--- title: "Rena Gao — author profile and papers · Dialogue systems" description: "Rena Gao, The University of Melbourne: 2 papers on Elamur Research (2025–2026), h-index 1 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and who…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/rena-gao/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/rena-gao/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Rena Gao # Rena Gao Rena Gao has 2 papers in our library, in 2025–2026, most of them on [Dialogue systems](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/dialogue-systems/), [Evaluation & benchmarks](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/evaluation-benchmarks/), [Grammatical error correction & learner language](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/grammatical-error-correction/); often with [Hongbin Na](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/hongbin-na/), [Jey Han Lau](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/jey-han-lau/), [John Torous](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/john-torous/). 2 papers in our library · 2025–2026 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5113284748) · [**h-index 1**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5113284748) · [12 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5113284748) · [4 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5113284748&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 2 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/rena-gao/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 19 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/rena-gao/cited-by/) · [1 more in our library without a page yet](#also) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #9152](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/92/#star-9152) 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=Rena+Gao) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Rena+Gao) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Rena+Gao) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Rena+Gao) ## Affiliations [🎓**The University of Melbourne** Melbourne · Australia 2024–2026 · 14 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/the-university-of-melbourne/) · [🎓**King's College London** London · United Kingdom 2024–2025 · 2 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/king-s-college-london/) 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 7 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 · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/artificial-intelligence/) · [Psychology · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/psychology/) · [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/) · [Experimental and Cognitive Psychology · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/psychology/experimental-and-cognitive-psychology/) · [Social Psychology · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/psychology/social-psychology/) 🧭 Topics 4 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[Evaluation & benchmarks · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/evaluation-benchmarks/) · [Dialogue systems · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/dialogue-systems/) · [English · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/english/) · [Grammatical error correction & learner language · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/grammatical-error-correction/) ## Works by year ### 2020s [**2026** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/rena-gao/year/2026/) · [**2025** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/rena-gao/year/2025/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[Overview of the PsyDefDetect Shared Task at BioNLP 2026: Detecting Levels of Psychological Defense Mechanisms in Supportive Conversations](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/na-2026-overview-psydefdetect-shared-task-bionlp/)** *(2026 · 13 citations)* Emotional support dialogue systems have mostly modeled empathy, supporter strategies and affect. They have largely ignored how help-seekers' words reveal psychological defenses, which shape what people disclose and whether they accept help. The PsyDefDetect shared task at BioNLP@ACL 2026 addresses this gap. Systems… 2. **[Interaction Matters: An Evaluation Framework for Interactive Dialogue Assessment on English Second Language Conversations](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/gao-2025-interaction-matters-evaluation-framework-interactive/)** *(2025 · 6 citations)* Most dialogue datasets and quality metrics come from native-speaker conversations and focus on fluency or coherence. ## 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. **[Overview of the PsyDefDetect Shared Task at BioNLP 2026: Detecting Levels of Psychological Defense Mechanisms in Supportive Conversations](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/na-2026-overview-psydefdetect-shared-task-bionlp/) [BioNLP](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/bionlp/)**Hongbin Na, Zimu Wang, Zhaoming Chen, et al.*2026 · 13 citations* 2. **[Interaction Matters: An Evaluation Framework for Interactive Dialogue Assessment on English Second Language Conversations](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/gao-2025-interaction-matters-evaluation-framework-interactive/) [International Conference on Computational Linguistics (COLING)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/coling/)**Rena Gao, Carsten Roever, Jey Han Lau*2025 · 6 citations* 3. **[Moderation Matters: Measuring Conversational Moderation Impact in English as a Second Language Group Discussion ↗](https://aclanthology.org/2025.findings-acl.106/) Findings of the Association for Computational Linguistics: ACL 2025 · no summary yet**Rena Gao et al.*2025 · 2 citations* ## Co-authors here 11 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first. - [Hongbin Na](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/hongbin-na/) - [Jey Han Lau](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/jey-han-lau/) - [John Torous](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/john-torous/) - [Kailai Yang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/kailai-yang/) - [Ling Chen](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/ling-chen/) - [Shaoxiong Ji](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/shaoxiong-ji/) - [Sophia Ananiadou](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/sophia-ananiadou/) - [Wei Wang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/wei-wang/) - [Yining Hua](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yining-hua/) - [Zhaoming Chen](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/zhaoming-chen/) - [Zimu Wang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/zimu-wang/) ## Venues Where their works here were published, the most works first, with the editions of those that have a page. - [BioNLP](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/bionlp/): [BioNLP 2026](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/bionlp/2026/) - [International Conference on Computational Linguistics (COLING)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/coling/): [COLING 2025](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/coling/2025/) - Findings of the Association for Computational Linguistics: ACL 2025 ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 19 times (of the 149,439 papers whose bibliographies we read); [5 citing papers with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/rena-gao/cited-by/). Updated 1 November 2026