Feature Fusion

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Feature fusion studies how to combine representations—such as image and radar signals, multiple encoder layers, or learned embeddings and handcrafted descriptors—so models can use complementary evidence. Common approaches include concatenation, cross-attention, gated or reliability-aware weighting, and multi-scale or frequency-domain integration, applied in tasks from detection and segmentation to retrieval and medical prediction. Results show that fusion can improve accuracy and robustness, especially when inputs provide distinct useful cues. A central challenge is deciding when and how to fuse: misaligned or redundant features can add complexity without benefit, and the best strategy depends on the task, data, and reliability of each representation.

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  1. BOLT: Online Lightweight Adaptation for Preparation-Free Heterogeneous Cooperative Perception

    May 1, 2026Kang Yang, Tianci Bu, Peng Wang +2Cooperative PerceptionAdaptive Learning

    Renmin University of China · National University of Defense Technology

  2. Linguistically Informed Multimodal Fusion for Vietnamese Scene-Text Image Captioning: Dataset, Graph Framework, and Phonological Attention

    Apr 30, 2026Nhi Ngoc-Yen Nguyen, Anh-Duc Nguyen, Nghia Hieu Nguyen +2Image CaptioningLow-Resource Language Processing

    Faculty of Information Science and Engineering · University of Information Technology · Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh, Viet Nam

  3. Control Your Queries: Heterogeneous Query Interaction for Camera-Radar Fusion

    Apr 28, 2026Jialong Wu, Yihan Wang, Matthias RottmannCamera-Radar FusionAutonomous Driving Perception

    1Osnabrück University · 3Aptiv Services Deutschland GmbH · University of Wuppertal

  4. A Heterogeneous Two-Stream Framework for Video Action Recognition with Comparative Fusion Analysis

    Apr 25, 2026Md. Afzalur Rahaman, Tahmid RahmanVideo Action RecognitionCross-Modal Attention

    Department of Computer Science & Engineering Hamdard University Bangladesh Munshiganj, Bangladesh

  5. Multilevel neural networks with dual-stage feature fusion for human activity recognition

    Apr 17, 2026Abeer FathAllah Brery, Ascensión Gallardo-Antolín, Israel Gonzalez-Carrasco +1Human Activity RecognitionRecurrent Neural Networks

  6. Towards Automated Solar Panel Integrity: Hybrid Deep Feature Extraction for Advanced Surface Defect Identification

    Apr 13, 2026Muhammad Junaid Asif, Muhammad Saad Rafaqat, Usman Nazakat +2Industrial InspectionFeature Fusion

    Artificial Intelligence Technology Centre (AITeC), National Centre for Physics (NCP), Islamabad 44000, Pakistan · School of Computing, Pak-Austria Fachhochschule: Institute of Applied Sciences and Technology (PAFIAST), Haripur 22620, Pakistan

  7. Multilingual Cognitive Impairment Detection in the Era of Foundation Models

    Apr 8, 2026Damar Hoogland, Boshko Koloski, Jaya Caporusso +5Speech-Based Dementia DetectionClinical Language Model Evaluation

    Jožef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia · Jožef Stefan International Postgraduate School, Ljubljana, Slovenia · Institute of Synergetics and Psychotherapy Research, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria +2

  8. GESS: Multi-cue Guided Local Feature Learning via Geometric and Semantic Synergy

    Apr 7, 2026Yang Yi, Xieyuanli Chen, Jinpu Zhang +2Keypoint DetectionFeature Fusion

    Y. Yi, X. Chen, J. Zhang, H. Shen, and D. Hu are with the College of Intelligence Science and Technology, National University of Defense Technology, China.

  9. MPTF-Net: Multi-view Pyramid Transformer Fusion Network for LiDAR-based Place Recognition

    Apr 6, 2026Shuyuan Li, Zihang Wang, Xieyuanli Chen +5LiDAR Place RecognitionFeature Fusion

  10. COMPASS: Fusion-Matched Supervision for Missing-Modality Human Sensing

    Apr 2, 2026Hao Wang, Yanyu Qian, Pengcheng Weng +4Missing-Modality LearningHuman Activity Recognition

    Universität Bern, Switzerland · Xi’an Jiaotong University, China · Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

  11. FTPFusion: Frequency-Aware Infrared and Visible Video Fusion with Temporal Perturbation

    Apr 2, 2026Xilai Li, Chusheng Fang, Xiaosong LiMultimodal FusionFeature Fusion

    Foshan University, China

  12. Multi-Feature Fusion Approach for Generative AI Images Detection

    Mar 31, 2026Abderrezzaq Sendjasni, Mohamed-Chaker LarabiAI-Generated Image DetectionFeature Fusion

  13. FatigueFormer: Static-Temporal Feature Fusion for Robust sEMG-Based Muscle Fatigue Recognition

    Mar 27, 2026Tong Zhang, Hong Guo, Shuangzhou Yan +3Surface ElectromyographyFeature Fusion

    Zhejiang University

  14. Template-Based Feature Aggregation Network for Industrial Anomaly Detection

    Mar 24, 2026Wei Luo, Haiming Yao, Wenyong YuIndustrial Anomaly DetectionReconstruction-Based Anomaly Detection

    State Key Laboratory of Precision Measurement Technology and Instruments, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China · State Key Laboratory of Digital Manufacturing Equipment and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430074, China

  15. Extending Precipitation Nowcasting Horizons via Spectral Fusion of Radar Observations and Foundation Model Priors

    Mar 23, 2026Yuze Qin, Qingyong Li, Zhiqing Guo +3Precipitation NowcastingWeather Forecasting

    Key Laboratory of Big Data & Artificial Intelligence in Transportation (Ministry of Education), Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing, China · CMA Key Laboratory of Transportation Meteorology, Nanjing Innovation Institute for Atmospheric Sciences, Nanjing, China

  16. PromptHub: Enhancing Multi-Prompt Visual In-Context Learning with Locality-Aware Fusion, Concentration and Alignment

    Mar 19, 2026Tianci Luo, Jinpeng Wang, Shiyu Qin +5In-Context LearningFeature Fusion

    Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University · Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen · Meituan, Beijing

  17. UniStitch: Unifying Semantic and Geometric Features for Image Stitching

    Mar 11, 2026Yuan Mei, Lang Nie, Kang Liao +3Feature FusionMultimodal Fusion

    CQUPT · PolyU · NTU +2

  18. DCAU-Net: Differential Cross Attention and Channel-Spatial Feature Fusion for Medical Image Segmentation

    Mar 10, 2026Yanxin Li, Hui Wan, Libin LanMedical Image SegmentationCross-Attention

    College of Computer Science and Engineering, Chongqing University of Technology, Chongqing, China

  19. MI-DETR: A Strong Baseline for Moving Infrared Small Target Detection with Motion Integration

    Mar 5, 2026Nian Liu, Jin Gao, Zhen Liang +5Infrared Small Target DetectionFeature Fusion

    School of Advanced Interdisciplinary Sciences (SAIS), University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS), Beijing 101408, China · State Key Laboratory of Multimodal Artificial Intelligence Systems, Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China · School of Artificial Intelligence, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 101408, China +4

  20. Micro-expression Recognition Based on Dual-branch Feature Extraction and Fusion

    Feb 27, 2026Mingjie Zhang, Bo Li, Wanting Liu +5Micro-Expression RecognitionFacial Expression Recognition

    School of Petroleum China University of Petroleum (Beijing) Karamay Campus Karamay, China · Artificial Intelligence Research Institute China Tower Corporation Limited Beijing, China · Low Carbon Business Department South Electric Power Science and Technology Development Co., Ltd. Guangzhou, China +1

  21. VGGDrive: Empowering Vision-Language Models with Cross-View Geometric Grounding for Autonomous Driving

    Feb 24, 2026Jie Wang, Guang Li, Zhijian Huang +4Multi-View Feature FusionVLMs for Autonomous Driving

    College of Intelligence and Computing, Tianjin University · Xiaomi EV

  22. Explicit Grammar Semantic Feature Fusion for Robust Text Classification

    Feb 24, 2026Azrin Sultana, Firoz AhmedText ClassificationFeature Fusion

    Department of Computer Science, American International University-Bangladesh, Dhaka-1229, Bangladesh

  23. Predicting Local Climate Zones using Urban Morphometrics and Satellite Imagery

    Feb 23, 2026Hugo Majer, Martin FleischmannFeature Fusion

    Department of Applied Geoinformatics and Cartography, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Albertov 6, 128 00 Prague, Czechia · Department of Social Geography and Regional Development, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Albertov 6, 128 00 Prague, Czechia

  24. KEMP-PIP: A Feature-Fusion Based Approach for Pro-inflammatory Peptide Prediction

    Feb 22, 2026Soumik Deb Niloy, Md. Fahmid-Ul-Alam Juboraj, Swakkhar ShatabdaMolecular Property PredictionFeature Fusion

    Department of Computer Science and Engineering, BRAC University, Dhaka 1212, Bangladesh

  25. ASPEN: Spectral-Temporal Fusion for Cross-Subject Brain Decoding

    Feb 18, 2026Megan Lee, Seung Ha Hwang, Inhyeok Choi +3Cross-Subject EEG DecodingBrain-Computer Interfaces

    Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA · Kyung Hee University, Yongin, South Korea · Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Deajeon, South Korea +1

  26. Triplet Feature Fusion for Equipment Anomaly Prediction : An Open-Source Methodology Using Small Foundation Models

    Feb 16, 2026Takato YasunoAnomaly DetectionPredictive Maintenance

  27. GaussianCaR: Gaussian Splatting for Efficient Camera-Radar Fusion

    Feb 9, 2026Santiago Montiel-Marín, Miguel Antunes-García, Fabio Sánchez-García +3Camera-Radar FusionAutonomous Driving Perception

    Department of Electronics. University of Alcalá, Spain. · Department of Cognitive Robotics. Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands.

  28. FDRMFL: Multimodal Federated Feature Extraction Model Based on Information Maximization and Contrastive Learning

    Nov 30, 2025Haozhe WuMultimodal Federated LearningNon-IID Federated Learning

    School of Computing and Data Science, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China

  29. MGDFIS: Multi-scale Global-detail Feature Integration Strategy for Small Object Detection

    Jun 15, 2025Yuxiang Wang, Xuecheng Bai, Chuanzhi Xu +2Remote Sensing Small Object DetectionSmall Object Detection

    School of Computer Science, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia · 2Aviation Traffic Control Technology (SHENZHEN) Co., Ltd., Shenzhen, China