--- title: "Xiaoyan Sun — author profile and papers — Elamur Research" description: "Xiaoyan Sun, Worcester Polytechnic Institute: 2 papers on Elamur Research (2026), h-index 1 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and who cites…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/xiaoyan-sun/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/xiaoyan-sun/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Xiaoyan Sun # Xiaoyan Sun Xiaoyan Sun has 2 papers in our library, in 2026, most of them on [Information retrieval & search](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/information-retrieval/); often with [Hao Li](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/hao-li/), [Tianyu Liu](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/tianyu-liu/), [Xiao Sun](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/xiao-sun/). 2 papers in our library · 2026 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5151872641) · [**h-index 1**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5151872641) · [13 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5151872641) · [1 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5151872641&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 2 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/xiaoyan-sun/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 6 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/xiaoyan-sun/cited-by/) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #10454](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/105/#star-10454) 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=Xiaoyan+Sun) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Xiaoyan+Sun) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Xiaoyan+Sun) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Xiaoyan+Sun) ## Affiliations [🎓**Worcester Polytechnic Institute** Worcester · United States 2026 · 9 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/worcester-polytechnic-institute/) · [🎓**University of Science and Technology of China** Hefei · China 2026 · 2 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-science-and-technology-of-china/) From the bylines of their papers (OpenAlex, 2026-10-14), ORCID and Wikidata; institutions on papers are matched by machine. ## 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.[Information retrieval & search · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/information-retrieval/) ## Works by year ### 2020s [**2026** 2 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/xiaoyan-sun/year/2026/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[LogitSpec: Accelerating Retrieval-based Speculative Decoding via Next Next Token Speculation](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/liu-2026-logitspec-accelerating-retrieval-based-speculative/)** *(2026 · 6 citations)* Speculative decoding speeds up LLM inference by drafting several tokens and having the target model verify them in one pass. 2. **[PRA-RAG: Provably Robust Aggregation in Retrieval-Augmented Generation against Retrieval Corruption](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/tan-2026-pra-rag-provably-robust-aggregation/)** *(2026)* Retrieval-Augmented Generation can be hijacked when attackers plant crafted passages in the knowledge base so that the LLM returns an answer they chose. ## Co-authors here 6 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first. - [Hao Li](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/hao-li/) - [Tianyu Liu](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/tianyu-liu/) - [Xiao Sun](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/xiao-sun/) - [Xing Gao](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/xing-gao/) - [Yi Zheng](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yi-zheng/) - [Yu Liu](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yu-liu/) ## 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/) ×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 6 times (of the 149,439 papers whose bibliographies we read); [2 citing papers with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/xiaoyan-sun/cited-by/). Updated 1 November 2026