--- title: "S.M.M. Tahaghoghi · Microsoft — author profile and papers" description: "S.M.M. Tahaghoghi, Microsoft: 2 papers on Elamur Research (2006–2007), h-index 17 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and who cites them…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/s-m-m-tahaghoghi/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/s-m-m-tahaghoghi/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / S.M.M. Tahaghoghi # S.M.M. Tahaghoghi S.M.M. Tahaghoghi has 2 papers in our library, in 2006–2007, most of them on [Semitic languages](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/semitic-languages/); often with [Abdusalam F. Ahmad Nwesri](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/abdusalam-f-ahmad-nwesri/), [Falk Scholer](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/falk-scholer/). 2 papers in our library · 2006–2007 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5109361643) · [**h-index 17**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5109361643) · [46 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5109361643) · [1,003 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5109361643&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 2 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/s-m-m-tahaghoghi/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 2 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/s-m-m-tahaghoghi/cited-by/) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #10522](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/106/#star-10522) 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=S.M.M.+Tahaghoghi) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=S.M.M.+Tahaghoghi) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=S.M.M.+Tahaghoghi) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=S.M.M.+Tahaghoghi) ## Affiliations [🏢**Microsoft** Redmond · United States 2010–2013 · 4 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/companies/microsoft/) · [🎓**RMIT University** Melbourne · Australia 2001–2011 · 25 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/rmit-university/) From the bylines of their papers (OpenAlex, 2026-10-14), ORCID and Wikidata; institutions on papers are matched by machine. ## 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 · 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/) · [Artificial Intelligence · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/artificial-intelligence/) · [Language and Linguistics · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/language-and-linguistics/) · [Information Systems · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/information-systems/) · [Decision Sciences · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/decision-sciences/) · [Management Science and Operations Research · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/decision-sciences/management-science-and-operations-research/) 🧭 Topics 1 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[Semitic languages · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/semitic-languages/) 💡 Concepts 1 Key ideas and methods explained on our concept pages.[Stemming · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/concepts/stemming/) ## Works by year ### 2000s [**2007** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/s-m-m-tahaghoghi/year/2007/) · [**2006** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/s-m-m-tahaghoghi/year/2006/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[Capturing Out-of-Vocabulary Words in Arabic Text](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/nwesri-2006-capturing-out-vocabulary-words-arabic/)** *(2006 · 16 citations)* The paper addresses how to detect foreign (transliterated, out-of-vocabulary) words inside Arabic text. Such words often appear in many spellings, and Arabic IR tools such as stemmers mishandle them. The authors contrast assimilated loanwords, which usually have one stable spelling, with freshly transliterated terms… 2. **[Finding Variants of Out-of-Vocabulary Words in Arabic](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/nwesri-2007-finding-variants-out-vocabulary-words/)** *(2007 · 1 citation)* Foreign names and technical terms written in Arabic script often appear with many competing spellings. Transliterators choose different letters for sounds Arabic lacks, such as /g/. They also insert long vowels inconsistently, and they rarely write diacritics. A search for one spelling therefore misses documents that… ## Co-authors here 2 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first. - [Abdusalam F. Ahmad Nwesri](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/abdusalam-f-ahmad-nwesri/) ×2 - [Falk Scholer](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/falk-scholer/) ×2 ## Venues Where their works here were published, the most works first, with the editions of those that have a page. - [Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing (EMNLP)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/emnlp/): [EMNLP 2006](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/emnlp/2006/) - [Workshop on Computational Approaches to Semitic Languages: Common Issues and Resources](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/workshop-on-computational-approaches-to-semitic-languages-common-issues-and/): [Workshop on Computational Approaches to Semitic Languages: Common Issues and Resources 2007](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/workshop-on-computational-approaches-to-semitic-languages-common-issues-and/2007/) ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 2 times (of the 149,439 papers whose bibliographies we read); [1 citing paper with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/s-m-m-tahaghoghi/cited-by/). 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