--- title: "Alexander Scarlatos — author profile and papers in our library" description: "Alexander Scarlatos, University of Massachusetts Amherst: 2 papers on Elamur Research (2024–2025), h-index 7 — affiliations, topics…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/alexander-scarlatos/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/alexander-scarlatos/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Alexander Scarlatos # Alexander Scarlatos Alexander Scarlatos has 2 papers in our library, in 2024–2025, most of them on [Dialogue systems](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/dialogue-systems/); often with [Andrew Lan](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/andrew-lan/), [Naiming Liu](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/naiming-liu/), [Richard Baraniuk](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/richard-baraniuk/). 2 papers in our library · 2024–2025 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5008589669) · [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6419-5909) · [**h-index 7**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5008589669) · [46 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5008589669) · [179 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5008589669&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 2 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/alexander-scarlatos/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 33 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/alexander-scarlatos/cited-by/) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #8747](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/88/#star-8747) 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=Alexander+Scarlatos) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Alexander+Scarlatos) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Alexander+Scarlatos) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Alexander+Scarlatos) ## Affiliations [🎓**University of Massachusetts Amherst** Amherst Center · United States 2022–2026 · 34 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-massachusetts-amherst/) From the bylines of their papers (OpenAlex, 2026-10-14), ORCID and Wikidata; institutions on papers are matched by machine. ## Fields, topics and concepts Of its works in our library, with the number of works on each. 📚 Shelves 6 The field of science this work belongs to (OpenAlex fields).[Computer Science · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/) · [Artificial Intelligence · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/artificial-intelligence/) · [Information Systems · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/information-systems/) · [Medicine · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/medicine/) · [Computer Science Applications · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/computer-science-applications/) · [Health Informatics · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/medicine/health-informatics/) 🧭 Topics 1 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[Dialogue systems · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/dialogue-systems/) ## Works by year ### 2020s [**2025** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/alexander-scarlatos/year/2025/) · [**2024** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/alexander-scarlatos/year/2024/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[Improving the Validity of Automatically Generated Feedback via Reinforcement Learning](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/scarlatos-2024-improving-validity-automatically-generated-feedback/)** *(2024 · 47 citations)* LLM-written feedback on students' wrong answers in math must be mathematically sound and must also follow good tutoring practice. 2. **[Training LLM-Based Tutors to Improve Student Learning Outcomes in Dialogues](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/scarlatos-2025-training-llm-based-tutors-improve/)** *(2025 · 38 citations)* LLM tutors are usually built by prompting or fine-tuning models to imitate good teaching practice. They are rarely optimized for whether students actually learn. The authors propose training a small open-source model, Llama 3.1 8B, to produce tutor turns that make a correct student reply more likely while still… ## Co-authors here 4 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first. - [Andrew Lan](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/andrew-lan/) ×2 - [Naiming Liu](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/naiming-liu/) - [Richard Baraniuk](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/richard-baraniuk/) - [Simon Woodhead](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/simon-woodhead/) ## Venues Where their works here were published, the most works first, with the editions of those that have a page. - [Lecture notes in computer science](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/lecture-notes-in-computer-science/) ×2: [Lecture notes in computer science 2025](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/lecture-notes-in-computer-science/2025/), [Lecture notes in computer science 2024](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/lecture-notes-in-computer-science/2024/) ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 33 times (of the 149,439 papers whose bibliographies we read); [12 citing papers with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/alexander-scarlatos/cited-by/). Updated 3 November 2026