--- title: "Shengran Hu — author profile and papers — Elamur Research" description: "Shengran Hu, University of British Columbia: 2 papers on Elamur Research (2024–2025), h-index 6 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and who…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/shengran-hu/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/shengran-hu/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Shengran Hu # Shengran Hu Shengran Hu has 2 papers in our library, in 2024–2025; often with [Cong Lu](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/cong-lu/), [Jeff Clune](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/jeff-clune/), [Chris Lu](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/chris-lu/). 2 papers in our library · 2024–2025 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5020923162) · [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4240-0585) · [**h-index 6**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5020923162) · [11 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5020923162) · [171 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5020923162&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 2 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/shengran-hu/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 229 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/shengran-hu/cited-by/) · [2 more in our library without a page yet](#also) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #6277](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/63/#star-6277) 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=Shengran+Hu) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Shengran+Hu) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Shengran+Hu) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Shengran+Hu) ## Affiliations [🎓**University of British Columbia** Vancouver · Canada 2024–2026 · 5 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-british-columbia/) · [🔬**Vector Institute** Toronto · Canada 2024–2026 · 5 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/labs/vector-institute/) · [🏢**Sakana AI** Tokyo · Japan 2025–2026 · 2 papers*current*](https://ror.org/027eejh88) · [🎓**Southern University of Science and Technology** Shenzhen · China 2021 · 2 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/southern-university-of-science-and-technology/) 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/) · [Arts and Humanities · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/) · [History and Philosophy of Science · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/history-and-philosophy-of-science/) · [Materials Chemistry · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/materials-science/materials-chemistry/) · [Materials Science · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/materials-science/) ## Works by year ### 2020s [**2025** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/shengran-hu/year/2025/) · [**2024** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/shengran-hu/year/2024/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[The AI Scientist-v2: Workshop-Level Automated Scientific Discovery via Agentic Tree Search](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/yamada-2025-ai-scientist-v2-workshop/)** *(2025 · 129 citations)* The AI Scientist-v2, from Sakana AI and collaborators, is an end-to-end agent that carries out machine learning research with no human involvement. 2. **[Automated Design of Agentic Systems](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/hu-2024-automated-design-agentic-systems/)** *(2024 · 89 citations)* Agentic systems built around foundation models, such as chain-of-thought pipelines, self-reflection loops and tool-using workflows, are usually assembled by hand through extensive manual tuning. ## 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. [**The AI Scientist-v2: Workshop-Level Automated Scientific Discovery via Agentic Tree Search arXiv:2504.08066**Yutaro Yamada, Robert Tjarko Lange, Cong Lu, et al.*2025 · 129 citations*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/yamada-2025-ai-scientist-v2-workshop/) 2. [**Automated Design of Agentic Systems arXiv:2408.08435**Shengran Hu, Cong Lu, Jeff Clune*2024 · 89 citations*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/hu-2024-automated-design-agentic-systems/) 3. **[Darwin Godel Machine: Open-Ended Evolution of Self-Improving Agents ↗](https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.22954) arXiv:2505.22954 · no summary yet**Jenny Zhang et al.*2025 · 47 citations* 4. **[Intelligent Go-Explore: Standing on the Shoulders of Giant Foundation Models ↗](https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.15143) arXiv:2405.15143 · no summary yet**Cong Lu, Shengran Hu, Jeff Clune*2024 · 7 citations* ## Co-authors here 7 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first. - [Cong Lu](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/cong-lu/) ×2 - [Jeff Clune](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/jeff-clune/) ×2 - [Chris Lu](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/chris-lu/) - [David Ha](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/david-ha/) - [Jakob Foerster](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/jakob-foerster/) - [Robert Tjarko Lange](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/robert-tjarko-lange/) - [Yutaro Yamada](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yutaro-yamada/) ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 229 times (of the 149,439 papers whose bibliographies we read); [42 citing papers with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/shengran-hu/cited-by/). Updated 2 November 2026