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Maria Molchanova

Scientific Publications

Papers, Methods & Results

The publications are organized by venue prominence and relevance. Each entry explains what was done, where it appeared, and why the venue matters.

Accepted · EMNLP 2026 workshop

Enhancing Small Language Models in RAG via Triplet-Guided In-Context Distillation

A training-free approach to RAG for small language models: an LLM creates structured examples that help an SLM use retrieved sources more effectively, without additional fine-tuning.

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ACL · SIGDIAL 2023

ChatGPT vs. Crowdsourcing vs. Experts: Annotating Open-Domain Conversations with Speech Functions

A comparison of experts, crowdworkers, and ChatGPT on complex discourse annotation. A structured decision-tree approach enabled an LLM to approach human-level performance on certain tasks.

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IEEE · ICHMS 2025

Improving LLM-Driven Data Annotation Through Structured Instruction Engineering

A study of how instruction structure affects LLM annotation quality, treating instruction engineering as a controllable component of automatic annotation.

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Springer LNCS · NLDB 2024

Exploring the Potential of Large Language Models for Text-Based Personality Prediction

Using LLMs for text-based personality prediction: the Big Five, prompt engineering, and comparisons with traditional approaches.

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IEEE · FLLM 2024

Text-based Personality Prediction Using Large Language Models

Further research on LLMs and personality: identifying personality traits from text and analyzing the effectiveness of prompt-based methods.

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EMNLP 2024 workshop · arXiv

Exploring the Potential of Large Language Models to Simulate Personality

From recognizing personality to simulating it: can LLMs consistently reproduce target Big Five traits, and how can this be measured?

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