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#small language model Preprint Aug 2026

MGQL: An Executable, Small-Step Semantics of GQL

MGQL is presented, the first mechanized, small-step operational semantics for a substantial read-only fragment of GQL that is grounded in the ISO/IEC 39075 standard, and it is proved that the type system is sound, ensuring an end-to-end guarantee of well-formed queries yielding results that conform to their declared schemas.

Aditya Thimmaiah, Tongtong Lin, Milos Gligoric · 0 citations
#small language model Preprint Aug 2026

OPDSearch+: On-Policy Distillation with RL Refinement for Search-Augmented Reasoning

The role of a frozen off-the-shelf instruct model as the teacher in on-policy distillation is investigated, and a key insight is revealed: the teacher reshapes the student's policy distribution so that subsequent RL converges to a superior solution that RL alone cannot reach.

Qi Ye, Zhiyuan Gu, Jingjie Xia et al. · 0 citations
#small language model Preprint Aug 2026

Dataset Scarcity Limits Robust Evaluation of Multilingual Embedding Models: A Case Study of Slavic Languages

A two-dimensional framework, specifically tailored for analyzing multilingual embedding benchmarks under dataset scarcity, is proposed and applied on the Slavic-language subset of the MTEB benchmark, revealing severe benchmark sparsity.

Ana Gjorgjevikj, B. Seljak, T. Eftimov · 0 citations
#small language model Preprint Aug 2026

Low-Rank Ternary Adaptation for Fine-Tuning Transformers

Ternary multiplicative adaptation is proposed, which represents discrete updates of ternary weights such as sign flips or zeroing through a low-rank Kronecker factorization into two small ternary matrices applied element-wise to ternary weights.

Alexandru-Dragos Manolache, Yun-qiang Li, Jan van Gemert · 0 citations
#small language model Preprint Aug 2026

When Do Supervised UQ Ensembles Improve LLM Hallucination Detection? A Robustness Study

A supervised ensembling framework that trains a classifier over heterogeneous UQ-based scorer outputs on a small, domain-specific dataset of labeled LLM responses, then applies it to out-of-sample hallucination classification without retrieval, tools, or reference documents is studied.

Mohit Singh Chauhan, Vipin Gyanchandani, Dylan Bouchard · 0 citations
#small language model Preprint Aug 2026

Parason: Revealing Subtask and Trial Parallelism in LLM Reasoning

Parason is introduced, which reveals and learns both forms of parallelism in LLM reasoning, and identifies Trial Parallelism as the majority of parallelizable reasoning computation, and it becomes increasingly dominant on hard problems.

Zhengyang Zhang, Zijian Zhang, Jiaxuan Gao et al. · 0 citations
#small language model Review Open access Aug 2026

Mechanical Contact Conditions in Wearable Reflectance Photoplethysmography: Scoping Review.

A multilevel conceptual pathway in wearable reflectance PPG is supported, in which mechanical conditions at the sensor-skin interface are associated with changes in PPG signal characteristics, derived features, and, in a smaller body of studies, downstream physiological estimation.

Chenxi Yang, Jiahang Xie, Zifei He et al. · 0 citations
#small language model Preprint Aug 2026

Most of the LLM Routing Gap Is Task Type

This paper argues that a small win does not show that routing did anything, the authors' or anyone else's, and argues that a small win does not show that routing did anything, theirs or anyone else's.

Janghoon Lee · 0 citations
#small language model Open access Aug 2026

The role of linguistic knowledge in verbal fluency tests: How individual differences in language skills shape the mental lexicon.

"List as many words as you can that start with M." The verbal fluency (VF) task is simple, yet even a typical university student only manages to produce about 15 words within 1 min, and there is substantial variability around this mean. The present study examined how linguistic and domain-general abilities contributed to VF performance in a large sample of healthy adult native speakers of Dutch (N = 571). We assessed the effects of linguistic knowledge, processing speed, short-term/working memory, and fluid intelligence on performance in the VF task. To examine whether linguistic and domain-general abilities contribute differently across VF task types, we included semantic trials (category-based generation: animals, food) and phonemic trials (letter-based generation: words beginning with S or M). We assessed the total number of correct words produced and the time to first response. Mixed-effects modeling showed that linguistic knowledge predicted the total number of correct responses in both semantic and phonemic VF. Short-term/working memory and processing speed were also significant predictors, but with smaller estimated effect sizes. Time to first response showed little effect of linguistic skills. We discuss how linguistic knowledge shapes the structure of the mental lexicon such that it affects both meaning-driven and form-driven access to lexical items. In addition, we provide updated norms for VF performance in Dutch and practical suggestions for using the task. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).

Kyla McConnell, Berit Reise, Antje S Meyer · 0 citations

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Microsoft Research Blog Aug 31, 2026

GigaPath-Flash and GigaTIME-Flash: Toward population-scale discovery with efficient pathology foundation models

What if pathology foundation models could do more with less? GigaPath-Flash and GigaTIME-Flash cut computational demands while maintaining strong performance, opening the door to larger studies and broader exploration. The post GigaPath-Flash and GigaTIME-Flash: Toward population-scale discovery with efficient pathology foundation models appeared first on Microsoft Research.