--- title: "Paola Velardi — author profile and papers — Elamur Research" description: "Paola Velardi, Istituto di Scienza e Tecnologie dell'Informazione \"Alessandro Faedo\": 3 papers on Elamur Research (2010–2013), h-index 35…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/paola-velardi/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/paola-velardi/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Paola Velardi # Paola Velardi Paola Velardi has 3 papers in our library, in 2010–2013, most of them on [Lexical semantics & word embeddings](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/lexical-semantics/); often with [Roberto Navigli](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/roberto-navigli/), [Stefano Faralli](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/stefano-faralli/). 3 papers in our library · 2010–2013 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5070270772) · [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0884-1499) · [**h-index 35**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5070270772) · [203 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5070270772) · [4,916 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5070270772&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 3 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/paola-velardi/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 153 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/paola-velardi/cited-by/) · [1 more in our library without a page yet](#also) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #3696](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/37/#star-3696) 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=Paola+Velardi) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Paola+Velardi) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Paola+Velardi) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Paola+Velardi) ## Affiliations [🎓**Sapienza University of Rome** Rome · Italy 1983–2026 · 124 papersEmployment since 1988 · Full Professor, Computer Science*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/sapienza-university-of-rome/) · [🔬**Institute of Cognitive Sciences and Technologies** Rome · Italy 2026 · 1 paper*current*](https://ror.org/05w9g2j85) · [🔬**Istituto di Scienza e Tecnologie dell'Informazione "Alessandro Faedo"** Pisa · Italy 2026 · 1 paper*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/labs/istituto-di-scienza-e-tecnologie-dell-informazione-alessandro-faedo/) · [🤝**National Research Council** Rome · Italy 2026 · 1 paper*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/ngos/national-research-council/) · [🎓**Marche Polytechnic University** Ancona · Italy 1987–1996 · 10 papers](https://ror.org/00x69rs40) · [🔬**Fondazione "Ugo Bordoni"** Rome · Italy 1983–1986 · 6 papers](https://ror.org/01kc65v41) 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 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/) · [Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/biochemistry-genetics-and-molecular-biology/) · [Molecular Biology · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/biochemistry-genetics-and-molecular-biology/molecular-biology/) 🧭 Topics 1 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[Lexical semantics & word embeddings · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/lexical-semantics/) 💡 Concepts 1 Key ideas and methods explained on our concept pages.[Lexical semantics · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/concepts/lexical-semantics/) ## Works by year ### 2010s [**2013** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/paola-velardi/year/2013/) · [**2011** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/paola-velardi/year/2011/) · [**2010** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/paola-velardi/year/2010/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[OntoLearn Reloaded: A Graph-Based Algorithm for Taxonomy Induction](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/velardi-2013-ontolearn-reloaded-graph-based-algorithm/)** *(2013 · 258 citations)* Most taxonomy-learning systems take a fixed set of domain concepts as given and only predict the is-a links between them. 2. **[Learning Word-Class Lattices for Definition and Hypernym Extraction](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/navigli-2010-learning-word-class-lattices-definition/)** *(2010 · 201 citations)* The paper tackles automatic definition extraction: finding sentences that formally define a term, and pulling out the term's hypernym (genus) from them. 3. **[A Graph-Based Algorithm for Inducing Lexical Taxonomies from Scratch](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/navigli-2011-graph-based-algorithm-inducing-lexical/)** *(2011 · 174 citations)* The paper tackles automatic construction of a lexical taxonomy for a domain without relying on a predefined concept set or an existing hierarchy. ## All works 4 works of theirs in our library, the most cited first; 3 with a page here, the others link their original until we summarise them. 1. **[OntoLearn Reloaded: A Graph-Based Algorithm for Taxonomy Induction](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/velardi-2013-ontolearn-reloaded-graph-based-algorithm/) [Computational Linguistics](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/cl/)**Paola Velardi, Stefano Faralli, Roberto Navigli*2013 · 258 citations* 2. **[Learning Word-Class Lattices for Definition and Hypernym Extraction](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/navigli-2010-learning-word-class-lattices-definition/) [Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/acl/)**Roberto Navigli, Paola Velardi*2010 · 201 citations* 3. [**A Graph-Based Algorithm for Inducing Lexical Taxonomies from Scratch IJCAI-11**Roberto Navigli, Paola Velardi, Stefano Faralli*2011 · 174 citations*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/navigli-2011-graph-based-algorithm-inducing-lexical/) 4. **[Unsupervised Learning of Syntactic Knowledge: Methods and Measures ↗](https://aclanthology.org/W96-0203/) Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing · no summary yet**R. Basili et al.*1996 · 2 citations* ## Co-authors here 2 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first. - [Roberto Navigli](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/roberto-navigli/) ×3 - [Stefano Faralli](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/stefano-faralli/) ×2 ## 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 2010](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/acl/2010/) - [Computational Linguistics](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/cl/): [Computational Linguistics 2013](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/cl/2013/) - Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing - IJCAI-11 ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 153 times (of the 149,439 papers whose bibliographies we read); [10 citing papers with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/paola-velardi/cited-by/). Updated 2 November 2026