Publications (Google Scholar Profile)
Publications
* Equal Contribution
Human-AI Collaboration and Generative AI
-  J Cao*, R Gao*, E Keyvanshokooh*. 
HR-Bandit: Human-AI Collaborated Linear Recourse Bandit AISTATS 2025 -  R Gao, M Yin. 
Confounding-Robust Deferral Policy Learning AAAI 2025 -  R Gao, M Yin, M Saar-Tsechansky. 
SEL-BALD: Deep Bayesian Active Learning for Selective Labeling with Instance Rejection NeurIPS 2024 Best Paper Runner-Up at WITS 2024 -  R Gao, M Saar-Tsechansky, M De-Arteaga, L Han, MK Lee. 
Human-AI Collaboration with Bandit Feedback IJCAI 2021 -  L Han, MR Min, A Stathopoulos, Y Tian, R Gao, A Kadav, D Metaxas. 
Dual Projection Generative Adversarial Networks for Conditional Image Generation ICCV 2021 -  [Under Review] R Gao, M Saar-Tsechansky, M De-Arteaga, L Han, MK Lee, W Sun, M Lease. 
Learning Complementary Policies for Human-AI Teams Management Science - Major Revision Best Student Paper at CIST 2022 -  [Under Review] M Yin, R Gao, Z Cong. 
Personalizing Language Models for Generative Targeting Marketing Science - Reject and ResubmitMarketing Science Institute Grant 
Causal ML & Uncertainty Quantification
-  R Gao, M Yin. 
Confounding-Robust Deferral Policy Learning AAAI 2025 -  R Gao, M Yin, J McInerney, N Kallus. 
Adjusting Regression Models for Conditional Uncertainty Calibration Machine Learning 2024 -  Z Wang*, R Gao*, M Yin*, M Zhou, D Blei. 
Probabilistic Conformal Prediction Using Conditional Random Samples AISTATS 2023 -  R Gao, M Biggs, W Sun, and L Han. 
Enhancing counterfactual classification performance via self-training AAAI 2022 -  L Han, R Gao, M Kim, X Tao, B Liu, D Metaxas. 
Robust Conditional GAN from Uncertainty-Aware Pairwise Comparisons AAAI 2020 -  L Han, Y Zou, R Gao, L Wang, D Metaxas. 
Unsupervised domain adaptation via calibrating uncertainties CVPR Workshop 2019 
Interpretability & Recourse
-  J Cao*, R Gao*, E Keyvanshokooh*. 
HR-Bandit: Human-AI Collaborated Linear Recourse Bandit AISTATS 2025 -  R Gao, H Lakkaraju. 
On the Impact of Algorithmic Recourse on Social Segregation ICML 2023 
Data Attribution/Evaluation & Active Learning
-  R Gao, M Yin, M Saar-Tsechansky. 
SEL-BALD: Deep Bayesian Active Learning for Selective Labeling with Instance Rejection NeurIPS 2024 Best Paper Runner-Up at WITS 2024 -  R Gao, M Saar-Tsechansky. 
Cost-accuracy aware adaptive labeling for active learning AAAI 2020 -  [Working Paper] R Gao, M Saar-Tsechansky. 
Active Incentive Learning Preliminary version at CIST 2022 -  [Working Paper] Y Yang, R Gao, Z Zheng. 
Sell Data to AI Algorithms Without Revealing It: Secure Data Valuation and Sharing via Homomorphic Encryption. Preliminary version at CIST 2025 & INFORMS WDS 2025 
Working Papers & Patents
Working Journal Papers
Manuscript will be shared upon request.-  [Under Review] R Gao, M Saar-Tsechansky, M De-Arteaga, L Han, MK Lee, W Sun, M Lease. 
Learning Complementary Policies for Human-AI Teams Management Science - Major Revision Best Student Paper at CIST 2022 -  [Under Review] M Biggs*, R Gao*, W Sun*. 
Loss Functions for Discrete Contextual Pricing with Observational Data Operations Research - Major Revision -  [Under Review] M Yin, R Gao, Z Cong. 
Personalizing Language Models for Generative Targeting Marketing Science - Reject and ResubmitMarketing Science Institute Grant -  Y Yang, R Gao, Z Zheng. 
Sell Data to AI Algorithms Without Revealing It: Secure Data Valuation and Sharing via Homomorphic Encryption. Preliminary version at CIST 2025 & INFORMS WDS 2025 -  M Yin, R Gao, W Lin, S Shugan. 
Nonparametric Discrete Choice Experiments with Machine Learning Guided Adaptive Design Preliminary version at RealML @ NeurIPS 2023 
Patents
-  R Gao, W Sun, M Biggs, M Ettl, Y Drissi. 
Counterfactual Self-Training US Patent App. 17/402,367 -  R Gao, W Sun, M Biggs, Y Drissi, M Ettl. 
Imputing Counterfactual Data to Facilitate Machine Learning Model Training US Patent App. 17/654,617 
