--- title: "Wenkai Li · Sun Yat-sen University — author profile and papers" description: "Wenkai Li, Sun Yat-sen University: 3 papers on Elamur Research (2025–2026), h-index 27 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and who cites…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/wenkai-li/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/wenkai-li/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Wenkai Li # Wenkai Li Wenkai Li has 3 papers in our library, in 2025–2026, most of them on [Language models & pretraining](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/language-models/); often with [Andy Liu](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/andy-liu/), [Jiarui Liu](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/jiarui-liu/), [Linus Tze En Foo](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/linus-tze-en-foo/). 3 papers in our library · 2025–2026 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5009530693) · [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6548-7882) · [**h-index 27**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5009530693) · [71 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5009530693) · [4,122 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5009530693&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 3 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/wenkai-li/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 28 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/wenkai-li/cited-by/) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #8005](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/81/#star-8005) 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=Wenkai+Li) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Wenkai+Li) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Wenkai+Li) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Wenkai+Li) ## Affiliations [🎓**Sun Yat-sen University** Guangzhou · China 2005–2026 · 32 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/sun-yat-sen-university/) · [🎓**Carnegie Mellon University** Pittsburgh · United States 2024–2026 · 5 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/carnegie-mellon-university/) · [🎓**University of California, Merced** Merced · United States 2010–2014 · 10 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-california-merced/) · [🎓**Hainan University** Haikou · China 2022–2025 · 4 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/hainan-university/) · [🔬**Institute of Botany** Beijing · China 2013–2015 · 3 papers](https://ror.org/05hr3ch11) · [🔬**State Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change** Beijing 2013–2015 · 3 papers](https://ror.org/05c6mwc92) · [🎓**Huazhong Agricultural University** Wuhan · China 2022–2025 · 2 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/huazhong-agricultural-university/) · [🏛️**Chinese Academy of Sciences** Beijing · China 2013–2015 · 2 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/government/chinese-academy-of-sciences/) From the bylines of their papers (OpenAlex, 2026-10-14), ORCID and Wikidata; institutions on papers are matched by machine. 5 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 10 The field of science this work belongs to (OpenAlex fields).[Computer Science · 3 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 · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/) · [Language and Linguistics · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/language-and-linguistics/) · [Clinical Psychology · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/psychology/clinical-psychology/) · [Psychology · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/psychology/) · [Social Sciences · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/social-sciences/) · [Safety Research · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/social-sciences/safety-research/) · [Sociology and Political Science · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/social-sciences/sociology-and-political-science/) · [Human-Computer Interaction · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/human-computer-interaction/) 🧭 Topics 1 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[Language models & pretraining · 3 works](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/wenkai-li/year/2026/) · [**2025** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/wenkai-li/year/2025/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[BIG5-CHAT: Shaping LLM Personalities Through Training on Human-Grounded Data](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/li-2025-big5-chat-shaping-llm-personalities/)** *(2025 · 42 citations)* Earlier attempts to give LLMs a Big Five personality mostly rely on prompts that describe typical behaviours. 2. **[User Perceptions vs. Proxy LLM Judges: Privacy and Helpfulness in LLM Responses to Privacy-Sensitive Scenarios](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/wu-2026-user-perceptions-vs-proxy-llm/)** *(2026 · 1 citation)* Privacy benchmarks such as ConfAIde and PrivacyLens test whether LLMs leak personal data while completing everyday tasks. 3. **[Stylistic Evolution and LLM Neutrality in Singlish Language](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/foo-2026-stylistic-evolution-llm-neutrality-singlish/)** *(2026)* The paper asks two questions about Singlish, the English-based contact variety of Singapore. First, how has its written style changed over ten years of informal messaging? Second, can LLMs produce Singlish that reflects the variety's stable core rather than the habits of one particular year? ## Co-authors here 7 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first. - [Andy Liu](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/andy-liu/) - [Jiarui Liu](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/jiarui-liu/) - [Linus Tze En Foo](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/linus-tze-en-foo/) - [Lynnette Hui Xian Ng](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/lynnette-hui-xian-ng/) - [Maarten Sap](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/maarten-sap/) - [Mona Diab](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/mona-diab/) - [Xuhui Zhou](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/xuhui-zhou/) ## 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/) ×2: [ACL 2026](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/acl/2026/), [ACL 2025](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/acl/2025/) ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 28 times (of the 149,439 papers whose bibliographies we read); [8 citing papers with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/wenkai-li/cited-by/). Updated 1 November 2026