💻 computer science

Comparative Evaluation of Traditional Machine Learning and Transformer Models for Fake News Detection

This study systematically benchmarks four traditional machine learning models against four transformer-based models across five public datasets, demonstrating that while transformer architectures like RoBERTa significantly outperform traditional methods in fake news detection accuracy, they incur substantially higher computational costs, thereby offering critical trade-off insights for model selection under varying resource constraints.

Kazi Abdul Mannan, Md. Jubaer Ahmed Aronno, Rumana Akhter Anika2026-09-09
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Only the Tens Count, but Trumps Decide: Formalising and Benchmarking Dahal Jeet, a Nepali Variant of Mendikot

This paper formally defines the previously undocumented Nepali card game Dahal Jeet and presents a comprehensive computational benchmark demonstrating that search-based agents outperform learning methods, while revealing that trump length is a stronger predictor of victory than scoring cards and that controlling for deal variance is essential to accurately measuring human-agent performance differences.

Ganesh Gautam, Raju Kumar Yadav2026-09-09
💻 computer science

Selecting Denoisers for Frozen Pedestrian Detectors Under Gaussian Noise and JPEG Acquisition: Degradation Matching over Restoration Fidelity

This study demonstrates that for frozen pedestrian detectors under Gaussian noise and JPEG acquisition, selecting denoisers based on degradation-model matching is critical for detection recovery, whereas relying on traditional restoration fidelity metrics like PSNR or SSIM can lead to suboptimal choices.

Vo Thanh Kiet, Rene Jaros, Ly Duc Minh, Petr Bilik, Radek Martinek2026-09-09
💻 computer science

AlamX: A Privacy-Preserving Local AI Framework for Symptom-Based Disease Prediction and Conversational Clinical Triage

AlamX is a privacy-preserving, fully local clinical intelligence platform that combines a Random Forest-based symptom and vital triage system with a locally executed biomedical LLM to provide accurate, uncertainty-aware disease predictions and conversational health guidance without transmitting sensitive user data to remote servers.

Hamid Alam, Shubham Kumar, Rahat Kr Pradhan, Saksham Pradhan, Rohit Subba, S D Mohana2026-09-09
💻 computer science

Perceived Quality of Siloed Versus Time-Synchronized Data Architectures for AI-Based Digital Mental Health: A Within-Subjects Scenario Study

A within-subjects scenario study with U.S. adults found that users perceive time-synchronized, integrated data architectures for AI-based digital mental health systems more favorably than traditional siloed frameworks across system quality, information quality, and net benefits, though these modest perceptual advantages warrant further validation through functional prototype testing.

Saranya Vaithilingam2026-09-09
💻 computer science

A Novel Approach for Conducting Asynchronous Federated Learning with Blockchain Integration

This paper proposes a novel asynchronous vertical federated learning framework integrated with blockchain technology to overcome the limitations of synchronous training and centralized coordination, thereby enhancing efficiency, security, and participant engagement through decentralized consensus, transparent model evaluation, and smart contract-based incentive mechanisms.

Sung-Jung Hsiao2026-09-09
💻 computer science

Topological Resonance-Based Deterministic Computing Architecture: From Virtual QPU to Reversible Thermodynamic Optimization

This paper proposes a novel, stateless deterministic computing architecture that integrates Algorithmic Topological Resonance theory, a virtual 1-million-qubit processing unit, and reversible thermodynamic logic to overcome the memory wall, Shannon limits, and Landauer's thermodynamic barrier while ensuring hardware security and long-term digital permanence.

Min Ho Jung2026-09-09
💻 computer science

How Reliable and Explainable Are Machine Learning Models for Dementia Detection? A Leakage-Aware Evaluation

This study demonstrates that while machine learning models can achieve high dementia detection performance on the OASIS-2 dataset when rigorously evaluated with participant-level cross-validation to prevent data leakage, their apparent reliance on MRI features is inconsistent and often overshadowed by the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE), highlighting the critical need for independent validation to ensure clinical explainability and generalizability.

Md. Hasibur Rahman, Md Jamil Hasan, Md. Sajjad Hossain, Md Sultanul Islam Ovi2026-09-09