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20232026
most citedTDRM: Smooth Reward Models with Temporal Difference for LLM RL and Inference

1 citations · 1 across the 9 of their papers we have counts for

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11 papers

cs.AI2026

EAU: Environment-Agent-User Co-evolution for Training User-Centric Agents

Min Cai, Dan Zhang, Gao Xing +3

Training LLM agents to interact with users over multiple turns is challenging because the learning signal depends not only on the agent, but also on the user simulator and environm…

cs.CL2026

Advancing General-Purpose Reasoning Models with Modular Gradient Surgery

Min Cai, Yu Liang, Longzheng Wang +6

Reinforcement learning (RL) has played a central role in recent advances in large reasoning models (LRMs), yielding strong gains in verifiable and open-ended reasoning. However, tr…

cs.CL2026

Talk Less, Verify More: Improving LLM Assistants with Semantic Checks and Execution Feedback

Yan Sun, Ming Cai, Stanley Kok

As large language model (LLM) assistants become increasingly integrated into enterprise workflows, their ability to generate accurate, semantically aligned, and executable outputs…

cs.LG2025★ 1 cited

TDRM: Smooth Reward Models with Temporal Difference for LLM RL and Inference

Dan Zhang, Min Cai, Jonathan Light +3

Reward models are central to both reinforcement learning (RL) with language models and inference-time verification. However, existing reward models often lack temporal consistency,…

cs.LG2025

Two Minds Better Than One: Collaborative Reward Modeling for LLM Alignment

Jiazheng Zhang, Wenqing Jing, Zizhuo Zhang +12

Reward models (RMs) are central to aligning large language models (LLMs) with human values, yet noisy preference feedback can induce reward misgeneralization through spurious corre…

cs.CL2025

How Post-Training Reshapes LLMs: A Mechanistic View on Knowledge, Truthfulness, Refusal, and Confidence

Hongzhe Du, Weikai Li, Min Cai +5

Post-training is essential for the success of large language models (LLMs), transforming pre-trained base models into more useful and aligned post-trained models. While plenty of w…

cs.CL2025

DataSciBench: An LLM Agent Benchmark for Data Science

Dan Zhang, Sining Zhoubian, Min Cai +7

This paper presents DataSciBench, a comprehensive benchmark for evaluating Large Language Model (LLM) capabilities in data science. Recent related benchmarks have primarily focused…

cs.AI2024

PIANIST: Learning Partially Observable World Models with LLMs for Multi-Agent Decision Making

Jonathan Light, Sixue Xing, Yuanzhe Liu +7

Effective extraction of the world knowledge in LLMs for complex decision-making tasks remains a challenge. We propose a framework PIANIST for decomposing the world model into seven…

cs.AI2024

Strategist: Self-improvement of LLM Decision Making via Bi-Level Tree Search

Jonathan Light, Min Cai, Weiqin Chen +5

Traditional reinforcement learning and planning typically requires vast amounts of data and training to develop effective policies. In contrast, large language models (LLMs) exhibi…

cs.CL2024

Self-Control of LLM Behaviors by Compressing Suffix Gradient into Prefix Controller

Min Cai, Yuchen Zhang, Shichang Zhang +5

We propose SelfControl, an inference-time model control method utilizing gradients to control the behavior of large language models (LLMs) without explicit human annotations. Given…

cs.AI2023

AvalonBench: Evaluating LLMs Playing the Game of Avalon

Jonathan Light, Min Cai, Sheng Shen +1

In this paper, we explore the potential of Large Language Models (LLMs) Agents in playing the strategic social deduction game, Resistance Avalon. Players in Avalon are challenged n…