Nan Jiang

Research

Two main threads: efficient diffusion language models, and neuro-symbolic AI for scientific discovery.

Efficient Inference for Diffusion Language Models

Goal. Reduce the inference cost of diffusion-based LLMs for language generation.

Strategies

  • Reduce the number of diffusion iterations via distillation.
  • Develop a sparse attention mechanism for long-sequence generation.

Neuro-Symbolic AI for Scientific Discovery

Goal. Accelerate the discovery of physical knowledge from experimental data.

Strategies

  • Design control-variable experiments.
  • Perform active data querying guided by phase portraits.
  • Learn a symbolic-equivalence–aware objective.

Related: see the Genesis Mission for context on AI-driven scientific discovery.