--- title: "Joel Lehman · University of Oxford — author profile and papers" description: "Joel Lehman, University of Oxford: 2 papers on Elamur Research (2019–2023), h-index 37 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and who cites…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/joel-lehman/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/joel-lehman/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Joel Lehman # Joel Lehman Joel Lehman has 2 papers in our library, in 2019–2023; often with [Jeff Clune](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/jeff-clune/), [Kenneth Owen Stanley](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/kenneth-owen-stanley/), [Andrew Dai](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/andrew-dai/). 2 papers in our library · 2019–2023 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5053798319) · [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9535-1123) · [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q112842934) · [**h-index 37**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5053798319) · [114 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5053798319) · [6,384 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5053798319&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 2 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/joel-lehman/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 65 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/joel-lehman/cited-by/) · [1 more in our library without a page yet](#also) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #7093](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/71/#star-7093) 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=Joel+Lehman) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Joel+Lehman) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Joel+Lehman) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Joel+Lehman) ## Affiliations [🎓**University of Oxford** Oxford · United Kingdom 2025–2026 · 3 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-oxford/) · [🏢**Cosmos Corporation** Bethesda · United States 2026 · 1 paper*current*](https://ror.org/05qjgkw66) · [🎓**The University of Texas at Austin** Austin · United States 2012–2015 · 26 papersEmployment 2012–2015](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/the-university-of-texas-at-austin/) · [🎓**University of Central Florida** Orlando · United States 2008–2013 · 17 papersEducationEmployment 2008–2012](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-central-florida/) · [🏢**Uber AI** San Francisco · United States 2018–2020 · 16 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/companies/uber-ai/) · [🎓**IT University of Copenhagen** Copenhagen · Denmark 2013–2018 · 16 papersEmployment 2016–2017](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/it-university-of-copenhagen/) · [🎓**University of Wyoming** Laramie · United States 2014–2019 · 2 papers](https://ror.org/01485tq96) · [🏢**OpenAI** San Francisco · United States 2020–2023 · 1 paperEmployment 2020–2022](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/companies/openai/) 🏛️**Uber** [United States](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/countries/united-states/) 2017–2020Employment 2017–2020 [🎓**The Ohio State University** Columbus · United States Education](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/the-ohio-state-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. ## Fields, topics and concepts Of its works in our library, with the number of works on each. 📚 Shelves 4 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/) · [Computer Science · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/) · [Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/biochemistry-genetics-and-molecular-biology/) · [Genetics · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/biochemistry-genetics-and-molecular-biology/genetics/) ## Works by year ### 2020s [**2023** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/joel-lehman/year/2023/) ### 2010s [**2019** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/joel-lehman/year/2019/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[Paired Open-Ended Trailblazer (POET): Endlessly Generating Increasingly Complex and Diverse Learning Environments and Their Solutions](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/wang-2019-paired-open-ended-trailblazer-poet/)** *(2019 · 154 citations)* Progress in machine learning usually follows a fixed pattern: people choose a problem, and researchers build algorithms to solve it. 2. **[Quality-Diversity through AI Feedback](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/bradley-2023-quality-diversity-through-ai-feedback/)** *(2023 · 19 citations)* Quality-diversity (QD) search maintains a population of solutions that are both good and varied. However, it has rarely been used for creative text because quality and diversity are hard to define in code. The authors propose QDAIF, an evolutionary method in which language models handle all three parts of QD search.… ## 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. **[Designing neural networks through neuroevolution ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/s42256-018-0006-z) Nature Machine Intelligence · no summary yet**Kenneth Owen Stanley et al.*2018 · 702 citations* 2. [**Paired Open-Ended Trailblazer (POET): Endlessly Generating Increasingly Complex and Diverse Learning Environments and Their Solutions arXiv:1901.01753**Rui Wang, Joel Lehman, Jeff Clune, et al.*2019 · 154 citations*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/wang-2019-paired-open-ended-trailblazer-poet/) 3. [**Quality-Diversity through AI Feedback arXiv:2310.13032**Herbie Bradley, Andrew Dai, Hannah Teufel, et al.*2023 · 19 citations*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/bradley-2023-quality-diversity-through-ai-feedback/) ## Co-authors here 9 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first. - [Jeff Clune](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/jeff-clune/) ×2 - [Kenneth Owen Stanley](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/kenneth-owen-stanley/) ×2 - [Andrew Dai](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/andrew-dai/) - [Hannah Teufel](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/hannah-teufel/) - [Herbie Bradley](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/herbie-bradley/) - [Jenny Zhang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/jenny-zhang/) - [Koen Oostermeijer](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/koen-oostermeijer/) - [Marco Bellagente](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/marco-bellagente/) - [Rui Wang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/rui-wang/) ## Venues Where their works here were published, the most works first, with the editions of those that have a page. - Nature Machine Intelligence ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 65 times (of the 149,439 papers whose bibliographies we read); [13 citing papers with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/joel-lehman/cited-by/). Updated 3 November 2026