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- 📄 paperJul 2026
UBEP: Re-architecting Expert Parallelism Communication Library for Production Superpods
Yipeng Liu, Chang Liu, Si Shen +2
this paper introduces ubep, a re-architected communication library for expert parallelism in production superpods. it aims to improve the efficiency of large-scale model training and inference by optimizing communication for distributed systems.
- 📄 paperJul 2026
AdaptiveSD A Stability-Aware, Runtime-Adaptive Speculative Decoding Framework with Multi-Policy Orchestration for CPU-Constrained LLM Inference
Sadra Saremi
this paper presents adaptivesd, a framework for optimizing large language model (llm) inference on cpu-constrained systems. it helps practitioners improve the efficiency and stability of llm deployments by dynamically adapting decoding strategies.
- 📄 paperJul 2026
AGL-1: The Enterprise AI Governance Layer as a Control Plane for Trusted Enterprise Intelligence
Roopam W. Sure
this paper proposes agl-1, an enterprise ai governance layer designed to act as a control plane for trusted enterprise intelligence. it's relevant for practitioners aiming to implement robust governance, compliance, and trustworthiness across their ai initiatives, especially within large organizations.
- 📄 paperJun 2026
Anomaly Detection and Root Cause Analysis for Microservice Systems
Luan Pham
this paper focuses on anomaly detection and root cause analysis for general microservice systems, which are common in mlops deployments. it offers methods to quickly identify and diagnose issues in complex distributed systems, helping practitioners maintain system reliability and performance.
- 📄 paperJun 2026
CuratorKIT : Data Curation and Synthetic Data Generation for LLM Post-Training
Soham Bhattacharjee, Karun Sharma, Vinay Kumar Sankarapu +1
this paper introduces curatorkit, a framework for data curation and synthetic data generation, specifically for post-training large language models. it offers practitioners tools to improve the quality and quantity of training data, which is crucial for fine-tuning and adapting llms effectively.
- 📄 paperJun 2026
Zero Touch Predictive Orchestration: Automating Time-Series Models for the Cloud-Edge Continuum
Abd Elghani Meliani, Arora Sagar, Adlen Ksentini +1
this paper introduces zero touch predictive orchestration for automating the deployment and management of time-series models across cloud and edge environments. it offers practitioners a way to streamline the operationalization of predictive analytics in distributed systems, reducing manual effort and improving scalability.
- 📄 paperJun 2026
Architecturally Significant MLOps Guidelines for ML Model Integration and Deployment: a Gray Literature Review
Faezeh Amou Najafabadi, K. Rajenthiram, J. Bogner +2
this review compiles significant mlops guidelines for integrating and deploying machine learning models. it offers practitioners a consolidated view of best practices and architectural considerations to streamline their ml model production pipelines.
- 📄 paperMay 2026
Operational AI Deployment Assurance: Governance-State Orchestration Under Threshold-Sensitive Deployment Conditions
Khalid Adnan Alsayed
proposes a governance framework for deploying high-stakes ai systems that orchestrates deployment decisions based on fairness, transparency, and risk thresholds. teams building models for regulated domains or critical applications need this framework to ensure deployments meet governance requirements before going live.
- 📄 paperMay 2026
TimeGate: Sustainable Time-Boxed Promotion Gates for Continual ML Adaptation Under Resource Constraints
Abhijit Chakraborty, Suddhasvatta Das, Yash Shah +2
introduces a policy layer that manages retraining budgets—compute, annotation, energy—for continuously adapting ml systems, preventing runaway costs in production. practitioners operating models that drift over time can use this approach to make principled decisions about when and how often to retrain.
- 📄 paperMay 2026
Frontiers | The role of explainability throughout the MLOps lifecycle: review and research agenda
MW Matthias Wagner, PR Per Runeson, STSule Tekkesinoglu
this review paper examines how explainability (xai) can be integrated across the entire mlops lifecycle. for practitioners, it highlights how xai can improve model understanding, debugging, and compliance, leading to more transparent and trustworthy ml systems in production.
- 📄 paperApr 2026
Prefill-as-a-Service: KVCache of Next-Generation Models Could Go Cross-Datacenter
Ruoyu Qin, Weiran He, Yaoyu Wang +5
this paper proposes "prefill-as-a-service" to optimize large language model (llm) serving by disaggregating prefill and decode operations and enabling cross-datacenter kv cache sharing. practitioners deploying llms at scale can use these insights to improve inference efficiency and reduce latency, especially in distributed environments.
- 📄 paperMar 2026
Design Once, Deploy at Scale: Template-Driven ML Development for Large Model Ecosystems
Jiang Liu, John Martabano Landy, Yao Xuan +6
this paper introduces a template-driven approach for developing and deploying machine learning models at scale within large organizations. it helps practitioners standardize ml workflows, accelerate model deployment, and manage complex model ecosystems more efficiently.