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New CIM-Embed framework enables instruction-conditioned multimodal clustering

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Researchers have developed CIM-Embed, a new framework designed to learn instruction-conditioned multimodal embeddings for clustering. This approach allows for the grouping of objects based on various criteria, such as color or material, by mapping an object's image and text directly to an embedding. The system utilizes HDBSCAN for partitioning without needing the ground-truth cluster count. A benchmark dataset, ProductMIC, was constructed from Amazon Reviews 2023 data to evaluate the framework, demonstrating a significant improvement in clustering performance compared to existing methods. AI

IMPACT This framework could enhance e-commerce catalog organization and retrieval by enabling more nuanced and instruction-driven product grouping.

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New CIM-Embed framework enables instruction-conditioned multimodal clustering

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  1. arXiv cs.AI TIER_1 English(EN) · Yinghua Xu, Pengyang Xie, Yanxiang Zhou, Chuanzhi Tong, Xiao Xiao, Chaoqun Feng, Xiaoqing Wang ·

    CIM-Embed: Learning Instruction-Conditioned Multimodal Embeddings for Clustering

    arXiv:2610.21805v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Multimodal objects can require different partitions under different instructions, as when products in an e-commerce catalog are grouped by color, material, or both. Retrieval-oriented embeddings may not recover these partitions, whi…

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