4 papers
Thinking with DistilQwen: A Tale of Four Distilled Reasoning and Reward Model Series
Wenrui Cai, Chengyu Wang, Junbing Yan +2
Recently, the demand for small and efficient reasoning models to support real-world applications has driven the development of knowledge distillation techniques that balance reason…
Enhancing Reasoning Abilities of Small LLMs with Cognitive Alignment
Wenrui Cai, Chengyu Wang, Junbing Yan +2
The reasoning capabilities of large reasoning models (LRMs), such as OpenAI's o1 and DeepSeek-R1, have seen substantial advancements through deep thinking. However, these enhanceme…
EasyDistill: A Comprehensive Toolkit for Effective Knowledge Distillation of Large Language Models
Chengyu Wang, Junbing Yan, Wenrui Cai +2
In this paper, we present EasyDistill, a comprehensive toolkit designed for effective black-box and white-box knowledge distillation (KD) of large language models (LLMs). Our frame…
Reasoning with OmniThought: A Large CoT Dataset with Verbosity and Cognitive Difficulty Annotations
Wenrui Cai, Chengyu Wang, Junbing Yan +2
The emergence of large reasoning models (LRMs) has transformed Natural Language Processing by excelling in complex tasks such as mathematical problem-solving and code generation. T…