Organizers
The POLAR shared task is organized by an international team of researchers from leading institutions across multiple continents. Our diverse team brings expertise in multilingual NLP, polarization detection, and cross-cultural analysis.
Organizing Team
Usman Naseem
Macquarie University (Australia)
Seid Muhie Yimam
University of Hamburg (Germany)
Robert Geislinger
University of Hamburg (Germany)
Shamsuddeen Hassan Muhammad
Imperial College London (UK)
Rudy Alexandro Garrido Veliz
University of Hamburg (Germany)
Sarah Kohail
Zayed University (United Arab Emirates)
Juan Ren
Macquarie University (Australia)
Saba Anwar
University of Hamburg (Germany)
Marco Antonio Stranisci
University of Turin (Italy), aequa-tech (Italy)
Simona Frenda
Heriot-Watt University (Scotland), Aequa-Tech (Italy)
Alessandra Teresa Cignarella
Ghent University (Belgium), aequa-tech (Italy)
Afrozah Nadeem
University of Karachi (Pakistan)
Aisha Jabr
Zayed University (United Arab Emirates)
Elena Tutubalina
Artificial Intelligence Research Institute (Russia)
Aung Kyaw Htet
Macquarie University (Australia)
Xintong Wang
University of Hamburg (Germany)
Surendrabikram Thapa
Virginia Tech (United States)
Tanmoy Chakraborty
Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (India)
Arfeen Zeeshan
Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (India)
Dheeraj Kodati
Mahindra University (India)
Sahar Moradizeyveh
Macquarie University (Australia)
Saleh Afzoon
University of Tehran (Iran)
Özge Alaçam
Bielefeld University (Germany)
Cengiz Acartürk
Jagiellonian University (Poland)
Emre Gülsoylu
Bogazici University (Turkey)
Cagri Cöltekin
University of Tübingen (Germany)
Firoj Alam
Qatar Computing Research Institute
Md Arid Hasan
University of Toronto (Canada)
Syed Ishtiaque Ahmed
University of Toronto (Canada)
Kyaw Thu Ye
Language Understanding Lab (Myanmar)
Shantipriya Parida
AMD Silo AI (Finland)
Satya Ranjan Dash
Indian Statistical Institute (India)
Ihsan Ayyub Qazi
LUMS (Pakistan)
Zafar Qazi
Lahore University of Management Sciences (Pakistan)
Chaimaka Chukweneke
University of Lagos (Nigeria)
Oumaima Hourrane
Mohammed V University (Morocco)
Abigail Oppong
University of Ghana
Rooweither Mabuya
University of Cape Town (South Africa)
Houssein Ahmed
Addis Ababa University (Ethiopia)
Felermino Ali Adem
Eduardo Mondlane University (Mozambique)
Adem Chanie Ali
Bahir Dar University (Ethiopia) & University of Hamburg (Germany)
Abinew Ali Ayele
University of Hamburg (Germany)
P Sam Sahil
HKBK College of Engineering (India), University of Hamburg (Germany)
Lilian Wanzare
Maseno University (Kenya)
Sahil Idris
University of Pretoria (South Africa)
Idris Abdulmumin
University of Pretoria (South Africa)
Yiran Zhang
Macquarie University (Australia)
Ibrahim Said Ahmad
Bayero University Kano (Nigeria) & Northeastern University (USA)
Martin Semmann
University of Hamburg (Germany)
Chris Biemann
University of Hamburg (Germany)
Contact the Team
For questions or concerns about the shared task, please reach out through our communication channels or contact the organizers directly via our Google Group.
Acknowledgments: We thank all the annotators, reviewers, and community members who have contributed to making this shared task possible. Special thanks to the institutions that have supported this international collaborative effort.