--- title: "Xiaocheng Yang — author profile and papers · Dialogue systems" description: "Xiaocheng Yang, South China Agricultural University: 2 papers on Elamur Research (2026), h-index 12 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/xiaocheng-yang/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/xiaocheng-yang/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Xiaocheng Yang # Xiaocheng Yang Xiaocheng Yang has 2 papers in our library, in 2026, most of them on [Dialogue systems](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/dialogue-systems/); often with [Dilek Hakkani-Tür](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/dilek-hakkani-tur/), [Gokhan Tur](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/gokhan-tur/), [Shikib Mehri](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/shikib-mehri/). 2 papers in our library · 2026 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5030018760) · [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5593-5108) · [**h-index 12**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5030018760) · [420 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5030018760) · [1,044 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5030018760&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 2 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/xiaocheng-yang/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 122 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/xiaocheng-yang/cited-by/) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #10778](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/108/#star-10778) 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=Xiaocheng+Yang) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Xiaocheng+Yang) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Xiaocheng+Yang) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Xiaocheng+Yang) ## Affiliations [🏛️**Chinese Academy of Sciences** Beijing · China 2004–2026 · 88 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/government/chinese-academy-of-sciences/) · [🎓**Tsinghua University** Beijing · China 2005–2026 · 30 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/tsinghua-university/) · [🎓**University of Chinese Academy of Sciences** Beijing · China 2026 · 25 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-chinese-academy-of-sciences/) · [🎓**University of Science and Technology of China** Hefei · China 2025–2026 · 20 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-science-and-technology-of-china/) · [🎓**Beijing Institute of Technology** Beijing · China 2026 · 12 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/beijing-institute-of-technology/) · [🎓**Kunming University of Science and Technology** Kunming · China 2026 · 11 papers*current*](https://ror.org/00xyeez13) · [🎓**Henan University of Science and Technology** Luoyang · China 2021–2026 · 10 papers*current*](https://ror.org/05d80kz58) · [🎓**Huazhong University of Science and Technology** Wuhan · China 2026 · 7 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/huazhong-university-of-science-and-technology/) · [🎓**Shanghai Jiao Tong University** Shanghai · China 2026 · 7 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/shanghai-jiao-tong-university/) · [🎓**Xi'an Jiaotong University** Xi'an · China 2026 · 7 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/xi-an-jiaotong-university/) From the bylines of their papers (OpenAlex, 2026-10-14), ORCID and Wikidata; institutions on papers are matched by machine. 194 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 · 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/) · [Computer Science · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/) · [Language and Linguistics · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/language-and-linguistics/) 🧭 Topics 1 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[Dialogue systems · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/dialogue-systems/) ## Works by year ### 2020s [**2026** 2 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/xiaocheng-yang/year/2026/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[Goal Alignment in LLM-Based User Simulators for Conversational AI](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/mehri-2026-goal-alignment-llm-based-user/)** *(2026 · 4 citations)* LLM-based user simulators are used to build and evaluate conversational agents, but they often lose track of their assigned goals over long dialogues. 2. **[GBC: Gradient-Based Connections for Optimizing Multi-Agent Systems](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/yang-2026-gbc-gradient-based-connections-optimizing/)** *(2026)* LLM-based multi-agent systems often fail to beat strong single-agent setups. One key reason is that when the final answer is wrong, it is hard to tell which agent or which interaction step caused the error. Existing optimizers mostly use only overall task success as feedback. The authors propose Gradient-Based… ## Co-authors here 5 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first. - [Dilek Hakkani-Tür](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/dilek-hakkani-tur/) ×2 - [Gokhan Tur](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/gokhan-tur/) ×2 - [Shikib Mehri](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/shikib-mehri/) - [Shuhaib Mehri](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/shuhaib-mehri/) - [Takyoung Kim](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/takyoung-kim/) ## Venues Where their works here were published, the most works first, with the editions of those that have a page. - [Annual Meeting of the Special Interest Group on Discourse and Dialogue (SIGDIAL)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/sigdial/): [SIGDIAL 2026](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/sigdial/2026/) - [Transactions of the Association for Computational Linguistics (TACL)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/tacl/): [Transactions of the Association for Computational Linguistics (TACL) 2026](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/tacl/2026/) ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 122 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/xiaocheng-yang/cited-by/). Updated 1 November 2026