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Tate Rowney_

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Hi there!

I'm Tate.

I'm a student researcher interested in math, data science, and ML.

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My Projects

I love creating things! Here are some projects I've worked on:

Recognizing Handwritten Math Expressions

Computer interpretation of handwritten math is a challenging problem due to the variablity in size and placement of many characters. I created and explored the viability of a novel computer-vision algorithm to solve this problem.

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Image Credit: ME

ImProving Formal Proofs

Generative AI is flexible but unreliable, while code-based theorem provers are always correct but hard to use. By combining the strengths of each, my research group and I are creating a system to automatically optimize and clarify formal proofs, along with other tools and infrastructure to assist mathematicians.

Check out the ImProver repository
Image Credit: Ahuja et al., "ImProver: Agent-Based Proof Optimization", https://arxiv.org/pdf/2410.04753

Translating Into a Formal Language

Interactive theorem provers such as Lean 4 check the correctness of mathematical proofs, but having it communicate with outside programs (solvers, computer algebra systems, unverified coding languages, you name it) is a challenging engineering problem. I created a tool to automatically translate between Lean and arbitrary external DSLs to allow outside programs to be used for proof automation in Lean.

Take a look at the preprint
Image Credit: yours truly. I switched my VSCode to light mode for this one so I hope ur happy

Data Science for Social Good

I've found that the most interesting applications of science are those with real-world impact. My team and I worked with the maintainers of Pittsburgh's public riverfront trails to analyze and predict traffic patterns to help maintainence and future expansion.

About our organization
Image Credit: MacOS screenshot tool (jk I literally made this)

Jailbreaking Prevention for AI Safety

Myself and a co-author identified a new form of jailbreaking attack in large language models, and analyzed its effects on models' reasoning. We presented out paper at AAAI 2026 in Singapore.

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Image Credit: Tate Rowney, Xuning Ying. "Distractor-Based Jailbreaking Attacks in Language Models and Associated Changes in Chain-of-Thought Content". AAAI 2026.

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