Qingcai Luo

Dr. Qingcai Luo


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Academic Career Length

7Years (2020-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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28 January 2020 in International Journal of Theoretical Physics
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XNXufeng Niu
Xufeng Niu
Wenping MaWenping Ma
Wenping Ma
BCBu-Qing Chen
Bu-Qing Chen
GLGe Liu
Ge Liu
QLQingcai Luo
Qingcai Luo

28 January 2026 in arXiv
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DLDaojun Liang
Daojun Liang
QLQi Li
Qi Li
YWYinglong Wang
Yinglong Wang
JCJing Chen
Jing Chen
HZHu Zhang
Hu Zhang
SLShuo Li
Shuo Li
Time series forecasting has long been dominated by advances in model architecture, with recent progress driven by deep learning and hybrid statistical techniques. However, as forecasting models approach diminishing returns in accuracy, a critical yet underexplored opportunity emerges: the strategic use of post-processing. In this paper, we address the last-mile gap in time-series forecasting, which is to improve accuracy and uncertainty without retraining or modifying a deployed backbone. We propose $δ$-Adapter, a lightweight, architecture-agnostic way to boost deployed time series forecasters without retraining. $δ$-Adapter learns tiny, bounded modules at two interfaces: input nudging (soft edits to covariates) and output residual correction. We provide local descent guarantees, $O(δ)$ drift bounds, and compositional stability for combined adapters. Meanwhile, it can act as a feature selector by learning a sparse, horizon-aware mask over inputs to select important features, thereby improving interpretability. In addition, it can also be used as a distribution calibrator to measure uncertainty. Thus, we introduce a Quantile Calibrator and a Conformal Corrector that together deliver calibrated, personalized intervals with finite-sample coverage. Our experiments across diverse backbones and datasets show that $δ$-Adapter improves accuracy and calibration with negligible compute and no interface changes.