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Cold pools, Breezes, and Monsoons: Propagating Convection over New Guinea

This study utilizes satellite observations and convection-permitting simulations to reveal how thermally driven flows, specifically the interaction between afternoon sea breezes and night-time cold-pool-enhanced land breezes, govern the distinct offshore propagation of diurnal convection over New Guinea, enabling precipitation to persist hundreds of kilometers from the coast.

Mingyue Tang, Jimy Dudhia, Changhai Liu, Giuseppe Torri2026-05-19✓ Author reviewed 🔬 physics

Accelerating AI-Powered Research: The PuppyChatter Framework for Usable and Flexible Tooling

This paper introduces PuppyChatter, a novel software framework that resolves the trade-off between vendor-specific SDK complexity and model abstraction limitations by offering a streamlined, vendor-neutral development paradigm for AI applications that retains the intuitive simplicity of native SDKs.

Chun-Hsiung Tseng, Hao-Chiang Koong Lin, Andrew Chih-Wei Huang, Yung-Hui Chen, Jia-Rou Lin2026-05-19✓ Author reviewed 💻 cs

PySIFT: GPU-Resident Deterministic SIFT for Deep Learning Vision Pipelines

This paper introduces PySIFT, the first fully GPU-resident, deterministic SIFT implementation that demonstrates classical handcrafted descriptors, when combined with learned matching, outperform purely neural alternatives in both accuracy and speed across multiple benchmarks, thereby challenging the prevailing assumption that SIFT must be replaced by deep learning methods.

Sivakumar K. S., Mohammad Daniyalur Rahman, Gopi Raju Matta2026-05-19✓ Author reviewed 💻 cs

Encoding Robust Topological Signatures for Hyperdimensional Computing

This paper proposes a robust hyperdimensional computing framework that encodes rotation, translation, and scale-invariant topological primitives—specifically outer shapes and holes—into hypervectors, demonstrating significantly improved resilience to pixel-level corruptions compared to standard pixel-based encoders and compact CNNs while maintaining competitive clean accuracy.

Arpan Kusari2026-05-19✓ Author reviewed 🤖 cs.AI

LLM-based vs. Search-based Merge Conflict Resolution: An Empirical Study of Competing Paradigms

This empirical study compares LLM-based and search-based merge conflict resolution tools, revealing that while LLMs excel with imbalanced content, search-based methods offer superior robustness and generalization, ultimately suggesting that hybrid systems combining both paradigms are necessary for optimal performance.

Heleno de Souza Campos Junior, Leonardo Gresta Paulino Murta2026-05-19✓ Author reviewed 💻 cs

Any Light Particle Searches with ALPS II: first science results

The ALPS II experiment at DESY conducted its first science campaign from February to May 2024, achieving a 20-fold improvement in sensitivity limits for axion-like particles without finding evidence of their existence, while demonstrating stable operation and preparing for future upgrades to further enhance detection capabilities.

Daniel C. Brotherton, Zachary R. Bush, Sandy Croatto, Mauricio Diaz-Ortiz, Jacob Egge, Aldo Ejlli, Henry Frädrich, Joe Gleason, Hartmut Grote, Ayman Hallal, Michael T. Hartman, Harold Hollis, Katharin (…)2026-05-18✓ Author reviewed ⚛️ hep-ex