--- title: "Jiarui Lu · University of Houston — author profile and papers" description: "Jiarui Lu, University of Houston: 2 papers on Elamur Research (2021–2025), h-index 13 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and who cites them…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/jiarui-lu/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/jiarui-lu/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Jiarui Lu # Jiarui Lu Jiarui Lu has 2 papers in our library, in 2021–2025, most of them on [Dialogue systems](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/dialogue-systems/), [Coreference resolution](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/coreference-resolution/), [Language models & pretraining](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/language-models/); often with [Feng Nan](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/feng-nan/), [Hong Yu](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/hong-yu/), [Joel Ruben Antony Moniz](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/joel-ruben-antony-moniz/). 2 papers in our library · 2021–2025 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5100933013) · [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0009-0001-4512-1004) · [**h-index 13**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5100933013) · [53 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5100933013) · [596 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5100933013&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 2 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/jiarui-lu/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 79 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/jiarui-lu/cited-by/) · [1 more in our library without a page yet](#also) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #5125](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/52/#star-5125) 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=Jiarui+Lu) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Jiarui+Lu) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Jiarui+Lu) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Jiarui+Lu) ## Affiliations [🎓**University of Houston** Houston · United States 2025 · 1 paper*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-houston/) · [🔬**Mila - Quebec Artificial Intelligence Institute** Montreal · Canada 2022–2026 · 11 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/labs/mila-quebec-artificial-intelligence-institute/) · [🏢**Apple** Cupertino · United States 2021–2025 · 11 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/companies/apple/) · [🎓**Université de Montréal** Montreal · Canada 2022–2026 · 10 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/universite-de-montreal/) · [🎓**Shanghai Jiao Tong University** Shanghai · China 2021–2022 · 3 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/shanghai-jiao-tong-university/) From the bylines of their papers (OpenAlex, 2026-10-14), ORCID and Wikidata; institutions on papers are matched by machine. 2 more institutions on single bylines are not listed. ## Concepts, shelves and topics Of its works in our library: the number of works on each and its rating among them. 📚 Shelves 5 The field of science this work belongs to (OpenAlex fields).[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/) · [Artificial Intelligence · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/artificial-intelligence/) · [Language and Linguistics · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/language-and-linguistics/) · [Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/computer-vision-and-pattern-recognition/) 🧭 Topics 4 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[Dialogue systems · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/dialogue-systems/) · [Evaluation & benchmarks · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/evaluation-benchmarks/) · [Language models & pretraining · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/language-models/) · [Coreference resolution · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/coreference-resolution/) ## Works by year ### 2020s [**2025** 1 paper ToolSandbox: A Stateful, Conversational, Interactive Evaluation Benchmark for LLM Tool Use Capabilities](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/lu-2025-toolsandbox-stateful-conversational-interactive-evaluation/) · [**2021** 1 paper CREAD: Combined Resolution of Ellipses and Anaphora in Dialogues](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/tseng-2021-cread-combined-resolution-ellipses-anaphora/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[ToolSandbox: A Stateful, Conversational, Interactive Evaluation Benchmark for LLM Tool Use Capabilities](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/lu-2025-toolsandbox-stateful-conversational-interactive-evaluation/)** *(2025 · 67 citations)* ToolSandbox is a benchmark from Apple for testing how well LLMs use tools in realistic, multi-turn settings. 2. **[CREAD: Combined Resolution of Ellipses and Anaphora in Dialogues](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/tseng-2021-cread-combined-resolution-ellipses-anaphora/)** *(2021 · 24 citations)* Users of dialogue assistants often refer back to earlier entities with pronouns or short descriptions (anaphora), or leave information out entirely (ellipsis). ## 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. **[ToolSandbox: A Stateful, Conversational, Interactive Evaluation Benchmark for LLM Tool Use Capabilities](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/lu-2025-toolsandbox-stateful-conversational-interactive-evaluation/) [Findings of the Association for Computational Linguistics](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/findings/)**Jiarui Lu, Thomas Holleis, Yizhe Zhang, et al.*2025 · 67 citations* 2. **[CREAD: Combined Resolution of Ellipses and Anaphora in Dialogues](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/tseng-2021-cread-combined-resolution-ellipses-anaphora/) [Conference of the North American Chapter of the Association for Computational Linguistics (NAACL)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/naacl/)**Bo-Hsiang Tseng, Shruti Bhargava, Jiarui Lu, et al.*2021 · 24 citations* 3. **[Self-Evolving Curriculum for LLM Reasoning](https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.14970) arXiv:2505.14970 · original ↗ · no summary yet**Xiaoyin Chen et al.*2025 · 17 citations* ## Co-authors here 6 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first. - [Feng Nan](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/feng-nan/) - [Hong Yu](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/hong-yu/) - [Joel Ruben Antony Moniz](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/joel-ruben-antony-moniz/) - [Ruoming Pang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/ruoming-pang/) - [Yizhe Zhang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yizhe-zhang/) - [Zirui Wang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/zirui-wang/) ## 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/): [Findings of the Association for Computational Linguistics 2025](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/findings/2025/) - [Conference of the North American Chapter of the Association for Computational Linguistics (NAACL)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/naacl/): [NAACL 2021](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/naacl/2021/) ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 79 times (of the 141,840 papers whose bibliographies we read); [2 citing papers with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/jiarui-lu/cited-by/). Updated 24 October 2026