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Skylar Zhai

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#machine learning Preprint Sep 2026

Make Sparse Rewards Count: Density-Aware Reward Aggregation for Multi-Reward RL

Multi-reward reinforcement learning trains large language models to satisfy multiple behavioral objectives simultaneously. Reward-wise normalization, as used in GDPO, preserves reward-specific relative information within rollout groups, but different objectives can still exhibit uneven learning progress. We study this...

Tong Zheng, Skylar Zhai, Zhan Cheng et al. · 0 citations
#artificial intelligence Preprint Sep 2026

ThinkPrior: Zero-Rollout Difficulty Priors for Cold-Start Prompt Selection in RLVR

The prior requires no target-policy rollout before the first selection, but the posterior thereafter uses target-policy outcomes, and the measured ThinkPrior+DAPO composition reduces generated rollouts by 10.6% while both arms retain the same 3840-rollout update budget.

Tommy Sha, Skylar Zhai, Si-Qi Zhao · 1 citation · ⚡1

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