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#reinforcement learning Open access Sep 2026

Image-Based Reinforcement Learning for Robust Mode Hop Recovery in External-Cavity Diode Lasers

Overview This is the initial public release of the code associated with the paper "Image-Based Reinforcement Learning for Robust Mode Hop Recovery in External-Cavity Diode Lasers." The repository provides a simulation and reinforcement-learning framework for recovering an external-cavity diode laser from mode hops usin...

Jaeick Bae, Kyoungsik Yu, Yunheung Song et al. · 0 citations
#reinforcement learning Open access Sep 2026

Robotic Garment Folding via VLA Policy: Engineering, Not Pure Math — E8 Intelligence Research

FINDING: The search results are video titles/abstracts, not actual solutions. No mathematical content is extractable. The only concrete item is an arXiv abstract on robotic garment folding (LeHome Challenge 2026), which is engineering, not pure mathematics. MATH: No equations, constants, or ratios are present in the pr...

Andrew Stewart Caldin · 0 citations
#reinforcement learning Open access Sep 2026

Why Transformers Cannot Invent: The Manifold Confinement Problem and the Thermodynamic Engine of Scientific Discovery

The contemporary artificial intelligence research consensus posits that scaling test-time compute, Monte Carlo tree search, and Reinforcement Learning with Verifiable Rewards (RLVR / GRPO) will inevitably culminate in automated, superhuman scientific discovery. In this paper, we demonstrate the structural impossibility...

Lina Bessonova · 0 citations
#reinforcement learning Open access Sep 2026

Why Transformers Cannot Invent: The Manifold Confinement Problem and the Thermodynamic Engine of Scientific Discovery

The contemporary artificial intelligence research consensus posits that scaling test-time compute, Monte Carlo tree search, and Reinforcement Learning with Verifiable Rewards (RLVR / GRPO) will inevitably culminate in automated, superhuman scientific discovery. In this paper, we demonstrate the structural impossibility...

Lina Bessonova · 0 citations
#reinforcement learning Dataset Open access Sep 2026

Data for "Auditing Single-Agent Reinforcement Learning for EV Charging Assignment: A Protocol-Amended Comparison of Trained, Untrained, and Heuristic Policies"

Version 2 of the data deposit for the manuscript "Auditing Single-Agent Reinforcement Learning for EV Charging Assignment: A Protocol-Amended Comparison of Trained, Untrained, and Heuristic Policies" (Algorithms, MDPI, manuscript ID algorithms-4572374). Version 2 replaces the preliminary data-only content of version 1...

Nour-Eddine Moumni, Rachid Alaoui, Driss Kiouach · 0 citations
#reinforcement learning Open access Sep 2026

Diagnosing Estimator Homomorphism Compatibility in Reinforcement Learning with Verifiable Rewards

Reinforcement learning with verifiable rewards (RLVR) evaluates decoded outcomes, whereas policy-gradient estimators operate on concrete trajectories and batch-dependent training state. These two levels need not respect the same equivalence relation. We formalize estimator homomorphism compatibility: when several concr...

Minseong Sim · 0 citations
#reinforcement learning Open access Sep 2026

Spectral SU(3) Gauge Invariant on Four-Dimensional Euclidean Lattices: Wilson Loop Expectation Values, Area Law Confinement, and the Non-Perturbative Mass Gap

Complete lattice computation of Wilson loop expectation values under SU(3) gauge theory on a four-dimensional Euclidean lattice. Establishes color confinement via the area law and extracts the non-perturbative Yang-Mills mass gap of 77.71 MeV from the two-point glueball correlator spectral decomposition. ⚖️ PROPRIETARY...

Dimitar Stavrev Prodromov · 0 citations
#reinforcement learning Open access Sep 2026

Nonlinear Inversion of Dissipative Trajectories in Hilbert Spaces via Riccati Differential Matrix Control and Saddle-Node Bifurcation Stabilization

Rigorous formulation and solution of the deterministic nonlinear trajectory inversion problem in four-dimensional Hilbert spaces via the Riccati Differential Equation (DRE) and Continuous Algebraic Riccati Equation (CARE). Derives the optimal LQR feedback law, proves entropy neutralization, and establishes bifurcation...

Dimitar Stavrev Prodromov · 0 citations
#reinforcement learning Open access Sep 2026

QTrust-PPO: Confidence-Aware Finite-Shot Policy Optimization for Variational Quantum Reinforcement Learning

Initial public release of QTrust-PPO. This release contains the implementation notebooks, processed statistical results, figures, and table data for the QTrust-PPO experiments. Included components: Primary three-environment benchmark Confidence and rollback ablations Output-noise robustness experiments VQC depth analys...

Rakib Hossain · 0 citations
#reinforcement learning Review Open access Sep 2026

A Review of Machine Learning-Based Theft Detection for Smart Energy Meters

A literature review of Machine Learning applications in the domain of Electricity Theft Detection (ETD) that is grounded in 71 scholarly studies produced between 2021 and 2026 and selected according to criteria of machine learning application in the process of theft/NTL detection and accompanying empirical validation.

Oladipupo Olatunji, Victor Edibo, Olumide Alamu · 0 citations
#reinforcement learning Open access Sep 2026

Preference Optimization for Open-Weight Language Models: A Survey and Low-Resource RLHF Case Study

Open-weight language-model post-training combines preference learning, reinforcement learning, verifiable feedback, and increasingly, agentic training and on-policy distillation. Comparing these systems requires separating their optimization algorithms from their feedback sources, sampling procedures, and evaluation ta...

Irtiqa Haider, Muhammad Shahnawaz · 0 citations

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Microsoft Research Blog Oct 12, 2026

Simulating student learning for better AI tutoring

StudentSim is a research system for evaluating and improving AI tutoring tools before they are tested with learners. It models how individuals may engage with tutors, giving feedback to improve tutor performance across subjects like chess, writing, and mathematics. The post Simulating student learning for better AI tutoring appeared first on Microsoft Research.

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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