--- title: "Reid Simmons — author profile and papers · Discourse analysis" description: "Reid Simmons, Carnegie Mellon University: 2 papers on Elamur Research (2011–2015), h-index 62 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and who…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/reid-simmons/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/reid-simmons/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Reid Simmons # Reid Simmons Reid Simmons has 2 papers in our library, in 2011–2015, 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/), [Semitic languages](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/semitic-languages/). 2 papers in our library · 2011–2015 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5064960456) · [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3153-0453) · [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q102182961) · [**h-index 62**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5064960456) · [329 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5064960456) · [15,386 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5064960456&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 2 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/reid-simmons/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 9 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/reid-simmons/cited-by/) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #9899](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/99/#star-9899) 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=Reid+Simmons) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Reid+Simmons) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Reid+Simmons) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Reid+Simmons) ## Affiliations [🎓**Carnegie Mellon University** Pittsburgh · United States 1988–2026 · 272 papersEmployment since 1988 · Research Professor, Robotics*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/carnegie-mellon-university/) · [🎓**Massachusetts Institute of Technology** Cambridge · United States 1980–1993 · 9 papersEducation 1980–1988 · PhD, EECS](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/massachusetts-institute-of-technology/) · [🎓**University at Buffalo, State University of New York** Buffalo · United States 1975–1979 · 1 paperEducation 1975–1979 · BA, Computer Science](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-at-buffalo-state-university-of-new-york/) From the bylines of their papers (OpenAlex, 2026-10-14), ORCID and Wikidata; institutions on papers are matched by machine. 4 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 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 4 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[Discourse analysis · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/discourse-analysis/) · [Dialogue systems · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/dialogue-systems/) · [English · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/english/) · [Semitic languages · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/semitic-languages/) ## Works by year ### 2010s [**2015** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/reid-simmons/year/2015/) · [**2011** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/reid-simmons/year/2011/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[Spectral Semi-Supervised Discourse Relation Classification](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/fisher-2015-spectral-semi-supervised-discourse-relation/)** *(2015 · 17 citations)* Implicit discourse relations, where no connective word signals the link between two text spans, are among the hardest parts of discourse parsing. 2. **[Perception of Personality and Naturalness through Dialogues by Native Speakers of American English and Arabic](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/makatchev-2011-perception-personality-naturalness-through-dialogues/)** *(2011 · 9 citations)* Dialogue systems used across cultures risk pragmatic failure: listeners may read attitudes into English phrasing that the speaker never intended. ## 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 2015](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/acl/2015/) - [SIGDIAL Conference](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/sigdial-conference/): [SIGDIAL Conference 2011](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/sigdial-conference/2011/) ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 9 times (of the 149,439 papers whose bibliographies we read); [6 citing papers with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/reid-simmons/cited-by/). Updated 31 October 2026