--- title: "Yifan Zhu — author profile and papers" description: "Yifan Zhu, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology: 2 papers on Elamur Research (2024–2026), h-index 15 — affiliations, topics…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yifan-zhu/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yifan-zhu/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Yifan Zhu # Yifan Zhu Yifan Zhu has 2 papers in our library, in 2024–2026, most of them on [Dialogue systems](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/dialogue-systems/), [Vision & language](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/multimodal/); often with [James Pustejovsky](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/james-pustejovsky/), [Kyeongmin Rim](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/kyeongmin-rim/), [Nathaniel Blanchard](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/nathaniel-blanchard/). 2 papers in our library · 2024–2026 current affiliation [Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology](https://ror.org/02y0rxk19), Nanjing, China; [Beijing Normal University](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/beijing-normal-university/), Beijing, China; [Henan University of Technology](https://ror.org/05sbgwt55), Zhengzhou, China; [Zhejiang University](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/zhejiang-university/), Hangzhou, China [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5056180736) · [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4349-4763) · [**h-index 15**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5056180736) · [61 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5056180736) · [1 176 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5056180736&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [2 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yifan-zhu/#papers) · [16 citations in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yifan-zhu/cited-by/) · [⭐ Paper Star rank #4736](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/48/#star-4736) 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=Yifan+Zhu) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Yifan+Zhu) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Yifan+Zhu) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Yifan+Zhu) ## Affiliations - [Zhejiang University](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/zhejiang-university/) · Hangzhou, China —current · 2020–2026 on 16 papers - [Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology](https://ror.org/02y0rxk19) · Nanjing, China —current · 2024–2026 on 3 papers - [Henan University of Technology](https://ror.org/05sbgwt55) · Zhengzhou, China —current · 2025–2026 on 2 papers - [Beijing Normal University](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/beijing-normal-university/) · Beijing, China —current · 2026 on 1 paper - [Yunnan Agricultural University](https://ror.org/04dpa3g90) · Kunming, China —2019–2025 on 17 papers - [Chongqing University](https://ror.org/023rhb549) · Chongqing, China —2024–2025 on 2 papers - [Fudan University](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/fudan-university/) · Shanghai, China —2022–2024 on 4 papers - [Lincoln University](https://ror.org/04ps1r162) · Lincoln, New Zealand —2022–2024 on 4 papers - [State Key Laboratory of Clean Energy Utilization](https://ror.org/01mx22g67) · Hangzhou —2020–2023 on 5 papers From the bylines of their papers (OpenAlex, 2026-10-14), ORCID and Wikidata; institutions on papers are matched by machine. 13 more institutions on single bylines are not listed. ## Topics [Dialogue systems 2](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/dialogue-systems/) · [Vision & language 1](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/multimodal/) ## Works by year ### 2020s [**2026** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/zhu-2026-propositional-perceptual-asymmetry-extending-fpo/) · [**2024** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/khebour-2024-common-ground-tracking-multimodal-dialogue/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[Common Ground Tracking in Multimodal Dialogue](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/khebour-2024-common-ground-tracking-multimodal-dialogue/)** *(2024 · 17 citations)* The paper presents common ground tracking (CGT), a counterpart to dialogue state tracking. Where DST follows one user's needs, CGT follows what a whole group jointly accepts as true during a task-oriented, multimodal interaction. The authors model this with a Common Ground Structure (CGS) that has three parts: FBank… 2. **[From Propositional to Perceptual Asymmetry: Extending FPO to Asymmetric Partial Information Dialogue](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/zhu-2026-propositional-perceptual-asymmetry-extending-fpo/)** *(2026)* Frictive Policy Optimization (FPO) treats misunderstanding and repair in collaborative dialogue as useful epistemic evidence rather than noise. ## Co-authors here 4 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first. - [James Pustejovsky](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/james-pustejovsky/) ×2 - [Kyeongmin Rim](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/kyeongmin-rim/) - [Nathaniel Blanchard](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/nathaniel-blanchard/) - [Nikhil Krishnaswamy](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/nikhil-krishnaswamy/) ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 16 times (of the 140 884 papers whose bibliographies we read); [2 citing papers with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yifan-zhu/cited-by/).