Breaking and Fixing Defenses Against Control-Flow Hijacking in Multi-Agent Systems

This paper demonstrates that existing alignment-based defenses against control-flow hijacking in multi-agent systems are vulnerable to evasion due to inherent safety-functionality conflicts and limited context visibility, and proposes ControlValve, a new defense mechanism that enforces control-flow integrity and least privilege through permitted control-flow graphs and contextual rules.

Rishi Jha, Harold Triedman, Justin Wagle, Vitaly Shmatikov2026-03-06🔒 cs.CR

TEMPO-VINE: A Multi-Temporal Sensor Fusion Dataset for Localization and Mapping in Vineyards

This paper introduces TEMPO-VINE, a comprehensive multi-temporal, multi-modal public dataset featuring heterogeneous sensors and ground truth trajectories across diverse vineyard conditions, designed to address the lack of realistic benchmarks for advancing autonomous localization, mapping, and place recognition in precision agriculture.

Mauro Martini, Marco Ambrosio, Judith Vilella-Cantos + 2 more2026-03-06💻 cs

A System-of-Systems Convergence Paradigm for Societal Challenges of the Anthropocene

This paper proposes a System-of-Systems convergence paradigm grounded in a meta-cognition map and SysML to overcome disciplinary silos and ontological barriers, demonstrating its effectiveness through a multi-domain case study of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed to support integrated decision-making for complex societal challenges.

Megan S. Harris, Mohammad Mahdi Naderi, Ehsanoddin Ghorbanichemazkati + 11 more2026-03-06💻 cs

Dual-Interaction-Aware Cooperative Control Strategy for Alleviating Mixed Traffic Congestion

This paper proposes a Dual-Interaction-Aware Cooperative Control (DIACC) strategy based on Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning, which integrates decentralized decision-making, centralized value estimation, and a novel reward design to effectively alleviate mixed traffic congestion by distinguishing between cooperative and observational vehicle interactions.

Zhengxuan Liu, Yuxin Cai, Yijing Wang + 3 more2026-03-06💻 cs

Joint Visible Light and RF Backscatter Communications for Ambient IoT Network: Fundamentals, Applications, and Opportunities

This paper proposes and validates a joint Visible Light Communication and Ambient Backscatter architecture for batteryless Ambient IoT networks, detailing its fundamental concepts, diverse applications, and experimental proof-of-concept demonstrations while outlining future research directions and deployment challenges.

Boxuan Xie, Yifan Zhang, Kalle Koskinen + 7 more2026-03-06💻 cs

On boundedness of solutions of three-state Moore-Greitzer compressor model with nonlinear proportional-integral controller for the surge subsystem

This paper establishes explicit conditions for a nonlinear proportional-integral controller to guarantee the boundedness and robustness of all solutions in a three-state Moore-Greitzer compressor model, utilizing a non-standard circle-criterion analysis to address the system's unstabilizable linearization and sector-bounded nonlinearity.

Anton S. Shiriaev, Leonid B. Freidovich, Alexander I. Shepeljavyi + 2 more2026-03-06💻 cs

The Vertical Challenge of Low-Altitude Economy: Why We Need a Unified Height System?

This paper proposes adopting Height Above Ellipsoid (HAE) as a unified, GNSS-native vertical reference to resolve the safety and interoperability challenges caused by fragmented altitude systems in the low-altitude economy, demonstrating through real-world implementation and risk assessment that this transition enhances dynamic airspace capacity while maintaining safety standards.

Shuaichen Yan, Xiao Hu, Jiayang Sun + 5 more2026-03-06💻 cs

U-OBCA: Uncertainty-Aware Optimization-Based Collision Avoidance via Wasserstein Distributionally Robust Chance Constraints

This paper introduces U-OBCA, an uncertainty-aware optimization-based collision avoidance framework that utilizes Wasserstein distributionally robust chance constraints to handle polygon-shaped robots and obstacles without geometric simplification, thereby significantly reducing conservatism and improving navigation efficiency in narrow, cluttered environments compared to existing methods.

Zehao Wang, Yuxuan Tang, Han Zhang + 2 more2026-03-06🔢 math