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cs.IT2026

Effective DoF Collapse in Sparse Near-Field Beamforming: A Block-Rank-1 Mechanism

Changhao He, Xiaojuan Zhang, Francois Chin Po Shin

Sparse near-field arrays phase-cohere widely separated sub-arrays of elements and underpin distributed MIMO, satellite formations, and integrated sensing and communication.…

eess.SP2026

Second-order optimization of variable projection SVM models and road abnormality detection

Andrea Angino, Matthias Voigt, Rolf Krause +1

We introduce a novel second-order optimization framework for minimizing so-called variable projection functionals. We demonstrate that the proposed framework is especially usefulfo…

cs.NI2026★ 2 cited

Virtual Backhaul Connectivity for Enhanced Coverage in Fiber-Less Areas

Hao Lin, Mustafa A. Kishk, Mohamed-Slim Alouini

This article provides an overview of potential alternatives for providing wireless backhaul in regions that suffer from the lack of fiber optic-connectivity to the core network. Th…

cs.NI2026

RIS-Enabled Integrated Access and Relay: Empowering Collaboration Among BSs

Hao Lin, Mustafa A. Kishk, Mohamed-Slim Alouini

The increasing number of Internet of Things (IoT) devices and applications leads to severe access congestion in conventional base station (BS) networks. Meanwhile, the low transmit…

eess.SY2026

Iterative Single-Loop Coordination of Transmission and Distribution Systems and DER Aggregators with Limited Information Sharing

Robert Sosnowski, Yury Dvorkin, Marcin Baszynski +1

The growing integration of DERs underscores the importance of unified coordination across TSO, DSO, and aggregator levels. This paper proposes a coordination method between TSO, DS…

cs.LG2026

Should All Noises Be Treated Equally: Impact of Input Noise Variability on Neural Network Robustness

Salma Alsinan, Maksim Makarenko, Sixiu Liu +2

Geophysical data collected from active field sites are often contaminated by complex and heterogeneous noise, obscuring weak seismic events, and complicating automated interpretati…

cs.NI2026

Performance Evaluation of HAPS-enabled Coverage Enhancement in Hard-to-Reach Areas

Hao Lin, Mustafa A. Kishk, Mohamed-Slim Alouini

High altitude platform stations (HAPSs) are becoming a key component of future non-terrestrial networks (NTNs). HAPSs can serve a larger area than uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAVs) a…

cs.NI2026★ 1 cited

Connectivity of HAPS-Based Solutions for Large-Scale Wireless Networks: A Percolation Theory Analysis

Hao Lin, Mustafa A Kishk, Mohamed-Slim Alouini

In the era of sixth-generation (6G) wireless communication, numerous applications are expected to be realized, including environmental monitoring, smart agriculture, remote educati…

cs.NI2026★ 6 cited

Performance Evaluation of RF-powered IoT in Rural Areas: The Wireless Power Digital Divide

Hao Lin, Mustafa A. Kishk, Mohamed-Slim Alouini

Bridging the digital divide is one of the goals of mobile networks in the future, and further building IoT networks in rural areas is a feasible solution. This paper studies the do…

cs.NI2026

HAPS-enabled Downlink Coverage Enhancement in Islands and Maritime Areas

Hao Lin, Mustafa A. Kishk, Mohamed-Slim Alouini

Non-terrestrial networks (NTNs) are poised to play a critical role in next-generation mobile communications, offering enhanced flexibility, improved line-of-sight (LoS) conditions,…

math.OC2026

Optimization models and algorithms for the Unit Commitment problem

Javal Vyas, Carl Laird, Ignacio E. Grossmann +3

The unit commitment problem determines the optimal strategy to meet the electricity demand at minimum cost by committing power generation units at each point of time. Solving the u…

cs.LG2026★ 6 cited

Auto-Configured Explainable Graph Neural Networks for Multi-Site Pollution Prediction

Abdelkader Dairi, Fouzi Harrou, Ying Sun

Accurate particulate matter (PM) prediction is crucial for mitigating air pollution. Graph Neural Networks (GNNs) effectively model spatiotemporal dependencies, but predefined grap…

cs.LG2026

Reducing the GPU Memory Bottleneck with Lossless Compression for ML -- Extended

Aditya K Kamath, Arvind Krishnamurthy, Marco Canini +1

Machine learning (ML) training and inference often process data sets far exceeding GPU memory capacity, forcing them to rely on PCIe for on-demand tensor transfers, causing critica…

eess.SY2026

Impedance-Based VSC Unit Commitment with STATCOM Support under High IBG Penetration

Aoun Abbas, Zhongda Chu, Charalambos Konstantinou

The large-scale replacement of synchronous machines with inverter-based generation (IBG) introduces critical challenges to both voltage and frequency stability. This work builds on…

physics.flu-dyn2026★ 1 cited

Influence of plume activity on thermal convection in a rectangular cell

Ambrish Pandey, Jörg Schumacher, Matteo Parsani +1

We present three-dimensional direct numerical simulations of turbulent Rayleigh-Bénard convection in a closed rectangular box whose width and length are 0.8 and 2.4 tim…

cond-mat.mes-hall2026★ 1 cited

A CMOS-compatible, scalable and compact magnetoelectric spin-torque microwave detector

Shuhui Liu, Riccardo Tomasello, Bin Fang +10

The development of compact and highly sensitive microwave detectors compatible with complementary-metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) processes is an active research area but remains…

eess.SP2026

Performance Analysis of STAR-RIS-Assisted NOMA Wireless Systems with Realistic Indoor Outdoor THz Channel Models

Ngoc Phuc Le, Mohamed-Slim Alouini

In this paper, a simultaneously transmitting and reflecting reconfigurable intelligent surface (STAR-RIS)-aided downlink non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) Terahertz (THz) wirel…

eess.SP2026

Simultaneous Unicast and Multicast Transmissions in Stacked Intelligent Metasurfaces-assisted HAPS Wireless Networks: Performance Analysis and Optimization

Ngoc Phuc Le, Mohamed-Slim Alouini

In this paper, we investigate high-altitude platform station (HAPS) wireless networks for simultaneous non-orthogonal unicast and multicast transmissions. Specifically, stacked int…

eess.SY2026★ 1 cited

Extended Hybrid Timed Petri Nets with Semi-Supervised Anomaly Detection for Switched Systems, Modelling and Fault Detection

Fatiha Hamdi, Abdelhafid Zeroual, Fouzi Harrou

Hybrid physical systems combine continuous and discrete dynamics, which can be simultaneously affected by faults. Conventional fault detection methods often treat these dynamics se…

cs.CL2026

M-MiniGPT4: Multilingual VLLM Alignment via Translated Data

Seung Hun Han, Youssef Mohamed, Mohamed Elhoseiny

This paper presents a Multilingual Vision Large Language Model, named M-MiniGPT4. Our model exhibits strong vision-language understanding (VLU) capabilities across 11 languages. We…

cs.CV2026

LiDAR for Crowd Management: Applications, Benefits, and Future Directions

Abdullah Khanfor, Chaima Zaghouani, Hakim Ghazzai +2

Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) technology offers significant advantages for effective crowd management. This article presents LiDAR technology and highlights its primary advan…

physics.ao-ph2026

A Structurally Localized Ensemble Kalman Filtering Approach

Boujemaa Ait-El-Fquih, Ibrahim Hoteit

State-of-the-art ensemble Kalman filtering (EnKF) algorithms require incorporating localization techniques to cope with the rank deficiency and the inherited spurious correlations…

cs.GR2026

ARCOL: Aspect Ratio Constrained Orthogonal Layout

Zainab Alsuwaykit, Yousef Rajeh, Alexandre Kouyoumdjian +5

Orthogonal graph layout algorithms aim to produce clear, compact, and readable network diagrams by arranging nodes and edges along horizontal and vertical lines, while minimizing b…

astro-ph.EP2026

A user-friendly package and workflow for generating effective homogeneous rheologies for the study of the long-term orbital evolution of multilayered planetary bodies

Yeva Gevorgyan

We present a user-friendly, open-source Wolfram Language package that automates the construction of an effective homogeneous generalized Voigt rheology for a spherically symmetric,…