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RESEARCH / 2026

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Researcher!

AI is getting more capable. But can we make it reliable, interpretable, and aligned?

I explore research questions in language models, multimodal AI, and autonomous systems — with a focus on understanding, evaluating, and improving them.

  • ◈ LLM interpretability
  • ◌ Multimodal AI
  • ⌘ Agentic systems
  • ◉ AI evaluation

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ONGOING QUESTIONS

Current
Investigations

Ongoing research questions, methods, and progress toward more capable, reliable, and understandable AI systems.

Independent research · In progress

Token-Level Causal Binding Sparsity

How much of a language model’s earlier context actually influences its next-token generation?

Context positions Causal influence
InterpretabilityKV-cacheCausal analysis

Research direction

Detecting Strategic Failure in LLM Agents

Can poor strategic decisions be detected before an agent’s eventual outcome makes a failure obvious?

Illustrative decision signals
LLM agentsEvaluationDecision making

Research plan

Prompt Entailment & Hierarchies

How can relationships between prompts be represented and evaluated more systematically?

Conceptual prompt hierarchy
NLPPrompt hierarchyEvaluation

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WORKING SOFTWARE

Research
Systems

Technical projects, benchmarks, and systems built to explore ideas through working software.

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OPEN RESEARCH RECORD

Notes &
Publications

Working notes and research plans. Formal publications will appear here when available.

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Research notes · In progress

Token-Level Causal Binding Sparsity

An ongoing question about context influence during generation.

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Research plans · Research plan

Agent evaluation directions

A working direction for evaluating decisions before final outcomes.

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Research notes · Concept

Prompt entailment & hierarchies

A planned investigation into systematic prompt relationships.

No formal publications listed yet.

LET’S INVESTIGATE

Let’s build a more capable and reliable AI.

I’m interested in research collaboration around LLM evaluation, interpretability, multimodal robustness, and autonomous decision-making.