--- title: "Hong Meng Yam — author profile and papers in our library" description: "Hong Meng Yam, Stanford University: 2 papers on Elamur Research (2026), h-index 2 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and who cites them in…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/hong-meng-yam/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/hong-meng-yam/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Hong Meng Yam # Hong Meng Yam Hong Meng Yam 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/); often with [Yen Yee Yam](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yen-yee-yam/). 2 papers in our library · 2026 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5106553965) · [**h-index 2**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5106553965) · [11 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5106553965) · [20 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5106553965&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 2 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/hong-meng-yam/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 3 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/hong-meng-yam/cited-by/) · [1 more in our library without a page yet](#also) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #12505](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/126/#star-12505) 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=Hong+Meng+Yam) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Hong+Meng+Yam) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Hong+Meng+Yam) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Hong+Meng+Yam) ## Affiliations [🎓**Stanford University** Stanford · United States 2023–2026 · 7 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/stanford-university/) · [🎓**NUS High School of Mathematics and Science** Singapore 2021–2022 · 4 papers](https://ror.org/021gztm71) 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 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/) · [Experimental and Cognitive Psychology · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/psychology/experimental-and-cognitive-psychology/) · [Psychology · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/psychology/) 🧭 Topics 1 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[Language models & pretraining · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/language-models/) ## Works by year ### 2020s [**2026** 2 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/hong-meng-yam/year/2026/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[Pinetree at SemEval-2026 Task 7: A Large-Scale Failure Analysis of Cultural Grounding in Language Models](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/yam-2026-pinetree-semeval-2026-task-7/)** *(2026 · 1 citation)* The paper asks how well large language models know routine, majority-default daily practices across cultures. 2. **[Yam at SemEval-2026 Task 4: Failure-Driven Prompt Evolution for Narrative Comparison](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/yam-2026-yam-semeval-2026-task-4/)** *(2026 · 1 citation)* The paper tackles SemEval-2026 Task 4 (Narrative Story Similarity, Track A). Each item gives an anchor story and two candidates, and the system must pick the candidate that is narratively closer in abstract theme, course of action, and outcome. The authors do not measure distance between embeddings. Instead they… ## 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. **[Pinetree at SemEval-2026 Task 7: A Large-Scale Failure Analysis of Cultural Grounding in Language Models](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/yam-2026-pinetree-semeval-2026-task-7/) [International Workshop on Semantic Evaluation (SemEval)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/semeval/)**Yen Yee Yam, Hong Meng Yam*2026 · 1 citation* 2. **[Yam at SemEval-2026 Task 4: Failure-Driven Prompt Evolution for Narrative Comparison](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/yam-2026-yam-semeval-2026-task-4/) [International Workshop on Semantic Evaluation (SemEval)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/semeval/)**Yen Yee Yam, Hong Meng Yam*2026 · 1 citation* 3. **[WebDS: An End-to-End Benchmark for Web-based Data Science ↗](https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.01222) arXiv (Cornell University) · no summary yet**Hsu, Ethan et al.*2025 · 1 citation* ## Co-authors here 1 co-author with a page, the most papers together first. - [Yen Yee Yam](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yen-yee-yam/) ×2 ## Venues Where their works here were published, the most works first, with the editions of those that have a page. - [International Workshop on Semantic Evaluation (SemEval)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/semeval/) ×2: [SemEval 2026](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/semeval/2026/) ×2 ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 3 times (of the 149,439 papers whose bibliographies we read); [1 citing paper with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/hong-meng-yam/cited-by/). Updated 31 October 2026