--- title: "Takyoung Kim — author profile and papers · Dialogue systems" description: "Takyoung Kim, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign: 2 papers on Elamur Research (2026), h-index 1 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/takyoung-kim/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/takyoung-kim/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Takyoung Kim # Takyoung Kim Takyoung Kim has 2 papers in our library, in 2026, most of them on [Dialogue systems](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/dialogue-systems/); often with [Dilek Hakkani-Tür](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/dilek-hakkani-tur/), [Gokhan Tur](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/gokhan-tur/), [Shikib Mehri](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/shikib-mehri/). 2 papers in our library · 2026 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5075329068) · [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2273-0173) · [**h-index 1**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5075329068) · [5 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5075329068) · [6 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5075329068&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 2 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/takyoung-kim/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 4 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/takyoung-kim/cited-by/) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #10766](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/108/#star-10766) 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=Takyoung+Kim) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Takyoung+Kim) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Takyoung+Kim) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Takyoung+Kim) ## Affiliations [🎓**University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign** Urbana · United States 2006–2026 · 4 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-illinois-urbana-champaign/) From the bylines of their papers (OpenAlex, 2026-10-14), ORCID and Wikidata; institutions on papers are matched by machine. ## 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/) · [Arts and Humanities · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/) · [Computer Science · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/) · [Language and Linguistics · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/language-and-linguistics/) · [General Social Sciences · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/social-sciences/general-social-sciences/) · [Social Sciences · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/social-sciences/) 🧭 Topics 1 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[Dialogue systems · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/dialogue-systems/) 💡 Concepts 1 Key ideas and methods explained on our concept pages.[Topic modeling · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/concepts/topic-modeling/) ## Works by year ### 2020s [**2026** 2 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/takyoung-kim/year/2026/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[Goal Alignment in LLM-Based User Simulators for Conversational AI](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/mehri-2026-goal-alignment-llm-based-user/)** *(2026 · 4 citations)* LLM-based user simulators are used to build and evaluate conversational agents, but they often lose track of their assigned goals over long dialogues. 2. **[From Documents to Segments: A Contextual Reformulation for Topic Assignment](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/yoon-2026-documents-segments-contextual-reformulation-topic/)** *(2026)* Standard topic models treat a whole document as the unit that receives topics. Many real texts, such as reviews or survey answers, mix several themes in a few sentences. This causes "topic contamination": a retrieved topic drags in unrelated content. ## Co-authors here 6 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first. - [Dilek Hakkani-Tür](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/dilek-hakkani-tur/) ×2 - [Gokhan Tur](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/gokhan-tur/) - [Shikib Mehri](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/shikib-mehri/) - [Shuhaib Mehri](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/shuhaib-mehri/) - [Stanley Jungkyu Choi](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/stanley-jungkyu-choi/) - [Xiaocheng Yang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/xiaocheng-yang/) ## Venues Where their works here were published, the most works first, with the editions of those that have a page. - [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/) - [Transactions of the Association for Computational Linguistics (TACL)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/tacl/): [Transactions of the Association for Computational Linguistics (TACL) 2026](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/tacl/2026/) ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 4 times (of the 149,439 papers whose bibliographies we read); [3 citing papers with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/takyoung-kim/cited-by/). Updated 1 November 2026