Image Generation

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Image generation studies how to produce realistic, useful images from inputs such as text prompts, reference pictures, sketches, spatial layouts, or scientific measurements. Common approaches include diffusion and flow-matching models that refine images step by step, autoregressive models that generate visual tokens in sequence, and GANs used in some specialized settings. Researchers improve control and efficiency with techniques such as reference conditioning, geometric constraints, preference optimization, and iterative agent feedback, and evaluate results on benchmarks such as ImageNet, COCO, and GenEval as well as domain-specific tasks. A central challenge is balancing visual quality, prompt accuracy, identity and structural consistency, diversity, and generation cost; realistic appearance alone does not guarantee that an image is correct or safe.

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  1. End-to-End Training for Unified Tokenization and Latent Denoising

    Mar 23, 2026Shivam Duggal, Xingjian Bai, Zongze Wu +5Latent Diffusion ModelsImage Generation

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Adobe

  2. MultiBind: A Benchmark for Attribute Misbinding in Multi-Subject Generation

    Mar 23, 2026Wenqing Tian, Hanyi Mao, Zhaocheng Liu +4Multi-Subject Image GenerationImage Generation

    New Laboratory of Pattern Recognition, Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences · School of Artificial Intelligence, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences · ByteDance +1

  3. Positional Segmentor-Guided Counterfactual Fine-Tuning for Spatially Localized Image Synthesis

    Mar 22, 2026Tian Xia, Matthew Sinclair, Andreas Schuh +8Counterfactual Image GenerationImage Generation

    Department of Computing, Imperial College London, UK · HeartFlow, Inc., Mountain View, CA, USA

  4. Satellite-to-Street: Synthesizing Post-Disaster Views from Satellite Imagery via Generative Vision Models

    Mar 21, 2026Yifan Yang, Lei Zou, Wendy JepsonImage GenerationDisaster Damage Assessment

    Department of Geography, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA

  5. Warm-Start Flow Matching for Guaranteed Fast Text/Image Generation

    Mar 19, 2026Minyoung KimFlow MatchingFlow-Based Generative Modeling

    Samsung AI Center Cambridge, United Kingdom

  6. Cubic Discrete Diffusion: Discrete Visual Generation on High-Dimensional Representation Tokens

    Mar 19, 2026Yuqing Wang, Chuofan Ma, Zhijie Lin +7Image GenerationDiffusion-Based Image Generation

    University of Hong Kong · ByteDance Seed · Carnegie Mellon University +2

  7. End-to-End QGAN-Based Image Synthesis via Neural Noise Encoding and Intensity Calibration

    Mar 19, 2026Xue Yang, Rigui Zhou, Shizheng Jia +5Quantum Generative ModelingImage Generation

    Shanghai Maritime University · Agency for Science, Technology and Research · Singapore University of Technology and Design +1

  8. EchoGen: Cycle-Consistent Learning for Unified Layout-Image Generation and Understanding

    Mar 18, 2026Kai Zou, Hongbo Liu, Dian Zheng +3Cycle-Consistent LearningImage Generation

    School of Cyber Science and Technology, University of Science and Technology of China · Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Digital Security · Tongji University +3

  9. LaDe: Unified Multi-Layered Graphic Media Generation and Decomposition

    Mar 18, 2026Vlad-Constantin Lungu-Stan, Ionut Mironica, Mariana-Iuliana GeorgescuImage GenerationLatent Diffusion Models

    Adobe Research, Romania

  10. A Creative Agent is Worth a 64-Token Template

    Mar 18, 2026Ruixiao Shi, Fu Feng, Yucheng Xie +3T2I GenerationImage Generation

    School of Computer Science and Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, China · Key Laboratory of New Generation Artificial Intelligence Technology and Its Interdisciplinary Applications (Southeast University), Ministry of Education, China

  11. Semi-supervised Latent Disentangled Diffusion Model for Textile Pattern Generation

    Mar 17, 2026Chenggong Hu, Yi Wang, Mengqi Xue +3Image GenerationLatent Diffusion Models

    Zhejiang University · Hangzhou City University

  12. EvoTale: Continual Character Customization for Expanding Story Worlds

    Mar 17, 2026Jinlu Zhang, Qiyun Wang, Baoxiang Du +6Image GenerationSubject-Driven Image Generation

    Key Laboratory of Multimedia Trusted Perception and Efficient Computing, Ministry of Education of China, Xiamen University, 361005, P.R., China. · The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou), Guangzhou, 510000, P.R., China. · Fuxi AI Lab, NetEase Inc., Hangzhou, 310000, P.R., China.

  13. Leveling3D: Leveling Up 3D Reconstruction with Feed-Forward 3D Gaussian Splatting and Geometry-Aware Generation

    Mar 17, 2026Yiming Huang, Baixiang Huang, Beilei Cui +3Novel View Synthesis3D Gaussian Splatting

    The Chinese University of Hong Kong

  14. GlyphPrinter: Region-Grouped Direct Preference Optimization for Glyph-Accurate Visual Text Rendering

    Mar 16, 2026Xincheng Shuai, Ziye Li, Henghui Ding +1Image GenerationDirect Preference Optimization

    Institute of Big Data, College of Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence, Fudan University, China · Generative AI Lab, College of Computing and Data Science, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

  15. RSGen: Enhancing Layout-Driven Remote Sensing Image Generation with Diverse Edge Guidance

    Mar 16, 2026Xianbao Hou, Yonghao He, Zeyd Boukhers +4Image GenerationControllable Image Generation

    School of Future Science and Engineering, Soochow University, Suzhou, China · D-Robotics, Beijing, China · Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Information Technology, Sankt Augustin, Germany +2

  16. SNCE: Geometry-Aware Supervision for Scalable Discrete Image Generation

    Mar 16, 2026Shufan Li, Jiuxiang Gu, Kangning Liu +3Image GenerationVector Quantization

    Adobe · UCLA

  17. WiT: Waypoint Diffusion Transformers for Alleviating Trajectory Conflict in Pixel-Space Image Generation

    Mar 16, 2026Hainuo Wang, Mingjia Li, Xiaojie GuoFlow MatchingDiffusion Transformer

    College of Intelligence and Computing, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300350, China

  18. CyCLeGen: Cycle-Consistent Layout Prediction and Image Generation in Vision Foundation Models

    Mar 16, 2026Xiaojun Shan, Haoyu Shen, Yucheng Mao +5Cycle-Consistent LearningImage Generation

    UC San Diego

  19. Bridging the Intention-Expression Gap: Aligning Multi-Dimensional Preferences via Hierarchical Relevance Feedback in Text-to-Image Diffusion

    Mar 16, 2026Wenxi Wang, Hongbin Liu, Mingqian Li +2Diffusion Model AlignmentT2I Generation

    Tongji University

  20. Multi-Object Advertisement Creative Generation

    Mar 14, 2026Jialu Gao, Mithun Das Gupta, Qun Li +4Image GenerationE-Commerce

    CMU, USA · Microsoft AI, USA · Microsoft Research, USA

  21. Steering Generative Models for Accessibility: EasyRead Image Generation

    Mar 14, 2026Nicolas Dickenmann, Yanis Merzouki, Sonia Laguna +4Image GenerationT2I Generation

    Department of Computer Science, ETH Zurich, Switzerland · Unicef Digital Impact Division, Valencia, Spain · ETH AI Center, ETH Zurich, Switzerland

  22. AccelAes: Accelerating Diffusion Transformers for Training-Free Aesthetic-Enhanced Image Generation

    Mar 13, 2026Xuanhua Yin, Chuanzhi Xu, Haoxian Zhou +2Diffusion TransformerImage Generation

    School of Computer Science, The University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia

  23. CalliMaster: Mastering Page-level Chinese Calligraphy via Layout-guided Spatial Planning

    Mar 12, 2026Tianshuo Xu, Tiantian Hong, Zhifei Chen +2Layout-Guided T2I GenerationImage Generation

    The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou) · Faculty of Engineering and IT, University of Technology Sydney · Xiamen University +1

  24. EvoTok: A Unified Image Tokenizer via Residual Latent Evolution for Visual Understanding and Generation

    Mar 12, 2026Yan Li, Ning Liao, Xiangyu Zhao +5Image TokenizationUnified Multimodal Models

    Shanghai Jiao Tong Univerisity · University of Science and Technology of China · Microsoft Corporation

  25. Adaptive Weighted h-Transform Sampling for Coarse-Guided Visual Generation

    Mar 12, 2026Yanghao Wang, Ziqi Jiang, Zhen Wang +1Diffusion Model GuidanceDiffusion Guidance

    The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

  26. From Broad Exploration to Stable Synthesis: Entropy-Guided Optimization for Autoregressive Image Generation

    Mar 12, 2026Han Song, Yucheng Zhou, Jianbing Shen +1Image GenerationAutoregressive Image Generation

    The Chinese University of Hong Kong · University of Macau

  27. Tokenization Allows Multimodal Large Language Models to Understand, Generate and Edit Architectural Floor Plans

    Mar 12, 2026Sizhong Qin, Ramon Elias Weber, Xinzheng LuFloor Plan GenerationMultimodal Generation

    Tsinghua University · UC Berkeley

  28. Too Vivid to Be Real? Benchmarking and Calibrating Generative Color Fidelity

    Mar 11, 2026Zhengyao Fang, Zexi Jia, Yijia Zhong +5Image GenerationImage Generation Evaluation

    Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen · Independent Researcher · College of Computer Science and Aritificial Intelligence, Fudan University +2

  29. COT-FM: Cluster-wise Optimal Transport Flow Matching

    Mar 11, 2026Chiensheng Chiang, Kuan-Hsun Tu, Jia-Wei Liao +2Flow MatchingGenerative Modeling

    National Taiwan University

  30. Layout-Guided Controllable Pathology Image Generation with In-Context Diffusion Transformers

    Mar 11, 2026Yuntao Shou, Xiangyong Cao, Qian Zhao +1Image GenerationMedical Image Synthesis

    Xi’an Jiaotong University