--- title: "Matthew Finlayson — author profile and papers in our library" description: "Matthew Finlayson, University of Southern California: 3 papers on Elamur Research (2022–2026), h-index 4 — affiliations, topics, co-authors…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/matthew-finlayson/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/matthew-finlayson/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Matthew Finlayson # Matthew Finlayson Matthew Finlayson has 3 papers in our library, in 2022–2026, 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/), [Reasoning](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/reasoning/); often with [Sean Welleck](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/sean-welleck/), [Amanda Bertsch](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/amanda-bertsch/), [Ashish Sabharwal](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/ashish-sabharwal/). 3 papers in our library · 2022–2026 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5045879688) · [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0009-0001-2906-816X) · [**h-index 4**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5045879688) · [20 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5045879688) · [233 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5045879688&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 3 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/matthew-finlayson/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 441 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/matthew-finlayson/cited-by/) · [1 more in our library without a page yet](#also) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #5430](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/55/#star-5430) 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=Matthew+Finlayson) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Matthew+Finlayson) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Matthew+Finlayson) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Matthew+Finlayson) ## Affiliations [🎓**University of Southern California** Los Angeles · United States 2023–2026 · 9 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-southern-california/) · [🎓**Southern States University** San Diego · United States 2026 · 1 paper*current*](https://ror.org/01b0j0m34) · [🔬**Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence** Seattle · United States 2022 · 3 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/labs/allen-institute-for-artificial-intelligence/) 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).[Artificial Intelligence · 3 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/artificial-intelligence/) · [Language and Linguistics · 3 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/language-and-linguistics/) · [Arts and Humanities · 3 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/) · [Computer Science · 3 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/) · [Mathematics · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/mathematics/) · [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 3 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/) · [Reasoning · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/reasoning/) ## Works by year ### 2020s [**2026** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/matthew-finlayson/year/2026/) · [**2024** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/matthew-finlayson/year/2024/) · [**2022** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/matthew-finlayson/year/2022/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[LILA: A Unified Benchmark for Mathematical Reasoning](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/mishra-2022-lila-unified-benchmark-mathematical-reasoning/)** *(2022 · 179 citations)* Benchmarks that test one narrow math skill can make large language models look more capable than they are. 2. **[From Decoding to Meta-Generation: Inference-time Algorithms for Large Language Models](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/welleck-2024-decoding-meta-generation-inference-time/)** *(2024 · 51 citations)* Most LLM progress has been credited to spending more compute during training. The gains from spending compute at inference time have been studied by separate communities that use inconsistent terminology. This survey by Welleck and colleagues (CMU, USC, EleutherAI, Meta FAIR, University of Washington) organizes that… 3. **[Side-by-side Comparison Amplifies Dialect Bias in Language Models](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/kondapally-2026-side-side-comparison-amplifies-dialect/)** *(2026)* The paper asks whether language models judge writers more harshly when their text is in African-American Vernacular English (AAVE) than when it is in Standard American English (SAE), even without any dialect label (covert dialect bias). ## All works 4 works of theirs in our library, the most cited first; 3 with a page here, the others link their original until we summarise them. 1. **[Decomposed Prompting: A Modular Approach for Solving Complex Tasks ↗](https://arxiv.org/abs/2210.02406) ICLR 2023 (arXiv 2210.02406) · no summary yet**Tushar Khot et al.*2023 · 390 citations* 2. **[LILA: A Unified Benchmark for Mathematical Reasoning](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/mishra-2022-lila-unified-benchmark-mathematical-reasoning/) [Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing (EMNLP)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/emnlp/)**Swaroop Mishra, Matthew Finlayson, Pan Lu, et al.*2022 · 179 citations* 3. [**From Decoding to Meta-Generation: Inference-time Algorithms for Large Language Models arXiv:2406.16838**Sean Welleck, Amanda Bertsch, Matthew Finlayson, et al.*2024 · 51 citations*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/welleck-2024-decoding-meta-generation-inference-time/) 4. **[Side-by-side Comparison Amplifies Dialect Bias in Language Models](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/kondapally-2026-side-side-comparison-amplifies-dialect/) [ACM Conference on Fairness, Accountability, and Transparency (FAccT)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/acm-conference-on-fairness-accountability-and-transparency-facct/)**Kritee Kondapally, Claire J. Smerdon, Pooja C. Patel, et al.*2026* ## Co-authors here 12 of 17 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first. - [Sean Welleck](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/sean-welleck/) ×2 - [Amanda Bertsch](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/amanda-bertsch/) - [Ashish Sabharwal](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/ashish-sabharwal/) - [Ashwin Kalyan](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/ashwin-kalyan/) - [Chitta Baral](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/chitta-baral/) - [Claire J. Smerdon](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/claire-j-smerdon/) - [Graham Neubig](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/graham-neubig/) - [Hailey Schoelkopf](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/hailey-schoelkopf/) - [Ilia Kulikov](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/ilia-kulikov/) - [Jaspreet Ranjit](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/jaspreet-ranjit/) - [Oyvind Tafjord](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/oyvind-tafjord/) - [Pan Lu](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/pan-lu/) ## Venues Where their works here were published, the most works first, with the editions of those that have a page. - [ACM Conference on Fairness, Accountability, and Transparency (FAccT)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/acm-conference-on-fairness-accountability-and-transparency-facct/): [FAccT 2026](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/acm-conference-on-fairness-accountability-and-transparency-facct/2026/) - [Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing (EMNLP)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/emnlp/): [EMNLP 2022](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/emnlp/2022/) - ICLR 2023 (arXiv 2210.02406) ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 441 times (of the 149,439 papers whose bibliographies we read); [113 citing papers with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/matthew-finlayson/cited-by/). Updated 31 October 2026