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Condense to Conduct and Conduct to Condense
Tomasz Kazana
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.21602 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2508.21602

Condense to Conduct and Conduct to Condense
In this paper we give the first examples of low-conductance permutations. The notion of conductance of permutations was introduced in the paper "Indifferentiability of Confusion-Diffusion Networks" by Dodis et al., where the search for low-conductance permutations was initiated and motivated. In this paper we not only give the desired examples, but also make a general characterization of the problem -- i.e. we show that low-conductance permutations are equivalent to permutations that have the i…

Series A, Episode 01 - The Way Back
VARON: There's nothing in the charges about murder. There are a number of other counts. Assault on a minor, attempting to corrupt minors, moral deviation ...
BLAKE: Let me see that! [He gets up. Varon presses the sheet against the glass. He reads it.] All involving children! None of this is true!
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Just finished watching series 1 and 2 of #Taskmaster.
Series 2 is definitely when they realized contestants completing the tasks not by the spirit of the instructions, but instead by the letter of the instructions IS the show.
Contestants finding loopholes, using alternate word definitions, challenging grammar, etc. makes the show more than simply who can complete the task the …

AllSummedUp: un framework open-source pour comparer les metriques d'evaluation de resume
Tanguy Herserant, Vincent Guigue
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.21389 https://

AllSummedUp: un framework open-source pour comparer les metriques d'evaluation de resume
This paper investigates reproducibility challenges in automatic text summarization evaluation. Based on experiments conducted across six representative metrics ranging from classical approaches like ROUGE to recent LLM-based methods (G-Eval, SEval-Ex), we highlight significant discrepancies between reported performances in the literature and those observed in our experimental setting. We introduce a unified, open-source framework, applied to the SummEval dataset and designed to support fair and…

Researchers have given people a taste of superhuman vision
after creating contact lenses that allow them to see infrared light.
Unlike night vision goggles,
the contact lenses need no power source,
and because they are transparent,
wearers can see infrared and all the normal visible colours of light at the same time

Context, Credibility, and Control: User Reflections on AI Assisted Misinformation Tools
Varun Sangwan, Heidi Makitalo
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.22940 http…

Context, Credibility, and Control: User Reflections on AI Assisted Misinformation Tools
This paper investigates how collaborative AI systems can enhance user agency in identifying and evaluating misinformation on social media platforms. Traditional methods, such as personal judgment or basic fact-checking, often fall short when faced with emotionally charged or context-deficient content. To address this, we designed and evaluated an interactive interface that integrates collaborative AI features, including real-time explanations, source aggregation, and debate-style interaction. T…

Simultaneous Sieve Estimation and Inference for Time-Varying Nonlinear Time Series Regression
Xiucai Ding, Zhou Zhou
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.23069 https…

Simultaneous Sieve Estimation and Inference for Time-Varying Nonlinear Time Series Regression
In this paper, we investigate time-varying nonlinear time series regression for a broad class of locally stationary time series. First, we propose sieve nonparametric estimators for the time-varying regression functions that achieve uniform consistency. Second, we develop a unified simultaneous inferential theory to conduct both structural and exact form tests on these functions. Additionally, we introduce a multiplier bootstrap procedure for practical implementation. Our methodology and theory…

Alas I've just ordered a WIFI enabled, AI washing machine; and the copyright doesn't even include CURL; I thought the 5 year warranty would enable be to ask @… for advice on getting my clothes cleaner.
Still, it seems to have everything else, NuttX and contiki low power OSs (neither of which I've come across), Uboot, wpa_supplicant, cJSON, FatFS

SleepWalk: Exploiting Context Switching and Residual Power for Physical Side-Channel Attacks
Sahan Sanjaya, Aruna Jayasena, Prabhat Mishra
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.22306 https…

SleepWalk: Exploiting Context Switching and Residual Power for Physical Side-Channel Attacks
Context switching is utilized by operating systems to change the execution context between application programs. It involves saving and restoring the states of multiple registers and performing a pipeline flush to remove any pre-fetched instructions, leading to a higher instantaneous power consumption compared to typical program execution. In this paper, we introduce a physical power side-channel leakage source that exploits the power spike observed during a context switch, triggered by the inb…

Over the Stability Space of a Multivariate Time Series
Roberto V\'asquez-Mart\'inez, Graciela Gonz\'alez-Far\'ias, Jos\'e Ulises M\'arquez Urbina, Francisco Corona
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.22407

Over the Stability Space of a Multivariate Time Series
This paper jointly addresses the challenges of non-stationarity and high dimensionality in analysing multivariate time series. Building on the classical concept of cointegration, we introduce a more flexible notion, called stability space, aimed at capturing stationary components in settings where traditional assumptions may not hold. We examine the parametric Johansen procedure alongside two non-parametric alternatives based on dimensionality reduction techniques: Partial Least Squares and Pri…