--- title: "Kristof Van Laerhoven — author profile and papers in our library" description: "Kristof Van Laerhoven, University of Siegen: 2 papers on Elamur Research (2024–2025), h-index 38 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/kristof-van-laerhoven/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/kristof-van-laerhoven/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Kristof Van Laerhoven # Kristof Van Laerhoven Kristof Van Laerhoven has 2 papers in our library, in 2024–2025, most of them on [Semitic languages](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/semitic-languages/), [Sentiment & emotion](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/sentiment-emotion/), [Text generation](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/text-generation/); often with [Abdelhadi Soudi](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/abdelhadi-soudi/). 2 papers in our library · 2024–2025 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5027114416) · [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5296-5347) · [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q57682780) · [**h-index 38**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5027114416) · [296 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5027114416) · [6,841 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5027114416&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 2 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/kristof-van-laerhoven/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 2 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/kristof-van-laerhoven/cited-by/) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #11664](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/117/#star-11664) 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=Kristof+Van+Laerhoven) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Kristof+Van+Laerhoven) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Kristof+Van+Laerhoven) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Kristof+Van+Laerhoven) ## Affiliations [🎓**University of Siegen** Siegen · Germany 2017–2026 · 151 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-siegen/) · [🎓**Technische Universität Darmstadt** Darmstadt · Germany 2007–2014 · 63 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/technische-universitat-darmstadt/) · [🎓**University of Freiburg** Freiburg im Breisgau · Germany 2015–2021 · 23 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-freiburg/) · [🎓**Lancaster University** Lancaster · United Kingdom 2002–2006 · 18 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/lancaster-university/) · [🏢**Starlab** Yulee · United States 1999–2001 · 2 papers](https://ror.org/01fwrew07) From the bylines of their papers (OpenAlex, 2026-10-14), ORCID and Wikidata; institutions on papers are matched by machine. 1 more institution 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 · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/artificial-intelligence/) · [Computer Science · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/) · [Arts and Humanities · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/) · [Language and Linguistics · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/language-and-linguistics/) 🧭 Topics 3 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[Semitic languages · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/semitic-languages/) · [Sentiment & emotion · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/sentiment-emotion/) · [Text generation · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/text-generation/) ## Works by year ### 2020s [**2025** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/kristof-van-laerhoven/year/2025/) · [**2024** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/kristof-van-laerhoven/year/2024/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[Assessing the Performance of ChatGPT-4, Fine-tuned BERT and Traditional ML Models on Moroccan Arabic Sentiment Analysis](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/hannani-2024-assessing-performance-chatgpt-4-fine/)** *(2024 · 6 citations)* The paper asks how well current sentiment classifiers handle Moroccan Arabic (MA, Darija). MA is a low-resource dialect that mixes regional forms, loanwords, and both Arabic and Latin script. The authors compare four families of systems on two public corpora: 2. **[Bilingual resources for Moroccan Sign Language Generation and Standard Arabic Skills Improvement of Deaf Children](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/soudi-2025-bilingual-resources-moroccan-sign-language/)** *(2025)* The paper addresses the poor access to education for Deaf children in Morocco. Most of them do not attend school, instruction is given only in spoken or written Arabic or French, and almost no interpreters or trained teachers are available. The authors argue that bilingual teaching through Moroccan Sign Language… ## Co-authors here 1 co-author with a page, the most papers together first. - [Abdelhadi Soudi](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/abdelhadi-soudi/) ×2 ## Venues Where their works here were published, the most works first, with the editions of those that have a page. - [Workshop on Building and Using Comparable Corpora (BUCC)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/bucc/): [BUCC 2025](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/bucc/2025/) - [International Conference on Natural Language Processing for the Digital Humanities](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/nlp4dh/): [International Conference on Natural Language Processing for the Digital Humanities 2024](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/nlp4dh/2024/) ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 2 times (of the 149,439 papers whose bibliographies we read); [2 citing papers with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/kristof-van-laerhoven/cited-by/). Updated 2 November 2026