--- title: "Mahmoud Azab — author profile and papers — Elamur Research" description: "Mahmoud Azab: 4 papers on Elamur Research (2013–2015), h-index 8 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and who cites them in our library." canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/mahmoud-azab/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/mahmoud-azab/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Mahmoud Azab # Mahmoud Azab Mahmoud Azab has 4 papers in our library, in 2013–2015, most of them on [English](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/english/), [Semitic languages](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/semitic-languages/), [Grammatical error correction & learner language](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/grammatical-error-correction/); often with [Kemal Oflazer](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/kemal-oflazer/), [Ahmed Salama](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/ahmed-salama/), [Hideki Shima](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/hideki-shima/). 4 papers in our library · 2013–2015 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5110646972) · [**h-index 8**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5110646972) · [18 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5110646972) · [187 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5110646972&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 4 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/mahmoud-azab/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 16 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/mahmoud-azab/cited-by/) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #9620](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/97/#star-9620) 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=Mahmoud+Azab) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Mahmoud+Azab) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Mahmoud+Azab) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Mahmoud+Azab) ## Affiliations [🎓**University of Michigan** Ann Arbor · United States 2015–2019 · 8 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-michigan/) · [🎓**Carnegie Mellon University** Pittsburgh · United States 2013–2018 · 4 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/carnegie-mellon-university/) · [🎓**Carnegie Mellon University Qatar** Doha · Qatar 2013–2018 · 3 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/carnegie-mellon-university-qatar/) From the bylines of their papers (OpenAlex, 2026-10-14), ORCID and Wikidata; institutions on papers are matched by machine. 2 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 7 The field of science this work belongs to (OpenAlex fields).[Computer Science · 4 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/) · [Artificial Intelligence · 4 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/artificial-intelligence/) · [Arts and Humanities · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/) · [Psychology · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/psychology/) · [Developmental and Educational Psychology · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/psychology/developmental-and-educational-psychology/) · [Education · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/social-sciences/education/) · [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.[English · 3 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/english/) · [Grammatical error correction & learner language · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/grammatical-error-correction/) · [Semitic languages · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/semitic-languages/) ## Works by year ### 2010s [**2015** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/mahmoud-azab/year/2015/) · [**2013** 3 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/mahmoud-azab/year/2013/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[Using Word Semantics To Assist English as a Second Language Learners](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/azab-2015-word-semantics-assist-english-as/)** *(2015 · 22 citations)* The authors present a tool that helps learners of English as a second or foreign language (ESL/EFL) understand difficult words while reading. 2. **[Dudley North visits North London: Learning When to Transliterate to Arabic](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/azab-2013-dudley-north-visits-north-london/)** *(2013 · 5 citations)* When translating English into Arabic, a named-entity token must either be rendered by meaning (translated) or by sound (transliterated). 3. **[An English Reading Tool as a NLP Showcase](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/azab-2013-english-reading-tool-as-nlp/)** *(2013 · 2 citations)* People reading English as a second language run into unknown words, characters whose names they no longer recall, tangled sentences, and lost context between reading sessions. This demo paper describes the server design behind SmartReader, a browser-based assistant that turns a plain document into an interactive text. 4. **[An NLP-based Reading Tool for Aiding Non-native English Readers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/azab-2013-nlp-based-reading-tool-aiding/)** *(2013 · 2 citations)* The paper presents a browser-based e-book reader that helps non-native English readers, especially students, get past vocabulary, grammar and context problems while reading. ## Co-authors here 9 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first. - [Kemal Oflazer](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/kemal-oflazer/) ×3 - [Ahmed Salama](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/ahmed-salama/) ×2 - [Hideki Shima](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/hideki-shima/) ×2 - [Jun Araki](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/jun-araki/) ×2 - [Teruko Mitamura](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/teruko-mitamura/) ×2 - [Behrang Mohit](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/behrang-mohit/) - [Chris Hokamp](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/chris-hokamp/) - [Houda Bouamor](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/houda-bouamor/) - [Rada Mihalcea](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/rada-mihalcea/) ## Venues Where their works here were published, the most works first, with the editions of those that have a page. - [Conference of the North American Chapter of the Association for Computational Linguistics (NAACL)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/naacl/) ×2: [NAACL 2015](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/naacl/2015/), [NAACL 2013](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/naacl/2013/) - [International Joint Conference on Natural Language Processing (IJCNLP)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/ijcnlp/): [IJCNLP 2013](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/ijcnlp/2013/) - [Recent Advances in Natural Language Processing (RANLP)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/ranlp/): [RANLP 2013](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/ranlp/2013/) ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 16 times (of the 149,439 papers whose bibliographies we read); [5 citing papers with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/mahmoud-azab/cited-by/). Updated 31 October 2026