This event is in the past.It took place on April 24, 2026 at Hertz Hall.
Dissertation Talk: Towards Understanding and Improving Large Language Model Reasoning
April 24 at 2pm
Southside, Berkeley
🎓Open to the public, not just students
💻Watch live via Zoom link
🧠Covers cutting-edge reasoning research
This dissertation talk uncovers the math behind how Large Language Models actually reason. Hanlin Zhu explores how AI solves unseen tasks, when it hallucinates, and new methods to improve thinking beyond chain-of-thought prompting.
Academic lecture
PhD dissertation
AI research
Computer science
Dissertation Talk: Towards Understanding and Improving Large Language Model Reasoning
April 24 at 2pm
Southside, Berkeley
🎓Open to the public, not just students
💻Watch live via Zoom link
🧠Covers cutting-edge reasoning research
This dissertation talk uncovers the math behind how Large Language Models actually reason. Hanlin Zhu explores how AI solves unseen tasks, when it hallucinates, and new methods to improve thinking beyond chain-of-thought prompting.
Academic lecture
PhD dissertation
AI research
Computer science