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Recent advances have shown that optimizing prompts for Large Language Models (LLMs) can significantly improve task performance, yet many optimization techniques rely on heuristics or manual exploration. We present LatentPrompt, a…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2025-08-05 Mateusz Bystroński , Grzegorz Piotrowski , Nitesh V. Chawla , Tomasz Kajdanowicz

Empathetic dialogue is an indispensable part of building harmonious social relationships and contributes to the development of a helpful AI. Previous approaches are mainly based on fine small-scale language models. With the advent of…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2024-07-29 Yushan Qian , Wei-Nan Zhang , Ting Liu

Emotional prompting - the use of specific emotional diction in prompt engineering - has shown increasing promise in improving large language model (LLM) performance, truthfulness, and responsibility. However these studies have been limited…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-04-10 Ameen Patel , Felix Lee , Kyle Liang , Joseph Thomas

Recent research on Chain-of-Thought (CoT) reasoning in Large Language Models (LLMs) has demonstrated that agents can engage in \textit{complex}, \textit{multi-turn} negotiations, opening new avenues for agentic AI. However, existing LLM…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2026-05-27 Yunbo Long , Liming Xu , Lukas Beckenbauer , Yuhan Liu , Alexandra Brintrup

This paper investigates the challenges of affect control in large language models (LLMs), focusing on their ability to express appropriate emotional states during extended dialogues. We evaluated state-of-the-art open-weight LLMs to assess…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-03-05 Gino Franco Fazzi , Julie Skoven Hinge , Stefan Heinrich , Paolo Burelli

This paper presents an integrated systematic study of the performance of large language models (LLMs), specifically ChatGPT, for automatically formulating and solving Stochastic Optimization (SO) problems from natural language descriptions.…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2026-01-15 Amirreza Talebi

The analysis of students' emotions and behaviors is crucial for enhancing learning outcomes and personalizing educational experiences. Traditional methods often rely on intrusive visual and physiological data collection, posing privacy…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2024-08-14 Kaito Tanaka , Benjamin Tan , Brian Wong

The rise of large language models (LLMs) has revolutionized natural language processing (NLP), yet the influence of prompt sentiment, a latent affective characteristic of input text, remains underexplored. This study systematically examines…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2025-03-19 Vishal Gandhi , Sagar Gandhi

Sentiment analysis and emotion detection are important research topics in natural language processing (NLP) and benefit many downstream tasks. With the widespread application of LLMs, researchers have started exploring the application of…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2024-08-27 Zhiwei Liu , Kailai Yang , Tianlin Zhang , Qianqian Xie , Sophia Ananiadou

Evolutionary prompt optimization has demonstrated effectiveness in refining prompts for LLMs. However, existing approaches lack robust operators and efficient evaluation mechanisms. In this work, we propose several key improvements to…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2025-11-10 Daniel Grießhaber , Maximilian Kimmich , Johannes Maucher , Ngoc Thang Vu

Large language models (LLMs) have exhibited impressive abilities for multimodal content comprehension and reasoning with proper prompting in zero- or few-shot settings. Despite the proliferation of interactive systems developed to support…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2024-10-01 Jianben He , Xingbo Wang , Shiyi Liu , Guande Wu , Claudio Silva , Huamin Qu

The emergence of large language models (LLMs) has significantly transformed natural language processing (NLP), enabling more generalized models to perform various tasks with minimal training. However, traditional sentiment analysis methods,…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2026-01-13 Keito Inoshita , Xiaokang Zhou , Akira Kawai

Optimization is ubiquitous. While derivative-based algorithms have been powerful tools for various problems, the absence of gradient imposes challenges on many real-world applications. In this work, we propose Optimization by PROmpting…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-04-16 Chengrun Yang , Xuezhi Wang , Yifeng Lu , Hanxiao Liu , Quoc V. Le , Denny Zhou , Xinyun Chen

Multi-objective optimization problems (MOPs) are ubiquitous in real-world applications, presenting a complex challenge of balancing multiple conflicting objectives. Traditional evolutionary algorithms (EAs), though effective, often rely on…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2024-07-29 Yuxiao Huang , Shenghao Wu , Wenjie Zhang , Jibin Wu , Liang Feng , Kay Chen Tan

The integration of emotional support into various conversational scenarios presents profound societal benefits, such as social interactions, mental health counseling, and customer service. However, there are unsolved challenges that hinder…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2023-08-23 Zhonghua Zheng , Lizi Liao , Yang Deng , Liqiang Nie

This work investigates the capabilities of large language models (LLMs) in detecting and understanding human emotions through text. Drawing upon emotion models from psychology, we adopt an interdisciplinary perspective that integrates…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2025-03-10 Florian Lecourt , Madalina Croitoru , Konstantin Todorov

Large Language Models (LLMs) are increasingly embedded in applications, and people can shape model behavior by editing prompt instructions. Yet encoding subtle, domain-specific policies into prompts is challenging. Although this process…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2026-03-26 Minjae Lee , Minsuk Kahng

Generative large language models (LLMs), e.g., ChatGPT, have demonstrated remarkable proficiency across several NLP tasks, such as machine translation, text summarization. Recent research (Kocmi and Federmann, 2023) has shown that utilizing…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2024-06-06 Qingyu Lu , Baopu Qiu , Liang Ding , Kanjian Zhang , Tom Kocmi , Dacheng Tao

Prompt optimization is essential for enhancing the performance of Large Language Models (LLMs) in a range of Natural Language Processing (NLP) tasks, particularly in scenarios of few-shot learning where training examples are incorporated…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2024-08-15 Dai Do , Quan Tran , Svetha Venkatesh , Hung Le

Large Language Models (LLMs) have made significant strides in both scientific research and practical applications. Existing studies have demonstrated the state-of-the-art (SOTA) performance of LLMs in various natural language processing…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2024-01-09 Yajing Wang , Zongwei Luo