--- title: "Zhou Ziheng — author profile and papers · Bias, fairness & safety" description: "Zhou Ziheng, University of California, Los Angeles: 2 papers on Elamur Research (2026), h-index 0 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and who…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/zhou-ziheng/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/zhou-ziheng/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Zhou Ziheng # Zhou Ziheng Zhou Ziheng has 2 papers in our library, in 2026, most of them on [Bias, fairness & safety](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/bias-fairness-safety/); often with [Demetri Terzopoulos](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/demetri-terzopoulos/), [Fangwei Zhong](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/fangwei-zhong/), [Ying Nian Wu](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/ying-nian-wu/). 2 papers in our library · 2026 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5093478134) · [**h-index 0**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5093478134) · [9 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5093478134) · [0 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5093478134&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 2 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/zhou-ziheng/#papers) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #14142](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/142/#star-14142) 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=Zhou+Ziheng) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Zhou+Ziheng) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Zhou+Ziheng) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Zhou+Ziheng) ## Affiliations [🎓**University of California, Los Angeles** Los Angeles · United States 2023–2026 · 2 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-california-los-angeles/) 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 8 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/) · [Computer Science · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/) · [Arts and Humanities · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/) · [Cognitive Neuroscience · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/neuroscience/cognitive-neuroscience/) · [Language and Linguistics · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/language-and-linguistics/) · [Neuroscience · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/neuroscience/) · [Social Sciences · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/social-sciences/) · [Sociology and Political Science · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/social-sciences/sociology-and-political-science/) 🧭 Topics 1 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[Bias, fairness & safety · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/bias-fairness-safety/) ## Works by year ### 2020s [**2026** 2 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/zhou-ziheng/year/2026/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[Simple Role Assignment is Extraordinarily Effective for Safety Alignment](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/ziheng-2026-simple-role-assignment-is-extraordinarily/)** *(2026)* The paper addresses a weakness of principle-based safety alignment for LLMs: fixed rule lists can never cover every situation and give little guidance on how a value applies in a specific context. 2. **[Why Are We Moral? An LLM-based Agent Simulation Approach to the Study of Moral Evolution](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/ziheng-2026-why-are-we-moral-llm/)** *(2026)* The paper asks why moral behaviour could evolve when natural selection seems to reward self-interest. Classical tools such as evolutionary game theory reduce agents to fixed strategies or payoff tables. As a result, they cannot show how cognition (memory, reasoning, recognising others' dispositions, communicating)… ## Co-authors here 6 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first. - [Demetri Terzopoulos](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/demetri-terzopoulos/) ×2 - [Fangwei Zhong](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/fangwei-zhong/) ×2 - [Ying Nian Wu](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/ying-nian-wu/) ×2 - [Yipeng Kang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yipeng-kang/) ×2 - [Yizhou Sun](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yizhou-sun/) - [Zhaowei Zhang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/zhaowei-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