My Research
My long-term research goal is to develop the science of language models (LMs) by asking and answering the following questions: What role does each hidden representation play in LLMs? When will they malfunction or cause counterintuitive phenomena? How can we adapt the mechanisms to transcend their inherent limits and better serve the downstream tasks?
To this end, I have been working on a theoretical and empirical analysis of LLM hidden representations LMs, with the aim to provide insights and develop useful tools and cures for LMs.
Awards and Honors
News, Service and Experiences
- [Feb 2025] Will organize a tutorial on "The Quest for A Science of Language Models" at AAAI 2025.
- [Oct 2024] Gave a guest lecture on "Towards A Physiology of Language Model Representations" at Case West Reserve University.
- [Oct 2024] Gave a guest talk at CS 546: Advanced Topics in Natural Language Processing on the science of LMs while serving as a TA.
- [Oct 2024] Gave an invited talk at UIUC ML Seminar on "Towards A Physiology of Language Model Representations".
- [Sep 2024] Serving as Area Chair for EMNLP 2024 Demos.
- [Sep 2024] Our work LM-Infinite and LM-Steer are covered by UIUC News.
- [Aug 2024] Obtained my paragliding certificate!
- [2024] Co-organizer of UIUC Spring 2024 NLP Seminar series.
- [2023-2024] BBQ Co-Chair for the UIUC AI and DAIS group.