--- title: "David M. Howcroft — author profile and papers · Text generation" description: "David M. Howcroft, University of Aberdeen: 2 papers on Elamur Research (2019–2026), h-index 9 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and who…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/david-m-howcroft/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/david-m-howcroft/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / David M. Howcroft # David M. Howcroft David M. Howcroft has 2 papers in our library, in 2019–2026, most of them on [Text generation](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/text-generation/); often with [Ondřej Dušek](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/ondrej-dusek/), [Verena Rieser](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/verena-rieser/). 2 papers in our library · 2019–2026 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5030434762) · [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0810-9065) · [**h-index 9**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5030434762) · [55 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5030434762) · [409 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5030434762&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 2 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/david-m-howcroft/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 233 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/david-m-howcroft/cited-by/) · [3 more in our library without a page yet](#also) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #6024](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/61/#star-6024) 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+M.+Howcroft) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=David+M.+Howcroft) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=David+M.+Howcroft) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=David+M.+Howcroft) ## Affiliations [🎓**University of Aberdeen** Aberdeen · United Kingdom 2024–2026 · 3 papersEmployment since 2024 · Advanced Research Fellow, Department of Computing Science*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-aberdeen/) · [🎓**Edinburgh Napier University** Edinburgh · United Kingdom 2021–2024 · 10 papersEmployment 2021–2024 · Research Fellow, School of Computing](https://ror.org/03zjvnn91) · [🎓**Saarland University** Saarbrücken · Germany 2015–2021 · 7 papersEducation 2016–2021 · PhD, Language Science and Technology](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/saarland-university/) · [🎓**Heriot-Watt University** Edinburgh · United Kingdom 2019–2021 · 6 papersEmployment 2019–2021 · Research Associate, Mathematical and Computer Sciences](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/heriot-watt-university/) · [🎓**The Ohio State University** Columbus · United States 2013–2015 · 2 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/the-ohio-state-university/) 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 4 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/) 🧭 Topics 1 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[Text generation · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/text-generation/) ## Works by year ### 2020s [**2026** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/david-m-howcroft/year/2026/) ### 2010s [**2019** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/david-m-howcroft/year/2019/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[Semantic Noise Matters for Neural Natural Language Generation](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/dusek-2019-semantic-noise-matters-neural-natural/)** *(2019 · 164 citations)* Neural generators that turn meaning representations (MRs) into text often produce output that does not match their input. 2. **[RAG as a collapsed NLG pipeline](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/sivaprasad-2026-rag-as-collapsed-nlg-pipeline/)** *(2026)* The paper asks how Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) relates to the three-stage data-to-text architecture of Reiter and Dale (1997): document planning, microplanning and surface realisation. ## 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. **[Twenty Years of Confusion in Human Evaluation: NLG Needs Evaluation Sheets and Standardised Definitions ↗](https://aclanthology.org/2020.inlg-1.23/) Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Natural Language Generation · no summary yet**David M. Howcroft et al.*2020 · 277 citations* 2. **[Semantic Noise Matters for Neural Natural Language Generation](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/dusek-2019-semantic-noise-matters-neural-natural/) [International Natural Language Generation Conference (INLG)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/inlg/)**Ondřej Dušek, David M. Howcroft, Verena Rieser*2019 · 164 citations* 3. **[G-TUNA: a corpus of referring expressions in German, including duration information ↗](https://aclanthology.org/W17-3522/) Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Natural Language Generation · no summary yet**David Howcroft, Jorrig Vogels, Vera Demberg*2017 · 8 citations* 4. **[Toward Bayesian Synchronous Tree Substitution Grammars for Sentence Planning ↗](https://aclanthology.org/W18-6546/) Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Natural Language Generation · no summary yet**David M. Howcroft, Dietrich Klakow, Vera Demberg*2018 · 3 citations* 5. **[RAG as a collapsed NLG pipeline](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/sivaprasad-2026-rag-as-collapsed-nlg-pipeline/) [Symposium on Natural Language Generation Evaluations](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/retroeval/)**Adarsa Sivaprasad, Barkavi Sundararajan, David M. Howcroft*2026* ## Co-authors here 2 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first. - [Ondřej Dušek](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/ondrej-dusek/) - [Verena Rieser](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/verena-rieser/) ## Venues Where their works here were published, the most works first, with the editions of those that have a page. - Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Natural Language Generation ×3 - [International Natural Language Generation Conference (INLG)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/inlg/): [INLG 2019](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/inlg/2019/) - [Symposium on Natural Language Generation Evaluations](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/retroeval/): [Symposium on Natural Language Generation Evaluations 2026](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/retroeval/2026/) ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 233 times (of the 149,439 papers whose bibliographies we read); [31 citing papers with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/david-m-howcroft/cited-by/). Updated 1 November 2026