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Every paper checked in the week of 12–18 Oct 2026 · Multimodal models — nothing is hidden. Brief papers first.
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| CertEx: Exact Visual Retrieval at Scale by Certified Exclusion Presents a GPU nearest-neighbor search method that uses half-precision certified exclusion to deliver exact visual retrieval efficiently. Preprint | Multimodal models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:18 | Not relevant Provides exact kNN vector search optimization rather than multimodal models. | |
| Semantic Latent Alignment for Flow Matching with Invertible Bi-Lipschitz Adapters Proposes invertible bi-Lipschitz adapters to align pretrained latent spaces with semantic representations for flow matching without retraining encoders. Preprint | Multimodal models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:18 | Not relevant Covers flow matching latent alignment, not multimodal foundation models. | |
| When Should a Low-Light Pipeline Generate? Auditable Risk Control for Selective Generative Enhancement Presents an auditable framework that uses risk budgeting to selectively deploy generative enhancers over base restoration models in low-light images. Preprint | Multimodal models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:18 | Not relevant Deals with low-light image restoration, not vision-language integration. | |
| L2GSSL: Label-Efficient Local-to-Global Self-Supervised Learning for Volumetric Healthcare Data Introduces a label-efficient self-supervised learning framework that splits volumetric CT scans into local slice and global context representations. Preprint | Multimodal models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:18 | Not relevant Addresses volumetric medical image representation, not multimodal vision-language models. | |
| CoDeFont: One-Shot Font Generation via Multi-Scale Factor-Specific Representation Learning Proposes a script-agnostic one-shot font generation framework separating style and content representations across multiple spatial scales. Preprint | Multimodal models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:18 | Not relevant Deals with one-shot glyph style transfer, not multimodal reasoning. | |
| SATOR: Backpropagation-Free 3D Test-Time Adaptation via Sample-Adaptive Token Routing Presents a backpropagation-free test-time adaptation method that purges unreliable 3D point cloud tokens without requiring candidate size search. Preprint | Multimodal models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:18 | Not relevant Focuses on 3D point cloud adaptation, not multimodal vision-language systems. | |
| CLAD: Keypoint Matching Using Global Line Correspondences Presents a keypoint descriptor method that leverages global line correspondences to improve feature matching in repetitive or textureless scenes. Preprint | Multimodal models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:18 | Not relevant Presents visual keypoint matching, not multimodal text-image foundation models. | |
| ManiFusion: Unlocking the High-Throughput Generation via Superposition in Manifold Space Proposes a framework that increases image diffusion throughput by fusing and processing multiple generation samples simultaneously in manifold space. Preprint | Multimodal models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:18 | Not relevant Concerns diffusion image generation throughput, not vision-language multimodal modeling. | |
| RLDF: A Region-Level Deepfake Dataset and Benchmark for Partial-Face Manipulation Detection Introduces a benchmark and dataset of over two million images to evaluate deepfake detection models on partial-face manipulations. Preprint | Multimodal models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:18 | Not relevant Focuses on face-swap deepfake detection rather than multimodal vision-language reasoning. | |
| PET Quantification-Preserving Registration for Longitudinal Whole-Body PSMA PET/CT Presents a multi-modal registration framework for longitudinal whole-body PET/CT that preserves metabolic tumor quantification metrics. Preprint | Multimodal models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:18 | Not relevant Covers medical image registration, not multimodal language-vision foundation models. | |
| GRASE: Geometry-native Real-to-sim Agentic Scene Modeling from Video Presents an agentic framework that iteratively refines 3D scene geometry from multi-view video captures against standing visual observations. Preprint | Multimodal models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:18 | Not relevant Focuses on geometry-native real-to-sim 3D scene reconstruction from video. | |
| FilterFusion: Prior-Guided Adaptive Filter Fusion for Efficient Video Denoising Combines lightweight learned guidance with classical filter banks for efficient, low-latency video denoising in communication pipelines. Preprint | Multimodal models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:18 | Not relevant Presents a unimodal video denoising pipeline without multimodal integration. | |
| A Decision-Aware Evaluation Protocol for Uncertainty in Medical Image Segmentation Introduces an evaluation protocol for medical image segmentation uncertainty metrics based on clinical deferral policies and fixed review budgets. Preprint | Multimodal models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:18 | Not relevant Focuses on medical vision segmentation uncertainty without multimodal components. | |
| Anchor3DGS: Feed-Forward 3D Gaussian Splatting with Compact Anchor-Based Representation Presents a feed-forward 3D Gaussian splatting method that uses entropy-guided 3D anchors instead of pixel-aligned predictions for efficient reconstruction. Preprint | Multimodal models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:18 | Not relevant Proposes feed-forward 3D reconstruction, not multimodal vision-language modeling. | |
| DIAL: Dynamic and Informed Adjustment of the Native Stochastic Law for Reliable Weather Ensembles Proposes a method to dynamically adjust stochastic spread during inference to improve the reliability of weather ensemble forecasts. Preprint | Multimodal models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:18 | Not relevant Focuses on stochastic weather models rather than multimodal systems. | |
| SCMerge: Spatial-Consistency-Aware Token Pair Merging for Efficient Semantic Segmentation Presents a training-free token merging approach combining spatial consistency and feature similarity to speed up vision transformers in segmentation. Preprint | Multimodal models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:18 | Not relevant Focuses strictly on unimodal vision transformer segmentation token merging. | |
| Digital Typhoon Dataset V3: Benchmarking for Multi-spectral Extension and Analyzing Systematic Bias in Intensity Regression Releases an extended 50-year multispectral satellite benchmark for typhoon intensity regression and analyzes systematic model biases. Preprint | Multimodal models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:18 | Not relevant Studies multi-spectral satellite imagery regression rather than multimodal models. | |
| Bridging the Markerless Tracking Validation Gap: Intraoperative X-ray Workflow Integration Presents a clinical workflow using intraoperative fluoroscopy to provide subsurface ground truth for validating markerless spinal tracking systems. Peer-reviewed | Multimodal models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:18 | Not relevant Focuses on 3D surgical tracking sensors rather than multimodal AI. | |
| Mixture of Multi-Sequence Feature Difference for Contrast-Enhanced MRI Synthesis Proposes an adaptive multi-sequence feature difference module to synthesize contrast-enhanced MRI scans from non-contrast imaging sequences. Preprint | Multimodal models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:18 | Not relevant Addresses multi-sequence MRI vision synthesis, not multimodal vision-language models. | |
| International Multi-Centre Validation of Unsupervised Domain Adaptation for Precise Discrimination between Normal and Abnormal Retinal Development Validates an unsupervised domain adaptation model to classify normal and abnormal retinal development across diverse optical coherence tomography systems. Preprint | Multimodal models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:18 | Not relevant Studies unimodal OCT medical image classification, not multimodal models. | |
| The Dormant Spiking Neuron: A State-Driven Mechanism for Efficient Spiking Neural Networks Introduces a dormant spiking neuron mechanism that skips subthreshold computations to reduce computational overhead in spiking neural networks. Preprint | Multimodal models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:18 | Not relevant Focuses on spiking neural networks rather than multimodal foundation models. | |
| FuseAdapt: Parameter-Efficient Multimodal Fusion for Semantic Segmentation with Missing Modalities Introduces a parameter-efficient multimodal fusion framework inside frozen vision backbones that handles missing modalities during semantic segmentation. Preprint | Multimodal models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:18 | Not relevant Focuses on multi-sensor vision fusion without text or language interaction. | |
| NICE Toolbox: Nonverbal Interpersonal Communication Exploration Toolbox Introduces an open-source Python toolbox combining computer vision and speech models to analyze multimodal human nonverbal communication signals. Preprint | Multimodal models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:18 | Not relevant Psychology toolbox combining vision and speech detectors, not multimodal models. | |
| Single-stage joint diffusion of sky images and clear-sky index for ultra-short-term irradiance forecasting: what the frame-to-irradiance stage discards Proposes a single-stage joint diffusion method to forecast solar irradiance directly from sky images without requiring a separate regression model. Preprint | Multimodal models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:18 | Not relevant Sky-image time series forecasting, not multimodal vision-language AI. | |
| Teaching DINOv3 About Partial 3D Geometry: A Self-Supervised Geometry-Aware Approach Refines DINO foundation features using self-supervised low-rank adaptation to improve partial 3D shape matching. Preprint | Multimodal models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:18 | Not relevant Focuses purely on 3D vision and geometry descriptors. | |
| From Adults to Children: Benchmarking Foundation Models for Chest X-Ray Classification under Domain Shift The paper benchmarks the performance degradation of medical foundation models when transferring from adult chest X-rays to pediatric patients. Preprint | Multimodal models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:18 | Not relevant Evaluates vision backbones on medical X-rays without language modalities. | |
| Temporal Periodic Image Registration with Implicit Neural Representations The paper applies implicit neural representations with temporal consistency constraints to register periodic medical image sequences across time. Peer-reviewed | Multimodal models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:18 | Not relevant Unimodal medical image registration, not a multimodal language model. | |
| Seeing Both the Forest and the Trees: Reusing Holistic 3D Priors for Part-Decomposed Generation The paper presents a dual-frame coordinate transformer to generate 3D assets with separable, editable component parts. Preprint | Multimodal models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:18 | Not relevant Focuses on 3D mesh decomposition and generation, not multimodal models. | |
| From Sketch to Scene: Relightable Garment Reconstruction from Marked Sketches The paper reconstructs relightable 3D garment meshes from 2D sketches annotated with sparse lighting symbols. Preprint | Multimodal models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:18 | Not relevant Computer graphics for 3D garment mesh relighting, not multimodal AI. | |
| GRID-Planner: Graph-Structured Relational Reward Shaping for Diffusion Planning The paper introduces a graph-structured relational reward shaping framework for diffusion-based trajectory planning in autonomous driving. Preprint | Multimodal models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:18 | Not relevant Diffusion planner for autonomous driving, not a multimodal language model. | |
| VesperMUSE: Multi-Modal Fusion Vision Transformer for Image Semantic Segmentation Under Diverse Light Conditions The paper presents a multimodal vision transformer framework combining thermal guidance and RGB features for image segmentation in low-light environments. Preprint | Multimodal models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:18 | Not relevant Fuses RGB, thermal, and surface normals for segmentation without language. | |
| Data-Efficient ConvNeXt Pretraining for High-Resolution Sentinel-1 GRD SAR Representation Learning The paper introduces a sparse convolutional masked autoencoder framework to improve data-efficient pretraining on radar satellite imagery. Preprint | Multimodal models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:18 | Not relevant Focuses purely on radar remote sensing imagery, not multimodal models. | |
| FeaTok: Feature-Loss Tokenization for Image Generation The paper trains discrete image tokenizers by reconstructing pretrained self-supervised feature embeddings rather than raw pixel values. Preprint | Multimodal models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:18 | Not relevant Focuses on unimodal image generation rather than cross-modal reasoning. | |
| Pathology foundation models for training-free case retrieval in salivary gland tumors The paper tests whether pathology foundation models can retrieve relevant historical cases for rare salivary gland tumors without task-specific fine-tuning. Preprint | Multimodal models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:18 | Not relevant Focuses on vision-based image retrieval in pathology without cross-modal language integration. | |
| Beyond the Dominant Label: Recovering Coexisting Lesion Evidence with Multiple Instance Learning The paper introduces a multiple instance learning method to recover coexisting secondary lesions from whole-slide pathology images labeled only by dominant severity. Preprint | Multimodal models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:18 | Not relevant Focuses on whole-slide image classification without multimodal text or language components. | |
| FALCON: FPGA-Accelerated Latency-Certifiable Occupancy Networks for Camera-Based Autonomous Driving The paper develops an FPGA-based vision system that enforces explicit latency bounds for autonomous vehicle 3D occupancy prediction. Preprint | Multimodal models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:18 | Not relevant Covers FPGA hardware acceleration for 3D occupancy without vision-language modeling. | |
| FutureLift: Lifting Trajectory Proposals into Bidirectional Future Graphs for Motion Forecasting The paper presents a refiner that models motion proposals as heterogeneous temporal graphs to improve trajectory forecasting for autonomous vehicles. Preprint | Multimodal models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:18 | Not relevant Focuses on trajectory refinement graphs, not vision-language or multimodal models. | |
| WaveLLM: Wavelet-Domain LLM Entropy Modeling for Lossless Image Compression The paper uses wavelet subband decomposition with language models to improve entropy modeling for lossless image compression. Preprint | Multimodal models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:18 | Not relevant Uses language models as entropy models for image compression rather than multimodal reasoning. | |
| Denoising Textures is a Different Ballgame Altogether! Analyzes image denoisers on repetitive textures and finds fine-tuning on textures leads to catastrophic forgetting of generic images. Preprint | Multimodal models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:18 | Not relevant Deals with low-level image denoising without cross-modal or multimodal integration. | |
| FPG-Seg: Annotation-free Retinal Vessel Topology Segmentation Presents an annotation-free retinal vessel segmentation pipeline combining classical filtering, Bayesian deep learning, and graph reconstruction. Preprint | Multimodal models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:18 | Not relevant Covers medical image segmentation without multimodal text, audio, or cross-modal reasoning. | |
| Beyond Pairwise Repulsion: Collective Diversity via Determinant Maximization in Diffusion Sampling Maximizes batch Gram matrix determinants during initial diffusion noise optimization to improve overall sample diversity in image generation. Preprint | Multimodal models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:18 | Not relevant Focuses on sampling algorithms for image generators rather than multimodal understanding. | |
| Unsupervised Clustering of Public Transport Vehicles Using Deep Morphological Features and Color Histograms Combines vision transformer features with color histograms to cluster public transit vehicles in surveillance video without manual labels. Preprint | Multimodal models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:18 | Not relevant Uses vision-only features for clustering without multimodal language or cross-modal integration. | |
| Routing Policy Optimization for Online Diffusion Reinforcement Learning Proposes an online reinforcement learning approach that uses attention routing as stochastic exploration to align visual diffusion generators with rewards. Preprint | Multimodal models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:18 | Not relevant Focuses on diffusion exploration algorithms rather than multimodal reasoning or representation. | |
| ARC-SORT: Adaptive, Robust, Compensated Multi-Object Tracking with Interacting Multiple Models Presents a real-time tracking-by-detection method that dynamically scales search regions based on predictive motion uncertainty. Preprint | Multimodal models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:18 | Not relevant Addresses multi-object tracking via Kalman filters without multimodal text-image modeling. | |
| Dense4D: Pixel-Level 4D Human Correspondence Introduces a feed-forward model that predicts dense 4D point correspondences across articulated human bodies from monocular RGB images. Preprint | Multimodal models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:18 | Not relevant Covers purely monocular geometric point correspondence, not multimodal integration. | |
| CascadeLedger: Counterfactual Auditing of Information and Resource Integrity in LLM Cascades Introduces an auditing framework that checks counterfactual execution traces to ensure language model routing uses only legitimate information. Preprint | Multimodal models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:17 | Not relevant Focuses strictly on language model cascades without multimodal inputs. | |
| TurboMamba: Faster Inference, Faster Training, and Better Prediction with Lexical Memory Proposes a hybrid architecture combining global state-space modeling with local transformer attention and lexical memory for efficient inference. Preprint | Multimodal models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:17 | Not relevant Focuses purely on text language modeling architecture. | |
| APRiL: An Open-ended Benchmark for Chinese Social Awareness in Large Language Models Presents a benchmark with open-ended tasks and rubrics to assess social awareness and response generation in Chinese. Preprint | Multimodal models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:17 | Not relevant Studies text-only conversational benchmarks without multimodal inputs. | |
| PRISM: Transfer and Limits of Activation Interventions in Tool-Calling Language Models Studies the transferability of internal activation interventions to reduce unsafe tool execution across model precisions and languages. Preprint | Multimodal models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:17 | Not relevant Does not address multimodal models across text, image, or audio. | |
| Gibbs-Gap Policy Optimization for Off-Policy RL with Verifiable Rewards Introduces an off-policy reinforcement learning algorithm for language models using verifiable rewards without importance sampling weights. Preprint | Multimodal models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:17 | Not relevant Does not study multimodal models combining text with vision or audio. | |
| PEDBench: Can Speech Models Detect Phonetic Errors? Introduces a benchmark combining natural, scripted, and synthetic audio to evaluate phonetic error detection in speech models. Preprint | Multimodal models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:17 | Not relevant Focuses on speech audio processing rather than multimodal cross-modality models. | |
| Does Morphological Correctness Matter for Tokenization? A Scrambled Control Study in Tagalog Tests whether linguistically accurate morpheme boundaries in tokenizers improve translation performance compared to scrambled control segmentations. Preprint | Multimodal models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:17 | Not relevant Focuses strictly on text tokenization without multimodal data. | |
| Prune the Summary, Not the History: Source-Judged Compaction for Long-Horizon Agents Introduces a method to filter unsupported compressor inferences from long-horizon agent summaries to avoid compounding execution errors. Preprint | Multimodal models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:17 | Not relevant Operates on textual agent interaction history without multimodal components. | |
| One Bias Score, Two Factors: How Mitigations Affect Option Bias in Multiple-Choice Evaluation Deconstructs multiple-choice option bias in language models into two factors tracking answer flips and positional skew. Preprint | Multimodal models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:17 | Not relevant Examines text multiple-choice questions without multimodal data. | |
| Can LLMs Anticipate Their Cruxes? Explores methods to extract the underlying decisive sub-questions that drive language model decisions across diverse generated outputs. Preprint | Multimodal models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:17 | Not relevant Studies text reasoning distributions without multimodal elements. | |
| Learning When to Think: Utility-Guided Adaptive Reasoning for Efficient Text Retrieval Proposes an adaptive reasoning framework that supervises intermediate retrieval states and stops reasoning steps dynamically to cut latency. Preprint | Multimodal models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:17 | Not relevant Applies strictly to text retrieval without multimodal data. | |
| INCONVENIENT: A Benchmark to Assess LLM Generalization Capabilities from Convenience Samples Introduces a benchmark to test model generalization under systematic convenience sampling biases in tabular data. Preprint | Multimodal models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:17 | Not relevant Covers tabular data prediction rather than multimodal vision-language models. | |
| SHIP: Structured and Hierarchical Insight with Privacy The paper proposes SHIP, an architecture for extracting structured differentially private representations from text for analytical queries. Preprint | Multimodal models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:17 | Not relevant Focuses on text and structured table data, not vision or audio modalities. | |
| Compression Does Not End at Selection: Post-Selection Positional Geometry for Sparse KV Caches The paper proposes RoPERelay to reorganize positional geometry and rotary embeddings after sparse KV cache token eviction. Preprint | Multimodal models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:17 | Not relevant Studies text-based language model attention caches, not multimodal inputs. | |
| From Observation to Intervention: Distilling Self-Generated In-Context Demonstrations via Executable Causal Intervention The paper introduces a causal intervention framework to distill transferable self-generated in-context learning demonstrations. Preprint | Multimodal models via arxiv · 17 Oct, 06:17 | Not relevant Evaluates text reasoning benchmarks without vision or audio data. |
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