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  1. Small Object Detection in Industrial Recycling: A New Dataset and YOLO Performance Evaluation

    May 26, 2026Oussama Messai, Abbass Zein-Eddine, Abdelouahid Bentamou +4Small Object DetectionObject Detection

    Mines Saint-Etienne, CNRS, UMR 5307 LGF, F-42023 Saint-Etienne, France · Siléane Group, 12 Rue Louis Soulier, 42000 Saint-Etienne, France · Orano Group, Orano Recyclage La Hague – 50444 La Hague Cedex, France

  2. TinyFormer: Preserving Tiny Objects in YOLO-DETR Hybrid Real-time Detectors

    May 24, 2026Jun-Wei Hsieh, Meng-Yu Kao, Ghufron Wahyu Kurniawan +1Hybrid CNN-Transformer ArchitecturesSmall Object Detection

    College of Artificial Intelligence, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taiwan · 2Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories

  3. MambaDSF: Multi-Scale SSM with Dilated Feature Fusion for Sonar Small Target Detection

    May 24, 2026Hui Lin, Jiayi Li, Jing Wang +1Underwater ImagingSmall Object Detection

    School of Information Science and Engineering, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266100, China · School of Information and Communication Technology, Griffith University, Nathan, QLD 4111, Australia

  4. From Full Boards to Tiny Defects: Scale-Aware Tile Inference with Topology-Aware Merging for High-Resolution PCB Defect Detection

    May 23, 2026Mohammad Alijanpour Shalmani, Alale Rezvani Boroujeni, Ali Amini +1Small Object DetectionIndustrial Inspection

    Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, 4000 Central Florida Blvd., Orlando, FL 32816 · Dept. of Marketing, 4000 Central Florida Blvd., Orlando, FL 32816 · Centre of Real Time Computer Systems, Faculty of Informatics, Kaunas University of Technology, K. Donelaičio g. 73, Kaunas, Lithuania, 44249

  5. Detection of Virus and Small Cell Patches in Foci Images Using Switchable Convolution and Feature Pyramid Networks

    May 21, 2026Amrita Singh, Snehasis MukherjeeSmall Object DetectionObject Detection

  6. SAM-Sode: Towards Faithful Explanations for Tiny Bacteria Detection

    May 20, 2026Wanying Tan, Shuo Yan, Dazhi Huang +7Explainable Artificial IntelligenceSmall Object Detection

    Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China · The Second Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China · The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou), Guangzhou,2026 China +2

  7. Towards UAV Detection in the Real World: A New Multispectral Dataset UAVNet-MS and a New Method

    May 20, 2026Yihang Luo, Jun Chen, Chao Xiao +13Multispectral Object DetectionSmall Object Detection

    College of Electronic Science and Technology, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, China · Aviation University of Air Force, China · Sun Yat-sen University, China

  8. CANSURF: An ASV-View Can Dataset and Benchmark for Detection and Tracking of Surface-Level Debris

    May 16, 2026Zaid Aljundi, Zahra F. Rahmatullah, Mostafa Elemam +1Small Object DetectionObject Detection

    School of Mathematical and Computer Sciences Heriot-Watt University Dubai Dubai, United Arab Emirates · School of Engineering and Physical Sciences Heriot-Watt University Dubai Dubai, United Arab Emirates

  9. M2^2E-UAV: A Benchmark and Analysis for Onboard Motion-on-Motion Event-Based Tiny UAV Detection

    May 11, 2026Weiqi Yan, Lixin Chen, Xiangrui Hou +5Small Object DetectionEvent-Based Object Detection

    Fujian Key Laboratory of Urban Intelligent Sensing and Computing, School of Informatics, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China · Meta, Menlo Park, USA

  10. A Marine Debris Detection Framework for Ocean Robots via Self-Attention Enhancement and Feature Interaction Optimization

    May 8, 2026Yuyang Li, Jiashu Han, Yinyi Lai +2Self-AttentionSmall Object Detection

    School of Department of Mechanical Engineering, Hohai University, Changzhou, 213200, China · Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, 230031, China · Department of Mechanical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, 999077, China

  11. Student Classroom Behavior Recognition Based on Improved YOLOv8s

    Apr 30, 2026Xiang Gao, Shuai HangHuman Activity RecognitionSmall Object Detection

    School of Physics and Information Technology Shaanxi Normal University Xi’an, 710062, China

  12. ViCrop-Det: Spatial Attention Entropy Guided Cropping for Training-Free Small-Object Detection

    Apr 29, 2026Hui Wang, Hongze Li, Wei Chen +1Small Object DetectionDetection Transformer

    School of Computer Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology 2School of Software Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology Wuhan 430074, China

  13. DenseScout: Algorithm-System Co-design for Budgeted Tiny Object Selection on Edge Platforms

    Apr 28, 2026Xiong Zhouzhi, Zimo Zeng, Yi Chen +3Small Object DetectionEdge Inference

    College of Electrical Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China

  14. UHR-DETR: Efficient End-to-End Small Object Detection for Ultra-High-Resolution Remote Sensing Imagery

    Apr 23, 2026Jingfang Li, Haoran Zhu, Wen Yang +4Remote Sensing Small Object DetectionSmall Object Detection

    School of Electronic Information, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430072 China

  15. RareSpot+: A Benchmark, Model, and Active Learning Framework for Small and Rare Wildlife in Aerial Imagery

    Apr 21, 2026Bowen Zhang, Jesse T. Boulerice, Charvi Mendiratta +4Remote Sensing Small Object DetectionSmall Object Detection

    University of California, Santa Barbara, 93106, California, United States of America. · 2Smithsonian National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute, 20008, Washington, DC, United States of America. · 3Stanford University, 94305, California, United States of America. +1

  16. Optimizing Data Augmentation for Real-Time Small UAV Detection: A Lightweight Context-Aware Approach

    Apr 21, 2026Amir Zamani, Zeinab AbediniData AugmentationSmall Object Detection

    Comprehensive University of the Islamic Revolution · Department of Computer Engineering · Tehran, Iran +1

  17. Adaptive Slicing-Assisted Hyper Inference for Enhanced Small Object Detection in High-Resolution Imagery

    Apr 21, 2026Francesco Moretti, Yi Jin, Guiqin MarioRemote Sensing Small Object DetectionSmall Object Detection

    College of Educational Science and Technology, Polytechnic University of Turin

  18. Learning Where to Embed: Noise-Aware Positional Embedding for Query Retrieval in Small-Object Detection

    Apr 16, 2026Yangchen Zeng, Zhenyu Yu, Dongming Jiang +5Small Object DetectionEfficient Object Detection

    Southeast University · Fudan University · The University of Texas at Dallas +6

  19. FSDETR: Frequency-Spatial Feature Enhancement for Small Object Detection

    Apr 16, 2026Jianchao Huang, Fengming Zhang, Haibo Zhu +1Frequency-Domain Feature LearningSmall Object Detection

    School of Artificial Intelligence and Computer Science, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, China

  20. CollabOD: Collaborative Multi-Backbone with Cross-scale Vision for UAV Small Object Detection

    Mar 6, 2026Xuecheng Bai, Yuxiang Wang, Chuanzhi Xu +3Remote Sensing Small Object DetectionSmall Object Detection

    Aviation Traffic Control Technology (SHENZHEN) Co., Ltd., Shenzhen, China · The University of Sydney, NSW, Australia · Research Institute of Traffic Control Technology Co., Ltd., Beijing, China +1

  21. RSTNet: Enhancing Small-Target Recognition in Noisy SAR Imagery via Robust Feature Learning and Distribution-Aware Regression

    Feb 27, 2026Xiaojing Zhao, Shiyang Li, Zenan Chu +5Remote Sensing Small Object DetectionSmall Object Detection

    College of Mathematics and Information Science, Anyang Institute of Technology, Anyang, 455000, China · School of Computer Science and Information Engineering, Anyang Institute of Technology, Anyang, 455000, China · College of Electronic Information and Optical Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300350, China +3

  22. CoLR-Det: Collaborative Latent Restoration for Small Object Detection in Low-Resolution Remote Sensing Images

    Jan 18, 2026Ruo Qi, Linhui Dai, Yusong Qin +2Remote Sensing Image UnderstandingRemote Sensing Small Object Detection

    Institute of Intelligent Information Processing, Shenzhen University, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Intelligent Information Processing, Shenzhen and Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Modern Communications and Information Processing, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China

  23. Edge-Aware and Content-Adaptive Infrared Gas Leak Detection for Industrial Safety Monitoring

    Dec 29, 2025Dongsheng Li, Tianli Ma, Siling Wang +2Small Object DetectionInfrared Object Detection

    School of Mechatronic Engineering, Xi’an Technological University, Xi’an, 710021, Shaanxi, China · School of Electronic Information Engineering, Xi’an Technological University, Xi’an, 710021, Shaanxi, China · Shaanxi Shanhua Coal Chemical Co., Ltd., Weinan, 714104, Shaanxi, China

  24. YolovN-CBi: A Lightweight and Efficient Architecture for Real-Time Detection of Small UAVs

    Dec 19, 2025Ami Pandat, Punna Rajasekhar, Gopika Vinod +1Small Object DetectionObject Detection

    Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, 400094, Maharashtra, India. · Bhabha Atomic Research Center, Mumbai, 400094, Maharashtra, India.

  25. LiM-YOLO: Less is More with Pyramid Level Shift for Ship Detection in Optical Remote Sensing

    Dec 10, 2025Seon-Hoon Kim, Yerin Kim, Hyeji Sim +3Remote Sensing Small Object DetectionSmall Object Detection

    University of Science and Technology (UST), Daejeon 34113, Republic of Korea · Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI), Daejeon 34133, Republic of Korea

  26. 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

  27. SMDDFNet: State-space Modeling and Dynamic Dual Fusion Network for Traffic Sign Detection

    May 2, 2025TianYi Yu, DaJian Zhong, Lilin WangSmall Object DetectionMulti-Scale Feature Fusion

    Collage of Infomation Engineering, Shanghai Maritime University, Shanghai, 201306, China

  28. XS-VID: A Large-Scale Benchmark for Small Object Detection and Tracking in Videos

    Jul 25, 2024Jiahao Guo, Ziyang Xu, Lianjun Wu +3Small Object DetectionVideo Object Detection

    Huazhong University of Science and Technology