--- title: "Ashraf Tantawy — author profile and papers — Elamur Research" description: "Ashraf Tantawy, Birmingham City University: 2 papers on Elamur Research (2022–2024), h-index 9 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and who…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/ashraf-tantawy/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/ashraf-tantawy/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Ashraf Tantawy # Ashraf Tantawy Ashraf Tantawy has 2 papers in our library, in 2022–2024, most of them on [Machine translation](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/machine-translation/), [Semitic languages](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/semitic-languages/), [Sentiment & emotion](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/sentiment-emotion/); often with [Constantin Orăsan](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/constantin-orasan/), [Hadeel Saadany](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/hadeel-saadany/), [Emad Mohamed](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/emad-mohamed/). 2 papers in our library · 2022–2024 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5111729963) · [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0958-1633) · [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q102994783) · [**h-index 9**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5111729963) · [46 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5111729963) · [365 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5111729963&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 2 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/ashraf-tantawy/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 4 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/ashraf-tantawy/cited-by/) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #11150](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/112/#star-11150) 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=Ashraf+Tantawy) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Ashraf+Tantawy) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Ashraf+Tantawy) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Ashraf+Tantawy) ## Affiliations [🎓**De Montfort University** Leicester · United Kingdom 2021–2024 · 15 papersEmployment since 2021*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/de-montfort-university/) · [🎓**Birmingham City University** Birmingham · United Kingdom 2024 · 1 paper*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/birmingham-city-university/) · [🎓**University of Surrey** Guildford · United Kingdom 2024 · 1 paper*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-surrey/) · [🎓**Vanderbilt University** Nashville · United States 2008–2012 · 12 papersEducation](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/vanderbilt-university/) · [🎓**Virginia Commonwealth University** Richmond · United States 2018–2021 · 11 papersEmployment 2018–2021](https://ror.org/02nkdxk79) · [🏥**Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center** Richmond · United States 2019–2021 · 4 papers](https://ror.org/057xmsr27) 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 4 The field of science this work belongs to (OpenAlex fields).[Artificial Intelligence · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/artificial-intelligence/) · [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/) 🧭 Topics 4 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[Machine translation · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/machine-translation/) · [Semitic languages · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/semitic-languages/) · [Sentiment & emotion · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/sentiment-emotion/) · [Evaluation & benchmarks · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/evaluation-benchmarks/) ## Works by year ### 2020s [**2024** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/ashraf-tantawy/year/2024/) · [**2022** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/ashraf-tantawy/year/2022/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[A Semi-supervised Approach for a Better Translation of Sentiment in Dialectical Arabic UGT](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/saadany-2022-semi-supervised-approach-better-translation/)** *(2022 · 7 citations)* Machine translation of Arabic user-generated text (UGT), such as tweets and reviews, often flips sentiment. 2. **[Cyber Risks of Machine Translation Critical Errors : Arabic Mental Health Tweets as a Case Study](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/saadany-2024-cyber-risks-machine-translation-critical/)** *(2024 · 3 citations)* Free neural MT tools often produce fluent output that is quietly wrong. Neither readers who don't know the source language nor standard quality metrics tend to notice. The authors study this risk for Arabic tweets about mental health. Here a mistranslation can hide signs of depression or suicidal thinking from a… ## Co-authors here 3 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first. - [Constantin Orăsan](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/constantin-orasan/) ×2 - [Hadeel Saadany](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/hadeel-saadany/) ×2 - [Emad Mohamed](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/emad-mohamed/) ## Venues Where their works here were published, the most works first, with the editions of those that have a page. - [Arabic Natural Language Processing Workshop (WANLP)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/wanlp/): [WANLP 2022](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/wanlp/2022/) ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 4 times (of the 149,439 papers whose bibliographies we read); [1 citing paper with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/ashraf-tantawy/cited-by/). Updated 31 October 2026