--- title: "William Bialek — author profile and papers — Elamur Research" description: "William Bialek, The Graduate Center, CUNY: 2 papers on Elamur Research (2007–2025), h-index 73 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/william-bialek/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/william-bialek/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / William Bialek # William Bialek William Bialek has 2 papers in our library, in 2007–2025, most of them on [Language models & pretraining](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/language-models/), [English](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/english/). 2 papers in our library · 2007–2025 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5010379923) · [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7823-3862) · [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8005525) · [**h-index 73**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5010379923) · [305 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5010379923) · [29,811 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5010379923&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 2 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/william-bialek/#papers) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #7268](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/73/#star-7268) 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=William+Bialek) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=William+Bialek) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=William+Bialek) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=William+Bialek) ## Affiliations [🎓**Princeton University** Princeton · United States 1985–2026 · 117 papersEmployment since 2001 · John Archibald Wheeler/Battelle Professor, Physics*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/princeton-university/) · [🎓**City University of New York** New York · United States 2009–2026 · 21 papersEmployment 2009–2020 · Visiting Presidential Professor of Physics, The Graduate CenterEmployment since 2024 · Visiting Research Scholar, The Graduate Center*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/city-university-of-new-york/) · [🎓**The Graduate Center, CUNY** New York · United States 2014–2026 · 21 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/the-graduate-center-cuny/) · [🎓**Rockefeller University** New York · United States 2007–2026 · 10 papersEmployment 2007–2009 · Visiting Professor, Center for Studies in Physics and BiologyEmployment 2022–2023 · Visiting Professor, Center for Studies in Physics and Biology*current*](https://ror.org/0420db125) · [🎓**University of California, Berkeley** Berkeley · United States 1938–1994 · 36 papersEducation 1977–1979 · AB, BiophysicsEducation 1979–1983 · PhD, BiophysicsEmployment 1986–1991 · Assistant Professor, Physics and Biophysics](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-california-berkeley/) · [🏢**NEC** Tokyo · Japan 1991–2007 · 9 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/companies/nec-jp/) · [🔬**Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory** Berkeley · United States 1938–1987 · 7 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/labs/lawrence-berkeley-national-laboratory/) · [🤝**Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics** Santa Barbara · United States 1985–1988 · 6 papers](https://ror.org/02yt0vw44) · [🎓**University of California, Santa Barbara** Santa Barbara · United States 1984–1988 · 6 papersEducation 1984–1986 · Postdoctoral, Theoretical PhysicsEmployment](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-california-santa-barbara/) · [🎓**University of California, San Francisco** San Francisco · United States 1979–2004 · 5 papersEmployment 1994–2004 · Visiting Professor, Sloan-Swartz Center for Theoretical Neurobiology](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-california-san-francisco/) From the bylines of their papers (OpenAlex, 2026-10-14), ORCID and Wikidata; institutions on papers are matched by machine. 9 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 8 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/) · [Computer Science · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/) · [Economics and Econometrics · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/economics-econometrics-and-finance/economics-and-econometrics/) · [Economics, Econometrics and Finance · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/economics-econometrics-and-finance/) · [Physics and Astronomy · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/physics-and-astronomy/) · [Statistical and Nonlinear Physics · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/physics-and-astronomy/statistical-and-nonlinear-physics/) · [Arts and Humanities · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/) · [Language and Linguistics · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/language-and-linguistics/) 🧭 Topics 2 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[English · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/english/) · [Language models & pretraining · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/language-models/) ## Works by year ### 2020s [**2025** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/william-bialek/year/2025/) ### 2000s [**2007** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/william-bialek/year/2007/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[Toward a statistical mechanics of four letter words](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/stephens-2007-toward-statistical-mechanics-four-letter/)** *(2007 · 74 citations)* The paper asks whether English spelling, which looks highly combinatorial and rule-bound, can be described by a simple model that uses only pairwise statistics between letter positions. 2. **[Large language models and the entropy of English](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/scheibner-2025-large-language-models-entropy-english/)** *(2025)* The authors use modern LLMs to revisit Shannon's guessing game and ask how far back in a text the useful predictive information extends. Updated 31 October 2026