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Given sufficient pairs of resting-state and task-evoked fMRI scans from subjects, it is possible to train ML models to predict subject-specific task-evoked activity using resting-state functional MRI (rsfMRI) scans. However, while rsfMRI…

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Neural radiance fields (NeRFs) have shown impressive results for novel view synthesis. However, they depend on the repetitive use of a single-input single-output multilayer perceptron (SISO MLP) that maps 3D coordinates and view direction…

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Preference-based reinforcement learning (PbRL) has emerged as a promising approach for learning behaviors from human feedback without predefined reward functions. However, current PbRL methods face a critical challenge in effectively…

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