--- title: "Siqi Bao — author profile and papers · Dialogue systems" description: "Siqi Bao, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology: 2 papers on Elamur Research (2020–2021), h-index 23 — affiliations, topics…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/siqi-bao/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/siqi-bao/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Siqi Bao # Siqi Bao Siqi Bao has 2 papers in our library, in 2020–2021, most of them on [Dialogue systems](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/dialogue-systems/); often with [Fan Wang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/fan-wang/), [Haifeng Wang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/haifeng-wang/), [Hua Wu](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/hua-wu/). 2 papers in our library · 2020–2021 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5003409838) · [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3885-125X) · [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q131012131) · [**h-index 23**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5003409838) · [76 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5003409838) · [2,348 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5003409838&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 2 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/siqi-bao/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 158 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/siqi-bao/cited-by/) · [5 more in our library without a page yet](#also) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #3490](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/35/#star-3490) 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=Siqi+Bao) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Siqi+Bao) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Siqi+Bao) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Siqi+Bao) ## Affiliations [🏢**Baidu** Beijing · China 2017–2026 · 32 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/companies/baidu/) · [🎓**Hong Kong University of Science and Technology** Hong Kong · Hong Kong 2014–2026 · 12 papersEducation*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/hong-kong-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. 1 more institution on single bylines are not listed. ## Concepts, shelves and topics Of its works in our library: the number of works on each and its rating among them. 📚 Shelves 4 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/) · [Arts and Humanities · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/) · [Computer Science · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/) · [Language and Linguistics · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/language-and-linguistics/) 🧭 Topics 1 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[Dialogue systems · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/dialogue-systems/) ## Works by year ### 2020s [**2021** 1 paper PLATO-2: Towards Building an Open-Domain Chatbot via Curriculum Learning](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/bao-2021-plato-2-building-open-domain/) · [**2020** 1 paper PLATO: Pre-trained Dialogue Generation Model with Discrete Latent Variable](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/bao-2020-plato-pre-trained-dialogue-generation/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[PLATO: Pre-trained Dialogue Generation Model with Discrete Latent Variable](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/bao-2020-plato-pre-trained-dialogue-generation/)** *(2020 · 322 citations)* PLATO addresses why general-purpose pre-trained models like BERT transfer poorly to open-domain dialogue generation. 2. **[PLATO-2: Towards Building an Open-Domain Chatbot via Curriculum Learning](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/bao-2021-plato-2-building-open-domain/)** *(2021 · 145 citations)* PLATO-2 addresses the difficulty of scaling an open-domain chatbot that explicitly models the one-to-many nature of dialogue, where a single context can have many valid replies. ## All works 7 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. **[PLATO: Pre-trained Dialogue Generation Model with Discrete Latent Variable](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/bao-2020-plato-pre-trained-dialogue-generation/) [Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/acl/)**Siqi Bao, Huang He, Fan Wang, et al.*2020 · 322 citations* 2. **[PLATO-2: Towards Building an Open-Domain Chatbot via Curriculum Learning](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/bao-2021-plato-2-building-open-domain/) [Findings of the Association for Computational Linguistics](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/findings/)**Siqi Bao, Huang He, Fan Wang, et al.*2021 · 145 citations* 3. **[ERNIE 5.0 Technical Report](https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.04705) arXiv:2602.04705 · original ↗ · no summary yet**Haifeng Wang et al.*2026 · 6 citations* 4. **[SCAN: Structured Capability Assessment and Navigation for LLMs](https://aclanthology.org/2026.acl-long.126/) Proceedings of the 64th Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics (Volume 1: Long Papers) · original ↗ · no summary yet**Zongqi Wang et al.*2026 · 1 citation* 5. **[Reinforcing Agentic Search Via Reward Density Optimization](https://aclanthology.org/2026.acl-long.467/) Proceedings of the 64th Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics (Volume 1: Long Papers) · original ↗ · no summary yet**Kun Luo et al.*2026* 6. **[AWARE: Agentic Knowledge Warehousing for Contextual Intelligence](https://aclanthology.org/2026.findings-acl.120/) Findings of the Association for Computational Linguistics: ACL 2026 · original ↗ · no summary yet**Hongjin Qian et al.*2026* 7. **[Distributional Clarity: The Hidden Driver of RL-Friendliness in Large Language Models](https://aclanthology.org/2026.acl-long.1004/) Proceedings of the 64th Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics (Volume 1: Long Papers) · original ↗ · no summary yet**Shaoning Sun et al.*2026* ## Co-authors here 6 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first. - [Fan Wang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/fan-wang/) ×2 - [Haifeng Wang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/haifeng-wang/) ×2 - [Hua Wu](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/hua-wu/) ×2 - [Huang He](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/huang-he/) ×2 - [Wenquan Wu](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/wenquan-wu/) - [Zhen Guo](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/zhen-guo/) ## 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/) ×4: [ACL 2020](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/acl/2020/) - [Findings of the Association for Computational Linguistics](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/findings/): [Findings of the Association for Computational Linguistics 2021](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/findings/2021/) - Findings of the Association for Computational Linguistics: ACL 2026 ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 158 times (of the 141,840 papers whose bibliographies we read); [10 citing papers with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/siqi-bao/cited-by/). Updated 24 October 2026