From matching to generation: A survey on generative information retrieval

X Li, J **, Y Zhou, Y Zhang, P Zhang, Y Zhu… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
Information Retrieval (IR) systems are crucial tools for users to access information, widely
applied in scenarios like search engines, question answering, and recommendation …

Aligning llm agents by learning latent preference from user edits

G Gao, A Taymanov, E Salinas… - Advances in Neural …, 2025 - proceedings.neurips.cc
We study interactive learning of language agents based on user edits made to the agent's
output. In a typical setting such as writing assistants, the user interacts with a language …

From persona to personalization: A survey on role-playing language agents

J Chen, X Wang, R Xu, S Yuan, Y Zhang, W Shi… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
Recent advancements in large language models (LLMs) have significantly boosted the rise
of Role-Playing Language Agents (RPLAs), ie, specialized AI systems designed to simulate …

Optimization methods for personalizing large language models through retrieval augmentation

A Salemi, S Kallumadi, H Zamani - … of the 47th International ACM SIGIR …, 2024 - dl.acm.org
This paper studies retrieval-augmented approaches for personalizing large language
models (LLMs), which potentially have a substantial impact on various applications and …

Social skill training with large language models

D Yang, C Ziems, W Held, O Shaikh… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
People rely on social skills like conflict resolution to communicate effectively and to thrive in
both work and personal life. However, practice environments for social skills are typically out …

Hydra: Model factorization framework for black-box llm personalization

Y Zhuang, H Sun, Y Yu, R Qiang… - Advances in …, 2025 - proceedings.neurips.cc
Personalization has emerged as a critical research area in modern intelligent systems,
focusing on mining users' behavioral history and adapting to their preferences for delivering …

Democratizing large language models via personalized parameter-efficient fine-tuning

Z Tan, Q Zeng, Y Tian, Z Liu, B Yin, M Jiang - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
Personalization in large language models (LLMs) is increasingly important, aiming to align
the LLMs' interactions, content, and recommendations with individual user preferences …

Review of the opportunities and challenges to accelerate mass‐scale application of smart grids with large‐language models

H Shi, L Fang, X Chen, C Gu, K Ma, X Zhang… - IET Smart …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Smart grids represent a paradigm shift in the electricity industry, moving from traditional one‐
way systems to more dynamic, interconnected networks. These grids are characterised by …

Comparing retrieval-augmentation and parameter-efficient fine-tuning for privacy-preserving personalization of large language models

A Salemi, H Zamani - arxiv preprint arxiv:2409.09510, 2024 - arxiv.org
Privacy-preserving methods for personalizing large language models (LLMs) are relatively
under-explored. There are two schools of thought on this topic:(1) generating personalized …

Longlamp: A benchmark for personalized long-form text generation

I Kumar, S Viswanathan, S Yerra, A Salemi… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
Long-text generation is seemingly ubiquitous in real-world applications of large language
models such as generating an email or writing a review. Despite the fundamental …