--- title: "Tianmin Shu — author profile and papers · Question answering" description: "Tianmin Shu, Johns Hopkins University: 2 papers on Elamur Research (2022–2024), h-index 16 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and who…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/tianmin-shu/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/tianmin-shu/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Tianmin Shu # Tianmin Shu Tianmin Shu has 2 papers in our library, in 2022–2024, most of them on [Question answering](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/question-answering/), [Vision & language](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/multimodal/); often with [Zhiting Hu](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/zhiting-hu/), [Antonio B. Torralba](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/antonio-b-torralba/), [Cheng-Ping Hsieh](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/cheng-ping-hsieh/). 2 papers in our library · 2022–2024 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5005908625) · [**h-index 16**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5005908625) · [78 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5005908625) · [1,210 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5005908625&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 2 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/tianmin-shu/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 304 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/tianmin-shu/cited-by/) · [5 more in our library without a page yet](#also) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #4460](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/45/#star-4460) 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=Tianmin+Shu) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Tianmin+Shu) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Tianmin+Shu) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Tianmin+Shu) ## Affiliations [🎓**Johns Hopkins University** Baltimore · United States 2024–2026 · 34 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/johns-hopkins-university/) · [🎓**Massachusetts Institute of Technology** Cambridge · United States 2020–2025 · 26 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/massachusetts-institute-of-technology/) · [🎓**University of California, Los Angeles** Los Angeles · United States 2015–2020 · 14 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-california-los-angeles/) · [🎓**University of California San Diego** San Diego · United States 2022–2025 · 7 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-california-san-diego/) · [🎓**Cornell Tech** New York · United States 2025 · 2 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/cornell-tech/) · [🎓**University of Michigan** Ann Arbor · United States 2025 · 2 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-michigan/) 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. ## 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/) · [Psychology · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/psychology/) · [Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/computer-vision-and-pattern-recognition/) · [Developmental and Educational Psychology · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/psychology/developmental-and-educational-psychology/) 🧭 Topics 2 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[Question answering · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/question-answering/) · [Vision & language · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/multimodal/) ## Works by year ### 2020s [**2024** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/tianmin-shu/year/2024/) · [**2022** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/tianmin-shu/year/2022/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[RLPrompt: Optimizing Discrete Text Prompts with Reinforcement Learning](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/deng-2022-rlprompt-optimizing-discrete-text-prompts/)** *(2022 · 338 citations)* The paper addresses the challenge of automatically finding effective discrete text prompts for frozen pre-trained language models. 2. **[MMToM-QA: Multimodal Theory of Mind Question Answering](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/jin-2024-mmtom-qa-multimodal-theory-mind/)** *(2024 · 44 citations)* Existing Theory of Mind (ToM) benchmarks test models on a single modality, either video or text. Human mental-state reasoning, however, combines whatever evidence is available. The authors introduce MMToM-QA, a benchmark that pairs household activity videos with textual descriptions of the scene and the person's… ## 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. **[RLPrompt: Optimizing Discrete Text Prompts with Reinforcement Learning](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/deng-2022-rlprompt-optimizing-discrete-text-prompts/) [Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing (EMNLP)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/emnlp/)**Mingkai Deng, Jianyu Wang, Cheng-Ping Hsieh, et al.*2022 · 338 citations* 2. **[CERN: Confidence-Energy Recurrent Network for Group Activity Recognition ↗](https://doi.org/10.1109/cvpr.2017.453) IEEE Computer Society Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition/Proceedings - IEEE Computer Society Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition/Proceedings · no summary yet**Tianmin Shu, Siniša Todorović, Song Chun Zhu*2017 · 193 citations* 3. **[Building Cooperative Embodied Agents Modularly with Large Language Models ↗](https://arxiv.org/abs/2307.02485) arXiv:2307.02485 · no summary yet**Hongxin Zhang et al.*2023 · 95 citations* 4. **[Hierarchical and Interpretable Skill Acquisition in Multi-task Reinforcement Learning ↗](https://arxiv.org/abs/1712.07294) arXiv (Cornell University) · no summary yet**Tianmin Shu, Caiming Xiong, Richard Socher*2017 · 72 citations* 5. **[MMToM-QA: Multimodal Theory of Mind Question Answering](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/jin-2024-mmtom-qa-multimodal-theory-mind/) [Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/acl/)**Chuanyang Jin, Yutong Wu, Jing Cao, et al.*2024 · 44 citations* 6. **[Language Models, Agent Models, and World Models: The LAW for Machine Reasoning and Planning ↗](https://arxiv.org/abs/2312.05230) arXiv:2312.05230 · no summary yet**Zhiting Hu, Tianmin Shu*2023 · 18 citations* 7. **[On Benchmarking Human-Like Intelligence in Machines ↗](https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.20502) arXiv:2502.20502 · no summary yet**Lance Ying et al.*2025 · 7 citations* ## Co-authors here 11 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first. - [Zhiting Hu](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/zhiting-hu/) ×2 - [Antonio B. Torralba](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/antonio-b-torralba/) - [Cheng-Ping Hsieh](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/cheng-ping-hsieh/) - [Chuanyang Jin](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/chuanyang-jin/) - [Eric P. Xing](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/eric-p-xing/) - [Jianyu Wang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/jianyu-wang/) - [Jing Cao](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/jing-cao/) - [Joshua B. Tenenbaum](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/joshua-b-tenenbaum/) - [Mingkai Deng](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/mingkai-deng/) - [Yihan Wang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yihan-wang/) - [Yutong Wu](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yutong-wu/) ## 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/) - [Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing (EMNLP)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/emnlp/): [EMNLP 2022](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/emnlp/2022/) - IEEE Computer Society Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition/Proceedings - IEEE Computer Society Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition/Proceedings ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 304 times (of the 149,439 papers whose bibliographies we read); [43 citing papers with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/tianmin-shu/cited-by/). Updated 31 October 2026