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arXiv:2604.09703v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Large-scale multi-agent communication has long faced a scalability bottleneck: fully connected networks require quadratic complexity, yet existing sparse topologies rely on hand-crafted rules. This paper treats the communication graph itself as a design variable and proposes CayleyTopo, a family of circulant Cayley graphs whose generator sets are optimized to minimize diameter, directly targeting worst-case information propagation speed. To navigate the enormous search space of possible generator sets, we develop a lightweight reinforcement learning […]

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arXiv:2602.22273v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: We introduce FIRE, a comprehensive benchmark designed to evaluate both the theoretical financial knowledge of LLMs and their ability to handle practical business scenarios. For theoretical assessment, we curate a diverse set of examination questions drawn from widely recognized financial qualification exams, enabling evaluation of LLMs deep understanding and application of financial knowledge. In addition, to assess the practical value of LLMs in real-world financial tasks, we propose a systematic evaluation matrix that […]

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High-Level Synthesis (HLS) compiles C/C++ into RTL, but exploring pragma-driven optimization choices remains expensive because each design point requires time-consuming synthesis. We propose textbf{DiffHLS}, a differential learning framework for HLS Quality-of-Result (QoR) prediction that learns from kernel–design pairs: a kernel baseline and a pragma-inserted design variant. DiffHLS~encodes kernel and design intermediate-representation graphs with dedicated graph neural network (GNN) branches, and augments the delta pathway with code embeddings from a pretrained code large language model (LLM). Instead of regressing […]

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Digital phenotyping enables continuous passive monitoring of behavior and physiology, offering a promising paradigm for early detection of psychotic relapse. In this work, we develop and systematically study two smartwatch-based frameworks for daily relapse detection. The first forecasts cardiac dynamics and flags deviations between predicted and observed features as indicators of abnormality. The second adopts a multi-task formulation that fuses sleep with motion and cardiac-derived signals, learning time-aware embeddings and predicting measurement timing. Both pipelines use Transformer encoders […]

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arXiv:2602.21411v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Convex Agreement (CA) strengthens Byzantine Agreement (BA) by requiring the output agreed upon to lie in the convex hull of the honest parties’ inputs. This validity condition is motivated by practical aggregation tasks (e.g., robust learning or sensor fusion) where honest inputs need not coincide but should still constrain the decision. CA inherits BA lower bounds, and optimal synchronous round complexity is easy to obtain (e.g., via Byzantine Broadcast). The main challenge is […]

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Learning solution operators of partial differential equations (PDEs) from data has emerged as a promising route to fast surrogate models in multi-query scientific workflows. However, for geometric PDEs whose inputs and outputs transform under changes of local frame (gauge), many existing operator-learning architectures remain representation-dependent, brittle under metric perturbations, and sensitive to discretization changes. We propose Gauge-Equivariant Intrinsic Neural Operators (GINO), a class of neural operators that parameterize elliptic solution maps primarily through intrinsic spectral multipliers acting on […]

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arXiv:2602.10237v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Eco-friendly service options (EFSOs) aim to reduce personal carbon emissions, yet their eco-friendly framing may permit increased consumption, weakening their intended impact. Such rebound effects remain underexamined in HCI, including how common eco-feedback approaches shape them. We investigate this in an online within-subjects experiment (N=75) in a ride-hailing context. Participants completed 10 trials for five conditions (No EFSO, EFSO – Minimal, EFSO – CO2 Equivalency, EFSO – Gamified, EFSO – Social), yielding 50 […]

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