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New KDPH framework uses Kent distributions to resolve gradient conflicts in cross-modal hashing

Researchers have introduced Kent-based Distributional Proxy Hashing (KDPH), a novel framework designed to address gradient conflicts in deep cross-modal hashing, particularly in multi-label scenarios. Unlike existing methods that use deterministic points for class proxies, KDPH represents proxies as anisotropic Kent distributions on a hypersphere. This approach allows the model to absorb gradient conflicts by dynamically adjusting its variance, maintaining a stable semantic mean while accommodating diverse label correlations. The framework also incorporates a tailored loss function with a Cayley transform for stable training and orthogonality enforcement. Experiments on benchmark datasets indicate that KDPH effectively mitigates proxy collapse and outperforms current state-of-the-art methods. AI

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  1. arXiv cs.CV TIER_1 English(EN) · Hengjie Zhu, Dayan Wu, Zihao Zhang, Xinze Liu, Jingxuan Yu, Peng Fu, Zheng Lin, Weiping Wang ·

    Absorbing Gradient Conflicts: Modeling Semantic Variance via Kent Distributions for Cross-Modal Hashing

    arXiv:2608.24010v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Supervised proxy-based deep cross-modal hashing has become the dominant paradigm for large-scale retrieval. However, prevalent methods model class proxies as deterministic points in the embedding space. This rigid assumption causes …