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
