Dohun Lee

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Unclaimed · AI-structured profileOpenAlex

First-author research on LLM pricing-agent security and algorithmic collusion in Bertrand competition settings

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Bibliometric figures come from OpenAlex (2026-09-20) and cover the author's entire public record, not just the papers listed here. Reproducibility signal comes from Evolve's own reviews.

Research profile

Output—

No output metrics are available yet: the data snapshot contains no publication counts, venue records, or other productivity measures for this name. This dimension would measure total scholarly output — papers, venues, and yearly production — once a sufficient bibliographic record accumulates.

Impact—

Impact cannot be scored: no citation counts, h-index, or citation-derived indicators exist in the provided snapshot. This dimension would measure scholarly influence — citations to the two 2026 preprints, their uptake, and downstream referencing — once citation data becomes available.

Focus0/100

The focus dimension scores 0, computed from a field distribution that splits exactly 0.5/0.5 between two adjacent Evolve field labels — one pairing LLM agent security with AI safety and algorithmic collusion/computational economics, the other pairing AI safety/computational economics with LLM agents. The two labels describe substantially the same research program, so the zero likely reflects label fragmentation in classification rather than genuinely scattered interests; both cataloged papers address LLM pricing agents and collusion.

Collaboration14/100

Collaboration scores 14, reflecting a very narrow recorded network: the bibliometric snapshot lists only 1 distinct coauthor, Hyunwoo Park, who appears as the frequent coauthor across this body of work. Both cataloged papers list Lee as first author (neither as corresponding author), suggesting a small two-person working pattern centered on LLM-agent security experiments. This is an early-stage footprint; the score should be read as thin coverage in the data rather than evidence of isolated work.

Activity—

Activity data is insufficient: the snapshot provides only two papers, both dated 2026, with no year-by-year publication record. This dimension would measure research cadence — output per year, recency, and continuity — and cannot be meaningfully estimated from a single-year, two-paper record.

Reproducibility55/100

Reproducibility scores 55, the mean across the 2 papers with reproducibility assessments in the catalog; both are individually rated medium readiness. The underlying studies are simulation-based — adversarial context manipulation of LLM pricing agents (n=5 seeds, fixed demand) and a causal-graph audit across 9 models — which makes pipelines re-runnable in principle, but Evolve's verdicts flag very small samples as the main limitation for independent replication.

Research summary

Dohun Lee is an early-stage researcher working at the intersection of large language model (LLM) agent security and computational economics. The profile rests on two 2026 arXiv preprints, both with Lee as first author, examining whether autonomous LLM pricing agents can be manipulated or led into collusion. The first, Market Signal Injection, shows that presentation-only edits to rival agents' inputs — a form of indirect prompt injection — steer LLM pricing agents and downstream market outcomes under Bertrand competition. The second, Faithful yet Collusive, applies a causal-graph audit (causal discovery and Granger causality) across 9 models and finds that chain-of-thought faithfulness and collusive behavior dissociate, implying CoT monitoring may miss algorithmic collusion. The field distribution splits evenly (0.5/0.5) between two adjacent labels covering LLM agent security and AI safety/computational economics. Recorded collaboration is narrow: one distinct coauthor, Hyunwoo Park, with a collaboration score of 14. Reproducibility averages 55 across the two cataloged papers, both rated medium readiness. Evolve's verdicts judge both studies credible but limited by very small samples and fixed demand assumptions.

Collaboration pattern

Recorded collaboration is minimal: exactly 1 distinct coauthor appears in the bibliometric snapshot, Hyunwoo Park, who is also the listed frequent coauthor. Both cataloged papers are first-author works with Lee not marked corresponding, consistent with a compact two-person collaboration producing simulation studies of LLM pricing agents. With a collaboration score of 14, the network footprint is early-stage and may understate actual collaboration because the underlying bibliometric record is thin.

Research keywords

LLM pricing agentsalgorithmic collusionindirect prompt injectionmarket signal injectionBertrand competitionprompt formatting sensitivitychain-of-thought faithfulnesscausal discoveryGranger causalityoligopolistic competition

Highlights

Market Signal Injection: presentation-only edits steer LLM pricing agents
In this 2026 arXiv preprint (first author), adversarial manipulation of the context that rival agents see — without touching underlying demand or costs — redirects LLM pricing agents and market outcomes under Bertrand competition. Evolve judges the simulation credible but notes n=5 seeds and fixed demand limit scope; reproducibility is rated medium.
CoT faithfulness and collusion dissociate across 9 LLM models
The second 2026 preprint (first author) asks whether chain-of-thought monitoring can detect algorithmic collusion. Using causal discovery and Granger causality across 9 models, it finds LLM collusion and CoT faithfulness come apart, so faithful reasoning traces do not make collusive behavior visible. Evolve calls the causal-graph audit clever but notes it rests on very small samples; reproducibility is rated medium.

Timeline

2026Releases first-author arXiv preprint 'Market Signal Injection: Adversarial Context Manipulation of LLM Pricing Agents' on LLM agent security and market manipulation.
2026Releases first-author arXiv preprint 'Faithful yet Collusive' on why chain-of-thought monitoring cannot detect collusion in LLM pricing agents.
2026Both preprints enter the Evolve review catalog with medium reproducibility readiness; the profile's only recorded coauthor is Hyunwoo Park.

Papers in the Evolve catalog

2026-09-17first author
Market Signal Injection: Adversarial Context Manipulation of LLM Pricing Agents
2026-09-17first author
Faithful yet Collusive: Why Chain-of-Thought Monitoring Cannot Detect Collusion in LLM Pricing Agents under Oligopolistic Competition

Frequent co-authors

Hyunwoo Park×2

About this profile

This profile is AI-structured by Evolve.Pub from public bibliographic data (OpenAlex) and Evolve's own paper reviews. It is not written or endorsed by the researcher unless the profile is claimed. Radar dimensions are computed from real bibliometrics with fixed formulas — raw figures are shown alongside; missing dimensions mean insufficient data, never zero. Errors? Claim the profile to correct or hide it.

All bibliometric scores come from a small public bibliometric snapshot covering only the cataloged papers; output, impact, and activity axes lack sufficient data and are unscored.
No institutional affiliation, country, or ORCID was available; the profile is name-resolved from public bibliographic data and may conflate same-name researchers.
The evidence base is two 2026 arXiv preprints; Evolve verdicts note small samples (n=5 seeds; 9 models) and fixed demand assumptions limit generalization.
The reproducibility score (55) averages only 2 assessed papers, both rated medium readiness; no citation, venue, or peer-review information was available.