--- title: "Dipankar Srirag · UNSW Sydney — author profile and papers" description: "Dipankar Srirag, UNSW Sydney: 5 papers on Elamur Research (2024–2026), h-index 2 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and who cites them…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/dipankar-srirag/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/dipankar-srirag/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Dipankar Srirag # Dipankar Srirag Dipankar Srirag has 5 papers in our library, in 2024–2026, most of them on [English](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/english/), [Language models & pretraining](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/language-models/), [Evaluation & benchmarks](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/evaluation-benchmarks/); often with [Aditya Joshi](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/aditya-joshi/), [Diptesh Kanojia](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/diptesh-kanojia/), [Jordan Painter](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/jordan-painter/). 5 papers in our library · 2024–2026 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5097424569) · [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8803-0575) · [**h-index 2**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5097424569) · [24 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5097424569) · [23 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5097424569&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 5 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/dipankar-srirag/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 18 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/dipankar-srirag/cited-by/) · [3 more in our library without a page yet](#also) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #9493](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/95/#star-9493) 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=Dipankar+Srirag) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Dipankar+Srirag) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Dipankar+Srirag) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Dipankar+Srirag) ## Affiliations [🎓**UNSW Sydney** Sydney · Australia 2022–2028 · 20 papersEducation 2022–2024 · Master of Information Technology, Computer Science and EngineeringEducation 2025–2028 · Doctor of Philosophy, School of Computer Science and EngineeringEmployment since 2025 · PhD Candidate, School of Computer Science and Engineering*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/unsw-sydney/) · [🎓**Manipal Academy of Higher Education** Manipal · India 2018–2022 · 1 paperEducation 2018–2022 · Bachelor of Technology in Information Technology, Department of Information and Communication Technology](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/manipal-academy-of-higher-education/) 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 · 5 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/artificial-intelligence/) · [Arts and Humanities · 5 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/) · [Computer Science · 5 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/) · [Language and Linguistics · 5 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/language-and-linguistics/) 🧭 Topics 4 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[Evaluation & benchmarks · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/evaluation-benchmarks/) · [Language models & pretraining · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/language-models/) · [English · 3 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/english/) · [Sentiment & emotion · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/sentiment-emotion/) ## Works by year ### 2020s [**2026** 2 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/dipankar-srirag/year/2026/) · [**2025** 2 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/dipankar-srirag/year/2025/) · [**2024** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/dipankar-srirag/year/2024/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[Evaluating Dialect Robustness of Language Models via Conversation Understanding](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/srirag-2025-evaluating-dialect-robustness-language-models/)** *(2025 · 10 citations)* The paper asks whether LLMs that perform well on English understand conversations equally well when the speakers use Indian English rather than US English. 2. **[Predicting the Target Word of Game-playing Conversations using a Low-Rank Dialect Adapter for Decoder Models](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/srirag-2025-predicting-target-word-game-playing/)** *(2025 · 4 citations)* Earlier dialect adapters, which help language models handle non-mainstream English varieties, were built for encoder models. 3. **[DiaLLM: An Investigation into the Robustness-Generation Gap in English Dialect Adaptation](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/painter-2026-diallm-investigation-robustness-generation-gap/)** *(2026)* The paper argues that today's LLMs can usually read regional Englishes but almost always reply in a standard, US-leaning variety. 4. **[Far Out: Evaluating Language Models on Slang in Australian and Indian English](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/dilsiz-2026-far-out-evaluating-language-models/)** *(2026)* The paper asks whether current language models understand regional slang beyond Standard American English. 5. **[Experiences from Creating a Benchmark for Sentiment Classification for Varieties of English](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/srirag-2024-experiences-creating-benchmark-sentiment-classification/)** *(2024)* Most sentiment benchmarks are built around Standard American English, so little is known about how well models handle other national varieties. ## All works 8 works of theirs in our library, the most cited first; 5 with a page here, the others link their original until we summarise them. 1. **[Evaluating Dialect Robustness of Language Models via Conversation Understanding](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/srirag-2025-evaluating-dialect-robustness-language-models/) [Workshop on Scaling Up Multilingual Evaluation](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/sumeval/)**Dipankar Srirag, Nihar Ranjan Sahoo, Aditya Joshi*2025 · 10 citations* 2. **[BESSTIE: A Benchmark for Sentiment and Sarcasm Classification for Varieties of English ↗](https://aclanthology.org/2025.findings-acl.441/) Findings of the Association for Computational Linguistics: ACL 2025 · no summary yet**Dipankar Srirag et al.*2025 · 6 citations* 3. **[Predicting the Target Word of Game-playing Conversations using a Low-Rank Dialect Adapter for Decoder Models](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/srirag-2025-predicting-target-word-game-playing/) [Conference of the North American Chapter of the Association for Computational Linguistics (NAACL)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/naacl/)**Dipankar Srirag, Aditya Joshi, Jacob Eisenstein*2025 · 4 citations* 4. [**DiaLLM: An Investigation into the Robustness-Generation Gap in English Dialect Adaptation arXiv:2607.07669**Jordan Painter, Dipankar Srirag, Adarsh Kappiyath, et al.*2026*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/painter-2026-diallm-investigation-robustness-generation-gap/) 5. **[Far Out: Evaluating Language Models on Slang in Australian and Indian English](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/dilsiz-2026-far-out-evaluating-language-models/) [Workshop on NLP for Similar Languages, Varieties and Dialects (VarDial)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/vardial/)**Deniz Kaya Dilsiz, Dipankar Srirag, Aditya Joshi*2026* 6. **[Last Translation Benchmark ↗](https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.04173) arXiv:2609.04173 · no summary yet**Vilem Zouhar et al.*2026* 7. **[Nek Minit: Harnessing Pragmatic Metacognitive Prompting for Explainable Sarcasm Detection of Australian and Indian English ↗](https://aclanthology.org/2025.alta-main.2/) Proceedings of the 23rd Annual Workshop of the Australasian Language Technology Association · no summary yet**Ishmanbir Singh, Dipankar Srirag, Aditya Joshi*2025* 8. [**Experiences from Creating a Benchmark for Sentiment Classification for Varieties of English arXiv:2410.11216**Dipankar Srirag, Jordan Painter, Aditya Joshi, et al.*2024*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/srirag-2024-experiences-creating-benchmark-sentiment-classification/) ## Co-authors here 4 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first. - [Aditya Joshi](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/aditya-joshi/) ×5 - [Diptesh Kanojia](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/diptesh-kanojia/) ×2 - [Jordan Painter](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/jordan-painter/) ×2 - [Jacob Eisenstein](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/jacob-eisenstein/) ## Venues Where their works here were published, the most works first, with the editions of those that have a page. - [Conference of the North American Chapter of the Association for Computational Linguistics (NAACL)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/naacl/): [NAACL 2025](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/naacl/2025/) - [Workshop on Scaling Up Multilingual Evaluation](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/sumeval/): [Workshop on Scaling Up Multilingual Evaluation 2025](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/sumeval/2025/) - [Workshop on NLP for Similar Languages, Varieties and Dialects (VarDial)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/vardial/): [VarDial 2026](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/vardial/2026/) - Findings of the Association for Computational Linguistics: ACL 2025 - Proceedings of the 23rd Annual Workshop of the Australasian Language Technology Association ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 18 times (of the 149,439 papers whose bibliographies we read); [11 citing papers with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/dipankar-srirag/cited-by/). Updated 31 October 2026