Data assimilation estimates the state of a dynamical system from model forecasts and incoming observations. Many observation mechanisms, however, are many-to-one, implicit, non-smooth, or accessible only through simulation, and need not provide the residual structures or likeliho…
Context learning is an emerging inference-time task where LLMs must learn and apply novel, task-specific knowledge from intricate contexts absent from pre-training; even frontier models score under 24% task success. In this work, we conduct a comprehensive empirical study to unde…
Integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) in high-mobility channels requires waveform and beamforming designs that are robust to delay-Doppler dispersion. With this in mind, in this paper we study a monostatic multiuser multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) affine frequency div…
Future engineering infrastructures are evolving into large-scale, open, heterogeneous, and wirelessly interconnected complex systems. These systems present significant challenges in optimizing network resource utilization, managing high-dimensional information spaces, and accommo…
We study the information-theoretic limits of controlling unstable linear systems through non-designable observation mechanisms. Unlike classical communication-constrained control, the information bottleneck lies in the observation mechanism rather than in a designable encoder-cha…
Predicting human item difficulty is central to educational assessment, where reliable estimates support fairness and effective test construction. Existing methods often depend on costly human calibration or item-level textual representations, providing limited evidence about the…
Recommendation algorithm iteration is moving from an artisanal, engineer-bound process toward an industrialized research loop, but this transition remains blocked by a structural execution bottleneck: the idea-to-launch cycle still depends on human engineers to generate hypothese…
Corals play a crucial role as the primary habitat-building organisms within reef ecosystems, forming expansive structures that extend over vast distances, akin to the way tall buildings define a city’s skyline. However, coral reefs are vulnerable to damage and destruction due to…