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Augmenting Game AI with Deep Reinforcement Learning

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Augmenting Game AI with Deep Reinforcement Learning

·8 min read·Alessandro Sestini, Joakim Bergdahl, Amir Baghi et al.

This paper explores the application of deep reinforcement learning (RL) to augment game AI in large-scale commercial AAA titles, specifically EA SPORTS FC 25 and Battlefield 6

researchreinforcement-learninggame-aiproduction-constraintsmodularity

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CUPID — Reconstructing UV Texture Maps for Interpretable Person-of-Interest Deepfake Detection

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CUPID — Reconstructing UV Texture Maps for Interpretable Person-of-Interest Deepfake Detection

·9 min read·Giovanni Affatato, Sara Mandelli, Edoardo Daniele Cannas et al.

This paper introduces CUPID, a novel Person-of-Interest (POI) video deepfake detection method that leverages 3D Morphable Model (3DMM)-based UV texture maps combined with a Masked Autoencoder (MAE)…

researchperson-of-interest-deepfake-detection3d-morphable-modeluv-texture-mapsmasked-autoencoder

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Designing for Interconnected Islamic Learning — A Qualitative Study of Muslim Women's Experiences with Qur'an, Hadith, and Seerah Apps

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Designing for Interconnected Islamic Learning — A Qualitative Study of Muslim Women's Experiences with Qur'an, Hadith, and Seerah Apps

·6 min read·Ishrat Jahan Easha, Nabil Mosharraf Hossain, Araf Mohammad Mahbub et al.

This qualitative study investigates how Muslim women engage with digital Islamic learning tools, particularly apps focusing on the Qur'an, Hadith, and Seerah

researchhuman-computer-interactiondigital-religionislamic-learningepistemic-trust

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Farmer Connect — Improving Farmers' Access to Produce Markets

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Farmer Connect — Improving Farmers' Access to Produce Markets

·7 min read·Micheal Amanya, Darius Kainamura, Christine Namatovu et al.

This paper addresses the persistent market access challenges faced by smallholder maize farmers in Uganda, including weak bargaining power, low price transparency, reliance on intermediaries, poor …

researchdigital-agriculturecooperative-managementmobile-money-integrationfarmers-marketplace

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FreeStyle — Free Control of Style-Content Dual-Reference Generation from Community LoRA Mining

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FreeStyle — Free Control of Style-Content Dual-Reference Generation from Community LoRA Mining

·9 min read·Jinghong Lan, Wei Cheng, Yunuo Chen et al.

FreeStyle addresses the challenging problem of style-content dual-reference image generation, where a synthesized image must preserve the content and structure of a content reference image while ad…

researchreference-based-generationstyle-transfercontent-style-disentanglementlow-rank-adaptation-lora

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Interpretable Meta-Learning for Multi-Objective Chemical Search

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Interpretable Meta-Learning for Multi-Objective Chemical Search

·8 min read·Antonio Varagnolo, Yulia Pimonova, Michael G. Taylor et al.

This work tackles the challenge of multi-objective molecular discovery under computational restrictions and data scarcity by introducing an interpretable and data-efficient meta-learning framework …

researchmeta-learningmulti-objective-optimizationchemical-informaticsuncertainty-quantification

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