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# BEA 2025 — accepted papers

BEA 2025 is the 2025 edition of the Workshop on Innovative Use of NLP for Building Educational Applications (BEA), held in Vienna, Austria, July 2025 (publisher: Association for Computational Linguistics). The ACL Anthology lists 103 papers of it; our library holds 4 with our summaries. Below: the most cited papers, every accepted paper, and ours with their topics, authors and institutions.

📍 Vienna, [Austria](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/countries/austria/) · 🗓 July 2025

[**103** papers in the proceedings](#all) · [**4** works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/bea/2025/#works) · [**25** citations of these works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/bea/2025/#works)

## Most cited papers

By their OpenAlex citations; a paper with our summary links to its page here, the others to the original.

1. **[Advances in Auto-Grading with Large Language Models: A Cross-Disciplinary Survey ↗](https://aclanthology.org/2025.bea-1.35/)**Tania Amanda Nkoyo Frederick Eneye, Chukwuebuka Fortunate Ijezue, Ahmad Imam Amjad et al.*5 citations*
2. **[Down the Cascades of Omethi: Hierarchical Automatic Scoring in Large-Scale Assessments ↗](https://aclanthology.org/2025.bea-1.47/)**Fabian Zehner, Hyo Jeong Shin, Emily Kerzabi et al.*5 citations*
3. **[Enhancing Arabic Automated Essay Scoring with Synthetic Data and Error Injection](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/qwaider-2025-enhancing-arabic-automated-essay-scoring/)**Chatrine Qwaider, Bashar Alhafni, Kirill Chirkunov et al.*5 citations · our summary*
4. **[Adapting LLMs for Minimal-edit Grammatical Error Correction ↗](https://aclanthology.org/2025.bea-1.9/)**Ryszard Staruch, Filip Gralinski, Daniel Dzienisiewicz*4 citations*
5. **[Can LLMs Effectively Simulate Human Learners? Teachers' Insights from Tutoring LLM Students ↗](https://aclanthology.org/2025.bea-1.8/)**Daria Martynova, Jakub Macina, Nico Daheim et al.*4 citations*
6. **[Can LLMs Reliably Simulate Real Students' Abilities in Mathematics and Reading Comprehension? ↗](https://aclanthology.org/2025.bea-1.75/)**KV Aditya Srivatsa, Kaushal Kumar Maurya, Ekaterina Kochmar*4 citations*
7. **[Beyond Linear Digital Reading: An LLM-Powered Concept Mapping Approach for Reducing Cognitive Load ↗](https://aclanthology.org/2025.bea-1.58/)**Junzhi Han, Jinho D. Choi*3 citations*
8. **[Findings of the BEA 2025 Shared Task on Pedagogical Ability Assessment of AI-powered Tutors ↗](https://aclanthology.org/2025.bea-1.77/)**Ekaterina Kochmar, Kaushal Kumar Maurya, Kseniia Petukhova et al.*3 citations*
9. **[STAIR-AIG: Optimizing the Automated Item Generation Process through Human-AI Collaboration for Critical Thinking Assessment ↗](https://aclanthology.org/2025.bea-1.69/)**Euigyum Kim, Seewoo Li, Salah Khalil et al.*3 citations*
10. **[Temporalizing Confidence: Evaluation of Chain-of-Thought Reasoning with Signal Temporal Logic ↗](https://aclanthology.org/2025.bea-1.65/)**Zhenjiang Mao, Artem Bisliouk, Rohith Nama et al.*3 citations*

## All accepted papers (103)

The most cited first; 4 with our summary link to their page here, the others to the original.

1. **[Advances in Auto-Grading with Large Language Models: A Cross-Disciplinary Survey ↗](https://aclanthology.org/2025.bea-1.35/)**Tania Amanda Nkoyo Frederick Eneye, Chukwuebuka Fortunate Ijezue, Ahmad Imam Amjad et al.*5 citations*
2. **[Down the Cascades of Omethi: Hierarchical Automatic Scoring in Large-Scale Assessments ↗](https://aclanthology.org/2025.bea-1.47/)**Fabian Zehner, Hyo Jeong Shin, Emily Kerzabi et al.*5 citations*
3. **[Enhancing Arabic Automated Essay Scoring with Synthetic Data and Error Injection](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/qwaider-2025-enhancing-arabic-automated-essay-scoring/)**Chatrine Qwaider, Bashar Alhafni, Kirill Chirkunov et al.*5 citations · our summary*
4. **[Adapting LLMs for Minimal-edit Grammatical Error Correction ↗](https://aclanthology.org/2025.bea-1.9/)**Ryszard Staruch, Filip Gralinski, Daniel Dzienisiewicz*4 citations*
5. **[Can LLMs Effectively Simulate Human Learners? Teachers' Insights from Tutoring LLM Students ↗](https://aclanthology.org/2025.bea-1.8/)**Daria Martynova, Jakub Macina, Nico Daheim et al.*4 citations*
6. **[Can LLMs Reliably Simulate Real Students' Abilities in Mathematics and Reading Comprehension? ↗](https://aclanthology.org/2025.bea-1.75/)**KV Aditya Srivatsa, Kaushal Kumar Maurya, Ekaterina Kochmar*4 citations*
7. **[Beyond Linear Digital Reading: An LLM-Powered Concept Mapping Approach for Reducing Cognitive Load ↗](https://aclanthology.org/2025.bea-1.58/)**Junzhi Han, Jinho D. Choi*3 citations*
8. **[Findings of the BEA 2025 Shared Task on Pedagogical Ability Assessment of AI-powered Tutors ↗](https://aclanthology.org/2025.bea-1.77/)**Ekaterina Kochmar, Kaushal Kumar Maurya, Kseniia Petukhova et al.*3 citations*
9. **[STAIR-AIG: Optimizing the Automated Item Generation Process through Human-AI Collaboration for Critical Thinking Assessment ↗](https://aclanthology.org/2025.bea-1.69/)**Euigyum Kim, Seewoo Li, Salah Khalil et al.*3 citations*
10. **[Temporalizing Confidence: Evaluation of Chain-of-Thought Reasoning with Signal Temporal Logic ↗](https://aclanthology.org/2025.bea-1.65/)**Zhenjiang Mao, Artem Bisliouk, Rohith Nama et al.*3 citations*
11. **[Analyzing Interview Questions via Bloom's Taxonomy to Enhance the Design Thinking Process ↗](https://aclanthology.org/2025.bea-1.42/)**Fatemeh Kazemi Vanhari, Christopher Anand, Charles Welch*2 citations*
12. **[Are Large Language Models for Education Reliable Across Languages? ↗](https://aclanthology.org/2025.bea-1.44/)**Vansh Gupta, Sankalan Pal Chowdhury, Vilém Zouhar et al.*2 citations*
13. **[Automatic Generation of Inference Making Questions for Reading Comprehension Assessments ↗](https://aclanthology.org/2025.bea-1.31/)**Wanjing (Anya) Ma, Michael Flor, Zuowei Wang*2 citations*
14. **[Comparing human and LLM proofreading in L2 writing: Impact on lexical and syntactic features ↗](https://aclanthology.org/2025.bea-1.2/)**Hakyung Sung, Karla Csuros, Min-Chang Sung*2 citations*
15. **[From End-Users to Co-Designers: Lessons from Teachers ↗](https://aclanthology.org/2025.bea-1.37/)**Martina Galletti, Valeria Cesaroni*2 citations*
16. **[Investigating Methods for Mapping Learning Objectives to Bloom's Revised Taxonomy in Course Descriptions for Higher Education ↗](https://aclanthology.org/2025.bea-1.32/)**Zahra Kolagar, Frank Zalkow, Alessandra Zarcone*2 citations*
17. **[LLM-based post-editing as reference-free GEC evaluation ↗](https://aclanthology.org/2025.bea-1.16/)**Robert Östling, Murathan Kurfali, Andrew Caines*2 citations*
18. **[Large Language Models for Education: Understanding the Needs of Stakeholders, Current Capabilities and the Path Forward ↗](https://aclanthology.org/2025.bea-1.1/)**Sankalan Pal Chowdhury, Nico Daheim, Ekaterina Kochmar et al.*2 citations*
19. **[Leveraging Generative AI for Enhancing Automated Assessment in Programming Education Contests ↗](https://aclanthology.org/2025.bea-1.7/)**Stefan Dascalescu, Marius Dumitran, Mihai Alexandru Vasiluta*2 citations*
20. **[Multilingual Grammatical Error Annotation: Combining Language-Agnostic Framework with Language-Specific Flexibility ↗](https://aclanthology.org/2025.bea-1.15/)**Mengyang Qiu, Tran Minh Nguyen, Zihao Huang et al.*2 citations*
21. **[A Bayesian Approach to Inferring Prerequisite Structures and Topic Difficulty in Language Learning ↗](https://aclanthology.org/2025.bea-1.53/)**Anh-Duc Vu, Jue Hou, Anisia Katinskaia et al.*1 citation*
22. **[A Framework for Proficiency-Aligned Grammar Practice in LLM-Based Dialogue Systems ↗](https://aclanthology.org/2025.bea-1.74/)**Luisa Ribeiro-Flucht, Xiaobin Chen, Detmar Meurers*1 citation*
23. **[A Survey on Automated Distractor Evaluation in Multiple-Choice Tasks ↗](https://aclanthology.org/2025.bea-1.5/)**Luca Benedetto, Shiva Taslimipoor, Paula Buttery*1 citation*
24. **[Alignment Drift in CEFR-prompted LLMs for Interactive Spanish Tutoring ↗](https://aclanthology.org/2025.bea-1.6/)**Mina Almasi, Ross Deans Kristensen-McLachlan*1 citation*
25. **[Automated Scoring of Communication Skills in Physician-Patient Interaction: Balancing Performance and Scalability ↗](https://aclanthology.org/2025.bea-1.66/)**Saed Rezayi, Le An Ha, Yiyun Zhou et al.*1 citation*

[See all 103 papers in BEA 2025 — accepted papers →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/bea/2025/papers/)

## Papers with our summary in our library (4)

The most cited first (OpenAlex citations plus our library's).

1. **[Enhancing Arabic Automated Essay Scoring with Synthetic Data and Error Injection](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/qwaider-2025-enhancing-arabic-automated-essay-scoring/) [Workshop on Innovative Use of NLP for Building Educational Applications (BEA)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/bea/)**Chatrine Qwaider, Bashar Alhafni, Kirill Chirkunov, et al.*2025 · 13 citations*
2. **[Exploiting the English Vocabulary Profile for L2 word-level vocabulary assessment with LLMs](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/banno-2025-exploiting-english-vocabulary-profile-l2/) [Workshop on Innovative Use of NLP for Building Educational Applications (BEA)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/bea/)**Stefano Bannò, Kate M. Knill, Mark J. F. Gales*2025 · 8 citations*
3. **[End-to-End Automated Item Generation and Scoring for Adaptive English Writing Assessment with Large Language Models](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/nebhi-2025-end-end-automated-item-generation/) [Workshop on Innovative Use of NLP for Building Educational Applications (BEA)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/bea/)**Kamel Nebhi, Amrita Panesar, Hans Bantilan*2025 · 2 citations*
4. **[Using NLI to Identify Potential Collocation Transfer in L2 English](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/yang-2025-nli-identify-potential-collocation-transfer/) [Workshop on Innovative Use of NLP for Building Educational Applications (BEA)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/bea/)**Haiyin Yang, Zoey Liu, Stefanie Wulff*2025 · 2 citations*

## Top topics

Topics of its works in our library, with the number of works on each.

[Grammatical error correction & learner language (3)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/grammatical-error-correction/) · [English (3)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/english/) · [Reasoning (1)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/reasoning/) · [Semitic languages (1)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/semitic-languages/) · [Idioms & multiword expressions (1)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/multiword-expressions/)

## Fields

[Arts and Humanities (4)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/) · [Computer Science (4)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/) · [Psychology (2)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/psychology/)

## Top authors

Authors with a page who published here most often: their works here, and the citations of those works.

[🧑‍🔬**Bashar Alhafni**1 work here · 13 citations](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/bashar-alhafni/) · [🧑‍🔬**Chatrine Qwaider**1 work here · 13 citations](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/chatrine-qwaider/) · [🧑‍🔬**Kirill Chirkunov**1 work here · 13 citations](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/kirill-chirkunov/) · [🧑‍🔬**Nizar Habash**1 work here · 13 citations](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/nizar-habash/) · [🧑‍🔬**Ted Briscoe**1 work here · 13 citations](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/ted-briscoe/) · [🧑‍🔬**Kate Knill**1 work here · 8 citations](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/kate-knill/) · [🧑‍🔬**Mark Gales**1 work here · 8 citations](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/mark-gales/) · [🧑‍🔬**Stefano Bannò**1 work here · 8 citations](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/stefano-banno/) · [🧑‍🔬**Zoey Liu**1 work here · 2 citations](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/zoey-liu/)

## Top institutions

Institutions on the bylines of its works here, by the number of works.

[🎓**New York University Abu Dhabi** Abu Dhabi · United Arab Emirates 1 work here](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/new-york-university-abu-dhabi/) · [🎓**University of Cambridge** Cambridge · United Kingdom 1 work here](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-cambridge/) · [🎓**University of Florida** Gainesville · United States 1 work here](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-florida/)

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