LIACS Thesis Repository
These webpages contain theses and reports by students affiliated with the various bachelor and master programmes offered at the Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science
(LIACS),
the computer science and artificial intelligence department of Leiden University.
The following thesis was written by a student who graduated in 2025-2026 from the Bachelor Data Science and Artificial Intelligence programme at Leiden University.
Thesis details
| Title | Can Repeated Sampling Help Smaller Language Models Outperform Larger Models under a Generation-Time Budget? |
| Student | Li, J. (Jingbo) |
| Programme | Bachelor Data Science and Artificial Intelligence |
| Year | 2025-2026 |
| Supervisors | Nieuwpoort, prof.dr. R.V. (Rob) van E. Chiarotto (second supervisor) |
| Thesis | Open Thesis PDF |
Citation details
Li, J. (Jingbo), Can Repeated Sampling Help Smaller Language Models Outperform Larger Models under a Generation-Time Budget?, Thesis Bachelor Data Science and Artificial Intelligence, LIACS, Leiden University, 2026.