💻 computer science

Classifying Synthetic 3D Particle Shapes Using Classical Descriptors and Point Cloud Networks

This paper evaluates and compares the performance of classical geometric rules, Random Forest, and deep learning architectures (PointNet and PointNet++) in classifying synthetic 3D particle shapes, revealing that while Random Forest achieves perfect accuracy on standard and geometry-based tests, PointNet++ with specific configurations yields the best results on challenging boundary cases.

Tanisha Kumari, Mayank Goswami2026-11-09
💻 computer science

When Does Supervision Beat Reconstruction? Magnification Shift and the Robustness of AI Quality Control in Digital Pathology

While supervised foundation-model probes outperform generative reconstruction methods for artifact detection in digital pathology under consistent scanning conditions, they suffer catastrophic failure when magnification shifts occur, necessitating verification of acquisition parameters and the use of reconstruction-based safeguards to ensure robust quality control.

Konstantinos Moutselos, Ilias Maglogiannis2026-11-09
💻 computer science

From form to function: an ontology of communicative influence beyond truth and intent

This paper proposes a truth- and intent-agnostic ontology for analyzing communicative influence at scale, which structures messages into four orthogonal dimensions (Method, Narrative, Polarization, and AboutObject) grounded in observable cues to support both close reading and large-scale computational analysis of strategic communication beyond traditional disinformation frameworks.

Timothy Paul Westlake, Lee Rowland2026-11-09
💻 computer science

CNN-Based Denoising of Industrial CT Images: A Residual-Learning Benchmark Against Classical Filters on Synthetic Phantoms

This study demonstrates that a 17-layer residual convolutional neural network (DnCNN) significantly outperforms classical Gaussian, median, and non-local means filters in denoising synthetic industrial CT images, achieving superior peak signal-to-noise ratio and structural similarity across all tested dose levels while highlighting the need for future validation on real-world scanner data.

Pushkar, Mayank Goswami2026-11-09
💻 computer science

Cranio-Diff: Diffusion-based Cross-domain Craniofacial Reconstruction with 2D X-ray Skull

The paper proposes **Cranio-Diff**, a diffusion-based framework that integrates skull-conditioned structural guidance and biometric text prompts to reconstruct faces from 2D X-ray skull images, demonstrating superior performance in image quality and retrieval accuracy on a novel, large-scale synthetic dataset designed for forensic identification.

Ravi Shankar Prasad, Naresh Gurjar, Shashank Baghel, Chirag Chirag, Dinesh Singh2026-11-09
💻 computer science

Dual-Gated Double Deep Q-Networks for Sepsis Resuscitation: An Offline Reinforcement Learning Framework for Hemodynamic Management in Intensive Care

This paper proposes a Dual-Gated Dueling Double Deep Q-Networks framework for offline reinforcement learning in sepsis resuscitation, which effectively mitigates Q-value overestimation and promotes safer, more conservative fluid and vasopressor dosing compared to standard models and current clinical practice.

DEEPAK Yadav, Millie Pant, Kusum Deep2026-11-09
💻 computer science

Comparative Timing Characterization of Early-Exit and Fixed-Work Secret Comparisons on ESP32 and ESP8266

This paper quantifies the implementation-specific timing leakage of 16-byte early-exit secret comparisons versus fixed-work alternatives on ESP32 and ESP8266 microcontrollers, demonstrating that matching-prefix length significantly increases execution time on these platforms while fixed-work routines maintain constant timing, though the study does not confirm binary-level constant-time behavior or remote exploitability.

Abrar Sobhan2026-11-09
💻 computer science

CBAM-Enhanced MaxViT-Tiny for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Image Classification: Robustness, Explainability, and External Validation

This study proposes a CBAM-enhanced MaxViT-Tiny model for 8-class gastrointestinal endoscopy image classification that achieves high accuracy and explainability on clean data but demonstrates significant vulnerability to adversarial attacks and poor cross-attack generalization, highlighting the critical need for adversarial training and multi-center validation before clinical deployment.

Sadek Al Prince, Israt Fatema Shorna, Md Mehedi Hasan, Mohammad Ahanaf Akif, Aziz Misher Mishu, Gazi Mehraj Sakib2026-11-09