--- title: "Dana Angluin · Yale University — author profile and papers" description: "Dana Angluin, Yale University: 2 papers on Elamur Research (2022–2026), h-index 40 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and who cites them in…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/dana-angluin/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/dana-angluin/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Dana Angluin # Dana Angluin Dana Angluin has 2 papers in our library, in 2022–2026; often with [David Chiang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/david-chiang/), [Robert Frank](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/robert-frank/). 2 papers in our library · 2022–2026 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5022630792) · [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6907-2999) · [**h-index 40**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5022630792) · [174 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5022630792) · [14,138 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5022630792&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 2 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/dana-angluin/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 38 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/dana-angluin/cited-by/) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #7408](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/75/#star-7408) 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=Dana+Angluin) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Dana+Angluin) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Dana+Angluin) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Dana+Angluin) ## Affiliations [🎓**Yale University** New Haven · United States 1981–2026 · 109 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/yale-university/) · [🎓**University of California, Santa Barbara** Santa Barbara · United States 1979–1980 · 5 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-california-santa-barbara/) · [🎓**University of Edinburgh** Edinburgh · United Kingdom 1977–1980 · 4 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-edinburgh/) · [🎓**Ben-Gurion University of the Negev** Beersheba · Israel 2018–2024 · 2 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/ben-gurion-university-of-the-negev/) · [🎓**University of California, Berkeley** Berkeley · United States 1976–2013 · 2 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-california-berkeley/) From the bylines of their papers (OpenAlex, 2026-10-14), ORCID and Wikidata; institutions on papers are matched by machine. 3 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).[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/) · [Computational Theory and Mathematics · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/computational-theory-and-mathematics/) · [Arts and Humanities · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/) · [Language and Linguistics · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/language-and-linguistics/) ## Works by year ### 2020s [**2026** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/dana-angluin/year/2026/) · [**2022** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/dana-angluin/year/2022/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[Formal Language Recognition by Hard Attention Transformers: Perspectives from Circuit Complexity](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/hao-2022-formal-language-recognition-hard-attention/)** *(2022 · 62 citations)* This theoretical paper asks which formal languages Transformer encoders can accept when self-attention is idealized as hard attention, where each head looks only at the highest-scoring position or positions. 2. **[Simulating Hard Attention Using Soft Attention](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/yang-2026-simulating-hard-attention-soft-attention/)** *(2026 · 4 citations)* Theoretical analyses of transformers often assume hard attention, which puts all weight on the top-scoring position (unique-hard, UHAT) or spreads it evenly over all tied top positions (average-hard, AHAT). ## Co-authors here 2 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first. - [David Chiang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/david-chiang/) - [Robert Frank](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/robert-frank/) ## Venues Where their works here were published, the most works first, with the editions of those that have a page. - [Transactions of the Association for Computational Linguistics (TACL)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/tacl/) ×2: [Transactions of the Association for Computational Linguistics (TACL) 2026](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/tacl/2026/), [Transactions of the Association for Computational Linguistics (TACL) 2022](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/tacl/2022/) ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 38 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/dana-angluin/cited-by/). Updated 31 October 2026