--- title: "Peter A. Heeman — author profile and papers in our library" description: "Peter A. Heeman: 5 papers on Elamur Research (1995–2004), h-index 24 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and who cites them in our library." canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/peter-a-heeman/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/peter-a-heeman/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Peter A. Heeman # Peter A. Heeman Peter A. Heeman has 5 papers in our library, in 1995–2004, most of them on [Discourse analysis](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/discourse-analysis/), [Dialogue systems](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/dialogue-systems/), [English](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/english/); often with [James F. Allen](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/james-f-allen/), [Graeme Hirst](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/graeme-hirst/). 5 papers in our library · 1995–2004 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5046590019) · [**h-index 24**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5046590019) · [128 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5046590019) · [2,430 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5046590019&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 5 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/peter-a-heeman/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 37 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/peter-a-heeman/cited-by/) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #5610](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/57/#star-5610) 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=Peter+A.+Heeman) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Peter+A.+Heeman) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Peter+A.+Heeman) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Peter+A.+Heeman) ## Affiliations [🎓**Oregon Health & Science University** Portland · United States 1998–2016 · 31 papers](https://ror.org/009avj582) · [🎓**University of Rochester** Rochester · United States 1993–2002 · 15 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-rochester/) · [🎓**University of Geneva** Geneva · Switzerland 1996–2002 · 3 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-geneva/) · [🎓**University of Toronto** Toronto · Canada 1991–1994 · 2 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-toronto/) From the bylines of their papers (OpenAlex, 2026-10-14), ORCID and Wikidata; institutions on papers are matched by machine. 1 more institution 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).[Arts and Humanities · 5 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/) · [Language and Linguistics · 5 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/language-and-linguistics/) · [Computer Science · 4 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/) · [Artificial Intelligence · 4 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/artificial-intelligence/) · [Signal Processing · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/signal-processing/) · [Experimental and Cognitive Psychology · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/psychology/experimental-and-cognitive-psychology/) · [Psychology · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/psychology/) 🧭 Topics 3 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[Dialogue systems · 3 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/dialogue-systems/) · [Discourse analysis · 3 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/discourse-analysis/) · [English · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/english/) ## Works by year ### 2000s [**2004** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/peter-a-heeman/year/2004/) ### 1990s [**1999** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/peter-a-heeman/year/1999/) · [**1998** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/peter-a-heeman/year/1998/) · [**1997** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/peter-a-heeman/year/1997/) · [**1995** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/peter-a-heeman/year/1995/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[Collaborating on Referring Expressions](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/heeman-1995-collaborating-referring-expressions/)** *(1995 · 130 citations)* Heeman and Hirst study what happens when a hearer cannot identify the object a speaker is describing and the two must work together to fix the reference. 2. **[Intonational Boundaries, Speech Repairs, and Discourse Markers: Modeling Spoken Dialog](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/heeman-1997-intonational-boundaries-speech-repairs-discourse/)** *(1997 · 39 citations)* Spoken dialog is hard for understanding systems because a speaker's turn must first be split into intonational phrases, cleared of speech repairs (stretches the speaker retracts or repeats), and checked for discourse markers such as "well" or "okay". 3. **[Identifying Discourse Markers in Spoken Dialog](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/heeman-1998-identifying-discourse-markers-spoken-dialog/)** *(1998 · 33 citations)* In task-oriented spoken dialog, words like "so", "well", "and" or "now" often mark how an upcoming utterance connects to prior talk, yet dialog systems usually discard them as noise. 4. **[The American English SALA-II Data Collection](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/heeman-2004-american-english-sala-ii-data/)** *(2004 · 4 citations)* This paper reports how OHSU's Center for Spoken Language Understanding built the American English part of SALA-II. 5. **[Speech repains, intonational phrases, and discourse markers: modeling speakers' utterances in spoken dialogue](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/heeman-1999-speech-repains-intonational-phrases-discourse/)** *(1999 · 3 citations)* Heeman and Allen address a basic problem for spoken dialogue systems: working out what the speaker actually meant to say. ## Co-authors here 2 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first. - [James F. Allen](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/james-f-allen/) ×3 - [Graeme Hirst](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/graeme-hirst/) ## Venues Where their works here were published, the most works first, with the editions of those that have a page. - [Computational Linguistics](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/cl/) ×2: [Computational Linguistics 1999](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/cl/1999/), [Computational Linguistics 1995](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/cl/1995/) - [Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/acl/): [ACL 1997](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/acl/1997/) - [Language Resources and Evaluation Conference (LREC)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/lrec/): [LREC 2004](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/lrec/2004/) - AAAI 1998 Spring Symposium on Applying Machine Learning to Discourse Processing ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 37 times (of the 149,439 papers whose bibliographies we read); [8 citing papers with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/peter-a-heeman/cited-by/). Updated 30 October 2026