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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...

Image of the text at https://colmweb.org/submission-instructions.html

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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 · 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...

Llama enjoying a mug of hot cocoa in an office with Tuesday, March 31 circled on a calendar behind them

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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

Outstanding paper 4🏆: Hidden in plain sight: VLMs overlook their visual representations openreview.net/forum?id=qQb...

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

Outstanding paper 3🏆: Don't lie to your friends: Learning what you know from collaborative self-play openreview.net/forum?id=2vD...

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

Outstanding paper 2🏆: Shared Global and Local Geometry of Language Model Embeddings openreview.net/forum?id=aJD...

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

Outstanding paper 🏆 1: Fast Controlled Generation from Language Models with Adaptive Weighted Rejection Sampling openreview.net/forum?id=3Bm...

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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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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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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 · 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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Conference on Language Modeling @colmweb.org · 03/06/2025

Always interesting to see how deadlines impact engagement trends

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Conference on Language Modeling @colmweb.org · 03/06/2025

The 2nd stage of the discussion period has now started. The intermediate response deadline was very effective, so now we have plenty of time for ACs, reviewers, and authors to discuss! Let's get that red curve up! 📈📈📈

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Conference on Language Modeling @colmweb.org · 27/05/2025

Our discussion period just started. Authors, please read our instructions carefully. We require responses by June 2. But, what you really want to hear about is stats .... right? -> 🧵

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Conference on Language Modeling @colmweb.org · 23/05/2025

We really wanted to add a llama to the above image, alas, there's still research to be done (chatgpt, gemini)

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Conference on Language Modeling @colmweb.org · 23/05/2025

The full list of COLM 2025 workshops is now online: colmweb.org/Workshops.html Most deadlines are June 23, but check the specific CFP of each workshop for the details

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Conference on Language Modeling @colmweb.org · 10/04/2025

Workshop proposals due in 5 days -- April 14! Details here: colmweb.org/cfw.html

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Conference on Language Modeling @colmweb.org · 01/04/2025

Recovering from submitting to COLM? Now is the time to prepare your workshop proposal! Due April 14. Workshops will take place Oct 10 colmweb.org/cfw.html

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Conference on Language Modeling @colmweb.org · 28/03/2025

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Conference on Language Modeling @colmweb.org · 25/03/2025

Reminder: the COLM full paper deadline is March 28 AoE (this is the updated deadline, please don't get confused)

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Conference on Language Modeling @colmweb.org · 24/03/2025

While you are preparing your full paper submission (due March 28), we bet you have some great workshop ideas! Due April 14 colmweb.org/cfw.html Get your colleagues together and propose your workshop for the FIRST round of COLM workshops

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Conference on Language Modeling @colmweb.org · 22/03/2025

Reminder: the abstract deadline is today (March 22) AoE "visualize a cartoonish llama rolling down a medieval gate. The gate is 1/3 down. Above the gate it says "abstract submission""... clearly there are still some open problems 🤦🤦🤦

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Conference on Language Modeling @colmweb.org · 21/03/2025

Just a reminder that COLM's abstract registration window is still open, and you can submit your abstract until **March 22 AoE** Full paper deadline was also extended to March 28

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Conference on Language Modeling @colmweb.org · 20/03/2025

A bit of a mess around the conflict of COLM with the ARR (and to lesser degree ICML) reviews release. We feel this is creating a lot of pressure and uncertainty. So, we are pushing our deadlines: Abstracts due March 22 AoE (+48hr) Full papers due March 28 AoE (+24hr) Plz RT 🙏

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Conference on Language Modeling @colmweb.org · 20/03/2025

We are receiving repeating questions about the double submission policy in relation to the abstract deadline. Our FAQ addresses this, and spells out what will be included in any double submission checks we do with other venues. Let us know if there are more Qs

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

Excited to announce the COLM 2025 keynote speakers: Shirley Ho, Nicholas Carlini, @lukezettlemoyer.bsky.social, and Tom Griffiths! See you in October in Montreal!

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Conference on Language Modeling @colmweb.org · 09/03/2025

COLM's @juliakreutzer.bsky.social and @abosselut.bsky.social will hold two paper submission Q&A sessions. We run a simple process, but figured this can help authors, especially first-time authors. March 12: dateful.com/eventlink/14... March 13: dateful.com/eventlink/83... Plz RT 🙏

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