Expert-Aided Causal Discovery of Ancestral Graphs

This paper introduces Ancestral GFlowNet (AGFN), a diversity-seeking reinforcement learning algorithm that enables distributional inference over ancestral graphs by iteratively refining its policy through Bayesian aggregation of both ex-ante and uncertain ex-post expert feedback, ultimately converging to the true causal structure even when expert responses are noisy or conflicting.

Tiago da Silva, Bruna Bazaluk, Eliezer de Souza da Silva, António Góis, Salem Lahlou, Dominik Heider, Samuel Kaski, Diego Mesquita, Adèle Helena Ribeiro2026-03-09🤖 cs.LG

Estimation of Energy-dissipation Lower-bounds for Neuromorphic Learning-in-memory

This paper derives model-agnostic theoretical lower-bounds for the energy-to-solution metric of ideal neuromorphic learning-in-memory optimizers by analyzing their out-of-equilibrium thermodynamics, demonstrating how matching memory dynamics to optimization processes can overcome energy bottlenecks associated with memory writes and consolidation in large-scale AI workloads.

Zihao Chen, Faiek Ahsan, Johannes Leugering, Gert Cauwenberghs, Shantanu Chakrabartty2026-03-09🤖 cs.AI

Make VLM Recognize Visual Hallucination on Cartoon Character Image with Pose Information

This paper proposes a pose-aware in-context visual learning (PA-ICVL) framework that enhances Vision-Language Models' ability to detect semantic structural visual hallucinations in non-photorealistic cartoon images by integrating pose information alongside RGB data, achieving significant performance improvements over RGB-only baselines.

Bumsoo Kim, Wonseop Shin, Kyuchul Lee, Yonghoon Jung, Sanghyun Seo2026-03-09🤖 cs.AI

Combining X-Vectors and Bayesian Batch Active Learning: Two-Stage Active Learning Pipeline for Speech Recognition

This paper proposes a novel two-stage active learning pipeline for automatic speech recognition that combines unsupervised x-vector clustering with a supervised Bayesian batch selection method to efficiently identify diverse and informative samples, thereby significantly reducing labeling effort while improving model performance across various test conditions.

Ognjen Kundacina, Vladimir Vincan, Dragisa Miskovic2026-03-09⚡ eess

FALCON: Future-Aware Learning with Contextual Object-Centric Pretraining for UAV Action Recognition

FALCON is a unified self-supervised pretraining framework for UAV action recognition that overcomes spatial imbalance in aerial footage by combining object-aware masked autoencoding with object-centric dual-horizon future reconstruction, achieving superior accuracy and faster inference without requiring additional preprocessing at test time.

Ruiqi Xian, Xiyang Wu, Tianrui Guan, Xijun Wang, Boqing Gong, Dinesh Manocha2026-03-09🤖 cs.AI

Transforming Science with Large Language Models: A Survey on AI-assisted Scientific Discovery, Experimentation, Content Generation, and Evaluation

This survey provides a comprehensive overview of the emerging ecosystem of large language models and tools that support researchers across the scientific lifecycle, covering key tasks from literature search and idea generation to content creation, experimentation, and evaluation, while addressing associated datasets, methods, limitations, and ethical concerns.

Steffen Eger, Yong Cao, Jennifer D'Souza, Andreas Geiger, Christian Greisinger, Stephanie Gross, Yufang Hou, Brigitte Krenn, Anne Lauscher, Yizhi Li, Chenghua Lin, Nafise Sadat Moosavi, Wei Zhao, Tristan Miller2026-03-09🤖 cs.AI

FragFM: Hierarchical Framework for Efficient Molecule Generation via Fragment-Level Discrete Flow Matching

The paper introduces FragFM, a hierarchical framework utilizing fragment-level discrete flow matching and a stochastic fragment bag strategy to achieve efficient, scalable, and property-controllable molecular generation, validated through a new Natural Product Generation (NPGen) benchmark where it outperforms existing atom-based methods.

Joongwon Lee, Seonghwan Kim, Seokhyun Moon, Hyunwoo Kim, Woo Youn Kim2026-03-09🤖 cs.AI

Aligning Compound AI Systems via System-level DPO

This paper introduces SysDPO, a framework that aligns complex, multi-component Compound AI Systems with human preferences by modeling them as Directed Acyclic Graphs and extending Direct Preference Optimization to overcome the challenges of non-differentiable interactions and the difficulty of translating system-level preferences to component levels.

Xiangwen Wang, Yibo Jacky Zhang, Zhoujie Ding, Katherine Tsai, Haolun Wu, Sanmi Koyejo2026-03-09🤖 cs.AI

CAPS: Context-Aware Priority Sampling for Enhanced Imitation Learning in Autonomous Driving

This paper introduces Context-Aware Priority Sampling (CAPS), a novel imitation learning method that leverages VQ-VAEs to cluster and re-balance training data, thereby improving the generalization, driving score, and success rate of autonomous driving systems in CARLA simulations.

Hamidreza Mirkhani, Behzad Khamidehi, Ehsan Ahmadi, Mohammed Elmahgiubi, Weize Zhang, Fazel Arasteh, Umar Rajguru, Kasra Rezaee, Dongfeng Bai2026-03-09🤖 cs.LG