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AAAI 2025 Papers with Code

AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence Β· 1442 papers with a public code repository

3CAD: A Large-Scale Real-World 3C Product Dataset for Unsupervised Anomaly Detection

Enquan Yang (Shanghai University), Dan Zeng (Shanghai University)

CodeAnomaly DetectionKnowledge DistillationImage

🎯 What it does: The first large-scale industrial defect detection dataset for 3C products, 3CAD, is proposed, and an unsupervised anomaly detection framework, CFRG, is developed based on this dataset.

3D Annotation-Free Learning by Distilling 2D Open-Vocabulary Segmentation Models for Autonomous Driving

Boyi Sun (Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences), Fei-Yue Wang (Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

CodeSegmentationAutonomous DrivingKnowledge DistillationContrastive LearningPoint Cloud

🎯 What it does: A two-stage 3D annotation-free learning framework AFOV is constructed, which generates pseudo-labels for point cloud learning through a 2D open vocabulary segmentation model and performs knowledge distillation.

3D-RPE: Enhancing Long-Context Modeling Through 3D Rotary Position Encoding

Xindian Ma (Tianjin University), Nan Xu (Beijing Wenge Technology)

CodeTransformerLarge Language ModelText

🎯 What it does: Proposes a 3D Rotational Position Encoding (3D-RPE) on the three-dimensional sphere to enhance the long-context modeling capabilities of large language models.

3DMambaIPF: A State Space Model for Iterative Point Cloud Filtering via Differentiable Rendering

Qingyuan Zhou (Fudan University), Ying He (Nanyang Technological University)

CodeRestorationGraph Neural NetworkPoint Cloud

🎯 What it does: This paper proposes an iterative point cloud filtering framework based on Mamba, called 3DMambaIPF, and introduces a differentiable rendering loss to enhance surface detail recovery.

3DPGS: 3D Probabilistic Graph Search for Archaeological Piece Grouping

Junfeng Cheng (Imperial College London), Tania Stathaki (Imperial College London)

CodeGraph Neural NetworkPoint CloudBenchmark

🎯 What it does: A new benchmark called 'Archaeological Fragment Grouping' is proposed, along with the corresponding dataset ArcPie and new evaluation metrics;

3SAT: A Simple Self-Supervised Adversarial Training Framework

Jiang Fang (Institute of Information Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences), Wei Ma (Institute of Information Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

CodeRepresentation LearningAdversarial AttackConvolutional Neural NetworkGenerative Adversarial NetworkContrastive LearningImage

🎯 What it does: A 3SAT framework is proposed, utilizing raw unaugmented samples for self-supervised adversarial training, significantly enhancing the model's robustness and generalization performance.

A Black-Box Evaluation Framework for Semantic Robustness in Bird’s Eye View Detection

Fu Wang (University of Exeter), Wenjie Ruan (University of Exeter)

CodeObject DetectionAutonomous DrivingOptimizationPoint Cloud

🎯 What it does: A black-box semantic robustness evaluation framework is designed to quantify the worst-case robustness of BEV detection models under three types of semantic disturbances: geometric transformations, color shifts, and motion blur.

A Complete Algorithm for Optimization Modulo Nonlinear Real Arithmetic

Fuqi Jia (Institute of Software Chinese Academy of Sciences), Jian Zhang (Institute of Software Chinese Academy of Sciences)

CodeOptimization

🎯 What it does: The first complete OMT(NRA) solver is proposed, with the core algorithm being Optimization Cylindrical Algebraic Covering (OCAC), which is embedded in the CDCL(T) framework to form the CDCL(OCAC) solution.

A Comprehensive Overhaul of Multimodal Assistant with Small Language Models

Minjie Zhu (East China Normal University), Yaxin Peng (Shanghai University)

CodeOptimizationTransformerLarge Language ModelSupervised Fine-TuningVision Language ModelTextMultimodality

🎯 What it does: This paper proposes and implements a series of multimodal assistants based on small language models (≀3B parameters) β€” Mipha, systematically studying the impact of language models, visual representations, and optimization strategies on the performance of multimodal small language models (MSLMs), and validating their effectiveness through extensive benchmarking.

A Deep Probabilistic Framework for Continuous Time Dynamic Graph Generation

Ryien Hosseini (University of Chicago), Henry Hoffmann (University of Chicago)

CodeGenerationData SynthesisGraph Neural NetworkGraphTime Series

🎯 What it does: This paper proposes a continuous-time dynamic graph generation framework called DG-Gen, which directly models event probabilities and supports autoregressive generation and link prediction.

A Generalizable Anomaly Detection Method in Dynamic Graphs

Xiao Yang (Nanyang Technological University), Zhiqi Shen (Nanyang Technological University)

CodeAnomaly DetectionGraph Neural NetworkTransformerGraph

🎯 What it does: This paper proposes a method called GeneralDyG for detecting anomalies in nodes and edges of dynamic graphs.

A Knowledge Distillation-Based Approach to Enhance Transparency of Classifier Models

Yuchen Jiang (Guilin University of Electronic Technology), Ahmad Chaddad (Guilin University of Electronic Technology)

CodeExplainability and InterpretabilityComputational EfficiencyKnowledge DistillationConvolutional Neural NetworkImageBiomedical DataMagnetic Resonance ImagingAlzheimer's Disease

🎯 What it does: A simplified CNN model is trained using knowledge distillation, and hierarchical interpretability is achieved through average feature maps, intuitively demonstrating the diagnostic decision-making process.

A Lottery Ticket Hypothesis Approach with Sparse Fine-tuning and MAE for Image Forgery Detection and Localization

Jiaying Zhu (University of Science and Technology of China), Zheng-Jun Zha (University of Science and Technology of China)

CodeAnomaly DetectionTransformerMixture of ExpertsAuto EncoderImage

🎯 What it does: Proposes the Forgery Masked Autoencoder (FMAE), which utilizes the Lottery Ticket Hypothesis to select forgery-sensitive parameters for sparse fine-tuning based on MAE, and incorporates a multi-source noise extractor to achieve image forgery detection and localization;

A Matching-Based Algorithm for the Traveling Tournament Problem

Jingyang Zhao (University of Electronic Science and Technology of China), Mingyu Xiao (University of Electronic Science and Technology of China)

CodeOptimization

🎯 What it does: An effective algorithm based on minimum weight matching is designed to solve the travel tournament problem with a maximum of 4 consecutive away/home games (TTP-4).

A Method for Enhancing Generalization of Adam by Multiple Integrations

Long Jin (Lanzhou University), Zhenming Su (Lanzhou University)

CodeOptimizationConvolutional Neural NetworkTransformerImageText

🎯 What it does: This paper proposes an optimizer called MIAdam, which adds multiple integral terms based on Adam. It utilizes the low-pass filtering effect of integrals to suppress high-frequency noise in gradients, guiding the training process towards flat minima, thereby enhancing the model's generalization ability and robustness to label noise while maintaining Adam's fast convergence characteristics.

A Multi-Focus-Driven Multi-Branch Network for Robust Multimodal Sentiment Analysis

Chuanqi Tao (Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics), Peng Gao (Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics)

CodeClassificationRecognitionRecurrent Neural NetworkTransformerMultimodality

🎯 What it does: This paper proposes MFMB-Net, a multi-focus multi-branch network that combines fusion and reconstruction to achieve robust multimodal emotion analysis, particularly targeting scenarios with missing modalities.

A New Federated Learning Framework Against Gradient Inversion Attacks

Pengxin Guo (University of Hong Kong), Liangqiong Qu (University of Hong Kong)

CodeFederated LearningSafty and PrivacyImage

🎯 What it does: This paper proposes a federated learning framework called HyperFL that utilizes hypernetworks to generate local model parameters, aiming to break the direct link between shared gradients and local private data, thereby defending against gradient inversion attacks.

A New Formula for Sticker Retrieval: Reply with Stickers in Multi-Modal and Multi-Session Conversation

Bingbing Wang (Harbin Institute of Technology), Ruifeng Xu (Harbin Institute of Technology)

CodeRetrievalTransformerLarge Language ModelContrastive LearningTextMultimodality

🎯 What it does: A multi-modal multi-conversation sticker retrieval framework IGSR is proposed, and the MultiChat dataset is constructed.

A Plug-and-Play Bregman ADMM Module for Inferring Event Branches in Temporal Point Processes

Qingmei Wang (Renmin University of China), Hongteng Xu (Renmin University of China)

CodeOptimizationExplainability and InterpretabilityTransformerReinforcement LearningTime SeriesSequential

🎯 What it does: This paper proposes a plugin module based on Bregman ADMM for inferring event branching structures in temporal point processes (TPP);

A Practical Approach to Causal Inference over Time

Martina Cinquini (University of Pisa), Isabel Valera (Saarland University)

CodeTime Series

🎯 What it does: This paper studies the causal effects over time in discrete-time dynamic systems, defines temporal interventions, and maps vector autoregression (VAR) models to structural causal models (SCM), achieving causal inference based on observed time series data.

A Robust Prototype-Based Network with Interpretable RBF Classifier Foundations

Sascha Saralajew (NEC Laboratories Europe), Ammar Shaker (NEC Laboratories Europe)

CodeClassificationExplainability and InterpretabilityConvolutional Neural NetworkImage

🎯 What it does: This paper proposes an improved Component-Based Classification Network (CBC), closely related to RBF networks, and achieves interpretability and robustness through negative reasoning;

A Sample-Level Evaluation and Generative Framework for Model Inversion Attacks

Haoyang Li (Hong Kong Polytechnic University), Jianliang Xu (Hong Kong Baptist University)

CodeGenerationData SynthesisSafty and PrivacyAdversarial AttackConvolutional Neural NetworkGenerative Adversarial NetworkImage

🎯 What it does: This study investigates sample-level privacy assessment in model inversion attacks (MI) and proposes a new evaluation metric, DDCS, along with a GAN transfer learning enhancement framework based on natural gradient and entropy loss.

A Scalable and Effective Alternative to Graph Transformers

Kaan Sancak (Georgia Institute of Technology), Ümit V. Γ‡atalyΓΌrek (Georgia Institute of Technology)

CodeComputational EfficiencyRepresentation LearningGraph Neural NetworkTransformerGraphBenchmark

🎯 What it does: A new graph model GECO is proposed to replace the self-attention mechanism of traditional Graph Transformers, significantly improving computational efficiency and scalability while maintaining high-quality predictions.

A Simple and Comprehensive Benchmark for Single-Cell Transcriptomics

Jiaxin Qi (Computer Network Information Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences), Gaogang Xie (Computer Network Information Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

CodeConvolutional Neural NetworkBiomedical DataBenchmark

🎯 What it does: This paper systematically identifies and addresses three overlooked issues in single-cell transcriptome data: long-tail distribution, model selection, and evaluation, proposing weighted sampling, model structure adaptation, and a unified benchmark.

A Simple Graph Contrastive Learning Framework for Short Text Classification

Yonghao Liu (Jilin University), Renchu Guan (Jilin University)

CodeClassificationGraph Neural NetworkContrastive LearningText

🎯 What it does: A contrastive learning framework for short text classification called SimSTC is proposed, which does not require data augmentation and utilizes multi-view graph structures.

A Training-free Synthetic Data Selection Method for Semantic Segmentation

Hao Tang (China University of Petroleum), Bingfeng Zhang (China University of Petroleum)

CodeSegmentationData SynthesisContrastive LearningImage

🎯 What it does: A method for selecting synthetic data without training (SDS) is proposed, utilizing CLIP for perturbation similarity assessment (PCS) and mIoU-based annotation filtering (ASF) to filter high-quality samples from a large number of synthetic image-annotation pairs for training semantic segmentation models.

A Unified Framework for Human-Allied Learning of Probabilistic Circuits

Athresh Karanam (University of Texas at Dallas), Sriraam Natarajan (University of Texas at Dallas)

CodeOptimizationData-Centric LearningPoint CloudTabularBiomedical Data

🎯 What it does: A unified framework is proposed to encode domain knowledge as differentiable equality/inequality constraints, and to achieve constraint satisfaction in the parameter learning of probabilistic circuits (PC) through penalty terms.

A Unifying Information-theoretic Perspective on Evaluating Generative Models

Alexis Fox (Duke University), Abhijin Adiga (University of Virginia)

CodeGenerationData SynthesisDiffusion modelImage

🎯 What it does: A unified information theory-based k-nearest neighbors precision/recall evaluation framework is proposed, and three-dimensional metrics (PCE, RCE, RE) are designed to simultaneously assess the authenticity, mode loss, and mode collapse of generative models.

A Video-grounded Dialogue Dataset and Metric for Event-driven Activities

Wiradee Imrattanatrai (National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology), Teruko Mitamura (Language Technologies Institute Carnegie Mellon University)

CodeLarge Language ModelVision Language ModelVideoText

🎯 What it does: The VDAct video dialogue dataset and VDEval evaluation metrics are proposed to support event-driven multi-scenario video dialogue tasks.

AΒ²RNet: Adversarial Attack Resilient Network for Robust Infrared and Visible Image Fusion

Jiawei Li (University of Science and Technology Beijing), Huimin Ma (Dalian University of Technology)

CodeImage TranslationObject DetectionSegmentationAdversarial AttackConvolutional Neural NetworkTransformerGenerative Adversarial NetworkImage

🎯 What it does: This paper proposes an adversarial attack-resistant network A2RNet for the fusion of infrared and visible light images, which can maintain high-quality fusion results and sustain downstream task performance in the presence of adversarial perturbations.

ABC3: Active Bayesian Causal Inference with Cohn Criteria in Randomized Experiments

Taehun Cha (Korea University), Donghun Lee (Korea University)

CodeOptimizationTabular

🎯 What it does: A Bayesian active learning-based random experiment design algorithm ABC3 is proposed for efficiently estimating the Conditional Average Treatment Effect (CATE) under limited samples.

Accurate and Regret-Aware Numerical Problem Solver for Tabular Question Answering

Yuxiang Wang (University of Melbourne), Junhao Gan (University of Melbourne)

CodeLarge Language ModelSupervised Fine-TuningTabularChain-of-Thought

🎯 What it does: To address the issue of inaccurate numerical calculations in table-based question answering, the TabLaP model is proposed: it uses a large language model (LLM) as a planner to generate Python calculation scripts, while the actual calculations are performed by an interpreter; it also integrates a state-of-the-art (SOTA) question answering branch, an answer selector (AnsSelector), and a credibility evaluator (TwEvaluator), forming a multi-branch, multi-LLM framework.

Accurate Estimation of Feature Importance Faithfulness for Tree Models

Mateusz Gajewski (University of Warsaw), Piotr Sankowski (University of Warsaw)

CodeTabular

🎯 What it does: This paper proposes a new prediction accuracy evaluation metric PGI² and provides an exact quadratic time complexity algorithm for tree models, while also designing a greedy feature ranking method based on this metric.

Accurate Nucleic Acid-Binding Residue Identification Based Domain-Adaptive Protein Language Model and Explainable Geometric Deep Learning

Wenwu Zeng (Hunan University), Shaoliang Peng (Hunan University)

CodeDomain AdaptationExplainability and InterpretabilityProtein Structure PredictionGraph Neural NetworkSupervised Fine-TuningBiomedical Data

🎯 What it does: Developed the GeSite model, which combines domain-adaptive protein language models and E(3) equivariant graph neural networks to predict the binding residues of proteins with DNA or RNA;

Achieving Lightweight Super-Resolution for Real-Time Computer Graphics

Yu Wen (University of Houston), Xin Fu (University of Houston)

CodeSuper ResolutionComputational EfficiencyNeural Architecture SearchImage

🎯 What it does: A lightweight real-time super-resolution framework CGSR is proposed, which integrates rendering information (depth, normals, edges) into the network and achieves low parameters and efficient SR through NAS and dynamic pruning.

Achieving Speed-Accuracy Balance in Vision-based 3D Occupancy Prediction via Geometric-Semantic Disentanglement

Yulin He (National University of Defense Technology), Yusong Tan (National University of Defense Technology)

CodeSegmentationDepth EstimationAutonomous DrivingComputational EfficiencyConvolutional Neural NetworkVideoBenchmark

🎯 What it does: A 3D occupancy prediction method based on geometric-semantic decoupling, GSD-Occ, is proposed to achieve both real-time performance and high accuracy.

ACPBench: Reasoning About Action, Change, and Planning

Harsha Kokel (IBM Research), Shirin Sohrabi (IBM Research)

CodeLarge Language ModelPrompt EngineeringTextBenchmarkChain-of-Thought

🎯 What it does: This paper presents ACPBenchβ€”a large-scale benchmark based on PDDL, focused on seven reasoning tasks related to actions, changes, and planning, for evaluating the capabilities of LLMs in planning-related reasoning.

Action-Agnostic Point-Level Supervision for Temporal Action Detection

Shuhei M. Yoshida (NEC Corporation), Masashi Sugiyama (The University of Tokyo)

CodeRecognitionObject DetectionConvolutional Neural NetworkContrastive LearningVideo

🎯 What it does: A motion-agnostic point-level (AAPL) annotation scheme without human intervention is proposed, along with a corresponding detection model and training method, achieving action instance detection under lightweight annotation.

Active Fourier Auditor for Estimating Distributional Properties of ML Models

Ayoub Ajarra (Inria), Debabrota Basu (Max Planck Institute for Software Systems)

CodeTabular

🎯 What it does: This paper proposes the Active Fourier Auditor (AFA), a unified auditing framework for black-box machine learning models that estimates the robustness, individual fairness, and group fairness of the model's distributional properties using Fourier coefficients.

Active Large Language Model-Based Knowledge Distillation for Session-Based Recommendation

Yingpeng Du (Nanyang Technological University), Yew-Soon Ong (Nanyang Technological University)

CodeRecommendation SystemKnowledge DistillationTransformerLarge Language ModelPrompt EngineeringSequential

🎯 What it does: A knowledge distillation method for LLM based on active learning (ALKDRec) is proposed, which efficiently distills LLM knowledge to lightweight recommendation models using a small number of instances in the conversational recommendation task.

Active Reinforcement Learning Strategies for Offline Policy Improvement

Ambedkar Dukkipati (Indian Institute of Science), Prabhas Reddy Onteru (Indian Institute of Science)

CodeRobotic IntelligenceReinforcement LearningContrastive LearningTabular

🎯 What it does: This paper proposes an active reinforcement learning strategy that enhances the performance of offline policies by actively collecting information-rich trajectories using existing offline data under a limited budget.

Active Symbolic Discovery of Ordinary Differential Equations via Phase Portrait Sketching

Nan Jiang (Purdue University), Yexiang Xue (Cornell University)

CodeOptimizationTransformerReinforcement LearningTime SeriesPhysics RelatedOrdinary Differential Equation

🎯 What it does: This paper proposes a method for discovering active symbolic ODEs (Ordinary Differential Equations) through phase diagram sketching, utilizing an active learning strategy to select information-rich regions in phase space, and then sampling batches of initial conditions from these regions to query real trajectory data, thereby more efficiently discovering the symbolic dynamical equations of the system.

AD4CD: Causal-Guided Anomaly Detection for Enhancing Cognitive Diagnosis

Haiping Ma (Anhui University), Yong Yang (Anhui University)

CodeAnomaly DetectionAuto EncoderTime Series

🎯 What it does: The AD4CD framework is proposed, which combines causal inference and anomaly detection to capture abnormal states of students and questions through response time distribution, thereby improving the accuracy of cognitive diagnosis.

AdaCo: Overcoming Visual Foundation Model Noise in 3D Semantic Segmentation via Adaptive Label Correction

Pufan Zou (Xiamen University), Cheng Wang (Xiamen University)

CodeSegmentationAutonomous DrivingPoint Cloud

🎯 What it does: A label-free 3D semantic segmentation framework called AdaCo is proposed, which utilizes visual foundation models to generate cross-modal pseudo-labels and iteratively improves segmentation accuracy through adaptive noise correction and adaptive robust loss.

AdaGK-SGD: Adaptive Global Knowledge Guided Distributed Stochastic Gradient Descent

Hangyu Ye (Xidian University), Leyuan Fang (Hunan University)

CodeClassificationOptimizationConvolutional Neural NetworkImage

🎯 What it does: Proposes AdaGK-SGD, an algorithm that guides global knowledge in distributed training without additional communication through a maximum lifetime global knowledge module.

Adapting to Non-Stationary Environments: Multi-Armed Bandit Enhanced Retrieval-Augmented Generation on Knowledge Graphs

Xiaqiang Tang (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology), Sihong Xie (Tencent Hunyuan)

CodeRetrievalOptimizationTransformerReinforcement LearningGraphRetrieval-Augmented Generation

🎯 What it does: A multi-armed bandit (MAB) driven retrieval-enhanced generation framework is proposed, utilizing a knowledge graph as the underlying knowledge base to achieve dynamic selection and real-time optimization of various retrieval methods.

Adaptive Calibration: A Unified Conversion Framework of Spiking Neural Networks

Ziqing Wang (Northwestern University), Renjing Xu (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology)

CodeObject DetectionSegmentationComputational EfficiencyNeural Architecture SearchSpiking Neural NetworkImage

🎯 What it does: A training-free ANN-to-SNN conversion framework is proposed, combining Adaptive Firing Neurons (AdaFire), Layer Sensitivity Threshold Compression (SSC), and Input-Aware Adaptive Time Steps (IAT), significantly improving the accuracy and energy efficiency of the converted SNN.

Adaptive Computation Modules: Granular Conditional Computation for Efficient Inference

Bartosz WΓ³jcik (Jagiellonian University), Simone Scardapane (Sapienza University of Rome)

CodeComputational EfficiencyKnowledge DistillationTransformerSupervised Fine-TuningMixture of ExpertsImageAudio

🎯 What it does: This paper proposes Adaptive Computation Modules (ACM) for the Transformer model, enabling dynamic adjustment of computation width for each token as needed, thereby reducing inference costs.

Adaptive Dataset Quantization

Muquan Li (University of Electronic Science and Technology of China), Ke Qin (University of Electronic Science and Technology of China)

CodeCompressionData-Centric LearningContrastive LearningImage

🎯 What it does: Proposes Adaptive Dataset Quantization (ADQ), which compresses datasets using an adaptive sampling method by evaluating the representativeness, richness, and importance of each bin based on Dataset Quantization.

Adaptive Decision Boundary for Few-Shot Class-Incremental Learning

Linhao Li (Hebei University of Technology), Liang Yang (Hebei University of Technology)

CodeClassificationConvolutional Neural NetworkImage

🎯 What it does: A pluggable adaptive decision boundary strategy (ADBS) is proposed for few-shot incremental learning (FSCIL) to dynamically allocate decision boundaries for each category and further enhance inter-class separability through inter-class constraint (IC).

Adaptive Draft-Verification for Efficient Large Language Model Decoding

Xukun Liu (Northwestern University), Dongkuan (DK) Xu (North Carolina State University)

CodeGenerationComputational EfficiencyTransformerLarge Language ModelReinforcement LearningText

🎯 What it does: This paper presents Adaptix, an adaptive draft-validation scheme that does not require fine-tuning. It utilizes a triplet matrix to approximate the output distribution of LLMs and generates drafts that are highly consistent with the LLM distribution through MCTS, significantly accelerating LLM decoding.

Adaptive Dual-domain Learning for Underwater Image Enhancement

Lintao Peng (Beijing Institute of Technology), Liheng Bian (Beijing Institute of Technology)

CodeRestorationImage

🎯 What it does: This paper proposes an underwater image enhancement network SS-UIE based on spatial-spectral dual-domain adaptive learning.

Adaptive Multi-Scale Decomposition Framework for Time Series Forecasting

Yifan Hu (Tsinghua University), Tao Dai (Shenzhen University)

CodeOptimizationMixture of ExpertsTime Series

🎯 What it does: An adaptive multi-scale decomposition framework (AMD) based on MLP is proposed, which achieves finer time series prediction through multi-scale splitting, mixing, dual dependency interaction, and adaptive expert fusion of time series.

Adaptive Multimodal Fusion: Dynamic Attention Allocation for Intent Recognition

Bo Hu (RWTH Aachen University), Yuyang Ye (University of Science and Technology of China)

CodeRecognitionRecurrent Neural NetworkTransformerContrastive LearningTextMultimodalityAudio

🎯 What it does: Dynamic Attention Fusion (DAF) and Multi-View Contrastive Learning (MVCL-DAF) are proposed for multimodal intent recognition;

Adaptive Prompt-Based Semantic Embedding with Inspire Potential of Implicit Knowledge for Cross-Modal Retrieval

Xin Huang (Nanyang Normal University), Jingjing Li (Peking University)

CodeRetrievalTransformerPrompt EngineeringVision Language ModelContrastive LearningImageTextMultimodality

🎯 What it does: A semantic embedding method based on adaptive prompts, APSE‑IPIK, is proposed to enhance the accuracy of cross-modal retrieval.

Adaptive Prototype Replay for Class Incremental Semantic Segmentation

Guilin Zhu (Huazhong University of Science and Technology), Nong Sang (Hunan Normal University)

CodeSegmentationKnowledge DistillationConvolutional Neural NetworkImage

🎯 What it does: Proposes the Adapter method to address the catastrophic forgetting problem caused by model representation shift during prototype replay in class-incremental semantic segmentation, and enhances classification performance through uncertainty constraints and prototype distinction.

Adaptive Sampling to Reduce Epistemic Uncertainty Using Prediction Interval-Generation Neural Networks

Giorgio Morales (Montana State University), John W. Sheppard (Montana State University)

CodeTabularTime SeriesAgriculture Related

🎯 What it does: This paper proposes an adaptive sampling method based on a predictive interval generating neural network (ASPINN), aimed at reducing the model's epistemic uncertainty through active sampling.

ADBA: Approximation Decision Boundary Approach for Black-Box Adversarial Attacks

Feiyang Wang (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications), Gang Chen (Victoria University of Wellington)

CodeOptimizationAdversarial AttackConvolutional Neural NetworkTransformerImage

🎯 What it does: This paper proposes an Approximation Decision Boundary Approach (ADBA) and its variant ADBA-md, which quickly compares and optimizes perturbation directions in black-box decision attacks, significantly reducing the number of queries.

Addressing Cold-Start Problem in Click-Through Rate Prediction via Supervised Diffusion Modeling

Wenqiao Zhu (HiThink Research), Jun Wu (HiThink Research)

CodeRecommendation SystemDiffusion modelTabular

🎯 What it does: A supervised diffusion model (CSDM) was designed and implemented to generate warm-up embeddings for cold-start projects, thereby improving the accuracy of CTR prediction.

ADELA: Accelerating Evolutionary Design of Machine Learning Pipelines with the Accompanying Surrogate Model

Yang Gu (Shanghai Jiao Tong University), Shiyou Qian (Shanghai Jiao Tong University)

CodeClassificationOptimizationMeta LearningRecurrent Neural NetworkAuto EncoderTabular

🎯 What it does: The ADELA method is proposed, which accelerates the design of machine learning pipelines in evolutionary AutoML by constructing an accompanying surrogate model.

Advancing Loss Functions in Recommender Systems: A Comparative Study with a RΓ©nyi Divergence-Based Solution

Shengjia Zhang (Zhejiang University), Can Wang (Zhejiang University)

CodeRecommendation SystemGraph Neural NetworkContrastive LearningTabular

🎯 What it does: A distributionally robust recommendation loss DrRL based on R' enyi divergence is proposed to unify the advantages of Softmax Loss and Cosine Contrastive Loss while overcoming their limitations.

Advancing Retrosynthesis with Retrieval-Augmented Graph Generation

Anjie Qiao (Sun Yat-sen University), Zhewei Wei (Renmin University of China)

CodeGenerationRetrievalDrug DiscoveryGraph Neural NetworkTransformerDiffusion modelGraphRetrieval-Augmented Generation

🎯 What it does: A retrieval-augmented molecular graph generation framework RARB is proposed for template-free single-step backward synthesis prediction, implemented on the RetroBridge base model.

Advancing Spiking Neural Networks Towards Multiscale Spatiotemporal Interaction Learning

Yimeng Shan (Liaoning Technical University), Haicheng Qu (Liaoning Technical University)

CodeClassificationSpiking Neural NetworkImageTime Series

🎯 What it does: A pluggable multi-scale attention module (SMA) and attention-based zone-out regularization (AZO) are proposed, enabling spiking neural networks to simultaneously utilize multi-scale features and spatiotemporal correlations, thereby enhancing the learning effectiveness on event stream data.

Adversarial Contrastive Graph Augmentation with Counterfactual Regularization

Tao Long (Shenzhen University), Laizhong Cui (Shenzhen University)

CodeRepresentation LearningAdversarial AttackGraph Neural NetworkAuto EncoderContrastive LearningGraph

🎯 What it does: This paper proposes an Adversarial Contrastive Graph Augmentation framework (ACGA), which automatically generates positive samples containing minimal sufficient information and difficult negative samples through a conditional variational graph autoencoder, thereby enhancing model robustness in unsupervised graph representation learning.

AeroGTO: An Efficient Graph-Transformer Operator for Learning Large-Scale Aerodynamics of 3D Vehicle Geometries

Pengwei Liu (Zhejiang University), Dong Ni (Zhejiang University)

CodeAutonomous DrivingComputational EfficiencyGraph Neural NetworkTransformerMesh

🎯 What it does: AeroGTO is designed and implemented, an operator that combines graph neural networks and transformers to quickly and accurately predict surface pressure and drag coefficients on large-scale meshes of three-dimensional vehicle geometries.

AFFAKT: A Hierarchical Optimal Transport Based Method for Affective Facial Knowledge Transfer in Video Deception Detection

Zihan Ji (South China University of Technology), Ye Liu (Beijing Normal University)

CodeClassificationDomain AdaptationAnomaly DetectionExplainability and InterpretabilityRecurrent Neural NetworkSupervised Fine-TuningVideoMultimodalityAudio

🎯 What it does: A hierarchical optimal transport-based emotional facial knowledge transfer method (AFFAKT) is proposed to enhance video deception detection performance.

Affirm: Interactive Mamba with Adaptive Fourier Filters for Long-term Time Series Forecasting

Yuhan Wu (Zhejiang University), Dongming Lu (Zhejiang University)

CodeTime Series

🎯 What it does: A lightweight time series forecasting model called Affirm is proposed, which combines adaptive Fourier filters and a dual-interaction Mamba module to achieve efficient modeling of long sequences.

AFiRe: Anatomy-Driven Self-Supervised Learning for Fine-Grained Representation in Radiographic Images

Yihang Liu (Tongji University), Hongzhou Chen (Tongji University)

CodeClassificationSegmentationAnomaly DetectionRepresentation LearningTransformerContrastive LearningImageBiomedical Data

🎯 What it does: The AFiRe framework is proposed, combining anatomy-driven self-supervised learning with ViT-based token-level contrastive learning and pixel-level anomaly removal reconstruction to achieve fine-grained representation of chest X-rays.

Against All Odds: Overcoming Typology, Script, and Language Confusion in Multilingual Embedding Inversion Attacks

Yiyi Chen (Aalborg University), Johannes Bjerva (Aalborg University)

CodeAdversarial AttackTransformerLarge Language ModelText

🎯 What it does: Evaluate embedding inversion attacks on multilingual large language models, studying vulnerabilities across languages and scripts, and exploring language confusion phenomena.

Agent4Edu: Generating Learner Response Data by Generative Agents for Intelligent Education Systems

Weibo Gao (University of Science and Technology of China), Zhenya Huang (University of Science and Technology of China)

CodeGenerationData SynthesisRecommendation SystemTransformerLarge Language ModelReinforcement LearningAgentic AITextSequentialChain-of-Thought

🎯 What it does: Using large language model-driven generative agents to simulate personalized learner practice response data on online education platforms and record their learning processes.

AGMixup: Adaptive Graph Mixup for Semi-supervised Node Classification

Weigang Lu (Xidian University), Dapeng Tao (Xidian University)

CodeClassificationGraph Neural NetworkGraph

🎯 What it does: An Adaptive Graph Mixup (AGMixup) framework is proposed for semi-supervised node classification.

AI-generated Image Quality Assessment in Visual Communication

Yu Tian (City University of Hong Kong), Sam Kwong (Lingnan University)

CodeGenerationData SynthesisTransformerLarge Language ModelDiffusion modelImageMultimodality

🎯 What it does: This study constructed the AIGI-VC dataset, which includes 2,500 AI-generated images covering 14 advertising themes and 8 types of emotions, and provides preference annotations from coarse to fine, used to evaluate the clarity of information and emotional interaction in visual communication.

AI-Powered Algorithm-Centric Quantum Processor Topology Design

Tian Li (Henan Key Laboratory of Quantum Information and Cryptography), He-Liang Huang (Henan Key Laboratory of Quantum Information and Cryptography)

CodeOptimizationReinforcement LearningTabularBenchmarkPhysics Related

🎯 What it does: Dynamically designing the topology of quantum processors and mapping quantum circuits through reinforcement learning significantly reduces circuit depth.

AIM: Let Any Multimodal Large Language Models Embrace Efficient In-Context Learning

Jun Gao (Soochow University), Wenjie Li (Hong Kong Polytechnic University)

CodeTransformerLarge Language ModelVision Language ModelImageTextMultimodality

🎯 What it does: The AIM framework is proposed, enabling any multimodal large language model to achieve efficient context learning without updating model parameters.

AIR: Unifying Individual and Collective Exploration in Cooperative Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning

Guangchong Zhou (Chinese Academy of Sciences), Guoliang Fan (Chinese Academy of Sciences)

CodeReinforcement Learning

🎯 What it does: The AIR (Adaptive exploration via Identity Recognition) framework is proposed, which implements individual and collective exploration in value-based multi-agent reinforcement learning through a unified identity recognizer, and dynamically adjusts the exploration method via adaptive temperature.

Aligning and Prompting Anything for Zero-Shot Generalized Anomaly Detection

Jitao Ma (Xidian University), Leyuan Fang (Hunan University)

CodeAnomaly DetectionTransformerPrompt EngineeringVision Language ModelImageBiomedical DataMagnetic Resonance ImagingComputed Tomography

🎯 What it does: This paper proposes a zero-shot generalized anomaly detection (ZGAD) method based on Text Prompt Shunt (TPS), which can simultaneously achieve image-level anomaly classification and pixel-level anomaly segmentation.

Aligning Language Models Using Follow-up Likelihood as Reward Signal

Chen Zhang (National University of Singapore), Haizhou Li (Tencent AI Lab)

CodeTransformerLarge Language ModelReinforcement LearningText

🎯 What it does: This paper proposes a new reward mechanism called 'Follow-up Likelihood as Reward (FLR)', which uses the likelihood of user follow-up statements after generating replies as an unannotated reward signal. It constructs preference data by automating the annotation of online generated replies and further enhances model helpfulness using DAP (such as DPO).

Alignment-Free RGB-T Salient Object Detection: A Large-Scale Dataset and Progressive Correlation Network

Kunpeng Wang (Anhui University), Bin Luo (Anhui University)

CodeObject DetectionTransformerImageMultimodality

🎯 What it does: This paper proposes a large-scale unaligned RGB-Thermal visual salient object detection dataset named UVT20K, and designs a Progressive Correlation Network (PCNet) based on this dataset for salient object detection in unaligned image pairs.

AlphaForge: A Framework to Mine and Dynamically Combine Formulaic Alpha Factors

Hao Shi (University of Chinese Academy of Sciences), Luis Angel Seco (University of Toronto)

CodeRecommendation SystemOptimizationExplainability and InterpretabilityComputational EfficiencyReinforcement LearningGenerative Adversarial NetworkTabularTime SeriesFinance Related

🎯 What it does: The AlphaForge framework is proposed, which is divided into two stages: a generative predictive network is used to mine formalized Alpha factors, and then a dynamic factor combination model dynamically adjusts the weights based on the latest performance of the factors to form a Mega-Alpha signal.

ALRMR-GEC: Adjusting Learning Rate Based on Memory Rate to Optimize the Edit Scorer for Grammatical Error Correction

Zhixiao Wu (Harbin Institute of Technology), Guangming Lu (Harbin Institute of Technology)

CodeGenerationOptimizationTransformerSupervised Fine-TuningText

🎯 What it does: This paper proposes a dynamic learning rate adjustment method based on memory rate, ALRMR-GEC, to improve the generalization performance of edit-based grammar error correction models.

Amplifier: Bringing Attention to Neglected Low-Energy Components in Time Series Forecasting

Jingru Fei (Beijing Institute of Technology), Zhendong Niu (Beijing Institute of Technology)

CodeTransformerTime Series

🎯 What it does: Proposes energy amplification and recovery technology, and constructs an Amplifier model based on this technology to enhance the learning of low-energy spectral components, thereby improving time series forecasting.

An Automatic Sound and Complete Abstraction Method for Generalized Planning with Baggable Types

Hao Dong (Sun Yat-sen University), Yongmei Liu (Sun Yat-sen University)

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🎯 What it does: This paper proposes an automated abstract method with soundness and completeness for generating Bounded QNP (BQNP) abstractions from STRIPS domain instances containing countable types (baggable types) to solve generalized planning problems.

An Efficient and Accurate Dynamic Sparse Training Framework Based on Parameter-Freezing

Lei Li (Cleveland State University), Tianyun Zhang (Cleveland State University)

CodeFederated LearningConvolutional Neural NetworkSupervised Fine-TuningImage

🎯 What it does: A dynamic sparse training framework based on parameter freezing and server-side sparse mask re-tuning is proposed in federated learning, significantly reducing communication and computation costs.

An Efficient Framework for Enhancing Discriminative Models via Diffusion Techniques

Chunxiao Li (Beijing Normal University), Yao Zhu (Zhejiang University)

CodeClassificationConvolutional Neural NetworkTransformerDiffusion modelImage

🎯 What it does: A framework based on diffusion models (DBMEF) is proposed, which provides a 're-thinking' function for existing discriminative models without the need for additional training, significantly improving classification accuracy.

An Elite-guided Weighted Simulated Annealing Algorithm for the Clique Partitioning Problem

Baiyu Chen (Huazhong University of Science and Technology), Zhipeng LΓΌ (Huazhong University of Science and Technology)

CodeOptimizationGraph

🎯 What it does: An elite-guided weighted simulated annealing algorithm named EWSA is proposed and implemented to solve the clique partition problem (CPP) of complete graphs, improving search efficiency and solution quality through the alternating use of two search configurations, a weighted scoring function, and partition constraint strategies.

An Evaluation Framework for Product Images Background Inpainting Based on Human Feedback and Product Consistency

Yuqi Liang (Ant Group), Jianqi Bi (Ant Group)

CodeImage TranslationRestorationSegmentationReinforcement Learning from Human FeedbackTransformerImageMultimodality

🎯 What it does: This paper proposes an automatic evaluation framework named HFPC for detecting the background appropriateness and product consistency of product images after AI background filling.

An Exemplar-based Framework for Chinese Text Recognition

Zhao Zhou (Fudan University), Cheng Jin (Fudan University)

CodeRecognitionRetrievalTransformerText

🎯 What it does: A Chinese text recognition framework based on sample retrieval is proposedβ€”DECTR, which first discovers character samples through a weakly supervised feature extraction network, and then retrieves similar characters from an external sample library to correct recognition errors.

An LLM-Empowered Adaptive Evolutionary Algorithm for Multi-Component Deep Learning Systems

Haoxiang Tian (Nanyang Technological University), Tianwei Zhang (Nanyang Technological University)

CodeAnomaly DetectionAutonomous DrivingOptimizationLarge Language ModelPrompt EngineeringMultimodality

🎯 What it does: An adaptive evolutionary algorithm based on LLM (¡ MOEA) is proposed for the detection of security violations in multi-component deep learning systems.

An Optimal Transport-based Latent Mixer for Robust Multi-modal Learning

Fengjiiao Gong, Hongteng Xu (Renmin University of China)

CodeClassificationFederated LearningSafty and PrivacyRepresentation LearningAuto EncoderMultimodality

🎯 What it does: Designed and implemented an OTM mixer based on optimal transport, which performs privacy-friendly and robust feature fusion and enhancement of multi-head Wasserstein autoencoders on distributed, unaligned multimodal data;

AnalogCoder: Analog Circuit Design via Training-Free Code Generation

Yao Lai (University of Hong Kong), Ping Luo (University of Hong Kong)

CodeOptimizationAI Code AssistantTransformerLarge Language ModelPrompt EngineeringTextChain-of-Thought

🎯 What it does: This paper presents AnalogCoder, a training-agnostic agent based on LLM that can automate circuit design by generating Python code.

Analytical-Chemistry-Informed Transformer for Infrared Spectra Modeling

Shiluo Huang (Southwestern University of Finance and Economics), Ying Mu (Zhejiang University)

CodeTransformerTabularAgriculture Related

🎯 What it does: An Analytical-Chemistry-Informed Transformer (ACT) aimed at infrared spectrum modeling is proposed, achieving domain-invariant representation through a learnable baseline correction module and spectral attention mechanism to address the calibration transfer problem.

Anchor Learning with Potential Cluster Constraints for Multi-view Clustering

Yawei Chen (Dalian Maritime University), Yang Wang (Hefei University of Technology)

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🎯 What it does: This paper proposes an Anchor Learning with Potential Cluster Constraints (ALPC) method, which unifies the selection of anchors and the construction of anchor graphs into a single framework, and achieves a uniform distribution of anchors across clusters and alignment with the original data cluster centers through potential cluster constraints.

AnchorInv: Few-Shot Class-Incremental Learning of Physiological Signals via Feature Space-Guided Inversion

Chenqi Li (University of Oxford), Tingting Zhu (University of Oxford)

CodeClassificationData SynthesisConvolutional Neural NetworkTransformerTime SeriesBiomedical Data

🎯 What it does: This paper proposes the AnchorInv method, which utilizes anchor points in the feature space to guide model inversion, generating synthetic samples of previously learned categories to achieve few-shot class incremental learning and prevent catastrophic forgetting.

Anti-Diffusion: Preventing Abuse of Modifications of Diffusion-Based Models

Li Zheng (University of Macau), Jinyu Tian (Macau University of Science and Technology)

CodeSafty and PrivacyTransformerPrompt EngineeringDiffusion modelImage

🎯 What it does: Proposes the Anti-Diffusion privacy protection system, which adds small adversarial noise to images before release to prevent their misuse by diffusion model-based tuning and editing methods.

Anytime Multi-Agent Path Finding with an Adaptive Delay-Based Heuristic

Thomy Phan (University of Southern California), Sven Koenig (University of California, Irvine)

CodeOptimizationReinforcement LearningAgentic AIBenchmark

🎯 What it does: This paper proposes a new single destruction heuristic called ADDRESS, which utilizes constrained Thompson Sampling to select the agent with the highest delay as a seed, improving the LNS neighborhood generation method of traditional MAPF-LNS.

APAR: Modeling Irregular Target Functions in Tabular Regression via Arithmetic-Aware Pre-Training and Adaptive-Regularized Fine-Tuning

Hong-Wei Wu (National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University), Wen-Chih Peng (National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University)

CodeTransformerTabular

🎯 What it does: By using arithmetic-aware pre-training and adaptive regularization fine-tuning, we improve the table regression model to address the overfitting problem caused by irregular objective functions.

APKGC: Noise-enhanced Multi-Modal Knowledge Graph Completion with Attention Penalty

Yue Jian (Hubei University), Xiaoju Hou (Guangdong Industry Polytechnic University)

CodeGraph Neural NetworkTransformerLarge Language ModelVision Language ModelMultimodalityGraph

🎯 What it does: The paper proposes the APKGC method, which uses attention penalty and adaptive noise sampling to complete multimodal knowledge graph completion.

Apollo-Forecast: Overcoming Aliasing and Inference Speed Challenges in Language Models for Time Series Forecasting

Tianyi Yin (Tongji University), Weiming Shen (Tongji University)

CodeTransformerLarge Language ModelTime Series

🎯 What it does: The Apollo-Forecast framework is proposed to address the issues of aliasing distortion and slow inference in time series forecasting.

Approximating Metric Magnitude of Point Sets

Rayna Andreeva (University of Edinburgh), Rik Sarkar (University of Edinburgh)

CodeOptimizationTabular

🎯 What it does: This study proposes various algorithms for fast approximation of the size of metric spaces (Magnitude), including convex optimization frameworks, iterative normalization, greedy subset selection, and discrete center hierarchy, and applies them to neural network regularization and clustering tasks.

APR-RD: Complemental Two Steps for Self-Supervised Real Image Denoising

Hyunjun Kim (Seoul National University), Nam Ik Cho (Seoul National University)

CodeRestorationKnowledge DistillationConvolutional Neural NetworkContrastive LearningImage

🎯 What it does: A two-stage self-supervised denoising framework APR-RD is proposed: first, the Adjacent Pixel Replacer (APR) generates decorrelated noise pairs without downsampling, and then the Recharged Distillation (RD) enhances detail recovery through multi-target distillation, all trained on a single noisy image.