Research

We build models that find and explain structure in language, from arguments in debates to clauses in contracts and cues in the voice.

CLAIMPREMISE
Arguments
ClaimPremisePremisesupportsattacks
Relations
ArgumentSTANCEForQUALITY3 of 5
Evaluation
WarrantimplicitPremiseClaim
Reasoning

Argument Mining

Extracting, linking, evaluating, and reasoning about arguments in text and speech.

Argument mining automatically identifies and extracts arguments from natural language, in text and in speech.

We study

  • Argumentative fallacies
  • Multimodality
  • Dialogues
  • Interpretability
  • Reasoning in LLMs
FACTSREQUESTARGUMENTS
Structure
ConclusionPremisefactualPremiselegal · rulesupports
Arguments
RequestOUTCOMEUpheldRejected
Outcome
GDPR CHECK✓Required information✓Lawful processing✗Clear languagemetmetnot met
Compliance

Turning court decisions and contracts into structured legal knowledge.

Natural language processing (NLP) is the study of how computers handle language.

We study

  • Legal argumentation
  • Interpretability
  • Unfair clause detection
  • Cross-linguality
  • Reading court decisions
AUDIOFEATURESMFCCsEmbedding
Audio features
Recognizerwho created 2 million jobs …
Transcripts
TextAudioModel
Modalities
EXPLANATIONRelied on
Explanations

Speech Processing

Combining audio and text, from spoken arguments to clinical speech.

Speech processing is the automatic analysis of spoken language from its audio signal, often together with a transcript of the words.

We study

  • Arguments in speech
  • Text and audio together
  • Speech and health
  • Explaining audio models
  • Speech in applications