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Feb 2026 Two papers accepted to CVPR 2026. One paper introduces a new approach for understanding and retrieving images with multiple meanings. The other develops new techniques to prevent misuse of models for harmful tasks.
Jan 2026 Received a NIFA funded AgriProspects grant for developing AI‑enhanced workforce training. Thanks to the AgriProspects team and the Extension Foundation for supporting this work.
Dec 2025 Excited to co-organize the first Generative AI for XR and Identity-based Applications (GenXR-ID) workshop at CVPR 2026. Our workshop brings together work at the intersection of multimodality, generative models, extended reality, and biometrics.
Nov 2025 Our paper on a new type of multi-image adversarial attack on multimodal large language models was accepted to AAAI 2026.
Aug 2025 Two papers accepted to EMNLP 2025 main. One paper introduces a new architecture for flexible-length discrete diffusion LLM infilling, and our other paper tackles question answering bias in VLMs. We also had two Findings papers accepted, which introduce new methods for steering and fine-grained classification in VLMs.
Jun 2025 We received a research grant from the Commonwealth Cyber Initiative for an exciting project related to protecting embodied agents against adversarial attacks. Thanks CCI!
May 2025 Received a Google Research Scholar award for a project on making multimodal web agents safer. Thanks Google!