Superposition

3 papers across 3 sessions

Poster Session 1

Wednesday, December 3, 2025 · 11:00 AM → 2:00 PM

Reasoning by Superposition: A Theoretical Perspective on Chain of Continuous Thought

#3306 · Hanlin Zhu, Shibo Hao, Zhiting Hu, Jiantao Jiao, Stuart J Russell, Yuandong Tian

We study the mechanism of chain of continuous thought on the graph reachability problem, and show it can reason by maintaining a superposition of multiple search traces both theoretically and empirically.

Poster Session 3

1 paper

Thursday, December 4, 2025 · 11:00 AM → 2:00 PM

Exhibit Hall C,D,E

Disentangling Superpositions: Interpretable Brain Encoding Model with Sparse Concept Atoms

#2016 · Alicia Zeng, Jack Gallant

Poster Session 4

1 paper

Thursday, December 4, 2025 · 4:30 PM → 7:30 PM

Exhibit Hall C,D,E

Superposition Yields Robust Neural Scaling

#3717 · Yizhou Liu, Ziming Liu, Jeff Gore

Neural scaling law in LLMs is explained through representation interference due to superposition