PEDRAM SALIMI's Outputs (10)

SICSA REALLM workshop 2024: proceedings of the SICSA (Scottish Informatics and Computer Science Alliance) REALLM (Reasoning, explanation and applications of large language models) workshop (SICSA REALLM workshop 2024). (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
MARTIN, K., SALIMI, P. and WIJAYASEKARA, V. (eds.) 2024. SICSA REALLM workshop 2024: proceedings of the 2024 SICSA (Scottish Informatics and Computer Science Alliance) REALLM (Reasoning, explanation and applications of large language models) workshop (SICSA REALLM workshop 2024), 17 October 2024, Aberdeen, UK. CEUR workshop proceedings, 3822. Aachen: CEUR-WS [online]. Available from: https://ceur-ws.org/Vol-3822/

In the last few years, Large Language Models (LLMs) underpinned by rapid advancements in Artificial Intelligence (AI) have grabbed the attention of academia, industry and the general public. Demonstrating hence before unseen capability to deal with a... Read More about SICSA REALLM workshop 2024: proceedings of the SICSA (Scottish Informatics and Computer Science Alliance) REALLM (Reasoning, explanation and applications of large language models) workshop (SICSA REALLM workshop 2024)..

Integrating KGs and ontologies with RAG for personalised summarisation in regulatory compliance. (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
ARSHAD, U., CORSAR, D. and NKISI-ORJI, I. 2024. Integrating KGs and ontologies with RAG for personalised summarisation in regulatory compliance. In Martin, K., Salimi, P. and Wijayasekara, V. (eds.) 2024. SICSA REALLM workshop 2024: proceedings of the SICSA (Scottish Informatics and Computer Science Alliance) REALLM (Reasoning, explanation and applications of large language models) workshop (SICSA REALLM workshop 2024), 17 October 2024, Aberdeen, UK. CEUR workshop proceedings, 3822. Aachen: CEUR-WS [online], pages 56-61. Available from: https://ceur-ws.org/Vol-3822/short7.pdf

With the growing complexity and increased volumes, regulatory texts are fast becoming a significant challenge for organisations to remain compliant. Traditional ways of summarising legal texts need to be more accommodating of critical, domain-specifi... Read More about Integrating KGs and ontologies with RAG for personalised summarisation in regulatory compliance..

Towards improving open-box hallucination detection in large language models (LLMs). (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
SURESH, M., ALJUNDI, R., NKISI-ORJI, I. and WIRATUNGA, N. 2024. Towards improving open-box hallucination detection in large language models (LLMs). In Martin, K., Salimi, P. and Wijayasekara, V. (eds.) 2024. SICSA REALLM workshop 2024: proceedings of the SICSA (Scottish Informatics and Computer Science Alliance) REALLM (Reasoning, explanation and applications of large language models) workshop (SICSA REALLM workshop 2024), 17 October 2024, Aberdeen, UK. CEUR workshop proceedings, 3822. Aachen: CEUR-WS [online], pages 1-10. Available from: https://ceur-ws.org/Vol-3822/paper1.pdf

Due to the increasing availability of Large Language Models (LLMs) through both proprietary and open-sourced releases of models, the adoption of LLMs across applications has drastically increased making them commonplace in day-to-day lives. Yet, the... Read More about Towards improving open-box hallucination detection in large language models (LLMs)..

Dual-task dialogue understanding. (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
ANWAR, S., WIRATUNGA, N. and SNAITH, M. 2024. Dual-task dialogue understanding. In Martin, K., Salimi, P. and Wijayasekara, V. (eds.) 2024. SICSA REALLM workshop 2024: proceedings of the SICSA (Scottish Informatics and Computer Science Alliance) REALLM (Reasoning, explanation and applications of large language models) workshop (SICSA REALLM workshop 2024), 17 October 2024, Aberdeen, UK. CEUR workshop proceedings, 3822. Aachen: CEUR-WS [online], pages 40-46. Available from: https://ceur-ws.org/Vol-3822/short5.pdf

In dialogue systems, utterances do not occur in isolation. One conversation might involve interactions between several speakers. It's crucial to determine the intentions behind utterances in multi-party conversations when more than two interlocutors... Read More about Dual-task dialogue understanding..

SCaLe-QA: Sri Lankan case law embeddings for legal QA. (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
JAYAWARDENA, L., WIRATUNGA, N., ABEYRATNE, R., MARTIN, K., NKISI-ORJI, I. and WEERASINGHE, R. 2024. SCaLe-QU: Sri Lankan case law embeddings for legal QA. In Martin, K., Salimi, P. and Wijayasekara, V. (eds.) 2024. SICSA REALLM workshop 2024: proceedings of the SICSA (Scottish Informatics and Computer Science Alliance) REALLM (Reasoning, explanation and applications of large language models) workshop (SICSA REALLM workshop 2024), 17 October 2024, Aberdeen, UK. CEUR workshop proceedings, 3822. Aachen: CEUR-WS [online], pages 47-55. Available from: https://ceur-ws.org/Vol-3822/short6.pdf

SCaLe-QA is a foundational system developed for Sri Lankan Legal Question Answering (LQA) by leveraging domain-specific embeddings derived from Supreme Court cases. The system is tailored to capture the unique linguistic and structural characteristic... Read More about SCaLe-QA: Sri Lankan case law embeddings for legal QA..

Formal dialogue and large language models. (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
SNAITH, M. and WELLS, S. 2024. Formal dialogue and large language models. In Martin, K., Salimi, P. and Wijayasekara, V. (eds.) 2024. SICSA REALLM workshop 2024: proceedings of the SICSA (Scottish Informatics and Computer Science Alliance) REALLM (Reasoning, explanation and applications of large language models) workshop (SICSA REALLM workshop 2024), 17 October 2024, Aberdeen, UK. CEUR workshop proceedings, 3822. Aachen: CEUR-WS [online], pages 24-31. Available from: https://ceur-ws.org/Vol-3822/short3.pdf

In this paper, we present preliminary work into combining formal models of dialogue and large language models, before going on to discuss how this provides a foundation for similar approaches involving computational models of argument. First, we addr... Read More about Formal dialogue and large language models..

Extended results for: enhancing abstract screening classification in evidence-based medicine: incorporating domain knowledge into pre-trained models. (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
OFORI-BOATENG, R., ACEVES-MARTINS, M., WIRATUNGA, N. and MORENO-GARCIA, C.F. 2024. Extended results for: enhancing abstract screening classification in evidence-based medicine: incorporating domain knowledge into pre-trained models. In Martin, K., Salimi, P. and Wijayasekara, V. (eds.). Proceedings of the 2024 SICSA (Scottish Informatics and Computer Science Alliance) REALLM (Reasoning, explanation and applications of large language models) workshop (SICSA REALLM workshop 2024), 17 October 2024, Aberdeen, UK. CEUR workshop proceedings, 3822Aachen: CEUR-WS [online], pages 11-18. Available from: https://ceur-ws.org/Vol-3822/short1.pdf

Evidence-based medicine (EBM) is a foundational element in medical research, playing a crucial role in shaping healthcare policies and clinical decision-making. However, the rigorous processes required for EBM, particularly during the abstract screen... Read More about Extended results for: enhancing abstract screening classification in evidence-based medicine: incorporating domain knowledge into pre-trained models..

Towards feasible counterfactual explanations: a taxonomy guided template-based NLG method. (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
SALIMI, P., WIRATUNGA, N., CORSAR, D. and WIJEKOON, A. 2023. Towards feasible counterfactual explanations: a taxonomy guided template-based NLG method. In Gal, K., Nowé, A., Nalepa, G.J., Fairstein, R. and Rădulescu, R. (eds.) ECAI 2023: proceedings of the 26th European conference on artificial intelligence (ECAI 2023), 30 September - 4 October 2023, Kraków, Poland. Frontiers in artificial intelligence and applications, 372. Amsterdam: IOS Press [online], pages 2057-2064. Available from: https://doi.org/10.3233/FAIA230499

Counterfactual Explanations (cf-XAI) describe the smallest changes in feature values necessary to change an outcome from one class to another. However, many cf-XAI methods neglect the feasibility of those changes. In this paper, we introduce a novel... Read More about Towards feasible counterfactual explanations: a taxonomy guided template-based NLG method..

Explainable weather forecasts through an LSTM-CBR twin system. (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
PIRIE, C., SURESH, M., SALIMI, P., PALIHAWADANA, C. and NANAYAKKARA, G. 2022. Explainable weather forecasts through an LSTM-CBR twin system. In Reuss, P. and Schönborn, J. (eds.) Workshop proceedings of the 30th International conference on case-based reasoning (ICCBR-WS 2022), 12-15 September 2022, Nancy, France. CEUR workshop proceedings, 3389. Aachen: CEUR-WS [online], pages 256-260. Available from: https://ceur-ws.org/Vol-3389/ICCBR_2022_XCBR_Challenge_RGU.pdf

In this paper, we explore two methods for explaining LSTM-based temperature forecasts using previous 14 day progressions of humidity and pressure. First, we propose and evaluate an LSTM-CBR twin system that generates nearest-neighbors that can be vis... Read More about Explainable weather forecasts through an LSTM-CBR twin system..

Addressing trust and mutability issues in XAI utilising case based reasoning. (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
SALIMI, P. 2022. Addressing trust and mutability issues in XAI utilising case based reasoning. In Reuss, P. and Schönborn, J. (eds.) Proceedings of the 30th Doctoral consortium of the international conference on case-based reasoning (ICCBR-DC 2022), co-located with the 30th International conference on case-based reasoning (ICCBR 2022), 12-15 September 2022, Nancy, France. CEUR workshop proceedings, 3418. Aachen: CEUR-WS [online], pages 22-27. Available from: https://ceur-ws.org/Vol-3418/ICCBR_2022_DC_paper19.pdf

Explainable AI (XAI) research is required to ensure that explanations are human readable and understandable. The present XAI approaches are useful for observing and comprehending some of the most important underlying properties of any Black-box AI mo... Read More about Addressing trust and mutability issues in XAI utilising case based reasoning..