--- title: "Nan Sun — author profile and papers — Elamur Research" description: "Nan Sun, Alibaba Group: 2 papers on Elamur Research (2026), h-index 1 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and who cites them in our library." canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/nan-sun/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/nan-sun/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Nan Sun # Nan Sun Nan Sun has 2 papers in our library, in 2026, most of them on [Information retrieval & search](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/information-retrieval/); often with [Hefei Ling](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/hefei-ling/), [Jing Tang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/jing-tang/), [Kun Wang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/kun-wang/). 2 papers in our library · 2026 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5139773997) · [**h-index 1**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5139773997) · [4 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5139773997) · [7 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5139773997&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 2 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/nan-sun/#papers) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #13809](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/139/#star-13809) 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=Nan+Sun) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Nan+Sun) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Nan+Sun) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Nan+Sun) ## Affiliations [🎓**Huazhong University of Science and Technology** Wuhan · China 2024–2026 · 3 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/huazhong-university-of-science-and-technology/) · [🏢**Alibaba Group** Hangzhou · China 2026 · 1 paper*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/companies/alibaba-group/) 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 5 The field of science this work belongs to (OpenAlex fields).[Computer Science · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/) · [Artificial Intelligence · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/artificial-intelligence/) · [Arts and Humanities · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/) · [Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/computer-vision-and-pattern-recognition/) · [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.[Information retrieval & search · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/information-retrieval/) ## Works by year ### 2020s [**2026** 2 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/nan-sun/year/2026/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[Beyond Query Bias: Candidate-Aware Iterative Refinement for Zero-Shot Composed Image Retrieval](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/sun-2026-beyond-query-bias-candidate-aware/)** *(2026)* The paper addresses a weakness in Zero-Shot Composed Image Retrieval (ZS-CIR), where a system must find a target image from a reference image plus a modification text without task-specific training. 2. **[CIA: Inferring the Communication Topology from LLM-based Multi-Agent Systems](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/wu-2026-cia-inferring-communication-topology-llm/)** *(2026)* The paper asks whether an outsider can reconstruct the hidden communication graph of an LLM-based multi-agent system (MAS), meaning which agents pass messages to which. ## Co-authors here 11 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first. - [Hefei Ling](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/hefei-ling/) - [Jing Tang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/jing-tang/) - [Kun Wang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/kun-wang/) - [Rui Chen](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/rui-chen/) - [Shirui Pan](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/shirui-pan/) - [Xiangxiang Chu](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/xiangxiang-chu/) - [Xixun Lin](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/xixun-lin/) - [Yanan Cao](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yanan-cao/) - [Yongxuan Wu](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yongxuan-wu/) - [Yujun Cai](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yujun-cai/) - [Yuxing Lu](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yuxing-lu/) ## 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/) - [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