11 papers

cs.CV2026

Seeing Red, Thinking Bad: Color Bias in Vision Language Models

Kohsuke Ide, Ryousuke Yamada, Yoshihiro Fukuhara +2

Vision language models (VLMs) are increasingly used in industrial decision-making systems, such as recruitment support and recommendation. This motivates careful analysis of how VL…

astro-ph.IM2026

Early Exploration of the Scientific Discovery Space for the Habitable Worlds Observatory

Courtney D. Dressing, Danica Adams, Evelyne Alecian +324

The paper summarizes 70 science cases for the proposed NASA Habitable Worlds Observatory, outlining the observational needs across four scientific pillars and detailing required ca…

stat.ML2026

LazyHMC: Hamiltonian Monte Carlo Simulation for Lazy, Infinite Dimensional Probabilistic Programs

Maria-Nicoleta Crăciun, C. -H. Luke Ong, Tom Schrijvers +1

Hamiltonian Monte Carlo (HMC) is a successful generic inference method in probabilistic programming, but in its ordinary formulation it needs gradients and finite-dimensional param…

astro-ph.HE2026

A Real-Time Jet Laboratory in Swift J1727.8-1613

Callan M. Wood, James C. A. Miller-Jones, Arash Bahramian +16

We present the results of our intensive VLBI campaign on the black-hole low-mass X-ray binary (LMXB) Swift J1727.8-1613 during its 2023-2024 outburst. We observed the repeated quen…

cond-mat.supr-con2026

Pressure induced magnetic-field-free superconducting diode effect in NbSe2 flake

Shihao Zhu, Tian Le, Cuiying Pei +18

The superconducting diode effect (SDE) is a fascinating nonreciprocal phenomenon where the critical current is different for opposite current directions. It is widely believed that…

cond-mat.supr-con2026

Pressure-induced Superconductivity in Thermoelectric Semiconductor Mg3Sb2

Cuiying Pei, Yasong Wu, Airan Li +14

The intrinsic electronic structures of narrow bandgap thermoelectric (TE) materials serve as a platform for the investigation of coupling effects of quasi-particles under high pres…