--- title: "Pamela D. Rivière — author profile and papers in our library" description: "Pamela D. Rivière, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey: 3 papers on Elamur Research (2024–2026), h-index 3 — affiliations, topics…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/pamela-d-riviere/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/pamela-d-riviere/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Pamela D. Rivière # Pamela D. Rivière Pamela D. Rivière has 3 papers in our library, in 2024–2026, most of them on [Word sense disambiguation](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/word-sense-disambiguation/), [Language models & pretraining](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/language-models/), [Reasoning](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/reasoning/); often with [Sean Trott](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/sean-trott/), [Cameron R. Jones](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/cameron-r-jones/), [Samuel M. Taylor](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/samuel-m-taylor/). 3 papers in our library · 2024–2026 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5103044841) · [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9301-4617) · [**h-index 3**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5103044841) · [37 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5103044841) · [447 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5103044841&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 3 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/pamela-d-riviere/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 9 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/pamela-d-riviere/cited-by/) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #10407](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/105/#star-10407) 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=Pamela+D.+Rivi%C3%A8re) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Pamela+D.+Rivi%C3%A8re) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Pamela+D.+Rivi%C3%A8re) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Pamela+D.+Rivi%C3%A8re) ## Affiliations [🎓**University of California San Diego** San Diego · United States 2016–2026 · 16 papersEmployment since 2016 · Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Cognitive Science*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-california-san-diego/) · [🎓**Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey** New Brunswick · United States 2026 · 5 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/rutgers-the-state-university-of-new-jersey/) · [🎓**Boston University** Boston · United States 2014–2016 · 3 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/boston-university/) 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).[Artificial Intelligence · 3 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/artificial-intelligence/) · [Arts and Humanities · 3 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/) · [Computer Science · 3 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/) · [Language and Linguistics · 3 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/language-and-linguistics/) · [Developmental and Educational Psychology · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/psychology/developmental-and-educational-psychology/) · [Psychology · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/psychology/) 🧭 Topics 4 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[English · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/english/) · [Language models & pretraining · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/language-models/) · [Reasoning · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/reasoning/) · [Word sense disambiguation · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/word-sense-disambiguation/) ## Works by year ### 2020s [**2026** 2 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/pamela-d-riviere/year/2026/) · [**2024** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/pamela-d-riviere/year/2024/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[Measuring and Modifying the Readability of English Texts with GPT-4](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/trott-2024-measuring-modifying-readability-english-texts/)** *(2024 · 14 citations)* The paper asks whether an off-the-shelf large language model can serve as a readability tool, both to judge how easy an English passage is and to rewrite it toward an easier or harder level. 2. **[Language Statistics and False Belief Reasoning: Evidence from 41 Open-Weight LMs](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/trott-2026-language-statistics-false-belief-reasoning/)** *(2026 · 3 citations)* This paper addresses a methodological weakness in studies that examine how language models reason about others' minds. 3. **[Start Making Sense(s): A Developmental Probe of Attention Specialization Using Lexical Ambiguity](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/riviere-2026-start-making-sense-s-developmental/)** *(2026 · 1 citation)* Researchers can describe how self-attention works mathematically, yet it remains unclear which attention heads perform which functions and when they acquire them during training. ## Co-authors here 3 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first. - [Sean Trott](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/sean-trott/) ×3 - [Cameron R. Jones](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/cameron-r-jones/) - [Samuel M. Taylor](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/samuel-m-taylor/) ## Venues Where their works here were published, the most works first, with the editions of those that have a page. - [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/) - [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/) - [Workshop on Text Simplification, Accessibility and Readability](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/tsar/): [Workshop on Text Simplification, Accessibility and Readability 2024](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/tsar/2024/) ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 9 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/pamela-d-riviere/cited-by/). Updated 1 November 2026