Hi! My name is Jiacheng Cui (ๅด”ๅฎถ่ฏš). I am currently an MSc student in the Machine Learning Department at MBZUAI and will join MBZUAI as a PhD student in Fall 2026. During my masterโ€™s studies, I worked on data-centric AI and efficient learning under the supervision of Prof. Zhiqiang Shen. My research interests include data-centric AI, dataset distillation, and efficient training.

Before joining MBZUAI, I obtained a B.Sc. (Hons) in AI and Computer Science with First Class Honours from the University of Edinburgh in 2024. I am always open to academic collaboration and discussions related to my research interests.

๐Ÿ”ฅ News

  • 2026.04: ย ๐ŸŽ‰๐ŸŽ‰ LLMSurgeon has been accepted to ACL 2026. See you in San Diego!
  • 2025.09: ย ๐ŸŽ‰๐ŸŽ‰ FADRM has been accepted to NeurIPS 2025. See you in San Diego!

๐Ÿ“ Publications

ACL 2026
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LLMSurgeon: Diagnosing Data Mixture of Large Language Models

Yaxin Luo*, Jiacheng Cui*, Xiaohan Zhao, Xinyi Shang, Jiacheng Liu, Xinyue Bi, Zhaoyi Li, Zhiqiang Shen

Project

  • Data Mixture Surgery
  • Label Shift Inversion
Preprint
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Hard Labels In! Rethinking the Role of Hard Labels in Mitigating Local Semantic Drift

Jiacheng Cui, Bingkui Tong, Xinyue Bi, Xiaohan Zhao, Jiacheng Liu, Zhiqiang Shen

Project

  • Dataset Distillation
  • Label Usage
Neurips 2025
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FADRM: Fast and Accurate Data Residual Matching for Dataset Distillation

Jiacheng Cui*, Xinyue Bi*, Yaxin Luo, Xiaohan Zhao, Jiacheng Liu, Zhiqiang Shen

Project

  • Dataset Distillation
  • Data Residual Matching
Preprint
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Dataset Distillation via Committee Voting

Jiacheng Cui, Zhaoyi Li, Xiaochen Ma, Xinyue Bi, Yaxin Luo, Zhiqiang Shen

Project

  • Dataset Distillation
  • Committee Voting

๐ŸŽ– Honors and Awards

  • 2024โ€“2026, MBZUAI Graduate Fellowship (Full Scholarship)
  • 2024. 06, Awarded First-Class Honours upon Graduation, University of Edinburgh

๐Ÿ“– Educations

  • 2024.09 โ€“ 2026.06 (expected), Master of Science (M.Sc.) in Machine Learning, Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI), Abu Dhabi, UAE
  • 2019.09 โ€“ 2024.06, Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in Artificial Intelligence and Computer Science, The University of Edinburgh, UK

๐Ÿ“„ Services

Reviewer

  • 2026: ICLR

๐Ÿ’ป Internships