Papers by Xiaomin Zhang
PBoS: Probabilistic Bag-of-Subwords for Generalizing Word Embedding (2020.findings-emnlp)
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| Challenge: | Existing word embeddings assume fixed finite-size vocabularies, hindering their ability to provide useful word representations for out-of-vocaulary words. |
| Approach: | They propose a model that generalizes word embeddings without extra contextual information . they use the spellings of words to model subword segmentation and compute subword-based compositional word embeds. |
| Outcome: | The proposed model can generate meaningful subword segmentations without any source of explicit morphological knowledge. |
Seek-and-Solve: Benchmarking MLLMs for Visual Clue-Driven Reasoning in Daily Scenarios (2026.findings-acl)
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Xiaomin Li, Tala Wang, Zichen Zhong, Ying Zhang, Zirui Zheng, Takashi Isobe, Dezhuang Li, Huchuan Lu, You He, Xu Jia
| Challenge: | Existing benchmarks focus on evaluating MLLMs’ pre-existing knowledge or perceptual understanding, often neglecting the critical capability of reasoning. |
| Approach: | They propose a benchmark designed for visual clue-driven reasoning in daily scenarios that combines rigorous grounding in authentic daily activities and challenging query design that necessitates more than surface-level perception. |
| Outcome: | The proposed benchmark identifies visual clues and their ability to provide robust reasoning in daily scenarios. |