Yuzhong Mei

Yuzhong Mei

orcid

Research Focus & Metrics

Academic Career Length

1Year (2026-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

Representative Publications

View All Publications
13 October 2026 in Preprints.org
Verified
Preprint
Open access
PDF file
HHHejun Huang
Hejun Huang
XYXikai Yang
Xikai Yang
YMYuzhong Mei
Yuzhong Mei
LMLei Mao
Lei Mao
HCHengguang Cui
Hengguang Cui
HLHongrui Liu
Hongrui Liu
Hallucinations in large language models (LLMs) remain a critical challenge for deploying these systems in high-stakes domains. We introduce Calib-Abstain, a framework that combines token-level uncertainty estimation with multi-path consistency checking to generate calibrated confidence scores. When confidence falls below a learned threshold, the system triggers tiered mitigation actions: retrieval augmentation, query reformulation, or abstention with explanation. Our approach employs temperature scaling and isotonic regression to minimize Expected Calibration Error (ECE). Experiments on mathematical reasoning (GSM8K, MATH), code generation (HumanEval), and general knowledge tasks (MMLU) demonstrate that Calib-Abstain reduces hallucination rates among answered queries by 24--31% while maintaining 80--88% coverage, with ECE improvements of 0.08--0.12 across datasets.