publications
preprints in review, journal articles, and papers published in conference proceedings
preprints, in review
accepted / in press / published
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Explaining similarity in vision-language encoders with weighted Banzhaf interactions
Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS) , 2025We introduce faithful interaction explanations of CLIP and SigLIP models (FIxLIP), offering a unique, game-theoretic perspective on interpreting image–text similarity predictions. -
Interpreting CLIP with hierarchical sparse autoencoders
International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML) , 2025We introduce the Matryoshka sparse autoencoder (MSAE) that establishes a state-of-the-art Pareto frontier between reconstruction quality and sparsity for interpreting CLIP models. -
ICLR
Spotlight Efficient and accurate explanation estimation with distribution compressionInternational Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR) , 2025 (Spotlight)We introduce compress then explain (CTE) as a new paradigm for sample-efficient estimation of post-hoc explanations, including feature attributions, importance, and effects. -
WACV
Oral Aggregated attributions for explanatory analysis of 3D segmentation modelsIEEE/CVF Winter Conference on Applications of Computer Vision (WACV) , 2025 (Oral)We discover knowledge acquired by the TotalSegmentator foundation model trained to segment all anatomical structures in computed tomography medical images. -
shapiq: Shapley interactions for machine learning
Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS) , 2024We develop {shapiq}, an open-source Python package that implements several algorithms and benchmarks for efficiently approximating game-theoretic attribution and interaction indices. -
Increasing phosphorus loss despite widespread concentration decline in US rivers
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences , 2024We reveal a paradox in US rivers with deep learning: phosphorus concentration is down over the last 40 years, particularly in urban areas, but total phosphorus loss is up due to climate change.