We invite submissions to MINT: Multimodal Interaction in Face-to-Face Dialogue, a workshop that brings together researchers from computational linguistics, NLP, computer vision, HCI, robotics, and cognitive science working on multimodal face-to-face communication.

Workshop website: https://mintworkshop.github.io/2026/

The Workshop will be co-located with EMNLP 2026 in Budapest, Hungary, on October 29, 2026.

We welcome work on topics including:

• computational models that integrate verbal and non-verbal cues such as speech, text, gesture, facial expression, gaze, and body pose;
• cognitive and linguistic insights about face-to-face communication that can inform AI systems;
• multimodal datasets with synchronised speech, video, and motion data;
• evaluation methods for multimodal interaction;
• applications and tools for embodied conversational agents, social robots, annotation, and behavioural analysis.

Papers should be prepared using the official ACL formatting guidelines and ACL style files.

MINT welcomes both archival and non-archival papers:

• Archival papers: Submissions must be anonymous and report original, unpublished research to appear in the workshop proceedings. 
• Non-archival papers: Submissions reporting previously published work, preliminary research, or demos to be presented at the Workshop and not published in the MINT proceedings.

Papers may be submitted as long papers (up to 8 pages plus references) or short papers (up to 4 pages plus references).

Non-archival submissions do not need to be anonymous.

We allow cross-submissions to other venues. However, to be included in the proceedings, authors of accepted papers must withdraw them from any other venue where they remain under consideration.

MINT will accept submissions through two channels:

1. Direct submission: The dedicated OpenReview portal for this is available at https://openreview.net/group?id=EMNLP/2026/Workshop/MINT. Archival papers submitted through this channel will be reviewed by the MINT programme committee. 
2. ACL Rolling Review (ARR): Authors may submit through ARR and commit their paper together with the ARR reviews to MINT later at https://openreview.net/group?id=EMNLP/2026/Workshop/MINT_ARR_Commitment

Important dates (11:59 pm AOE)

• Direct paper submission deadline: July 22, 2026
• Pre-reviewed ARR commitment deadline: August 24, 2026
• Notification of acceptance: August 31, 2026
• Camera-ready paper due: September 14, 2026

Accepted contributions will be required to be presented at the MINT workshop as posters or talks. 

The MINT workshop is sponsored by the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics: https://www.mpi.nl/

For questions, please contact: mint.organizers@gmail.com.

On behalf of the workshop organisers:

• Raquel Fernández (University of Amsterdam) 
• Diego Frassinelli (LMU Munich)
• Esam Ghaleb (Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics)
• Bulat Khaertdinov (Maastricht University)
• Asli Ozyurek (Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics / Radboud University)
• Ece Takmaz  (Utrecht University) 
• Zerrin Yumak (Utrecht University)

Kind regards,

Dr. Esam Ghaleb, Research Staff Scientist Multimodal Language Department (MLD) Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics Room 309, Wundtlaan 1, 6525 XD Nijmegen, The Netherlands

CALL FOR WORKSHOPS & TUTORIALS:

• What: 2026 IEEE RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots

• When: December 6-9, 2026

• Where: Santa Clara, California, USA

• Web: https://2026.ieee-humanoids.org

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IMPORTANT DATES:

• Aug. 3, 2026: Workshop/tutorial proposal deadline

• Sep. 28, 2026: Notification of workshop/tutorial acceptance/rejection

• Dec. 7, 2026: Humanoids 2026 workshops/tutorials

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Dear colleagues,

We are very pleased to invite you to contribute proposals for half-day or full-day workshops/tutorials to the 2026 IEEE RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots to be held December 6-9, 2026 in Santa Clara, California, USA.

WORKSHOPS & TUTORIALS: The workshop and tutorial sessions are aimed at exploring the frontiers of recent or emerging topics related to humanoid robotics, with relevant topics detailed below. We encourage workshops and tutorials that will promote exchanges and interactions between presenters and participants. Proposals with a diverse set of speakers, including a balance between (i) junior and senior presenters, (ii) genders, (iii) geographic location, (iv) race and ethnicity, and (v) industry and academia, will be preferred.

OVERVIEW: Humanoids 2026 aims at bringing together top researchers from humanoid robotics and related disciplines with leading companies in the field. In light of a year of rapidly evolving humanoid technologies with several new platforms coming onto the market and bringing us closer to a wider real-world deployment. Our community envisions innovative areas in humanoid robotics that lie at the intersection of general-purpose physical, cognitive, and motor capabilities, while also considering the scientific understanding of interactions with humanoid and anthropomorphic systems.

SCHEDULE: The conference will be organized as a 4-day event opening on December 6th (Sunday) with public panels, seminars, and hackathons, followed by workshops and tutorials on December 7th (Monday), followed by 2 days December 8th-9th (Tuesday-Wednesday) for the main conference with plenaries, keynotes, oral and interactive sessions, and industry events. A centrally located exhibition will feature the latest humanoid technology from both industry and academia.

TOPICS: We invite workshops/tutorials in all areas related to humanoid robotics, including, but not limited to:

• Human biomechanics and motor control, human body and behavior modeling

• Bionic / human-inspired design principles for humanoids

• Human-inspired robot control

• Whole-body dynamics and control

• Optimization, optimal control, and model predictive control methods

• Learning methods for humanoid robots

• Robot modeling for locomotion and/or manipulation

• Exoskeleton / wearable robot design and control

• Prosthesis design and control

• Physical and social human-humanoid interaction

• Dynamic legged locomotion (bipeds, quadrupeds, etc.)

• Loco-manipulation, legged manipulation

• Dual arm dexterous manipulation

• Design, control, and application of multi-finger hands

• Stability and robustness of humanoid and legged robots and humans

• Simulation and physics-based animations from computer graphics

• Humanoid heads and faces, geminoids

• Novel materials, mechanisms, and actuators for humanoids

• Perception for humanoids

• Human-centered robotic studies and applications

• Neuro-robotics and brain-robot interfaces for humanoids and humans

• Real-world applications for humanoid robots (industry, healthcare, home, space, disaster response)

• Benchmarks, performance indicators for humanoid robots

• Ethical and social challenges of humanoid robot deployment

• Long-term deployment of humanoid, bipedal, or dual arm manipulation robots

EXHIBITION: Industry leaders are eager to see your organization’s latest developments, connect, learn, and collaborate. Don’t miss this opportunity to make a strong, in-person impression. For more information contact Hall-Erickson, Inc: humanoids@heiexpo.com

MORE INFORMATION: For more information, please visit the conference contributions webpage (https://2026.ieee-humanoids.org/call-for-workshops-and-tutorials) or contact the Workshop Chairs: Enrico Mingo Hoffman, Yan Gu, and Rafael Cisneros-Limón (humanoids2026-wt@ieee.org).

We look forward to your contributions to Humanoids 2026!