2 papers
cs.LG2026
In-Context Black-Box Optimization with Unreliable Feedback
Nicolas Samuel Blumer, Julien Martinelli, Samuel Kaski
Black-box optimization in science and engineering often comes with side information: experts, simulators, pretrained predictors, or heuristics can suggest which candidates look pro…
cs.CV2025
OpenCity3D: What do Vision-Language Models know about Urban Environments?
Valentin Bieri, Marco Zamboni, Nicolas S. Blumer +2
Vision-language models (VLMs) show great promise for 3D scene understanding but are mainly applied to indoor spaces or autonomous driving, focusing on low-level tasks like segmenta…