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Publications (7)

cs.CL2025

Magnetic Preference Optimization: Achieving Last-iterate Convergence for Language Model Alignment

Mingzhi Wang, Chengdong Ma, Qizhi Chen +7

Self-play methods have demonstrated remarkable success in enhancing model capabilities across various domains. In the context of Reinforcement Learning from Human Feedback (RLHF),…

cs.LG2023

Generalized Bandit Regret Minimizer Framework in Imperfect Information Extensive-Form Game

Linjian Meng, Yang Gao

Regret minimization methods are a powerful tool for learning approximate Nash equilibrium (NE) in two-player zero-sum imperfect information extensive-form games (IIEGs). We conside…

cs.AI2026

Thinking-Based Non-Thinking: Solving the Reward Hacking Problem in Training Hybrid Reasoning Models via Reinforcement Learning

Siyuan Gan, Jiaheng Liu, Boyan Wang +8

Large reasoning models (LRMs) have attracted much attention due to their exceptional performance. However, their performance mainly stems from thinking, a long Chain of Thought (Co…

cs.LG2025

Faster Game Solving via Asymmetry of Step Sizes

Linjian Meng, Tianpei Yang, Youzhi Zhang +2

Counterfactual Regret Minimization (CFR) algorithms are widely used to compute a Nash equilibrium (NE) in two-player zero-sum imperfect-information extensive-form games (IIGs). Amo…

cs.CV2026

CoLVR: Enhancing Exploratory Latent Visual Reasoning via Contrastive Optimization

Ziyang Ding, Linjian Meng, Yiming Wu +3

Due to the potential for exploratory reasoning of Latent Visual Reasoning, recent works tend to enable MLLMs (Multimodal Large Language Models) to perform visual reasoning by propa…

cs.LG2025

Tree-Based Stochastic Optimization for Solving Large-Scale Urban Network Security Games

Shuxin Zhuang, Linjian Meng, Shuxin Li +2

Urban Network Security Games (UNSGs), which model the strategic allocation of limited security resources on city road networks, are critical for urban safety. However, finding a Na…

cs.GT2025

Efficient Last-iterate Convergence Algorithms in Solving Games

Linjian Meng, Youzhi Zhang, Zhenxing Ge +6

To establish last-iterate convergence for Counterfactual Regret Minimization (CFR) algorithms in learning a Nash equilibrium (NE) of extensive-form games (EFGs), recent studies ref…