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Research On Safety Monitoring System For Digital Twin Fully Mechanized Mining Face In Thin Coal Seams, Ya Liu, Zhaoyun Zhang, Cheng An, Canguang Zheng Jul 2026

Research On Safety Monitoring System For Digital Twin Fully Mechanized Mining Face In Thin Coal Seams, Ya Liu, Zhaoyun Zhang, Cheng An, Canguang Zheng

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: To solve the problems of opaque production processes, difficult expression of production information, and high difficulty in real-time model driving and safety monitoring in fully mechanized mining faces of thin coal seams, studying the use of digital twin technology and risk early warning models to solve beyond-visual-range visual production operations and safety monitoring control of the working face has important theoretical and practical value. This paper studied the construction methods of the digital twin system for fully mechanized mining faces in thin coal seams and discussed the construction of high-precision three-dimensional models, the real-time collection and processing conversion of …


Trajectory-Aware Dynamic Offloading For High-Mobility Vehicular Edge Systems, Haoran Xu, Zhiqin Huang, Youwu Hu, Zheyi Chen Jul 2026

Trajectory-Aware Dynamic Offloading For High-Mobility Vehicular Edge Systems, Haoran Xu, Zhiqin Huang, Youwu Hu, Zheyi Chen

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: To address the problems of service interruptions, task failures, and resource waste caused by high mobility of intelligent vehicles (IVs) in vehicular edge computing (VEC), this paper proposes a trajectory-aware dynamic offloading (TADO) framework for high-mobility vehicular edge systems. A lightweight T-pattern trajectory-aware algorithm is designed to efficiently predict the next-hop road side unit (RSU) by mining spatio-temporal patterns from historical trajectories of vehicles, offering a forward-looking reference for offloading decisions. A joint optimization model is constructed, and a service interruption risk factor driven by trajectory prediction is introduced. An improved DRL method is developed. It takes the predicted …


Multi-Auv Pursuit Algorithm With Phased Guidance Based On Maddpg, Sen Zhang, Sihang Shen, Xiaojie Sun, Jingping Shao, Shuaiqiang Guo, Yingjie Deng Jul 2026

Multi-Auv Pursuit Algorithm With Phased Guidance Based On Maddpg, Sen Zhang, Sihang Shen, Xiaojie Sun, Jingping Shao, Shuaiqiang Guo, Yingjie Deng

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: To address the problems such as low exploration and sampling efficiency and sparse rewards in the early training stage under the complex target pursuit environment of multiple AUVs based on MADDPG, a phased-guidance curriculum MADDPG (PGC-MADDPG) algorithm was proposed. The pursuit task was divided into two phases, i.e., target tracking and encircling, through curriculum learning. In the target tracking phase, an experience strategy based on the APF method was introduced as a guidance item to provide prior knowledge of the target direction and accelerate the AUV training speed. After entering the encircling phase, the APF guidance item was removed, …


Study On Trajectory Optimization Of Spray Painting Robot Based On Improved Sparrow Search Algorithm, Jie Yang, Zhenkai Xiong, Longyan Wang Jul 2026

Study On Trajectory Optimization Of Spray Painting Robot Based On Improved Sparrow Search Algorithm, Jie Yang, Zhenkai Xiong, Longyan Wang

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: To address the challenges posed by the complex working environment to the trajectory planning of the spray painting robot, a multi-strategy integrated sparrow search algorithm (MISSA) was proposed with the dual optimization objectives of time efficiency and motion smoothness. The 3-5-3 polynomial interpolation method was adopted to design the trajectory curve, aiming to ensure continuous angular displacement, angular velocity, and angular acceleration throughout the process. A multidimensional optimization problem with joint constraints was constructed using the total trajectory duration as the performance index. MISSA, which integrates refraction reverse learning, sine-cosine adaptive adjustment, and Cauchy mutation, was utilized to optimize …


Research On Multi-Objective Hybrid Flow-Shop Scheduling With Order Splitting, Junjie Yu, Weixi Ji, Chen Chen, Jingyu Lu, Chaoyang Zhang Jul 2026

Research On Multi-Objective Hybrid Flow-Shop Scheduling With Order Splitting, Junjie Yu, Weixi Ji, Chen Chen, Jingyu Lu, Chaoyang Zhang

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: To address the order splitting multi-objective hybrid flow-shop scheduling problem (OSMOHFSP), a dual-objective optimization model was formulated with the objectives of minimizing makespan and total order tardiness. Fixed sub-batch specification constraints were incorporated to reflect common splitting limitations in actual production. A sub-batch generation strategy based on a candidate set of sub-batch specifications was designed to efficiently filter feasible splitting combinations, effectively reducing the search space dimensionality and computational complexity. A hybrid multi-objective metaheuristic algorithm integrating NSGA-II and SA was proposed. The global search capability was enhanced by constructing two crossover and four mutation operators. An improved SA embedding …


Ultra-Short-Term Photovoltaic Power Prediction Method Based On Spatio-Temporal Feature Enhancement Of Ground-Based Cloud Images, Zhiwei Kou, Fengyue Xin, Xiaoming Cui, Yu Yin, Feifan Li, Yongsheng Qi Jul 2026

Ultra-Short-Term Photovoltaic Power Prediction Method Based On Spatio-Temporal Feature Enhancement Of Ground-Based Cloud Images, Zhiwei Kou, Fengyue Xin, Xiaoming Cui, Yu Yin, Feifan Li, Yongsheng Qi

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: In view of the time lag in ground-based cloud image acquisition and the insufficient accuracy of existing photovoltaic power prediction models, an ultra-short-term photovoltaic power prediction method named spatial-temporal feature enhancement-ground-based cloud image-improved LSTM (STFE-GCI-ILSTM), which is based on spatio-temporal feature enhancement-ground-based cloud images-improved long short-term memory (LSTM) network was proposed. A ground-based cloud image prediction model with multi-scale spatio-temporal feature enhancement (STFE-GCI) was constructed. By spatial feature enhancement, temporal feature enhancement, and multi-scale feature fusion technologies, the deep spatio-temporal features of historical cloud image sequences were extracted to generate future predicted cloud image sequences, thereby eliminating the time …


Simulation Platform Based On Soc-Fpga Clusters For Cxl-Ethernet Heterogeneous Interconnection, Xu Zhang, Ke Liu, Mingyu Chen Jul 2026

Simulation Platform Based On Soc-Fpga Clusters For Cxl-Ethernet Heterogeneous Interconnection, Xu Zhang, Ke Liu, Mingyu Chen

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: To address the difficulty of balancing simulation speed and topology flexibility when simulating large-scale, CXL-Ethernet heterogeneous interconnect datacenter scenarios with existing CXL simulation platforms, this paper presents CNetSim, a semi-physical simulation platform based on an SoC-FPGA cluster. The platform employs SoC-FPGA hardware to emulate endpoint nodes, leveraging their real processors and memory devices as well as FPGA-implemented CXL. mem protocol to support high-speed execution of standard Linux systems and real distributed applications. Meanwhile, it utilizes the flexible topology configuration capability of software simulation to implement CXL switched networks and inter-rack Ethernet interconnects based on DPDK on simulation servers. Simulation …


Optimization Of Convective Heat Transfer Parameters For Spindles Based On Finite Element Thermal Analysis, Jiali Zhang, Haiping Liu, Qinsheng Jiang, Sina Dang Jul 2026

Optimization Of Convective Heat Transfer Parameters For Spindles Based On Finite Element Thermal Analysis, Jiali Zhang, Haiping Liu, Qinsheng Jiang, Sina Dang

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: In view of the low simulation accuracy of existing finite element models for thermal characteristics of spindles caused by ignoring the influences of geometric characteristics of convective surfaces and fluid flow patterns and often adopting constant temperature loading in the setting of convective heat transfer boundary conditions, this paper proposed an optimization method for convective heat transfer parameters of spindles based on finite element thermal analysis. Combined with the geometric shapes and spatial positions of various convective surfaces of the spindle system, the calculation criterion of the convective heat transfer coefficient was determined through dimensional analysis according to the …


Simulation And Optimization Of Task Offloading In Mine Edge Computing For Low-Concurrency Devices, Zhaolu Guo, Qianhui Liu Jul 2026

Simulation And Optimization Of Task Offloading In Mine Edge Computing For Low-Concurrency Devices, Zhaolu Guo, Qianhui Liu

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: With the advancement of mine intelligence, task offloading technology has become a core technology of mine edge computing (MEC). For edge computing systems deployed with mine low-concurrency devices (MLCD), a discrete-event simulation model for MEC task offloading oriented to MLCD was constructed to solve the collaborative optimization problem of task processing latency and load balancing of mine edge servers (MES). By dynamically simulating the queuing, transmission, and computation processes of tasks, the objective of minimizing task processing latency was achieved. An improved evolutionary algorithm, ISBT-EA, was proposed, which integrated a task-characteristic-driven initialization strategy and local search operators, enhancing the …


Prediction Of Industrial Concentration Parameters Based On Caudformer Model, Kaipeng Xu, Yan Wang, Xin Zhang, Yang Liu, Zhenzhong Wang, Xiang Liu, Zhicheng Ji Jul 2026

Prediction Of Industrial Concentration Parameters Based On Caudformer Model, Kaipeng Xu, Yan Wang, Xin Zhang, Yang Liu, Zhenzhong Wang, Xiang Liu, Zhicheng Ji

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: To solve the problems in the industrial concentration process of traditional Chinese medicine that traditional prediction methods are difficult to deal with complex characteristics such as nonlinearity, high-dimensional coupling, and highly skewed distribution and that existing deep learning models insufficiently consider causal relationships among variables, ignore frequency-domain periodic characteristics, and lack long-range dependency modeling capabilities, an improved multivariate time series prediction model CauDformer was proposed in this paper. Based on the iTransformer architecture, a causal multi-head self-attention mechanism (C-MHSA) was introduced to compulsorily constrain the dependency direction among variables by utilizing a lower triangular causal mask, guiding the model …


Operational Agency: A Permeable Legal Fiction For Tracing Culpability In Ai Systems, Anirban Mukherjee, Hannah H. Chang Jul 2026

Operational Agency: A Permeable Legal Fiction For Tracing Culpability In Ai Systems, Anirban Mukherjee, Hannah H. Chang

Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business

Modern artificial intelligence (AI) systems act with a high degree of independence yet lack legal personhood—a paradox that fractures doctrines grounded in human-centric notions of mens rea and actus reus. This Article introduces Operational Agency (OA)—a permeable legal fiction structured as an ex post evidentiary framework—and Operational Agency Graph (OAG)—a tool for mapping causal interactions among human actors, organizations, and AI systems. OA evaluates an AI’s observable operational characteristics: its goal-directedness (as a proxy for intent), predictive processing (as a proxy for foresight), and safety architecture (as a proxy for standard of care). OAG operationalizes that analysis by embedding these …


Developing Solvent-Based Recycling Methods At Ambient Conditions To Regenerate Bisphenol A Diglycidyl Ether And Recover Metal Oxides From Epoxy Nanocomposites, Heaven Smith Jul 2026

Developing Solvent-Based Recycling Methods At Ambient Conditions To Regenerate Bisphenol A Diglycidyl Ether And Recover Metal Oxides From Epoxy Nanocomposites, Heaven Smith

Rose-Hulman Undergraduate Research Publications

No abstract provided.


Cdt-1d Cnn Integration With Simpson-Sobolev Regularization For High-Frequency Options Trading: With Fem-Based Heston Option Pricing, Daniel M. Margolis, Johannes Tausch, Arthur K. Selender Jul 2026

Cdt-1d Cnn Integration With Simpson-Sobolev Regularization For High-Frequency Options Trading: With Fem-Based Heston Option Pricing, Daniel M. Margolis, Johannes Tausch, Arthur K. Selender

Mathematics Theses and Dissertations

This dissertation presents a computational framework for high-frequency options trading that combines Cross-Data-Type 1-D Convolutional Neural Networks (CDT-1D CNN) with Simpson-Sobolev regularization for directional prediction, and finite element methods (FEM) for realistic option pricing during backtesting. The core innovation lies in developing a mathematically rigorous regularization approach that maintains the adaptability of modern deep learning while enabling accurate evaluation through stochastic volatility models. The primary contribution is the Simpson-Sobolev regularization scheme, which extends traditional Sobolev regularization by incorporating Simpson’s rule for numerical integration. This approach achieves higher-order accuracy in approximating the Sobolev norms that control function smoothness. Simpson’s rule attains …


Beyond Hard Constraints: Budget-Conditioned Reachability For Safe Offline Reinforcement Learning, Brahmanage Janaka Chathuranga Thilakarathna, Akshat Kumar Jul 2026

Beyond Hard Constraints: Budget-Conditioned Reachability For Safe Offline Reinforcement Learning, Brahmanage Janaka Chathuranga Thilakarathna, Akshat Kumar

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

Sequential decision-making using Markov Decision Process underpins many real-world applications. Both model-based and model-free methods have achieved strong results in these settings. However, real-world tasks must balance reward maximization with safety constraints, often conflicting objectives, that can lead to unstable min–max, adversarial optimization. A promising alternative is safety reachability analysis, which precomputes a forward-invariant safe state–action set, ensuring that an agent starting inside this set remains safe indefinitely. Yet, most reachability-based methods address only hard safety constraints, and little work extends reachability to cumulative cost constraints. To address this, first, we define a safety-conditioned reachability set that decouples reward maximization …


Ethos: A Computational Framework For Material Culture Research, Chelsea L. Grafe Jul 2026

Ethos: A Computational Framework For Material Culture Research, Chelsea L. Grafe

Department of Textiles, Merchandising and Fashion Design: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

Museum catalog records make large collections searchable, but they do not always preserve the reasoning behind the claims they contain. A record may present a quilt's identity as settled while leaving the reasoning behind that claim invisible, making it difficult for later researchers to check, question, or reuse. This project asks whether museum catalog data can be analyzed in a way that keeps each analytical claim connected to the evidence that supports it. To test this question, the project applies a material-first computational framework named Ethos. Ethos formalizes an object-centered inquiry sequence in which material dependencies establish where analysis begins …


Activity Transition Graph Generation: How Far Are We?, Jiakun Liu, Peixin Zhang, Han Hu, Yonghui Liu, Wei Minn, Ferdian Thung, Shahar Maoz, Eran Toch, Debin Gao, David Lo Jul 2026

Activity Transition Graph Generation: How Far Are We?, Jiakun Liu, Peixin Zhang, Han Hu, Yonghui Liu, Wei Minn, Ferdian Thung, Shahar Maoz, Eran Toch, Debin Gao, David Lo

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

Android applications (i.e., apps) are indispensable nowadays and are getting bigger and bigger with an increasing number offunctionalities. To understand how to access functionalities in an app, prior studies proposed tools to model the transitionsbetween functionalities with the activity transition graph (ATG). ATG is an important data structure and has been used forvarious Android app analyses, including app design, understanding, and testing. However, there is no benchmarking work onATG generation. It is still unclear whether the transitions identified by tools are correct and how many transitions are missed.To fill this gap, we manually identified all transitions in 98 applications to …


Operationalizing Ethics For Ai Agents: How Developers Encode Values Into Repository Context Files, Christoph Treude, Sebastian Baltes, Marc Cheong Jul 2026

Operationalizing Ethics For Ai Agents: How Developers Encode Values Into Repository Context Files, Christoph Treude, Sebastian Baltes, Marc Cheong

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

As AI coding agents become embedded in software development workflows, developers are beginning to operationalize ethical principles by encoding behavioral rules into repository-level context files for AI agents, such as AGENTS.md files. Rather than examining the ethics of AI agents in the abstract, this vision paper investigates how ethics and values are already being translated for AI agents into actionable instructions that shape agent behavior. Through a preliminary investigation, we find that developers are already embedding guidance related to fairness, accessibility, sustainability, tone, and privacy. These artifacts function as a developer-authored governance layer, translating abstract principles into situated, natural-language directives …


Chi Meta-Project Ecosystem Overview - Spring 2026, David B. Smith Jul 2026

Chi Meta-Project Ecosystem Overview - Spring 2026, David B. Smith

Publications and Research

This paper offers a high-level account of the Center for Holistic Integration’s (CHI) meta-project ecosystem as visualized in the included system map. CHI provides an organizational structure framed around persistent meta-projects that support and extend individual initiatives across curriculum, scholarly and applied research, infrastructure, artistic production, AI development, cultural inquiry, and external partnerships. Rather than presenting the map as a static inventory of projects, the paper examines how its core domains function as living systems through which knowledge, tools, documentation, participants, and collaborations can accumulate over time. It also considers how CHI-mediated connectivity, institutional integration, and external funding allow the …


Impartial Intelligence? Evidence Of Country-Label Sensitivity In Ai Financial Analysis, Fabio Motoki, Jedson Pinto Jul 2026

Impartial Intelligence? Evidence Of Country-Label Sensitivity In Ai Financial Analysis, Fabio Motoki, Jedson Pinto

School of Accountancy Faculty Publications

This study examines whether large language models exhibit systematic country-contingent differential treatment in financial fraud detection. Analyzing 30,000 synthetic transactions with identical statistical properties across three country attributions (United States, Great Britain, and China), we find LLMs assign significantly higher fraud probabilities to Chinese-attributed transactions (36.2%) compared to Western countries (≈30–31%), resulting in accuracy disparities of 67% versus 74%. The gap remains stable across five independent experimental replications and persists when using Chinese language prompts, ruling out linguistic effects. Bias mitigation strategies, such as requiring explanations or explicit country neutrality instructions, reduce but fail to eliminate these disparities. Testing across …


How Do Different Food Influents Affect Biogas Production, Process And Operational Stability, And System Performance In The Armfield W8, A Bench-Scale Anaerobic Digester, Jarko Rumbaoa, Anahita Adhikari Jul 2026

How Do Different Food Influents Affect Biogas Production, Process And Operational Stability, And System Performance In The Armfield W8, A Bench-Scale Anaerobic Digester, Jarko Rumbaoa, Anahita Adhikari

Rose-Hulman Undergraduate Research Publications

No abstract provided.


Center Of Mass (Com) Shift In Electric Vertical Takeoff And Landing (Evtol) Aircraft, Irene Lema Madueno Jul 2026

Center Of Mass (Com) Shift In Electric Vertical Takeoff And Landing (Evtol) Aircraft, Irene Lema Madueno

Rose-Hulman Undergraduate Research Publications

No abstract provided.


Sustainable Extraction Of A New Diketopiperazine, Anthony Chapman Jul 2026

Sustainable Extraction Of A New Diketopiperazine, Anthony Chapman

Rose-Hulman Undergraduate Research Publications

No abstract provided.


Native Plants For Green Roofs In Indiana, Alasdair Curts Jul 2026

Native Plants For Green Roofs In Indiana, Alasdair Curts

Rose-Hulman Undergraduate Research Publications

No abstract provided.


Idioma Tutor, Oralia Mijares Jul 2026

Idioma Tutor, Oralia Mijares

Systems Manuals - 2026

The Idioma Tutor was developed specifically for individuals who desire to learn English through a non-traditional approach, eLearning. Idioma Tutor is an interactive game designed to strengthen individual’s English language adaptation, using an individual-learner approach. The game uses immediate feedback to provide self-analysis for learners. It captivates users and applies best-practices in eLearning and game development to retain and fully engage learners. This system manual outlines provides detailed information for using the Idioma Tutor. This system will be used as a catalyst to support the success of individuals who desire to learn the English language in a fun and interactive …


Semantic Context Improvisational Retrieval-Augmented Generation For Empathic Conversational Ai, Sharjeel Tahir, Judith Johnson, Jumana Abu-Khalaf, Syed Afaq Ali Shah Jul 2026

Semantic Context Improvisational Retrieval-Augmented Generation For Empathic Conversational Ai, Sharjeel Tahir, Judith Johnson, Jumana Abu-Khalaf, Syed Afaq Ali Shah

Research outputs 2022 to 2026

A fundamental limitation of modern conversational AI is its limited capacity to demonstrate sustained empathy in long-form interactions. We propose SCIRAG (Semantic Context Improvisational Retrieval-Augmented Generation), a feedback-driven retrieval framework for adaptive empathic dialogue. It employs a dual-loop retrieval framework, iteratively optimizing a static counseling dataset through user metadata and feedback memory refinement. To enhance contextual alignment, we deploy retrieval adaptation, enabling the model to retain and leverage past conversational cues based on user preferences. When integrated with Mixtral-8x7B, SCIRAG improves human-rated empathic understanding by +1.26 points and empathic response by +1.00 point on the RoPE scale, while increasing acceptability …


Improving Urban Search And Rescue Team Coordination Through Adaptive Context Awareness, Daniel Reyes Duran Jul 2026

Improving Urban Search And Rescue Team Coordination Through Adaptive Context Awareness, Daniel Reyes Duran

Doctoral Dissertations and Master's Theses

Modern multi-agent Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) operations heavily rely on mobile geospatial Common Operating Pictures (COPs) to maintain team coordination and Situational Awareness (SA). However, the proliferation of high-frequency sensor telemetry at the tactical edge has introduced a data saturation paradox challenge: while information theoretically drives informed decision-making, unmanaged data surges induce increased operator cognitive overload and alert fatigue on mobile End-User Devices (EUDs), while downstream data-broadcasting models inherently strain edge processing and viewport environments.

To resolve these constraints, this dissertation presents a context-aware Value of Information (VoI) data-management framework integrated directly with a custom, event-driven Android Team Awareness …


Late-Night And Early-Morning Train Scheduling With Non-Traffic Hour Maintenance Window In Urban Rail Transit Systems, Yaochen Ma, Hai Yang, Hai Wang Jul 2026

Late-Night And Early-Morning Train Scheduling With Non-Traffic Hour Maintenance Window In Urban Rail Transit Systems, Yaochen Ma, Hai Yang, Hai Wang

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

Regular maintenance during non-traffic hours (NTH) is vital for the resilience of urban rail transit (URT) systems, yet an insufficient NTH maintenance window poses a challenge for URT systems in various cities. For instance, the Hong Kong MTR Corporation has noted that the required NTH maintenance time often exceeds the available window, prompting service adjustments such as earlier late-night closures and/or later early-morning starts. To address this challenge, this study develops an optimal scheduling framework that links late-night and early-morning URT services through the NTH maintenance window requirement to maximize public welfare. A Decoupled Optimization Model (DOM) first derives closed-form …


Deep Learning For Video Anomaly Detection: A Review, Peng Wu, Chengyu Pan, Yuting Yan, Guansong Pang, Qingsen Yan, Peng Wang, Yanning Zhang Jul 2026

Deep Learning For Video Anomaly Detection: A Review, Peng Wu, Chengyu Pan, Yuting Yan, Guansong Pang, Qingsen Yan, Peng Wang, Yanning Zhang

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

Video anomaly detection (VAD) aims to discover behaviors or events deviating from the normality in videos. As a long-standing task in the field of computer vision, VAD has witnessed much good progress. In the era of deep learning, with the explosion of architectures of continuously growing capability and capacity, a great variety of deep learning-based methods are constantly emerging for the VAD task, greatly improving the generalization ability of detection algorithms and broadening the application scenarios. Therefore, such a multitude of methods and a large body of literature make a comprehensive survey a pressing necessity. In this article, we present …


Tranx-Adapter: Bridging Artifacts And Semantics Within Mllms For Robust Ai-Generated Image Detection, Wenbin Wang, Yuge Huang, Jianqing Xu, Yue Yu, Jiangtao Yan, Shouhong Ding, Pan Zhou, Yong Luo Jul 2026

Tranx-Adapter: Bridging Artifacts And Semantics Within Mllms For Robust Ai-Generated Image Detection, Wenbin Wang, Yuge Huang, Jianqing Xu, Yue Yu, Jiangtao Yan, Shouhong Ding, Pan Zhou, Yong Luo

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

Rapid advances in AI-generated image (AIGI) technology enable highly realistic synthesis, threatening public information integrity and security. Recent studies have demonstrated that incorporating texture-level artifact features alongside semantic features into multimodal large language models (MLLMs) can enhance their AIGI detection capability. However, our preliminary analyses reveal that artifact features exhibit high intra-feature similarity, leading to an almost uniform attention map after the softmax operation. This phenomenon causes attention dilution, thereby hindering effective fusion between semantic and artifact features. To overcome this limitation, we propose a lightweight fusion adapter, TranX-Adapter, which integrates a Task-aware Optimal-Transport Fusion that leverages the Jensen-Shannon divergence …


Towards Uniformity And Alignment For Multimodal Representation Learning, Wenzhe Yin, Pan Zhou, Zehao Xiao, Jie Liu, Shujian Yu, Jan-Jakob Sonke, Efstratios Gavves Jul 2026

Towards Uniformity And Alignment For Multimodal Representation Learning, Wenzhe Yin, Pan Zhou, Zehao Xiao, Jie Liu, Shujian Yu, Jan-Jakob Sonke, Efstratios Gavves

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

Multimodal representation learning aims to construct a shared embedding space in which heterogeneous modalities are semantically aligned. Despite strong empirical results, InfoNCE-based objectives introduce inherent conflicts that yield distribution gaps across modalities. In this work, we identify two conflicts in the multimodal regime, both exacerbated as the number of modalities increases: (i) an alignment–uniformity conflict, whereby the repulsion of uniformity undermines pairwise alignment, and (ii) an intra-alignment conflict, where aligning multiple modalities induces competing alignment directions. To address these issues, we propose a principled decoupling of alignment and uniformity for multimodal representations, providing a conflict-free recipe for multimodal learning that …