--- title: "Kai Kugler · Universität Trier — author profile and papers" description: "Kai Kugler, Universität Trier: 2 papers on Elamur Research (2026), h-index 3 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and who cites them in our library." canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/kai-kugler/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/kai-kugler/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Kai Kugler # Kai Kugler Kai Kugler has 2 papers in our library, in 2026, most of them on [Historical linguistics & language change](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/language-change/); often with [Achim Rettinger](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/achim-rettinger/), [Nils Schwager](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/nils-schwager/), [Simon Münker](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/simon-munker/). 2 papers in our library · 2026 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5004261300) · [**h-index 3**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5004261300) · [12 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5004261300) · [21 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5004261300&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 2 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/kai-kugler/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 2 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/kai-kugler/cited-by/) · [1 more in our library without a page yet](#also) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #12074](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/121/#star-12074) 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=Kai+Kugler) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Kai+Kugler) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Kai+Kugler) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Kai+Kugler) ## Affiliations [🎓**Universität Trier** Trier · Germany 2021–2026 · 5 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/universitat-trier/) · [🎓**Karlsruhe Institute of Technology** Karlsruhe · Germany 2013–2016 · 3 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/karlsruhe-institute-of-technology/) 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/) · [Language and Linguistics · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/language-and-linguistics/) · [General Social Sciences · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/social-sciences/general-social-sciences/) · [Social Sciences · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/social-sciences/) 🧭 Topics 1 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[Historical linguistics & language change · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/language-change/) ## Works by year ### 2020s [**2026** 2 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/kai-kugler/year/2026/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[AmDi - Ambiguous Words Diachronic Dataset](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/thielen-2026-amdi-ambiguous-words-diachronic-dataset/)** *(2026)* German NLP has lacked a resource that serves both Word Sense Disambiguation (WSD) and Lexical Semantic Change Detection (LSCD). 2. **[Next Reply Prediction X (NRP-X) Dataset: Linguistic Discrepancies in Naively Generated Content](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/munker-2026-next-reply-prediction-x-nrp/)** *(2026)* Social scientists increasingly use LLMs as stand-ins for human participants. When models are simply prompted without behavioral constraints, their writing may differ from real users' in ways that undermine research validity. The authors build NRP-X, a resource for testing this on authentic X (formerly Twitter) data… ## 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. **[Zero-shot prompt-based classification: topic labeling in times of foundation models in German Tweets ↗](https://aclanthology.org/2025.acl-srw.4/) Proceedings of the 63rd Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics (Volume 4: Student Research Workshop) · no summary yet**Simon Münker, Kai Kugler, Achim Rettinger*2025 · 5 citations* 2. **[AmDi - Ambiguous Words Diachronic Dataset](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/thielen-2026-amdi-ambiguous-words-diachronic-dataset/) [Language Resources and Evaluation Conference (LREC)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/lrec/)**Felix Thielen, Kai Kugler*2026* 3. **[Next Reply Prediction X (NRP-X) Dataset: Linguistic Discrepancies in Naively Generated Content](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/munker-2026-next-reply-prediction-x-nrp/) [Shaping Multilingual, Multimodal AI for the Social Sciences and Humanities @ LREC](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/llms4ssh/)**Simon Münker, Nils Schwager, Kai Kugler, et al.*2026* ## Co-authors here 3 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first. - [Achim Rettinger](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/achim-rettinger/) - [Nils Schwager](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/nils-schwager/) - [Simon Münker](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/simon-munker/) ## Venues Where their works here were published, the most works first, with the editions of those that have a page. - [Shaping Multilingual, Multimodal AI for the Social Sciences and Humanities @ LREC](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/llms4ssh/): [Shaping Multilingual, Multimodal AI for the Social Sciences and Humanities @ LREC 2026](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/llms4ssh/2026/) - [Language Resources and Evaluation Conference (LREC)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/lrec/): [LREC 2026](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/lrec/2026/) - Proceedings of the 63rd Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics (Volume 4: Student Research Workshop) ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 2 times (of the 149,439 papers whose bibliographies we read); [1 citing paper with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/kai-kugler/cited-by/). Updated 1 November 2026