--- title: "Zhongni Hou — author profile and papers — Elamur Research" description: "Zhongni Hou, Meituan: 2 papers on Elamur Research (2025–2026), h-index 4 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and who cites them in our library." canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/zhongni-hou/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/zhongni-hou/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Zhongni Hou # Zhongni Hou Zhongni Hou has 2 papers in our library, in 2025–2026, most of them on [Language models & pretraining](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/language-models/), [Dialogue systems](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/dialogue-systems/); often with [Guojun Yin](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/guojun-yin/), [Jiafeng Guo](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/jiafeng-guo/), [Jiajie Zhang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/jiajie-zhang/). 2 papers in our library · 2025–2026 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5017128773) · [**h-index 4**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5017128773) · [19 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5017128773) · [86 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5017128773&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 2 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/zhongni-hou/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 19 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/zhongni-hou/cited-by/) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #10110](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/102/#star-10110) 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=Zhongni+Hou) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Zhongni+Hou) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Zhongni+Hou) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Zhongni+Hou) ## Affiliations [🏢**Meituan** Beijing · China 2026 · 4 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/companies/meituan/) · [🎓**University of Chinese Academy of Sciences** Beijing · China 2021–2025 · 7 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-chinese-academy-of-sciences/) · [🏛️**Chinese Academy of Sciences** Beijing · China 2021–2025 · 4 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/government/chinese-academy-of-sciences/) · [🔬**Institute of Computing Technology** Beijing · China 2021–2025 · 4 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/labs/institute-of-computing-technology/) · [🎓**Tsinghua University** Beijing · China 2024–2025 · 2 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/tsinghua-university/) 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 5 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/) · [Language and Linguistics · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/language-and-linguistics/) · [Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/computer-vision-and-pattern-recognition/) 🧭 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/) · [Dialogue systems · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/dialogue-systems/) ## Works by year ### 2020s [**2026** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/zhongni-hou/year/2026/) · [**2025** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/zhongni-hou/year/2025/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[LongReward: Improving Long-context Large Language Models with AI Feedback](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/zhang-2025-longreward-improving-long-context-large/)** *(2025 · 21 citations)* Long-context LLMs are usually fine-tuned on question-answer data that other LLMs generate automatically. That data often contains logical slips, invented facts or incomplete answers, and these flaws carry over into the SFT models. Reinforcement learning could correct such behaviour, but there has been no dependable… 2. **[Beyond Dialogue Time: Temporal Semantic Memory for Personalized LLM Agents](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/su-2026-beyond-dialogue-time-temporal-semantic/)** *(2026 · 2 citations)* Memory modules let LLM agents personalize answers across long, multi-session conversations, but current systems handle time poorly. ## Co-authors here 12 of 18 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first. - [Guojun Yin](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/guojun-yin/) - [Jiafeng Guo](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/jiafeng-guo/) - [Jiajie Zhang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/jiajie-zhang/) - [Juanzi Li](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/juanzi-li/) - [Lei Hou](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/lei-hou/) - [Ling Feng](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/ling-feng/) - [Long Bai](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/long-bai/) - [Miao Su](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/miao-su/) - [Shulin Cao](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/shulin-cao/) - [Wei Lin](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/wei-lin/) - [Xiaolong Jin](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/xiaolong-jin/) - [Xin Lv](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/xin-lv/) ## 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 2025](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/acl/2025/) - [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 19 times (of the 149,439 papers whose bibliographies we read); [9 citing papers with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/zhongni-hou/cited-by/). Updated 1 November 2026