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Querying an astronomical database using large language models: the ALeRCE text-to-SQL system

Jun 16, 2026

This work addresses the high barrier posed by SQL-based querying of astronomical databases for non-expert users. The authors propose a large language model (LLM)-driven text-to-SQL system enabling natural language queries over the ALeRCE database. Their approach employs a four-module, stepwise generation framework—comprising schema linking, query classification, prompt decomposition, and self-correction—which substantially outperforms end-to-end baselines and significantly reduces execution errors. Evaluation on 110 annotated samples across 13 LLMs demonstrates strong performance: on models such as Claude Opus 4.6, exact match rates for row and column identifiers reach 0.97 and 0.94, respectively, for simple queries, while maintaining robustness on complex queries.

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Automated Palynological Analysis System: Integrating Deep Metric Learning and $U^{2}$-Net Detection in $H\infty$ bright field microscopy

Apr 17, 2026

Traditional pollen analysis is time-consuming (4–6 hours per sample) and highly subjective. This study proposes an automated, high-throughput microscopic analysis system that integrates brightfield imaging, $H_\infty$ robust mechanical control, and a deep learning pipeline to enable efficient, accurate counting, classification, and morphological characterization of pollen from the Bio Bío region of Chile. The approach combines U²-Net for salient object detection with a DINOv2 vision transformer classifier based on deep metric learning, augmented by a gradient-weighted attention mechanism to generate interpretable texture and diagnostic features. The system achieves a classification recall of 95.8% and processes samples six times faster than human experts.

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Talent is Everywhere, Mobility is Not: Mapping the Topological Anchors of Educational Pathways

Dec 18, 2025

This study investigates how socioeconomic background systematically constrains higher education mobility, using administrative data from 2.7 million Chilean students (2021–2024). Methodologically, it introduces a novel two-dimensional “educational space” topology integrating academic aptitude and familial socioeconomic status; applies unsupervised clustering to identify seven student archetypes; and combines dimensionality reduction, causal-informed path modeling, and large-scale administrative analytics. Results reveal pronounced structural geographic immobility among high-achieving, low-income students. The study quantifies, for the first time, the independent effects of family background on three distinct educational transitions: institutional enrollment choice, field-of-study selection, and interregional migration. It further develops a reusable, generalizable framework for global education equity policy evaluation. Findings have directly informed the design of multiple regional higher education equity interventions in Chile.

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A streaming algorithm and hardware accelerator for top-K flow detection in network traffic

Nov 20, 2025

To address the challenge of efficiently and accurately identifying Top-K flows under skewed traffic distributions in high-speed networks, this paper proposes a streaming algorithm that integrates a dynamically updated TowerSketch with a parallel priority-queue array, implemented as a high-throughput hardware accelerator on an AMD Virtex-U280 FPGA. Our contributions are threefold: (1) an enhanced TowerSketch adapted to dynamic flow spectra, significantly improving estimation accuracy under skew; (2) a parallelizable priority-queue array design that alleviates on-chip memory bottlenecks; and (3) line-rate processing capability ≥200 Gbps—achieving one packet per cycle. Experimental evaluation on real-world traces demonstrates Top-K identification accuracy exceeding 0.94 and average relative error in frequency estimation below 1.96%.

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Querying an astronomical database using large language models: the ALeRCE text-to-SQL system

Jun 16, 2026

This work addresses the high barrier posed by SQL-based querying of astronomical databases for non-expert users. The authors propose a large language model (LLM)-driven text-to-SQL system enabling natural language queries over the ALeRCE database. Their approach employs a four-module, stepwise generation framework—comprising schema linking, query classification, prompt decomposition, and self-correction—which substantially outperforms end-to-end baselines and significantly reduces execution errors. Evaluation on 110 annotated samples across 13 LLMs demonstrates strong performance: on models such as Claude Opus 4.6, exact match rates for row and column identifiers reach 0.97 and 0.94, respectively, for simple queries, while maintaining robustness on complex queries.

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Automated Palynological Analysis System: Integrating Deep Metric Learning and $U^{2}$-Net Detection in $H\infty$ bright field microscopy

Apr 17, 2026

Traditional pollen analysis is time-consuming (4–6 hours per sample) and highly subjective. This study proposes an automated, high-throughput microscopic analysis system that integrates brightfield imaging, $H_\infty$ robust mechanical control, and a deep learning pipeline to enable efficient, accurate counting, classification, and morphological characterization of pollen from the Bio Bío region of Chile. The approach combines U²-Net for salient object detection with a DINOv2 vision transformer classifier based on deep metric learning, augmented by a gradient-weighted attention mechanism to generate interpretable texture and diagnostic features. The system achieves a classification recall of 95.8% and processes samples six times faster than human experts.

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Talent is Everywhere, Mobility is Not: Mapping the Topological Anchors of Educational Pathways

Dec 18, 2025

This study investigates how socioeconomic background systematically constrains higher education mobility, using administrative data from 2.7 million Chilean students (2021–2024). Methodologically, it introduces a novel two-dimensional “educational space” topology integrating academic aptitude and familial socioeconomic status; applies unsupervised clustering to identify seven student archetypes; and combines dimensionality reduction, causal-informed path modeling, and large-scale administrative analytics. Results reveal pronounced structural geographic immobility among high-achieving, low-income students. The study quantifies, for the first time, the independent effects of family background on three distinct educational transitions: institutional enrollment choice, field-of-study selection, and interregional migration. It further develops a reusable, generalizable framework for global education equity policy evaluation. Findings have directly informed the design of multiple regional higher education equity interventions in Chile.

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A streaming algorithm and hardware accelerator for top-K flow detection in network traffic

Nov 20, 2025

To address the challenge of efficiently and accurately identifying Top-K flows under skewed traffic distributions in high-speed networks, this paper proposes a streaming algorithm that integrates a dynamically updated TowerSketch with a parallel priority-queue array, implemented as a high-throughput hardware accelerator on an AMD Virtex-U280 FPGA. Our contributions are threefold: (1) an enhanced TowerSketch adapted to dynamic flow spectra, significantly improving estimation accuracy under skew; (2) a parallelizable priority-queue array design that alleviates on-chip memory bottlenecks; and (3) line-rate processing capability ≥200 Gbps—achieving one packet per cycle. Experimental evaluation on real-world traces demonstrates Top-K identification accuracy exceeding 0.94 and average relative error in frequency estimation below 1.96%.

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