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Ken Utilization Layer: Hebbian Replay Within a Student's Ken for Adaptive Knowledge Tracing
Grey Kuling, Marinka Zitnik
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.00032

Ken Utilization Layer: Hebbian Replay Within a Student's Ken for Adaptive Knowledge Tracing
We introduce KUL-KT, a biologically inspired architecture for knowledge tracing (KT), combining Hebbian memory encoding with gradient-based consolidation in a scalable, input-agnostic framework. KUL-KT adapts the principle of memory consolidation in neural systems, to student modeling by introducing two key innovations: (i) a time-decaying Hebbian memory update that enables graceful forgetting, and (ii) a novel Loss-aligned Internal Target (LIT) method to compute an ideal internal state, allowi…

Generalization performance of narrow one-hidden layer networks in the teacher-student setting
Jean Barbier, Federica Gerace, Alessandro Ingrosso, Clarissa Lauditi, Enrico M. Malatesta, Gibbs Nwemadji, Rodrigo P\'erez Ortiz
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.00629

Generalization performance of narrow one-hidden layer networks in the teacher-student setting
Understanding the generalization abilities of neural networks for simple input-output distributions is crucial to account for their learning performance on real datasets. The classical teacher-student setting, where a network is trained from data obtained thanks to a label-generating teacher model, serves as a perfect theoretical test bed. In this context, a complete theoretical account of the performance of fully connected one-hidden layer networks in the presence of generic activation functio…

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Online ResNet-Based Adaptive Control for Nonlinear Target Tracking
A generalized ResNet architecture for adaptive control of nonlinear systems with black box uncertainties is developed. The approach overcomes limitations in existing methods by incorporating pre-activation shortcut connections and a zeroth layer block that accommodates different input-output dimensions. The developed Lyapunov-based adaptation law establishes exponential convergence to a neighborhood of the target state despite unknown dynamics and disturbances. Furthermore, the theoretical resu…

Trainable dynamical masking for readout-free optical computing
S. Bogdanov, E. Manuylovich, S. K. Turitsyn
https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.23464 https://…

Trainable dynamical masking for readout-free optical computing
Nonlinear systems, transforming an input signal into a high-dimensional output feature space, can be used for non-conventional computing. This approach, however, requires a change of system parameters during training rather than coefficients in a software program. We propose here to use available off-the-shelf high-speed optical communication devices and technologies to implement a trainable dynamical mask in addition to or even instead of the traditional readout layer for extreme learning mach…

Modeling the Path of Structural Strategic Deterrence: A Sand Table Simulation and Research Report on China's Military-Industrial Capability System against the United States Based on Rare Earth Supply Disconnection
Wei Meng
https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.21579

Modeling the Path of Structural Strategic Deterrence: A Sand Table Simulation and Research Report on China's Military-Industrial Capability System against the United States Based on Rare Earth Supply Disconnection
This study proposes a systematic non-kinetic deterrence path modeling framework based on strategic rare earth supply cut-off, aiming to assess the strategic effects of China's export control policy against the United States at the military system level. The model adopts a four-layer structure of "policy input -- resource node -- equipment system -- capability output" and integrates path dependency modeling, degradation function design, and capability lag prediction mechanisms to form a strategi…

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Preprocessing Methods for Memristive Reservoir Computing for Image Recognition
Reservoir computing (RC) has attracted attention as an efficient recurrent neural network architecture due to its simplified training, requiring only its last perceptron readout layer to be trained. When implemented with memristors, RC systems benefit from their dynamic properties, which make them ideal for reservoir construction. However, achieving high performance in memristor-based RC remains challenging, as it critically depends on the input preprocessing method and reservoir size. Despite …

Preprocessing Methods for Memristive Reservoir Computing for Image Recognition
Rishona Daniels, Duna Wattad, Ronny Ronen, David Saad, Shahar Kvatinsky
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.05588

Preprocessing Methods for Memristive Reservoir Computing for Image Recognition
Reservoir computing (RC) has attracted attention as an efficient recurrent neural network architecture due to its simplified training, requiring only its last perceptron readout layer to be trained. When implemented with memristors, RC systems benefit from their dynamic properties, which make them ideal for reservoir construction. However, achieving high performance in memristor-based RC remains challenging, as it critically depends on the input preprocessing method and reservoir size. Despite …

Liquid and solid layers in a thermal deep learning machine
Gang Huang, Lai Shun Chan, Hajime Yoshino, Ge Zhang, Yuliang Jin
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.06789

Liquid and solid layers in a thermal deep learning machine
Based on deep neural networks (DNNs), deep learning has been successfully applied to many problems, but its mechanism is still not well understood -- especially the reason why over-parametrized DNNs can generalize. A recent statistical mechanics theory on supervised learning by a prototypical multi-layer perceptron (MLP) on some artificial learning scenarios predicts that adjustable parameters of over-parametrized MLPs become strongly constrained by the training data close to the input/output b…