3 papers
cs.CL2026
SimpCue: Cue-Based Prompting for Multilingual Text Simplification
Mehrzad Tareh, Horacio Saggion, Stefan Bott
Text simplification aims to make complex texts easier to understand while preserving their original meaning. Recent large language models can perform simplification through prompti…
cs.CL2026
A Multilingual Human Annotated Corpus of Original and Easy-to-Read Texts to Support Access to Democratic Participatory Processes
Stefan Bott, Verena Riegler, Horacio Saggion +2
Being able to understand information is a key factor for a self-determined life and society. It is also very important for participating in democratic processes. The study of autom…
cs.CL2025
Towards Trustworthy Lexical Simplification: Exploring Safety and Efficiency with Small LLMs
Akio Hayakawa, Stefan Bott, Horacio Saggion
Despite their strong performance, large language models (LLMs) face challenges in real-world application of lexical simplification (LS), particularly in privacy-sensitive and resou…