3 papers
cs.LG2026
Demystifying On-Policy Distillation: Where Does the Teacher's Advantage Live?
Yiping Li, Fan Zhao, Zhibo Hou +2
On-policy distillation (OPD) is increasingly studied as a cheaper alternative to reinforcement learning, yet it remains a form of knowledge distillation (KD) that relies on teacher…
cs.CL2026
Sanzaru: Benchmarking Protocol Formation under Epistemic & Communication Asymmetry
Yiping Li, Zhiyu An, Wan Du
A language model's ability to solve a task individually does not ensure that a team can solve it under unequal access to information and communication. SANZARU examines this gap th…
cs.CL2026
Neither True nor False: Do LLMs Represent Truth-Value Gaps in Plural Predication?
Duaa Nakshbandi, Zhiyu An, Yiping Li +2
Large Language Models (LLMs) are increasingly being used to summarize and verify claims in critical sources that inform consequential decisions. Such claims are full of plural defi…