1st Workshop on
Multilingual Data Quality Signals

We invite submissions to the first Workshop on Multilingual Data Quality Signals (WMDQS).

Submission link: https://bit.ly/wmdqs

Key dates

Submission deadline: June 23 2025

Accept/reject notification: July 24 2025

(All deadlines are 23:59 AoE.)

Scope

We expect two main categories of submission: research papers on data quality in multilingual pre-training data, and submissions to our shared task.

Paper Submission Information

Authors are asked to submit paper abstracts by the abstract submission deadline. Please make sure that all authors have an OpenReview profile with the latest information.

Abstracts submitted by the abstract submission deadline must be genuine, placeholder or duplicate abstracts will be removed. Please avoid meaningfully changing your abstract and title after the abstract deadline. Such changes will likely lead to sub-optimal assignment of AC and reviewers to your paper, hurting the quality of reviewing your paper will receive.

The complete paper must be submitted by the full paper submission deadline, after which the modification of submissions will be locked, except for withdrawal. Please triple-verify the list of authors – not modification of authors is possible after the submission deadline for any reason.

Paper Length and Template

Papers must be submitted using COLM format via OpenReview. The reviewing procedure will mitigate conflicts of interest by utilizing the diverse backgrounds of our workshop organizers and the accepted papers will be non-archival. Paper submissions should focus on community building and we will facilitate the sharing of ideas through poster sessions.

Review Process

Submissions will be double blind: reviewers and ACs cannot see author names when conducting reviews, and authors cannot see reviewer and AC names. This means that the submission must not contain acknowledgements or any link (e.g., GitHub) that would reveal authors' identity.

We will use OpenReview to manage submissions. The reviews and author responses will not be public initially. Submissions under review will be visible only to their assigned program committee. We will not be soliciting comments from the general public during the reviewing process. Accepted papers and their reviews will be made public after decisions are made. Discussions between reviewers and program committee members and with the authors of accepted papers will be made public. Rejected or withdrawn papers, their discussions and meta data will not be published.

Anyone who plans to submit a paper as an author or a co-author will need to create (or update) their OpenReview profile by the submission deadline. The information entered in the profile is critical for ensuring that conflicts of interest are handled properly.

Accepted papers will be presented as posters during the workshop, with a small number of participants invited to present their work as oral presentations. Authors can revise their paper as many times as needed up to the paper submission deadline. Changes to the paper will not be allowed while the paper is being reviewed.

Please note that all participants will be expected to take part in reciprocal reviewing. We intend to keep the reviewing load to be light by sharing it among all participants as far as possible. If you require an exemption from this requirement, please contact the organizers.

Ethics Review

Reviewers and ACs may flag submissions for ethics review. Flagged submissions will be sent to an ethics review committee for comments. Comments from ethics reviewers will be considered by the primary reviewers and AC as part of their deliberation. They will also be visible to authors, who will have an opportunity to respond. Ethics reviewers do not have the authority to reject papers, but in extreme cases papers may be rejected by the program chairs on ethical grounds, regardless of scientific quality or contribution.

Guides & Policies

• Conflict of Interest Policy. The COLM program committee and all submitting authors must follow the COLM Conflict of Interest Policy. Please consult the policy to update your OpenReview profile as requested.
• Author Guidelines. Authors are expected to follow the COLM Author Guide.
• AC Guidelines. Authors are expected to follow the COLM Author Guide.
• Code of Conduct. All COLM participants, including authors, are required to adhere to the COLM Code of Conduct. More detailed guidance for authors, reviewers, and all other participants will be made available in due course, and participation will require acknowledging and adhering to the provided guidelines.
• Code of Ethics. All participants of COLM, including the submission and reviewing process, must abide by COLM’s Code of Ethics.
• Reviewing Guidelines. Reviewers and area chairs will be asked to follow the COLM Reviewing Guidelines.
• OpenReview User Moderation Policy. New profiles created without an institutional email will go through a moderation process that can take up to two weeks. New profiles created with an institutional email will be activated automatically.