--- title: "Amy Isard · Universität Hamburg — author profile and papers" description: "Amy Isard, Universität Hamburg: 2 papers on Elamur Research (1997–2026), h-index 17 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and who cites them…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/amy-isard/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/amy-isard/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Amy Isard # Amy Isard Amy Isard has 2 papers in our library, in 1997–2026, most of them on [Dialogue systems](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/dialogue-systems/); often with [Hope E. Morgan](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/hope-e-morgan/), [Jean Carletta](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/jean-carletta/). 2 papers in our library · 1997–2026 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5077604183) · [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8014-4853) · [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q140350353) · [**h-index 17**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5077604183) · [83 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5077604183) · [1,326 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5077604183&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 2 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/amy-isard/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 85 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/amy-isard/cited-by/) · [1 more in our library without a page yet](#also) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #4336](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/44/#star-4336) 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=Amy+Isard) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Amy+Isard) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Amy+Isard) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Amy+Isard) ## Affiliations [🎓**Universität Hamburg** Hamburg · Germany 2019–2026 · 8 papersEmployment since 2019 · Research Associate / Wissenschafltiche Mitarbeiterin, Hub of Computing and Data Science and Institute of German Sign Language*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/universitat-hamburg/) · [🎓**University of Edinburgh** Edinburgh · United Kingdom 1994–2020 · 27 papersEducation 1994–1995 · MSc in Artifical Intelligence (Knowledge Based Systems), Department of Artificial IntelligenceEmployment 1997–2019 · Researcher, School of Informatics](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-edinburgh/) 🏛️**King's College Cambridge, University of Cambridge** Cambridge · [United Kingdom](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/countries/united-kingdom/) 1988–1992Education 1988–1992 · MA in Modern Languages (French, German and Linguistics), Modern Languages 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 8 The field of science this work belongs to (OpenAlex fields).[Arts and Humanities · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/) · [Computer Science · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/) · [Language and Linguistics · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/language-and-linguistics/) · [Artificial Intelligence · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/artificial-intelligence/) · [Psychology · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/psychology/) · [Developmental and Educational Psychology · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/psychology/developmental-and-educational-psychology/) · [Experimental and Cognitive Psychology · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/psychology/experimental-and-cognitive-psychology/) · [Human-Computer Interaction · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/human-computer-interaction/) 🧭 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 [**2026** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/amy-isard/year/2026/) ### 1990s [**1997** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/amy-isard/year/1997/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[The Reliability of a Dialogue Structure Coding Scheme](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/carletta-1997-reliability-dialogue-structure-coding-scheme/)** *(1997 · 480 citations)* Dialogue research has long relied on isolated examples, and groups annotating large corpora each used task-specific labels. 2. **[Improving phonological distance measures for signs: the CatFormCompare tool](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/morgan-2026-improving-phonological-distance-measures-signs/)** *(2026 · 1 citation)* Sign language phonology lacks a notation precise enough to find minimal pairs automatically. A minimal pair is two signs with different meanings that differ in only one form value. Levenshtein-style edit distances assume sequential segments, but sign features are mostly simultaneous and contrast mainly by… ## All works 3 works of theirs in our library, the most cited first; 2 with a page here, the others link their original until we summarise them. 1. **[The Reliability of a Dialogue Structure Coding Scheme](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/carletta-1997-reliability-dialogue-structure-coding-scheme/) [Computational Linguistics](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/cl/)**Jean Carletta, Amy Isard, Stephen Isard, et al.*1997 · 480 citations* 2. **[The Methodius Corpus of Rhetorical Discourse Structures and Generated Texts ↗](https://aclanthology.org/L16-1273/) Proceedings of the Tenth International Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC'16) · no summary yet**Isard, Amy*2016 · 8 citations* 3. **[Improving phonological distance measures for signs: the CatFormCompare tool](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/morgan-2026-improving-phonological-distance-measures-signs/) [LREC Workshop on the Representation and Processing of Sign Languages: Language in Motion](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/signlang/)**Hope E. Morgan, Amy Isard, Anh Dang*2026 · 1 citation* ## Co-authors here 2 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first. - [Hope E. Morgan](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/hope-e-morgan/) - [Jean Carletta](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/jean-carletta/) ## Venues Where their works here were published, the most works first, with the editions of those that have a page. - [Computational Linguistics](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/cl/): [Computational Linguistics 1997](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/cl/1997/) - [LREC Workshop on the Representation and Processing of Sign Languages: Language in Motion](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/signlang/): [LREC Workshop on the Representation and Processing of Sign Languages: Language in Motion 2026](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/signlang/2026/) - Proceedings of the Tenth International Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC'16) ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 85 times (of the 149,439 papers whose bibliographies we read); [24 citing papers with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/amy-isard/cited-by/). Updated 31 October 2026