--- title: "Yao Chen · Boston University — author profile and papers" description: "Yao Chen, Boston University: 3 papers on Elamur Research (2021–2026), h-index 13 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and who cites them in…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yao-chen/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yao-chen/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Yao Chen # Yao Chen Yao Chen has 3 papers in our library, in 2021–2026, most of them on [Reasoning](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/reasoning/), [Efficient models & compression](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/efficient-models/); often with [Tingwen Liu](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/tingwen-liu/), [Wenyuan Zhang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/wenyuan-zhang/), [Deming Chen](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/deming-chen/). 3 papers in our library · 2021–2026 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5100761070) · [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0009-0004-2383-8217) · [**h-index 13**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5100761070) · [75 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5100761070) · [696 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5100761070&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 3 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yao-chen/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 79 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yao-chen/cited-by/) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #5540](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/56/#star-5540) 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=Yao+Chen) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Yao+Chen) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Yao+Chen) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Yao+Chen) ## Affiliations [🎓**Harbin Institute of Technology** Harbin · China 2025–2026 · 4 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/harbin-institute-of-technology/) · [🎓**Boston University** Boston · United States 2010–2026 · 3 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/boston-university/) · [🎓**Lanzhou Jiaotong University** Lanzhou · China 2026 · 2 papers*current*](https://ror.org/03144pv92) · [🎓**Peking University** Beijing · China 2026 · 1 paper*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/peking-university/) · [🔬**State Key Laboratory of Robotics and Systems** Harbin · China 2026 · 1 paper*current*](https://ror.org/015m77g16) · [🎓**Southern University of Science and Technology** Shenzhen · China 2021–2024 · 12 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/southern-university-of-science-and-technology/) · [🏛️**Chinese Academy of Sciences** Beijing · China 2010–2025 · 9 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/government/chinese-academy-of-sciences/) · [🔬**Shenyang Institute of Automation** Shenyang · China 2005–2021 · 7 papers](https://ror.org/00ft6nj33) · [🔬**State Key Laboratory of Robotics** Liaoning 2010–2021 · 7 papers](https://ror.org/03pcw1780) · [🎓**Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School** Shenzhen · China 2021–2024 · 4 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/tsinghua-shenzhen-international-graduate-school/) From the bylines of their papers (OpenAlex, 2026-10-14), ORCID and Wikidata; institutions on papers are matched by machine. 25 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).[Arts and Humanities · 3 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/) · [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/) · [Language and Linguistics · 3 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/language-and-linguistics/) · [Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/computer-vision-and-pattern-recognition/) 🧭 Topics 2 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[Efficient models & compression · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/efficient-models/) · [Reasoning · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/reasoning/) ## Works by year ### 2020s [**2026** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yao-chen/year/2026/) · [**2025** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yao-chen/year/2025/) · [**2021** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yao-chen/year/2021/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[Compressing Large-Scale Transformer-Based Models: A Case Study on BERT](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/ganesh-2021-compressing-large-scale-transformer-based/)** *(2021 · 190 citations)* Large pre-trained Transformers such as BERT deliver strong NLP results, but their size, memory footprint, and latency make them hard to run on phones, latency-sensitive services, or modest research hardware. 2. **[AttnPO: Attention-Guided Process Supervision for Efficient Reasoning](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/nie-2026-attnpo-attention-guided-process-supervision/)** *(2026 · 18 citations)* Reasoning models trained with RLVR tend to overthink, producing long chains of thought with little benefit. 3. **[Improving Reasoning Capabilities in Small Models through Mixture-of-layers Distillation with Stepwise Attention on Key Information](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/chen-2025-improving-reasoning-capabilities-small-models/)** *(2025 · 10 citations)* Small language models are cheaper to deploy than large ones but reason less well. Chain-of-Thought (CoT) distillation usually just trains them on teacher-written rationales, with every token weighted the same. The authors observe that teacher models such as Llama3-8B shift their attention from step to step toward the… ## Co-authors here 11 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first. - [Tingwen Liu](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/tingwen-liu/) ×2 - [Wenyuan Zhang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/wenyuan-zhang/) ×2 - [Deming Chen](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/deming-chen/) - [Hassan Sajjad](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/hassan-sajjad/) - [Hua Ren Wu](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/hua-ren-wu/) - [Jiawei Sheng](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/jiawei-sheng/) - [Linhao Yu](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/linhao-yu/) - [Preslav Nakov](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/preslav-nakov/) - [Shuaiyi Nie](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/shuaiyi-nie/) - [Weichong Yin](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/weichong-yin/) - [Yu Sun](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yu-sun/) ## 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/): [ACL 2026](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/acl/2026/) - [Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing (EMNLP)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/emnlp/): [EMNLP 2025](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/emnlp/2025/) - [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) 2021](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/tacl/2021/) ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 79 times (of the 149,439 papers whose bibliographies we read); [25 citing papers with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yao-chen/cited-by/). Updated 30 October 2026