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Training abstractive summarization models typically requires large amounts of data, which can be a limitation for many domains. In this paper we explore using domain transfer and data synthesis to improve the performance of recent…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2020-02-11 Ahmed Magooda , Diane Litman

The Query Focused Text Summarization (QFTS) task aims at building systems that generate the summary of the text document(s) based on the given query. A key challenge in addressing this task is the lack of large labeled data for training the…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2021-12-23 Md Tahmid Rahman Laskar , Enamul Hoque , Jimmy Xiangji Huang

Learning dynamics models accurately is an important goal for Model-Based Reinforcement Learning (MBRL), but most MBRL methods learn a dense dynamics model which is vulnerable to spurious correlations and therefore generalizes poorly to…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-06-28 Zizhao Wang , Xuesu Xiao , Zifan Xu , Yuke Zhu , Peter Stone

Abstraction is a core tenet of human cognition and communication. When composing natural language instructions, humans naturally evoke abstraction to convey complex procedures in an efficient and concise way. Yet, interpreting and grounding…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2022-10-03 Royi Lachmy , Valentina Pyatkin , Avshalom Manevich , Reut Tsarfaty

The automated recognition of algorithm implementations can support many software maintenance and re-engineering activities by providing knowledge about the concerns present in the code base. Moreover, recognizing inefficient algorithms like…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2026-05-08 Denis Neumüller , Florian Sihler , Raphael Straub , Matthias Tichy

Predictive models are fundamental to engineering reliable software systems. However, designing conservative, computable approximations for the behavior of programs (static analyses) remains a difficult and error-prone process for modern…

Programming Languages · Computer Science 2011-05-10 David Van Horn , Matthew Might

A notable challenge in Multi-Document Summarization (MDS) is the extremely-long length of the input. In this paper, we present an extract-then-abstract Transformer framework to overcome the problem. Specifically, we leverage pre-trained…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2022-05-05 Yun-Zhu Song , Yi-Syuan Chen , Hong-Han Shuai

We consider abstraction-based design of output-feedback controllers for non-linear dynamical systems against specifications over state-based predicates in linear-time temporal logic (LTL). In this context, our contribution is two-fold: (I)…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-04-23 Anne-Kathrin Schmuck , Mehrdad Zareian

The ability to think abstractly and reason by analogy is a prerequisite to rapidly adapt to new conditions, tackle newly encountered problems by decomposing them, and synthesize knowledge to solve problems comprehensively. We present…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2024-10-08 Jakub Bednarek , Krzysztof Krawiec

Analyzing non-compilable C/C++ submodules without a resolved build environment remains a critical bottleneck for industrial software evolution. Traditional static analysis tools often fail in these scenarios due to their reliance on…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2026-02-20 Jaid Monwar Chowdhury , Ahmad Farhan Shahriar Chowdhury , Humayra Binte Monwar , Mahmuda Naznin

This paper presents a new synthesis-based approach for batch image processing. Unlike existing tools that can only apply global edits to the entire image, our method can apply fine-grained edits to individual objects within the image. For…

Programming Languages · Computer Science 2023-06-16 Celeste Barnaby , Qiaochu Chen , Roopsha Samanta , Isil Dillig

Alchemy is a new meta-learning environment rich enough to contain interesting abstractions, yet simple enough to make fine-grained analysis tractable. Further, Alchemy provides an optional symbolic interface that enables meta-RL research…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-08-26 Badr AlKhamissi , Akshay Srinivasan , Zeb-Kurth Nelson , Sam Ritter

The Abstraction and Reasoning Corpus (ARC) is a general artificial intelligence benchmark that is currently unsolvable by any Machine Learning method, including Large Language Models (LLMs). It demands strong generalization and reasoning…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-05-13 Filipe Marinho Rocha , Inês Dutra , Vítor Santos Costa

Abstraction--the ability to recognize and distill essential computational patterns from complex problem statements--is a foundational skill in computer science, critical both for human problem-solvers and coding-oriented large language…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2025-09-05 Cheng-Kai Yeh , Hsing-Wang Lee , Chung-Hung Kuo , Hen-Hsen Huang

This paper explores the effect of using multitask learning for abstractive summarization in the context of small training corpora. In particular, we incorporate four different tasks (extractive summarization, language modeling, concept…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2021-09-20 Ahmed Magooda , Mohamed Elaraby , Diane Litman

This paper proposes a transition system abstraction framework for neural network dynamical system models to enhance the model interpretability, with applications to complex dynamical systems such as human behavior learning and verification.…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-02-20 Yejiang Yang , Zihao Mo , Hoang-Dung Tran , Weiming Xiang

In top-down enumeration for program synthesis, abstraction-based pruning uses an abstract domain to approximate the set of possible values that a partial program, when completed, can output on a given input. If the set does not contain the…

Programming Languages · Computer Science 2024-08-29 Keith J. C. Johnson , Rahul Krishnan , Thomas Reps , Loris D'Antoni

The majority of existing Linear Temporal Logic (LTL) planning methods rely on the construction of a discrete product automaton, that combines a discrete abstraction of robot mobility and a B$\ddot{\text{u}}$chi automaton that captures the…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-03-24 Xusheng Luo , Yiannis Kantaros , Michael M. Zavlanos

Abstraction is essential for reducing the complexity of systems across diverse fields, yet designing effective abstraction methodology for probabilistic models is inherently challenging due to stochastic behaviors and uncertainties. Current…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-03-03 Nijesh Upreti , Vaishak Belle

State abstraction is an effective technique for planning in robotics environments with continuous states and actions, long task horizons, and sparse feedback. In object-oriented environments, predicates are a particularly useful form of…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-06-21 Amber Li , Tom Silver