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A Survey of End-to-End Modeling for Distributed DNN Training: Workloads, Simulators, and TCO
Jonas Svedas, Hannah Watson, Nathan Laubeuf, Diksha Moolchandani, Abubakr Nada, Arjun Singh, Dwaipayan Biswas, James Myers, Debjyoti Bhattacharjee
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.09275

A Survey of End-to-End Modeling for Distributed DNN Training: Workloads, Simulators, and TCO
Distributed deep neural networks (DNNs) have become a cornerstone for scaling machine learning to meet the demands of increasingly complex applications. However, the rapid growth in model complexity far outpaces CMOS technology scaling, making sustainable and efficient system design a critical challenge. Addressing this requires coordinated co-design across software, hardware, and technology layers. Due to the prohibitive cost and complexity of deploying full-scale training systems, simulators …

Where Journalism Silenced Voices: Exploring Discrimination in the Representation of Indigenous Communities in Bangladesh
Abhijit Paul, Adity Khisa, Zarif Masud, Sharif Md. Abdullah, Ahmedul Kabir, Shebuti Rayana
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.09771

Where Journalism Silenced Voices: Exploring Discrimination in the Representation of Indigenous Communities in Bangladesh
In this paper, we examine the intersections of indigeneity and media representation in shaping perceptions of indigenous communities in Bangladesh. Using a mixed-methods approach, we combine quantitative analysis of media data with qualitative insights from focus group discussions (FGD). First, we identify a total of 4,893 indigenous-related articles from our initial dataset of 2.2 million newspaper articles, using a combination of keyword-based filtering and LLM, achieving 77% accuracy and an …

“I fall in the baffled camp that thinks better designs are possible.” … “I don’t expect my calls to be heard. Selling sci-fi is way too effective. And as long as the AI is perceived as the engine of a new industrial revolution, decision-makers will imagine it can do so, and task people to make it so.”
https://ferd.ca/the-gap-through-which-we-praise-the-machine.html
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Flexible and Efficient Drift Detection without Labels
Nelvin Tan, Yu-Ching Shih, Dong Yang, Amol Salunkhe
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.08734 https://

Flexible and Efficient Drift Detection without Labels
Machine learning models are being increasingly used to automate decisions in almost every domain, and ensuring the performance of these models is crucial for ensuring high quality machine learning enabled services. Ensuring concept drift is detected early is thus of the highest importance. A lot of research on concept drift has focused on the supervised case that assumes the true labels of supervised tasks are available immediately after making predictions. Controlling for false positives while…

TooBadRL: Trigger Optimization to Boost Effectiveness of Backdoor Attacks on Deep Reinforcement Learning
Songze Li, Mingxuan Zhang, Oubo Ma, Kang Wei, Shouling Ji
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.09562

TooBadRL: Trigger Optimization to Boost Effectiveness of Backdoor Attacks on Deep Reinforcement Learning
Deep reinforcement learning (DRL) has achieved remarkable success in a wide range of sequential decision-making domains, including robotics, healthcare, smart grids, and finance. Recent research demonstrates that attackers can efficiently exploit system vulnerabilities during the training phase to execute backdoor attacks, producing malicious actions when specific trigger patterns are present in the state observations. However, most existing backdoor attacks rely primarily on simplistic and heu…

Inverse-designed nanophotonic neural network accelerators for ultra-compact optical computing
Joel Sved, Shijie Song, Liwei Li, George Li, Debin Meng, Xiaoke Yi
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.06150

Inverse-designed nanophotonic neural network accelerators for ultra-compact optical computing
Inverse-designed nanophotonic devices offer promising solutions for analog optical computation. High-density photonic integration is critical for scaling such architectures toward more complex computational tasks and large-scale applications. Here, we present an inverse-designed photonic neural network (PNN) accelerator on a high-index contrast material platform, enabling ultra-compact and energy-efficient optical computing. Our approach introduces a wave-based inverse-design method based on th…

Reinforcement Learning Optimization for Large-Scale Learning: An Efficient and User-Friendly Scaling Library
Weixun Wang, Shaopan Xiong, Gengru Chen, Wei Gao, Sheng Guo, Yancheng He, Ju Huang, Jiaheng Liu, Zhendong Li, Xiaoyang Li, Zichen Liu, Haizhou Zhao, Dakai An, Lunxi Cao, Qiyang Cao, Wanxi Deng, Feilei Du, Yiliang Gu, Jiahe Li, Xiang Li, Mingjie Liu, Yijia Luo, Zihe Liu, Yadao Wang, Pei Wang, Tianyuan Wu, Yanan Wu, Yuheng Zhao, Shuaibing Zhao, Jin Yang, Siran Yang, Yingshui Tan, …

Reinforcement Learning Optimization for Large-Scale Learning: An Efficient and User-Friendly Scaling Library
We introduce ROLL, an efficient, scalable, and user-friendly library designed for Reinforcement Learning Optimization for Large-scale Learning. ROLL caters to three primary user groups: tech pioneers aiming for cost-effective, fault-tolerant large-scale training, developers requiring flexible control over training workflows, and researchers seeking agile experimentation. ROLL is built upon several key modules to serve these user groups effectively. First, a single-controller architecture combin…

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Not Like Us, Hunty: Measuring Perceptions and Behavioral Effects of Minoritized Anthropomorphic Cues in LLMs
As large language models (LLMs) increasingly adapt and personalize to diverse sets of users, there is an increased risk of systems appropriating sociolects, i.e., language styles or dialects that are associated with specific minoritized lived experiences (e.g., African American English, Queer slang). In this work, we examine whether sociolect usage by an LLM agent affects user reliance on its outputs and user perception (satisfaction, frustration, trust, and social presence). We designed and co…

Evolutionary model for energy trading in community microgrids using Hawk-Dove strategies
Viorica Rozina Chifu, Tudor Cioara, Cristina Bianca Pop, Ionut Anghel
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.06325

Evolutionary model for energy trading in community microgrids using Hawk-Dove strategies
This paper proposes a decentralized model of energy cooperation between microgrids, in which decisions are made locally, at the level of the microgrid community. Each microgrid is modeled as an autonomous agent that adopts a Hawk or Dove strategy, depending on the level of energy stored in the battery and its role in the energy trading process. The interactions between selling and buying microgrids are modeled through an evolutionary algorithm. An individual in the algorithm population is repre…