Abstract: This paper gives a nearly tight characterization of the quantum communication complexity of permutation-invariant Boolean functions. With such a characterization, we show that the quantum ...

Inspired by the impressive reasoning capabilities demonstrated by reinforcement learning approaches like DeepSeek-R1, PeRL addresses a critical limitation in current multimodal reinforcement learning: ...

Abstract: Recently, convolutional neural network (CNN)-based classification models have shown good performance for motor imagery (MI) brain-computer interfaces (BCI) using electroencephalogram (EEG) ...

It's rare these days for an artist to ask for fewer microphones, but after warming up in our space, Billy Strings did just that. Surrounded by his band, the bluegrass virtuoso brings back the spirit ...

Michigan bluegrass phenom Billy Strings and his band stopped by NPR’s Tiny Desk for a performance more than a decade in the making. Backed by his band — Alex Hargreaves on fiddle, backing vocalist ...

It’s that time of the year when PBS News Hour invites two of our regular literary critics, Ann Patchett and Maureen Corrigan, to highlight their favorite books of the year. Jeffrey Brown picks up the ...

The caravan members all declare that they are Hachibee, so you need to determine which one is your true target. Bloody Strings Hachibee hates the Shamisen, so whip yours out and play any of your ...

Pythagoras Linked Vibrating Strings to the Motion of Planets. (Image Source: history-India.in) Pythagoras, one of the most influential figures in ancient Greek philosophy and mathematics, is often ...