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# Hannes Pirker

Hannes Pirker has 2 papers in our library, in 1998, most of them on [Speech & spoken language](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/speech/); often with [Georg Niklfeld](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/georg-niklfeld/), [Harald Trost](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/harald-trost/), [Johannes Matiasek](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/johannes-matiasek/).

2 papers in our library · 1998

[OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5078325635) · [**h-index 10**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5078325635) · [56 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5078325635) · [782 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5078325635&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14

[📄 2 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/hannes-pirker/#papers) · [1 more in our library without a page yet](#also) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #11526](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/116/#star-11526)

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=Hannes+Pirker) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Hannes+Pirker) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Hannes+Pirker) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Hannes+Pirker)

## Affiliations

[🔬**Austrian Centre for Digital Humanities** Vienna · Austria 2015–2026 · 4 papers*current*](https://ror.org/028bsh698) · [🏛️**Austrian Academy of Sciences** Vienna · Austria 2015–2026 · 3 papers*current*](https://ror.org/03anc3s24) · [🔬**Austrian Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence** Vienna · Austria 1998–2011 · 9 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/labs/austrian-research-institute-for-artificial-intelligence/) · [🎓**University of Vienna** Vienna · Austria 1997–2004 · 2 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-vienna/)

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).[Artificial Intelligence · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/artificial-intelligence/) · [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/) · [Experimental and Cognitive Psychology · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/psychology/experimental-and-cognitive-psychology/) · [Language and Linguistics · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/language-and-linguistics/) · [Psychology · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/psychology/)

🧭 Topics 1 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[Speech & spoken language · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/speech/)

## Works by year

### 1990s

[**1998** 2 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/hannes-pirker/year/1998/)

## Papers

The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library).

1. **[From Information Structure to Intonation: A Phonological Interface for Concept-to-Speech](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/pirker-1998-information-structure-intonation-phonological-interface/)** *(1998 · 1 citation)* The paper presents the phonological interface inside VieCtoS, a German concept-to-speech system. The interface sits between a FUF-based tactical generator and a speech synthesizer. In concept-to-speech, syntactic, semantic and pragmatic information is already known, so it does not have to be guessed from text. That…
2. **[From Information Structure to Intonation: A Phonological Interface for Concept-to-Speech](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/pirker-1998-information-structure-intonation-phonological-interface-c98-2166/)** *(1998)* The paper describes the bridge between the language generator and the speech synthesizer in VieCtoS, a German concept-to-speech system that produces weather reports.

## 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. **[From Information Structure to Intonation: A Phonological Interface for Concept-to-Speech](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/pirker-1998-information-structure-intonation-phonological-interface/) [Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/acl/)**Hannes Pirker, Georg Niklfeld, Johannes Matiasek, et al.*1998 · 1 citation*
2. **[Towards an Interoperable Corpus of Austrian Historical Newspapers: The case of PressMint-AT ↗](https://aclanthology.org/2026.pressmint-1.7/) Proceedings of the First Workshop on Creating Interoperable Corpora of Historical Newspapers · no summary yet**Tanja Wissik et al.*2026*
3. **[From Information Structure to Intonation: A Phonological Interface for Concept-to-Speech](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/pirker-1998-information-structure-intonation-phonological-interface-c98-2166/) [International Conference on Computational Linguistics (COLING)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/coling/)**Hannes Pirker, Georg Niklfeld, Johannes Matiasek, et al.*1998*

## Co-authors here

3 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first.

- [Georg Niklfeld](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/georg-niklfeld/) ×2
- [Harald Trost](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/harald-trost/) ×2
- [Johannes Matiasek](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/johannes-matiasek/) ×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 1998](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/acl/1998/)
- [International Conference on Computational Linguistics (COLING)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/coling/): [COLING 1998](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/coling/1998/)
- Proceedings of the First Workshop on Creating Interoperable Corpora of Historical Newspapers

Updated 30 October 2026
