--- title: "Sunny Rai — author profile and papers — Elamur Research" description: "Sunny Rai, Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics: 2 papers on Elamur Research (2023–2026), h-index 9 — affiliations, topics…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/sunny-rai/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/sunny-rai/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Sunny Rai # Sunny Rai Sunny Rai 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/), [Sentiment & emotion](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/sentiment-emotion/), [Multilingual & cross-lingual NLP](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/multilingual-nlp/); often with [Lyle Ungar](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/lyle-ungar/), [Sharath Chandra Guntuku](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/sharath-chandra-guntuku/), [Shreya Havaldar](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/shreya-havaldar/). 2 papers in our library · 2023–2026 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5014435955) · [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0677-3747) · [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q130955830) · [**h-index 9**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5014435955) · [54 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5014435955) · [326 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5014435955&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 2 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/sunny-rai/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 45 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/sunny-rai/cited-by/) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #8343](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/84/#star-8343) 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=Sunny+Rai) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Sunny+Rai) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Sunny+Rai) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Sunny+Rai) ## Affiliations [🎓**University of Pennsylvania** Philadelphia · United States 2022–2026 · 28 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-pennsylvania/) · [🔬**Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics** Philadelphia · United States 2024–2026 · 7 papers*current*](https://ror.org/033gy9j95) · [🎓**Netaji Subhas University of Technology** New Delhi · India 2017–2020 · 10 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/netaji-subhas-university-of-technology/) · [🎓**Mahindra University** Hyderabad · India 2018–2023 · 8 papers](https://ror.org/05751b994) · [🎓**University of Delhi** New Delhi · India 2017–2020 · 2 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-delhi/) 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. ## Fields, topics and concepts Of its works in our library, with the number of works on each. 📚 Shelves 9 The field of science this work belongs to (OpenAlex fields).[Artificial Intelligence · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/artificial-intelligence/) · [Arts and Humanities · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/) · [Computer Science · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/) · [Language and Linguistics · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/language-and-linguistics/) · [Psychology · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/psychology/) · [Social Sciences · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/social-sciences/) · [Applied Psychology · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/psychology/applied-psychology/) · [Safety Research · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/social-sciences/safety-research/) · [Social Psychology · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/psychology/social-psychology/) 🧭 Topics 3 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[Language models & pretraining · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/language-models/) · [Multilingual & cross-lingual NLP · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/multilingual-nlp/) · [Sentiment & emotion · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/sentiment-emotion/) ## Works by year ### 2020s [**2026** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/sunny-rai/year/2026/) · [**2023** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/sunny-rai/year/2023/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[Multilingual Language Models are not Multicultural: A Case Study in Emotion](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/havaldar-2023-multilingual-language-models-are-not/)** *(2023 · 79 citations)* Multilingual LMs are used in emotionally sensitive applications such as therapy bots and writing assistants. Yet emotions are felt and put into words differently across cultures. The authors ask whether popular 2023 multilingual models capture this variation in English, Spanish, Chinese (Simplified) and Japanese. 2. **[Culture by Design: A Sociotechnical Framework for Culturally Grounded AI for Mental Health](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/rai-2026-culture-design-sociotechnical-framework-culturally/)** *(2026 · 1 citation)* Most AI tools for mental health are built on data from WEIRD populations, often scraped from a few English-dominant social platforms. ## Co-authors here 3 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first. - [Lyle Ungar](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/lyle-ungar/) ×2 - [Sharath Chandra Guntuku](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/sharath-chandra-guntuku/) ×2 - [Shreya Havaldar](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/shreya-havaldar/) ## Venues Where their works here were published, the most works first, with the editions of those that have a page. - [Workshop on Computational Linguistics and Clinical Psychology](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/clpsych/): [Workshop on Computational Linguistics and Clinical Psychology 2026](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/clpsych/2026/) - [Workshop on Computational Approaches to Subjectivity, Sentiment and Social Media Analysis](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/wassa/): [Workshop on Computational Approaches to Subjectivity, Sentiment and Social Media Analysis 2023](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/wassa/2023/) ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 45 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/sunny-rai/cited-by/). Updated 31 October 2026