--- title: "Maja Mataric — author profile and papers — Elamur Research" description: "Maja Mataric, University of Southern California: 2 papers on Elamur Research (2023–2026), h-index 84 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/maja-mataric/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/maja-mataric/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Maja Mataric # Maja Mataric Maja Mataric has 2 papers in our library, in 2023–2026, most of them on [Language models & pretraining](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/language-models/), [Evaluation & benchmarks](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/evaluation-benchmarks/); often with [Abhinav Gupta](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/abhinav-gupta/), [Clement Crepy](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/clement-crepy/), [Marwa Abdulhai](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/marwa-abdulhai/). 2 papers in our library · 2023–2026 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5010248533) · [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8958-6666) · [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6737327) · [**h-index 84**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5010248533) · [636 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5010248533) · [30,933 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5010248533&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 2 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/maja-mataric/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 118 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/maja-mataric/cited-by/) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #5284](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/53/#star-5284) 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=Maja+Mataric) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Maja+Mataric) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Maja+Mataric) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Maja+Mataric) ## Affiliations [🎓**University of Southern California** Los Angeles · United States 1996–2026 · 436 papersEmployment since 1997 · Chaired and Distinguished Professor, Computer Science*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-southern-california/) · [🎓**California Southern University** Chandler · United States 2026 · 1 paper*current*](https://ror.org/058zz0t50) · [🎓**Brandeis University** Waltham · United States 1995–2002 · 16 papersEmployment](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/brandeis-university/) · [🎓**Massachusetts Institute of Technology** Cambridge · United States 1990–2006 · 12 papersEducation](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/massachusetts-institute-of-technology/) · [🎓**Viterbo University** La Crosse · United States 2022–2026 · 2 papers](https://ror.org/039p8pn96) · [🏢**Google DeepMind** London · United Kingdom 2023–2025 · 2 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/companies/google-deepmind/) · [🏢**Google** Mountain View · United States 2023–2024 · 2 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/companies/google/) · [🎓**Simmons University** Boston · United States 2016 · 2 papers](https://ror.org/04mbfgm16) · [🔬**MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory** Cambridge · United States 1992–2002 · 2 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/labs/mit-computer-science-and-artificial-intelligence-laboratory/) · [🎓**Vanguard University** Costa Mesa · United States 1997Employment since 1997](https://ror.org/02de0za51) From the bylines of their papers (OpenAlex, 2026-10-14), ORCID and Wikidata; institutions on papers are matched by machine. 5 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 8 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/) · [Decision Sciences · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/decision-sciences/) · [Management Science and Operations Research · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/decision-sciences/management-science-and-operations-research/) · [Safety Research · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/social-sciences/safety-research/) · [Social Sciences · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/social-sciences/) 🧭 Topics 2 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[Language models & pretraining · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/language-models/) · [Evaluation & benchmarks · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/evaluation-benchmarks/) ## Works by year ### 2020s [**2026** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/maja-mataric/year/2026/) · [**2023** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/maja-mataric/year/2023/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[Personality Traits in Large Language Models](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/serapio-garcia-2023-personality-traits-large-language-models/)** *(2023 · 252 citations)* Chatbots built on LLMs often appear to show a personality, but earlier attempts to measure it used questionnaires without checking whether the scores were statistically sound. 2. **[Can Large Language Models Infer Human Actions and Motives? Evaluation in Social Prediction and Inspection Games](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/shrestha-2026-can-large-language-models-infer/)** *(2026)* The paper asks whether current LLMs can anticipate a person's choices in strategic settings by working out the hidden motives behind them, and whether those inferred motives carry over to a new situation. ## Co-authors here 3 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first. - [Abhinav Gupta](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/abhinav-gupta/) - [Clement Crepy](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/clement-crepy/) - [Marwa Abdulhai](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/marwa-abdulhai/) ## Venues Where their works here were published, the most works first, with the editions of those that have a page. - [Findings of the Association for Computational Linguistics](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/findings/): [Findings of the Association for Computational Linguistics 2026](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/findings/2026/) ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 118 times (of the 149,439 papers whose bibliographies we read); [26 citing papers with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/maja-mataric/cited-by/). Updated 1 November 2026