[CogSci] Computational Psycholinguistics Meeting 2026

[Bruno Nicenboim]

We are excited to announce the second edition of a new recurring 
workshop dedicated exclusively to computational psycholinguistics. The 
field has seen significant growth in recent years, driven not only by 
developments in large language models but also by advances in symbolic 
processing models, Bayesian approaches, mechanistic models, and 
frameworks such as ACT-R. These diverse models aim to capture various 
aspects of human language processing, including semantics, syntax, 
sentence comprehension, speech, and more.

This meeting aims to provide a dedicated platform for researchers and 
practitioners to discuss computational models that explain and predict 
human linguistic behavior (e.g., as observed in psycholinguistic 
experiments), to bring together experts from different subfields to 
advance our understanding of language processing mechanisms, and to 
analyze the successes and limitations of different modeling approaches.

The meeting will cover a range of topics, including but not limited to:

         ◦ Exploring how models like (large) language models, symbolic 
models, Bayesian models, connectionist models, and ACT-R based models 
can explain and predict human behavior in language tasks.

         ◦ Analyzing where different types of models succeed or fall 
short in capturing human language processing.

         ◦ Investigating what linguistic information should be 
integrated across different levels (words, sentences, discourse) and how 
this affects comprehension and production

         ◦ Examining the potential of models that combine neural and 
symbolic approaches to better mimic human language processing.

         ◦ Applying computational, algorithmic, and implementational 
levels of analysis to understand language processing mechanisms.

         ◦ Focusing on recent developments in computational modeling of 
semantics, syntax, sentence processing, speech perception, and production.

We plan to open the call for abstracts soon, with a submission deadline 
of *July 3*.

Next to the conference abstracts, we are also looking for tutorial 
abstracts on any topic related to computational psycholinguistics and 
should be planned to run for between 1 and 3 hours. The tutorial 
abstract will have the same submission deadline as the main conference, 
*July 3*.

A preliminary conference website is available here: 
https://cpl2026.sites.uu.nl/ <https://cpl2026.sites.uu.nl/>

The conference will take place in *Utrecht* on *December 3 and December 
4*, and it will be preceded by tutorials on the afternoon of *December 2*.

Best regards,

CPL Organizing Committee

Jakub Dotlacil (Utrecht University)

Li Kloostra (Utrecht University)

Philine Link (Utrecht University)

Ece Takmaz (Utrecht University)

Giovanni Cassani (Tilburg University)

Lena Jäger (University of Zurich)

Bruno Nicenboim (Tilburg University)
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