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Currently, enhancing Unified Multimodal Models (UMMs) with image understanding, generation, and editing capabilities mainly relies on mixed multi-task training. Due to inherent task conflicts, such strategy requires complex multi-stage…

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We propose a novel approach to unsupervised learning by constructing a non-linear embedding of the data into a low-dimensional space followed by any conventional clustering algorithm. The embedding promotes clusterability of the data and is…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-03-24 Malihehsadat Chavooshi , Alexander V. Mamonov

Designing reinforcement learning curricula for agile robots traditionally requires extensive manual tuning of reward functions, environment randomizations, and training configurations. We introduce AURA (Autonomous Upskilling with…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-11-06 Alvin Zhu , Yusuke Tanaka , Andrew Goldberg , Dennis Hong

We present the Minigrid and Miniworld libraries which provide a suite of goal-oriented 2D and 3D environments. The libraries were explicitly created with a minimalistic design paradigm to allow users to rapidly develop new environments for…

Self-supervision has the potential to transform reinforcement learning (RL), paralleling the breakthroughs it has enabled in other areas of machine learning. While self-supervised learning in other domains aims to find patterns in a fixed…

This paper presents UltraEdit, a large-scale (approximately 4 million editing samples), automatically generated dataset for instruction-based image editing. Our key idea is to address the drawbacks in existing image editing datasets like…

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We introduce Unsupervised Partner Design (UPD) - a population-free, multi-agent reinforcement learning framework for robust ad-hoc teamwork that adaptively generates training partners without requiring pretrained partners or manual…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-08-11 Constantin Ruhdorfer , Matteo Bortoletto , Victor Oei , Anna Penzkofer , Andreas Bulling

The growing complexity and scale of visual model pre-training have made developing and deploying multi-task computer-aided diagnosis (CAD) systems increasingly challenging and resource-intensive. Furthermore, the medical imaging community…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-05-16 Yitao Zhu , Yuan Yin , Zhenrong Shen , Zihao Zhao , Haiyu Song , Sheng Wang , Dinggang Shen , Qian Wang

The progression of reinforcement learning algorithms have been driven by challenging benchmarks. The rate in which a researcher can iterate on a problem setting directly impacts the speed of algorithm development. Modern machine learning…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-05-20 Ruo Yu Tao , George Konidaris

Recent work has demonstrated that a promising strategy for teaching robots a wide range of complex skills is by training them on a curriculum of progressively more challenging environments. However, developing an effective curriculum of…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-11-05 William Liang , Sam Wang , Hung-Ju Wang , Osbert Bastani , Dinesh Jayaraman , Yecheng Jason Ma

We present a feasibility-seeking approach to neural network training. This mathematical optimization framework is distinct from conventional gradient-based loss minimization and uses projection operators and iterative projection algorithms.…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-05-18 Andreas Bergmeister , Manish Krishan Lal , Stefanie Jegelka , Suvrit Sra

Masked image modeling has been demonstrated as a powerful pretext task for generating robust representations that can be effectively generalized across multiple downstream tasks. Typically, this approach involves randomly masking patches…

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This paper introduces JAX-FEM, an open-source differentiable finite element method (FEM) library. Constructed on top of Google JAX, a rising machine learning library focusing on high-performance numerical computing, JAX-FEM is implemented…

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Reproducing and comparing results in news recommendation research has become increasingly difficult. This is due to a fragmented ecosystem of diverse codebases, varied configurations, and mainly due to resource-intensive models. We…

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Reinforcement learning (RL) research requires diverse, challenging environments that are both tractable and scalable. While modern video games may offer rich dynamics, they are computationally expensive and poorly suited for large-scale…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-10-06 Waris Radji , Thomas Michel , Hector Piteau

Riichi Mahjong is a multi-player, imperfect-information game characterized by stochasticity and high-dimensional state spaces. These attributes present a unique combination of challenges that mirror complex real-world decision-making…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2026-05-21 Soichiro Nishimori , Shinri Okano , Keigo Habara , Sotetsu Koyamada , Eason Yu , Masashi Sugiyama

Training agents that are robust to environmental changes remains a significant challenge in deep reinforcement learning (RL). Unsupervised environment design (UED) has recently emerged to address this issue by generating a set of training…

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Sequential social dilemmas pose a significant challenge in the field of multi-agent reinforcement learning (MARL), requiring environments that accurately reflect the tension between individual and collective interests. Previous benchmarks…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-03-19 Zihao Guo , Shuqing Shi , Richard Willis , Tristan Tomilin , Joel Z. Leibo , Yali Du

Recently, there has been a national push to use machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI) to advance engineering techniques in all disciplines ranging from advanced fracture mechanics in materials science to soil and water…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2023-04-25 Andrew Schulz , Suzanne Stathatos , Cassandra Shriver , Roxanne Moore

Real-world digital environments are highly diverse and dynamic. These characteristics cause agents to frequently encounter unseen environments and distribution shifts, making continual learning in such environments essential for…

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