--- title: "Joseph Boen · Stanford University — author profile and papers" description: "Joseph Boen, Stanford University: 2 papers on Elamur Research (2024–2026), h-index 2 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and who cites them…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/joseph-boen/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/joseph-boen/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Joseph Boen # Joseph Boen Joseph Boen has 2 papers in our library, in 2024–2026, most of them on [Reasoning](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/reasoning/); often with [James Zou](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/james-zou/), [Sheng Liu](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/sheng-liu/), [Carlos Guestrin](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/carlos-guestrin/). 2 papers in our library · 2024–2026 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5114524736) · [**h-index 2**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5114524736) · [4 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5114524736) · [15 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5114524736&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 2 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/joseph-boen/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 116 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/joseph-boen/cited-by/) · [1 more in our library without a page yet](#also) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #6815](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/69/#star-6815) 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=Joseph+Boen) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Joseph+Boen) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Joseph+Boen) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Joseph+Boen) ## Affiliations [🎓**Stanford University** Stanford · United States 2024–2026 · 12 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/stanford-university/) · [🎓**Johns Hopkins University** Baltimore · United States 2023–2024 · 4 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/johns-hopkins-university/) · [🎓**University of Oxford** Oxford · United Kingdom 2024–2026 · 2 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-oxford/) From the bylines of their papers (OpenAlex, 2026-10-14), ORCID and Wikidata; institutions on papers are matched by machine. 3 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 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 1 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[Reasoning · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/reasoning/) ## Works by year ### 2020s [**2026** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/joseph-boen/year/2026/) · [**2024** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/joseph-boen/year/2024/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[TextGrad: Automatic "Differentiation" via Text](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/yuksekgonul-2024-textgrad-automatic-differentiation-text/)** *(2024 · 96 citations)* Modern AI applications increasingly chain several LLMs with tools such as simulators, solvers, or search engines. 2. **[OctoTools: A Multi-Agent Framework with Extensible Tools for Complex Reasoning](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/lu-2026-octotools-multi-agent-framework-extensible/)** *(2026 · 5 citations)* LLMs still struggle with hard problems that combine image understanding, specialist knowledge, calculation and several reasoning steps. ## 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. **[Optimizing generative AI by backpropagating language model feedback ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-08661-4) Nature · no summary yet**Mert Yüksekgönül et al.*2025 · 115 citations* 2. [**TextGrad: Automatic "Differentiation" via Text arXiv:2406.07496**Mert Yuksekgonul, Federico Bianchi, Joseph Boen, et al.*2024 · 96 citations*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/yuksekgonul-2024-textgrad-automatic-differentiation-text/) 3. **[OctoTools: A Multi-Agent Framework with Extensible Tools for Complex Reasoning](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/lu-2026-octotools-multi-agent-framework-extensible/) [Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/acl/)**Pan Lu, Bowen Chen, Sheng Liu, et al.*2026 · 5 citations* ## Co-authors here 7 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first. - [James Zou](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/james-zou/) ×2 - [Sheng Liu](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/sheng-liu/) ×2 - [Carlos Guestrin](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/carlos-guestrin/) - [Federico Bianchi](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/federico-bianchi/) - [Mert Yuksekgonul](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/mert-yuksekgonul/) - [Pan Lu](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/pan-lu/) - [Rahul Thapa](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/rahul-thapa/) ## Venues Where their works here were published, the most works first, with the editions of those that have a page. - [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/) - Nature ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 116 times (of the 149,439 papers whose bibliographies we read); [27 citing papers with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/joseph-boen/cited-by/). Updated 31 October 2026