--- title: "Ekaterina Kochmar — author profile and papers in our library" description: "Ekaterina Kochmar, University of Victoria: 4 papers on Elamur Research (2016–2026), h-index 15 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and who…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/ekaterina-kochmar/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/ekaterina-kochmar/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Ekaterina Kochmar # Ekaterina Kochmar Ekaterina Kochmar has 4 papers in our library, in 2016–2026, most of them on [Language models & pretraining](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/language-models/), [Grammatical error correction & learner language](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/grammatical-error-correction/), [English](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/english/); often with [Kaushal Kumar Maurya](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/kaushal-kumar-maurya/), [Aurélie Herbelot](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/aurelie-herbelot/), [Bashar Alhafni](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/bashar-alhafni/). 4 papers in our library · 2016–2026 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5069779745) · [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3328-1374) · [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q62057137) · [**h-index 15**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5069779745) · [111 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5069779745) · [1,019 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5069779745&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 4 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/ekaterina-kochmar/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 253 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/ekaterina-kochmar/cited-by/) · [11 more in our library without a page yet](#also) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #5436](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/55/#star-5436) 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=Ekaterina+Kochmar) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Ekaterina+Kochmar) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Ekaterina+Kochmar) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Ekaterina+Kochmar) ## Affiliations [🎓**Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence** Abu Dhabi · United Arab Emirates 2022–2026 · 43 papersEmployment 2023–2026 · Assistant Professor, Natural Language Processing Department*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/mohamed-bin-zayed-university-of-artificial-intelligence/) · [🎓**Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel** Kiel · Germany 2026 · 1 paper*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/christian-albrechts-universitat-zu-kiel/) · [🔬**Leibniz Institute for Science and Mathematics Education** Kiel · Germany 2026 · 1 paper*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/labs/leibniz-institute-for-science-and-mathematics-education/) · [🎓**Ruhr University Bochum** Bochum · Germany 2026 · 1 paper*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/ruhr-university-bochum/) · [🎓**University of Victoria** Victoria · Canada 2026 · 1 paperEmployment since 2026 · Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-victoria/) · [🎓**University of Cambridge** Cambridge · United Kingdom 2010–2021 · 23 papersEducation 2010–2011 · MPhil in Advanced Computer Science, Computer LaboratoryEducation 2011–2016 · PhD, Computer Science and TechnologyEmployment 2014–2018 · Research Associate, Computer LaboratoryEmployment 2018–2021 · Affiliated Lecturer, Department of Computer Science and TechnologyEmployment 2018–2021 · Senior Research Associate, Department of Computer Science and Technology](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-cambridge/) · [🎓**University of Bath** Bath · United Kingdom 2021–2023 · 11 papersEmployment until 2023Employment 2021–2023 · Lecturer, Department of Computer Science](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-bath/) · [🎓**Zayed University** Abu Dhabi · United Arab Emirates 2024–2025 · 2 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/zayed-university/) · [🎓**National University** Manila · Philippines 2023 · 2 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/national-university/) 🏛️**University of Tuebingen** Tuebingen · [Germany](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/countries/germany/) 2008–2010Education 2008–2010 · MA in Computational Linguistics, Faculty of Humanities From the bylines of their papers (OpenAlex, 2026-10-14), ORCID and Wikidata; institutions on papers are matched by machine. 6 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 8 The field of science this work belongs to (OpenAlex fields).[Computer Science · 4 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/) · [Artificial Intelligence · 4 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/artificial-intelligence/) · [Arts and Humanities · 3 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/) · [Language and Linguistics · 3 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/language-and-linguistics/) · [Developmental and Educational Psychology · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/psychology/developmental-and-educational-psychology/) · [Psychology · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/psychology/) · [Information Systems · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/information-systems/) · [Computer Science Applications · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/computer-science-applications/) 🧭 Topics 3 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[Grammatical error correction & learner language · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/grammatical-error-correction/) · [English · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/english/) · [Language models & pretraining · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/language-models/) ## Works by year ### 2020s [**2026** 2 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/ekaterina-kochmar/year/2026/) ### 2010s [**2016** 2 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/ekaterina-kochmar/year/2016/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[Text Readability Assessment for Second Language Learners](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/xia-2016-text-readability-assessment-second-language/)** *(2016 · 222 citations)* The paper addresses automatic readability grading for learners of English as a second language. The main obstacle is that almost all level-annotated corpora target native-speaking children, and their levels reflect native criteria. The authors build a small CEFR-graded set of reading passages from Cambridge English… 2. **[‘Calling on the classical phone': a distributional model of adjective-noun errors in learners' English](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/herbelot-2016-calling-classical-phone-distributional-model/)** *(2016 · 5 citations)* The paper tackles detecting wrong adjective choices in English written by learners, where an adjective is misused in its context of use (e.g. 3. **[AITutor-EvalKit: Exploring the Capabilities of AI Tutors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/naeem-2026-aitutor-evalkit-exploring-capabilities-ai/)** *(2026 · 2 citations)* AITutor-EvalKit is an open-source toolkit for judging the pedagogical quality of LLM-based tutors. Educators currently struggle to trust these systems, partly because no tool assesses tutor responses on the fly. The toolkit targets Student Mistake Remediation in middle-school math dialogues. It scores a tutor's reply… 4. **[Opportunities and Challenges of LLMs in Education: An NLP Perspective](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/vajjala-2026-opportunities-challenges-llms-education-nlp/)** *(2026)* This position-and-survey paper looks at how large language models are changing educational NLP. Earlier overviews were mostly aimed at education-technology readers or covered only narrow areas such as writing assessment. The authors instead write for NLP researchers and tie recent LLM work back to older lines of NLP… ## All works 15 works of theirs in our library, the most cited first; 4 with a page here, the others link their original until we summarise them. 1. **[Text Readability Assessment for Second Language Learners](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/xia-2016-text-readability-assessment-second-language/) [Workshop on Innovative Use of NLP for Building Educational Applications (BEA)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/bea/)**Menglin Xia, Ekaterina Kochmar, Ted Briscoe*2016 · 222 citations* 2. **[Automated Personalized Feedback Improves Learning Gains in An Intelligent Tutoring System ↗](https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-52240-7_26) Lecture Notes in Computer Science · no summary yet**Ekaterina Kochmar et al.*2020 · 105 citations* 3. **[Unifying AI Tutor Evaluation: An Evaluation Taxonomy for Pedagogical Ability Assessment of LLM-Powered AI Tutors ↗](https://aclanthology.org/2025.naacl-long.57/) Proceedings of the 2025 Conference of the Nations of the Americas Chapter of the Association for Computational Linguistics: Human Language Technologies (Volume 1: Long Papers) · no summary yet**Kaushal Kumar Maurya et al.*2025 · 53 citations* 4. **[The BEA 2023 Shared Task on Generating AI Teacher Responses in Educational Dialogues ↗](https://aclanthology.org/2023.bea-1.64/) Proceedings of the 18th Workshop on Innovative Use of NLP for Building Educational Applications (BEA 2023) · no summary yet**Anaïs Tack et al.*2023 · 51 citations* 5. **[Recursive Context-Aware Lexical Simplification ↗](https://aclanthology.org/D19-1491/) Proceedings of the 2019 Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing and the 9th International Joint Conference on Natural Language Processing (EMNLP-IJCNLP) · no summary yet**Sian Gooding, Ekaterina Kochmar*2019 · 45 citations* 6. **[Findings of the BEA 2025 Shared Task on Pedagogical Ability Assessment of AI-powered Tutors ↗](https://aclanthology.org/2025.bea-1.77/) Proceedings of the 20th Workshop on Innovative Use of NLP for Building Educational Applications (BEA 2025) · no summary yet**Ekaterina Kochmar et al.*2025 · 36 citations* 7. **[What Makes Math Word Problems Challenging for LLMs? ↗](https://aclanthology.org/2024.findings-naacl.72/) Findings of the Association for Computational Linguistics: NAACL 2024 · no summary yet**Kv Aditya Srivatsa, Ekaterina Kochmar*2024 · 26 citations* 8. **[REFeREE: A REference-FREE Model-Based Metric for Text Simplification ↗](https://aclanthology.org/2024.lrec-main.1200/) Proceedings of the 2024 Joint International Conference on Computational Linguistics, Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC-COLING 2024) · no summary yet**Yichen Huang, Ekaterina Kochmar*2024 · 10 citations* 9. **[‘Calling on the classical phone': a distributional model of adjective-noun errors in learners' English](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/herbelot-2016-calling-classical-phone-distributional-model/) [International Conference on Computational Linguistics (COLING)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/coling/)**Aurélie Herbelot, Ekaterina Kochmar*2016 · 5 citations* 10. **[AITutor-EvalKit: Exploring the Capabilities of AI Tutors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/naeem-2026-aitutor-evalkit-exploring-capabilities-ai/) [Conference of the European Chapter of the Association for Computational Linguistics (EACL)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/eacl/)**Numaan Naeem, Kaushal Kumar Maurya, Kseniia Petukhova, et al.*2026 · 2 citations* 11. **[Cross-Lingual Lexico-Semantic Transfer in Language Learning ↗](https://aclanthology.org/P16-1092/) Proceedings of the 54th Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics (Volume 1: Long Papers) · no summary yet**Ekaterina Kochmar, Ekaterina Shutova*2016 · 2 citations* 12. **[Towards Reward Modeling for AI Tutors in Math Mistake Remediation ↗](https://aclanthology.org/2026.lrec-1.232/) Proceedings of the Fifteenth Language Resources and Evaluation Conference · no summary yet**Kseniia Petukhova, Ekaterina Kochmar*2026 · 1 citation* 13. **[Opportunities and Challenges of LLMs in Education: An NLP Perspective](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/vajjala-2026-opportunities-challenges-llms-education-nlp/) [Workshop on Innovative Use of NLP for Building Educational Applications (BEA)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/bea/)**Sowmya Vajjala, Bashar Alhafni, Stefano Banno, et al.*2026* 14. **[ComplexityMT: Benchmarking the Interaction Between Text Complexity and Machine Translation ↗](https://arxiv.org/abs/2606.05421) arXiv:2606.05421 · no summary yet**Joseph Marvin Imperial et al.*2026* 15. **[Towards Pedagogically Aligned LLM Tutors for Math Mistake Remediation ↗](https://aclanthology.org/2026.bea-1.10/) Proceedings of the 21st Workshop on Innovative Use of NLP for Building Educational Applications (BEA 2026) · no summary yet**Kseniia Petukhova, Tien Dat Nguyen, Ekaterina Kochmar*2026* ## Co-authors here 8 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first. - [Kaushal Kumar Maurya](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/kaushal-kumar-maurya/) ×2 - [Aurélie Herbelot](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/aurelie-herbelot/) - [Bashar Alhafni](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/bashar-alhafni/) - [Menglin Xia](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/menglin-xia/) - [Numaan Naeem](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/numaan-naeem/) - [Sowmya Vajjala](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/sowmya-vajjala/) - [Stefano Banno](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/stefano-banno/) - [Ted Briscoe](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/ted-briscoe/) ## Venues Where their works here were published, the most works first, with the editions of those that have a page. - [Workshop on Innovative Use of NLP for Building Educational Applications (BEA)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/bea/) ×5: [BEA 2026](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/bea/2026/), [BEA 2016](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/bea/2016/) - [International Conference on Computational Linguistics (COLING)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/coling/): [COLING 2016](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/coling/2016/) - [Conference of the European Chapter of the Association for Computational Linguistics (EACL)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/eacl/): [EACL 2026](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/eacl/2026/) - Findings of the Association for Computational Linguistics: NAACL 2024 - Lecture Notes in Computer Science - Proceedings of the 2019 Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing and the 9th International Joint Conference on Natural Language Processing (EMNLP-IJCNLP) - Proceedings of the 2024 Joint International Conference on Computational Linguistics, Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC-COLING 2024) - Proceedings of the 2025 Conference of the Nations of the Americas Chapter of the Association for Computational Linguistics: Human Language Technologies (Volume 1: Long Papers) - Proceedings of the 54th Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics (Volume 1: Long Papers) - Proceedings of the Fifteenth Language Resources and Evaluation Conference ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 253 times (of the 149,439 papers whose bibliographies we read); [32 citing papers with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/ekaterina-kochmar/cited-by/). 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