--- title: "Andrew Chi-Chih Yao — author profile and papers · Reasoning" description: "Andrew Chi-Chih Yao, Shanghai Qi Zhi Institute: 2 papers on Elamur Research (2023–2024), h-index 50 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/andrew-chi-chih-yao/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/andrew-chi-chih-yao/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Andrew Chi-Chih Yao # Andrew Chi-Chih Yao Andrew Chi-Chih Yao has 2 papers in our library, in 2023–2024, most of them on [Reasoning](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/reasoning/); often with [Yifan Zhang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yifan-zhang/), [Yifan Luo](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yifan-luo/). 2 papers in our library · 2023–2024 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5076560802) · [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3648-5594) · [**h-index 50**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5076560802) · [196 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5076560802) · [22,653 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5076560802&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 2 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/andrew-chi-chih-yao/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 148 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/andrew-chi-chih-yao/cited-by/) · [2 more in our library without a page yet](#also) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #7597](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/76/#star-7597) 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=Andrew+Chi-Chih+Yao) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Andrew+Chi-Chih+Yao) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Andrew+Chi-Chih+Yao) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Andrew+Chi-Chih+Yao) ## Affiliations [🎓**Tsinghua University** Beijing · China 2005–2026 · 55 papersEmployment since 2011 · Dean, Institute for Interdisciplinary Information Sciences*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/tsinghua-university/) · [🔬**Shanghai Qi Zhi Institute** Shanghai · China 2018–2026 · 10 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/labs/shanghai-qi-zhi-institute/) · [🎓**Princeton University** Princeton · United States 1987–2006 · 56 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/princeton-university/) · [🎓**Stanford University** Stanford · United States 1975–1985 · 30 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/stanford-university/) · [🎓**University of California, Berkeley** Berkeley · United States 1981–1983 · 8 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-california-berkeley/) · [🎓**Massachusetts Institute of Technology** Cambridge · United States 1976–1980 · 6 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/massachusetts-institute-of-technology/) · [🎓**University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign** Urbana · United States 1974–1976 · 5 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-illinois-urbana-champaign/) · [🔬**Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies du numérique** Le Chesnay-Rocquencourt · France 2024–2025 · 3 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/labs/institut-national-de-recherche-en-sciences-et-technologies-du-numerique/) · [🎓**Chinese University of Hong Kong** Hong Kong · China 2006–2014 · 3 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/chinese-university-of-hong-kong/) · [🏢**IBM** Armonk · United States 1982–1985 · 2 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/companies/ibm/) 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 7 The field of science this work belongs to (OpenAlex fields).[Arts and Humanities · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/) · [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/) · [Language and Linguistics · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/language-and-linguistics/) · [Mathematics · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/mathematics/) · [Applied Mathematics · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/mathematics/applied-mathematics/) · [Computational Theory and Mathematics · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/computational-theory-and-mathematics/) 🧭 Topics 1 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[Reasoning · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/reasoning/) ## Works by year ### 2020s [**2024** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/andrew-chi-chih-yao/year/2024/) · [**2023** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/andrew-chi-chih-yao/year/2023/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[Cumulative Reasoning with Large Language Models](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/zhang-2023-cumulative-reasoning-large-language-models/)** *(2023 · 74 citations)* Large language models still struggle with tasks that require long, rigorous, multi-step deduction. Existing prompting schemes such as Chain-of-Thought and Tree-of-Thought either follow one fragile path or explore separate branches without combining everything they have confirmed. The authors propose Cumulative… 2. **[Augmenting Math Word Problems via Iterative Question Composing](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/liu-2024-augmenting-math-word-problems-iterative/)** *(2024 · 44 citations)* Open-source LLMs still do poorly on competition-level mathematics such as the MATH benchmark when they cannot call external tools. ## All works 4 works of theirs in our library, the most cited first; 2 with a page here, the others link their original until we summarise them. 1. **[Managing extreme AI risks amid rapid progress ↗](https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adn0117) Science · no summary yet**Yoshua Bengio et al.*2024 · 382 citations* 2. [**Cumulative Reasoning with Large Language Models arXiv:2308.04371**Yifan Zhang, Jingqin Yang, Yang Yuan, et al.*2023 · 74 citations*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/zhang-2023-cumulative-reasoning-large-language-models/) 3. **[Augmenting Math Word Problems via Iterative Question Composing](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/liu-2024-augmenting-math-word-problems-iterative/) [Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/proceedings-of-the-aaai-conference-on-artificial-intelligence/)**Haoxiong Liu, Yifan Zhang, Yifan Luo, et al.*2024 · 44 citations* 4. **[ProofAug: Efficient Neural Theorem Proving via Fine-grained Proof Structure Analysis ↗](https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.18310) arXiv:2501.18310 · no summary yet**Haoxiong Liu et al.*2025 · 4 citations* ## Co-authors here 2 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first. - [Yifan Zhang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yifan-zhang/) ×2 - [Yifan Luo](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yifan-luo/) ## Venues Where their works here were published, the most works first, with the editions of those that have a page. - [Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/proceedings-of-the-aaai-conference-on-artificial-intelligence/): [Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence 2024](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/proceedings-of-the-aaai-conference-on-artificial-intelligence/2024/) - Science ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 148 times (of the 149,439 papers whose bibliographies we read); [47 citing papers with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/andrew-chi-chih-yao/cited-by/). Updated 2 November 2026