--- title: "Tianlin Shi · Stanford University — author profile and papers" description: "Tianlin Shi, Stanford University: 2 papers on Elamur Research (2017–2018), h-index 8 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and who cites them in…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/tianlin-shi/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/tianlin-shi/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Tianlin Shi # Tianlin Shi Tianlin Shi has 2 papers in our library, in 2017–2018, most of them on [Dialogue systems](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/dialogue-systems/); often with [Alan Ritter](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/alan-ritter/), [Dan Jurafsky](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/dan-jurafsky/), [Evan Zheran Liu](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/evan-zheran-liu/). 2 papers in our library · 2017–2018 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5003451810) · [**h-index 8**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5003451810) · [11 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5003451810) · [1,018 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5003451810&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 2 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/tianlin-shi/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 397 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/tianlin-shi/cited-by/) · [2 more in our library without a page yet](#also) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #2400](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/24/#star-2400) 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=Tianlin+Shi) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Tianlin+Shi) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Tianlin+Shi) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Tianlin+Shi) ## Affiliations [🎓**Tsinghua University** Beijing · China 2013–2018 · 7 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/tsinghua-university/) · [🎓**Stanford University** Stanford · United States 2015–2018 · 4 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/stanford-university/) 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 · 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/) · [Information Systems · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/information-systems/) 🧭 Topics 1 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[Dialogue systems · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/dialogue-systems/) 💡 Concepts 2 Key ideas and methods explained on our concept pages.[Artificial intelligence · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/concepts/artificial-intelligence/) · [Chatbots · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/concepts/chatbot/) ## Works by year ### 2010s [**2018** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/tianlin-shi/year/2018/) · [**2017** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/tianlin-shi/year/2017/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[Adversarial Learning for Neural Dialogue Generation](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/li-2017-adversarial-learning-neural-dialogue-generation/)** *(2017 · 1,063 citations)* Neural chatbots trained with maximum likelihood tend to produce bland, repetitive, short-sighted replies. Hand-crafted RL rewards only capture a few chosen qualities. The authors instead take inspiration from the Turing test. A SEQ2SEQ generator is trained jointly with a discriminator, a hierarchical LSTM classifier… 2. **[Reinforcement Learning on Web Interfaces Using Workflow-Guided Exploration](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/liu-2018-reinforcement-learning-web-interfaces-using/)** *(2018 · 119 citations)* The paper tackles a core obstacle in teaching RL agents to operate websites (for example, booking a flight or forwarding an email). ## 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. **[Adversarial Learning for Neural Dialogue Generation](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/li-2017-adversarial-learning-neural-dialogue-generation/) [Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing (EMNLP)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/emnlp/)**Jiwei Li, Will Monroe, Tianlin Shi, et al.*2017 · 1,063 citations* 2. **[World of Bits: An Open-Domain Platform for Web-Based Agents ↗](https://openalex.org/W2741548518) International Conference on Machine Learning · no summary yet**Tianlin Shi et al.*2017 · 135 citations* 3. [**Reinforcement Learning on Web Interfaces Using Workflow-Guided Exploration arXiv:1802.08802**Evan Zheran Liu, Kelvin Guu, Panupong Pasupat, et al.*2018 · 119 citations*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/liu-2018-reinforcement-learning-web-interfaces-using/) 4. **[Learning Where to Sample in Structured Prediction ↗](https://openalex.org/W2116929514) no summary yet**Tianlin Shi, Jacob Steinhardt, Percy Liang*2015 · 15 citations* ## Co-authors here 9 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first. - [Alan Ritter](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/alan-ritter/) - [Dan Jurafsky](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/dan-jurafsky/) - [Evan Zheran Liu](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/evan-zheran-liu/) - [Jiwei Li](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/jiwei-li/) - [Kelvin Guu](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/kelvin-guu/) - [Panupong Pasupat](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/panupong-pasupat/) - [Percy Liang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/percy-liang/) - [Sébastien Jean](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/sebastien-jean/) - [Will Monroe](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/will-monroe/) ## Venues Where their works here were published, the most works first, with the editions of those that have a page. - [Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing (EMNLP)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/emnlp/): [EMNLP 2017](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/emnlp/2017/) - International Conference on Machine Learning ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 397 times (of the 149,439 papers whose bibliographies we read); [76 citing papers with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/tianlin-shi/cited-by/). Updated 2 November 2026