Muhua Huang

Muhua Huang

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Journal and Conference Proceedings

  • Huang, M., & Evans, J. (In Press). Institutions as cached computation for resource-rational negotiation. Behavioral and Brain Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X2510174X
  • Bai, Y., Duan, S., Huang, M., Yao, J., Liu, Z., Zhang, P., … & Xie, X. (Under Review). IROTE: Human-like Traits Elicitation of Large Language Model via In-Context Self-Reflective Optimization. [Preprint]
  • Zhang, H., Huang, M., & Wang, J. (Under Review). Evolving Collective Cognition in Human-Agent Hybrid Societies: How Agents Form Stances and Boundaries. [Preprint]
  • Huang, M., Zhao, Q., Yi, X., & Xie, X. (2025). On the Dynamics of Multi-Agent LLM Communities Driven by Value Diversity. [Preprint]
  • Kim, H., Yi, X., Yao, J., Huang, M., Bak, J., Evans, J., & Xie, X. (2025). Research on Superalignment Should Advance Now with Parallel Optimization of Competence and Conformity. [Preprint]
  • Huang, M., Zhang, X., Soto, C., & Evans, J. (2026). Designing AI-Agents with Personalities: A Psychometric Approach. Personality Science. [Preprint]
  • Zhang, X., Huang, M., Sun, J., & Savalei, V. (2025). Improving the Measurement of the Big Five via Alternative Formats for the BFI-2. Journal of Personality Assessment. https://doi.org/10.1080/00223891.2025.2531187
  • Yao, J., Yi, X., Duan, S., Wang, J., Bai, Y., Huang, M., … & Xie, X. (2025). Value compass benchmarks: A comprehensive, generative and self-evolving platform for llms’ value evaluation. Proceedings of the 63rd Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics. https://doi.org/10.18653/v1/2025.acl-demo.64
  • Kim, H., Yi, X., Bak, J., Yao, J., Lian, J., Huang, M., Duan, S., & Xie, X. (2025). The Road to Artificial SuperIntelligence: A Comprehensive Survey of Superalignment. SuperIntelligence - Robotics - Safety & Alignment, 2(1). https://doi.org/10.70777/si.v2i1.13963
  • Savalei, V., & Huang, M. (2025). Fit Indices Are Insensitive to Multiple Minor Violations of Perfect Simple Structure in Confirmatory Factor Analysis. Psychological Methods. https://dx.doi.org/10.1037/met0000718
  • Laurin, K., Engstrom, H., & Huang, M. (2024). What will my life be like when I’m 25? How social class predicts kids’ answers to this question, and how their answers predict their futures. Journal of Social Issues. https://doi.org/10.1111/josi.12650

Conference Presentations

† first author / * solo

  • Designing AI-Agents with Personalities: A Psychometric Approach
    • with X. Zhang: Canadian Psychological Association (CPA) Convention, MontrĂ©al, Canada (Jun 2026)
    • with X. Zhang: International Society for Data Science and Analytics (ISDSA) Meeting, Beijing, China (Jul 2026, Speed Talk)
    • </sup> *American Psychological Association (APA) Convention, Seattle, USA (Aug 2024, Poster)
  • Improving the Measurement of the Big Five via Alternative Formats for the BFI-2
    • with X. Zhang: Canadian Psychological Association (CPA) Convention, MontrĂ©al, Canada (Jun 2026)
    • with X. Zhang, J. Sun, V. Savalei: International Meeting of the Psychometric Society (IMPS), Prague, Czech Republic (Jul 2025)
    • † with X. Zhang, V. Savalei: American Psychological Association (APA) Convention, Washington, DC (Aug 2023, Poster)
  • † Beyond Anthropomorphism: Unveiling Unique Value Structure of Large Language Models (with P. Biedma, X. Yi, L. Huang, M. Sun, J. Evans, X. Xie)
    • 11th International Conference on Computational Social Science (IC2S2), Norrköping, Sweden (Jul 2025)
  • † Re-Discovering the Big Five: Using LLM Embeddings to Understand Personality Structure (with N. Huang)
    • American Psychological Association (APA) Convention, Denver, USA (Aug 2025)
  • Understanding Silicon Sampling through a Psychometric Lens (with C. F. Falk, X. Zhang, N. Guenole, W. Li)
    • Canadian Psychological Association (CPA) Convention, MontrĂ©al, Canada (Jun 2026)
  • Can SEM Fit Indices Distinguish Between CFA and EFA Data Structures? (with V. Savalei)
    • Annual Meeting of the Society for Multivariate Experimental Psychology (SMEP), Iowa City, Iowa (Oct 2023)
  • Social Class Differences in Children’s Hopes and Expectations for the Future (with H. Engstrom, K. Laurin)
    • Society in the Classroom Symposium, London, England (Jul 2022, Talk)
    • Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP) Annual Convention, San Francisco, CA (Feb 2022, Talk)
    • † Association for Psychological Science (APS) Annual Convention (May 2021, Poster)
  • Gauging Student Engagement with an XAI Interface via Eye-tracking (with C. Conati, R. Murali)
    • IJCAI 2022 Workshop on Explainable Artificial Intelligence (Jun 2022)