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AI Just Got Better at Counting Trees

8 Oct 2025

Deep learning meets forestry: TreeLearn improves tree segmentation accuracy across diverse forest types using multi-domain training.

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Accurate Forest Mapping Using TreeLearn and Lidar-Based Point Clouds

8 Oct 2025

TreeLearn uses deep learning on Lidar forest data to accurately segment, classify, and map individual trees in 3D environments.

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AI Models Can Now Identify Individual Trees from Forest Scans

8 Oct 2025

AI models trained on diverse forest scans show promise for general tree segmentation, advancing 3D mapping and carbon analysis.

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The Tortoise and the Hare: An Unexpected Scheduling Race Between MILP and CP Solvers

21 Sept 2025

This paper compares MILP and CP solvers on a new FJS scheduling problem, showing CP is faster and "warm starts" are vital for large instances.

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Pitting Heuristics Against Exact Solvers in the Flexible Job Shop Gauntlet

21 Sept 2025

A performance showdown for Job Shop scheduling. This study pits MILP, CP, and new heuristics against a fresh set of challenging problem instances.

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Algorithms That Learn as They Schedule: A Twin-Model Approach to Modern FJS

12 Sept 2025

This article formalizes DAG-based FJS with position-based learning via a MILP using position variables plus a CP Optimizer model.

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Faster as You Go: Cracking Job-Shop Puzzles Where Tasks Learn on the Line

12 Sept 2025

Constructive heuristics jump-start MILP/CP on 12-machine tests, laying ground for future metaheuristics in modern FJS variants.

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Add New Items, Not New Weights - Personalize Detection Without Backprop

10 Sept 2025

Object-conditioned prototypes plus stats beat FT even with 1-shot, 1-sequence data, and add only 0.8% latency to YOLOv8-n inference.

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Few-Shot Personalization of YOLOv8 with Object-Conditioned Bags of Instances

10 Sept 2025

Multi-order stats enrich embeddings, avert neural collapse, and boost cross-domain accuracy while supporting lifelong instance updates.