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Jiancheng Liu

13 accepted papers

2026

Label Smoothing Improves Machine Unlearning

ICLR 2026poster

The objective of machine unlearning (MU) is to eliminate previously learned data from a model. However, it can be challenging to strike a balance between computation cost and performance when using existing MU techniques. Taking inspiration from the influence of label smoothing on model confidence a…

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2025

Simplicity Prevails: Rethinking Negative Preference Optimization for LLM Unlearning

NeurIPS 2025poster

This work studies the problem of large language model (LLM) unlearning, aiming to remove unwanted data influences (e.g., copyrighted or harmful content) while preserving model utility. Despite the increasing demand for unlearning, a technically-grounded optimization framework is lacking. Gradient as…

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2024

DeepZero: Scaling Up Zeroth-Order Optimization for Deep Model Training

ICLR 2024poster

Zeroth-order (ZO) optimization has become a popular technique for solving machine learning (ML) problems when first-order (FO) information is difficult or impossible to obtain. However, the scalability of ZO optimization remains an open problem: Its use has primarily been limited to relatively small…

2024

Defensive Unlearning with Adversarial Training for Robust Concept Erasure in Diffusion Models

NeurIPS 2024poster

Diffusion models (DMs) have achieved remarkable success in text-to-image generation, but they also pose safety risks, such as the potential generation of harmful content and copyright violations. The techniques of machine unlearning, also known as concept erasing, have been developed to address thes…

2024

SOUL: Unlocking the Power of Second-Order Optimization for LLM Unlearning

EMNLP 2024main

Large Language Models (LLMs) have highlighted the necessity of effective unlearning mechanisms to comply with data regulations and ethical AI practices. LLM unlearning aims at removing undesired data influences and associated model capabilities without compromising utility beyond the scope of unlear…

2024

SalUn: Empowering Machine Unlearning via Gradient-based Weight Saliency in Both Image Classification and Generation

ICLR 2024spotlight

With evolving data regulations, machine unlearning (MU) has become an important tool for fostering trust and safety in today's AI models. However, existing MU methods focusing on data and/or weight perspectives often suffer limitations in unlearning accuracy, stability, and cross-domain applicabilit…

2024

To Generate or Not? Safety-Driven Unlearned Diffusion Models Are Still Easy To Generate Unsafe Images ... For Now

ECCV 2024poster

"The recent advances in diffusion models (DMs) have revolutionized the generation of realistic and complex images. However, these models also introduce potential safety hazards, such as producing harmful content and infringing data copyrights. Despite the development of safety-driven unlearning tech…

2024

Towards Universal Mesh Movement Networks

NeurIPS 2024spotlight

Solving complex Partial Differential Equations (PDEs) accurately and efficiently is an essential and challenging problem in all scientific and engineering disciplines. Mesh movement methods provide the capability to improve the accuracy of the numerical solution without increasing the overall mesh d…

2024

UnlearnCanvas: Stylized Image Dataset for Enhanced Machine Unlearning Evaluation in Diffusion Models

NeurIPS 2024poster

The technological advancements in diffusion models (DMs) have demonstrated unprecedented capabilities in text-to-image generation and are widely used in diverse applications. However, they have also raised significant societal concerns, such as the generation of harmful content and copyright dispute…

2024

WAGLE: Strategic Weight Attribution for Effective and Modular Unlearning in Large Language Models

NeurIPS 2024poster

The need for effective unlearning mechanisms in large language models (LLMs) is increasingly urgent, driven by the necessity to adhere to data regulations and foster ethical generative AI practices. LLM unlearning is designed to reduce the impact of undesirable data influences and associated model c…

2023

Model Sparsity Can Simplify Machine Unlearning

NeurIPS 2023spotlight

In response to recent data regulation requirements, machine unlearning (MU) has emerged as a critical process to remove the influence of specific examples from a given model. Although exact unlearning can be achieved through complete model retraining using the remaining dataset, the associated compu…

2023

Selectivity Drives Productivity: Efficient Dataset Pruning for Enhanced Transfer Learning

NeurIPS 2023poster

Massive data is often considered essential for deep learning applications, but it also incurs significant computational and infrastructural costs. Therefore, dataset pruning (DP) has emerged as an effective way to improve data efficiency by identifying and removing redundant training samples without…

2019

ChainQueen: A Real-Time Differentiable Physical Simulator for Soft Robotics

ICRA 2019poster

Physical simulators have been widely used in robot planning and control. Among them, differentiable simulators are particularly favored, as they can be incorporated into gradient-based optimization algorithms that are efficient in solving inverse problems such as optimal control and motion planning.…

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