--- title: "Scott Sanner · University of Toronto — author profile and papers" description: "Scott Sanner, University of Toronto: 3 papers on Elamur Research (2023–2026), h-index 39 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and who cites…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/scott-sanner/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/scott-sanner/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Scott Sanner # Scott Sanner Scott Sanner has 3 papers in our library, in 2023–2026, most of them on [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/), [Reasoning](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/reasoning/); often with [Armin Toroghi](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/armin-toroghi/), [Jiazhou Liang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/jiazhou-liang/), [Yifan Simon Liu](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yifan-simon-liu/). 3 papers in our library · 2023–2026 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5028174137) · [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7984-8394) · [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q130817254) · [**h-index 39**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5028174137) · [297 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5028174137) · [6,834 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5028174137&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 3 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/scott-sanner/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 62 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/scott-sanner/cited-by/) · [5 more in our library without a page yet](#also) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #8126](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/82/#star-8126) 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=Scott+Sanner) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Scott+Sanner) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Scott+Sanner) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Scott+Sanner) ## Affiliations [🎓**University of Toronto** Toronto · Canada 2003–2026 · 189 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-toronto/) · [🔬**Vector Institute** Toronto · Canada 2018–2026 · 28 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/labs/vector-institute/) · [🔬**Data61** Sydney · Australia 2008–2021 · 54 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/labs/data61/) · [🎓**Australian National University** Canberra · Australia 2009–2021 · 39 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/australian-national-university/) · [🎓**Oregon State University** Corvallis · United States 2015–2016 · 6 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/oregon-state-university/) 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 6 The field of science this work belongs to (OpenAlex fields).[Arts and Humanities · 3 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/) · [Computer Science · 3 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/) · [Artificial Intelligence · 3 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/artificial-intelligence/) · [Language and Linguistics · 3 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/language-and-linguistics/) · [Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/computer-vision-and-pattern-recognition/) · [Information Systems · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/information-systems/) 🧭 Topics 4 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[Language models & pretraining · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/language-models/) · [Reasoning · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/reasoning/) · [Dialogue systems · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/dialogue-systems/) · [Vision & language · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/multimodal/) ## Works by year ### 2020s [**2026** 2 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/scott-sanner/year/2026/) · [**2023** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/scott-sanner/year/2023/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[LLMs and the Abstraction and Reasoning Corpus: Successes, Failures, and the Importance of Object-based Representations](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/xu-2023-llms-abstraction-reasoning-corpus-successes/)** *(2023 · 32 citations)* The paper asks whether GPT-style LLMs can handle the Abstraction and Reasoning Corpus (ARC), a benchmark of grid puzzles built on human "core knowledge" priors such as objectness, counting and basic geometry. 2. **[Multimodal Item Scoring for Natural Language Recommendation via Gaussian Process Regression with LLM Relevance Judgments](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/liu-2026-multimodal-item-scoring-natural-language/)** *(2026 · 4 citations)* Natural Language Recommendation (NLRec) ranks items, each described by several text passages, against a free-form user request. 3. **[Semantic XPath: Structured Agentic Memory Access for Conversational AI](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/liu-2026-semantic-xpath-structured-agentic-memory/)** *(2026 · 3 citations)* Task-oriented conversational agents, such as those that plan trips, manage to-do lists or recommend meal kits, must keep revisable, hierarchical memory across many turns. ## All works 8 works of theirs in our library, the most cited first; 3 with a page here, the others link their original until we summarise them. 1. **[Online Class-Incremental Continual Learning with Adversarial Shapley Value ↗](https://doi.org/10.1609/aaai.v35i11.17159) Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence · no summary yet**Dongsub Shim et al.*2021 · 193 citations* 2. **[Low-Rank Linear Cold-Start Recommendation from Social Data ↗](https://doi.org/10.1609/aaai.v31i1.10758) Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence · no summary yet**Suvash Sedhain et al.*2017 · 70 citations* 3. [**LLMs and the Abstraction and Reasoning Corpus: Successes, Failures, and the Importance of Object-based Representations arXiv:2305.18354**Yudong Xu, Wenhao Li, Pashootan Vaezipoor, et al.*2023 · 32 citations*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/xu-2023-llms-abstraction-reasoning-corpus-successes/) 4. **[DiffuDetox: A Mixed Diffusion Model for Text Detoxification ↗](https://aclanthology.org/2023.findings-acl.478/) Findings of the Association for Computational Linguistics: ACL 2023 · no summary yet**Griffin Floto et al.*2023 · 20 citations* 5. **[COUNT: COntrastive UNlikelihood Text Style Transfer for Text Detoxification ↗](https://aclanthology.org/2023.findings-emnlp.579/) Findings of the Association for Computational Linguistics: EMNLP 2023 · no summary yet**Mohammad Mahdi Abdollah Pour et al.*2023 · 12 citations* 6. **[Multimodal Item Scoring for Natural Language Recommendation via Gaussian Process Regression with LLM Relevance Judgments](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/liu-2026-multimodal-item-scoring-natural-language/) [Findings of the Association for Computational Linguistics](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/findings/)**Yifan Simon Liu, Qianfeng Wen, Jiazhou Liang, et al.*2026 · 4 citations* 7. **[Preference Learning (Dagstuhl Seminar 14,101) ↗](https://doi.org/10.4230/dagrep.4.3.1) Open access LMU (Ludwid Maxmilian's Universitat Munchen) · no summary yet**Johannes Fürnkranz et al.*2014 · 4 citations* 8. **[Semantic XPath: Structured Agentic Memory Access for Conversational AI](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/liu-2026-semantic-xpath-structured-agentic-memory/) [Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/acl/)**Yifan Simon Liu, Ruifan Wu, Liam Gallagher, et al.*2026 · 3 citations* ## Co-authors here 4 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first. - [Armin Toroghi](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/armin-toroghi/) ×2 - [Jiazhou Liang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/jiazhou-liang/) ×2 - [Yifan Simon Liu](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yifan-simon-liu/) ×2 - [Justin Cui](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/justin-cui/) ## Venues Where their works here were published, the most works first, with the editions of those that have a page. - Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence ×2 - [Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/acl/): [ACL 2026](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/acl/2026/) - [Findings of the Association for Computational Linguistics](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/findings/): [Findings of the Association for Computational Linguistics 2026](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/findings/2026/) - Findings of the Association for Computational Linguistics: ACL 2023 - Findings of the Association for Computational Linguistics: EMNLP 2023 - Open access LMU (Ludwid Maxmilian's Universitat Munchen) ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 62 times (of the 149,439 papers whose bibliographies we read); [5 citing papers with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/scott-sanner/cited-by/). Updated 1 November 2026