REFORM Schedule and Past Meetings

Meetings are held every Thursday at 5 PM. Room: CoDa E401 (exception: on April 23rd, we meet in CoDa W101)

Spring 2026 theme: Understanding and Improving LLMs via a Theoretical Lens. This quarter we plan to cover recent work on the internal structure of LLMs, compression and quantization, optimization and training methods, RL-theoretic viewpoints, and systems or algorithmic ideas for improving model performance.

Sign up to be a discussant here. Goal(s) of the discussant group:

• Prepare a 20–30 minute presentation, accessible to a second-year PhD student, focusing on (a) seeding discussion, (b) identifying gaps and connections, and (c) formulating open problems
• We suggest several papers for each week—more than one can cover thoroughly in a week. Pick a small, focused set of papers and read them thoroughly
• Do a single “deep dive” per week about one subject (this can span multiple papers)

Signing up is a great way to (1) force yourself to engage with the content of the paper, (2) get to know your co-discussant(s), and (3) ensure the success of the reading group.

Upcoming & Past Sessions