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Sean Dae Houlihan
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9ranked-venue papers
3as first author
7since 2021 · last 2025
0000-0001-5003-9278ORCID · verified
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Artificial intelligence and machine learning · 9 · 3 first-author · 7 since 2021Applied, interdisciplinary, general and emerging computing · 8 · 3 first-author · 6 since 2021
| Year | Publication | Venue | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Building computational models of social cognition in memo
Kartik Chandra, Sean Dae Houlihan, Max Kleiman-Weiner |
CogSci | 2 |
| 2025 | Cross-Cultural Emotion Concept Representation: A Comparison of English, Korean, and Large Language Model Representations
Mijin Kwon, Sean Dae Houlihan, Jonathan Phillips |
CogSci | 2 |
| 2025 | Solving strategic social coordination via Bayesian learning
Amrita Lamba, Sean Dae Houlihan, Rebecca Saxe |
CogSci | 2 |
| 2025 | Collective Emotions: Appraisal-based similarity in emotion attributions to individuals and groups
Songzhi Wu, Sean Dae Houlihan, Meghan Meyer, Jonathan Phillips |
CogSci | 2 |
| 2025 | Overcoming Multi-step Complexity in Multimodal Theory-of-Mind Reasoning: A Scalable Bayesian PlannerabstractTheory-of-mind (ToM) enables humans to infer mental states—such as beliefs, desires, and intentions—forming the foundation of social cognition. Existing computational ToM methods rely on structured workflows with ToM-specific priors or deep model fine-tuning but struggle with scalability in multimodal environments. They remain trapped within the gravitational pull of multi-step planning complexity, failing to generalize as task demands increase. To overcome these limitations, we propose a scalable Bayesian ToM planner. It breaks down ToM complexity into stepwise Bayesian updates. Meanwhile, weak-to-strong control specializes smaller LMs to refine ToM-specific likelihood estimation, transferring their ToM reasoning behavior to larger LMs (7B to 405B) for social and world knowledge integration. This synergistic approach enables scalability, aligning large-model inference with human mental states with Bayesian principles. Extensive experiments demonstrate a 4.6% improvement in accuracy over state-of-the-art methods on multimodal ToM benchmarks, including unseen scenarios, establishing a new standard for modeling human mental states in complex environments. Zhongyu Ouyang, Kwonjoon Lee, Nakul Agarwal, Sean Dae Houlihan, Soroush Vosoughi, Shao-Yuan Lo |
ICML | 5 |
| 2024 | Intervening on Emotions by Planning Over a Theory of Mind
Tony Chen 0003, Sean Dae Houlihan, Kartik Chandra, Josh Tenenbaum, Rebecca Saxe |
CogSci | 2 |
| 2022 | Reasoning about the antecedents of emotions: Bayesian causal inference over an intuitive theory of mind
Sean Dae Houlihan, Desmond C. Ong, Maddie Cusimano, Rebecca Saxe |
CogSci | 1 |
| 2019 | Emotion attributions echo the structure of people's intuitive theory of psychology
Sean Dae Houlihan, Max Kleiman-Weiner, Josh Tenenbaum, Rebecca Saxe |
CogSci | 1 |
| 2018 | A generative model of people's intuitive theory of emotions: inverse planning in rich social games
Sean Dae Houlihan, Max Kleiman-Weiner, Josh Tenenbaum, Rebecca Saxe |
CogSci | 1 |