During my master's and PhD studies, I have been fortunate to work closely with Chen Zhao, Rui Zhang, Doug Downey, Xiangru Tang, Siyue Zhang, Zhiyuan Hu, Zhaojian Yu, Tianyu Yang, Chiyu Ma, Jimin Huang, Zhiyuan Peng. I have also worked with many talented junior collaborators, and it has been especially rewarding to see many of them publish their first papers, often as first authors, and to watch these relationships grow into long-term collaborations and friendships.
Kaiyue Feng
24-present, NYU Shanghai undergrad → NYU PhD
Zhaojian Yu*, Kaiyue Feng*, Yilun Zhao, Shilin He, Xiao-Ping Zhang, Arman Cohan†
arXiv preprint arXiv:2511.08522 [
Code]
Kaiyue Feng*, Siyue Zhang*, Bingsen Chen, Yilun Zhao, Chen Zhao†
Kaiyue Feng*, Yilun Zhao*†, Yixin Liu, Tianyu Yang, Chen Zhao, John Sous†, Arman Cohan†
Tiansheng Hu
24-present, NYU Shanghai undergrad
Sihong Wu, Owen Jiang, Yilun Zhao†, Tiansheng Hu, Yiling Ma, Kaiyan Zhang, Manasi Patwardhan, Arman Cohan
ACL 2026
Sihong Wu, Yiling Ma, Yilun Zhao†, Tiansheng Hu, Owen Jiang, Manasi Patwardhan, Arman Cohan
Hang Ding, Yilun Zhao, Tiansheng Hu, Manasi Patwardhan, Arman Cohan†
Tiansheng Hu, Yilun Zhao, Canyu Zhang, Arman Cohan, Chen Zhao†
arXiv preprint arXiv:2602.05975 [
Code]
Yilun Zhao*, Kaiyan Zhang*, Tiansheng Hu*, Sihong Wu, Ronan Le Bras, Taira Anderson, Jonathan Bragg, Joseph Chee Chang, Jesse Dodge, Matt Latzke, Yixin Liu, Charles McGrady, Xiangru Tang, Zihang Wang, Chen Zhao, Hannaneh Hajishirzi, Doug Downey, Arman Cohan†
NeurIPS 2025 Datasets & Benchmarks Track [
Code]
Tiansheng Hu, Tongyan Hu, Liuyang Bai, Yilun Zhao†, Arman Cohan, Chen Zhao†
Yitao Long*, Tiansheng Hu*, Yilun Zhao†, Arman Cohan, Chen Zhao†
EMNLP 2025 Findings
Tingyu Song
24-present, UCAS master → UCAS PhD / Qwen Intern
Yiyang Wei*, Tingyu Song*†, Siyue Zhang, Yilun Zhao†
ACL 2026
Tingyu Song, Yanzhao Zhang, Mingxin Li, Zhuoning Guo, Dingkun Long, Pengjun Xie, Siyue Zhang, Yilun Zhao, Shu Wu†
Yilun Zhao, Jinbiao Wei, Tingyu Song, Siyue Zhang, Chen Zhao, Arman Cohan†
Xiao Zhou*, Siyue Zhang*, Yilun Zhao†, Jinbiao Wei, Tingyu Song, Arman Cohan, Chen Zhao†
arXiv preprint arXiv:2606.24551 [
Code]
Siyue Zhang, Yuan Gao, Xiao Zhou, Yilun Zhao, Tingyu Song, Arman Cohan, Anh Tuan Luu, Chen Zhao†
Tingyu Song*, Yilun Zhao*†, Siyue Zhang, Chen Zhao, Arman Cohan
Zhiyuan Peng†, Ting-ruen Wei, Tingyu Song, Yilun Zhao
EMNLP 2025 Industry Track [
Code]
Tingyu Song, Tongyan Hu, Guo Gan, Yilun Zhao†
Tingyu Song, Guo Gan, Mingsheng Shang, Yilun Zhao†
Chengye Wang
24-present, ZJU undergrad → ZJU master
Ziyu Chen*, Yilun Zhao*†, Chengye Wang, Rilyn Han, Manasi Patwardhan, Arman Cohan
Chengye Wang, Lin Fu, Zexi Kuang, Yilun Zhao†
Yilun Zhao, Weiyuan Chen, Zhijian Xu, Manasi Patwardhan, Yixin Liu, Chengye Wang, Lovekesh Vig, Arman Cohan†
Chengye Wang, Yifei Shen, Zexi Kuang, Arman Cohan, Yilun Zhao†
Yilun Zhao*, Chengye Wang*, Chuhan Li, Arman Cohan†
Yilun Zhao, Yitao Long, Yuru Jiang, Chengye Wang, Weiyuan Chen, Hongjun Liu, Yiming Zhang, Xiangru Tang, Chen Zhao, Arman Cohan†
Zheyuan Yang
24-present, Tongji master → Alibaba Intern
Zheyuan Yang*, Lyuhao Chen*, Arman Cohan, Yilun Zhao†
Zheyuan Yang, Zexi Kuang, Xue Xia, Yilun Zhao†
Ziyu Chen
25-present, UChicago master
Ziyu Chen*, Yilun Zhao*†, Chengye Wang, Rilyn Han, Manasi Patwardhan, Arman Cohan
Lin Fu
25-present, ZJU master → Alibaba Intern
Jinbiao Wei
25-present, Yale master
Jinbiao Wei, Yilun Zhao†, Kangqi Ni, Arman Cohan
Yilun Zhao, Jinbiao Wei, Tingyu Song, Siyue Zhang, Chen Zhao, Arman Cohan†
Xiao Zhou*, Siyue Zhang*, Yilun Zhao†, Jinbiao Wei, Tingyu Song, Arman Cohan, Chen Zhao†
arXiv preprint arXiv:2606.24551 [
Code]
Jinbiao Wei†, Qianran Ma, Yilun Zhao†, Xiao Zhou, Kangqi Ni, Guo Gan, Arman Cohan
arXiv preprint arXiv:2605.19769 [
Code]
Jinbiao Wei*†, Kangqi Ni*, Yilun Zhao†, Guo Gan, Arman Cohan
arXiv preprint arXiv:2604.27151 [
Code]
Shengyun Si
23, 25, TUM Master → CISPA & TUM PhD
Haowei Zhang*, Shengyun Si*, Yilun Zhao*, Lujing Xie, Zhijian Xu, Lyuhao Chen, Linyong Nan, Pengcheng Wang, Xiangru Tang, Arman Cohan†
EMNLP 2024 Demo Track [
Code]
Yilun Zhao*, Haowei Zhang*, Shengyun Si*, Linyong Nan, Xiangru Tang, Arman Cohan†
EMNLP 2023 Industry Track [
Code]
Yunhai Hu
25, NYU master
Rohan Phanse
25, Yale undergrad
Rohan Phanse, Yijie Zhou, Kejian Shi, Wencai Zhang, Yixin Liu, Yilun Zhao, Arman Cohan†
Yifei Shen
25, UW master → UF PhD
Yifei Shen*, Yilun Zhao*†, Justice Ou, Tinglin Huang, Arman Cohan
Chengye Wang, Yifei Shen, Zexi Kuang, Arman Cohan, Yilun Zhao†
Zihang Wang
25, NYU Shanghai RA
Zihang Wang*, Yilun Zhao*†, Kaiyan Zhang, Chen Zhao, Manasi Patwardhan, Arman Cohan
EMNLP 2025 Demo Track [
Code]
Yiyang Wei
25, Independent Researcher → Westlake RA
Sihong Wu
25, Fudan undergrad
Sihong Wu, Owen Jiang, Yilun Zhao†, Tiansheng Hu, Yiling Ma, Kaiyan Zhang, Manasi Patwardhan, Arman Cohan
ACL 2026
Tianyu Yang*, Sihong Wu*, Yilun Zhao*, Zhenwen Liang, Lisen Dai, Chen Zhao, Minhao Cheng, Arman Cohan, Xiangliang Zhang†
Sihong Wu, Yiling Ma, Yilun Zhao†, Tiansheng Hu, Owen Jiang, Manasi Patwardhan, Arman Cohan
Yilun Zhao*, Kaiyan Zhang*, Tiansheng Hu*, Sihong Wu, Ronan Le Bras, Taira Anderson, Jonathan Bragg, Joseph Chee Chang, Jesse Dodge, Matt Latzke, Yixin Liu, Charles McGrady, Xiangru Tang, Zihang Wang, Chen Zhao, Hannaneh Hajishirzi, Doug Downey, Arman Cohan†
NeurIPS 2025 Datasets & Benchmarks Track [
Code]
Xue Xia
25, HKUST master → Shanghai AI Lab PhD
Kaiyan Zhang
25, Wayfair
Sihong Wu, Owen Jiang, Yilun Zhao†, Tiansheng Hu, Yiling Ma, Kaiyan Zhang, Manasi Patwardhan, Arman Cohan
ACL 2026
Yilun Zhao*, Kaiyan Zhang*, Tiansheng Hu*, Sihong Wu, Ronan Le Bras, Taira Anderson, Jonathan Bragg, Joseph Chee Chang, Jesse Dodge, Matt Latzke, Yixin Liu, Charles McGrady, Xiangru Tang, Zihang Wang, Chen Zhao, Hannaneh Hajishirzi, Doug Downey, Arman Cohan†
NeurIPS 2025 Datasets & Benchmarks Track [
Code]
Zihang Wang*, Yilun Zhao*†, Kaiyan Zhang, Chen Zhao, Manasi Patwardhan, Arman Cohan
EMNLP 2025 Demo Track [
Code]
Lyuhao Chen
23-24, ZJU undergrad → CMU master → Nvidia
Zheyuan Yang*, Lyuhao Chen*, Arman Cohan, Yilun Zhao†
Yuqi Wang, Lyuhao Chen, Songcheng Cai, Zhijian Xu, Yilun Zhao†
Yilun Zhao*, Yitao Long*, Hongjun Liu, Ryo Kamoi, Linyong Nan, Lyuhao Chen, Yixin Liu, Xiangru Tang, Rui Zhang, Arman Cohan†
Yilun Zhao, Lyuhao Chen, Arman Cohan, Chen Zhao†
Chunyuan Deng
23-24, Gatech master → Rice PhD
Xiangru Tang*, Chunyuan Deng*, Hanminwang Hanminwang*, Haoran Wang*, Yilun Zhao, Wenqi Shi, Yi Fung, Wangchunshu Zhou, Jiannan Cao, Heng Ji, Arman Cohan, Mark Gerstein†
EMNLP 2024 Demo Track [
Code]
Chunyuan Deng*, Yilun Zhao*, Yuzhao Heng, Yitong Li, Jiannan Cao, Xiangru Tang, Arman Cohan†
Chunyuan Deng, Yilun Zhao, Xiangru Tang, Mark Gerstein, Arman Cohan†
Chuhan Li
23-24, Yale master → UCSB PhD
Yilun Zhao*, Chengye Wang*, Chuhan Li, Arman Cohan†
Ziyao Shangguan*, Chuhan Li*, Yuxuan Ding, Yanan Zheng, Yilun Zhao, Tesca Fitzgerald, Arman Cohan†
Chuhan Li*, Ziyao Shangguan*, Yilun Zhao, Deyuan Li, Yixin Liu, Arman Cohan†
EMNLP 2024 Findings [
Code]
Yitao Long
23-24, NYU master → NYU PhD
Yitao Long*, Tiansheng Hu*, Yilun Zhao†, Arman Cohan, Chen Zhao†
EMNLP 2025 Findings
Yilun Zhao, Yitao Long, Yuru Jiang, Chengye Wang, Weiyuan Chen, Hongjun Liu, Yiming Zhang, Xiangru Tang, Chen Zhao, Arman Cohan†
Yilun Zhao*, Yitao Long*, Hongjun Liu, Ryo Kamoi, Linyong Nan, Lyuhao Chen, Yixin Liu, Xiangru Tang, Rui Zhang, Arman Cohan†
Yilun Zhao*, Hongjun Liu*, Yitao Long, Rui Zhang, Chen Zhao, Arman Cohan†
Haowei Zhang
23-24, TUM Master → Fudan PhD
Haowei Zhang*, Shengyun Si*, Yilun Zhao*, Lujing Xie, Zhijian Xu, Lyuhao Chen, Linyong Nan, Pengcheng Wang, Xiangru Tang, Arman Cohan†
EMNLP 2024 Demo Track [
Code]
Yilun Zhao*, Haowei Zhang*, Shengyun Si*, Linyong Nan, Xiangru Tang, Arman Cohan†
EMNLP 2023 Industry Track [
Code]
Weiyuan Chen
24, ZJU undergrad → Virginia Tech PhD
Yilun Zhao, Weiyuan Chen, Zhijian Xu, Manasi Patwardhan, Yixin Liu, Chengye Wang, Lovekesh Vig, Arman Cohan†
Yilun Zhao, Yitao Long, Yuru Jiang, Chengye Wang, Weiyuan Chen, Hongjun Liu, Yiming Zhang, Xiangru Tang, Chen Zhao, Arman Cohan†
Guo Gan
24, ZJU master → ZJU PhD
Jinbiao Wei†, Qianran Ma, Yilun Zhao†, Xiao Zhou, Kangqi Ni, Guo Gan, Arman Cohan
arXiv preprint arXiv:2605.19769 [
Code]
Jinbiao Wei*†, Kangqi Ni*, Yilun Zhao†, Guo Gan, Arman Cohan
arXiv preprint arXiv:2604.27151 [
Code]
Tingyu Song, Tongyan Hu, Guo Gan, Yilun Zhao†
Yilun Zhao*†, Guo Gan*, Chen Zhao, Arman Cohan
Tingyu Song, Guo Gan, Mingsheng Shang, Yilun Zhao†
Gefei Gu
24, ZJU undergrad → CMU master
Gefei Gu, Yilun Zhao, Ruoxi Ning, Yanan Zheng, Arman Cohan†
EMNLP 2024 Demo Track [
Code]
Ziyao Shangguan
24, Yale master → Yale PhD
Ziyao Shangguan*, Chuhan Li*, Yuxuan Ding, Yanan Zheng, Yilun Zhao, Tesca Fitzgerald, Arman Cohan†
Chuhan Li*, Ziyao Shangguan*, Yilun Zhao, Deyuan Li, Yixin Liu, Arman Cohan†
EMNLP 2024 Findings [
Code]
Zhijian Xu
24, USTC undergrad → NU master
Yilun Zhao, Weiyuan Chen, Zhijian Xu, Manasi Patwardhan, Yixin Liu, Chengye Wang, Lovekesh Vig, Arman Cohan†
Zhijian Xu*, Yilun Zhao*, Manasi Patwardhan, Lovekesh Vig, Arman Cohan†
Hongjun Liu
23, ZJU undergrad → NYU Shanghai PhD
Yilun Zhao*, Yitao Long*, Hongjun Liu, Ryo Kamoi, Linyong Nan, Lyuhao Chen, Yixin Liu, Xiangru Tang, Rui Zhang, Arman Cohan†
Yilun Zhao*, Hongjun Liu*, Yitao Long, Rui Zhang, Chen Zhao, Arman Cohan†
Yuqi Wang
23, ZJU undergrad → UCAS PhD
Yuqi Wang, Lyuhao Chen, Songcheng Cai, Zhijian Xu, Yilun Zhao†
Ej Zhou
23, ZJU undergrad → Cambridge PhD
Rohan Phanse, Yijie Zhou, Kejian Shi, Wencai Zhang, Yixin Liu, Yilun Zhao, Arman Cohan†
Boyu Mi
22, ZJU undergrad → Shanghai AI Lab PhD
Yilun Zhao*, Boyu Mi*, Zhenting Qi, Linyong Nan, Minghao Guo, Arman Cohan, Dragomir Radev†
ACL 2023 Demo Track [
Code]
Zhenting Qi
22, ZJU undergrad → Harvard PhD
Yilun Zhao, Zhenting Qi, Linyong Nan, Boyu Mi, Yixin Liu, Weijin Zou, Simeng Han, Ruizhe Chen, Xiangru Tang, Yumo Xu, Dragomir Radev, Arman Cohan†
Yilun Zhao*, Zhenting Qi*, Linyong Nan, Lorenzo Jaime Yu Flores, Dragomir Radev†
Yilun Zhao, Linyong Nan, Zhenting Qi, Rui Zhang, Dragomir Radev†
* denotes equal contribution, † denotes corresponding author
As of the end of 2025