--- title: "Radu State — author profile and papers · Machine translation" description: "Radu State, University of Luxembourg: 2 papers on Elamur Research (2026), h-index 37 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and who cites them…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/radu-state/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/radu-state/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Radu State # Radu State Radu State has 2 papers in our library, in 2026, most of them on [Machine translation](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/machine-translation/), [Language models & pretraining](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/language-models/), [Dialogue systems](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/dialogue-systems/); often with [Cedric Lothritz](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/cedric-lothritz/), [Jacques Klein](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/jacques-klein/), [Lujun Li](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/lujun-li/). 2 papers in our library · 2026 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5069228908) · [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4751-9577) · [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q130859952) · [**h-index 37**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5069228908) · [554 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5069228908) · [5,840 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5069228908&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 2 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/radu-state/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 3 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/radu-state/cited-by/) · [1 more in our library without a page yet](#also) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #10980](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/110/#star-10980) 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=Radu+State) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Radu+State) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Radu+State) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Radu+State) ## Affiliations [🎓**University of Luxembourg** Luxembourg · Luxembourg 2009–2026 · 297 papersEmployment since 2016 · Chief Scientis at SnT/Professor University of Luxembourg, SEDAN*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-luxembourg/) · [🎓**Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust** Belval · Luxembourg 2011–2026 · 154 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/interdisciplinary-centre-for-security-reliability-and-trust/) · [🔬**Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies du numérique** Le Chesnay-Rocquencourt · France 2000–2010 · 56 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/labs/institut-national-de-recherche-en-sciences-et-technologies-du-numerique/) · [🔬**Laboratoire Lorrain de Recherche en Informatique et ses Applications** Nancy · France 2000–2009 · 43 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/labs/laboratoire-lorrain-de-recherche-en-informatique-et-ses-applications/) · [🔬**Centre Inria de l'Université de Lorraine** Villers-lès-Nancy · France 2000–2010 · 37 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/labs/centre-inria-de-l-universite-de-lorraine/) · [🏢**Motorola** Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer · France 2002–2003 · 6 papers](https://ror.org/05m34fq04) · [🎓**Université de Lorraine** Nancy · France 2003–2012 · 4 papersEmployment 2010–2012 · Professor, Madynes](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/universite-de-lorraine/) · [🔬**Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique** Paris · France 2007 · 2 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/labs/centre-national-de-la-recherche-scientifique/) · [🎓**University of Bucharest** Bucharest · Romania 1990–1995 · 1 paperEducation 1990–1995 · Bachelor of Science, Mathematics](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-bucharest/) 🏛️**University of Luxembourg (SnT)** Luxembourg · [Luxembourg](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/countries/luxembourg/) 2010–2015Employment 2010–2015 · Senior Researcher, Netlab 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 · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/artificial-intelligence/) · [Arts and Humanities · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/) · [Computer Science · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/) · [Language and Linguistics · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/language-and-linguistics/) · [Social Sciences · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/social-sciences/) · [Sociology and Political Science · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/social-sciences/sociology-and-political-science/) 🧭 Topics 4 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[Low-resource languages · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/low-resource-languages/) · [Machine translation · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/machine-translation/) · [Dialogue systems · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/dialogue-systems/) · [Language models & pretraining · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/language-models/) ## Works by year ### 2020s [**2026** 2 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/radu-state/year/2026/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[Are Small Language Models the Silver Bullet to Low-Resource Languages Machine Translation?](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/song-2026-are-small-language-models-silver/)** *(2026 · 3 citations)* The paper examines whether compact language models can translate low-resource languages (LRLs) reliably. Such models are attractive where cost, latency, privacy or offline use matter, but they often hallucinate on underrepresented languages. The authors first benchmark several small decoder-only models (Llama-3.x… 2. **[How Much Does Persuasion Strategy Matter? LLM-Annotated Evidence from Charitable Donation Dialogues](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/petrova-2026-how-much-does-persuasion-strategy/)** *(2026)* This work asks whether specific persuasion tactics relate to whether people donate in charity-solicitation chats. ## All works 3 works of theirs in our library, the most cited first; 2 with a page here, the others link their original until we summarise them. 1. **[Are Small Language Models the Silver Bullet to Low-Resource Languages Machine Translation?](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/song-2026-are-small-language-models-silver/) [Workshop on Technologies for Machine Translation of Low-Resource Languages (LoResMT)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/loresmt/)**Yewei Song, Lujun Li, Cedric Lothritz, et al.*2026 · 3 citations* 2. **[Do Large Language Models Grasp the Grammar? Evidence from Grammar-Book-Guided Probing in Luxembourgish ↗](https://aclanthology.org/2026.lrec-1.904/) Proceedings of the Fifteenth Language Resources and Evaluation Conference · no summary yet**Lujun LI et al.*2026 · 1 citation* 3. **[How Much Does Persuasion Strategy Matter? LLM-Annotated Evidence from Charitable Donation Dialogues](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/petrova-2026-how-much-does-persuasion-strategy/) [Workshop on Social Context (SoCon) and the Workshop on Integrating NLP and Psychology to Study Social Interactions (NLPSI) @ LREC](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/socon/)**Tatiana Petrova, Stanislav Sokol, Radu State*2026* ## Co-authors here 6 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first. - [Cedric Lothritz](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/cedric-lothritz/) - [Jacques Klein](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/jacques-klein/) - [Lujun Li](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/lujun-li/) - [Saad Ezzini](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/saad-ezzini/) - [Tegawende Bissyande](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/tegawende-bissyande/) - [Yewei Song](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yewei-song/) ## Venues Where their works here were published, the most works first, with the editions of those that have a page. - [Workshop on Technologies for Machine Translation of Low-Resource Languages (LoResMT)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/loresmt/): [LoResMT 2026](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/loresmt/2026/) - [Workshop on Social Context (SoCon) and the Workshop on Integrating NLP and Psychology to Study Social Interactions (NLPSI) @ LREC](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/socon/): [Workshop on Social Context (SoCon) and the Workshop on Integrating NLP and Psychology to Study Social Interactions (NLPSI) @ LREC 2026](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/socon/2026/) - Proceedings of the Fifteenth Language Resources and Evaluation Conference ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 3 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/radu-state/cited-by/). 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