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Task Organizers and Collaborators
Dr. Usman Naseem
Macquarie University (Australia)
Dr. Seid Muhie Yimam
University of Hamburg (Germany)
Robert Geislinger
University of Hamburg (Germany)
Dr. Shamsuddeen Hassan Muhammad
Imperial College London (UK)
Dr. Sarah Kohail
Zayed University (United Arab Emirates)
Juan Ren
Macquarie University (Australia)
Rudy Alexandro Garrido Veliz
University of Hamburg (Germany)
Saba Anwar
University of Hamburg (Germany)
Dr. Ibrahim Said Ahmad
Bayero University Kano (Nigeria), Northeastern University (USA)
Dr. Idris Abdulmumin
University of Pretoria (South Africa)
Dr. Abinew Ali Ayele
Bahir Dar University (Ethiopia)
Prof. Adem Chanie Ali
Bahir Dar University (Ethiopia), University of Hamburg (Germany)
Dr. Martin Semmann
University of Hamburg (Germany)
Prof. Dr. Chris Biemann
University of Hamburg (Germany)
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polarization-semeval-2026-organisers@googlegroups.com
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Collaborating Institutions
- Macquarie University (MU), Australia
- University of Hamburg (UHH), Germany
- Bahir Dar University (BDU), Ethiopia
- Imperial College London (ICL), United Kingdom
- University of Pretoria (UP), South Africa
- Zayed University (ZU), United Arab Emirates
- Bayero University Kano (BUK), Nigeria
- Northeastern University (NU), United States
- Bahir Dar University (BDU), Ethiopia
- University of Turin (UNITO), Italy
- Heriot-Watt University (HWU), United Kingdom
- Jagiellonian University (JU), Poland
- Bielefeld University (BU), Germany
- University of Tübingen (UT), Germany
- Virginia Tech (VT), United States
- Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IITD), India
- Mahindra University (MU), India
If you or your organization are interested in collaborating or sponsoring, please get in touch with us.