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most citedRobust Graph Neural Networks via Unbiased Aggregation

3 citations · 8 across the 10 of their papers we have counts for

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cs.LG2026

Towards One-for-All Robustness Across a Continuum of Threat Levels

Zhichao Hou, Xiaorui Liu

Adversarially robust models often overfit to a specific attack budget, necessitating multiple specialized models for diverse and dynamic adversarial environments, a strategy that b…

cs.LG2025

Fine-Grained Iterative Adversarial Attacks with Limited Computation Budget

Zhichao Hou, Weizhi Gao, Xiaorui Liu

This work tackles a critical challenge in AI safety research under limited compute: given a fixed computation budget, how can one maximize the strength of iterative adversarial att…

cs.CV2025

Modulated Diffusion: Accelerating Generative Modeling with Modulated Quantization

Weizhi Gao, Zhichao Hou, Junqi Yin +3

Diffusion models have emerged as powerful generative models, but their high computation cost in iterative sampling remains a significant bottleneck. In this work, we present an in-…

cs.LG2025

Boosting Adversarial Robustness and Generalization with Dictionary Structure

Zhichao Hou, Weizhi Gao, Hamid Krim +2

This work investigates a novel approach to boost adversarial robustness and generalization by incorporating structural prior into the design of deep learning models. Specifically,…

q-bio.GN2024★ 1 cited

Exploring the Potentials and Challenges of Using Large Language Models for the Analysis of Transcriptional Regulation of Long Non-coding RNAs

Wei Wang, Zhichao Hou, Xiaorui Liu +1

Research on long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) has garnered significant attention due to their critical roles in gene regulation and disease mechanisms. However, the complexity and div…

cs.LG2024★ 1 cited

Certified Robustness for Deep Equilibrium Models via Serialized Random Smoothing

Weizhi Gao, Zhichao Hou, Han Xu +1

Implicit models such as Deep Equilibrium Models (DEQs) have emerged as promising alternative approaches for building deep neural networks. Their certified robustness has gained inc…

cs.LG2024★ 2 cited

ProTransformer: Robustify Transformers via Plug-and-Play Paradigm

Zhichao Hou, Weizhi Gao, Yuchen Shen +2

Transformer-based architectures have dominated various areas of machine learning in recent years. In this paper, we introduce a novel robust attention mechanism designed to enhance…

cs.LG2023★ 3 cited

Robust Graph Neural Networks via Unbiased Aggregation

Zhichao Hou, Ruiqi Feng, Tyler Derr +1

The adversarial robustness of Graph Neural Networks (GNNs) has been questioned due to the false sense of security uncovered by strong adaptive attacks despite the existence of nume…

cs.LG2023

Automated Polynomial Filter Learning for Graph Neural Networks

Wendi Yu, Zhichao Hou, Xiaorui Liu

Polynomial graph filters have been widely used as guiding principles in the design of Graph Neural Networks (GNNs). Recently, the adaptive learning of the polynomial graph filters…

cs.LG2023★ 1 cited

Harnessing Trust in Directed Graphs: Redefining Robustness of Graph Learning

Zhichao Hou, Xitong Zhang, Wei Wang +2

Existing research on robust Graph Neural Networks (GNNs) focuses predominantly on undirected graphs, overlooking the trustworthiness inherent in the link directions of directed gra…