A Learned Proximal Alternating Minimization Algorithm and Its Induced Network for a Class of Two-block Nonconvex and Nonsmooth Optimization

This paper proposes a learned proximal alternating minimization (LPAM) algorithm and its corresponding interpretable network (LPAM-net) for solving two-block nonconvex and nonsmooth optimization problems, proving their convergence to Clarke stationary points and demonstrating superior performance in joint multi-modal MRI reconstruction.

Yunmei Chen, Lezhi Liu, Lei Zhang2026-03-10🤖 cs.LG

Autoassociative Learning of Structural Representations for Modeling and Classification in Medical Imaging

This paper introduces a neurosymbolic system that reconstructs medical images using visual primitives to generate high-level structural explanations, achieving superior classification accuracy and transparency compared to conventional deep learning models in diagnosing histological abnormalities.

Zuzanna Buchnajzer, Kacper Dobek, Stanisław Hapke, Daniel Jankowski, Krzysztof Krawiec2026-03-10🤖 cs.LG

Exploring Embedding Priors in Prompt-Tuning for Improved Interpretability and Control

This paper investigates the impact of embedding collapse in Prompt-Tuning by introducing embedding priors, revealing that models can effectively utilize embeddings from diverse activation regions and that distinct activation clusters exist for different task types, suggesting controllable posteriors could enhance interpretability and serve as a foundation for tasks like chain-of-thought distillation.

Sergey Sedov, Sumanth Bharadwaj Hachalli Karanam, Venu Gopal Kadamba2026-03-10🤖 cs.LG

From Pixels to Predicates: Learning Symbolic World Models via Pretrained Vision-Language Models

This paper proposes a method that leverages pretrained vision-language models to learn compact, abstract symbolic world models from limited visual demonstrations, enabling zero-shot generalization and long-horizon planning for complex robotic tasks across novel objects, environments, and goals.

Ashay Athalye, Nishanth Kumar, Tom Silver, Yichao Liang, Jiuguang Wang, Tomás Lozano-Pérez, Leslie Pack Kaelbling2026-03-10🤖 cs.LG

UFGraphFR: Graph Federation Recommendation System based on User Text description features

UFGraphFR is a novel federated recommendation framework that enhances privacy-preserving personalization by transforming user data into semantic text vectors to reconstruct global user relationship graphs on the server and employing Transformer architectures for behavior sequence modeling, thereby significantly outperforming existing baselines in accuracy and personalization.

Xudong Wang, Qingbo Hao, Yingyuan Xiao2026-03-10🤖 cs.LG

General Coded Computing in a Probabilistic Straggler Regime

This paper theoretically demonstrates that in distributed computing systems with probabilistic stragglers, the approximation errors of Berrut Approximate Coded Computing (BACC) and Learning Theoretic Coded Computing (LeTCC) schemes converge to zero at specific rates despite the average number of stragglers scaling with the total server count, a finding validated through experiments on various functions including deep neural networks.

Parsa Moradi, Mohammad Ali Maddah-Ali2026-03-10🤖 cs.LG

Controllable Sequence Editing for Biological and Clinical Trajectories

This paper introduces CLEF, a controllable sequence editing framework that learns temporal concepts to precisely target the timing and scope of interventions in longitudinal data, significantly outperforming state-of-the-art baselines in generating accurate and realistic counterfactual trajectories for biological and clinical applications.

Michelle M. Li, Kevin Li, Yasha Ektefaie, Ying Jin, Yepeng Huang, Shvat Messica, Tianxi Cai, Marinka Zitnik2026-03-10🤖 cs.LG

Mitigating Unintended Memorization with LoRA in Federated Learning for LLMs

This paper demonstrates that integrating Low-Rank Adaptation (LoRA) into Federated Learning for Large Language Models significantly reduces unintended memorization of sensitive training data across diverse model sizes and domains, while maintaining performance and offering compatibility with other privacy-preserving techniques.

Thierry Bossy, Julien Vignoud, Tahseen Rabbani, Juan R. Troncoso Pastoriza, Martin Jaggi2026-03-10🤖 cs.LG