--- title: "Alex J. Chan — author profile and papers — Elamur Research" description: "Alex J. Chan, American College of Radiology: 2 papers on Elamur Research (2023–2024), h-index 3 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/alex-j-chan/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/alex-j-chan/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Alex J. Chan # Alex J. Chan Alex J. Chan has 2 papers in our library, in 2023–2024, most of them on [Language models & pretraining](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/language-models/); often with [Chris Lu](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/chris-lu/), [Jakob Foerster](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/jakob-foerster/), [Jan Brauner](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/jan-brauner/). 2 papers in our library · 2023–2024 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5012664190) · [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2116-4544) · [**h-index 3**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5012664190) · [28 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5012664190) · [37 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5012664190&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 2 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/alex-j-chan/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 32 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/alex-j-chan/cited-by/) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #9893](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/99/#star-9893) 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=Alex+J.+Chan) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Alex+J.+Chan) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Alex+J.+Chan) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Alex+J.+Chan) ## Affiliations [🤝**American College of Radiology** Reston · United States 2026 · 1 paper*current*](https://ror.org/01rzx2627) · [🎓**Harvard University** Cambridge · United States 2026 · 1 paper*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/harvard-university/) · [🔬**Mayo Clinic** Rochester · United States 2026 · 1 paper*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/labs/mayo-clinic/) · [🎓**University of Cambridge** Cambridge · United Kingdom 2021–2023 · 9 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-cambridge/) 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 11 The field of science this work belongs to (OpenAlex fields).[Computer Science · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/) · [Artificial Intelligence · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/artificial-intelligence/) · [Psychology · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/psychology/) · [Social Psychology · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/psychology/social-psychology/) · [Social Sciences · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/social-sciences/) · [Sociology and Political Science · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/social-sciences/sociology-and-political-science/) · [Arts and Humanities · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/) · [Decision Sciences · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/decision-sciences/) · [Information Systems · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/information-systems/) · [Language and Linguistics · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/language-and-linguistics/) · [Management Science and Operations Research · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/decision-sciences/management-science-and-operations-research/) 🧭 Topics 1 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[Language models & pretraining · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/language-models/) ## Works by year ### 2020s [**2024** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/alex-j-chan/year/2024/) · [**2023** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/alex-j-chan/year/2023/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[How to Catch an AI Liar: Lie Detection in Black-Box LLMs by Asking Unrelated Questions](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/pacchiardi-2023-catch-ai-liar-lie-detection/)** *(2023 · 30 citations)* This work addresses detecting when a large language model gives a false answer even though it demonstrably knows the correct one. 2. **[Discovering Preference Optimization Algorithms with and for Large Language Models](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/lu-2024-discovering-preference-optimization-algorithms-large/)** *(2024 · 14 citations)* Offline preference alignment of LLMs usually relies on hand-designed convex losses such as DPO, IPO or SLiC. ## Co-authors here 7 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first. - [Chris Lu](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/chris-lu/) - [Jakob Foerster](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/jakob-foerster/) - [Jan Brauner](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/jan-brauner/) - [Owain Evans](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/owain-evans/) - [Robert Tjarko Lange](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/robert-tjarko-lange/) - [Soren Mindermann](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/soren-mindermann/) - [Yarin Gal](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yarin-gal/) ## Venues Where their works here were published, the most works first, with the editions of those that have a page. - [Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/neural-information-processing-systems/): [NeurIPS 2024](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/neural-information-processing-systems/2024/) ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 32 times (of the 149,439 papers whose bibliographies we read); [16 citing papers with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/alex-j-chan/cited-by/). Updated 3 November 2026