The LabEx EFL (Empirical Foundations of Linguistics, http://www.labex-efl.org/ ) is hiring a post-doc researcher on the topic of “Legal Information retrieval”. The position is funded by Strand 5 (Computational Semantic Analysis). The recruited person will work at the LIPN (https://lipn.univ-paris13.fr/home/), RCLN team “Knowledge Representation and Natural Language”.
The post-doc objective is to: (1) review and assess the CLAL (Core Legal Annotation Language, https://lipn.univ-paris13.fr/~fl/CLAL/) language, which proposes a coarse-grained, interpretation-neutral, semantic annotation layer [1]; (2) consider and develop extensions and alternatives, e.g., by adding semantic layers such as a discourse layer; (3) create corpora for supervised learning; and (4) develop advanced information retrieval tools. The initial experimental corpus is the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR, https://gdpr-info.eu/) in English, which will be augmented with additional regulations. One possible line of work is to apply and assess the annotations to related texts in other languages, e.g., the GDPR in French.
The recruited researcher will:
- participate in the design of the experimental protocols, in particular by selecting competency questions and defining relevant use cases;
- lead manual annotation campaigns with a team of annotators to create gold standard corpora;
- propose additional semantic layers based on new semantic needs;
- develop a dedicated information retrieval tool;
- carry out experiments (user studies and machine learning) and analyze the results obtained;
- valorize the results obtained, in particular through publications.
Expected skills:
- PhD in computer science (NLP, IR, SW);
- Knowledge of Semantic Web technologies, i.e. ontologies, and knowledge graphs;
- Programming for Semantic Web, Machine Learning, and Information Retrieval;
- Ability to dialogue and coordinate with the various partners: legal professionals, computer scientists, linguists, …;
- Academic writing for conference and journal papers.
Practical information:
- Place of work: LIPN, Sorbonne Paris North University
- Salary: approx. 2 100€ (net) per month
- Duration of contract: 12 months
- Closing date for applications: until filled
- Contact: Haifa Zargayouna (haifa.zargayouna@lipn.univ-paris13.fr)
- Interview dates : until filled
Application must be sent to Haifa Zargayouna (haifa.zargayouna@lipn.univ-paris13.fr). The application file must contain: name and contact address for two references, curriculum Vitæ, including a full list of publications, a cover letter
References
[1] Nazarenko, A., Lévy, F., Wyner, A.: A pragmatic approach to semantic annotation for search of legal texts – an experiment on GDPR. In: JURIX. Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications, vol. 346, pp. 23–32. IOS Press (2021)