Zaifu Zhan
Scholar

Zaifu Zhan

Google Scholar ID: FCTDJ84AAAAJ
PhD at University of Minnesota, MS at Tsinghua University
Natural language processingMachine LearningAI for BiomedicineLarge Language model
Citations & Impact
All-time
Citations
130
 
H-index
6
 
i10-index
3
 
Publications
20
 
Co-authors
33
list available
Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
  • Co-authored paper “Benchmarking Retrieval-Augmented Large Language Models in Biomedical NLP: Application, Robustness, and Self-Awareness” accepted by Science Advances (IF=12.5)
  • Co-authored review paper “Mitigating Ethical Issues for Large Language Models in Oncology: A Systematic Review” published in JCO Clinical Cancer Informatics
  • Paper “MMRAG: Multi-Mode Retrieval-Augmented Generation with Large Language Models for Biomedical In-Context Learning” accepted by JAMIA; preprint available on arXiv
  • Paper “RAMIE: Retrieval-Augmented Multi-task Information Extraction with Large Language Models on Dietary Supplements” published in JAMIA
  • Paper “Towards Better Multi-task Learning: A Framework for Optimizing Dataset Combinations in Large Language Models” accepted to NAACL 2025
  • Co-authored paper “Benchmarking of Large Language Models for the Dental Admission Test” published in Health Data Science (Science Partner Journal)
  • Co-authored review paper accepted by npj Artificial Intelligence
  • Serving as reviewer for JMIR Medical Informatics, Applied Artificial Intelligence, ACL-SRW’25, ICNLSP’25, and others
Miscellany
  • Personal traits: Creative, curious, honest, passionate
  • Proficient in programming languages: Python, MATLAB, SQL, R, C/C++, Java
  • Experienced with deep learning frameworks: PyTorch, TensorFlow, Scikit-learn, Hugging Face, vLLM
  • Strong mathematical foundation: Linear algebra, probability & statistics, convex and integer optimization, common ML algorithms, DL basics
  • Skilled in data processing and visualization: Pandas, NumPy, Matplotlib, Seaborn
  • Familiar with research and development tools: Linux Bash, Git, LaTeX, Slurm, etc.