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Kernel-Smith: A Unified Recipe for Evolutionary Kernel Optimization

arXiv:2603.28342v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: We present Kernel-Smith, a framework for high-performance GPU kernel and operator generation that combines a stable evaluation-driven evolutionary agent with an evolution-oriented post-training recipe. On the agent side, Kernel-Smith maintains a population of executable candidates…

From Pixels to BFS: High Maze Accuracy Does Not Imply Visual Planning

arXiv:2603.26839v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: How do multimodal models solve visual spatial tasks — through genuine planning, or through brute-force search in token space? We introduce textsc{MazeBench}, a benchmark of 110 procedurally generated maze images across nine controlled groups, and…

Algorithmic Insurance

arXiv:2106.00839v3 Announce Type: replace Abstract: When AI systems make errors in high-stakes domains like medical diagnosis or autonomous vehicles, a single algorithmic flaw across varying operational contexts can generate highly heterogeneous losses that challenge traditional insurance assumptions. Algorithmic insurance constitutes…

Empirical Likelihood for Nonsmooth Functionals

arXiv:2603.27743v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Empirical likelihood is an attractive inferential framework that respects natural parameter boundaries, but existing approaches typically require smoothness of the functional and miscalibrate substantially when these assumptions are violated. For the optimal-value functional central to…

On the Hardness of Reinforcement Learning with Transition Look-Ahead

arXiv:2510.19372v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: We study reinforcement learning (RL) with transition look-ahead, where the agent may observe which states would be visited upon playing any sequence of $ell$ actions before deciding its course of action. While such predictive information…

Noise in Photonic Quantum Machine Learning: Models, Impacts, and Mitigation Strategies

arXiv:2603.09645v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Photonic Quantum Machine Learning (PQML) is an emerging method to implement scalable, energy-efficient quantum information processing by combining photonic quantum computing technologies with machine learning techniques. The features of photonic technologies offer several benefits: room-temperature…