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Paul Houle
@UP8@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

⛐ Bridging Vision, Language, and Mathematics: Pictographic Character Reconstruction with Bézier Curves

https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.00076

#cs #graphics #text #characters #cg #béziercurves #llm #ai #vision #machinevision

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Paul Houle
@UP8@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

⛐ Bridging Vision, Language, and Mathematics: Pictographic Character Reconstruction with Bézier Curves

https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.00076

#cs #graphics #text #characters #cg #béziercurves #llm #ai #vision #machinevision

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Hendrik Weimer
@hweimer@fediscience.org  ·  activity timestamp last month

Given the drama surrounding the arXiv for its dependence on Google and its recent ban on review articles in computer science, I have a question:

Do we still need the arXiv?

Wouldn't a federated network of institutional repositories be a much better option?

#arXiv #academicchatter #physics #math #cs #ActivityPub

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petersuber
@petersuber@fediscience.org  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago

Update. In response to this problem (previous post, this thread), some publishers are desk-rejecting papers based on open health datasets. The problem is not the quality of the data, but the absence of additional work to validate findings.

Two reports:

1. "Journals and publishers crack down on research from open health data sets," Science, Oct 8, 2025.
https://www.science.org/content/article/journals-and-publishers-crack-down-research-open-health-data-sets

2. "AI: Journals are automatically rejecting public health dataset papers to combat paper mills," BMJ, Oct 15, 2025.
https://www.bmj.com/content/391/bmj.r2170
( #paywalled)

#AI #Data #Frontiers #Medicine #PaperMills #PLOS #OpenData

petersuber
@petersuber@fediscience.org replied  ·  activity timestamp last month

Update. Here's how #arXiv is dealing with a similar problem in computer science.
https://blog.arxiv.org/2025/10/31/attention-authors-updated-practice-for-review-articles-and-position-papers-in-arxiv-cs-category/

"Before being considered for submission to arXiv’s #CS category, review articles and position papers must now be accepted at a journal or a conference and complete successful peer review…In the past few years, arXiv has been flooded with papers. Generative #AI / #LLMs have added to this flood by making papers – especially papers not introducing new research results – fast and easy to write. While categories across arXiv have all seen a major increase in submissions, it’s particularly pronounced in arXiv’s CS category."

#PeerReview #Postprints #Preprints #ScholComm

https://blog.arxiv.org

Attention Authors: Updated Practice for Review Articles and Position Papers in arXiv CS Category

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Hendrik Weimer
@hweimer@fediscience.org  ·  activity timestamp last month

Given the drama surrounding the arXiv for its dependence on Google and its recent ban on review articles in computer science, I have a question:

Do we still need the arXiv?

Wouldn't a federated network of institutional repositories be a much better option?

#arXiv #academicchatter #physics #math #cs #ActivityPub

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Charlie Stross
@cstross@wandering.shop  ·  activity timestamp 5 months ago
@swelljoe @mos_8502 The nearest thing to that currently in existence is the Raspberry Pi—which, with 68 million units sold, *is* on that kind of scale. Except each new iPhone generation outsells it by more than an order of magnitude.

People who actually want a personal computer they can program are a niche market, albeit vastly larger than in 1982. And it's a good thing they exist, because most users of modern CPUs have no idea or interest whatsoever—it's just a phone to them.

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@peterrenshaw@ioc.exchange replied  ·  activity timestamp 5 months ago
@cstross “People who actually want a personal computer they can program are a niche market, albeit vastly larger than in 1982”

The roots of the #Mega65 lay in #CS #education with #students not being able to grasp the basics not because of lack of intelligence, but through the lack of exposure to basic computing hardware.

“By insulating new computer science and IT students from how computers really work, we may well be disadvantaging them, by preventing them from learning how a computer really works. It's quite the same idea as starting a mechanic on a simple old car, instead of on a nuclear submarine: make the important details visible so that they can be learnt.” — Paul Gardner-Stephen

<https://c65gs.blogspot.com/2015/12/is-this-first-academic-slide.html>

@swelljoe @mos_8502

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Nick Byrd, Ph.D.
@ByrdNick@nerdculture.de  ·  activity timestamp 6 months ago

How are concepts like 'reasoning' and 'inference' defined?

#Philosophy has definitions that go way back (e.g., in #epistemology and #PhilMind). Now #computerScience are realizing a need for definitions.

This #openAccess#CS review takes a crack at them: https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2504.15900

"...we formalize reasoning as a structured, multi-step process that dynamically decomposes complex problems, generates intermediate hypotheses, and iteratively refines solutions through logical and evidence-based transformations."

"While inference I constitutes a single-step conditional probabilÎ𝑡=1 𝑇  ity computation 𝑃( 𝑦 |𝑥) = 𝑃( 𝑦 𝑡 |𝑥, 𝑦 <𝑡 ), reasoning R implements a meta-process coordinating multiple inference calls through explicit state management R(𝑥) = Φ 1 ◦ Φ 2 ◦ · · ·◦Φ 𝑛(𝑥). T"
"...we formalize reasoning as a structured, multi-step process that dynamically decomposes complex problems, generates intermediate hypotheses, and iteratively refines solutions through logical and evidence-based transformations." "While inference I constitutes a single-step conditional probabilÎ𝑡=1 𝑇 ity computation 𝑃( 𝑦 |𝑥) = 𝑃( 𝑦 𝑡 |𝑥, 𝑦 <𝑡 ), reasoning R implements a meta-process coordinating multiple inference calls through explicit state management R(𝑥) = Φ 1 ◦ Φ 2 ◦ · · ·◦Φ 𝑛(𝑥). T"
"...we formalize reasoning as a structured, multi-step process that dynamically decomposes complex problems, generates intermediate hypotheses, and iteratively refines solutions through logical and evidence-based transformations." "While inference I constitutes a single-step conditional probabilÎ𝑡=1 𝑇 ity computation 𝑃( 𝑦 |𝑥) = 𝑃( 𝑦 𝑡 |𝑥, 𝑦 <𝑡 ), reasoning R implements a meta-process coordinating multiple inference calls through explicit state management R(𝑥) = Φ 1 ◦ Φ 2 ◦ · · ·◦Φ 𝑛(𝑥). T"
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Nick Byrd, Ph.D.
@ByrdNick@nerdculture.de  ·  activity timestamp 6 months ago

How are concepts like 'reasoning' and 'inference' defined?

#Philosophy has definitions that go way back (e.g., in #epistemology and #PhilMind). Now #computerScience are realizing a need for definitions.

This #openAccess#CS review takes a crack at them: https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2504.15900

"...we formalize reasoning as a structured, multi-step process that dynamically decomposes complex problems, generates intermediate hypotheses, and iteratively refines solutions through logical and evidence-based transformations."

"While inference I constitutes a single-step conditional probabilÎ𝑡=1 𝑇  ity computation 𝑃( 𝑦 |𝑥) = 𝑃( 𝑦 𝑡 |𝑥, 𝑦 <𝑡 ), reasoning R implements a meta-process coordinating multiple inference calls through explicit state management R(𝑥) = Φ 1 ◦ Φ 2 ◦ · · ·◦Φ 𝑛(𝑥). T"
"...we formalize reasoning as a structured, multi-step process that dynamically decomposes complex problems, generates intermediate hypotheses, and iteratively refines solutions through logical and evidence-based transformations." "While inference I constitutes a single-step conditional probabilÎ𝑡=1 𝑇 ity computation 𝑃( 𝑦 |𝑥) = 𝑃( 𝑦 𝑡 |𝑥, 𝑦 <𝑡 ), reasoning R implements a meta-process coordinating multiple inference calls through explicit state management R(𝑥) = Φ 1 ◦ Φ 2 ◦ · · ·◦Φ 𝑛(𝑥). T"
"...we formalize reasoning as a structured, multi-step process that dynamically decomposes complex problems, generates intermediate hypotheses, and iteratively refines solutions through logical and evidence-based transformations." "While inference I constitutes a single-step conditional probabilÎ𝑡=1 𝑇 ity computation 𝑃( 𝑦 |𝑥) = 𝑃( 𝑦 𝑡 |𝑥, 𝑦 <𝑡 ), reasoning R implements a meta-process coordinating multiple inference calls through explicit state management R(𝑥) = Φ 1 ◦ Φ 2 ◦ · · ·◦Φ 𝑛(𝑥). T"
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Lanie Molinar Carmelo
@RareBird15@allovertheplace.ca  ·  activity timestamp 6 months ago

🎓 Returning #Blind #CS #Student – Seeking Advice on LaTeX & #Accessible #Math Tools

Hi everyone! I’m a blind student returning to college to pursue a B.S. in Computer Science through Colorado Christian University Online. This is my third attempt at college due to chronic illness, but I’m excited to be back and determined to make it work.

I’m looking for advice on two fronts:

📝 1. LaTeX on #Windows

I’ve recently started learning LaTeX and find it a more accessible way to write papers—especially when paired with Zotero for citations. My main machine is a Windows 11 Pro mini PC, and I also have a Raspberry Pi running Arch Linux ARM.

So far, I’ve tried:

  • Overleaf – nice interface, but the PDF viewer isn’t very screen reader-friendly and the editor has some issues too (JAWS/NVDA repeat lines).
  • VS Code with LaTeX Workshop – most accessible option I've tried
  • TeXnicCenter – only briefly.

👉 Question: What LaTeX editors or workflows do you use on #Windows, and how accessible have you found them?

➗ 2. Relearning College-Level Math

I’ll be starting with calculus early next year. It’s been a long time since high school, and chronic illness has affected my memory and cognition. I used to use a Perkins Brailler for math, but arthritis/lupus (still being diagnosed) makes that painful now.

👉 Question: Can anyone recommend accessible resources for relearning math—especially for someone doing everything online?

Any tips for doing math, science, or programming fully online as a blind student would be incredibly appreciated.

Thanks in advance! I’m happy to share what I learn along the way.

Feel free to boost or tag others who might have insights.

#BlindTech #Accessibility #LaTeX #STEM #DisabilityInSTEM #MathAccessibility #JAWS #NVDA # #ScreenReader Zotero #ChronicIllness #OnlineLearning @mastoblind@a.gup.pe @main

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