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Causal identification with $Y_0$
Charles Tapley Hoyt, Craig Bakker, Richard J. Callahan, Joseph Cottam, August George, Benjamin M. Gyori, Haley M. Hummel, Nathaniel Merrill, Sara Mohammad Taheri, Pruthvi Prakash Navada, Marc-Antoine Parent, Adam Rupe, Olga Vitek, Jeremy Zucker
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.03167…

Causal identification with $Y_0$
We present the $Y_0$ Python package, which implements causal identification algorithms that apply interventional, counterfactual, and transportability queries to data from (randomized) controlled trials, observational studies, or mixtures thereof. $Y_0$ focuses on the qualitative investigation of causation, helping researchers determine whether a causal relationship can be estimated from available data before attempting to estimate how strong that relationship is. Furthermore, $Y_0$ provides gu…

PDRs4All XIV: CH radical and $H_3^ $ molecular ion in the irradiated protoplanetary disk d203-506
I. Schroetter, O. Bern\'e, J. R. Goicoechea, J. H. Black, O. Roncero, F. Alarcon, P. Amiot, O. Asvany, C. Boersma, S. Br\"unken, J. Cami, L. Coudert, E. Dartois, A. Fuente, B. Gans, A. Gusdorf, U. Jacovella, M. A. Martin Drumel, T. Onaka, E. Peeters, E. Roueff, A. G. G. M. Tielens, M. Zannese

PDRs4All XIV: CH radical and $H_3^+$ molecular ion in the irradiated protoplanetary disk d203-506
Most protoplanetary disks experience a phase in which they are subjected to strong ultraviolet radiation from nearby massive stars. This UV radiation can substantially alter their chemistry by producing numerous radicals and molecular ions. In this Letter we present detailed analysis of the JWST-NIRSpec spectrum of the d203-506 obtained as part of the PDRs4All Early Release Science program. Using state-of-the-art spectroscopic data, we searched for species using a multi-molecule fitting tool, P…

Generalizing Verifiable Instruction Following
Valentina Pyatkin, Saumya Malik, Victoria Graf, Hamish Ivison, Shengyi Huang, Pradeep Dasigi, Nathan Lambert, Hannaneh Hajishirzi
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.02833

Generalizing Verifiable Instruction Following
A crucial factor for successful human and AI interaction is the ability of language models or chatbots to follow human instructions precisely. A common feature of instructions are output constraints like ``only answer with yes or no" or ``mention the word `abrakadabra' at least 3 times" that the user adds to craft a more useful answer. Even today's strongest models struggle with fulfilling such constraints. We find that most models strongly overfit on a small set of verifiable constraints from …

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Proudfoot-Speyer degenerations of scattering equations
We study scattering equations of hyperplane arrangements from the perspective of combinatorial commutative algebra and numerical algebraic geometry. We formulate the problem as linear equations on a reciprocal linear space and develop a degeneration-based homotopy algorithm for solving them. We investigate the Hilbert regularity of the corresponding homogeneous ideal and apply our methods to CHY scattering equations.

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Dust-driven vortex cascades originating at water snow regions: A pathway to planetesimal formation
The origin of observed planetary systems, including our Solar System, as well as their diversity, is still an open question. Streaming instability (SI) is an important mechanism for the formation of gravitationally bound planetesimals, which can grow to form planetary embryos and eventually planets. Snow lines in a protoplanetary disk can assist this process, as they can form pressure maxima and promote both dust accumulation and growth. Since the sublimation of a volatile is gradual due to opa…

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Applying Vision Transformers on Spectral Analysis of Astronomical Objects
Luis Felipe Strano Moraes, Ignacio Becker, Pavlos Protopapas, Guillermo Cabrera-Vives
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.00294

Applying Vision Transformers on Spectral Analysis of Astronomical Objects
We apply pre-trained Vision Transformers (ViTs), originally developed for image recognition, to the analysis of astronomical spectral data. By converting traditional one-dimensional spectra into two-dimensional image representations, we enable ViTs to capture both local and global spectral features through spatial self-attention. We fine-tune a ViT pretrained on ImageNet using millions of spectra from the SDSS and LAMOST surveys, represented as spectral plots. Our model is evaluated on key task…

"Just a strange pic": Evaluating 'safety' in GenAI Image safety annotation tasks from diverse annotators' perspectives
Ding Wang, Mark D\'iaz, Charvi Rastogi, Aida Davani, Vinodkumar Prabhakaran, Pushkar Mishra, Roma Patel, Alicia Parrish, Zoe Ashwood, Michela Paganini, Tian Huey Teh, Verena Rieser, Lora Aroyo
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"Just a strange pic": Evaluating 'safety' in GenAI Image safety annotation tasks from diverse annotators' perspectives
Understanding what constitutes safety in AI-generated content is complex. While developers often rely on predefined taxonomies, real-world safety judgments also involve personal, social, and cultural perceptions of harm. This paper examines how annotators evaluate the safety of AI-generated images, focusing on the qualitative reasoning behind their judgments. Analyzing 5,372 open-ended comments, we find that annotators consistently invoke moral, emotional, and contextual reasoning that extends …

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Je viens de réuploader ma présentation éclair effectuée Š Pass the Salt 2025, Š propos du déploiement de secrets dans les infrastructures virtualisées en utilisant AF_VSOCK. J'ai ajouté des sous-titres en anglais et en français pour celleux que ça intéresse !
https://peertube.stream/w/eidYHtjaeE6n