--- title: "Iskandar Keskes · University of Sfax — author profile and papers" description: "Iskandar Keskes, University of Sfax: 3 papers on Elamur Research (2012–2022), h-index 5 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and who cites…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/iskandar-keskes/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/iskandar-keskes/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Iskandar Keskes # Iskandar Keskes Iskandar Keskes has 3 papers in our library, in 2012–2022, most of them on [Semitic languages](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/semitic-languages/), [Discourse analysis](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/discourse-analysis/), [Summarization](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/summarization/); often with [Lamia Hadrich Belguith](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/lamia-hadrich-belguith/), [Agata Savary](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/agata-savary/), [Cherifa Ben Khelil](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/cherifa-ben-khelil/). 3 papers in our library · 2012–2022 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5052219440) · [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7817-1991) · [**h-index 5**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5052219440) · [19 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5052219440) · [62 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5052219440&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 3 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/iskandar-keskes/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 13 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/iskandar-keskes/cited-by/) · [3 more in our library without a page yet](#also) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #9930](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/100/#star-9930) 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=Iskandar+Keskes) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Iskandar+Keskes) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Iskandar+Keskes) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Iskandar+Keskes) ## Affiliations [🎓**University of Sfax** Sfax · Tunisia 2014–2026 · 5 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-sfax/) · [🎓**Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier** Toulouse · France 2013–2015 · 3 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/universite-toulouse-iii-paul-sabatier/) · [🔬**Institut de Recherche en Informatique de Toulouse** Toulouse · France 2012–2014 · 3 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/labs/institut-de-recherche-en-informatique-de-toulouse/) · [🎓**Faculty of Economics and Management of Sfax** Sfax · Tunisia 2012–2025 · 2 papersEducationEmployment](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/faculty-of-economics-and-management-of-sfax/) From the bylines of their papers (OpenAlex, 2026-10-14), ORCID and Wikidata; institutions on papers are matched by machine. 2 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 4 The field of science this work belongs to (OpenAlex fields).[Artificial Intelligence · 3 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/artificial-intelligence/) · [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/) · [Language and Linguistics · 3 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/language-and-linguistics/) 🧭 Topics 6 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[Semitic languages · 3 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/semitic-languages/) · [Discourse analysis · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/discourse-analysis/) · [Idioms & multiword expressions · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/multiword-expressions/) · [Multilingual & cross-lingual NLP · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/multilingual-nlp/) · [French · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/french/) · [Summarization · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/summarization/) ## Works by year ### 2020s [**2022** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/iskandar-keskes/year/2022/) ### 2010s [**2012** 2 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/iskandar-keskes/year/2012/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[Clause-based Discourse Segmentation of Arabic Texts](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/keskes-2012-clause-based-discourse-segmentation-arabic/)** *(2012 · 20 citations)* The paper tackles the first step of discourse parsing for Arabic: splitting text into Elementary Discourse Units (EDUs). 2. **[Annotating Verbal Multiword Expressions in Arabic: Assessing the Validity of a Multilingual Annotation Procedure](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/mohamed-2022-annotating-verbal-multiword-expressions-arabic/)** *(2022 · 5 citations)* The paper extends the PARSEME framework for verbal multiword expressions (VMWEs) to Modern Standard Arabic. 3. **[Étude comparative entre trois approches de résumé automatique de documents arabes (Comparative Study of Three Approaches to Automatic Summarization of Arabic Documents) in French](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/keskes-2012-etude-comparative-entre-trois-approches/)** *(2012)* The paper compares three ways of building extractive summaries of Arabic documents, each implemented as its own system. ## All works 6 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. **[Clause-based Discourse Segmentation of Arabic Texts](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/keskes-2012-clause-based-discourse-segmentation-arabic/) [Language Resources and Evaluation Conference (LREC)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/lrec/)**Iskandar Keskes, Farah Benamara, Lamia Hadrich Belguith*2012 · 20 citations* 2. **[Lexicons Gain the Upper Hand in Arabic MWE Identification ↗](https://aclanthology.org/2024.mwe-1.13/) Proceedings of the Joint Workshop on Multiword Expressions and Universal Dependencies (MWE-UD) @ LREC-COLING 2024 · no summary yet**Najet Hadj Mohamed et al.*2024 · 5 citations* 3. **[Annotating Verbal Multiword Expressions in Arabic: Assessing the Validity of a Multilingual Annotation Procedure](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/mohamed-2022-annotating-verbal-multiword-expressions-arabic/) [Language Resources and Evaluation Conference (LREC)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/lrec/)**Najet Hadj Mohamed, Cherifa Ben Khelil, Agata Savary, et al.*2022 · 5 citations* 4. **[Résumé automatique de documents arabes basé sur la technique RST ↗](https://aclanthology.org/2010.jeptalnrecital-recital.8/) Actes de la 17e conférence sur le Traitement Automatique des Langues Naturelles. REncontres jeunes Chercheurs en Informatique pour le Traitement Automatique des Langues · no summary yet**Mohamed Hédi Maâloul, Iskandar Keskes*2010 · 1 citation* 5. **[Segmenting Arabic Texts into Elementary Discourse Units (Segmentation de textes arabes en unités discursives minimales) in French ↗](https://aclanthology.org/F13-1032/) Proceedings of TALN 2013 (Volume 1: Long Papers) · no summary yet**Iskandar Keskes, Farah Beanamara, Lamia Hadrich Belguith*2013* 6. **[Étude comparative entre trois approches de résumé automatique de documents arabes (Comparative Study of Three Approaches to Automatic Summarization of Arabic Documents) in French](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/keskes-2012-etude-comparative-entre-trois-approches/) [JEP-TALN-RECITAL (the French-speaking conferences on speech and natural language processing)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/jeptalnrecital/)**Iskandar Keskes, Mohamed Mahdi Boudabous, Mohamed Hédi Maaloul, et al.*2012* ## Co-authors here 6 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first. - [Lamia Hadrich Belguith](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/lamia-hadrich-belguith/) ×3 - [Agata Savary](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/agata-savary/) - [Cherifa Ben Khelil](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/cherifa-ben-khelil/) - [Farah Benamara](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/farah-benamara/) - [Jean-Yves Antoine](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/jean-yves-antoine/) - [Najet Hadj Mohamed](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/najet-hadj-mohamed/) ## Venues Where their works here were published, the most works first, with the editions of those that have a page. - [Language Resources and Evaluation Conference (LREC)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/lrec/) ×2: [LREC 2022](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/lrec/2022/), [LREC 2012](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/lrec/2012/) - [JEP-TALN-RECITAL (the French-speaking conferences on speech and natural language processing)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/jeptalnrecital/): [JEP-TALN-RECITAL (the French-speaking conferences on speech and natural language processing) 2012](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/jeptalnrecital/2012/) - Actes de la 17e conférence sur le Traitement Automatique des Langues Naturelles. REncontres jeunes Chercheurs en Informatique pour le Traitement Automatique des Langues - Proceedings of TALN 2013 (Volume 1: Long Papers) - Proceedings of the Joint Workshop on Multiword Expressions and Universal Dependencies (MWE-UD) @ LREC-COLING 2024 ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 13 times (of the 149,439 papers whose bibliographies we read); [7 citing papers with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/iskandar-keskes/cited-by/). Updated 2 November 2026