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most citedSurfaceNet: Adversarial SVBRDF Estimation from a Single Image

986 citations · 1.1k across the 57 of their papers we have counts for

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58 papers

cs.LG2026

FedCMAPSS: A Benchmark for Federated Learning in Remaining Useful Life Estimation

Amelia Sorrenti, Matteo Pennisi, Concetto Spampinato +1

Data-driven prognostics and health management has emerged as a key enabler for Industry 4.0, yet the development of robust remaining useful life (RUL) estimation models is often li…

cs.CV2026

Retrieval-Augmented Visual Prompting: Guiding Foundation Models in Two-Photon Imaging

Salvatore Calcagno, Marco Finocchiaro, Giovanni Bellitto +3

Two-photon calcium imaging presents a challenging setting for foundation models: image appearance varies substantially across recordings and experimental conditions, annotations ar…

cs.CR2026

TrustErase: Auditable Instant Machine Unlearning with Passport-Embedded Representations

Rutger Hendrix, Leonardo G. Russo, Concetto Spampinato +2

The demand for privacy-compliant AI has amplified the need for machine unlearning; yet, existing retraining or distillation-based methods remain unverifiable and computationally co…

cs.CV2026

A Multi-Center Benchmark for Abdominal Disease Diagnosis and Report Generation from Non-Contrast CT

Mariam Elbakry, Aliaa Sayed Sheha, Salma Hassan Tantawy +5

Multiphasic contrast-enhanced CT (CECT) is widely used for abdominal lesion characterization, yet it carries inherent risks of contrast-induced nephropathy, escalates acquisition b…

cs.CV2026

PERL: Parameter Efficient Reasoning in CLIP Latent Space

Simone Carnemolla, Salvatore Calcagno, Daniela Giordano +2

Contrastively trained vision-language models such as CLIP provide strong zero-shot transfer by aligning images and text in a shared embedding space. However, adapting these models…

cs.AI2026

OCCAM: Open-set Causal Concept explAnation and Ontology induction for black-box vision Models

Chiara Maria Russo, Simone Carnemolla, Simone Palazzo +3

Interpreting the decisions of deep image classifiers remains challenging, particularly in black-box settings where model internals are inaccessible. We introduce OCCAM, a framework…

cs.CV2026

Global-Local Feature Decoding with Adapter-Guided SAMv2 for Salient Object Detection

Morteza Moradi, Mohammad Moradi, Simone Palazzo +2

Salient Object Detection (SOD) remains an essential yet underexplored task in the era of large-scale vision models. Although foundation models like SAM exhibit strong generalizatio…

cs.CV2026

UNBOX: Unveiling Black-box visual models with Natural-language

Simone Carnemolla, Chiara Russo, Simone Palazzo +5

Ensuring trustworthiness in open-world visual recognition requires models that are interpretable, fair, and robust to distribution shifts. Yet modern vision systems are increasingl…

cs.LG2026

Routing without Forgetting

Alessio Masano, Giovanni Bellitto, Dipam Goswani +2

Continual learning in transformers is commonly addressed through parameter-efficient adaptation: prompts, adapters, or LoRA modules are specialized per task while the backbone rema…

cs.LG2026

Dream2Learn: Structured Generative Dreaming for Continual Learning

Salvatore Calcagno, Matteo Pennisi, Federica Proietto Salanitri +4

Continual learning requires balancing plasticity and stability while mitigating catastrophic forgetting. Inspired by human dreaming as a mechanism for internal simulation and knowl…

cs.CV2025

DEXTER: Diffusion-Guided EXplanations with TExtual Reasoning for Vision Models

Simone Carnemolla, Matteo Pennisi, Sarinda Samarasinghe +5

Understanding and explaining the behavior of machine learning models is essential for building transparent and trustworthy AI systems. We introduce DEXTER, a data-free framework th…

cs.SD2025

SeeingSounds: Learning Audio-to-Visual Alignment via Text

Simone Carnemolla, Matteo Pennisi, Chiara Russo +3

We introduce SeeingSounds, a lightweight and modular framework for audio-to-image generation that leverages the interplay between audio, language, and vision-without requiring any…

cs.AI2025

Zero-Shot Decentralized Federated Learning

Alessio Masano, Matteo Pennisi, Federica Proietto Salanitri +2

CLIP has revolutionized zero-shot learning by enabling task generalization without fine-tuning. While prompting techniques like CoOp and CoCoOp enhance CLIP's adaptability, their e…

cs.CV2025

Pancreas Part Segmentation under Federated Learning Paradigm

Ziliang Hong, Halil Ertugrul Aktas, Andrea Mia Bejar +15

We present the first federated learning (FL) approach for pancreas part(head, body and tail) segmentation in MRI, addressing a critical clinical challenge as a significant innovati…

cs.LG2025★ 1 cited

Pre-Forgettable Models: Prompt Learning as a Native Mechanism for Unlearning

Rutger Hendrix, Giovanni Patanè, Leonardo G. Russo +5

Foundation models have transformed multimedia analysis by enabling robust and transferable representations across diverse modalities and tasks. However, their static deployment con…

eess.IV2025

Cyst-X: A Multi-Center MRI Benchmark and Federated Learning Framework for Malignancy-Risk Stratification of Pancreatic Cystic Neoplasm

Hongyi Pan, Gorkem Durak, Elif Keles +27

Pancreatic cancer is projected to be the second-deadliest cancer by 2030, making early detection critical. Intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms (IPMNs), key cancer precursors,…

q-bio.NC2024

QuantFormer: Learning to Quantize for Neural Activity Forecasting in Mouse Visual Cortex

Salvatore Calcagno, Isaak Kavasidis, Simone Palazzo +8

Understanding complex animal behaviors hinges on deciphering the neural activity patterns within brain circuits, making the ability to forecast neural activity crucial for developi…

astro-ph.IM2024★ 1 cited

Self-supervised learning for radio-astronomy source classification: a benchmark

Thomas Cecconello, Simone Riggi, Ugo Becciani +5

The upcoming Square Kilometer Array (SKA) telescope marks a significant step forward in radio astronomy, presenting new opportunities and challenges for data analysis. Traditional…

cs.CV2024

Evidential Federated Learning for Skin Lesion Image Classification

Rutger Hendrix, Federica Proietto Salanitri, Concetto Spampinato +2

We introduce FedEvPrompt, a federated learning approach that integrates principles of evidential deep learning, prompt tuning, and knowledge distillation for distributed skin lesio…

cs.LG2024

FedRewind: Rewinding Continual Model Exchange for Decentralized Federated Learning

Luca Palazzo, Matteo Pennisi, Federica Proietto Salanitri +3

In this paper, we present FedRewind, a novel approach to decentralized federated learning that leverages model exchange among nodes to address the issue of data distribution shift.…

eess.IV2024★ 1 cited

IPMN Risk Assessment under Federated Learning Paradigm

Hongyi Pan, Ziliang Hong, Gorkem Durak +17

Accurate classification of Intraductal Papillary Mucinous Neoplasms (IPMN) is essential for identifying high-risk cases that require timely intervention. In this study, we develop…

eess.IV2024

Adaptive Aggregation Weights for Federated Segmentation of Pancreas MRI

Hongyi Pan, Gorkem Durak, Zheyuan Zhang +16

Federated learning (FL) enables collaborative model training across institutions without sharing sensitive data, making it an attractive solution for medical imaging tasks. However…

cs.CV2024★ 8 cited

AIM 2024 Challenge on Video Saliency Prediction: Methods and Results

Andrey Moskalenko, Alexey Bryncev, Dmitry Vatolin +30

This paper reviews the Challenge on Video Saliency Prediction at AIM 2024. The goal of the participants was to develop a method for predicting accurate saliency maps for the provid…

cs.CY2024★ 1 cited

Ethical Framework for Responsible Foundational Models in Medical Imaging

Debesh Jha, Gorkem Durak, Abhijit Das +33

The emergence of foundational models represents a paradigm shift in medical imaging, offering extraordinary capabilities in disease detection, diagnosis, and treatment planning. Th…