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2026

Beyond Final Scores: A Systematic Evaluation of Agents for Long-Horizon AI Research and Development

Yiwei Li*, Wanli Yang*, Hexiang Tan*, Xiangzhou Huang, Zhengyu Chen, Ziran Li, Borun Chen, Shanglin Lei, Huaisheng Zhu, Hao Tian, Fei Sun, Xunliang Cai, Jingang Wang (* equal contribution)

Technical report, 2026

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Beyond Final Scores: A Systematic Evaluation of Agents for Long-Horizon AI Research and Development

Yiwei Li*, Wanli Yang*, Hexiang Tan*, Xiangzhou Huang, Zhengyu Chen, Ziran Li, Borun Chen, Shanglin Lei, Huaisheng Zhu, Hao Tian, Fei Sun, Xunliang Cai, Jingang Wang (* equal contribution)

Technical report, 2026

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BaseCal: Unsupervised Confidence Calibration via Base Model Signals

Hexiang Tan, Wanli Yang, Junwei Zhang, Xin Chen, Rui Tang, Du Su, Jingang Wang, Yuanzhuo Wang, Fei Sun, Xueqi Cheng

ACL 2026 Main

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BaseCal: Unsupervised Confidence Calibration via Base Model Signals

Hexiang Tan, Wanli Yang, Junwei Zhang, Xin Chen, Rui Tang, Du Su, Jingang Wang, Yuanzhuo Wang, Fei Sun, Xueqi Cheng

ACL 2026 Main

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Beyond Reasoning: Reinforcement Learning Unlocks Parametric Knowledge in LLMs

Wanli Yang, Hongyu Zang, Junwei Zhang, Wenjie Shi, Du Su, Jingang Wang, Xueqi Cheng, Fei Sun

Preprint

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Beyond Reasoning: Reinforcement Learning Unlocks Parametric Knowledge in LLMs

Wanli Yang, Hongyu Zang, Junwei Zhang, Wenjie Shi, Du Su, Jingang Wang, Xueqi Cheng, Fei Sun

Preprint

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Fine-tuning Done Right in Model Editing

Wanli Yang, Rui Tang, Hongyu Zang, Du Su, Qi Cao, Jingang Wang, Huawei Shen, Xueqi Cheng, Fei Sun

ICLR 2026

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Fine-tuning Done Right in Model Editing

Wanli Yang, Rui Tang, Hongyu Zang, Du Su, Qi Cao, Jingang Wang, Huawei Shen, Xueqi Cheng, Fei Sun

ICLR 2026

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2025

The Mirage of Model Editing: Revisiting Evaluation in the Wild

Wanli Yang, Fei Sun, Jiajun Tan, Xinyu Ma, Qi Cao, Dawei Yin, Huawei Shen, Xueqi Cheng

ACL 2025 Main & KnowFM@ACL 2025 Workshop Best Paper 🏅

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The Mirage of Model Editing: Revisiting Evaluation in the Wild

Wanli Yang, Fei Sun, Jiajun Tan, Xinyu Ma, Qi Cao, Dawei Yin, Huawei Shen, Xueqi Cheng

ACL 2025 Main & KnowFM@ACL 2025 Workshop Best Paper 🏅

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2024

The Fall of ROME: Understanding the Collapse of LLMs in Model Editing

Wanli Yang, Fei Sun, Jiajun Tan, Xinyu Ma, Du Su, Dawei Yin, Huawei Shen

EMNLP 2024 Findings

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The Fall of ROME: Understanding the Collapse of LLMs in Model Editing

Wanli Yang, Fei Sun, Jiajun Tan, Xinyu Ma, Du Su, Dawei Yin, Huawei Shen

EMNLP 2024 Findings

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🦋🌪️ The Butterfly Effect of Model Editing: Few Edits Can Trigger Large Language Models Collapse

Wanli Yang, Fei Sun, Xinyu Ma, Xun Liu, Dawei Yin, Xueqi Cheng

ACL 2024 Findings

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🦋🌪️ The Butterfly Effect of Model Editing: Few Edits Can Trigger Large Language Models Collapse

Wanli Yang, Fei Sun, Xinyu Ma, Xun Liu, Dawei Yin, Xueqi Cheng

ACL 2024 Findings

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Blinded by Generated Contexts: How Language Models Merge Generated and Retrieved Contexts When Knowledge Conflicts?

Hexiang Tan, Fei Sun, Wanli Yang, Yuanzhuo Wang, Qi Cao, Xueqi Cheng

ACL 2024 Main

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Blinded by Generated Contexts: How Language Models Merge Generated and Retrieved Contexts When Knowledge Conflicts?

Hexiang Tan, Fei Sun, Wanli Yang, Yuanzhuo Wang, Qi Cao, Xueqi Cheng

ACL 2024 Main

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