--- title: "Zexin Li — author profile and papers — Elamur Research" description: "Zexin Li, University of California, Riverside: 2 papers on Elamur Research (2026), h-index 15 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and who cites…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/zexin-li/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/zexin-li/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Zexin Li # Zexin Li Zexin Li has 2 papers in our library, in 2026, most of them on [Language models & pretraining](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/language-models/), [Code & programming languages](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/code-and-programming/); often with [Dawei Xiang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/dawei-xiang/), [Jinghan Cao](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/jinghan-cao/), [Shangqian Gao](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/shangqian-gao/). 2 papers in our library · 2026 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5103043367) · [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5033-8064) · [**h-index 15**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5103043367) · [63 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5103043367) · [761 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5103043367&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 2 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/zexin-li/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 2 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/zexin-li/cited-by/) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #12349](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/124/#star-12349) 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=Zexin+Li) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Zexin+Li) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Zexin+Li) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Zexin+Li) ## Affiliations [🎓**University of California, Riverside** Riverside · United States 2025–2026 · 2 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-california-riverside/) · [🏥**First Affiliated Hospital of Xinxiang Medical University** Xinxiang · China 2009–2023 · 12 papers](https://ror.org/0278r4c85) · [🎓**Henan Medical University** Xinxiang · China 2009–2016 · 9 papers](https://ror.org/038hzq450) · [🏥**First Affiliated Hospital of Shantou University Medical College** Shantou · China 2017–2024 · 8 papers](https://ror.org/02bnz8785) · [🎓**Jilin Normal University** Siping · China 2024–2025 · 7 papers](https://ror.org/00xtsag93) · [🎓**Shantou University** Shantou · China 2017–2024 · 6 papers](https://ror.org/01a099706) · [🎓**Beijing Forestry University** Beijing · China 2021–2024 · 3 papers](https://ror.org/04xv2pc41) · [🎓**Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications** Chongqing · China 2024 · 3 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/chongqing-university-of-posts-and-telecommunications/) · [🎓**Yan'an University** Shanxi · China 2021–2022 · 3 papers](https://ror.org/01dyr7034) · [🎓**Shantou University Medical College** Shantou · China 2024 · 2 papers](https://ror.org/02gxych78) 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. ## Fields, topics and concepts Of its works in our library, with the number of works on each. 📚 Shelves 6 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/) · [Information Systems · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/information-systems/) · [Language and Linguistics · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/language-and-linguistics/) · [Software · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/software/) 🧭 Topics 2 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[Language models & pretraining · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/language-models/) · [Code & programming languages · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/code-and-programming/) ## Works by year ### 2020s [**2026** 2 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/zexin-li/year/2026/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[TreeDiff: AST-Guided Code Generation with Diffusion LLMs](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/zeng-2026-treediff-ast-guided-code-generation/)** *(2026 · 3 citations)* Diffusion-based language models (DLLMs) generate text by iteratively un-masking a corrupted sequence. They do this poorly for code, partly because training masks tokens uniformly at random, ignoring program grammar. As a result, models often produce syntactically broken drafts and miss long-range relations such as… 2. **[HyperEdit: Unlocking Instruction-based Text Editing in LLMs via Hypernetworks](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/zeng-2026-hyperedit-unlocking-instruction-based-text/)** *(2026)* LLM-based text editing often fails in two ways. Models may not carry out the user's instruction precisely, and they tend to rewrite parts of the text that should stay untouched, which can break code or degrade a corrected document. HyperEdit addresses both problems. A hypernetwork reads the instruction and the source… ## Co-authors here 9 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first. - [Dawei Xiang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/dawei-xiang/) ×2 - [Jinghan Cao](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/jinghan-cao/) ×2 - [Shangqian Gao](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/shangqian-gao/) ×2 - [Tingting Yu](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/tingting-yu/) ×2 - [Yiming Zeng](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yiming-zeng/) ×2 - [Tao Ren](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/tao-ren/) - [Ting Hua](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/ting-hua/) - [Xin Liu](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/xin-liu/) - [Yiming Chen](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yiming-chen/) ## Venues Where their works here were published, the most works first, with the editions of those that have a page. - [Findings of the Association for Computational Linguistics](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/findings/): [Findings of the Association for Computational Linguistics 2026](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/findings/2026/) - [Workshop on Structured Understanding, Retrieval, and Generation in the LLM Era](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/surgellm/): [Workshop on Structured Understanding, Retrieval, and Generation in the LLM Era 2026](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/surgellm/2026/) ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 2 times (of the 149,439 papers whose bibliographies we read); [1 citing paper with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/zexin-li/cited-by/). Updated 2 November 2026