Scholar
Pierre Lison
Google Scholar ID: LcLqSYIAAAAJ
Chief Research Scientist, Norsk Regnesentral
Citations & Impact
Citations
2,151
H-index
18
i10-index
28
Publications
20
Co-authors
81
list available
Publications
Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
- Published papers: Text Anonymization Benchmark (TAB) dataset; released Python library skweak to facilitate weak supervision in NLP tasks; authored a book on AI titled 'Dis, c'est quoi l'intelligence artificielle'; recruited two PhD students working on automated text anonymization and graph-based dialogue state tracking respectively.
Research Experience
- Chief Research Scientist at Norsk Regnesentral (Norwegian Computing Center); part-time Associate Professor at the Language Technology Group, University of Oslo. Involved in multiple research projects such as CLEANUP (new, data-driven methods for removing personal information from text data), GraphDial (dialogue management using knowledge graphs), SAFERS (speech analytics for emergency response services), DialMT (dialogue modeling for machine translation), Oslo Analytics, and CyberRisk (cyber-threat intelligence and risk management). Since 2025, an Associate Editor of Dialogue & Discourse.
Background
- Main research interests lie in natural language processing (language technology) and machine learning, specifically the development of Large Language Models (LLMs) and their use across various applications. Previous work includes human-robot interaction, conversational interfaces, data privacy, and neural machine translation.
Miscellany
- Former member of the Young Academy of Norway; collaborating with the National Library of Norway and Universities of Oslo and Tromsø on the WebData project, aimed at developing infrastructure for accessing extensive archives of the 'Norwegian web' crawled by the National Library since the 1990s.
