--- title: "Shufei Zhang — author profile and papers — Elamur Research" description: "Shufei Zhang, Shanghai Artificial Intelligence Laboratory: 2 papers on Elamur Research (2026), h-index 1 — affiliations, topics, co-authors…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/shufei-zhang/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/shufei-zhang/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Shufei Zhang # Shufei Zhang Shufei Zhang 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/); often with [Jian Tang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/jian-tang/), [Lei Bai](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/lei-bai/), [Peng Ye](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/peng-ye/). 2 papers in our library · 2026 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5139766949) · [**h-index 1**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5139766949) · [3 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5139766949) · [1 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5139766949&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 2 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/shufei-zhang/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 9 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/shufei-zhang/cited-by/) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #11201](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/113/#star-11201) 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=Shufei+Zhang) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Shufei+Zhang) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Shufei+Zhang) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Shufei+Zhang) ## Affiliations [🔬**Shanghai Artificial Intelligence Laboratory** Shanghai · China 2026 · 3 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/labs/shanghai-artificial-intelligence-laboratory/) 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/) · [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/) · [Materials Science · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/materials-science/) · [Computational Theory and Mathematics · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/computational-theory-and-mathematics/) · [Materials Chemistry · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/materials-science/materials-chemistry/) 🧭 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** 2 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/shufei-zhang/year/2026/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[Nature-Inspired Population-Based Evolution of Large Language Models](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/zhang-2026-nature-inspired-population-based-evolution/)** *(2026 · 8 citations)* The paper frames a new problem: how to improve a whole group of large language models by treating it as an evolving population rather than tuning one model. 2. **[AOT*: Efficient Synthesis Planning via LLM-Empowered AND-OR Tree Search](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/song-2026-aot-efficient-synthesis-planning-llm/)** *(2026 · 2 citations)* AOT* is a method for multi-step retrosynthesis planning, which means finding a chain of reactions that breaks a target molecule down into purchasable building blocks. ## Co-authors here 8 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first. - [Jian Tang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/jian-tang/) - [Lei Bai](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/lei-bai/) - [Peng Ye](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/peng-ye/) - [Shi Feng](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/shi-feng/) - [Shuyue Hu](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/shuyue-hu/) - [Wanli Ouyang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/wanli-ouyang/) - [Xiaocui Yang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/xiaocui-yang/) - [Yiqun Zhang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yiqun-zhang/) ## 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/) ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 9 times (of the 149,439 papers whose bibliographies we read); [4 citing papers with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/shufei-zhang/cited-by/). Updated 1 November 2026