3 papers
cs.IR2026
ITER: Interaction-Aware Retrieval for Agentic Search
Haodong Chen, Shuai Wang, Yu Yin +3
Deep-research agents answer complex user questions through an iterative sequence of search steps, where the agent autonomously formulates sub-queries to retrieve the evidence neede…
cs.IR2026
Search, Inspect, Fetch: Exploiting Structure-Aware Boolean Retrieval for Deep-Search Agents
Shuai Wang, Haodong Chen, Yu Yin +3
Existing deep-search agents use a Search-Visit workflow that retrieves whole webpages without considering the structure they expose through titles, headings, sections, and metadata…
cs.CR2026
Can It Reach the Generator? Investigating the Survival of Prompt-Injection Attacks in Realistic RAG Settings
Yu Yin, Shuai Wang, Bevan Koopman +1
Recent generative engine optimisation (GEO) research has shown that prompt-injection attacks can push a target product to the top of an LLM's recommendation list, with the stronges…