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Wei Yang

Publications 13

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Backward-State Policy Is Part of the Learning Algorithm

Shuxiao Xie, Shuyang Xie, Dezhi Ran et al. · 2026

Low-precision training rounds tensors that the backward pass reads again, often for several gradients; each use can read the forward's rounded value, the original, or a new random rounding. This backward-state policy looks like a memory and precision detail, settled by copy accuracy and final loss. We argue that it is …

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Controlled Decoding Attacks on Black-Box LLMs

Jesson Wang, Shawn Li, Wei Yang et al. · 2026

Manipulating next-token probabilities during generation can bypass the safety alignment of large language models. Existing approaches, however, rely on access to model weights or numerical token probabilities and therefore do not apply to interfaces that return only sampled text. Reconstructing probabilities from sampl …

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How Well Do Pseudo-Rigid Body Models Capture Real Plants? In-Field Validation of Simulated Blueberry Canes

Many labor-intensive tasks in fruit production such as pruning require physically interacting with the plant (e.g., pushing, pulling, bending limbs, etc.). Due to increasing labor shortages, there is widespread interest in the adoption of robotics in this area. When the robot must physically interact with the system, a …

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