--- title: "Laurie Gerber — author profile and papers · Machine translation" description: "Laurie Gerber: 2 papers on Elamur Research (1997–2001), h-index 8 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and who cites them in our library." canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/laurie-gerber/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/laurie-gerber/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Laurie Gerber # Laurie Gerber Laurie Gerber has 2 papers in our library, in 1997–2001, most of them on [Machine translation](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/machine-translation/), [English](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/english/); often with [Eduard Hovy](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/eduard-hovy/), [Chin-Yew Lin](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/chin-yew-lin/), [Deepak Ravichandran](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/deepak-ravichandran/). 2 papers in our library · 1997–2001 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5043671008) · [**h-index 8**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5043671008) · [30 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5043671008) · [742 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5043671008&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 2 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/laurie-gerber/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 99 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/laurie-gerber/cited-by/) · [3 more in our library without a page yet](#also) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #5860](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/59/#star-5860) 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=Laurie+Gerber) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Laurie+Gerber) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Laurie+Gerber) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Laurie+Gerber) ## Affiliations [🏢**Northrop Grumman** Falls Church · United States 2002 · 2 papers](https://ror.org/05kewds18) · [🎓**University of Southern California** Los Angeles · United States 1998–2001 · 2 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-southern-california/) 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 5 The field of science this work belongs to (OpenAlex fields).[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/) · [Artificial Intelligence · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/artificial-intelligence/) · [Language and Linguistics · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/language-and-linguistics/) · [Information Systems · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/information-systems/) 🧭 Topics 2 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[English · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/english/) · [Machine translation · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/machine-translation/) 💡 Concepts 1 Key ideas and methods explained on our concept pages.[Semantics · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/concepts/semantics/) ## Works by year ### 2000s [**2001** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/laurie-gerber/year/2001/) ### 1990s [**1997** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/laurie-gerber/year/1997/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[Toward Semantics-Based Answer Pinpointing](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/hovy-2001-semantics-based-answer-pinpointing/)** *(2001 · 263 citations)* The paper tackles a weakness in factoid question answering (QA). Most systems pick the answer by sliding a word-scoring window over retrieved text. That approach cannot mark exact answer boundaries, cannot recognize the semantic type of an answer such as a person or a place, and fails when answer pieces are spread… 2. **[MT at the paragraph level: improving English synthesis in SYSTRAN](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/hovy-1997-mt-paragraph-level-improving-english/)** *(1997)* Most machine translation systems handle one sentence at a time. Many output errors, however, come from phenomena that cross sentence boundaries. Hovy (USC/ISI) and Gerber (SYSTRAN) describe a research-to-industry project that adds a light discourse layer to the English synthesis stage of SYSTRAN's Japanese-to-English… ## All works 5 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. **[Toward Semantics-Based Answer Pinpointing](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/hovy-2001-semantics-based-answer-pinpointing/) [Human Language Technology Conference (HLT)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/hlt/)**Eduard Hovy, Laurie Gerber, Ulf Hermjakob, et al.*2001 · 263 citations* 2. **[SYSTRAN MT Dictionary Development ↗](https://aclanthology.org/1997.mtsummit-papers.19/) Proceedings of Machine Translation Summit VI: Papers · no summary yet**Laurie Gerber, Jin Yang*1997 · 22 citations* 3. **[MT at the paragraph level: improving English synthesis in SYSTRAN](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/hovy-1997-mt-paragraph-level-improving-english/) [Conference on Theoretical and Methodological Issues in Machine Translation of Natural Languages](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/tmi/)**Eduard Hovy, Laurie Gerber*1997* 4. **[SYSTRAN Chinese-English MT, ECI Chinese OCR - CHIOCR ↗](https://aclanthology.org/1996.amta-1.37/) Conference of the Association for Machine Translation in the Americas · no summary yet**Gerber, Laurie*1996* 5. **[The Role of MT Evaluation ↗](https://aclanthology.org/1994.amta-1.28/) Proceedings of the First Conference of the Association for Machine Translation in the Americas · no summary yet**Scott Bennett et al.*1994* ## Co-authors here 4 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first. - [Eduard Hovy](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/eduard-hovy/) ×2 - [Chin-Yew Lin](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/chin-yew-lin/) - [Deepak Ravichandran](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/deepak-ravichandran/) - [Ulf Hermjakob](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/ulf-hermjakob/) ## Venues Where their works here were published, the most works first, with the editions of those that have a page. - Proceedings of the First Conference of the Association for Machine Translation in the Americas ×2 - [Human Language Technology Conference (HLT)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/hlt/): [HLT 2001](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/hlt/2001/) - [Conference on Theoretical and Methodological Issues in Machine Translation of Natural Languages](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/tmi/): [Conference on Theoretical and Methodological Issues in Machine Translation of Natural Languages 1997](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/tmi/1997/) - Proceedings of Machine Translation Summit VI: Papers ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 99 times (of the 149,439 papers whose bibliographies we read); [13 citing papers with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/laurie-gerber/cited-by/). Updated 30 October 2026