--- title: "Farhan Samir · University of Toronto — author profile and papers" description: "Farhan Samir, University of Toronto: 2 papers on Elamur Research (2025), h-index 4 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and who cites them in…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/farhan-samir/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/farhan-samir/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Farhan Samir # Farhan Samir Farhan Samir has 2 papers in our library, in 2025, most of them on [Multilingual & cross-lingual NLP](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/multilingual-nlp/), [English](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/english/); often with [David R. Mortensen](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/david-r-mortensen/), [Jian Zhu](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/jian-zhu/), [Vered Shwartz](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/vered-shwartz/). 2 papers in our library · 2025 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5086887575) · [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0009-0006-9862-1447) · [**h-index 4**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5086887575) · [31 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5086887575) · [53 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5086887575&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 2 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/farhan-samir/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 8 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/farhan-samir/cited-by/) · [1 more in our library without a page yet](#also) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #10025](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/101/#star-10025) 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=Farhan+Samir) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Farhan+Samir) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Farhan+Samir) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Farhan+Samir) ## Affiliations [🎓**University of Toronto** Toronto · Canada 2021–2026 · 4 papersEmployment since 2025 · Computer Science*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-toronto/) · [🎓**University of British Columbia** Vancouver · Canada 2022–2025 · 16 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-british-columbia/) · [🔬**Vector Institute** Toronto · Canada 2024–2025 · 3 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/labs/vector-institute/) 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 11 The field of science this work belongs to (OpenAlex fields).[Computer Science · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/) · [Arts and Humanities · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/) · [Psychology · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/psychology/) · [Social Sciences · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/social-sciences/) · [Artificial Intelligence · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/artificial-intelligence/) · [Experimental and Cognitive Psychology · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/psychology/experimental-and-cognitive-psychology/) · [Language and Linguistics · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/language-and-linguistics/) · [Signal Processing · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/signal-processing/) · [Communication · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/social-sciences/communication/) · [Human-Computer Interaction · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/human-computer-interaction/) · [Information Systems · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/information-systems/) 🧭 Topics 2 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[Multilingual & cross-lingual NLP · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/multilingual-nlp/) · [English · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/english/) ## Works by year ### 2020s [**2025** 2 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/farhan-samir/year/2025/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[ZIPA: A family of efficient models for multilingual phone recognition](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/zhu-2025-zipa-family-efficient-models-multilingual/)** *(2025 · 7 citations)* The paper addresses universal phone recognition: converting speech in any language into broad IPA transcriptions, which supports language documentation and other speech tasks. 2. **[WikiGap: Promoting Epistemic Equity by Surfacing Knowledge Gaps Between English Wikipedia and other Language Editions](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/wang-2025-wikigap-promoting-epistemic-equity-surfacing/)** *(2025 · 2 citations)* English Wikipedia attracts more than eleven times the pageviews of any other edition. Many readers therefore treat it as a complete superset of all editions, but other editions hold culturally grounded facts that the English pages lack. Wikipedia's interlanguage links (ILL) let readers jump between editions, yet… ## 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. **[ZIPA: A family of efficient models for multilingual phone recognition](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/zhu-2025-zipa-family-efficient-models-multilingual/) [Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/acl/)**Jian Zhu, Farhan Samir, Eleanor Chodroff, et al.*2025 · 7 citations* 2. [**WikiGap: Promoting Epistemic Equity by Surfacing Knowledge Gaps Between English Wikipedia and other Language Editions arXiv:2505.24195**Zining Wang, Yuxuan Zhang, Dongwook Yoon, et al.*2025 · 2 citations*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/wang-2025-wikigap-promoting-epistemic-equity-surfacing/) 3. **[When English Rewrites Local Knowledge: Global Narrative Dominance in Large Language Models ↗](https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.30481) arXiv:2605.30481 · no summary yet**Md Arid Hasan et al.*2026* ## Co-authors here 4 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first. - [David R. Mortensen](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/david-r-mortensen/) - [Jian Zhu](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/jian-zhu/) - [Vered Shwartz](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/vered-shwartz/) - [Yuxuan Zhang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yuxuan-zhang/) ## 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 2025](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/acl/2025/) ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 8 times (of the 149,439 papers whose bibliographies we read); [1 citing paper with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/farhan-samir/cited-by/). Updated 1 November 2026