--- title: "Herman Kamper — author profile and papers in our library" description: "Herman Kamper, Stellenbosch University: 2 papers on Elamur Research (2019–2025), h-index 23 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and who…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/herman-kamper/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/herman-kamper/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Herman Kamper # Herman Kamper Herman Kamper has 2 papers in our library, in 2019–2025, most of them on [Speech & spoken language](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/speech/), [Low-resource languages](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/low-resource-languages/); often with [Adam Lopez](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/adam-lopez/), [Karen Livescu](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/karen-livescu/), [Sharon Goldwater](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/sharon-goldwater/). 2 papers in our library · 2019–2025 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5040305929) · [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2980-3475) · [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q130894014) · [**h-index 23**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5040305929) · [145 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5040305929) · [2,092 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5040305929&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 2 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/herman-kamper/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 239 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/herman-kamper/cited-by/) · [2 more in our library without a page yet](#also) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #8050](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/81/#star-8050) 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=Herman+Kamper) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Herman+Kamper) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Herman+Kamper) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Herman+Kamper) ## Affiliations [🎓**Stellenbosch University** Stellenbosch · South Africa 2009–2026 · 90 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/stellenbosch-university/) · [🎓**University of Edinburgh** Edinburgh · United Kingdom 2014–2017 · 9 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-edinburgh/) · [🎓**Toyota Technological Institute at Chicago** Chicago · United States 2017–2019 · 3 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/toyota-technological-institute-at-chicago/) 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 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/) · [Artificial Intelligence · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/artificial-intelligence/) · [Language and Linguistics · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/language-and-linguistics/) · [Signal Processing · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/signal-processing/) · [Psychology · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/psychology/) · [Developmental and Educational Psychology · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/psychology/developmental-and-educational-psychology/) 🧭 Topics 2 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[Speech & spoken language · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/speech/) · [Low-resource languages · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/low-resource-languages/) ## Works by year ### 2020s [**2025** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/herman-kamper/year/2025/) ### 2010s [**2019** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/herman-kamper/year/2019/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[Pre-training on high-resource speech recognition improves low-resource speech-to-text translation](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/bansal-2019-pre-training-high-resource-speech/)** *(2019 · 91 citations)* End-to-end speech-to-text translation (ST) works well when large amounts of translated audio exist, but it performs poorly when only a few hours are available. 2. **[Speech Recognition for Automatically Assessing Afrikaans and isiXhosa Preschool Oral Narratives](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/jacobs-2025-speech-recognition-automatically-assessing-afrikaans/)** *(2025 · 3 citations)* Early oral language skills predict later reading. In crowded South African preschools, though, assessing 4–5-year-olds by hand is impractical. This work builds the first component of an automated assessment pipeline: speech recognition for spontaneous stories told by Afrikaans and isiXhosa preschoolers. The children… ## All works 4 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. **[Pre-training on high-resource speech recognition improves low-resource speech-to-text translation](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/bansal-2019-pre-training-high-resource-speech/) [Conference of the North American Chapter of the Association for Computational Linguistics (NAACL)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/naacl/)**Sameer Bansal, Herman Kamper, Karen Livescu, et al.*2019 · 91 citations* 2. **[Automatically assessing oral narratives of Afrikaans and isiXhosa children ↗](https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.13205) arXiv:2507.13205 · no summary yet**Retief Louw et al.*2025 · 4 citations* 3. [**Speech Recognition for Automatically Assessing Afrikaans and isiXhosa Preschool Oral Narratives arXiv:2501.06478**Christiaan Jacobs, Annelien Smith, Daleen Klop, et al.*2025 · 3 citations*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/jacobs-2025-speech-recognition-automatically-assessing-afrikaans/) 4. **[Feature-based analysis of oral narratives from Afrikaans and isiXhosa children ↗](https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.13164) arXiv:2507.13164 · no summary yet**Emma Sharratt et al.*2025 · 2 citations* ## Co-authors here 3 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first. - [Adam Lopez](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/adam-lopez/) - [Karen Livescu](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/karen-livescu/) - [Sharon Goldwater](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/sharon-goldwater/) ## Venues Where their works here were published, the most works first, with the editions of those that have a page. - [Findings of the Association for Computational Linguistics](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/findings/) - [Conference of the North American Chapter of the Association for Computational Linguistics (NAACL)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/naacl/): [NAACL 2019](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/naacl/2019/) ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 239 times (of the 149,439 papers whose bibliographies we read); [42 citing papers with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/herman-kamper/cited-by/). Updated 30 October 2026