--- title: "Theo X. Olausson — author profile and papers in our library" description: "Theo X. Olausson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology: 2 papers on Elamur Research (2023–2024), h-index 4 — affiliations, topics…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/theo-x-olausson/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/theo-x-olausson/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Theo X. Olausson # Theo X. Olausson Theo X. Olausson has 2 papers in our library, in 2023–2024, 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/), [Code & programming languages](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/code-and-programming/); often with [Armando Solar-Lezama](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/armando-solar-lezama/), [Alex Gu](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/alex-gu/), [Benjamin Lipkin](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/benjamin-lipkin/). 2 papers in our library · 2023–2024 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5035758082) · [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6653-2227) · [**h-index 4**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5035758082) · [15 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5035758082) · [117 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5035758082&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 2 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/theo-x-olausson/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 192 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/theo-x-olausson/cited-by/) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #5940](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/60/#star-5940) 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=Theo+X.+Olausson) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Theo+X.+Olausson) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Theo+X.+Olausson) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Theo+X.+Olausson) ## Affiliations [🎓**Massachusetts Institute of Technology** Cambridge · United States 2023–2026 · 9 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/massachusetts-institute-of-technology/) · [🔬**MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory** Cambridge · United States 2023–2024 · 4 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/labs/mit-computer-science-and-artificial-intelligence-laboratory/) · [🎓**University of Edinburgh** Edinburgh · United Kingdom 2020–2022 · 3 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-edinburgh/) 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 8 The field of science this work belongs to (OpenAlex fields).[Computer Science · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/) · [Artificial Intelligence · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/artificial-intelligence/) · [Language and Linguistics · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/language-and-linguistics/) · [Arts and Humanities · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/) · [Mathematics · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/mathematics/) · [Computer Science Applications · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/computer-science-applications/) · [Information Systems · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/information-systems/) · [Software · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/software/) 🧭 Topics 3 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[Code & programming languages · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/code-and-programming/) · [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 [**2024** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/theo-x-olausson/year/2024/) · [**2023** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/theo-x-olausson/year/2023/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[LINC: A Neurosymbolic Approach for Logical Reasoning by Combining Language Models with First-Order Logic Provers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/olausson-2023-linc-neurosymbolic-approach-logical-reasoning/)** *(2023 · 172 citations)* Large language models often reason unreliably when asked to decide whether a conclusion follows from a set of premises. 2. **[Is Self-Repair a Silver Bullet for Code Generation?](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/olausson-2024-self-repair-silver-bullet-code/)** *(2024 · 82 citations)* The paper asks whether letting a language model debug and fix its own code is actually worth the extra compute, compared with drawing more independent samples. ## Co-authors here 8 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first. - [Armando Solar-Lezama](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/armando-solar-lezama/) ×2 - [Alex Gu](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/alex-gu/) - [Benjamin Lipkin](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/benjamin-lipkin/) - [Chenglong Wang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/chenglong-wang/) - [Jeevana Priya Inala](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/jeevana-priya-inala/) - [Jianfeng Gao](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/jianfeng-gao/) - [Joshua B. Tenenbaum](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/joshua-b-tenenbaum/) - [Roger Levy](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/roger-levy/) ## Venues Where their works here were published, the most works first, with the editions of those that have a page. - [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 192 times (of the 149,439 papers whose bibliographies we read); [42 citing papers with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/theo-x-olausson/cited-by/). Updated 2 November 2026