Papers by Mingzhu Sun
Distributional Clarity: The Hidden Driver of RL-Friendliness in Large Language Models (2026.acl-long)
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| Challenge: | RL-friendly models exhibit intra-class compactness and inter-class separation in probability assignments . under identical training, Qwen models achieve substantial gains, while others like Llama yield limited improvements. |
| Approach: | They propose a method to quantify distributional clarity in probability space . they show distributional clearness is a trainable property underlying RL-Friendliness . |
| Outcome: | The proposed model families achieve substantial gains under identical training, while others like Llama yield limited improvements. |
MeepleLM: A Virtual Playtester Simulating Diverse Subjective Experiences (2026.acl-long)
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Zizhen Li, Chuanhao Li, Yibin Wang, Jianwen Sun, Yukang Feng, Jiaxin Ai, Fanrui Zhang, Mingzhu Sun, Yifei Huang, Kaipeng Zhang
| Challenge: | Recent advances in large language models have expanded the role of board games as creative co-designers . however, current systems lack the capacity to offer constructive critique grounded in the emergent user experience . |
| Approach: | They propose a large language model that internalizes persona-specific reasoning patterns to accurately simulate the subjective feedback of diverse player archetypes. |
| Outcome: | The proposed model outperforms commercial models in community alignment and critique quality. |
InMind: Evaluating LLMs in Capturing and Applying Individual Human Reasoning Styles (2025.emnlp-main)
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Zizhen Li, Chuanhao Li, Yibin Wang, Qi Chen, Diping Song, Yukang Feng, Jianwen Sun, Jiaxin Ai, Fanrui Zhang, Mingzhu Sun, Kaipeng Zhang
| Challenge: | Recent large language models (LLMs) have demonstrated strong reasoning abilities across complex mathematical and scientific domains. |
| Approach: | They propose a framework to assess whether LLMs can capture and apply personalized reasoning styles in social deduction games. |
| Outcome: | The proposed framework evaluates LLMs on the game Avalon and shows that they can capture and apply individualized reasoning styles. |