--- title: "John Aberdeen — author profile and papers · Machine translation" description: "John Aberdeen, Mitre: 3 papers on Elamur Research (1995–2010), h-index 21 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and who cites them in our library." canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/john-aberdeen/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/john-aberdeen/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / John Aberdeen # John Aberdeen John Aberdeen has 3 papers in our library, in 1995–2010, most of them on [Machine translation](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/machine-translation/), [Evaluation & benchmarks](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/evaluation-benchmarks/), [Semitic languages](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/semitic-languages/); often with [Christy Doran](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/christy-doran/), [Dan Parvaz](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/dan-parvaz/), [Sherri Condon](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/sherri-condon/). 3 papers in our library · 1995–2010 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5015172675) · [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0112-1037) · [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q100419771) · [**h-index 21**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5015172675) · [58 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5015172675) · [2,575 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5015172675&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 3 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/john-aberdeen/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 390 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/john-aberdeen/cited-by/) · [3 more in our library without a page yet](#also) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #2316](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/24/#star-2316) 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=John+Aberdeen) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=John+Aberdeen) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=John+Aberdeen) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=John+Aberdeen) ## Affiliations [🏢**Mitre** Bedford · United States 1991–2021 · 34 papersEmployment since 1991*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/companies/mitre/) · [🎓**Brandeis University** Waltham · United States 1988–2007 · 3 papersEducation · M.A., LinguisticsEducation · M.A., Psychology](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/brandeis-university/) · [🔬**National Center for Biotechnology Information** Bethesda · United States 2014–2015 · 2 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/labs/national-center-for-biotechnology-information/) · [🎓**Carnegie Mellon University** Pittsburgh · United States 2002 · 2 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/carnegie-mellon-university/) 🏛️**The MITRE Corporation Bedford** Bedford · [United States](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/countries/united-states/) 1991Employment since 1991 · Principal Scientist & Group Leader, Human Language Technology [🎓**Albion College** Albion · United States Education · B.A., Psychology/Spanish](https://ror.org/05nnk3913) 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 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.[Coreference resolution · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/coreference-resolution/) · [English · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/english/) · [Evaluation & benchmarks · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/evaluation-benchmarks/) · [Machine translation · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/machine-translation/) · [Semitic languages · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/semitic-languages/) · [Speech & spoken language · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/speech/) 💡 Concepts 1 Key ideas and methods explained on our concept pages.[Coreference resolution · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/concepts/coreference-resolution/) ## Works by year ### 2010s [**2010** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/john-aberdeen/year/2010/) ### 2000s [**2009** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/john-aberdeen/year/2009/) ### 1990s [**1995** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/john-aberdeen/year/1995/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[A Model-Theoretic Coreference Scoring Scheme](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/vilain-1995-model-theoretic-coreference-scoring-scheme/)** *(1995 · 1,056 citations)* The paper defines the scoring metric used for the coreference task of MUC-6, now known as the MUC metric. Coreference chains are viewed as equivalence classes, and scoring counts links rather than individual pairwise decisions. Recall for a key chain is the number of links needed to connect it minus the number of… 2. **[Evaluation of Machine Translation Errors in English and Iraqi Arabic](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/condon-2010-evaluation-machine-translation-errors-english/)** *(2010 · 22 citations)* The paper tackles a gap in machine translation evaluation. Human ratings and automatic scores say how good a translation is, but not what went wrong. MITRE linguists analyzed errors from 4 English–Iraqi Arabic speech translation systems built for DARPA's TRANSTAC program, at two evaluations in 2008. They used text… 3. **[Normalization for Automated Metrics: English and Arabic Speech Translation](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/condon-2009-normalization-automated-metrics-english-arabic/)** *(2009 · 11 citations)* In the DARPA TRANSTAC speech translation evaluations, automated metrics such as BLEU, TER and METEOR tracked bilingual human judgments well for output in English but poorly for output in Iraqi Arabic. ## 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. [**A Model-Theoretic Coreference Scoring Scheme**Marc Vilain, John Burger, John Aberdeen, et al.*Mova's core list · 1,056 citations*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/vilain-1995-model-theoretic-coreference-scoring-scheme/) 2. **[Evaluation of Machine Translation Errors in English and Iraqi Arabic](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/condon-2010-evaluation-machine-translation-errors-english/) [Language Resources and Evaluation Conference (LREC)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/lrec/)**Sherri Condon, Dan Parvaz, John Aberdeen, et al.*2010 · 22 citations* 3. **[Applying Automated Metrics to Speech Translation Dialogs ↗](https://aclanthology.org/L08-1143/) Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC'08) · no summary yet**Sherri Condon et al.*2008 · 14 citations* 4. **[Normalization for Automated Metrics: English and Arabic Speech Translation](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/condon-2009-normalization-automated-metrics-english-arabic/) [Machine Translation Summit (MT Summit)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/mtsummit/)**Sherri Condon, Gregory A. Sanders, Dan Parvaz, et al.*2009 · 11 citations* 5. **[Judges Are from Mars, Pro Se Litigants Are from Venus: Predicting Decisions from Lay Text ↗](https://doi.org/10.3233/faia200867) JURIX 2020 — Legal Knowledge and Information Systems (IOS Press, FAIA) · no summary yet**Karl Branting et al.*2020 · 10 citations* 6. **[Scalable Methods for Annotating Legal-Decision Corpora ↗](https://aclanthology.org/W19-2202/) Proceedings of the Natural Legal Language Processing Workshop 2019 · no summary yet**Lisa Ferro et al.*2019 · 10 citations* ## Co-authors here 6 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first. - [Christy Doran](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/christy-doran/) ×2 - [Dan Parvaz](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/dan-parvaz/) ×2 - [Sherri Condon](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/sherri-condon/) ×2 - [Andrew Freeman](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/andrew-freeman/) - [John Burger](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/john-burger/) - [Lynette Hirschman](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/lynette-hirschman/) ## 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/): [LREC 2010](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/lrec/2010/) - [Machine Translation Summit (MT Summit)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/mtsummit/): [Machine Translation Summit (MT Summit) 2009](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/mtsummit/2009/) - [Message Understanding Conference (MUC)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/muc/): [MUC 1995](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/muc/1995/) - JURIX 2020 — Legal Knowledge and Information Systems (IOS Press, FAIA) - Proceedings of the Natural Legal Language Processing Workshop 2019 - Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC'08) ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 390 times (of the 149,439 papers whose bibliographies we read); [186 citing papers with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/john-aberdeen/cited-by/). 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