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Accurate and Scalable Matrix Mechanisms via Divide and Conquer

arXiv:2604.00868v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Matrix mechanisms are often used to provide unbiased differentially private query answers when publishing statistics or creating synthetic data. Recent work has developed matrix mechanisms, such as ResidualPlanner and Weighted Fourier Factorizations, that scale to…

Safe learning-based control via function-based uncertainty quantification

arXiv:2604.01173v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Uncertainty quantification is essential when deploying learning-based control methods in safety-critical systems. This is commonly realized by constructing uncertainty tubes that enclose the unknown function of interest, e.g., the reward and constraint functions or the…

Learning to Play Blackjack: A Curriculum Learning Perspective

arXiv:2604.00076v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Reinforcement Learning (RL) agents often struggle with efficiency and performance in complex environments. We propose a novel framework that uses a Large Language Model (LLM) to dynamically generate a curriculum over available actions, enabling the…

Speeding Up Mixed-Integer Programming Solvers with Sparse Learning for Branching

arXiv:2604.00094v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Machine learning is increasingly used to improve decisions within branch-and-bound algorithms for mixed-integer programming. Many existing approaches rely on deep learning, which often requires very large training datasets and substantial computational resources for both training…

Perspective: Towards sustainable exploration of chemical spaces with machine learning

arXiv:2604.00069v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Artificial intelligence is transforming molecular and materials science, but its growing computational and data demands raise critical sustainability challenges. In this Perspective, we examine resource considerations across the AI-driven discovery pipeline–from quantum-mechanical (QM) data generation…

Evolution Strategies for Deep RL pretraining

arXiv:2604.00066v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Although Deep Reinforcement Learning has proven highly effective for complex decision-making problems, it demands significant computational resources and careful parameter adjustment in order to develop successful strategies. Evolution strategies offer a more straightforward, derivative-free approach…

D4C: Data-Free Quantization for Contrastive Language-Image Pre-training Models

arXiv:2511.15411v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Data-Free Quantization (DFQ) offers a practical solution for model compression without requiring access to real data, making it particularly attractive in privacy-sensitive scenarios. While DFQ has shown promise for unimodal models, its extension to Vision-Language…