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General Instructions for Giving a Job Talk at LARK Lab

General Instructions for Giving a Job Talk at LARK Lab At LARK Lab, we value engaging discussions, deep technical insights, and collaborative learning. A job talk is an opportunity for us to learn about your research, thought process, and how you approach problems.

Mar 17, 2025 3 min read

LARK Lab Launches Reinforcement Learning Seminar!

We are excited to announce the launch of our Reinforcement Learning (RL) Seminar, a biweekly reading and discussion series focused on foundational RL concepts and applications. With several ongoing RL-related projects in our lab and a growing need for structured training among our trainees, we are introducing this seminar-style reading club to foster a deeper understanding of RL principles.

Mar 6, 2025 1 min read

LARK Lab Launches Reinforcement Learning Seminar!

Engaging with AI Conference

Dr. Yanjun Gao recently spoke at a campus conference on “Engaging with AI”, where she shared insights on the evolving role of AI in research, healthcare, and education. The talk explored how AI innovations, particularly large language models (LLMs), are transforming scientific discovery and decision-making.

Feb 27, 2025 1 min read

Our Lab Featured in a Recent Interview about How AI is Shaping Critical Thinking at CU Anschutz

Our lab is featured in a recent campus interview, highlighting the exciting ways we are integrating artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance critical thinking in student education at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus.

Oct 19, 2024 2 min read

Our Lab Featured in a Recent Interview about How AI is Shaping Critical Thinking at CU Anschutz

One paper about Large Language Models for Tabular Data Embedding is accepted to EMNLP 2024 as Findings!

We are thrilled to announce that our paper, “When Raw Data Prevails: Are Large Language Model Embeddings Effective in Numerical Data Representation for Medical Machine Learning Applications?” has been accepted to the Empirical Methods on Natural Language Processing (EMNLP) 2024 conference as a Findings paper!

Sep 20, 2024 2 min read

One paper about Chain-of-Thought Distillation is accepted to ACL 2024 as Finding!

We are thrilled to announce that our paper, “Learning to Maximize Mutual Information for Chain-of-Thought Distillation,” has been accepted to the prestigious Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL) 2024 conference as a Findings paper!

May 16, 2024 1 min read

The LARK Lab at Department of Biomedical Informatics, CU-Anschutz has several openings!

We are hiring!!!

May 4, 2024 2 min read

The LARK Lab at Department of Biomedical Informatics, CU-Anschutz has several openings!