Papers by Tianning Zang
Hit the Nail on the Head: Parameter-Efficient Multi-task Tuning via Human Language Intervention (2024.findings-emnlp)
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| Challenge: | Recent studies show that PEFT on small pre-trained language models improves multitasking capabilities. |
| Approach: | They propose a multi-task learning framework that enables transfer of prior knowledge across tasks . they attach task descriptions to input samples and map them to task embeddings . |
| Outcome: | The proposed method improves performance on a T5 model and in decoder-only models . |
Global Eye: Breaking the “Fixed Thinking Pattern” during the Instruction Expansion Process (2025.acl-long)
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| Challenge: | Existing methods focus on constructing multi-perspective prompts to expand instructions, overlooking the “Fixed Thinking Pattern” issue of Large Language Models. |
| Approach: | They propose a method that analyzes the statistical characteristics of newly generated instructions and updates the prompts after a fixed number of instruction expansions. |
| Outcome: | The proposed method surpasses open-source LLMs and GPT3.5 in several metrics. |
Cultivating Gaming Sense for Yourself: Making VLMs Gaming Experts (2025.acl-long)
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| Challenge: | Recent efforts leverage Vision Language Models (VLMs) as direct controllers, often pausing the game to analyze screens and plan action through language reasoning. |
| Approach: | They propose a paradigm shift in gameplay agent design that uses Vision Language Models as a developer instead of direct control. |
| Outcome: | The proposed framework achieves fluent gameplay in diverse genres, including ACT, FPS, and Flappy Bird, setting a new benchmark for game-playing agents. |