--- title: "Haoran Zhang — author profile and papers — Elamur Research" description: "Haoran Zhang: 2 papers on Elamur Research (2024–2026), h-index 23 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and who cites them in our library." canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/haoran-zhang/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/haoran-zhang/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Haoran Zhang # Haoran Zhang Haoran Zhang has 2 papers in our library, in 2024–2026, most of them on [Evaluation & benchmarks](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/evaluation-benchmarks/), [Tokenization & segmentation](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/tokenization/), [Efficient models & compression](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/efficient-models/); often with [Chris Tanner](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/chris-tanner/), [Craig W Schmidt](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/craig-w-schmidt/), [Guanglai Gao](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/guanglai-gao/). 2 papers in our library · 2024–2026 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5100340498) · [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1027-9976) · [**h-index 23**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5100340498) · [110 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5100340498) · [2,951 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5100340498&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 2 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/haoran-zhang/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 46 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/haoran-zhang/cited-by/) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #7332](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/74/#star-7332) 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=Haoran+Zhang) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Haoran+Zhang) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Haoran+Zhang) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Haoran+Zhang) ## Affiliations [🎓**Massachusetts Institute of Technology** Cambridge · United States 2021–2026 · 23 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/massachusetts-institute-of-technology/) · [🎓**University of Toronto** Toronto · Canada 2019–2022 · 11 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-toronto/) · [🔬**Vector Institute** Toronto · Canada 2019–2022 · 6 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/labs/vector-institute/) 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 6 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/) · [Social Sciences · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/social-sciences/) · [Sociology and Political Science · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/social-sciences/sociology-and-political-science/) 🧭 Topics 3 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[Efficient models & compression · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/efficient-models/) · [Tokenization & segmentation · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/tokenization/) · [Evaluation & benchmarks · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/evaluation-benchmarks/) 💡 Concepts 1 Key ideas and methods explained on our concept pages.[Subword tokenization · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/concepts/subword-tokenization/) ## Works by year ### 2020s [**2026** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/haoran-zhang/year/2026/) · [**2024** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/haoran-zhang/year/2024/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[Tokenization Is More Than Compression](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/schmidt-2024-tokenization-is-more-than-compression/)** *(2024 · 70 citations)* A common explanation for why Byte-Pair Encoding (BPE) works well is that it compresses text into fewer tokens. 2. **[ToMELP: A Theory-of-Mind Benchmark for Route-Controlled Persuasion under the Elaboration Likelihood Model](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/wang-2026-tomelp-theory-mind-benchmark-route/)** *(2026)* ToMELP is a benchmark that tests whether large language models can infer a listener's mental state during a persuasive conversation and then use that inference to shape what they say. ## Co-authors here 9 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first. - [Chris Tanner](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/chris-tanner/) - [Craig W Schmidt](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/craig-w-schmidt/) - [Guanglai Gao](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/guanglai-gao/) - [Jiang Li](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/jiang-li/) - [Tian Lan](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/tian-lan/) - [Varshini Reddy](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/varshini-reddy/) - [Xiangdong Su](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/xiangdong-su/) - [Yuval Pinter](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yuval-pinter/) - [Zehua Duo](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/zehua-duo/) ## Venues Where their works here were published, the most works first, with the editions of those that have a page. - [Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing (EMNLP)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/emnlp/): [EMNLP 2024](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/emnlp/2024/) - [Findings of the Association for Computational Linguistics](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/findings/): [Findings of the Association for Computational Linguistics 2026](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/findings/2026/) ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 46 times (of the 149,439 papers whose bibliographies we read); [10 citing papers with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/haoran-zhang/cited-by/). Updated 1 November 2026