--- title: "David Langlois — author profile and papers · Semitic languages" description: "David Langlois: 2 papers on Elamur Research (2017–2025) — affiliations, topics, co-authors and who cites them in our library." canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/david-langlois/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/david-langlois/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / David Langlois # David Langlois David Langlois has 2 papers in our library, in 2017–2025, most of them on [Semitic languages](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/semitic-languages/), [Language models & pretraining](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/language-models/), [Speech & spoken language](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/speech/); often with [Kamel Smaili](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/kamel-smaili/). 2 papers in our library · 2017–2025 No OpenAlex profile matched yet. [📄 2 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/david-langlois/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 3 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/david-langlois/cited-by/) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #8749](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/88/#star-8749) 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+Langlois) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=David+Langlois) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=David+Langlois) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=David+Langlois) ## Fields, topics and concepts Of its works in our library, with the number of works on each. 📚 Shelves 7 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/) · [Psychology · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/psychology/) · [Experimental and Cognitive Psychology · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/psychology/experimental-and-cognitive-psychology/) · [Signal Processing · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/signal-processing/) 🧭 Topics 3 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[Semitic languages · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/semitic-languages/) · [Speech & spoken language · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/speech/) · [Language models & pretraining · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/language-models/) ## Works by year ### 2020s [**2025** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/david-langlois/year/2025/) ### 2010s [**2017** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/david-langlois/year/2017/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[An enhanced automatic speech recognition system for Arabic](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/menacer-2017-enhanced-automatic-speech-recognition-system/)** *(2017 · 24 citations)* Arabic speech recognition is hard for several reasons. The morphology is rich, so many words fall outside the vocabulary. Written text usually omits short vowels, so one written form can have many pronunciations. The hamoza sign is often confused or left out. The authors build a Modern Standard Arabic (MSA)… 2. **[ABDUL: A New Approach to Build Language Models for Dialects Using Formal Language Corpora Only](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/toughrai-2025-abdul-new-approach-build-language/)** *(2025 · 1 citation)* North African Arabic dialects (Moroccan, Algerian, Tunisian) have little training data, no standard orthography, and many loanwords. ## Co-authors here 1 co-author with a page, the most papers together first. - [Kamel Smaili](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/kamel-smaili/) ×2 ## Venues Where their works here were published, the most works first, with the editions of those that have a page. - [Arabic Natural Language Processing Workshop (WANLP)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/wanlp/): [WANLP 2017](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/wanlp/2017/) - Proceedings of the 1st Workshop on Language Models for Underserved Communities (LM4UC 2025) ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 3 times (of the 149,439 papers whose bibliographies we read); [1 citing paper with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/david-langlois/cited-by/). Updated 31 October 2026