--- title: "Zhifei Li — author profile and papers · Machine translation" description: "Zhifei Li, University of Science and Technology of China: 2 papers on Elamur Research (2009), h-index 17 — affiliations, topics, co-authors…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/zhifei-li/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/zhifei-li/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Zhifei Li # Zhifei Li Zhifei Li has 2 papers in our library, in 2009, most of them on [Machine translation](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/machine-translation/); often with [Chris Callison-Burch](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/chris-callison-burch/), [Chris Dyer](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/chris-dyer/), [Jason Eisner](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/jason-eisner/). 2 papers in our library · 2009 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5100782898) · [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1246-741X) · [**h-index 17**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5100782898) · [73 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5100782898) · [990 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5100782898&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 2 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/zhifei-li/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 180 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/zhifei-li/cited-by/) · [1 more in our library without a page yet](#also) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #3927](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/40/#star-3927) 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=Zhifei+Li) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Zhifei+Li) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Zhifei+Li) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Zhifei+Li) ## Affiliations [🎓**University of Science and Technology of China** Hefei · China 2025–2026 · 3 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-science-and-technology-of-china/) · [🎓**Space Engineering University** Beijing · China 2020–2025 · 13 papers](https://ror.org/04rj1td02) · [🎓**National University of Defense Technology** Changsha · China 2013–2022 · 11 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/national-university-of-defense-technology/) · [🎓**Johns Hopkins University** Baltimore · United States 2005–2010 · 9 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/johns-hopkins-university/) · [🎓**Hubei University** Wuhan · China 2006–2024 · 5 papers](https://ror.org/03a60m280) · [🎓**Nanyang Technological University** Singapore · Singapore 2003–2005 · 4 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/nanyang-technological-university/) · [🏢**State Grid Corporation of China** Beijing · China 2024–2025 · 3 papers](https://ror.org/05twwhs70) · [🤝**Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences** Beijing · China 2020–2021 · 2 papers](https://ror.org/02bwk9n38) · [🔬**Pearl River Fisheries Research Institute** Guangzhou · China 2020–2021 · 2 papers](https://ror.org/04and7w57) · [🔬**Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology** Shenzhen · China 2016–2017 · 2 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/labs/shenzhen-institutes-of-advanced-technology/) From the bylines of their papers (OpenAlex, 2026-10-14), ORCID and Wikidata; institutions on papers are matched by machine. 11 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 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 1 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[Machine translation · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/machine-translation/) ## Works by year ### 2000s [**2009** 2 papers Zhifei Li's papers of 2009](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/zhifei-li/year/2009/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[First- and Second-Order Expectation Semirings with Applications to Minimum-Risk Training on Translation Forests](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/li-2009-first-second-order-expectation-semirings/)** *(2009 · 194 citations)* Many training objectives for structured models need statistics summed over every derivation in a packed forest. 2. **[Joshua: An Open Source Toolkit for Parsing-Based Machine Translation](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/li-2009-joshua-open-source-toolkit-parsing/)** *(2009 · 163 citations)* Parsing-based statistical MT (Hiero-style hierarchical models and other syntax-driven approaches) had advanced rapidly. ## All works 3 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. **[First- and Second-Order Expectation Semirings with Applications to Minimum-Risk Training on Translation Forests](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/li-2009-first-second-order-expectation-semirings/) [Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing (EMNLP)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/emnlp/)**Zhifei Li, Jason Eisner*2009 · 194 citations* 2. **[Joshua: An Open Source Toolkit for Parsing-Based Machine Translation](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/li-2009-joshua-open-source-toolkit-parsing/) [Conference on Machine Translation (WMT)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/wmt/)**Zhifei Li, Chris Callison-Burch, Chris Dyer, et al.*2009 · 163 citations* 3. **[A Scalable Decoder for Parsing-Based Machine Translation with Equivalent Language Model State Maintenance ↗](https://aclanthology.org/W08-0402/) Proceedings of the ACL-08: HLT Second Workshop on Syntax and Structure in Statistical Translation (SSST-2) · no summary yet**Zhifei Li, Sanjeev Khudanpur*2008 · 75 citations* ## Co-authors here 7 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first. - [Chris Callison-Burch](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/chris-callison-burch/) - [Chris Dyer](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/chris-dyer/) - [Jason Eisner](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/jason-eisner/) - [Jonathan Weese](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/jonathan-weese/) - [Lane Schwartz](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/lane-schwartz/) - [Omar F. Zaidan](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/omar-f-zaidan/) - [Sanjeev Khudanpur](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/sanjeev-khudanpur/) ## Venues Where their works here were published, the most works first, with the editions of those that have a page. - [Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing (EMNLP)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/emnlp/): [EMNLP 2009](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/emnlp/2009/) - [Conference on Machine Translation (WMT)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/wmt/): [WMT 2009](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/wmt/2009/) - Proceedings of the ACL-08: HLT Second Workshop on Syntax and Structure in Statistical Translation (SSST-2) ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 180 times (of the 141,840 papers whose bibliographies we read); [11 citing papers with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/zhifei-li/cited-by/). Updated 24 October 2026