--- title: "Tianlong Li · Tongji University — author profile and papers" description: "Tianlong Li, Tongji University: 3 papers on Elamur Research (2024–2026), h-index 34 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and who cites them in…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/tianlong-li/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/tianlong-li/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Tianlong Li # Tianlong Li Tianlong Li has 3 papers in our library, in 2024–2026, most of them on [Language models & pretraining](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/language-models/), [Bias, fairness & safety](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/bias-fairness-safety/); often with [Changze Lv](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/changze-lv/), [Muling Wu](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/muling-wu/), [Xiaoqing Zheng](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/xiaoqing-zheng/). 3 papers in our library · 2024–2026 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5020841033) · [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9483-457X) · [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q56944178) · [**h-index 34**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5020841033) · [183 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5020841033) · [5,043 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5020841033&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 3 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/tianlong-li/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 47 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/tianlong-li/cited-by/) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #8930](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/90/#star-8930) 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=Tianlong+Li) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Tianlong+Li) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Tianlong+Li) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Tianlong+Li) ## Affiliations [🎓**Harbin Institute of Technology** Harbin · China 2006–2026 · 76 papersEducation 2006–2010Education 2010–2012Education 2012–2016Employment since 2017Employment 2019–2022*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/harbin-institute-of-technology/) · [🔬**State Key Laboratory of Robotics and Systems** Harbin · China 2016–2026 · 52 papers*current*](https://ror.org/015m77g16) · [🔬**Suzhou Research Institute** Suzhou · China 2025–2026 · 5 papers*current*](https://ror.org/03ebk0c60) · [🎓**Jiangsu University of Technology** Changzhou · China 2025–2026 · 4 papers*current*](https://ror.org/04jabhf80) · [🏛️**Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences** Beijing · China 2025–2026 · 3 papers*current*](https://ror.org/0313jb750) · [🔬**Harbin Veterinary Research Institute** Harbin · China 2025–2026 · 3 papers*current*](https://ror.org/034e92n57) · [🎓**Shanxi Agricultural University** Xiaodian · China 2025–2026 · 3 papers*current*](https://ror.org/05e9f5362) · [🏢**Jingdong** Beijing · China 2026 · 2 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/companies/jingdong/) · [🎓**Sichuan University** Chengdu · China 2024–2026 · 2 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/sichuan-university/) · [🎓**Tongji University** Shanghai · China 2017–2026 · 2 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/tongji-university/) From the bylines of their papers (OpenAlex, 2026-10-14), ORCID and Wikidata; institutions on papers are matched by machine. 42 more institutions on single bylines are not listed. ## Fields, topics and concepts Of its works in our library, with the number of works on each. 📚 Shelves 4 The field of science this work belongs to (OpenAlex fields).[Artificial Intelligence · 3 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/artificial-intelligence/) · [Arts and Humanities · 3 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/) · [Computer Science · 3 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/) · [Language and Linguistics · 3 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/language-and-linguistics/) 🧭 Topics 2 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[Language models & pretraining · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/language-models/) · [Bias, fairness & safety · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/bias-fairness-safety/) ## Works by year ### 2020s [**2026** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/tianlong-li/year/2026/) · [**2025** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/tianlong-li/year/2025/) · [**2024** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/tianlong-li/year/2024/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[Aligning Large Language Models with Human Preferences through Representation Engineering](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/liu-2024-aligning-large-language-models-human/)** *(2024 · 37 citations)* Aligning LLMs with human preferences usually relies on RLHF. RLHF needs extra reward and value models, is expensive and is often unstable to train. Cheaper reward-free alternatives such as DPO and HIR react badly to noisy or mislabeled preference pairs. The authors propose RAHF (Representation Alignment from Human… 2. **[Revisiting Jailbreaking for Large Language Models: A Representation Engineering Perspective](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/li-2025-revisiting-jailbreaking-large-language-models/)** *(2025 · 17 citations)* The paper asks why LLMs that have been through safety alignment can still be jailbroken. It approaches the question through representation engineering. The authors argue that refusals of harmful requests come from particular activation signatures inside the model, which they call "safety patterns". To find them, they… 3. **[Mitigating Position Bias in Transformers via Layer-Specific Positional Embedding Scaling](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/wang-2026-mitigating-position-bias-transformers-layer/)** *(2026)* Long-context LLMs that use RoPE tend to concentrate attention on the start and end of the input. As a result, they underuse content in the middle, a problem known as "lost-in-the-middle." Earlier fixes such as Attention Buckets, MoICE and Ms-PoE mix several RoPE bases or scales. However, they need repeated forward… ## Co-authors here 12 of 15 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first. - [Changze Lv](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/changze-lv/) ×3 - [Muling Wu](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/muling-wu/) ×3 - [Xiaoqing Zheng](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/xiaoqing-zheng/) ×3 - [Xuanjing Huang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/xuanjing-huang/) ×3 - [Wenhao Liu](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/wenhao-liu/) ×2 - [Xiaohua Wang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/xiaohua-wang/) ×2 - [Zhenghua Wang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/zhenghua-wang/) ×2 - [Qi Qian](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/qi-qian/) - [Shihan Dou](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/shihan-dou/) - [Shizheng Li](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/shizheng-li/) - [Tianyuan Shi](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/tianyuan-shi/) - [Yiran Ding](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yiran-ding/) ## 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 2024](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/acl/2024/) - [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](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 47 times (of the 149,439 papers whose bibliographies we read); [11 citing papers with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/tianlong-li/cited-by/). Updated 1 November 2026