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Allison Cohen
dblp:268/5634
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1ranked-venue papers
0as first author
1since 2021 · last 2025
—ORCID · none
Domains — the database's venue-derived domains; a paper can count in several
Artificial intelligence and machine learning · 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
1 paper |
Language models and text generation · 50% Generative modeling · 25% Trustworthy machine learning · 25% | |
| Human-computer interaction and pervasive computing
1 paper |
Design research and methods · 100% |
Topics — the 5 heaviest of 5, each with the papers that count most for it
| Topic | Weight | Papers | Last | Evidence papers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Machine learning › Trustworthy machine learning
fairness |
0.9 | 1 | 2025 | LIVS: A Pluralistic Alignment Dataset for Inclusive Public Spaces · ICML 2025 |
Natural language and speech › Language models and text generation › alignment
multi-objective alignment |
0.9 | 1 | 2025 | LIVS: A Pluralistic Alignment Dataset for Inclusive Public Spaces · ICML 2025 |
Natural language and speech › Language models and text generation › alignment
pluralistic alignment |
0.9 | 1 | 2025 | LIVS: A Pluralistic Alignment Dataset for Inclusive Public Spaces · ICML 2025 |
Machine learning › Generative modeling › diffusion model
text-to-image generation |
0.9 | 1 | 2025 | LIVS: A Pluralistic Alignment Dataset for Inclusive Public Spaces · ICML 2025 |
Design research and methods
participatory design |
0.3 | 1 | 2025 | LIVS: A Pluralistic Alignment Dataset for Inclusive Public Spaces · ICML 2025 |
Methods — techniques the papers use, named apart from their topics
direct preference optimization · 1.7Stable Diffusion XL · 1.7
| Year | Publication | Venue | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | LIVS: A Pluralistic Alignment Dataset for Inclusive Public SpacesabstractWe introduce the Local Intersectional Visual Spaces (LIVS) dataset, a benchmark for multi-criteria alignment, developed through a two-year participatory process with 30 community organizations to support the pluralistic alignment of text-to-image (T2I) models in inclusive urban planning. The dataset encodes 37,710 pairwise comparisons across 13,462 images, structured along six criteria—Accessibility, Safety, Comfort, Invitingness, Inclusivity, and Diversity—derived from 634 community-defined concepts. Using Direct Preference Optimization (DPO), we fine-tune Stable Diffusion XL to reflect multi-criteria spatial preferences and evaluate the LIVS dataset and the fine-tuned model through four case studies: (1) DPO increases alignment with annotated preferences, particularly when annotation volume is high; (2) preference patterns vary across participant identities, underscoring the need for intersectional data; (3) human-authored prompts generate more distinctive visual outputs than LLM-generated ones, influencing annotation decisiveness; and (4) intersectional groups assign systematically different ratings across criteria, revealing the limitations of single-objective alignment. While DPO improves alignment under specific conditions, the prevalence of neutral ratings indicates that community values are heterogeneous and often ambiguous. LIVS provides a benchmark for developing T2I models that incorporate local, stakeholder-driven preferences, offering a foundation for context-aware alignment in spatial design. Rashid Mushkani, Shravan Nayak, Hugo Berard, Allison Cohen, Shin Koseki, Hadrien Bertrand |
ICML | 4 |