ALPS 2026 : The sixth Advanced Language Processing School

Agenda Scientific culture
March 29, 2026 - April 3, 2026

About ALPS

ALPS is co-organized by LIG (Univ. Grenoble Alpes), Naver Labs Europe, and Cohere, and consists in a week-long series of lectures by world-class NLP researchers, sessions where participants present their work, social sessions, lab sessions, and outdoor activities in the mountains. The school will take place in the Alps (the Vanoise massif) at Aussois (1500m) and close to France’s first national park.

What ALPS represents:

  • Advanced lectures by first class researchers.
  • An atmosphere that fosters connections and interactions.
  • A poster session for attendees to present their work, gather feedback and brainstorm future work ideas..

Target audience

The intended audience of ALPS 2026 are graduate students (PhD students or advanced master students) in natural language processing or related fields. We also welcome other NLP practitioners working in industry or academia.

Application

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You will need a resumé (maximum length: 2 pages) and a cover letter. For the cover letter, it should be in English and explain your motivation in attending this advanced research school. We are unfortunately not capable of accepting all candidates, and this letter is a key component that helps us to ensure that the participant’s profiles are balanced and diverse.

Important dates:

  • Application deadline: 12th October 2025
  • Acceptance notification: 14th November 2025
  • Registration deadline: 15th January 2026
  • Winter School: 29th March to 3th April

Fees

The registration fees for the event encompass accommodation and full board at the conference venue, the Centre Paul Langevin.

Fees:

students: 700 euros
academic non student: 900 euros
industry & independents: 1300 euros
fee waiver recipients: 0 euro I

If you have any questions, please contact us at the email specified at the following page

Published on  September 19, 2025
Updated on  September 19, 2025