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MapHub uses LLMs to create daily relevance heatmaps for arXiv preprints

MapHub is a new tool designed to help researchers stay updated with the latest arXiv preprints relevant to their specific fields. It utilizes a large language model to read each new submission and score its relevance to individual researchers based on their established portfolios. The system then visualizes these scores as daily heatmaps, indicating which papers are most pertinent to a given research community. Early evaluations suggest MapHub is significantly more effective than traditional text-matching baselines in identifying highly relevant papers. AI

IMPACT Could streamline literature review for researchers by surfacing highly relevant preprints.

RANK_REASON The item describes a new research tool and its evaluation, published as an arXiv preprint. [lever_c_demoted from research: ic=1 ai=1.0]

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MapHub uses LLMs to create daily relevance heatmaps for arXiv preprints

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  1. arXiv cs.IR (Information Retrieval) TIER_1 English(EN) · Feige Wang ·

    MapHub: Daily Relevance Heatmaps of New arXiv Preprints for a Research Community

    MapHub, the MIDAS arXiv Preprint Hub, assesses each day's new arXiv submissions for every participant in a research community, with a large language model reading each paper against portfolios built for the participants. It publishes the relevance scores, from 0 to 100, as a heat…