--- title: "Candace L. Sidner — author profile and papers in our library" description: "Candace L. Sidner, Worcester Polytechnic Institute: 2 papers on Elamur Research (1981–1986), h-index 38 — affiliations, topics, co-authors…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/candace-l-sidner/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/candace-l-sidner/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Candace L. Sidner # Candace L. Sidner Candace L. Sidner has 2 papers in our library, in 1981–1986, most of them on [Discourse analysis](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/discourse-analysis/); often with [Barbara J. Grosz](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/barbara-j-grosz/). 2 papers in our library · 1981–1986 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5109401695) · [**h-index 38**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5109401695) · [178 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5109401695) · [9,964 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5109401695&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 2 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/candace-l-sidner/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 380 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/candace-l-sidner/cited-by/) · [3 more in our library without a page yet](#also) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #1049](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/11/#star-1049) 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=Candace+L.+Sidner) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Candace+L.+Sidner) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Candace+L.+Sidner) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Candace+L.+Sidner) ## Affiliations [🎓**Worcester Polytechnic Institute** Worcester · United States 2010–2019 · 33 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/worcester-polytechnic-institute/) · [🏢**Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories** Cambridge · United States 2001–2006 · 28 papers](https://ror.org/00e2e3n51) · [🏢**BAE Systems** Arlington · United States 2007–2009 · 6 papers](https://ror.org/02fctgp09) · [🏢**Mitsubishi Electric** Cypress · United States 2003–2006 · 6 papers](https://ror.org/053jnhe44) · [🎓**Massachusetts Institute of Technology** Cambridge · United States 1978–2008 · 4 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/massachusetts-institute-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 5 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/) · [Artificial Intelligence · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/artificial-intelligence/) · [Language and Linguistics · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/language-and-linguistics/) · [Philosophy · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/philosophy/) 🧭 Topics 1 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[Discourse analysis · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/discourse-analysis/) ## Works by year ### 1980s [**1986** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/candace-l-sidner/year/1986/) · [**1981** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/candace-l-sidner/year/1981/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[Attention, Intentions, and the Structure of Discourse](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/grosz-1986-attention-intentions-structure-discourse/)** *(1986 · 2,929 citations)* Grosz and Sidner propose a computational theory of how discourse is organized. It addresses two questions: what makes a stretch of utterances one discourse, and what makes it coherent. Their answer splits discourse structure into three interacting parts: 2. **[Focusing for Interpretation of Pronouns](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/sidner-1981-focusing-interpretation-pronouns/)** *(1981 · 127 citations)* Sidner addresses how a listener or a program works out what a pronoun stands for. She argues that the classic notion of an "antecedent" is flawed. Words do not point to other words, and a pronoun may denote something no earlier phrase literally names. Her example is "they" denoting Harley 1200 bikes as a class after… ## All works 5 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. **[Attention, Intentions, and the Structure of Discourse](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/grosz-1986-attention-intentions-structure-discourse/) [Computational Linguistics](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/cl/)**Barbara J. Grosz, Candace L. Sidner*1986 · 2,929 citations* 2. **[Contextual recognition of head gestures ↗](https://doi.org/10.1145/1088463.1088470) International Conference on Multimodal Interfaces · no summary yet**Louis‐Philippe Morency et al.*2005 · 132 citations* 3. **[Focusing for Interpretation of Pronouns](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/sidner-1981-focusing-interpretation-pronouns/) [Computational Linguistics](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/cl/)**Candace L. Sidner*1981 · 127 citations* 4. **[Nodding in conversations with a robot ↗](https://doi.org/10.1145/985921.985935) CHI Conference Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI EA) · no summary yet**Christopher William Lee et al.*2004 · 18 citations* 5. **[Towards Context-Based Visual Feedback Recognition for Embodied Agents ↗](https://openalex.org/W2104146451) no summary yet**Louis‐Philippe Morency, Candace L. Sidner, Trevor Jackson Darrell*2005 · 5 citations* ## Co-authors here 1 co-author with a page, the most papers together first. - [Barbara J. Grosz](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/barbara-j-grosz/) ## 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/) ×2: [Computational Linguistics 1986](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/cl/1986/), [Computational Linguistics 1981](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/cl/1981/) - CHI Conference Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI EA) - International Conference on Multimodal Interfaces ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 380 times (of the 149,439 papers whose bibliographies we read); [77 citing papers with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/candace-l-sidner/cited-by/). Updated 30 October 2026