Exploring Mode Connectivity for Pre-trained Language Models. - Yujia Qin; Cheng Qian 008; Jing Yi; Weize Chen; Yankai Lin; Xu Han 007; Zhiyuan Liu 001; Maosong Sun 001; Jie Zhou 016 (EMNLP, 2022)

Recyclable Tuning for Continual Pre-training. - Yujia Qin; Cheng Qian 008; Xu Han 007; Yankai Lin; Huadong Wang; Ruobing Xie; Zhiyuan Liu 001; Maosong Sun 001; Jie Zhou 016 (ACL (Findings), 2023)

CREATOR: Tool Creation for Disentangling Abstract and Concrete Reasoning of Large Language Models. - Cheng Qian 008; Chi Han; Yi Ren Fung 001; Yujia Qin; Zhiyuan Liu 001; Heng Ji 001 (EMNLP (Findings), 2023)

Tool Learning with Foundation Models. - Yujia Qin; Shengding Hu; Yankai Lin; Weize Chen; Ning Ding 002; Ganqu Cui; Zheni Zeng; Yufei Huang 008; Chaojun Xiao; Chi Han; Yi Ren Fung 001; Yusheng Su; et al. (CoRR, 2023)

CREATOR: Disentangling Abstract and Concrete Reasonings of Large Language Models through Tool Creation. - Cheng Qian 008; Chi Han; Yi R. Fung 001; Yujia Qin; Zhiyuan Liu 001; Heng Ji 001 (CoRR, 2023)

"Merge Conflicts!" Exploring the Impacts of External Distractors to Parametric Knowledge Graphs. - Cheng Qian 008; Xinran Zhao; Sherry Tongshuang Wu (CoRR, 2023)

Tell Me More! Towards Implicit User Intention Understanding of Language Model Driven Agents. - Cheng Qian 008; Bingxiang He; Zhong Zhuang; Jia Deng; Yujia Qin; Xin Cong; Zhong Zhang; Jie Zhou 016; Yankai Lin; Zhiyuan Liu 001; Maosong Sun 001 (ACL (1), 2024)

Toolink: Linking Toolkit Creation and Using through Chain-of-Solving on Open-Source Model. - Cheng Qian 008; Chenyan Xiong; Zhenghao Liu 001; Zhiyuan Liu 001 (NAACL-HLT, 2024)

Investigate-Consolidate-Exploit: A General Strategy for Inter-Task Agent Self-Evolution. - Cheng Qian 008; Shihao Liang; Yujia Qin; Yining Ye; Xin Cong; Yankai Lin; Yesai Wu; Zhiyuan Liu 001; Maosong Sun 001 (CoRR, 2024)

Zero-Shot Generalization during Instruction Tuning: Insights from Similarity and Granularity. - Bingxiang He; Ning Ding 002; Cheng Qian 008; Jia Deng; Ganqu Cui; Lifan Yuan; Huan-ang Gao; Huimin Chen; Zhiyuan Liu 001; Maosong Sun 001 (CoRR, 2024)

Aligning LLMs with Individual Preferences via Interaction. - Shujin Wu; May Fung; Cheng Qian 008; Jeonghwan Kim; Dilek Hakkani-Tur; Heng Ji 001 (CoRR, 2024)

Distance between Relevant Information Pieces Causes Bias in Long-Context LLMs. - Runchu Tian; Yanghao Li; Yuepeng Fu; Siyang Deng; Qinyu Luo; Cheng Qian 008; Shuo Wang; Xin Cong; Zhong Zhang; Yesai Wu; Yankai Lin; Huadong Wang; et al. (CoRR, 2024)

EscapeBench: Pushing Language Models to Think Outside the Box. - Cheng Qian 008; Peixuan Han; Qinyu Luo; Bingxiang He; Xiusi Chen; Yuji Zhang 002; Hongyi Du; Jiarui Yao; Xiaocheng Yang; Denghui Zhang; Yunzhu Li; Heng Ji 001 (CoRR, 2024)

Enhancing Open-Domain Task-Solving Capability of LLMs via Autonomous Tool Integration from GitHub. - Bohan Lyu 001; Xin Cong; Heyang Yu; Pan Yang 022; Cheng Qian 008; Zihe Wang; Yujia Qin; Yining Ye; Yaxi Lu; Chen Qian; Zhong Zhang; Yukun Yan; et al. (ACL (1), 2025)

The Law of Knowledge Overshadowing: Towards Understanding, Predicting and Preventing LLM Hallucination. - Yuji Zhang 002; Sha Li; Cheng Qian 008; Jiateng Liu; Pengfei Yu; Chi Han; Yi R. Fung 001; Kathleen McKeown; ChengXiang Zhai; Manling Li; Heng Ji 001 (ACL (Findings), 2025)

SMART: Self-Aware Agent for Tool Overuse Mitigation. - Cheng Qian 008; Emre Can Acikgoz; Hongru Wang 011; Xiusi Chen; Avirup Sil; Dilek Hakkani-Tür; Gokhan Tur; Heng Ji 001 (ACL (Findings), 2025)

EscapeBench: Towards Advancing Creative Intelligence of Language Model Agents. - Cheng Qian 008; Peixuan Han; Qinyu Luo; Bingxiang He; Xiusi Chen; Yuji Zhang 002; Hongyi Du; Jiarui Yao; Xiaocheng Yang; Denghui Zhang; Yunzhu Li; Heng Ji 001 (ACL (1), 2025)

The Right Time Matters: Data Arrangement Affects Zero-Shot Generalization in Instruction Tuning. - Bingxiang He; Ning Ding 002; Cheng Qian 008; Jia Deng; Ganqu Cui; Lifan Yuan; Haiwen Hong; Huan-ang Gao; Longtao Huang; Hui Xue 001; Huimin Chen; Zhiyuan Liu 001; et al. (ACL (Findings), 2025)

MultiAgentBench : Evaluating the Collaboration and Competition of LLM agents. - Kunlun Zhu; Hongyi Du; Zhaochen Hong; Xiaocheng Yang; Shuyi Guo; Zhe Wang; Zhenhailong Wang; Cheng Qian 008; Robert Tang; Heng Ji 001; Jiaxuan You (ACL (1), 2025)

Aligning LLMs with Individual Preferences via Interaction. - Shujin Wu; Yi R. Fung 001; Cheng Qian 008; Jeonghwan Kim; Dilek Hakkani-Tur; Heng Ji 001 (COLING, 2025)

Proactive Agent: Shifting LLM Agents from Reactive Responses to Active Assistance. - Yaxi Lu; Shenzhi Yang; Cheng Qian 008; Guirong Chen; Qinyu Luo; Yesai Wu; Huadong Wang; Xin Cong; Zhong Zhang; Yankai Lin; Weiwen Liu; Yasheng Wang; et al. (ICLR, 2025)

Internal Activation as the Polar Star for Steering Unsafe LLM Behavior. - Peixuan Han; Cheng Qian 008; Xiusi Chen; Yuji Zhang 002; Denghui Zhang; Heng Ji 001 (CoRR, 2025)

EmbodiedBench: Comprehensive Benchmarking Multi-modal Large Language Models for Vision-Driven Embodied Agents. - Rui Yang 010; Hanyang Chen; Junyu Zhang; Mark Zhao; Cheng Qian 008; Kangrui Wang; Qineng Wang; Teja Venkat Koripella; Marziyeh Movahedi; Manling Li; Heng Ji 001; Huan Zhang 001; et al. (CoRR, 2025)

MultiAgentBench: Evaluating the Collaboration and Competition of LLM agents. - Kunlun Zhu; Hongyi Du; Zhaochen Hong; Xiaocheng Yang; Shuyi Guo; Zhe Wang; Zhenhailong Wang; Cheng Qian 008; Xiangru Tang; Heng Ji 001; Jiaxuan You (CoRR, 2025)

AIR: A Systematic Analysis of Annotations, Instructions, and Response Pairs in Preference Dataset. - Bingxiang He; Wenbin Zhang; Jiaxi Song; Cheng Qian 008; Zixuan Fu; Bowen Sun; Ning Ding 002; Haiwen Hong; Longtao Huang; Hui Xue 001; Ganqu Cui; Wanxiang Che; et al. (CoRR, 2025)

Alice: Proactive Learning with Teacher's Demonstrations for Weak-to-Strong Generalization. - Shujin Wu; Cheng Qian 008; Yi R. Fung 001; Paul Pu Liang; Heng Ji 001 (CoRR, 2025)

ToolRL: Reward is All Tool Learning Needs. - Cheng Qian 008; Emre Can Acikgoz; Qi He; Hongru Wang 011; Xiusi Chen; Dilek Hakkani-Tür; Gokhan Tur; Heng Ji 001 (CoRR, 2025)

OTC: Optimal Tool Calls via Reinforcement Learning. - Hongru Wang 003; Cheng Qian 008; Wanjun Zhong; Xiusi Chen; Jiahao Qiu; Shijue Huang; Bowen Jin; Mengdi Wang; Kam-Fai Wong; Heng Ji 001 (CoRR, 2025)

A Desideratum for Conversational Agents: Capabilities, Challenges, and Future Directions. - Emre Can Acikgoz; Cheng Qian 008; Hongru Wang 011; Vardhan Dongre; Xiusi Chen; Heng Ji 001; Dilek Hakkani-Tür; Gokhan Tur (CoRR, 2025)

Tool Learning with Foundation Models. - Yujia Qin; Shengding Hu; Yankai Lin; Weize Chen; Ning Ding 002; Ganqu Cui; Zheni Zeng; Xuanhe Zhou; Yufei Huang 008; Chaojun Xiao; Chi Han; Yi R. Fung 001; et al. (ACM Comput. Surv., 2025)

RM-R1: Reward Modeling as Reasoning. - Xiusi Chen; Gaotang Li; Ziqi Wang 003; Bowen Jin; Cheng Qian 008; Yu Wang 072; Hongru Wang 011; Yu Zhang 044; Denghui Zhang; Tong Zhang 001; Hanghang Tong; Heng Ji 001 (CoRR, 2025)

ModelingAgent: Bridging LLMs and Mathematical Modeling for Real-World Challenges. - Cheng Qian 008; Hongyi Du; Hongru Wang 011; Xiusi Chen; Yuji Zhang 002; Avirup Sil; Chengxiang Zhai; Kathleen McKeown; Heng Ji 001 (CoRR, 2025)

DecisionFlow: Advancing Large Language Model as Principled Decision Maker. - Xiusi Chen; Shanyong Wang; Cheng Qian 008; Hongru Wang 011; Peixuan Han; Heng Ji 001 (CoRR, 2025)

Toward a Theory of Agents as Tool-Use Decision-Makers. - Hongru Wang 003; Cheng Qian 008; Manling Li; Jiahao Qiu; Boyang Xue; Mengdi Wang; Heng Ji 001; Kam-Fai Wong (CoRR, 2025)

Atomic Reasoning for Scientific Table Claim Verification. - Yuji Zhang 002; Qingyun Wang 005; Cheng Qian 008; Jiateng Liu; Chenkai Sun; Denghui Zhang; Tarek F. Abdelzaher; Chengxiang Zhai; Preslav Nakov; Heng Ji 001 (CoRR, 2025)

A Survey of Self-Evolving Agents: On Path to Artificial Super Intelligence. - Huan-ang Gao; Jiayi Geng; Wenyue Hua; Mengkang Hu; Xinzhe Juan; Hongzhang Liu; Shilong Liu; Jiahao Qiu; Xuan Qi; Yiran Wu; Hongru Wang 003; Han Xiao; et al. (CoRR, 2025)

UserBench: An Interactive Gym Environment for User-Centric Agents. - Cheng Qian 008; Zuxin Liu; Akshara Prabhakar; Zhiwei Liu 001; Jianguo Zhang 005; Haolin Chen; Heng Ji 001; Weiran Yao; Shelby Heinecke; Silvio Savarese; Caiming Xiong; Huan Wang 014 (CoRR, 2025)

WINELL: Wikipedia Never-Ending Updating with LLM Agents. - Revanth Gangi Reddy; Tanay Dixit; Jiaxin Qin; Cheng Qian 008; Daniel Lee; Jiawei Han 001; Kevin Small; Xing Fan; Ruhi Sarikaya; Heng Ji 001 (CoRR, 2025)