--- title: "Melanie Kambadur — author profile and papers in our library" description: "Melanie Kambadur, Massachusetts Institute of Technology: 2 papers on Elamur Research (2022–2026), h-index 10 — affiliations, topics…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/melanie-kambadur/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/melanie-kambadur/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Melanie Kambadur # Melanie Kambadur Melanie Kambadur has 2 papers in our library, in 2022–2026, most of them on [Language models & pretraining](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/language-models/), [Multilingual & cross-lingual NLP](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/multilingual-nlp/), [Code & programming languages](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/code-and-programming/); often with [Adina Williams](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/adina-williams/), [Eric Michael Smith](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/eric-michael-smith/), [Sebastian Ruder](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/sebastian-ruder/). 2 papers in our library · 2022–2026 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5024510591) · [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0009-0008-7481-6850) · [**h-index 10**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5024510591) · [33 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5024510591) · [3,062 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5024510591&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 2 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/melanie-kambadur/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 7,327 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/melanie-kambadur/cited-by/) · [1 more in our library without a page yet](#also) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #6857](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/69/#star-6857) 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=Melanie+Kambadur) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Melanie+Kambadur) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Melanie+Kambadur) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Melanie+Kambadur) ## Affiliations [🎓**Massachusetts Institute of Technology** Cambridge · United States 2026 · 2 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/massachusetts-institute-of-technology/) · [🎓**Columbia University** New York · United States 2012–2016 · 14 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/columbia-university/) · [🏢**Meta** Menlo Park · United States 2022–2025 · 4 papersEmployment](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/companies/meta/) From the bylines of their papers (OpenAlex, 2026-10-14), ORCID and Wikidata; institutions on papers are matched by machine. 3 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/) · [Arts and Humanities · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/) · [Computer Science · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/) · [Language and Linguistics · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/language-and-linguistics/) · [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/) · [Computer Science Applications · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/computer-science-applications/) · [Information Systems · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/information-systems/) 🧭 Topics 3 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[Language models & pretraining · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/language-models/) · [Code & programming languages · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/code-and-programming/) · [Multilingual & cross-lingual NLP · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/multilingual-nlp/) ## Works by year ### 2020s [**2026** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/melanie-kambadur/year/2026/) · [**2022** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/melanie-kambadur/year/2022/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[“I'm sorry to hear that”: Finding New Biases in Language Models with a Holistic Descriptor Dataset](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/smith-2022-i-m-sorry-hear-that/)** *(2022 · 167 citations)* Existing bias benchmarks for language models cover only a few demographic groups and usually come with fixed tests that assume in advance which biases a model might have. 2. **[Parallel-SFT: Improving Zero-Shot Cross-Programming-Language Transfer for Code RL](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/wu-2026-parallel-sft-improving-zero-shot/)** *(2026)* LLMs write code well in popular programming languages, but weaker data coverage hurts them in less common ones. ## All works 3 works of theirs in our library, the most cited first; 2 with a page here, the others link their original until we summarise them. 1. **[“I'm sorry to hear that”: Finding New Biases in Language Models with a Holistic Descriptor Dataset](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/smith-2022-i-m-sorry-hear-that/) [Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing (EMNLP)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/emnlp/)**Eric Michael Smith, Melissa Hall, Melanie Kambadur, et al.*2022 · 167 citations* 2. **[A Theory on Adam Instability in Large-Scale Machine Learning ↗](https://arxiv.org/abs/2304.09871) arXiv:2304.09871 · no summary yet**Igor Molybog et al.*2023 · 15 citations* 3. **[Parallel-SFT: Improving Zero-Shot Cross-Programming-Language Transfer for Code RL](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/wu-2026-parallel-sft-improving-zero-shot/) [Findings of the Association for Computational Linguistics](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/findings/)**Zhaofeng Wu, Shiqi Wang, Boya Peng, et al.*2026* ## Co-authors here 6 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first. - [Adina Williams](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/adina-williams/) - [Eric Michael Smith](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/eric-michael-smith/) - [Sebastian Ruder](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/sebastian-ruder/) - [Shiqi Wang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/shiqi-wang/) - [Yoon Kim](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yoon-kim/) - [Zhaofeng Wu](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/zhaofeng-wu/) ## Venues Where their works here were published, the most works first, with the editions of those that have a page. - [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/) - [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 7,327 times (of the 149,439 papers whose bibliographies we read); [1,440 citing papers with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/melanie-kambadur/cited-by/). Updated 2 November 2026