--- title: "Lay-Ki Soon — author profile and papers — Elamur Research" description: "Lay-Ki Soon, Monash University Malaysia: 3 papers on Elamur Research (2023–2026), h-index 12 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and who…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/lay-ki-soon/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/lay-ki-soon/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Lay-Ki Soon # Lay-Ki Soon Lay-Ki Soon has 3 papers in our library, in 2023–2026, most of them on [Named entity recognition](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/named-entity-recognition/), [Information extraction](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/information-extraction/), [English](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/english/); often with [Bhawani Selvaretnam](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/bhawani-selvaretnam/), [Huey Fang Ong](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/huey-fang-ong/), [Mohan Raj Chanthran](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/mohan-raj-chanthran/). 3 papers in our library · 2023–2026 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5069570912) · [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8072-242X) · [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q130851930) · [**h-index 12**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5069570912) · [115 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5069570912) · [522 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5069570912&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 3 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/lay-ki-soon/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 24 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/lay-ki-soon/cited-by/) · [3 more in our library without a page yet](#also) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #11766](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/118/#star-11766) The profile is the library's match of the name; two people with one name are not always told apart. Elsewhere: [Google Scholar](https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=search_authors&mauthors=Lay-Ki+Soon) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Lay-Ki+Soon) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Lay-Ki+Soon) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Lay-Ki+Soon) ## Affiliations [🎓**Monash University Malaysia** Subang Jaya · Malaysia 2018–2026 · 48 papersEmployment since 2018 · Associate Head of School (Graduate Research), School of Information TechnologyEmployment 2018–2024 · Senior Lecturer, School of ITEmployment since 2024 · Associate Professor, School of Information Technology*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/monash-university-malaysia/) · [🎓**Monash University** Melbourne · Australia 2021–2026 · 9 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/monash-university/) · [🎓**Multimedia University** Malacca · Malaysia 2010–2019 · 46 papers](https://ror.org/04zrbnc33) · [🎓**Soongsil University** Seoul · South Korea 2007–2010 · 5 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/soongsil-university/) 🏛️**Universiti Multimedia - Kampus Cyberjaya** Cyberjaya · [Malaysia](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/countries/malaysia/) 2003–2018Employment 2003–2018 · Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Computing and Informatics 🏛️**Soongsil Unviversity** Seoul · [South Korea](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/countries/south-korea/) 2006–2009Education 2006–2009 · PhD in Engineering (Web Engineering), School of Computing From the bylines of their papers (OpenAlex, 2026-10-14), ORCID and Wikidata; institutions on papers are matched by machine. 1 more institution on single bylines are not listed. ## Fields, topics and concepts Of its works in our library, with the number of works on each. 📚 Shelves 9 The field of science this work belongs to (OpenAlex fields).[Arts and Humanities · 3 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/) · [Computer Science · 3 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/) · [Artificial Intelligence · 3 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/artificial-intelligence/) · [Language and Linguistics · 3 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/language-and-linguistics/) · [Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/biochemistry-genetics-and-molecular-biology/) · [Molecular Biology · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/biochemistry-genetics-and-molecular-biology/molecular-biology/) · [Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/computer-vision-and-pattern-recognition/) · [Experimental and Cognitive Psychology · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/psychology/experimental-and-cognitive-psychology/) · [Psychology · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/psychology/) 🧭 Topics 5 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[English · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/english/) · [Information extraction · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/information-extraction/) · [Named entity recognition · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/named-entity-recognition/) · [Evaluation & benchmarks · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/evaluation-benchmarks/) · [Sentiment & emotion · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/sentiment-emotion/) ## Works by year ### 2020s [**2026** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/lay-ki-soon/year/2026/) · [**2024** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/lay-ki-soon/year/2024/) · [**2023** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/lay-ki-soon/year/2023/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[Malaysian English News Decoded: A Linguistic Resource for Named Entity and Relation Extraction](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/chanthran-2024-malaysian-english-news-decoded-linguistic/)** *(2024 · 3 citations)* Malaysian English (ME) is a local variety of English shaped by Malay, Chinese and Tamil. It contains borrowed words, mixed-language compounds and locally derived forms that confuse NER systems trained on Standard English. The authors first tested spaCy, Flair, Stanza and Malaya, all using OntoNotes 5.0-trained… 2. **[How well ChatGPT understand Malaysian English? An Evaluation on Named Entity Recognition and Relation Extraction](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/chanthran-2023-how-well-chatgpt-understand-malaysian/)** *(2023 · 2 citations)* The paper asks whether ChatGPT can extract named entities and relations from Malaysian English, a variety shaped by Bahasa Malaysia, Chinese and Tamil. 3. **[Who You Are, What You Say: Intra- and Inter- Context Personality for Emotion Recognition in Conversation](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/rakib-2026-who-you-are-what-you/)** *(2026)* Emotion recognition in conversation (ERC) depends on both the dialogue context and who is speaking. Yet most systems merge all prior utterances into one context vector and represent speakers only superficially. The authors introduce PERC, a framework that brings personality into ERC. It first splits the history of a… ## All works 6 works of theirs in our library, the most cited first; 3 with a page here, the others link their original until we summarise them. 1. **[Can ChatGPT Perform Reasoning Using the IRAC Method in Analyzing Legal Scenarios Like a Lawyer? ↗](https://aclanthology.org/2023.findings-emnlp.929/) Findings of the Association for Computational Linguistics: EMNLP 2023 · no summary yet**Xiaoxi Kang et al.*2023 · 23 citations* 2. **[Automating IRAC Analysis in Malaysian Contract Law using a Semi-Structured Knowledge Base ↗](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10506-025-09467-5) arXiv:2406.13217 · Artificial Intelligence and Law (2025) · no summary yet**Xiaoxi Kang et al.*2024 · 12 citations* 3. **[Malaysian English News Decoded: A Linguistic Resource for Named Entity and Relation Extraction](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/chanthran-2024-malaysian-english-news-decoded-linguistic/) [Language Resources and Evaluation Conference (LREC)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/lrec/)**Mohan Raj Chanthran, Lay-Ki Soon, Huey Fang Ong, et al.*2024 · 3 citations* 4. **[How well ChatGPT understand Malaysian English? An Evaluation on Named Entity Recognition and Relation Extraction](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/chanthran-2023-how-well-chatgpt-understand-malaysian/) [Workshop on Generation, Evaluation and Metrics (GEM)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/gem/)**Mohan Raj Chanthran, Lay-Ki Soon, Huey Fang Ong, et al.*2023 · 2 citations* 5. **[Who You Are, What You Say: Intra- and Inter- Context Personality for Emotion Recognition in Conversation](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/rakib-2026-who-you-are-what-you/) [Findings of the Association for Computational Linguistics](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/findings/)**Tazeek Bin Abdur Rakib, Lay-Ki Soon, Wern Han Lim*2026* 6. **[LePREC: Reasoning as Classification over Structured Factors for Assessing Relevance of Legal Issues ↗](https://aclanthology.org/2026.acl-long.350/) Proceedings of the 64th Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics (Volume 1: Long Papers) · no summary yet**Fanyu Wang et al.*2026* ## Co-authors here 3 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first. - [Bhawani Selvaretnam](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/bhawani-selvaretnam/) ×2 - [Huey Fang Ong](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/huey-fang-ong/) ×2 - [Mohan Raj Chanthran](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/mohan-raj-chanthran/) ×2 ## Venues Where their works here were published, the most works first, with the editions of those that have a page. - [Findings of the Association for Computational Linguistics](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/findings/): [Findings of the Association for Computational Linguistics 2026](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/findings/2026/) - [Workshop on Generation, Evaluation and Metrics (GEM)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/gem/): [GEM 2023](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/gem/2023/) - [Language Resources and Evaluation Conference (LREC)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/lrec/): [LREC 2024](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/lrec/2024/) - Findings of the Association for Computational Linguistics: EMNLP 2023 - Proceedings of the 64th Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics (Volume 1: Long Papers) ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 24 times (of the 149,439 papers whose bibliographies we read); [2 citing papers with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/lay-ki-soon/cited-by/). Updated 1 November 2026