Papers by Guang Zhang

13 papers
AltCLIP: Altering the Language Encoder in CLIP for Extended Language Capabilities (2023.findings-acl)

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Challenge: Existing methods to build a strong multilingual multimodal representation model are lacking in good-quality text-image pairs.
Approach: They propose a method to build a strong multilingual multimodal representation model using English text-image pairs instead of a model from scratch.
Outcome: The proposed model outperforms the original CLIP model on multilingual multimodal benchmarks.
PRISM: Probing Reasoning, Instruction, and Source Memory in LLM Hallucinations (2026.acl-long)

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Challenge: Existing benchmarks for hallucination evaluation rely on mixed queries and posterior evaluation, which quantifies hallucinosity severity but offers limited insight into where and why they occur.
Approach: They propose a controlled benchmark that disentangles hallucinations into four dimensions: knowledge missing, knowledge errors, reasoning errors, and instruction-following errors.
Outcome: The proposed model disentangles hallucinations into four dimensions: knowledge missing, knowledge errors, reasoning errors, and instruction-following errors.
Beyond Sequences: Two-dimensional Representation and Dependency Encoding for Code Generation (2025.acl-long)

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Challenge: Existing code generation approaches represent code as a linear sequence of tokens, but positional encodings compromise generalization . explicit positional encoders sacrifice permutation invariance, imposes a strict order on the input sequence .
Approach: They propose to represent code snippets as two-dimensional entities with explicit encodings . they propose to use dictionary learning to perform semantic matching between code lines .
Outcome: The proposed model captures the hierarchical and spatial structure of code, especially the dependencies between code lines.
MCS: An In-battle Commentary System for MOBA Games (2022.coling-1)

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Challenge: In-battle commentary is an important component of live streaming of e-sports competitions and is applicable to a wide range of scenarios like combat information analysis and live streaming.
Approach: They propose a generative system for in-battle real-time commentary in mobile MOBA games and propose 'transform' method to convert match statistics and utterances into consistent encoding space.
Outcome: The proposed system is based on real-time match statistics and events and can be used for live streaming, e-sports commentary and combat information analysis.
Constructing Interpretive Spatio-Temporal Features for Multi-Turn Responses Selection (P19-1)

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Challenge: Existing models for response selection do not perform well when there are many candidate responses.
Approach: They propose a Spatio-Temporal Matching network (STM) for response selection . they use soft alignment to obtain local relevance between context and response .
Outcome: The proposed model significantly outperforms the state-of-the-art model on two large-scale multi-turn response selection tasks.
BizCompass: Benchmarking the Reasoning Capabilities of LLMs in Business Knowledge and Applications (2026.findings-acl)

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Challenge: Existing benchmarks focus on narrow tasks and leave a fundamental question unanswered . Existing models only focus on specific tasks, requiring rigorous reasoning and knowledge .
Approach: They propose a benchmark to connect theoretical foundations with practical business knowledge and applications.
Outcome: The benchmark systematically evaluates both open-source and commercial LLMs . it reveals how theoretical knowledge translates into practical performance in business .
Syntax-Aware Retrieval Augmented Code Generation (2023.findings-emnlp)

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Challenge: Neural code generation models with token-level retrieval capabilities are often noisy and time-consuming.
Approach: They propose a token-level retrieval augmented code generation method that leverages syntax constraints for the retrieval of datastores.
Outcome: The proposed method reduces the impact of retrieve noise on code generation on two datasets.
Rethinking Data Mixing from the Perspective of Large Language Models (2026.acl-short)

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Challenge: Existing methods to mix data with LLMs have relied on domain definitions derived from intuition.
Approach: They propose a reweighting framework that restructures data scheduling as a graph-constrained optimization problem.
Outcome: The proposed framework achieves competitive performance on GPT-2 models.
FinRipple: Aligning Large Language Models with Financial Market for Event Ripple Effect Awareness (2025.findings-acl)

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Challenge: Financial markets exhibit complex dynamics where localized events trigger ripple effects across entities.
Approach: They propose a framework that empowers large language models to analyze ripple effects . they use financial theory-guided large-scale reinforcement learning to align LLMs with the market .
Outcome: The proposed framework allows LLMs to analyze ripple effects through financial theory-guided large-scale reinforcement learning.
GaLa: Hypergraph-Guided Visual Language Models for Procedural Planning (2026.findings-acl)

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Challenge: Existing methods for procedural planning over-rely on visual inputs and lack structured semantic information.
Approach: They propose a vision–language framework for multimodal procedural planning that exploits implicit spatial relations and deep semantics encoded in object attributes.
Outcome: The proposed framework outperforms existing methods in terms of execution success rate, LCS, and planning correctness.
SLIM: Subtrajectory-Level Elimination for More Effective Reasoning (2025.findings-emnlp)

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Challenge: Notable examples include OpenAI’s o1/o3/o4 series and DeepSeek-R1 .
Approach: They develop a framework to identify suboptimal subtrajectories based on human-established criteria . they also use a sampling algorithm to select data whose reasoning process is free from suboptimally subtravertories to the highest degree .
Outcome: The proposed method reduces the number of suboptimal subtrajectories by 25.9% during the inference process.
CoAlign: Uncertainty Calibration of LLM for Geospatial Repartition (2025.acl-industry)

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Challenge: Existing methods to optimize geospatial repartition rely on manual adjustments by experts or algorithmic optimization using limited offline operational metrics.
Approach: They propose a framework that calibrates LLM uncertainty to enable robust geospatial repartition by integrating historical data with LLM-generated candidates.
Outcome: The proposed framework calibrates LLM uncertainty to enable robust geospatial repartition by integrating historical data with LLM-generated candidates.

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