Charting a Decade of Computational Linguistics in Italy: The CLiC-it Corpus

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2509.19033v2
• Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2025 07:17:32 GMT
• Title: Charting a Decade of Computational Linguistics in Italy: The CLiC-it Corpus
• Authors: Chiara Alzetta, Serena Auriemma, Alessandro Bondielli, Luca Dini, Chiara Fazzone, Alessio Miaschi, Martina Miliani, Marta Sartor,
• Abstract summary: We track the research trends of the Italian CL and NLP community through an analysis of the contributions to CLiC-it.<n>We compile the proceedings from the first 10 editions of the CLiC-it conference into the CLiC-it Corpus.<n>Our goal is to provide the Italian and international research communities with valuable insights into emerging trends and key developments over time.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
• Abstract: Over the past decade, Computational Linguistics (CL) and Natural Language Processing (NLP) have evolved rapidly, especially with the advent of Transformer-based Large Language Models (LLMs). This shift has transformed research goals and priorities, from Lexical and Semantic Resources to Language Modelling and Multimodality. In this study, we track the research trends of the Italian CL and NLP community through an analysis of the contributions to CLiC-it, arguably the leading Italian conference in the field. We compile the proceedings from the first 10 editions of the CLiC-it conference (from 2014 to 2024) into the CLiC-it Corpus, providing a comprehensive analysis of both its metadata, including author provenance, gender, affiliations, and more, as well as the content of the papers themselves, which address various topics. Our goal is to provide the Italian and international research communities with valuable insights into emerging trends and key developments over time, supporting informed decisions and future directions in the field.

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