--- title: "Xudong Zhou · Cornell University — author profile and papers" description: "Xudong Zhou, Cornell University: 2 papers on Elamur Research (2025), h-index 6 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and who cites them in our library." canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/xudong-zhou/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/xudong-zhou/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Xudong Zhou # Xudong Zhou Xudong Zhou has 2 papers in our library, in 2025, most of them on [Reasoning](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/reasoning/); often with [Bingcheng Dong](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/bingcheng-dong/), [Li Lyna Zhang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/li-lyna-zhang/), [Ning Shang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/ning-shang/). 2 papers in our library · 2025 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5008255559) · [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6939-4410) · [**h-index 6**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5008255559) · [29 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5008255559) · [803 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5008255559&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 2 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/xudong-zhou/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 14 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/xudong-zhou/cited-by/) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #10794](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/108/#star-10794) 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=Xudong+Zhou) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Xudong+Zhou) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Xudong+Zhou) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Xudong+Zhou) ## Affiliations [🎓**Cornell University** Ithaca · United States 2025 · 1 paper*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/cornell-university/) · [🎓**Yangzhou University** Yangzhou · China 2009–2023 · 8 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/yangzhou-university/) · [🎓**Okayama University** Okayama · Japan 2022 · 4 papers](https://ror.org/02pc6pc55) · [🎓**Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics** Nanjing · China 2011–2012 · 2 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/nanjing-university-of-aeronautics-and-astronautics/) From the bylines of their papers (OpenAlex, 2026-10-14), ORCID and Wikidata; institutions on papers are matched by machine. 6 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 8 The field of science this work belongs to (OpenAlex fields).[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/) · [Artificial Intelligence · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/artificial-intelligence/) · [Language and Linguistics · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/language-and-linguistics/) · [Applied Mathematics · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/mathematics/applied-mathematics/) · [Mathematics · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/mathematics/) · [Computer Science Applications · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/computer-science-applications/) · [Information Systems · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/information-systems/) 🧭 Topics 1 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[Reasoning · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/reasoning/) ## Works by year ### 2020s [**2025** 2 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/xudong-zhou/year/2025/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[rStar-Coder: Scaling Competitive Code Reasoning with a Large-Scale Verified Dataset](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/liu-2025-rstar-coder-scaling-competitive/)** *(2025 · 8 citations)* Training LLMs for competitive programming is limited by a lack of hard problems that come with trustworthy input-output tests. 2. **[rStar2-Agent: Agentic Reasoning Technical Report](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/shang-2025-rstar2-agent-agentic-reasoning/)** *(2025 · 6 citations)* Long chain-of-thought reasoning helps LLMs on hard math, but models that rely only on internal self-checking often miss subtle mistakes. ## Co-authors here 10 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first. - [Bingcheng Dong](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/bingcheng-dong/) ×2 - [Li Lyna Zhang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/li-lyna-zhang/) ×2 - [Ning Shang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/ning-shang/) ×2 - [Yi Zhu](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yi-zhu/) ×2 - [Yifei Liu](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yifei-liu/) ×2 - [Bowen Zhang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/bowen-zhang/) - [Fan Yang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/fan-yang/) - [Mao Yang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/mao-yang/) - [Xinyu Guan](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/xinyu-guan/) - [Ying Xin](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/ying-xin/) ## Venues Where their works here were published, the most works first, with the editions of those that have a page. - [Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/neural-information-processing-systems/): [NeurIPS 2025](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/neural-information-processing-systems/2025/) ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 14 times (of the 149,439 papers whose bibliographies we read); [6 citing papers with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/xudong-zhou/cited-by/). Updated 1 November 2026