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Ziyu Yao

Natural Language Processing (NLP) Large Language Models (LLMs) LLM Reasoning And Planning Interpretability Of Large Language Models Human-AI Interaction
George Mason University DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE

About

Ziyu Yao works on natural language processing and artificial intelligence, particularly building and intelligent and trustworthy natural language interfaces that can assist humans in various tasks and applications. Specific topics include Large Language Models (LLMs), LLM for reasoning and planning, Interpretability of LLMs, human-AI/LLM interaction, and interdisciplinary AI/LLM applications.

Research Performance Summary

51
Total Papers
1866
Total Citations
22
H-Index
2016-2025
Active Research Span

First Recorded Paper

Semi-supervised multinomial naive bayes for text classification by leveraging word-level statistical constraint

Year: 2016

Citations: 33

Venue: Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence 30 (1)

Latest Recorded Paper

Mechanistic Understanding of Language Models in Syntactic Code Completion

Year: 2025

Citations: 0

Venue: arXiv preprint arXiv:2502.18499

Last 10 Years Publication Activity

This timeline shows the professor's yearly publication activity.

2025
16
2024
12
2023
6
2022
4
2021
4
2020
1
2019
4
2018
3
2016
1

Publication Venues and Collaboration

Journal, Conference, and Book Publication Breakdown

Conference 13
Journal 1
Book 1

Top Coauthors

Yao Sun Yue

Research Impact by Period

2025-2026

Period Stats
Papers 16
Citations 120
Avg. Citations / Paper 7.5
H-Index 6

2020-2024

Period Stats
Papers 27
Citations 1241
Avg. Citations / Paper 46
H-Index 16

2015-2019

Period Stats
Papers 8
Citations 505
Avg. Citations / Paper 63.1
H-Index 6

Contact and Professional Links

Contact Information

ziyuyao@gmu.edu
7039936649

Detected Research Keywords

Interactive Semantic Parsing Natural Language Processing Text Sql Semantic Sql Semantic Parsing