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  1. From Knowledge Access to Source Learning: Developing Source-Specific Competence

    Oct 1, 2026Lucheng Fu, Kejing Xia, Yiyang Wang +10Competence

    Georgia Institute of Technology · University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign · University of California, Los Angeles

  2. Accessible, but Not Adopted: Increasing LLM Adoption among First-generation, Low-income (FGLI) College Students beyond Expanding Access

    Sep 28, 2026Hyungsik KimLiteracyStudent

    Harvard University

  3. AUV-Bench: Aesthetic Understanding and Generation Evaluation for User Interfaces

    Sep 28, 2026Zhijie Deng, Ling Li, Junhao Ji +7Generative User InterfaceInteraction Design

    The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou) · Alibaba Group · The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

  4. Turning Safety into Competence: Minimally Exploitable Robot Policies via Safety-Filtered Reinforcement Learning

    Sep 23, 2026Ruihan Wu, Rui Yang, Donggeon David Oh +2Safety FiltersRobot Policies

    Department of Computer Science, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA · Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA

  5. CQ4OE: A benchmark for assessing LLM-assisted ontology generation from competency questions

    Sep 22, 2026Jiayi Li, Ziyuan Wang, Daniel Garijo +1OntologyCompetence

    Ontology Engineering Group, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid

  6. The Uneven Impact of Generative AI on Student Learning: Examining the Roles of Reliance, Evaluation Literacy, and Course Policy in AI-related Courses

    Sep 16, 2026Lydia Manikonda, Mei Si, Sirajam Munira +2Artificial Intelligence LiteracyGenerative Artificial Intelligence

    Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) Troy, New York, USA

  7. Competence-Preserving Resume Perturbations Expose Presentation Sensitivity in LLM Screening

    Sep 15, 2026Qiangju Chen, Yang XiaoCompetenceScreening

    1Macquarie University · 2The University of Melbourne

  8. Beyond AI Literacy: A Structured Review and Exploratory Meta-Analysis of Measures for Competent Generative-AI Use

    Sep 14, 2026Daniele Veri'Artificial Intelligence LiteracyCompetence

  9. Competence-Gated Pooling of Language Models and Priors for Event Forecasting

    Sep 14, 2026Aditi Tiwari, Aashrith Bandaru, Heng JiLarge Language Model ForecastingCompetence

    University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Urbana, Illinois, USA

  10. Artificial Intelligence Literacy and Sustainable Development: An Ethical Governance and Development Goals Framework

    Sep 9, 2026Md. Masudul Islam, Mirza Niaz Morshed, Md. Shafiqul IslamArtificial Intelligence LiteracySustainability

    Bangladesh University of Business and Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh

  11. Toward anIntegrated Cognitive--Ergonomic Architecture forHuman--Machine Interaction: Combining Cognitive Models with~Human Factors Ergonomics

    Sep 3, 2026Antoine Lenat, Olivier Cheminat, Damien Chablat +1Human-Centered FrameworkCognitive Science

    Cetim, LS2N, LS2N - équipe RoMas, LS2N - équipe PACCE · Nantes Université, École Centrale Nantes, CNRS, LS2N, UMR 6004 44000 Nantes, France · CETIM, 74 Route de la Jonelière, 44300 Nantes +4

  12. Right Frame, Wrong Rule: Cultural Cues Expose the Financial Knowledge Gap They Were Meant to Close

    Sep 1, 2026Rania Elbadry, Ahmed Heakl, Saeed Almheiri +12Social NormsInterpretive Layer

    ♠MBZUAI · ♢The University of Tokyo · §The Fin AI +4

  13. Ignorance or Incompetence? Constructing Knowledge-Gated, Verifiable Tasks for LLM Agents

    Aug 31, 2026Hanlin Tian, Minhao Li, Yu Mi +5Large Language Model AgentsCompetence

    1DataGrids · 2Shanghai University · 3Peking University +3

  14. A Conceptual Framework for Enhancing Workforce Readiness for Smart Manufacturing in the AI Era

    Aug 12, 2026Dalton Ross Smith, Wilburn Whittington, Alejandro Martinez +2Industrial AutomationArtificial Intelligence Literacy

    Michael W. Hall School of Mechanical Engineering, Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS, USA · Innovation, Design, and Engineering Education Laboratory, Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS, USA

  15. From Operational Design Domain to Action: A Systematic Behavioral Taxonomy for Autonomous Driving

    Aug 9, 2026Chaitanya Shinde, Hadi Hajieghrary, Miguel HurtadoAutonomous DrivingVehicle Dynamics

    Torc Robotics, Inc.

  16. CyberAGENTS: Structured Autonomy for Agentic Gamified Learning in Cybersecurity

    Aug 8, 2026Ivan Hornung, Deepthi Marasinghe Arachchige, Tharindu Kumarage +4Agentic LearningCybersecurity

    Arizona State University · Amazon AGI

  17. The Capability Ladder: A Curriculum-Modernization Framework for Workforce Readiness in the AI Era

    Aug 7, 2026Majid Memari, George RudolphCompetenceCurriculum

    Department of Computer Science, Utah Valley University, Orem, UT 84058, USA

  18. ResidencyRL: Reinforcement Learning in Simulated Clinical Environments

    Aug 7, 2026Valentin Liévin, Samuel Schmidgall, Tim Strother +32Simulated PatientsClinical Reasoning Training

    Google DeepMind · Google Research · Department of Oncology, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX +3

  19. (Towards) Scalable Reliable Automated Evaluation with Large Language Models

    Jul 30, 2026Bertil Braun, Martin ForellLarge Language Model EvaluationCompetence

    KIT

  20. Task Competence Is Not Instruction Following: Evaluating Instruction-Conflicting Behavior in Small Language Models

    Jul 21, 2026Mahdiyeh Farajidizaji, Vatsal RainaInstruction-Tuned ModelsInstruction

    Khajeh Nasir Toosi University of Technology · Apta AI, Spark AI Research

  21. Competitive and Complementary Tools

    Jul 20, 2026David C. KrakauerControlling Tool UseCompetence

  22. AI-accelerated End-to-End Framework for Rapid Professional Upskilling

    Jul 15, 2026Tam Nguyen, Hung Nguyen, Robert OgburnAi-Based FrameworkArtificial Intelligence Education

    Crew Scaler / US Federal Government Washington, DC, USA · Crew Scaler Boston, MA, USA · Crew Scaler / US Federal Government Palm Coast, FL, USA

  23. Removable Defects: The Economics and Limits of Deliberate Deficiency

    Jul 13, 2026Cheng QianDefectInsurance

  24. Psychological Competence as a Missing Dimension in AI Evaluation

    Jul 9, 2026Marcos Economides, Paul M. Sacher, Samuel Salzer +3Artificial Intelligence EvaluationCompetence

    Behavioral AI Institute · Imperial College London

  25. When Does Continual Learning Require Learning

    Jul 8, 2026Anne Harrington, Nayan Saxena, Michael Murphy +7Continual LearningIn-Context Learning

    1UC Berkeley · 2Independent · 3Capital Fund Management

  26. From Technical Metrics to User Perception: A User Study of a Multimodal Human-Robot Interaction System for Object Detection and Grasping

    Jul 1, 2026Jian Song, Tian Zi, Shen GuantingHuman-Robot InteractionObject Detection

    The authors are with the Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, China.

  27. When Does Synthetic CT Transfer? A Label-Free Donor/Host Diagnostic for Medical Vision-Language Model Routing on Real Lung CT

    Jun 28, 2026Fakrul Islam TusharMedical Vision-Language ModelsCone-Beam Computed Tomography

    Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, University of Arizona

  28. Behavior Uncloning: Distilling Mode Redirection into Policy Weights without Inference-Time Steering

    Jun 28, 2026Hao Wang, Jiuzhou Lei, Dayou Li +5Behavior CloningRobot Policies

    Texas A&M University · University of Wisconsin · Northwestern University +1

  29. When CQs Go Wrong: Challenges in CQ Verification with OE-Assist

    Jun 23, 2026Anna Sofia Lippolis, Mohammad Javad Saeedizade, Robin Keskisärkkä +3CompetenceChallenges

    University of Bologna, Italy · Linköping University, Sweden · ISTC-CNR, Italy

  30. AIPatient Arena: EHR-grounded evaluation of large language models in end-to-end clinical consultation workflows

    Jun 16, 2026Jiahui Niu, Huizi Yu, Wenkong Wang +11Large Language Model EvaluationReal-World Clinical Workflows

    School of Control Science and Engineering, Shandong University, Ji’nan, Shandong, China · Key Laboratory of Machine Intelligence and System Control, Shandong University, Ji’nan, Shandong, China · Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR, China +5

  31. Qualified Educational Capacity Planning under Heterogeneous Student Support Needs: A Synthetic Benchmark and Decision-Support Framework

    Jun 15, 2026Carlos Eduardo Sanoja, Oscar Enrique Moreno MayzCapacityCompetence

    Professor, FCEA, Universidad Monte´avila Edificio Lomas del Sol, Calle Humboldt, Lomas del Sol, Caracas, Venezuela · Quanta Labs, LLC

  32. Reassessing High-Performing LLMs on Polish Medical Exams: True Competence or Bias-Driven Performance?

    Jun 10, 2026Antoni Lasik, Jakub Pokrywka, Łukasz Grzybowski +7Diagnostic BenchmarkMultiple-Choice Questions

    NASK National Research Institute · Adam Mickiewicz University · ARAAI Poland +4

  33. Benchmarking Open-Ended Multi-Agent Coordination in Language Agents

    Jun 6, 2026Kale-ab Abebe Tessera, Andras Szecsenyi, Cameron Barker +7Multi-Agent CoordinationMulti-Agent Large Language Model Systems

    University of Edinburgh · University of Oxford · University College London

  34. Framing, Judging, Steering: An Assessable Competency Model for Teach-ing Students to Reason With Generative AI

    Jun 4, 2026Alexander Apartsin, Yehudit ApersteinCompetenceGenerative Artificial Intelligence

    Holon Institute of Technology · Afeka College of Engineering

  35. An NLP-Driven Framework for Curriculum-Labor Market Alignment: Schema-Constrained LLM Extraction, ESCO-Anchored Semantic Matching, and Multi-Dimensional Gap Quantification

    Jun 1, 2026Sherzod Turaev, Mary John, Mamoun Awad +2CompetenceCurriculum

    Department of Computer Science & Software Engineering, College of Information Technology, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates · Academic Support Department, Abu Dhabi Polytechnic, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates · Department of Information Systems and Security, College of Information Technology, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

  36. Reasoning that Travels: Dissecting How Chain-of-Thought Transfers Across Models

    May 27, 2026Xinyuan Cheng, Beiduo Chen, Philipp Mondorf +1Reasoning TracesChain-of-Thought Reasoning

    UMaiNLP, Center for Information and Language Processing, LMU Munich, Germany · ÆMunich Center for Machine Learning, Germany

  37. From Learning Resources to Competencies: LLM-Based Tagging with Evidence and Graph Constraints

    May 27, 2026Ngoc Luyen Le, Marie-Hélène Abel, Bertrand LaforgeCompetenceTagging

    Gamaizer, 93340 Le Raincy, France · Université de technologie de Compiègne, CNRS, Heudiasyc (Heuristics and Diagnosis of Complex Systems), CS 60319 - 60203 Compiègne Cedex, France · Sorbonne Université, CNRS UMR 7585, LPMHE (Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et des Hautes Énergies), 75252 Paris cedex 05, France

  38. Evidence Absence Is Not Evidence Insufficiency: Diagnosing NEI Construction Artifacts in Fact Verification

    May 26, 2026Jingxi Qiu, Zeyu Han, Cheng HuangIncomplete EvidenceCategory-Aware Atomic Claims

    ZenWeave AI · Georgetown University

  39. Curriculum Learning for Safety Alignment

    May 25, 2026Sandeep Kumar, Virginia Smith, Chhavi YadavSafety AlignmentLarge Language Model Alignment

    Carnegie Mellon University · Simons Institute, UC Berkeley

  40. DemoEvolve: Demonstration-Guided Harness Evolution under Sparse Feedback

    May 23, 2026Lirong Che, Yuzhe yang, Peiwen lin +4Agent HarnessAutoregressive Rollout

    Tsinghua University · AgiBot

  41. Found in Conversation: LLMs Teach Themselves to Close the Multi-Turn Gap

    May 23, 2026Tianlang Chen, Shirley Wu, Jure LeskovecMulti-Turn Large Language Model ConversationsConversational Context

    Stanford

  42. Augment Engineering: A Methodology for Multi-Tool AI Orchestration Across Professional Domains

    May 22, 2026Elias CalboreanuEngineeringOrchestration

    Swift North AI Lab, The Swift Group, LLC, Maryland, USA

  43. Push Your Agent: Measuring and Enforcing Quantitative Goal Persistence in Long-Horizon LLM Agents

    May 22, 2026Yuandao Cai, Yuzhang Zhu, Liyou Gao +2Long-Horizon AgentsSubgoals

    Independent Researcher · Xidian University

  44. Generative AI and the Productivity Divide: Human-AI Complementarities in Education

    May 18, 2026Lihi Idan, Bharat AnandArtificial Intelligence LiteracyGenerative Artificial Intelligence

    Industrial and Systems Engineering Department, Texas A&M University · Leonard N. Stern School of Business, New York University

  45. Confidence-Gated Robot Autonomy: When Does Uncertainty Actually Help?

    May 18, 2026Johannes A. Gaus, Jhon P. F. Charaja, Daniel HaeufleUncertaintyPredictive Uncertainty

    Hertie Institute for Clinical Brain Research & Center for Integrative Neuroscience, University of Tübingen, Germany

  46. AI-Assisted Competency Assessment from Egocentric Video in Simulation-Based Nursing Education

    May 16, 2026Hanchen David Wang, Yilin Liu, Madison J. Lee +4CompetenceSimulated Patients

    Vanderbilt University

  47. AI-Automation Tooling in Computer Engineering Education: Mixed-Methods TAM/UTAUT Evidence for a General Acceptance Attitude

    May 10, 2026Aung PyaeComputer ScienceSoftware Engineering

    International School of Engineering, Faculty of Engineering Chulalongkorn University, Thailand

  48. Beyond Confidence: Rethinking Self-Assessments for Performance Prediction in LLMs

    May 8, 2026Sree Bhattacharyya, Samarth Khanna, Leona Chen +3Self-EvaluationLarge Language Model Reliability

    Department of Informatics and Intelligent Systems, College of Information Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University. · Department of Computer Science and Engineering, College of Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University.

  49. The AI Legal Specialist: A Juridically Autonomous Professional Profile for AI Governance

    May 7, 2026Nicola FabianoEu Artificial Intelligence ActArtificial Intelligence Governance

    Studio Legale Fabiano, Italy

  50. KG-First, LLM-Fallback: A Hybrid Microservice for Grounded Skill Search and Explanation

    May 2, 2026Ngoc Luyen Le, Marie-Hélène Abel, Bertrand LaforgeSkillsKnowledge Graphs

    Gamaizer.ia, 93340 Le Raincy, France · Université de technologie de Compiègne, CNRS, Heudiasyc (Heuristics and Diagnosis of Complex Systems), CS 60319 - 60203 Compiègne Cedex, France · Sorbonne Université, CNRS UMR 7585, LPMHE (Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et des Hautes Énergies), 75252 Paris cedex 05, France

  51. RHyVE: Competence-Aware Verification and Phase-Aware Deployment for LLM-Generated Reward Hypotheses

    Apr 30, 2026Feiyu Wu, Xu Zheng, Zhuocheng Wang +2Reinforcement Learning With Verifiable RewardCompetence

    School of Cyber Engineering, Xidian University

  52. Profiles of AI Dependency: A Latent Class Analysis of Filipino Students' Academic Competencies

    Apr 30, 2026Emerson Q. Fernando, Julius Ceazar G. Tolentino, Maria Anna D. Cruz +6StudentCompetence

    College of Education Pampanga State University Lubao, Pampanga, Philippines · College of Education Pampanga State University Bacolor, Pampanga, Philippines · College of Hospitality and Tourism Management Pampanga State University City of San Fernando, Pampanga Philippines +3

  53. Exploring the Adoption Intention in Using AI-Enabled Educational Tools Among Preservice Teachers in the Philippines: A Partial-Least Square Modeling

    Apr 30, 2026Vanessa B. Sibug, Emerson Q. Fernando, Almer B. Gamboa +6Artificial Intelligence EducationAdoption

    College of Education · Pampanga State University · Bacolor, Pampanga, Philippines +4

  54. Upskilling with Generative AI: Practices and Challenges for Freelance Knowledge Workers

    Apr 29, 2026Kashif Imteyaz, Isabel Lopez, Nakul Rajpal +2Generative Artificial IntelligenceCompetence

    Civic AI Lab, Northeastern University Boston, Massachusetts, USA · CICESE Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico · Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM) Mexico City, Mexico

  55. Human-in-the-Loop Benchmarking of Heterogeneous LLMs for Automated Competency Assessment in Secondary Level Mathematics

    Apr 29, 2026Jatin Bhusal, Nancy Mahatha, Aayush Acharya +1Computerized Adaptive TestingCompetence

    Research and Incubation Center (RAIN), Sunway College Kathmandu

  56. Chinese-SkillSpan: A Span-Level Dataset for ESCO-Aligned Competency Extraction from Chinese Job Ads

    Apr 24, 2026Guojing Li, Zichuan Fu, Junyi Li +6JobsNamed-Entity Recognition

    City University of Hong Kong · Renmin University of China

  57. When Policies Cannot Be Retrained: A Unified Closed-Form View of Post-Training Steering in Offline Reinforcement Learning

    Apr 23, 2026Elias Hossain, Mohammad Jahid Ibna Basher, Ivan Garibay +2Off-Policy LearningOffline Reinforcement Learning

    College of Engineering and Computer Science University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA

  58. Warmth and Competence in the Swarm: Designing Effective Human-Robot Teams

    Apr 21, 2026Genki Miyauchi, Roderich Groß, Chaona ChenHuman-Robot CollaborationSwarms

    School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK · Department of Computer Science, Technical University of Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany · School of Computer Science, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK

  59. CulturALL: Benchmarking Multilingual and Multicultural Competence of LLMs on Grounded Tasks

    Apr 21, 2026Peiqin Lin, Chenyang Lyu, Wenjiang Luo +22Multilingual BenchmarkLarge Language Model Benchmarks

    Alibaba Group · Beijing Language and Culture University · LMU Munich +6

  60. Characterising LLM-Generated Competency Questions: a Cross-Domain Empirical Study using Open and Closed Models

    Apr 17, 2026Reham Alharbi, Valentina Tamma, Terry R. Payne +1CompetenceFaithful Question Generation

    Taibah University, Madinah, Saudi Arabia · University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK