Joint User Association and Resource Allocation for Adaptive Semantic Communication in 5G and Beyond Networks

This paper proposes a joint user association and resource allocation framework for Adaptive Semantic Communication in 5G and beyond networks, which dynamically adjusts DNN-based transceivers to address user heterogeneity and maximizes system utility under energy and latency constraints through a decomposed, polynomial-time algorithm.

Xingqiu He, Chaoqun You, Zihan Chen, Yao Sun, Dongzhu Liu, Tony Q. S. Quek, Yue Gao2026-03-10💻 cs

Goldilocks Test Sets for Face Verification

This paper proposes three high-quality, controlled test sets (Hadrian, Eclipse, and ND-Twins) designed to challenge face verification models on natural variations in facial attributes and similar-looking identities, while introducing "Goldilocks" rules to ensure balanced difficulty and demographic fairness without artificially degrading image quality.

Haiyu Wu, Sicong Tian, Aman Bhatta, Jacob Gutierrez, Grace Bezold, Genesis Argueta, Karl Ricanek Jr., Michael C. King, Kevin W. Bowyer2026-03-10💻 cs