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Simple Lifelong Learning Machines

Joshua T. Vogelstein, Jayanta Dey, Hayden S. Helm, Will LeVine, Ronak D. Mehta, Tyler M. Tomita, Haoyin Xu, Ali Geisa, Qingyang Wang, Gido M. van de Ven, Chenyu Gao, Weiwei Yang, Bryan Tower, Jonathan Larson, Chris White, Carey E. Priebe

IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence | November 2025, Vol 47(11): pp. 10033-10046

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Microsoft Debuts AI Agent Able to Reverse Engineer Malware

August 7, 2025 | Infosecurity Magazine

Microsoft Research Blog

Ire identifies another LOTUSLITE specimen

June 12, 2026 | Brian Caswell, Bob Fleck, Mike Walker, Sarah Smith

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GridSFM: A new, small foundation model for the electric grid

May 13, 2026 | Weiwei Yang, Andrea Britto Mattos Lima, Thiago Vallin Spina, Spencer Fowers, Baosen Zhang (opens in new tab)

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GridSFM: A Foundation Model for AC Optimal Power Flow

Weiwei Yang, Andrea Britto Mattos Lima, Thiago V. Spina, Spencer Fowers, Baosen Zhang (opens in new tab), Chris White

May 2026

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GridSFM | Small Foundation Models for the Power Grid

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Building realistic electric transmission grid dataset at scale: a pipeline from open dataset

May 8, 2026 | Andrea Britto Mattos Lima, Thiago Vallin Spina, Weiwei Yang, Spencer Fowers, Ruslan Nagimov (opens in new tab), Baosen Zhang (opens in new tab)

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Building Power Grid Models from Open Data: A Complete Pipeline from OpenStreetMap to Optimal Power Flow

Andrea Britto Mattos Lima, Thiago V. Spina, Weiwei Yang, Spencer Fowers, Baosen Zhang, Chris White

May 2026

arXiv | May 2026

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3D Telemedicine Outperforms 2D Telemedicine: A Randomized Crossover Trial in Reconstructive Plastic Surgery

Dr. Steven Lo (opens in new tab), Andrea Britto Mattos Lima, Thiago Spina, Catriona Graham, D. Young, Anna Rose, Christopher O'Dowd, G. Miller, Mike Shepperd, Ben Cutler, Spencer Fowers

Plastic and reconstructive surgery | May 2026, Vol 157: pp. 933-944

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