--- title: "Stuart Geman · Brown University — author profile and papers" description: "Stuart Geman, Brown University: 2 papers on Elamur Research (1998–1999), h-index 32 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and who cites them…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/stuart-geman/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/stuart-geman/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Stuart Geman # Stuart Geman Stuart Geman has 2 papers in our library, in 1998–1999, most of them on [Syntax & grammar formalisms](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/syntax-grammar/); often with [Zhiyi Chi](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/zhiyi-chi/), [Mark Johnson](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/mark-johnson/), [Stefan Riezler](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/stefan-riezler/). 2 papers in our library · 1998–1999 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5040941243) · [**h-index 32**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5040941243) · [87 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5040941243) · [27,773 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5040941243&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 2 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/stuart-geman/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 96 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/stuart-geman/cited-by/) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #4372](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/44/#star-4372) 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=Stuart+Geman) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Stuart+Geman) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Stuart+Geman) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Stuart+Geman) ## Affiliations [🎓**Brown University** Providence · United States 1979–2020 · 47 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/brown-university/) · [🎓**Columbia University** New York · United States 2020 · 1 paper*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/columbia-university/) From the bylines of their papers (OpenAlex, 2026-10-14), ORCID and Wikidata; institutions on papers are matched by machine. 2 more institutions on single bylines are not listed. ## Concepts, shelves and topics Of its works in our library: the number of works on each and its rating among them. 📚 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/) · [Computer Science · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/) · [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 1 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[Syntax & grammar formalisms · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/syntax-grammar/) 💡 Concepts 1 Key ideas and methods explained on our concept pages.[Context-free grammar · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/concepts/context-free-grammar/) ## Works by year ### 1990s [**1999** 1 paper Stuart Geman's papers of 1999](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/johnson-1999-estimators-stochastic-unification-based-grammars/) · [**1998** 1 paper Stuart Geman's papers of 1998](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/chi-1998-estimation-probabilistic-context-free-grammars/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[Estimators for Stochastic “Unification-Based” Grammars](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/johnson-1999-estimators-stochastic-unification-based-grammars/)** *(1999 · 244 citations)* The paper tackles parameter estimation for stochastic versions of constraint-based ("unification-based") grammars such as LFG and HPSG. 2. **[Estimation of Probabilistic Context-Free Grammars](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/chi-1998-estimation-probabilistic-context-free-grammars/)** *(1998 · 18 citations)* A probabilistic context-free grammar (PCFG) can be "improper," or not tight: if production probabilities are chosen carelessly, some probability mass goes to derivations that never terminate, so finite parse trees together receive less than one. ## Co-authors here 3 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first. - [Zhiyi Chi](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/zhiyi-chi/) ×2 - [Mark Johnson](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/mark-johnson/) - [Stefan Riezler](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/stefan-riezler/) ## 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 1999](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/acl/1999/) - [Computational Linguistics](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/cl/): [Computational Linguistics 1998](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/cl/1998/) ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 96 times (of the 141,840 papers whose bibliographies we read); [19 citing papers with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/stuart-geman/cited-by/). 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