--- title: "Tianzhu Ye · Microsoft Research — author profile and papers" description: "Tianzhu Ye, Microsoft Research: 2 papers on Elamur Research (2026), h-index 8 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and who cites them in our library." canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/tianzhu-ye/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/tianzhu-ye/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Tianzhu Ye # Tianzhu Ye Tianzhu Ye has 2 papers in our library, in 2026, most of them on [Efficient models & compression](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/efficient-models/), [Language models & pretraining](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/language-models/); often with [Furu Wei](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/furu-wei/), [Li Dong](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/li-dong/), [Jian Chen](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/jian-chen/). 2 papers in our library · 2026 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5066799604) · [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0009-0003-9772-4768) · [**h-index 8**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5066799604) · [19 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5066799604) · [489 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5066799604&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 2 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/tianzhu-ye/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 40 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/tianzhu-ye/cited-by/) · [1 more in our library without a page yet](#also) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #10177](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/102/#star-10177) 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=Tianzhu+Ye) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Tianzhu+Ye) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Tianzhu+Ye) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Tianzhu+Ye) ## Affiliations [🏢**Microsoft Research** Cambridge · United Kingdom 2026 · 1 paper*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/companies/microsoft-research-united-kingdom/) · [🔬**China Geological Survey** Beijing · China 2006–2017 · 5 papers](https://ror.org/04wtq2305) · [🎓**Tsinghua University** Beijing · China 2023–2024 · 3 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/tsinghua-university/) · [🏢**Microsoft** Redmond · United States 2024–2025 · 2 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/companies/microsoft/) From the bylines of their papers (OpenAlex, 2026-10-14), ORCID and Wikidata; institutions on papers are matched by machine. 2 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 5 The field of science this work belongs to (OpenAlex fields).[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/) · [Artificial Intelligence · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/artificial-intelligence/) · [Language and Linguistics · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/language-and-linguistics/) · [Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/computer-vision-and-pattern-recognition/) 🧭 Topics 2 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[Efficient models & compression · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/efficient-models/) · [Language models & pretraining · 1 work](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/tianzhu-ye/year/2026/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[On-Policy Context Distillation for Language Models](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/ye-2026-policy-context-distillation-language-models/)** *(2026 · 36 citations)* Prompts can supply a language model with instructions or lessons learned, but that knowledge vanishes when the context is cleared. 2. **[Rectified Sparse Attention for Efficient Long-Sequence Generation](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/sun-2026-rectified-sparse-attention-efficient-long/)** *(2026 · 1 citation)* Large language models that produce very long outputs, such as extended reasoning chains, are slowed down by having to read the entire KV cache at every decoding step. ## All works 3 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. **[Slide-Transformer: Hierarchical Vision Transformer with Local Self-Attention ↗](https://arxiv.org/abs/2304.04237) arXiv:2304.04237 · no summary yet**Xuran Pan et al.*2023 · 110 citations* 2. [**On-Policy Context Distillation for Language Models arXiv:2602.12275**Tianzhu Ye, Li Dong, Xun Wu, et al.*2026 · 36 citations*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/ye-2026-policy-context-distillation-language-models/) 3. **[Rectified Sparse Attention for Efficient Long-Sequence Generation](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/sun-2026-rectified-sparse-attention-efficient-long/) [Findings of the Association for Computational Linguistics](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/findings/)**Yutao Sun, Tianzhu Ye, Li Dong, et al.*2026 · 1 citation* ## Co-authors here 8 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first. - [Furu Wei](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/furu-wei/) ×2 - [Li Dong](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/li-dong/) ×2 - [Jian Chen](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/jian-chen/) - [Jianyong Wang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/jianyong-wang/) - [Shaohan Huang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/shaohan-huang/) - [Xun Wu](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/xun-wu/) - [Yuqing Xia](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yuqing-xia/) - [Yutao Sun](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yutao-sun/) ## Venues Where their works here were published, the most works first, with the editions of those that have a page. - [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 40 times (of the 149,439 papers whose bibliographies we read); [7 citing papers with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/tianzhu-ye/cited-by/). Updated 3 November 2026