During my master's and PhD studies, I have been fortunate to work closely with Chen Zhao, Rui Zhang, Xiangru Tang, Siyue Zhang, Zhiyuan Hu, Zhaojian Yu, Tianyu Yang, Chiyu Ma, Jimin Huang. 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.
Tingyu Song
24-present, UCAS master → UCAS PhD / Qwen Intern
Zhiyuan Peng, Ting-ruen Wei, Tingyu Song, Yilun Zhao
EMNLP 2025 Industry Track
Tingyu Song, Guo Gan, Mingsheng Shang, Yilun Zhao
NAACL 2025
Tingyu Song, Yilun Zhao, Siyue Zhang, Chen Zhao, Arman Cohan
EMNLP 2025
Siyue Zhang, Yuan Gao, Xiao Zhou, Yilun Zhao, Tingyu Song, Arman Cohan, Anh Tuan Luu, Chen Zhao
ICLR 2026
Tingyu Song, Tongyan Hu, Guo Gan, Yilun Zhao
ACL 2025
Zheyuan Yang
24-present, Tongji master → Alibaba Intern
Zheyuan Yang, Zexi Kuang, Xue Xia, Yilun Zhao
ACL 2025
Zheyuan Yang, Lyuhao Chen, Arman Cohan, Yilun Zhao
EMNLP 2025
Chengye Wang
24-present, ZJU undergrad → ZJU master
Yilun Zhao, Weiyuan Chen, Zhijian Xu, Manasi Patwardhan, Yixin Liu, Chengye Wang, Lovekesh Vig, Arman Cohan
ACL 2025
Yilun Zhao, Chengye Wang, Chuhan Li, Arman Cohan
ACL 2025 Findings
Chengye Wang, Yifei Shen, Zexi Kuang, Arman Cohan, Yilun Zhao
ACL 2025
Yilun Zhao, Yitao Long, Yuru Jiang, Chengye Wang, Weiyuan Chen, Hongjun Liu, Yiming Zhang, Xiangru Tang, Chen Zhao, Arman Cohan
EMNLP 2024
Tiansheng Hu
24-present, NYU Shanghai undergrad
Tiansheng Hu, Yilun Zhao, Canyu Zhang, Arman Cohan, Chen Zhao
arXiv preprint arXiv:2602.05975
Yitao Long, Tiansheng Hu, Yilun Zhao, Arman Cohan, Chen Zhao
EMNLP 2025 Findings
Tiansheng Hu, Tongyan Hu, Liuyang Bai, Yilun Zhao, Arman Cohan, Chen Zhao
EMNLP 2025
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
Hang Ding, Yilun Zhao, Tiansheng Hu, Manasi Patwardhan, Arman Cohan
EACL 2026
Guo Gan
24-present, ZJU master → ZJU PhD
Yilun Zhao, Guo Gan, Chen Zhao, Arman Cohan
NAACL 2025
Tingyu Song, Guo Gan, Mingsheng Shang, Yilun Zhao
NAACL 2025
Tingyu Song, Tongyan Hu, Guo Gan, Yilun Zhao
ACL 2025
Kaiyue Feng
24-present, NYU Shanghai undergrad
Zhaojian Yu, Kaiyue Feng, Yilun Zhao, Shilin He, Xiao-Ping Zhang, Arman Cohan
arXiv preprint arXiv:2511.08522
Kaiyue Feng, Yilun Zhao, Yixin Liu, Tianyu Yang, Chen Zhao, John Sous, Arman Cohan
ACL 2025 Findings
Kaiyue Feng, Siyue Zhang, Bingsen Chen, Yilun Zhao, Chen Zhao
EMNLP 2025
Ziyu Chen
25-present, UChicago master
Jinbiao Wei
25-present, Yale master
Jinbiao Wei, Yilun Zhao, Kangqi Ni, Arman Cohan
arXiv preprint arXiv:2602.07153
Lin Fu
25-present, ZJU master → Alibaba Intern
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
Yilun Zhao, Haowei Zhang, Shengyun Si, Linyong Nan, Xiangru Tang, Arman Cohan
EMNLP 2023 Industry Track
Kaiyan Zhang
25, Wayfair
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
Zihang Wang, Yilun Zhao, Kaiyan Zhang, Chen Zhao, Manasi Patwardhan, Arman Cohan
EMNLP 2025 Demo Track
Yifei Shen
25, UW master → UF PhD
Yifei Shen, Yilun Zhao, Justice Ou, Tinglin Huang, Arman Cohan
EACL 2026
Chengye Wang, Yifei Shen, Zexi Kuang, Arman Cohan, Yilun Zhao
ACL 2025
Rohan Phanse
25, Yale undergrad
Rohan Phanse, Yijie Zhou, Kejian Shi, Wencai Zhang, Yixin Liu, Yilun Zhao, Arman Cohan
COLM 2025
Sihong Wu
25, Fudan undergrad
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
Zihang Wang
25, NYU Shanghai RA
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
Zihang Wang, Yilun Zhao, Kaiyan Zhang, Chen Zhao, Manasi Patwardhan, Arman Cohan
EMNLP 2025 Demo Track
Yunhai Hu
25, NYU master
Yiyang Wei
25, Independent Researcher → Westlake RA
Xue Xia
25, HKUST master → Shanghai AI Lab PhD
Hang Ding
25, SJTU master
Hang Ding, Yilun Zhao, Tiansheng Hu, Manasi Patwardhan, Arman Cohan
EACL 2026
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
Yilun Zhao, Haowei Zhang, Shengyun Si, Linyong Nan, Xiangru Tang, Arman Cohan
EMNLP 2023 Industry Track
Chunyuan Deng
23-24, Gatech master → Rice PhD
Chunyuan Deng, Yilun Zhao, Xiangru Tang, Mark Gerstein, Arman Cohan
NAACL 2024
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
Chunyuan Deng, Yilun Zhao, Yuzhao Heng, Yitong Li, Jiannan Cao, Xiangru Tang, Arman Cohan
ACL 2024 Findings
Lyuhao Chen
23-24, ZJU undergrad → CMU master → Nvidia
Zheyuan Yang, Lyuhao Chen, Arman Cohan, Yilun Zhao
EMNLP 2025
Yilun Zhao, Yitao Long, Hongjun Liu, Ryo Kamoi, Linyong Nan, Lyuhao Chen, Yixin Liu, Xiangru Tang, Rui Zhang, Arman Cohan
ACL 2024
Yuqi Wang, Lyuhao Chen, Songcheng Cai, Zhijian Xu, Yilun Zhao
EMNLP 2024
Yilun Zhao, Lyuhao Chen, Arman Cohan, Chen Zhao
ACL 2024
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, Hongjun Liu, Ryo Kamoi, Linyong Nan, Lyuhao Chen, Yixin Liu, Xiangru Tang, Rui Zhang, Arman Cohan
ACL 2024
Yilun Zhao, Yitao Long, Yuru Jiang, Chengye Wang, Weiyuan Chen, Hongjun Liu, Yiming Zhang, Xiangru Tang, Chen Zhao, Arman Cohan
EMNLP 2024
Yilun Zhao, Hongjun Liu, Yitao Long, Rui Zhang, Chen Zhao, Arman Cohan
ACL 2024
Chuhan Li
23-24, Yale master → UCSB PhD
Yilun Zhao, Chengye Wang, Chuhan Li, Arman Cohan
ACL 2025 Findings
Chuhan Li, Ziyao Shangguan, Yilun Zhao, Deyuan Li, Yixin Liu, Arman Cohan
EMNLP 2024 Findings
Ziyao Shangguan, Chuhan Li, Yuxuan Ding, Yanan Zheng, Yilun Zhao, Tesca Fitzgerald, Arman Cohan
ICLR 2025
Ziyao Shangguan
24, Yale master → Yale PhD
Chuhan Li, Ziyao Shangguan, Yilun Zhao, Deyuan Li, Yixin Liu, Arman Cohan
EMNLP 2024 Findings
Ziyao Shangguan, Chuhan Li, Yuxuan Ding, Yanan Zheng, Yilun Zhao, Tesca Fitzgerald, Arman Cohan
ICLR 2025
Gefei Gu
24, ZJU undergrad → CMU master
Gefei Gu, Yilun Zhao, Ruoxi Ning, Yanan Zheng, Arman Cohan
EMNLP 2024 Demo Track
Zhijian Xu
24, USTC undergrad → NU master
Yilun Zhao, Weiyuan Chen, Zhijian Xu, Manasi Patwardhan, Yixin Liu, Chengye Wang, Lovekesh Vig, Arman Cohan
ACL 2025
Zhijian Xu, Yilun Zhao, Manasi Patwardhan, Lovekesh Vig, Arman Cohan
ACL 2025
Yuqi Wang, Lyuhao Chen, Songcheng Cai, Zhijian Xu, Yilun Zhao
EMNLP 2024
Weiyuan Chen
24, ZJU undergrad → Virginia Tech PhD
Yilun Zhao, Weiyuan Chen, Zhijian Xu, Manasi Patwardhan, Yixin Liu, Chengye Wang, Lovekesh Vig, Arman Cohan
ACL 2025
Yilun Zhao, Yitao Long, Yuru Jiang, Chengye Wang, Weiyuan Chen, Hongjun Liu, Yiming Zhang, Xiangru Tang, Chen Zhao, Arman Cohan
EMNLP 2024
Ej Zhou
23, ZJU undergrad → Cambridge PhD
Rohan Phanse, Yijie Zhou, Kejian Shi, Wencai Zhang, Yixin Liu, Yilun Zhao, Arman Cohan
COLM 2025
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
ACL 2024
Yilun Zhao, Yitao Long, Yuru Jiang, Chengye Wang, Weiyuan Chen, Hongjun Liu, Yiming Zhang, Xiangru Tang, Chen Zhao, Arman Cohan
EMNLP 2024
Yilun Zhao, Hongjun Liu, Yitao Long, Rui Zhang, Chen Zhao, Arman Cohan
ACL 2024
Yuqi Wang
23, ZJU undergrad → UCAS PhD
Yuqi Wang, Lyuhao Chen, Songcheng Cai, Zhijian Xu, Yilun Zhao
EMNLP 2024
Zhenting Qi
22, ZJU undergrad → Harvard PhD
Yilun Zhao, Zhenting Qi, Linyong Nan, Lorenzo Jaime Yu Flores, Dragomir Radev
EACL 2023
Yilun Zhao, Boyu Mi, Zhenting Qi, Linyong Nan, Minghao Guo, Arman Cohan, Dragomir Radev
ACL 2023 Demo Track
Yilun Zhao, Zhenting Qi, Linyong Nan, Boyu Mi, Yixin Liu, Weijin Zou, Simeng Han, Ruizhe Chen, Xiangru Tang, Yumo Xu, Dragomir Radev, Arman Cohan
EMNLP 2023
Yilun Zhao, Chen Zhao, Linyong Nan, Zhenting Qi, Wenlin Zhang, Xiangru Tang, Boyu Mi, Dragomir Radev
ACL 2023
Yilun Zhao, Linyong Nan, Zhenting Qi, Rui Zhang, Dragomir Radev
EMNLP 2022
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
Yilun Zhao, Zhenting Qi, Linyong Nan, Boyu Mi, Yixin Liu, Weijin Zou, Simeng Han, Ruizhe Chen, Xiangru Tang, Yumo Xu, Dragomir Radev, Arman Cohan
EMNLP 2023
Yilun Zhao, Chen Zhao, Linyong Nan, Zhenting Qi, Wenlin Zhang, Xiangru Tang, Boyu Mi, Dragomir Radev
ACL 2023
As of the end of 2025