- Jiacheng Lin, Tian Wang, Kun Qian, Rec-R1: Bridging Generative Large Language Models and User-Centric Recommendation Systems via Reinforcement Learning, TMLR, 2025.
- Pengcheng Jiang*, Jiacheng Lin∗, Lang Cao, Runchu Tian, SeongKu Kang, Zifeng Wang, Jimeng Sun, Jiawei Han, DeepRetrieval: Hacking Real Search Engines and Retrievers with Large Language Models via Reinforcement Learning, COLM, 2025.
- Hanwen Xu*, Jiacheng Lin∗, Addie Woicik, Jianzhu Ma, Sheng Zhang, Hoifung Poon, Liewei Wang, Sheng Wang, Pisces: A multi-modal data augmentation approach for drug combination synergy prediction, Cell Genomics, 2025.
- Jiacheng Lin∗, Hanwen Xu∗, Addie Woicik, Jianzhu Ma and Sheng Wang, Pisces: A cross-modal contrastive learning approach to synergistic drug combination prediction, RECOMB, 2023.
- Jiacheng Lin, Lijun Wu, Jinhua Zhu, Xiaobo Liang, Yingce Xia, Shufang Xie, Tao Qin and Tie-Yan Liu, R2-DDI: Relation-aware Feature Refinement for Drug-Drug Interaction Prediction, Briefings in Bioinformatics, Volume 24, Issue 1, 2023.
Research Experience
Applied Scientist Internship at Amazon, Palo Alto, starting May 2024.
Education
Ph.D. Student at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), Computer Science, advised by Prof. Jimeng Sun; B.Eng and MS degree in Automation at Tsinghua University.
Background
Research Interests: Foundation models (e.g., large language models, multi-modal models) and reinforcement learning, with applications in healthcare, biomedicine, and recommendation systems. Particularly interested in how these models can be used for reasoning, retrieval, and decision-making in complex, real-world scenarios.
Miscellany
Seeking research-oriented internship opportunities for the summer of 2026.