--- title: "Zhenjiang Mao · University of Florida — author profile and papers" description: "Zhenjiang Mao, University of Florida: 2 papers on Elamur Research (2026), h-index 1 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and who cites them in…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/zhenjiang-mao/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/zhenjiang-mao/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Zhenjiang Mao # Zhenjiang Mao Zhenjiang Mao 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/), [Reasoning](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/reasoning/). 2 papers in our library · 2026 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5134204165) · [**h-index 1**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5134204165) · [6 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5134204165) · [1 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5134204165&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 2 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/zhenjiang-mao/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 1 time in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/zhenjiang-mao/cited-by/) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #12680](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/127/#star-12680) 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=Zhenjiang+Mao) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Zhenjiang+Mao) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Zhenjiang+Mao) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Zhenjiang+Mao) ## Affiliations [🎓**University of Florida** Gainesville · United States 2026 · 6 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-florida/) From the bylines of their papers (OpenAlex, 2026-10-14), ORCID and Wikidata; institutions on papers are matched by machine. ## Fields, topics and concepts Of its works in our library, with the number of works on each. 📚 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/) · [Reasoning · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/reasoning/) ## Works by year ### 2020s [**2026** 2 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/zhenjiang-mao/year/2026/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[Confidence over Time: Confidence Calibration with Temporal Logic for Large Language Model Reasoning](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/mao-2026-confidence-over-time-confidence-calibration/)** *(2026 · 2 citations)* Most confidence estimators for LLMs reduce a whole multi-step answer to one number, such as an average token probability. This hides how certainty changes during reasoning. It also makes scores depend on length and filler text, so a wrong answer with one brief confidence dip can still look reliable. 2. **[Thesis Proposal: When Does an Agent Know It Is Lost? Confidence Trajectory Analysis for Tool-Using LLMs](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/mao-2026-thesis-proposal-when-does-agent/)** *(2026)* LLM agents that call external tools make long chains of dependent decisions. One early slip, such as an invented API argument, can quietly spoil every later step. Current uncertainty quantification (UQ) methods score steps independently and give every kind of action the same treatment. This thesis proposal sketches a… ## 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/) - [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/) ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 1 time (of the 149,439 papers whose bibliographies we read); [1 citing paper with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/zhenjiang-mao/cited-by/). Updated 1 November 2026