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most citedSelf-Play Preference Optimization for Language Model Alignment

12 citations · 40 across the 15 of their papers we have counts for

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15 papers

cs.LG2026

Fast Weight Attention for Continual Learning

Yifan Zhang, Steve Ta, Jasper Zhang +8

Recurrent fast-weight memories and selective state-space models compress an expanding context into a fixed-size recurrent state, making the state transition an online learning rule…

cs.LG2025

Group Representational Position Encoding

Yifan Zhang, Zixiang Chen, Yifeng Liu +6

We present GRAPE (Group Representational Position Encoding), a unified framework for positional encoding based on group actions. GRAPE unifies two families of mechanisms: (i) multi…

cs.CL2025

Causal Attention with Lookahead Keys

Zhuoqing Song, Peng Sun, Huizhuo Yuan +1

In standard causal attention, each token's query, key, and value (QKV) are static and encode only preceding context. We introduce CAuSal aTtention with Lookahead kEys (CASTLE), an…

cs.LG2025

On the Design of KL-Regularized Policy Gradient Algorithms for LLM Reasoning

Yifan Zhang, Yifeng Liu, Huizhuo Yuan +3

Policy gradient algorithms have been successfully applied to enhance the reasoning capabilities of large language models (LLMs). KL regularization is ubiquitous, yet the design sur…

cs.LG2025★ 1 cited

ConfRover: Simultaneous Modeling of Protein Conformation and Dynamics via Autoregression

Yuning Shen, Lihao Wang, Huizhuo Yuan +3

Understanding protein dynamics is critical for elucidating their biological functions. The increasing availability of molecular dynamics (MD) data enables the training of deep gene…

cs.LG2025

RSPO: Regularized Self-Play Alignment of Large Language Models

Xiaohang Tang, Sangwoong Yoon, Seongho Son +3

Self-play-based policy optimization has emerged as an effective approach for fine-tuning large language models (LLMs), formulating preference optimization as a two-player game. How…

cs.CL2025★ 4 cited

Tensor Product Attention Is All You Need

Yifan Zhang, Yifeng Liu, Huizhuo Yuan +4

Scaling language models to handle longer input sequences typically necessitates large key-value (KV) caches, resulting in substantial memory overhead during inference. In this pape…

cs.LG2024

Towards Simple and Provable Parameter-Free Adaptive Gradient Methods

Yuanzhe Tao, Yifeng Liu, Huizhuo Yuan +3

Optimization algorithms such as AdaGrad and Adam have significantly advanced the training of deep models by dynamically adjusting the learning rate during the optimization process.…

cs.LG2024

MARS: Unleashing the Power of Variance Reduction for Training Large Models

Huizhuo Yuan, Yifeng Liu, Shuang Wu +2

Training deep neural networks--and more recently, large models demands efficient and scalable optimizers. Adaptive gradient algorithms like Adam, AdamW, and their variants have bee…

cs.LG2024

Accelerated Preference Optimization for Large Language Model Alignment

Jiafan He, Huizhuo Yuan, Quanquan Gu

Reinforcement Learning from Human Feedback (RLHF) has emerged as a pivotal tool for aligning large language models (LLMs) with human preferences. Direct Preference Optimization (DP…

cs.LG2024★ 12 cited

Self-Play Preference Optimization for Language Model Alignment

Yue Wu, Zhiqing Sun, Huizhuo Yuan +3

Standard reinforcement learning from human feedback (RLHF) approaches relying on parametric models like the Bradley-Terry model fall short in capturing the intransitivity and irrat…

q-bio.BM2024★ 12 cited

Protein Conformation Generation via Force-Guided SE(3) Diffusion Models

Yan Wang, Lihao Wang, Yuning Shen +4

The conformational landscape of proteins is crucial to understanding their functionality in complex biological processes. Traditional physics-based computational methods, such as m…

cs.LG2024

Self-Play Fine-Tuning of Diffusion Models for Text-to-Image Generation

Huizhuo Yuan, Zixiang Chen, Kaixuan Ji +1

Fine-tuning Diffusion Models remains an underexplored frontier in generative artificial intelligence (GenAI), especially when compared with the remarkable progress made in fine-tun…

cs.LG2024★ 11 cited

Self-Play Fine-Tuning Converts Weak Language Models to Strong Language Models

Zixiang Chen, Yihe Deng, Huizhuo Yuan +2

Harnessing the power of human-annotated data through Supervised Fine-Tuning (SFT) is pivotal for advancing Large Language Models (LLMs). In this paper, we delve into the prospect o…

cs.LG2023

Fast Sampling via Discrete Non-Markov Diffusion Models with Predetermined Transition Time

Zixiang Chen, Huizhuo Yuan, Yongqian Li +3

Discrete diffusion models have emerged as powerful tools for high-quality data generation. Despite their success in discrete spaces, such as text generation tasks, the acceleration…