--- title: "Ying Nian Wu — author profile and papers" description: "Ying Nian Wu, Yunnan University: 2 papers on Elamur Research (2022–2023), h-index 67 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and who cites them in our library." canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/ying-nian-wu/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/ying-nian-wu/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Ying Nian Wu # Ying Nian Wu Ying Nian Wu has 2 papers in our library, in 2022–2023, most of them on [Reasoning](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/reasoning/); often with [Kai-Wei Chang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/kai-wei-chang/), [Pan Lu](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/pan-lu/), [Song-Chun Zhu](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/song-chun-zhu/). 2 papers in our library · 2022–2023 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5101780958) · [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0009-0001-6768-5118) · [**h-index 67**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5101780958) · [444 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5101780958) · [19,492 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5101780958&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 2 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/ying-nian-wu/#papers) · [🔗 359 citations in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/ying-nian-wu/cited-by/) · [⭐ Paper Star rank #2903](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/30/#star-2903) 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=Ying+Nian+Wu) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Ying+Nian+Wu) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Ying+Nian+Wu) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Ying+Nian+Wu) ## Affiliations [🎓**Yunnan University** Kunming · China 2018–2026 · 5 papers*current*](https://ror.org/0040axw97) · [🎓**Guangdong Polytechnic of Science and Technology** Guangzhou · China 2025–2026 · 2 papers*current*](https://ror.org/01wq2p249) · [🎓**Southwest Jiaotong University** Chengdu · China 2026 · 1 paper*current*](https://ror.org/00hn7w693) · [🎓**Northwestern University** Evanston · United States 2003–2023 · 149 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/northwestern-university/) · [🎓**University of California, Los Angeles** Los Angeles · United States 2000–2025 · 118 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-california-los-angeles/) · [🎓**University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign** Urbana · United States 1999–2002 · 14 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-illinois-urbana-champaign/) · [🎓**Huazhong University of Science and Technology** Wuhan · China 2010–2025 · 8 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/huazhong-university-of-science-and-technology/) · [🏢**China Telecom** Changsha · China 2022–2025 · 7 papers](https://ror.org/03jgnzt20) · [🏢**China Telecom** Beijing · China 2022–2025 · 7 papers](https://ror.org/05p67dv18) · [🔬**Chongqing Metrology Quality Inspection and Research Institute** Chongqing · China 2022–2025 · 3 papers](https://ror.org/018e2qw40) From the bylines of their papers (OpenAlex, 2026-10-14), ORCID and Wikidata; institutions on papers are matched by machine. 56 more institutions on single bylines are not listed. ## Topics [Reasoning (2)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/reasoning/) ## Works by year ### 2020s [**2023** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/lu-2023-chameleon-plug-play-compositional-reasoning/) · [**2022** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/lu-2022-dynamic-prompt-learning-policy-gradient/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[Chameleon: Plug-and-Play Compositional Reasoning with Large Language Models](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/lu-2023-chameleon-plug-play-compositional-reasoning/)** *(2023 · 311 citations)* Large language models struggle with recent information, exact arithmetic and logic, and calling specialized tools. 2. **[Dynamic Prompt Learning via Policy Gradient for Semi-structured Mathematical Reasoning](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/lu-2022-dynamic-prompt-learning-policy-gradient/)** *(2022 · 209 citations)* Large language models such as GPT-3 do well on purely textual math word problems, but it was unclear whether they can reason over mixed inputs such as tables. ## Co-authors here 11 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first. - [Kai-Wei Chang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/kai-wei-chang/) ×2 - [Pan Lu](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/pan-lu/) ×2 - [Song-Chun Zhu](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/song-chun-zhu/) ×2 - [Ashwin Kalyan](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/ashwin-kalyan/) - [Baolin Peng](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/baolin-peng/) - [Hao Cheng](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/hao-cheng/) - [Jianfeng Gao](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/jianfeng-gao/) - [Liang Qiu](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/liang-qiu/) - [Michel Galley](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/michel-galley/) - [Peter Clark](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/peter-clark/) - [Tanmay Rajpurohit](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/tanmay-rajpurohit/) ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 359 times (of the 140,884 papers whose bibliographies we read); [38 citing papers with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/ying-nian-wu/cited-by/).