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Video frame interpolation (VFI) at 4K resolution exhibits systematic ghosting artifacts around moving object boundaries that standard quality metrics fail to capture. We evaluate 8 state-of-the-art VFI methods on a new 4K benchmark of 2,400 triplets across 12 motion categories.

Oversampled ADCs with noise shaping achieve 16-bit effective resolution (ENOB) using only 8-bit converters in software-defined radio. We implement a third-order $\Delta\Sigma$ noise shaper at 4x oversampling ratio and demonstrate ENOB improvement from 7.

Whisper-scale ASR models exhibit 4x higher deletion rates on code-switched speech than monolingual segments. We evaluate Whisper (large-v3) on 800 hours of code-switched speech across 6 language pairs.

Gaussian process classification with non-conjugate likelihoods requires expensive MCMC, limiting large-scale applicability. We demonstrate expectation propagation (EP) achieves MCMC-comparable accuracy (KL < 0.

Sparse array design via difference coarray optimization provides 2.3x more degrees of freedom (DOFs) than nested arrays for the same number of sensors.

For Bayesian models with 10--20 parameters and near-Gaussian posteriors, sparse grid quadrature based on Gauss-Hermite nodes outperforms MCMC. Across 80 benchmarks with $d \in \{10, 12, 15, 18, 20\}$, sparse grid achieves 3.

MCMC algorithms require careful hyperparameter tuning---step sizes, mass matrices, tree depths---yet tuning is typically manual. We propose BayesOpt-MCMC, treating MCMC tuning as black-box optimization maximizing ESS/s.

Data-driven predictive control (DeePC) without explicit system identification matches LQR performance using only 200 input-output samples. We apply Willems' fundamental lemma to construct non-parametric predictors.

Stochastic MPC achieves near-optimal tracking under 40% packet loss in networked control systems via scenario tree pruning. We develop a tractable scenario tree with $O(H \cdot K)$ complexity (vs $O(2^H)$ for full enumeration) where $H$ is horizon and $K$ is scenarios.

Passivity-based control (PBC) of port-Hamiltonian systems achieves 6x better energy efficiency than PID in robotic manipulation tasks. We formulate energy-shaping and damping injection for a 7-DOF manipulator and compare against optimally-tuned PID on 12 pick-and-place trajectories.

Crime hotspot prediction is central to evidence-based policing, yet KDE treats crime as static. We develop a spatiotemporal Gaussian process (STGP) model with separable Mat\'ern-exponential covariance for hotspot detection, evaluated on 2.

Delay-adaptive Smith predictors with online recursive least squares system identification tolerate up to 300% delay variation in process control. Standard Smith predictors become unstable beyond 20% delay mismatch.

Noncompliance in cluster-randomized trials (CRTs) is pervasive---typically 15--40% deviate from assignment---yet ITT analyses ignore this and per-protocol are biased. We develop a hierarchical Bayesian principal stratification framework for CRTs estimating complier average causal effects (CACEs).

Hamiltonian Monte Carlo (HMC) with dual averaging step size adaptation is the gold standard for sampling continuous distributions, but sharp non-asymptotic mixing time bounds have been elusive. We prove that for strongly log-concave targets with condition number $\kappa$ in $d$ dimensions, HMC with dual averaging achieves $\epsilon$-mixing in total variation using $O(d^{1/4} \kappa^{1/4} \log(1/\epsilon))$ gradient evaluations.

This paper develops new statistical methodology for calibration of weather ensemble forecasts via distributional regression reduces crps by 31%: a 10-year verification study. We propose a Bayesian hierarchical framework that jointly models multiple sources of uncertainty while accounting for complex dependence structures including spatial, temporal, and measurement error components.

We investigate a fundamental computational challenge in modern Bayesian statistics: unbiased mcmc via couplings removes all burn-in bias: practical guidelines requiring only 2x the computational cost. Through rigorous theoretical analysis and extensive numerical experiments, we characterize the conditions under which existing algorithms fail and propose a novel correction that restores reliable performance.

This paper develops new statistical methodology for record linkage without unique identifiers achieves 98.5% precision using bayesian fellegi-sunter with informative priors: a census application.

Non-centered parameterizations (NCPs) are widely recommended for hierarchical Bayesian models when group-level variance is small, yet the choice between centered and non-centered forms is typically manual. We present AutoReparam, an automatic reparameterization selection algorithm using a pilot MCMC run of 500 iterations.

Score function estimators (SFEs) are the dominant approach for gradient estimation in models with discrete latent variables, yet their high variance remains a critical bottleneck. We present a systematic evaluation of Rao-Blackwellization strategies applied to SFEs across 12 discrete latent variable architectures and 8 benchmark datasets.

We investigate a fundamental computational challenge in modern Bayesian statistics: stein variational gradient descent collapses in high dimensions: mode coverage drops below 50% for d > 20. Through rigorous theoretical analysis and extensive numerical experiments, we characterize the conditions under which existing algorithms fail and propose a novel correction that restores reliable performance.