--- title: "Evan Zheran Liu — author profile and papers in our library" description: "Evan Zheran Liu, University of California San Diego: 2 papers on Elamur Research (2017–2018), h-index 6 — affiliations, topics, co-authors…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/evan-zheran-liu/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/evan-zheran-liu/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Evan Zheran Liu # Evan Zheran Liu Evan Zheran Liu has 2 papers in our library, in 2017–2018; often with [Kelvin Guu](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/kelvin-guu/), [Panupong Pasupat](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/panupong-pasupat/), [Percy Liang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/percy-liang/). 2 papers in our library · 2017–2018 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5045100443) · [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0009-0001-4411-7599) · [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q130979898) · [**h-index 6**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5045100443) · [17 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5045100443) · [400 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5045100443&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 2 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/evan-zheran-liu/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 296 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/evan-zheran-liu/cited-by/) · [7 more in our library without a page yet](#also) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #5141](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/52/#star-5141) 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=Evan+Zheran+Liu) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Evan+Zheran+Liu) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Evan+Zheran+Liu) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Evan+Zheran+Liu) ## Affiliations [🎓**University of California San Diego** San Diego · United States 2026 · 1 paper*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-california-san-diego/) · [🎓**Stanford University** Stanford · United States 2017–2025 · 9 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/stanford-university/) · [🏢**Google** Mountain View · United States 2020–2021 · 2 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/companies/google/) 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 5 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/) · [Arts and Humanities · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/) · [Language and Linguistics · 1 work](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/) ## Works by year ### 2010s [**2018** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/evan-zheran-liu/year/2018/) · [**2017** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/evan-zheran-liu/year/2017/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[From Language to Programs: Bridging Reinforcement Learning and Maximum Marginal Likelihood](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/guu-2017-language-programs-bridging-reinforcement-learning/)** *(2017 · 236 citations)* The paper tackles weakly supervised semantic parsing, where natural language instructions must be turned into executable programs but training data provide only the correct execution outcome, not the program itself. 2. **[Reinforcement Learning on Web Interfaces Using Workflow-Guided Exploration](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/liu-2018-reinforcement-learning-web-interfaces-using/)** *(2018 · 119 citations)* The paper tackles a core obstacle in teaching RL agents to operate websites (for example, booking a flight or forwarding an email). ## All works 9 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. **[From Language to Programs: Bridging Reinforcement Learning and Maximum Marginal Likelihood](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/guu-2017-language-programs-bridging-reinforcement-learning/) [Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/acl/)**Kelvin Guu, Panupong Pasupat, Evan Liu, et al.*2017 · 236 citations* 2. **[Just Train Twice: Improving Group Robustness without Training Group Information ↗](https://arxiv.org/abs/2107.09044) arXiv (Cornell University) · no summary yet**Evan Zheran Liu et al.*2021 · 125 citations* 3. [**Reinforcement Learning on Web Interfaces Using Workflow-Guided Exploration arXiv:1802.08802**Evan Zheran Liu, Kelvin Guu, Panupong Pasupat, et al.*2018 · 119 citations*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/liu-2018-reinforcement-learning-web-interfaces-using/) 4. **[Mapping natural language commands to web elements ↗](https://aclanthology.org/D18-1540/) Proceedings of the 2018 Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing · no summary yet**Panupong Pasupat et al.*2018 · 49 citations* 5. **[AutoBencher: Towards Declarative Benchmark Construction ↗](https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.08351) arXiv (Cornell University) · no summary yet**Xiang Lisa Li et al.*2024 · 22 citations* 6. **[Decoupling Exploration and Exploitation for Meta-Reinforcement Learning without Sacrifices ↗](https://arxiv.org/abs/2008.02790) arXiv (Cornell University) · no summary yet**Evan Zheran Liu et al.*2020 · 14 citations* 7. **[Towards Autonomous Mathematics Research ↗](https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.10177) arXiv (Cornell University) · no summary yet**Tony Feng et al.*2026 · 13 citations* 8. **[Learning Abstract Models for Strategic Exploration and Fast Reward Transfer ↗](https://arxiv.org/abs/2007.05896) arXiv (Cornell University) · no summary yet**Evan Zheran Liu et al.*2020 · 4 citations* 9. **[Learning Abstract Models for Long-Horizon Exploration ↗](https://openalex.org/W2908115596) no summary yet**Evan Zheran Liu et al.*2018 · 3 citations* ## Co-authors here 4 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first. - [Kelvin Guu](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/kelvin-guu/) ×2 - [Panupong Pasupat](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/panupong-pasupat/) ×2 - [Percy Liang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/percy-liang/) ×2 - [Tianlin Shi](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/tianlin-shi/) ## 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/): [ACL 2017](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/acl/2017/) - Proceedings of the 2018 Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 296 times (of the 149,439 papers whose bibliographies we read); [56 citing papers with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/evan-zheran-liu/cited-by/). Updated 2 November 2026