Lei Xiao
Author directory2026
Advancing ESG Intelligence: An Expert-level Agent and Comprehensive Benchmark for Sustainable Finance
Yilei Zhao | Wentao Zhang | Lei Xiao | Yandan Zheng | Mengpu Liu | Wei Yang Bryan Lim
Proceedings of the 2026 Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing
Yilei Zhao | Wentao Zhang | Lei Xiao | Yandan Zheng | Mengpu Liu | Wei Yang Bryan Lim
Proceedings of the 2026 Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing
Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) criteria are essential for evaluating corporate sustainability, yet professional ESG analysis is hindered by data fragmentation and complex multi-step workflows. Existing ESG benchmarks rely on LLM-generated questions that often suffer from semantic ambiguity, limiting their diagnostic reliability. We introduce ESGAgent, a hierarchical multi-agent system with a domain-oriented toolset for automating end-to-end ESG workflows, and a three-level benchmark derived from 310 corporate sustainability reports, featuring expert-sourced questions with verified, unambiguous answers at Levels 1-2 and full report generation at Level 3. Evaluations across 20 state-of-the-art closed-source LLMs show that ESGAgent achieves 84.15% accuracy on Levels 1-2, surpassing the strongest baseline by 3.26 points, and produces Level 3 reports with higher factual consistency and analytical depth than commercial deep research systems, validated by both multi-LLM judging and human expert evaluation, showing a robust alignment (Pearson r=0.551).
SEMIROUTER: Sparse-Data Enhanced Routing for Adaptive Multi-LLM System
Zijie Wang | Xinyu Yan | Che Wang | Zeng Zihao | Lei Xiao | Wei Yang Bryan Lim
Proceedings of the 19th Conference of the European Chapter of the Association for Computational Linguistics (Volume 1: Long Papers)
Zijie Wang | Xinyu Yan | Che Wang | Zeng Zihao | Lei Xiao | Wei Yang Bryan Lim
Proceedings of the 19th Conference of the European Chapter of the Association for Computational Linguistics (Volume 1: Long Papers)
Large Language Models (LLMs) exhibit remarkable capabilities, but no single model optimally balances serving quality and deployment cost across diverse tasks. Multi-LLM systems address this challenge through intelligent routing mechanisms that dynamically allocate queries to the most appropriate model. However, existing routing methods suffer from two fundamental limitations: (i) dependence on extensive full-response datasets for training, and (ii) poor scalability when incorporating new models, typically necessitating retraining from scratch. In this paper, we propose SemiRouter, a novel LLM routing framework designed for data-sparse and evolving model environments. Our approach combines a data-efficient training methodology with an adaptive architecture that enables seamless integration of new models under limited supervision. As an extension, we also consider energy footprint as a potential deployment cost in our routing decision. Empirical evaluations demonstrate that our method improves data efficiency, adaptability, and routing accuracy compared to existing approaches, providing a scalable solution for dynamic multi-LLM deployment.