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"Official" #GreatLakes rankings are out. Highly quantitative 😁
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/whic

The Glasgow Embedded CoC also doesn't make any binary nor categorical moves. The categories listed are clearly examples, stated with the resigned sigh of "you're going to make me list some specifics aren't you? Fine, here's some things, you get the gist.” — this is good! Problems aren't always covered by a specific list, and it leaves enforcement much more qualitative than quantitative or categorical. Not "if (bad) yeet()", but “hey, you're being a jerk, can you tone it down?”
For the scale of project this is absolutely the right way to go.

This https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.11108 has been replaced.
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Invariant rational functions under rational transformations
Let $X$ be an algebraic variety equipped with a dominant rational self-map $ϕ:X\to X$. A new quantity measuring the interaction of $(X,ϕ)$ with trivial dynamical systems is introduced; the stabilised algebraic dimension of $(X,ϕ)$ captures the maximum number of new algebraically independent invariant rational functions on the cartesian product of $(X, ϕ)$ and $(Y, ψ)$, as $(Y,ψ)$ ranges over all algebraic dynamical systems. It is shown that this birational invariant agrees with the maximu…

This https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.07420 has been replaced.
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On the Transit Obfuscation Problem
Concealing an intermediate point on a route or visible from a route is an important goal in some transportation and surveillance scenarios. This paper studies the Transit Obfuscation Problem, the problem of traveling from some start location to an end location while "covering" a specific transit point that needs to be concealed from adversaries. We propose the notion of transit anonymity, a quantitative guarantee of the anonymity of a specific transit point, even with a powerful adversary with …

Mixed moments of $\rm GL(2)$ and symmetric square $L$-functions
Bingrong Huang, Liangxun Li
https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.08324 https://…

Mixed moments of $\rm GL(2)$ and symmetric square $L$-functions
In this paper, we prove asymptotic formulas of mixed moments of $\rm GL(2)$ and its symmetric square $L$-functions for both Hecke--Maass cusp forms and holomorphic Hecke eigenforms in short intervals. As an application, we prove quantitative simultaneous non-vanishing of central values of these $L$-functions.

Ezra Collective – Lady
https://amf.didiermary.fr/ezra-collective-lady/
“Our band has been paying tribute to Fela Kuti’s music since we first started releasing music,” Femi Koleoso, leader of the Afro-fusion quintet Ezra Collective, said.
A refreshing take by…

Ezra Collective - Lady - African Music Forum
Ezra Collective - Lady - A refreshing take on Fela Kuti’s 1972 classic, "Lady," commissioned by the Fela Kuti estate for its 50th anniversary

SPAWNing Structural Priming Predictions from a Cognitively Motivated Parser
Grusha Prasad, Tal Linzen
https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.07202 https://

SPAWNing Structural Priming Predictions from a Cognitively Motivated Parser
Structural priming is a widely used psycholinguistic paradigm to study human sentence representations. In this work we propose a framework for using empirical priming patterns to build a theory characterizing the structural representations humans construct when processing sentences. This framework uses a new cognitively motivated parser, SPAWN, to generate quantitative priming predictions from theoretical syntax and evaluate these predictions with empirical human behavior. As a case study, we a…

Toward An Analytic Theory of Intrinsic Robustness for Dexterous Grasping
Albert H. Li, Preston Culbertson, Aaron D. Ames
https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.07249 h…

Toward An Analytic Theory of Intrinsic Robustness for Dexterous Grasping
Conventional approaches to grasp planning require perfect knowledge of an object's pose and geometry. Uncertainties in these quantities induce uncertainties in the quality of planned grasps, which can lead to failure. Classically, grasp robustness refers to the ability to resist external disturbances after grasping an object. In contrast, this work studies robustness to intrinsic sources of uncertainty like object pose or geometry affecting grasp planning before execution. To do so, we develop …

SPAWNing Structural Priming Predictions from a Cognitively Motivated Parser
Grusha Prasad, Tal Linzen
https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.07202 https://

SPAWNing Structural Priming Predictions from a Cognitively Motivated Parser
Structural priming is a widely used psycholinguistic paradigm to study human sentence representations. In this work we propose a framework for using empirical priming patterns to build a theory characterizing the structural representations humans construct when processing sentences. This framework uses a new cognitively motivated parser, SPAWN, to generate quantitative priming predictions from theoretical syntax and evaluate these predictions with empirical human behavior. As a case study, we a…

This https://arxiv.org/abs/2311.08354 has been replaced.
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Hierarchical Experience-informed Navigation for Multi-modal Quadrupedal Rebar Grid Traversal
This study focuses on a layered, experience-based, multi-modal contact planning framework for agile quadrupedal locomotion over a constrained rebar environment. To this end, our hierarchical planner incorporates locomotion-specific modules into the high-level contact sequence planner and solves kinodynamically-aware trajectory optimization as the low-level motion planner. Through quantitative analysis of the experience accumulation process and experimental validation of the kinodynamic feasibil…