--- title: "Tilahun Abedissa Taffa — author profile and papers in our library" description: "Tilahun Abedissa Taffa, Leuphana University of Lüneburg: 2 papers on Elamur Research (2024–2026), h-index 2 — affiliations, topics…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/tilahun-abedissa-taffa/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/tilahun-abedissa-taffa/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Tilahun Abedissa Taffa # Tilahun Abedissa Taffa Tilahun Abedissa Taffa has 2 papers in our library, in 2024–2026, most of them on [Low-resource languages](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/low-resource-languages/), [Semitic languages](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/semitic-languages/), [Question answering](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/question-answering/); often with [Ricardo Usbeck](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/ricardo-usbeck/), [Axel-Cyrille Ngonga Ngomo](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/axel-cyrille-ngonga-ngomo/), [HIzkiel Mitiku Alemayehu](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/hizkiel-mitiku-alemayehu/). 2 papers in our library · 2024–2026 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5089571454) · [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2476-8335) · [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q130460769) · [**h-index 2**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5089571454) · [27 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5089571454) · [19 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5089571454&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 2 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/tilahun-abedissa-taffa/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 15 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/tilahun-abedissa-taffa/cited-by/) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #11441](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/115/#star-11441) 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=Tilahun+Abedissa+Taffa) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Tilahun+Abedissa+Taffa) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Tilahun+Abedissa+Taffa) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Tilahun+Abedissa+Taffa) ## Affiliations [🎓**Universität Hamburg** Hamburg · Germany 2023–2026 · 10 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/universitat-hamburg/) · [🎓**Leuphana University of Lüneburg** Lüneburg · Germany 2024–2026 · 7 papers*current*](https://ror.org/02w2y2t16) 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 5 The field of science this work belongs to (OpenAlex fields).[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/) · [Artificial Intelligence · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/artificial-intelligence/) · [Language and Linguistics · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/language-and-linguistics/) · [Information Systems · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/information-systems/) 🧭 Topics 4 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[Low-resource languages · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/low-resource-languages/) · [Semitic languages · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/semitic-languages/) · [Question answering · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/question-answering/) · [Knowledge graphs & ontologies · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/knowledge-graphs/) ## Works by year ### 2020s [**2026** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/tilahun-abedissa-taffa/year/2026/) · [**2024** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/tilahun-abedissa-taffa/year/2024/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[Low Resource Question Answering: An Amharic Benchmarking Dataset](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/taffa-2024-low-resource-question-answering-amharic/)** *(2024 · 8 citations)* Amharic had no public question answering dataset, so neither extractive readers nor open-domain QA could be trained or compared. 2. **[Amharic DBpedia Chapter: A Knowledge Graph for a Low-Resource Language](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/alemayehu-2026-amharic-dbpedia-chapter-knowledge-graph/)** *(2026)* DBpedia builds open knowledge graphs from Wikipedia through language-specific chapters, but low-resource languages are poorly covered. ## Co-authors here 4 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first. - [Ricardo Usbeck](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/ricardo-usbeck/) ×2 - [Axel-Cyrille Ngonga Ngomo](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/axel-cyrille-ngonga-ngomo/) - [HIzkiel Mitiku Alemayehu](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/hizkiel-mitiku-alemayehu/) - [Yaregal Assabie](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yaregal-assabie/) ## Venues Where their works here were published, the most works first, with the editions of those that have a page. - [Language Resources and Evaluation Conference (LREC)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/lrec/): [LREC 2026](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/lrec/2026/) - [Resources for African Indigenous Languages (RAIL) @ LREC](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/rail/): [Resources for African Indigenous Languages (RAIL) @ LREC 2024](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/rail/2024/) ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 15 times (of the 149,439 papers whose bibliographies we read); [11 citing papers with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/tilahun-abedissa-taffa/cited-by/). Updated 1 November 2026