As Artificial Intelligence (AI) has evolved from task-specific models to foundation models and agents, the scope of trustworthy AI has expanded from model-level robustness to the reliability and…
We revisit an established Quantum Control objective, characterize its exact local metric geometry, and reposition it as a rigorous benchmark for Search and Optimization. The trap-free topology of the…
We study whether the coordinate dependence of the improved Self-Organizing Migrating Algorithm (iSOMA) can be reduced while retaining its inexpensive leader-directed migration mechanism. We introduce…
Population-based optimization methods often use previous search information through successful solutions, parameter adaptation, or operator performance, but they rarely retain the context in which a…
Dynamic multi-objective optimization with a variable number of objectives is difficult because objective-dimensional variations may significantly change the Pareto front and degrade algorithm…
We benchmark classical optimization of a fixed low-depth Quantum Approximate Optimization Algorithm (QAOA) ansatz across four cost-Hamiltonian families at $N=12$, $p=3$, and $D=6$. Ten optimizers are…
Many real-world optimization problems involve noisy objective evaluations and probabilistic constraints, particularly in the form of joint chance constraints, which are computationally expensive to…
Margin bounds explain why weighted votes generalize after training error vanishes, but dependent observations require concentration arguments that keep the dependence model and failure budget…
Can algorithms be learned and evolved as models, rather than repeatedly redesigned as programs? We explore this question by introducing Algorithm Modelization, a new paradigm that turns iterative…
Scaling laws and hyperparameter tuning remain central challenges in training large-scale models, particularly under differential privacy (DP), where optimization is further complicated by noise…
Tabular foundation models based on prior-data fitted networks (PFNs) predict on a new data set in a single forward pass, but they cannot report which inputs their predictions depend on. We propose…
Muon replaces a matrix gradient by an approximate polar factor and has shown strong empirical performance in neural-network training. The Isotropic Curvature Model (ICM) provides a curvature-based…
To facilitate the solving of complex problems, evolutionary multitask optimization is regarded as a promising technique due to its capacity for cross-task knowledge transfer. In contrast to empirical…
Assigning routine tasks to cheaper large language model (LLM) providers can reduce generation cost, but switching providers may require processing accumulated context again. Keeping dependent tasks…
Online motor imagery-based brain-computer interfaces (MI-BCIs) typically decode continuous EEG using fixed-length sliding windows that may be misaligned with neural events. Existing window…
Conflict-graph search can stagnate despite effective operators when interventions fail to address the conflicts blocking progress. A disruptive intervention may also require further search before its…
Safety-aligned large language models (LLMs) remain vulnerable to adversarial prompts that bypass their safety training. Existing automated red-teaming methods either require privileged access…
Language models are frequently aligned to human preferences via imperfect evaluators whose errors can be exploited during optimization. We train policies to search for comparisons on which an…
Calibrated uncertainty quantification is essential to ensuring AI agents are trustworthy and reliable. However, when agents seek to maximize user engagement or revenue, confidence reports may be…
Modern online platforms commonly rank ads and organic content separately before blending them into a feed displayed to the user, overlooking externalities: an item's click-through rate depends on its…
Large Language Models (LLMs) are increasingly used for automated algorithm design. However the computational cost of evaluating the generated algorithms can be excessive.
LLM-guided evolutionary methods, such as AlphaEvolve, have emerged as powerful approaches for challenging computational optimization problems, such as circle packing. However, prior work typically…
Intrinsic explainability remains a challenging problem, particularly in contexts where multilayer perceptrons (MLPs) require dynamic re-training within an optimization environment. This paper…