--- title: "Khanh Nguyen — author profile and papers — Elamur Research" description: "Khanh Nguyen, Texas A&M University: 2 papers on Elamur Research (2015–2023), h-index 9 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and who cites…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/khanh-nguyen/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/khanh-nguyen/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Khanh Nguyen # Khanh Nguyen Khanh Nguyen has 2 papers in our library, in 2015–2023, most of them on [Language models & pretraining](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/language-models/), [Psycholinguistics & language acquisition](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/psycholinguistics/); often with [Brendan O'Connor](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/brendan-o-connor/). 2 papers in our library · 2015–2023 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5013166244) · [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0400-1070) · [**h-index 9**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5013166244) · [41 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5013166244) · [351 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5013166244&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 2 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/khanh-nguyen/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 53 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/khanh-nguyen/cited-by/) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #7183](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/72/#star-7183) 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=Khanh+Nguyen) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Khanh+Nguyen) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Khanh+Nguyen) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Khanh+Nguyen) ## Affiliations [🎓**Texas A&M University** College Station · United States 2021–2026 · 7 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/texas-a-m-university/) · [🎓**University of California, Irvine** Irvine · United States 2013–2019 · 12 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-california-irvine/) · [🎓**Princeton University** Princeton · United States 2023 · 2 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/princeton-university/) · [🎓**University of Maryland, College Park** College Park · United States 2023 · 2 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-maryland-college-park/) From the bylines of their papers (OpenAlex, 2026-10-14), ORCID and Wikidata; institutions on papers are matched by machine. 4 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 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/) · [Cognitive Neuroscience · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/neuroscience/cognitive-neuroscience/) · [Neuroscience · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/neuroscience/) 🧭 Topics 2 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[Language models & pretraining · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/language-models/) · [Psycholinguistics & language acquisition · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/psycholinguistics/) ## Works by year ### 2020s [**2023** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/khanh-nguyen/year/2023/) ### 2010s [**2015** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/khanh-nguyen/year/2015/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[Posterior calibration and exploratory analysis for natural language processing models](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/nguyen-2015-posterior-calibration-exploratory-analysis-natural/)** *(2015 · 144 citations)* Probabilistic NLP models produce full distributions over outputs, yet they are usually judged only by their single best prediction. 2. **[Language Models are Bounded Pragmatic Speakers: Understanding RLHF from a Bayesian Cognitive Modeling Perspective](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/nguyen-2023-language-models-bounded-pragmatic-speakers/)** *(2023 · 1 citation)* The paper asks what kind of "model of thought" large language models implement. It offers a conceptual and mathematical answer rather than new data. The author introduces the bounded pragmatic speaker (BPS), a generalisation of the Rational Speech Act model. A speaker with limited computation combines two modules. A… ## Co-authors here 1 co-author with a page, the most papers together first. - [Brendan O'Connor](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/brendan-o-connor/) ## Venues Where their works here were published, the most works first, with the editions of those that have a page. - [Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing (EMNLP)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/emnlp/): [EMNLP 2015](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/emnlp/2015/) ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 53 times (of the 149,439 papers whose bibliographies we read); [8 citing papers with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/khanh-nguyen/cited-by/). Updated 30 October 2026