--- title: "Rama Akkiraju — author profile and papers · Speech act theory" description: "Rama Akkiraju, Nvidia: 2 papers on Elamur Research (2018–2026), h-index 26 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and who cites them in our library." canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/rama-akkiraju/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/rama-akkiraju/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Rama Akkiraju # Rama Akkiraju Rama Akkiraju has 2 papers in our library, in 2018–2026, most of them on [Speech act theory](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/speech-act-theory/), [Dialogue systems](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/dialogue-systems/); often with [Amita Misra](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/amita-misra/). 2 papers in our library · 2018–2026 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5065701116) · [**h-index 26**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5065701116) · [110 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5065701116) · [3,176 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5065701116&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 2 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/rama-akkiraju/#papers) · 🔗 Cited 2 times in our library · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #10179](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/102/#star-10179) 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=Rama+Akkiraju) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Rama+Akkiraju) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Rama+Akkiraju) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Rama+Akkiraju) ## Affiliations [🏢**Nvidia** Santa Clara · United States 2024–2026 · 3 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/companies/nvidia/) · [🏢**IBM** Armonk · United States 1998–2022 · 41 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/companies/ibm/) · [🔬**IBM Research - Thomas J. Watson Research Center** Yorktown Heights · United States 1999–2014 · 30 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/labs/ibm-research-thomas-j-watson-research-center/) · [🔬**IBM Research - Almaden** San Jose · United States 2010–2021 · 29 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/labs/ibm-research-almaden/) 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 4 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/) 🧭 Topics 2 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[Dialogue systems · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/dialogue-systems/) · [Speech act theory · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/speech-act-theory/) ## Works by year ### 2020s [**2026** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/rama-akkiraju/year/2026/) ### 2010s [**2018** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/rama-akkiraju/year/2018/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[Don't get Lost in Negation: An Effective Negation Handled Dialogue Acts Prediction Algorithm for Twitter Customer Service Conversations](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/bhuiyan-2018-don-t-get-lost-negation/)** *(2018 · 7 citations)* Companies increasingly handle customer support on Twitter, and virtual agents need to know what each turn is doing: asking, complaining, thanking, and so on. 2. **[Adaptive Data Flywheel: Applying MAPE Control Loops to AI Agent Improvement](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/shukla-2026-adaptive-data-flywheel-applying-mape/)** *(2026 · 1 citation)* Production AI agents in companies tend to degrade after launch, and user complaints rarely feed back into model updates. ## Co-authors here 1 co-author with a page, the most papers together first. - [Amita Misra](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/amita-misra/) ## Venues Where their works here were published, the most works first, with the editions of those that have a page. - [Conference of the European Chapter of the Association for Computational Linguistics (EACL)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/eacl/): [EACL 2026](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/eacl/2026/) ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 2 times (of the 149,439 papers whose bibliographies we read). Updated 31 October 2026