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Buyun Liang
Google Scholar ID: jXnAG9wAAAAJ
University of Pennsylvania
Trustworthy AI
Large Language Models
Numerical Optimization
AI for Science
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11
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Publications
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SECA: Semantically Equivalent and Coherent Attacks for Eliciting LLM Hallucinations
2025
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KDA: A Knowledge-Distilled Attacker for Generating Diverse Prompts to Jailbreak LLMs
2025
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Academic Achievements
- SECA: Semantically Equivalent and Coherent Attacks for Eliciting LLM Hallucinations, NeurIPS 2025
- KDA: A Knowledge-Distilled Attacker for Generating Diverse Prompts to Jailbreak LLMs, arXiv preprint arXiv:2502.05223 (2025)
- NCVX: A General-Purpose Optimization Solver for Constrained Machine and Deep Learning, OPT 2022
- Optimization for Robustness Evaluation beyond ℓp Metrics, ICASSP 2023 & OPT 2022
- Implications of Solution Patterns on Adversarial Robustness, CVPR Workshop 2023
Research Experience
Before joining Penn, obtained a M.S. degree at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, and engaged in multiple research projects.
Education
- Ph.D. in Computer and Information Science, University of Pennsylvania, advised by Prof. René Vidal
- M.S. in Computer Science, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, advised by Prof. Ju Sun
- M.S. in Materials Science, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, advised by Prof. J. Ilja Siepmann
- B.S. in Physics, Nanjing University
Background
Research interests span Trustworthy AI, Large Language Models, Optimization for AI, and AI for Science.
Miscellany
Personal interests include powerlifting, with notable achievements in several USA Powerlifting Championships.
Co-authors
7 total
Ju Sun
McKnight Land-Grant Professor, Computer Sci. & Eng., University of Minnesota at Twin Cities
Co-author 2
Ying Cui
University of California, Berkeley
Rene Vidal
Rachleff University Professor, University of Pennsylvania; Amazon Scholar; Chief Scientist, NORCE
Jinqi Luo
University of Pennsylvania
Kwan Ho Ryan Chan
University of Pennsylvania
Darshan Thaker
Student at University of Pennsylvania
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