7 papers
PRAG: End-to-End Privacy-Preserving Retrieval-Augmented Generation
Zhijun Li, Minghui Xu, Huayi Qi +6
Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) is essential for enhancing Large Language Models (LLMs) with external knowledge, but its reliance on cloud environments exposes sensitive data…
CCN: Decentralized Cross-Chain Channel Networks Supporting Secure and Privacy-Preserving Multi-Hop Interactions
Minghui Xu, Yihao Guo, Yanqiang Zhang +5
Cross-chain technology enables interoperability among otherwise isolated blockchains, supporting interactions across heterogeneous networks. Similar to how multi-hop communication…
edgeVLM: Cloud-edge Collaborative Real-time VLM based on Context Transfer
Chen Qian, Xinran Yu, Zewen Huang +6
Vision-Language Models (VLMs) are increasingly deployed in real-time applications such as autonomous driving and human-computer interaction, which demand fast and reliable response…
OpenMap: Instruction Grounding via Open-Vocabulary Visual-Language Mapping
Danyang Li, Zenghui Yang, Guangpeng Qi +4
Grounding natural language instructions to visual observations is fundamental for embodied agents operating in open-world environments. Recent advances in visual-language mapping h…
Starfish: Rebalancing Multi-Party Off-Chain Payment Channels
Minghui Xu, Wenxuan Yu, Guangyong Shang +6
Blockchain technology has revolutionized the way transactions are executed, but scalability remains a major challenge. Payment Channel Network (PCN), as a Layer-2 scaling solution,…
A Treatment of EIP-1559: Enhancing Transaction Fee Mechanism through Nth-Price Auction
Kun Li, Guangpeng Qi, Guangyong Shang +3
With the widespread adoption of blockchain technology, the transaction fee mechanism (TFM) in blockchain systems has become a prominent research topic. An ideal TFM should satisfy…