Yichuan Zhang

Project

CAS 2026 Paper Network

The first LLM-built paper network presented at a conference — see where your research sits, at a glance

Role
Co-creator (with team)
Period
2026
Status
Completed
Stack
LLM · SPECTER Embeddings · PCA · 3D Visualization · Semantic Network · Data Visualization
CAS 2026 interactive 3D semantic map of accepted papers

A first for the conference: with my team, we built and presented the first LLM-powered paper network at CAS 2026 — an interactive 3D semantic map that lets every author instantly see where their work sits relative to everyone else's.

We encoded each accepted paper with SPECTER embeddings, projected them into a navigable 3D space with PCA, and drew semantic links between related papers (51 papers · 125 links), colored by session. It turns a flat program into a shared map of the field.

To our knowledge, it's the first time an LLM-generated paper network has been introduced at a conference. A team effort.