5 papers
ZK-WAGON: Imperceptible Watermark for Image Generation Models using ZK-SNARKs
Aadarsh Anantha Ramakrishnan, Shubham Agarwal, Selvanayagam S +1
As image generation models grow increasingly powerful and accessible, concerns around authenticity, ownership, and misuse of synthetic media have become critical. The ability to ge…
IRONIC: Coherence-Aware Reasoning Chains for Multi-Modal Sarcasm Detection
Aashish Anantha Ramakrishnan, Aadarsh Anantha Ramakrishnan, Dongwon Lee
Interpreting figurative language such as sarcasm across multi-modal inputs presents unique challenges, often requiring task-specific fine-tuning and extensive reasoning steps. Howe…
RONA: Pragmatically Diverse Image Captioning with Coherence Relations
Aashish Anantha Ramakrishnan, Aadarsh Anantha Ramakrishnan, Dongwon Lee
Writing Assistants (e.g., Grammarly, Microsoft Copilot) traditionally generate diverse image captions by employing syntactic and semantic variations to describe image components. H…
CORDIAL: Can Multimodal Large Language Models Effectively Understand Coherence Relationships?
Aashish Anantha Ramakrishnan, Aadarsh Anantha Ramakrishnan, Dongwon Lee
Multimodal Large Language Models (MLLMs) are renowned for their superior instruction-following and reasoning capabilities across diverse problem domains. However, existing benchmar…
Detailed Evaluation of Modern Machine Learning Approaches for Optic Plastics Sorting
Vaishali Maheshkar, Aadarsh Anantha Ramakrishnan, Charuvahan Adhivarahan +1
According to the EPA, only 25% of waste is recycled, and just 60% of U.S. municipalities offer curbside recycling. Plastics fare worse, with a recycling rate of only 8%; an additio…