publications

2026

2. 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

   @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 = {},
   }

3. Preprint

   

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

   Mika Okamoto, Ansel Kaplan Erol, and Kutluhan Erol

   2026

   Preprint / under review

   Paper

   @misc{okamoto2026legalincentives,
     venue_type = {preprint},
     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},
     year = {2026},
     note = {Preprint / under review},
   }

4. 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

   @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 = {},
   }

5. 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

   @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

1. 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

   @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 = {},
   }

2. 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

   @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 = {},
   }

3. 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

   @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 = {},
   }

4. 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

   @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

1. 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

   @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 = {},
   }