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6 papers

cs.LG2026

Validation-Induced Shapley Shifts: How Validation Structure Distorts Data Valuation

Yinan Shen, Ziao Yang, Hongfu Liu

Shapley values are widely used to attribute value to training data based on their marginal contribution to performance on a validation set. Existing practice often assumes these va…

cs.CV2026

Boosting Text-to-Image Diffusion Models via Core Token Attention-Based Seed Selection

Yunzhe Zhang, Hongfu Liu, Pengyu Hong

Text-to-image diffusion models can synthesize high-quality images, yet the outcome is notoriously sensitive to the random seed: different initial seeds often yield large variations…

cs.LG2026

Revisit, Extend, and Enhance Hessian-Free Influence Functions

Ziao Yang, Han Yue, Jian Chen +1

Influence functions serve as crucial tools for assessing sample influence in model interpretation, subset training set selection, noisy label detection, and more. By employing the…

cs.CL2026

Recontextualizing Famous Quotes for Brand Slogan Generation

Ziao Yang, Zizhang Chen, Lei Zhang +1

Slogans are concise and memorable catchphrases that play a crucial role in advertising by conveying brand identity and shaping public perception. However, advertising fatigue reduc…

cs.LG2025

Outlier Gradient Analysis: Efficiently Identifying Detrimental Training Samples for Deep Learning Models

Anshuman Chhabra, Bo Li, Jian Chen +2

A core data-centric learning challenge is the identification of training samples that are detrimental to model performance. Influence functions serve as a prominent tool for this t…

cs.LG2025

Layer-Aware Influence for Online Data Valuation Estimation

Ziao Yang, Longbo Huang, Hongfu Liu

Data-centric learning emphasizes curating high-quality training samples to boost performance rather than designing new architectures. A central problem is to estimate the influence…