--- title: "Simon Stepputtis · Virginia Tech — author profile and papers" description: "Simon Stepputtis, Virginia Tech: 2 papers on Elamur Research (2023–2026), h-index 12 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and who cites them…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/simon-stepputtis/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/simon-stepputtis/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Simon Stepputtis # Simon Stepputtis Simon Stepputtis has 2 papers in our library, in 2023–2026, most of them on [Language models & pretraining](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/language-models/), [Reasoning](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/reasoning/); often with [Joseph Campbell](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/joseph-campbell/), [Matthew Lyle Olson](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/matthew-lyle-olson/). 2 papers in our library · 2023–2026 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5048668442) · [**h-index 12**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5048668442) · [76 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5048668442) · [560 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5048668442&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 2 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/simon-stepputtis/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 59 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/simon-stepputtis/cited-by/) · [1 more in our library without a page yet](#also) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #6339](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/64/#star-6339) 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=Simon+Stepputtis) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Simon+Stepputtis) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Simon+Stepputtis) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Simon+Stepputtis) ## Affiliations [🎓**Virginia Tech** Blacksburg · United States 2025–2026 · 11 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/virginia-tech/) · [🎓**Carnegie Mellon University** Pittsburgh · United States 2022–2025 · 29 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/carnegie-mellon-university/) · [🎓**Arizona State University** Tempe · United States 2017–2023 · 10 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/arizona-state-university/) 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 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/) · [Computer Science · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/) · [Developmental and Educational Psychology · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/psychology/developmental-and-educational-psychology/) · [Psychology · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/psychology/) · [Arts and Humanities · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/) · [Language and Linguistics · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/language-and-linguistics/) 🧭 Topics 2 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[Language models & pretraining · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/language-models/) · [Reasoning · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/reasoning/) ## Works by year ### 2020s [**2026** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/simon-stepputtis/year/2026/) · [**2023** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/simon-stepputtis/year/2023/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[Theory of Mind for Multi-Agent Collaboration via Large Language Models](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/li-2023-theory-mind-multi-agent-collaboration/)** *(2023 · 138 citations)* The paper asks whether agents driven by large language models can cooperate as a team and reason about teammates' hidden knowledge and intentions (Theory of Mind, ToM). 2. **[Bayesian Social Deduction with Graph-Informed Language Models](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/rahimirad-2026-bayesian-social-deduction-graph-informed/)** *(2026)* The paper examines whether large language models can perform social reasoning, meaning inferring hidden roles and intentions from partial observations, in the hidden-role game Avalon. ## 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. **[Theory of Mind for Multi-Agent Collaboration via Large Language Models](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/li-2023-theory-mind-multi-agent-collaboration/) [Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing (EMNLP)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/emnlp/)**Huao Li, Yu Chong, Simon Stepputtis, et al.*2023 · 138 citations* 2. **[Bayesian Social Deduction with Graph-Informed Language Models](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/rahimirad-2026-bayesian-social-deduction-graph-informed/) [Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/acl/)**Shahab Rahimirad, Guven Gergerli, Lucia Romero, et al.*2026* 3. **[SCALAR: Learning and Composing Skills through LLM Guided Symbolic Planning and Deep RL Grounding ↗](https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.09036) arXiv (Cornell University) · no summary yet**Renos Zabounidis et al.*2026* ## Co-authors here 2 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first. - [Joseph Campbell](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/joseph-campbell/) ×2 - [Matthew Lyle Olson](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/matthew-lyle-olson/) ## 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 2026](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/acl/2026/) - [Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing (EMNLP)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/emnlp/): [EMNLP 2023](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/emnlp/2023/) ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 59 times (of the 149,439 papers whose bibliographies we read); [9 citing papers with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/simon-stepputtis/cited-by/). Updated 1 November 2026