publications | Mika Okamoto

2026

Preprint

PACT: Can Enterprise AI Assistants Be Trusted Under Pressure?

Mika Okamoto and Ansel Kaplan Erol

2026

Under review

@misc{okamoto2026pact,
  venue_type = {preprint},
  title = {PACT: Can Enterprise AI Assistants Be Trusted Under Pressure?},
  author = {Okamoto, Mika and Erol, Ansel Kaplan},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Under review},
}

AIES

Why Do AI Agents Break Rules? How Framing, Context, and Social Signals Shape Compliance

Mika Okamoto, Ansel Kaplan Erol, and Kutluhan Erol

In AAAI/ACM Conference on AI, Ethics, and Society (AIES), also presented at the COLM 2026 Workshop on Agent Behavior , 2026

Paper Code Website Bib

@inproceedings{okamoto2026legalincentives,
  venue_type = {conference},
  title = {Why Do AI Agents Break Rules? How Framing, Context, and Social Signals Shape Compliance},
  author = {Okamoto, Mika and Erol, Ansel Kaplan and Erol, Kutluhan},
  booktitle = {AAAI/ACM Conference on AI, Ethics, and Society (AIES)},
  year = {2026},
  note = {},
}

COLM

Where Does Social Reasoning Come From? Capability Provenance in Language Models

Glenn Matlin, Chandreyi Chakraborty, Saehee Eom, Mika Okamoto, Rayan Castilla, Louis Jaburi, Alvin Deng, Taywon Min, and 3 more authors

In Conference on Language Modeling (COLM) 2026, 2026

Paper Code Website Bib

@inproceedings{matlin2026social,
  venue_type = {conference},
  title = {Where Does Social Reasoning Come From? {C}apability Provenance in Language Models},
  author = {Matlin, Glenn and Chakraborty, Chandreyi and Eom, Saehee and Okamoto, Mika and Castilla, Rayan and Jaburi, Louis and Deng, Alvin and Min, Taywon and Quirke, Lucia and Biderman, Stella and Riedl, Mark},
  booktitle = {Conference on Language Modeling (COLM) 2026},
  year = {2026},
  note = {},
  hidden = {},
}

COLM SCI-FM

Encoded Early, Used Late: Where Transformers Begin to Act on an Inferred Partner’s Expertise

Mika Okamoto and Gabriele Sarti

In COLM Workshop on Scientific Understanding of Foundation Models (SCI-FM), 2026

Paper Bib

@inproceedings{okamoto2026encoded,
  venue_type = {workshop},
  title = {Encoded Early, Used Late: Where Transformers Begin to Act on an Inferred Partner's Expertise},
  author = {Okamoto, Mika and Sarti, Gabriele},
  booktitle = {COLM Workshop on Scientific Understanding of Foundation Models (SCI-FM)},
  year = {2026},
  note = {},
}

CHI HCXAI

Explainable Model Routing for Agentic Workflows

Mika Okamoto, Ansel Erol, and Mark Riedl

In Workshop on Human-Centered Explainable AI (HCXAI) at CHI, 2026

Paper Bib

@inproceedings{okamoto2026explainable,
  venue_type = {workshop},
  title = {Explainable Model Routing for Agentic Workflows},
  author = {Okamoto, Mika and Erol, Ansel and Riedl, Mark},
  booktitle = {Workshop on Human-Centered Explainable AI (HCXAI) at CHI},
  year = {2026},
  note = {},
}

Preprint

Method Bench: Evaluating Path-to-Feasibility Reasoning in the Sciences

Blair Johnson, Mika Okamoto, James Clayton Kerce, and Faramarz Fekri

2026

Under review

Bib

@misc{johnson2026methodbench,
  venue_type = {preprint},
  title = {Method Bench: Evaluating Path-to-Feasibility Reasoning in the Sciences},
  author = {Johnson, Blair and Okamoto, Mika and Kerce, James Clayton and Fekri, Faramarz},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Under review},
}

CHI HCXAI

Counterfactual Explanations for Agentic Workflows

Madhuri Singh^†, Grace Kim^†, Mika Okamoto^†, Aarushi Ammavajjala, Amal Alabdulkarim, Gennie Mansi, and Mark Riedl

In Workshop on Human-Centered Explainable AI (HCXAI) at CHI, 2026

Paper Bib

@inproceedings{singh2026counterfactual,
  venue_type = {workshop},
  title = {Counterfactual Explanations for Agentic Workflows},
  author = {Singh, Madhuri and Kim, Grace and Okamoto, Mika and Ammavajjala, Aarushi and Alabdulkarim, Amal and Mansi, Gennie and Riedl, Mark},
  booktitle = {Workshop on Human-Centered Explainable AI (HCXAI) at CHI},
  year = {2026},
  note = {},
}

arXiv

DeepVerify: Evidence-Based Expert-Level Scientific Claim Verification

Siheng Xiong, Oguzhan Gungordu, Blair Johnson, Mika Okamoto, James C. Kerce, and Faramarz Fekri

2026

Code Bib

@misc{xiong2026deepverify,
  venue_type = {preprint},
  title = {DeepVerify: Evidence-Based Expert-Level Scientific Claim Verification},
  author = {Xiong, Siheng and Gungordu, Oguzhan and Johnson, Blair and Okamoto, Mika and Kerce, James C. and Fekri, Faramarz},
  year = {2026},
  note = {},
}

2025

ACL

FLaME: Holistic Finance Language Model Evaluation

Glenn Matlin^†, Mika Okamoto^†, Huzaifa Pardawala^†, Yang Yang, and Sudheer Chava

In Findings of the Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL), 2025

Paper Code Bib

@inproceedings{matlin2025flame,
  venue_type = {conference},
  title = {{FLaME}: Holistic Finance Language Model Evaluation},
  author = {Matlin, Glenn and Okamoto, Mika and Pardawala, Huzaifa and Yang, Yang and Chava, Sudheer},
  booktitle = {Findings of the Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL)},
  year = {2025},
  note = {},
}

MLSys

Trust by Design: Skill Profiles for Transparent, Cost-Aware LLM Routing

Mika Okamoto, Ansel Erol, and Glenn Matlin

In MLSys Young Professionals Symposium (YPS), 2025

Paper Bib

@inproceedings{okamoto2025bella,
  venue_type = {workshop},
  title = {Trust by Design: Skill Profiles for Transparent, Cost-Aware {LLM} Routing},
  author = {Okamoto, Mika and Erol, Ansel and Matlin, Glenn},
  booktitle = {MLSys Young Professionals Symposium (YPS)},
  year = {2025},
  note = {},
}

MHSRS

Enhancing Military Family Readiness and Resilience Programs Through LLM-Generated Synthetic Data and Natural Language Interfaces

Anantharaman Iyer^†, Mika Okamoto^†, Agustin Lorenzo, Blair Johnson, Moon Kim, Clayton Kerce, and Margarita Gonzalez

In Military Health System Research Symposium (MHSRS), 2025

Bib

@inproceedings{iyer2025military,
  venue_type = {conference},
  title = {Enhancing Military Family Readiness and Resilience Programs Through {LLM}-Generated Synthetic Data and Natural Language Interfaces},
  author = {Iyer, Anantharaman and Okamoto, Mika and Lorenzo, Agustin and Johnson, Blair and Kim, Moon and Kerce, Clayton and Gonzalez, Margarita},
  booktitle = {Military Health System Research Symposium (MHSRS)},
  year = {2025},
  note = {},
}

JARO

Genome-Wide Association Study of Age-Related Hearing Loss in CFW Mice Identifies Multiple Genes and Loci, Including Prkag2

Oksana Polesskaya, Ely Boussaty, Riyan Cheng, Olivia A. Lamonte, Thomas Y. Zhou, Eric Du, Thiago Missfeldt Sanches, Mika Okamoto, and 2 more authors

Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology, 2025

Paper Bib

@article{polesskaya2025gwas,
  venue_type = {journal},
  title = {Genome-Wide Association Study of Age-Related Hearing Loss in {CFW} Mice Identifies Multiple Genes and Loci, Including {Prkag2}},
  author = {Polesskaya, Oksana and Boussaty, Ely and Cheng, Riyan and Lamonte, Olivia A. and Zhou, Thomas Y. and Du, Eric and Sanches, Thiago Missfeldt and Okamoto, Mika and Palmer, Abraham A. and Friedman, Rick},
  journal = {Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology},
  year = {2025},
  note = {},
}

2023

bioRxiv

RATTACA: Genetic predictions in Heterogeneous Stock rats offer a new tool for genetic correlation and experimental design

Benjamin B Johnson, Thiago M Sanches, Mika Okamoto, Khai-Min Nguyen, Clara A Ortez, Oksana Polesskaya, and Abraham A Palmer

bioRxiv, 2023

Paper Code Bib

@article{johnson2023rattaca,
  venue_type = {preprint},
  title = {{RATTACA}: Genetic predictions in Heterogeneous Stock rats offer a new tool for genetic correlation and experimental design},
  author = {Johnson, Benjamin B and Sanches, Thiago M and Okamoto, Mika and Nguyen, Khai-Min and Ortez, Clara A and Polesskaya, Oksana and Palmer, Abraham A},
  journal = {bioRxiv},
  year = {2023},
  note = {},
}