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20142026
most citedA Framework to Quantify the Benefits of Network Functions Virtualization in Cellular Networks

6 citations · 11 across the 16 of their papers we have counts for

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16 papers

cs.CL2026

COMED: The Missing Middle Between Routing and Collaboration in Multi-LLM Inference

Norah Alballa, Wenxuan Zhang, Salma Kharrat +4

No single Large Language Model (LLM) is uniformly reliable across queries, motivating multi-model inference systems that either route among models or combine their outputs. However…

cs.CL2026

Affix Cache for Diffusion Large Language Models

Kaihua Liang, An Zhong, Xin Tan +4

Diffusion Large Language Models (DLLMs) enable non-autoregressive decoding, but efficient inference support remains immature: unlike autoregressive models, whose requests reuse a s…

cs.SI2026

Separating Clicks from Baits: Using Large Language Models to Detect Misleading YouTube Thumbnails

Wajiha Naveed, Muhammad Muneeb Pervez, Zaeem Mohtashim Khan +2

Misleading video thumbnails on platforms like YouTube are a pervasive problem, undermining user trust and platform integrity. This paper proposes a novel multi-modal detection pipe…

cs.LG2026

Efficient and Adaptable Detection of Malicious LLM Prompts via Bootstrap Aggregation

Shayan Ali Hassan, Tao Ni, Zaeem Mohtashim Khan +2

Large Language Models have demonstrated remarkable capabilities in natural language understanding. However, they remain susceptible to malicious prompts that induce unsafe or polic…

cs.NI2026

MAESTRO: Multi-Agent Evaluation Suite for Testing, Reliability, and Observability

Tie Ma, Yixi Chen, Vaastav Anand +8

We present MAESTRO, an evaluation suite for the testing, reliability, and observability of LLM-based MAS. MAESTRO standardizes MAS configuration and execution through a unified int…

cs.NI2025

From Crawled to Published: A Publisher-Controlled Web Architecture for an AI-Native Internet

Yixi Chen, Muhammad Bilal, Zafar Qazi +4

AI agents, not humans, are becoming the web's primary consumers, yet the web still ships content structured for human browsing, with no native way for publishers to expose the sema…

cs.SE2025

DMAS-Forge: A Framework for Transparent Deployment of AI Applications as Distributed Systems

Alessandro Cornacchia, Vaastav Anand, Muhammad Bilal +2

Agentic AI applications increasingly rely on multiple agents with distinct roles, specialized tools, and access to memory layers to solve complex tasks -- closely resembling servic…

cs.SI2025

Scaling Truth: The Confidence Paradox in AI Fact-Checking

Ihsan A. Qazi, Zohaib Khan, Abdullah Ghani +7

The rise of misinformation underscores the need for scalable and reliable fact-checking solutions. Large language models (LLMs) hold promise in automating fact verification, yet th…

cs.SI2025

ThumbnailTruth: A Multi-Modal LLM Approach for Detecting Misleading YouTube Thumbnails Across Diverse Cultural Settings

Wajiha Naveed, Zartash Afzal Uzmi, Zafar Ayyub Qazi

Misleading video thumbnails on platforms like YouTube are a pervasive problem, undermining user trust and platform integrity. This paper proposes a novel multi-modal detection pipe…

cs.LG2025

TweakLLM: A Routing Architecture for Dynamic Tailoring of Cached Responses

Muhammad Taha Cheema, Abeer Aamir, Khawaja Gul Muhammad +3

Large Language Models (LLMs) process millions of queries daily, making efficient response caching a compelling optimization for reducing cost and latency. However, preserving relev…

cs.NI2025

Semantic Caching for Improving Web Affordability

Hafsa Akbar, Danish Athar, Muhammad Ayain Fida Rana +4

The rapid growth of web content has led to increasingly large webpages, posing significant challenges for Internet affordability, especially in developing countries where data cost…

cs.NI2024

Warping the Edge: Where Instant Mobility in 5G Meets Stateful Applications

Mukhtiar Ahmad, Faaiq Bilal, Mutahar Ali +5

Edge computing is considered a key paradigm for supporting real-time applications over 5G networks, as hosting applications at the network edge can substantially reduce delays. A s…

cs.NI2024

Rethinking Image Compression on the Web with Generative AI

Shayan Ali Hassan, Danish Humair, Ihsan Ayyub Qazi +1

The rapid growth of the Internet, driven by social media, web browsing, and video streaming, has made images central to the Web experience, resulting in significant data transfer a…

cs.LG2021★ 3 cited

FedPrune: Towards Inclusive Federated Learning

Muhammad Tahir Munir, Muhammad Mustansar Saeed, Mahad Ali +2

Federated learning (FL) is a distributed learning technique that trains a shared model over distributed data in a privacy-preserving manner. Unfortunately, FL's performance degrade…

cs.NI2016★ 2 cited

MAC Rate Adaptation and Cross Layer Behavior for Vehicular WiFi Access: An Experimental Study

Zafar Ayyub Qazi, Saad Nadeem, Zartash Afzal Uzmi

Vehicular WiFi is different from conventional WiFi access. Firstly, as the connections arise opportunistically, they are short lived and intermittent. Secondly, at vehicular speeds…

cs.NI2014★ 6 cited

A Framework to Quantify the Benefits of Network Functions Virtualization in Cellular Networks

Zafar Ayyub Qazi, Vyas Sekar, Samir Das

Network functions virtualization (NFV) is an appealing vision that promises to dramatically reduce capital and operating expenses for cellular providers. However, existing efforts…