--- title: "Xiaoyi Zhang — author profile and papers — Elamur Research" description: "Xiaoyi Zhang, Microsoft Research Asia: 3 papers on Elamur Research (2020–2026), h-index 0 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and who cites…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/xiaoyi-zhang/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/xiaoyi-zhang/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Xiaoyi Zhang # Xiaoyi Zhang Xiaoyi Zhang has 3 papers in our library, in 2020–2026, most of them on [Language models & pretraining](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/language-models/); often with [Yan Lu](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yan-lu/), [Zezhou Wang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/zezhou-wang/), [Ziyun Zhang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/ziyun-zhang/). 3 papers in our library · 2020–2026 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5139717264) · [**h-index 0**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5139717264) · [2 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5139717264) · [0 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5139717264&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 3 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/xiaoyi-zhang/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 124 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/xiaoyi-zhang/cited-by/) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #5046](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/51/#star-5046) 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=Xiaoyi+Zhang) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Xiaoyi+Zhang) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Xiaoyi+Zhang) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Xiaoyi+Zhang) ## Affiliations [🏢**Microsoft Research Asia** Beijing · China 2026 · 1 paper*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/companies/microsoft-research-asia/) 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 5 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 · 3 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/artificial-intelligence/) · [Arts and Humanities · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/) · [Language and Linguistics · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/language-and-linguistics/) · [Information Systems · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/information-systems/) 🧭 Topics 1 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[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/xiaoyi-zhang/year/2026/) · [**2020** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/xiaoyi-zhang/year/2020/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[Intermediate-Task Transfer Learning with Pretrained Language Models: When and Why Does It Work?](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/pruksachatkun-2020-intermediate-task-transfer-learning-pretrained/)** *(2020 · 281 citations)* Training a pretrained encoder on a large auxiliary dataset before fine-tuning it on the final task (the STILTs approach) sometimes improves results and sometimes does not, and the reasons are poorly understood. 2. **[InfiniteWeb: Scalable Web Environment Synthesis for GUI Agent Training](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/zhang-2026-infiniteweb-scalable-web-environment-synthesis/)** *(2026 · 4 citations)* Reinforcement-learning training of GUI agents needs many interactive environments. Existing benchmarks such as WebArena or OSWorld are built by hand and cover only a limited number of applications. InfiniteWeb addresses this by automatically synthesizing complete multi-page websites together with tasks and… 3. **[From Off-Policy to On-Policy: Enhancing GUI Agents via Bi-level Expert-to-Policy Assimilation](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/wang-2026-off-policy-policy-enhancing-gui/)** *(2026 · 1 citation)* End-to-end GUI agents, which map screenshots directly to actions, are simpler to deploy than framework-based computer-use systems but score noticeably lower on OSWorld-Verified. ## Co-authors here 12 of 13 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first. - [Yan Lu](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yan-lu/) ×2 - [Zezhou Wang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/zezhou-wang/) ×2 - [Ziyun Zhang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/ziyun-zhang/) ×2 - [Bin Li](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/bin-li/) - [Clara Vania](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/clara-vania/) - [Haokun Liu](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/haokun-liu/) - [Jason Phang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/jason-phang/) - [Jiahao Li](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/jiahao-li/) - [Katharina Kann](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/katharina-kann/) - [Phu Mon Htut](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/phu-mon-htut/) - [Richard Yuanzhe Pang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/richard-yuanzhe-pang/) - [Samuel R. Bowman](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/samuel-r-bowman/) ## 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/) ×3: [ACL 2026](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/acl/2026/) ×2, [ACL 2020](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/acl/2020/) ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 124 times (of the 149,439 papers whose bibliographies we read); [27 citing papers with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/xiaoyi-zhang/cited-by/). Updated 31 October 2026