Publications

Selected recent publications and working papers. For a full list, see Google Scholar.

Preprint 2026

SoftWater: Class-Aware Rate Allocation for Softmax Quantization

with Joao Cavalcanti. arXiv

ICLR HCAIR workshop

Alignment has a Fantasia Problem

with Nathanael Jo, Zoe De Simone, Mitchell Gordon. arXiv

AISTATS OPTIMAL Workshop 2026

Pandora's Regret: A Proper Scoring Rule for Evaluating Sequential Search

with Gerardo Flores, Yash Deshpande, Jannis R. Brea. arXiv

Preprint 2026

Creo: From One-Shot Image Generation to Progressive, Co-Creative Ideation

with Zoe De Simone, Angie Boggust, Fredo Durand, Arvind Satyanarayan. arXiv

AI4Good Workshop 2026 Spotlight

Evaluation without Generation: Non-Generative Assessment of Harmful Model Specialization with Applications to CSAM

with Vinith Suriyakumar, Ayush Sekhari, Lena Stempfle, Robertson Wang, Michael Simpson, Rebecca Portnoff, Marzyeh Ghassemi. arXiv

COLT 2026

Accelerated Convex Optimization via Hamiltonian Dynamics with Deterministic Integration Time

with Xiuyuan Wang, Vishwak Srinivasan, Qiang Fu, Siddharth Mitra, Andre Wibisono.

AISTATS 2026

A Consequentialist Critique of Binary Classification Evaluation: Theory, Practice, and Tools

with Gerardo Flores, Abby Schiff, Alyssa Smith, Julia Fukuyama. arXiv

CHI 2026 Honorable Mention

Interaction Context Often Increases Sycophancy in LLMs

with Shomik Jain, Charlotte Park, Matheus Vianna, Dana Calacci. arXiv

ICML 2026

Position: AI Evaluations Should be Grounded on a Theory of Capability

with Nathan Jo. arXiv

ICML 2026 Spotlight

Near-Optimal Private Linear Regression via Iterative Hessian Mixing

with Omri Lev, Vishwak Srinivasan, Moshe Shenfeld, Katrina Ligett. arXiv

FAccT 2026

Impacts of Semivalue-Based Data Curation on Fair Machine Learning Outcomes

with Hannah Diehl, Justin Steil. paper

NeurIPS 2025

Aligning Evaluation with Clinical Priorities: Calibration, Label Shift, and Error Costs

with Gerardo Flores, Alyssa Smith, Julia Fukuyama. arXiv

NeurIPS 2025

The Gaussian Mixing Mechanism: Renyi Differential Privacy via Gaussian Sketches

with Omri Lev, Vishwak Srinivasan, Moshe Shenfeld, Katrina Ligett, Ayush Sekhari. arXiv

NeurIPS 2025

Homogeneous Algorithms Can Reduce Competition in Personalized Pricing

with Nathan Jo, Kathleen Creel, Manish Raghavan. arXiv

ICLR 2025

Adaptive Backtracking Line Search

with Laurent Lessard, Joao Cavalcanti. arXiv

ALT 2025

High-accuracy sampling from constrained spaces with the Metropolis-adjusted Preconditioned Langevin Algorithm

with Vishwak Srinivasan, Andre Wibisono. arXiv

FAccT 2025

Allocation Multiplicity: Evaluating the Promises of the Rashomon Set

with Shomik Jain, Margaret Wang, Kathleen Creel. arXiv

FAccT 2024 Best Paper

Algorithmic Pluralism: A Structural Approach To Equal Opportunity

with Shomik Jain, Vinith Suriyakumar, Kathleen Creel. arXiv

ICML 2024

Scarce Resource Allocations That Rely On Machine Learning Should Be Randomized

with Shomik Jain, Kathleen Creel. arXiv

TMLR 2026

Unstable Unlearning: The Hidden Risk of Concept Resurgence in Diffusion Models

with Vinith Suriyakumar, Rohan Alur, Ayush Sekhari, Manish Raghavan. arXiv

Preprint 2025

LLM Output Homogenization is Task Dependent

with Shomik Jain, Jack Lanchantin, Maximilian Nickel, Karen Ullrich, Jamelle Watson-Daniels. arXiv

Preprint 2025

UCD: Unlearning in LLMs via Contrastive Decoding

with Vinith M. Suriyakumar, Ayush Sekhari. arXiv

Preprint 2025

Adaptive kernel selection for Stein Variational Gradient Descent

with Moritz Melcher, Simon Weissmann, Jakob Zech. arXiv