--- title: "Yunzhu Li · Columbia University — author profile and papers" description: "Yunzhu Li, Columbia University: 2 papers on Elamur Research (2024–2026), h-index 21 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and who cites them…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yunzhu-li/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yunzhu-li/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Yunzhu Li # Yunzhu Li Yunzhu Li has 2 papers in our library, in 2024–2026; often with [Heng Ji](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/heng-ji/), [Bingxiang He](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/bingxiang-he/), [Bingxuan Li](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/bingxuan-li/). 2 papers in our library · 2024–2026 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5100340050) · [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1111-2150) · [**h-index 21**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5100340050) · [55 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5100340050) · [3,135 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5100340050&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 2 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yunzhu-li/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 270 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yunzhu-li/cited-by/) · [3 more in our library without a page yet](#also) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #6005](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/61/#star-6005) 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=Yunzhu+Li) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Yunzhu+Li) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Yunzhu+Li) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Yunzhu+Li) ## Affiliations [🎓**Columbia University** New York · United States 2024–2026 · 37 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/columbia-university/) · [🎓**Massachusetts Institute of Technology** Cambridge · United States 2017–2022 · 20 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/massachusetts-institute-of-technology/) · [🎓**Stanford University** Stanford · United States 2017–2024 · 13 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/stanford-university/) · [🎓**University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign** Urbana · United States 2023–2025 · 11 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-illinois-urbana-champaign/) · [🔬**MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory** Cambridge · United States 2018–2021 · 8 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/labs/mit-computer-science-and-artificial-intelligence-laboratory/) · [🎓**Peking University** Beijing · China 2016–2025 · 4 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/peking-university/) · [🎓**University of Pennsylvania** Philadelphia · United States 2023–2024 · 2 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-pennsylvania/) · [🎓**University of California San Diego** San Diego · United States 2022 · 2 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-california-san-diego/) 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 5 The field of science this work belongs to (OpenAlex fields).[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/) · [Information Systems · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/information-systems/) · [Arts and Humanities · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/) · [Language and Linguistics · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/language-and-linguistics/) ## Works by year ### 2020s [**2026** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yunzhu-li/year/2026/) · [**2024** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yunzhu-li/year/2024/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[Executable Code Actions Elicit Better LLM Agents](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/wang-2024-executable-code-actions-elicit-better/)** *(2024 · 165 citations)* LLM agents usually express their actions as JSON objects or as text in a fixed template. This ties them to a predefined set of tools and makes it hard to chain or combine several tools in one step. The authors propose CodeAct, where the agent writes executable Python as its action. A Python interpreter runs the code… 2. **[Current Agents Fail to Leverage World Model as Tool for Foresight](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/qian-2026-current-agents-fail-leverage-world/)** *(2026 · 1 citation)* The paper asks whether today's vision-language agents can treat a generative world model as an optional external tool: a simulator they consult to preview the consequences of an action before committing to it in the real environment. ## All works 5 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. **[Open X-Embodiment: Robotic Learning Datasets and RT-X Models ↗](https://arxiv.org/abs/2310.08864) arXiv:2310.08864 · no summary yet**Embodiment Collaboration et al.*2023 · 204 citations* 2. [**Executable Code Actions Elicit Better LLM Agents arXiv:2402.01030**Xingyao Wang, Yangyi Chen, Lifan Yuan, et al.*2024 · 165 citations*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/wang-2024-executable-code-actions-elicit-better/) 3. **[InfoGAIL: Interpretable Imitation Learning from Visual Demonstrations ↗](https://arxiv.org/abs/1703.08840) arXiv (Cornell University) · no summary yet**Yunzhu Li, Jiaming Song, Stefano Ermon*2017 · 142 citations* 4. **[Current Agents Fail to Leverage World Model as Tool for Foresight](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/qian-2026-current-agents-fail-leverage-world/) [Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/acl/)**Cheng Qian, Emre Can Acikgoz, Bingxuan Li, et al.*2026 · 1 citation* 5. **[ManipulationNet: An Infrastructure for Benchmarking Real-World Robot Manipulation with Physical Skill Challenges and Embodied Multimodal Reasoning ↗](https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.04363) arXiv (Cornell University) · no summary yet**Yiting Chen et al.*2026* ## Co-authors here 12 of 14 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first. - [Heng Ji](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/heng-ji/) ×2 - [Bingxiang He](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/bingxiang-he/) - [Bingxuan Li](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/bingxuan-li/) - [Cheng Qian](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/cheng-qian/) - [Dilek Hakkani-Tür](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/dilek-hakkani-tur/) - [Emre Can Acikgoz](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/emre-can-acikgoz/) - [Gokhan Tur](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/gokhan-tur/) - [Hao Peng](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/hao-peng/) - [Lifan Yuan](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/lifan-yuan/) - [Qinyu Luo](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/qinyu-luo/) - [Xingyao Wang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/xingyao-wang/) - [Xiusi Chen](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/xiusi-chen/) ## 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/) ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 270 times (of the 149,439 papers whose bibliographies we read); [43 citing papers with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yunzhu-li/cited-by/). Updated 31 October 2026