--- title: "Erik Miehling — author profile and papers — Elamur Research" description: "Erik Miehling, IBM: 2 papers on Elamur Research (2024–2026), h-index 3 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and who cites them in our library." canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/erik-miehling/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/erik-miehling/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Erik Miehling # Erik Miehling Erik Miehling has 2 papers in our library, in 2024–2026, most of them on [Language models & pretraining](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/language-models/), [Implicature](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/implicature/), [Dialogue systems](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/dialogue-systems/); often with [Elizabeth M. Daly](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/elizabeth-m-daly/), [David Piorkowski](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/david-piorkowski/), [Dennis Wei](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/dennis-wei/). 2 papers in our library · 2024–2026 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5094134743) · [**h-index 3**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5094134743) · [22 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5094134743) · [30 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5094134743&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 2 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/erik-miehling/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 48 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/erik-miehling/cited-by/) · [1 more in our library without a page yet](#also) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #8872](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/89/#star-8872) 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=Erik+Miehling) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Erik+Miehling) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Erik+Miehling) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Erik+Miehling) ## Affiliations [🏢**IBM** Armonk · United States 2024–2026 · 17 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/companies/ibm/) · [🏢**IBM** Dublin · Ireland 2025 · 3 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/companies/ibm-ireland/) · [🔬**IBM Research - Ireland** Dublin · Ireland 2025 · 3 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/labs/ibm-research-ireland/) 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 6 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/) · [Safety Research · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/social-sciences/safety-research/) · [Social Sciences · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/social-sciences/) 🧭 Topics 3 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[Language models & pretraining · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/language-models/) · [Dialogue systems · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/dialogue-systems/) · [Implicature · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/implicature/) ## Works by year ### 2020s [**2026** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/erik-miehling/year/2026/) · [**2024** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/erik-miehling/year/2024/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[Language Models in Dialogue: Conversational Maxims for Human-AI Interactions](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/miehling-2024-language-models-dialogue-conversational-maxims/)** *(2024 · 23 citations)* The paper asks why modern chat-oriented language models misbehave in conversation: they answer when they should ask, rarely admit ignorance, pad responses, hallucinate, and drift toward sycophancy. 2. **[AI Steerability 360: A Toolkit for Steering Large Language Models](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/miehling-2026-ai-steerability-360-toolkit-steering/)** *(2026)* Many techniques now exist for lightweight control of LLM behavior. Each follows its own conventions, so comparing or combining them is hard, and so is attributing effects to a specific intervention. IBM Research presents AI Steerability 360, an open-source, Hugging Face–native Python library (Apache 2.0). It groups… ## All works 3 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. **[Programming Refusal with Conditional Activation Steering ↗](https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.05907) arXiv:2409.05907 · no summary yet**Bruce W. Lee et al.*2024 · 42 citations* 2. **[Language Models in Dialogue: Conversational Maxims for Human-AI Interactions](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/miehling-2024-language-models-dialogue-conversational-maxims/) [Findings of the Association for Computational Linguistics](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/findings/)**Erik Miehling, Manish Nagireddy, Prasanna Sattigeri, et al.*2024 · 23 citations* 3. **[AI Steerability 360: A Toolkit for Steering Large Language Models](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/miehling-2026-ai-steerability-360-toolkit-steering/) [Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/acl/)**Erik Miehling, Karthikeyan Natesan Ramamurthy, Praveen Venkateswaran, et al.*2026* ## Co-authors here 7 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first. - [Elizabeth M. Daly](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/elizabeth-m-daly/) ×2 - [David Piorkowski](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/david-piorkowski/) - [Dennis Wei](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/dennis-wei/) - [Inge Vejsbjerg](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/inge-vejsbjerg/) - [Prasanna Sattigeri](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/prasanna-sattigeri/) - [Praveen Venkateswaran](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/praveen-venkateswaran/) - [Tejaswini Pedapati](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/tejaswini-pedapati/) ## Venues Where their works here were published, the most works first, with the editions of those that have a page. - [Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/acl/): [ACL 2026](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/acl/2026/) - [Findings of the Association for Computational Linguistics](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/findings/): [Findings of the Association for Computational Linguistics 2024](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/findings/2024/) ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 48 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/erik-miehling/cited-by/). Updated 1 November 2026