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Ujjayan Pal
dblp:393/4697
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1ranked-venue papers
0as first author
1since 2021 · last 2025
0009-0008-3658-4171ORCID · reported
Domains — the database's venue-derived domains; a paper can count in several
Graphics, computer vision, multimedia, augmented reality and games · 1 · 1 since 2021
Expertise — from the expertise taxonomy: the topics of the expert's papers under the CCF categories. A weight counts papers with recency: 1 for a paper about the topic, 0.3 when the topic is its context, halved every five years.
| Artificial intelligence
1 paper |
Generative modeling · 91% Vision and language · 9% |
Topics — the 4 heaviest of 4, each with the papers that count most for it
| Topic | Weight | Papers | Last | Evidence papers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Machine learning › Generative modeling
diffusion model |
0.9 | 1 | 2025 | CoCoNO: Attention Contrast-and-Complete for Initial Noise Optimization in Text-to-Image Synthesis · ACM Multimedia 2025 |
Machine learning › Generative modeling
latent space optimization |
0.9 | 1 | 2025 | CoCoNO: Attention Contrast-and-Complete for Initial Noise Optimization in Text-to-Image Synthesis · ACM Multimedia 2025 |
Machine learning › Generative modeling › diffusion model
text-to-image generation |
0.9 | 1 | 2025 | CoCoNO: Attention Contrast-and-Complete for Initial Noise Optimization in Text-to-Image Synthesis · ACM Multimedia 2025 |
Computer vision › Vision and language › cross-modal alignment
image-text alignment |
0.3 | 1 | 2025 | CoCoNO: Attention Contrast-and-Complete for Initial Noise Optimization in Text-to-Image Synthesis · ACM Multimedia 2025 |
Methods — techniques the papers use, named apart from their topics
noise optimization · 0.9attention contrast loss · 0.9attention complete loss · 0.9
| Year | Publication | Venue | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | CoCoNO: Attention Contrast-and-Complete for Initial Noise Optimization in Text-to-Image SynthesisabstractDespite recent advancements in text-to-image models, achieving semantically accurate images in text-to-image diffusion models is a persistent challenge. While existing initial latent optimization methods have demonstrated impressive performance, we identify two key limitations: (a) attention neglect, where the synthesized image omits certain subjects from the input prompt because they do not have a designated region in the self-attention map despite despite having a high-response cross-attention, and (b) attention interference, where the generated image has mixed-up properties of multiple subjects because of a conflicting overlap between cross- and self-attention maps of different subjects. To address these limitations, we introduce CoCoNO, a new algorithm that optimizes the initial latent by leveraging the complementary information within self-attention and cross-attention maps. We first identify subject-specific regions from the self-attention map and term them attention zones. Our method then introduces two new loss functions: the attention contrast loss, which minimizes undesirable overlap by ensuring each attention zone is exclusively linked to a specific subject's cross attention map, and the attention complete loss, which maximizes the activation within these attention zones to guarantee that each subject is fully and distinctly represented. Our approach operates within a noise optimization framework, avoiding the need to retrain base models. Through extensive experiments on multiple benchmarks, we demonstrate that CoCoNO significantly improves text-image alignment and outperforms the current state of the art. Aravindan Sundaram, Ujjayan Pal, Abhimanyu Chauhan, Aishwarya Agarwal, Srikrishna Karanam |
ACM Multimedia | 2 |