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20242026
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7 papers

cs.LG2026

DynaVieW: Schema-Guided World Modeling for Understanding Hierarchical Visual Dynamics

Silin Gao, Hao Zhao, Zeming Chen +8

Multimodal LLMs struggle to systematically model the temporal evolution of visual scenes in videos or multi-image sequences. Such inputs require models to predict or simulate multi…

cs.CL2026

AbstRaL: Augmenting LLMs' Reasoning by Reinforcing Abstract Thinking

Silin Gao, Antoine Bosselut, Samy Bengio +1

Recent studies have shown that large language models (LLMs), especially smaller ones, often lack robustness in grade school math (GSM) reasoning. In particular, they tend to experi…

cs.CL2025

Apertus: Democratizing Open and Compliant LLMs for Global Language Environments

Project Apertus, Alejandro Hernández-Cano, Alexander Hägele +100

We present Apertus, a fully open suite of large language models (LLMs) designed to address two systemic shortcomings in today's open model ecosystem: data compliance and multilingu…

cs.CV2025

VinaBench: Benchmark for Faithful and Consistent Visual Narratives

Silin Gao, Sheryl Mathew, Li Mi +6

Visual narrative generation transforms textual narratives into sequences of images illustrating the content of the text. However, generating visual narratives that are faithful to…

cs.CL2025

Efficient Tool Use with Chain-of-Abstraction Reasoning

Silin Gao, Jane Dwivedi-Yu, Ping Yu +7

To achieve faithful reasoning that aligns with human expectations, large language models (LLMs) need to ground their reasoning to real-world knowledge (e.g., web facts, math and ph…

cs.CY2024

Could ChatGPT get an Engineering Degree? Evaluating Higher Education Vulnerability to AI Assistants

Beatriz Borges, Negar Foroutan, Deniz Bayazit +87

AI assistants are being increasingly used by students enrolled in higher education institutions. While these tools provide opportunities for improved teaching and education, they a…