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Knowledge Graphs (KGs) are increasingly used to represent and explore complex, interconnected data across diverse domains. However, existing KG visualization systems remain limited because they fail to provide the context of user questions.…
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Multimodal Large Language Models (MLLMs) are widely used for visual perception, understanding, and reasoning. However, long video processing and precise moment retrieval remain challenging due to LLMs' limited context size and coarse frame…
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The widespread use of cameras in our society has created an overwhelming amount of video data, far exceeding the capacity for human monitoring. This presents a critical challenge for public safety and security, as the timely detection of…