--- title: "Malik H. Altakrori — author profile and papers" description: "Malik H. Altakrori, IBM: 2 papers on Elamur Research (2026), h-index 3 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and who cites them in our library." canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/malik-h-altakrori/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/malik-h-altakrori/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Malik H. Altakrori # Malik H. Altakrori Malik H. Altakrori has 2 papers in our library, in 2026, most of them on [Semitic languages](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/semitic-languages/), [Question answering](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/question-answering/), [Multilingual & cross-lingual NLP](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/multilingual-nlp/); often with [Kirill Chirkunov](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/kirill-chirkunov/), [Nizar Habash](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/nizar-habash/), [Teresa Lynn](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/teresa-lynn/). 2 papers in our library · 2026 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5070510731) · [**h-index 3**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5070510731) · [11 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5070510731) · [40 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5070510731&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 2 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/malik-h-altakrori/#papers) · [🔗 16 citations in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/malik-h-altakrori/cited-by/) · [2 more in our library without a page yet](#also) · [⭐ Paper Star rank #4858](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/49/#star-4858) 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=Malik+H.+Altakrori) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Malik+H.+Altakrori) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Malik+H.+Altakrori) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Malik+H.+Altakrori) ## Affiliations [🏢**IBM** Armonk · United States 2024–2026 · 2 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/companies/ibm/) · [🎓**McGill University** Montreal · Canada 2018–2022 · 3 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/mcgill-university/) 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. ## Topics [Semitic languages (2)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/semitic-languages/) · [Question answering (1)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/question-answering/) · [Multilingual & cross-lingual NLP (1)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/multilingual-nlp/) ## Works by year ### 2020s [**2026** 2 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/malik-h-altakrori/year/2026/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[DialectalArabicMMLU: Benchmarking Dialectal Capabilities in Arabic and Multilingual Language Models](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/altakrori-2026-dialectalarabicmmlu-benchmarking-dialectal-capabilities-arabic/)** *(2026 · 9 citations)* Most Arabic LLM benchmarks test Modern Standard Arabic (MSA), but everyday Arabic is spoken and written in regional dialects that differ in lexicon, morphology and syntax. 2. **[EDRAC: Benchmarking Arabic Dialect Reading Comprehension](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/mokh-2026-edrac-benchmarking-arabic-dialect-reading/)** *(2026)* Dialectal Arabic has far fewer resources than Modern Standard Arabic. Existing dialect reading-comprehension tests are almost all multiple-choice and built from translated or social-media text. EDRAC fills this gap with an open-ended, generative QA benchmark for five dialects: Egyptian, Moroccan, Emirati, Syrian and… ## Also in our library 2 more works of theirs are in our library without a page here yet; they will appear as we publish them. ## Co-authors here 12 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first. - [Kirill Chirkunov](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/kirill-chirkunov/) ×2 - [Nizar Habash](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/nizar-habash/) ×2 - [Teresa Lynn](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/teresa-lynn/) ×2 - [Younes Samih](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/younes-samih/) ×2 - [Abed Alhakim Freihat](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/abed-alhakim-freihat/) - [Alham Fikri Aji](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/alham-fikri-aji/) - [Muhammed AbuOdeh](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/muhammed-abuodeh/) - [Noor Abo Mokh](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/noor-abo-mokh/) - [Nour Rabih](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/nour-rabih/) - [Preslav Nakov](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/preslav-nakov/) - [Radu Florian](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/radu-florian/) - [Reham Marzouk](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/reham-marzouk/) ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 16 times (of the 140,884 papers whose bibliographies we read); [5 citing papers with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/malik-h-altakrori/cited-by/).