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#machine learning Preprint Oct 2026

PotentialEP: Backprop-Free Training of CIFAR-Scale Generative Models via Equilibrium Propagation

Generating an image with a diffusion or flow-matching model typically involves integrating a velocity field for hundreds of sequential steps. That computation suits a GPU poorly and an analog neuromorphic substrate well, where one fast, low-power physical relaxation could replace the whole sequence. Two things are need...

Alex Gower · 0 citations
#machine learning Preprint Oct 2026

Sparse-TD-JEPA: Improving Zero-Shot Reinforcement Learning With Sparse Latent Task Representations

Successor-feature-based zero-shot reinforcement learning methods pre-train a task encoder and successor-feature predictor on offline, reward-free data, then recover a policy at test time by solving a closed-form linear regression over a small labeled dataset. We identify an underexplored limitation of this approach: wh...

Duaa Nakshbandi, Zhi-Yu An, Wan Du · 0 citations
#machine learning Review Oct 2026

Clinical value claims in multimodal AI outpace supporting evidence

Multimodal prediction models add a data source, such as imaging or an assay, to clinical information, and health systems must decide whether that added test is worth acquiring. We audited 177 studies comparing multimodal with unimodal models: 81 from a systematic review and 96 from a probability sample of 2025-2026 Pub...

Jia-Yu Feng · 0 citations
#machine learning Preprint Open access Oct 2026

DPAL: A Test-Time Adaptation Loss for Financial Time Series Forecasting

Test-time adaptation (TTA) enables time series forecasters to update after deployment as new observations become available. However, adaptation objectives that focus primarily on prediction errors at individual time steps do not fully address the needs of financial time series forecasting. In addition to pointwise retu...

Wuzhou Lian, Haochun Wang, Yuefan Deng · 0 citations
#machine learning Preprint Open access Oct 2026

When More Memory Fails: Hidden Feasibility Holes in Dynamic Tensor Rematerialization

Dynamic Tensor Rematerialization (DTR) trains neural networks under a memory budget by evicting tensors and recomputing them on demand. A natural expectation is that a budget large enough to complete training stays sufficient when it is increased. Using DTR's reference simulator, simrd, to replay the public DTR trainin...

Mahesh Reddy Pagadala · 0 citations
#machine learning Preprint Open access Oct 2026

History, Adaptation, and Hidden Gain: Two Prospective Tests of Learned Predictive Control in a Synthetic Neural Population

We study learned one-step predictive control of a synthetic population of 64 leaky integrate-and-fire neurons whose light sensitivity is scaled by a hidden factor s, using two prospective confirmations on plants simulated only after the analysis was frozen. In the first (50 plants, 11 conditions), removing the 200-ms i...

Mahesh Reddy Pagadala · 0 citations
#machine learning Review Oct 2026

ConformalGuard: False-Positive-Controlled Action Gating for LM Classifiers

Language model classifiers are increasingly deployed for high-stakes decisions such as phishing screening, content moderation, and fraud triage, yet validation-set thresholds provide no finite-sample control of deployment-time false positives. We present ConformalGuard, a model-agnostic calibration layer that wraps a f...

Bishnu Bista, Dhanraj Haibatrao Jadhav, Vibha Choudhary et al. · 0 citations
#machine learning Preprint Open access Oct 2026

The Sample Complexity of Multicalibration with an ERM Oracle

A predictor is multicalibrated with respect to a class of subpopulations (formally, of functions on the inputs, called auditors) if, for every subpopulation in the class and every value the predictor outputs, the average outcome among the members of that subpopulation who receive that value is close to the value itself...

Princewill Okoroafor · 0 citations
#machine learning Preprint Open access Oct 2026

Class-Conditional Conformal Prediction for Signal Temporal Logic Inference with Many Classes

Signal Temporal Logic (STL) inference provides interpretable formulas for time series classification. For multiclass classification, however, accurate predictions do not necessarily ensure that the inferred formulas are satisfied consistently with the true class. We introduce the positive satisfaction rate and codeword...

Yixuan Wang, Danyang Li, Matthew Cleaveland et al. · 0 citations
#machine learning Preprint Oct 2026

On the Depth Transfer of Neural Optimizers via L-Smoothness

Scaling deep learning models efficiently requires predictable performance transfer across compute regimes. Establishing reliable hyperparameter transfer allows optimal training dynamics and structural choices to be discovered on low-cost proxy models, avoiding catastrophic failures during massive-scale training. Existi...

Maximilian Wong, Chen-Yu Xu, Jia-Jin Li et al. · 0 citations
#machine learning Preprint Open access Oct 2026

Continuous-Time Cloth Dynamics with Physics-Informed Neural ODEs

We present ContinuousCloth, a continuous-time, physics-informed neural solver for deformable cloth dynamics that enforces a spring--mass ODE within a neural trajectory model. Unlike classical time-stepping simulators that return trajectories only on a discrete integration grid, ContinuousCloth supports querying at arbi...

Yingdong Ru, Lipeng Zhuang, Zhuo He et al. · 0 citations
#machine learning Preprint Open access Oct 2026

Decentralized Bandit Learning of Markov Perfect Equilibria

We study decentralized bandit learning in discounted infinite-horizon, general-sum Markov games with continuous actions. Agents observe the public state, but only their own realized rewards, and use simultaneous perturbation stochastic approximation to update their actions. Under strong monotonicity of the negative run...

Felix H\"ofer, H. Mete Soner · 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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