--- title: "Hongyi Zhang · McMaster University — author profile and papers" description: "Hongyi Zhang, McMaster University: 3 papers on Elamur Research (2017–2026), h-index 0 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and who cites…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/hongyi-zhang/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/hongyi-zhang/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Hongyi Zhang # Hongyi Zhang Hongyi Zhang has 3 papers in our library, in 2017–2026, most of them on [Sentiment & emotion](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/sentiment-emotion/); often with [Allison Lahnala](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/allison-lahnala/), [Charles Welch](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/charles-welch/), [David Lopez-Paz](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/david-lopez-paz/). 3 papers in our library · 2017–2026 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5139827831) · [**h-index 0**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5139827831) · [3 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5139827831) · [0 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5139827831&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 3 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/hongyi-zhang/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 444 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/hongyi-zhang/cited-by/) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #719](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/8/#star-719) 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=Hongyi+Zhang) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Hongyi+Zhang) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Hongyi+Zhang) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Hongyi+Zhang) ## Affiliations [🎓**McMaster University** Hamilton · Canada 2026 · 3 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/mcmaster-university/) 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).[Artificial Intelligence · 3 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/artificial-intelligence/) · [Computer Science · 3 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/) · [Psychology · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/psychology/) · [Social Psychology · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/psychology/social-psychology/) · [Experimental and Cognitive Psychology · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/psychology/experimental-and-cognitive-psychology/) 🧭 Topics 1 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[Sentiment & emotion · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/sentiment-emotion/) ## Works by year ### 2020s [**2026** 2 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/hongyi-zhang/year/2026/) ### 2010s [**2017** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/hongyi-zhang/year/2017/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[mixup: Beyond Empirical Risk Minimization](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/zhang-2017-mixup-empirical-risk-minimization/)** *(2017 · 4,928 citations)* Large neural networks trained by minimizing their average training error (the ERM principle) can simply memorize the data, even randomly assigned labels. 2. **[McMasters of Change: Predicting Well-Being States and Transitions from Longitudinal Language](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/zhang-2026-mcmasters-change-predicting-well-being/)** *(2026 · 1 citation)* Most mental-health NLP treats social media posts one at a time and ignores how a person's state unfolds over a timeline. 3. **[McMaster NLP at SemEval-2026 Task 2: A Lightweight Multi-Feature System for Predicting Emotional Valence and Arousal over Time](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/zhang-2026-mcmaster-nlp-semeval-2026-task/)** *(2026)* SemEval-2026 Task 2, Subtask 1 asks systems to estimate continuous valence and arousal scores for texts that the same people wrote repeatedly over time. ## Co-authors here 6 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first. - [Allison Lahnala](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/allison-lahnala/) ×2 - [Charles Welch](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/charles-welch/) - [David Lopez-Paz](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/david-lopez-paz/) - [Moustapha Cisse](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/moustapha-cisse/) - [Vasudha Varadarajan](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/vasudha-varadarajan/) - [Yann Dauphin](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yann-dauphin/) ## Venues Where their works here were published, the most works first, with the editions of those that have a page. - [Workshop on Computational Linguistics and Clinical Psychology](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/clpsych/): [Workshop on Computational Linguistics and Clinical Psychology 2026](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/clpsych/2026/) - [International Workshop on Semantic Evaluation (SemEval)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/semeval/): [SemEval 2026](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/semeval/2026/) ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 444 times (of the 149,439 papers whose bibliographies we read); [30 citing papers with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/hongyi-zhang/cited-by/). Updated 2 November 2026