The name of The COMPTEXT Project reflects

• The complexity of research problems at the intersection of social sciences and information technology
• The use of computational methods in analyzing textual, image and video sources
• The comparative approach to solving these problems, such as multi-lingual comparative analysis

The Annual Conferences of the COMPTEXT project adhere to the following principles

• Interdisciplinarity: We invite submissions from all fields of the social sciences and computer science.
• Equality: we encourage the participation of advanced M.A. and Ph.D students who are expected to give a fair share of presentations at the Annual Conference. We provide equal opportunity to all scholars regardless of ethnicity, gender or religion. In order to enhance the diffusion of quantitative text analysis methods in the social science, each COMPTEXT event feature a dedicated Tutorial Day, where interactive courses are offered on a variety of themes and methodological approaches related to the core mission of the project.
• Global outlook: the aim of the COMPTEXT project is to create a truly global community of quantitative text, image  and video analysis scholars. For this reason, besides the Annual Conference, we are happy to sponsor and co-brand regional thematic workshops across the globe.
• Diversity: our goal is to foster the development of text analysis methods beyond English, the lingua franca of the early 21st century. Therefore, the Annual Conference allocates ample space for the presentation of work undertaken on corpora in languages other than English.