Julian Skifstad

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Interpretability & Mechanistic Interp (2)Red-Teaming & Adversarial Robustness (1)World Models & Planning (1)Architecture Design (Transformers, SSMs, MoE) (1)

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Glen Chou (2)Jihoon Hong (1)Qiyue Dai (1)Qiyu Dai (1)

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Jul 16, 2026

Jihoon Hong +5Jul 16, 2026·also Georgia Tech

Steering Robustness into World Action Models via Mechanistic Interpretability and Optimal Control

Some World Action Models can be steered to enhance robustness against perturbations without additional training, revealing a new avenue for improving model reliability.

Jihoon Hong, Julian Skifstad, Qiyue Dai +3

Interpretability & Mechanistic Interp Red-Teaming & Adversarial Robustness World Models & Planning

Apr 21, 2026

Julian Skifstad +2Apr 21, 2026

Local Linearity of LLMs Enables Activation Steering via Model-Based Linear Optimal Control

LLMs are surprisingly linear, enabling precise, closed-loop control of behavior via model-based linear optimal control of activations.

Julian Skifstad, Xinyue Annie Yang, Glen Chou

Architecture Design (Transformers, SSMs, MoE)Interpretability & Mechanistic Interp Natural Language Processing

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Julian Skifstad

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