--- title: "Ernest Davis · New York University — author profile and papers" description: "Ernest Davis, New York University: 2 papers on Elamur Research (2015–2023), h-index 30 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and who cites…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/ernest-davis/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/ernest-davis/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Ernest Davis # Ernest Davis Ernest Davis has 2 papers in our library, in 2015–2023, most of them on [Reasoning](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/reasoning/); often with [Gary Marcus](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/gary-marcus/). 2 papers in our library · 2015–2023 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5010452641) · [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4812-817X) · [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q90227799) · [**h-index 30**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5010452641) · [136 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5010452641) · [4,556 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5010452641&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 2 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/ernest-davis/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 896 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/ernest-davis/cited-by/) · [5 more in our library without a page yet](#also) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #3488](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/35/#star-3488) 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=Ernest+Davis) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Ernest+Davis) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Ernest+Davis) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Ernest+Davis) ## Affiliations [🎓**New York University** New York · United States 1983–2024 · 77 papersEmployment · Professor, Computer Science Dept.*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/new-york-university/) · [🎓**Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences** New York · United States 1987–2015 · 13 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/courant-institute-of-mathematical-sciences/) · [🎓**Yale University** New Haven · United States 1981–1984 · 3 papersEducation until 1984](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/yale-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 5 The field of science this work belongs to (OpenAlex fields).[Computer Science · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/) · [Artificial Intelligence · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/artificial-intelligence/) · [Arts and Humanities · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/) · [Computational Theory and Mathematics · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/computational-theory-and-mathematics/) · [Language and Linguistics · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/language-and-linguistics/) 🧭 Topics 1 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[Reasoning · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/reasoning/) 💡 Concepts 1 Key ideas and methods explained on our concept pages.[Artificial intelligence · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/concepts/artificial-intelligence/) ## Works by year ### 2020s [**2023** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/ernest-davis/year/2023/) ### 2010s [**2015** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/ernest-davis/year/2015/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[Commonsense Reasoning and Commonsense Knowledge in Artificial Intelligence](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/davis-2015-commonsense-reasoning-commonsense-knowledge-artificial/)** *(2015 · 508 citations)* This is a survey article on commonsense reasoning and knowledge about the everyday world, one of the oldest problems in artificial intelligence and one where progress has been slowest. 2. **[Mathematics, word problems, common sense, and artificial intelligence](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/davis-2023-mathematics-word-problems-common-sense/)** *(2023 · 86 citations)* In this survey and analysis paper, Ernest Davis (NYU) examines how well current artificial intelligence can solve math word problems that require elementary mathematics and everyday common sense. ## All works 7 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. **[The Winograd Schema Challenge ↗](https://cs.nyu.edu/~davise/papers/WinogradSchemas/WS.html) KR 2012 · no summary yet**Hector J. Levesque, Ernest Davis, Leora Morgenstern*2012 · 1,526 citations* 2. **[Commonsense Reasoning and Commonsense Knowledge in Artificial Intelligence](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/davis-2015-commonsense-reasoning-commonsense-knowledge-artificial/) [Communications of the ACM](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/communications-of-the-acm/)**Ernest Davis, Gary Marcus*2015 · 508 citations* 3. **[Benchmarks for Automated Commonsense Reasoning: A Survey ↗](https://arxiv.org/abs/2302.04752) arXiv:2302.04752 · no summary yet**Ernest Davis*2023 · 113 citations* 4. [**Mathematics, word problems, common sense, and artificial intelligence arXiv:2301.09723**Ernest Davis*2023 · 86 citations*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/davis-2023-mathematics-word-problems-common-sense/) 5. **[A Review of Winograd Schema Challenge Datasets and Approaches ↗](https://arxiv.org/abs/2004.13831) arXiv:2004.13831 · no summary yet**Vid Kocijan et al.*2020 · 35 citations* 6. **[The Use of Deep Learning for Symbolic Integration: A Review of (Lample and Charton, 2019) ↗](https://arxiv.org/abs/1912.05752) arXiv:1912.05752 · no summary yet**Ernest Davis*2019 · 20 citations* 7. **[A Gentle Introduction to Deep Nets and Opportunities for the Future ↗](https://aclanthology.org/2022.acl-tutorials.1/) Proceedings of the 60th Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics: Tutorial Abstracts · no summary yet**Kenneth Church et al.*2022 · 8 citations* ## Co-authors here 1 co-author with a page, the most papers together first. - [Gary Marcus](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/gary-marcus/) ## Venues Where their works here were published, the most works first, with the editions of those that have a page. - [Communications of the ACM](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/communications-of-the-acm/): [Communications of the ACM 2015](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/communications-of-the-acm/2015/) - KR 2012 - Proceedings of the 60th Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics: Tutorial Abstracts ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 896 times (of the 149,439 papers whose bibliographies we read); [219 citing papers with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/ernest-davis/cited-by/). Updated 30 October 2026