--- title: "Mourad Oussalah — author profile and papers in our library" description: "Mourad Oussalah, University of Oulu: 2 papers on Elamur Research (2021–2026), h-index 32 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and who cites…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/mourad-oussalah/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/mourad-oussalah/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Mourad Oussalah # Mourad Oussalah Mourad Oussalah 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/), [Semitic languages](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/semitic-languages/). 2 papers in our library · 2021–2026 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5068812101) · [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4422-8723) · [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q57419643) · [**h-index 32**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5068812101) · [327 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5068812101) · [3,913 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5068812101&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 2 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/mourad-oussalah/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 46 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/mourad-oussalah/cited-by/) · [1 more in our library without a page yet](#also) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #9384](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/94/#star-9384) 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=Mourad+Oussalah) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Mourad+Oussalah) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Mourad+Oussalah) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Mourad+Oussalah) ## Affiliations [🎓**University of Oulu** Oulu · Finland 2016–2026 · 202 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-oulu/) · [🎓**University of Birmingham** Birmingham · United Kingdom 2003–2020 · 55 papersEmployment 2003–2016](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-birmingham/) · [🎓**City, University of London** London · United Kingdom 2000–2005 · 16 papersEmployment 2000–2003](https://ror.org/04489at23) · [🎓**KU Leuven** Leuven · Belgium 2000–2003 · 14 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/ku-leuven/) · [🎓**City St George's, University of London** London · United Kingdom 2002–2004 · 7 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/city-st-george-s-university-of-london/) · [🎓**Université d'Évry Val-d'Essonne** Évry-Courcouronnes · France 1995–2002 · 2 papersEducation 1995–1998 · PhD in Robotics / Computer ScienceEmployment 1996–1998](https://ror.org/00e96v939) 🏛️**University of Oulu, Finland** Oulu · [Finland](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/countries/finland/) 2016Employment since 2016 · Senior Research Fellow / Prof, Computer Science 🏛️**City University** London · [United Kingdom](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/countries/united-kingdom/) 2000–2003Employment 2000–2003 🏛️**Associatie KU Leuven** Leuven · [Belgium](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/countries/belgium/) 1998–2000Employment 1998–2000 🏛️**KU Leuven Association** [Belgium](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/countries/belgium/) 1998–2000Employment 1998–2000 From the bylines of their papers (OpenAlex, 2026-10-14), ORCID and Wikidata; institutions on papers are matched by machine. 5 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 · 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/) · [General Social Sciences · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/social-sciences/general-social-sciences/) · [Social Sciences · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/social-sciences/) · [Sociology and Political Science · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/social-sciences/sociology-and-political-science/) 🧭 Topics 2 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[Language models & pretraining · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/language-models/) · [Semitic languages · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/semitic-languages/) ## Works by year ### 2020s [**2026** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/mourad-oussalah/year/2026/) · [**2021** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/mourad-oussalah/year/2021/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[DziriBERT: a Pre-trained Language Model for the Algerian Dialect](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/abdaoui-2021-dziribert-pre-trained-language-model/)** *(2021 · 38 citations)* Algerian Arabic (Darja) dominates informal online writing in Algeria. It is often typed in Latin letters with digits standing in for Arabic sounds (Arabizi), and it mixes vocabulary from Arabic, Tamazight, French and other languages. Models built for standard Arabic or for many languages at once therefore handle it… 2. **[Causal Evidence Extraction and Triangulation in Crisis Reports using Large Language Models: A ReliefWeb-based Study](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/zhang-2026-causal-evidence-extraction-triangulation-crisis/)** *(2026)* Humanitarian situation reports are long and cover many topics at once, so it is hard to pull out comparable evidence about which interventions help and in which contexts. ## 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. [**DziriBERT: a Pre-trained Language Model for the Algerian Dialect arXiv:2109.12346**Amine Abdaoui, Mohamed Berrimi, Mourad Oussalah, et al.*2021 · 38 citations*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/abdaoui-2021-dziribert-pre-trained-language-model/) 2. **[Data Expansion using Back Translation and Paraphrasing for Hate Speech Detection ↗](https://arxiv.org/abs/2106.04681) arXiv:2106.04681 · no summary yet**Djamila Romaissa Beddiar, Md Saroar Jahan, Mourad Oussalah*2021 · 20 citations* 3. **[Causal Evidence Extraction and Triangulation in Crisis Reports using Large Language Models: A ReliefWeb-based Study](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/zhang-2026-causal-evidence-extraction-triangulation-crisis/) [Findings of the Association for Computational Linguistics](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/findings/)**Yuanjun Zhang, Mourad Oussalah*2026* ## Venues Where their works here were published, the most works first, with the editions of those that have a page. - [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 46 times (of the 149,439 papers whose bibliographies we read); [17 citing papers with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/mourad-oussalah/cited-by/). Updated 2 November 2026