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Yingbin Liang

Engineering · The Ohio State University

Established · publishing since 1998

Publications

395

Citations

8,054

Est. group size

~2

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

29

Publishing since 1998

Research summary
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Yingbin Liang's work focuses on the theoretical foundations of machine learning, especially reinforcement learning (a method where an algorithm learns by trial and error to make good decisions), and the mathematical analysis of how models like transformers and diffusion models learn and converge during training. This research is aimed at understanding when and why learning algorithms work, including under uncertainty, partial information, and imperfect data. The publication record also includes many applied deep learning projects (e.g., image classification, fraud detection, medical text analysis), suggesting collaboration across a range of applied topics alongside the core theoretical agenda.

Reinforcement learning theoryStatistical and optimization foundations of machine learningTransformer and diffusion model learning dynamicsInformation theory applied to learning systemsApplied deep learning (vision, text, graph data)

Publication output has fluctuated over the last decade, dipping around 2021-2022 and rebounding in 2024, with a notable drop in 2025-2026 that may reflect incomplete recent data.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 17.6/year recently
2017: 24 publications172018: 36 publications182019: 31 publications192020: 39 publications39202021: 23 publications212022: 12 publications222023: 25 publications232024: 39 publications39242025: 9 publications252026: 3 publications26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • arXiv (Cornell University)×137
  • IEEE Transactions on Information Theory×15
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)×15
  • Neural Information Processing Systems×5
  • IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing×5
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This profile was generated automatically from public scholarly data (OpenAlex). Group size and activity levels are estimates derived from co-authorship patterns.

Last updated Jul 19, 2026.

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