--- title: "Ulrike Pado — author profile and papers — Elamur Research" description: "Ulrike Pado, Stuttgart Technical University of Applied Sciences: 4 papers on Elamur Research (2009–2026), h-index 9 — affiliations, topics…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/ulrike-pado/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/ulrike-pado/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Ulrike Pado # Ulrike Pado Ulrike Pado has 4 papers in our library, in 2009–2026, most of them on [Language models & pretraining](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/language-models/), [Dialogue systems](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/dialogue-systems/), [Semitic languages](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/semitic-languages/); often with [Jared Bernstein](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/jared-bernstein/), [Jian Cheng](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/jian-cheng/), [Katrin Erk](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/katrin-erk/). 4 papers in our library · 2009–2026 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5009943536) · [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0009-0000-0664-7487) · [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q138980861) · [**h-index 9**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5009943536) · [41 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5009943536) · [409 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5009943536&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 4 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/ulrike-pado/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 55 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/ulrike-pado/cited-by/) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #5803](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/59/#star-5803) 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=Ulrike+Pado) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Ulrike+Pado) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Ulrike+Pado) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Ulrike+Pado) ## Affiliations [🎓**Stuttgart Technical University of Applied Sciences** Stuttgart · Germany 2012–2026 · 18 papersEmployment since 2012 · Professor*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/stuttgart-technical-university-of-applied-sciences/) · [🎓**Saarland University** Saarbrücken · Germany 2006–2009 · 3 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/saarland-university/) 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 7 The field of science this work belongs to (OpenAlex fields).[Computer Science · 4 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/) · [Arts and Humanities · 3 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/) · [Artificial Intelligence · 4 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/artificial-intelligence/) · [Language and Linguistics · 3 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/language-and-linguistics/) · [Social Sciences · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/social-sciences/) · [Information Systems · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/information-systems/) · [Education · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/social-sciences/education/) 🧭 Topics 3 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[Semitic languages · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/semitic-languages/) · [Dialogue systems · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/dialogue-systems/) · [Language models & pretraining · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/language-models/) 💡 Concepts 1 Key ideas and methods explained on our concept pages.[Lemma · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/concepts/lemma/) ## Works by year ### 2020s [**2026** 2 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/ulrike-pado/year/2026/) ### 2010s [**2010** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/ulrike-pado/year/2010/) ### 2000s [**2009** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/ulrike-pado/year/2009/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[A Flexible, Corpus-Driven Model of Regular and Inverse Selectional Preferences](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/erk-2010-flexible-corpus-driven-model-regular/)** *(2010 · 152 citations)* The paper tackles the problem of learning selectional preferences, meaning how plausible a given noun is as the filler of a predicate's argument slot, without relying on hand-built resources such as WordNet. 2. **[Automated Assessment of Spoken Modern Standard Arabic](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/cheng-2009-automated-assessment-spoken-modern-standard/)** *(2009 · 34 citations)* Interview-based oral proficiency exams such as the ILR OPI need trained examiners and up to 45 minutes per candidate, so repeated testing is expensive. 3. **[HFT at BEA 2026 Shared Task 2: Blunt-Edge Models for Hybrid Grading](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/pado-2026-hft-bea-2026-shared-task/)** *(2026 · 1 citation)* The paper addresses automatic grading of German short answers in the BEA 2026 Shared Task 2. It deliberately builds a low-cost, replicable "blunt-edge" grader rather than an optimized system. Seven open-source LLMs hosted by GWDG Göttingen (e.g., gpt-oss-120b, Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct, Qwen3, Mistral-Large-3, Gemma-3… 4. **[Linguistics to LLMs: Teaching with and about Chatbots](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/pado-2026-linguistics-llms-teaching-about-chatbots/)** *(2026)* LLM-based methods are rapidly displacing older NLP techniques, so existing courses must be revised. The authors use this as a chance to add a chatbot as a learning aid. They describe how they rebuilt a three-week dialogue unit within a mandatory, German-taught AI course for Business Informatics bachelor students at… ## Co-authors here 4 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first. - [Jared Bernstein](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/jared-bernstein/) - [Jian Cheng](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/jian-cheng/) - [Katrin Erk](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/katrin-erk/) - [Sebastian Padó](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/sebastian-pado/) ## Venues Where their works here were published, the most works first, with the editions of those that have a page. - [Workshop on Innovative Use of NLP for Building Educational Applications (BEA)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/bea/) ×2: [BEA 2026](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/bea/2026/), [BEA 2009](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/bea/2009/) - [Computational Linguistics](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/cl/): [Computational Linguistics 2010](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/cl/2010/) - [Workshop on Teaching Natural Language Processing](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/teachingnlp/): [Workshop on Teaching Natural Language Processing 2026](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/teachingnlp/2026/) ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 55 times (of the 149,439 papers whose bibliographies we read); [10 citing papers with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/ulrike-pado/cited-by/). Updated 1 November 2026