Automatic Summarisation of Zambian Legislative Documents | 2022/23 ICT 4014 Capstone Projects

Project Title
Automatic Summarisation of Zambian Legislative Documents
Project Description
The objective of this study was to examine the obstacles individuals face when attempting to
comprehend legislative documents, specifically acts of parliament. In addition, our aim was
to devise and assess a model capable of generating concise summaries of these extensive
documents. The National Assembly of Zambia is steadfast in its commitment to enhancing
public perception and understanding of their institution by ensuring transparency and
facilitating accessibility to parliamentary proceedings. This effort is supported by the
strengthening of ICT platforms to encourage public engagement. However, comprehending
the legislation made available through entities like the Zambia Legal Information Institute
(ZambiaLII) proves challenging due to the extensive size of the documents and the intricate
vocabulary employed. Acknowledging the potential of Language Processing (NLP)
techniques and enhanced accessibility, this study endeavours to tackle this challenge by
developing software tools that automate the summarization of legislative documents, with a
specific focus on Acts of parliament. Our approach entails harnessing text mining and
designing user-friendly tools to effectively achieve this objective.
Project Team
E. SINYANGWE · C. NACHIBINGA · M. KAMBUNJI · E. PHIRI
Supervisor
L. PHIRI, PhD [3, 4]
Presentation Video Timeline
00:00:00 Project Team
00:00:28 Outline
00:00:39 Introduction
00:01:23 Project Description
00:01:50 Problem Statement
00:03:24 Related Work
00:04:10 Proposed Solution
00:04:35 Procedures and Methods
00:05:30 Implementation
00:05:42 System Evaluation
00:06:16 Results and Discussion
00:08:57 Conclusions and Recommendations
00:09:34 Demonstration
About ICT 4014
ICT 4014: Project in Information and Communication Technologies [1] is a fourth-year course for the Bachelor of Information and Communication Technologies With Education (B.ICTs Ed.) programme, at The University of Zambia [2]. The course provides an introduction to the production of high-quality software solutions to large tasks.
ICT 4014 Learning Outcomes
* Write a research proposal
* Conduct data collection
* Analyse data collected
* Write a research project report
* Disseminate research findings
[1] moodle.unza.zm/course/edit.ph...
[2] www.unza.zm
[3] lightonphiri.org
[4] datalab.unza.zm/people/lighto...