--- title: "Yao Qian — author profile and papers — Elamur Research" description: "Yao Qian, Sinopec: 2 papers on Elamur Research (2019–2022), h-index 34 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and who cites them in our library." canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yao-qian/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yao-qian/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Yao Qian # Yao Qian Yao Qian has 2 papers in our library, in 2019–2022, most of them on [Language models & pretraining](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/language-models/), [English](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/english/); often with [Chengyi Wang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/chengyi-wang/), [Keelan Evanini](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/keelan-evanini/), [Long Zhou](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/long-zhou/). 2 papers in our library · 2019–2022 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5100342006) · [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1855-9630) · [**h-index 34**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5100342006) · [188 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5100342006) · [6,039 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5100342006&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 2 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yao-qian/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 131 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yao-qian/cited-by/) · [2 more in our library without a page yet](#also) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #5480](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/55/#star-5480) 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+Qian) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Yao+Qian) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Yao+Qian) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Yao+Qian) ## Affiliations [🎓**Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics** Nanjing · China 2023–2026 · 2 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/nanjing-university-of-aeronautics-and-astronautics/) · [🏢**Sinopec** Beijing · China 2026 · 1 paper*current*](https://ror.org/0161q6d74) · [🎓**Wuyi University** Jiangmen · China 2026 · 1 paper*current*](https://ror.org/0488wz367) · [🎓**Wuyi University** Wuyishan · China 2026 · 1 paper*current*](https://ror.org/059djzq42) · [🏢**Microsoft** Redmond · United States 2007–2025 · 35 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/companies/microsoft/) · [🏢**Microsoft Research Asia** Beijing · China 2006–2015 · 34 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/companies/microsoft-research-asia/) · [🤝**Educational Testing Service** Princeton · United States 2015–2019 · 24 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/ngos/educational-testing-service/) · [🎓**Shanghai Jiao Tong University** Shanghai · China 2021–2025 · 8 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/shanghai-jiao-tong-university/) · [🎓**Chinese University of Hong Kong** Hong Kong · China 2004–2008 · 7 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/chinese-university-of-hong-kong/) · [🎓**Naval University of Engineering** Wuhan · China 2019–2021 · 3 papers](https://ror.org/056vyez31) From the bylines of their papers (OpenAlex, 2026-10-14), ORCID and Wikidata; institutions on papers are matched by machine. 27 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/) · [Signal Processing · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/signal-processing/) · [Social Sciences · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/social-sciences/) · [Information Systems · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/information-systems/) · [Safety Research · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/social-sciences/safety-research/) 🧭 Topics 2 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[Language models & pretraining · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/language-models/) · [English · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/english/) ## Works by year ### 2020s [**2022** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yao-qian/year/2022/) ### 2010s [**2019** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yao-qian/year/2019/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[SpeechT5: Unified-Modal Encoder-Decoder Pre-Training for Spoken Language Processing](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/ao-2022-speecht5-unified-modal-encoder-decoder/)** *(2022 · 219 citations)* Most self-supervised speech models learn only from untranscribed audio and pre-train only an encoder. As a result, they ignore text data and leave decoders for generation tasks untrained. SpeechT5, inspired by T5, treats every spoken language task as turning speech or text into speech or text. A single Transformer… 2. **[Application of an Automatic Plagiarism Detection System in a Large-scale Assessment of English Speaking Proficiency](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/wang-2019-application-automatic-plagiarism-detection-system/)** *(2019 · 5 citations)* Test takers in high-stakes English speaking exams sometimes recite memorized material from online sources instead of speaking spontaneously. ## 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. **[SpeechT5: Unified-Modal Encoder-Decoder Pre-Training for Spoken Language Processing](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/ao-2022-speecht5-unified-modal-encoder-decoder/) [Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/acl/)**Junyi Ao, Rui Wang, Long Zhou, et al.*2022 · 219 citations* 2. **[A Report on the 2017 Native Language Identification Shared Task ↗](https://aclanthology.org/W17-5007/) Proceedings of the 12th Workshop on Innovative Use of NLP for Building Educational Applications · no summary yet**Shervin Malmasi et al.*2017 · 211 citations* 3. **[A new DNN-based high quality pronunciation evaluation for computer-aided language learning (CALL) ↗](https://doi.org/10.21437/interspeech.2013-458) Interspeech (USB) · no summary yet**Wenping Hu, Yao Qian, Frank K. Soong*2013 · 82 citations* 4. **[Application of an Automatic Plagiarism Detection System in a Large-scale Assessment of English Speaking Proficiency](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/wang-2019-application-automatic-plagiarism-detection-system/) [Workshop on Innovative Use of NLP for Building Educational Applications (BEA)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/bea/)**Xinhao Wang, Keelan Evanini, Matthew Mulholland, et al.*2019 · 5 citations* ## Co-authors here 11 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first. - [Chengyi Wang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/chengyi-wang/) - [Keelan Evanini](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/keelan-evanini/) - [Long Zhou](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/long-zhou/) - [Qing Li](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/qing-li/) - [Rui Wang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/rui-wang/) - [Shujie Liu](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/shujie-liu/) - [Shuo Ren](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/shuo-ren/) - [Xinhao Wang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/xinhao-wang/) - [Yu Wu](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yu-wu/) - [Yu Zhang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yu-zhang/) - [Zhihua Wei](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/zhihua-wei/) ## Venues Where their works here were published, the most works first, with the editions of those that have a page. - [Workshop on Innovative Use of NLP for Building Educational Applications (BEA)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/bea/) ×2: [BEA 2019](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/bea/2019/) - [Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/acl/): [ACL 2022](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/acl/2022/) - Interspeech (USB) ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 131 times (of the 149,439 papers whose bibliographies we read); [29 citing papers with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yao-qian/cited-by/). 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