--- title: "Henry Peng Zou — author profile and papers in our library" description: "Henry Peng Zou, University of Illinois Chicago: 7 papers on Elamur Research (2024–2026), h-index 9 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/henry-peng-zou/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/henry-peng-zou/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Henry Peng Zou # Henry Peng Zou Henry Peng Zou has 7 papers in our library, in 2024–2026, 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 [Weizhi Zhang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/weizhi-zhang/), [Yankai Chen](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yankai-chen/), [Yue Zhou](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yue-zhou/). 7 papers in our library · 2024–2026 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5109737659) · [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0009-0003-5259-4998) · [**h-index 9**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5109737659) · [86 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5109737659) · [173 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5109737659&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 7 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/henry-peng-zou/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 85 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/henry-peng-zou/cited-by/) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #7528](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/76/#star-7528) 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=Henry+Peng+Zou) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Henry+Peng+Zou) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Henry+Peng+Zou) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Henry+Peng+Zou) ## Affiliations [🎓**University of Illinois Chicago** Chicago · United States 2023–2026 · 63 papersEmployment · Computer Science*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-illinois-chicago/) · [🎓**University of Chicago** Chicago · United States 2026 · 2 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-chicago/) · [🎓**Rush University** Chicago · United States 2026 · 1 paper*current*](https://ror.org/01k9xac83) · [🎓**Washington University in St. Louis** St Louis · United States 2024 · 4 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/washington-university-in-st-louis/) 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 8 The field of science this work belongs to (OpenAlex fields).[Arts and Humanities · 7 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/) · [Computer Science · 7 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/) · [Artificial Intelligence · 7 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/artificial-intelligence/) · [Language and Linguistics · 7 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/language-and-linguistics/) · [General Social Sciences · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/social-sciences/general-social-sciences/) · [Social Sciences · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/social-sciences/) · [Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/computer-vision-and-pattern-recognition/) · [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 · 4 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/language-models/) · [Reasoning · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/reasoning/) ## Works by year ### 2020s [**2026** 4 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/henry-peng-zou/year/2026/) · [**2025** 2 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/henry-peng-zou/year/2025/) · [**2024** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/henry-peng-zou/year/2024/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[LLMs Assist NLP Researchers: Critique Paper (Meta-)Reviewing](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/du-2024-llms-assist-nlp-researchers-critique/)** *(2024 · 71 citations)* This EMNLP 2024 paper asks whether large language models can take on part of the growing peer-review burden in NLP, both as reviewers and as meta-reviewers who audit individual reviews. 2. **[Towards Agentic RAG with Deep Reasoning: A Survey of RAG-Reasoning Systems in LLMs](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/li-2025-towards-agentic-rag-deep-reasoning/)** *(2025 · 17 citations)* Large language models face two linked weaknesses. Their stored knowledge is fixed and can be wrong, and they struggle with problems that need several reasoning steps. Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) addresses the first, and reasoning techniques such as Chain-of-Thought address the second. This survey argues that… 3. **[Towards Data Contamination Detection for Modern Large Language Models: Limitations, Inconsistencies, and Oracle Challenges](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/samuel-2025-data-contamination-detection-modern-large/)** *(2025 · 16 citations)* Data contamination detectors for LLMs have mostly been validated on older, widely circulated benchmarks and early models such as GPT-J. 4. **[LLM-Based Human-Agent Collaboration and Interaction Systems: A Survey](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/zou-2026-llm-based-human-agent-collaboration/)** *(2026 · 12 citations)* Fully autonomous LLM agents remain hard to trust in practice. They hallucinate, especially across chained actions. They also falter on long, expertise-heavy tasks and raise safety, bias and accountability concerns in areas such as finance or healthcare. This survey argues for keeping people in the loop and gives what… 5. **[GAM: Hierarchical Graph-based Agentic Memory for LLM Agents](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/wu-2026-gam-hierarchical-graph-based-agentic/)** *(2026 · 5 citations)* LLM agents in long conversations must absorb new information without letting passing chatter corrupt what they already know. 6. **[Active Generalized Category Discovery with Diverse LLM Feedback](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/zou-2026-active-generalized-category-discovery-diverse/)** *(2026 · 1 citation)* The paper addresses Generalized Category Discovery (GCD) for text. In GCD, a model must sort unlabeled data into both previously known and entirely new categories, using only a small labeled set drawn from the known ones. Earlier GCD approaches combine contrastive learning with K-Means++ clustering. Without extra… 7. **[The Curse of Verbalization: How Presentation Order Constrains LLM Reasoning](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/zhou-2026-curse-verbalization-how-presentation-order/)** *(2026)* The paper asks why certain problems are hard for LLMs. It proposes that one hidden cause is a mismatch between the order in which facts appear in a prompt and the order in which a solution needs them. The authors first test GPT-4o on tiny one-dimensional Befunge programs. Befunge is an esoteric language that is rare… ## Co-authors here 12 of 38 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first. - [Weizhi Zhang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/weizhi-zhang/) ×3 - [Yankai Chen](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yankai-chen/) ×3 - [Yue Zhou](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yue-zhou/) ×3 - [Hanrong Zhang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/hanrong-zhang/) ×2 - [Wei-Chieh Huang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/wei-chieh-huang/) ×2 - [Yaozu Wu](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yaozu-wu/) ×2 - [Barbara Di Eugenio](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/barbara-di-eugenio/) - [Chunkit Chan](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/chunkit-chan/) - [Chunyu Miao](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/chunyu-miao/) - [Fulin Lin](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/fulin-lin/) - [Hang Su](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/hang-su/) - [Hoang H Nguyen](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/hoang-h-nguyen/) ## Venues Where their works here were published, the most works first, with the editions of those that have a page. - [Findings of the Association for Computational Linguistics](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/findings/) ×2: [Findings of the Association for Computational Linguistics 2026](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/findings/2026/) ×2 - [Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/acl/): [ACL 2026](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/acl/2026/) - [International Conference on Computational Linguistics (COLING)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/coling/): [COLING 2025](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/coling/2025/) - [Conference of the European Chapter of the Association for Computational Linguistics (EACL)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/eacl/): [EACL 2026](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/eacl/2026/) - [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/) ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 85 times (of the 149,439 papers whose bibliographies we read); [31 citing papers with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/henry-peng-zou/cited-by/). 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