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Explainable AI in Speaker Recognition -- Making Latent Representations Understandable

Yanze Xu, Wenwu Wang, Mark D. Plumbley ยท 2026

Neural networks can be trained to learn task-relevant representations from data. Understanding how these networks make decisions falls within the Explainable AI (XAI) domain. This paper proposes to stโ€ฆ

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Navigating the Clutter: Waypoint-Based Bi-Level Planning for Multi-Robot Systems

Jiabao Ji, Yongchao Chen, Yang Zhang, Ramana Rao Kompella, Chuchu Fan, Gaowen Liu, Shiyu Chang ยท 2026

Multi-robot control in cluttered environments is a challenging problem that involves complex physical constraints, including robot-robot collisions, robot-obstacle collisions, and unreachable motions.โ€ฆ

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Data-Driven Reachability Analysis Using Matrix Perturbation Theory

Peng Xie, Abdulla Fawzy, Zhen Zhang, Amr Alanwar ยท 2026

We propose a matrix zonotope perturbation framework that leverages matrix perturbation theory to characterize how noise-induced distortions alter the dynamics within sets of models. The framework deriโ€ฆ

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Second Order Physics-Informed Learning of Road Density using Probe Vehicles

S. Betancur Giraldo, J. M{aa}rtensson, M. Barreau ยท 2026

We propose a Physics Informed Learning framework for reconstructing traffic density from sparse trajectory data. The approach combines a second-order Aw-Rascle and Zhang model with a first-order trainโ€ฆ

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MRI-to-CT synthesis using drifting models

Qing Lyu, Jianxu Wang, Jeremy Hudson, Ge Wang, Chirstopher T. Whitlow ยท 2026

Accurate MRI-to-CT synthesis could enable MR-only pelvic workflows by providing CT-like images with bone details while avoiding additional ionizing radiation. In this work, we investigate recently proโ€ฆ

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Heart Artifact Removal in Electrohysterography Measurements Using Algebraic Differentiators

Amine Othmane, Maria Camila Bustos Vivas, Johannes Steuer, Jana Hutter ยท 2026

Electrohysterography (EHG) enables non-invasive monitoring of uterine contractions but can be contaminated by electrocardiogram (ECG) artifacts. This work presents an ECG removal method using algebraiโ€ฆ

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MOS-Bias: From Hidden Gender Bias to Gender-Aware Speech Quality Assessment

Wenze Ren, Yi-Cheng Lin, Wen-Chin Huang, Erica Cooper, Ryandhimas E. Zezario, Hsin-Min Wang, Hung-yi Lee, Yu Tsao ยท 2026

The Mean Opinion Score (MOS) serves as the standard metric for speech quality assessment, yet biases in human annotations remain underexplored. We conduct the first systematic analysis of gender bias โ€ฆ

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STRIDE: Post-Training LLMs to Reason and Refine Bio-Sequences via Edit Trajectories

Daiheng Zhang, Shiyang Zhang, Sizhuang He, Yangtian Zhang, Syed Asad Rizvi, David van Dijk ยท 2026

Discrete biological sequence optimization requires iterative refinement under strict syntactic constraints. Diffusion models offer progressive refinement but do not naturally expose controllable discrโ€ฆ

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Towards Autonomous Robotic Kidney Ultrasound: Spatial-Efficient Volumetric Imaging via Template Guided Optimal Pivoting

Xihan Ma, Haichong Zhang ยท 2026

Medical ultrasound (US) imaging is a frontline tool for the diagnosis of kidney diseases. However, traditional freehand imaging procedure suffers from inconsistent, operator-dependent outcomes, lack oโ€ฆ

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A Decade of Human-Robot Interaction Through Immersive Lenses: Reviewing Extended Reality as a Research Instrument in Social Robotics

Andre Helgert, Carolin Stra{ss}mann, Sabrina C. Eimler ยท 2026

Over the past decade, Extended Reality (XR), including Virtual, Augmented, and Mixed Reality, gained attention as a research instrument in human-robot interaction studies, but remains underexplored inโ€ฆ

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GuideTouch: An Obstacle Avoidance Device with Tactile Feedback for Visually Impaired

Timofei Kozlov, Artem Trandofilov, Georgii Gazaryan, Issatay Tokmurziyev, Miguel Altamirano Cabrera, Dzmitry Tsetserukou ยท 2026

Safe navigation for the visually impaired individuals remains a critical challenge, especially concerning head-level obstacles, which traditional mobility aids often fail to detect. We introduce Guideโ€ฆ

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A Sequential Hermaphrodite Coupling Mechanism for Lattice-based Modular Robots

Keigo Torii, Kentaro Uno, Shreya Santra, Kazuya Yoshida ยท 2025

Lattice-based modular robot systems are envisioned for large-scale construction in extreme environments, such as space. Coupling mechanisms for heterogeneous structural modules should meet all of the โ€ฆ

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Gradient-Informed Monte Carlo Fine-Tuning of Diffusion Models for Low-Thrust Trajectory Design

Jannik Graebner, Ryne Beeson ยท 2025

Preliminary mission design of low-thrust spacecraft trajectories in the Circular Restricted Three-Body Problem is a global search characterized by a complex objective landscape and numerous local miniโ€ฆ

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TokCom-UEP: Semantic Importance-Matched Unequal Error Protection for Resilient Image Transmission

Kaizheng Zhang, Zuolin Jin, Zhihang Cheng, Ming Zeng, Li Qiao, Zesong Fei ยท 2025

Based on the provided LaTeX code, here is the metadata for the submission form: Title: TokCom-UEP: Semantic Importance-Matched Unequal Error Protection for Resilient Image Transmission Author(s): Kaizโ€ฆ

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Event-Triggered Regulation of Mixed-Autonomy Traffic Under Varying Traffic Conditions

Yihuai Zhang, Huan Yu ยท 2025

Modeling and congestion mitigation of mixed-autonomy traffic systems consisting of human-driven vehicles (HVs) and autonomous vehicles (AVs) have become increasingly critical with the rapid developmenโ€ฆ

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RL-100: Performant Robotic Manipulation with Real-World Reinforcement Learning

Kun Lei, Huanyu Li, Dongjie Yu, Zhenyu Wei, Lingxiao Guo, Zhennan Jiang, Ziyu Wang, Shiyu Liang, Huazhe Xu ยท 2025

Real-world robotic manipulation in homes and factories demands reliability, efficiency, and robustness that approach or surpass those of skilled human operators. We present RL-100, a real-world reinfoโ€ฆ

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Curriculum Learning with Synthetic Data for Enhanced Pulmonary Nodule Detection in Chest Radiographs

Pranav Sambhu, Om Guin, Madhav Sambhu, Jinho Cha ยท 2025

This study evaluates whether integrating curriculum learning with diffusion-based synthetic augmentation can enhance the detection of difficult pulmonary nodules in chest radiographs, particularly thoโ€ฆ

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Single-Rod Brachiation Robot: Mechatronic Control Design and Validation of Prejump Phases

Juraj Lieskovsky, Hijiri Akahane, Aoto Osawa, Jaroslav Busek, Ikuo Mizuuchi, Tomas Vyhlidal ยท 2025

A complete mechatronic design of a minimal configuration brachiation robot is presented. The robot consists of a single rigid rod with gripper mechanisms attached to both ends. The grippers are used tโ€ฆ

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When Voice Matters: Evidence of Gender Disparity in Positional Bias of SpeechLLMs

Shree Harsha Bokkahalli Satish, Gustav Eje Henter, Eva Szekely ยท 2025

The rapid development of SpeechLLM-based conversational AI systems has created a need for robustly benchmarking these efforts, including aspects of fairness and bias. At present, such benchmarks typicโ€ฆ

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Speak Your Mind: The Speech Continuation Task as a Probe of Voice-Based Model Bias

Shree Harsha Bokkahalli Satish, Harm Lameris, Olivier Perrotin, Gustav Eje Henter, Eva Szekely ยท 2025

Speech Continuation (SC) is the task of generating a coherent extension of a spoken prompt while preserving both semantic context and speaker identity. Because SC is constrained to a single audio streโ€ฆ

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