2 papers
stat.ML2026
Unsupervised Identification and Removal of Spurious Correlations During Fine-Tuning
Ciarán M. Gilligan-Lee, Joseph Egan, Yuchen Zhu +1
Fine-tuning a pretrained language model on a curated dataset can produce spurious correlations between the fine-tuning task and unintended latent factors -- such as misaligned pers…
stat.ME2025
Local Interference: Removing Interference Bias in Semi-Parametric Causal Models
Michael O'Riordan, Ciarán M. Gilligan-Lee
Interference bias is a major impediment to identifying causal effects in real-world settings. For example, vaccination reduces the transmission of a virus in a population such that…