Technical Challenge
Research into technical challenges across diverse AI applications reveals a common thread: improving model robustness, fairness, and explainability while addressing limitations in data availability and computational efficiency. Current efforts focus on developing and adapting model architectures (e.g., LLMs, YOLO variants, diffusion models) for specific tasks, refining evaluation metrics, and designing robust training and deployment strategies (e.g., federated learning). These advancements are crucial for ensuring the responsible and effective deployment of AI in various sectors, from healthcare and finance to manufacturing and environmental monitoring.
Papers
AI for Extreme Event Modeling and Understanding: Methodologies and Challenges
Gustau Camps-Valls, Miguel-Ángel Fernández-Torres, Kai-Hendrik Cohrs, Adrian Höhl, Andrea Castelletti, Aytac Pacal, Claire Robin, Francesco Martinuzzi, Ioannis Papoutsis, Ioannis Prapas, Jorge Pérez-Aracil, Katja Weigel, Maria Gonzalez-Calabuig, Markus Reichstein, Martin Rabel, Matteo Giuliani, Miguel Mahecha, Oana-Iuliana Popescu, Oscar J. Pellicer-Valero, Said Ouala, Sancho Salcedo-Sanz, Sebastian Sippel, Spyros Kondylatos, Tamara Happé, Tristan Williams
Covert Malicious Finetuning: Challenges in Safeguarding LLM Adaptation
Danny Halawi, Alexander Wei, Eric Wallace, Tony T. Wang, Nika Haghtalab, Jacob Steinhardt
When Search Engine Services meet Large Language Models: Visions and Challenges
Haoyi Xiong, Jiang Bian, Yuchen Li, Xuhong Li, Mengnan Du, Shuaiqiang Wang, Dawei Yin, Sumi Helal
Multimodal Data Integration for Precision Oncology: Challenges and Future Directions
Huajun Zhou, Fengtao Zhou, Chenyu Zhao, Yingxue Xu, Luyang Luo, Hao Chen
SoK: Membership Inference Attacks on LLMs are Rushing Nowhere (and How to Fix It)
Matthieu Meeus, Igor Shilov, Shubham Jain, Manuel Faysse, Marek Rei, Yves-Alexandre de Montjoye
Transforming Software Development: Evaluating the Efficiency and Challenges of GitHub Copilot in Real-World Projects
Ruchika Pandey, Prabhat Singh, Raymond Wei, Shaila Shankar