--- title: "David Farwell — author profile and papers · Semitic languages" description: "David Farwell, New Mexico State University: 3 papers on Elamur Research (1997–2008), h-index 12 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/david-farwell/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/david-farwell/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / David Farwell # David Farwell David Farwell has 3 papers in our library, in 1997–2008, most of them on [Semitic languages](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/semitic-languages/), [Machine translation](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/machine-translation/); often with [Horacio Rodríguez](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/horacio-rodriguez/), [Musa Alkhalifa](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/musa-alkhalifa/), [Adam Pease](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/adam-pease/). 3 papers in our library · 1997–2008 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5051873108) · [**h-index 12**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5051873108) · [66 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5051873108) · [439 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5051873108&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 3 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/david-farwell/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 60 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/david-farwell/cited-by/) · [8 more in our library without a page yet](#also) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #8071](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/81/#star-8071) 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=David+Farwell) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=David+Farwell) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=David+Farwell) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=David+Farwell) ## Affiliations [🎓**New Mexico State University** Las Cruces · United States 1989–2023 · 23 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/new-mexico-state-university/) · [🎓**Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya** Barcelona · Spain 2004–2013 · 5 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/universitat-politecnica-de-catalunya/) 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/) · [Computer Science · 3 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/) · [Arts and Humanities · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/) · [Language and Linguistics · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/language-and-linguistics/) 🧭 Topics 2 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[Semitic languages · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/semitic-languages/) · [Machine translation · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/machine-translation/) ## Works by year ### 2000s [**2008** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/david-farwell/year/2008/) · [**2006** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/david-farwell/year/2006/) ### 1990s [**1997** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/david-farwell/year/1997/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[Arabic WordNet: Semi-automatic Extensions using Bayesian Inference](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/rodriguez-2008-arabic-wordnet-semi-automatic-extensions/)** *(2008 · 30 citations)* The paper addresses how to grow Arabic WordNet (AWN) without making lexicographers judge every candidate entry by hand. 2. **[Arabic WordNet and the Challenges of Arabic](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/elkateb-2006-arabic-wordnet-challenges-arabic/)** *(2006 · 11 citations)* The paper describes how Arabic WordNet (AWN), a lexical database for Modern Standard Arabic, is being built and what makes Arabic difficult for this kind of resource. 3. **[On representing language-specific information in interlingua](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/farwell-1997-representing-language-specific-information-interlingua/)** *(1997)* This is a position paper arguing that an interlingua should not carry language-specific facts about the source text. ## All works 11 works of theirs in our library, the most cited first; 3 with a page here, the others link their original until we summarise them. 1. **[Integrating Translations from Multiple Sources within the PANGLOSS Mark III Machine Translation System ↗](https://aclanthology.org/1994.amta-1.10/) Proceedings of the First Conference of the Association for Machine Translation in the Americas · no summary yet**Robert Frederking et al.*1994 · 51 citations* 2. **[Arabic WordNet: Semi-automatic Extensions using Bayesian Inference](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/rodriguez-2008-arabic-wordnet-semi-automatic-extensions/) [Language Resources and Evaluation Conference (LREC)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/lrec/)**Horacio Rodríguez, David Farwell, Javi Ferreres, et al.*2008 · 30 citations* 3. **[Interlingual Annotation of Multilingual Text Corpora ↗](https://aclanthology.org/W04-2709/) Proceedings of the Workshop Frontiers in Corpus Annotation at HLT-NAACL 2004 · no summary yet**Stephen Helmreich et al.*2004 · 28 citations* 4. **[ULTRA: A Multi-lingual Machine Translator ↗](https://aclanthology.org/1991.mtsummit-papers.3/) Proceedings of Machine Translation Summit III: Papers · no summary yet**David Farwell, Yorick Wilks*1991 · 25 citations* 5. **[The Automatic Creation of Lexical Entries for a Multilingual MT System ↗](https://aclanthology.org/C92-2081/) COLING 1992 Volume 2: The 14th International Conference on Computational Linguistics · no summary yet**David Farwell, Louise Guthrie, Yorick Wilks*1992 · 21 citations* 6. **[PANGLYZER: Spanish Language Analysis System ↗](https://aclanthology.org/1994.amta-1.8/) Proceedings of the First Conference of the Association for Machine Translation in the Americas · no summary yet**David Farwell et al.*1994 · 13 citations* 7. **[Arabic WordNet and the Challenges of Arabic](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/elkateb-2006-arabic-wordnet-challenges-arabic/) [International Conference on the Challenge of Arabic for NLP/MT](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/bcs/)**Sabri Elkateb, William Black, Piek Vossen, et al.*2006 · 11 citations* 8. **[Pragmatics-based translation and MT evaluation ↗](https://aclanthology.org/2003.mtsummit-eval.3/) Workshop on Systemizing MT Evaluation · no summary yet**David Farwell, Stephen Helmreich*2003 · 6 citations* 9. **[An Interlingual-based Approach to Reference Resolution ↗](https://aclanthology.org/W00-0201/) NAACL-ANLP 2000 Workshop: Applied Interlinguas: Practical Applications of Interlingual Approaches to NLP · no summary yet**Farwell, David*2000 · 3 citations* 10. **[Machine Translation Again? ↗](https://aclanthology.org/H90-1072/) Speech and Natural Language: Proceedings of a Workshop Held at Hidden Valley, Pennsylvania, June 24-27, 1990 · no summary yet**Yorick Wilks et al.*1990 · 1 citation* 11. [**On representing language-specific information in interlingua**David Farwell*Machine translation*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/farwell-1997-representing-language-specific-information-interlingua/) ## Co-authors here 8 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first. - [Horacio Rodríguez](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/horacio-rodriguez/) ×2 - [Musa Alkhalifa](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/musa-alkhalifa/) ×2 - [Adam Pease](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/adam-pease/) - [Christiane Fellbaum](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/christiane-fellbaum/) - [Maria Antònia Martí](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/maria-antonia-marti/) - [Piek Vossen](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/piek-vossen/) - [Sabri Elkateb](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/sabri-elkateb/) - [William Black](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/william-black/) ## Venues Where their works here were published, the most works first, with the editions of those that have a page. - Proceedings of the First Conference of the Association for Machine Translation in the Americas ×2 - [International Conference on the Challenge of Arabic for NLP/MT](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/bcs/): [International Conference on the Challenge of Arabic for NLP/MT 2006](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/bcs/2006/) - [Language Resources and Evaluation Conference (LREC)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/lrec/): [LREC 2008](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/lrec/2008/) - [Machine Translation Summit (MT Summit)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/mtsummit/): [Machine Translation Summit (MT Summit) 1997](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/mtsummit/1997/) - COLING 1992 Volume 2: The 14th International Conference on Computational Linguistics - NAACL-ANLP 2000 Workshop: Applied Interlinguas: Practical Applications of Interlingual Approaches to NLP - Proceedings of Machine Translation Summit III: Papers - Proceedings of the Workshop Frontiers in Corpus Annotation at HLT-NAACL 2004 - Speech and Natural Language: Proceedings of a Workshop Held at Hidden Valley, Pennsylvania, June 24-27, 1990 - Workshop on Systemizing MT Evaluation ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 60 times (of the 149,439 papers whose bibliographies we read); [18 citing papers with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/david-farwell/cited-by/). 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