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20242026
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6 papers

cs.CL2026

When Iterative RAG Beats Ideal Evidence: A Diagnostic Study in Scientific Multi-hop Question Answering

Mahdi Astaraki, Mohammad Arshi Saloot, Ali Shiraee Kasmaee +2

Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) extends large language models (LLMs) beyond parametric knowledge, yet it is unclear when iterative retrieval-reasoning loops meaningfully outpe…

cs.CL2025

Evaluating Multi-Hop Reasoning in Large Language Models: A Chemistry-Centric Case Study

Mohammad Khodadad, Ali Shiraee Kasmaee, Mahdi Astaraki +3

In this study, we introduced a new benchmark consisting of a curated dataset and a defined evaluation process to assess the compositional reasoning capabilities of large language m…

cs.IR2025

ChEmbed: Enhancing Chemical Literature Search Through Domain-Specific Text Embeddings

Ali Shiraee Kasmaee, Mohammad Khodadad, Mehdi Astaraki +4

Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) systems in chemistry heavily depend on accurate and relevant retrieval of chemical literature. However, general-purpose text embedding models f…

cs.LG2025

Mambular: A Sequential Model for Tabular Deep Learning

Anton Frederik Thielmann, Manish Kumar, Christoph Weisser +3

The analysis of tabular data has traditionally been dominated by gradient-boosted decision trees (GBDTs), known for their proficiency with mixed categorical and numerical features.…

cs.CL2025

ChemTEB: Chemical Text Embedding Benchmark, an Overview of Embedding Models Performance & Efficiency on a Specific Domain

Ali Shiraee Kasmaee, Mohammad Khodadad, Mohammad Arshi Saloot +4

Recent advancements in language models have started a new era of superior information retrieval and content generation, with embedding models playing an important role in optimizin…

cs.LG2024

On the Efficiency of NLP-Inspired Methods for Tabular Deep Learning

Anton Frederik Thielmann, Soheila Samiee

Recent advancements in tabular deep learning (DL) have led to substantial performance improvements, surpassing the capabilities of traditional models. With the adoption of techniqu…