--- title: "Nithum Thain — author profile and papers" description: "Nithum Thain, Google (United States): 2 papers on Elamur Research (2018–2020), h-index 18 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and who cites them in our…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/nithum-thain/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/nithum-thain/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Nithum Thain # Nithum Thain 2 papers on this site · 2018–2020 current affiliation [Google (United States)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/companies/google/), Mountain View, United States Nithum Thain has 2 papers on this site, in 2018–2020, most of them on [Bias, fairness & safety](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/bias-fairness-safety/), [Dialogue systems](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/dialogue-systems/); often with [Lucas Dixon](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/lucas-dixon/), [Cristian Danescu-Niculescu-Mizil](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/cristian-danescu-niculescu-mizil/), [Ion Androutsopoulos](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/ion-androutsopoulos/). [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5084311372) · [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7367-0916) · [**h-index 18**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5084311372) · [55 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5084311372) · [2 896 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5084311372&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [2 works on this site](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/nithum-thain/#papers) · [156 citations in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/nithum-thain/cited-by/) 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=Nithum+Thain) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Nithum+Thain) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Nithum+Thain) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Nithum+Thain) ## Affiliations - [Google (United States)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/companies/google/) · Mountain View, United States —current · 2018–2026 on 17 papers - [Athens University of Economics and Business](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/athens-university-of-economics-and-business/) · Athens, Greece —2019–2023 on 3 papers - [University of Oxford](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-oxford/) · Oxford, United Kingdom —2020–2022 on 2 papers - [Cornell University](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/cornell-university/) · Ithaca, United States —2018 on 2 papers - [Wikimedia Foundation](https://ror.org/032q98j12) · San Francisco, United States —2018 on 2 papers - [McGill University](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/mcgill-university/) · Montreal, Canada —2009–2014 on 3 papers - [Queen's University](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/queen-s-university/) · Kingston, Canada —2006–2007 on 2 papers From the bylines of their papers (OpenAlex, 2026-10-14), ORCID and Wikidata; institutions on papers are matched by machine. 4 more institutions on single bylines are not listed. ## Topics [Bias, fairness & safety 2](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/bias-fairness-safety/) · [Dialogue systems 1](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/dialogue-systems/) ## Works by year ### 2020s [**2020** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/pavlopoulos-2020-toxicity-detection-does-context-really/) ### 2010s [**2018** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/zhang-2018-conversations-gone-awry-detecting-early/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[Conversations Gone Awry: Detecting Early Signs of Conversational Failure](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/zhang-2018-conversations-gone-awry-detecting-early/)** *(2018 · 250 citations)* Most work on online toxicity flags harmful comments only after they appear. This paper instead asks whether the opening of a seemingly civil conversation can reveal that it will later turn into a personal attack, early enough for intervention. The authors rebuilt about 50 million conversations from English Wikipedia… 2. **[Toxicity Detection: Does Context Really Matter?](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/pavlopoulos-2020-toxicity-detection-does-context-really/)** *(2020 · 198 citations)* Most toxicity datasets and classifiers judge each comment in isolation, even though a reply's meaning often depends on what it answers. ## Co-authors here 7 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first. - [Lucas Dixon](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/lucas-dixon/) ×2 - [Cristian Danescu-Niculescu-Mizil](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/cristian-danescu-niculescu-mizil/) - [Ion Androutsopoulos](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/ion-androutsopoulos/) - [Jeffrey Sorensen](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/jeffrey-sorensen/) - [John Pavlopoulos](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/john-pavlopoulos/) - [Jonathan Chang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/jonathan-chang/) - [Justine Zhang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/justine-zhang/) ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 156 times (of the 140 884 papers whose bibliographies we read); [6 citing papers with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/nithum-thain/cited-by/).