💻 computer science

Tomato Leaf Disease Identification Using EfficientNetB3 Transfer Learning and Grad-CAM Explainable Analysis

This paper proposes an automated tomato leaf disease diagnosis framework using EfficientNetB3 transfer learning and Grad-CAM explainable analysis, which achieves high classification accuracy and interpretability for detecting Early Blight, Late Blight, Leaf Mold, and healthy leaves to support precision agriculture.

B. Bhagya Laxmi, Rupesh Kumar Mishra, Shree Harsh Attri, D. Gireesha2026-09-08
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A Hybrid Multi-scale Convolutional Neural Network-Long Short-Term Memory Model Incorporating Squeeze Excitation Attention for Hourly Air Quality Index Prediction

This study proposes a hybrid MSCNN-LSTM model enhanced with Squeeze-and-Excitation attention to predict hourly Air Quality Index values, demonstrating superior accuracy and stability compared to traditional deep learning models through multi-scale feature extraction and adaptive channel weighting on data from Yiyang City.

Huawei Xu, Long Li, Qi Tang, Junhua Huang, Xin Fang2026-09-08
💻 computer science

A Image Transformer-based Streaming Framework for Variable-Length Flap Perfusion Monitoring with Dynamic State Tracking

The paper presents FlapFlowNet, a Transformer-based streaming framework that achieves high-accuracy, real-time perfusion monitoring for variable-length flap surgery sequences by combining a lightweight CNN, temporal modeling, and a medical-optimized loss function to significantly reduce critical false-negative rates.

Wenli Zhang, Gechang Cheng, Yiyu Peng, Hualin Zeng, Guoling Zhou, Lingli Peng2026-09-08
💻 computer science

Explainable Machine Learning for Early-Stage Construction Duration Prediction Using Limited Project Information

This study presents an explainable machine learning framework using an XGBoost model to predict early-stage construction duration based on limited project information, demonstrating that while the model achieves strong predictive performance with project cost as the primary driver, its results require careful interpretation due to sensitivity to data partitioning.

Mehmet Sena Kaşka, Işık Ateş Kıral2026-09-08
💻 computer science

Photonic Quantum-Enhanced Knowledge Distillation

This paper introduces Photonic Quantum-Enhanced Knowledge Distillation (PQKD), a hybrid framework that leverages the intrinsic stochasticity of photonic quantum processors to generate conditioning signals for a parameter-efficient student network, achieving competitive accuracy under aggressive compression across standard benchmarks while utilizing shot-noise scaling and feature smoothing to manage finite sampling limitations.

Kuan-Cheng Chen, Shang Yu, Chen-Yu Liu, Samuel Yen-Chi Chen, Huan-Hsin Tseng, Yen Jui Chang, Wei-Hao Huang, Felix Burt (…)2026-09-08