--- title: "Melanie Mitchell · Santa Fe Institute — author profile and papers" description: "Melanie Mitchell, Santa Fe Institute: 2 papers on Elamur Research (2021–2026), h-index 47 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and who cites…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/melanie-mitchell/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/melanie-mitchell/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Melanie Mitchell # Melanie Mitchell Melanie Mitchell has 2 papers in our library, in 2021–2026, most of them on [Language models & pretraining](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/language-models/); often with [Claire E. Stevenson](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/claire-e-stevenson/). 2 papers in our library · 2021–2026 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5086956524) · [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8881-3505) · [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3304896) · [**h-index 47**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5086956524) · [155 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5086956524) · [22,112 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5086956524&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 2 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/melanie-mitchell/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 56 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/melanie-mitchell/cited-by/) · [2 more in our library without a page yet](#also) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #6040](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/61/#star-6040) 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+Mitchell) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Melanie+Mitchell) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Melanie+Mitchell) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Melanie+Mitchell) ## Affiliations [🔬**Santa Fe Institute** Santa Fe · United States 1993–2026 · 76 papersEmployment since 2020*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/labs/santa-fe-institute/) · [🎓**Portland State University** Portland · United States 2005–2022 · 31 papersEmployment](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/portland-state-university/) · [🎓**University of Michigan** Ann Arbor · United States 1991–1994 · 6 papersEducation](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-michigan/) · [🔬**Los Alamos National Laboratory** Los Alamos · United States 1999–2000 · 4 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/labs/los-alamos-national-laboratory/) · [🎓**Brown University** Providence · United States Education](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/brown-university/) From the bylines of their papers (OpenAlex, 2026-10-14), ORCID and Wikidata; institutions on papers are matched by machine. 7 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 4 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/) 🧭 Topics 1 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[Language models & pretraining · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/language-models/) 💡 Concepts 1 Key ideas and methods explained on our concept pages.[Artificial intelligence · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/concepts/artificial-intelligence/) ## Works by year ### 2020s [**2026** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/melanie-mitchell/year/2026/) · [**2021** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/melanie-mitchell/year/2021/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[Abstraction and analogy-making in artificial intelligence](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/mitchell-2021-abstraction-analogy-making-artificial-intelligence/)** *(2021 · 161 citations)* Mitchell argues that today's AI, despite its advances in vision, language and robotics, still cannot form concepts, abstractions or analogies the way people do. 2. **[Can Large Language Models Generalize Analogy Solving Like Children Can?](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/stevenson-2026-can-large-language-models-generalize/)** *(2026 · 2 citations)* This study tests whether large language models can carry analogical reasoning into unfamiliar domains as flexibly as people, including young children. ## All works 4 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. [**Abstraction and analogy-making in artificial intelligence**Melanie Mitchell*2021 · 161 citations*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/mitchell-2021-abstraction-analogy-making-artificial-intelligence/) 2. **[Probing the psychology of AI models ↗](https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2300963120) Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · no summary yet**Richard M. Shiffrin, Melanie Mitchell*2023 · 85 citations* 3. **[Perspectives on the State and Future of Deep Learning - 2023 ↗](https://arxiv.org/abs/2312.09323) arXiv (Cornell University) · no summary yet**Micah Goldblum et al.*2023 · 5 citations* 4. **[Can Large Language Models Generalize Analogy Solving Like Children Can?](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/stevenson-2026-can-large-language-models-generalize/) [Transactions of the Association for Computational Linguistics (TACL)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/tacl/)**Claire E. Stevenson, Alexandra Pafford, Han L. J. van der Maas, et al.*2026 · 2 citations* ## Co-authors here 1 co-author with a page, the most papers together first. - [Claire E. Stevenson](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/claire-e-stevenson/) ## Venues Where their works here were published, the most works first, with the editions of those that have a page. - [Transactions of the Association for Computational Linguistics (TACL)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/tacl/): [Transactions of the Association for Computational Linguistics (TACL) 2026](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/tacl/2026/) - Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 56 times (of the 149,439 papers whose bibliographies we read); [9 citing papers with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/melanie-mitchell/cited-by/). Updated 31 October 2026