--- title: "Xuan Zhang — author profile and papers · Machine translation" description: "Xuan Zhang, Johns Hopkins University: 2 papers on Elamur Research (2019–2026), h-index 14 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and who…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/xuan-zhang/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/xuan-zhang/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Xuan Zhang # Xuan Zhang Xuan Zhang has 2 papers in our library, in 2019–2026, most of them on [Machine translation](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/machine-translation/); often with [Bo Zheng](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/bo-zheng/), [Chao Deng](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/chao-deng/), [Fei Yin](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/fei-yin/). 2 papers in our library · 2019–2026 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5100342874) · [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5460-1176) · [**h-index 14**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5100342874) · [31 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5100342874) · [742 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5100342874&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 2 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/xuan-zhang/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 74 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/xuan-zhang/cited-by/) · [2 more in our library without a page yet](#also) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #6835](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/69/#star-6835) 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=Xuan+Zhang) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Xuan+Zhang) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Xuan+Zhang) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Xuan+Zhang) ## Affiliations [🎓**Johns Hopkins University** Baltimore · United States 2018–2024 · 11 papersEducation since 2019 · Ph.D., Department of Computer Science*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/johns-hopkins-university/) · [🎓**University of Agder** Kristiansand · Norway 2011–2019 · 4 papers](https://ror.org/03x297z98) · [🎓**Virginia Tech** Blacksburg · United States 2016–2017 · 2 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/virginia-tech/) From the bylines of their papers (OpenAlex, 2026-10-14), ORCID and Wikidata; institutions on papers are matched by machine. 2 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 5 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/) · [Computational Theory and Mathematics · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/computational-theory-and-mathematics/) 🧭 Topics 1 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[Machine translation · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/machine-translation/) ## Works by year ### 2020s [**2026** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/xuan-zhang/year/2026/) ### 2010s [**2019** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/xuan-zhang/year/2019/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[Curriculum Learning for Domain Adaptation in Neural Machine Translation](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/zhang-2019-curriculum-learning-domain-adaptation-neural/)** *(2019 · 169 citations)* Neural MT systems trained on broad, mixed-domain data tend to underperform on specialised domains where parallel text is scarce. 2. **[Geoparsing: Diagram Parsing for Plane and Solid Geometry with a Unified Formal Language](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/wang-2026-geoparsing-diagram-parsing-plane-solid/)** *(2026)* Multimodal LLMs often fail at geometry problems because they misread diagrams. They miss or invent points, lines, and relations. Prior diagram-parsing work, such as PGDP5K and FormalGeo7K, handled only plane figures. The authors build a single formal language that adopts the predicate-style notation of PGPS9K and… ## All works 4 works of theirs in our library, the most cited first; 2 with a page here, the others link their original until we summarise them. 1. **[Curriculum Learning for Domain Adaptation in Neural Machine Translation](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/zhang-2019-curriculum-learning-domain-adaptation-neural/) [Conference of the North American Chapter of the Association for Computational Linguistics (NAACL)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/naacl/)**Xuan Zhang, Pamela Shapiro, Gaurav Kumar, et al.*2019 · 169 citations* 2. **[Reproducible and Efficient Benchmarks for Hyperparameter Optimization of Neural Machine Translation Systems ↗](https://aclanthology.org/2020.tacl-1.26/) Transactions of the Association for Computational Linguistics · no summary yet**Xuan Zhang, Kevin Duh*2020 · 39 citations* 3. **[SEMA: Text Simplification Evaluation through Semantic Alignment ↗](https://aclanthology.org/2020.nlptea-1.17/) Proceedings of the 6th Workshop on Natural Language Processing Techniques for Educational Applications · no summary yet**Xuan Zhang et al.*2020 · 4 citations* 4. **[Geoparsing: Diagram Parsing for Plane and Solid Geometry with a Unified Formal Language](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/wang-2026-geoparsing-diagram-parsing-plane-solid/) [Findings of the Association for Computational Linguistics](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/findings/)**Peijie Wang, Ming-Liang Zhang, Jun Cao, et al.*2026* ## Co-authors here 12 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first. - [Bo Zheng](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/bo-zheng/) - [Chao Deng](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/chao-deng/) - [Fei Yin](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/fei-yin/) - [Gaurav Kumar](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/gaurav-kumar/) - [Jun Song](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/jun-song/) - [Kevin Duh](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/kevin-duh/) - [Marine Carpuat](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/marine-carpuat/) - [Ming-Liang Zhang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/ming-liang-zhang/) - [Pamela Shapiro](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/pamela-shapiro/) - [Paul McNamee](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/paul-mcnamee/) - [Peijie Wang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/peijie-wang/) - [Pi Bu](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/pi-bu/) ## 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/): [Findings of the Association for Computational Linguistics 2026](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/findings/2026/) - [Conference of the North American Chapter of the Association for Computational Linguistics (NAACL)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/naacl/): [NAACL 2019](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/naacl/2019/) - Proceedings of the 6th Workshop on Natural Language Processing Techniques for Educational Applications - Transactions of the Association for Computational Linguistics ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 74 times (of the 149,439 papers whose bibliographies we read); [5 citing papers with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/xuan-zhang/cited-by/). Updated 1 November 2026