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Replicable Distribution Testing
Ilias Diakonikolas, Jingyi Gao, Daniel Kane, Sihan Liu, Christopher Ye
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.02814 https://

Replicable Distribution Testing
We initiate a systematic investigation of distribution testing in the framework of algorithmic replicability. Specifically, given independent samples from a collection of probability distributions, the goal is to characterize the sample complexity of replicably testing natural properties of the underlying distributions. On the algorithmic front, we develop new replicable algorithms for testing closeness and independence of discrete distributions. On the lower bound front, we develop a new metho…

On the Structure of Replicable Hypothesis Testers
Anders Aamand, Maryam Aliakbarpour, Justin Y. Chen, Shyam Narayanan, Sandeep Silwal
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.02842

On the Structure of Replicable Hypothesis Testers
A hypothesis testing algorithm is replicable if, when run on two different samples from the same distribution, it produces the same output with high probability. This notion, defined by by Impagliazzo, Lei, Pitassi, and Sorell [STOC'22], can increase trust in testing procedures and is deeply related to algorithmic stability, generalization, and privacy. We build general tools to prove lower and upper bounds on the sample complexity of replicable testers, unifying and quantitatively improving up…

Open, Reproducible and Trustworthy Robot-Based Experiments with Virtual Labs and Digital-Twin-Based Execution Tracing
Benjamin Alt, Mareike Picklum, Sorin Arion, Franklin Kenghagho Kenfack, Michael Beetz
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.11406

Open, Reproducible and Trustworthy Robot-Based Experiments with Virtual Labs and Digital-Twin-Based Execution Tracing
We envision a future in which autonomous robots conduct scientific experiments in ways that are not only precise and repeatable, but also open, trustworthy, and transparent. To realize this vision, we present two key contributions: a semantic execution tracing framework that logs sensor data together with semantically annotated robot belief states, ensuring that automated experimentation is transparent and replicable; and the AICOR Virtual Research Building (VRB), a cloud-based platform for sha…

The reason ESP, for example, is not considered a viable topic in contemporary
psychology is simply that its investigation has not proven fruitful...After
more than 70 years of study, there still does not exist one example of an ESP
phenomenon that is replicable under controlled conditions. This simple but
basic scientific criterion has not been met despite dozens of studies conducted
over many decades...It is for this reason alone that the topic is now of little

Civil Servants as Builders: Enabling Non-IT Staff to Develop Secure Python and R Tools
Prashant Sharma
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.07203 https://arxiv.org/p…

Civil Servants as Builders: Enabling Non-IT Staff to Develop Secure Python and R Tools
Current digital government literature focuses on professional in-house IT teams, specialized digital service teams, vendor-developed systems, or proprietary low-code/no-code tools. Almost no scholarship addresses a growing middle ground: technically skilled civil servants outside formal IT roles who can write real code but lack a sanctioned, secure path to deploy their work. This paper introduces a limits-aware, open-source and replicable platform that enables such public servants to develop, p…