Google’s FunctionGemma Turns Natural Language into Fast, Private Function Calls

FunctionGemma is a 270M-parameter model for function calls that runs on phones and NPUs, helping teams cut cloud costs and ship faster.
IEEE

ContactSDF: Signed Distance Functions as Multi-Contact Models for Dexterous Manipulation

Abstract: In this letter, we propose ContactSDF, a method that uses signed distance functions (SDFs) to approximate multi-contact models, including both collision detection and time-stepping routines.
Liverpool Echo

The ECHO joined Merseyside Police as hundreds of officers swarmed unsuspecting area

It was dark and silent, with a chill in the air, as an army of police vehicles blue-lighted their way through the city, headed for one destination. If you told me at 6.20am that Merseyside Police were ...
SCOTUSblog

The long and short of Supreme Court oral arguments

Empirical SCOTUS is a recurring series by Adam Feldman that looks at Supreme Court data, primarily in the form of opinions and oral arguments, to provide insights into the justices’ decision making ...
GitHub

Hansen Solubility Parameters (HSP) core functions.

from hspcore import get_hsp #hsp grid is a list of solvents as [[Solvent,D,P,H,Score],...] hsp_grid = [ ['Acetonitrile', 15.3, 18.0, 6.1, 1], ['1-Bromonaphthalene ...
IEEE

Inferring Cost Functions Using Reward Parameter Search and Policy Gradient Reinforcement Learning

Abstract: This study focuses on inferring cost functions of obtained movement data using reward parameter search and pol-icy gradient based Reinforcement Learning (RL). The behavior data for this task ...