Fast Attention-Based Simplification of LiDAR Point Clouds for Object Detection and Classification

This paper proposes an efficient, end-to-end learned point cloud simplification method that combines feature embedding with attention-based sampling to achieve a superior balance between computational speed and accuracy for LiDAR-based object detection and classification compared to traditional sampling techniques.

Z. Rozsa, Á. Madaras, Q. Wei, X. Lu, M. Golarits, H. Yuan, T. Sziranyi, R. Hamzaoui2026-03-10💻 cs

Beyond Semantic Similarity: Open Challenges for Embedding-Based Creative Process Analysis Across AI Design Tools

This paper argues that relying solely on fixed embedding similarity for analyzing creative processes in AI design tools is insufficient because it fails to capture meaningful creative pivots, and it outlines three key challenges—aligning metrics with creative significance, handling multimodal traces, and evaluating agentic systems—while proposing context-aware LLM interventions to better capture session-specific dynamics.

Seung Won Lee, Semin Jin, Kyung Hoon Hyun2026-03-10💻 cs

Overthinking Causes Hallucination: Tracing Confounder Propagation in Vision Language Models

This paper identifies "overthinking"—the propagation of incorrect intermediate hypotheses across decoder layers—as a primary cause of hallucinations in Vision Language Models and introduces the Overthinking Score, a layer-probing metric that significantly outperforms existing final-output-based detectors.

Abin Shoby, Ta Duc Huy, Tuan Dung Nguyen, Minh Khoi Ho, Qi Chen, Anton van den Hengel, Phi Le Nguyen, Johan W. Verjans, Vu Minh Hieu Phan2026-03-10💻 cs

Performance Evaluation of Automated Multi-Service Deployment in Edge-Cloud Environments with the CODECO Toolkit

This paper evaluates the open-source CODECO toolkit, demonstrating that it significantly reduces manual intervention and maintains competitive performance compared to baseline Kubernetes workflows for automating multi-service deployments across heterogeneous Edge-Cloud environments.

Georgios Koukis, Ioannis Dermentzis, Vassilis Tsaoussidis, Jan Lenke, Fabian Wolk, Daniel Uceda, Guillermo Sanchez, Miguel A. Puentes, Javier Serrano, Panagiotis Karamolegkos, Rute C. Sofia2026-03-10💻 cs

GeoLoco: Leveraging 3D Geometric Priors from Visual Foundation Model for Robust RGB-Only Humanoid Locomotion

GeoLoco is a robust, RGB-only humanoid locomotion framework that leverages geometric priors from a frozen Visual Foundation Model and a specialized cross-attention mechanism to achieve zero-shot sim-to-real transfer on the Unitree G1 without relying on active depth sensors.

Yufei Liu, Xieyuanli Chen, Hainan Pan, Chenghao Shi, Yanjie Chen, Kaihong Huang, Zhiwen Zeng, Huimin Lu2026-03-10💻 cs

Duala: Dual-Level Alignment of Subjects and Stimuli for Cross-Subject fMRI Decoding

The paper proposes Duala, a dual-level alignment framework that enhances cross-subject fMRI decoding by ensuring semantic consistency at the stimulus level and capturing individual neural variations at the subject level, thereby achieving state-of-the-art performance in image-to-brain retrieval and reconstruction with minimal adaptation data.

Shumeng Li, Jintao Guo, Jian Zhang, Yulin Zhou, Luyang Cao, Yinghuan Shi2026-03-10💻 cs