About us

NLP4KGC 2026 is the fifth edition of the International Workshop on Natural Language Processing for Knowledge Graph Construction. The workshop focuses on methods and approaches for knowledge and data extraction from text, as well as theoretical and practical aspects of using NLP and semantics for Knowledge Graph construction. This edition emphasises emerging topics, including the use of Large Language Models (LLMs) and agentic AI systems for knowledge graph construction, while highlighting Responsible AI practices.

Important Dates

Fri, Jul 10, 2026
Abstract deadline
Fri, Jul 17, 2026
Paper submission deadline
Fri, Aug 21, 2026
Notification of acceptance
Fri, Sep 11, 2026
Camera-ready version due
Sun, Oct 25, 2026
Workshop date

Paper Submission

Research Paper Submission Tracks

Entity extraction and resolution
Text entity relationship extraction and linking
Ontology learning from text
Neural network architectures for knowledge graph construction from text
Explainable AI for knowledge graph construction from text
Use of LLM agents, tools, and Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG)
Graph RAG approaches combining graph-based methods with RAG
Knowledge Graphs for Bias Mitigation
Interpretability and Explainability in Knowledge Graph-driven assessment
Responsible AI frameworks for knowledge graph systems

Call for Papers Description

We invite submissions on, but not limited to, the following topics: Full research papers (up to 12 pages) describing original research on NLP techniques for knowledge graph construction; Short papers (up to 6 pages) describing work-in-progress, negative results, position papers, dataset papers, or system demos.

Committee

Workshop Chairs

Prof. Edlira Vakaj

Birmingham City University, UK

Dr. Nandana Mihindukulasooriya

IBM Research, New York, USA

Dr. Sanju Tiwari

Sharda University & TIB Hannover, Germany

Dr. Rizou Matina

SingularLogic S.A., Greece

Organizing Committee

Mohamed Ragab

Birmingham City University, UK

Malik Uzair

Birmingham City University, UK

Youssef Senousy

Birmingham City University, UK

Program Committee

Sima Iranmanesh

Birmingham City University, UK

Sule Yildirim

NTNU, Norway

Veronika Heimsbakk

KPMG, Norway

Amna Dridi

BCU, UK

Hansi Hettiarachchi

Lancaster University, UK

Thomas Beach

Cardiff University, UK

Hadeel Sadanay

Birmingham City University, UK

Vladimir Alexiev

Ontotext, Bulgaria

Jagdev Bhogal

Birmingham City University, UK

Ellie Young

Common Action, USA

Hossein Ghomeshi

Shipamax, UK

Ryan Mcgranaghan

NASA, USA

Stamartina Rizou

Singular Logic, Greece

Gaetano Rossiello

IBM, USA

Katarina Karii

IKEA, Finland

He Tan

Jönköping University, Sweden

Diellza Elshani

University of Stuttgart, Germany

Ronakkumar Panchal

Gujarat Technology University, India

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