Vatsal Malaviya

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2ranked-venue papers
1as first author
2since 2021 · last 2025
—ORCID · none

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Artificial intelligence and machine learning · 2 · 1 first-author · 2 since 2021

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Artificial intelligence
2 papers
Language models and text generation · 62% Efficient and distributed learning · 19% Image recognition and object detection · 19%
Interdisciplinary, comprehensive, and emerging computing
1 paper
Environmental and earth informatics · 100%
Computer graphics and multimedia
1 paper
Visual content generation and editing · 100%

Topics — the 4 heaviest of 5, each with the papers that count most for it

TopicWeightPapersLastEvidence papers
Natural language and speech › Language models and text generation › large language model training
domain-adaptive pre-training
0.912025
Mars-Bench: A Benchmark for Evaluating Foundation Models for Mars Science Tasks · NeurIPS 2025
Environmental and earth informatics
planetary science
0.912025
Mars-Bench: A Benchmark for Evaluating Foundation Models for Mars Science Tasks · NeurIPS 2025
Visual content generation and editing › image generation
text-to-image generation
0.912025
AcT2I: Evaluating and Improving Action Depiction in Text-to-Image Models · EMNLP 2025
Machine learning › Efficient and distributed learning › distillation
knowledge distillation from language models
0.312025
AcT2I: Evaluating and Improving Action Depiction in Text-to-Image Models · EMNLP 2025

Methods — techniques the papers use, named apart from their topics

vision-language model · 1.7large language model · 1.7knowledge distillation · 1.7foundation model · 1.7
YearPublicationVenuePosition
2025 AcT2I: Evaluating and Improving Action Depiction in Text-to-Image Models
abstract
Text-to-Image (T2I) models have recently achieved remarkable success in generating images from textual descriptions.However, challenges still persist in accurately rendering complex scenes where actions and interactions form the primary semantic focus.Our key observation in this work is that T2I models frequently struggle to capture nuanced and often implicit attributes inherent in action depiction, leading to generating images that lack key contextual details.To enable systematic evaluation, we introduce AcT2I, a benchmark designed to evaluate the performance of T2I models in generating images from action-centric prompts.We experimentally validate that leading T2I models do not fare well on AcT2I.We further hypothesize that this shortcoming arises from the incomplete representation of the inherent attributes and contextual dependencies in the training corpora of existing T2I models.We build upon this by developing a trainingfree, knowledge distillation technique utilizing Large Language Models to address this limitation.Specifically, we enhance prompts by incorporating dense information across three dimensions, observing that injecting prompts with temporal details significantly improves image generation accuracy, with our best model achieving an increase of 72%.Our findings highlight the limitations of current T2I methods in generating images that require complex reasoning and demonstrate that integrating linguistic knowledge in a systematic way can notably advance the generation of nuanced and contextually accurate images.
Vatsal Malaviya, Agneet Chatterjee, Maitreya Patel, Yezhou Yang, Chitta Baral
EMNLP1
2025 Mars-Bench: A Benchmark for Evaluating Foundation Models for Mars Science Tasks
abstract
Foundation models have enabled rapid progress across many specialized domains by leveraging large-scale pre-training on unlabeled data, demonstrating strong generalization to a variety of downstream tasks. While such models have gained significant attention in fields like Earth Observation, their application to Mars science remains limited. A key enabler of progress in other domains has been the availability of standardized benchmarks that support systematic evaluation. In contrast, Mars science lacks such benchmarks and standardized evaluation frameworks, which have limited progress toward developing foundation models for Martian tasks. To address this gap, we introduce Mars-Bench, the first benchmark designed to systematically evaluate models across a broad range of Mars-related tasks using both orbital and surface imagery. Mars-Bench comprises 20 datasets spanning classification, segmentation, and object detection, focused on key geologic features such as craters, cones, boulders, and frost. We provide standardized, ready-to-use datasets and baseline evaluations using models pre-trained on natural images, Earth satellite data, and state-of-the-art vision-language models. Results from all analyses suggest that Mars-specific foundation models may offer advantages over general-domain counterparts, motivating further exploration of domain-adapted pre-training. Mars-Bench aims to establish a standardized foundation for developing and comparing machine learning models for Mars science. Our data, models, and code are available at: https://mars-bench.github.io/.
Mirali Purohit, Bimal Gajera, Vatsal Malaviya, Irish Mehta, Kunal Kasodekar, Jacob B. Adler, Umaa Rebbapragada, Hannah Kerner
NeurIPS3