One last call for interested applicants! Applications for the SEACrowd Apprentice Program 2026 will end on December 17, 23:59 (UTC-12).

See the post below for more details. 👇

#nlp #nlproc #ai #ml #southeastasia #lowresource #languages

Reminder: Mentee registration is still OPEN for the second batch!

If you’ve been thinking about doing real AI/ML/NLP research with mentors — this is your sign to apply. (Deadline for application - Dec 17th)

Apply here: seacrowd.org/apprenticesh...

We’ve just shared a full retrospective of the first batch our Apprentice Program — from research wins to real lessons learned along the way. It’s inspiring to see how our SEA mentees transformed ideas into real papers and datasets through teamwork and mentorship.

seacrowd.org/posts/appren...

🌏 Applications are now open for the SEACrowd Apprentice Program 2026!

🗓️ Apply between Nov 17 – Dec 17, 2025 (UTC-12)
📅 Program runs Feb – Jun 2026

seacrowd.org/apprenticeship

We’re thrilled that SEA-VL has been accepted to the ACL 2025 (Main)!

Thank you to everyone who contributed to this project 🥳

Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2503.07920
Project: seacrowd.github.io/seavl-launch/

#ACL2025NLP #SEACrowd #ForSEABySEA

📢 Calling all SEA-passionate individuals!

SEACrowd is excited to launch our contributor call for SEA-VL Phase 2: Building Visual Language Models for Southeast Asia! 🌏

After the success of Phase 1, we're now taking on a bigger mission (see thread)👇

SEA-VL: Building AI for Southeast Asian Research 🌏

We release SEA-VL, the largest vision-language dataset tailored for SEA’s diverse culture.

📜 arXiv: arxiv.org/abs/2503.07920
🤗 Data: huggingface.co/collections/...

Check the thread 🧵