--- title: "Binchi Zhang · Western University — author profile and papers" description: "Binchi Zhang, Western University: 2 papers on Elamur Research (2026), h-index 6 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and who cites them in our…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/binchi-zhang/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/binchi-zhang/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Binchi Zhang # Binchi Zhang Binchi Zhang has 2 papers in our library, in 2026, most of them on [Language models & pretraining](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/language-models/); often with [Haifeng Chen](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/haifeng-chen/), [Jundong Li](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/jundong-li/), [Zhengzhang Chen](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/zhengzhang-chen/). 2 papers in our library · 2026 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5058804013) · [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7321-3822) · [**h-index 6**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5058804013) · [25 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5058804013) · [253 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5058804013&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 2 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/binchi-zhang/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 2 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/binchi-zhang/cited-by/) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #12454](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/125/#star-12454) 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=Binchi+Zhang) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Binchi+Zhang) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Binchi+Zhang) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Binchi+Zhang) ## Affiliations [🎓**University of Virginia** Charlottesville · United States 2021–2026 · 17 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-virginia/) · [🎓**Western University** London · Canada 2026 · 2 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/western-university/) From the bylines of their papers (OpenAlex, 2026-10-14), ORCID and Wikidata; institutions on papers are matched by machine. 2 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 4 The field of science this work belongs to (OpenAlex fields).[Artificial Intelligence · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/artificial-intelligence/) · [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/) · [Language and Linguistics · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/language-and-linguistics/) 🧭 Topics 1 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[Language models & pretraining · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/language-models/) ## Works by year ### 2020s [**2026** 2 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/binchi-zhang/year/2026/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[Mind the Gap in Cultural Alignment: Task-Aware Culture Management for Large Language Models](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/zhang-2026-mind-gap-cultural-alignment-task/)** *(2026 · 2 citations)* Large language models often carry a Western-leaning cultural bias. Existing cultural alignment methods, such as persona prompting or fine-tuning on value surveys like WVS, have two weaknesses. Broad value data transfers poorly to concrete culture-sensitive tasks such as offensive language detection. Training one… 2. **[LOKA: Conflict-Aware LLM Knowledge Update with Adaptive Knowledge Memory](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/zhang-2026-loka-conflict-aware-llm-knowledge/)** *(2026)* LLMs need regular refreshing as facts change and as harmful or sensitive content is discovered. This means adding new knowledge and erasing old knowledge in the same update. The authors identify two obstacles. First, the gradients of learning and unlearning objectives often point in opposite directions. Second… ## Co-authors here 4 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first. - [Haifeng Chen](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/haifeng-chen/) ×2 - [Jundong Li](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/jundong-li/) ×2 - [Zhengzhang Chen](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/zhengzhang-chen/) ×2 - [Xujiang Zhao](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/xujiang-zhao/) ## Venues Where their works here were published, the most works first, with the editions of those that have a page. - [Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/acl/) ×2: [ACL 2026](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/acl/2026/) ×2 ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 2 times (of the 149,439 papers whose bibliographies we read); [2 citing papers with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/binchi-zhang/cited-by/). Updated 2 November 2026