--- title: "Zhongyi Zhou — author profile and papers · Vision & language" description: "Zhongyi Zhou, Google: 2 papers on Elamur Research (2026), h-index 7 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and who cites them in our library." canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/zhongyi-zhou/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/zhongyi-zhou/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Zhongyi Zhou # Zhongyi Zhou Zhongyi Zhou has 2 papers in our library, in 2026, most of them on [Vision & language](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/multimodal/); often with [Ding Xia](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/ding-xia/), [Fan Gao](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/fan-gao/), [Haoyu Zhang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/haoyu-zhang/). 2 papers in our library · 2026 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5022010343) · [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1363-7313) · [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q130843253) · [**h-index 7**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5022010343) · [40 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5022010343) · [166 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5022010343&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 2 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/zhongyi-zhou/#papers) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #14141](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/142/#star-14141) 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=Zhongyi+Zhou) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Zhongyi+Zhou) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Zhongyi+Zhou) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Zhongyi+Zhou) ## Affiliations [🎓**The University of Tokyo** Tokyo · Japan 2019–2026 · 17 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/the-university-of-tokyo/) · [🎓**East China Normal University** Shanghai · China 2024–2026 · 3 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/east-china-normal-university/) · [🏢**Google** Mountain View · United States 2023–2026 · 2 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/companies/google/) · [🔬**RIKEN** Wako · Japan 2026 · 1 paper*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/labs/riken/) · [🔬**RIKEN Center for Advanced Intelligence Project** Tokyo · Japan 2026 · 1 paper*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/labs/riken-center-for-advanced-intelligence-project/) · [🏢**Robotics Research** Cincinnati · United States 2026 · 1 paper*current*](https://ror.org/020w2fr77) From the bylines of their papers (OpenAlex, 2026-10-14), ORCID and Wikidata; institutions on papers are matched by machine. 3 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 7 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/) · [Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/computer-vision-and-pattern-recognition/) · [Human-Computer Interaction · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/human-computer-interaction/) · [Information Systems · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/information-systems/) 🧭 Topics 1 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[Vision & language · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/multimodal/) ## Works by year ### 2020s [**2026** 2 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/zhongyi-zhou/year/2026/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[See2Refine: Vision-Language Feedback Improves LLM-Based eHMI Action Designers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/xia-2026-see2refine-vision-language-feedback-improves/)** *(2026)* Automated vehicles cannot rely on driver gestures, so external Human-Machine Interfaces (eHMIs) such as lightbars, mechanical eyes, or robotic arms must signal intent to pedestrians and other road users. 2. **[ToolGrad: Efficient Tool-use Dataset Generation with Textual “Gradients”](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/zhou-2026-toolgrad-efficient-tool-use-dataset/)** *(2026)* Training LLMs to call tools requires pairs of user requests and correct tool-call sequences. Earlier synthetic pipelines such as ToolBench start from an invented query and then search for a solution with DFS. This search is costly and often fails, and it can leave unsolvable queries or flawed traces in the data.… ## Co-authors here 3 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first. - [Ding Xia](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/ding-xia/) - [Fan Gao](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/fan-gao/) - [Haoyu Zhang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/haoyu-zhang/) ## 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/) Updated 2 November 2026