FastDriveVLA: Efficient End-to-End Driving via Plug-and-Play Reconstruction-based Token Pruning

Posted by klaurent Peking

Kavli Affiliate: Zhuo Li | First 5 Authors: Jiajun Cao, Jiajun Cao, , , | Summary: Vision-Language-Action (VLA) models have demonstrated significant potential in complex scene understanding and action reasoning, leading to their increasing adoption in end-to-end autonomous driving systems. However, the long visual tokens of VLA models greatly increase computational costs. Current visual token […]


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Imprints of gravitational-wave polarizations on projected tidal tensor in three dimensions

Posted by klaurent Tokyo

Kavli Affiliate: Misao Sasaki | First 5 Authors: Yusuke Mikura, Yusuke Mikura, , , | Summary: Gravitational waves (GWs) distort galaxy shapes through the tidal effect, offering a novel avenue to probe the nature of gravity. In this paper, we investigate how extra GW polarizations beyond those predicted by general relativity imprint observable signatures on […]


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Quadratic Programming-Based Posture Manipulation and Thrust-vectoring for Agile Dynamic Walking on Narrow Pathways

Posted by klaurent Caltech

Kavli Affiliate: Morteza Gharib | First 5 Authors: Chenghao Wang, Chenghao Wang, , , | Summary: There has been significant advancement in legged robot’s agility where they can show impressive acrobatic maneuvers, such as parkour. These maneuvers rely heavily on posture manipulation. To expand the stability and locomotion plasticity, we use the multi-modal ability in […]


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Echoes in Different Tempo: Long-Term Monitoring of Crab Echoes with CHIME

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Kavli Affiliate: Kiyoshi W. Masui | First 5 Authors: Thierry Serafin Nadeau, Thierry Serafin Nadeau, , , | Summary: The Crab Pulsar is known to feature plasma lensing events known as echoes. These events show additional components in the pulse profile which are produced by signal that is deflected by ionized nebular material and are […]


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A multi-dimensional quantum estimation and model learning framework based on variational Bayesian inference

Posted by klaurent Delft

Kavli Affiliate: Tim H. Taminiau | First 5 Authors: Federico Belliardo, Federico Belliardo, , , | Summary: The advancement and scaling of quantum technology has made the learning and identification of quantum systems and devices in highly-multidimensional parameter spaces a pressing task for a variety of applications. In many cases, the integration of real-time feedback […]


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Causal-Inspired Multi-Agent Decision-Making via Graph Reinforcement Learning

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Kavli Affiliate: Jing Wang | First 5 Authors: Jing Wang, Jing Wang, , , | Summary: Since the advent of autonomous driving technology, it has experienced remarkable progress over the last decade. However, most existing research still struggles to address the challenges posed by environments where multiple vehicles have to interact seamlessly. This study aims […]


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SHELLQs-JWST perspective on the intrinsic mass relation between supermassive black holes and their host galaxies at z > 6

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Kavli Affiliate: John Silverman | First 5 Authors: John Silverman, John Silverman, , , | Summary: The relation between the masses of supermassive black holes (SMBHs) and their host galaxies encodes information on their mode of growth, especially at the earliest epochs. The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has opened such investigations by detecting the […]


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Realizing Nonreciprocal Linear Dichroism and Emission from Simple Media

Posted by klaurent Cornell

Kavli Affiliate: Richard D. Robinson | First 5 Authors: Thomas J. Ugras, Thomas J. Ugras, , , | Summary: Reciprocity, the principle that a system response is identical in the forward path compared to the backward path, is a fundamental concept across physics, from electrical circuits and optics to acoustics and heat conduction. Nonreciprocity arises […]


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Gamma-Rays and Gravitational Waves from Inelastic Higgs Portal Dark Matter

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Kavli Affiliate: Gordan Krnjaic | First 5 Authors: Dan Hooper, Dan Hooper, , , | Summary: We explore a simple and predictive dark matter scenario involving a complex scalar field, $phi$, coupled to the Higgs portal with no additional field content. In the UV, the field possesses a global $U(1)$ symmetry which is broken by […]


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Spin-Polaron Mediated Superconductivity in Doped Chern Antiferromagnets

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Kavli Affiliate: Debanjan Chowdhury | First 5 Authors: Xuepeng Wang, Xuepeng Wang, , , | Summary: The study of interacting topological bands with a tunable bandwidth offers a unique platform to study the interplay of intertwined orders and emergent non-electronic excitations. Here we design a time-reversal symmetric and sign-problem-free electronic model with tunable Chern bands […]


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