--- title: "Minxin Du — author profile and papers — Elamur Research" description: "Minxin Du, Hong Kong Polytechnic University: 2 papers on Elamur Research (2024–2026), h-index 18 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/minxin-du/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/minxin-du/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Minxin Du # Minxin Du Minxin Du has 2 papers in our library, in 2024–2026, most of them on [Language models & pretraining](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/language-models/); often with [Peizhao Hu](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/peizhao-hu/), [Tianhao Wang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/tianhao-wang/), [Xiang Yue](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/xiang-yue/). 2 papers in our library · 2024–2026 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5083712477) · [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6620-6923) · [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q130878225) · [**h-index 18**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5083712477) · [40 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5083712477) · [977 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5083712477&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 2 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/minxin-du/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 115 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/minxin-du/cited-by/) · [2 more in our library without a page yet](#also) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #8216](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/83/#star-8216) 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=Minxin+Du) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Minxin+Du) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Minxin+Du) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Minxin+Du) ## Affiliations [🎓**Hong Kong Polytechnic University** Hong Kong · China 2024–2026 · 13 papersEmployment since 2024 · Research Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/hong-kong-polytechnic-university/) · [🎓**Hong Kong University of Science and Technology** Hong Kong · China 2026 · 1 paper*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/hong-kong-university-of-science-and-technology/) · [🎓**The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou)** Guangzhou · China 2026 · 1 paper*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/the-hong-kong-university-of-science-and-technology-guangzhou/) · [🎓**Chinese University of Hong Kong** Hong Kong · China 2020–2024 · 11 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/chinese-university-of-hong-kong/) · [🎓**Wuhan University** Wuhan · China 2015–2018 · 9 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/wuhan-university/) · [🔬**State Key Laboratory of Software Engineering** Hubei 2015–2017 · 4 papers](https://ror.org/01z3jn402) · [🎓**Xidian University** Xi'an · China 2018 · 2 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/xidian-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 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/) · [Safety Research · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/social-sciences/safety-research/) · [Social Sciences · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/social-sciences/) · [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 1 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[Language models & pretraining · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/language-models/) ## Works by year ### 2020s [**2026** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/minxin-du/year/2026/) · [**2024** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/minxin-du/year/2024/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[Machine Unlearning of Pre-trained Large Language Models](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/yao-2024-machine-unlearning-pre-trained-large/)** *(2024 · 86 citations)* The paper addresses how to make a pre-trained large language model behave as if certain training documents had never been included, for example in response to copyright or privacy removal requests. 2. **[From Domains to Instances: Dual-Granularity Data Synthesis for LLM Unlearning](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/xu-2026-domains-instances-dual-granularity-data/)** *(2026)* Evaluating machine unlearning in LLMs is unreliable when forget sets do not match what the model actually knows. ## All works 4 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. **[Differential Privacy for Text Analytics via Natural Text Sanitization ↗](https://aclanthology.org/2021.findings-acl.337/) Findings of the Association for Computational Linguistics: ACL-IJCNLP 2021 · no summary yet**Xiang Yue et al.*2021 · 94 citations* 2. **[Machine Unlearning of Pre-trained Large Language Models](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/yao-2024-machine-unlearning-pre-trained-large/) [Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/acl/)**Jin Yao, Eli Chien, Minxin Du, et al.*2024 · 86 citations* 3. **[Does Math Reasoning Improve General LLM Capabilities? Understanding Transferability of LLM Reasoning ↗](https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.00432) arXiv:2507.00432 · no summary yet**Maggie Huan et al.*2025 · 25 citations* 4. **[From Domains to Instances: Dual-Granularity Data Synthesis for LLM Unlearning](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/xu-2026-domains-instances-dual-granularity-data/) [Findings of the Association for Computational Linguistics](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/findings/)**Xiaoyu Xu, Minxin Du, Zitong LI, et al.*2026* ## Co-authors here 6 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first. - [Peizhao Hu](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/peizhao-hu/) - [Tianhao Wang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/tianhao-wang/) - [Xiang Yue](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/xiang-yue/) - [Xiaoyu Xu](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/xiaoyu-xu/) - [Xinyao Niu](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/xinyao-niu/) - [Zi Liang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/zi-liang/) ## 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 2024](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/acl/2024/) - [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/) - Findings of the Association for Computational Linguistics: ACL-IJCNLP 2021 ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 115 times (of the 149,439 papers whose bibliographies we read); [26 citing papers with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/minxin-du/cited-by/). Updated 2 November 2026