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Every paper checked in the week of 12–18 Oct 2026 · LLM evaluation and benchmarks — nothing is hidden. Brief papers first.

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Reinforcement Learning for Large-Scale Lifelong Multi-Agent Path Finding with Shared Spatial Fields
This paper introduces a reinforcement learning navigation policy using shared spatial fields for large-scale lifelong multi-agent path finding.
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
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Addresses multi-agent path finding, not language model evaluation.
Link Both Views: Cross-Image Routing Attention for Dual-Endpoint V2I Beam-Pair Power Prediction
This paper proposes a cross-image routing attention mechanism to predict millimeter-wave beam power from dual-endpoint vehicle-to-infrastructure camera views.
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
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Vehicle-to-infrastructure wireless power prediction, not language model evaluation.
Hierarchical Time Series Forecasting with Operator-Valued Kernels
This paper presents an operator-valued kernel regression framework that enforces aggregation constraints directly in hierarchical time series forecasting.
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
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Focuses on hierarchical time-series methods, not LLM evaluation.
Operator Surrogates
This book chapter provides an overview and mathematical introduction to finite-parametric operator surrogates for approximating maps between infinite-dimensional spaces.
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
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Mathematical survey of operator surrogates, not LLM evaluation.
When Does Opponent Modeling Pay Off? Spatial Inference Stabilises Reinforcement Learning under Partial Observability
This paper introduces a spatial transformer opponent model that stabilizes reinforcement learning training under partial observability in competitive foraging games.
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
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Studies spatial RL opponent modeling, not LLM evaluation benchmarks.
Teach Me After You Learn It: Lookahead Self-Distillation for RLVR
This paper proposes Lookahead Self-Distillation, providing cross-instance token-level supervision to improve reinforcement learning with verifiable rewards for language models.
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
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Proposes a training method, not a benchmark or evaluation methodology.
Optimal Online Regret for Context-Lumpable Bandits
This paper develops an online algorithm achieving optimal regret bounds for stochastic contextual bandits with unknown context-lumpable cluster structures.
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
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Theoretical contextual bandit paper, not LLM evaluation.
PING: physics informed graph neural network for advection-diffusion processes with applications to solar power forecasting
This paper introduces a physics-informed graph neural network for modeling advection-diffusion processes to forecast solar power production.
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
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Addresses solar power forecasting, not language model evaluation.
Reliable Risk Estimation with Kernel Mean Matching under Dependent Sampling
This paper derives finite-sample risk bounds for Kernel Mean Matching under dependent sampling using effective sample sizes.
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
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Statistical kernel mean matching theory, not LLM evaluation.
Bayesian Optimization of CVaR with Unknown Hyperparameters
This paper presents HE-CV-UCB, an algorithm for Bayesian optimization of Conditional Value-at-Risk under unknown Gaussian process hyperparameters.
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
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Addresses Bayesian optimization algorithms, not language model evaluation.
Over-parameterization Is Neither Robust nor Fragile in Matrix Sensing: A Geometric Theory of Solution Robustness
This paper analyzes the geometric robustness of over-parameterized low-rank matrix sensing under the Burer-Monteiro factorization.
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
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Studies matrix sensing optimization geometry, not LLM evaluation.
On the Optimality of Random Features under General Conditions: Misspecified Cases and Robust Learning
This paper provides optimal learning rate bounds for random feature kernel ridge regression under misspecified models and heavy-tailed noise.
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
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Analyzes theoretical kernel ridge regression bounds, not LLM evaluation.
Beyond Task Success: A Theory of Representation Reuse
This paper develops a theoretical framework characterizing when representations learned on a source task remain recoverable and reusable for future tasks.
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
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Presents general representation learning theory, not LLM evaluation benchmarks.
Beyond RMSE and Granger Gain: Multi-Horizon Forecast-Error Entropy for Nonlinear Predictive Coupling
This paper proposes a forecast-error distribution entropy framework to detect nonlinear predictive coupling across multiple time horizons.
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
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Studies time-series predictive causality metrics, not language model evaluation.
LunaTP: Enabling Efficient and Scalable Tensor Product for Equivariant MLIPs
This paper introduces LunaTP, a parallel execution framework that accelerates tensor product convolutions in equivariant machine learning interatomic potentials.
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
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Hardware acceleration of tensor products, not LLM evaluation.
Overcoming Catastrophic Forgetting: Continual Learning for Radar Waveform Classification
This paper benchmarks eighteen continual learning methods on a sequential radar waveform recognition task across task- and class-incremental settings.
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
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Continual learning on radar datasets, not LLM benchmarks.
Convergence-Rate-Guided Algorithm Design of Expected Improvement for Continuous Simulation Optimization
This paper develops finite-sample bounds to guide algorithm design for Expected Improvement in continuous simulation optimization with heteroscedastic noise.
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
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Continuous simulation optimization theory, not LLM evaluation.
FastEEP: Fast Intra-Instance Elastic Scaling for Expert-Parallel MoE Serving
This paper presents FastEEP, a system that speeds up intra-instance elastic scaling for Mixture-of-Experts serving by reusing runtime state.
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
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Serving infrastructure system design, not benchmark or model evaluation.
Graph Metanetworks for Transformer Based Language Models
This paper develops graph metanetworks that respect the weight-space symmetries of transformer language models, including attention matrices and token embeddings.
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
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Focuses on weight-space metanetworks, not LLM evaluation benchmarks.
ProTok: Unified Protein Tokenization via Modular Multi-Codebook Quantization
This paper introduces ProTok, a unified discrete tokenizer for protein sequence, structure, and functional annotations using modular multi-codebook quantization.
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
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Evaluates protein tokenizers, not LLM evaluation methodologies.
Lifting: Quantum State Discrimination Framework for Mid-Circuit Measurements
This paper presents Lifting, a framework combining repetition encoding and neural decoding for mid-circuit quantum state discrimination on superconducting hardware.
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
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Hardware-level quantum state discrimination, not LLM evaluation.
SoK: Rethinking Membership Inference in Tabular Machine Learning
This paper provides a systematization of knowledge on membership inference attacks in tabular machine learning across small-to-medium datasets.
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
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Evaluates membership inference attacks, not LLM capabilities or benchmarks.
Recalibrating Many Questions with Few Labels: Minimax Rates and Identification Limits
This paper provides minimax rates and limits for recalibrating predictions across many binary questions when each question has few ground-truth labels.
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LLM evaluation and benchmarks
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
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Theoretical probability recalibration bounds, not LLM benchmark testing.
Steering the Fidelity in State Preparation on Noisy Bosonic Systems with Risk-Seeking Optimization
This paper introduces a risk-seeking optimization method to prepare target quantum states with high fidelity on noisy bosonic quantum hardware.
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
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Deals with quantum state optimization, not LLM evaluation.
How Low Can You Go: Fine-Tuning LLMs with Bayesian Optimization (LlMBO)
This paper proposes LlMBO, applying Bayesian optimization to ultra-low-dimensional fine-tuning as an alternative to gradient-based policy optimization.
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
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Presents a fine-tuning optimization method, not benchmark design.
Approximating Optimal Policies in Heterogeneous Asynchronous Multi-player Bandits
This paper analyzes heterogeneous asynchronous multi-player bandits, proves the centralized allocation problem is NP-hard, and studies greedy approximation policies.
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LLM evaluation and benchmarks
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
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Multi-armed bandit optimization theory, not LLM evaluation.
Two For The Price Of One: Curvature-Aware Pruning Preserves Influence Functions Too
This paper introduces CACTUS, an ADMM-based optimizer that speeds up curvature-aware pruning and preserves influence functions in compressed language models.
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LLM evaluation and benchmarks
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
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Focuses on pruning techniques, not benchmark evaluation methodology.
Euclidean Distance-Based Flow Matching
This paper replaces squared Euclidean distance with Euclidean distance in Flow Matching to improve distributional robustness against data contamination.
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LLM evaluation and benchmarks
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
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Flow matching theoretical objective, not LLM benchmark evaluation.
Understanding Circulant Permutation to Extend the CMinHash Estimator
The paper derives explicit variance approximations to extend circulant permutation techniques to different MinHash estimators.
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
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Variance analysis for MinHash, not LLM evaluation.
Last-Iterate Convergence of Clipped SGD with Linear Decay
The paper provides last-iterate convergence bounds for clipped stochastic gradient descent under heavy-tailed noise and causal adversarial perturbations.
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
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Optimization theory for SGD, not LLM benchmark evaluation.
Linear Last-Iterate Convergence Rates for Optimistic Learning in Harmonic Games
The paper establishes linear last-iterate convergence rates for optimistic learning algorithms in multiplayer harmonic games.
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
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Game-theoretic convergence proof, unrelated to LLM evaluation.
Fairness under Prediction Error in Predict-then-Optimize Pipelines
The paper analyzes how prediction errors affect demographic parity fairness violations in budget-constrained allocation problems.
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
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Studies optimization fairness pipelines, not language model evaluation.
Deterministic Prediction as Global Velocity: Flow Matching for Probabilistic Time-Series Forecast
The paper proposes a flow-matching model that integrates deterministic forecasting as a velocity component for stable probabilistic time-series predictions.
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LLM evaluation and benchmarks
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
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Focuses on time-series generative modeling, not LLM evaluation.
Minimax rates for pointwise CATE estimation: the role of design smoothness
The paper derives minimax risk bounds showing how covariate design smoothness affects pointwise conditional average treatment effect estimation.
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
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Focuses on statistical causal estimation theory, not LLM benchmarks.
MultiAlloc: Budget-Aware Precision Allocation for KV Cache Quantization
The paper presents a profiling-guided framework to allocate precision budgets adaptively across layers and tokens during KV cache quantization.
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
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Proposes a KV cache quantization method, not an evaluation benchmark.
BridgeTwist: Twisting Schrödinger Bridges for Training-Free Conditional Sampling
The paper introduces a training-free conditional sampling method for pretrained Schrödinger bridge generative models.
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
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Focuses on conditional sampling algorithms, not LLM evaluation methods.
A Refresh Interval Does Not Fully Specify a Refresh Schedule: Learning-Rate-Dependent Placement in Kronecker-Preconditioned Language Model Training
The paper demonstrates that the placement timing of curvature updates in Kronecker-preconditioned optimizers significantly affects language model training loss.
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
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Studies optimizer refresh schedules, not LLM evaluation or benchmarking frameworks.
On Collusion-Free Teaching in Planar Graphs
The paper proves theoretical teaching complexity bounds for closed neighborhoods in planar graphs without collusion.
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
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Theoretical machine learning paper on graph teaching complexity, not LLM benchmarks.
Learning Source Structure: Bayesian Prediction with Transformers
The paper compares transformer sequence predictions against an optimal Bayesian predictor across structured Markov sources.
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
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Focuses on theoretical Bayesian sequence prediction, not LLM evaluation benchmarks.
Learning When to Transfer: Reinforcement Learning for Carbon-Footprint Modeling in New Manufacturing Domains
The paper proposes a reinforcement learning method to selectively transfer data for carbon-footprint modeling in new manufacturing settings.
Peer-reviewed
LLM evaluation and benchmarks
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
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Studies transfer learning for manufacturing metrics, not LLM evaluation.
SP$^2$ec: Adaptive Self-Speculative Decoding for Vision-Language Models
The paper presents an adaptive, training-free speculative decoding method to speed up inference for vision-language models.
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LLM evaluation and benchmarks
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
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Focuses on inference acceleration techniques rather than model evaluation.
Enabling Token-wise Importance Sampling in Off-Policy RLVR with Proximal KL Regularization
The paper develops an off-policy reinforcement learning method with token-wise importance sampling and proximal KL regularization.
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LLM evaluation and benchmarks
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
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Proposes an RL training algorithm, not an evaluation methodology or benchmark.
Emergent Loop Geometry in Gauge-Equivariant Graph Neural Networks
The paper analyzes how network depth influences the internal loop geometry and spatial reach of gauge-equivariant graph neural networks.
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
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Focuses on mathematical properties of graph neural networks in physics.
Depth Memory
The paper formalizes layer-to-layer representation sharing as a memory storage and retrieval framework for deep transformer networks.
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
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Proposes a model architecture framework, not an evaluation benchmark or method.
Statistical Vignettes on the Grokking Phenomenon
The paper analytically characterizes the mechanisms and conditions behind the grokking phenomenon in a simplified learning setup.
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
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Theoretical analysis of grokking dynamics, not LLM evaluation or benchmarks.
Joint Neural Posterior Estimation and Model Selection for Chemical Reaction Networks
The paper presents a neural network architecture for simultaneous model selection and parameter posterior estimation in chemical reaction networks.
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
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Focuses on chemical reaction Bayesian inference, not LLM benchmarking.
Exact Topological Compliance: Generating Persistence-Equivalent Graphs
The paper introduces methods to generate graphs whose topological persistence diagrams match target descriptors exactly rather than approximately.
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
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Addresses theoretical graph generation, not LLM benchmarking or evaluation methods.
Data Free Training of Diffusion Models for Lattice Field Theories
The paper presents a method for training diffusion models in lattice field theory directly from their own generated samples.
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
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Deals with physics sampling in lattice field theory, not LLM evaluation.
Understanding and Mitigating Training Instability in Large-Scale Recommender Systems: A Cascade Perspective
The paper analyzes training instability cascades in large recommender systems and proposes targeted gradient, weight, and loss interventions.
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LLM evaluation and benchmarks
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
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Analyzes training convergence instability rather than LLM benchmarking or evaluation frameworks.
MoSAIC: Learning DAG Scheduling Heuristics from Optimal Schedules through Motif-Aware Recovery and LLM-Guided Reasoning
The paper introduces a framework that uses language models to extract task-scheduling priority functions from optimal solver solutions on directed acyclic graphs.
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
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Focuses on DAG scheduling optimization, not LLM evaluation or benchmark methodology.
Human Pose Estimation by Probabilistic Mixtures of Gaussian and Uniform Distributions
The paper proposes a continuous probabilistic Gaussian mixture framework to improve human pose estimation under dense occlusions without retraining models.
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LLM evaluation and benchmarks
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
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Introduces a pose estimation framework, not an LLM benchmark or evaluation methodology.
Token-Budgeted Candidate Retrieval for 3D Scene-Grounded VLMs: Category Names vs. Pairwise Geometry
This paper evaluates category name matching versus pairwise geometry metrics for candidate retrieval in context-constrained 3D vision-language models.
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
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Studies 3D grounding candidate retrieval rather than general LLM evaluation.
Agreement versus Softmax under Spatial Disambiguation
This paper evaluates calibration differences between object-level softmax and agreement metrics when resolving ambiguous 3D referring queries.
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
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Focuses on 3D referring metric calibration rather than LLM evaluation.
BigCell: Generating Gigapixel Whole-Slide Images
This paper presents a flow-matching transformer pipeline to generate full gigapixel histopathology whole-slide images.
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LLM evaluation and benchmarks
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
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Focuses on generative image modeling rather than LLM evaluation benchmarks.
Design Choices for Multimodal Transformer Learning with Missing and Longitudinal Healthcare Data
This paper studies transformer architectural choices for handling missing modalities and longitudinal observations in multimodal healthcare datasets.
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
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Analyzes tabular healthcare data architectures, not LLM benchmarks or evaluation.
TartanMatch: Towards Universal Dense Correspondence Across Modalities
This paper presents a unified model for dense visual correspondence across 25 pairs of multi-modal sensor inputs.
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
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Proposes a cross-modal correspondence model, not an LLM evaluation benchmark.
Metric-Driven Reinforcement Learning for Object Hallucination Reduction in LVLM-Based Image Captioning
The paper proposes a reinforcement learning framework using natural language metrics to reduce object hallucination in vision-language image captioning.
Peer-reviewed
LLM evaluation and benchmarks
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
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Focuses on RL training to reduce hallucination, not benchmark evaluation.
CIViC: Evidence Gates for Audio-Conditioned Visual Prediction on Proxy Tasks
The paper presents a four-gate verification protocol to evaluate whether audio-conditioned visual prediction models genuinely rely on input audio signals.
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
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Tests audio-conditioned vision proxy tasks, not LLM evaluation or benchmarks.
Harnessing SPAD Noise: Test-Time Gated Attention for Indoor Depth Estimation
The paper introduces a lightweight test-time attention framework that leverages single-photon sensor noise as an informative prior for indoor depth estimation.
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LLM evaluation and benchmarks
via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
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Proposes a depth estimation method, not LLM evaluation benchmarks.
ProtoPur: Prototype-Purity Pseudo-Labeling for Weakly Supervised Instance Learning in Pathology
This paper introduces prototype-purity pseudo-labeling to extract accurate instance-level annotations from weakly supervised whole-slide pathology images.
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
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Proposes a pathology pseudo-labeling method, not LLM evaluation or benchmarks.
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