📝 Publications

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ArXiv 2026
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MetaMem: Evolving Meta-Memory for Knowledge Utilization through Self-Reflective Symbolic Optimization

Haidong Xin$^{*}$, Xinze Li$^{*}$, Zhenghao Liu$^†$, Yukun Yan$^†$, Shuo Wang, Cheng Yang, Yu Gu, Ge Yu, Maosong Sun

arXiv GitHub Repo Stars

This work proposes MetaMem, a meta-memory framework that evolves meta-memory through self-reflective symbolic optimization, enabling knowledge utilization in long-horizon human-LLM interactions.

ArXiv 2026
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Structured Knowledge Representation through Contextual Pages for Retrieval-Augmented Generation

Xinze Li, Zhenghao Liu$^†$, Haidong Xin, Yukun Yan$^†$, Shuo Wang, Zheni Zeng, Sen Mei, Ge Yu, Maosong Sun

arXiv GitHub Repo Stars

This work enhances RAG systems by constructing structured cognitive outlines to guide iterative retrieval, effectively organizing multi-dimensional knowledge into coherent pages for more accurate answer generation.

KDD 2026
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LISRec: Modeling User Preferences with Learned Item Shortcuts for Sequential Recommendation

Haidong Xin, Zhenghao Liu$^†$, Sen Mei, Yukun Yan, Shi Yu, Shuo Wang, Zulong Chen, Yu Gu, Ge Yu, Chenyan Xiong

arXiv GitHub Repo Stars

This work improves sequential recommendation systems by extracting personalized semantic shortcuts from user-item interaction histories, enhancing the capture of stable user preferences.

AI Open
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Knowledge Intensive Agents

Zhenghao Liu, Pengcheng Huang, Zhipeng Xu, Xinze Li, Shuliang Liu, Chunyi Peng, Haidong Xin, Yukun Yan$^†$, Shuo Wang, Xu Han, Zhiyuan Liu$^†$, Maosong Sun$^†$, Yu Gu, Ge Yu

DOI

This work provides a comprehensive overview of Retrieval-Augmented Generation from an agentic perspective, categorizing knowledge-intensive agents into acquisition and utilization roles, and highlighting future directions for joint optimization in multi-agent RAG systems.

WISA 2025
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Adapting Language Models to Text Matching based Recommendation Systems

Haidong Xin, Sen Mei, Zhenghao Liu$^†$, Xiaohua Li, Minghe Yu, Yu Gu, Ge Yu

GitHub Repo Stars

This work has significantly improved the performance of text matching in recommendation systems by incorporating language model pretraining.

EMNLP 2025
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LLMsPark: A Benchmark for Evaluating Large Language Models in Strategic Gaming Contexts

Junhao Chen, Jingbo Sun, Xiang Li, Haidong Xin, Yuhao Xue, Yibin Xu, Hao Zhao$^†$

arXiv

This work introduces LLMsPark, a game theory-based platform for evaluating large language models’ strategic behaviors and decision-making abilities in multi-agent environments, providing a novel criterion for assessing their intelligence.

COLING 2024
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MMAD: Multi-modal Movie Audio Description

Xiaojun Ye, Junhao Chen, Xiang Li, Haidong Xin, Chao Li, Sheng Zhou$^†$, Jiajun Bu

This work has unlocked a whole new experience of watching movies for the visually impaired.

MCM/ICM 2023
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Puzzle Game: Prediction and Classification of Wordle Solution Words

Haidong Xin$^{*†}$, Fang Wu$^{*}$, Zhitong Zhou$^{*}$

arXiv

This work conducted a detailed numerical analysis of the Wordle game, revealing statistical patterns within it.