Charting a Decade of Computational Linguistics in Italy: The CLiC-it
  Corpus
Authors: name: Chiara Alzetta; name: Serena Auriemma; name: Alessandro Bondielli; name: Luca Dini; name: Chiara Fazzone; name: Alessio Miaschi; name: Martina Miliani; name: Marta Sartor
Published: 2025-09-23 14:06:09

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.