--- title: "Gregory Grefenstette — author profile and papers in our library" description: "Gregory Grefenstette, Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition: 3 papers on Elamur Research (2000–2005), h-index 31…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/gregory-grefenstette/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/gregory-grefenstette/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Gregory Grefenstette # Gregory Grefenstette Gregory Grefenstette has 3 papers in our library, in 2000–2005, most of them on [Semitic languages](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/semitic-languages/), [Information retrieval & search](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/information-retrieval/), [English](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/english/); often with [Adam Kilgarriff](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/adam-kilgarriff/), [Nasredine Semmar](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/nasredine-semmar/). 3 papers in our library · 2000–2005 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5039513155) · [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8479-049X) · [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q33372235) · [**h-index 31**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5039513155) · [181 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5039513155) · [4,525 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5039513155&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 3 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/gregory-grefenstette/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 99 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/gregory-grefenstette/cited-by/) · [2 more in our library without a page yet](#also) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #2251](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/23/#star-2251) 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=Gregory+Grefenstette) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Gregory+Grefenstette) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Gregory+Grefenstette) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Gregory+Grefenstette) ## Affiliations [🔬**Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition** Pensacola · United States 2016–2023 · 4 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/labs/florida-institute-for-human-and-machine-cognition/) · [🏛️**Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives** Paris · France 2003–2008 · 20 papersEmployment 2004–2008](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/government/commissariat-a-l-energie-atomique-et-aux-energies-alternatives/) · [🏢**Xerox** Saint-Denis · France 1994–2001 · 16 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/companies/xerox/) · [🏛️**Laboratoire d'Intégration des Systèmes et des Technologies** Palaiseau · France 2004–2008 · 15 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/government/laboratoire-d-integration-des-systemes-et-des-technologies/) · [🔬**CEA Paris-Saclay - Etablissement de Fontenay-aux-roses** Fontenay-aux-Roses · France 2003–2008 · 13 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/labs/cea-paris-saclay-etablissement-de-fontenay-aux-roses/) · [🎓**University of Pittsburgh** Pittsburgh · United States 1989–1994 · 10 papersEducation 1989–1993 · PhD, Computer ScienceEmployment 1989–1993 · Research Fellow, Computer Science](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-pittsburgh/) · [🔬**Centre Inria de Saclay** Palaiseau · France 1993–2016 · 9 papersEmployment since 2013](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/labs/centre-inria-de-saclay/) · [🔬**Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies du numérique** Le Chesnay-Rocquencourt · France 2014–2016 · 3 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/labs/institut-national-de-recherche-en-sciences-et-technologies-du-numerique/) 🏛️**Inria Centre de Recherche Saclay-Île-de-France** Orsay · [France](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/countries/france/) 2013–2016Employment 2013–2016 · Advanced Reseach, TAO 🏛️**Exalead SA** Paris · [France](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/countries/france/) 2008–2013Employment 2008–2013 · Scientific Director, R&D From the bylines of their papers (OpenAlex, 2026-10-14), ORCID and Wikidata; institutions on papers are matched by machine. 13 more institutions on single bylines are not listed. ## 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/) · [Language and Linguistics · 3 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/language-and-linguistics/) · [Literature and Literary Theory · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/literature-and-literary-theory/) · [Information Systems · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/information-systems/) 🧭 Topics 3 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[English · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/english/) · [Information retrieval & search · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/information-retrieval/) · [Semitic languages · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/semitic-languages/) 💡 Concepts 1 Key ideas and methods explained on our concept pages.[Natural language processing · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/concepts/natural-language-processing/) ## Works by year ### 2000s [**2005** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/gregory-grefenstette/year/2005/) · [**2003** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/gregory-grefenstette/year/2003/) · [**2000** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/gregory-grefenstette/year/2000/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[Introduction to the Special Issue on the Web as Corpus](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/kilgarriff-2003-introduction-special-issue-web-as/)** *(2003 · 1,007 citations)* This editorial opens a 2003 special issue of Computational Linguistics devoted to research that draws its linguistic data from the Web. 2. **[Estimation of English and non-English Language Use on the WWW](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/grefenstette-2000-estimation-english-non-english-language/)** *(2000 · 106 citations)* The paper asks how much text in each language is reachable on the Web. Earlier studies counted pages. This one estimates raw word volume per language. The method relies on a simple observation: frequent function words occur at fairly stable rates, so the observed count of such a word, divided by its expected relative… 3. **[Modifying a Natural Language Processing System for European Languages to Treat Arabic in Information Processing and Information Retrieval Applications](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/grefenstette-2005-modifying-natural-language-processing-system/)** *(2005 · 21 citations)* The authors describe adapting LIMA, a modular analyzer at CEA LIST built for English, French, German and Spanish, to Arabic, a Semitic language. ## All works 5 works of theirs in our library, the most cited first; 3 with a page here, the others link their original until we summarise them. 1. **[Introduction to the Special Issue on the Web as Corpus](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/kilgarriff-2003-introduction-special-issue-web-as/) [Computational Linguistics](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/cl/)**Adam Kilgarriff, Gregory Grefenstette*2003 · 1,007 citations* 2. [**Estimation of English and non-English Language Use on the WWW arXiv:cs/0006032 · Proceedings of RIAO'2000, "Content-Based Multimedia Information Access", Paris, April 12-14,2000, pp. 237-246**Gregory Grefenstette, Julien Nioche*2000 · 106 citations*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/grefenstette-2000-estimation-english-non-english-language/) 3. **[Modifying a Natural Language Processing System for European Languages to Treat Arabic in Information Processing and Information Retrieval Applications](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/grefenstette-2005-modifying-natural-language-processing-system/) [ACL Workshop on Computational Approaches to Semitic Languages](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/acl-workshop-on-computational-approaches-to-semitic-languages/)**Gregory Grefenstette, Nasredine Semmar, Faïza Elkateb-Gara*2005 · 21 citations* 4. **[Adam Kilgarriff’s Legacy to Computational Linguistics and Beyond ↗](https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-75477-2_1) Lecture notes in computer science · no summary yet**Roger Evans et al.*2018 · 19 citations* 5. **[ii SPONSORS: The Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL) SIGDAT (ACL's SIG for Linguistic Data and Corpus-based Approaches to NLP) INVITED SPEAKER: ↗](https://openalex.org/W7098636606) no summary yet**Nancy Ide et al.*1998* ## Co-authors here 2 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first. - [Adam Kilgarriff](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/adam-kilgarriff/) - [Nasredine Semmar](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/nasredine-semmar/) ## Venues Where their works here were published, the most works first, with the editions of those that have a page. - [ACL Workshop on Computational Approaches to Semitic Languages](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/acl-workshop-on-computational-approaches-to-semitic-languages/): [ACL Workshop on Computational Approaches to Semitic Languages 2005](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/acl-workshop-on-computational-approaches-to-semitic-languages/2005/) - [Computational Linguistics](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/cl/): [Computational Linguistics 2003](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/cl/2003/) - Lecture notes in computer science ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 99 times (of the 149,439 papers whose bibliographies we read); [10 citing papers with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/gregory-grefenstette/cited-by/). 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