
USC SIGNALS Lab
Daniel C. Ruiz
PhD Student
USC Ph.D. student in the Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science. Interested in language model domain adaptability, confidentiality, and scaling. Prior work includes fine-tuning language models for military domains and the application of neural networks for malware detection and nuclear particle discrimination. Passionate about open source AI research.
Publications
How Far Will They Go? Red-Teaming Online Influence with Large Language Models
Authors: DC Ruiz, A Serbina, A Rao, E Ferrara, L Luceri
Year: 2026Journal: arXiv preprint arXiv:2605.22880