--- title: "Maytham Alabbas — author profile and papers in our library" description: "Maytham Alabbas, University of Basrah: 4 papers on Elamur Research (2011–2014), h-index 9 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and who…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/maytham-alabbas/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/maytham-alabbas/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Maytham Alabbas # Maytham Alabbas Maytham Alabbas has 4 papers in our library, in 2011–2014, most of them on [Semitic languages](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/semitic-languages/), [Reasoning](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/reasoning/); often with [Allan Ramsay](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/allan-ramsay/). 4 papers in our library · 2011–2014 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5002154374) · [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8548-5075) · [**h-index 9**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5002154374) · [42 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5002154374) · [192 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5002154374&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 4 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/maytham-alabbas/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 9 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/maytham-alabbas/cited-by/) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #7736](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/78/#star-7736) 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=Maytham+Alabbas) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Maytham+Alabbas) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Maytham+Alabbas) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Maytham+Alabbas) ## Affiliations [🎓**University of Basrah** Basra · Iraq 2003–2026 · 35 papersEmployment since 2003 · Professor, Computer Science*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-basrah/) · [🎓**University of Manchester** Manchester · United Kingdom 2009–2013 · 5 papersEducation 2009–2013 · Ph.D., Computer Science](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-manchester/) 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 4 The field of science this work belongs to (OpenAlex fields).[Artificial Intelligence · 4 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/artificial-intelligence/) · [Arts and Humanities · 4 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/) · [Computer Science · 4 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/) · [Language and Linguistics · 4 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/language-and-linguistics/) 🧭 Topics 2 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[Semitic languages · 4 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/semitic-languages/) · [Reasoning · 3 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/reasoning/) ## Works by year ### 2010s [**2014** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/maytham-alabbas/year/2014/) · [**2013** 2 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/maytham-alabbas/year/2013/) · [**2011** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/maytham-alabbas/year/2011/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[A Dataset for Arabic Textual Entailment](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/alabbas-2013-dataset-arabic-textual-entailment/)** *(2013 · 19 citations)* When this paper was written, Arabic had no dataset for textual entailment (TE). Building one by hand is slow, and the author argues it would also carry the developer's biases. The paper describes a semi-automatic pipeline instead. Headlines from Arabic news sites are sent to Google as queries. Each headline is then… 2. **[Natural Language Inference for Arabic Using Extended Tree Edit Distance with Subtrees](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/alabbas-2014-natural-language-inference-arabic-using/)** *(2013 · 17 citations)* The paper addresses natural language inference (deciding whether a hypothesis follows from a premise) for Modern Standard Arabic. 3. **[ArbTE: Arabic Textual Entailment](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/alabbas-2011-arbte-arabic-textual-entailment/)** *(2011 · 10 citations)* This workshop paper outlines ArbTE, a planned system for recognising textual entailment in Modern Standard Arabic. 4. **[Combining strategies for tagging and parsing Arabic](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/alabbas-2014-combining-strategies-tagging-parsing-arabic/)** *(2014 · 6 citations)* The paper asks how to merge the outputs of several Arabic POS taggers and dependency parsers so that the ensemble beats every member. ## Co-authors here 1 co-author with a page, the most papers together first. - [Allan Ramsay](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/allan-ramsay/) ×2 ## Venues Where their works here were published, the most works first, with the editions of those that have a page. - [Recent Advances in Natural Language Processing (RANLP)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/ranlp/) ×2: [RANLP 2013](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/ranlp/2013/), [RANLP 2011](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/ranlp/2011/) - [EMNLP Workshop on Arabic Natural Language Processing (ANLP)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/emnlp-workshop-on-arabic-natural-language-processing-anlp/): [ANLP 2014](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/emnlp-workshop-on-arabic-natural-language-processing-anlp/2014/) - [Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/journal-of-artificial-intelligence-research/): [Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research 2013](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/journal-of-artificial-intelligence-research/2013/) ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 9 times (of the 149,439 papers whose bibliographies we read); [6 citing papers with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/maytham-alabbas/cited-by/). Updated 31 October 2026