MM-algorithms for traditional and convex NMF with Tweedie and Negative Binomial cost functions and empirical evaluation

This paper presents a unified framework for traditional and convex Non-negative Matrix Factorization (NMF) under Negative Binomial and Tweedie distributions, deriving novel multiplicative update rules via Majorize-Minimization and demonstrating through empirical evaluation that appropriate noise model selection and convex formulations significantly improve feature recovery in overdispersed data.

Elisabeth Sommer James, Asger Hobolth, Marta Pelizzola2026-03-11🤖 cs.LG

Learning the Hierarchical Organization in Brain Network for Brain Disorder Diagnosis

The paper proposes BrainHO, a novel framework that learns intrinsic hierarchical brain network dependencies from fMRI data using a hierarchical attention mechanism and orthogonality constraints, thereby achieving state-of-the-art diagnosis performance and uncovering interpretable biomarkers for brain disorders without relying on predefined sub-network labels.

Jingfeng Tang, Peng Cao, Guangqi Wen, Jinzhu Yang, Xiaoli Liu, Osmar R. Zaiane2026-03-11🤖 cs.LG

Well Log-Guided Synthesis of Subsurface Images from Sparse Petrography Data Using cGANs

This paper presents a conditional Generative Adversarial Network (cGAN) framework that synthesizes realistic, continuous pore-scale images of carbonate rock formations by conditioning on well log-derived porosity values, effectively bridging gaps between sparse petrography samples to enhance reservoir characterization for energy transition applications.

Ali Sadeghkhani, A. Assadi, B. Bennett, A. Rabbani2026-03-11🤖 cs.LG

FreqCycle: A Multi-Scale Time-Frequency Analysis Method for Time Series Forecasting

FreqCycle is a novel multi-scale time-frequency analysis framework that improves time series forecasting by combining a Filter-Enhanced Cycle module for low-frequency patterns and a Segmented Frequency-domain module for mid-to-high frequencies, further extended to MFreqCycle to decouple coupled multi-periodicity, thereby achieving state-of-the-art accuracy with efficient inference.

Boya Zhang, Shuaijie Yin, Huiwen Zhu, Xing He2026-03-11🤖 cs.LG

No evaluation without fair representation : Impact of label and selection bias on the evaluation, performance and mitigation of classification models

This paper empirically analyzes the distinct impacts of label and selection bias on classification model evaluation and performance using a new framework for introducing controlled bias, revealing that fairness-accuracy trade-offs disappear when models are evaluated on unbiased data and demonstrating that the effectiveness of mitigation methods depends on the specific bias type present.

Magali Legast, Toon Calders, François Fouss2026-03-11🤖 cs.LG

GNNs for Time Series Anomaly Detection: An Open-Source Framework and a Critical Evaluation

This paper introduces an open-source framework for Graph Neural Network-based Time Series Anomaly Detection to enable reproducible experimentation and critical evaluation, demonstrating that GNNs enhance both detection performance and interpretability while highlighting the need for standardized metrics and thresholding strategies.

Federico Bello, Gonzalo Chiarlone, Marcelo Fiori, Gastón García González, Federico Larroca2026-03-11🤖 cs.AI

EsoLang-Bench: Evaluating Genuine Reasoning in Large Language Models via Esoteric Programming Languages

The paper introduces EsoLang-Bench, a novel benchmark utilizing esoteric programming languages to expose the limitations of large language models' genuine reasoning capabilities by revealing a dramatic performance gap between their high scores on standard benchmarks and near-zero accuracy on tasks requiring the acquisition of new languages through documentation and experimentation rather than memorization.

Aman Sharma, Paras Chopra2026-03-11🤖 cs.AI

ActiveUltraFeedback: Efficient Preference Data Generation using Active Learning

The paper introduces ActiveUltraFeedback, an efficient active learning pipeline that leverages uncertainty estimates and novel selection strategies like Double Reverse Thompson Sampling to generate high-quality preference data, enabling Large Language Models to achieve superior alignment performance with as little as one-sixth of the annotated data required by static baselines.

Davit Melikidze, Marian Schneider, Jessica Lam, Martin Wertich, Ido Hakimi, Barna Pásztor, Andreas Krause2026-03-11🤖 cs.AI

A Multi-Prototype-Guided Federated Knowledge Distillation Approach in AI-RAN Enabled Multi-Access Edge Computing System

This paper proposes a Multi-Prototype-Guided Federated Knowledge Distillation (MP-FedKD) approach for AI-RAN enabled Multi-Access Edge Computing systems, which addresses non-IID data challenges and mitigates information loss from single-prototype averaging by integrating self-knowledge distillation, a conditional hierarchical agglomerative clustering strategy, and a novel loss function to outperform state-of-the-art baselines in accuracy and error metrics.

Luyao Zou, Hayoung Oh, Chu Myaet Thwal, Apurba Adhikary, Seohyeon Hong, Zhu Han2026-03-11🤖 cs.LG

What is Missing? Explaining Neurons Activated by Absent Concepts

This paper identifies that deep neural networks frequently encode the absence of concepts to drive neuron activation—a phenomenon largely overlooked by standard explainable AI methods—and proposes simple extensions to attribution and feature visualization techniques to effectively reveal and leverage these "missing" concepts for better model interpretation and debiasing.

Robin Hesse, Simone Schaub-Meyer, Janina Hesse, Bernt Schiele, Stefan Roth2026-03-11🤖 cs.LG