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cs.LGcs.AIRecentJun 1, 2026

Faster Synchronous On-Policy RL via Straggler-Aware Group Sizing

Azal Ahmad Khan, Ammar Ahmed, Zeshan Fayyaz, Sheng Di +2 more

The paper introduces Straggler-Aware Group Control (SAGC), a dynamic group-size controller that optimizes synchronous on-policy RL training by adapting group size to minimize delays caused by slow rol…

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math.OCcs.LGstat.MLTheoreticalRecentJun 30, 2026

Random Reshuffling Dominates Stochastic Gradient Descent

Zijian Liu

This paper proves that Random Reshuffling in Shuffling Stochastic Gradient Descent dominates vanilla SGD in smooth convex optimization after any finite number of epochs.

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cs.SEcs.CRRecentMay 14, 2026

FuzzAgent: Multi-Agent System for Evolutionary Library Fuzzing

Yunlong Lyu, Peng Chen, Fengyi Wu, Junzhe Yu +2 more

FuzzAgent introduces a multi-agent, evolutionary system that significantly improves library fuzzing by iteratively refining the test suite based on runtime feedback, achieving superior coverage and bu…

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cs.LGcs.AIphysics.flu-dynRecentMay 31, 2026

Explainable deep reinforcement learning reveals energy-efficient control strategies for turbulent drag reduction

Federica Tonti, Ricardo Vinuesa

The paper proposes an energy-efficient drag reduction strategy for turbulent flows by combining Multi-Agent Deep Reinforcement Learning with SHAP-guided explainable deep learning, achieving superior p…

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cs.CRcs.LGcs.SERecentMay 16, 2026

The Range Shrinks, the Threat Remains: Re-evaluating LLM Package Hallucinations on the 2026 Frontier-Model Cohort

Aleksandr Churilov

This study re-evaluates LLM package hallucination rates on a new cohort of frontier models, finding a significant reduction in overall hallucination rates but identifying a persistent, model-agnostic…

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cs.DCcs.PFEmpiricalRecentJun 27, 2026

Five Ways to Build a Concurrent Linked From Coarse-Grain Locking to Lock-Free Algorithms

Zeeshan Mohammed Rangrej

This paper explores five methods for making a linked list work efficiently with multiple threads, from using one big lock to a lock-free design.

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cs.CRcs.AIcs.CLRecentMay 27, 2026

SNARE: Adaptive Scenario Synthesis for Eliciting Overeager Behavior in Coding Agents

Yubin Qu, Yi Liu, Gelei Deng, Yanjun Zhang +3 more

The paper introduces SNARE, a novel adaptive benchmarking pipeline that systematically measures overeager behavior in coding agents, finding that the agent framework accounts for the majority of the v…

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cs.CRcs.AIcs.CLRecentMay 27, 2026

SNARE: Adaptive Scenario Synthesis for Eliciting Overeager Behavior in Coding Agents

Yubin Qu, Yi Liu, Gelei Deng, Yanjun Zhang +3 more

The paper introduces SNARE, a novel adaptive testing pipeline that systematically measures overeager behavior in coding agents, finding that the agent framework accounts for the majority of the variat…

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cs.DBcs.DCcs.PFEmpiricalRecentJun 26, 2026

DiStash: A Disaggregated Multi-Stash Transactional Key-Value Store

Yiming Gao, Hieu Nguyen, Jun Li, Shahram Ghandeharizadeh

This paper introduces DiStash, a disaggregated transactional key-value store that enables an application to use a single transaction to manage key-value pairs across different pools of stashes, preven…

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cs.CRcs.AIcs.LGRecentJun 4, 2026

SlotGCG: Exploiting the Positional Vulnerability in LLMs for Jailbreak Attacks

Seungwon Jeong, Jiwoo Jeong, Hyeonjin Kim, Yunseok Lee +1 more

The paper introduces SlotGCG, an improved jailbreak attack method that systematically searches for the most vulnerable token insertion positions (slots) within a prompt, significantly boosting attack…

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cs.CLcs.AIcs.LGRecentJun 4, 2026

Self-Augmenting Retrieval for Diffusion Language Models

Paul Jünger, Justin Lovelace, Linxi Zhao, Dongyoung Go +1 more

The paper introduces SARDI, a novel, training-free framework that uses low-confidence 'lookahead' tokens generated during the denoising process of discrete diffusion language models to dynamically gui…

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cs.MAcs.ROEmpiricalRecentJul 16, 2026

Stigmergic Graph Memory: An Environment-Aware Approach for Many-to-Many Multi-Agent Pickup and Delivery

Aditya Dutta, Joon-Seok Kim

This paper introduces Stigmergic Graph Memory (SGM), a method to improve warehouse throughput in many-to-many Multi-Agent Pickup and Delivery (MAPD) by using a bounded, decaying memory layer to record…

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cs.CRcs.IRRecentMay 19, 2026

BiRD: A Bidirectional Ranking Defense Mechanism for Retrieval Augmented Generation

Chengcai Gao, Zhihong Sun, Xiaochuan Shi, Qiufeng Wang +1 more

The paper proposes BiRD, a bidirectional ranking defense mechanism that enhances the robustness of Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) against adversarial attacks by analyzing the alignment between f…

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cs.CRcs.AIRecentMay 14, 2026

The Great Pretender: A Stochasticity Problem in LLM Jailbreak

Jean-Philippe Monteuuis, Cong Chen, Jonathan Petit

The paper argues that the standard Attack Success Rate (ASR) metric for LLM jailbreaks is unstable and systematically inflated, proposing new frameworks to account for stochasticity in both evaluation…

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cs.CRRecentApr 27, 2026

Detecting Avalanche Effect in Adversarial Settings: Spotting the Encryption Loops in Ransomware

Nanqing Luo, Xusheng Li, Haizhou Wang, Shuangyi Zhu +2 more

The paper introduces a novel record-and-replay detection mechanism to accurately detect the true avalanche effect in ransomware, achieving high accuracy against real-world samples.

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cs.LGcs.AImath.NARecentMay 28, 2026

Stochastic Lifting for Generating Trajectories of Stochastic Physical Systems

Jules Berman, Tobias Blickhan, Benjamin Peherstorfer

Stochastic Lifting is a novel technique that enhances the modeling of stochastic physical systems by introducing independent random labels to state transitions, allowing a single network to generate d…

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cs.CRcs.LGRecentMay 24, 2026

Memory-Induced Tool-Drift in LLM Agents

Mahavir Dabas, Jihyun Jeong, Ming Jin, Ruoxi Jia

The paper identifies 'memory-induced tool-drift,' a systematic vulnerability where personality biases stored in an LLM agent's memory silently corrupt tool-calling decisions, even when those biases ar…

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cs.ARcs.PFRecentMay 30, 2026

Regular-Dead on Arrival: Characterizing and Protecting Against Dead-Entry TLB Misses in GPU Microarchitectures

Shafayat Mowla Anik, Yongchan Jung, Jeeho Ryoo, Byeong Kil Lee

The paper characterizes 'dead-entry' TLB misses in GPUs, which occur when recently evicted translations are immediately re-walked, and proposes DEPOT, a Bloom filter mechanism that significantly reduc…

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cs.LGcs.AIRecentMay 27, 2026

Learning Theory of the SVRG: Generalization and Convergence Analysis

Yunwen Lei, Zimeng Wang, Xiaoming Yuan

This paper provides the first non-vacuous generalization analysis for the Stochastic Variance Reduced Gradient (SVRG) method by establishing sharp, data-dependent algorithmic stability bounds, thereby…

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cs.SEcs.AIcs.CLRecentMay 18, 2026

Overeager Coding Agents: Measuring Out-of-Scope Actions on Benign Tasks

Yubin Qu, Ying Zhang, Yanjun Zhang, Gelei Deng +3 more

The paper introduces OverEager-Gen, a new benchmark that measures 'overeager actions'—where coding agents perform unauthorized tasks beyond a benign request—and finds that removing explicit consent de…

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