Reasoning models
arxiv arXiv cs.LG · 9d ago

Adaptive Functional Gradient Descent with Convergence Guarantees

We propose a new functional gradient descent algorithm that adapts its representation during optimization. The method achieves convergence to a stationary point under smooth losses and to a global minimizer under smoothness and a Polyak-Lojasiewicz condition, despite using finite-dimensional approximations. It outperforms both fixed-approximation FGD and neural network baselines in regression, PDE solving, and computer vision tasks.

arxiv arXiv cs.LG · 9d ago

Unified Causal-Origin Taxonomy of Distributional Shifts in RL

This paper proposes a unified causal-origin taxonomy for distributional shifts in reinforcement learning, linking ID/OOD generalization to non-stationary settings. It decomposes the agent-environment interaction using a POMDP framework, identifying internal, agent-driven, and external, environment-driven shifts, with explicit, implicit, and hybrid types defined by the shifted-time boundary. The work introduces an evaluation framework to measure shift impact through performance degradation and recovery metrics, enabling systematic analysis of RL robustness.

arxiv arXiv cs.LG · 9d ago

CrossMaps: Confidence-Aware Semantic Mapping for Rover Navigation

CrossMaps is a real-time, confidence-aware semantic mapping pipeline that uses RGB-D data to create language-queryable maps. It integrates multi-scale CLIP embeddings with a dual-memory architecture—Short-Term and Long-Term Memory—to aggregate visual observations and promote coherent, confident cells as persistent semantic landmarks. The system enables natural language queries to guide rover navigation via semantic heatmaps.

arxiv arXiv cs.LG · 9d ago

CircuitLasso: Scalable Circuit Learning for LLM Interpretability

CircuitLasso enables scalable circuit learning in large language models by using sparse linear regression. It recovers circuits with structural accuracy matching state-of-the-art methods at significantly lower computational cost, and demonstrates human-interpretable semantic propagation through model components. The learned circuits achieve comparable performance on a domain-generalization task with reduced cost.

arxiv arXiv cs.LG · 9d ago

ROVE: Reinforcement Learning with Human Interventions for Humanoid Manipulation

ROVE enables humanoid Vision-Language-Action models to learn effective manipulation behaviors using imperfect human interventions. It combines a human-in-the-loop data collection pipeline with Optimistic Value Estimation and cross-embodiment supervision to prioritize high-value actions and improve robustness. ROVE outperforms baseline methods on real-world, contact-rich manipulation tasks through iterative rollout and intervention cycles.