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We present Proof-of-Perception (PoP), a tool-using framework that casts multimodal reasoning as an executable graph with explicit reliability guarantees. Each perception or logic node outputs a conformal set, yielding calibrated, stepwise…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-03-03 Arya Fayyazi , Haleh Akrami

Inferring and Executing Programs for Visual Reasoning proposes a model for visual reasoning that consists of a program generator and an execution engine to avoid end-to-end models. To show that the model actually learns which objects to…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2018-01-17 Wenda Qiu , Yueyang Xianzang , Zhekai Zhang

A key challenge in training Vision-Language Model (VLM) agents, compared to Language Model (LLM) agents, lies in the shift from textual states to complex visual observations. This transition introduces partial observability and demands…

Despite the remarkable progress of Vision-Language Models (VLMs) in adopting "Thinking-with-Images" capabilities, accurately evaluating the authenticity of their reasoning process remains a critical challenge. Existing benchmarks mainly…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-01-21 Xuchen Li , Xuzhao Li , Renjie Pi , Shiyu Hu , Jian Zhao , Jiahui Gao

Reinforcement learning with verifiable rewards (RLVR) has advanced the reasoning capabilities of large language models. However, existing methods rely solely on outcome rewards, without explicitly optimizing verification or leveraging…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-10-22 Yiyang Jin , Kunzhao Xu , Hang Li , Xueting Han , Yanmin Zhou , Cheng Li , Jing Bai

During reasoning in vision-language models (VLMs), false positive (FP) reasoning occurs when a model produces the correct answer but follows an incorrect reasoning path, resulting in undermined reasoning reliability. Existing approaches…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-11-06 Ben Zhang , LuLu Yu , Lei Gao , QuanJiang Guo , Jing Liu , Hui Gao

Vision generation remains a challenging frontier in artificial intelligence, requiring seamless integration of visual understanding and generative capabilities. In this paper, we propose a novel framework, Vision-Driven Prompt Optimization…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-01-07 Leo Franklin , Apiradee Boonmee , Kritsada Wongsuwan

Understanding the decision processes of deep vision models is essential for their safe and trustworthy deployment in real-world settings. Existing explainability approaches, such as saliency maps or concept-based analyses, often suffer from…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-02-23 Éloi Zablocki , Valentin Gerard , Amaia Cardiel , Eric Gaussier , Matthieu Cord , Eduardo Valle

Deep research has revolutionized data analysis, yet data scientists still devote substantial time to manually crafting visualizations, highlighting the need for robust automation from natural language queries. However, current systems…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-10-06 Zichen Chen , Jiefeng Chen , Sercan Ö. Arik , Misha Sra , Tomas Pfister , Jinsung Yoon

The role of reinforcement learning (RL) in enhancing the reasoning of large language models (LLMs) is becoming increasingly significant. Despite the success of RL in many scenarios, there are still many challenges in improving the reasoning…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2024-12-25 Jiacai Liu , Chaojie Wang , Chris Yuhao Liu , Liang Zeng , Rui Yan , Yiwen Sun , Yang Liu , Yahui Zhou

Recently, the introduction of Chain-of-Thought (CoT) has largely improved the generation ability of unified models. However, it is observed that the current thinking process during generation mainly focuses on the text consistency with the…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-12-23 Zixuan Ye , Quande Liu , Cong Wei , Yuanxing Zhang , Xintao Wang , Pengfei Wan , Kun Gai , Wenhan Luo

The advancement of Large Vision-Language Models (LVLMs) requires precise local region-based reasoning that faithfully grounds the model's logic in actual visual evidence. However, existing datasets face limitations in scalability due to…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-04-24 Byeonggeuk Lim , Kyeonghyun Kim , JungMin Yun , YoungBin Kim

Recent vision-language-action (VLA) models for multi-task robot manipulation often rely on fixed camera setups and shared visual encoders, which limit their performance under occlusions and during cross-task transfer. To address these…

Vision-Language-Action (VLA) models have shown promising capabilities for embodied intelligence, but most existing approaches rely on text-based chain-of-thought reasoning where visual inputs are treated as static context. This limits the…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-03-17 Chaoyang Wang , Wenrui Bao , Sicheng Gao , Bingxin Xu , Yu Tian , Yogesh S. Rawat , Yunhao Ge , Yuzhang Shang

Long-horizon reasoning in LLM-based agents often fails not from generative weakness but from insufficient verification of intermediate reasoning. Co-Sight addresses this challenge by turning reasoning into a falsifiable and auditable…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-10-27 Hongwei Zhang , Ji Lu , Shiqing Jiang , Chenxiang Zhu , Li Xie , Chen Zhong , Haoran Chen , Yurui Zhu , Yongsheng Du , Yanqin Gao , Lingjun Huang , Baoli Wang , Fang Tan , Peng Zou

Vision-language models (VLMs) exhibit a systematic bias when confronted with classic optical illusions: they overwhelmingly predict the illusion as "real" regardless of whether the image has been counterfactually modified. We present a…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-04-01 Xuesong Wang , Harry Wang

Evaluating the alignment between textual prompts and generated images is critical for ensuring the reliability and usability of text-to-image (T2I) models. However, most existing evaluation methods rely on coarse-grained metrics or static…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-02-24 Fulin Shi , Wenyi Xiao , Bin Chen , Liang Din , Leilei Gan

Chain-of-Thought (CoT) techniques have significantly enhanced reasoning in Vision-Language Models (VLMs). Extending this paradigm, Visual CoT integrates explicit visual edits, such as cropping or annotating regions of interest, into the…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-09-30 Chunxue Xu , Yiwei Wang , Yujun Cai , Bryan Hooi , Songze Li

Video reasoning, the task of enabling machines to infer from dynamic visual content through multi-step logic, is crucial for advanced AI. While the Chain-of-Thought (CoT) mechanism has enhanced reasoning in text-based tasks, its application…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-10-08 Mi Luo , Zihui Xue , Alex Dimakis , Kristen Grauman

Chain-of-thought (CoT) reasoning enhances performance of large language models, but questions remain about whether these reasoning traces faithfully reflect the internal processes of the model. We present the first comprehensive study of…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2025-11-04 Sriram Balasubramanian , Samyadeep Basu , Soheil Feizi