Daniel Marcu
Daniel Marcu studies the structure of written language. His research connects discourse analysis with practical language systems, including automated writing feedback and machine translation. Marcu developed discourse-understanding algorithms used in ETS’s e-rater. The models addressed the structure and rhetoric of text. Marcu founded, developed, and sold Language Weaver, a statistical machine translation company.
- Works
- 155
- Citations
- 17,223
- h-index
- 58
Publication numbers from OpenAlex, as of 14 October 2026.
Timeline
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2014
Research recognition
ACL elected Daniel Marcu as a Fellow in 2014.
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Before 2016
Discourse and writing feedback
Marcu developed discourse-understanding algorithms used in ETS’s e-rater. The models addressed the structure and rhetoric of text.
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Before 2016
A translation company
Marcu founded, developed, and sold Language Weaver, a statistical machine translation company.
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2016
Research on written content
In October 2016, Marcu was developing methods for grading content-heavy questions with support from an ETS research gift.
Sources and credits
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