Assistant Professor

School of Journalism and Communication, Tsinghua University

Research areas

Computational Communication, AI Communication, Social Computing

Education and Work Experience

2023.03-Present: Assistant Professor, School of Journalism and Communication, Tsinghua University

2020.09-2022.12: Postdoc, School of Journalism and Communication, Tsinghua University

2015.08-2020.07: Ph.D., Department of Computer Science and Technology, Tsinghua University

2011.08-2015.07: Bachelor's Degree, School of Information and Communication Engineering, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications

Publications

Note: * indicates co-first authors, † indicates corresponding author.

[1] Chen Huimin, Deng Yilin, Jian Xiaowen, Sun Chenning, Jin Jianbin. Evolution of China's Science and Technology Image in Social Media: Big Data Analysis Based on Twitter Platform. Journal of China University of Geosciences (Social Sciences Edition), 2025.

[2] Ze Fu*, Huimin Chen*, Zhan Liu, Maosong Sun, Zhiyuan Liu, Yanchao Bi. Pathogen stress heightens sensorimotor dimensions in the human collective semantic space. Communications Psychology, 2025.

[3] Lifan Yuan, Ganqu Cui, Hanbin Wang, Ning Ding, Xingyao Wang, Jia Deng, Boji Shan, Huimin Chen, Ruobing Xie, Yankai Lin, Zhenghao Liu, Bowen Zhou, Hao Peng, Zhiyuan Liu, Maosong Sun. Advancing LLM Reasoning Generalists with Preference Trees. ICLR 2025.

[4] Chen Huimin, Deng Yilin. Global Presentation and Associated Factors of China's Science and Technology Image: Big Data Analysis Based on Twitter Social Media Platform 2013-2022. Modern Communication, 2024.

[5] Chen Huimin, Zhu Ziyi, Jin Jianbin. Composite Framework, Mechanism and Future Path of Generative Artificial Intelligence Trust from the Perspective of Knowledge Production. Chinese Editors Journal, 2024.

[6] Chen Huimin, Liu Zhiyuan, Sun Maosong. Social Opportunities and Challenges in the Era of Large Language Models. Journal of Computer Research and Development, 2024.

[7] Cheng Gao, Chaojun Xiao, Zhenghao Liu, Huimin Chen†, Zhiyuan Liu, Maosong Sun. Enhancing Legal Case Retrieval via Scaling High-quality Synthetic Query-Candidate Pairs. EMNLP 2024.

[8] Yiju Guo, Ganqu Cui, Lifan Yuan, Ning Ding, Jiexin Wang, Huimin Chen, Bowen Sun, Ruobing Xie, Jie Zhou, Yankai Lin, Zhiyuan Liu, Maosong Sun. Controllable preference optimization: Toward controllable multi-objective alignment. EMNLP 2024.

[9] Zeyu Zhu*, Huimin Chen*†, Yun Shi, Mengmeng Zhang, Chenning Sun, Xiaoxiao Cheng and Jianbin Jin. The Global Flow of China's National Image: Power, Proximity, and the China Effect. Submitted to Chinese Journal of Communication, 2024.

[10] Zheni Zeng, Jiayi Chen, Huimin Chen†, Yukun Yan, Yuxuan Chen, Zhiyuan Liu, Maosong Sun. PersLLM: A Personified Training Approach for Large Language Models. Preprint 2024.

[11] Chen Huimin, Chen Zhiyi, Wu Yimeng, Jin Jianbin. Generative Artificial Intelligence and Visual Construction of National Image: Themes, Aesthetics and Communication Effects. Under review, 2024.

[12] Chen Huimin, Zhu Zeyu, Yu Beichen, Jin Jianbin. Government Trust, Scientist Trust and Social Anxiety in Public Health Crisis: Observation Based on COVID-19 Online Public Opinion. Contemporary Communication, 2023.

[13] Huimin Chen*, Cheng Yang*, Xuanming Zhang, Zhiyuan Liu, Maosong Sun, Jianbin Jin. From Symbols to Embeddings: A Tale of Two Representations in Computational Social Science. IEEE Journal of Social Computing (EI), 2021.

[14] Chen Huimin, Jin Sichen, Lin Wei, Zhu Zeyu, Tong Lingbo, Liu Yipeng, Ye Yining, Jiang Weihan, Liu Zhiyuan, Sun Maosong, Jin Jianbin. Quantitative Analysis of COVID-19 Related Social Media Rumor Propagation. Journal of Computer Research and Development (EI), 2021.

[15] Huimin Chen, Yankai Lin, Fanchao Qi, Jinyi Hu, Peng Li, Jie Zhou, Maosong Sun. Aspect-Level Sentiment-Controllable Review Generation with Mutual Learning Framework. Thirty-Fifth AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (CCF A, EI), 2021.

[16] Huimin Chen*, Zeyu Zhu*, Fanchao Qi, Yining Ye, Zhiyuan Liu, Maosong Sun and Jianbin Jin. Country Image in COVID-19 Pandemic: A Case Study of China. IEEE Transactions on Big Data (SCI), 2020.

[17] Huimin Chen*, Xiaoyuan Yi*, Maosong Sun, Cheng Yang, Wenhao Li, Zhipeng Guo. Sentiment-Controllable Chinese Poetry Generation. International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (CCF A), 2019.

[18] Fuli Feng, Huimin Chen, Xiangnan He, Ji Ding, Maosong Sun, Tat-Seng Chua. Improving Stock Movement Prediction with Adversarial Training. International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (CCF A), 2019.

[19] Changhe Song, Cheng Yang, Huimin Chen, Cunchao Tu, Zhiyuan Liu, Maosong Sun. CED: Credible Early Detection of Social Media Rumors. IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering (SCI, CCF A), 2019.

[20] Zhipeng Guo, Xiaoyuan Yi, Maosong Sun, Wenhao Li, Cheng Yang, Jiannan Liang, Huimin Chen, Yuhui Zhang, Ruoyu Li. Jiuge: A Human-Machine Collaborative Chinese Classical Poetry. The Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics (CCF A), 2019.

[21] Huimin Chen, Maosong Sun, Cunchao Tu, Yankai Lin and Zhiyuan Liu. Neural Sentiment Classification with User and Product Attention. The Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing (CCF B), 2016.

Books

[1] Chen Huimin, Liu Zhiyuan, Sun Maosong, Jin Jianbin. Monograph "Big Data Epidemic Records — Social Data Analysis during the COVID-19 Pandemic." Tsinghua University Press (ISBN approved), 2022.

Patents

[1] Chen Huimin, Jian Xiaowen, Deng Yilin, Jin Jianbin. Entity Image Recognition Method Based on Knowledge Reasoning, Apparatus, Storage Medium and Electronic Device, 202411386339X.

[2] Chen Huimin, Wang Sheng. Method, Apparatus, Electronic Device and Storage Medium for Generating Legal Dialogue Responses, 2024113863366.

[3] Chen Huimin, Lin Yankai, Qi Fanchao, Hu Jinyi, Li Peng, Zhou Jie, Sun Maosong. Text Information Generation, Apparatus, Storage Medium and Equipment. (Application No.: CN202010949883.6, Substantive Examination Stage)

[4] Sun Maosong, Chen Huimin, Liu Zhiyuan. Neural Network Sentiment Analysis Method Combining User and Product Information. (Patent No.: ZL201610835712.4, Granted)

Teaching Experience

New Media Research, Graduate Course, School of Journalism and Communication, 2023-Present

Social Computing, Graduate Course, School of Journalism and Communication, 2023-Present

Media Programming, Undergraduate Course, School of Journalism and Communication, 2023-Present

Awards

CAAI "Rising Star Scholar in Social Computing," 2024