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most citedGraphOTTER: Evolving LLM-based Graph Reasoning for Complex Table Question Answering

3 citations · 11 across the 30 of their papers we have counts for

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31 papers

cs.AI2026

RealWorldShop: Benchmarking and Improving Conversational Shopping Agents in Real-World E-commerce

Xinwei Yang, Kelong Mao, Yudong Guo +4

Large language models are reshaping ecommerce from static recommenders into interactive shopping assistants, yet real-world shopping requires session-level decision support: users…

cs.AI2026

Clearing the Fog: Towards Installing and Refining Proactive Exploration Capabilities in LLM Agents

Zhizhao Guan, Chen Huang, Ziming Liu +5

We study proactive exploration in LLM agents, i.e., the ability to explore an environment to acquire information that improves future decision-making. In this regard, we first iden…

cs.IR2026

Towards Effective Structured Context Modeling for Conversational Recommender Systems via Dual-node Monte Carlo Tree Search

Jincheng Zhang, Chen Huang, Wenqiang Lei +2

We investigate the role of conversational context modeling in user preference tracking for Conversational Recommendation Systems (CRSs). In this regard, we propose DREAMS, a novel…

cs.CL2026

ExpConCAD: Experience-Guided Text-to-CAD Generation from Shape Descriptions with Implicit Spatial Constraints

Jingyao Liu, Jinkang Tang, Chen Huang +2

Text-to-CAD aims to generate executable CAD programs from natural-language descriptions. However, real-world descriptions are often underspecified and omit critical spatial constra…

cs.AI2026

HippoSpark: An On-Demand Experience System for LLM Reasoning

Jingyao Liu, Danling Meng, Chen Huang +5

Distilling historical trajectories into reusable experience to enhance future problem-solving has become a focal point of recent LLM research. However, existing methods predominant…

cs.IR2026

Unlocking Biological Workflows for Robust Protein-Text Question Answering: A Dual-Dimensional RAG Framework

Li Ding, Duanyu Feng, Chen Huang +4

Protein-Text Question Answering (QA) is crucial for interpreting biological sequences through natural language. The integration of Large Language Models (LLMs) with Retrieval-Augme…

cs.AI2026

Beyond Prompt: Fine-grained Simulation of Cognitively Impaired Standardized Patients via Stochastic Steering

Weikang Zhang, Zimo Zhu, Zhichuan Yang +3

Simulating Standardized Patients with cognitive impairment offers a scalable and ethical solution for clinical training. However, existing methods rely on discrete prompt engineeri…

cs.CL2026

METER: Evaluating Multi-Level Contextual Causal Reasoning in Large Language Models

Pengfeng Li, Chen Huang, Chaoqun Hao +4

Contextual causal reasoning is a critical yet challenging capability for Large Language Models (LLMs). Existing benchmarks, however, often evaluate this skill in fragmented setting…

cs.CL2026

METRO: Towards Strategy Induction from Expert Dialogue Transcripts for Non-collaborative Dialogues

Haofu Yang, Jiaji Liu, Chen Huang +3

Developing non-collaborative dialogue agents traditionally requires the manual, unscalable codification of expert strategies. We propose \ours, a method that leverages large langua…

cs.AI2026

Towards Proactive Information Probing: Customer Service Chatbots Harvesting Value from Conversation

Chen Huang, Zitan Jiang, Changyi Zou +2

Customer service chatbots are increasingly expected to serve not merely as reactive support tools for users, but as strategic interfaces for harvesting high-value information and b…

cs.IR2026

STAR: Semantic-Tuned and Tail-Adaptive Retriever for Graph-Augmented Generation

Shuai Li, Chen Huang, Duanyu Feng +2

To augment Large Language Models (LLMs) for multi-hop question answering, a mainstream solution within Graph Retrieval Augmented Generation (GraphRAG) leverages lightweight retriev…

cs.HC2026

LETGAMES: An LLM-Powered Gamified Approach to Cognitive Training for Patients with Cognitive Impairment

Jingwei Shi, Shengyu Tao, Xinxiang Yin +3

The application of games as a therapeutic tool for cognitive training is beneficial for patients with cognitive impairments. However, effective game design for individual patient i…

cs.SE2025

E2Edev: Benchmarking Large Language Models in End-to-End Software Development Task

Jingyao Liu, Chen Huang, Zhizhao Guan +2

The rapid advancement in large language models (LLMs) has demonstrated significant potential in End-to-End Software Development (E2ESD). However, existing E2ESD benchmarks are limi…

cs.AI2025

ELABORATION: A Comprehensive Benchmark on Human-LLM Competitive Programming

Xinwei Yang, Zhaofeng Liu, Chen Huang +4

While recent research increasingly emphasizes the value of human-LLM collaboration in competitive programming and proposes numerous empirical methods, a comprehensive understanding…

cs.CL2025

Can Large Language Models Understand Internet Buzzwords Through User-Generated Content

Chen Huang, Junkai Luo, Xinzuo Wang +2

The massive user-generated content (UGC) available in Chinese social media is giving rise to the possibility of studying internet buzzwords. In this paper, we study if large langua…

cs.CL2025

Breaking the Stigma! Unobtrusively Probe Symptoms in Depression Disorder Diagnosis Dialogue

Jieming Cao, Chen Huang, Yanan Zhang +3

Stigma has emerged as one of the major obstacles to effectively diagnosing depression, as it prevents users from open conversations about their struggles. This requires advanced qu…

cs.CL2025

How to Enable Effective Cooperation Between Humans and NLP Models: A Survey of Principles, Formalizations, and Beyond

Chen Huang, Yang Deng, Wenqiang Lei +3

With the advancement of large language models (LLMs), intelligent models have evolved from mere tools to autonomous agents with their own goals and strategies for cooperating with…

cs.CL2024★ 3 cited

GraphOTTER: Evolving LLM-based Graph Reasoning for Complex Table Question Answering

Qianlong Li, Chen Huang, Shuai Li +3

Complex Table Question Answering involves providing accurate answers to specific questions based on intricate tables that exhibit complex layouts and flexible header locations. Des…

cs.CL2024

Beyond Persuasion: Towards Conversational Recommender System with Credible Explanations

Peixin Qin, Chen Huang, Yang Deng +2

With the aid of large language models, current conversational recommender system (CRS) has gaining strong abilities to persuade users to accept recommended items. While these CRSs…

cs.CL2024★ 2 cited

CLAMBER: A Benchmark of Identifying and Clarifying Ambiguous Information Needs in Large Language Models

Tong Zhang, Peixin Qin, Yang Deng +6

Large language models (LLMs) are increasingly used to meet user information needs, but their effectiveness in dealing with user queries that contain various types of ambiguity rema…

cs.CL2024

STYLE: Improving Domain Transferability of Asking Clarification Questions in Large Language Model Powered Conversational Agents

Yue Chen, Chen Huang, Yang Deng +4

Equipping a conversational search engine with strategies regarding when to ask clarification questions is becoming increasingly important across various domains. Attributing to the…

cs.CL2024

ARAIDA: Analogical Reasoning-Augmented Interactive Data Annotation

Chen Huang, Yiping Jin, Ilija Ilievski +2

Human annotation is a time-consuming task that requires a significant amount of effort. To address this issue, interactive data annotation utilizes an annotation model to provide s…

cs.HC2024★ 1 cited

Co-Matching: Towards Human-Machine Collaborative Legal Case Matching

Chen Huang, Xinwei Yang, Yang Deng +3

Recent efforts have aimed to improve AI machines in legal case matching by integrating legal domain knowledge. However, successful legal case matching requires the tacit knowledge…

cs.CL2024★ 3 cited

Concept -- An Evaluation Protocol on Conversational Recommender Systems with System-centric and User-centric Factors

Chen Huang, Peixin Qin, Yang Deng +3

The conversational recommendation system (CRS) has been criticized regarding its user experience in real-world scenarios, despite recent significant progress achieved in academia.…