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Wasserstein gradient flows for Coulomb discrepancies

Jul 14, 2026

This study investigates the long-time convergence behavior of the squared Maximum Mean Discrepancy (MMD) with a Coulomb kernel under Wasserstein gradient flows, with particular attention to challenges arising in vacuum regions and unbounded domains. By introducing a defective Polyak–Łojasiewicz inequality and leveraging the variational structure of MMD together with hypercontractivity estimates and Hölder regularity analysis, the authors establish the existence of global-in-time weak solutions emanating from arbitrary Borel probability measures and prove that these solutions instantaneously belong to \(L^\infty\) for any positive time. Key contributions include demonstrating exponential decay of MMD for positive target measures on the torus and uncovering fundamental obstructions to convergence in the whole space \(\mathbb{R}^d\), while establishing an exponential convergence mechanism under radial symmetry.

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The role of neuromorphic principles in the future of biomedicine and healthcare

Mar 29, 2026

This study addresses the challenges of applying neuromorphic engineering in biomedical and healthcare domains by convening, for the first time, a diverse coalition of stakeholders—including academia, industry, clinicians, and funding agencies—to systematically assess the current state and critical bottlenecks of the technology through interdisciplinary expert workshops. By integrating insights from neuroscience, biomedical engineering, and brain-inspired computing, the project delineates key development pathways and collaborative strategies, establishing a community-wide consensus. The outcomes—including workshop recordings, presentations, and strategic recommendations—have been publicly released to provide a clear roadmap and guiding framework for future research and development in the field.

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Adaptive Estimation and Inference in Conditional Moment Models via the Discrepancy Principle

Mar 01, 2026

This work addresses the challenge of selecting regularization hyperparameters in conditional moment models when the smoothness of the unknown perturbation function is unavailable. We propose the first adaptive framework based on the bias principle, which automatically balances bias and variance without requiring prior knowledge of the smoothness level. The method is applicable to both Regularized DeepIV (RDIV) and Tikhonov-regularized Adversarial Estimators (TRAE), yielding a fully adaptive doubly robust estimator. Theoretical analysis demonstrates that the proposed approach achieves the same optimal convergence rates—both in weak and strong norms—as if the smoothness were known a priori, thereby establishing the first instance of adaptive optimal inference for linear functionals in this setting.

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Obstruction theory and the complexity of counting group homomorphisms

Feb 02, 2026

This study investigates the computational complexity of counting homomorphisms from an input group Γ to a finite group G. The problem is shown to be #P-hard when G is non-abelian and Γ is given by a finite presentation. In contrast, a polynomial-time algorithm exists when G is a 2-step nilpotent group and Γ is either the fundamental group of a 3-manifold or a finite group. By integrating techniques from computational group theory, group cohomology, obstruction theory, and triangulations of 3-manifolds, this work establishes—for the first time—a connection between the approximability of Eilenberg–MacLane spaces and the existence of efficient algorithms, thereby highlighting the profound influence of topological structure on computational complexity.

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Wasserstein gradient flows for Coulomb discrepancies

Jul 14, 2026

This study investigates the long-time convergence behavior of the squared Maximum Mean Discrepancy (MMD) with a Coulomb kernel under Wasserstein gradient flows, with particular attention to challenges arising in vacuum regions and unbounded domains. By introducing a defective Polyak–Łojasiewicz inequality and leveraging the variational structure of MMD together with hypercontractivity estimates and Hölder regularity analysis, the authors establish the existence of global-in-time weak solutions emanating from arbitrary Borel probability measures and prove that these solutions instantaneously belong to \(L^\infty\) for any positive time. Key contributions include demonstrating exponential decay of MMD for positive target measures on the torus and uncovering fundamental obstructions to convergence in the whole space \(\mathbb{R}^d\), while establishing an exponential convergence mechanism under radial symmetry.

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The role of neuromorphic principles in the future of biomedicine and healthcare

Mar 29, 2026

This study addresses the challenges of applying neuromorphic engineering in biomedical and healthcare domains by convening, for the first time, a diverse coalition of stakeholders—including academia, industry, clinicians, and funding agencies—to systematically assess the current state and critical bottlenecks of the technology through interdisciplinary expert workshops. By integrating insights from neuroscience, biomedical engineering, and brain-inspired computing, the project delineates key development pathways and collaborative strategies, establishing a community-wide consensus. The outcomes—including workshop recordings, presentations, and strategic recommendations—have been publicly released to provide a clear roadmap and guiding framework for future research and development in the field.

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Adaptive Estimation and Inference in Conditional Moment Models via the Discrepancy Principle

Mar 01, 2026

This work addresses the challenge of selecting regularization hyperparameters in conditional moment models when the smoothness of the unknown perturbation function is unavailable. We propose the first adaptive framework based on the bias principle, which automatically balances bias and variance without requiring prior knowledge of the smoothness level. The method is applicable to both Regularized DeepIV (RDIV) and Tikhonov-regularized Adversarial Estimators (TRAE), yielding a fully adaptive doubly robust estimator. Theoretical analysis demonstrates that the proposed approach achieves the same optimal convergence rates—both in weak and strong norms—as if the smoothness were known a priori, thereby establishing the first instance of adaptive optimal inference for linear functionals in this setting.

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Obstruction theory and the complexity of counting group homomorphisms

Feb 02, 2026

This study investigates the computational complexity of counting homomorphisms from an input group Γ to a finite group G. The problem is shown to be #P-hard when G is non-abelian and Γ is given by a finite presentation. In contrast, a polynomial-time algorithm exists when G is a 2-step nilpotent group and Γ is either the fundamental group of a 3-manifold or a finite group. By integrating techniques from computational group theory, group cohomology, obstruction theory, and triangulations of 3-manifolds, this work establishes—for the first time—a connection between the approximability of Eilenberg–MacLane spaces and the existence of efficient algorithms, thereby highlighting the profound influence of topological structure on computational complexity.

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