--- title: "Michele Merler — author profile and papers — Elamur Research" description: "Michele Merler, IBM: 2 papers on Elamur Research (2024), h-index 17 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and who cites them in our library." canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/michele-merler/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/michele-merler/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Michele Merler # Michele Merler Michele Merler has 2 papers in our library, in 2024, most of them on [Language models & pretraining](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/language-models/), [Code & programming languages](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/code-and-programming/); often with [Mayank Mishra](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/mayank-mishra/), [Parameswaran Selvam](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/parameswaran-selvam/), [Shivdeep Singh](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/shivdeep-singh/). 2 papers in our library · 2024 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5068061267) · [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4358-8671) · [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q130801416) · [**h-index 17**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5068061267) · [63 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5068061267) · [1,097 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5068061267&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 2 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/michele-merler/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 69 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/michele-merler/cited-by/) · [1 more in our library without a page yet](#also) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #6618](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/67/#star-6618) 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=Michele+Merler) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Michele+Merler) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Michele+Merler) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Michele+Merler) ## Affiliations [🏢**IBM** Armonk · United States 2013–2026 · 26 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/companies/ibm/) · [🔬**IBM Research - Thomas J. Watson Research Center** Yorktown Heights · United States 2013–2026 · 17 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/labs/ibm-research-thomas-j-watson-research-center/) · [🎓**Columbia University** New York · United States 2007–2011 · 6 papersEducation 2007–2008 · Master of Science, Computer Science](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/columbia-university/) · [🎓**University of Trento** Trento · Italy 2001–2007 · 1 paperEducation 2001–2004 · Bachelor, Telecommunications EngineeringEducation 2004–2007 · Master of Engineering, Telecommunications Engineeing](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-trento/) 🏛️**IBM Research** Yorktown Heights · [United States](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/countries/united-states/) 2012Employment since 2012 · Research Staff Member, AI 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 6 The field of science this work belongs to (OpenAlex fields).[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/) · [Artificial Intelligence · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/artificial-intelligence/) · [Information Systems · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/information-systems/) · [Language and Linguistics · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/language-and-linguistics/) · [Software · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/software/) 🧭 Topics 2 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[Code & programming languages · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/code-and-programming/) · [Language models & pretraining · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/language-models/) ## Works by year ### 2020s [**2024** 2 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/michele-merler/year/2024/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[Lost in Translation: A Study of Bugs Introduced by Large Language Models while Translating Code](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/pan-2024-lost-translation-study-bugs-introduced/)** *(2024 · 156 citations)* The paper asks how well large language models can convert programs from one programming language to another, and where they fail. 2. **[Granite Code Models: A Family of Open Foundation Models for Code Intelligence](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/mishra-2024-granite-code-models-family-open/)** *(2024 · 54 citations)* IBM Research addresses a gap in open code LLMs for enterprise use. Large general-purpose models are costly to run. Smaller code models tend to do well at generation but weaker at repair and explanation. Many open models also have unclear data provenance or restrictive licenses. The authors built Granite Code, a… ## 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. **[Lost in Translation: A Study of Bugs Introduced by Large Language Models while Translating Code](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/pan-2024-lost-translation-study-bugs-introduced/) [IEEE/ACM International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/ieee-acm-international-conference-on-software-engineering-icse/)**Rangeet Pan, Ali Reza Ibrahimzada, Rahul Krishna, et al.*2024 · 156 citations* 2. **[Learning to Make Better Mistakes ↗](https://doi.org/10.1145/2964284.2967205) ACM International Conference on Multimedia (ACM MM) · no summary yet**Hui Wu et al.*2016 · 65 citations* 3. [**Granite Code Models: A Family of Open Foundation Models for Code Intelligence arXiv:2405.04324**Mayank Mishra, Matt Stallone, Gaoyuan Zhang, et al.*2024 · 54 citations*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/mishra-2024-granite-code-models-family-open/) ## Co-authors here 4 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first. - [Mayank Mishra](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/mayank-mishra/) - [Parameswaran Selvam](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/parameswaran-selvam/) - [Shivdeep Singh](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/shivdeep-singh/) - [Yikang Shen](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yikang-shen/) ## Venues Where their works here were published, the most works first, with the editions of those that have a page. - [IEEE/ACM International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/ieee-acm-international-conference-on-software-engineering-icse/): [ICSE 2024](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/ieee-acm-international-conference-on-software-engineering-icse/2024/) - ACM International Conference on Multimedia (ACM MM) ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 69 times (of the 149,439 papers whose bibliographies we read); [19 citing papers with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/michele-merler/cited-by/). Updated 3 November 2026