The 2nd International Conference on Frontiers of Corpus-based Interdisciplinary Research (FoCIR2025) will be held in Xi'an, China, in November 2025. The conference will be co-hosted by the School of Foreign Studies of Xi'an Jiaotong University and the Corpus Linguistics Society of China (CLSC), and co-organized with the Journal of Foreign Language Education.
The theme of FoCIR2025 is “Language Data Science in the age of AI”, which is composed of pre-conference workshops, keynote speeches, and parallel sessions. Proposals on the application of corpora in humanities and social sciences, translation, foreign language education, medicine, and other fields are especially welcome.
● Topics
1. Corpora and language data
2. Corpora and AI
3. Corpora and language studies
4. Language data and language teaching
5. Language data and media
● Plenary Speakers
1. Baker, Paul (Lancaster University, UK): A picture is worth 1000 words? Using an AI image tagger for carry out multimodal corpus analysis
2. Brezina, Vaclav (Lancaster University, UK): Collocations in the Machine: Corpus-Based and AI Approaches to Language Learning
3. Hu, Kaibao (Shanghai International Studies University, China): Development of Translation Studies in the Context of Large Language Models: Issues and Prospects
4. Huang, Libo (Xi'an International Studies University, China): Quantifying Stylistic Convergence: A Machine Learning Approach to the Original and Back-Translated Versions of Si Shi Tong Tang
5. Liang, Maocheng (Beihang University, China): Automating Concordance Analysis with Large Language Models
6. Mahlberg, Michaela (Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany) : Corpus linguistics for the age of AI – Making sense of the world through language and stories
7. McEnery, Tony (Lancaster University, UK) : Approaching the use of AI and GenAI in Applied Linguistics
8. Sang, Zhonggang (Xi'an Jiaotong University, China): Acceptability and Translational Decision-Making: A Corpus-Aided Description of Sinologists’ English Translations of Chinese Dunhuang Manuscripts
● Workshops
1. Anthony, Laurence (Waseda University, Japan; *Prof. Anthony will be online with us via Voov Meeting): 1) Integrating corpus methods and AI: The best of both worlds; 2) Getting started with personal, private AI models through LMStudio, Ollama, and Llamafile
2. Baker, Paul (Lancaster University, UK): Sex differences in patient feedback
3. Brezina, Vaclav (Lancaster University, UK): Data-Driven Learning in the Age of AI: A Hands-On Introduction to #LancsBox X
4. Rayson, Paul (Lancaster University, UK): Multilingual semantic annotation with PyMUSAS and Wmatrix7
● Important Dates
1. Abstract submission deadline: September 15, 2025
2. Notification of acceptance: September 30, 2025
3. Workshops: November 14, 2025
4. Main Conference: November 15-16, 2025
● Abstract Submission
1. Please submit an abstract of about 300 characters in Chinese or 200 words in English for anonymous review.
2. Submit a short outline of about 100 characters in Chinese or 60 words in English for the Conference Programme.
3. Submit no more than two papers, and only one paper with you as the first author.
4. Working Language: English or Chinese
● Registration
1. Please scan the QR code, or go to https://www.wjx.cn/vm/rXBrSn4.aspx# to fill in the registration form. Note that you always need to fill in the form even if you choose to participate in the conference without delivering a paper.
2. Registration fee: RMB 2,000 yuan/person; RMB 1,000 for students.
3. Meals during the conference will be covered by the registration fee; transportation and accommodation are excluded.
4. The Conference will be held at the Xi’an Golden Flower Hotel ( http://www.goldenflowerhotel.com)
● Contact Information
1. Email: XJTUConference@163.com
2. Tel: Ms. Zhang +86-29-82668539
Committee of FoCIR2025
August 25, 2025
