Conference on Language Modeling

Main conference done, workshops tomorrow

Thanks for everyone who attended COLM this year!

The title for the 2:30pm panel was initially missing. It's now updated in the program:
Math, Science, and Knowledge Production in the Era of LLMs

Congratulations to the authors of the 3 outstanding papers!

arxiv.org/abs/2607.01077
arxiv.org/abs/2604.08510
arxiv.org/abs/2604.13977

T-40 minutes until the opening session for the third installment of COLM, the biggest COLM ever! Be sure to attend to hear about the outstanding papers, and then we'll go right into our first keynote (@chelseabfinn ) and first set of oral presentations!

Coming to COLM next week? The schedule is live at
colm.eventhosts.cc/virtual/2026/c…
5 invited talks, a panel discussion, 24 orals, and 856 posters await! This llama will need plenty of coffee to see all that...

We have a few spots remaining for social events at COLM! If you're interested in hosting a social, please apply by 10am PT on Friday Oct 2 at forms.gle/qmozegbFu4DwHM…

Looking forward to SF? Well, we have the best local guide to whet your appetite

Prepared by our local chair @jurafsky !

docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d…

Looking forward to seeing you in SF in a week. In the meantime, our apps for iOS and Android are ready:
play.google.com/store/apps/det…
apps.apple.com/us/app/colm/id…

And our schedule is online:
colm.cc/virtual/2026/c…

Hey, kids, look what I have: my very own app! 🙌
apps.apple.com/us/app/colm/id…

We released tickets to our waiting list (as of yesterday). If you were on the wait list, please check your email. Tickets that are not claimed will be re-distributed.

The wait list remains open, so sign up if interested

We moved to colm.cc
Our old website will forward you automatically, so don't stress 😅
The archives of 2024 and 2025 are linked from the new website

The first batch of tickets will be released TODAY (Aug 10) at 1pm PT (pacific time). We are fairly certain we will be able to release more later on, so if tickets run out, we will direct people to a wait list (sign up if interested)

colm.eventhosts.cc/register

We are delaying general registration to Aug 10 to carefully manage author registration and make sure that all authors (main + workshops) get to register. We appreciate the patience

📢 New blog post describing the COLM 2026 PCs’ analyses of AI use in submitted papers.

Link below 👇

Our amazing web devs implemented a fix 🙏 So try again, and hopefully all works as intended now (remember: each paper gets two author registrations)

We are experiencing some issues with the author registration eligibility checks. If you are encountering issues, try again in 24-48 hours. Don't email us just yet. We are working on it

Camera ready deadline is Aug 8!

Also, financial assistance form is up:
forms.gle/HhXhv8ND38X1G2…
Deadline is July 31

Author registration is ongoing (authors, get on it!)
Non-author registration will follow up in (very) early August

COLM 2026 will host 16(!) workshops:
colmweb.org/workshops.html

CFPs are all online, and deadlines are coming up, so check the CFP of your workshops of interest

The discussion period for COLM 2026 is underway! We're sharing a CDF of average review scores. Note that final decisions will reflect deliberation by ACs and PCs, so these are only meant to be a heuristic guideline to give you a sense of where your papers stand. Good luck!

Workshops decisions are coming. We didn't froget about you. No need to email us. We are not even late (yet) 🫠