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Lawrence Zhao

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1ranked-venue papers
0as first author
1since 2021 · last 2025
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Artificial intelligence and machine learning · 1 · 1 since 2021

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Artificial intelligence
1 paper
Generative modeling · 67% Language models and text generation · 33%

Topics — the 3 heaviest of 3, each with the papers that count most for it

TopicWeightPapersLastEvidence papers
Natural language and speech › Language models and text generation › pre-trained language model
causal language model
0.912025
Non-Markovian Discrete Diffusion with Causal Language Models · NeurIPS 2025
Machine learning › Generative modeling
diffusion model
0.912025
Non-Markovian Discrete Diffusion with Causal Language Models · NeurIPS 2025
Machine learning › Generative modeling › diffusion model
discrete diffusion model
0.912025
Non-Markovian Discrete Diffusion with Causal Language Models · NeurIPS 2025

Methods — techniques the papers use, named apart from their topics

transformer · 0.9pretrained LLM weight reuse · 0.9
YearPublicationVenuePosition
2025 Non-Markovian Discrete Diffusion with Causal Language Models
abstract
Discrete diffusion models offer a flexible, controllable approach to structured sequence generation, yet they still lag behind causal language models in expressive power. A key limitation lies in their reliance on the Markovian assumption, which restricts each step to condition only on the current state, leading to potential uncorrectable error accumulation. In this paper, We introduce CaDDi, a discrete diffusion model that conditions on the entire generative trajectory, thereby lifting the Markov constraint and allowing the model to revisit and improve past states. By unifying sequential (causal) and temporal (diffusion) reasoning in a single non‑Markovian transformer, CaDDi also treats standard causal language models as a special case and permits the direct reuse of pretrained LLM weights with no architectural changes. Empirically, CaDDi outperforms state‑of‑the‑art discrete diffusion baselines on natural‑language benchmarks, substantially narrowing the remaining gap to large autoregressive transformers.
Yangtian Zhang, Sizhuang He, Daniel LeVine, Lawrence Zhao, Syed Asad Rizvi, Shiyang Zhang, Emanuele Zappala, Rex Ying, David van Dijk
NeurIPS4