--- title: "Dugang Liu · Shenzhen University — author profile and papers" description: "Dugang Liu, Shenzhen University: 2 papers on Elamur Research (2026), h-index 13 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and who cites them in…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/dugang-liu/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/dugang-liu/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Dugang Liu # Dugang Liu Dugang Liu 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/), [Reasoning](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/reasoning/); often with [Bin Yu](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/bin-yu/), [Erxue Min](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/erxue-min/), [Xu Chen](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/xu-chen/). 2 papers in our library · 2026 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5003106644) · [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3612-709X) · [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q130801237) · [**h-index 13**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5003106644) · [78 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5003106644) · [682 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5003106644&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 2 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/dugang-liu/#papers) · 🔗 Cited 8 times in our library · [1 more in our library without a page yet](#also) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #11810](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/119/#star-11810) 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=Dugang+Liu) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Dugang+Liu) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Dugang+Liu) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Dugang+Liu) ## Affiliations [🎓**Shenzhen University** Shenzhen · China 2020–2026 · 59 papersEmployment since 2024 · Assistant Professor, College of Computer Science and Software Engineering*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/shenzhen-university/) · [🎓**University Town of Shenzhen** Shenzhen · China 2026 · 2 papers*current*](https://ror.org/05f5j6225) · [🎓**Shenzhen Technology University** Shenzhen · China 2026 · 1 paper*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/shenzhen-technology-university/) · [🔬**Guangdong Laboratory of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Economy (Shenzhen)** Guangming District · China 2022–2024 · 7 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/labs/guangdong-laboratory-of-artificial-intelligence-and-digital-economy-shenzhen/) · [🎓**Xiamen University** Xiamen · China 2018–2020 · 3 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/xiamen-university/) From the bylines of their papers (OpenAlex, 2026-10-14), ORCID and Wikidata; institutions on papers are matched by machine. 3 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 5 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/) · [Information Systems · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/information-systems/) 🧭 Topics 2 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[Language models & pretraining · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/language-models/) · [Reasoning · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/reasoning/) ## Works by year ### 2020s [**2026** 2 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/dugang-liu/year/2026/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[Formally Specifying the Intended Behavior of the Program: LLM-Driven Neuro-Symbolic Program Specification Synthesis](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/wen-2026-formally-specifying-intended-behavior-program/)** *(2026 · 5 citations)* Deductive verification can prove that C code meets its requirements, but only after someone writes formal annotations such as contracts and loop invariants. 2. **[Learning from Cognition: Enhancing RL Efficiency for LLM Reasoning via Hierarchical Metacognitive Decomposition and Refinement](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/sun-2026-learning-cognition-enhancing-rl-efficiency/)** *(2026)* Zero-RL training with verifiable rewards wastes much of its compute on weaker base LLMs. With a fixed prompt template, many problems yield no correct rollout, so accuracy-based filtering discards them. Cog-Rethinker tackles this by adding two cognition-inspired rollout stages on top of a DAPO-style pipeline. Problems… ## All works 3 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. **[A General Knowledge Distillation Framework for Counterfactual Recommendation via Uniform Data ↗](https://doi.org/10.1145/3397271.3401083) International ACM SIGIR Conference on Research and Development in Information Retrieval (SIGIR) · no summary yet**Dugang Liu et al.*2020 · 194 citations* 2. **[Formally Specifying the Intended Behavior of the Program: LLM-Driven Neuro-Symbolic Program Specification Synthesis](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/wen-2026-formally-specifying-intended-behavior-program/) [Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/acl/)**Cheng Wen, Hu Junjie, YiKun Hu, et al.*2026 · 5 citations* 3. **[Learning from Cognition: Enhancing RL Efficiency for LLM Reasoning via Hierarchical Metacognitive Decomposition and Refinement](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/sun-2026-learning-cognition-enhancing-rl-efficiency/) [Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/acl/)**Zexu Sun, Yongcheng Zeng, Erxue Min, et al.*2026* ## Co-authors here 4 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first. - [Bin Yu](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/bin-yu/) - [Erxue Min](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/erxue-min/) - [Xu Chen](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/xu-chen/) - [Zexu Sun](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/zexu-sun/) ## 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 - International ACM SIGIR Conference on Research and Development in Information Retrieval (SIGIR) ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 8 times (of the 149,439 papers whose bibliographies we read). Updated 2 November 2026