Submitted by Richard Arlett on Wed, 18/03/2026 - 16:05
We are pleased to announce that three workshops have been awarded funding in the latest round of the Workshop Fund. More details will be available on the Language Sciences website closer to the workshop dates.
The following workshops are funded through our AI-deas project, run in collaboration with AI@Cam, “Improving language equity and inclusion through AI.”
AI in Language Recovery: Bridging Research, Clinical Practice, and Lived Experience
Conveners: Dr Tammar Truzman, Dr Ajay Halai, Professor Matt Lambon Ralph (MRC Cognitive & Brain Sciences Unit)
This workshop brings together researchers, clinicians, and people with lived experience to examine how AI is used and how AI can be developed to be scientifically robust, clinically meaningful, and equitable. The workshop content will be delivered by leading researchers in language neuroscience and clinical aphasiology, alongside Speech and Language Therapists (SLTs) and people with aphasia.
The Human in the Loop A Workshop on Human-AI Collaboration in Language Assessment
Conveners: Gabrielle Gaudeau, Dr Andrew Caines (Computer Science & Technology), Hongyi Yang (Education)
The workshop will present research at the intersection of language and assessment, and artificial intelligence (AI), with a focus on implications for language equity and inclusion. The programme will include talks by three invited speakers who are leading researchers in complementary fields spanning language assessment and applied linguistics, human–computer interaction in education, and AI ethics in education - in addition to a moderated panel discussion and an interactive Q&A session designed to encourage dialogue across disciplines.
Computational Linguistic Methods for Language Learning Technology: Writing, Reading, Interaction, Content Creation, Evaluation (WRICE)
Conveners: Dr Andrew Caines, Gabrielle Gaudeau, Aoife O’Driscoll (Computer Science & Technology), Mark Elliott (Cambridge Press & Assessment)
Held in March 2026, the workshop explored a range of topics related to educational technology for language teaching and assessment, including automated essay scoring, grammatical error correction, the generation of learner feedback, mapping texts and linguistic features to levels of complexity or proficiency, models of word semantics, and the potential role of AI in human–machine hybrid settings.
About the Workshop Fund
The Language Sciences Workshop Fund was launched in March 2022 and offers funding for the organisation and delivery of interdisciplinary workshops on any relevant topic to researchers in language sciences. Please visit the Workshop Fund page for more information.