BabyLM Challenge
Sample-efficient pretraining on a developmentally plausible corpus
Tentative timeline:
February 25 2026: Call for papers and Training data released
Early April 2026: Evaluation pipeline and baselines released
May 25 2026: ARR submission deadline
Mid July 2026: Direct submission deadline
Early August 2026: Direct submission reviews due, ARR commitment deadline
Mid August 2026: Paper decisions released
Early September 2026: Camera ready due
Oct 24-29 2026: Workshop at EMNLP in Budapest