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Valerii Startsev
dblp:375/1687
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2ranked-venue papers
1as first author
2since 2021 · last 2025
0009-0009-5750-8001ORCID · reported
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Artificial intelligence and machine learning · 2 · 1 first-author · 2 since 2021Databases, data management, data science and information retrieval · 1 · 1 since 2021
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| Computer graphics and multimedia
1 paper |
Rendering · 100% |
Topics — the 1 heaviest of 1, each with the papers that count most for it
| Topic | Weight | Papers | Last | Evidence papers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Rendering › non-photorealistic rendering
artistic rendering |
0.9 | 1 | 2025 | YaART: Yet Another ART Rendering Technology · KDD (1) 2025 |
| Year | Publication | Venue | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | YaART: Yet Another ART Rendering Technology
Sergey Kastryulin, Artem Konev, Alexander Shishenya, Eugene Lyapustin, Artem Khurshudov, Alexander Tselousov, Nikita Vinokurov, Denis Kuznedelev, Alexander Markovich, Grigoriy Livshits, Alexey Kirillov, Anastasiia Tabisheva, Liubov Chubarova, Marina Kaminskaia, Alexander Ustyuzhanin, Artemii Shvetsov, Daniil Shlenskii, Valerii Startsev, Dmitrii Kornilov, Mikhail Romanov, Dmitry Baranchuk, Artem Babenko, Sergei Ovcharenko, Valentin Khrulkov |
KDD (1) | 18 |
| 2025 | Alchemist: Turning Public Text-to-Image Data into Generative GoldabstractPre-training equips text-to-image (T2I) models with broad world knowledge, but this alone is often insufficient to achieve high aesthetic quality and alignment. Consequently, supervised fine-tuning (SFT) is crucial for further refinement. However, its effectiveness highly depends on the quality of the fine-tuning dataset.Existing public SFT datasets frequently target narrow domains (e.g., anime or specific art styles), and the creation of high-quality, general-purpose SFT datasets remains a significant challenge.Current curation methods are often costly and struggle to identify truly impactful samples.This challenge is further complicated by the scarcity of public general-purpose datasets, as leading models often rely on large, proprietary, and poorly documented internal data, hindering broader research progress.This paper introduces a novel methodology for creating general-purpose SFT datasets by leveraging a pre-trained generative model as an estimator of high-impact training samples. We apply this methodology to construct and release Alchemist, a compact (3,350 samples) yet highly effective SFT dataset. Experiments demonstrate that Alchemist substantially improves the generative quality of five public T2I models while preserving diversity and style. Additionally, we release the fine-tuned models' weights to the public. Valerii Startsev, Alexander Ustyuzhanin, Alexey Kirillov, Dmitry Baranchuk, Sergey Kastryulin |
NeurIPS | 1 |