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# Boyu Gou

Boyu Gou has 2 papers in our library, in 2024, most of them on [Vision & language](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/multimodal/); often with [Boyuan Zheng](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/boyuan-zheng/), [Huan Sun](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/huan-sun/), [Yu Su](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yu-su/).

2 papers in our library · 2024

[OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5109022962) · [**h-index 3**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5109022962) · [12 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5109022962) · [35 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5109022962&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14

[📄 2 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/boyu-gou/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 232 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/boyu-gou/cited-by/) · [2 more in our library without a page yet](#also) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #6257](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/63/#star-6257)

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=Boyu+Gou) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Boyu+Gou) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Boyu+Gou) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Boyu+Gou)

## Affiliations

[🎓**The Ohio State University** Columbus · United States 2024–2026 · 9 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/the-ohio-state-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 6 The field of science this work belongs to (OpenAlex fields).[Computer Science · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/) · [Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/computer-vision-and-pattern-recognition/) · [Information Systems · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/information-systems/) · [Arts and Humanities · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/) · [Artificial Intelligence · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/artificial-intelligence/) · [Language and Linguistics · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/language-and-linguistics/)

🧭 Topics 1 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[Vision & language · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/multimodal/)

## Works by year

### 2020s

[**2024** 2 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/boyu-gou/year/2024/)

## Papers

The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library).

1. **[GPT-4V(ision) is a Generalist Web Agent, if Grounded](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/zheng-2024-gpt-4v-ision-generalist-web/)** *(2024 · 146 citations)* The paper asks whether large multimodal models can serve as generalist web agents, meaning systems that carry out natural-language instructions on arbitrary real websites.
2. **[Navigating the Digital World as Humans Do: Universal Visual Grounding for GUI Agents](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/gou-2024-navigating-digital-world-humans-universal/)** *(2024 · 74 citations)* Most GUI agents rely on HTML or accessibility trees to perceive interfaces and select elements. These text-based inputs are often noisy or incomplete, and they add latency and token cost. The authors argue for agents that work like people: they only see screenshots and act through pixel-level clicks and typing. They…

## 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. [**GPT-4V(ision) is a Generalist Web Agent, if Grounded arXiv:2401.01614**Boyuan Zheng, Boyu Gou, Jihyung Kil, et al.*2024 · 146 citations*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/zheng-2024-gpt-4v-ision-generalist-web/)
2. [**Navigating the Digital World as Humans Do: Universal Visual Grounding for GUI Agents arXiv:2410.05243**Boyu Gou, Ruohan Wang, Boyuan Zheng, et al.*2024 · 74 citations*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/gou-2024-navigating-digital-world-humans-universal/)
3. **[Agent Learning via Early Experience ↗](https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.08558) arXiv:2510.08558 · no summary yet**Kai Zhang et al.*2025 · 24 citations*
4. **[SkillHarm: Lifecycle-Aware Skill-Based Attacks via Automated Construction ↗](https://arxiv.org/abs/2606.02540) arXiv (Cornell University) · no summary yet**Yuting Ning et al.*2026*

## Co-authors here

6 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first.

- [Boyuan Zheng](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/boyuan-zheng/) ×2
- [Huan Sun](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/huan-sun/) ×2
- [Yu Su](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yu-su/) ×2
- [Cheng Chang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/cheng-chang/)
- [Jihyung Kil](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/jihyung-kil/)
- [Yiheng Shu](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yiheng-shu/)

## Cited by

Papers of our library cite their works 232 times (of the 149,439 papers whose bibliographies we read); [79 citing papers with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/boyu-gou/cited-by/).

Updated 2 November 2026
