💻 computer science

Agent Guard: Kernel-Enforced Damage Boundaries for AI Agents via Human-Authorized Contracts

This paper presents Agent Guard, a Linux reference monitor that enforces human-authorized damage boundaries for AI agents by using eBPF-based LSMs to deterministically deny unauthorized file and network access while propagating strict "no-egress" states across process hierarchies, achieving significantly lower overhead than existing baselines.

Dongxu Cui, Zhichao Gu, Ping Zheng, Wenshuai Xi, Simeng Han, Yong Liao2026-09-01
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Mastyf Guard 1.5B: Cognitive Harvard Architectures for Sub-Millisecond AI Agent Perimeter Defense and Capability-Based Access Control

This paper introduces Mastyf Guard 1.5B, a lightweight, capability-based security framework that implements a "Cognitive Harvard Architecture" to physically decouple data ingestion from action execution, thereby mathematically guaranteeing immunity to Indirect Prompt Injection while achieving 99.33% threat recall and sub-millisecond latency on standard CPU hardware.

Rudraneel Das2026-09-01
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SmartADAPT-Net: Decision-Level Adaptation for Free-Living Smartwatch-Based Activities of Daily Living Recognition

This paper introduces SmartADAPT-Net, a lightweight neural framework that enhances smartwatch-based activity recognition in free-living environments by combining a fixed population model with a two-stage adaptation strategy: an immediate observation-conditioned correction and a progressive personalization based on user-confirmed evidence, achieving high accuracy without requiring deployment-time retraining.

Mustafa Elhadi Ahmed, Hongnian Yu, Michael Vassallo, Pelagia Koufaki2026-09-01
💻 computer science

A Multi-Layer Behavioral Ransomware Detection Framework Using Stacking Ensemble Learning and LSTM Networks

This paper proposes a novel hybrid ransomware detection framework that integrates multi-layer behavioral analysis with a stacking ensemble of classical machine learning models and LSTM networks, achieving 99% accuracy and superior generalization by effectively capturing both discriminative patterns and temporal dependencies in attack sequences.

Manar Y. Amro¹, Mohamed Dwieb, Muath Sabha2026-09-01
💻 computer science

Machine Learning Validation Pipelines: From Tabular Benchmarking to Conformal Calibration and Execution-Grounded Agentic Testing

This paper synthesizes findings from 41 empirical studies to propose a comprehensive, multi-layered validation framework that progresses from data leakage prevention and interpretability audits to conformal calibration and execution-grounded agentic testing, addressing critical failure modes like class imbalance and unfaithful attribution that standard validation methods overlook in high-stakes applications.

Nancy Gaur, Wasim Mohammed Amin Tambe, Saumya Tripathi2026-09-01
💻 computer science

T3-DEF: A Socio-Technical Framework for Recursive Operational Vulnerability and Verification Diversity in AI-Assisted Systems

This paper proposes the T3-DEF framework, a socio-technical analytical model that identifies a critical inverse relationship between rising automation density and declining verification diversity in AI-assisted systems, revealing a threshold near 0.58 where recursive operational vulnerability accelerates and emphasizing the necessity of maintaining distributed oversight structures to ensure safety.

Dae-Ryung Lee2026-09-01
💻 computer science

Systematizing Data Preparation in Smart Manufacturing via Axiomatic Design: A Toolkit Integrating GUI and Agentic AI

This paper proposes an Axiomatic Design-based, open-source toolkit that integrates a graphical user interface and agentic AI to systematically transform fragmented, manual data preparation in smart manufacturing into a reproducible, scalable scientific discipline, thereby enabling advanced downstream applications like digital twins.

Angkush Kumar Ghosh, Saman Fattahi, Yu Kogawara, Bahman Azarhoushang, Takuya Okamoto, Sharifu Ura2026-09-01
💻 computer science

Multi-View Dual-Contrastive Graph Learning with Adaptive Agreement for Semi-Supervised Text Classification

The paper proposes Multi-View Dual-Contrastive Graph Learning (MDCGA), a lightweight framework that integrates lexical, semantic, and keyword-based relational signals through enhanced dual contrastive objectives to achieve robust semi-supervised text classification with few labeled examples by mitigating false negatives and unreliable augmentations.

Ibtissam Youb, Mohamed Hamlich2026-09-01
💻 computer science

Metaheuristic multi-objective access selection inhetNets over a secure MPLS networks

This paper proposes an AI-driven, metaheuristic-optimized access selection framework for secure MPLS-based heterogeneous networks that utilizes a lightweight MLP to predict video QoE and a fitness-based SDN controller to dynamically select optimal LTE/Wi-Fi handover targets, thereby significantly improving video continuity, network performance, and energy efficiency compared to conventional RSSI-based strategies.

Narimane Elhilali, Mouncef Filali Bouami, Mostapha Badri2026-09-01