--- title: "Erfan Nourbakhsh — author profile and papers in our library" description: "Erfan Nourbakhsh, Texas A&M University – San Antonio: 3 papers on Elamur Research (2026), h-index 1 — affiliations, topics, co-authors…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/erfan-nourbakhsh/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/erfan-nourbakhsh/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Erfan Nourbakhsh # Erfan Nourbakhsh Erfan Nourbakhsh has 3 papers in our library, in 2026, most of them on [Dialogue systems](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/dialogue-systems/), [Evaluation & benchmarks](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/evaluation-benchmarks/), [Information retrieval & search](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/information-retrieval/); often with [Rocky Slavin](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/rocky-slavin/), [Anthony Rios](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/anthony-rios/), [Ke Yang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/ke-yang/). 3 papers in our library · 2026 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5136809770) · [**h-index 1**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5136809770) · [16 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5136809770) · [3 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5136809770&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 3 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/erfan-nourbakhsh/#papers) · 🔗 Cited 1 time in our library · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #11367](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/114/#star-11367) 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=Erfan+Nourbakhsh) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Erfan+Nourbakhsh) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Erfan+Nourbakhsh) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Erfan+Nourbakhsh) ## Affiliations [🎓**The University of Texas at San Antonio** San Antonio · United States 2026 · 8 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/the-university-of-texas-at-san-antonio/) · [🎓**Texas A&M University – San Antonio** San Antonio · United States 2026 · 2 papers*current*](https://ror.org/0084njv03) · [🎓**University of Isfahan** Isfahan · Iran 2025–2026 · 2 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-isfahan/) 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 7 The field of science this work belongs to (OpenAlex fields).[Arts and Humanities · 3 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/) · [Computer Science · 3 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/) · [Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/biochemistry-genetics-and-molecular-biology/) · [Artificial Intelligence · 3 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/artificial-intelligence/) · [Language and Linguistics · 3 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/language-and-linguistics/) · [Information Systems · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/information-systems/) · [Molecular Biology · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/biochemistry-genetics-and-molecular-biology/molecular-biology/) 🧭 Topics 3 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[Information retrieval & search · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/information-retrieval/) · [Dialogue systems · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/dialogue-systems/) · [Evaluation & benchmarks · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/evaluation-benchmarks/) ## Works by year ### 2020s [**2026** 3 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/erfan-nourbakhsh/year/2026/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[When Retrieval Doesn't Help: A Large-Scale Study of Biomedical RAG](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/nourbakhsh-2026-when-retrieval-doesn-t-help/)** *(2026 · 1 citation)* Retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) is often recommended for medical question answering, and earlier benchmarks such as MIRAGE/MedRAG reported large gains. 2. **[Are LLM Benchmarks Already Contaminated? A Systematic Review of Contamination Detection Methods](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/nourbakhsh-2026-are-llm-benchmarks-already-contaminated/)** *(2026)* Benchmark scores for large language models may be inflated because items from public test sets can leak into web-scale training data. 3. **[TRACER: Early Failure Detection for Task-Oriented Dialogue](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/nourbakhsh-2026-tracer-early-failure-detection-task/)** *(2026)* Most evaluation of task-oriented dialogue (TOD) systems judges a conversation only after it ends, when it is too late to rescue it. ## Co-authors here 4 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first. - [Rocky Slavin](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/rocky-slavin/) ×3 - [Anthony Rios](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/anthony-rios/) ×2 - [Ke Yang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/ke-yang/) ×2 - [Khoa Nguyen](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/khoa-nguyen/) ## Venues Where their works here were published, the most works first, with the editions of those that have a page. - [BioNLP](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/bionlp/): [BioNLP 2026](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/bionlp/2026/) - [Workshop on Generation, Evaluation and Metrics (GEM)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/gem/): [GEM 2026](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/gem/2026/) - [Annual Meeting of the Special Interest Group on Discourse and Dialogue (SIGDIAL)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/sigdial/): [SIGDIAL 2026](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/sigdial/2026/) ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 1 time (of the 149,439 papers whose bibliographies we read). Updated 1 November 2026