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most citedEvolving LLMs' Self-Refinement Capability via Synergistic Training-Inference Optimization

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cs.LG2026

Information-Time Proximal Policy Optimization

Yongcheng Zeng, Xinyu Cui, Yan Song +9

RLVR has substantially improved the reasoning capabilities of LLMs. However, existing methods typically parameterize temporal progression in the Markov Decision Process by token-by…

cs.CL2026

Remember and Reweight: Enhancing Multi-Agent Debate with Experience Memory and Confidence Estimation

Xuanfa Jin, Zhijian Ma, Yongcheng Zeng +3

Multi-agent debate (MAD) improves the reasoning capabilities of large language models by having multiple agents iteratively refine their responses through discussion. However, MAD…

cs.CL2026

Freshness-Aware Prioritized Experience Replay for LLM/VLM Reinforcement Learning

Weiyu Ma, Yongcheng Zeng, Yan Song +4

Reinforcement Learning (RL) has achieved impressive success in post-training Large Language Models (LLMs) and Vision-Language Models (VLMs), with on-policy algorithms such as PPO,…

cs.RO2026

Swimming Under Constraints: A Safe Reinforcement Learning Framework for Quadrupedal Bio-Inspired Propulsion

Xinyu Cui, Fei Han, Hang Xu +9

Bio-inspired aquatic propulsion offers high thrust and maneuverability but is prone to destabilizing forces such as lift fluctuations, which are further amplified by six-degree-of-…

cs.RO2026

Sim2Sea: Sim-to-Real Policy Transfer for Maritime Vessel Navigation in Congested Waters

Xinyu Cui, Xuanfa Jin, Xue Yan +7

Autonomous navigation in congested maritime environments is a critical capability for a wide range of real-world applications. However, it remains an unresolved challenge due to co…

cs.LG2025

Cog-Rethinker: Hierarchical Metacognitive Reinforcement Learning for LLM Reasoning

Zexu Sun, Yongcheng Zeng, Erxue Min +3

Contemporary progress in large language models (LLMs) has revealed notable inferential capacities via reinforcement learning (RL) employing verifiable reward, facilitating the deve…

cs.LG2025

CurES: From Gradient Analysis to Efficient Curriculum Learning for Reasoning LLMs

Yongcheng Zeng, Zexu Sun, Bokai Ji +7

Curriculum learning plays a crucial role in enhancing the training efficiency of large language models (LLMs) on reasoning tasks. However, existing methods often fail to adequately…

cs.LG2025

Staying in the Sweet Spot: Responsive Reasoning Evolution via Capability-Adaptive Hint Scaffolding

Ziheng Li, Zexu Sun, Jinman Zhao +8

Reinforcement learning with verifiable rewards (RLVR) has achieved remarkable success in enhancing the reasoning capabilities of large language models (LLMs). However, existing RLV…

stat.ML2025

Computational Efficient and Minimax Optimal Nonignorable Matrix Completion

Yuanhong A, Guoyu Zhang, Yongcheng Zeng +1

While the matrix completion problem has attracted considerable attention over the decades, few works address the nonignorable missing issue and all have their limitations. In this…

cs.CL2025

PLM: Efficient Peripheral Language Models Hardware-Co-Designed for Ubiquitous Computing

Cheng Deng, Luoyang Sun, Jiwen Jiang +10

While scaling laws have been continuously validated in large language models (LLMs) with increasing model parameters, the inherent tension between the inference demands of LLMs and…

cs.CL2025★ 1 cited

Evolving LLMs' Self-Refinement Capability via Synergistic Training-Inference Optimization

Yongcheng Zeng, Xinyu Cui, Xuanfa Jin +11

Self-Refinement refers to a model's ability to revise its own responses to produce improved outputs. This capability can also serve as a fundamental mechanism for Self-Improvement,…

cs.CL2024

Token-level Direct Preference Optimization

Yongcheng Zeng, Guoqing Liu, Weiyu Ma +3

Fine-tuning pre-trained Large Language Models (LLMs) is essential to align them with human values and intentions. This process often utilizes methods like pairwise comparisons and…