--- title: "Zhaofeng Wu · Xinjiang University — author profile and papers" description: "Zhaofeng Wu, Xinjiang University: 2 papers on Elamur Research (2021–2023), h-index 30 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and who cites…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/zhaofeng-wu/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/zhaofeng-wu/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Zhaofeng Wu # Zhaofeng Wu Zhaofeng Wu has 2 papers in our library, in 2021–2023, most of them on [Coreference resolution](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/coreference-resolution/), [Language models & pretraining](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/language-models/); often with [Alane Suhr](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/alane-suhr/), [Alexander Koller](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/alexander-koller/), [Alisa Liu](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/alisa-liu/). 2 papers in our library · 2021–2023 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5036524439) · [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1470-5648) · [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q92363261) · [**h-index 30**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5036524439) · [178 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5036524439) · [2,543 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5036524439&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 2 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/zhaofeng-wu/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 73 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/zhaofeng-wu/cited-by/) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #5020](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/51/#star-5020) 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=Zhaofeng+Wu) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Zhaofeng+Wu) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Zhaofeng+Wu) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Zhaofeng+Wu) ## Affiliations [🎓**Xinjiang University** Ürümqi · China 2017–2026 · 92 papers*current*](https://ror.org/059gw8r13) · [🏛️**Chinese Academy of Sciences** Beijing · China 2012–2024 · 24 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/government/chinese-academy-of-sciences/) · [🔬**Institute of Solid State Physics** Hefei · China 2012–2015 · 13 papers](https://ror.org/04j3eks61) · [🎓**Yancheng Institute of Technology** Yancheng · China 2011–2020 · 12 papers](https://ror.org/04y8njc86) · [🎓**University of Washington** Seattle · United States 2019–2024 · 9 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-washington/) · [🔬**Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence** Seattle · United States 2022–2024 · 7 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/labs/allen-institute-for-artificial-intelligence/) · [🎓**Massachusetts Institute of Technology** Cambridge · United States 2023–2025 · 5 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/massachusetts-institute-of-technology/) · [🔬**Hefei Institutes of Physical Science** Hefei · China 2015–2016 · 4 papers](https://ror.org/046n57345) · [🔬**Institute of Applied Technology** Hefei · China 2015–2016 · 4 papers](https://ror.org/01yy74248) · [🔬**Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter** Fuzhou · China 2019–2024 · 3 papers](https://ror.org/02j89k719) From the bylines of their papers (OpenAlex, 2026-10-14), ORCID and Wikidata; institutions on papers are matched by machine. 20 more institutions on single bylines are not listed. ## Concepts, shelves and topics Of its works in our library: the number of works on each and its rating among them. 📚 Shelves 4 The field of science this work belongs to (OpenAlex fields).[Artificial Intelligence · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/artificial-intelligence/) · [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/) · [Language and Linguistics · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/language-and-linguistics/) 🧭 Topics 2 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[Language models & pretraining · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/language-models/) · [Coreference resolution · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/coreference-resolution/) ## Works by year ### 2020s [**2023** 1 paper We're Afraid Language Models Aren't Modeling Ambiguity](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/liu-2023-we-re-afraid-language-models/) · [**2021** 1 paper Understanding Mention Detector-Linker Interaction in Neural Coreference Resolution](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/wu-2021-understanding-mention-detector-linker-interaction/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[We're Afraid Language Models Aren't Modeling Ambiguity](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/liu-2023-we-re-afraid-language-models/)** *(2023 · 108 citations)* The paper asks whether pretrained language models can notice when a sentence has more than one plausible meaning and separate those meanings. 2. **[Understanding Mention Detector-Linker Interaction in Neural Coreference Resolution](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/wu-2021-understanding-mention-detector-linker-interaction/)** *(2021 · 6 citations)* Wu and Gardner analyze why strong neural coreference systems still fall short of human performance. They study SpanBERT + c2f-coref, the leading member of the end-to-end model family, and separate its two parts: a mention detector that proposes candidate spans and a linker that chooses antecedents. Using the… ## Co-authors here 9 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first. - [Alane Suhr](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/alane-suhr/) - [Alexander Koller](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/alexander-koller/) - [Alisa Liu](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/alisa-liu/) - [Julian Michael](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/julian-michael/) - [Matt Gardner](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/matt-gardner/) - [Noah A. Smith](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/noah-a-smith/) - [Peter West](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/peter-west/) - [Swabha Swayamdipta](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/swabha-swayamdipta/) - [Yejin Choi](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yejin-choi/) ## Venues Where their works here were published, the most works first, with the editions of those that have a page. - [Workshop on Computational Models of Reference, Anaphora and Coreference (CRAC)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/crac/): [CRAC 2021](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/crac/2021/) - [Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing (EMNLP)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/emnlp/): [EMNLP 2023](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/emnlp/2023/) ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 73 times (of the 141,840 papers whose bibliographies we read); [8 citing papers with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/zhaofeng-wu/cited-by/). 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