Do Tabular Foundation Models Still Need Feature Engineering?

arXiv:2609.13202 · cs.LG · Submitted 2026-08-14 · Read on arXiv

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Submitted: 2026-08-14

Updated: 2026-08-14

License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/

Terminology

• Feature Engineering — 4× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Foundation Model — 2× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Foundation Models — 2× in this paper · explained in 7 episodes
• Benchmark — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• In-Context Learning — 1× in this paper · explained in 4 episodes

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