Sampling on Discrete Spaces with Temporal Point Processes

This paper introduces a novel sampling framework using multivariate temporal point processes modeled as coupled infinite-server queues to efficiently sample from discrete distributions with downward-closed support, demonstrating superior performance over existing birth-death and Zanella processes while enabling biologically plausible recurrent neural network applications.

Cameron A. Stewart (Gatsby Computational Neuroscience Unit, University College London, London, U.K), Maneesh Sahani (Gatsby Computational Neuroscience Unit, University College London, London, U.K)Wed, 11 Ma📊 stat

Group-Sparse Smoothing for Longitudinal Models with Time-Varying Coefficients

This paper proposes TV-Select, a unified framework that simultaneously identifies relevant variables and distinguishes between constant and time-varying effects in longitudinal models by employing a doubly penalized B-spline approach with group Lasso and roughness penalties to achieve accurate structural recovery, smooth estimation, and improved predictive performance.

Yu Lu, Tianni Zhang, Yuyao Wang, Mengfei RanTue, 10 Ma🔢 math

A note on diffusive/random-walk behaviour in Metropolis--Hastings algorithms

This paper establishes that Metropolis–Hastings algorithms with non-geometrically ergodic proposals and high acceptance rates at large states fail to be geometrically ergodic, while further demonstrating that guided walk variants converge twice as fast as random walk versions for polynomial-tailed targets but exhibit similar ballistic speeds to random walks for strictly convex potentials.

Yuxin Liu, Peiyi Zhou, Samuel LivingstoneTue, 10 Ma🔢 math

Robustness and size-dependence of circadian rhythms in multiscale suprachiasmatic-nucleus networks

By applying geometric branch growth and renormalization to real mouse suprachiasmatic nucleus networks, this study reveals that circadian rhythms remain robust across different network scales, demonstrating that average connectivity degree, rather than network size or clustering, is the primary structural driver of rhythmic stability.

Youhao Zhuo, Yingpeng Liu, Jiao Wu, Kesheng Xu, Muhua ZhengTue, 10 Ma🔬 physics

StablePCA: Distributionally Robust Learning of Shared Representations from Multi-Source Data

This paper introduces StablePCA, a distributionally robust framework for extracting shared low-dimensional representations from multi-source data by maximizing worst-case explained variance, and addresses its inherent nonconvexity through a convex relaxation solved by an efficient Mirror-Prox algorithm with global convergence guarantees and a data-dependent certificate for solution tightness.

Zhenyu Wang, Molei Liu, Jing Lei, Francis Bach, Zijian GuoTue, 10 Ma🤖 cs.LG

Fractional Topological Phases, Flat Bands, and Robust Edge States on Finite Cyclic Graphs via Single-Coin Split-Step Quantum Walks

This paper reports the first realization of fractional topological phases, characterized by ±12\pm \frac{1}{2} winding numbers and robust edge states, in a fully unitary, noninteracting single-coin split-step quantum walk on finite cyclic graphs, demonstrating how step-dependent protocols enable the engineering of flat bands and unconventional bulk-boundary correspondence in small-scale synthetic quantum systems.

Dinesh Kumar Panda, Colin BenjaminTue, 10 Ma⚛️ quant-ph

Optimally balancing exploration and exploitation to automate multi-fidelity statistical estimation

This paper proposes an adaptive algorithm that optimally balances the computational resources between estimating oracle statistics and constructing a multi-fidelity estimator, achieving mean-squared error comparable to the theoretical optimum while significantly reducing costs in applications like parametric PDEs and ice-sheet modeling.

Thomas Dixon, Alex Gorodetsky, John Jakeman, Akil Narayan, Yiming XuThu, 12 Ma📊 stat