publications

*,^ denotes equal author contribution.

2026

  1. Continuous Diffusion Transformers for Designing Synthetic Regulatory Elements
    Jonathan Liu* and Kia Ghods*
    Generative AI in Genomics (Gen^2) Workshop at ICLR, 2026
    arXiv

2025

  1. Visual serial processing deficits explain divergences in human and VLM reasoning
    Nicholas Budny*, Kia Ghods*, Declan Campbell*, Raja Marjieh, Amogh Joshi, Sreejan Kumar, Jonathan D. Cohen^, Taylor W. Webb^, and Thomas L. Griffiths^
    Under Review, 2025
    arXiv

2024

  1. Understanding the Limits of Vision Language Models Through the Lens of the Binding Problem
    Declan Campbell, Sunayana Rane, Tyler Giallanza, Nicolò De Sabbata, Kia Ghods, Amogh Joshi, Alexander Ku, Steven M. Frankland, Thomas L. Griffiths^, Jonathan D. Cohen^, and Taylor Webb^
    NeurIPS, 2024
    arXiv
  2. Validation of a Multi-Strain HIV Within-Host Model with AIDS Clinical Studies
    Necibe Tuncer, Kia Ghods, Vivek Sreejithkumar, Adin Garbowit, Mark Zagha, and Maia Martcheva
    Mathematics, 2024
    DOI

2023

  1. Modeling the interplay between albumin-globulin metabolism and HIV infection
    Vivek Sreejithkumar, Kia Ghods, Tharusha Bandara, Maia Martcheva, and Necibe Tuncer
    Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering, 2023
    DOI Video