Details
Name
Purificação SilvanoRole
ResearcherSince
01st February 2025
Nationality
PortugalCentre
Artificial Intelligence and Decision SupportContacts
+351222094057
purificacao.silvano@inesctec.pt
2026
Authors
Silva, R; Evans, JP; Isidro, J; Marques, M; Fonseca, A; Morais, R; Canavilhas, J; Pasquali, A; Silvano, P; Jorge, A; Guimarães, N; Nunes, S; Campos, R;
Publication
ECIR (4)
Abstract
City council minutes are typically lengthy and formal documents with a bureaucratic writing style. Although publicly available, their structure often makes it difficult for citizens or journalists to efficiently find information. In this demo, we present CitiLink, a platform designed to transform unstructured municipal meeting minutes into structured and searchable data, demonstrating how NLP and IR can enhance the accessibility and transparency of local government. The system employs LLMs to extract metadata, discussed subjects, and voting outcomes, which are then indexed in a database to support full-text search with BM25 ranking and faceted filtering through a user-friendly interface. The developed system was built over a collection of 120 min made available by six Portuguese municipalities. To assess its usability, CitiLink was tested through guided sessions with municipal personnel, providing insights into how real users interact with the system. In addition, we evaluated Gemini’s performance in extracting relevant information from the minutes, highlighting its performance in data extraction. © The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2026.
2026
Authors
Evans, JP; Cunha, LF; Silvano, P; Jorge, A; Guimarães, N; Nunes, S; Campos, R;
Publication
CoRR
Abstract
2026
Authors
Isidro, J; Cunha, LF; Silvano, P; Jorge, A; Guimarães, N; Nunes, S; Campos, R;
Publication
CoRR
Abstract
2025
Authors
Pacheco, AF; Guimarães, N; Torres, A; Silvano, P; Almeida, I;
Publication
Revista da Associação Portuguesa de Linguística
Abstract
2025
Authors
Muratov, A; Shaikh, HF; Jani, V; Mahmoud, T; Xie, Z; Orel, D; Singh, A; Wang, Y; Joshi, A; Iqbal, H; Hee, MS; Sahnan, D; Nikolaidis, N; Silvano, P; Dimitrov, D; Yangarber, R; Campos, R; Jorge, A; Guimarães, N; Sartori, E; Stefanovitch, N; San Martino, GD; Piskorski, J; Nakov, P;
Publication
CoRR
Abstract
The access to the final selection minute is only available to applicants.
Please check the confirmation e-mail of your application to obtain the access code.