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#machine learning Preprint Open access Oct 2026

Learned Adaptive Multiresolution Diffusion Imaging

Adaptive multiresolution methods reduce representation cost by concentrating fine-scale degrees of freedom where needed, but their tree updates are usually governed by fixed local criteria. We introduce Learned Adaptive Multiresolution Diffusion Imaging (Learned AMDI), which preserves the AMDI fixed-tree propagator and...

Christian Tantardini, Stig Rune Jensen, Roberto Di Remigio Eik{\aa}s et al. · 0 citations
#artificial intelligence Preprint Open access Oct 2026

ReFold: Training-Free Reversible Inter-Turn Context Folding for Long-Horizon Agents

Long-horizon LLM agents act on an append-only interaction history that is re-sent to the model at every step, so the context and its cost grow with steps until the sessions exceed the context window. Existing methods manage the context through context requirement prediction, relying on additional model calls, heuristic...

Yupeng Su, Jiayi Tian, Zheng Zhang et al. · 0 citations
#artificial intelligence Preprint Open access Oct 2026

A self-learning scientific agent for X-ray diffraction

A central challenge for scientific agents is to turn analytical experience into reusable expertise grounded in physical evidence. Here we introduce Gan Jiang, a self-learning agent for powder X-ray diffraction built on a diffraction-analysis ecosystem we developed: XMatcher, XQueryer, XDecomposer and WPEM. Together, th...

Bin Cao, Huichi Zhou, Runyu Yang et al. · 0 citations
#machine learning Preprint Open access Oct 2026

Scen-Opt: A Scenario Optimization Toolbox for Data-Driven Convex Programming

The scenario approach is a well-established statistical framework for data-driven decision-making. In particular, in data-driven optimization, the scenario approach unveils how the problem structure governs out-of-sample generalization, and offers a principled basis for assessing and certifying the reliability of the o...

Ben Wooding, Simone Garatti, Marco C. Campi et al. · 0 citations
#machine learning Preprint Open access Oct 2026

CHARTER: Auditing Reference Substitution in Hierarchical Compact-Evidence Evaluation for Computational Pathology

In digital pathology, compact evidence is often used to explain or audit predictions made by whole-slide image multiple instance learning models. In hierarchical compact-evidence pipelines, candidate filtering introduces a strategy-specific candidate-conditioned prediction alongside the original full-bag prediction. If...

Hyun Do Jung, Jungwon Choi, Soojung Choi et al. · 0 citations
#machine learning Preprint Open access Oct 2026

Forecast Accuracy Is Not Trading Profit: Evolving Small Recurrent Networks for Stock Return Prediction

Time series forecasting models are typically compared on pointwise error, which scores a prediction in isolation from the decision it is produced for, and a lower forecast error does not imply a better decision downstream. A parallel debate asks whether modern transformer architectures forecast better than recurrent an...

Jonathan Chang, Zimeng Lyu · 0 citations
#artificial intelligence Preprint Oct 2026

Do I Need the Cloud? Uncertainty-Aware Step-Level Handoff for Small Language Model Agents

Small language models (SLMs) are attractive as local agent controllers because they reduce remote inference, latency, and deployment footprint, yet structured tool errors can cause an agent step to fail. Existing routers typically select a model once per query. However, agents expose sequential decision points whose di...

Abolfazl Younesi · 0 citations
#machine learning Preprint Open access Oct 2026

Stochastic Gradient Descent Ascent is Suboptimal for Nonconvex-PL Min-Max Games

How far can stochastic gradient descent ascent (SGDA) go by tuning its timescale ratio and step sizes in nonconvex min-max games? We answer this question for nonconvex-PL (NC-PL) games by establishing the first tight complexity of two-timescale SGDA with a fixed timescale ratio and non-increasing step sizes. For $\ell$...

Junsoo Ha · 0 citations
#machine learning Preprint Open access Oct 2026

Common-Mode Errors Limit Low-Timestep Deep Spiking Q-Networks

Spiking neural networks (SNNs) offer sparse and event-driven computation, making them attractive for energy-constrained reinforcement learning (RL) on edge devices. In value-based RL, deep spiking Q-networks (DSQNs) combine such efficiency with action-value estimation for decision making. However, existing DSQNs often...

Zijie Xu, Bingrui Guo, Yiding Sun et al. · 0 citations
#artificial intelligence Preprint Oct 2026

Persistent Memory in Multi-Agent LLM Inference: What It Costs, What It Buys, and When You Can Tell

Decomposing long-context inference across cooperating agents bounds the active KV cache per call rather than total evidence, which matters when KV-cache memory binds. Many such systems add a persistent tier storing and recalling reasoning traces, usually validated by an ablation reporting an accuracy gain. We measure b...

Ho-Chan Son, Kyungdoe Han, Jaehan Koh et al. · 0 citations
#artificial intelligence Preprint Open access Oct 2026

Quantization Effects on Tool-Failure Recovery Vary Across Prompts and Evaluation Designs

Post-training quantization reduces the cost of deploying language-model agents, but its effect on recovery from temporary tool failures can depend on how recovery is evaluated. We compare 8-bit and 4-bit variants of Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct and Qwen2.5-7B-Instruct on twenty deterministic tool-use tasks and five prompts. T...

Yuhe Hu · 0 citations
#machine learning Preprint Open access Oct 2026

APEX: Speculate smarter, not deeper

Speculative decoding reduces large language model inference latency by drafting multiple tokens before target-model verification, but its effectiveness depends on both the proposal mechanism and draft depth. Fixed configurations cannot respond to changes in predictability, repetition, and acceptance during generation,...

Manvi Jha, Zach Zhang, Zhichao Xu et al. · 0 citations

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MIT News · Artificial Intelligence Oct 7, 2026

Discovering the value of humanistic inquiry

Students in MIT’s Concourse program delve deeply into the human condition, debate challenging questions, and learn to develop judgment about issues that can’t be quantified.

Microsoft Research Blog Oct 7, 2026

Agent Lightning v1.0: A 3,500-Line Lightweight Agentic RL Framework for Training Agents with Real Harnesses

Training AI agents with reinforcement learning can be challenging because their tools, context, and decision-making are managed by complex frameworks. Agent Lightning connects existing agents to RL training, making it easier to improve them without rebuilding them. The post Agent Lightning v1.0: A 3,500-Line Lightweight Agentic RL Framework for Training Agents with Real Harnesses appeared first on Microsoft Research.

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