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#machine learning Preprint Oct 2026

Formalizing Forgetting: Theory of Forgetting for Online Continual Learning

Online continual learning (OCL) requires a learner to acquire a sequence of tasks in a single pass over the data, and catastrophic forgetting of earlier tasks remains its central challenge. Despite the many methods proposed to mitigate forgetting, the theoretical understanding of forgetting in OCL is still limited: exi...

Ren-Jie Cao, Yi-Fei Cheng, Li Shen · 0 citations
#machine learning Preprint Oct 2026

CrossMean: Model Merging by Pairing Merged and Expert Activations

CrossMean is introduced, which replaces this matrix on one side with a bilinear statistic that pairs merged and expert activations, and a label-free criterion is derived that indicates the task sets in which accounting for the merged activations improves the merge more.

Moshe Eliasof · 0 citations
#machine learning Preprint Oct 2026

Random Fourier Features in Near-Linear Time

Random Fourier features approximate a shift-invariant kernel in $\mathbb{R}^d$, such as the Gaussian kernel $\exp(-\tfrac12\|x-y\|_2^2)$, using independent samples from its spectral measure to construct an unbiased estimator for the kernel value with subgaussian concentration. However, generating $m$ such features requ...

S. Mahabadi, Sandeep Silwal, Tal Wagner · 0 citations
#machine learning Preprint Oct 2026

More Domains, No Gains? FLO: Fast-Slow Reciprocal Learning for Multi-Domain Graph Pre-training

Inspired by the great success of foundation models in the development of artificial general intelligence, Graph Foundation Models (GFMs) have recently attracted significant attention and have the potential to advance graph intelligence. Exhibiting such intelligence requires effectively learning knowledge from large-sca...

Yu-Peng Tong, Lianze Shan, Ji-Tao Zhao et al. · 0 citations
#machine learning Preprint Open access Oct 2026

VitaBench: Memory Lifecycles Beyond Retrieval

Long-term memory benchmarks for language agents primarily evaluate whether information from earlier interactions can be retrieved and used when relevant. Persistent memory systems face an additional problem before future use is known: deciding whether a memory should remain exact, be compressed, consolidated, or delete...

Muquan Yu, Dihan Hu · 0 citations
#machine learning Preprint Oct 2026

Multi-Token Random-Walk Learning via Meeting-Triggered Information Exchange

This work investigates multi-token RW learning under two information exchange policies, which average stochastic gradients and updated models, respectively, when tokens meet, and establishes iteration complexity lower bounds for non-convex, convex, and strongly convex objectives on complete graphs.

Tai-Chun Yeh, Xing-Ran Chen · 0 citations
#machine learning Preprint Oct 2026

DeKoR: Decomposed Knowledge Routing for Efficient GNN--LLM Fusion

Large Language Models (LLMs) have shown strong potential for text-attributed graph learning by leveraging rich pre-trained knowledge and language understanding capabilities. Combining LLMs with Graph Neural Networks (GNNs) offers a promising paradigm for expanding the modeling capabilities of graph learning. However, L...

Pei-Yuan Li, Yong-Qi Huang, Ji-Tao Zhao et al. · 0 citations
#machine learning Preprint Open access Oct 2026

Linear-Time Non-Local Codec Placement for Machine Learning Model Compression

On-device inference imposes constraints on model storage and operand traffic and thus benefits from compressed operand representations, which mandate the use of encoding and decoding operators. However, na\"{\i}ve placement of codec operators can cancel the operand traffic gains sought from compression. In this work, I...

Matteo Spallanzani · 0 citations
#machine learning Preprint Oct 2026

Understanding Hidden Spatial Preferences in Bayesian Optimization

Bayesian optimization uses posterior uncertainty to decide where to explore, but this uncertainty is not spatially neutral. On bounded domains, Gaussian-process posterior variance is typically larger near faces, edges, and corners, giving variance-based acquisition functions a systematic boundary bias. This spatial pre...

Maria Bånkestad, Jens Sjölund · 0 citations
#machine learning Preprint Oct 2026

Accelerating Cross-Model LLM Inference via Attention Map Reuse

LLM-augmented data workflows often involve multiple heterogeneous models operating over substantial shared context, such as schemas, tool specifications, interaction history, and intermediate results. Although prefix caching can reduce prefilling overhead, existing approaches are largely limited to reuse within the sam...

Zhan-Yang Jin, Yu-Ze Luo, Bin Cui et al. · 0 citations
#machine learning Preprint Oct 2026

One-Way Coupling via Patchwise Adaptive Normalization in Transformer Surrogates

Many physical systems exhibit one-way coupling: exogenous fields such as medium density or obstacle geometry influence the dynamics without being affected by them. We investigate how explicitly representing these fields can improve the accuracy and computational efficiency of transformer-based PDE surrogates. Building...

E. Gottlob, Hugo Thimonier, Ludovico Buizza et al. · 0 citations
#machine learning Preprint Oct 2026

Triage-PiEvo: Evidence Admission for Principle-Evolving Scientific Agents

Large language model (LLM)-based AI Scientists advance scientific discovery, yet they suffer from inefficiencies due to noisy observations. Existing principle-evolving agents act on every anomaly, leaving its source unresolved: a new mechanism or an evaluation artifact, so invalid revisions bias evolution. To address t...

Pei-Ze Li, Ying-Ming Pu, Xing-Guo Xu et al. · 0 citations

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Microsoft Research Blog Nov 3, 2026

Learn the rules: The hacker mindset

Research Manager Mike Walker reflects on a career spanning hacker culture, cybersecurity, and AI, sharing lessons about trust, teamwork, leadership, and why solving difficult problems requires curiosity, judgment, agility—and an understanding of the rules. The post Learn the rules: The hacker mindset appeared first on Microsoft Research.

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Agentic cheminformatics with Google Antigravity

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