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31 changes: 31 additions & 0 deletions src/lib/data/papers.ts
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Expand Up @@ -257,5 +257,36 @@ export const PAPERS: Paper[] = [
citation: 'IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics 31.3 (2024): 1731-1745.',
proposer: 'Scichen Gao',
tags: ['Chart', 'LLM']
},
{
id: 'kumar-2023-conformal-mcqa',
link: 'https://arxiv.org/abs/2305.18404',
title: 'Conformal Prediction with Large Language Models for Multi-Choice Question Answering',
contribution: 'Conformal prediction sets for LLM answers on multiple-choice questions.',
authors:
'Bhawesh Kumar, Charlie Lu, Gauri Gupta, Anil Palepu, David Bellamy, Ramesh Raskar, Andrew Beam',
citation: 'arXiv:2305.18404, 2023.',
tags: ['Conformal Prediction', 'LLM', 'Uncertainty']
},
{
id: 'zeng-shen-2025-sparse-halfspaces',
link: 'https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.21430',
title:
'Attribute-Efficient PAC Learning of Sparse Halfspaces with Constant Malicious Noise Rate',
contribution:
'Attribute-efficient, noise-robust PAC learning of sparse halfspaces via hinge loss minimization.',
authors: 'Shiwei Zeng, Jie Shen',
citation: 'arXiv:2505.21430, 2025.',
tags: ['Theory', 'PAC Learning', 'Robustness']
},
{
id: 'zhu-2025-rl-explain-human-decisions',
link: 'https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.11614',
title: 'Using Reinforcement Learning to Train Large Language Models to Explain Human Decisions',
contribution:
'RL fine-tuning of LLMs to produce natural-language explanations of human decision making. Code: https://github.com/xhb120633/rl_human_behavior',
authors: 'Jian-Qiao Zhu, Hanbo Xie, Dilip Arumugam, Robert C. Wilson, Thomas L. Griffiths',
citation: 'International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR), 2026.',
tags: ['Reinforcement Learning', 'LLM', 'Cognitive Science']
}
];
85 changes: 80 additions & 5 deletions src/lib/data/schedule.ts
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export type Meeting = {
term: 'Fall 2025' | 'Spring 2026';
term: 'Fall 2025' | 'Spring 2026' | 'Fall 2026';
meetingLabel: string;
date: string;
paperTitle?: string;
leaders?: string;
time: string;
time?: string;
location: string;
canceled?: boolean;
};

const HYBRID_LOCATION = 'Hybrid (Teams + RV2809, Riverfront campus)';
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time: FALL_TIME,
location: HYBRID_LOCATION
},
{
term: 'Fall 2025',
meetingLabel: 'Meeting 6',
date: '2025-12-01',
paperTitle: '',
leaders: '',
time: FALL_TIME,
location: HYBRID_LOCATION
},

// Spring 2026
{
term: 'Spring 2026',
meetingLabel: 'Meeting 1',
date: '2026-01-12',
paperTitle: 'Logistic Meeting for 2026',
paperTitle: 'Logistic Meeting for Spring 2026',
leaders: 'All',
time: SPRING_EARLY_TIME,
location: HYBRID_LOCATION
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{
term: 'Spring 2026',
meetingLabel: 'Meeting 6',
date: '2026-03-30',
time: SPRING_TIME,
location: HYBRID_LOCATION,
canceled: true
},
{
term: 'Spring 2026',
meetingLabel: 'Meeting 7',
date: '2026-04-13',
paperTitle: 'A Multimodal Automated Interpretability Agent',
leaders: 'Dr. Lin Li',
Expand All @@ -118,11 +136,68 @@ export const SCHEDULE: Meeting[] = [
},
{
term: 'Spring 2026',
meetingLabel: 'Meeting 7',
meetingLabel: 'Meeting 8',
date: '2026-04-27',
paperTitle: 'TBD',
paperTitle: 'Covert Malicious Finetuning: Challenges in Safeguarding LLM Adaptation',
leaders: 'Salil',
time: SPRING_TIME,
location: HYBRID_LOCATION
},

// Fall 2026 (meeting time not yet announced)
{
term: 'Fall 2026',
meetingLabel: 'Meeting 1',
date: '2026-08-25',
paperTitle: 'Logistic Meeting for Fall 2026',
leaders: 'All',
location: HYBRID_LOCATION
},
{
term: 'Fall 2026',
meetingLabel: 'Meeting 2',
date: '2026-09-22',
location: HYBRID_LOCATION
},
{
term: 'Fall 2026',
meetingLabel: 'Meeting 3',
date: '2026-10-06',
paperTitle:
'Conformal Prediction with Large Language Models for Multi-Choice Question Answering',
leaders: 'Seth',
location: HYBRID_LOCATION
},
{
term: 'Fall 2026',
meetingLabel: 'Meeting 4',
date: '2026-10-20',
paperTitle:
'Attribute-Efficient PAC Learning of Sparse Halfspaces with Constant Malicious Noise Rate',
leaders: 'Dr. Shiwei Zeng',
location: HYBRID_LOCATION
},
{
term: 'Fall 2026',
meetingLabel: 'Meeting 5',
date: '2026-11-03',
leaders: 'Rita',
location: HYBRID_LOCATION
},
{
term: 'Fall 2026',
meetingLabel: 'Meeting 6',
date: '2026-11-17',
leaders: 'Alireza',
location: HYBRID_LOCATION
},
{
term: 'Fall 2026',
meetingLabel: 'Meeting 7',
date: '2026-12-01',
paperTitle:
'Using Reinforcement Learning to Train Large Language Models to Explain Human Decisions',
leaders: 'Sharmen S',
location: HYBRID_LOCATION
}
];
6 changes: 3 additions & 3 deletions src/routes/+page.svelte
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import { getReviewedPapers } from '$lib/data/review';
import { fmtDate, isPast } from '$lib/dates';

const next = SCHEDULE.find((m) => !isPast(m.date));
const next = SCHEDULE.find((m) => !m.canceled && !isPast(m.date));
const recent = getReviewedPapers()
.filter((p) => p.reviewed && isPast(p.reviewDate!))
.slice(-3)
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<div class="card">
<p class="eyebrow">Next meeting</p>
{#if next}
<h2 class="card-title">{fmtDate(next.date)}, {next.time}</h2>
<h2 class="card-title">{fmtDate(next.date)}{next.time ? `, ${next.time}` : ''}</h2>
<p class="muted small">{next.location}</p>
<p>{next.paperTitle ?? 'Paper to be announced'}</p>
<p>{next.paperTitle?.trim() || 'Paper to be announced'}</p>
{:else}
<h2 class="card-title">Next term</h2>
<p class="muted">
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<li class="row">
<div class="row-meta">
<span>{fmtDate(m.date)}</span>
<span>{m.time}</span>
{#if m.time}<span>{m.time}</span>{/if}
<span>{m.meetingLabel}</span>
</div>
<div class="row-body">
<h3>
{#if m.paperTitle?.trim()}
{#if m.canceled}
<span class="muted">Canceled</span>
{:else if m.paperTitle?.trim()}
{m.paperTitle}
{:else}
<span class="muted">Paper to be decided</span>
{/if}
</h3>
<p class="muted small">{meta(m)}</p>
{#if isPast(m.date)}
{#if m.canceled}
<span class="tag">Canceled</span>
{:else if isPast(m.date)}
<span class="tag ok">Completed</span>
{:else}
<span class="tag">Upcoming</span>
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