out the interest form: forms.gle/MYcXED7RLJDS... #MELTWorkshop2025

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