💻 computer science

The GRACE Cycle: A General Large-Language-Model Framework for Phenotype Discovery with Unknown Cluster Number

The paper introduces GRACE, a novel large-language-model framework that iteratively refines hypotheses and evidence to automatically discover the optimal number of clinical subgroups in heterogeneous, multimodal data without requiring prior specification of cluster counts, as validated across Long COVID and Parkinson's disease cohorts.

Jing Wang, Zorina Galis, Tong Zhang, Yiming Luo, Amar Sra, Xing Niu, Jie Shen, Qiaomin Xie, Jeremy Weiss2026-07-14
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What's Missing in Autonomous Research? A Systematization of Systems, Benchmarks, and Verification

This survey systematizes the fragmented landscape of autonomous research by introducing a multi-axis framework for 56 systems and their evidence reliability, revealing a critical gap between the ability to generate research artifacts and the lack of robust verification mechanisms to defend them before release.

Xingyu Ren, Youran Sun, Chugang Yi, Kejia Zhang, Jiaxuan Guo, Jianda Du, Haizhao Yang2026-07-14
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A multi-objective evolutionary approach to neural architecture search for clinical tabular classification: balancing predictive performance and model compactness

This paper introduces MOGA-NAS, a multi-objective evolutionary algorithm that effectively balances predictive performance and model compactness for clinical tabular classification by simultaneously maximizing F1-scores and minimizing parameter counts, resulting in significantly smaller models with superior or comparable accuracy across five public benchmarks.

Ivan V. Stepanyan, Menhai Hou, Safa A. Hameed2026-07-14
💻 computer science

Federated Learning Parameter Protection Based on Homomorphic Encryption and Selective User Decryption

This paper proposes a federated learning security scheme that combines threshold Paillier homomorphic encryption with a data quality-based selective decryption mechanism and ECDSA signatures to effectively defend against inference and tampering attacks while improving training efficiency by approximately 10%.

Zhangbing Li, Mingyu Xiao, Jiantian Xiao, Jinsheng Li, Shaobo Zhang2026-07-14
💻 computer science

Voice Tone-Based Emotion Detection Using Deep Learning: A Hybrid Transformer–CNN–BiLSTM Framework with Multi-Feature Fusion

This paper presents a hybrid deep learning framework that integrates CNN, Transformer, and BiLSTM layers with multi-feature fusion to achieve state-of-the-art speech emotion recognition performance across five benchmark datasets, demonstrating robust generalization and significant accuracy improvements over existing baselines.

ANUSHREE RAJ, PALLAVI M O, Aishwarya D Shetty, Athokpam Bikramjit Singh, K. Annapoorneshwari Shetty2026-07-14
💻 computer science

Continuous Degradation Representation Learning for Remaining Useful Life Prediction

The paper proposes CoDeR, a continuous degradation representation learning framework that integrates a Dual-axis Coupled Transformer Encoder and a Time-Aware Contrastive Learning module to overcome the limitations of fragmented representations in existing deep learning models, thereby achieving more accurate Remaining Useful Life predictions for aero-engines.

Wei Li, Ruitao Ning, Shilin He, Bo Li, Zhidong Zhang2026-07-14
💻 computer science

Rethinking Time Series with Kolmogorov-Arnold Networks: A Systematic Review

This systematic review evaluates the suitability of Kolmogorov-Arnold Networks (KANs) for time series analysis, concluding that while they excel in interpretable, short-horizon forecasting with smooth patterns across various domains, their current application is limited by heterogeneous evidence, challenges in handling long-range dependencies and regime shifts, and a need for standardized benchmarks and rigorous interpretability validation.

Antoni Mól, Dariusz Jemielniak, Leon Ciechanowski2026-07-14