Publications

2026

  1. arXiv
    MinkowskiPE: Minkowski Positional Encoding for Spatiotemporal Perception
    Y. Li, L. H. Yao, T. Shi, H. Cao, H. Hao, Z. Zhao, and S. Liu
    arXiv preprint arXiv:2609.33804, 2026
    arXiv
  2. arXiv
    The Linear Representation Hypothesis Needs a Group Action
    L. H. Yao, Y. Li, and S. Liu
    arXiv preprint arXiv:2609.27158, 2026
    arXiv
  3. TMLR
    JE-IRT: A Geometric Lens on LLM Abilities through Joint Embedding Item Response Theory
    L. H. Yao, N. Jarvis, T. Zhan, S. Ghosh, L. Liu, and T. Jiang
    Transactions on Machine Learning Research, 2026
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  4. arXiv
    Cross-Lingual Steering for Figurative Language Generation
    L. Liu, T. Zhan, L. H. Yao, S. Ghosh, and T. Jiang
    arXiv preprint arXiv:2605.30443, 2026
    arXiv
  5. arXiv
    A Minimal Model of Representation Collapse: Frustration, Stop-Gradient, and Dynamics
    L. H. Yao, Y. Li, and S. Liu
    arXiv preprint arXiv:2604.09979, 2026
    arXiv
  6. ACL
    Rhetorical Questions in LLM Representations: A Linear Probing Study
    L. H. Yao, V. Anand, Y. Zhuang, and T. Jiang
    In Proceedings of the 64th Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics, 2026
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  7. EACL
    Towards Robust Evaluation of Visual Activity Recognition: Resolving Verb Ambiguity with Sense Clustering
    L. H. Yao, N. Jarvis, and T. Jiang
    In Findings of the Association for Computational Linguistics: EACL, 2026
    arXiv HTML

2025

  1. Quantum
    Stochastic Resetting in Discrete-time Quantum Dynamics: Steady States and Correlations in Few-qubit Systems
    S. Wald, L. H. Yao, T. Platini, C. Hooley, and F. Carollo
    Quantum, 2025
    arXiv HTML
  2. EPJ B
    Digital Quantum Simulation of Reaction–Diffusion Systems on Lattices
    L. H. Yao
    The European Physical Journal B, 2025
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2023

  1. Phys. Rev. E
    Coined Quantum Walks on the Line: Disorder, Entanglement and Localization
    L. H. Yao and S. Wald
    Physical Review E, 2023
    arXiv HTML
  2. J. Phys. A
    Perturbative Field-Theoretical Analysis of Three-Species Cyclic Predator–Prey Models
    L. H. Yao, M. Swailem, U. Dobramysl, and U. C. Täuber
    Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical, 2023
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2022

  1. Phys. Rev. E
    Critical Dynamics of the Antiferromagnetic O(3) Nonlinear Sigma Model with Conserved Magnetization
    L. H. Yao and U. C. Täuber
    Physical Review E, 2022
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2021

  1. Sci. Rep.
    Social Distancing and Epidemic Resurgence in Agent-Based Susceptible–Infectious–Recovered Models
    R. I. Mukhamadiarov, S. Deng, S. R. Serrao, R. Nandi, L. H. Yao, and U. C. Täuber
    Scientific Reports, 2021
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