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Priyanka Paudel

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arXiv2026

Radar Detection in the CBRS Band: Techniques, Challenges, and Future Directions

The 3.5 GHz Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) is a shared wireless band that allows both government systems and commercial networks (such as private LTE/5G) to use the same spectrum. To prevent interference with critical government systems, especially naval radars, CBRS uses a monitoring system called the Environmental Sensing Capability (ESC). ESC acts like a network of sensors that continuously listens for radar signals and alerts the system when they are detected, so commercial users can temporarily stop or adjust their transmissions. This paper reviews how radar signals are detected within the CBRS band. We first explain the regulatory framework and describe the types of radar signals that need to be identified. We then examine traditional detection methods, such as energy-based and pattern-matching techniques, and compare them with newer approaches based on machine learning and deep learning, which can automatically learn to recognize radar signals from data. We also review publicly available datasets and testing platforms used to evaluate these detection methods, along with key performance requirements such as high detection accuracy (e.g., 99% detection probability (radar overlap recall)) and low delay (e.g., within 60 seconds). Finally, we highlight current challenges, including false alarms, interference from modern wireless systems, and the need for real-time operation. Overall, this survey shows that while traditional methods are simple and reliable in controlled settings, modern learning-based approaches offer better performance in complex environments. The future of CBRS radar detection will likely combine both approaches to achieve accurate, fast, and robust performance in real-world deployments.

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arXiv2026

QFedPolyp: A Communication- and Inference-Efficient Federated Learning Framework for Polyp Segmentation

Background and Objective: Automatic polyp segmentation supports computer-aided diagnosis and early colorectal cancer detec- tion. Centralized deep learning requires hospitals to share sensitive medical data, while federated learning preserves privacy but introduces high communication costs through repeated transmission of full-precision model parameters. We propose QFedPolyp, a communication- and inference-efficient federated learning framework for collaborative polyp segmentation. Methods: QFedPolyp combines quantization-aware training with low-precision model communication. Each hospital locally trains a lightweight U-Net on private data while simulating quantization during training. Clients transmit quantized model parameters to a central server, where they are reconstructed and aggregated using Federated Averaging. Evaluation is performed on Kvasir-SEG, CVC-ClinicVideoDB, PolypGen, and BKAI-IGH NeoPolyp. Results: Full-precision federated training achieves Dice scores of 0.910 on Kvasir-SEG and 0.930 on CVC-ClinicVideoDB. Uni- form 8-bit communication reduces transmission cost by approximately 4 times while preserving competitive segmentation accuracy. Quantized models also achieve up to 1.5 times faster inference than full-precision models. Conclusions: QFedPolyp enables privacy-preserving collaborative polyp segmentation with reduced communication overhead and faster inference. The resulting lightweight models are suitable for real-time clinical deployment.

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arXiv2026

Benchmarking Machine Learning Models for Multi-Omics-Based Breast Cancer Prediction

Estrogen Receptor (ER) status is a critical biomarker in breast cancer diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment selection. Recent advances in high-throughput sequencing technologies have enabled the generation of multi-omics datasets that provide complementary molecular information for computational prediction tasks. This study presents a systematic benchmarking analysis of classical machine learning models for ER status prediction using transcriptomic (RNA expression), genomic (copy number variation; CNV), and proteomic (RPPA) data from the TCGA-BRCA cohort. A rigorous experimental framework incorporating stratified train-test splitting, stratified five-fold cross-validation, class imbalance handling, and fold-specific feature selection was employed to ensure reliable evaluation and prevent data leakage. Random Forest, XGBoost, LightGBM, CatBoost, Support Vector Machines (SVM), and Logistic Regression were evaluated across single-omic and multi-omic settings. Results demonstrated that RNA expression provided the strongest predictive signal, while multi-omic integration yielded modest but consistent improvements over individual modalities. Among all evaluated approaches, Random Forest achieved the best overall performance in the integrated multi-omic setting, obtaining a balanced accuracy of 90.3\% and an ROC-AUC of 97.1\%. Furthermore, recurrent selection of biologically relevant genes, including \textit{ESR1}, \textit{PGR}, \textit{FOXA1}, and \textit{GATA3}, supported the biological validity of the learned models. These findings indicate that carefully regularized classical machine learning methods remain highly effective for small, high-dimensional genomic datasets and that multi-omic integration provides complementary information for breast cancer ER status prediction.

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