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\n\n \n \n \n \n \n Plan2Sense: Open-World Task Planning in Epistemic States via Interleaved Ontic and Sensing Actions.\n \n \n \n\n\n \n Liu, X.; Toroghi, A.; Liang, J.; Pesaranghader, A.; and Sanner, S.\n\n\n \n\n\n\n In
Proceedings of the 40th Annual Conference on Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS-26), Sydney, Australia, 2026. \n
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@inproceedings{sanner:neurips26b,\n\tauthor = {Xiaotian Liu and Armin Toroghi and Jiazhou Liang and Ali Pesaranghader and Scott Sanner},\n\tyear = {2026},\n\ttitle = {Plan2Sense: Open-World Task Planning in Epistemic States via Interleaved Ontic and Sensing Actions},\n\tbooktitle = {Proceedings of the 40th Annual Conference on Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems ({NeurIPS-26})},\n\taddress = {Sydney, Australia}\n}\n\n\n
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\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n CommonWhy: A Dataset for Evaluating Entity-Based Causal Commonsense Reasoning in Large Language Models.\n \n \n \n \n\n\n \n Toroghi, A.; Kalarde, F. M.; and Sanner, S.\n\n\n \n\n\n\n In
Proceedings of the 49th International ACM SIGIR Conference on Research and Development in Information Retrieval (SIGIR-26), Melbourne, Australia, 2026. \n
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@inproceedings{sanner:sigir26,\n\ttitle = {CommonWhy: A Dataset for Evaluating Entity-Based Causal Commonsense Reasoning in Large Language Models},\n\tauthor = {Armin Toroghi and Faeze Moradi Kalarde and Scott Sanner},\n\tbooktitle = {Proceedings of the 49th International ACM SIGIR Conference on Research and Development in Information Retrieval ({SIGIR}-26)},\n\taddress = {Melbourne, Australia},\n\tyear = {2026},\n\turl_paper = {https://ssanner.github.io/papers/sigir26_commonwhy.pdf},\n\turl_github = {https://github.com/faezemoradik/CommonWhyDataset}\n}\n\n\n
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\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n VOGUE: A Multimodal Dataset for Conversational Recommendation in Fashion.\n \n \n \n \n\n\n \n Guo, D.; Sun, M.; Jiang, Y.; Liang, J.; and Sanner, S.\n\n\n \n\n\n\n In
Proceedings of the the 34th ACM Conference on User Modeling, Adaptation and Personalization (UMAP-26), Gothenburg, Sweden, 2026. \n
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@inproceedings{sanner:umap26,\n author = {David Guo and Minqi Sun and Yilun Jiang and Jiazhou Liang and Scott Sanner},\n title = {VOGUE: A Multimodal Dataset for Conversational Recommendation in Fashion},\n year = {2026},\n booktitle = {Proceedings of the the 34th ACM Conference on User Modeling, Adaptation and Personalization ({UMAP-26})},\n address = {Gothenburg, Sweden},\n url_paper = {https://ssanner.github.io/papers/umap26_vogue.pdf},\n url_github = {https://github.com/D3Mlab/vogue}\n}\n\n\n
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\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Structure-Aware Graph Hypernetworks for Neural Program Synthesis.\n \n \n \n \n\n\n \n Li, W.; Xu, Y.; Khalil, E. B.; and Sanner, S.\n\n\n \n\n\n\n In
Proceedings of the International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR-26), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2026. \n
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@inproceedings{sanner:iclr26a,\n\t title = {Structure-Aware Graph Hypernetworks for Neural Program Synthesis},\n\t author = {Wenhao Li and Yudong Xu and Elias Boutros Khalil and Scott Sanner},\n\t booktitle = {Proceedings of the International Conference on Learning Representations ({ICLR}-26)},\n\t address = {Rio de Janeiro, Brazil},\n\t year = {2026},\n url_pdf = {https://ssanner.github.io/papers/iclr26_ghnps.pdf},\n url_poster = {https://ssanner.github.io/papers/iclr26_ghnps_poster.pdf},\n\t url_url = {https://iclr.cc/virtual/2026/poster/10006668}\n}\n\n\n
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\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Improving Set Function Approximation with Quasi-Arithmetic Neural Networks.\n \n \n \n \n\n\n \n Tokar, T.; and Sanner, S.\n\n\n \n\n\n\n In
Proceedings of the International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR-26), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2026. \n
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@inproceedings{sanner:iclr26b,\n\t title = {Improving Set Function Approximation with Quasi-Arithmetic Neural Networks},\n\t author = {Tomas Tokar and Scott Sanner},\n\t booktitle = {Proceedings of the International Conference on Learning Representations ({ICLR}-26)},\n\t address = {Rio de Janeiro, Brazil},\n\t year = {2026},\n url_paper = {https://ssanner.github.io/papers/iclr26_quann.pdf},\n\t url_arxiv = {https://www.arxiv.org/abs/2602.04941},\n\t url_url = {https://iclr.cc/virtual/2026/poster/10010201}\n}\n\n\n
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\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Natural Language PDDL (NL-PDDL) for Open-world Goal-oriented Commonsense Regression Planning in Embodied AI.\n \n \n \n \n\n\n \n Liu, X.; Toroghi, A.; Liang, J.; Courtis, D.; Li, R.; Pesaranghader, A.; Kim, J.; Sadhu, T.; Jeon, H.; and Sanner, S.\n\n\n \n\n\n\n In
Proceedings of the International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR-26), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2026. \n
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@inproceedings{sanner:iclr26c,\n\t title = {Natural Language PDDL ({NL-PDDL}) for Open-world Goal-oriented Commonsense Regression Planning in Embodied AI},\n\t author = {Xiaotian Liu and Armin Toroghi and Jiazhou Liang and David Courtis and Ruiwen Li and Ali Pesaranghader and Jaehong Kim and Tanmana Sadhu and Hyejeong Jeon and Scott Sanner},\n\t booktitle = {Proceedings of the International Conference on Learning Representations ({ICLR}-26)},\n\t address = {Rio de Janeiro, Brazil},\n\t year = {2026},\n url_pdf = {https://ssanner.github.io/papers/iclr26_nlpddl.pdf},\n url_poster = {https://ssanner.github.io/papers/iclr26_nlpddl_poster.pdf},\n\t url_url = {https://iclr.cc/virtual/2026/poster/10007784}\n}\n\n\n
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\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Semantic XPath: Structured Agentic Memory Access for Conversational AI.\n \n \n \n \n\n\n \n Liu, Y. S.; Wu, R.; Gallagher, L.; Liang, J.; Toroghi, A.; and Sanner, S.\n\n\n \n\n\n\n In
Proceedings of the 64th Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics: Systems Demonstrations (ACL-26), San Diego, USA, 2026. Association for Computational Linguistics\n
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@inproceedings{sanner:acl26d,\n title={Semantic XPath: Structured Agentic Memory Access for Conversational AI}, \n author={Yifan Simon Liu and Ruifan Wu and Liam Gallagher and Jiazhou Liang and Armin Toroghi and Scott Sanner},\n booktitle = {Proceedings of the 64th Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics: Systems Demonstrations ({ACL}-26)},\n address = {San Diego, USA},\n publisher = {Association for Computational Linguistics},\n year={2026},\n url_paper={https://ssanner.github.io/papers/acl26_semxpath.pdf}, \n url_poster={https://ssanner.github.io/papers/acl26_semxpath_poster.pdf}, \n url_demo={https://semanticxpathchat.com/}\n}\n\n\n
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\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Evaluating Scene-based In-Situ Item Labeling for Immersive Conversational Recommendation.\n \n \n \n \n\n\n \n Liang, J.; Liu, Y. S.; Guo, D.; Sun, M.; Jiang, Y.; and Sanner, S.\n\n\n \n\n\n\n In
Findings of the 64th Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL-26), San Diego, USA, 2026. Association for Computational Linguistics\n
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@inproceedings{sanner:acl26a,\n title={Evaluating Scene-based In-Situ Item Labeling for Immersive Conversational Recommendation}, \n author={Jiazhou Liang and Yifan Simon Liu and David Guo and Minqi Sun and Yilun Jiang and Scott Sanner},\n booktitle = {Findings of the 64th Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics ({ACL}-26)},\n address = {San Diego, USA},\n publisher = {Association for Computational Linguistics},\n year={2026},\n url_paper={https://ssanner.github.io/papers/acl26_scenexr.pdf}, \n url_poster={https://ssanner.github.io/papers/acl26_scenexr_poster.pdf}\n}\n\n\n
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\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Bayesian Active Learning with Gaussian Processes Guided by LLM Relevance Scoring for Dense Passage Retrieval.\n \n \n \n \n\n\n \n Kim, J.; Korikov, A.; Liang, J.; Cui, J.; Liu, Y. S.; Wen, Q.; Zhao, M.; and Sanner, S.\n\n\n \n\n\n\n In
Findings of the 64th Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL-26), San Diego, USA, 2026. Association for Computational Linguistics\n
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@inproceedings{sanner:acl26b,\n title={Bayesian Active Learning with Gaussian Processes Guided by LLM Relevance Scoring for Dense Passage Retrieval}, \n author={Junyoung Kim and Anton Korikov and Jiazhou Liang and Justin Cui and Yifan Simon Liu and Qianfeng Wen and Mark Zhao and Scott Sanner},\n booktitle = {Findings of the 64th Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics ({ACL}-26)},\n address = {San Diego, USA},\n publisher = {Association for Computational Linguistics},\n year={2026},\n url_paper={https://ssanner.github.io/papers/acl26_bagel.pdf}, \n url_poster={https://ssanner.github.io/papers/acl26_bagel_poster.pdf}\n}\n\n\n
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\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Multimodal Item Scoring for Natural Language Recommendation via Gaussian Process Regression with LLM Relevance Judgments.\n \n \n \n \n\n\n \n Liu, Y. S.; Wen, Q.; Liang, J.; Zhao, M.; Cui, J.; Korikov, A.; Toroghi, A.; Kim, J.; and Sanner, S.\n\n\n \n\n\n\n In
Findings of the 64th Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL-26), San Diego, USA, 2026. Association for Computational Linguistics\n
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@inproceedings{sanner:acl26c,\n title={Multimodal Item Scoring for Natural Language Recommendation via Gaussian Process Regression with LLM Relevance Judgments}, \n author={Yifan Simon Liu and Qianfeng Wen and Jiazhou Liang and Mark Zhao and Justin Cui and Anton Korikov and Armin Toroghi and Junyoung Kim and Scott Sanner},\n booktitle = {Findings of the 64th Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics ({ACL}-26)},\n address = {San Diego, USA},\n publisher = {Association for Computational Linguistics},\n year={2026},\n url_paper={https://ssanner.github.io/papers/acl26_gpllmrec.pdf}, \n url_poster={https://ssanner.github.io/papers/acl26_gpllmrec_poster.pdf}\n}\n\n\n
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\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Large Neighborhood Search meets Iterative Neural Constraint Heuristics.\n \n \n \n \n\n\n \n Xu, Y.; Li, W.; Sanner, S.; and Khalil, E. B.\n\n\n \n\n\n\n In
Proceedings of the 23rd International Conference on the Integration of Constraint Programming, Artificial Intelligence, and Operations Research (CPAIOR-26), Rabat, Morocco, 2026. \n
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@inproceedings{sanner:cpaior26,\n title = {Large Neighborhood Search meets Iterative Neural Constraint Heuristics},\n author = {Yudong Xu and Wenhao Li and Scott Sanner and Elias Boutros Khalil},\n booktitle = {Proceedings of the 23rd International Conference on the Integration of Constraint Programming, Artificial Intelligence, and Operations Research (CPAIOR-26)}, \n address = {Rabat, Morocco},\n year = {2026},\n url_paper = {https://ssanner.github.io/papers/cpaior26_neurallns.pdf}\n}\n\n\n
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\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Efficient Modality Translation via Arbitrary Conditioning and Wasserstein Regularization.\n \n \n \n \n\n\n \n Tokar, T.; and Sanner, S.\n\n\n \n\n\n\n In
Proceedings of the 40th AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI-26), Singapore, 2026. \n
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@inproceedings{sanner:aaai26a,\n\tauthor = {Tomas Tokar and Scott Sanner},\n\ttitle = {Efficient Modality Translation via Arbitrary Conditioning and Wasserstein Regularization},\n\tyear = {2026},\n\tbooktitle = {Proceedings of the 40th {AAAI} Conference on Artificial Intelligence ({AAAI-26})},\n\taddress = {Singapore},\n\turl_paper = {https://ssanner.github.io/papers/aaai26_macwae.pdf}\n}\n\n\n
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\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Near-optimal Linear Predictive Clustering in Non-separable Spaces via MIP and QPBO Reductions.\n \n \n \n \n\n\n \n Liang, J.; Khurram, H.; and Sanner, S.\n\n\n \n\n\n\n In
Proceedings of the 40th AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI-26), Singapore, 2026. \n
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@inproceedings{sanner:aaai26b,\n\tauthor = {Jiazhou Liang and Hassan Khurram and Scott Sanner},\n\ttitle = {Near-optimal Linear Predictive Clustering in Non-separable Spaces via MIP and QPBO Reductions},\n\tyear = {2026},\n\tbooktitle = {Proceedings of the 40th {AAAI} Conference on Artificial Intelligence ({AAAI-26})},\n\taddress = {Singapore},\n\turl_paper = {https://ssanner.github.io/papers/aaai26_optlpc.pdf},\n\turl_poster = {https://ssanner.github.io/papers/aaai26_optlpc_poster.pdf}\n}\n\n\n
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\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Generalized Multi-Hop Downstream Traffic Pressure for Heterogeneous Perimeter Control.\n \n \n \n \n\n\n \n Li, X.; Wang, X.; Smirnov, I.; Sanner, S.; and Abdulhai, B.\n\n\n \n\n\n\n
IET Intelligent Transport Systems, 20(1): e70340. 2026.\n
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@article{sanner:iet26,\n author = {Xiaocan Li and Xiaoyu Wang and Ilia Smirnov and Scott Sanner and Baher Abdulhai},\n title = {Generalized Multi-Hop Downstream Traffic Pressure for Heterogeneous Perimeter Control},\n journal = {IET Intelligent Transport Systems},\n year = {2026},\n volume = {20},\n number = {1}, \n pages = {e70340},\n url_preprint = {https://ssanner.github.io/papers/ietits26_multihoppc.pdf},\n url_url = {https://ietresearch.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1049/itr2.70340},\n url_doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1049/itr2.70340}\n}\n\n\n
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\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Recommendation with Generative Models.\n \n \n \n \n\n\n \n Deldjoo, Y.; He, Z.; McAuley, J.; Korikov, A.; Sanner, S.; Ramisa, A.; Vidal, R.; Sathiamoorthy, M.; Kasrizadeh, A.; Milano, S.; and Ricci, F.\n\n\n \n\n\n\n
Foundations and Trends in Information Retrieval, 20(1-2): 1-176. 05 2026.\n
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@article{sanner:fntir26,\n author = {Deldjoo, Yashar and He, Zhankui and McAuley, Julian and Korikov, Anton and Sanner, Scott and Ramisa, Arnau and Vidal, René and Sathiamoorthy, Maheswaran and Kasrizadeh, Atoosa and Milano, Silvia and Ricci, Francesco},\n title = {Recommendation with Generative Models},\n journal = {Foundations and Trends in Information Retrieval},\n volume = {20},\n number = {1-2},\n pages = {1-176},\n year = {2026},\n month = {05},\n issn = {1554-0669},\n doi = {10.1108/FTINR-06-2025-0109},\n url_abstract = {https://www.emerald.com/ftinr/article-abstract/20/1-2/1/1379964/Recommendation-with-generative-models}, \n url_pdf = {https://www.emerald.com/ftinr/article-pdf/20/1-2/1/11676543/ftinr-06-2025-0109en.pdf},\n url_doi = {https://doi.org/10.1108/FTINR-06-2025-0109}\n}\n\n\n
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Sociological Methods & Research,00491241251396789. 2026.\n
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@article{sanner:smr26,\n author = {Jiazhou Liang and Jolomi Tosanwumi and Ethan Fosse and Daniel Silver and Scott Sanner},\n title = {Mapping Social Change: A Unified Framework for Temporal Clustering},\n journal = {Sociological Methods \\& Research},\n pages = {00491241251396789},\n year = {2026},\n url_url = {https://doi.org/10.1177/00491241251396789},\n doi = {10.1177/00491241251396789}\n}\n\n\n
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