Dang Nguyen

I am a Computer Science PhD student in the Chicago Human+AI Lab at the University of Chicago advised by Chenhao Tan. I also work with Ari Holtzman as part of a wider Communication & Intelligence initiative to study communication in the age of talking machines.

Lately, I have been thinking about LLM pragmatic reasoning, how they can coordinate, persuade, and inspire us in economic collaborations beyond mere instruction following. This calls for more dynamic benchmarks, for which I see simulated environments, or communication games, as potential solutions. HR Simulator™ is the first game I built in this direction. I am also interested in LLM-human interaction, including uncovering and mitigating social biases in models’ decision-making.

Outside of research, you can find me practicing Brazilian Jiu Jitsu or lifting weights. If you think we have similar interests, feel free to reach out.