3 papers
cs.CV2026
TechImage-Bench: Rubric-Based Evaluation for Technical Image Generation
Minheng Ni, Zhengyuan Yang, Yaowen Zhang +9
We study technical image generation, where a model must synthesize information-dense, scientifically precise illustrations from detailed descriptions rather than merely produce vis…
cs.CL2026
STITCH: Simultaneous Thinking and Talking with Chunked Reasoning for Spoken Language Models
Cheng-Han Chiang, Xiaofei Wang, Linjie Li +7
Spoken Language Models (SLMs) are designed to take speech inputs and produce spoken responses. However, current SLMs lack the ability to perform an internal, unspoken thinking proc…
cs.CL2025
SHANKS: Simultaneous Hearing and Thinking for Spoken Language Models
Cheng-Han Chiang, Xiaofei Wang, Linjie Li +7
Current large language models (LLMs) and spoken language models (SLMs) begin thinking and taking actions only after the user has finished their turn. This prevents the model from i…