--- title: "Syeda Nahida Akter — author profile and papers in our library" description: "Syeda Nahida Akter, Boston University: 3 papers on Elamur Research (2024–2026), h-index 2 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and who cites…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/syeda-nahida-akter/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/syeda-nahida-akter/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Syeda Nahida Akter # Syeda Nahida Akter Syeda Nahida Akter has 3 papers in our library, in 2024–2026, 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/), [Dialogue systems](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/dialogue-systems/); often with [Bryan Catanzaro](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/bryan-catanzaro/), [Eric Nyberg](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/eric-nyberg/), [Mohammad Shoeybi](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/mohammad-shoeybi/). 3 papers in our library · 2024–2026 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5112924096) · [**h-index 2**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5112924096) · [18 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5112924096) · [23 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5112924096&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 3 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/syeda-nahida-akter/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 223 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/syeda-nahida-akter/cited-by/) · [1 more in our library without a page yet](#also) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #10680](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/107/#star-10680) 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=Syeda+Nahida+Akter) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Syeda+Nahida+Akter) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Syeda+Nahida+Akter) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Syeda+Nahida+Akter) ## Affiliations [🎓**Carnegie Mellon University** Pittsburgh · United States 2023–2026 · 8 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/carnegie-mellon-university/) · [🎓**Boston University** Boston · United States 2024–2026 · 3 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/boston-university/) · [🏢**Nvidia** Santa Clara · United States 2026 · 1 paper*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/companies/nvidia/) 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 4 The field of science this work belongs to (OpenAlex fields).[Artificial Intelligence · 3 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/artificial-intelligence/) · [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/) · [Language and Linguistics · 3 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/language-and-linguistics/) 🧭 Topics 3 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[Reasoning · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/reasoning/) · [Language models & pretraining · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/language-models/) · [Dialogue systems · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/dialogue-systems/) ## Works by year ### 2020s [**2026** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/syeda-nahida-akter/year/2026/) · [**2025** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/syeda-nahida-akter/year/2025/) · [**2024** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/syeda-nahida-akter/year/2024/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[MIND: Math Informed syNthetic Dialogues for Pretraining LLMs](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/akter-2024-mind-math-informed-synthetic-dialogues/)** *(2024 · 11 citations)* Large language models still struggle with multi-step mathematical reasoning. Earlier synthetic pretraining data, mostly rephrased web text, tends to change surface form without adding the stepwise explanations such tasks need. The authors introduce MIND, a pipeline that gives an open LLM a math-related web document… 2. **[Nemotron-CrossThink: Scaling Self-Learning beyond Math Reasoning](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/akter-2026-nemotron-crossthink-scaling-self-learning/)** *(2026 · 9 citations)* Reinforcement learning (RL) has improved LLM reasoning mainly in math and code, where answers can be checked automatically. 3. **[Front-Loading Reasoning: The Synergy between Pretraining and Post-Training Data](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/akter-2025-front-loading-reasoning-synergy-between/)** *(2025 · 6 citations)* Most work on LLM reasoning adds reasoning-heavy data only after pretraining. It has been unclear whether introducing such data earlier helps, or whether it causes overfitting that later stages must undo. The authors present what they describe as the first systematic, token-controlled comparison of placing reasoning… ## All works 4 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. **[An In-depth Look at Gemini's Language Abilities ↗](https://arxiv.org/abs/2312.11444) arXiv (Cornell University) · no summary yet**Syeda Nahida Akter et al.*2023 · 30 citations* 2. [**MIND: Math Informed syNthetic Dialogues for Pretraining LLMs arXiv:2410.12881**Syeda Nahida Akter, Shrimai Prabhumoye, John Kamalu, et al.*2024 · 11 citations*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/akter-2024-mind-math-informed-synthetic-dialogues/) 3. **[Nemotron-CrossThink: Scaling Self-Learning beyond Math Reasoning](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/akter-2026-nemotron-crossthink-scaling-self-learning/) [Conference of the European Chapter of the Association for Computational Linguistics (EACL)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/eacl/)**Syeda Nahida Akter, Shrimai Prabhumoye, Matvei Novikov, et al.*2026 · 9 citations* 4. [**Front-Loading Reasoning: The Synergy between Pretraining and Post-Training Data arXiv:2510.03264**Syeda Nahida Akter, Shrimai Prabhumoye, Eric Nyberg, et al.*2025 · 6 citations*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/akter-2025-front-loading-reasoning-synergy-between/) ## Co-authors here 10 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first. - [Bryan Catanzaro](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/bryan-catanzaro/) ×3 - [Eric Nyberg](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/eric-nyberg/) ×3 - [Mohammad Shoeybi](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/mohammad-shoeybi/) ×3 - [Mostofa Patwary](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/mostofa-patwary/) ×3 - [Shrimai Prabhumoye](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/shrimai-prabhumoye/) ×3 - [Yejin Choi](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yejin-choi/) ×2 - [Evelina Bakhturina](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/evelina-bakhturina/) - [Sanjeev Satheesh](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/sanjeev-satheesh/) - [Seungju Han](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/seungju-han/) - [Ying Lin](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/ying-lin/) ## Venues Where their works here were published, the most works first, with the editions of those that have a page. - [Conference of the European Chapter of the Association for Computational Linguistics (EACL)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/eacl/): [EACL 2026](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/eacl/2026/) ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 223 times (of the 149,439 papers whose bibliographies we read); [65 citing papers with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/syeda-nahida-akter/cited-by/). Updated 3 November 2026