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math.ST2026

On the optimality of antithetic randomization for cross-validation

Srijan Chattopadhyay, Sifan Liu, Snigdha Panigrahi

In the classical normal means problem, independent train--test folds can be constructed by perturbing the data with normal randomization. Averaging over such folds yields a cro…

stat.CO2026

Markov Chain Monte Carlo with Diffusion Paths

Han Chen, Sifan Liu, Jun Yang

The paper proposes a new MCMC method that interpolates between a target distribution and a Gaussian using diffusion paths, preserving mode weights and improving mixing, and introdu…

stat.CO2026

Rotated Mean-Field Variational Inference and Iterative Gaussianization

Yifan Chen, Sifan Liu

We propose an iterative Gaussianization method for sampling from unnormalized densities by repeatedly applying mean-field variational inference (MFVI) in rotated coordinate systems…

stat.ME2026

Cross-Validation with Antithetic Gaussian Randomization

Sifan Liu, Snigdha Panigrahi, Jake A. Soloff

We introduce a new cross-validation method based on an equicorrelated Gaussian randomization scheme. Our method is well-suited for problems where sample splitting is infeasible, ei…

stat.CO2026

Sub-Cauchy Sampling: Escaping the Dark Side of the Moon

Sebastiano Grazzi, Sifan Liu, Gareth O. Roberts +1

We introduce a Markov chain Monte Carlo algorithm based on Sub-Cauchy Projection, a geometric transformation that generalizes stereographic projection by mapping Euclidean space in…

cs.IR2025

MultiConIR: Towards multi-condition Information Retrieval

Xuan Lu, Sifan Liu, Bochao Yin +6

Multi-condition information retrieval (IR) presents a significant, yet underexplored challenge for existing systems. This paper introduces MultiConIR, a benchmark specifically desi…