📰 News and Updates
Stay up-to-date with the latest announcements, deadlines, and key milestones for the SemEval-2026 Shared Task.
📅 Recent Announcements
- 31 March 2025
Task Website Launched!
Welcome to the official website of the POLAR shared task. We’re excited to share details about the task and how you can participate.
- 31 March 2025
Call for Participation (CFP) Released
The CFP has been officially distributed through ACL and SemEval mailing lists. Please help us spread the word!
- 8 August 2025
Trial Dataset Released
We have released a small trial dataset so participants can explore the data format and annotation scheme.
🧭 Upcoming Milestones
| Event |
Date |
| Registration Opens |
31 March 2025 |
| Trial Data Release
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|
8 August 2025 |
| Training Data Release |
1 September 2025 |
| Evaluation Phase Begins |
10 January 2026 |
| Evaluation Phase Ends |
31 January 2026 |
| Leaderboard Announced |
31 January 2026 |
| System Paper Submission Due |
February 2026 |
| Notification of Acceptance |
March 2026 |
| Camera-Ready Papers Due |
April 2026 |
| SemEval-2026 Workshop at [Conference Location TBD] |
Summer 2026 |
📌 How to Stay Informed
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💬 Community Channels
- GitHub Discussions: Share ideas, ask questions, report issues
- Discord (coming soon): Live chat with organizers and participants
- Q&A Webinars: TBD