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Discrete Preference Learning for Personalized Multimodal Generation

sigir26-028 · Full research paper · Yuting Zhang, Ying Sun, Dazhong Shen, Ziwei Xie, Feng Liu, Changwang Zhang, Xiang Liu, Jun Wang, Hui Xiong
Item Tokenization and Semantic IDs · 25% Diffusion and Flow Recommenders · 25% Preference Alignment and Optimizatio · 25% User Profile and Persona Modeling · 25%
Abstract

The emergence of generative models enables the creation of texts and images tailored to users' preferences. Existing personalized generative models have two critical limitations: lacking a dedicated paradigm for accurate preference modeling, and generating unimodal content despite real-world multimodal-driven user interactions. Therefore, we propose personalized multimodal generation, which captures modal-specific preferences via a dedicated preference model from multimodal interactions, and then feeds them into downstream generators for personalized multimodal content. However, this task presents two challenges: (1) Gap between continuous preferences from dedicated modeling and discrete token inputs intrinsic to generator architectures; (2) Potential inconsistency between generated images and texts. To tackle these, we present a two-stage framework called Discrete Preference learning for Personalized Multimodal Generation (DPPMG). In the first stage, to accurately learn discrete modal-specific preferences, we introduce a modal-specific graph neural network (a dedicated preference model) to learn users' modal-specific preferences, which preferences are then quantized into discrete preference tokens. In the second stage, the discrete modal-specific preference tokens are injected into downstream text and image generators. To further enhance cross-modal consistency while preserving personalization, we design a cross-modal consistent and personalized reward to fine-tune token-associated parameters. Extensive experiments on two real-world datasets demonstrate the effectiveness of our model in generating personalized and consistent multimodal content.

Assigned reviewers

#ReviewerMatchWhy (closest evidence publications in the taxonomy)
1 Zhengyi Yang 0007
74
60 Generate What You Prefer: Reshaping Sequential Recommendation via Guided Diffusion (2023) Diffusion and Flow Recommenders
60 On Efficiency-Effectiveness Trade-off of Diffusion-based Recommenders (2025) Diffusion and Flow Recommenders
60 Addressing Missing Data Issue for Diffusion-based Recommendation (2025) Diffusion and Flow Recommenders
2 Jizhi Zhang
60
63 Learnable Item Tokenization for Generative Recommendation (2024) Item Tokenization and Semantic IDs
60 Large Language Models are Learnable Planners for Long-Term Recommendation (2024) Preference Alignment and Optimization
60 TALLRec: An Effective and Efficient Tuning Framework to Align Large Language Model with Recommendation (2023) Preference Alignment and Optimization
3 Shijie Wang 0002
49
62 Towards Next-Generation Recommender Systems: A Benchmark for Personalized Recommendation Assistant with LLMs (2026) Efficiency and Deployment
60 Continuous-time Discrete-space Diffusion Model for Recommendation (2026) Diffusion and Flow Recommenders
54 CheatAgent: Attacking LLM-Empowered Recommender Systems via LLM Agent (2024) Preference Alignment and Optimization

Area chair

Area chairMatch
Maolin Wang 0001 46
Area-chair candidates (3)
Maolin Wang 0001 assigned 4615 papers
Pengyue Jia 4610 papers
Yanan Niu 4515 papers

Candidates from the panel ranked by match score

#ReviewerMatchLoadWhy
1 Zhengyi Yang 0007 assigned 74 3
60 Generate What You Prefer: Reshaping Sequential Recommendation via Guided Diffusion (2023) Diffusion and Flow Recommenders
60 On Efficiency-Effectiveness Trade-off of Diffusion-based Recommenders (2025) Diffusion and Flow Recommenders
2 Jiancan Wu COI: co-author 63 3
60 Larger or Smaller Reward Margins to Select Preferences for LLM Alignment? (2025) Preference Alignment and Optimization
60 Towards Robust Alignment of Language Models: Distributionally Robustifying Direct Preference Optimization (2025) Preference Alignment and Optimization
3 Jizhi Zhang assigned 60 3
63 Learnable Item Tokenization for Generative Recommendation (2024) Item Tokenization and Semantic IDs
60 Large Language Models are Learnable Planners for Long-Term Recommendation (2024) Preference Alignment and Optimization
4 Chongming Gao 59 3
64 DLCRec: A Novel Approach for Managing Diversity in LLM-Based Recommender Systems (2025) Preference Alignment and Optimization
64 MGFRec: Towards Reinforced Reasoning Recommendation with Multiple Groundings and Feedback (2026) Preference Alignment and Optimization
5 Yang Zhang 0072 57 3
62 AlpsBench: An LLM Personalization Benchmark for Real-Dialogue Memorization and Preference Alignment (2026) Efficiency and Deployment
60 Reason4Rec: Deliberative User Preference Alignment of Large Language Models for Recommendation (2026) Preference Alignment and Optimization
6 Yupeng Hou 53 3
59 ActionPiece: Contextually Tokenizing Action Sequences for Generative Recommendation (2025) Item Tokenization and Semantic IDs
57 Multi-Behavior Generative Recommendation (2024) Item Tokenization and Semantic IDs
7 Bowen Zheng 0005 53 3
57 Bridging Textual-Collaborative Gap through Semantic Codes for Sequential Recommendation (2025) Item Tokenization and Semantic IDs
55 Generative Recommender with End-to-End Learnable Item Tokenization (2025) Item Tokenization and Semantic IDs
8 Lantao Hu COI: co-author 53 3
72 Distinguished Quantized Guidance for Diffusion-based Sequence Recommendation (2025) Diffusion and Flow Recommenders
60 Fading to Grow: Growing Preference Ratios via Preference Fading Discrete Diffusion for Recommendation (2025) Diffusion and Flow Recommenders
9 Shuchang Liu 0001 51 3
70 Distinguished Quantized Guidance for Diffusion-based Sequence Recommendation (2025) Diffusion and Flow Recommenders
61 DLCRec: A Novel Approach for Managing Diversity in LLM-Based Recommender Systems (2025) Preference Alignment and Optimization
10 Jieming Zhu 51 3
58 EAGER: Two-Stream Generative Recommender with Behavior-Semantic Collaboration (2024) Item Tokenization and Semantic IDs
55 CoST: Contrastive Quantization based Semantic Tokenization for Generative Recommendation (2024) Item Tokenization and Semantic IDs
11 Xuanhua Yang COI: co-author 50 3
61 Breaking the Relevance-Diversity Seesaw: Hierarchical LLM Reasoning with RL for Industrial Novelty Recommendation (2026) Preference Alignment and Optimization
57 Towards Personalized Bundle Creative Generation with Contrastive Non-Autoregressive Decoding (2022) Diffusion and Flow Recommenders
12 Han Li 0005 COI: co-author 49 3
61 DiffusionGS: Generative Search with Query Conditioned Diffusion in Kuaishou (2026) Diffusion and Flow Recommenders
58 Generative Recommender with End-to-End Learnable Item Tokenization (2025) Item Tokenization and Semantic IDs
13 Shijie Wang 0002 assigned 49 3
62 Towards Next-Generation Recommender Systems: A Benchmark for Personalized Recommendation Assistant with LLMs (2026) Efficiency and Deployment
60 Continuous-time Discrete-space Diffusion Model for Recommendation (2026) Diffusion and Flow Recommenders
14 Ed H. Chi 49 3
64 LLMs for User Interest Exploration in Large-scale Recommendation Systems (2024) Generative Recommendation and Item Tokenization
64 PLUM: Adapting Pre-trained Language Models for Industrial-scale Generative Recommendations (2026) Item Tokenization and Semantic IDs
15 Ching Law 48 3
61 Reasoning-Grounded Intent Injection for Generative Recommendation (2026) Preference Alignment and Optimization
60 MoFu: Scale-Aware Modulation and Fourier Fusion for Multi-Subject Video Generation (2026) Diffusion and Flow Recommenders
16 Junjie Zhang 0009 48 3
65 STARec: An Efficient Agent Framework for Recommender Systems via Autonomous Deliberate Reasoning (2025) RL Training of Search Agents
51 AgentCF: Collaborative Learning with Autonomous Language Agents for Recommender Systems (2024) RL Training of Search Agents
17 Jianling Wang 48 3
60 LLMs for User Interest Exploration in Large-scale Recommendation Systems (2024) Sequential and Session-based Recommendation
49 Fresh Content Recommendation at Scale: A Multi-funnel Solution and the Potential of LLMs (2024) Efficiency and Deployment
18 Qiang Luo 0004 48 3
68 DiffGRM: Diffusion-based Generative Recommendation Model (2026) Diffusion and Flow Recommenders
58 OneLoc: Geo-Aware Generative Recommender Systems for Local Life Service (2026) Item Tokenization and Semantic IDs
19 Keqin Bao 47 3
60 TALLRec: An Effective and Efficient Tuning Framework to Align Large Language Model with Recommendation (2023) Preference Alignment and Optimization
56 Agentic Feedback Loop Modeling Improves Recommendation and User Simulation (2025) User Profile and Persona Modeling
20 Huifeng Guo COI: co-author 47 3
61 Prompt Tuning as User Inherent Profile Inference Machine (2025) Efficiency and Deployment
54 LLMTreeRec: Unleashing the Power of Large Language Models for Cold-Start Recommendations (2025) Generative Recommendation and Item Tokenization
21 Hao Deng 0011 47 3
58 REG4Rec: Reasoning-Enhanced Generative Model for Large-Scale Recommendation Systems (2026) Item Tokenization and Semantic IDs
54 MMQ: Multimodal Mixture-of-Quantization Tokenization for Semantic ID Generation and User Behavioral Adaptation (2026) Item Tokenization and Semantic IDs
22 Yongqi Li 0001 47 3
58 Learnable Item Tokenization for Generative Recommendation (2024) Item Tokenization and Semantic IDs
57 Bridging Items and Language: A Transition Paradigm for Large Language Model-Based Recommendation (2024) Generative Recommendation and Item Tokenization
23 Bo Chen 0023 47 3
50 Full-Stack Optimized Large Language Models for Lifelong Sequential Behavior Comprehension in Recommendation (2026) Sequential and Session-based Recommendation
50 ReLLa: Retrieval-enhanced Large Language Models for Lifelong Sequential Behavior Comprehension in Recommendation (2024) Sequential and Session-based Recommendation
24 Xiao Zhang 0034 47 3
68 Similarity = Value? Consultation Value-Assessment and Alignment for Personalized Search (2025) Personalized and Context-Aware Retrieval
60 Large Language Models Enhanced Collaborative Filtering (2024) Preference Alignment and Optimization
25 Mengyuan Jing 47 3
59 Generating Difficulty-aware Negative Samples via Conditional Diffusion for Multi-modal Recommendation (2025) Diffusion and Flow Recommenders
56 Interest-Aware Graph Contrastive Learning for Recommendation With Diffusion-Based Augmentation (2026) Graph Contrastive and Self-Supervised Learning
26 Qijiong Liu 46 3
55 CoST: Contrastive Quantization based Semantic Tokenization for Generative Recommendation (2024) Item Tokenization and Semantic IDs
55 Learning Multi-aspect Item Palette: A Semantic Tokenization Framework for Generative Recommendation (2026) Item Tokenization and Semantic IDs
27 Jiuqiang Li 0002 46 3
57 Disentangled Contrastive Bundle Recommendation with Conditional Diffusion (2025) Diffusion and Flow Recommenders
41 Graph Diffusive Self-Supervised Learning for Social Recommendation (2024) Social and Group Recommendation
28 Bo Peng 0009 46 3
50 eCeLLM: Generalizing Large Language Models for E-commerce from Large-scale, High-quality Instruction Data (2024) Efficiency and Deployment
49 M2: Mixed Models With Preferences, Popularities and Transitions for Next-Basket Recommendation (2023) Efficient and Long-Sequence Sequential Recommendation
29 Lichan Hong 46 3
63 PLUM: Adapting Pre-trained Language Models for Industrial-scale Generative Recommendations (2026) Generative Recommendation and Item Tokenization
55 Recommender Systems with Generative Retrieval (2023) Item Tokenization and Semantic IDs
30 Fei Sun 0001 46 3
47 Intent Preference Decoupling for User Representation on Online Recommender System (2020) Sequential Recommendation with User Modeling and Profiling
46 XDM: Improving Sequential Deep Matching with Unclicked User Behaviors for Recommender System (2022) Sequential Recommendation with User Modeling and Profiling