--- title: "Hanan Salam — author profile and papers — Elamur Research" description: "Hanan Salam, New York University Abu Dhabi: 2 papers on Elamur Research (2025–2026), h-index 14 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/hanan-salam/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/hanan-salam/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Hanan Salam # Hanan Salam Hanan Salam has 2 papers in our library, in 2025–2026, most of them on [Language models & pretraining](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/language-models/), [Reasoning](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/reasoning/); often with [Sneheel Sarangi](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/sneheel-sarangi/). 2 papers in our library · 2025–2026 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5047633471) · [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6971-5264) · [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q130884414) · [**h-index 14**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5047633471) · [92 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5047633471) · [1,764 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5047633471&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 2 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/hanan-salam/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 9 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/hanan-salam/cited-by/) · [1 more in our library without a page yet](#also) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #9933](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/100/#star-9933) 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=Hanan+Salam) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Hanan+Salam) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Hanan+Salam) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Hanan+Salam) ## Affiliations [🎓**New York University Abu Dhabi** Abu Dhabi · United Arab Emirates 2021–2026 · 45 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/new-york-university-abu-dhabi/) · [🎓**New York University** New York · United States 2021–2026 · 18 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/new-york-university/) · [🏛️**Program Support Center** Bethesda · United States 2026 · 1 paper*current*](https://ror.org/02r0j1w74) · [🔬**Institut d'Électronique et des Technologies du numéRique** Rennes · France 2011–2013 · 9 papers](https://ror.org/013q33h79) · [🎓**Supélec** Gif-sur-Yvette · France 2011–2013 · 8 papers](https://ror.org/00n7gwn90) · [🎓**Université Pierre-et-Marie-Curie** Paris · France 2014–2018 · 7 papersEmployment 2014–2015 · Research associateEmployment 2015–2016 · Lecturer and Research assistant](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/universite-pierre-et-marie-curie/) · [🔬**Institut Systèmes Intelligents et de Robotique** Paris · France 2012–2016 · 7 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/labs/institut-systemes-intelligents-et-de-robotique/) · [🔬**Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique** Paris · France 2012–2015 · 2 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/labs/centre-national-de-la-recherche-scientifique/) 🏛️**Supelec Campus de Rennes** Cesson-Sevigne · [France](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/countries/france/) 2010–2013Education 2010–2013 · Phd 🏛️**Lebanese University School of Engineering** Beyrouth · [Lebanon](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/countries/lebanon/) 2006–2010Education 2006–2010 From the bylines of their papers (OpenAlex, 2026-10-14), ORCID and Wikidata; institutions on papers are matched by machine. 5 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 7 The field of science this work belongs to (OpenAlex fields).[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/) · [Psychology · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/psychology/) · [Artificial Intelligence · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/artificial-intelligence/) · [Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/computer-vision-and-pattern-recognition/) · [Developmental and Educational Psychology · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/psychology/developmental-and-educational-psychology/) · [Language and Linguistics · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/language-and-linguistics/) 🧭 Topics 2 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[Language models & pretraining · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/language-models/) · [Reasoning · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/reasoning/) ## Works by year ### 2020s [**2026** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/hanan-salam/year/2026/) · [**2025** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/hanan-salam/year/2025/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[Decompose-ToM: Enhancing Theory of Mind Reasoning in Large Language Models through Simulation and Task Decomposition](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/sarangi-2025-decompose-tom-enhancing-theory-mind/)** *(2025 · 10 citations)* Large language models still struggle with Theory of Mind (ToM) reasoning, especially higher-order questions (beliefs about other agents' beliefs) and dialogue scenarios where participants join and leave. 2. **[Can Small LLMs Learn a Robust Theory of Mind via RLVR? Investigating Generalization through the False-Belief Task](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/sarangi-2026-can-small-llms-learn-robust/)** *(2026)* The paper asks whether reinforcement learning with verifiable rewards (RLVR), which has improved mathematical and logical reasoning, can give small LLMs a general Theory of Mind (ToM) rather than benchmark-specific skill. ## 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. **[Decompose-ToM: Enhancing Theory of Mind Reasoning in Large Language Models through Simulation and Task Decomposition](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/sarangi-2025-decompose-tom-enhancing-theory-mind/) [International Conference on Computational Linguistics (COLING)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/coling/)**Sneheel Sarangi, Maha Elgarf, Hanan Salam*2025 · 10 citations* 2. **[Can Small LLMs Learn a Robust Theory of Mind via RLVR? Investigating Generalization through the False-Belief Task](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/sarangi-2026-can-small-llms-learn-robust/) [Findings of the Association for Computational Linguistics](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/findings/)**Sneheel Sarangi, Hanan Salam*2026* 3. **[CCD-Bench: Probing Cultural Conflict in Large Language Model Decision-Making ↗](https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.03553) arXiv:2510.03553 · no summary yet**Hasibur Rahman, Hanan Salam*2025* ## Co-authors here 1 co-author with a page, the most papers together first. - [Sneheel Sarangi](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/sneheel-sarangi/) ×2 ## Venues Where their works here were published, the most works first, with the editions of those that have a page. - [International Conference on Computational Linguistics (COLING)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/coling/): [COLING 2025](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/coling/2025/) - [Findings of the Association for Computational Linguistics](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/findings/): [Findings of the Association for Computational Linguistics 2026](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/findings/2026/) ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 9 times (of the 149,439 papers whose bibliographies we read); [6 citing papers with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/hanan-salam/cited-by/). Updated 1 November 2026