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20202026
most citedAssisted Learning: A Framework for Multi-Organization Learning

15 citations · 19 across the 13 of their papers we have counts for

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14 papers

cs.LG2026

AgentDS Technical Report: Benchmarking the Future of Human-AI Collaboration in Domain-Specific Data Science

An Luo, Jin Du, Xun Xian +12

Data science plays a critical role in transforming complex data into actionable insights across numerous domains. Recent developments in large language models (LLMs) and artificial…

cs.LG2025

Can Agentic AI Match the Performance of Human Data Scientists?

An Luo, Jin Du, Fangqiao Tian +9

Data science plays a critical role in transforming complex data into actionable insights across numerous domains. Recent developments in large language models (LLMs) have significa…

cs.CR2025

STAC: When Innocent Tools Form Dangerous Chains for LLM Agents

Jing-Jing Li, Jianfeng He, Chao Shang +6

As LLMs advance into autonomous agents with tool-use capabilities, they introduce security challenges that extend beyond traditional content-based LLM safety concerns. This paper i…

cs.LG2025

AssistedDS: Benchmarking How External Domain Knowledge Assists LLMs in Automated Data Science

An Luo, Xun Xian, Jin Du +12

Large language models (LLMs) have advanced the automation of data science workflows. Yet it remains unclear whether they can critically leverage external domain knowledge as human…

cs.MA2025

An Outlook on the Opportunities and Challenges of Multi-Agent AI Systems

Fangqiao Tian, An Luo, Jin Du +12

A multi-agent AI system (MAS) is composed of multiple autonomous agents that interact, exchange information, and make decisions based on internal generative models. Recent advances…

cs.AI2025

Ice Cream Doesn't Cause Drowning: Benchmarking LLMs Against Statistical Pitfalls in Causal Inference

Jin Du, Li Chen, Xun Xian +6

Reliable causal inference is essential for making decisions in high-stakes areas like medicine, economics, and public policy. However, it remains unclear whether large language mod…

cs.AI2024

Drift to Remember

Jin Du, Xinhe Zhang, Hao Shen +7

Lifelong learning in artificial intelligence (AI) aims to mimic the biological brain's ability to continuously learn and retain knowledge, yet it faces challenges such as catastrop…

cs.CR2024

On the Vulnerability of Applying Retrieval-Augmented Generation within Knowledge-Intensive Application Domains

Xun Xian, Ganghua Wang, Xuan Bi +5

Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) has been empirically shown to enhance the performance of large language models (LLMs) in knowledge-intensive domains such as healthcare, financ…

cs.CV2024★ 1 cited

RAW: A Robust and Agile Plug-and-Play Watermark Framework for AI-Generated Images with Provable Guarantees

Xun Xian, Ganghua Wang, Xuan Bi +4

Safeguarding intellectual property and preventing potential misuse of AI-generated images are of paramount importance. This paper introduces a robust and agile plug-and-play waterm…

cs.CR2023★ 1 cited

Demystifying Poisoning Backdoor Attacks from a Statistical Perspective

Ganghua Wang, Xun Xian, Jayanth Srinivasa +4

The growing dependence on machine learning in real-world applications emphasizes the importance of understanding and ensuring its safety. Backdoor attacks pose a significant securi…

cs.LG2022★ 2 cited

A Framework for Understanding Model Extraction Attack and Defense

Xun Xian, Mingyi Hong, Jie Ding

The privacy of machine learning models has become a significant concern in many emerging Machine-Learning-as-a-Service applications, where prediction services based on well-trained…

cs.LG2020

ASCII: ASsisted Classification with Ignorance Interchange

Jiaying Zhou, Xun Xian, Na Li +1

The rapid development in data collecting devices and computation platforms produces an emerging number of agents, each equipped with a unique data modality over a particular popula…

cs.CR2020

Imitation Privacy

Xun Xian, Xinran Wang, Mingyi Hong +2

In recent years, there have been many cloud-based machine learning services, where well-trained models are provided to users on a pay-per-query scheme through a prediction API. The…

cs.LG2020★ 15 cited

Assisted Learning: A Framework for Multi-Organization Learning

Xun Xian, Xinran Wang, Jie Ding +1

In an increasing number of AI scenarios, collaborations among different organizations or agents (e.g., human and robots, mobile units) are often essential to accomplish an organiza…