arXiv:2407.01111v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Heterogeneous treatment effect (HTE) estimation from observational data poses significant challenges due to treatment selection bias. Existing methods address this bias by minimizing distribution discrepancies between treatment groups in latent space, focusing on global alignment. However, the fruitful aspect of local proximity, where similar units exhibit similar outcomes, is often overlooked. In this study, we propose Proximity-enhanced CounterFactual Regression (CFR-Pro) to exploit proximity for enhancing representation balancing within the HTE estimation context. Specifically, […]

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arXiv:2601.08896v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: This study develops a robust machine learning framework for one-step-ahead forecasting of daily log-returns in the Nepal Stock Exchange (NEPSE) Index using the XGBoost regressor. A comprehensive feature set is engineered, including lagged log-returns (up to 30 days) and established technical indicators such as short- and medium-term rolling volatility measures and the 14-period Relative Strength Index. Hyperparameter optimization is performed using Optuna with time-series cross-validation on the initial training segment. Out-of-sample performance is […]

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arXiv:2603.06618v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Multiplex Biological Networks (MBNs), which represent multiple interaction types between entities, are crucial for understanding complex biological systems. Yet, existing methods often inadequately model multiplexity, struggle to integrate structural and sequence information, and face difficulties in zero-shot prediction for unseen entities with no prior neighbourhood information. To address these limitations, we propose a novel framework for zero-shot interaction prediction in MBNs by leveraging context-aware representation learning and knowledge distillation. Our approach leverages domain-specific […]

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arXiv:2602.10239v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: 3D Gaussian Splatting (3DGS) has rapidly become a standard for high-fidelity 3D reconstruction, yet its adoption in multiple critical domains is hindered by the lack of interpretability of the generation models as well as classification of the Splats. While explainability methods exist for other 3D representations, like point clouds, they typically rely on ambiguous saliency maps that fail to capture the volumetric coherence of Gaussian primitives. We introduce XSPLAIN, the first ante-hoc, prototype-based […]

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arXiv:2602.18447v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Chain-of-Thought reasoning significantly improves the performance of large language models on complex tasks, but incurs high inference latency due to long generation traces. Step-level speculative reasoning aims to mitigate this cost, yet existing approaches face a long-standing trade-off among accuracy, inference speed, and resource efficiency. We propose ConfSpec, a confidence-gated cascaded verification framework that resolves this trade-off. Our key insight is an asymmetry between generation and verification: while generating a correct reasoning step […]

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arXiv:2602.09220v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Time series forecasting is a critical task across domains such as energy, finance, and meteorology, where accurate predictions enable informed decision-making. While transformer-based and large-parameter models have recently achieved state-of-the-art results, their complexity can lead to overfitting and unstable forecasts, especially when older data points become less relevant. In this paper, we propose a lightweight multi-view approach to short-term load forecasting that leverages single-value embeddings and a scaled time-range input to capture temporally […]

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arXiv:2601.18973v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Quantum hardware suffers from intrinsic device heterogeneity and environmental drift, forcing practitioners to choose between suboptimal non-adaptive controllers or costly per-device recalibration. We derive a scaling law lower bound for meta-learning showing that the adaptation gain (expected fidelity improvement from task-specific gradient steps) saturates exponentially with gradient steps and scales linearly with task variance, providing a quantitative criterion for when adaptation justifies its overhead. Validation on quantum gate calibration shows negligible benefits for […]

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arXiv:2604.09680v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Today’s 5G and NextG wireless networks are moving toward using the coordinated multi-point (CoMP) transmission and reception technique, where a client can be simultaneously served by multiple base stations (BSs) for better communication performance. However, traditional hierarchical federated learning (HFL) architectures impose the constraint that each client can be associated with only one edge server (ES) at a time. If we keep using the traditional HFL architectures in modern hierarchical networks for model […]

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When building a design system for the Android app at inDrive, we implemented a reusable TextArea component using androidx.compose.foundation.text.BasicTextField. One of the basic requirements was straightforward: limit the maximum number of characters a user can enter. Jetpack Compose seems to already support this through InputTransformation. However, after exploring the implementation more closely, we discovered a subtle behavior that can lead to a completely unusable TextField in certain scenarios. This article explores: how Jetpack Compose TextField max length works […]

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arXiv:2601.16314v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Large language models (LLMs) enable rapid and consistent automated evaluation of open-ended exam responses, including dimensions of content and argumentation that have traditionally required human judgment. This is particularly important in cases where a large amount of exams need to be graded in a limited time frame, such as nation-wide graduation exams in various countries. Here, we examine the applicability of automated scoring on two large datasets of trial exam essays of two […]

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