collaborators

6 papers

cs.AI2026

ARCO: Adaptive Rubrics with Co-Evolution for Multi-Step LLM-Based Agents

Zihang Tian, Jingsen Zhang, Rui Li +3

Reinforcement learning for multi-step LLM agents often relies on scalar rewards that indicate success but cannot explain why a trajectory is good or bad. Rubric-based rewards impro…

cs.CL2026

HAPS: Hierarchical LLM Routing with Joint Architecture and Parameter Search

Zihang Tian, Rui Li, Jingsen Zhang +3

Large language model (LLM) routing aims to exploit the specialized strengths of different LLMs for diverse tasks. However, existing approaches typically focus on selecting LLM arch…

cs.IR2025

Explainable Recommendation with Simulated Human Feedback

Jiakai Tang, Jingsen Zhang, Zihang Tian +3

Recent advancements in explainable recommendation have greatly bolstered user experience by elucidating the decision-making rationale. However, the existing methods actually fail t…

cs.CL2025

Expectation Confirmation Preference Optimization for Multi-Turn Conversational Recommendation Agent

Xueyang Feng, Jingsen Zhang, Jiakai Tang +6

Recent advancements in Large Language Models (LLMs) have significantly propelled the development of Conversational Recommendation Agents (CRAs). However, these agents often generat…

cs.AI2025

A Survey on Large Language Model based Autonomous Agents

Lei Wang, Chen Ma, Xueyang Feng +10

Autonomous agents have long been a prominent research focus in both academic and industry communities. Previous research in this field often focuses on training agents with limited…

cs.IR2025

Enhancing Recommendation Explanations through User-Centric Refinement

Jingsen Zhang, Zihang Tian, Xueyang Feng +1

Generating natural language explanations for recommendations has become increasingly important in recommender systems. Traditional approaches typically treat user reviews as ground…