https://rexera.github.io/ Artist, Engineer, Human. 2026-04-17T14:27:05+08:00 Yiran Rex Ma https://rexera.github.io/ Jekyll © 2026 Yiran Rex Ma /assets/img/favicons/favicon.ico /assets/img/favicons/favicon-96x96.png 2026-01-13T11:30:17+08:00 2026-01-13T11:30:17+08:00 https://rexera.github.io/posts/PalReview/ Yiran Rex Ma

From isolated automation to an integrated research ecosystem Chinese paleography—the study of ancient Chinese writing—is undergoing a computational turn powered by AI. This position paper asks a high-level question: what “computational Chinese paleography” is becoming, what the end-to-end methodological pipeline looks like, and where the real bottlenecks and opportunities now are. My central ...

2025-07-28T00:00:00+08:00 2025-07-28T00:00:00+08:00 https://rexera.github.io/posts/Pun2Pun/ Yiran Rex Ma

Lost in Translation? When Puns Travel Between Languages We’ve all been there: a pun so clever it makes you groan and grin at the same time. But what happens when you try to translate that pun between two very different languages—like Chinese and English? Turns out, it’s harder than it looks. Most machine translation systems still struggle with humor, wordplay, and cultural nuance. That’s why ...

2025-07-28T00:00:00+08:00 2025-07-28T00:00:00+08:00 https://rexera.github.io/posts/AndroidsQuestion/ Yiran Rex Ma

Do Androids Overthink Electric Sheep? Turns out, AI might be just like us when it comes to thinking too much. In my latest paper, I set up a “philosophical debate club” for language models—where AI agents role-play as Socrates, Aristotle, and other great thinkers to solve tricky table-reasoning problems. The result? They definitely think. But just like humans, more thinking doesn’t always me...

2025-06-30T00:00:00+08:00 2025-06-30T00:00:00+08:00 https://rexera.github.io/posts/PanelTR/ Yiran Rex Ma

Ever wonder how AI can tackle complex table reasoning—like answering questions from financial reports or verifying facts in scientific papers—without any prior training? In this paper, PanelTR, I explore exactly that! Instead of relying on heavy data annotation or complex neural architectures, I designed a multi-agent framework where five LLM-powered scientist personas—like Einstein, Newton, a...

2025-04-23T00:00:00+08:00 2025-04-23T00:00:00+08:00 https://rexera.github.io/posts/ConstituentOrder/ Yiran Rex Ma

Decoding How English and Chinese News Tell Stories Differently Have you ever noticed how English and Chinese articles seem to organize information in fundamentally different ways? While an English headline might lead with the most crucial details, its Chinese counterpart often sets the stage with background context first. In this research, I explored these fascinating differences in how Engli...