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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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| High-Probability Regret Bounds for Feel-Good Thompson Sampling The paper establishes theoretical high-probability regret bounds for feel-good Thompson sampling algorithms in contextual bandit problems. Preprint | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 15 Oct, 15:06 | Not relevant Theoretical bandit algorithms, not model compression or efficient serving. | |
| HankelKANet: Lightweight Path Loss Estimation via Physics-Inspired Hankel Convolution The paper proposes a neural network using physics-inspired Hankel convolution kernels for lightweight path loss estimation in wireless networks. Preprint | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 15 Oct, 15:06 | Not relevant Specific wireless physics-informed network, not general small language models or compression. | |
| Two-stage Residual Learning for Modelling Strength-Informed Optimisation of Thermal Systems The paper introduces a two-stage residual learning framework to detect local inaccuracies and guide the optimization of thermal systems. Preprint | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 15 Oct, 15:06 | Not relevant Focuses on thermal systems optimization, not efficient model architectures. | |
| Noisy-Label Calibration with Multiple Unreliable Labels The paper develops methods to evaluate and recalibrate binary predictors using noisy, multi-annotator labels without requiring clean ground truth. Preprint | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 15 Oct, 15:06 | Not relevant Does not address model compression, distillation, or efficient inference. | |
| Test-Time Forecasting: Recurrent Depth Enables In-Context Dynamics Prediction The paper uses recurrent gradient descent iterations during test time to enable foundation models to forecast unseen dynamical systems. Preprint | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 15 Oct, 15:06 | Not relevant Addresses dynamical systems forecasting via recurrent depth, not general LLM compression. | |
| Geometric Kernel Diversity: An Axiomatic Diversity Measure in Euclidean Space The paper introduces a continuous, monotonic geometric kernel measure and algorithms to efficiently compute diversity over Euclidean points. Preprint | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 15 Oct, 15:06 | Not relevant Theoretical diversity measure algorithms, not model efficiency or compression. | |
| On Inherent Privacy of Posterior Sampling: A Unified Rényi-Divergence Framework The paper develops a theoretical Rényi-divergence framework to measure inherent differential privacy guarantees obtained directly from Bayesian posterior sampling. Preprint | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 15 Oct, 15:06 | Not relevant Focuses on Bayesian differential privacy theory, not efficient inference or SLMs. | |
| Projected Wasserstein-Fisher-Rao Flows for Hawkes Background-Intensity Estimation The paper proposes a variational method using Wasserstein-Fisher-Rao geometry to estimate the background intensity of Hawkes processes. Preprint | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 15 Oct, 15:06 | Not relevant Focuses on statistical manifold flows, not model compression or efficient serving. | |
| InstructPro2: Natural Language and Biological Grounding Guided De Novo Protein Design The paper introduces a model for de novo protein sequence generation guided by natural language instructions and biological context encoders. Preprint | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 15 Oct, 15:06 | Not relevant Does not address small language models, distillation, pruning, or efficient inference. | |
| Risk-Controlled DFT Selection for Machine-Learned Interatomic Potentials The paper applies conformal risk control to decide when to trust machine-learned interatomic potentials versus running expensive physics calculations. Preprint | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 15 Oct, 15:06 | Not relevant Materials discovery potential selection, not small model optimization. | |
| Synthetic reaction data from transformation rules for graph-to-sequence pretraining in biodegradation pathway prediction The paper develops a graph-to-sequence pretraining framework using rule-generated synthetic reactions to predict chemical biodegradation pathways. Preprint | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 15 Oct, 15:06 | Not relevant Biochemical prediction framework, not model compression or efficiency. | |
| On Global Joint Lower Bounds in Zeroth-Order Nonconvex Optimization The paper proves theoretical joint lower bounds on oracle complexity for zeroth-order nonconvex stochastic optimization. Preprint | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 15 Oct, 15:06 | Not relevant Purely theoretical optimization analysis, not model efficiency. | |
| Annealed Lévy Diffusion via Gaussian Surrogate Reverse Dynamics The paper proposes a generative diffusion framework that anneals heavy-tailed noise into Gaussian noise to combine exploration with stable refinement. Preprint | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 15 Oct, 15:06 | Not relevant Deals with continuous diffusion processes, not model compression. | |
| TIMERSI: Towards Self-Improved Agentic Deployment for Time-Series Foundation Models The paper presents an agentic system that iteratively writes and adjusts forecasting pipelines around frozen time-series models to improve predictions. Preprint | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 15 Oct, 15:06 | Not relevant Deals with agentic pipeline optimization, not model compression. | |
| When Does the Dependency Graph Help Code-to-Architecture Mapping? Evaluates whether dependency graphs improve automated mapping between source code files and system architectures. Preprint | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 15 Oct, 15:06 | Not relevant Does not address model compression, pruning, or efficient inference. | |
| From Global to Tail Convergence: Dynamics of $α$-Stable Score-Based Generative Models Provides theoretical convergence bounds for score-based generative models driven by heavy-tailed stable processes. Preprint | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 15 Oct, 15:06 | Not relevant Theoretical diffusion dynamics, not efficient serving or quantization. | |
| SNACK: A Sequential Notation Framework for Probabilistic Graph Generation Proposes a sequential string notation to represent and generate valid graphs using standard sequence models. Preprint | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 15 Oct, 15:06 | Not relevant Introduces string representation for graphs, not model compression. | |
| Learning Who Benefits Most: Multi-Treatment Causal Ranking for Population Health Stratification Formulates clinical population health stratification as a multi-treatment causal ranking problem to prioritize interventions. Preprint | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 15 Oct, 15:06 | Not relevant Deals with causal patient stratification, not model efficiency. | |
| Reinforcement Learning via Advantage Guidance Uses supervised advantage conditioning to train reinforcement learning policies with improved stability. Preprint | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 15 Oct, 15:06 | Not relevant Studies general RL policy extraction, not model compression techniques. | |
| Asymptotically Exact Negative Guidance of Diffusion Models via Positive-Unlabeled Learning Applies positive-unlabeled learning to establish mathematically exact negative guidance in diffusion generative models. Preprint | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 15 Oct, 15:06 | Not relevant Deals with diffusion sampling guidance, not small efficient models. | |
| Efficient contextual partial monitoring with general function approximation Presents an efficient regression-based algorithm for contextual partial monitoring games with side information. Preprint | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 15 Oct, 15:06 | Not relevant Covers partial monitoring games, not model compression or efficiency. | |
| Calibration and Risk-Budgeted Decisions with System One Models Studies statistical calibration techniques to bound risk when fast language models make automated decisions under uncertainty. Preprint | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 15 Oct, 15:06 | Not relevant Does not address model pruning, distillation, or inference optimization. | |
| When Does Depth Help? Understanding Layerwise Inference in Tabular Foundation Models Analyzes layerwise inference across tabular foundation models to understand how depth and intermediate representations affect predictions. Preprint | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 15 Oct, 15:06 | Not relevant Studies layer dynamics in tabular models without efficient serving methods. | |
| CTIA-ODE: Continuous-Time Inter-Variable Attention for Long-Term Time Series Forecasting Introduces continuous-time inter-variable attention inside differential equation solvers for long-term multivariate time-series forecasting. Preprint | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 15 Oct, 15:06 | Not relevant Focuses on time series ODE architectures, not LLM efficiency. | |
| Rent-Seeking Language Models: Reward Models Set the Prices, Frequent Audits Curb the Rent Models reward overoptimization in reinforcement learning with human feedback as economic rent-seeking driven by proxy reward signals. Preprint | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 15 Oct, 15:06 | Not relevant Does not address model compression, quantization, distillation, or serving efficiency. | |
| Text-Informed Training Data Filtering for Enhanced Virtual Flow Meter Performance Applies large language models to filter anomalies in industrial sensor training data using unstructured operational logs. Preprint | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 15 Oct, 15:06 | Not relevant Focuses on industrial soft-sensor modeling, not efficient language models. | |
| On the Optimisation Landscape of Overparameterised Weighted MMD Analyzes the optimization landscape of overparameterized weighted maximum mean discrepancy to provide finite-particle guarantees. Preprint | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 15 Oct, 15:06 | Not relevant Addresses theoretical kernel optimisation, not small or efficient models. | |
| SPARS: A Stability-Plasticity-Aware Region Selection Framework for Continual Learning Mitigates catastrophic forgetting in continual learning through a hybrid approach combining parameter isolation and local regularization. Preprint | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 15 Oct, 15:06 | Not relevant Addresses continual learning forgetting rather than model compression or inference efficiency. | |
| Occupancy Modeling via Drifting: One-Step Generation Enables Direct Policy Extraction Proposes a one-step generative approach to model occupancy for simplified policy extraction in reinforcement learning. Preprint | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 15 Oct, 15:06 | Not relevant Focuses on RL occupancy models rather than small language models. | |
| Few-Shot Adaptation for Anomalous Sound Detection at Low False-Positive Rate Improves industrial sound anomaly detection by adapting unsupervised models with few fault samples to reduce false alarms. Peer-reviewed | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 15 Oct, 15:06 | Not relevant Addresses acoustic anomaly detection algorithms, not small language model efficiency. | |
| When Non-Adversarial Noise Hurts Learning: Benchmarking Skill Self-Evolution in Agents Introduces a benchmark to evaluate how language model agents learn and self-evolve reusable skills when exposed to non-adversarial noise. Preprint | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 15 Oct, 15:06 | Not relevant Focuses on agent skill evolution and noise robustness, not model compression. | |
| Beyond DFT electronic band structures via dual-space orbital learning Predicts high-level electronic band structures of materials using orbital information combined with low-cost baseline calculations. Preprint | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 15 Oct, 15:06 | Not relevant Deals with electronic band structure prediction, not small language models. | |
| Convergence Rates of Gaussian Process Thompson Sampling for Efficient Global Optimization Establishes theoretical convergence bounds for Gaussian process Thompson sampling under noiseless conditions in global optimization. Preprint | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 15 Oct, 15:06 | Not relevant Focuses on Gaussian process sampling bounds, not efficient LLM serving. | |
| MorphingNet: Symbolic Regression Where the Network Is the Formula Treats symbolic regression as a continuous optimization problem using neural units that morph dynamically into mathematical formulas. Preprint | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 15 Oct, 15:06 | Not relevant Studies continuous mathematical formula discovery rather than small language models. | |
| Minimax estimation of the pseudo-spectral gap of continuous Markov chains, with applications to empirical concentration bounds The paper develops a minimax-optimal estimator for the pseudo-spectral gap of continuous-state Markov chains from a single observed trajectory. Preprint | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 15 Oct, 15:06 | Not relevant Examines theoretical concentration bounds rather than efficient model inference. | |
| Outperforming 1000 Euclidean Layers With Hyperbolic Goal-Conditioned RL The paper demonstrates that hyperbolic contrastive reinforcement learning achieves strong navigation performance with much shallower networks than Euclidean models. Preprint | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 15 Oct, 15:06 | Not relevant Applies hyperbolic geometry to reinforcement learning navigation, not LLM efficiency. | |
| ChemArgus: Automated Scientific Diagnostics for Lab-Grade Multimodal Chemistry Reasoning: A Frontier Benchmark The paper presents a multimodal benchmark for competition-level chemistry that grades reasoning step-by-step with partial credit. Preprint | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 15 Oct, 15:06 | Not relevant Focuses on scientific reasoning evaluation, not model compression or efficiency. | |
| Weighted Adjoint Matching: Finetuning Flow Matching Models with Time-Dependent Control Cost The paper introduces a time-dependent control-cost weighting method to fine-tune diffusion and flow-matching models with reward guidance. Preprint | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 15 Oct, 15:06 | Not relevant Focuses on diffusion model fine-tuning control, not efficient model architectures. | |
| Sequential Learning-Based Physics-Informed Neural Network Modeling for Parameter Estimation on a Power Converter The paper proposes a staged physics-informed neural network to estimate electrical parameters of a direct-current buck power converter. Preprint | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 15 Oct, 15:06 | Not relevant Focuses on power converter modeling rather than efficient LLM inference. | |
| GBTSVR: Twin Support Vector Regression via Granular Ball Computing The paper develops twin support vector regression methods using granular ball computing to improve robustness against noise and outliers. Preprint | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 15 Oct, 15:06 | Not relevant Proposes a support vector regression variant, not small or efficient LLMs. | |
| A Large-Dimensional Analysis of Least-Squares Federated Learning via Generalized Total Variation Minimization The paper uses random matrix theory to analyze the trade-off between noise reduction and bias in decentralized federated learning. Preprint | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 15 Oct, 15:06 | Not relevant Does not focus on model compression, small models, or efficient serving. | |
| What Do Foundation Models for Market Microstructure Learn? A Controlled Study with Synthetic Limit Order Books The paper evaluates autoregressive foundation models trained on simulated market order flows to analyze whether they learn underlying Bayesian dynamics. Preprint | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 15 Oct, 15:06 | Not relevant Does not study small language models or inference efficiency techniques. | |
| Exhaustive Canonical Skeletons Generation: A Formal Dataset for Decomposable Symbolic Regression The paper introduces an exhaustive dataset of univariate expression skeletons generated by a formal grammar to improve symbolic regression. Preprint | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 15 Oct, 15:06 | Not relevant Does not address model compression, quantization, distillation, or efficient inference. | |
| KANLab: TensorFlow Playground for Kolmogorov-Arnold Networks The paper presents an interactive, browser-based tool for visualizing and learning the mechanics of Kolmogorov-Arnold Networks. Preprint | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 15 Oct, 15:06 | Not relevant Browser-based visualization tool, not focused on model efficiency. | |
| A Bregman Proximal Viewpoint on Neural Operators The paper introduces a Bregman proximal framework for neural operators to interpret activation functions and improve the training of deeper models. Peer-reviewed | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 15 Oct, 15:06 | Not relevant Studies continuous operator learning rather than efficient model inference. | |
| In-Context Batch Black-box Optimization via Flow Matching The paper proposes an amortized flow-matching method to generate diverse batches for parallel black-box optimization over sequential rounds. Preprint | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 15 Oct, 15:06 | Not relevant Focuses on batch Bayesian optimization, not efficient language models. | |
| Optimizing Sparse Boolean Rule Networks using Mixed Integer Linear Programming The paper presents a mixed integer linear programming formulation to train sparse, interpretable Boolean rule networks with reduced decision variables. Preprint | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 15 Oct, 15:06 | Not relevant Studies small Boolean rule networks, not small language models. | |
| Dimension-Optimal Dynamic Regret in Exp-Concave Online Learning The paper derives dimension-optimal dynamic regret bounds for online learning with exp-concave losses under time-varying comparator paths. Preprint | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 15 Oct, 15:06 | Not relevant Theoretical optimization theory paper, not focused on efficient models. | |
| Investigating Behavior Cloning from Few Demonstrations for Autonomous Driving based on Bird's-Eye View in Simulated Cities The paper improves behavior cloning for autonomous driving using bird's-eye view inputs and action-density weighting for rare events like traffic lights. Peer-reviewed | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 15 Oct, 15:06 | Not relevant Studies driving policy imitation rather than model compression. | |
| HGRP: Heterogeneous Graph Neural Network for Routability Prediction The paper proposes a heterogeneous graph neural network that combines circuit topology, physical layout, and routing resources to predict chip routability. Preprint | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 15 Oct, 15:06 | Not relevant Studies chip placement prediction, not efficient model architectures. | |
| Mixed Poisson diffusion models and application to posterior sampling The paper introduces diffusion models driven by Poisson counting processes to solve discrete Poisson inverse problems via posterior sampling. Preprint | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 15 Oct, 15:06 | Not relevant Studies Poisson generative modeling rather than efficient inference. | |
| The minimal width of neural networks and immersions of real projective space The paper uses differential topology to establish theoretical lower bounds on the minimal width of universal approximator neural networks. Preprint | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 15 Oct, 15:06 | Not relevant Presents pure approximation theory bounds, not practical model compression. | |
| MAEM: Mitigating Recency Bias via a Replay-Free, Capacity-Controlled Dynamic Mixture of Experts for Class-Incremental Graph Learning The paper presents a replay-free dynamic mixture-of-experts method to mitigate recency bias in class-incremental graph learning without needing task identifiers. Preprint | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 15 Oct, 15:06 | Not relevant Focuses on class-incremental graph learning, not model compression. | |
| Adversarial Reinforcement Learning for Robust Planetary Landing The paper uses adversarial reinforcement learning with physically constrained perturbations to improve the robustness of autonomous planetary landing controllers. Preprint | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 15 Oct, 15:06 | Not relevant Studies landing guidance control rather than efficient machine learning. | |
| FlowSep-RF: Rectified Flow Matching for Single-Channel Radio-Frequency Signal Separation The paper introduces a rectified flow matching framework to separate overlapping radio-frequency signals in a single channel in one step. Preprint | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 15 Oct, 15:06 | Not relevant Applies flow matching to RF signals, not model compression. | |
| TANGO: RNA Topology and Geometry Co-Design The paper presents a multi-agent reinforcement learning framework for designing RNA sequences by co-optimizing both secondary topology and tertiary geometry. Preprint | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 15 Oct, 15:06 | Not relevant Focuses on RNA design rather than model efficiency or compression. | |
| From Plato to Aristotle: Toward a General Theory of Representation Hypotheses The paper introduces a lattice-based theoretical framework to reconcile differing hypotheses about how internal representations converge across neural networks. Preprint | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 15 Oct, 15:06 | Not relevant Studies representation convergence theory, not model efficiency or compression. | |
| Predicting Unseen Scientific Interactions: Conditional Flow Models Hallucinate Non-Additive Effects The paper investigates how conditional flow models learn and potentially hallucinate non-additive interactions in scientific prediction tasks. Preprint | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 15 Oct, 15:06 | Not relevant Focuses on scientific generative modeling, not model compression or efficiency. | |
| Extreme-Scale Super-Resolution of Homogeneous Turbulence from a Single Realization This paper explores extreme super-resolution of turbulent flow fields by training a deep neural network on a single flow realization. Preprint | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 15 Oct, 15:06 | Not relevant Addresses physical fluid simulation rather than efficient language models. | |
| Efficient Test-Time Adaptation For Robot Policies This paper presents an entropy-regularized memory-guided policy optimization method for online test-time adaptation in robot locomotion. Preprint | Small and efficient models via arxiv · 15 Oct, 15:06 | Not relevant Addresses robotics adaptation instead of small, efficient language models. |
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