Active View Selection with Perturbed Gaussian Ensemble for Tomographic Reconstruction

This paper introduces Perturbed Gaussian Ensemble, an active view selection framework for sparse-view CT that leverages stochastic density scaling of uncertain Gaussian primitives to identify high-variance projections, thereby significantly improving reconstruction fidelity and reducing geometric artifacts compared to existing methods.

Yulun Wu, Ruyi Zha, Wei Cao, Yingying Li, Yuanhao Cai, Yaoyao Liu2026-03-10💻 cs

What Does AI Do for Cultural Interpretation? A Randomized Experiment on Close Reading Poems with Exposure to AI Interpretation

A randomized experiment involving 400 participants reveals that while AI assistance can enhance both performance and pleasure in close reading poems, the benefits are optimized with a single interpretation rather than multiple, as heavy reliance on AI improves task performance but diminishes the enjoyment of the experience.

Jiayin Zhi, Hoyt Long, Richard Jean So, Mina Lee2026-03-10💻 cs

Robodimm: A Physics-Grounded Framework for Automated Actuator Sizing in Scalable Modular Robots

The paper introduces Robodimm, a physics-grounded software framework that automates actuator sizing for scalable modular robots by leveraging Pinocchio and Pink to solve constrained inverse dynamics via a Karush-Kuhn-Tucker formulation, thereby addressing the complexities of coupled joint torques and self-weight effects in closed kinematic chains.

J. L. Torres, M. Munoz, J. D. Alvarez, J. L. Blanco, A. Gimenez2026-03-10💻 cs

Not Too Short, Not Too Long: How LLM Response Length Shapes People's Critical Thinking in Error Detection

This study reveals that while the correctness of LLM-generated reasoning is the primary driver of user accuracy in critical thinking tasks, medium-length explanations uniquely enhance users' ability to detect errors when the AI's reasoning is incorrect, suggesting that response length plays a nuanced role in shaping human critical evaluation.

Natalie Friedman, Adelaide Nyanyo, Kevin Weatherwax, Lifei Wang, Chengchao Zhu, Zeshu Zhu, S. Joy Mountford2026-03-10💻 cs

Distributed Legal Infrastructure for a Trustworthy Agentic Web

This paper proposes a Distributed Legal Infrastructure (DLI) framework comprising five interlocking layers—ranging from soulbound agent identities to decentralized adjudication—to establish interoperable protocols that ensure accountability, contestability, and rule-of-law principles within the emerging autonomous agentic web.

Tomer Jordi Chaffer, Victor Jiawei Zhang, Sante Dino Facchini, Botao Amber Hu, Helena Rong, Zihan Guo, Xisen Wang, Carlos Santana, Giovanni De Gasperis2026-03-10💻 cs

SoK: Self-Sovereign Digital Identities

This paper presents a comprehensive systematization of knowledge on Self-Sovereign Digital Identities (SSDI) by analyzing 80 sources to identify six major adoption challenges, evaluating 47 academic publications and 12 real-world applications to reveal that self-sovereignty is a spectrum, and outlining future research directions to accelerate the shift from centralized to self-sovereign identity systems.

Sushanth Ambati, Kainat Adeel, Jack Myers, Nikolay Ivanov2026-03-10💻 cs