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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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How Inner Optimizers Shape Replica Scaling
Studies how the choice of local optimizers affects model performance degradation when scaling distributed training replicas under fixed budgets.
Ranked #301New way to see a problemPreprint4/10 suggested
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 15:06
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Investigates local optimizer designs to scale distributed training efficiently across constrained compute clusters.
Noise-Space Reward Alignment for Few-Step Generative Models
The paper proposes Noise Policy Optimization to align few-step generative models with black-box rewards by steering their initial input noise space.
Ranked #302New way to see a problemPreprint4/10 suggested
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via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:18
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Optimizes few-step generative models to retain sampling speed without heavy search costs.
An all-transistor physical-learning transformer can be trained to perform in-context learning
This paper designs and simulates an all-transistor physical circuit using sub-threshold MOSFETs to run transformer attention and in-context learning.
Ranked #303Surprising resultPreprint3/10 suggested
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via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:29
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Explores physical-learning transistor circuits for low-power, efficient attention and in-context learning.
Error-Based Bidirectional Predictive Coding Enables Deep, 4-Bit Predictive Coding Networks
This paper combines bidirectional and error-based predictive coding to enable deep, 4-bit quantized predictive coding networks.
Ranked #304New way to see a problemPreprint3/10 suggested
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
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Enables deep, low-cost predictive coding networks using 4-bit quantization for hardware acceleration.
A Dependency-Aware Multi-GPU Training Framework for Temporal Graph Neural Networks
This paper presents a multi-GPU training framework for temporal graph neural networks that relaxes event dependencies to reduce synchronization.
Ranked #305New way to see a problemPreprint3/10 suggested
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
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Accelerates temporal graph neural network training using partitioned multi-GPU parallelism.
Learning to Extrapolate in Depth with Looped Transformers
The paper studies depth extrapolation in looped transformers for graph connectivity, identifying finite iterations beyond which test performance degrades.
Ranked #306New way to see a problemPreprint3/10 suggested
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
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Analyzes depth extrapolation in looped transformers, which reuse parameters for parameter-efficient inference.
Analog RF Computing for Integrated Data and AI Flows Over Wireless Networks
This paper investigates using analog radio frequency computing over wireless networks to deliver low-power neural network inference to resource-constrained edge devices.
Ranked #307New way to see a problemPreprint3/10 suggested
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via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:18
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Explores analog RF computing to enable low-power neural network inference on edge devices.
Rethinking Prediction Horizons: Decoupling Model Queries from State Updates in Few-Step MeanFlow
The paper studies the impact of separating prediction horizons from state update intervals during sampling in generative flow models.
Ranked #308Surprising resultPreprint3/10 suggested
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 15:06
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Improves few-step diffusion sampling efficiency at inference time.
CARD: Closing the Teacher-Student Loop for Adversarial Robustness Distillation
Develops a closed-loop distillation pipeline where student feedback refines teacher models to improve adversarial robustness.
Ranked #309New way to see a problemPreprint3/10 suggested
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 15:06
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Proposes a cyclic distillation framework to improve compact student model training.
Drift, Then Spread: Learning One-Step Generative Policies for Online Reinforcement Learning
The paper proposes a one-step generative reinforcement learning policy that balances reward improvement and entropy without iterative sampling.
Ranked #310New way to see a problemPreprint2/10 suggested
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
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Proposes a one-step generative policy to replace costly iterative sampling during RL inference.
Softmax-Free Attention in Spiking Transformers as the Zero-Temperature Limit of Two-Level Systems
This paper provides a thermodynamic framework explaining energy efficiency and optimization issues in softmax-free spiking transformers.
Ranked #311New way to see a problemPreprint2/10 suggested
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
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Analyzes energy-efficient, softmax-free spiking transformer attention mechanisms.
PotentialEP: Backprop-Free Training of CIFAR-Scale Generative Models via Equilibrium Propagation
The paper introduces a backpropagation-free training method for generative relaxation models suitable for analog neuromorphic hardware execution.
Ranked #312New way to see a problemPreprint2/10 suggested
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
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Introduces backpropagation-free training and relaxation sampling for low-power neuromorphic execution.
PreSTO: Predictive Subtree Prefetching for Fast LLM Power Sampling
Presents a predictive subtree prefetching method to accelerate power sampling for test-time language model reasoning.
Ranked #313Preprint0/10 suggested
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via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
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Introduces predictive prefetching to speed up sampling and reduce inference latency.
FreeSolo: Linear-time Sparse Attention with Zero-Shot Length Extrapolation
Introduces a native sparse attention mechanism that combines sliding windows and keypoint selection for linear-time context extrapolation.
Ranked #314Preprint0/10 suggested
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
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Proposes a linear-time sparse attention mechanism for efficient inference.
HexaBee-4B: Six-Language Translation with Multilingual Answering and Bidirectional Supervision
This paper introduces HexaBee-4B, a translation model trained across six languages using joint multilingual answering and bidirectional supervision.
Ranked #315Preprint0/10 suggested
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
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Adapts a compact 4B language model to outperform larger baselines on translation.
VASPO: Self-Distillation with Privileged Value Estimation
Combines privileged teacher signals with value estimation in policy optimization to provide denser token-level supervision for reasoning tasks.
Ranked #316Preprint0/10 suggested
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 15:06
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Presents self-distillation techniques to train smaller reasoning models.
Next-Concept Modeling: Fast, Parallel Coarse-to-Fine Text Generation
This paper introduces a coarse-to-fine text generation method using discrete code hierarchies to accelerate parallel sampling over diffusion language models.
Ranked #317Preprint0/10 suggested
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
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Presents a coarse-to-fine framework achieving faster parallel text generation and efficient inference.
Calibrated Typed Decisions for Entity, Relation, and Event Extraction
Presents a unified encoder that jointly models type definitions and text for cross-domain entity, relation, and event extraction.
Ranked #318Preprint0/10 suggested
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
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Presents an efficient 0.6B-parameter unified model for multi-task information extraction.
PN-Mix: Pair-Norm Guided Mixed-Precision Key Cache Quantization for Efficient Long-Output LLM Inference
The paper proposes a pair-norm guided mixed-precision quantization method for key caches during long-output transformer inference.
Ranked #319Preprint0/10 suggested
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 15:06
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Proposes mixed-precision key cache quantization down to 2.26 bits to optimize long-output LLM inference.
H-DDCM: Hadamard Codebooks for Fast Generative Image and Video Compression
This paper presents a generative compression framework using implicit randomized Hadamard dictionaries to speed up diffusion-based image and video coding.
Ranked #320Preprint0/10 suggested
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
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Presents an efficient algorithm to reduce computation and memory for generative diffusion models.
X-AVDD: Cross-Attentive Audio-Visual Dataset Distillation
Proposes a memory-efficient cross-attention method for distilling large paired audio-visual datasets into compact synthetic sets.
Ranked #321Preprint0/10 suggested
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via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
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Proposes dataset distillation to significantly reduce training costs and compute budgets for neural networks.
The Polytopal Neural Network
Introduces a neural network architecture enforcing layer-wise polytopal constraints to improve latent representation interpretability without degrading task performance.
Ranked #322Preprint0/10 suggested
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via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
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Enforces polytope-based latent representations to enable effective vector quantization and compressed representations.
Zebra3D: Efficient Hybrid Foundation Models For Scalable 3D Reconstruction
Proposes a hybrid linear and sparse attention framework to accelerate feed-forward 3D foundation models across many views.
Ranked #323Preprint0/10 suggested
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via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
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Proposes layerwise sparse-linear hybrid attention to speed up foundation model inference.
SmolWAM: A Latent World-Action Model for Robotic Manipulation on Edge Devices
Presents a compressed latent world-action model enabling faster robotic manipulation inference on resource-constrained edge hardware.
Ranked #324Preprint0/10 suggested
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via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:29
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Compresses a world-action policy model for efficient edge device inference with reduced FLOPs.
On the Design Space of Continuous Diffusion Language Models
Investigates training mechanisms in continuous diffusion language models, proposing design modifications for self-conditioning and embedding geometry.
Ranked #325Preprint0/10 suggested
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via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:29
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Introduces continuous diffusion language model designs aimed at accelerated sampling and cheaper forward passes.
MHR-Router: Multimodal Heterogeneous Retrieval-Enhanced Adaptive Routing for VLM Inference
Develops a retrieval-enhanced routing framework that dispatches multimodal queries to specialized vision-language models based on local failure patterns.
Ranked #326Preprint0/10 suggested
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via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:29
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Develops adaptive routing to dispatch multimodal queries efficiently to optimal experts during inference.
Rationally Linearized MLPs
Linearizes multilayer perceptrons using low-degree rational approximations of activation functions to reduce inference costs across 3D models and language models.
Ranked #327Preprint0/10 suggested
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via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:29
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Linearizes MLPs via rational approximations to substantially reduce inference cost across models.
Neurograf v1: An End-to-End Romanian-First Language Model Family
Introduces an end-to-end open pipeline, pretraining corpus, and family of decoder-only models trained from scratch for Romanian.
Ranked #328Preprint0/10 suggested
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via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
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Covers pretraining and serving small language models ranging from 160M to 6B parameters.
DADP: Dynamic Activity-Dependent Pruning, A Reverse Hebbian-Inspired Structural Pruning Method
Proposes a dynamic structural pruning method using biologically inspired plasticity to reduce neural network parameters during training.
Ranked #329Preprint0/10 suggested
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via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:29
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Introduces a structural pruning method to compress neural networks and reduce compute/memory overhead during inference.
TraceRelay: Attention-Aligned Recurrence over Rolling Traces
Introduces an attention-aligned recurrent architecture that maintains persistent state representations across sequences using rolling low-dimensional traces.
Ranked #330Preprint0/10 suggested
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via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:29
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Introduces an attention-aligned recurrent architecture designed for bounded-buffer execution and efficient inference memory.
Depth Memory
The paper formalizes layer-to-layer representation sharing as a memory storage and retrieval framework for deep transformer networks.
Ranked #331Preprint0/10 suggested
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
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Proposes Depth Memory to efficiently retrieve and mix representations across network layers during inference.
Learnable Low-Rank Polynomial Sketch for Effective Linear Attention
The paper proposes a learnable low-rank polynomial sketch to reduce approximation errors in linear attention mechanisms.
Ranked #332Preprint0/10 suggested
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
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Develops learnable polynomial sketches to enable efficient linear-time attention for models.
LoopAhead: Speculating Ahead for Faster Decoding in Looped Language Models
The paper introduces a speculative decoding framework that uses early recurrent states to draft tokens in looped transformers.
Ranked #333Preprint0/10 suggested
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via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:17
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Accelerates decoding inference speed up to 7.82x for looped architectures.
Toward System One Clinical Intelligence: Parameter-Efficient Fine-Tuning and Counterfactual Explainability of Decision Foundation Models
This paper fine-tunes a quantized decision model to classify diseases from patient symptom descriptions without free-form text generation.
Ranked #334Preprint0/10 suggested
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
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Demonstrates 4-bit QLoRA adaptation and non-autoregressive decoding for fast, efficient clinical inference.
Structure-Aware Numerical Stabilization for Half-Precision Proximal Policy Optimization
Proposes stabilization modules to enable half-precision FP16 proximal policy optimization training on commodity GPUs without numerical divergence.
Ranked #335Preprint0/10 suggested
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via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:29
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Introduces techniques to stabilize half-precision FP16 training on resource-constrained commodity GPUs.
Monarch-MoE: Structured Experts for Multimodal Continual Instruction Tuning
Replaces dense LoRA experts with block-diagonal factorizations to isolate gradients and prevent catastrophic forgetting during continual multimodal tuning.
Ranked #336Preprint0/10 suggested
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via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:29
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Reduces adapter parameters by up to 75% enabling continual tuning and inference on consumer hardware.
SparPR: Runtime KV-Cache Recovery for Resource-Constrained LLM Inference on Consumer Hardware
The paper presents SparPR, a runtime key-value cache recovery mechanism that reduces memory bottlenecks during model inference on consumer hardware.
Ranked #337Preprint0/10 suggested
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
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Presents a runtime KV-cache management method for efficient LLM inference on consumer hardware.
Learning Speech Attribute Representations via Multi-Teacher Distillation
Distills multiple speech attributes from four teacher models into a single shared speech encoder.
Ranked #338Preprint0/10 suggested
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via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:17
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Consolidates multiple speech representations into a single shared encoder via distillation.
Batch-Paced: Fixed-Budget Batch Decoding in Discrete Diffusion Language Models
The paper proposes Batch-Paced, a method that dynamically allocates decoding compute across batched requests to improve discrete diffusion language model inference.
Ranked #339Preprint0/10 suggested
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
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Proposes fixed-budget batch decoding to optimize compute allocation and improve inference efficiency in diffusion LLMs.
Prefilling-dLLM v2: Learned Chunk Routing for Long-Context Diffusion Language Models
The paper proposes a training approach that uses learned chunk routing to speed up long-context diffusion language model processing.
Ranked #340Preprint0/10 suggested
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
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Proposes learned chunk routing to enable efficient long-context inference in diffusion language models.
More Reader Data or a Better Teacher? Updating a Model of Crowd Highlights in Late 2026
The paper compares direct prompting, model-distilled supervision, and larger reader datasets for predicting user text highlighting behavior on web pages.
Ranked #341Preprint0/10 suggested
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
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Evaluates whether smaller 3B models trained on user data can outperform larger zero-shot or teacher LLMs.
Teacher-Guided Tool Learning for Small Language Models via Bidirectional KL Constraints
Proposes a teacher-guided reinforcement learning method using bidirectional constraints to help small language models learn effective tool use.
Ranked #342Preprint0/10 suggested
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
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Enables small language models to acquire complex tool-use capabilities using teacher guidance and RL.
A Bethe-Ansatz Source of Early Token Correlations: A marginal-preserving construction for parallel proposals
This paper constructs joint token probability laws from physics models to improve speculative verification in parallel language model decoding.
Ranked #343Preprint0/10 suggested
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:17
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Presents theoretical foundations for parallel token proposals in speculative decoding.
A Production-Grade, High-Efficiency Agentic RL Framework for Frontier LLMs with Validated Recipes
This paper introduces LoongSage, an asynchronous reinforcement learning framework designed to run multi-turn agent tasks with reduced system overhead.
Ranked #344Preprint0/10 suggested
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
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Focuses on high-throughput, efficient distributed training and inference infrastructure for models.
DeepThink: A Conceptual Model for Knowledge-Addressable Recurrent Language Modeling
This paper proposes DeepThink, a conceptual architecture that decouples knowledge capacity, activation width, and recurrent depth in language models.
Ranked #345Preprint0/10 suggested
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
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Proposes conditional computation and modular recurrent architecture to balance capacity and execution depth.
ASSET: Adaptive Speech Segmentation via Reinforcement Learning
The paper introduces ASSET, a reinforcement learning method that adaptively compresses speech encoder outputs into continuous audio tokens.
Ranked #346Preprint0/10 suggested
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
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Compresses acoustic encoder token length for efficient inference in LLMs.
Simple Linear Corrections for Compression in Late Interaction
The paper proposes a linear score correction method to recover retrieval quality in compressed late-interaction document representations.
Ranked #347Preprint0/10 suggested
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
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Focuses on compressing document vectors to make retrieval cheaper and more efficient.
Adaptive DHiSparse: Speculative Decoding over a Load-Adaptive KV Hierarchy
Combines load-adaptive hierarchical key-value caching with speculative decoding to accelerate long-context language model serving.
Ranked #348Preprint0/10 suggested
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via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
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Introduces load-adaptive KV memory hierarchy and speculative decoding to optimize long-context LLM serving efficiency.
Not All Dimensions Are Equal: Outlier-Aware Attention Linearization with Grouped Quadratic Kernels
Presents Outlier-Aware Attention Linearization, using quadratic approximations to retain outlier dimensions during efficient Transformer attention evaluation.
Ranked #349Preprint0/10 suggested
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via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
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Linearizes softmax attention using quadratic kernels to achieve efficient, linear-time Transformer inference.
COFFEQA: Counterfactual-Guided Few-Shot Distillation for LLM Question Answering
Introduces a counterfactual-guided few-shot distillation framework to train smaller question-answering language models using limited training samples.
Ranked #350Preprint0/10 suggested
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via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
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Proposes a sample-efficient few-shot distillation method to train smaller student models.
GeoGR: Spatial-Semantic Token Compression and Group Routing for Efficient 3D VLMs
Proposes spatial-semantic token compression and layer routing to accelerate 3D vision-language model inference across multi-view inputs.
Ranked #351Preprint0/10 suggested
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via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
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Presents token compression and dynamic layer-skipping techniques to accelerate VLM inference.
Batch Before You Lift: Scalable Topological Deep Learning on Large Graphs
Introduces Cluster-TNN, a mini-batch graph partitioning framework that enables scalable topological deep learning on large graphs.
Ranked #352Preprint0/10 suggested
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via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
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Introduces a scalable mini-batching method to overcome memory bottlenecks and speed up graph training.
CAST: Credit Alignment for Cross-Tokenizer On-Policy Distillation
Proposes a chunk-level credit assignment method for on-policy distillation across language models with different tokenizers.
Ranked #353Preprint0/10 suggested
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via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
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Addresses on-policy knowledge distillation across different tokenizers for efficient model training.
DEX: Digit-Level Early Exit for Energy-Efficient MSDF Neural Network Inference
Designs a most-significant-digit-first neural network accelerator supporting early exits and digit-level pruning for energy-efficient medical image segmentation.
Ranked #354Preprint0/10 suggested
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via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
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Proposes dynamic early exit and quantization to improve neural network inference efficiency.
S$^3$R: Fast and Faithful RL Rollouts via Self-Sparse Speculative Decoding
Introduces speculative decoding using self-sparse attention to speed up rollout generation during reinforcement learning.
Ranked #355Preprint0/10 suggested
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via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
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Addresses KV-cache memory traffic and efficient speculative decoding to accelerate model inference/rollouts.
SparseDecoding: Decoding-Aware Pruning for Accurate and Efficient LLM Inference
Identifies distribution shift during autoregressive decoding and proposes a decoding-aware pruning method to accelerate model inference.
Ranked #356Preprint0/10 suggested
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via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
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Introduces decoding-aware pruning to accelerate LLM inference and reduce memory operations.
Time Delay System for Sequence Modeling
Proposes a sequence modeling framework using dynamic nonlinear time delays based on semantic similarity between current and past inputs.
Ranked #357Preprint0/10 suggested
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via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
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Introduces a sequence architecture with O(1) per-step complexity for efficient processing.
DPPM: Dual-Path Parametric Memory for Personalized Language Models
The paper introduces a dual-path parametric memory method that combines pooled history representations with sequential adapter updates.
Ranked #358Preprint0/10 suggested
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via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
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Reduces inference context size by encoding long histories into lightweight LoRA adapters.
4-Tensor Attention Model for Semantic Physical Reality
The paper proposes a four-tensor attention architecture that jointly normalizes attention over semantic and temporal fibers for scene prediction.
Ranked #359Preprint0/10 suggested
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via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28
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Demonstrates major speedups and lower compute requirements during model training and decoding.
Monarch-Muon: Structure-Aware Muon for Fast and Memory-Efficient Pretraining
The authors propose an optimizer for Monarch-factored weights that replaces dense matrix orthogonalization with smaller block updates to reduce memory and pretraining time.
Ranked #360Preprint0/10 suggested
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via arxiv · 15 Oct, 06:18
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Introduces a structured matrix optimizer that reduces memory footprint and training time for language models.
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