--- title: "Xiaochen Zhu — author profile and papers — Elamur Research" description: "Xiaochen Zhu, University of Cambridge: 3 papers on Elamur Research (2025–2026), h-index 5 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and who cites…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/xiaochen-zhu/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/xiaochen-zhu/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Xiaochen Zhu # Xiaochen Zhu Xiaochen Zhu 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 [Caiqi Zhang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/caiqi-zhang/), [Nigel Collier](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/nigel-collier/), [Andreas Vlachos](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/andreas-vlachos/). 3 papers in our library · 2025–2026 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5056214058) · [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0094-4354) · [**h-index 5**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5056214058) · [19 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5056214058) · [117 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5056214058&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 3 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/xiaochen-zhu/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 21 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/xiaochen-zhu/cited-by/) · [1 more in our library without a page yet](#also) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #8423](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/85/#star-8423) 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=Xiaochen+Zhu) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Xiaochen+Zhu) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Xiaochen+Zhu) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Xiaochen+Zhu) ## Affiliations [🎓**University of Cambridge** Cambridge · United Kingdom 2026 · 1 paper*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-cambridge/) · [🎓**University of Sheffield** Sheffield · United Kingdom 2026 · 1 paper*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-sheffield/) · [🎓**Northeastern University** Shenyang · China 2012–2025 · 15 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/northeastern-university-cn/) · [🔬**State Key Laboratory of Synthetical Automation for Process Industries** Shenyang 2023 · 2 papers](https://ror.org/0380ng272) 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 6 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/) · [Physics and Astronomy · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/physics-and-astronomy/) · [Statistical and Nonlinear Physics · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/physics-and-astronomy/statistical-and-nonlinear-physics/) 🧭 Topics 1 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[Language models & pretraining · 2 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/xiaochen-zhu/year/2026/) · [**2025** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/xiaochen-zhu/year/2025/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[Conformity in Large Language Models](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/zhu-2025-conformity-large-language-models/)** *(2025 · 18 citations)* LLMs increasingly serve as conversational partners and as members of multi-agent ensembles. A tendency to side with a majority, even a wrong one, can therefore undermine their usefulness. The authors adapt the classic Asch conformity paradigm to LLMs. In a scripted dialogue, the model answers a question last, after… 2. **[Confidence Estimation for LLMs in Multi-turn Interactions](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/zhang-2026-confidence-estimation-llms-multi-turn/)** *(2026 · 7 citations)* Most work on LLM confidence estimation looks at single questions answered once. This paper studies a different case: multi-turn dialogue, where useful information arrives over several turns. The authors argue that a good confidence signal in this setting must do two things. It should be calibrated at each turn, and… 3. **[Demystifying Multi-Agent Debate: The Role of Confidence and Diversity](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/zhu-2026-demystifying-multi-agent-debate-role/)** *(2026 · 6 citations)* Multi-agent debate (MAD) is a popular test-time scaling technique for LLMs, but its standard form often does no better than a plain majority vote while costing more. ## All works 4 works of theirs in our library, the most cited first; 3 with a page here, the others link their original until we summarise them. 1. **[Conformity in Large Language Models](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/zhu-2025-conformity-large-language-models/) [Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/acl/)**Xiaochen Zhu, Caiqi Zhang, Tom Stafford, et al.*2025 · 18 citations* 2. **[Confidence Estimation for LLMs in Multi-turn Interactions](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/zhang-2026-confidence-estimation-llms-multi-turn/) [Findings of the Association for Computational Linguistics](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/findings/)**Caiqi Zhang, Ruihan Yang, Xiaochen Zhu, et al.*2026 · 7 citations* 3. **[Demystifying Multi-Agent Debate: The Role of Confidence and Diversity](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/zhu-2026-demystifying-multi-agent-debate-role/) [Findings of the Association for Computational Linguistics](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/findings/)**Xiaochen Zhu, Caiqi Zhang, Yizhou Chi, et al.*2026 · 6 citations* 4. **[LoVeC: Reinforcement Learning for Better Verbalized Confidence in Long-Form Generation ↗](https://aclanthology.org/2026.acl-long.1539/) Proceedings of the 64th Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics (Volume 1: Long Papers) · no summary yet**Caiqi Zhang et al.*2026* ## Co-authors here 8 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first. - [Caiqi Zhang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/caiqi-zhang/) ×3 - [Nigel Collier](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/nigel-collier/) ×3 - [Andreas Vlachos](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/andreas-vlachos/) ×2 - [Tom Stafford](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/tom-stafford/) ×2 - [Chengzu Li](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/chengzu-li/) - [Deqing Yang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/deqing-yang/) - [Ruihan Yang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/ruihan-yang/) - [Tiancheng Hu](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/tiancheng-hu/) ## 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 2025](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/acl/2025/) - [Findings of the Association for Computational Linguistics](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/findings/) ×2: [Findings of the Association for Computational Linguistics 2026](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/findings/2026/) ×2 ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 21 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/xiaochen-zhu/cited-by/). 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