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8 papers

cs.CL2026

Data-efficient Targeted Token-level Preference Optimization for LLM-based Text-to-Speech

Rikuto Kotoge, Yuichi Sasaki

Aligning text-to-speech (TTS) system outputs with human feedback through preference optimization has been shown to effectively improve the robustness and naturalness of language mo…

cs.CL2026

Can Compact Language Models Search Like Agents? Distillation-Guided Policy Optimization for Preserving Agentic RAG Capabilities

Rikuto Kotoge, Mai Nishimura, Jiaxin Ma

Reinforcement Learning has emerged as a dominant post-training approach to elicit agentic RAG behaviors such as search and planning from language models. Despite its success with l…

cs.LG2026

ExPath: Targeted Pathway Inference for Biological Knowledge Bases via Graph Learning and Explanation

Rikuto Kotoge, Ziwei Yang, Zheng Chen +4

Retrieving targeted pathways in biological knowledge bases, particularly when incorporating wet-lab experimental data, remains a challenging task and often requires downstream anal…

cs.LG2026

Optimizing EEG Graph Structure for Seizure Detection: An Information Bottleneck and Self-Supervised Learning Approach

Lincan Li, Rikuto Kotoge, Xihao Piao +2

Seizure detection from EEG signals is highly challenging due to complex spatiotemporal dynamics and extreme inter-patient variability. To model them, recent methods construct dynam…

cs.AI2026

ODEBrain: Continuous-Time EEG Graph for Modeling Dynamic Brain Networks

Haohui Jia, Zheng Chen, Lingwei Zhu +6

Modeling neural population dynamics is crucial for foundational neuroscientific research and various clinical applications. Conventional latent variable methods typically model con…

cs.LG2025

EvoBrain: Dynamic Multi-Channel EEG Graph Modeling for Time-Evolving Brain Networks

Rikuto Kotoge, Zheng Chen, Tasuku Kimura +4

Dynamic GNNs, which integrate temporal and spatial features in Electroencephalography (EEG) data, have shown great potential in automating seizure detection. However, fully capturi…