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Every paper checked in the week of 12–18 Oct 2026 · Small and efficient models — nothing is hidden. Brief papers first.
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| Honesty is the Best Policy ... or is it? Demand Management for Probabilistic Service Options The paper models demand management using probabilistic service options and analyzes provider incentives under transparency constraints. Preprint | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:18 | Not relevant Deals with operations research demand management, not small models. | |
| Two Sample Sizes in Test-Time LLM Ensembling: Buffered ERM and Minimax Theory The authors analyze theoretical sample-complexity tradeoffs between questions and generations when ensembling multiple language models at test time. Preprint | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:18 | Not relevant Theoretical statistical analysis of ensembling without model compression focus. | |
| Same Target, Different Origins: Aligning Latent Rollout for Consistent PDE Emulation The paper introduces a regularization technique that aligns internal representations across rollout origins to improve neural differential equation emulation. Preprint | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:18 | Not relevant Studies PDE latent consistency rather than small model efficiency. | |
| Does Compression Imply Generalization? A Minimum Description Length Perspective The authors show how prequential regret from minimum description length bounds neural network generalization error without held-out data. Preprint | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:18 | Not relevant Studies MDL theory bounds rather than practical model compression or efficiency. | |
| RDL-Bench: A Benchmark for Task-Aware Question Answering over Relational Databases The paper introduces a benchmark to evaluate question answering systems on reasoning and predictive tasks over relational databases. Preprint | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:18 | Not relevant Proposes a database QA benchmark without model efficiency contributions. | |
| Learning to Forecast on Multiple Spatiotemporal Hierarchies The paper proposes a graph neural network framework to exploit multiple spatiotemporal aggregation hierarchies for time-series forecasting. Preprint | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:18 | Not relevant Proposes graph deep learning for forecasting, not model compression. | |
| What Does History Add? Calendar Controls and Information-Timing Audits for University Trajectory Forecasting This study audits how historical information and calendar controls affect trajectory forecasting within a university simulator. Preprint | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:18 | Not relevant Investigates statistical simulator forecasting, not efficient model deployment. | |
| Policy-Aligned Predictive Verification for Adaptive VLA Action-Chunk Execution The paper presents a predictive verifier that decides how many actions from a vision-language-action chunk to execute safely. Preprint | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:18 | Not relevant Focuses on action chunk selection rather than model compression. | |
| Each Reward to Its Relevant Tokens: Reward-Specific Token-Level Credit Assignment for Multi-Reward RL The authors propose an algorithm that assigns multi-reward reinforcement learning credit specifically to relevant response tokens. Preprint | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:18 | Not relevant Focuses on reinforcement learning credit assignment rather than efficient inference. | |
| DuET: Note-Frame Dual Encoding for Piano Performance-to-Score Transcription The paper introduces a dual-encoder transformer that jointly transcribes piano performances to scores and tracks metrical beat frames. Preprint | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:18 | Not relevant Presents a dual transformer for piano transcription without efficiency focus. | |
| Kolmogorov-Arnold Networks: Curse of Dimensionality and Structural Bias This paper analyzes Kolmogorov-Arnold networks to show that favorable dimension scaling depends on target smoothness rather than the architecture alone. Preprint | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:18 | Not relevant Analyzes mathematical approximation bounds rather than practical model compression methods. | |
| Phase Kernel Lifts Capacity of Dense Associative Memory The authors introduce a nonlinear phase kernel to expand the effective retrieval capacity of modern Hopfield networks. Preprint | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:18 | Not relevant Focuses on theoretical Hopfield network capacity, not efficient model serving. | |
| Activation-Adjacent Layer Normalization: Effects on Approximation Power The paper analyzes the mathematical approximation capabilities of neural networks when layer normalization or RMSNorm is placed directly adjacent to activations. Preprint | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:18 | Not relevant Analyzes theoretical layer normalization bounds without addressing practical model efficiency. | |
| Finite-Time Guarantees for Constrained Reinforcement Learning under Partial Observability The paper develops a primal-dual reinforcement learning algorithm providing finite-time performance and constraint-satisfaction bounds under partial observability. Preprint | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:18 | Not relevant Focuses on POMDP RL bounds, not efficient model compression. | |
| Reducing the Cost of Qudit State Preparation by Learning a Sparse Structure for SNAP Gates The paper presents a differentiable masking technique to learn sparse control phases for preparing bosonic qudit quantum states. Preprint | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:18 | Not relevant Investigates quantum physics gate optimization rather than efficient neural models. | |
| A Quantum Machine Learning Approach to Content-Based Media Recommendation The paper applies quantum natural language processing circuits to content-based TV programme recommendations, comparing efficiency against classical models. Preprint | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:18 | Not relevant Focuses on quantum recommender models rather than classical small LLM efficiency. | |
| Sharp and Stable Label-Free Calibration Certificates from Logical Coherence The paper derives mathematical bounds to evaluate the calibration of query-based probabilistic models using logical consistency without ground-truth labels. Preprint | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:18 | Not relevant Deals with statistical calibration certificates, not model compression. | |
| From Perception to Prediction and Intervention: Benchmarking Proactive Video Assistants in Real-Life Scenarios The paper introduces a benchmark to evaluate proactive video assistants across perception, risk prediction, and timely real-world intervention tasks. Preprint | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:18 | Not relevant Focuses on benchmarking video assistants, not model compression. | |
| Transfer Learning in Bandits from Unknown Adaptive Policies: Problem-Dependent Lower and Upper Bounds The paper establishes regret bounds and an algorithm for transfer learning in multi-armed bandits when historical data comes from unknown adaptive policies. Preprint | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:18 | Not relevant Focuses on multi-armed bandit theory, not model compression. | |
| Market Incentives for AI Safety Investment The paper applies game theory to analyze market incentives for AI safety investments across upstream foundation model providers and downstream firms. Preprint | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:18 | Not relevant Analyzes market economic incentives, not model efficiency or distillation. | |
| Local Temporal Contrasts on Human Motion Data Induce a Latent Geometry The paper uses local temporal contrastive learning on human motion data to preserve multi-scale latent geometric trajectories in representations. Preprint | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:18 | Not relevant Focuses on representation learning for motion, not model efficiency. | |
| Conditional Mean Flows: Few-Step Densities for Simulation-Based Inference The paper proposes conditional mean flows to enable few-step posterior sampling and tractable density evaluation for simulation-based inference. Preprint | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:18 | Not relevant Covers statistical simulation-based inference, not small language models. | |
| Approaching Backpropagation Accuracy with Weight Perturbation on MNIST The paper analyzes the accuracy and efficiency trade-offs of derivative-free weight perturbation compared with standard backpropagation on MNIST. Preprint | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:18 | Not relevant Analyzes gradient-free optimization theory, not model compression. | |
| Classical methods for modern applications: synthetic tabular data generation using lightweight discrete response continuous latent variable model The paper presents a lightweight classical latent variable method for generating synthetic mixed tabular data without complex deep architectures. Preprint | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:18 | Not relevant Covers tabular latent variable modeling, not small model efficiency. | |
| MARS: A Momentum-Aware Adaptive Rating System for Personalized Assessment The paper proposes an interpretable, momentum-aware adaptive testing system that updates learner proficiency ratings dynamically during timed assessments. Preprint | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:18 | Not relevant Deals with computerized adaptive testing, not model compression. | |
| Robust Covariance Estimation for Entry-wise Contaminated and Partially Observed Data via Expectation Maximization Algorithm The paper introduces a stochastic approximation expectation maximization algorithm for robust covariance estimation with coordinate-wise contaminated and missing data. Preprint | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:18 | Not relevant Addresses robust statistics methods, not model compression or serving. | |
| Pairwise AUC Optimization Needs Corrective Power: A Unified View The paper analyzes direct pairwise area-under-curve training to explain why mini-batch stochastic gradient descent can fail on severe ranking errors. Preprint | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:18 | Not relevant Analyzes training dynamics of AUC loss, not model efficiency. | |
| Q($γ_H$): Entropy-Guided Horizon Mixing in Multi-Discount Q-Learning The paper introduces a multi-horizon reinforcement learning framework that dynamically mixes multiple discount factors using policy confidence signals. Preprint | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:18 | Not relevant Focuses on Q-learning horizons, not model compression or serving. | |
| Same Spectrum, Harder First-Order Training: Phase-Locking in Single- versus Multi-Qubit Re-Uploading Circuits The paper investigates optimization dynamics in variational quantum circuits, showing single-qubit re-uploading circuits encounter phase-locking during first-order training. Preprint | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:18 | Not relevant Examines quantum circuit optimization rather than small model efficiency. | |
| Measuring the local shape of learning-rate transfer curves The paper provides analytical formulas to characterize and explain the gradient of learning-rate transfer curves across different model scales. Preprint | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:18 | Not relevant Studies learning-rate transfer curves, not model compression or serving. | |
| A Closed Form Depth-Width Law for Neural Collapse in Deep Linear Networks The paper derives a closed-form geometric law describing how depth and width affect representation compression in deep linear networks. Preprint | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:18 | Not relevant Theoretical analysis of linear networks, not model compression or efficiency. | |
| Local Epochs as Optimal Stopping: Theory and Evidence in Federated Learning The paper frames client local training in federated learning as an optimal stopping problem to balance local updates against drift. Preprint | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:18 | Not relevant Deals with federated learning local epochs rather than model efficiency methods. | |
| Lethe: Link Inference Attacks For Evaluation of Edge Unlearning Methods This paper presents a benchmark and link inference attack framework to evaluate edge unlearning methods in graph neural networks. Preprint | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:18 | Not relevant Does not study model compression, distillation, or efficient inference. | |
| Graph Dirichlet Energy for Fitting-Free Bivariate Causal Inference This paper proposes a Dirichlet energy criterion on kernel similarity graphs for bivariate causal inference without regression fitting or independence testing. Preprint | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:18 | Not relevant Does not study model compression or efficient inference methods. | |
| Self-Calibrated Subspace Robust PCA for Parameter-Free Removal of Mixed Noise and Line Stripes in Hyperspectral Images This paper presents a self-calibrated robust PCA method for removing mixed noise and line stripes in hyperspectral images without preset parameters. Preprint | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:18 | Not relevant Does not cover small models or inference efficiency techniques. | |
| The Tilted Sampling Problem: Optimism, Posterior Sampling, and Logarithmic Regret This paper formulates tilted sampling as an online learning problem for sampling from Gibbs distributions and establishes logarithmic regret bounds. Preprint | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:18 | Not relevant Does not address model compression or efficient serving. | |
| The Lagrangian Structure of Cost-Penalized Active Feature Acquisition This paper analyzes the theoretical Lagrangian structure of cost-penalized heuristics in active feature acquisition under hard budget constraints. Preprint | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:18 | Not relevant Does not address model compression or efficient LLM architectures. | |
| SelectPFN: Amortized Bayesian Variable Selection for Sparse Nonlinear Regression with Prior-Data Fitted Networks This paper introduces a prior-data fitted network that performs simultaneous Bayesian variable selection and nonlinear prediction in a single forward pass. Preprint | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:18 | Not relevant Does not investigate model compression or efficient LLM inference. | |
| ChronoSheaf: Joint Spatio-Temporal Spectral Filtering on Cellular Sheaves This paper introduces a spatio-temporal spectral sheaf Laplacian and filter to jointly capture space and time dependencies on graphs. Preprint | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:18 | Not relevant Does not cover model quantization, distillation, or serving. | |
| Uncertainty-Aware Federated Learning for Joint Communication and Computation in XR Systems This paper presents an uncertainty-aware federated learning method to manage power and computing allocation for extended reality devices under state uncertainties. Peer-reviewed | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:18 | Not relevant Focuses on edge resource allocation, not model compression. | |
| Learn Only Where You Can't Compute: Structured Corrections to Gaussian Process Posteriors This paper combines Gaussian process references with targeted diffusion model corrections to infer scientific physical fields from sparse data. Preprint | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:18 | Not relevant Does not study small language models or inference efficiency. | |
| Deep Learning of Topological Equivalence Classes This paper applies deep learning to classify topological equivalence classes of finite group actions on Riemann surfaces. Preprint | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:18 | Not relevant Does not examine model compression or efficient serving. | |
| Interfaces and Modules: A Scalable Representation for Weight-Space Learning across Architectures This paper introduces an interface-based graph representation and encoder for scalable weight-space learning across diverse neural network architectures. Preprint | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:18 | Not relevant Does not focus on reducing model footprint or efficient serving. | |
| Stateful Testing for Deep Learning Compilers This paper introduces a stateful testing method to detect bugs in deep learning compilers caused by retained state across invocations. Preprint | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:18 | Not relevant Evaluates compiler correctness rather than model compression or efficiency. | |
| Not All Unlabeled Data Are Equal: Unlabeled Data Selection for Semi-Supervised QSAR Modeling with Large Chemical Repositories This paper investigates unlabeled data selection strategies for semi-supervised QSAR modeling using large chemical repositories. Preprint | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:18 | Not relevant Does not study model compression or efficient LLM inference. | |
| Designing Experiments for External Decision Makers This paper introduces usage-aware Bayesian experimental design to minimize risk when experimental data is processed by unknown or external decision makers. Preprint | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:18 | Not relevant Does not address model efficiency or compression methods. | |
| Missed Detections and False Alarms in a CNN Technosignature Detector on Breakthrough Listen Data This paper tests a convolutional neural network technosignature detector against synthetic injections in real radio data to reveal out-of-distribution failure modes. Preprint | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:18 | Not relevant Does not address model compression, quantization, or efficient inference. | |
| Rethinking Successive Rejects Algorithms This paper optimizes the predefined phase-length schedules of Successive Rejects algorithms to improve error exponents in fixed-budget best-arm identification. Preprint | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:18 | Not relevant Studies bandit elimination schedules, not small models or efficient inference serving. | |
| Can AI Forecast the Extremes? Evaluating Probabilistic Weather Models on Tropical Cyclones This paper evaluates probabilistic AI weather forecasting models against operational physics-based ensembles on tropical cyclone tracking, intensity, and structure. Preprint | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:18 | Not relevant Focuses on extreme weather forecasting models, not small or efficient language models. | |
| Learning Changes the World and Then What Was Learned has Changed: Training and Deploying Neural Networks in the Control Loop This paper categorizes failure modes when deploying neural networks in closed-loop control systems and proposes online adaptation policies to counter distribution shifts. Peer-reviewed | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:18 | Not relevant Concerns closed-loop control dynamics, not model compression or efficient serving. | |
| Scene Reconstruction Using Ubiquitous Wireless Signals via Diffusion Posterior Inference Over physics-Grounded Representations This paper presents a diffusion-based posterior inference framework to reconstruct physical scenes from ubiquitous wireless channel measurements. Preprint | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:18 | Not relevant Presents wireless signal diffusion models, not small models or efficient inference. | |
| Beyond Fixed Acquisition Functions: Temporal Difference Active Learning for Perturbation Discovery This paper introduces a temporal difference active learning framework to adaptively learn experiment selection policies for budgeted perturbation discovery. Preprint | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:18 | Not relevant Addresses drug screen active learning, not model compression or efficient serving. | |
| The importance of tensor handling and implementation of physics-informed DeepONets Reorganizes tensor operations in physics-informed DeepONet architectures to eliminate redundancy and reduce training costs for higher-dimensional problems. Preprint | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:18 | Not relevant Targets scientific operator networks, not small language models or LLM efficiency. | |
| Attention over noisy examples: generalization and memorization in the exponential Hopfield network Analyzes generalization and memorization dynamics in exponential Hopfield networks trained with softmax attention over noisy examples. Preprint | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:18 | Not relevant Analyzes theoretical Hopfield models, not practical model compression or efficiency. | |
| Generalization Guarantees of Randomized Block Coordinate Descent for Nonconvex Learning Derives theoretical high-probability generalization guarantees and early stopping bounds for randomized block coordinate descent on nonconvex problems. Preprint | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:18 | Not relevant Presents theoretical generalization bounds, not small models or efficient inference. | |
| SurvICL: a Foundation Model for in-context Survival Analysis Introduces a tabular foundation model pretrained on synthetic priors to predict survival curves in-context. Preprint | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:18 | Not relevant Focuses on in-context survival models, not model compression or efficient serving. | |
| Explore Once, Evaluate Many: Multiple Policy Evaluation for Stochastic Linear Bandits Introduces an algorithm to evaluate multiple target policies simultaneously in contextual linear bandits with shared sampling. Preprint | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:18 | Not relevant Studies stochastic bandit sample complexity, not efficient or small model inference. | |
| Topology-Inspired Fine-Tuning for Wind-Field Super-Resolution Applies topology-inspired loss functions to fine-tune super-resolution neural networks on scientific wind-field datasets. Preprint | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:18 | Not relevant Presents scientific image super-resolution, not efficient or small language models. | |
| Baselines and Score Centering in Policy Gradient Estimation Analyzes score centering and covariance estimands to maintain reward shift invariance under regularized importance sampling. Preprint | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:18 | Not relevant Covers policy gradient math for post-training, not model compression or efficiency. | |
| Learning Rational Strategies for Temporal Objectives in Multi-Agent Systems Analyzes rational strategy synthesis and equilibrium guarantees for stochastic multi-agent systems with probabilistic temporal logic objectives. Preprint | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:18 | Not relevant Does not study efficient serving, quantization, or small language models. |
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