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  1. PaceVGGT: Pre-Alternating-Attention Token Pruning for Visual Geometry Transformers

    May 8, 2026Haotang Li, Zhenyu Qi, Shaohan Henry Wang +5Visual Token PruningSelf-Supervised Vision Transformers

  2. Semantic-Aware Adaptive Visual Memory for Streaming Video Understanding

    May 8, 2026Hang Wu, Sherin Mary Mathews, Yujun Cai +2Visual TokensLong-Term Memory

  3. GEM: Generating LiDAR World Model via Deformable Mamba

    May 8, 2026Yang Wu, Zhaojiang Liu, Qiang Meng +5LidarLight Detection And Ranging

  4. LaTER: Efficient Test-Time Reasoning via Latent Exploration and Explicit Verification

    May 8, 2026Xuan Li, Yining Wang, Yuchen Liu +7Efficient Latent ReasoningChain-of-Thought Reasoning

  5. Understanding Performance Collapse in Layer-Pruned Large Language Models via Decision Representation Transitions

    May 8, 2026Boyu Shi, Chang Liu, ChuanBao Gao +2Large Language Model PerformanceHeterogeneous Pruning Scores

  6. SparseForge: Efficient Semi-Structured LLM Sparsification via Annealing of Hessian-Guided Soft-Mask

    May 7, 2026Liu Hanzuo, Chaofan Lin, Weixuan Sun +4SparsityPruning

  7. PACE: Prune-And-Compress Ensemble Models

    May 7, 2026Fabian Akkerman, Julien Ferry, Théo Guyard +1EnsembleHeterogeneous Pruning Scores

  8. Learning Discrete Autoregressive Priors with Wasserstein Gradient Flow

    May 7, 2026Bowen Zheng, Yihong Luo, Tianyang HuAutoregressive Image GenerationGenerative Priors

  9. MUSE: Resolving Manifold Misalignment in Visual Tokenization via Topological Orthogonality

    May 7, 2026Panqi Yang, Haodong Jing, Jiahao Chao +5Visual TokensSelf-Supervised Vision Transformers

  10. Uncertainty-Aware Exploratory Direct Preference Optimization for Multimodal Large Language Models

    May 6, 2026Huatian Zhang, Zhendong Mao, Lei Zhang +1Large Language Model UncertaintyDirect Preference Optimization

  11. Mapping Text to Multiplex Graph: Prompt Compression as Lévy Walk-Guided Graph Pruning

    May 4, 2026Yaxin Gao, Yao Lu, Jinhong Deng +7Large Language Model CompressionGraph Language Models

  12. Weight Pruning Amplifies Bias: A Multi-Method Study of Compressed LLMs for Edge AI

    May 2, 2026Plawan Kumar Rath, Rahul MaliakkalHeterogeneous Pruning ScoresLarge Language Model Bias

  13. End-to-End Autoregressive Image Generation with 1D Semantic Tokenizer

    May 1, 2026Wenda Chu, Bingliang Zhang, Jiaqi Han +4Autoregressive Image GenerationGenerative Models

  14. RTPrune: Reading-Twice Inspired Token Pruning for Efficient DeepSeek-OCR Inference

    May 1, 2026Ben Wan, Yan Feng, Zihan Tang +4Visual Token PruningDeepseek-Ocr

  15. Exploring the Limits of Pruning: Task-Specific Neurons, Model Collapse, and Recovery in Task-Specific Large Language Models

    Apr 29, 2026M. K. Khalidi Siam, Md. Tausif-Ul-Islam, Md. Reshad Romim Khan +5PruningSelective

  16. Random Cloud: Finding Minimal Neural Architectures Without Training

    Apr 29, 2026Javier Gil BlázquezNeural Architecture SearchHeterogeneous Pruning Scores

  17. Learning Dynamic Evidence Routes for Vision Transformer Probing

    Apr 29, 2026Zice Wang, Zhenyu ZhangVisual TokensFrozen Representations

  18. Vision SmolMamba: Spike-Guided Token Pruning for Energy-Efficient Spiking State-Space Vision Models

    Apr 28, 2026Dewei Bai, Hongxiang Peng, Yunyun Zeng +3Self-Supervised Vision TransformersVisual Token Pruning

  19. Revisiting the Effectiveness of LLM Pruning for Test-Time Scaling

    Apr 28, 2026Ocean Monjur, Shahriar Kabir Nahin, Anshuman ChhabraHeterogeneous Pruning ScoresTest-Time Scaling

  20. DepthKV: Layer-Dependent KV Cache Pruning for Long-Context LLM Inference

    Apr 27, 2026Zahra Dehghanighobadi, Asja FischerKey-Value Cache EvictionLLM Inference Efficiency

  21. Structural Pruning of Large Vision Language Models: A Comprehensive Study on Pruning Dynamics, Recovery, and Data Efficiency

    Apr 27, 2026Yiran Huang, Lukas Thede, Massimiliano Mancini +2Large Language Model CompressionLarge Vision Language Models

  22. LearnPruner: Rethinking Attention-based Token Pruning in Vision Language Models

    Apr 27, 2026Rinyoichi Takezoe, Yaqian Li, Zihao Bo +3Visual Token PruningPruning

  23. Pruning via Causal Attribution Preserves Reasoning Performance in Large Language Models

    Apr 27, 2026Amogh Sheth, Biruk Assefa, Yi Wen Huang +2Large Language Model ReasoningPruning

  24. HeadRouter: Dynamic Head-Weight Routing for Task-Adaptive Audio Token Pruning in Large Audio Language Models

    Apr 26, 2026Peize He, Yaodi Luo, Xiaoqian Liu +7Audio TokensLarge Audio Language Models

  25. DocPrune:Efficient Document Question Answering via Background, Question, and Comprehension-aware Token Pruning

    Apr 24, 2026Joonmyung Choi, Sanghyeok Lee, Jongha Kim +4Visual Token PruningVisual Document Retrieval

  26. Latent Denoising Improves Visual Alignment in Large Multimodal Models

    Apr 23, 2026Dhruv Parikh, Jacob Fein-Ashley, Rajgopal Kannan +1Visual TokensVisual Representations

  27. LLaDA2.0-Uni: Unifying Multimodal Understanding and Generation with Diffusion Large Language Model

    Apr 22, 2026Inclusion AI, Tiwei Bie, Haoxing Chen +15Large Language Model BackbonesVisual Tokens

  28. Sink-Token-Aware Pruning for Fine-Grained Video Understanding in Efficient Video LLMs

    Apr 22, 2026Kibum Kim, Jiwan Kim, Kyle Min +4Visual Token PruningFine-Grained Video Understanding

  29. SimDiff: Depth Pruning via Similarity and Difference

    Apr 21, 2026Yuli Chen, Shuhao Zhang, Fanshen Meng +4Heterogeneous Pruning ScoresLarge Language Model Compression

  30. GRASPrune: Global Gating for Budgeted Structured Pruning of Large Language Models

    Apr 21, 2026Ziyang Wang, Jiangfeng Xiao, Chuan Xiao +3Heterogeneous Pruning ScoresPruning

  31. ST-Prune: Training-Free Spatio-Temporal Token Pruning for Vision-Language Models in Autonomous Driving

    Apr 21, 2026Lin Sha, Haiyun Guo, Tao Wang +4Visual Token PruningAutonomous Driving

  32. Geometry-Guided 3D Visual Token Pruning for Video-Language Models

    Apr 20, 2026Han Li, Zehao Huang, Jiahui Fu +23D Scene UnderstandingVisual Token Pruning

  33. Stability Implies Redundancy: Delta Attention Selective Halting for Efficient Long-Context Prefilling

    Apr 20, 2026Yujie Chen, Tailai Chen, Yifeng Gao +4PrefillEfficient Long-Context Inference

  34. Evolutionary Negative Module Pruning for Better LoRA Merging

    Apr 20, 2026Anda Cao, Zhuo Gou, Yi Wang +5Low-Rank AdaptationHeterogeneous Pruning Scores

  35. FlashFPS: Efficient Farthest Point Sampling for Large-Scale Point Clouds via Pruning and Caching

    Apr 20, 2026Yuzhe Fu, Hancheng Ye, Cong Guo +7Farthest Point SamplingSparse Deep Neural Network Accelerators

  36. Towards Joint Quantization and Token Pruning of Vision-Language Models

    Apr 19, 2026Xinqing Li, Xin He, Xindong Zhang +3Visual Token PruningLarge Language Model Quantization

  37. E2E-WAVE: End-to-End Learned Waveform Generation for Underwater Video Multicasting

    Apr 18, 2026Khizar Anjum, Tingcong Jiang, Dario PompiliWaveformsUnderwater Imagery

  38. Prune, Interpret, Evaluate: A Cross-Layer Transcoder-Native Framework for Efficient Circuit Discovery via Feature Attribution

    Apr 18, 2026Qinhao Chen, Linyang He, Nima MesgaraniHeterogeneous Pruning ScoresAblation

  39. CATP: Confidence-Aware Token Pruning for Camouflaged Object Detection

    Apr 18, 2026Yuhan Gao, Shuhao Kang, Xin He +3Camouflaged Object DetectionVisual Token Pruning

  40. Optimizing Korean-Centric LLMs via Token Pruning

    Apr 17, 2026Hoyeol Kim, Hyeonwoo KimMultilingual Large Language ModelsVisual Token Pruning

  41. Cut Your Losses! Learning to Prune Paths Early for Efficient Parallel Reasoning

    Apr 17, 2026Jiaxi Bi, Tongxu Luo, Wenyu Du +2Large Reasoning ModelsHeterogeneous Pruning Scores

  42. Aligning What Vision-Language Models See and Perceive with Adaptive Information Flow

    Apr 17, 2026Chengxin Liu, Wonseok Choi, Chenshuang Zhang +1Visual TokensPerceptual Understanding

  43. Pruning Unsafe Tickets: A Resource-Efficient Framework for Safer and More Robust LLMs

    Apr 17, 2026Wai Man Si, Mingjie Li, Michael Backes +1Large Language Model SafetyLarge Language Model Alignment

  44. VisPCO: Visual Token Pruning Configuration Optimization via Budget-Aware Pareto-Frontier Learning for Vision-Language Models

    Apr 16, 2026Huawei Ji, Yuanhao Sun, Yuan Jin +4Visual Token PruningHeterogeneous Pruning Scores

  45. Dispatch-Aware Ragged Attention for Pruned Vision Transformers

    Apr 16, 2026Seifeldin Abdellatif, Ahmad AlmasriVisual Token PruningSelf-Supervised Vision Transformers

  46. A Comparative Study of CNN Optimization Methods for Edge AI: Exploring the Role of Early Exits

    Apr 16, 2026Nekane Fernandez, Ivan Valdes, Steven Van Vaerenbergh +2Heterogeneous Pruning ScoresInference Latency

  47. CAMP: Cumulative Agentic Masking and Pruning for Privacy Protection in Multi-Turn LLM Conversations

    Apr 16, 2026Aman PanjwaniAI Privacy Risks and ProtectionMulti-Turn Large Language Model Conversations

  48. MOONSHOT : A Framework for Multi-Objective Pruning of Vision and Large Language Models

    Apr 14, 2026Gabriel Afriat, Xiang Meng, Shibal Ibrahim +2PruningLarge Language Model Compression

  49. Beyond Attention Scores: SVD-Based Vision Token Pruning for Efficient Vision-Language Models

    Apr 13, 2026Yvon Apedo, Martyna Poreba, Michal Szczepanski +1Visual Token PruningLarge Vision Language Models

  50. IWP: Token Pruning as Implicit Weight Pruning in Large Vision Language Models

    Apr 1, 2026Dong-Jae Lee, Sunghyun Baek, Junmo KimVisual Token PruningVisual Tokens

  51. MedPruner: Training-Free Hierarchical Token Pruning for Efficient 3D Medical Image Understanding in Vision-Language Models

    Mar 12, 2026Shengyuan Liu, Zanting Ye, Yunrui Lin +6Visual Token PruningMedical Vision-Language Models

  52. History-Conditioned Spatio-Temporal Visual Token Pruning for Efficient Vision-Language Navigation

    Mar 6, 2026Qitong Wang, Yijun Liang, Ming Li +2Vision-Language NavigationVisual Token Pruning

  53. Keeping the Evidence Chain: Semantic Evidence Allocation for Training-Free Token Pruning in Video Temporal Grounding

    Mar 5, 2026Jiaqi Li, Shuntian Zheng, Yixian Shen +4Video Temporal GroundingTemporal Grounding

  54. Think Proprioceptively: State-Grounded Visual Token Selection for VLA Policies

    Feb 6, 2026Fangyuan Wang, Peng Zhou, Jiaming Qi +4Vision-Language-Action ModelsPerception-Action Loop

  55. Window-Diffusion: Accelerating Diffusion Language Model Inference with Windowed Token Pruning and Caching

    Jan 28, 2026Fengrui Zuo, Zhiwei Ke, Yiming Liu +3Diffusion Language ModelsLLM Inference Efficiency

  56. Pruning as Regularization: Sensitivity-Aware One-Shot Pruning in ASR

    Nov 11, 2025Julian Irigoyen, Arthur Söhler, Andreas Søeborg KirkedalPruningFeed-Forward Network

  57. Self-Improving Neural Pruning: A Graph Neural Network Framework for Scalable Mixed Bundle Pricing

    Sep 26, 2025Liangyu Ding, Chenghan Wu, Guokai Li +1PricesGraph Neural Networks

  58. One Shot vs. Iterative: Rethinking Pruning Strategies for Model Compression

    Aug 19, 2025Mikołaj Janusz, Tomasz Wojnar, Yawei Li +2Heterogeneous Pruning ScoresPruning

  59. EquivPruner: Boosting Efficiency and Quality in LLM-Based Search via Action Pruning

    May 22, 2025Jiawei Liu, Qisi Chen, Jianshu Zhang +2Large Language Model ReasoningEquivalence

  60. Clustering and Pruning in Causal Data Fusion

    May 21, 2025Otto Tabell, Santtu Tikka, Juha KarvanenCausal GraphIdentifiability