--- title: "Jun Zhuang · Boise State University — author profile and papers" description: "Jun Zhuang, Boise State University: 2 papers on Elamur Research (2026), h-index 6 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and who cites them in…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/jun-zhuang/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/jun-zhuang/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Jun Zhuang # Jun Zhuang Jun Zhuang 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/), [Speech & spoken language](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/speech/); often with [Haohan Wang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/haohan-wang/). 2 papers in our library · 2026 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5084608795) · [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7142-2193) · [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q131198133) · [**h-index 6**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5084608795) · [29 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5084608795) · [110 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5084608795&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 2 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/jun-zhuang/#papers) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #12995](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/130/#star-12995) 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=Jun+Zhuang) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Jun+Zhuang) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Jun+Zhuang) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Jun+Zhuang) ## Affiliations [🎓**Boise State University** Boise · United States 2023–2026 · 30 papersEmployment since 2023*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/boise-state-university/) · [🎓**University at Buffalo, State University of New York** Buffalo · United States 2018Education until 2018*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-at-buffalo-state-university-of-new-york/) · [🎓**Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis** Indpls · United States 2019–2024 · 10 papersEducation until 2023](https://ror.org/05gxnyn08) · [🎓**Purdue University System** West Lafayette · United States 2023 · 2 papers](https://ror.org/05p8z3f47) · [🎓**Indiana University** Bloomington · United States 2019–2020 · 2 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/indiana-university/) · [🎓**Rochester Institute of Technology** Rochester · United States 2013Education until 2013](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/rochester-institute-of-technology/) · [🎓**South China University of Technology** Guangzhou · China 2011Education until 2011](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/south-china-university-of-technology/) From the bylines of their papers (OpenAlex, 2026-10-14), ORCID and Wikidata; institutions on papers are matched by machine. 4 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 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/) · [Computer Science · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/) · [Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/physics-and-astronomy/atomic-and-molecular-physics-and-optics/) · [Physics and Astronomy · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/physics-and-astronomy/) · [Arts and Humanities · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/) · [Language and Linguistics · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/language-and-linguistics/) 🧭 Topics 2 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[Language models & pretraining · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/language-models/) · [Speech & spoken language · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/speech/) ## Works by year ### 2020s [**2026** 2 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/jun-zhuang/year/2026/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[Large Language Models Can Help Mitigate Barren Plateaus in Quantum Neural Networks](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/zhuang-2026-large-language-models-can-help/)** *(2026 · 1 citation)* Quantum neural networks (QNNs) are often untrainable because of barren plateaus (BPs). At initialization, gradient variance shrinks exponentially as qubits are added, so gradient-based optimizers stall almost immediately. Existing initialization fixes, such as GaInit and BeInit, sample parameters once from a fixed… 2. **[Now You Hear Me: Audio Narrative Attacks Against Large Audio–Language Models](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/yu-2026-now-you-hear-me-audio/)** *(2026)* The paper asks whether the way something is said, and not only its wording, can make large audio–language models (LALMs) ignore their safety training. ## Co-authors here 1 co-author with a page, the most papers together first. - [Haohan Wang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/haohan-wang/) ## Venues Where their works here were published, the most works first, with the editions of those that have a page. - [Conference of the European Chapter of the Association for Computational Linguistics (EACL)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/eacl/): [EACL 2026](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/eacl/2026/) - [Findings of the Association for Computational Linguistics](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/findings/): [Findings of the Association for Computational Linguistics 2026](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/findings/2026/) Updated 2 November 2026