--- title: "Branislav Pecher — author profile and papers in our library" description: "Branislav Pecher, Kempelen Institute of Intelligent Technologies: 3 papers on Elamur Research (2025–2026), h-index 7 — affiliations, topics…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/branislav-pecher/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/branislav-pecher/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Branislav Pecher # Branislav Pecher Branislav Pecher has 3 papers in our library, in 2025–2026, most of them on [Language models & pretraining](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/language-models/), [Multilingual & cross-lingual NLP](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/multilingual-nlp/), [Low-resource languages](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/low-resource-languages/); often with [Ivan Srba](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/ivan-srba/), [Maria Bielikova](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/maria-bielikova/), [Jakub Simko](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/jakub-simko/). 3 papers in our library · 2025–2026 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5078389036) · [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0344-8620) · [**h-index 7**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5078389036) · [35 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5078389036) · [208 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5078389036&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 3 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/branislav-pecher/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 20 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/branislav-pecher/cited-by/) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #8094](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/81/#star-8094) 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=Branislav+Pecher) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Branislav+Pecher) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Branislav+Pecher) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Branislav+Pecher) ## Affiliations [🤝**Kempelen Institute of Intelligent Technologies** Bratislava · Slovakia 2020–2026 · 26 papersEmployment since 2020*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/ngos/kempelen-institute-of-intelligent-technologies/) · [🎓**Brno University of Technology** Brno · Czechia 2022–2026 · 11 papersEmployment*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/brno-university-of-technology/) From the bylines of their papers (OpenAlex, 2026-10-14), ORCID and Wikidata; institutions on papers are matched by machine. 2 more institutions 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 · 3 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/artificial-intelligence/) · [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/) · [Language and Linguistics · 3 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/language-and-linguistics/) 🧭 Topics 3 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[Language models & pretraining · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/language-models/) · [Low-resource languages · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/low-resource-languages/) · [Multilingual & cross-lingual NLP · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/multilingual-nlp/) ## Works by year ### 2020s [**2026** 2 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/branislav-pecher/year/2026/) · [**2025** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/branislav-pecher/year/2025/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[Comparing Specialised Small and General Large Language Models on Text Classification: 100 Labelled Samples to Achieve Break-Even Performance](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/pecher-2025-comparing-specialised-small-general-large/)** *(2025 · 24 citations)* The paper asks how much labelled data a small, task-specialised language model needs before it beats a large general-purpose model used without parameter updates. 2. **[Automatic Combination of Sample Selection Strategies for Few-Shot Learning](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/pecher-2026-automatic-combination-sample-selection-strategies/)** *(2026 · 15 citations)* Picking which labelled examples to use strongly affects few-shot performance. Methods for large language models tend to rely on selectors built for specific in-context learning setups and overlook classic strategies from supervised learning, such as active learning and core-set methods. The authors propose ACSESS… 3. **[Better as Generators Than Classifiers: Leveraging LLMs and Synthetic Data for Low-Resource Multilingual Classification](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/pecher-2026-better-as-generators-than-classifiers/)** *(2026 · 1 citation)* The paper asks whether a large multilingual LLM is more useful for low-resource classification as a classifier or as a source of training data for smaller models. ## Co-authors here 5 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first. - [Ivan Srba](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/ivan-srba/) ×3 - [Maria Bielikova](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/maria-bielikova/) ×3 - [Jakub Simko](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/jakub-simko/) - [Jan Cegin](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/jan-cegin/) - [Joaquin Vanschoren](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/joaquin-vanschoren/) ## 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/) ×2: [Findings of the Association for Computational Linguistics 2026](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/findings/2026/) ×2 - [Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing (EMNLP)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/emnlp/): [EMNLP 2025](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/emnlp/2025/) ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 20 times (of the 149,439 papers whose bibliographies we read); [4 citing papers with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/branislav-pecher/cited-by/). Updated 1 November 2026