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6 papers

cs.LG2026

Moment-guided edge sampling

Weibin Cai, Reza Zafarani

Edge sampling makes local decisions to achieve graph-level objectives, such as preserving structural properties. This creates a fundamental challenge: \textit{how can the effect of…

cs.CL2026

Less can be More: Relieving RAG Bottlenecks via Evidence Frontloading and Pressure-Adaptive Budgeting

Weibin Cai, Reza Zafarani

Existing methods for improving Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) efficiency mainly optimize downstream LLM generation, such as context compression or serving optimization. Howev…

cs.SI2026

Spectral Analysis of Fake News Propagation

Weibin Cai, Reza Zafarani

How can we systematically represent the propagation of information? The propagation structure of fake news has been shown to be an important cue for detecting it; yet, existing pro…

cs.CL2025

Seeing Hate Differently: Hate Subspace Modeling for Culture-Aware Hate Speech Detection

Weibin Cai, Reza Zafarani

Hate speech detection has been extensively studied, yet existing methods often overlook a real-world complexity: training labels are biased, and interpretations of what is consider…

cs.CL2025

Unpacking Hateful Memes: Presupposed Context and False Claims

Weibin Cai, Jiayu Li, Reza Zafarani

While memes are often humorous, they are frequently used to disseminate hate, causing serious harm to individuals and society. Current approaches to hateful meme detection mainly r…

eess.SY2025

Inverse Design in Distributed Circuits Using Single-Step Reinforcement Learning

Jiayu Li, Masood Mortazavi, Ning Yan +2

The goal of inverse design in distributed circuits is to generate near-optimal designs that meet a desirable transfer function specification. Existing design exploration methods us…