--- title: "Youbang Sun — author profile and papers — Elamur Research" description: "Youbang Sun, Shanghai Artificial Intelligence Laboratory: 2 papers on Elamur Research (2024–2025), h-index 5 — affiliations, topics…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/youbang-sun/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/youbang-sun/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Youbang Sun # Youbang Sun Youbang Sun has 2 papers in our library, in 2024–2025, most of them on [Language models & pretraining](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/language-models/); often with [Ermo Hua](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/ermo-hua/), [Kaiyan Zhang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/kaiyan-zhang/), [Shang Qu](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/shang-qu/). 2 papers in our library · 2024–2025 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5076743577) · [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2494-8552) · [**h-index 5**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5076743577) · [28 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5076743577) · [59 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5076743577&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 2 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/youbang-sun/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 76 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/youbang-sun/cited-by/) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #8837](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/89/#star-8837) 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=Youbang+Sun) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Youbang+Sun) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Youbang+Sun) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Youbang+Sun) ## Affiliations [🎓**Tsinghua University** Beijing · China 2025–2026 · 9 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/tsinghua-university/) · [🔬**Shanghai Artificial Intelligence Laboratory** Shanghai · China 2026 · 1 paper*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/labs/shanghai-artificial-intelligence-laboratory/) · [🎓**Northeastern University** Boston · United States 2021–2024 · 6 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/northeastern-university/) · [🎓**Texas A&M University** College Station · United States 2020–2024 · 5 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/texas-a-m-university/) From the bylines of their papers (OpenAlex, 2026-10-14), ORCID and Wikidata; institutions on papers are matched by machine. 1 more institution on single bylines are not listed. ## Fields, topics and concepts Of its works in our library, with the number of works on each. 📚 Shelves 10 The field of science this work belongs to (OpenAlex fields).[Artificial Intelligence · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/artificial-intelligence/) · [Arts and Humanities · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/) · [Computer Science · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/) · [Language and Linguistics · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/language-and-linguistics/) · [Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/biochemistry-genetics-and-molecular-biology/) · [Chemistry · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/chemistry/) · [Decision Sciences · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/decision-sciences/) · [Information Systems and Management · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/decision-sciences/information-systems-and-management/) · [Molecular Biology · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/biochemistry-genetics-and-molecular-biology/molecular-biology/) · [Spectroscopy · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/chemistry/spectroscopy/) 🧭 Topics 1 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[Language models & pretraining · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/language-models/) ## Works by year ### 2020s [**2025** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/youbang-sun/year/2025/) · [**2024** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/youbang-sun/year/2024/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[TTRL: Test-Time Reinforcement Learning](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/zuo-2025-ttrl-test-time-reinforcement-learning/)** *(2025 · 76 citations)* Reinforcement learning is now a main way to strengthen reasoning in large language models, but it usually needs labeled answers. 2. **[Automating Exploratory Proteomics Research via Language Models](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/ding-2024-automating-exploratory-proteomics-research-language/)** *(2024 · 6 citations)* Proteomics studies produce large, complex datasets, but turning them into biological insight still depends on experts who choose analyses by hand. ## Co-authors here 12 of 14 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first. - [Ermo Hua](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/ermo-hua/) ×2 - [Kaiyan Zhang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/kaiyan-zhang/) ×2 - [Shang Qu](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/shang-qu/) ×2 - [Yuxin Zuo](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yuxin-zuo/) ×2 - [Biqing Qi](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/biqing-qi/) - [Ganqu Cui](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/ganqu-cui/) - [Haozhan Li](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/haozhan-li/) - [Li Sheng](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/li-sheng/) - [Ning Ding](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/ning-ding/) - [Xinwei Long](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/xinwei-long/) - [Xuekai Zhu](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/xuekai-zhu/) - [Yifei Li](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yifei-li/) ## 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 76 times (of the 149,439 papers whose bibliographies we read); [38 citing papers with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/youbang-sun/cited-by/). Updated 3 November 2026