Papers by Yuyang Ye

5 papers
LoopCoder: Scaling Code Intelligence via Looped Language Models (2026.findings-acl)

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Challenge: Large language models have mastered syntax-level code generation, but complex algorithmic reasoning remains a challenge.
Approach: They propose a recurrent inductive bias that aligns with the recursive nature of programming logic.
Outcome: The proposed model achieves comparable performance to standard dense models with more parameters.
MolErr2Fix: Benchmarking LLM Trustworthiness in Chemistry via Modular Error Detection, Localization, Explanation, and Correction (2025.emnlp-main)

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Challenge: Large Language Models (LLMs) have shown growing potential in molecular sciences, but they often produce chemically inaccurate descriptions and struggle to recognize or justify potential errors.
Approach: They propose a benchmark to assess LLMs on error detection and correction in molecular descriptions.
Outcome: The proposed benchmark targets LLMs on error detection and correction in molecular descriptions.
UniRAG: Unified Query Understanding Method for Retrieval Augmented Generation (2025.acl-long)

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Challenge: Existing query augmentation methods face knowledge update lag and hallucinations in large language models (LLMs) Existing methods face two key challenges: (1) separation of query augmented and encoding tasks, which hinders information sharing and introduces cumulative errors; (2) difficulty of selecting optimal augmentation strategy for different scenarios.
Approach: They propose a unified framework for query understanding in RAG that integrates internal and external knowledge to enhance query augmentation and encoding tasks.
Outcome: The proposed framework outperforms traditional query augmentation methods in five knowledge-intensive benchmark tasks in both closed and open domain question answering.
Robust Question Answering against Distribution Shifts with Test-Time Adaption: An Empirical Study (2022.findings-emnlp)

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Challenge: Existing work on robustness tuning (RT) methods has found that QA models fail when the test data has a distribution shift compared to the training data.
Approach: They propose to use test-time adaptation methods to improve QA models after deployment to evaluate their model against text corruption and changes in language and domain.
Outcome: The proposed method improves TTA to be more robust to variation in hyper-parameters and test distributions over time.
Logic Jailbreak: Efficiently Unlocking LLM Safety Restrictions Through Formal Logical Expression (2026.findings-acl)

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Challenge: Despite advances in aligning LLMs with human values, current safety mechanisms remain vulnerable to jailbreak attacks.
Approach: They propose a black-box jailbreak method that uses logical expression translation to bypass LLM safety mechanisms.
Outcome: The proposed method exploits the distributional gap between alignment data and logic-expressed inputs while preserving the underlying semantic intent and readability while evading safety constraints.

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