Papers by Zhengyin Du
TL-Training: A Task-Feature-Based Framework for Training Large Language Models in Tool Use (2025.findings-emnlp)
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Junjie Ye, Yilong Wu, Sixian Li, Yuming Yang, Zhiheng Xi, Tao Gui, Qi Zhang, Xuanjing Huang, Peng Wang, Zhongchao Shi, Jianping Fan, Zhengyin Du
| Challenge: | a new approach to training large language models (LLMs) overlooks task-specific characteristics in tool use, leading to performance bottlenecks. |
| Approach: | They propose a task-feature-based framework that mitigates the effects of suboptimal training data . they use a dataset to train large-scale LLMs and a reward mechanism tailored to error categories . |
| Outcome: | The proposed framework matches or surpasses open- and closed-source LLMs in tool-use performance using only 1,217 training data points. |
Feedback-Driven Tool-Use Improvements in Large Language Models via Automated Build Environments (2026.findings-acl)
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Junjie Ye, Changhao Jiang, Zhengyin Du, Yufei Xu, Xuesong Yao, Zhiheng Xi, Xiaoran Fan, Qi Zhang, Tao Gui, Xuanjing Huang, Jiecao Chen
| Challenge: | Currently, there are no efficient reinforcement learning (RL) frameworks specifically designed for tool use. |
| Approach: | They propose an automated environment construction pipeline that incorporates scenario decomposition, document generation, function integration, complexity scaling, and localized deployment to enable high-quality training environments without external tools. |
| Outcome: | The proposed framework significantly improves the models’ tool-use performance without degrading their general capabilities. |
ToolHop: A Query-Driven Benchmark for Evaluating Large Language Models in Multi-Hop Tool Use (2025.acl-long)
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Junjie Ye, Zhengyin Du, Xuesong Yao, Weijian Lin, Yufei Xu, Zehui Chen, Zaiyuan Wang, Sining Zhu, Zhiheng Xi, Siyu Yuan, Tao Gui, Qi Zhang, Xuanjing Huang, Jiecao Chen
| Challenge: | Effective evaluation of multi-hop tool use is critical for analyzing the understanding, reasoning, and function-calling capabilities of large language models. |
| Approach: | They propose a dataset that provides rigorous evaluation of multi-hop tool use. |
| Outcome: | The proposed model achieves 49.04% accuracy across five model families. |