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We are pleased to invite submissions to the 1st Workshop on Nordic-Baltic Responsible Evaluation and Alignment of Language Models (NB-REAL), to be held on March 2, 2025, as part of the NoDaLiDa/Baltic-HLT 2025 conference in Tallinn, Estonia.

About the Workshop
This half-day workshop focuses on the responsible evaluation and alignment of Large Language Models (LLMs) for Nordic and Baltic languages. Our goal is to bring together researchers, practitioners, and stakeholders to address the unique challenges and opportunities in this rapidly evolving field.

Topics of Interest
We welcome submissions on topics including, but not limited to:

- Ethical benchmarks for evaluating LLMs in Nordic and Baltic
languages
- Methods for creating culturally sensitive and inclusive evaluation
datasets
- Responsible techniques for generating or collecting alignment data
- Challenges and solutions in ethical LLM alignment for less-resourced
languages
- Case studies on responsible LLM evaluation or alignment projects
- Ethical considerations in LLM evaluation and alignment
- Comparative studies of LLM performance and fairness in Nordic and
Baltic languages
- Innovative approaches to leveraging limited language resources in
evaluation or alignment of language models

Important Dates
Paper Submission Deadline: December 16, 2024
Notification of Acceptance: January 13, 2025
Camera-Ready Deadline: February 3, 2025
Workshop Date: March 2, 2025

Workshop Format
NB-REAL 2025 will be a half-day workshop held on March 2, 2025 (pre-conference). It will be a hybrid event with both on-site and online participation available.

Organizers:
Hafsteinn Einarsson, Associate Professor in Computer Science, University of Iceland (hafsteinne@hi.is)
Annika Simonsen, PhD Student, University of Iceland (annika@hi.is)
Dan Saattrup Nielsen, Senior AI Specialist, Alexandra Institute (dan.nielsen@alexandra.dk)

For more information, please visit our website: https://nbreal.xyz/

We look forward to your contributions and to seeing you at NB-REAL
2025!