--- title: "Murali Annavaram — author profile and papers in our library" description: "Murali Annavaram, University of Southern California: 4 papers on Elamur Research (2025–2026), h-index 41 — affiliations, topics, co-authors…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/murali-annavaram/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/murali-annavaram/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Murali Annavaram # Murali Annavaram Murali Annavaram has 4 papers in our library, in 2025–2026, 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/), [Bias, fairness & safety](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/bias-fairness-safety/); often with [Abdulla Alshabanah](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/abdulla-alshabanah/). 4 papers in our library · 2025–2026 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5018033573) · [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4633-6867) · [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q130871295) · [**h-index 41**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5018033573) · [243 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5018033573) · [6,419 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5018033573&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 4 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/murali-annavaram/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 4 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/murali-annavaram/cited-by/) · [1 more in our library without a page yet](#also) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #10228](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/103/#star-10228) 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=Murali+Annavaram) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Murali+Annavaram) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Murali+Annavaram) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Murali+Annavaram) ## Affiliations [🎓**University of Southern California** Los Angeles · United States 2007–2026 · 199 papersEmployment since 2007 · Professor, ECE*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-southern-california/) · [🎓**California Southern University** Chandler · United States 2026 · 1 paper*current*](https://ror.org/058zz0t50) · [🎓**Southern States University** San Diego · United States 2026 · 1 paper*current*](https://ror.org/01b0j0m34) · [🏢**Intel** Santa Clara · United States 2002–2007 · 10 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/companies/intel/) · [🎓**University of Michigan** Ann Arbor · United States 2001–2002 · 5 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-michigan/) From the bylines of their papers (OpenAlex, 2026-10-14), ORCID and Wikidata; institutions on papers are matched by machine. 2 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).[Computer Science · 4 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/) · [Arts and Humanities · 3 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/) · [Information Systems · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/information-systems/) · [Artificial Intelligence · 3 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/artificial-intelligence/) · [Language and Linguistics · 3 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 Vision and Pattern Recognition · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/computer-vision-and-pattern-recognition/) 🧭 Topics 4 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[Semitic languages · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/semitic-languages/) · [Reasoning · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/reasoning/) · [Bias, fairness & safety · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/bias-fairness-safety/) · [Efficient models & compression · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/efficient-models/) ## Works by year ### 2020s [**2026** 2 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/murali-annavaram/year/2026/) · [**2025** 2 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/murali-annavaram/year/2025/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[On Using Arabic Language Dialects in Recommendation Systems](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/alshabanah-2025-arabic-language-dialects-recommendation-systems/)** *(2025 · 4 citations)* This short paper asks whether the dialect a person writes in can help a recommender predict what they will engage with. 2. **[Mind the Dialect: NLP Advancements Uncover Fairness Disparities for Arabic Users in Recommendation Systems](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/alshabanah-2025-mind-dialect-nlp-advancements-uncover/)** *(2025 · 2 citations)* The paper asks whether recommendation systems serve Arabic speakers equally, given how strongly regional dialects differ. 3. **[DELTA: Dynamic Layer-Aware Token Attention for Efficient Long-Context Reasoning](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/zarch-2026-delta-dynamic-layer-aware-token/)** *(2026 · 1 citation)* Large reasoning models spend most of their inference time decoding, because every generated token must read the entire, ever-growing KV cache from GPU memory. 4. **[EQUIP: EQUivariant preserving In-Place updates for Efficient Token Pruning](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/ramachandran-2026-equip-equivariant-preserving-place-updates/)** *(2026)* KV-cache token pruning methods such as StreamingLLM and Heavy Hitters (H2O) keep the cache small, but each eviction leaves gaps. ## All works 5 works of theirs in our library, the most cited first; 4 with a page here, the others link their original until we summarise them. 1. **[SpreadGNN: Decentralized Multi-Task Federated Learning for Graph Neural Networks on Molecular Data ↗](https://doi.org/10.1609/aaai.v36i6.20643) Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence · no summary yet**Chaoyang He et al.*2022 · 61 citations* 2. **[On Using Arabic Language Dialects in Recommendation Systems](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/alshabanah-2025-arabic-language-dialects-recommendation-systems/) [Findings of the Association for Computational Linguistics](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/findings/)**Abdulla Alshabanah, Murali Annavaram*2025 · 4 citations* 3. **[Mind the Dialect: NLP Advancements Uncover Fairness Disparities for Arabic Users in Recommendation Systems](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/alshabanah-2025-mind-dialect-nlp-advancements-uncover/) [Findings of the Association for Computational Linguistics](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/findings/)**Abdulla Alshabanah, Murali Annavaram*2025 · 2 citations* 4. **[DELTA: Dynamic Layer-Aware Token Attention for Efficient Long-Context Reasoning](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/zarch-2026-delta-dynamic-layer-aware-token/) [Findings of the Association for Computational Linguistics](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/findings/)**Hossein Entezari Zarch, Lei Gao, Chaoyi Jiang, et al.*2026 · 1 citation* 5. **[EQUIP: EQUivariant preserving In-Place updates for Efficient Token Pruning](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/ramachandran-2026-equip-equivariant-preserving-place-updates/) [Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/acl/)**Arun Ramachandran, R Govindarajan, Murali Annavaram, et al.*2026* ## Co-authors here 1 co-author with a page, the most papers together first. - [Abdulla Alshabanah](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/abdulla-alshabanah/) ×2 ## 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/) ×3: [Findings of the Association for Computational Linguistics 2026](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/findings/2026/), [Findings of the Association for Computational Linguistics 2025](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/findings/2025/) ×2 - [Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/acl/): [ACL 2026](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/acl/2026/) - Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 4 times (of the 149,439 papers whose bibliographies we read); [2 citing papers with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/murali-annavaram/cited-by/). Updated 1 November 2026