Tharindu Ranasinghe

Research about Natural Language Processing #NLProc.

[Tharindu Ranasinghe @TharinduDR]

The Second Workshop on Language Models for Low-Resource Languages
@eaclmeeting 2026
📢3rd CFP - https://t.co/QOvHNScvYE

[LoResLM 2026 @LoResLM2026]

The Second Workshop on Language Models for Low-Resource Languages @eaclmeeting 2026
📢3rd CFP - https://t.co/WSrsEyZNmO
📷Submit by 6th January 2026 @hh_hansi @TharinduDR Alistair Plum @perayson @ruslanmitkov @mmmgaber Fiona Anting @DamithPremasiri Lasitha Uyangodage #NLProc

[LoResLM 2026 @LoResLM2026]

We are honoured to welcome Prof Barbara Plank (@barbara_plank) from @MaiNLPlab, @CisLmu as our keynote speaker at LoResLM 2026.

#NLProc #LoResLM @eaclmeeting

@hh_hansi @TharinduDR Alistair Plum @perayson @ruslanmitkov @mmmgaber Fiona Anting @DamithPremasiri Lasitha Uyangodage

[Tharindu Ranasinghe @TharinduDR]

The Second Workshop on Language Models for Low-Resource Languages
@eaclmeeting
2026 📢CFP - https://t.co/QOvHNSbY96
📅Submit by 6th January 2026

[LoResLM 2026 @LoResLM2026]

The Second Workshop on Language Models for
Low-Resource Languages @eaclmeeting 2026
📢CFP - https://t.co/WSrsEyZfxg
📅Submit by 6th January 2026
@hh_hansi @TharinduDR Alistair Plum @perayson @ruslanmitkov @mmmgaber Fiona Anting Tan @DamithPremasiri Lasitha Uyangodage
#NLProc

[Tharindu Ranasinghe @TharinduDR]

The second edition of LoResLM will take place in Rabat, Morocco, alongside @eaclmeeting 2026. Stay tuned for deadlines & keynote speakers.

[LoResLM 2026 @LoResLM2026]

The second edition of LoResLM will take place in Rabat, Morocco, alongside @eaclmeeting 2026. Stay tuned for deadlines & keynote speakers.
@hh_hansi @TharinduDR Alistair Plum @perayson @ruslanmitkov @mmmgaber Fiona Anting Tan @DamithPremasiri Lasitha Uyangodage #NLProc #LoResLM

[NeTTIT 2026 @NeTTIT2026]

The third edition of the International Conference ‘New Trends in Translation and Interpreting Technology’ (NeTTIT’2026) will take place in Dubrovnik, Croatia, from 24 to 27 June 2026.

First CFP - https://t.co/hLQRLrLDyP

[Tharindu Ranasinghe @TharinduDR]

2. Sinhala Encoder-only Language Models and Evaluation
Co-authors - @hh_hansi | Nadeesha Pathirana | @DamithPremasiri | @l_uyangoda | @ISURI_97 | Alistair Plum | @perayson | @ruslanmitkov
📍 Wednesday, July 30 11:00-12:30 (Hall 4/5)
🔗https://t.co/thbW8EbRE0

#NLProc #ACL2025

[Tharindu Ranasinghe @TharinduDR]

Heading to Vienna to present two papers at the #ACL2025 main conference.

1. MUSTS: MUltilingual Semantic Textual Similarity Benchmark
Co-authors - @hh_hansi Constantin Orasan @ruslanmitkov
📍 Tuesday, July 29 10:30-12:00 (Hall 4/5)
🔗 https://t.co/pxRC0ISasl [1/2]

[LoResLM 2026 @LoResLM2026]

@hh_hansi welcoming the audience

[LoResLM 2026 @LoResLM2026]

What are the problems with multilingual language models?

[LoResLM 2026 @LoResLM2026]

They are also less socially biased than monolingual models
#NLProc #LoResLM @coling2025 #coling2025

[LoResLM 2026 @LoResLM2026]

#NLProc #LoResLM @coling2025 #coling2025

[LoResLM 2026 @LoResLM2026]

@coling2025 Second presentation of the first oral session. #NLProc #LoResLM @coling2025 #coling2025

[LoResLM 2026 @LoResLM2026]

Second presentation of the first oral session.
#NLProc #LoResLM @coling2025 #coling2025

[LoResLM 2026 @LoResLM2026]

@coling2025 Having an engaging poster session. #NLProc #LoResLM @coling2025 #coling2025

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@coling2025 Continuation of the poster session. #NLProc #LoResLM @coling2025 #coling2025

[LoResLM 2026 @LoResLM2026]

@coling2025 We are back to the oral sessions after the poster session. #NLProc #LoResLM @coling2025 #coling2025

[LoResLM 2026 @LoResLM2026]

@coling2025 Startng the first presentation of the oral session 2. #NLProc #LoResLM @coling2025 #coling2025

[LoResLM 2026 @LoResLM2026]

@coling2025 The third presentation of oral session 2 - Bridging Literacy Gaps in African Informal Business Management with Low-Resource Conversational Agents #NLProc #LoResLM @coling2025 #coling2025

[LoResLM 2026 @LoResLM2026]

@coling2025 Starting the second presentation - From Arabic Text to Puzzles: LLM-Driven Development of Arabic Educational Crosswords #NLProc #LoResLM @coling2025 #coling2025

[LoResLM 2026 @LoResLM2026]

@coling2025 Final presentation before the lunch break - Social Bias in Large Language Models For Bangla: An Empirical Study on Gender and Religious Bias #NLProc #LoResLM @coling2025 #coling2025