--- title: "Florin Cuconasu — author profile and papers in our library" description: "Florin Cuconasu, Technology Innovation Institute: 3 papers on Elamur Research (2024–2026), h-index 3 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/florin-cuconasu/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/florin-cuconasu/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Florin Cuconasu # Florin Cuconasu Florin Cuconasu has 3 papers in our library, in 2024–2026, most of them on [Information retrieval & search](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/information-retrieval/), [Language models & pretraining](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/language-models/), [Evaluation & benchmarks](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/evaluation-benchmarks/); often with [Simone Filice](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/simone-filice/), [Fabrizio Silvestri](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/fabrizio-silvestri/), [Giovanni Trappolini](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/giovanni-trappolini/). 3 papers in our library · 2024–2026 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5092543637) · [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0009-0008-9768-1047) · [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q130843894) · [**h-index 3**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5092543637) · [14 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5092543637) · [239 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5092543637&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 3 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/florin-cuconasu/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 111 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/florin-cuconasu/cited-by/) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #4730](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/48/#star-4730) 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=Florin+Cuconasu) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Florin+Cuconasu) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Florin+Cuconasu) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Florin+Cuconasu) ## Affiliations [🎓**Sapienza University of Rome** Rome · Italy 2023–2026 · 12 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/sapienza-university-of-rome/) · [🔬**Technology Innovation Institute** Abu Dhabi · United Arab Emirates 2025–2026 · 4 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/labs/technology-innovation-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 6 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/) · [Artificial Intelligence · 3 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/artificial-intelligence/) · [Information Systems · 3 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/information-systems/) · [Language and Linguistics · 3 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/language-and-linguistics/) · [Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/computer-vision-and-pattern-recognition/) 🧭 Topics 3 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[Information retrieval & search · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/information-retrieval/) · [Evaluation & benchmarks · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/evaluation-benchmarks/) · [Language models & pretraining · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/language-models/) 💡 Concepts 1 Key ideas and methods explained on our concept pages.[Retrieval-augmented generation · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/concepts/retrieval-augmented-generation/) ## Works by year ### 2020s [**2026** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/florin-cuconasu/year/2026/) · [**2025** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/florin-cuconasu/year/2025/) · [**2024** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/florin-cuconasu/year/2024/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[The Power of Noise: Redefining Retrieval for RAG Systems](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/cuconasu-2024-power-noise-redefining-retrieval-rag/)** *(2024 · 312 citations)* Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) supplies an LLM with passages from an IR system so it can answer questions beyond its pre-trained knowledge. 2. **[The Distracting Effect: Understanding Irrelevant Passages in RAG](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/amiraz-2025-distracting-effect-understanding-irrelevant-passages/)** *(2025 · 21 citations)* This paper examines a familiar weakness of Retrieval Augmented Generation: passages that do not answer a question but are topically close to it can lead the generating LLM to a wrong answer. 3. **[Redefining Retrieval Evaluation in the Era of LLMs](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/trappolini-2026-redefining-retrieval-evaluation-era-llms/)** *(2026 · 1 citation)* Classic retrieval metrics such as nDCG, MAP and MRR were built for people who read result lists from the top down. ## Co-authors here 4 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first. - [Simone Filice](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/simone-filice/) ×3 - [Fabrizio Silvestri](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/fabrizio-silvestri/) ×2 - [Giovanni Trappolini](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/giovanni-trappolini/) ×2 - [Yoelle Maarek](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yoelle-maarek/) ×2 ## 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/) - [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/) - [International ACM SIGIR Conference on Research and Development in Information Retrieval (SIGIR)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/international-acm-sigir-conference-on-research-and-development-in-information/): [SIGIR 2024](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/international-acm-sigir-conference-on-research-and-development-in-information/2024/) ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 111 times (of the 149,439 papers whose bibliographies we read); [24 citing papers with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/florin-cuconasu/cited-by/). Updated 31 October 2026