--- title: "Congbo Ma — author profile and papers · Semitic languages" description: "Congbo Ma, New York University Abu Dhabi: 2 papers on Elamur Research (2026), h-index 1 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and who cites…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/congbo-ma/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/congbo-ma/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Congbo Ma # Congbo Ma Congbo Ma has 2 papers in our library, in 2026, most of them on [Semitic languages](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/semitic-languages/), [Multilingual & cross-lingual NLP](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/multilingual-nlp/), [Evaluation & benchmarks](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/evaluation-benchmarks/); often with [Chaimae Abouzahir](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/chaimae-abouzahir/), [Farah E. Shamout](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/farah-e-shamout/), [Nizar Habash](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/nizar-habash/). 2 papers in our library · 2026 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5144387613) · [**h-index 1**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5144387613) · [3 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5144387613) · [3 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5144387613&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 2 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/congbo-ma/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 1 time in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/congbo-ma/cited-by/) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #11466](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/115/#star-11466) 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=Congbo+Ma) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Congbo+Ma) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Congbo+Ma) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Congbo+Ma) ## Affiliations [🎓**New York University Abu Dhabi** Abu Dhabi · United Arab Emirates 2026 · 3 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/new-york-university-abu-dhabi/) 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).[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/) · [Health Informatics · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/medicine/health-informatics/) · [Medicine · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/medicine/) 🧭 Topics 4 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[Semitic languages · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/semitic-languages/) · [Evaluation & benchmarks · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/evaluation-benchmarks/) · [Multilingual & cross-lingual NLP · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/multilingual-nlp/) · [English · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/english/) ## Works by year ### 2020s [**2026** 2 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/congbo-ma/year/2026/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[Cross-Lingual Empirical Evaluation of Large Language Models for Arabic Medical Tasks](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/abouzahir-2026-cross-lingual-empirical-evaluation-large/)** *(2026 · 1 citation)* The paper investigates why large language models do worse on Arabic medical questions than on English ones. 2. **[Bridging the English-Arabic Medical Knowledge Gap: Targeted Low-Rank Adaptation via Causal Layer Selection](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/abouzahir-2026-bridging-english-arabic-medical-knowledge/)** *(2026)* LLMs handle English medical questions much better than Arabic ones, and this is usually blamed on scarce Arabic training data. ## Co-authors here 6 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first. - [Chaimae Abouzahir](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/chaimae-abouzahir/) ×2 - [Farah E. Shamout](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/farah-e-shamout/) ×2 - [Nizar Habash](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/nizar-habash/) ×2 - [Jihad Mallat](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/jihad-mallat/) - [Khaled Saleh](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/khaled-saleh/) - [Walid Al-Eisawi](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/walid-al-eisawi/) ## Venues Where their works here were published, the most works first, with the editions of those that have a page. - [Workshop on Linguistic Analysis for Health](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/healing/): [Workshop on Linguistic Analysis for Health 2026](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/healing/2026/) ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 1 time (of the 149,439 papers whose bibliographies we read); [1 citing paper with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/congbo-ma/cited-by/). Updated 31 October 2026