Publications

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In Preparation/Under Review

• Y. Shen, L. Tu, W. Wang. Reinforcement Learning-based Knowledge Distillation with LLM-as-a-Judge.
• Y. Shen*, Y. He*, W. Wang, Q. Lin. Penalty-Based First-Order Methods for Bilevel Optimization with Minimax and Constrained Lower-Level Problems. [GitHub]
• Y. Shen and W. Wang. A Semi-supervised Generative Model for Incomplete Multi-view Data Integration with Missing Labels.
• Y. Shen, S.V. Rajaram, W. Wang, E. Zeng. DeepBioSim: Efficient and Versatile Methods for Microbiome Data Simulation with Minimal Statistical Assumptions. [GitHub]

Conference Publications

• Y. Zhang, Y. Shen, W. Wang. Disentanglement of Variations with Multimodal Generative Modeling. In The Fourteenth International Conference on Learning Representations. 2026. [GitHub] [OpenReview]

Journal Publications

• K. Lauder, M.S. Parvej, Y. Shen, C. Zhang, J. Osei-Bonsu, J.F. Lowe, W. Zhang. Shiga Toxin Genes Detected in Fecal Samples of Illinois Finisher Pigs. In Bacteria. Published October 2, 2025.
• I. Upadhyay, M.S. Parvej, Y. Shen, S. Li, K. Lauder, C. Zhang, W. Zhang. Protein-based vaccine candidate MecVax cross-protects against enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) intestinal colonization in a rabbit model. In Infection and Immunity. Published October 24, 2023.
• I. Upadhyay, M.S. Parvej, S. Li, K. Lauder, Y. Shen, W. Zhang. Polyvalent Protein Adhesin MEFA-II Induces Functional Antibodies against Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) Adhesins CS7, CS12, CS14, CS17, and CS21 and Heat-Stable Toxin (STa). In Applied and Environmental Microbiology. Published May 22, 2023.