Optimal sensing on an asymmetric exceptional surface

Kavli Affiliate: Birgitta Whaley | First 5 Authors: Robert L. Cook, Liwen Ko, K. Birgitta Whaley, , | Summary: We study the connection between exceptional points (EPs) and optimal parameter estimation, in a simple system consisting of two counter-propagating traveling wave modes in a microring resonator. The unknown parameter to be estimated is the strength […]


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Optimal sensing on an asymmetric exceptional surface

Kavli Affiliate: Birgitta Whaley | First 5 Authors: Robert L. Cook, Liwen Ko, K. Birgitta Whaley, , | Summary: We study the connection between exceptional points (EPs) and optimal parameter estimation, in a simple system consisting of two counter-propagating traveling wave modes in a microring resonator. The unknown parameter to be estimated is the strength […]


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Doubly robust omnibus sensitivity analysis of externally controlled trials with intercurrent events

Kavli Affiliate: Xiang Zhang | First 5 Authors: Chenyin Gao, Xiang Zhang, Shu Yang, , | Summary: Externally controlled trials are crucial in clinical development when randomized controlled trials are unethical or impractical. These trials consist of a full treatment arm with the experimental treatment and a full external control arm. However, they present significant […]


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Prismatic-Bending Transformable (PBT) Joint for a Modular, Foldable Manipulator with Enhanced Reachability and Dexterity

Kavli Affiliate: Xiang Zhang | First 5 Authors: Jianshu Zhou, Junda Huang, Boyuan Liang, Xiang Zhang, Xin Ma | Summary: Robotic manipulators, traditionally designed with classical joint-link articulated structures, excel in industrial applications but face challenges in human-centered and general-purpose tasks requiring greater dexterity and adaptability. Addressing these limitations, we introduce the Prismatic-Bending Transformable (PBT) […]


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Prismatic-Bending Transformable (PBT) Joint for a Modular, Foldable Manipulator with Enhanced Reachability and Dexterity

Kavli Affiliate: Xiang Zhang | First 5 Authors: Jianshu Zhou, Junda Huang, Boyuan Liang, Xiang Zhang, Xin Ma | Summary: Robotic manipulators, traditionally designed with classical joint-link articulated structures, excel in industrial applications but face challenges in human-centered and general-purpose tasks requiring greater dexterity and adaptability. To address these challenges, we propose the Prismatic-Bending Transformable […]


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Scalable and Site-Specific Frequency Tuning of Two-Level System Defects in Superconducting Qubit Arrays

Kavli Affiliate: Irfan Siddiqi | First 5 Authors: Larry Chen, Kan-Heng Lee, Chuan-Hong Liu, Brian Marinelli, Ravi K. Naik | Summary: State-of-the-art superconducting quantum processors containing tens to hundreds of qubits have demonstrated the building blocks for realizing fault-tolerant quantum computation. Nonetheless, a fundamental barrier to scaling further is the prevalence of fluctuating quantum two-level […]


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Annihilation-limited Long-range Exciton Transport in High-mobility Conjugated Copolymer Films

Kavli Affiliate: Graham Fleming | First 5 Authors: Yuping Shi, Partha Roy, Naoki Higashitarumizue, Tsung-Yen Lee, Quanwei Li | Summary: A combination of ultrafast, long-range and low-loss excitation energy transfer from the photo-receptor location to a functionally active site is essential for cost-effective polymeric semiconductors. Delocalized electronic wavefunctions along {pi}-conjugated polymer backbone can enable efficient […]


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Fundamental Limits of Hierarchical Secure Aggregation with Cyclic User Association

Kavli Affiliate: Xiang Zhang | First 5 Authors: Xiang Zhang, Zhou Li, Kai Wan, Hua Sun, Mingyue Ji | Summary: Secure aggregation is motivated by federated learning (FL) where a cloud server aims to compute an averaged model (i.e., weights of deep neural networks) of the locally-trained models of numerous clients, while adhering to data […]


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A Foundational Potential Energy Surface Dataset for Materials

Kavli Affiliate: Kristin A. Persson | First 5 Authors: Aaron D. Kaplan, Runze Liu, Ji Qi, Tsz Wai Ko, Bowen Deng | Summary: Accurate potential energy surface (PES) descriptions are essential for atomistic simulations of materials. Universal machine learning interatomic potentials (UMLIPs)$^{1-3}$ offer a computationally efficient alternative to density functional theory (DFT)$^4$ for PES modeling […]


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A Hybrid CNN-Transformer Model for Heart Disease Prediction Using Life History Data

Kavli Affiliate: Ting Xu | First 5 Authors: Ran Hao, Yanlin Xiang, Junliang Du, Qingyuan He, Jiacheng Hu | Summary: This study proposed a hybrid model of a convolutional neural network (CNN) and a Transformer to predict and diagnose heart disease. Based on CNN’s strength in detecting local features and the Transformer’s high capacity in […]


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