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BOW: Training Language Models to Reason Over Plausible Next Words
arXiv:2506.13502v4 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Next-word prediction (NWP) trains language models against a single observed continuation, even though many contexts admit multiple plausible next words. Recent RL-based…
Towards Provable and Scalable Training of Quantized Neural Networks with Ising Optimization
arXiv:2506.18240v5 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Training quantized neural networks remains fundamentally challenging due to non-convex loss landscapes and discrete parameter spaces. We introduce an exact Quadratic Co…
Online camera-pose-free stereo endoscopic tissue deformation recovery with tissue-invariant vision-biomechanics consistency
arXiv:2506.19388v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Tissue deformation recovery based on stereo endoscopic images is crucial for tool-tissue interaction analysis and benefits surgical navigation and autonomous soft tissu…
Any-Order GPT as Masked Diffusion Model: Decoupling Formulation and Architecture
arXiv:2506.19935v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Efficiently scaling Large Language Models (LLMs) necessitates exploring alternatives to dominant autoregressive (AR) methods, with Masked Diffusion Models (MDMs) emergi…
Enhancing Self-Supervised Visual Representation Learning via Low-Rank Adapted LLMs
arXiv:2507.00754v4 Announce Type: replace Abstract: The integration of Large Language Model (LLM) blocks with Vision Transformers (ViTs) holds significant promise for vision-only tasks by leveraging the rich semantic kno…
ParaStudent: Closing the Sim2Real Gap in User Simulators for AI Tutor Evaluation
arXiv:2507.12674v3 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Evaluating Artificial Intelligence (AI) tutor feedback before deployment requires anticipating student engagement, typically assessed through real interaction data. We …
Endoscopic Depth Estimation Based on Deep Learning: A Survey
arXiv:2507.20881v3 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Endoscopic depth estimation is a critical technology for improving the safety and precision of minimally invasive surgery. It has attracted considerable attention from …
Ov3R: Open-Vocabulary Semantic 3D Reconstruction from RGB Videos
arXiv:2507.22052v3 Announce Type: replace Abstract: We present Ov3R, a novel framework for open-vocabulary semantic 3D reconstruction from RGB video streams, designed to advance Spatial AI. The system features two key co…
GeoGR^2:Zero-Shot Geospatial Inference via Geostatistically-Guided Iterative Refinement with LLMs
arXiv:2508.04080v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Standard large language model prompting treats geospatial inference as independent, instance-wise prediction, ignoring the fundamental spatial dependencies that govern …
FaST: Feature-aware Sampling and Tuning for Personalized Preference Alignment with Limited Data
arXiv:2508.04698v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: LLM-powered conversational assistants are often deployed in a one-size-fits-all manner, which fails to accommodate individual user preferences. Recently, LLM personaliz…
Unsupervised Partner Design Enables Robust Ad-hoc Teamwork
arXiv:2508.06336v3 Announce Type: replace Abstract: We introduce Unsupervised Partner Design (UPD), a population-free multi-agent reinforcement learning method for robust ad-hoc teamwork. UPD generates training partners …
Evaluating Style-Personalized Text Generation: Challenges and Directions
arXiv:2508.06374v4 Announce Type: replace Abstract: With the surge of large language models (LLMs) and their ability to produce customized output, style-personalized text generation--"write like me"--has become a rapidly…
BiasGym: A Simple and Generalizable Framework for Analyzing and Removing Biases through Injection
arXiv:2508.08855v5 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Understanding biases and stereotypes encoded in the weights of Large Language Models (LLMs) is crucial for developing effective mitigation strategies. However, biased b…
FlexP-SFT: A Flexible Aggregation-Free Framework for On-Device Personalized Split Federated Fine-Tuning of LLMs
arXiv:2508.10349v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: To fine-tune large language models (LLMs) over private data, federated learning (FL) has emerged as a promising paradigm. However, the prohibitive memory and communicat…
SupraTok: Cross-Boundary Tokenization for Enhanced Language Model Performance
arXiv:2508.11857v3 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Tokenization remains a persistent bottleneck in language modeling, especially when vocabulary learning is limited by whitespace boundaries. We present SupraTok, a token…
Integrated Noise and Safety Management in UAM via A Unified Reinforcement Learning Framework
arXiv:2508.16440v3 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Urban Air Mobility (UAM) envisions the widespread use of small aerial vehicles to transform transportation in dense urban environments. However, UAM faces critical oper…
Essence Coach: A Bot for Software Practice Adoption
arXiv:2508.16445v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Although Essence has been proposed as a unifying framework for understanding and evaluating software engineering practices, its adoption remains challenging, calling fo…
Bayesian and Multi-Objective Decision Support for Incident Mitigation in Cyber-Physical Systems
arXiv:2509.00770v3 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Cyber-physical systems increasingly rely on interconnected physical and digital systems whose security incidents can escalate rapidly into safety and operational failur…
Recurrent State Encoders for Efficient Neural Combinatorial Optimization
arXiv:2509.05084v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: The primary paradigm in Neural Combinatorial Optimization (NCO) consists of construction methods, where a neural network is trained to sequentially add one solution com…
Fact-Checking Comments Precede Community Notes to Misleading Posts on X
arXiv:2509.11052v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Community-based fact-checking systems, such as X's Community Notes program, offer a potentially scalable approach against online misinformation diffusion. However, thei…