<html><head></head><body><div class="ydped1b1e98yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><div class="ydpcfa7c559pasted-link"><p style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">The <strong><a href="https://sites.google.com/site/anlprg/?pli=1" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://sites.google.com/site/anlprg/?pli%3D1&source=gmail&ust=1766577793219000&usg=AOvVaw3BjlJBZUKdR8EiusmaGrvJ" style="color: rgb(75, 93, 255);" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ANLP Research Group</a></strong> of the <strong><a href="http://www.miracl.rnu.tn/" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.miracl.rnu.tn/&source=gmail&ust=1766577793219000&usg=AOvVaw1uMViWH7WLUlpbtPnUVK-x" style="color: rgb(75, 93, 255);" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">MIRACL Laboratory</a></strong>, University of Sfax, Tunisia, is pleased to announce the 4th International Conference on Language Processing and Knowledge Management <strong><a href="https://sites.google.com/fsegs.usf.tn/lpkm-2026/home" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://sites.google.com/fsegs.usf.tn/lpkm-2026/home&source=gmail&ust=1766577793219000&usg=AOvVaw1ttmqyjwSRPb8ObBG3_Kc2" style="color: rgb(75, 93, 255);" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">LPKM 2026</a></strong>, which will be held in Sousse, Tunisia, from May 5 to 7, 2026. This edition provides an opportunity to present cutting-edge research, promote interdisciplinary collaborations, and address emerging challenges in language processing, knowledge management, artificial intelligence, and intelligent systems </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Relevant topics for the conference include, but are not limited to, the following areas<strong>:</strong></p><h2 style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><strong><font size="2">1. Artificial Intelligence and Data Science</font></strong></h2><ul style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><li style="margin-left: 15px; margin-bottom: 4px;"><p>Artificial Intelligence and Intelligent Agents</p></li><li style="margin-left: 15px; margin-bottom: 4px;"><p>Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning</p></li><li style="margin-left: 15px; margin-bottom: 4px;"><p>Natural Language Processing (NLP)</p></li><li style="margin-left: 15px; margin-bottom: 4px;"><p>Large Language Models (LLMs)</p></li><li style="margin-left: 15px; margin-bottom: 4px;"><p>Data Science and Knowledge Engineering</p></li><li style="margin-left: 15px;"><p>Computer Vision and Image Processing</p></li></ul><h2 style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><strong><font size="2">2. Systems, Software, and Security</font></strong></h2><ul style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><li style="margin-left: 15px; margin-bottom: 4px;"><p>Systems and Computing</p></li><li style="margin-left: 15px; margin-bottom: 4px;"><p>Information Systems</p></li><li style="margin-left: 15px; margin-bottom: 4px;"><p>Software Engineering and Software Architecture</p></li><li style="margin-left: 15px; margin-bottom: 4px;"><p>System and Software Security</p></li><li style="margin-left: 15px; margin-bottom: 4px;"><p>Security and Trust</p></li><li style="margin-left: 15px; margin-bottom: 4px;"><p>Cloud Computing and Internet of Things (IoT)</p></li><li style="margin-left: 15px;"><p>Blockchain and Distributed Systems</p></li></ul><h2 style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><strong><font size="2">3. Theory and Formal Methods</font></strong></h2><ul style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><li style="margin-left: 15px; margin-bottom: 4px;"><p>Algorithms, Automata, and Complexity</p></li><li style="margin-left: 15px; margin-bottom: 4px;"><p>Logic, Semantics, and Theory of Programming</p></li><li style="margin-left: 15px;"><p>Static Analysis, Verification, and Testing</p></li></ul><h2 style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><strong><font size="2">4. Cross-Domain AI Applications</font></strong></h2><ul style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><li style="margin-left: 15px; margin-bottom: 4px;"><p>Applications of AI in Auditing</p></li><li style="margin-left: 15px; margin-bottom: 4px;"><p>Strategic and Operational Decision-Making</p></li><li style="margin-left: 15px; margin-bottom: 4px;"><p>Predictive and Prescriptive Analytics</p></li><li style="margin-left: 15px; margin-bottom: 4px;"><p>Fraud and Anomaly Detection</p></li><li style="margin-left: 15px; margin-bottom: 4px;"><p>Intelligent Automation</p></li><li style="margin-left: 15px; margin-bottom: 4px;"><p>Optimization Workflows</p></li><li style="margin-left: 15px;"><p>AI-Driven Decision-Support Systems</p></li></ul><h1 style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><strong><font size="4">Paper Submission</font></strong></h1><p style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Authors are invited to submit their papers in PDF format via the <a href="https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/LPKM2026" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/LPKM2026&source=gmail&ust=1766577793219000&usg=AOvVaw0CqUpOBMyqJo58dyiPanfw" style="color: rgb(75, 93, 255);" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">CMT</a> conference management system.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Submitted papers must:</p><ul style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><li style="margin-left: 15px; margin-bottom: 4px;"><p>be written in English,</p></li><li style="margin-left: 15px; margin-bottom: 4px;"><p>present original work not previously published or submitted elsewhere,</p></li><li style="margin-left: 15px; margin-bottom: 4px;"><p>not exceed 10 pages (including tables, figures, and references),</p></li><li style="margin-left: 15px;"><p>follow the Springer LNCS format.</p></li></ul><p style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">All submissions will be reviewed based on relevance, originality, significance, and clarity. The conference proceedings will be submitted to Springer for publication and for indexing in DBLP and Scopus. </p><h1 style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><strong><font size="4">Important Dates</font></strong></h1><ul style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><li style="margin-left: 15px; margin-bottom: 4px;"><p><strong>Paper Submission Deadline:</strong> 15 January 2026</p></li><li style="margin-left: 15px; margin-bottom: 4px;"><p><strong>Notification of Acceptance:</strong> 5 March 2026</p></li><li style="margin-left: 15px; margin-bottom: 4px;"><p><strong>Camera-Ready Submission:</strong> 20 March 2026</p></li><li style="margin-left: 15px;"><p><strong>Conference Dates:</strong> 5–7 May 2026 </p></li></ul><p style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><font size="4"><b> </b></font>For further information, please contact the organizing committee at:</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><img data-emoji="📧" class="ydpcfa7c559an1" alt="📧" src="https://fonts.gstatic.com/s/e/notoemoji/16.0/1f4e7/72.png" style="width: 1.2em; vertical-align: middle; min-height: 1.2em;" data-inlineimagemanipulating="true"> <strong>lpkm2026@fsegs.u-sfax.tn</strong></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Conference website:<br><img data-emoji="🔗" class="ydpcfa7c559an1" alt="🔗" src="https://fonts.gstatic.com/s/e/notoemoji/16.0/1f517/72.png" style="width: 1.2em; vertical-align: middle; min-height: 1.2em;" data-inlineimagemanipulating="true"> <strong><a href="https://sites.google.com/fsegs.usf.tn/lpkm-2026/home" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://sites.google.com/fsegs.usf.tn/lpkm-2026/home&source=gmail&ust=1766577793219000&usg=AOvVaw1ttmqyjwSRPb8ObBG3_Kc2" style="color: rgb(75, 93, 255);" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://sites.google.com/fsegs.usf.tn/lpkm-2026/home</a></strong></p></div><br></div><div><br></div></div></body></html>