VLDB 2026 Research / reviewers in the wild / expert
Nuoqian Xiao
dblp:367/7313
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2ranked-venue papers
0as first author
2since 2021 · last 2025
0009-0000-3392-8778ORCID · reported
Domains — the database's venue-derived domains; a paper can count in several
Artificial intelligence and machine learning · 1 · 1 since 2021Graphics, computer vision, multimedia, augmented reality and games · 1 · 1 since 2021
Expertise — from the expertise taxonomy: the topics of the expert's papers under the CCF categories. A weight counts papers with recency: 1 for a paper about the topic, 0.3 when the topic is its context, halved every five years.
| Artificial intelligence
2 papers |
Generative modeling · 33% Multi-agent systems · 19% Language models and text generation · 19% |
Topics — the 7 heaviest of 7, each with the papers that count most for it
| Topic | Weight | Papers | Last | Evidence papers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Natural language and speech › Language models and text generation
LLM agents |
0.9 | 1 | 2025 | MultiMind: Enhancing Werewolf Agents with Multimodal Reasoning and Theory of Mind · ACM Multimedia 2025 |
Knowledge, reasoning and agents › Multi-agent systems › imperfect information games
social deduction game |
0.9 | 1 | 2025 | MultiMind: Enhancing Werewolf Agents with Multimodal Reasoning and Theory of Mind · ACM Multimedia 2025 |
Machine learning › Generative modeling
diffusion model |
0.8 | 1 | 2024 | Improving Diffusion Models for Inverse Problems Using Optimal Posterior Covariance · ICML 2024 |
Machine learning › Generative modeling › diffusion model
inverse problem solving |
0.8 | 1 | 2024 | Improving Diffusion Models for Inverse Problems Using Optimal Posterior Covariance · ICML 2024 |
Machine learning › Probabilistic and Bayesian machine learning › statistical inference › parameter estimation › covariance estimation
posterior covariance estimation |
0.8 | 1 | 2024 | Improving Diffusion Models for Inverse Problems Using Optimal Posterior Covariance · ICML 2024 |
Knowledge, reasoning and agents › Planning, search and constraint satisfaction › game tree search
monte carlo tree search |
0.3 | 1 | 2025 | MultiMind: Enhancing Werewolf Agents with Multimodal Reasoning and Theory of Mind · ACM Multimedia 2025 |
Knowledge, reasoning and agents › Knowledge representation and reasoning
theory of mind |
0.3 | 1 | 2025 | MultiMind: Enhancing Werewolf Agents with Multimodal Reasoning and Theory of Mind · ACM Multimedia 2025 |
Methods — techniques the papers use, named apart from their topics
theory of mind modeling · 0.9multimodal reasoning · 0.9monte carlo tree search · 0.9orthonormal basis representation · 0.8maximum likelihood estimation · 0.8gaussian approximation · 0.8
| Year | Publication | Venue | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | MultiMind: Enhancing Werewolf Agents with Multimodal Reasoning and Theory of MindabstractLarge Language Model (LLM) agents have demonstrated impressive capabilities in social deduction games (SDGs) like Werewolf, where strategic reasoning and social deception are essential. However, current approaches remain limited to textual information, ignoring crucial multimodal cues such as facial expressions and tone of voice that humans naturally use to communicate. Moreover, existing SDG agents primarily focus on inferring other players' identities without modeling how others perceive themselves or fellow players. To address these limitations, we use One Night Ultimate Werewolf (ONUW) as a testbed and present MultiMind, the first framework integrating multimodal information into SDG agents. MultiMind processes facial expressions and vocal tones alongside verbal content, while employing a Theory of Mind (ToM) model to represent each player's suspicion levels toward others. By combining this ToM model with Monte Carlo Tree Search (MCTS), our agent identifies communication strategies that minimize suspicion directed at itself. Through comprehensive evaluation in both agent-versus-agent simulations and studies with human players, we demonstrate MultiMind's superior performance in gameplay. Our work presents a significant advancement toward LLM agents capable of human-like social reasoning across multimodal domains. Our code is available at https://github.com/CjangCjengh/onuw. Zheng Zhang 0064, Nuoqian Xiao, Qi Chai, Deheng Ye, Hao Wang 0094 |
ACM Multimedia | 2 |
| 2024 | Improving Diffusion Models for Inverse Problems Using Optimal Posterior CovarianceabstractRecent diffusion models provide a promising zero-shot solution to noisy linear inverse problems without retraining for specific inverse problems. In this paper, we reveal that recent methods can be uniformly interpreted as employing a Gaussian approximation with hand-crafted isotropic covariance for the intractable denoising posterior to approximate the conditional posterior mean. Inspired by this finding, we propose to improve recent methods by using more principled covariance determined by maximum likelihood estimation. To achieve posterior covariance optimization without retraining, we provide general plug-and-play solutions based on two approaches specifically designed for leveraging pre-trained models with and without reverse covariance. We further propose a scalable method for learning posterior covariance prediction based on representation with orthonormal basis. Experimental results demonstrate that the proposed methods significantly enhance reconstruction performance without requiring hyperparameter tuning. Xinyu Peng, Wenrui Dai, Nuoqian Xiao, Junni Zou, Hongkai Xiong |
ICML | 4 |