Ax Erkan Karabulut, Daniel Daza, Paul Groth, Martijn C. Schut, Victoria Degeler 2/18/2026

Tabular Foundation Models Can Learn Association Rules

arXiv paper: tabular foundation models for association rule mining. Compares TFM performance against classical and neural ARM methods in low-data regimes.

Ax Roblex Nana, Claude Tadonki, Petr Dokladal, Youssef Mesri 2/18/2026

Energy Concerns with HPC Systems and Applications

arXiv paper on energy efficiency concerns in HPC systems and AI applications. Addresses computational cost and climate impact.

Ax HaoYuan Hu, Mingcong Lu, Di Luo, XinYa Wu, Jiangcai Zhu, Taoye Yin, Zheng Li, Hao Wang, Shusheng Zhang, KeZun Zhang, KaiLai Shao, Chao Chen, Feng Wang 2/18/2026

Intermittent Semi-Working Mask: A New Masking Paradigm for LLMs

Intermittent semi-working mask paradigm for LLMs to improve multi-turn dialogue while maintaining KV-cache efficiency.

Ax Linus M{\aa}rtensson, Jonas M. D. Enander, Udaya B. Rongala, Henrik J\"orntell 2/18/2026

A Foundational Theory for Decentralized Sensory Learning

Theoretical framework for decentralized learning in biological systems interpreted as negative feedback control, with implications for AI.

Ax Tali Dror, Iftach Shoham, Moshe Buchris, Oren Gal, Haim Permuter, Gilad Katz, Eliya Nachmani 2/18/2026

Token-Based Audio Inpainting via Discrete Diffusion

Discrete diffusion approach for audio inpainting using tokenized music representations to restore long missing segments.

Ax Sascha Diefenbacher, Anna Hallin, Gregor Kasieczka, Michael Kr\"amer, Anne Lauscher, Tim Lukas 2/18/2026

Agents of Discovery

AI agents framework for automated discovery in particle physics data analysis, combining machine learning with physics knowledge.

Ax Nanaka Hosokawa, Ryou Takahashi, Tomoya Kitano, Yukihiro Iida, Chisako Muramatsu, Tatsuro Hayashi, Yuta Seino, Xiangrong Zhou, Takeshi Hara, Akitoshi Katsumata, Hiroshi Fujita 2/18/2026

Generating Findings for Jaw Cysts in Dental Panoramic Radiographs Using a GPT-Based VLM: A Preliminary Study on Building a Two-Stage Self-Correction Loop with Structured Output (SLSO) Framework

Self-correction framework using GPT-based vision-language models for generating reliable radiological findings in dental imaging.

Ax Zihan Zhang, Xize Cheng, Zhennan Jiang, Dongjie Fu, Jingyuan Chen, Zhou Zhao, Tao Jin 2/18/2026

MARS-Sep: Multimodal-Aligned Reinforced Sound Separation

Reinforcement learning framework (MARS-Sep) for universal sound separation using preference alignment with multimodal data.