Day 1: December 5, 2025

Day 1: December 5, 2025

 

9:15 Opening Remarks

9:30 Keynote Talk: Marco Marelli (University of Milan-Bicocca)

The Meaning of Jabberwock: Semantic Activation in the Processing of Unfamiliar Words.

10:30 Coffee Break

11:00 Oral Presentations

Session 1a: Language Learning

Atsushi Nakanishi. Scaffolded AI Feedback for L2 Writing: Fostering Self-Correction in Japanese University Students

Van-Khanh Tran, Duc-Huy Nguyen and Van-Khai Dang. PRISM: A Pedagogical Multi‑Agent for Structured Group Learning

Yo Ehara. Keeping LLMs from Being Distracted: Grade-Aware Kanji Reading Estimation Fully Executable in Web Browsers for Japanese Education

I-Ping Wan, Xiang Li and Yu Ching Tsai. Syllabic Distribution and Developmental Patterns of Mandarin Glides in Preschool Children

Session 1b: NLP Applications 

Yuha Nishigata, Waka Ito and Kimio Kuramitsu. Non-English Code Generation with Cross-Lingual Chain of Thought

Dat Nguyen Thanh, Nguyen Lam Hung, Anh Thi-Hoang Nguyen and Hop Do Trong. MTikGuard System: A Transformer-Based Multimodal System for Child-Safe Content Moderation on TikTok

Khanh-Hung Huynh, Phuc Hoang Gia Bui, Huyen Doan My Dinh, Phi-Long Nguyen, Thien-Vu Nguyen-Ho and Trong-Hop Do. Online Information Extraction System (EAOS) for Social Media Comments

Mayank Bumb, Anshul Vemulapalli, Sri Harsha Vardhan Prasad Jella, Anish Gupta, An La, Ryan Rossi, Hongjie Chen, Franck Dernoncourt, Nesreen K. Ahmed and Yu Wang. Forecasting Time Series with LLMs via Patch-Based Prompting and Decomposition

12:30 Lunch break

13:30 Keynote Talk: Chu-Ren Huang (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University) 

From Sensory Modalities to Embodied Cognition: How to Reconcile Linguistic Studies with Large Language Models. 

 

14:30 Poster Session 1

  • Thien Khuu, Thuan Huynh, Nam Van Chi and Tung Le. Generation via Optimized Sentence Ordering
  • Tomokazu Takehisa. Verb Phrase Idioms in Valency Alternation: A Selection-based Approach
  • Yujia Tian, Yanyuan Ye, Mingxi Lu, Fanlu Jia and Ran Tao. Speech-Like Cues and the Limits of Musicality: Lexical Tone Normalization in Mandarin across Speech, Rap, and Song Contexts
  • Nakyung Yoon. A/E pelita as an aspectual marker in Korean Auxiliary Verb Constructions: An Experimental Comparison with Spanish Optional se
  • Yimei Shao, Yu-Yin Hsu and Chu-Ren Huang. Sensory and Affective Dimensions in Mandarin Monosyllabic Adjectives
  • Yuzuki Tsukagoshi and Ikki Ohmukai. Improving Classical Language Machine Translation using Supervised Fine-Tuning with Philological Commentary
  • Huy Trieu, Thanh Thai Nguyen, Thanh Nghia Vo, Thinh Vuong Vo, Thanh Tu Dang and Tung Le. KWordinaryVQA: A Keyword-Driven Generative Visual Question Answering System for Culinary Exploration
  • Menghan Dong, Youzhi Wu, Siqi Wang and Zhen Wu. Diagnosing the Cultural Gap in Machine Translation of Classical Chinese: A Computational Analysis of the Analects
  • Chengguang Gan, Qinghao Zhang and Tatsunori Mori. USA Model: Japanese Universal Sentiment Analysis Model and Construction of Japanese Sentiment Text Classification and Part of Speech Dataset

15:30 Coffee Break

16:00 Oral Presentations

Session 2a: Natural Language Generation

Ryuichi Uehara and Michimasa Inaba. A Persona Dialogue Dataset of Lesser-Known Characters for Fairer Evaluation of Role-Playing LLMs

Natsumi Ezure and Michimasa Inaba. The Relationship Between Dialogue Acts and Idea Generation in Human–Human Collaborative Story Writing

Aravinth Sivaganeshan, Nisansa de Silva and Akila Peiris. Fine-tuning an LLM to Generate Lore Coherent Encounters for Dungeons and Dragons

Haruhisa Iseno, Atsumoto Ohashi, Tetsuji Ogawa, Shinnosuke Takamichi and Ryuichiro Higashinaka. Analysis of the Correlation Between Theory of Mind and Dialogue Ability to Identify Essential ToM for Dialogue Systems

17:20 Oral Presentations

Session 3a: NLP Applications II

Oshadha Wijerathne, Amandi Nimasha, Dushan Fernando, Nisansa de Silva and Srinath Perera. ScheduleMe: Multi-Agent Calendar Assistant

Thu Phuong Tran Thi, Vinh Van Nguyen, Thai Nguyen Phuong, Quang Vu Ngoc and Khoa Nguyen Dang. RoSRL: Adaptive Rule-of-Sum Reinforcement Learning for Efficient and Reliable Summarization

Monika Zamojska and Jaroslaw A. Chudziak. On the Role of Contextual Information and Ego States in LLM Agent Behavior for Transactional Analysis Dialogues

Arati Mohapatra and S Jaya Nirmala. Toward True Neutrality: Evaluating Inference-Time Debiasing Strategies for Gender Coreference Resolution in LLMs

16:00 – 19:00 Workshop on the Language of Food in Asia

Charmgil Hong, Jong-Bok Kim, Seulkee Park, and Yunseong Choe. Conceptual Metaphors in Food Reviews: LLM-Based Implications for Korean Discourse

Waka Ito, Manaka Odagaki, Haruka Tsuchida, Yuha Nishigata, Yui Obara, and Kimio Kuramitsu. Toward the Development of a Japanese Food Culture QA

Tian Gao. From Tea to Symbol: A Multimodal Discourse Analysis of HeyTea’s Branding Discourses

Clio Luo. Balancing Heat and Clarity: Alcohol, Tea, and the Body inPremodern Chinese Texts

Miwa Morishita and Yasunari Harada. Landscapes of Matcha: Cultural Semiotics in Japan and Taiwan

Invited Talk: Genta Indra Winata (Capital One) and Emmanuele Chersoni (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University)

Foodies also Need Their Own GPTs: Evaluating Language Models in Visual Question Answering on the WorldCuisines Dataset